Summary: Tenten finds a plant, with which she can change anything in her life. But, they always say... 'be careful what you wish for!'

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Tenten was walking down the street, bored without anything to do. She had sparred with Neji, checked on Lee, and practiced her own techniques. There was nothing left for her to do but window shop. She passed clothing stores, dental stores, the ramen stand...

"Hi, Tenten!"

"Hey, Hinata!"

"You weren't by any chance looking for Naruto, were you?" Tenten asked slyly.

"A-ah... Uhm..." Hinata mumbled.

"I'm sorry to say you won't find him… he's on a mission."

"O-oh..."

"So you should come shopping with me!"

"O-okay. I h-heard about an interesting looking s-store, but it c-creeps me out... I can't g-go in there al-lone."

"Okay! Let's go!" Tenten said. Hinata simply nodded.

Hinata led the way, into an area of Konoha that, strangely, Tenten hadn't been to before. Stopping abruptly, Hinata pointed a shaky finger to a shop. It had no windows and a purple sign with illegible words at the top. The door embedded into the building had a welcome sign, which was the only thing that seemed friendly about the whole building.

Tenten gulped, afraid. Then she became annoyed with herself. She wasn't afraid to risk her life on missions everyday, but she was afraid of a silly little shop? She firmly gripped Hinata's hand and walked inside.

Upon entering, Tenten felt Hinata's hand slip out of her own. Looking around, she only saw pure darkness.

"H-hello! Hinata?" Tenten yelled, feeling very vulnerable. Her hands formed a seal, and closed her eyes tight. "KAI!"

She hopefully peeked out of one eye, but still saw only darkness. 'What kind of ninjutsu is this?' She thought to herself. She backed up towards where the entrance had been, hoping to feel a door, but felt only air. Turning to where the door once was, she came face-to-face with...

...Neji?

"Neji! What the heck is going on?!" She cried urgently. Neji didn't reply.

"Neji?" Tenten said, waving her hand in front of her face. She touched him as well. He was as cold as a block of ice...

He suddenly grabbed her hand, and twisted it.

She winced. "What is going on here?" She demanded.

"Be careful what you wish for."

"What the heck?"

"Meddling can only be solved with meddling."

"You sound like a Chinese fortune cookie!"

"Having no flaws... is a flaw."

Tenten was now paying absolutely no attention to his words. After thinking for a small while, she came to a realization.

"Hey!" She interrupted Neji in the middle of his lecture. He looked at her, almost in annoyance.

"You're hurting my arm!" She yelled, and then kicked him in his crotch. He let go of her arm, and she took this opportunity to stomp on his feet, punch his stomach, and poke his eyes.

"Yep, you're definitely not Neji," She looked at the fake-Neji pitifully. The last thing she did in that black abyss was elbow the side of his neck, effectively knocking him out. He fell to the ground with a sickening bang. It sounded like hollow wood hitting tile flooring. Then she was brought into light.

Blinking wearily, she focused on the giant blobs above her. "Eh?" She said, labeling the blobs as Hinata, Neji, Sakura, and Naruto. She was lying on the ground outside of the ramen shop.

"You okay?" Sakura asked. Tenten's eyes widened with recognition as she sat up and punched Neji in the face, knocking the off guard ninja to the ground.

"AHHH!" She screamed, confused. Neji sat up and glared at her.

"What was that for?" He yelled. She squatted in front of him and touched his neck. "Eh? You aren't an ice cube anymore!" Neji stared at her blankly.

"Ice cube?" Naruto asked.

"Y-yeah!" Tenten yelled, waving her arms frantically. "Th-there was absolutely nothing in that shop! And the he-" She pointed at Neji, "-came! Except he was a cross between an ice cube and a Chinese fortune cookie! Then I beat him up, and now here I am!"

Everyone exchanged worried glances with each other.

"Uhm, T-Tenten, you passed out in the shop," Hinata said gently.

"Of course I did," Tenten muttered quietly.

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The next day, after she had managed to convince everyone that she was not insane, Tenten received a package. She eagerly opened it, ignoring her conscience, which had taken the form of Neji and was saying that she should check what was inside before she opened it in case it was a trap. Inside the box was a potted plant. But not just any potted plant!

"Self-Caring plant," The card read. "Takes care of itself." She frowned at its redundancy and flipped the card over, seeing nothing. Looking for some note of who sent it, she found a purple blotch. Wondering who the hell would send her a self-caring plant, she took it up to her room, placing it on her windowsill. It probably didn't take care of itself. It probably was a cheap gimmick and the plant could just last for a month without water. Just to make sure, she grabbed a cup of water and watered the plant. Getting up, she tripped over a shuriken lying on the floor and spilled water all over her room.

"Darnit! I can't keep leaving this stuff all over my room!" Putting the cup down, she checked to see if anything was damaged. The card that had come with the plant had gotten wet. She picked up the card and looked it over. The back, which had previously been blank, now read, "Make a wish."

'..What the hell. Make a wish?' She thought. She laughed bitterly, and left the room to jog three laps around Konoha as she always did after she trained.

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Getting back from her jog and thoroughly exhausted, she plopped on her bed and looked at the plant once more. Unable to stop the small childish voice in her head telling her to "give it a chance," she got up and sat next to it.

'I wish I could have all my favorite foods for breakfast, lunch, and dinner tomorrow.' Eyeing it warily, she figured that 'wish' should prove if the plant actually made wishes. Suddenly overcome by a wave of exhaustion, she crawled into her bed and passed out.

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EraTomo

(P.S. I need to know... should it be Naru/Hina Sasu/Saku, or should it be Saku/Naru Hina/Kiba? Vote on it. (I'll give you until chapter 5.)