High School Love & Rivals
Uchihas1010hyuuga
A/N: Since most high school fanfics in the Naruto fandom portrays TenTen as a tomboy, I'm going to make an announcement that in this one, you're going to see a change. TenTen is a very vague character, but I see her very feminine and very strongly opinionated. So that's how I'm going to portray her in this story. I hope you will keep an open mind and like this version of TenTen too.
Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto & Shounen Jump
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'Italics are thoughts'
'Normal is normal :3'
'Bold is text messages and other things the characters are reading'
Chapter 1: Old New Girl
Things are not just going to change because of a few words, mom. I need to make this move, okay? Don't ask me to come back anymore. I'm going to start a fresh leaf in Konoha. – TenTen
The brunette angrily typed away on her fancy and flashy Chinese flip phone as she fumed and blew her bangs to release steam and frustration.
"Um, yeah! I'm stopping at Magnolia please," she told the taxi driver in a change of nice tone trying its best to suppress from letting her anger shown.
She got out of the cab as her cell alerted her of a new text message arriving. TenTen sighed gave the taxi driver the amount cost. "You can keep the change." Just when her ride left, she noticed that she tipped the driver extra 10 Konoha dollars. "There's nothing that's working out! Urgh!" She stomped her way into the mall while typing away again.
Okay, but, if anything happens, you're coming straight home! – Mom
Sure Mom! Whatever, it's not like you haven't been controlling my life! And nothing's going to happen, I can take care of myself on my own. – TenTen
Then an incoming call from her mom came. Her ringtone, 'Accidentally in love' by Counting Crows, blared through the mall. She got a few nasty looks from the passersby. "I should give each person in my contact list a different ringtone!" She rolled her eyes and accepted the call.
"Mom, it's okay, I understand, I'm going to behave and stay out of trouble here, so there's nothing to worry about, okay?" She asked and stomped off and stood as the escalator took her upwards.
"Thanks Mom, okay, I got to go now, I need some new clothes." She hung up smiling, and as she took a step off the escalator she bumped into a guy and spilled the latte he was carrying all over his clothes.
"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry!" She apologized.
His eyes widened but he stood still. His coolness and pace wasn't disrupted by spilled coffee.
"Wow! Isn't the coffee hot? Um, I'm really sorry! What to do? Omg!" He couldn't help but chuckle a little at the way she said 'what to do and omg' they were almost like some rhyming song.
A Pinkette came running by, pushing her TenTen aside. "Omg! Sasuke-kun! Are you okay? Here, let's go get you a change of clothes," without even noticing the brunette she just pushed and left. Sasuke just stood pretty like a doll and walked away with her after taking a quick peek at the brunette left. He couldn't help but chuckled softly again.
TenTen blinked her eyes rapidly several times making sure the quick scene that happened wasn't just some illusion. It happened so fast and so suddenly, she had a little doubtful moment but shrugged it like it was nothing.
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(Note: Botchan means Young Master… it feels better typing botchan then Young Master for me, lol!)
Hyuuga Neji was looking through the new laptops that were on displayed. "Hi, Botchan, this is the latest Macbook Pro," and the shop clerk began listing all the pros and reasons why Neji should get it.
Neji just ignored him and went straight to the point. "I want you to show me all the new ipad cases." He stated coldly.
A girl that came to get her itouch updated gasped at the sound of Neji's silky voice. "I can't believe it! It's the first time to see him in the flesh this close!"
Neji inwardly rolled eyes when he heard what the girl said. 'In the flesh? Now I'm a superstar, huh?'
He bought the leather case with lighter colour stitching in 5 different colours and left.
When he left, his itouch paused and just froze. He fished it out of his pockets and pressed the home button at least a hundred times. He was furious that he almost went back inside the store. The only that stopped him was when he bumped into a brunette with a pair of cute buns.
"Wah!" She squeaked when he stepped on her toes. The worst part was she was wearing flip flops only so her toes were naked which makes the stepping on part way more painful considering Neji was wearing white Nike sneakers.
"It's okay, no apologies needed, I was waiting for that actually." She quickly said.
Neji looked at him, a little shocked that she didn't fangirl over him or get mad at for stepping on her.
"I bumped into a guy too, and spilled coffee all over him. Now I've already got what I deserve. What goes around comes around, right?"
"Okay, I wasn't looking straight, my ipod froze." Neji felt the need to say a few more words than just 'Okay' since she practically just told him things she didn't needed to. Her reaction was a first.
"Really? It happens all the time to me too, want me to take a look at it?" She offered, smiling.
'A girl I just hurt is offering to help me.' He wanted to laugh at the thought of it.
"Again, with the karma thing, I helped you so than when I need help like this somebody would help me too." She looked up and smiled.
"Here, this happens to me like a hundred time and it's really crappy when it happens. I've gone to a lot of shops asking for help. So here, if you press the home button and the power button at the same time for like 5 secs, there you go." The power went off and an apple logo appeared. 2 second later the 'slide to unlock' showed.
"Hey, want to grab a coffee?" Neji offered.
"Is this a thank you in your language?" She asked slyly.
"I don't say thank yous," he calmly stated.
"But you just said thank you!" She tricked him with a sly look on her face.
Before any of them could say anything more, a man in suit came up behind Neji. "Botchan, the President is asking for you now, we need to go back."
"Um, then, maybe some other time. It was nice meeting you."
"Let me give you-" he fished around in his other pocket for his cell but found it missing. "Great," he sighed and just decided to leave it there.
"I'm gonna go and check around the mall then, bye." She stood there and watched the longhaired guy left with his powerful secretary.
Neji left remembering the brown haired girl with purple tank top with black with white stripes sports pants. He can spot her again by her neat buns if he decides to look around.
TenTen went into a guys' hoodie shop. She fell in love with the jacket Neji was wearing and decided to go look for similar ones. She was inspired. :D
When she came back out of the shop with 5 bags of clothing-filled from the store. She noticed a black spot on the place where she and the longhaired guy she just met were conversing. She went there and picked up an iphone. She clicked the home button and the screen came with the guy she just met picture on. "Wow, this guy must really be an apple lover." She said smiling, knowing she is going to see that guy again.
Then she left the mall, because she obviously don't want to go back home with a bunch of bags that she wouldn't be able to carry anymore.
'I'm just going to have to hope the home decorator did a good job with the house's interior designs and fulfilling the essential needs.' She sighed.
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(The next day at school)
… (First day of School)
…. (Konoha High – a private college prep school)
TenTen decided to walk to her school from her apartment, which is just a few blocks away. This is the perfect opportunity for her to combine her schedules. Morning exercises plus walk to school. It's like killing two birds in one stone. And this way, she doesn't need to spend extra money on transportation to school. God, she loves herself for having a great eye at picking places!
Konoha High is enlisted to be one of the top three schools in Konoha. If not, the best out of the top three. She remembers she used to go this school's elementary too.
She went to her guidance counselor's room to get her schedule. "You got all your classes you picked. I even put in a block of study hall. If you don't want them, let me see if there are any more classes that can fill it up." Kurenai smiled.
"No it's okay, it's perfect." TenTen beamed back. The counselor is surprisingly really pretty, young, and nice. Her last school's counselor was mean, old, fat, and short. And they shared a mutual hatred, which wasn't good for her because she was the type of girl that usually gets in trouble. And the counselor was never on her side.
She went to her first period, English Literature, with Jiraiya-sensei.
"Hi!" She greeted after she easily founded the room thanks to the guidance counselor's guidance in directions to get there.
"You must be new, come in, and have a sit anywhere you like, class is starting in 5 minutes." He welcomed in a sort of above the normal happy voice. 'Is he a little drunk?'
"Wow, look at this, we're all in the same class!" a giggly girl gushed. TenTen was making her way over to a free spot next to hers. The happy girl has long bubblegum pink hair. She had on a red hairband. Her hair brightens the school uniform to the next notch.
The school uniform was a red short-sleeved sailor uniform with black plaid skort. The skorts were a smart idea so there wouldn't be any pervert issues uprising in the school. The shoe requirement was anything is fine as long as it's 90% black.
"Hi! I'm TenTen, I'm new this year, I hope to get along well with you guys," she told the pink haired as soon as their eyes met. She was in a circle with her friends.
"TenTen? I know that name," the girl in platinum blonde hair whispered to herself while playfully twirling her hair.
"Oh hi! My name's Haruno Sakura," the pinkette gushed. "These are my best friends." She did a snow angel motion with her arms.
"I'm Temari, I moved in from the Suna last year." A really tall and strong looking blonde with four pig tails said. Her voice as fierce sounding as her looks.
"Hyuuga Hinata." A shy blue haired girl said while playing with her fingers. She reminded TenTen of the guy she met at the mall the other day. 'Must be the eyes.' TenTen thought. After all, white eyes are rare.
"I'm Yamanaka Ino, TenTen, I recognize you." She said taking a confident stride and offered to shake hands which TenTen gladly accepted.
"Really? You do?" She widened her eyes in happiness. "From elementary school, right?"
"Right, you were quite the troublemaker even back then." She smirked.
"Haha, yeah, I'm trying to get rid of those habits now," TenTen said sheepishly.
"Wait a minute." Sakura interrupted, walking in between them and looking at them in disbelief. "How come you two know each other and I don't?"
The girls giggled. "See I told you, your forehead is good for nothing but dreaming about him."
"Hey!" Sakura tried to defend herself. Then 2 guys entered the room simultaneously and all girls' attention went to them. Squeals were heard from the audience. And TenTen notices one of them.
End of Chapter 1
