A/N: OK! After a full night of just writing super short NejiTens last night, I've decided it's much more exciting to write more than one chapter Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters! Enjoy! (Please review/comment!)

Chapter 1

Haruno Sakura was in the forest, busy looking for her forhead protector Ino threw into the forest. "Stupid Ino Pig," Sakura muttered to herself. Ino and Sakura had been training and while Sakura wasn't looking, Ino thought it'd be fun to snatch her forehead protector from her head. Suddenly realizing what Ino had done, Sakura ran at Ino angrily, shouting, "Ino!!! Give that back!!!" Ino happily ran into the forest and hid it deep into the forest, and that is how Sakura was in the mess she was in now.

"Agh, it's getting dark, if I don't find it soon, I'll be in tro-" but Sakura quickly stopped what she was saying. She hid behind a bush. She was watching two people, a girl and a boy her age sitting next to eachother by the stream that flowed through Konoha.

Who are these people? Sakura wondered. When Sakura leaned in for a closer look, Sakura realized, NO WAY! IT'S NEJI AND TENTEN!! Wait until everyone hears about this!!

It was indeed Neji and Tenten. Sakura couldn't recognize them at first because Tenten's hair was down instead of in the two buns she was used to seeing. She tried to listen hard to their conversation.

"Tenten-" Neji's voice whispered "As much as I want this relationship to go on, it can't. You know I'm from the Hyuuga clan, and…" Neji's voice trailed off.

"I know," Tenten whispered, her voice, full of pain, "I know that you can't have a relationship with an average girl like me."

They both stared into the sparkling water, not daring to look at the other. Their hands were laced together, their bodies close.

"Tenten-" Neji said softly.

"Hn?"

Neji turned toward her and they gazed into eachothers' eyes for a long time. Neji pulled his hand away from hers and put both arms around her waist. Tenten followed this by embracing him and their lips met. The moment their lips met, they knew they needed eachother. They knew they couldn't live without eachother. They kissed with enough passion to make the cherry blossoms bloom. They stopped when they finally ran out of breath. They returned to their previous position and Tenten rested her head on his shoulder.

"Neji, it's getting late. I should go now before my parents get suspicious. They don't want me to be in a relationship that might cause them troubles. And I don't want our clans to fight so…"

Neji just nodded his head and they both stood up. They kissed one last time before the night was over, Neji's arms around her, Tenten's hands on his chest. Their lips separated, and they departed after saying goodbye to eachother, both going opposite paths.

Sakura was frozen behind that bush she was hiding behind. What she had just witnessed blew her away. She felt like screaming to Neji and Tenten, Wait! It doesn't have to be this way!! Just talk to the Hokage or something and everything will be alright!!! But Sakura herself knew things were not this simple. Traditions between clans varied, but they were strict rules you should follow in order to not bring shame to your family name.

Sakura slowly stood up to leave herself.

Pop! Pop! Her knees made small popping sounds as she got up. Have I really been crouching here for that long? Her legs ached immensely. She couldn't wait to go home and take a hot bath.

But Sakura couldn't stop thinking about Neji and Tenten.

Emotions spun inside Sakura's head as she walked back to her house. This is none of your business Sakura, just forget everything you saw.

Sakura chuckled a little at her own thoughts. How am I supposed to forget everything I just saw? I won't forget…I'll just not tell anyone! Yes, no one else needs to know. But…should I reveal to Tenten tomorrow that I was listening in on their private time?

At first Sakura thought that would be a good idea, but she had second thoughts after remembering how Tenten almost never missed her target when throwing a kunai or a shuriken. Would Tenten get mad at me if I told her?

Sakura realized that she didn't have time to think about all this now. It was already late as it was, and if she didn't hurry up, her parents would ground her for life. Sakura ran along the path to her home and decided to think about it when taking her bath before going to bed.

Meanwhile, Tenten was walking to her house. It's not fair! Why does Neji have all those Hyuuga clan traditions he has to follow! I mean, it's not like I'm not good enough for Nej- Tenten suddenly stopped in her tracks.

Neji can only be in a relationship with high-class women. Therefore, he can't have a relationship with me because I'm only average. So that means that I'm not good enough for him? A pang of sadness struck her whole body.

Her breathing became uneven, sobbing between breaths. So, all these years of hard training to try to impress Neji were useless? I can never be good enough for him just because I was born into an average family.

Tenten couldn't bear the thought of her falling short of Neji's standards of happiness. No that's not true, Tenten told herself. Neji loves me, it's just that his clan traditions are to marry a woman from a higher cla- Tenten started to cry harder.

Tenten realized that Neji and herself were one day going to get married and start their own separate families. Neji's wife was not going to be Tenten. Neji's son or daughter was not going to be born through Tenten.

These thoughts of Neji's future relationships scared her. Neji's mine, thought Tenten greedily. How could another woman understand Neji the way I do? I've been on Neji's team since the first day at the Konoha Academy.

Tenten's head throbbed with pain from all the thinking and crying she was doing. Tenten quickly tied up her hair into two twin buns and ran as fast as she could to her house. Her parents asked her if she wanted dinner, but she said no and ran into her room.

Her parents didn't know what was wrong. They just assumed that she failed a mission and was depressed about it. It never occurred to them that her team member and her were in a deep relationship that could never work out.

Tenten locked herself in her room, quickly got into her pajamas, stuffed herself into her cold bed, and cried into her pillow for about an hour. Neji! Why can't I be yours? Why can't I spend the rest of my life with you?

Tenten cried herself to sleep, half sad, half furious, but fully in extreme mental pain. She was sad that their relationship could never be, and she was furious that the Hyuuga clan even had that stupid tradition in the first place.

Meanwhile, Neji was in his own bed, thinking about the same things. I'm going to get married to someone other than Tenten? But I love her, and her alone. He couldn't bare to think about spending his whole life without Tenten, but with another girl.

Sakura, Tenten, and Neji were all somehow painfully trying to get to sleep, not expecting the events of tomorrow.