This one is for I.Heart.Hatake.Kakashi's "10 For Nejiten Challenge."
Granted… I have never done a challenge before but I figured if I find time in between my oneshots, I'll give a go.

1st Prompt:

There comes a time, when every lonely little boy must learn to dance.


A very green beast was running throughout Konoha, searching everywhere for his eternal rival.

"Yosh! There you are, eternal rival!" Rock Lee shouted.

"What do you want, Lee?" a meditating Hyuuga asked.

Lee grinned, "Why, I am going to finally defeat you!"

Neji smirked, getting off the ground, "Well, I suppose I can fit in a spar before Tenten gets here".

Lee shook his bowl-cut head, "Not a spar, Neji! I am going to beat you at the dance contest!"

The Hyuuga blinked open one eye, "A dance contest? I think not. Hiashi-sama has had ballroom teachers from all over-"

Lee, enthusiastic as ever, laughted heartily, interrupting Neji.

"No, not ballroom dancing, Neji!" Lee said, "Competition."

His second eye opened, "Competition?"

Lee nodded, "Yosh! Competition dancing!" before running off somewhere.


Of course, Neji contemplated over how he would learn freestyle by the dance contest.

Surely there were several dance studios in Konoha, but Neji had too much pride to enroll in one of those group ones.

"Neji!" shouted a voice, snapping him out of his thoughts.

"Hmm?" he asked.

"If you hadn't have dodged last second, your ear could have been ripped off!" Tenten stated.

Neji took a glance at the kunai knife embedded in the tree, just centimeters away from his ear.

"What's on your mind?" asked the kunoichi.

"Hn." he stated, vowing to never allow Tenten know that a mere dance contest was what was distracting him.

She smiled sadly at him, "Lee told me about the dance contest..."

The Hyuuga blinked, "Figures with his big mouth... almost as big as Naruto's, wherever he is."

Tenten laughed, "If you need any help, I do a bit of dance myself..."

Neji blinked, "You?"

"I need to move in ways that allow me to throw my projectiles from different areas. Dance is one of the ways to become comfortable in awkward positions of your body," she stated.

Neji wondered what it would be like to do a Kaiten upside down, underwater.

"I'll take it," Neji stated.


"Okay, do you want to write your own routine or do you want me to make one up for you?" the weapons mistress asked him.

Neji gave her the I'm-A-Prodigy-And-I-Think-I-Can-Write-My-Own-Dance-Routine look, followed by a grunt.

Tenten sighed, "Okay, stretch."

"... Excuse me?" he asked.

"Bend your body and get it warmed up so you don't pull a muscle..." Tenten stated.

Of course, usually before fights on missions, there was no time to warm up so this was all completely new to poor Neji.


"Very good, very good!" Tenten said as Neji was straddled on the ground, glaring at her, with one arm stretched over his head towards the right side.

"Do I have to continue, Tenten?" Neji asked, as he felt his pride dissolving with each stretch.

"Yes. Oh... and speaking of which, you might want to get something a bit stretchier than traditional Hyuuga robes..."


"You've got to be kidding me, Tenten," Neji stated, gripping the sides of the yoga pants that looked feminine.

"Trust me, Neji," Tenten said, throwing a tight shirt over to Neji, before going to pay the cashier at the dance store.


The Hyuuga sat on the floor of a dance studio, crosslegged, staring at the list Tenten had on the wall.

"All you have to do is pick one! Belly-dancing, ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop, traditional, waltz, tango, cha cha, folk... you get the drift. And you can combine some!"

Neji groaned. Tenten was too enthusiastic today.

He glared at the list and picked the fanciest sounding name off the list, "Waltz."

"Neji, if you want to Waltz, you need a dance partner..." Tenten stated.

"Fine by me," Neji said, stretching out his hand to his sparring partner, who took it.


"Don't be shy, Neji! It's just my waist!" Tenten exclaimed.

"Do I have to?" Neji questioned.

"Yes, you have to," Tenten said, taking his right hand and placing it on her waist, suppressing the blush that threatened to arise.


"It would be easier if you bent your elbow more... and loosened up. Your grip is way too tight, Neji," Tenten stated.

Neji blinked. What the heck did she mean by 'loosen up?'


"Mix it up a bit, Neji. You look like a marionnette," Tenten stated.

"A marionnette?" Neji asked.

"You can move your feet in different places. They don't all have to hit in the same spot every time."

Neji blinked. He wondered how someone who specialized in hitting the same spot every time could say such a thing.


"If you want we can modernize it..." Tenten suggested.

"No, it's fine. I like traditional anyway," Neji stated.


"You look good in a tuxedo, Neji," Tenten complimented.

"I've never seen you in a dress," he stated, moving his eyes up and down, "Or I've never seen your hair down."

"Well... I'm sorry I forgot to tell you, Neji," Tenten guiltily said.

Neji's white eyes manuevered towards the kunoichi, "What are you talking about, Tenten?"

"Well... I might have conveniently left out that Lee has been dancing since he was a little kid," Tenten stated, shuffling her feet.

Neji blinked. That explained so much, from his insane flexibility to the unconfortable positions he'd be in for his taijutsu moves, not to mention how hard it was to convert his dance skills into a shinobi style.

But instead, Neji let off a glowing smirk, "Don't fret about it. Fate will take everything from here."


I really like the last line. It can mean the relationship... and the dance contest! Who won? Well... it's up to your imagination!