NejiTen 100 moments

Inspirered by Serenity Silence

Moment 1:

Beginning

You know the story, 'in the beginning, there was light', the same could - I suppose be said of the beginning of Neji Hyuuga's life. He was a light in the darkness of his fathers world, but to the rest of the clan he was the darkness that threatened the balance of main and branch house.

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Neji sat under a tree, at age 3 ½ he was innocent and harmless, so to say. Neji stood, dusting himself off and bracing into the traditional Hyuuga stance like the one his father taught him. Although he did not yet posses the Byukugan, the bloodline trait of the great Hyuuga clan, he was still as skilled as many who did possess it.

He readied himself turning when his ears caught the sound of metal hitting wooden fence, he ran to the gap in the fence to look and saw a small brown eyed girl throwing kunai and shuriken with nearly a perfect accuracy, those she did miss she would quickly run over and pick up to try again and again, she stopped for a small break, taking a water bottle and a bento box from a bag hung on a tree, she stiffened as Neji sneezed

"Who's there?" she shook slightly shuriken in her petit hands, which; he noticed were covered with cuts and calluses, her hands looked old compared to her young face, and those large brown eyes with a tint of amber in were wide and there was a trace amount of fear in them

"My name is Neji Hyuuga" he spoke up, watching how she changed her stance to defensive as if on automatic

"Why are you watching me?" she asked

"You fascinate me" he replied simply blinking a few times

"You have funny eyes" she giggled laying down her weapons on the leather bag behind her

"I have my families' eyes"

"They're still funny" he closed his eyes

"You're not very nice" she shrugged

"How do you know?" she stuck her tongue out at him before grinning at him "I'm Tenten" her put her hand through the gap in the fence. She laughed when he just stared at it.

"You're supposed to shake it dummy" he blinked twice in a row before reaching out a hand, she smiled retaking her hand "I'll be one sec"

"She ran back to her bag and retrieved a kunai and a small chisel" before looking over at him again

"What was your name again?" he scowled

"Oh come on, I wanna make you something"

"Neji Hyuuga, Branch Family" she nodded, beating out a pattern on the handle of the kunai. After a while she handed him the kunai, which now had the letters .N.H. and on the blade

'From Tenten, Your Friend' she smiled as his eyes widened as he read the blade

"But why?" he asked

"Because I like you" she smiled "See ya round Neji" she picked up her bag and headed back the way she had came

"Bye" he waved at her before taking the kunai and examining it again. He smiled.

He had a friend.

Neji must have stayed there for hours after she left for when his father came to collect him for dinner, he was still there hoping for a glimpse of the brown eyed girl who smiled so warmly