Disclaimer: I own nothing except this crazy revenge scheme.
Tenten didn't show up for training the next day. Neji simply shrugged it off, slightly relieved that he wouldn't have to deal with her, seeing as he still hadn't figured out why she had overreacted so much. But Lee and Gai were worried. "What if our youthful flower is sick?"
"We should bring her get well flowers!"
"What a youthful idea!"
"If I can't get to the flower shop in 5 seconds I will hop on one foot around Konoha 500 times!"
"Yosh! Your youthful ideas amaze me!"
With that the maniacs of Team Guy sped off to torture someone else with their excitement and spandex.
Luckily for Tenten, she had stayed the night with Ino rather than going back to her house, where her door was being bombarded with knocks and much yelling about youthfulness.
When Tenten had awoken, she had tried to drown her sorrow with the music. The music thrummed in her ears, she relaxed into the throbbing beat. She tried concentrating on the lyrics to distract her.
"No more tears,
No, 'cause nothing else matters
I've been closing my eyes for too long.
Only vengeance will make me feel better.
There's no rest till I know that it's done."
At the words her lips curved up into a smile. "No more tears." She told herself. "Only vengeance will make me feel better." That could work for me. It felt great to kick his ass last time. I bet it would feel good again. Her eyes sprang open. Her voice was devoid of pity or sorrow as she called out to her friend. "Ino. Let's get him."
Ino grinned back at the rather sadistic grin on her normally friendly friend's face. He's not going to know what hit him.
"First we need to find Sakura, but I have an idea already."
The three girls were readying their supplies at Tenten's house. Sleeping bags? Check. Vast quantities of chocolate? Check. A box of tissues just in case? Check. Popcorn and movies? Check. Everything they needed for a typical sleepover, with just a few extras for their diabolical plans for revenge. Ino smirked to herself as she entered Tenten's house. "I brought the goodies!" She cried to the other two. They eagerly peered in the bag, glee lighting their faces as they examined the contents.
"Okay, are we all set on the plan?"
"Yep. I'm first." Sakura announced, cracking her knuckles.
"I'm next." Ino grinned, still smirking and clutching the bag.
"Then we leave the note." Sakura continued.
"He'll probably hide after that, so we're going to need to some way to track him." Tenten mused. "Do you think that Hana (Inuzuka) would help us?"
"You bet she would. Just about any woman in this village would help after we explained it to them. We'll include her in our schemes after he flees, but to prepare for that inevitability, we need to steal some of Neji's clothes so she can have the scent." Inner Sakura was enjoying being in charge for once. "We'll make him pay!"
"I'd probably steal the clothes." Tenten put in. "The guards in the Hyuuga compound trust me."
"And if you only take one piece of clothing, they won't suspect you and you still have your one free pass to get into the Hyuuga compound and make mischief!"
"Okay, so after he runs, what should we hit him with?"
Ino had an evil look in her eyes. "We should recruit as many of the kunoichi to help us as possible."
"Hinata is out of the question."
Ino flapped a hand. "Of course. She's Neji's cousin, she's too sweet, and she's away on a two week mission. But I was thinking about Temari. She can be pretty scary."
"You know who's even scarier?"
"Who?"
"Anko. I bet we could bribe her with dango, and I'm sure she'd love to be in on a revenge plot."
Tenten had been looking back and forth between her friends, watching the plot get bigger and better, but she had one question "When do I get a crack at him?" she asked plaintively.
"Panda-chan, you'll get to deliver the final blow. Besides, you already struck the first blow. I was quite amusing to watch him trying to free himself from your kunai without ripping his clothes or ripping all his hair out." Ino suddenly froze. "His hair." She almost whispered. "I just had the best idea for it." When she whispered her idea to the other two, their grins mirrored her own. That was going to be a sight to see.
Oh yeah. Vengeance will definitely make me feel better. Tenten smirked.
A/n: I have a couple in mind already, but if anyone has ideas on what diabolical things I should subject Neji to, let me know.
Oh, and the lyrics are from "In the Middle of the Night" by Within Temptation.
