A/N: Well, I'm putting another chapter up because like, the first one was a bit OOC, so here's chapter 2!
Disclaimer: Naruto is NOT mine!!
"Speaking"
Thinking
Jealousy
Chapter 2 - Rumours
It was a bright and sunny day in Konoha. The sun was blazing through the curtains. It was a fresh new start. She got out of her bed and started her daily routine.
Tenten looked at herself in the mirror. There was no smile on her face. She just couldn't bring herself to be happy, not after last night. Well, who can be happy, especially if they rejected their one true love. I'll just act normal, I don't want people sticking their noses in where they're not concerned.
And with that, she carried on, faking the happy-and-nothing-happened-last-night act.
(At the Hyuuga compound…)
The Hyuuga genius woke up to see a messed up room, which he aimed his anger at.
"Oh great, I just had to go overboard, now I have to clean up this mess before Hiashi-sama comes in." moaned the angered shinobi.
Knock-knock.
Speak of the devil.
"Neji, I just came by to check on you. You were awfully loud last night. I couldn't fall asleep." said the curious Hyuuga leader.
"Uh, I was just uncomfortable because of the storm, sorry to keep you up!" replied nervous Neji.
"Well, you've never made that much noise because of a storm before, can I come in?" asked a suspicious Hiashi.
Oh great, now what am I gonna do?
"Uh, sorry, I'm err… getting dressed! You don't want to come in to see me naked do you?" said a relieved Hyuuga.
"Not really, I'll come check on you later. Breakfast is in 2 hours."
Once Hiashi was out of hearing distance, Neji scrambled to tidy up his very untidy room. That was close, if he'd have walked in here, I'd be in hell!
(Back to Tenten…)
"Well, I'm ready to face the world. I think I am anyway." she said as she walked out her front door.
She walked into the busy street of the morning, to hear all the screams and gossiping about. Sure is noisy for this time of the morning. Seems like someone has just spread a rumour round. Whoever spreads these stupid rumours should be someone who has nothing to do with their time. I'd be surprised if it was Lee, hehe, he probably trains so much he doesn't have the time to spread them. Hehe!
As she was thinking, she didn't notice the many eyes that were completely focused on her.
"I wonder why she isn't with him, I thought that they were so in love, that they stay withn each other 24/7!" muttered a voice.
"Really, I thought Neji…" said another voice.
"What?! Neji?!" said a very shocked kunoichi. Her ears were just wondering with the other words, but the name just stood out.
She stood still, not realising that someone was creeping up on her.
"TENTEN!" shouted some familiar voices
"AHH! WHY did you two scare me like that?" asked the angry weapon mistress.
She noticed that it was her two best friends, Sakura and Ino. They had been friends ever since the Chuunin exams. She had learnt how to deal with their hyperactive ways over the years.
"Because, we wanted to say… CONGRATULATIONS!" yelled the two in unison.
"Congratulations? What for?" questioned a curious Tenten.
"For you and Neji!" said the pair.
"WHAT! You have to be kidding me?! We are NOT going out! NO WAY!" replied Tenten, with a surprised look.
"Well, that's what us two heard." said a confused Sakura.
"You HEARD it from someone!"
"Well, duh!"
"WHO TOLD YOU ME AND NEJI WERE A COUPLE?!" screamed a furious ninja. She lifted Sakura's collar and pointed a kunai at her throat, threatening her own best friend.
Ino just stood there like a girl shivering in winter, she knew how angry Tenten could be when someone annoyed her.
"Hey, hey, it was Lee, so you don't need to kill anyone." Ino said to trying to calm the tension.
"LEE?!?" yelled the angered girl. She let go of Sakura, and went stomping off in the direction of the training grounds. Everyone knew Lee would be in that location at this time of day. He was in for a beating, a very furious beating.
(Back to Neji…)
"Time to go." was all Neji said as he walked out of the Hyuuga compound.
"Wait! Neji-nii-san!" shouted a familiar voice.
"Huh?"
He turned around to see Hinata panting, trying to catch her breath.
"Yes?" asked Neji.
"Well… I heard you… making a… lot… of noise… last night. Was anything… the… matter?" replied a concerned Hyuuga. (A/N: She's not stuttering, just panting.)
"Hn."
She was back to her normal breathing rate and was be able to talk to Neji properly without all the stops. Her feud with Neji had ceased over the years because he was losing too many brain cells. (A/N: If you didn't know, as a branch family member, if he has a bad thought about the main family, he loses brain cells, because of his curse mark.) And it's hard to bear a grudge against your own cousin.
"Well, I don't really know if 'hn' stands for yes or no."
"Hn."
"Ok, I'll leave it because it seems you don't like me pestering, because you're going to have to answer me when you come back."
"Hn."
With that, Neji and Hinata went their different ways. He made his way to the training grounds, but he made sure he took the longer route because he was trying to avoid Tenten. Just in case he made the same accident he made the night before.
The streets are more busier than usual. Gossip, I suppose. Things spread fast in Konoha. Knowing someone like Kiba, he'd probably run at me with full speed and shout 'NEJI!'.
Just as he had that thought, someone from a far distance seemed like he was running at his maximum speed just to say something to the genius.
"NEJI!"
Today really isn't my day.
"What now?" said the Hyuuga prodigy.
"New gossip! And this time it's about YOU!" yelled the excited ninja.
"WHAT?! ME?!"
"Yup! Congrats!"
"What makes you say congrats?"
"Because… YOU'RE GOING OUT WITH TENTEN!"
"WHAAAAAAT?!"
"When did that happen? Because I don't usually miss juicy gossip like this!"
The shinobi tried hard to keep his temper at bay. His eyes twitched. He clenched his fists. And a massive vein popped out of his head.
Wait! That was what Hinata meant when she said 'you'll going to have to answer me when you come back'. She knew?! Great! That means Hiashi-sama knows too.
This made Neji even more furious. He turned his face down, losing sight of his eyes.
"Hey, hey, don't need to make a face like that, you should be happy it's in the open, now you can be congratulated!" Kiba said, with a big grin on his face.
"ME AND TENTEN ARE NOT, LET ME REPEAT, NOT, GOING OUT!!!"
Without any pause, he punched Kiba, with tremendous power, into a nearby tree. Everyone noticed. Everyone stopped talking. Everyone stared. Neji didn't care.
He walked up to Kiba who was almost unconscious, and picked him up by his collar. He pulled him closer to right in front of his face.
"WHO TOLD YOU ALL THIS STUPID CRAP?" he had raised his voice, right to the point where people a mile away, could hear him clearly enough.
"Lee." And with that, he was completely out. People started to rush around, and some were still in shock.
Neji dropped him onto the floor, for people to carry him to hospital, and faced the direction of the training grounds.
"Lee, you are in for a hell of a beating."
A/N: What dyu think? See, told you it was gonna get better, sort of. Anyways, sorry for this chapter being so long. I was getting caught up, and was going to far, so like half of this chapter (which isn't in this chapter duh, but was originally) is going to chapter 3.
Now, if you like it, PLEASE R&R! Well, that's if you want the next chapter.
Thank you!
