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2.
Trusting the Hyuga came easier than I had expected. . . .
I hated every minute of it too.
Being shinobi, your team has to have balance. And Team Guy had balance like none other. Our respective jutsu specialties may not have clicked like the famed Ino-Shika-Cho trio, but we at least had some understanding.(1) And understanding your team got you at least somewhere in the ninja world.
The first few months as Team Guy were strange and . . . tension filled. With Neji's superior attitude and Lee's strive to prove himself worthy a shinobi, there were a lot fights, and even more times when I had to step in and break it up.
"Stop antagonizing him!" I barked at the Hyuga as Team Guy separated into our now normal two-on-two groups.
"Antagonizing him?" inquired Neji in his cold, cold voice, turned away from me.(2)
"Yes!" I shouted, not understanding how one just one person could be such a jerk.
"He asks for it," was Neji's curt and unconcerned reply.
"And so do you!" I yelled, running fast to injure him from behind.
I never understood why he didn't notice me when I hit his head . . . he had the Byakugan after all. Anyway, from then on I think Neji understood that I was not someone he could play his stupid mind tricks on.
(1) Ino-Shika-Cho as in the original. Yeah.
(2) I think Cold by Crossfade is a perfect song for the Neji/TenTen relationship.
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