Tinted Passion

Chapter Two: Concealed Contempt

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The rushing rapids of the clear cascading waters smashed down onto Neji's well toned body. He was gritting as the impact of the strangely heated water plop onto his back. Unfortunately, Tenten was still unconscious and helpless. Neji's embraced tightened around Tenten's abdomen. Her body leanned into Neji's body and gave into his firm embrace as she continue to fall asleep in dream world.

"Byakugan!" The Hyuga blood was alerted and immediately popped out of the side of his temples. The blood flowed well in function. Upon looking down, a site of jagged rocks appeared! If he doesn't stop himself and Tenten from crashing into the keen rocks below them, it'll be the end of their young lives…

As he continues to stare down, a sign of hope shines towards their direction. He sees one flat rock but the size of it was so small, that it is impossible to land on it with just ONE foot (because the rock was so small that you can't put both feet upon it), but there was no other option but to head to that rock.

Neji attempts to turn himself down so that his feet faced the rocks instead, following a fluent motion to exsert chakra all over the body.

I got it now Neji thought confidently and assurely.

BAM! Neji's foot (ninja shoe, whatever) slams dead onto the small rock, but the impact was so great that seconds later after he landed, Neji loses his balance and falls straight into the water along with Tenten. Once again the feel of the intense warm water signaled their nerves. The water was like a hot spring! It looked as though something under the water was boiling the liquid. Steam streamed into the cold air and fused with it. And then seconds later, the steam vanquishes.

Neji's head pops out of the water first, taking the first breath, but something was missing.

"Tenten! TENTEN!" He hollered in somewhat a kind of panic state. He cursed himself and showed a face of frustration. "Where the hell is she?"

"I'm here stupid!"

Tenten said behind Neji. Neji looked behind him in surprise. Not because she was behind him, but because he figured out that she was naked this whole time! With her unexpected appearance, Neji flys back into the water and pops out again.

Ugh! He's so childish. Tenten thought.

SHE WAS NAKED THIS WHOLE TIME? Come to think of it… Neji redressed his memories to when he embraced Tenten durning the fall. Ah… now he remembers what happended. A slight blush appeared over his pale cheeks.

Tenten noticed his odd expression. "Why the hell are you in the water with me!" she hissed.

Neji snapped back into reality and twitched as he slowly turned back to her.

"You're the one who was drifting away in the river like some idiot!"

"Don't look at me prevert!"

Ignoring her comment, he went back to their original topic. "Is this the thanks I get for saving your sleeping ass?"

"Damn right!"

A growling war begun. Tenten vs. Neji. The silence and faint growls among the two were still going strong but Neji broke the silence first.

"I have to keep watching you because you constantly sleep 24/7! You're causing the team for just giving into your moronic habits and worrying every second of a minute! It's already a disgrace to even have you on the team Tenten!" Neji bleakly said.

Tenten stopped.

What? I'm causing the… team? Tenten asked herself.

Neji didn't even hesitate to say more. "You're failures are dragging us down with you. Like how you dragged me down this waterfall."

Tenten scrutinized at the bubbling whitish, blue water. Good thing it was steaming or else Neji would've seen her naked body which would be added to her already bad enough embarrassment. She was almost at her range of sheding tears. Carefully thinking before she acts, knowing wisely that if she just let the tears leak from her eyes, Neji would just chastise and comment her harshly again.

Neji got out of the hot water and didn't even notice how badly he made his own teammate felt. He sent out a little grunt as if he felt some kind of pain and Tenten only helplessly and hopelessly glanced at Neji, who oddly was in a process taking off his Hyuga robes.

Tenten continue to muse herself from what Neji just told her. A question held her captive in her own mental entertainment. Why… why would there be a reason to fall in love with a cold-hearted prodigy?

Neji's robes were off, leaving him half naked with his bare and physique chest, drowning in water and paired with some ripped up buttery colored pants. One of his legs bleed from a large cut. It oozed out crimson liquid in seconds and soaked into his trousers. The scarlet spot spontaneously grew.

Tenten noticed. "Neji… you're bleeding?"

Neji grunted in pain again. "Leave me alone. I'm fine."

Tenten dropped her head so that her hair would conceal her face and hide her embarrassment. The embarrassment didn't seem to stop harrassing her. She moved her arms to embraced herself underwater. It was clear that Neji was mad at her but she knew very well that she really didn't float on the river unintentionally. Something, someone forced her to do that and it desperately hungered for the death of her life.

"Here." Neji threw his Hyuga robe towards Tenten, hitting her face. She blew a breath to remove the sleeve rested upon her lips.

"Wear it. You'll get a cold."

Tenten groaned and reluctantly puts on his robe. The robe was quite large for her size but then again, it's still better to wear it than to do something else. The end of the robe's lengh stopped before Tenten's knees and the sleeves hung after Tenten's fingertips. She headed towards Neji who was ripping off the part where his blood soaked into his pants and tied some layers of cloth from his arm to his leg.

Abrutly Neji stands up and stubbornly attempts to step forward, but a shot of attacks from his wounded leg discontinued his movement. "Argh!"

"Neji!" Tenten called. She was reaching for him as he sat back down onto a smooth rock.

"Neji, I'll help you walk. Just put your arm around my shoulder."

Neji glared intensly. "No. I can walk." He scrowled at her, eyes full of contempt and fury. It was difficult for Tenten to even look at him so she looked away.

He got up and started walking off, neglecting the disturbing pain. Tenten watched after him painfully.

"So… he rather take the pain than to let me help him… that hurts."

Tenten followed after him and unintentionally sniffed a little loudly as she secretly allowed some tears to fall from her soft honey golden orbs. Clear crystal droplets plopped onto the dirt floor.

Neji continued to suck up the pain, vaguely hearing Tenten cry from his back. He sighed and spun around to look at her.

"Are you okay?" Neji stuggling to lower the tone of his voice.

"What do you think? I thought you were a genius." Her eyes were red from crying and damp marks appeared on her slightly red cheeks.

Neji gazed at her eyes and then to her appearance. He let out a deep breath. "Hurry. The faster he get to the Fire Village, the faster you can get some rest… okay?"

Tenten didn't respond and scrowled back at him. They quickened their pace and at last stopped in front of the wall of the waterfall. They realized they have to climb their way up the waterfall to meet up with Lee.

"We're going to use our chakra. It's the only way to get up there."

"But Neji, your leg-"

Neji bitterly interupted. "Stop worrying about me and start worrying about yourself. It's bad for you."

Tenten boldly refused to back down. "But I can't help it if I see you walking around as if nothing isn't hurting. You've got to let me help you Neji!" She grabbed his free hand but he swiftly took it back. The action surprised her so much that her face was filled with shame and instantly made her cry again. She wrung her eyes tightly and bits of water squished inbetween. Her tears draped down her sun-kissed skin and her honey soft eyes were reluctant to open.

Neji glowered at her but then sighed. He slowly limped towards her and stretched out his hand onto her shoulder. He staggered in his place and tried to look into her eyes. "Tenten."

Tenten refused to open them. The sight of everything she attempted to offer, seem to be pushed aside.

Then a dark figure up above the waterfall appeared. He stood bolded as both of his feet strongly planted against the firm ground.

"TENTEN!!! NEJI!!!" Lee hollered with camaraderie spilling over his tone. Tenten briskly brushed her tears off her cheeks. She couldn't take any more questions about how she is feeling.

They both turned to look at their comrade as he plopped down from the waterfall in a graceful fashion. He jumped near his teammates while a blue and white scroll was tightly held in his left hand. He flashed his pearly whites and quickly altered his expression into a confusion state.

"Eh. Tenten… why are you wearing Neji's robe?" A slight hint of jealously was expressed from his tone.

A anime drop appeared from the back of her head. "Uh Lee… I was naked."

"YOU WERE!" Lee exhilarated out of no were. Tenten cautiously stepped back. "You are barely clothe properly my precious Tenten! I would've given my tights-!"

Neji's hand instantly slapped right into Lee's lips. "That's enough Lee. Your clamorous and vulgar talking is going to attract more enemies."

Lee stopped and lowered his voice. "Speaking of ninjas, not a while ago, I was attacked by ANBU ninjas! It was a good thing that I've defeated them so easily with my Konoha Whirlwind!"

"Quiet!" Neji growled.

Tenten glanced at Lee's scroll. "Hey Lee, what's that your holding?"

Lee looked at his scroll. "Huh? Oh this. This is a teleporting scroll I stole from one of the ANBU ninjas that I defeated. I thought we can use this to get to the Fire Village faster since we're in a close enough range to teleport there."

"Nice going Lee."

"Let's go," Neji urged.

Soon, Lee took out the scroll, unwrapped it and did the hand signs to teleport them. In a flash, a wall of smoke rised and brought them at the front of the entrance of the Fire Village.

"Finally!" Lee exhilarated but immediately his expression changed. His eyes widened and narrowed his irises. His bold and poise figure wavered along the choas of their destination.

Tenten's and Neji's orbs boggled along too.

The place they sojourned had already fell in catastrophe and it accosted to them, almost in a position to bow and give up before their superior. Dark blood painted some of the buildings and terribly tortured corpses laid carelessly on the roads of the village. The dark clouds thundered godly and purple hazes swam in the atmosphere. The majestic and celestrial, white full moon smiled upon them.

A faint sound dwelled from the back of their heads.

You're too late…

Okay I'm done. So how did you like it. I wrote all of this in two weeks! Yes I know I'm pretty slow. Two weeks? Yes. Unfortunately this is my limit so don't push me too much or I'll explode.

Oh yes! Please review! If you review, you are inspiring someone to write. And guess who that lucky person is… ME! So the point is, review, chappie, review, chappie, review, chappie, review, Neji. Okay? (Please no flames. Or I'll get my tranquilizer and hunt you down).

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