Um... yeah... chapter two... hm...
New Update:
baka - idiot
teme - extremely inpolite way of saying you
dabo - calling someone "stupid"
gomen - sorry
gomenasai - I'm sorry
bold italics - emphasizing
Disclaimer:
I don't own Naruto. But, I do own Abunai, Fuhen, Mamori, Hantai, Kurai, Ayatsuri, The Hidden Village of The Shadows, and The Shadow Stopwatch Jutsu :D
Chapter
2 - Abunai Explained: Neji's Gender?
Tenten was at the gates. Wow. After 8 years, I
finally get to see Abunai. She's still probably one step ahead of me,
like always. But there's one thing that still bothers
me...
-Flashback-
A eight year-old Tenten stood at the edge of the lookout point.
Abunai stood beside her, gazing into the horizon. "Tenten,
I have to leave tomorrow, you know." "Mm." "I am hoping, that one day, we will meet again, and my skills
will match up to yours." Tenten looked at Abunai
incrediously. "Abunai, you graduated from the Academy in record
time. I still have to go for another four years. No matter what,
you'll always be more advanced than me." "Tenten,
that's not true and we both know it." "Mm." "Is there anything I can do for you before I leave?" "Actually, there is." "Hm?" "Abunai, what happened to your parents? Or, rather, what do you
remember?" "Tenten, my amnesia attack cleared my
memory. I don't have a clue of what happened to them." "Are you sure?" "Positive."
Tenten sighed. She knows what happened and she's afraid. But still...
"YOSH! TENTEN, ARE YOU PREPARED FOR THIS YOUTHFUL VACATION?!"
Tenten woke from her thoughts and looked up to see her teamate, a huge backpack slung over his shoulders, a goofy grin stretched across his face.
"Yes, Lee. I'm all ready."
"Then, we can leave."
Tenten looked up in surprise to find Neji sitting in a tree, his lips curled into his trademark smirk.
"How long have you been there?"
"Long enough."
---
The three made their way, jumping from limb to limb. They stopped to camp for the night.---
Neji and Lee set up the tents, while Tenten seemed to be preparing some kind of stew made from mushrooms and herb leaves.
Over the stew, Lee was asking questions about Tenten's friend and the town.
"Her name's Abunai. Abunai Hakumei. We shared a dorm at the Konoha Orphanage-"
"Orphanage?" Neji asked.
"..."
"You never said anything about an orphanage."
"... You guys didn't know I was an orphan?"
"No..."
"Oh. Well, anyways, we became really close friends, until she graduated from the Academy and was adopted by the Kumorikage. When she was twelve, she graduated from the Institute, and was emancipated(1). She was put in a squad with Fuhen Fennikusu, Mamori Seishou, and her teacher, Hantai. She and Fuhen wrote 'The Shinobi and Kunoichi Handbook' and she's also written a couple of songs."
"What's her techniques like?"
"She attacks your soul. You won't feel any pain until you realize you're dying. If she were to completly destroy your soul, it'd be like falling asleep and never waking up."
"..."
"I've tried to defeat her many times. I've only been sucessful twice out of supposedly twenty."
"What is she like?"
"She has a huge sense of humour, she plays pranks and never gets caught. She also has a bad habit of using slang and tends to swear. But she's a really good person. She's donated so much to the village, and she's always giving her staff days off."
"Staff?"
"She lives in a fricken' mansion. She has a water hole suitable for swimming complete with a waterfall and training grounds in her backyard, a sauna, a spa, and a room that defies gravity."
"... What. The. Hell. A room. That defies gravity."
"Yeah. I even think that's a little much. But Abunai... she's odd. She likes to be the one to the start new things, be different, and she doesn't let anyone get in her way. She's a real inspiration in her village."
Lee looked back and forth between his two teamates. They forgot I was here... It's almost like... Suddenly, Lee got an idea, which caused him to jump up and bang his head on the tree branch that was shading him.
"Lee! What the hell?! You scared the heck out of me!" Tenten screamed.
"Gomen, Tenten-san. I... just need to go for a walk." Lee got up, and as soon as he thought he was out of their hearing range, he screamed, "EUREKA!"
---
Neji and Tenten looked in the direction their green spandex-clad friend had gone, and just shrugged.
---
"Are we there yet?" Lee whined. He had come back a few minutes after he left. They slept for a few hours until they woke up and starting heading out again, Tenten leading, since she was the only one who knew where the Hidden Village of the Shadows was.
Tenten's chocolate brown eyes squinted. "Almost."
"Hn."
They went on for another few minutes, until Tenten stopped at a tree.
"What? Are you hurt or something?" Neji sounded suspicious with a hint of worry in his voice.
"Nope. Just step through these shadows, and we should be there."
"What?"
"I said, step through the shadows."
"... Okay..."
---
Tenten, Neji, and Lee made their way through the small, quiet village.
"Ahh... just as peaceful as she described it." Tenten was grinning broadly. Neji was warily looking at the villagers on the streets, who were staring at their forehead protecters and whispering. Two young girls caught his attention.
"Those forehead protecters look familiar..."
"They look exactly like the one that Abunai wears on her neck!"
"Abunai? Abunai Hakumei?"
"Yeah! Who else would I be talking about?"
"Wow... They look so cool."
"I wish I graduated from the Institute already!"
"Yeah! Then we could be as cool as Abunai!"
"Maybe she'll teach us the Shadow Stopwatch Jutsu!"
"Yeah! We could totally be cool with that technique!"
Neji smirked. Idiotic children... you need more than jutsus to be a ninja...
"Hm... she's not expecting us 'till tomorrow, so I say we spy on her until her training session is over, then surprise her."
"Is it really that youthful to spy on a friend?"
"Think of it as a mission, Lee."
"Yosh! I shall do it with all my- MPPTH!"
"Shut up, Lee. People are staring!"
---
"I'm Abunai, and I'm queen of the world!" A boy with silver, shoulder-length hair with red tips was mocking his female cell member in the middle of their training grounds.
"I'm warning you, Mamori. Shut. Up."
"Oooh... what are you gonna do? 'Dynamic Fist' me to death?"
The girl clenched her teeth. Her hazel eyes flamed with anger. Her pale fists were clenched as tightly as her pearl-coloured teeth were.
"That's it. You're goin' down!"
"Abunai, stop this nonsense." A boy with long, silky, jet-black hair and black eyes sat under a tree.
"You wanna piece a' me, Fennikusu?"
"You're angry."
"It's true. When you're past your limit, you call people by their last names." Mamori nodded his head.
"Shut up, Seishou."
"See?"
Abunai glared at her two teammates.
"How did I ever get stuck with you two? My team: an anti-social who specializes in memory techniques, a silver-haired freak who's obssesed with girls, and a sensei who thinks the world revolves around sushi."
"Just because he likes sushi, it doesn't mean he's a weirdo. And you're one to talk." Mamori seemed a little offended by Abunai's statement.
"How would you describe me then, ne?"
"A teenage sissy who spends her time collecting pendants that can have chakra welded into them." The black-haired boy seemed sastisfied with answer.
"... You suck at this."
"..."
"Losers. Let's starts training. I didn't come here to argue. And I don't want to wait for The Sushi-Sensei."
"... Whatever."
---
Team Gai was hidden in the trees, listening to the trio's converation.
"You never told us she was that bad..."
"Shut up. She'll hear us."
---
"Sorry I'm late. I just couldn't find my forehead protecter..." A blond man stood in the middle of the grounds.
"More like your lunch." Abunai flicked her slick brown hair back away from her face. It was tied back into a ponytail, with two locks dangling across her face. She wore a white long-sleeved shirt that was cut off just around the middle of her ribs. The sleeves were cut in a jagged zig-zag fashion. She also wore a grey mini-skirt that's bottom was cut like her sleeves, and she wore black knee-length tights under it.
"... Okay, it was my lunch. What do you guys plan on working on?"
"I... don't know." Mamori looked helplessly at his two teamates.
"Don't look at me like that." Abunai's voice shot through his ears like daggers.
"Looks like it's someone'stime of the month."
"Shut up, baka!"
"Now, Abunai, you shouldn't be embarassed. Although, it's quite natural for you to be embara-" The older man was cut off.
"You know all this, how?"
"Well, I was trained for-"
"Your last sentence sounded exactly like when Yukionna-sama taught me about..." Her voice trailed off.
"Um... well, I'm going to go practice faking death! Who wants to come?"
Abunai and the black-haired boy sweat-dropped. Mamori was looking from his sensei to his comrades.
"Uh... I guess I'll come with you... not like I have anything else better to do... Ja ne, Abunai, Fuhen."
And with that, the two disappeared into the forest.
"Guess it's just you and me."
"Well observed."
"Don't be an ass."
"..."
"Talk. It's awkward."
"..."
"I. Said. TALK."
"Whatever."
"Well, let's do something. That involves you getting your ass kicked."
"... You enjoy watching other people's physical pain?"
"Well, duh. Like the time I blew up the field with all the cows in it!"(A/N: Sorry Cow Lovers...)
-Flashback-
Abunai,
Fuhen, and Mamori were kneeling down at the fence of a field
containing fifteen cows. "Okay, when I snap my fingers,
the whole field's gonna explode." "Abunai, I really
doubt-" Abunai snapped her fingers, and the entire field
blew up. The cows went flying. Blood spewed everywhere. "Sick!"
"... Unfortunately, yes."
"Well, let's have a mock battle or something!"
"... Fine."
---
Team Gai watched the two ninja fight eachother. Tenten looked shocked. Neji looked amused. And Lee... well, Lee was just being Lee, his eyes concentrated on the taijutsu moves.
---
"I beat you. Again."
"..."
"You're lucky I didn't decide to practice the Deathwish jutsu on you today."
"You would really suck my soul into some unknown vortex?"
"On good days."
"You've always been violent. And your elbows are pointed and hard."
"... Where the hell did that come from?"
"Mamori. He complains that your constant jabbing is going to put a hole in his stomach one day."
"Well, he's the one hitting on all the girls he sees. It's... embarassing."
"You don't think I think the same thing?"
"Maybe."
"..."
"..."
"So, your friend from Konoha is coming soon?"
"Yeah, but not until tomorrow."
"I never heard the full story of you two."
"We were bunkmates at the Konoha Orphanage, and she's like the sister I never had."
---
Tenten sneezed.
---
"That's it?"
"We have... quite a history." An evil grin spread across Abunai's thin, wispery face.
"What did you do in your spare time when you were little?"
"Why are you asking so many questions?"
"It's more for me to know."
"Pathetic answer."
"Answer my question."
"And if I don't?"
"... I have your chocolate."
"... I hate you."
"I know. Now, answer."
"I wrote. Constantly. Songs, poems, stories, journals, diaries, you name it."
"Sounds cultured. So unlike today's Abunai Hakumei."
"Shut up."
"Seriously. In your spare time you annoy the Kumorikage, use Mamori for a punching bag, eat chocolate, and train. That's your life."
"I do alot more things than you realize. I mediatate, tell my staff to dress casual on Fridays, write and sing songs, and I still write to Tenten."
"Amazing."
"Teme."
"Baka."
"Dabo."
"..."
"Loser."
"... I'm leaving."
"You can't. We have to wait until Hantai-sensei comes back, because last time I told him you left early, he found you tied up upside down in a tree with a gag in your mouth."
"That was all your fault."
"So sue me for having a sense of humour."
"I should."
"It wouldn't matter. I'd give you the money and be done with it."
"True."
Abunai turned around, facing the tree Team Gai was hiding in.
"You can come out. All of you. All three of you."
Tenten froze. She knew we were here?! Fuhen looked at his teamate like she was a total freak talking to a tree. But then again, she was talking to a tree.
"You heard me. Come on. You've been watching us this whole time now."
Tenten leaped down from the tree, knowing she couldn't hide any longer. Neji and Lee followed after her. Abunai had an amused look on her face.
"Tenten. With two boys. In a tree. This is hilarious."
"Well, you were certainly getting comfortable right about now, weren't you?"
"You should know I can't let petty crushes get in my way."
"Same goes for you."
"... Well, this is some greeting. Normally I'd expect a few shuriken flying in my direction for some entrance from Konoha's Weapons Mistress, ne?"
"Maybe I should expect huge hug from one of my best friends that I haven't seen in eight years."
"Aren't we getting old for that?"
"Maybe."
"... I'm forgetting something."
"It figures."
"Oh! Now I know." She turned to Fuhen. "If Hantai-sensei asks where I've gone, tell him I'm duck-hunting."
Fuhen sweat-dropped. "Duck-hunting?"
"He's the one practicing faking death."
"I'm sure there's a logical explanation behind that."
"Sure, and I'm the Kumorikage's favorite kunoichi."
"You wish."
"I seriously don't."
"You're going off topic."
"You started it."
"This is going to turn into an argument."
"You have a pickle shoved up your ass."
"... what?!"
"Expression, baka."
"You should get going."
"Wanna get rid of me that easily, ne? As you wish, Prince Prick Pickle."
"What?"
"That's your new nickname. Prince Prick Pickle."
"I don't like it."
"Too bad. I'm the master here."
"Who proclaimed that?"
"A weasel on his deathbed."
"I suppose you killed it like you did the cows."
"It wasn't that bad!"
"You set explosives buried in the field, controlled by your chakra strings, so that when you snapped your fingers, the were set off."
"... so you figured it out."
"You've also taped the Kumorikage talking in his sleep, snuck into the movie theatre, and switched the tapes."
"Your point?
"All those times, you never got caught."
"What can I say? I'm good."
"Sure."
"Well, I gotta go. Remember, duck-hunting. Ja ne!"
---
Abunai lead the three down a long street. Two little girls came running up to her. Neji recognized them imediately. Those girls... were talking about the Shadow Stopwatch Jutsu before...
"Abunai-sama! Abunai-sama!"
"Ne? Ayatsuri-chan! Kurai-chan! What's up?"
"Can you teach us the Shadow Stopwatch Jutsu?"
"... Maybe after you've graduated and passed the Chuunin Test."
"But that'll take forever! We need to know it now so we can graduate from the Institute!!"
"... You do realize it took me... never mind."
"What? How long did it take you to learn it."
"Yukionna-sama taught me it in less than two weeks. But, she was an incredible teacher, and I am a fast learner. And I ended up in the hospital three times."
"We're fast learners! And you would be an awesome teacher!"
"Gomen, but, I can't risk what would happen. One person died while trying to master that technique."
"How many people have tried to master it?"
"Just three. Yukionna-sama, who was an amazing ninja, me, and the guy who died."
"... Wow."
"Well, I gotta go."
"Wait! Isn't that... that girl from the orphanage you lived in! You showed us pictures, remember?"
"Yes, I remember. Girls, this is Tenten. Weapons Mistress of Konoha. And these are her teamates, Rock Lee and Neji Hyuuga."
"In Konoha, there's two girls and one boy on each team?"
Neji looked like he was about to die. Lee was trying to hold in unbearable laughter, and Tenten was blushing furiously. Abunai looked amused.
"He's of the male species, I can assure you of that." You could hear quiet, shaky laughter in Tenten's voice.
"O-oh! G-gomen!"
"G-gomenasai!"
"I don't think he'll kill you, no matter how scary he looks." Abunai tried to calm down the two girls.
"Oh! We have to go! Ja ne, Abunai-sama!"
"Ja ne, Ayatsuri-chan, Kurai-chan."
The two girls scurried down the road, looking horrified and embarassed. Tenten and Lee took this as the time to burst out laughing, practically on the ground crying.
"Oh... my... god... that was fricken' hilarious!" Tenten was gripping her ribs because she was laughing so hard.
"That wasn't funny." Neji was cleary angry.
"Oh, so you do talk." Abunai was chuckling softly.
"Yeah, but barely!" Lee was still laughing over the two girls' gender confusion.
"Did you see the girl with the black hair? She's Fuhen's little sister. And the one with long blue hair is my... rival's little sister. Well, let's get going!"
-X-
Poor, poor Neji. It's funny sometimes. Oh, and I have definitions for the names:
Abunai Hakumei- it means
'dangerous twilight'
Fuhen Fennikusu- it means 'everlasting
phoenix'
Mamori Seishou- it means 'defense energy'
Hantai- it
means 'hostility'
Kurai Fennikusu- it means 'dark
phoenix'
Ayatsuri- it means 'manipulation'
-DanniGUser
