Author's Note: Well, here you go, as promised. I updated sooner. I'll try to update weekly since my chapters are so short. I still feel guilty. *sniff*
For those of you who have read the recent Naruto chapter, I must say this: Oh, My, :CENSORED: the 4th ninja war?! Is that guy serious?!!! All I have to say is this: there better be in some shape or form, some Tenji in there, lol.
I'm still sick…I feel like throwing a rampage. Lucky for you guys I'm compressing my anger into writing (hope I don't crap up the story). This chapter seems kinda filler to me now that I think about it. This is really my first ongoing fic so bear with me!!
I just realized how much of a jerk I make Neji turn out in my fics…Does he seem too OOC?
Thanks,
~Fake Bliss
.:Flashback (one week previous):.
Lee crashed to the ground with a loud thump. Tenten looked down in concern and sighed.
"Lee, you sure don't know when to give up, of course you can't win. Because unlike you, Neji is…is a genius." She hated to say it but she didn't want to see Lee get hurt over this. 'Even my passion is faltering. It's already been a week since it happened and I've hardly made any progress. Whereas Neji,' she looked at said boy. 'Probably mastered like ten jutsus by now.'
"It's useless Lee. No matter how hard you work, you cannot defeat me. This is already decided," said Neji.
Tenten's gaze shifted back to Lee. 'Lee, don't push yourself. Maybe Neji's right. People like you and I can't hope to catch up to—'
"I do not care what he is!" Lee shouted. Tenten looked at him in shock. "I will defeat him one way or the other!"
She smiled softly. 'Maybe I should try too.'
.:End Flashback:.
Tenten ran as fast as she could through the village to Team Gai's training grounds. Oh God I'm late. Oh God I'm late. OH GOD I'M LATE!!
In truth, Tenten was really only late by a few minutes. It's not my fault that I woke up with something on the bed. Tenten thought sadly. Why did my first have to happen on a training day?
"Tenten-san! Tenten-san!" A blur of green knocked her off her feet. "I was so worried Tenten-san! I thought you were kidnapped or… or…kidnapped."
"I'm fine, Lee. See? No bumps, no bruises."
"In that case you have no excuse." Neji's glare was hard.
Jeez…he's pissed that it took off what? five minutes from his training time? Tenten glared right back.
"Oh my dearest Tenten!" Oh. God. Gai-sensei. "It is so unyouthful to be late! Now look at my gorgeous face and make a youthful promise that you will never be tardy again."
Tenten looked at him reluctantly. "Err…I promise?"
"YOSH! Now we can all commence in the new youthful exercises I've come up with! Before we spar, we shall do our pre-warm up, our warm up, our pre-post warm up, our post warm up, and then the muscle stretchers! Let's begin with 200 laps around Konoha! Let your youth go up in flames and ignite your hearts! GO!" Gai's green streak faded into the distance.
"Here I come, Gai-sensei!" Lee proclaimed before he too, disappeared.
Tenten sighed bitterly but began running none the less. Great, just great.
Tenten fell onto the grass panting very hard. Her clothes slung to her body is much that they felt more like a layer of skin. She would've torn it off and just worn the tank top underneath had it not been for the fact that doing so in front of Neji was liable to make her embarrassed. Most likely to faint too. If this was just Gai's new warm up regimen, every day was going to be worse than Hell. I've already taken a shower into my own sweat before training actually started! Why am I cursed with such a sensei?
She looked at her teammates. Rock Lee seemed a little fatigued and he was panting as well, though not as badly as Tenten was. Neji, not being the speed specialist that Lee was, was trying to catch his breath. He was a lot worse than Lee, but still not in Tenten's exhausted state.
"Lee, where do you get your energy?" She mumbled, turning her head towards the sky.
She failed to notice the pair of eyes that looked at her at minute intervals.
