Chapter 3: Stupid Radio
"ARRRRRRGH!!" Tenten screamed as she entered her house. She stomped up the stairs and into her room. She slammed the door, and turned on the radio.
I'm sorry I can't be perfect…
Oh come on Neji, is this your way of torturing me?? Tenten growled. She switched the dial.
Oooh, I love you so
Just look in my eyes they'll tell you where this could go
I just want you to kno-
"Oh come ON is there anything ELSE besides stupid sappy love songs that tell me things about Neji??" she switched the dial again.
You swoon you sigh
Why deny it oh-oh..
It's too cliché
I won't say I'm in love
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!" Tenten grabbed the nearest kunai and stabbed the radio. (She's been stabbing things lately, hasn't she…) She threw herself on the bed and started crying.
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Neji sadly walked back to the training ground, where Gai, Lee and Kankuro were sitting down on the ground. It seemed that they were playing…truth or dare?
What the heck…? Neji laughed silently as he watched them from behind a bush.
"Dare!! I'm not spilling my secrets to you, Gai, NEVER!" Kankuro screeched.
"Hmm… I dare you to… kiss Sakura on the cheek when you see her!"
"Dang! Oh fine."
"My turn! Oh it's my youthful turn!!" (guess who that is)
"Ahh, truth or dare?"
"Definitely truth!"
"Who do you like better, Sasuke, or Naruto?" Kankuro asked with an evil glint in his eyes.
"And why should I even ANSWER that question?"
"Because you picked truuuuuuuth."
"Oh fine! Naruto! Sasuke is too obnoxious!!"
"Haaahaaa I knew it!!"
"Okaaaay… Gai-sensei, truth or dare?"
"Truth."
"Who's hotter, Kurenai, Anko, or Tsunade?"
Now Neji couldn't help laughing at this question. Meaning that the game was over.
"Ah Neji!" Gai looked relieved he didn't have to answer his question. Neji was practically doubling over in laughter.
"Lee…you…like…Lee…Ahahahahahahahaha!!" Now everyone was surprised. They've never seen Neji so happy.
"But she (sob) still (sob) won't forgive me…"
"Oh no, it's his mood swings…" Lee murmured to Kankuro.
"What?"
"When he goes through something terrible, he deals with it through mood swings." (A/N: I know, corny. I couldn't think of anything else…)
"Then WHY won't she like me?! I LOVE her and I don't wanna LOSE her!! The stupid GIRL!"
"Oh boy, he's in the angry stage. Only two more stages…" Lee predicted.
"But I don't know if she likes me too, I mean… uhm, I don't r-really know… I-I just wanna s-say hi…"
"Dude? Is he acting like Hinata?"
"Yes, my Kankuro-san. (sigh) At least we only dealt with it a few times."
"Welltheonlythingwecandorightnowisbehappybecausesometimespeoplearen'thappywiththeirlives." Neji said beaming at super-fast speed. (by the way, he said, Well the only thing we can do right now is to be happy because some people aren't happy with their lives)
Then he blanked out.
"Neji?"
"Wha-what happened?"
"Your stupid mood swings-I mean your mental illness- I mean you were very happy, then very sad, then very angry, then very shy, then hyper."
"Well…I can deal with problems anyway I want to!" Neji said defensively.
"What happened, Neji?" Lee told him.
"I tried to talk to her… she won't believe me… it's not fair…"
"Well I hate to break it to you, but she's never gonna-"
"What Kankuro? She's never going to WHAT?!"
'Well, I asked her about it yesterday, and she said she'd never ever ever forgive you." Kankuro murmured, thinking they wouldn't hear. He was wrong.
"A-a-all of us?" Lee said.
"You betcha." Kankuro said in a fake high pitch tone.
"We did it now…" Gai murmured. He was thinking that he knew now that Tenten would never do the things he thought she would do…
"I'm going to speak to her." Neji proclaimed.
"You're gonna do what?"
"Speak to her."
"Are you nuts?! They don't call her the weapons mistress for nothing, Neji Hyuga." Kankuro warned him.
"Yeah. That's how much I love her. I'm going to risk my life, just to let her forgive me."
--
Neji stood out of Tenten's house. He readied himself for anything that would happen.
Ding dong…
"GO AWAY!" Tenten screamed from inside the house.
"Tenten, I just want to talk to you!"
"Oh yeah? Well so is the rest of the world! GO AWAY!!"
"Tenten open this door or I'll break it open!"
"You wouldn't DARE Neji Hyuga! You wouldn't DARE!!"
"I would. You know me better than anyone else, Tenten. OPEN UP."
"…"
He heard a stomp as she stomped down the stairs. She slammed the door open. Her eyes were red, really red. He knew she had been crying.
"Well? Are you going to talk to me or NOT?!"
"Tenten, I won't say I'm sorry. But just know this: I love you more than anyone else in the world. From the first day we met in that classroom I knew you were perfect. I love you, Tenten. I Love you so much."
Tenten stared at him in shock. Then her eyes seemed to squint up again with tears.
"Oh yeah? Neji, I LOVED YOU TOO! But you ended it when you LEFT! You made me not LOVE you anymore!! I HATE YOU, NEJI HYUGA!! HATE YOU!"
"Tenten, maybe I can change your mind with this."
"Oh yeah? No gift will ever make me less angry, that's for sure." But he leaned forwards and kissed her on the lips.
"N-Neji…" she murmured when he broke away.
"Tenten I'm so sorry that I left. You know me, I would never leave you intentionally." He touched her nose. "I would never ever do that to you, Tenten"
"I know Neji… But I was just sooo…hurt."
"I know that and I'm sorry."
"How do I know you MEAN it? How do I know??"
"Because you're my best friend. I love you. You know when I'm telling the truth, Tenten. Try to see through your tears. I missed you."
"Stop it Neji! STOP!"
"What…??"
"I hate it when you confuse me!! Just stop talking to me, it'll be less painful!!" she ran inside and slammed the door in his face.
Once she closed the door, she leaned against it, sank down to the floor and started to cry…
Neji, on the other side of the door, quickly wrote something on a piece of paper and slid it under the door.
I know you're there, Tenten. Stop ignoring me, please! I can't live like this…
Tenten didn't move. And she heard footsteps leading away from the door.
I hate fighting with him…I really hate it. Now I know he feels the same way, but I can't forgive him! Not now, not ever! A miracle would have to happen if I ever forgive!!
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A week passed, and Kankuro came and went (A/N Sorry if this wasn't what you expected, but just wait and see…) and Tenten kept herself up in her room. (For the whole week, yes. She has a mini-fridge in there!!) Frustrated, the girls marched over to their training area and told them off.
"Okay, guys, this has gone TOO far." Sakura Haruno said, her short pink hair tied in a mini-ponytail.
"What has gone too far, my cherry blossom of love?"
"The fact that you guys are totally scarring Tenten for life!!" Temari no Subaku scolded them.
"She's been stuck in her room for a week, reading vampire books and wearing black, and eating chocolate." Ino Yamanaka nearly shouted at them.
"Uhm, y-yes she h-has been a b-bit s-strange lately guys…" Hinata Hyuga (who else?) replied shyly, as usual.
"We know." Gai sensei said.
"We think it's best to leave her alone! Sooner or later, she'll have to join us in our youthful practices! It's so fun, she just can't stay away!"
Everyone sweat dropped. Fun?
"Well anyway, I think someone should talk to her. You guys are being totally insensitive." Sakura told them.
"Especially y-you of a-all people, N-Neji-sempai…"
"Why the heck would I want to talk to her?"
"Be-CAUSE, Neji Hyuga, everyone KNOWS you like her and everyone KNOWS she just wants to talk to you." Ino rolled her eyes.
"Look, the last time I talked to her, she slammed the door in my face after I kissed her-" Did I just say that out loud?! OH god.
"D-Did you just say you k-kissed T-tenten-chan?" Hinata said, Byakugans growing wide.
"I didn't-"
'Oh you did, my youthful Neji! You really youthfully kissed Tenten-chan! OH I am so happy for you two youthful people!"
"Shut up Lee." Neji growled.
"Ahh, so they DID kiss…" Temari grinned, a smirk growing on her face.
"What I don't get is why she's still emoting over in her room even if you kissed her." Sakura murmured.
"I don't know!! Ask her!!"
"N-Neji-chan… Y-you know if y-you r-really love Tenten-ch-chan… you would tell h-her you w-were s-sorry with all your h-heart…"
"Gosh, I know that Hinata… I just…" Neji stopped and walked away.
"You know what?" Ino said, once Neji was out of earshot.
"What?" Temari grinned. She sensed a plan.
"We need the boys for this one."
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15 minutes later…
Lee, Naruto Uzumaki, Kiba Inuzuka (and Akamaru), Shino Aburame, Chouji Akimichi, Shikamaru Nara, Gaara no Subaku, Sasuke Uchiha, Kankuro, Temari, Sakura, Ino, and Hinata were gathered around a large cherry blossom tree. Which meant that everyone just couldn't stop teasing Lee and Sakura.
"Ahh, my cherry blossom of youth and serenity!"
"Shut up Lee…" Kiba murmured. He was a bit edgy today…
"Yeah." Temari said dismissively. She turned to everyone.
"What are we going to do?" Gaara, aka Panda-chan, said sleepily.
"Well… Tenten's not herself, Neji's grumpier than usual. I say we get them together again."
"Temari unless you're willing to do the impossible, I think we can do that." Ino said.
"Well you wanted a plan, right? I got one! Let's make them happy!" Temari's grin widened.
"What a drag. They can make themselves happy." Shikamaru told them.
"Oh shut up, Shikamaru. It's much more fun this way." Naruto laughed.
"Hn." Was all Sasuke had to say.
"So here's what we're going to do…"
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Later that afternoon…
-SBAM- "Teeeeeen-teeeeeeen!!" Temari screeched as she slammed the door open.
"Temari, what do you want NOW?" Tenten shouted from her room.
"Just to… BRING YOU OUTSIDE!" she withdrew her big fan and used it to blow her out of her room. (A/N: I don't know if this is possible with her fan, but I saw and think that she can control the wind with her chakra using the big fan…so I'm not really sure.)
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!" Tenten, wearing black sweatpants and a black t-shirt with her hair set DOWN in messy waves.
"You are going outside. You are going to STOP feeling sorry for yourself and you ARE going to smile!" Temari grinned at her. Tenten gave her a sad look.
"I don't wanna go outside. I look horrible and I feel horrible. Go away."
"Too bad for you."
She again controlled the wind with her chakra and blew her out the door, just as she was.
"Temari you fool!!" Tenten screeched. Temari kept leading her anyway.
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Neji's house…
"Wake up Neji, Wake up Neji, I know you're awake! I know you're awake! Please come on and go out please come on and go out, or I'll use my rasengan, or I'll use my Rasengan." (A/N Tune of "Are you sleeping, are you sleeping) Naruto screeched horribly outside Neji's window, while Sasuke and Lee wore earmuffs.
"Arrrrrrgh! Naruto what are you doing?" Neji, covering his ears and wearing a black MCR t-shirt and shorts opened the window and glared at the three of them.
"My youthful Neji! It has been a youthful week since you have taken a youthful walk outside of your youthful home!!"
"Just get out already." Sasuke murmured and looked to the side.
"Why the heck should I go out? The world hates me."
"They do not youthfully hate you Neji! They youthfully adore you especially youthful Tenten and youthful Gai-sensei and youthful I!"
"Don't mention her name to me! She's the reason for my pain!"
"Yeah, and you're the cause of HERS as well, so get out…unless you want to see my chidori."
"This is blackmail!!"
"Exactly." Naruto grinned. "Believe it!"
"Naruto if you guys think I'm going out you have another thing coming!"
"He asked for it!"
"CHIDORI!"
"RASENGAN!"
"LEAF HURRICANE!"
"Aaaaaah okay, okay I'm coming out, I'm going!" Neji disappeared from the window. The lightning, ball of chakra, and Lee's fighting stance disappeared as well. They grinned at each other.
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At the park.
While Temari was forcefully…uhh…blowing…Tenten to the park, Neji was being blackmailed by Sasuke, Lee and Naruto, everyone else was at the park…getting everything ready.
"Shikamaru, are you in position?" Kankuro asked.
"Yeah. How troublesome." Kankuro checked something off the paper.
"Sakura and Ino?"
"Yup!" The two grinned from the top of the trees.
"Chouji?"
"Done and done."
"Kiba?"
"Ready Freddy!"
"Looks like we're all set to go…"
"Uhm…K-Kankuro…I think we should keep Neji in place. Once Tenten i-is set…there's no telling what Neji would d-do…"
"Hinata, Neji wouldn't dare move. He wants it and we know it. But just in case…that's what we're doing, Hinata."
"O-Okay…"
"And Shino? Are the bugs ready?"
"I hate the idea of using them NOT for battles, but yeah, we're okay…"
"Hinata, activate your Byakugan, see if they're coming."
"Byakugan!"
"…"
"Temari and Tenten are coming within a radius of 1 kilometer. Neji and company are on their way." She deactivated her Byakugan.
"Good. Everyone hide!"
--
"Temari, how many times do I have to tell you I'm NOT GOING TO THE PARK?"
"Oh we're here already!!" she used her wind to edge her deeper into the park. They reached the middle where there was a big lake and a … what?
"Oh the place has become much more beautiful since I came here- wait there's no BEACH in Konoha!!" There was sand everywhere, and sea shells and crabs were everywhere. Behind Tenten, Temari slapped her forehead.
Gaara and Kankuro got a little bit carried away with the décor…
Behind a tree, Gaara and Kankuro grinned at each other.
"Never mind the scenery!! It's…uhh…new!" Temari grinned, not bothering to mention that all people thought this was an off limits part of the park and not allowed to go in so they would have privacy.
"Oh…" Tenten sat down on the sand…
Perfect…just what Shikamaru needs… She turned around, where Shikamaru was supposedly sitting, and gave him the signal.
He performed the shadow just-thingy… (A/N not sure about the name, haha) and sat exactly the way that Tenten was sitting.
"Why the heck is there a BEACH in Konoha?" She heard Neji exclaim from about 10 yards away…
"Aaaaaah! Neji! I gotta…" her eyes widened as she tried to move. "I…Can't... MOVE!!" her eyes turned to Temari with fright and she looked behind her and saw her shadow reach all the way over into the bushes. Her eyes narrowed. "Oh no, Temari. You guys just didn't do…"
"So your shadow's big!! What's the big deal?"
"How come I can't move!!"
"don't ask me!!"
--
With the 4 boys…
"Whoa what's wrong with the sand??" Neji murmured as he looked out at the beach.
--
Temari just left her alone.
"Temari Subaku don't leave me!!"
--
The sand started moving Neji closer towards Tenten. Shikmaru was closely making sure that Tenten didn't suspect anything. So when the sand picked her up, he had to follow her.
"Wh-where am I going??"
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What happens next?
R and R guys!
Disclaimer:
I don't own Naruto, or any of the songs mentioned.