Alrighty, this is the last chapter and that means I can update my other stories! Yeah!
Disclaimer: Issy111 doesn't own Naruto! :D But she does own Jean-Pierre, who is her very own OC. x3
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"Tenten, the prom is tomorrow night, you don't have a date, and you, therefore, have no corsage!" Ino screeched. Tenten stuck her tongue out at the blond.
"JP said he'd bring a corsage to my house. He also offered to be my date. I eventually agreed to let him be my escort. He'll leave after he makes sure I get in alive. He wants to be absolutely sure that I don't damage my 'model material' as he puts it." Tenten laughed. Ino huffed.
"You're getting really attached to Jean-Pierre, aren't you?" She teased.
"He's paying me $10,000 for a single show and he's really helped me improve my looks. I owe him this much," Tenten said matter-of-factly.
"Well, just make sure that you bring him to prom preparations tomorrow." Ino pointed out before getting into Kiba's car. Tenten nodded as she waved to her friend. Suddenly, she realized what was happening.
"Oh crap, the prom is tomorrow night!" She screamed.
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"Tenten, stop fidgeting." Jean-Pierre commanded. Tenten sighed and glanced at the mirror next to hers. Ino's face smiled back and Hinata giggled from the other side of Ino. Each of them sat in makeup chairs, makeup artists working slowly but gracefully. They had their dresses on already and shoes were being readied by Jeremy, Hinata's shoe stylist, in the next room over. Jean-Pierre was standing behind each girl, surveying the work.
"Lettie," he interrupted the woman dusting Hinata's face, "make sure you make her eyes stand out; they're really quite beautiful, and we don't want to leave them unnoticed." Lettie nodded and started working around the Hyuuga's eyes.
Ino sat proud and tall, not moving at all. She obviously knew what to do.
"Tenten, honestly, you could learn a thing or two from Ino," JP snorted.
Love love love, l-l-love, l-l-love, makes the world go 'round. Hinata blushed and answered her phone, its ringtone of the Powerpuff Girls still ringing.
"Hello?" Tenten winced when the caller replied. She could hear him from her seat and she was about ten feet away.
"Hi Hinata!" Naruto yelled.
"I was wondering what time you want to be picked up." Hinata looked at Ino, waiting for an answer.
"We'll all meet at Hinata's house," she announced. Hinata nodded.
"U-um, come to my house at 5 'o clock."
"OKAY! Bye, Hinata!" Naruto hung up. Lettie stepped back and surveyed her work, as did Markel for Ino, and Sophie for Tenten.
"Magnificent!" They all cheered at the same time. The three prom girls grinned, picked up their dresses, and dashed to go find some shoes.
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Hinata knew from the moment she saw the very box, those were the shoes for her. Jeremy took the liberty of removing the lid and when he did, Hinata squealed so loudly, somewhere, a wine glass broke.
The shoes were a pair of Niagra Jimmy Choos with silver platforms and mesh straps. Ino nearly cried when she found out that she couldn't get those shoes in purple.
But she got over it quickly when she spotted a pair of black platform peep toe sandals with mid calf buckled straps. Tenten waited for her friends to stop screaming to begin the search for her shoes.
Tenten gasped as soon as she saw them. They were lying happily in their box, completely untouched.
They weren't, Tenten had to admit, the prettiest shoes she'd ever seen but somehow, they sang to her.
"We belong on your feet," they said, "wear us and BELIEVE!" Tenten, almost in a trance, made her way to the shoes. They were Black Snake Rose Open Toe Platform Sandal Heels. And they were amazing. Once her feet were in the magical shoes, Tenten knew that there was no way in hell they were ever coming off.
JP smiled at Tenten and she knew that it was time.
Unfortunately.
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Tenten plopped down onto Hinata's couch, waiting for the doorbell to ring. Hinata and Ino were waiting at the top of the stairs, while lonely little Tenten was supposed to lead Kiba and Naruto to the bottom of the stairs where they'd watch their date descend the staircase in the cliché manner that the girls loved.
Ding Dong
Jean-Pierre, sitting quietly on the couch with her, sipped his tea and nodded at the door. Tenten jumped up, carefully though, seeing as her amazing shoes weren't the easiest to jump around in. When she swung open the front door, Naruto and Kiba stood awkwardly with bouquets and corsages looking at the ground. But once they glanced up, they gasped.
"Wow Tenten, you look great!" Kiba complimented. Tenten smiled.
"Thanks, you guys clean up nicely too," she gestured to the staircase.
"Well, Kiba, aren't you looking sharp today?" Tenten said loudly. She could hear Ino's giggles as the blond walked down the stairs slowly. Kiba's jaw dropped.
"I-Ino," he stuttered, "you look absolutely beautiful." Ino blushed slightly when Kiba offered his arm to her. He smoothed out his slick tuxedo and faced the stairs. Naruto was waiting anxiously for Hinata.
"Naruto, I've never seen you so handsome," Tenten practically yelled. Hinata descended the stairs, just as Ino had, in her silver dress which shone in the light. Naruto was, for the first time in his life, speechless.
Ino broke the awkward silence of Naruto staring at Hinata.
"Hinata, where's Neji?"
"Um, he went to prom early with Sakura-chan." Suddenly, Tenten didn't feel that great. She didn't feel on top of the world. She felt… like death itself had just brushed against her heart.
"Tenten? Are you okay?" Jean-Pierre asked worriedly. Tenten shook her head slightly, feeling her long earrings against the skin of her neck.
"I'm fine," she gulped. He gave her a suspicious glance but took her hand anyway, leading her to the limo.
Oh great, the moment had come; prom was only a short drive away.
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The whispers began the second Tenten came out of the limo; the guys talking loudly about her and the girls gossiping about the man with her: Jean-Pierre.
"Now remember, no damaging that model material of yours," he scolded. Tenten laughed.
"Just go home, JP, and work on some new design or whatever you fashionitas do," she teased. JP rolled his eyes.
"Not until you show me that you can properly say good bye to me," he commanded. Tenten sighed and leaned in.
She quickly air kissed his cheeks, once on the right, once on the left, and then again on the right.
"Toodles!" The fashion designer waved to Tenten and drove off in a red sports car that had mysteriously appeared there moments before.
"Here goes nothing," she muttered, picking up the hem of her dress and walking into Konoha High School which had been transformed into the dream location for senior prom.
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Tenten spotted Sakura by the stage, chatting with Neji. The tomboy inwardly gasped.
Sakura was beautiful. She was wearing a blue Tiffany ball gown with a plunging neckline and a full skirt with multiple pickups. The pink-haired girl looked as if she'd just stepped out of Old England.
"I can't compete with that." Tenten turned around and started toward the door, ready to call a taxi. But a loud speaker stopped her.
"Welcome to the Senior Prom of 2011, I'm Kakashi and for those of you who don't know, I teach English. Now, for a project, I assigned several groups to perform an entire Shakespeare play from memory. They had all year and presented last week," Kakashi gestured to the stage, "this performance of Romeo & Juliet is the best reenactment of a Shakespeare play that I've seen in who knows how long. So here tonight are Sakura Haruno and Neji Hyuuga to show you one scenes of Romeo & Juliet."
Kakashi shut up and the lights dimmed. A single spotlight shone on Sakura, in a mask standing on one side of the stage. Another spotlight showed Neji beside her. He faced her and matched his hands with hers.
"If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle fine is this:
Two lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss." Neji breathed into her neck.
"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
Which mannerly devotion shows in this;
For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch,
and palm to palm is holy palmer's kiss." Sakura didn't meet his eyes. Tenten had to admit, these two were pretty good actors.
"Unless, of course, they actually mean every word!" The little voice in Tenten's head screamed. Tenten shook it away and re-focused on the play.
"Have not saint lips, and holy palmers too?" Neji asked.
"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer." Sakura giggled.
"O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do;
They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair." Neji leaned in, but Sakura dodged his lips easily.
"Saints do not move, through grant for prayer's sake." She whispered.
"Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take," Neji wrapped an arm around Sakura's waist and brought his lips to hers.
"Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged." He finished, a smirk on his face. Tenten blanched.
"Then have my lips the sin that they have took." Sakura smiled with her forehead against his.
"Sin from thy lips? O trepess sweetly urged!
Give me my sin again," Neji kissed Sakura again, longer this time.
"You kiss by the book," Sakura teased. The spotlight disappeared and the audience clapped politely. Tenten watched as Sakura skipped off the stage… right into Sasuke Uchiha's arms.
"What the..?" Now, Tenten was confused.
Neji sauntered off toward the drinks and the punch that was most likely spiked. He began pouring himself a cup, but Tenten ran as fast as could to stop him.
"Wait!" She panted, slightly wincing from running in her amazing shoes. Neji quirked an eyebrow at her.
"That punch is probably spiked," Tenten warned.
"Good, I need to forget this; I really don't want to remember kissing a pink-haired bitch so much." He lifted the cup to his lips but froze.
"Wait, you're…" He scanned Tenten's body.
"The girl with anger management problems, yes, we went over this already."
"N-no, you're…"
"The new face of Jean-Pierre dresses? I know that too," Tenten rolled her eyes.
"You're the mystery girl!" His pale eyes were widened to full extent. Tenten tilted her head.
"Hm? Oh yeah! That was like, a week ago," she tried her best to act cool, like Ino had spent a good two hours training her with. Suddenly, Neji wasn't three feet away with a hand on the drink table and the other holding a spiked cup of punch; he was about two inches away from her face and his hands were hopelessly tangled in her newly-straightened hair.
"You don't know how much I've dreamed about finding you," he breathed softly, his breath tickling Tenten's neck. Instantly, Tenten didn't care about any of Ino's lessons.
"You don't know how much I've dreamed about this moment," she whispered. Neji smirked and leaned in.
Then Tenten was flying, no, soaring, like she'd never done before. She couldn't believe it; Neji Hyuuga's perfect lips were on hers!
"Hey, Mystery girl?" Neji murmured.
"Hm?"
"What's your name?"
"I'm Tenten."
"Well, Tenten, I'd like you to know that I love a girl who can beat me in sports."
"You're on, Hyuuga." Tenten grinned and grabbed Neji in all his tuxedo glory. She flagged down a limo outside and told him her address.
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"Tenten, would you mind telling me why we're here?" Neji asked from her bedroom.
"Gimme a sec," she replied inside her bathroom. Seconds later, Tenten came out in her favorite pair of basketball shorts and soccer jersey: number 10, of course. She had completely removed every scrap of makeup that Sophie had spent an hour applying and changed out of her prom outfit. Neji stood uncomfortably in his tuxedo.
"Here," Tenten threw some of her older brother's clothes at him.
"Change and get ready to be beaten by a girl at any sport you choose!" She laughed. Neji smiled.
"I'll get ready to win!" He claimed.
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"Kendo?" Tenten shrieked. Neji smirked victoriously.
"You said any sport, so I chose kendo." He grabbed two kendo uniforms and gave one to Tenten.
"B-but…"
"Take it like a man!" Neji got into his stance, his shinai ready to fight. Tenten grunted as she struggled to get into her uniform. But once she was properly clothed, she attempted to copy Neji's stance and stared at him from beneath her mask.
"Keep in mind, the only time I've seen kendo is in manga and some anime," Tenten warned.
Neji lunged forward.
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"HOW THE HECK DID YOU BEAT ME?" Neji yelled from his place on the floor.
"Have I ever told about my past as a kendo champ at age 6?" Tenten asked sweetly.
"But you acted like you've never even touched a shinai before!" Neji whined.
"Did I mention that my mother gave me acting lessons when I was 12?" Tenten stuck her tongue out at Neji playfully. He scrambled to his feet and looked at Tenten, watching her laugh, like crystal chimes. He held her chin with his thumb and lifted her face to his.
"Neji," Tenten murmured.
"Yeah?"
"I really hope you don't mind me being a tomboy."
"It's funny, I think in the last two hours, my preference has changed from stuck-up snobs to a tomboy with brown hair and who is secretly a model for one of the richest fashion designers in the world."
"Hm, I think I fit into that particular category."
"Exactly." Neji smirked and kissed Tenten again, loving every second with his very own tomboy.
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And that's it! Do you think I should write a sequel? I've been kinda wondering… Actually, Imma put a voting poll up on my profile page, go check it out! Also, I'll be posting images of Ino, Hinata, and Tenten's dream shoes along with Sakura's dress. Thanks a lot for reading~ Ja ne!
