Blind Love
Summary: A girl moves into a town and wants to start a new life. She meets a strange boy who surprisingly changed her life. Little did she know that how much blind love could really be? This is a story of a high school student named Tenten. Mostly NejiTen with some SakuSasu, NaruHina, and ShikaIno. (Hints of NejiSaku and ShinoIno)
"Text" – Character's dialogue
'Text' - Character's thoughts
(Text) – Author's note
'Text' - Inner selves
Wowie wow! Only 5 reviews flew in on the first day yet there are about 14 people who have this story as an alert. HELLO!? DID YOU NOT GET THE EMAIL OF SOMETHING?!? Just kidding! School is about to start and I am quite excited. I am watching the Prince of Tennis episodes that my tennis coach gives me. I am up to number 139. 130, 131, 132, 137, 140, and 141 are not working on my laptop so I have got to skip out on those for now. As of right now, my moviemaker program doesn't allow me to upload any videos. Nor does it keep the items I have deleted deleted! They keep popping back like zombies!!!!!!!! Anyway, I have been getting MAJOR writer's block and stuff. There is nobody (but my best friend, Kym) who likes to read my first fanfic, Sasuke's life. I took my time too to write that all down on paper. Sigh. Well, it is my first fanfic so, heh.
I am so glad to see that people actually read my extra notes. It has been officially decided (thanks to the first five reviews for chapter 6) that this story is a NejiTenten. Thank you all for the reviews and I totally think that I was on crack when I typed out a ShinoTenten story. The story called Losing Control is a ShinoTenten story and is so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I recommend reading it. I am surprised to see the amount of ShinoTenten stories out there. Actually there is not many but still, I praise everyone who are open about strange pairings. Truly. Just read the story and it will make you change your mind.
Chapter 7 – The 'Second' Date
As the night went on, the rain didn't cease to slow down. The smell of the rain was soothing. It also gave the outdoors hot springs a beautiful scene, even if it is rain. The scent of the soap mixed with the rain. A beautiful mini-waterfall. The Kunoichis were there, taking a bath there. On the plus side, the bathhouses were separated by gender. The down side is that there is only a thick bamboo wall to block the two springs.
"I can't believe your family has something like this, Hinata-chan!" Hinata giggled at the sight of Tenten. Tenten was examining everything with this child-like look. Tenten, with only a towel covering her body, had kept her hair up for this matter. When she heard that the Hyuuga family had an outdoor hot spring, she was as happy as a child who just received some candy from the parent.
Sakura, Hinata, Ino, and Tenten has decided to take to bath in the springs together. The warm was warm and there was probably enough space for about 20 people. With only a towel or two to cover themselves, they entered the bathhouse.
"It's only an outdoor spring, Ten-chan." Ino agreed with Sakura and giggled. "I bet she didn't know this exist in life." Tenten gave her a glare before slowly lowering herself into the warm, milky water.
"Oh, yeah. This feels good after a day of walking and sparring." Hinata, who climbed in after Tenten, agreed. "I go every night after several hours of sparring. My family usually never bathes together but Neji-niisan does come in every once in a while."
Sakura and Ino join in. Sakura allowed her hair to touch the surface of the water while Ino tied her long hair into a bun, leaving a strand in front of her face. "This is good for my skin complexion."
"Sounds like you have been getting zits, Ino-pig."
"I COULD NEVER GET ZITS! ONLY A LARGE FOREHAD LIKE YOURS WOULD SPROUT SUCH A ZIT!"
"IN YOUR DREAMS, INO! ONLY PIGS CAN GROW ZITS!"
"U-um…ano…should we stop them, Tenten?"
Sigh. "Let them be. Arguing usual strengths friendships. Unless you're arguing with a guy."
Hinata giggled as the old rivals battled it out.
"Oh yeah!? Take this!!" Sakura splashed at Ino, who was over board.
"THAT'S IT! IT'S ON NOW, HARUNO!!!"
"BRING IT, YAMANAKA!"
The two friends started a water fight. Both Hinata and Tenten were sitting back, enjoying the view when they both got splashed.
"Hey!" Ino and Sakura looked and started to laugh out of control. "Ten-chan and Hinata-chan are wet!!"
Tenten cracked her knuckles while Hinata tighten the towel around her. Even though they all were half-naked, this didn't faze them. (Think about it. Girls can be quite open about things. It haunts me but whatever.)
"You both are so DEAD!"
As laughter filled the air, the boys were also entering the boys' side of the Hyuuga Hot Springs. Shikamaru still kept his high spiky ponytail up and Neji made sure his black headband didn't go anywhere. Neji had taken off his hair tie, allowing his long, silky hair to flow around his broad shoulders. (Drool.) With only a towel around their waist, Neji, Shikamaru, and Naruto went in.
"Wow! Too bad that teme is missing out on the fun!" Shikamaru sighed as he entered the water. "You're too much of a hassle to even handle, Naruto." Naruto grinned and walked back to the door.
"Naruto? What are you doing?" "CANNONBALL!!!!"
SPLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Naruto, stupid enough to do this really, did a cannonball in the hot, HOT, HOT springs. Shikamaru and Neji are drench from head to toe. Naruto surfaced. "WAH! THIS WATER IS REALLY, REALLY HOT! TURN IT OFF! TURN IT OFF!!!" Shikamaru sighed heavily as he wringed his hair. "You're troublesome, Naruto."
Neji agreed with Shikamaru as he slid into the relaxing and comforting hot spring. It loosen every knot in his body and his muscles slowly turned to mush, in a good way. "This is nice after some hours of sparring." Shikamaru, looking disturbed, eyed a towel. "Hey, is that your towel?" Neji shook his head. "Maybe it's—" "HEY! WHERE DID MY TOWEL GO?"
Neji and Shikamaru looked away from their embarrassing, naked, loud comrade. "Naruto, you are amazingly stupid enough to lose your towel." "I bet the girls can hear you. Troublesome ladies." Neji smirked when Shikamaru started mumbling under his breathe. A sign of jealousy.
Neji sighed loudly, enough to catch Naruto's attention. "I bet Ino might end up with Shino? What do you think, Naruto?" Naruto flashed a grin at Neji before acting composed. "Hmm…I don't know. Shino isn't the type to rush things." Neji chuckled and eyed Shikamaru. After feeling a certain shadow user's charka level grow rapidly, Neji grinned inwardly.
"But I don't know, maybe Aburame actually found THE ONE for him, you know?" Naruto laughed. "The thought of Ino getting together with Shino was far fetching at first." Shikamaru shot a glare at the Kyuubi. "At first? What the hell is that suppose to mean?" Naruto shrugged sheepishly. "I don't know. Maybe they actually go together. Right, Neji?"
Neji nodded sluggishly. "Yeah. Shino and Ino forever." As the laughter filled the air, Neji couldn't help but feel sad once again. Envious of Uchiha. Both Shikamaru and Naruto got the invisible message. "Hey, Neji? What happened?" Neji looked away from his friends. "I don't want to talk about it guys." Naruto sighed in frustration and moved next to the prodigy with Shikamaru on the other side.
"Dude. We're your friends. True friends keep and tell each other secrets to each other." Shikamaru agreed with Naruto. "Think about it. Only Naruto and I know about your love past." Neji just stared at the water, even if Shikamaru and Naruto were telling the truth. After long minutes of wait, Neji finally decided to tell his trustworthy friends.
He sighed before he spoke up. "I might have feelings for Tenten." "HA! I know it!" Neji shot daggers out of his eyes towards the blond before resuming. "But I think my feelings for Sakura are…coming back, you know?" Shikamaru and Naruto glanced at each other. "Wait. We thought Sakura-chan didn't remember anything about her relationship." "It's not like she has flashbacks…right?"
"That right there might be possible." Naruto's eyes grew as wide as planets while Shikamaru swore out loud. "Kuso, the doctor didn't mention anything about flashbacks." Neji sighed and shrugged. "That was my first thought but then she might not have flashbacks."
"Uh, I know that I am stupid but WHAT THE HECK DOES THAT MEAN, NEJI!!?" Neji immediately covered his ears while Shikamaru dunked Naruto's head into the scorching water. "Baka! I don't want to deal with troublesome women right now. They can hear you." Neji chuckled as Naruto yelped out loud from the pain of burning hot water. I mean, who wouldn't?
Neji sighed as Naruto continued to be stupid. Shikamaru simply glanced at Neji and stared in front of him. "So, I am guessing that you are thinking that she just might not actually have amnesia. Maybe she was in a great state of depression. Right?" Neji smirked at Shikamaru. "I envy all 200 of your IQ." Shikamaru shrugged. "I don't know. I think it is too troublesome really."
Neji smirked once again just to annoy Shikamaru. Thus, Naruto got the point and started to egg Neji, if you know what I mean.
"Anyway, about Ino here…"
"Aww. Not again. Why do you guys bring this up?"
"I don't know. Why do we Naruto?"
"Don't ask me. Shika is the smart one here."
"…Don't call me Shika. And no, I don't have a heck of a clue as to what thee hell you two goofballs are talking about!"
"Tsk tsk. You must never speak like that ever again. It is very harsh to my heart."
"Pfft! HA! As if you've got one, oh great one!"
"Bow down to the blind one with only lungs to breathe with!"
"Just to say, I am surprised that you even know what the lungs are."
"NEJI-TEME!!!!!!!!"
The girls were finished with their water fight and had finally decided to relax until they hear those famous words spoken by Naruto. "NEJI-TEME!" The girls giggled as they heard splashes and some yelping, due to Naruto's part. Sakura giggled while Hinata grew worried about Naruto. "I bet Neji is simply smirking at Naruto-kun while Shikamaru is sighing out of annoyance."
Ino groaned. "Don't make me even start with Shika-no-baka!" Sakura smiled and climbed out of the pool. She grabbed a towel and a stool. As she shampooed her hair, Tenten decided to join her, allowing Hinata to quietly talk to the irritated blond. Tenten sighed, letting out all of her stress.
"Who would imagined that Aburame would agree, no, THINK of this plan?" Sakura giggled and nodded in agreement as she continued to clean her long, pink hair. "Either way, she has found one way to make Shikamaru jealous and hers but there is a con."
Tenten nodded in harmony while turning to look at the blonde who was joking around with Hinata. "That possibly of our little keyboardist to fall in love with Aburame is 85." Sakura laughed and sighed at the same time. "You sound just like my friend. He is such a nerd and knows everything about you. I mean, he is a genius just by looking at you."
Tenten laughed as she finished washing her long hair. She suddenly remembered the meeting between the two prodigies. She couldn't help but wonder about the atmosphere. There was nothing verbal being exchanged when Tenten was there but she could feel Neji's glare on Sasuke the whole time. The feeling sent shivers down her spine. The lust in both of their eyes for blood.
She sighed and looked at her bubble-covered hands. Her hands, tainted from blood. Tainted from pain. Tainted from regret and the feeling of being betrayed lingered along with her unknown past. She knew that very few people knew of her past and the rest was dealt with, harshly. Sakura jumped into the scorching water but she didn't mind that. Tenten is left alone.
Alone. By herself. Unaccompanied. With no friends. Or family. The melodies of her life have always seemed to taste like candy but there was something there that was different. Something…that couldn't heal up. A scar in her heart forever.
Tenten grabbed the bucket of cold water and dumped it on her head, washing away the shampoo bubbles and getting her mind back onto earth. She sighed in relief and walked back into the water.
Tenten: "So, when did Shino and Kiba say our next concert would be again?"
Sakura: "I think Shino said something about November 30 being the day we perform 3 songs at the Shadow Club."
Ino: "Yeah! And the theme is formal wear! I have this beautiful dress that I will be wearing there!"
Hinata: "It's November 24 today and tomorrow is Thanksgiving. Then on November 27, we will celebrate Lee-san's birthday."
Sakura: "Shadow Club. It is a pretty fancy place. All the bands who perform there usually get good credit."
Tenten: "Enough credit to even go professional?"
Ino: "That would be so COOL!!!"
Sakura: "Yeah. But it depends on our performance. Hinata, do you have some songs for Tenten to sing?"
Hinata: "Hai! I will show it to you all later in our room."
Ino: "Wait! Does it involve with piano playing or another guitar part?"
Sakura: "Yeah. It does."
Tenten: "How do you know?"
Sakura: "I picked the songs out with Hinata-chan."
Tenten: "Oh."
Hinata: "Anyway, yes. Tenten might need to learn the piano part and Ino. You get to play the guitar more often then you usually do."
Ino: "YEAH!! SCORE BABY!!!"
Tenten: "What? I thought you were a keyboardist, not a guitarist."
Sakura: "She is a keyboardist. But she hates it when her guitar skills go to waste. I gave her guitar lessons years ago."
Hinata: "And my father wanted me to find a hobby to do so I chose drums."
Ino: "Because your idol does the drums?"
Everyone laughed while Hinata turned redder then before. They all decided to go back in. As they all got out of the hot springs, Tenten dried herself and covered herself up with the towel secured under her armpits, just like everyone else. "So, do we just walk back to our rooms or something?"
Hinata nodded. "EH?! What if the boys see us?!" exclaimed the worried former singer. Ino giggled at the thought and straighten up. "Let's see. The ones who get caught by the boys must pay up 1000 yen per boy who sees you." Tenten gasped and laughed all at the same time. "Are you kidding me? That is a lot of money for me!"
The girls giggled and ran as fast as they could to their rooms. Lucky for them, they didn't get caught. They immediately changed and sat down to gossip for a few minutes before going to sleep. "So isn't tomorrow the second date with Shino, Ino-pig?" Ino grabbed her pillow and flopped down onto her belly. "Yeah forehead girl. The note only told me to meet him at the coffee shop again. I don't where we are going but I do know that three certain people will be following me."
Tenten, Hinata, and Sakura laughed. "So," Tenten began with a sly smile. "What is Aburame like, Ino-chan? He can't be ALL bad." Ino blushed as Sakura squealed. "AHH! You! Tell! Now! Details girl! What is he like? Nice? Polite? Hottie under all of that wrap?" Tenten couldn't help but laugh at the last question.
Ino blushed and pretended to think really hard. "Hmm. He was smart enough the even suggest the whole plan. He even knew what I really like to drink in the mornings!" "Oooo, I think Shino has the hots for you, blondie!" Ino laughed along with the others as the night went by.
About 5 minutes after the girls had already left the springs, the boys decided to left. They all walked to their own rooms with only a towel tied around their waist. "I want some food!" Shikamaru groaned. "Let me take a wild guess. …Ramen, right?" Naruto shook his head, which surprised both Neji and Shikamaru. "Nope!"
"What is this? Is Naruto finally sick of ramen? This has to be the best day of my life," Neji said sarcastically. "Ha, very funny Neji but actually, I am feeling a little sushi-y today."
"…Sushi-y?"
"Yeah, sushi-y. Got a problem with that Shika?"
"…No. Just don't call me Shika again please."
"SHIKA SHIKA SHIKA!!!"
"Do you guys always have to make such a loud entrance?"
Three heads quickly turned towards the doorway of their room. Sasuke stood there with his hand on his head, massaging his temple. Neji glared at him and thus, the staring contest begun. Both Shikamaru and Naruto didn't know why the glares were so…intense. Sparks flew and continued to grow with lightning speed. Just when Neji was about to say something when Naruto growled.
"Will you two get a move one? I am getting very cold from just standing out here in the middle of a hallway with only a towel to cover myself in." Shikamaru groaned at the utmost disgusting image that crept into his mind. "Naruto. Urusei."
As Naruto shouldered Sasuke out of the way, Neji followed them into the room.
"I think you should hurry up and decide who you love the most. Your old love or your new love, your choice. Either way, I'll take the other one you abandon." Neji stop immediately when he heard Sasuke's voice behind him. His fist balled up and he sighed out his frustration out.
"You know, Uchiha. Those who wait for love are low and worthless to even be loved." "WHAT!?" Sasuke shouted out as he turned to face Neji's backside. Neji tilted his head towards his archrival and smirked in a know-it-all way with his nose in the air. "And you know how it is to be abandoned yourself." And with that, Neji walked off to change into his night clothes.
Sasuke growled and gripped his right arm from attempting to punch Neji right there. 'Dammit you bastard.' Sasuke growled inwardly as he flopped onto his futon and brought out his notebook filled with music sheets in it. 'Might as well vent out my anger and write a song. And plan out how our next concert will go.'
"Yo, Sasuke." Sasuke looked up and was surprised to be his lazy keyboardist standing there in front of Sasuke with his nightclothes on. "What's up, Nara?" Shikamaru sat down next to Sasuke and didn't say anything for the next 5 minutes.
After those long minutes, Sasuke started to get impatient. "Look, you lazy ass. Either tell me what the hell you want or go bother someone else who cares." Shikamaru grabbed his arm to get his full attention. "What, Nara!?" Shikamaru shot a troublesome type of look and took one deep breath. "I would like to request something, Uchiha."
Sasuke was surprised. Shikamaru was the type to just sit there and let everyone else do the job. But this was very different. He smirked and leaned in to discuss this rare topic before Shikamaru changed his mind. "Now you have my attention."
The next morning…
"I have to go before I become late! Later mi amigas!!!"
Ino ran out of the Hyuuga Estate with her new clothes on, ready for her date with Shino. Little did she know, three certain people are following her. Or should we say, little did they know about the plan. She grinned as she got closer to her destination.
Suddenly, she spotted Shino standing near the wall with his stoic expression and his hands shoved down his pockets. "SHINO-KUN!!!" Shino looked over to the young, attractive girl who waved at him with such excitement. He smirked. 'They must be here then.'
Ino laughed to herself when she saw Shino's smirk. 'He must have noticed our old friends again.' Ino ran up to Shino and gave him a crushing bear hug, which didn't affect Shino at all.
"It's good to see you again, Ino-chan." They both felt some charka that flickered dangerous as soon as Shino had said those magical words. She grinned and looked up at the acting Shino. "So, Shino-kun. What movie are we watching for today?" Shino grinned, even if he hated to do it, it was his part of the plan. "You'll find out. I've already bought the tickets. Let's go buy some popcorn and find ourselves a seat."
As the charka aura grew stronger, Shino and Ino began their plan of fun.
"I can't believe they are REALLY THAT CLOSE!!!"
"Sally or what your name is, shut up or else they will find out!"
"Look who's talking, Nana."
"Why don't you shut it, teme?!"
"Aren't we here to spy or to argue? Nana! Sally! Stop fighting!"
Sasuke looked at Shikamaru and smirked.
The three girly girls used their ninja skills and found themselves seat two rows behind Shino and Ino. As the movie started, Sasuke and Naruto kept an eye on the couple while trying to enjoy the movie. But it would be hard because of Shikamaru's constant murmurs and growls. Shikamaru couldn't keep his eyes off of Shino and Ino.
'Four-eyes better not touch my Ino or else.' Sasuke heard what Shikamaru murmured and smirked. After a long time of agony and love (coughsneezecough) Shino and Ino walked out of the movie theater. "That was a good movie! Did you like it, Shino-kun?"
Shino thought about it for a moment before answering. "The movie was okay but I didn't like the frogs." Ino laughed out loud. "You crack me up, Shino-kun! I didn't like the frogs either." Ino could feel the charka of Shikamaru follow them out of the cinema. She hugged Shino arm and intertwined their fingers together.
"So, Shino-kun, where you taking me now?" Shino smiled his best 'hottie' smile to Ino (without twitching his eye) and leaned in. "A place you'll never ever forget, Ino-chan." Ino shivered. 'Oh. That man has one sexy voice if he could only talk like that all the time!'
As Ino and Shino walked off, Naruto and Sasuke were suspending Shikamaru from attacking their manager. "I AM SOOO GOING TO KILL THAT FUCKING BASTARD!!! THAT PIECE OF BULLSHIT, SON OF A BIT-" Shikamaru was cut off instant by Sasuke and Naruto before they could draw attention. I mean, hello. A guy who is cussing in front of a movie theater on top of his lungs is definitely noticeable, unless you are deaf or blind or both! But that is way beside the point, which you do get it, right?
As Naruto and Sasuke dragged the extremely angry female-version of Shikamaru down the street while following the couple. Shino and Ino continued to walk down the street until they disappeared. I mean, they literally disappeared into the metropolis-like crowd.
"What the hell, I can't see them anymore!"
"I can't either dobe."
"Well, don't just stand there. Let's split up and search for them."
"Right,"
Many tourist saw orange, blue, and green blurs but didn't think twice about it. Shikamaru first went into a department store. "Damn. They aren't here."
Sasuke lazily looked through a window of a candy store. "Nope."
Naruto whizzed into a ramen shop. "OOOhhhh! Extra-spicy miso ramen! A new flavor!"
After 20 minutes of search, Shikamaru walked back to the meting place with anger. Sasuke was already there with a knocked out Naruto. Being annoyed, Shikamaru pointed at the hyperactive drummer. "What's up with Uzumaki?"
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at Shikamaru's tone. "He was too busy eating some new flavor of ramen."
Shikamaru groaned in disappointment and sighed very, very heavily. "…Let's go back to the manor, Uchiha. It is too troublesome to continue on with our search mission." Sasuke smirked at this remark but didn't say anything.
Meanwhile…
Tenten threw a senbon at her target she marked on a tree. Right after she threw that senbon, she leaped into the air and pulled out a shuriken and kunai and threw those two to the target at the same time. She heard a satisfied thump and she cracked a grin. The senbon was split right down the middle by the kunai, which in turn pined the shuriken down with it. Tenten landed softly on her feet when she heard the bushes rustle. She struck a defensive pose with her kunais in her hands instantaneously.
"Who's there?" There was some more rustling before a white puppy crawled out of the bushes. "Oh, Akamaru. You scared me. But um." She looked around before she pat the dog's furry head (well, duh it's furry). "Where is your master, Kiba?" Akamaru whimpered. Tenten looked down and saw this long gash on his hind leg.
"Oh! What happened!?" Just when asked that very question, a larger bulldog jumped out of the bushes. Tenten's eyes narrowed as she stood up with Akamaru in her arms. "Oh, it was you." The bulldog named Tiny (TT) growled as he threw his head back. Tenten grinned evilly as she pulled something out of her back pouch.
Just as Tiny started to charged right at Akamaru and Tenten, she threw a kunai at the ground right in front of Tiny, which delayed his running long enough for the explosive tag to go off. Just as Tiny fled away with the needing of a facial makeover, Tenten was healing Akamaru's injury. He whimpered as she cooed him to calm down. "Shh, shh. Don't worry, Akamaru. I made that bad bad bulldog go away. And I am healing your leg. You were a big pup to stand up against him."
"I should say the same to you too, Tenten." She whipped out a shuriken but stopped when Akamaru barked happily and leaped out of her arms into his master's. She pocketed the weapons and turned around to look at Kiba Inuzuka. "Well, I don't about that. In the dog world, I don't think there is any such thin as kunais and shurikens, light and sounds manager."
Kiba laughed as he cuddled the young pup and sat down on the silky field grass. "I am amazed to you in a community park with weapons. "Tsk tsk, Tenten. Tsk tsk." Kiba grinned he stated this little fact to Tenten, who seated right next to Kiba. She jerked her thumb to a particular sign.
"Read it dog boy. It states: this particular part of the field may be used to practice any sport." Kiba shook his head with a soft laugh coming out of his mouth. "Is killing trees a sport, Tenten?" "No, but practicing your accuracy is good for any other sport, right Kiba?"
Kiba laughed as he held his two hands up. "Okay, I give up! You win this battle but I promise you that I will win this war." Tenten's malicious grin made Kiba's stomach flip-flop. "Oh, don't tell me that Kiba Inuzuka is actually flirting with me!!??" Kiba immediately blushed as Akamaru laughed. "She caught you, Kiba." "Hey! Whose side are you on?"
Tenten raised an eyebrow as the boy spoke to his pet. "You know, it is rude to leave a lady sitting here, watching a gentleman like yourself talk to his cut puppy." Kiba flashed a hot smile. "Oh, who ever said anything about leaving a lady sitting there, huh Tenten?" Tenten laughed funny as she pulled out some shurikens.
"Eat my metal, dog boy!" Tenten threw the weapons to Kiba but he leaped out of the way in time. Tenten smirked as she tugged her invisible charka lines that were connected to the shurikens and directed those towards Kiba. "Very smart but this dog boy knows a whole lot more then you know it."
"So does this tomboy." Thus, this began the mini war between Tenten's accuracy and Kiba's bragging rights and dodging skills, along with Akamaru simply sitting there on his haunches. After both Tenten and Kiba were pretty much weaponless, brag less, and tired, they simply laid in the field, side by side, watching the clouds slowly float on by like marshmallows in the air.
"Check it out," Kiba pointed out into the sky. "A pig." Tenten cracked a smiled and pointed to the one next to it. "It's a frog, dog boy." "No, that looks like a frog. That is what I call a rat."
"Rat? Pff. Please, that is a rat and that is a frog. Use those itty bitty eyes of yours." Kiba laughed into he started to tear up. Tenten laughed along side with him. "Aww, are you crying because you didn't pass the test, dog boy? I fewl surrwie for you now." Kiba continued to while Tenten laughed even louder but she didn't notice the approaching footsteps until Kiba stopped laughing. "Hey, why did you become so quiet all of a sudden, dog boy?"
"Because he should be somewhere else minding his own business, that's what." Tenten whipped her torso around to make eye contact with the prodigy. Kiba glared at the guitarist while Neji held his gaze to Tenten and hers only. Tenten's eyes narrowed. Neji didn't say a word but he slowly walked closer and closer to the two.
'What the hell is he doing?'
"Tenten, Hinata and Sakura request your presence at the manor. I think those two want to talk to you about the next gig or something." Tenten took a good look at Neji's eyes, just to see if he is telling the truth. After a good minute of the traditional staring contest, Tenten growled in defeat as she raised herself off of her tush.
"Sorry Kiba. Duty calls. I'll see you around. Bye Akamaru! Later dog boy." Tenten turned and ran out of the field. Akamaru was barking his good byes when Kiba noticed something else Tenten forget. "Hey! Tenten! You forgot your-" but it was too late because Tenten was already out of the park. "-weapons."
"I'll give them to her, Inuzuka." Kiba shoot a glare at Lee's best friend as he forcefully threw the kunai, shurikens, and senbon at Neji with all of his might. Neji smirked and caught the weapons with a lazy lift in the wrist. Kiba growled deeply while Akamaru started to bark to mad. Neji smiled as the clouds slowly rolled on by.
Kiba despised Neji for a very long time. Even though both males are skilled but Neji was clearly the strongest between the two. With the Hyuuga kekkei genkai and his self-teaching to himself all the main branch taijutsus to himself. As the prodigy, he lives up to his name. Kiba from the Inuzuka clan is quite skilled. As the second in line to become head, Kiba has mastered all of his clan's kekkei genkais and many more. The tension between Kiba and Neji is high on the meter but it doesn't beat Sasuke versus Neji.
Kiba has known Neji since he entered Little Leaf Academy. He was a best friend with Shino and Hinata. Thanks to Hinata, Kiba was able to meet the infamous Neji at a young age and hate him, at the same time. Neji was not friendly back then and isn't any friendlier now either.
Neji turned around and left Kiba in his hateful mood. Akamaru growled at Neji's back as Kiba flopped back down to his bottom. He gave his best friend a soft yet sad look as he scratched the back of his ear. "Thanks Akamaru but I highly doubt that day would ever come now."
Tenten arrived the Hyuuga manor and found Hinata and Sakura in the back garden. "Hey guys! You were looking for me?" Tenten said as she approached them with a wave as a greeting. She sat down and found the ground in front of the two covered with music scores. She picked one up. "Uh…what is this?" Sakura giggled. "It's just some sheets for us to use when playing some the songs for the gig."
Tenten nodded and picked up one of the sheets. "Oh. Hmm…so what did Shino-san say about the amount of songs we are allowed to perform?" Hinata and Sakura both shrugged as they shuffled through some sheets of music. "Honestly, I-I-I don't…um…think Shino-kun said a-anything about that…but…ano…I bet that…hmm…our maximum we are allowed to perform is three or four."
"Really?" Tenten exclaimed as she hummed the tune of the song through her head. "That is not a lot at all, seriously." Sakura scoffed. "I know! I mean, I can totally understand the dress code but being able to play only like oh so little songs, that is right there, ridiculous." Tenten laughed out loud but went right to business.
"Hey, is this song for me? Cause it does seem to be in my range?" "Oh! That's for me!" All three girls turned around and noticed a happy looking Ino skipped towards them. "Hiya! My mission today with Shino was a success! Operation: Make Shikamaru very, VERY mad. Complete!" Sakura, Tenten, and Hinata laughed as Ino sat down with the rest of the Kunoichis.
Sakura leaned in towards the keyboardist with a mischievous look on her face. "So, Ino. What is the reason of this song?" Ino giggled and placed her finger on her lips. "It is a secret, girlies!" "Aww! No fair!" Ino grinned as she punched the air. "Ha!"
"What's so funny?" All four girls whipped around to see a younger version of a Hyuuga. "Oh! Hanabi!" Hinata hesistatedly stood up and went over to the new comer. "W-w-what brings y-you here, H-Hanabi?"
Hanabi glared up at Hinata with her blank eyes. Tenten couldn't help but notice the hatred in the young girl's eyes. "Father would like a word with you, Hinata." Hinata nodded and bowed to Hanabi. "H-h-hai. Thank you for t-t-telling me, H-Hanabi." Hinata nervously turned towards her friends with a sorrowful expression.
"I am sorry but I must take my leave now. But I will see all three of you at dinner. Please continue with the discussion." Hinata bowed and walked away with Hanabi, who shot a glare at the girls before departing.
"Dang, talk about a strict family life. I am so glad that my family is easygoing." Sakura laughed. "Easygoing? Overdramatic yes but easygoing doesn't fall in that category." Ino gave Sakura a friendly punch as she went back to her lyrics. "Ha ha. Now, how shall we approach the majority of the songs?"
Sakura laid out the songs of which they were going to be performing. She pointed to the far left. "This song will be an up-and-at-them song. It is a good starter and I has decided to go with background music." Tenten raised an eyebrow. "Does that mean that we perform, no instruments?" Ino nodded. "Correct a moondo!" Tenten laughed as Sakura continued.
"Now, this song, I was thinking that since it needs a double guitarist part, drummer part, and pianist part, Tenten, you will have to learn have to the play the piano part." Tenten gave her a thumbs up. "Got it! This should be a sitch 'cause I play the piano!" Ino grinned. "Cool. Now what about three song?" Sakura thought it out for a bit. "Hmm…this also requires a two guitar part so both me and Ino will play those parts. Hinata will still do drums and I'll do backup singing too."
Tenten nodded. "Got it. And I bet the fourth song will be Ino's for the picking, right Ino-chan?" Ino laughed in a bit of a bossy way. "Got that right!!!" Tenten laughed as Sakura sighed and shook her head.
"So Sakura? When do we practice?" Sakura tapped her chin three times in thought. "Well, since today is Thanksgiving, I suggest that we go ahead and practice tomorrow until November 30. Don't forget, Lee's birthday party is on November 27 so get something nice for him. Might I suggest something youthful?" Tenten and Ino laughed at Sakura's joke.
Meanwhile…
Neji sighed as he arrived at the manor. "Welcome back, Hyuuga-san." Neji grunted at the servant as he walked past her. "Are my friends home yet?" She nodded. "Yes. They are now resting in their quarters. Hyuuga-san."
With that bit of information, Neji walked to his room, only to find Shikamaru sulking, Naruto sulking with the drummer, and Sasuke looking out of the window. Neji, curious as he ever (not!), walked over to his desk and picked up a pile of paper.
"So, is our band leader going to tell us what we are doing for the gig or not?" Sasuke glared at the guitarist before sighing in frustration. "Whatever." With that, Sasuke grabbed the papers out of Neji's hands quickly and hit Naruto on the back of his head with it. "OOWWW!!!!" Naruto was trying to the holding back the throbbing lump but he couldn't help but yelp out in pain.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR, TEME!!!??" Sasuke smirked as he looking through the stack. "Did I wake you up, dobe?" Naruto started to say something smart back when he glanced at Neji. He shook his head, to stop Naruto from deepening the wound in Shikamaru's heart. Naruto nervously laughed as sweat started to form.
"Ah ha ha! I was just kidding, teme! So, go ahead and tell us all about the plans." Sasuke, who didn't see the motion but had the notion of what Neji did (Hey! It rhymes! But this is not a funny moment. Back to the sober part), and handing everyone parts of the piles.
"These are your parts for the three songs we will be doing. The first song will be an oldie song that apparently everyone loves. The second song is an slow down type of song. And the third song is going to be a song that might require extra help." Neji raised his eyebrow as he scrolled through his pile of paper.
"Extra help? Never thought that day would come when Uchiha would ask for extra help." "Shut the hell up, Hyuuga." "Oh, now you hate my guts, right?" Neji and Sasuke glared at each other while Naruto sweated.
"Hey, what about the fourth song, boss?" Sasuke glanced at the asker, who happened to be the guy with the IQ of a hell lot more all three combined. "What about it, Nara?" Shikamaru showed his papers to Sasuke. "I don't see the sheet music for it in here. Does that mean we don't have one to decide yet?" Sasuke sighed in annoyance.
"Actually, those idiots down at the so-called club said that we can a fourth song if wanted. I don't think we have to do it. Besides, it would be troublesome, right Nara?" Shikamaru completely ignored him and looked at Naruto. "Hey, Uzumaki. Can you sing country-like?" "Yeah but," Naruto crooked his head to the left. "Why are you interested, Shikamaru?"
Shikamaru once again ignored someone and looked directly Sasuke in the eyes with a stubborn sort of look. "Let me have the fourth song, Uchiha." "What?" Shikamaru sighed. "This is too much of a bother. I want to sing for the fourth song." Sasuke was about to disagree with his lecture of you're-not-cool-enough-to-get-the-lead-vocal part when Neji stopped him with his hand landing on Sasuke's shoulder.
Sasuke sighed as he raked his fingers through his hair. "…Fine." Naruto grinned as his shook Shikamaru. "Hey! Teme actually let you have the part, Shika! Congrats man!!!" Shikamaru shoved Naruto off of him. "Don't call me Shika, Naruto. Just come with me to the store for a bit. Later Hyuuga, Uchiha."
As soon as Shikamaru and Naruto left the room, Neji turned to Sasuke. "Are you really sure of this?" Sasuke nodded. "Yeah. I bet you anything Ino is doing the exact same." Neji agreed to Sasuke's deduction.
Neji looked at his parts and noticed that Sasuke had a little showy solo while Neji was the music. He sighed and flopped onto his own bed. He tried to take a breather before feel the bed creek down from the additional weight. He glanced to his left and scowled.
"What is it now, Uchiha? You are never this quiet around me, let only sit on my bed with me trying to rest here. Does the picture seem wrong to you or is it just me?" Sasuke didn't reply but Neji could tell that Sasuke was disturbed by something big enough to make Neji a tree in the background. Neji sighed and sat back up to get at the same level with the lead vocalist.
"Okay, man. I'm listening." This time, Sasuke looked at Neji. "What the hell are you talking about?" Neji shrugged with a sort of careless look on his face. "You know, tell me your burdens. Even though we hate each other to the gut, we have to look out for each other. As mano to mano, man to man, Shinobi to Shinobi."
Those words cut down Sasuke's barricade. He looked back down at his feet. "I get it." There was some silence before Sasuke could muster up his confidence to be the Hyuuga confession spot. "I kind of…was wondering…if…you…well, you know…puberty and stuff…" Neji face grew disgusted. "Pubrety?" Neji said out loud with a flat voice. Sasuke looked flustered and shook his head.
"No, no. Not that but the way our emotionals play with us." Neji smirked and leaned back. "Oh. Yeah, I go through that a lot. What about those?"
Owah! I am finally done! I mean, it took me FOREVER to even think up ideas. Anywho, I need some people to suggest some songs for both the Kunoichis and the Shinobis to perform. I already have an idea but I want to see want all of my readers want. My other and newest story, Blood Spy is slowly, and I mean SLOWLY, growing a bit more popular bit by one every what, 20 days? Lol
As you can see, I didn't intend to stop here but seemed to be a good stopping place. I am below my standard word count of eight hundred by one hundred fifty. I am on a roll with my newests music videos!!! Go check them out at My sn is animesempaigirl09! If you only see 1, give me some time because I use my laptop to do them but transferring them is not easy, especially when it is to a computer that is controlled by parents. What a drag.
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