Disclaimer: See previous chapter.

This chapter is dedicated to everyone who thinks it's funny that a member of the branch family (Neji) has his own wikipedia page and the Hyuuga heiress does not.


Tenten was no older than five when she got a hold of her first fuuma shuriken. It was dusty and dirty with scratches and faults, but she spent a month cleaning and fixing it until it was like new.

There was only one problem…

She could hardly lift it.

The day Tenten brought her new weapon to class to train with it, the kids laughed. Even Lee, her sidekick through everything, was less than convinced.

"It's insanity to try and lift something like that at her age and size," Kakashi muttered from the tree he, along with Maito Gai, were using to evaluate the students.

"No," the man corrected, "Insanity is doubting that girl." Kakashi raised his visible eyebrow, but Gai just grinned. "If she cannot lift that fuuma shuriken, I will do 1400 laps around Konoha backwards!"

"If she does, I'll take my mask off," Kakashi dismissed.

"If you lift that," Hyuuga Neji taunted the bun-haired girl, "I'll train with you."

That day, Gai did not do laps.

That day Kakashi revealed the mask under his mask.

And from that day forward, Neji and Tenten trained together each day.


Took a long time for a short little blurb, but I like it. Please R&R!