Chapter 14: To Relax For a Day
'Actually,' Tenten thought. 'I used to think that this was all for Neji. Only Neji. But now… would I actually do this only for Neji? Only?'
Tenten grasped her head, 'Ugh… I don't now anymore! Who would this certain someone be that I would help? Would it always be only for Neji? I'm getting confused…'
"Tenten, it's okay, don't worry…"
'Neji had always helped me… but is he the only one? The only someone that cared? No… I don't think the only one…' Tenten wondered.
"Tenten!"
She peeked through the window. Eyes widening, smile broadening, she ran out the door to greet Temari.
"Oh! You got better didn't you?" she asked.
"Yup!" Temari replied.
Temari just sort of stood there with a grin on her face.
"So, um…" Tenten stated. "I found this random blue sphere and yeah… I was wondering if you would like to come inside and observe it… You know, I was inspecting it for a long time and nothing really happened, so I wondered if you would like to see it."
"You found something…?" Temari asked. "That's brilliant! I would like to see it, yeah."
"Okay, then, come on in!" Tenten exclaimed rushing inside and running up the stairs.
Giggling, Temari chased after her, curious about this blue sphere thingy.
Holding the door wide open, Tenten said, " Come on!"
"Blue… sphere…" Temari muttered. "Erm… this is interesting… But what should we do with it?"
"I'm probably just going to keep it in that container until it does something…" Tenten replied.
"Oh… well then it should hurry up!" Temari said, putting a stubborn face on.
Tenten laughed at the face. She then went to a drawer to pick up a cloth. She went to the container and lifted the top lid. She took the sphere out of the water at dried it with the cloth. She picked up another cloth and wiped the ball carefully. She smiled as she figured that there still were no scratches. Sighing in relief, she put the sphere back into the water and closed the lid. Then she looked at Temari.
"So… what should we do while we wait for it to change?" Tenten asked.
"Um…I guess we could take a stroll in the park…" Temari suggested.
"Hm… good idea," Tenten complimented.
~At the Park~
"Hey, What are you doing?" Tenten asked leaning over Temari's shoulders.
"Drawing," Temari stated.
"Oh," Tenten said sitting back down. "Hm… wait, didn't you draw the other day? You know when we were trying to figure out the prophecy?"
"Oh yeah…" Temari replied. "I forgot what I drew…hm, what was it?"
"What you drew?" Tenten asked. "Well, let's see… at least, what are you drawing now?"
As she leaned over, Temari tried to cover the picture in the sketchbook. Tenten peeked through, and saw a little part of the face. And with just seeing one eye, the expression, she knew who it was. She smiled to herself, thinking about the good, old times. The picture was a drawing of none other than… Shikamaru…
"Hello, what are you guys doing?" A voice distracted her thoughts.
Tenten and Temari both looked up. Sakura bent down and smiled. They made space for her on the bench and told her that they were taking a break.
"Oh… come to think of it, I did help you right?" Sakura exclaimed. "Do you guys need any help?"
"No… we're fi-
A loud crash was heard and dust covered the park. Someone screamed in pain and then suddenly stopped, making everyone that heard it figure out that someone died. When the dust fell a little bit, Sakura went to see whom it was that died. She bent down and peered through the thick dust. Eyes widening, she shut her eyes, hoping this was a nightmare.