What?! What did he say to my Tenten? A fool?! He'll get more than what he bargained for from me!
I was about to say something when Tenten suddenly spoke up, "Why are you here? What's your name? What do you want?"
"Whoa there, young lady." The disgusting man said, "Slow down! First of all, I am here to finish one of the upcoming fine ninjas, Hyuga Neji. I am Hanagura and as I said, I want to finish off that kid behind you!"
"He's not in the right condition to fight." Tenten defended, now having one kunai at each hand, "I will be your opponent in place of Neji."
What? Tenten? But she isn't good enough! Not good enough to beat the shit out of that guy.
Wait a minute. Isn't this guy the one that Uchiha and I fought the last time? He was also the one who sent my crap to the hospital.
"Miss Tenten," I told my ex-girlfriend who was now ready to attack anytime, "I am fine. I can fight him."
"Just help me." She replied, "To be honest with you, before you lost your memory, you do know I'm chicken shit when I sense strong chakras. You're always there for me. But I'm only used as a backup, just in case. But since you need to recover still, I'll be in the frontline now, you're gonna back me up, okay? Is that all right with you, Neji-kun?"
She's too considerate. Is she pretending to be nice to me because I'm pretending to be nice to her, which she doesn't know or is this the real her? I mean, when I was with her, she confessed to me that she didn't want to be treated too politely, she just wants respect from another person because she was from a family which was known to be the most respected and respectful ones.
It's true though, I only use her as a backup in my fights. She's losing her confidence to beat the crap out of a guy when she senses his or her chakra that is way too strong for her.
"Okay Miss Tenten," I replied as I grabbed a kunai, "I'll back you up. But please be careful. It might be your turn to stay in the hospital after me."
"Heh, you've got to be kidding me." She replied with a small chuckle.
This is not the time for laughing, Tenten. I'm damn serious.
Hanagura suddenly threw a shuriken towards her and she, in turn, crossed her kunais infront of her face to prevent it from hitting her. Believe it or not, she was able to block it off.
"Okay," she gasped, "so maybe you ARE right. I might be lying in the hospital after this. BUT BEFORE THAT, I'LL SEND HIM TO THE PRISON CLINIC FIRST!"
She ran with powerful, amazing speed but with grace.
"Byakugan." I silently chanted as my veins popped out near my eyes. I can read what's on her mind. "I hope Neji-kun won't remember me for all of his life. It's better for us that way, never having the slightest idea that we fell in love with each other... He can love another woman, I'm sure they're just around the corner." I heard from her mind.
I can hear kunais meeting each other, banging and scratching of black metals.
"This fight is for you, Neji-kun... To make you believe... That I, Tenten, am not your ex-girlfriend... I'm nothing more than a mere teammate. But my love is still strong, I'll never forget about us, Neji. Never..." I continued to hear from her mind.
Hanagura was able to make a cut on her left shoulder.
"Hmph. Is that only what you can do? A small scratch? Even an ant could do better than that!" she bragged.
Hey, this is something I rarely see - a boastful Tenten.
"Darn, this hurts." Her inner voice said.
Hanagura disappeared from her sight.
"Hey! Coward! Come back here!!! ARGH!!! Now where did he go?!!!" Tenten said, crossing her arms.
"I guess I better vanish in mid-air, too. Neji-kun, please wait patiently here, okay?" she continued as she disappeared.