The Red Ribbon
Note: I don't own Naruto. You might have figured that because it's called a "fan" fiction.
Chapter OneIt was some regular ordinary day, Tenten waited in the forest for her teammates to come. She was always there first, sitting down agents a tree, looking up at the sky until Lee, Gai and Neji returned. But today was a little bit different. Tenten starred at the clouds and imagined natural things… birds… flowers… sun rises…Neji….NEJI?
"Ok…why the heck am I thinking about Neji?" was the first thing that popped up into her mind. Then she kept on thinking about her being with Neji, training together, walking together…eating dinner…EATING DINNER? This would probably be the first time Tenten had EVER had these kind of thoughts about Neji… but they wouldn't go away… for some reason… it was just Neji and Neji… Neji…Neji…Neji….Neji
"Tenten?" said a deep voice.
Tenten immediately jumped up.
"Huh? What?" Tenten asked, "When'd you get here, Neji?"
"You were asleep," Neji simply said. Tenten looked around the forest as she rubbed her eye. Lee and Gai haven't arrived yet.
"How long…have you been here?" Tenten asked.
"About 10 minutes… Lee and Gai are late," Neji said. Tenten started blushing. She didn't know why. She was afraid to even hear Neji talk to her, even though he's been doing that for the past year.
Neji crossed his arms and looked at the sky, more like the birds to be exact. Tenten just starred at him, looking up in the sky. His face looked peaceful…which seemed like a rare moment. Neji was always cold hearted. When she realized she was starring at him for a long time, she turned away and blushed. Then Neji faced down and looked at the grass. He seemed really impatient that Lee and Gai were running late, they were always on time.
Tenten just wanted Lee and Gai to come, she didn't want to be alone with Neji any longer. She had this… happy-terrified feeling…. Aka "happified". It was just Neji and Tenten…alone in the forest…
"Ok…" Neji said, as he sat down next to Tenten.
"Gai and Lee better have a good reason for being an hour late…"
"They might appear soon," Tenten said, "Maybe we should wait 5 more minutes."
"Fine"
"5 minutes?" Tenten thought, "Am I crazy? Make Neji go away somehow…NOW! Before he figures out I like him! Wait…. I like him! DAMIT!"
Tenten's face looked really un easy, I mean, it was red. That was probably a sign.
"Are you ok?" Neji asked Tenten.
"Oh! No! I'm fine!" Tenten said, "It's just…. Lee and Gai are late and I'm getting impatient…that's all!"
Tenten was totally sweating and was hoping Neji wasn't looking at her.
"Whatever…" Neji said in a cool voice.
Neji and Tenten continued to sit together…in the forest…alone…for another 30 minutes… Tenten was blushing like crazy and Neji was just…calm…
"Ok…maybe we should go and look for Gai and Lee!" Tenten said as quickly she got up. Neji grabbed her wrist and Tenten's face turned pink.
"Wait a sec," Neji said, "Remember the last time Lee and Gai were late? They were being attacked by bears. We went to search for them and helped them from being killed. So let's just leave them this time."
Neji was still holding on to Tenten's wrist.
"You want Lee and Gai-sensei to die?" Tenten asked Neji, hoping Neji would let go of her wrist sooner or later.
"It'd be bad if Lee died… but I would like it," Neji said.
"Umm…. I guess so," Tenten said. She sat back down next to Neji. She didn't want to say she didn't want Lee to die, Neji would probably hate her if she did.
Another 30 minutes of sitting next to Neji, that would mark 2 hours! Neji got up after being bored from sitting around and started waling away.
"Wait! Where are you going?" Tenten asked Neji.
"Home. If Lee and Gai haven't shown up, maybe they canceled the mission and stayed home," Neji answered. And without another word, he left.
Now Tenten was left alone, sitting agents the tree for 1 minute.
"Hi Tenten!" A cheery happy voice greeted.
"BWHA! Who's there?" Tenten asked, jumping up.
"It's only me, Rock Lee!" Lee said, "Sorry I'm late, Gai-sensei and I got attacked by bears and we almost died! Heh, good thing I fed the bear sake and made it collapse, other wise we wouldn't show up to do the mission!"
"So…where's Neji?" Gai asked.
"He went home," Tenten responded.
"Oh…well…I guess that's ok…" Gai said, "This mission can only be done by the Gennin in this team! Which means you and Lee have to do this mission and not me!"
Tenten groaned. Why couldn't Lee not show up and Neji stay so that Tenten would do the mission with Neji…ANONE!
"So Tenten, ready to do the mission?" Lee asked Tenten, putting his arm around her shoulder.
"Uhhh….yeah…," Tenten said, taking it off.
"Ok then!" Gai said, "Lee, Tenten! GO!"
And just like that Tenten and Lee were gone.
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Yup. That's it for the first chaper. Now leave me alone (hides)
