moonlightpath: Thank you for your suggestion...and guess what? all the questions you asked in your previous review will be answered in this chapter...but im not sure...this "way" is happy enough for Lee though...
pin0ts: a clone? hm...it's a good idea but...nah! more problematic things will occur! lols...you know, too much pretty girls running in the town will make boys dizzy! lolx...anyways! here's the chappie! enjoy!
Lil-Donkey: your question will be answered in this chappie...and your ending was great! i loved it! let's hope my ending can be that good too! here's the next chapter! hope you'll like it!
Appleiam: aww thank you for your compliment...and yea, i guess this will be a Neji and Tenten afterall...but...whoops! did i say too much! read this chappie and see if you like it...hehe...
Lil Bre: aw man...dun judge Gai and Lee because of their eyebrows! they are really sweet in the inside shivers...LOlx...hope you'll like this chappie! enjoy!
babykitty2070: haha...relax relaX...here's the next chapter and hope you'll like it...and...hmm! i wonder if it's gonna be a NejiTen or not grin
IHearVoices: wrong way? what wrong way? lolx...anyways...a reality show! blah! here's the next chappie...hope you'll like it...
ShadowV2.0: aw man...thank you for your review and...read to find out if it's gonna be a NejiTen or not! wink
hyugatenten: nah! i thank you for reviewing my story! haha...Neji didn't say YES though...still gonna kick his butt? but but...make sure not to kick hard okay? cuz you will regret in the end! lolx...enjoy!
trapped in life: he is calm and quiet...but everyone has a furious and...noisy side rite rite? and and...Neji has one too i guess? BUT i refuse to make him noisy! lols...i hate noisy guy! haha...hope you'll like this chapter!
Shikas girlfriend: awww...dun cry! and and hey! shikamaru is MY boyfriend too! but but...fine fine fine! i will give him up for a while...but just for a while okay? haha...here's the next chappie...hope you'll like it!
kunoichi goddess: yea! agree...Lee and Tenten make a weird couple...but who knows? thank you for your suggestion...and kinda use a part of your idea in this chappie...okay okay? hope you'll like it!
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A/N: haha...dun worry about the title...it's just how i want it to be! haha...no fighting involve and no flirting involve either! wait a minute...not more about flirting...but who cares...rite rite? and...hope everyone will love this chapter cuz i did identified what the final couple will be, all right? Please enjoy!
Chapter 7: Neji and Tenten and LeeGuess tonight will be another sleepless night for me. I thought I would only get insomnia whenever there is a battle in the next morning; I was wrong after all. I can't sleep...I can't sleep because of what Hinata-sama asked me earlier in the day; I can't sleep because of what she told me earlier...
"Do you like Tenten?"
"What...what are you talking about, Hinata-sama?" a faint shade of pink appeared onto his cheeks, "I...Don't joke around with these things like that!"
"Neji-niisan," Hinata placed her mug of coffee onto the glass table and walked near Neji to examine his flushed face, "Do you want to know why Naruto-kun and I are finally be together?" She smiled slightly as she noticed her cousin faced her with interest, "I was able to pick up my courage and confess to him."
Neji immediately switched his eyes to the coffee he spilled earlier; he walked towards that spot and knelt down, "I guess I'd better clean this up before the carpet absorbs the whole thing and-"
"If you are only going to escape from the topic," the girl interrupted him with her unusual tone of voice. She sounded angry, "Then you will never get the girl you want; then you will never be able to find what truly you are feeling; then you will never have a happy life with your love ones."
Neji did not responded. He just continued kneeling down by the wet spot and kept his head lowered.
Seeing her cousin did not reply to her statement, she sighed, "Neji-niisan, I don't know what went wrong with you..." she sighed again and looked over to the window in front of her, "But where did the old Hyuuga Neji go?" a smile hanged on her lips as she saw a particular someone walked pass the window, "I want to see the determined and the brave cousin."
Before Neji wanted to look up and say something, the doorbell rang. He turned his head to the door and asked, "Who could that be?"
"You can clean up the coffee, Neji-niisan," Hinata gave him a shy smile, "Naruto-kun is at the door..."
"Oh..." and this was how the conversation ended.
"This is stupid..." Neji rolled to the other side of the bed and faced the window, "I should be catching some sleep instead of recalling back some meaningless stuffs." He threw the blanket over his face and yelled, "I have training to do first thing in the morning tomorrow!"
Then, the room was quiet until giggles came from the room next door.
"Oh my god!" Neji yelled again and stepped off of the bed. He opened his bedroom door and stood by his cousin's bedroom door. He raised his hand to a knocking position, and when he was about to knock, he heard...
"I never thought that we would be together, Hinata-chan!" It was Naruto's voice and he was sure he was smiling at the moment, "Thanks for being my girlfriend, Hinata-chan."
"Naruto-kun..." then, there was his cousin's voice.
"I thought I would stuck with Sakura-san forever," Naruto spoke again, "thank you for bringing me out of the love triangle, Hinata-chan."
"You are welcome, Naruto-kun..."
Maybe I should really tell her after all...but how?
Neji decided to walk back into his room instead of going into the room and silence the couple.
I am never the romantic type...I don't even know how to confess...
URG! Who cares... I will figure it out tomorrow...
Then...maybe he would be able to sleep, at least for now.
Tonight, the sky was clear; the only things visible were the sparkling stars and the round moon. Under this black curtain, a girl was staring at the beautiful night scene. The moon was silvery and mysterious; it reminded the girl of the person she likes.
Neji...
She giggled at the thought.
"Tenten?" A girl sounded behind the daydreaming girl, "are you okay?"
Tenten turned around to face her friends in an instant and smiled, "of course I am okay, just thinking about something."
"Yea yea yea, whatever!" the blonde hair girl fell on her back lazily onto Tenten's bed, "I bet you are thinking about someONE instead of someTHING."
"What...what are you talking about, Ino?" Tenten immediately blushed at the girl's statement, "I am not thinking about him..."
"OH!" A pink hair rose up from the chair and pointed at Tenten, "She admitted it!" Then, Ino and Sakura both jumped in joy.
"Come on, you two," Tenten tried to hide her blushing cheeks and spoke to them in a serious tone, "Grow up..."
"We are grown up!" Both of them replied in their cheerful voices, "I have boyfriends, already!"
Tenten remained silent and closed the curtain while Sakura continued her phone conversation with Sasuke and Ino fell onto the bed, with her arms behind her head. Then, Tenten sighed, "You two are really obsessed with your partners, eh?"
Sakura flashed Tenten a smile, keeping her hands on the phone; Ino switched her gaze from the ceiling to Tenten and questioned, "How am I obsessed with Shika?" she sat up from the bed and smirked, "at least I am not talking with him on the phone right now!"
"Ino!" Sakura yelled at the blonde, "What did you say!"
"Didn't you hear what I said? You are obsessed!" Ino yelled back at the pink hair girl. The both of them exchanged their evil glare. Tenten helplessly stood between them and turned her head from Sakura to Ino, and Ino to Sakura.
Looks like there's going to be a fight between these two again. Tenten spoke in her mind. Although they are not fighting over for the same guy now, they are always so competitive against each other.
Fortunately, a voice suddenly sounded on the other side of the phone, which made Sakura turned back into her sweet and cute self again, "Oh it's nothing, Sasuke-kun..."
Then, Tenten fell onto the ground in anime style and a sweat drop formed on her forehead. Ino just closed her eyes and lied onto the bed comfortably, "how troublesome..."
How troublesome...that's Shikamaru's line...She is obsessed too.
Tenten giggled in a volume only she could hear. She then grabbed a photo album from her bookshelf and flipped through the pages. All the pictures were either her family or her team. She pulled out one of the pictures and stared at it; it was a picture of Neji whom she captured while he did not notice.
Everything about him is just too perfect...His eyes, his hair, his well-built body, his voice...and most of all, his family clan. What do I have? I have nothing but an average looking face and ninja skills. I will never be able to match myself with him. This is just too good for me. Besides, why would he want to choose me while he has a fan club where has beautiful and rich girls.
She felt a sudden pain in her heart and tears were forming in the corner of her eyes.
I am so not going to have a chance...
"Shikamaru!" Ino's voice echoed into her ears and caused her to look up at the blonde hair girl. Sakura had finally ended her conversation with Sasuke and now was Ino's turn to talk with her boyfriend. Wait a minute; I meant yell at her boyfriend, "You lazy bum!"
Shikamaru and Ino...they don't match each other either... then why...why are they together? Shikamaru is lazy and Ino is hardworking; Shikamaru is like an old man and Ino is always so fashionable; Ino has a fanclub and Shikamaru looks worse than most of them. Why are they together then?
"Shikamaru, if you don't finish Asuma-sensei's homework tonight, don't come and see me tomorrow!" She said in an angry tone, yet she was smiling for the whole time, "No! I am not going to do it for you!" two shades of pink were also forming on her cheeks, "Then do it! I want to see you too!"
It's funny...what's wrong with this couple?
"They are cute together," Sakura's voice spoke beside Tenten. She smiled at her, "They are so different, but they just make a perfect couple, don't you think?"
"They do, indeed..." Tenten giggled and placed the photo album away, "but...I don't get it...why are they so perfect but they are so different from each other?"
"Oh Tenten, nothing matters when it comes to love," Sakura winked at her and continued, "I know I am not good enough for Sasuke-kun, but everyone is imperfect." She bowed her head and started playing with her fingers, like Hinata did, "As long as we are happy together, who cares how other people think about us." She bowed her head down even more, trying to avoid eye contact with Tenten, "we love each other and that's the most important..."
Tenten blinked and gasped...
They just make a perfect couple, don't you think?
Nothing matters when it comes to love...
I know I am not good enough, but everyone is imperfect...
Who cares about how other people think about us...
We love each other and that's the most important...
"Sakura..." Tenten sighed and smiled, "You and Sasuke make a perfect couple too."
"Really?" She raised her head and Tenten just realized that Sakura's face was all red, "Sasuke-kun and I...thank you..." Then, we blushed even brighter and started giggling sweetly.
No Sakura...I thank you.
Tenten...
Lee looked at the photo frame he was holding; a picture with Gai, Neji, himself and, of course, Tenten.
She is so beautiful...Why didn't I notice that before? She was my teammate from the first day and all I noticed throughout the years was Sakura-san. Now I come and think of it, Sakura was not that much of a beauty compare to Tenten. The only unique thing about her is her pink hair and green eyes. She is not that special. Besides, she has her Sasuke-kun now, there is no way that I can get a more-than-a-friend relationship with her. Since I still have a chance to get Tenten, why should I waste it?
His own thought shocked himself.
No...No...NOO! Tenten is not a replacement for Sakura-chan! Or...is she?
Lee took a picture of Sakura and himself from his purse and also a picture of Tenten and himself. In the picture of Sakura and himself, he was smiling so brightly while Sakura was forcing out a smile. On the other hand, in the picture of Tenten and himself, both of them were smiling brightly at the camera.
Lee...choose one now. Which picture will you choose?
Since he was attached to Sakura for too long, he was starting to have that inter-Lee inside of him too.
Which picture will you choose? Sakura or Tenten?
Lee stared blankly at the two photos and his hands were shaking.
Rip the picture you don't want in half NOW!
His palms were sweating as he placed the picture of Tenten and him down onto the desk. He held the other picture in both of his hands and shook his head.
NO...
He put the picture of Sakura and him down onto the desk and held the other picture in his hands, the picture of Tenten and himself.
He ripped it in half and in half and in half and in half and in half...until the picture was in unreadable pieces.
"I can always take another picture with Tenten..." Lee forced himself to think that way, "I might never have the chance to take a picture with Sakura-chan anymore."
No...this is not what I really mean...
I treasure the picture I took with Sakura-chan because...
"...I still like her." Then, a tear dropped from his eyes and buried his face into his hands.
I still like Sakura-chan and not Tenten...
I said I like Tenten is just because...because my heart needs somewhere to belong...
But...where can it belong now? I lost Sakura-chan to Sasuke and I can't give my heart to someone I don't truly love...
Where can my heart go?
He then raised his head and looked at the team picture; his face lightened up.
He then smiled and wiped the tears away with the back of his hand.
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
"Lee, your sensei is here to see you!" His mom called out from the other side of the door, "May he enter?"
"Of course, mother!"
The door peeled opened and a smiling sensei appeared by the door, "Good evening, Lee!"
"Good evening, Gai-sensei!" Lee stood up from his chair and grinned at his sensei, "I get over it!"
Gai looked at his students with a confused glare and walked near him. After a moment, he noticed the picture and the pieces, "What...are these pieces, Lee?"
"Sensei! This is a picture of me and Tenten."
"And you ripped it?"
"Yes, sensei!" Lee rubbed the back of his neck and smiled shyly at his sensei, "I...just realize that I don't exactly like Tenten; I like...Sakura-chan."
"Haruno Sakura...But she is with Uchiha Sasuke now," Gai crossed his arms and examined Lee's face with concern, "are you sure...you are okay, Lee?"
"Please let me finish sensei," Lee took the pieces and dumped them into the garbage can.
"Go ahead, Lee..." Gai pulled himself a chair and sat on it, "What do you mean?"
"I do know Sakura-chan is with someone else now," Lee sat down across from his sensei, "that's why I decided to put my heart into training and into my friendship," he smiled brightly and flashed his sensei the nice-guy pose, "Friendship is one of the most important thing on earth!" Lee grabbed the group picture and handed it to Gai, "If I go for Tenten, that means I will be competing with Neji..." he bowed his head and smiled, "and I don't want that to happen."
"Lee..."
"Sensei..." Lee stood up from his spot, "I will tell Tenten tomorrow..." he turned his head and looked out the window, "I will tell her to express out her true feeling to Neji."
Although this night was just another ordinary night, it seemed that this night helped all three children to solve their problem and come up with a solution...
End of Chapter 7A/N: I LOVE THIS CHAPPIE! lols...anyways, see? It's a Neji and Tenten after all! but i think the Lee part was kinda weird...and hope no one flamed at the part where Lee said Sakura is not pretty comparing to Tenten...it's not true okay! Anyways...shout you guys later at the next chappie!