Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.. if I do... there would be a lot of OCs... buwa -ha -ha -ga... oops, I mean.. ha!

Summary: (AU)She's a princess that wants to run away from her life, and when she did ...she likes it, she meets somebody that she doesn't know.. but has a secret identity, himself. NejiTen

A/n: hey, guys! sorry if it took me a long time to continue... you see.. it's because I'm busy because of my other stories.. I hope you unterstand.. neh?

so we left off when Gai announced that training would be tomorrow.. soo.. let's start shall we?

RIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!

An annoying alarm clock rang, but soon enough it was killed..

RIIIIIIII- the ring was stopped by a kunai... Tenten just thrusted it there..

"I hate this.." she muttered, then started to get up, she's in an apartment... an apartment that she truly owns. Nobody elses. She just setted in yesterday, after the meeting. Now.. it's pretty messy, the truth is, even she's the princess... she's not really that girly because... because... because... because that's what she really is.

She walked slugishly towards the comfort room, with a towel hanging at her shoulders, and her normal clothes (I mean that by her normal clothes, as in, knickers and a normal chinese-oriented shirt. got that?)

So she took a shower for just... probably ten minutes... when she got out, she already had worn her clothes with her towel at her head. When her hair's not dripping wet already, she threw the towel elsewhere.

She looked at her mirror, then scowled, "so much for the princess" then she smirked at the thought of her mother seeing her like that. She got her brush and brushed it like crazy! hehe... actually she never like staying long just because of fixing her hair.

She divided her hair in two parts then put them in two buns, when she was already contented with her self, she got her kunai pouch from her table, then her keys hanging at the door, then away she goes.

She smiled as she walked for the training grounds. She didn't bother to hurry, it's still early anyway (three hours and thirty minutes early particullarly, but she thought... the earlier, the better..). She walked and walked until she reached her destination. She thought she'd be the earliest in her team, but she was wrong.

"Woah! He's early!..." she smiled.

"Hey, Neji!" she greeted with her happiest smile, you could ever imagine. You would smile back to her if you see it.. but Neji, noooo, he just sat there still meditating. Tenten scowled, she doesn't like people who don't mind her when she's just trying to be nice.

"crazy" she muttered, but was startled because of what Neji replied,

"testy"

She reddened in fury., because of her sudden anger she threw a kunai directly to his chest. but Neji dodged it... but not easily.

nice.. he thought.

She threw even more kunais, but Neji just caught them. She got all mad, she used a technique that she invented.

She bit her thumb to make blood as ink, she opened a scroll quickly then held her thumb near it. She made a long line at the scroll, after that, the scroll closed back.. she threw it at the air, then she made handseals. The scrolls increased it's number, four.. no, five scrolls including the real one. All of a sudden it all opened, three covered Tenten's body like a ball of shield. Tenten's inside the ball of scrolls. Neji could see that because of the Byakugan. Inside, she smirked as the two scrolls began to swirl around the ball where she is... as it swirled, inside she let out a chakra and let it go through the scrolls covering her. With effort she tried to concentrate... because the two scrolls outside has writings, Tenten have to hit those writing with chakra... if she doesn't hit it with chakra, it would not let out various weapons, if she missed, the ball of scrolls protecting her would be the one destroyed. gets?

She hit all the writings perfectly. She didn't miss anything, she didn't miss ANYTHING! It's perfect.

when she got out of her scroll of ball. She was starled, because there, standing was Neji who is in a stance. Then.. around him is... a huge hole! Like a very huge rock just came down it. Then she saw her weapons scattered around. She smirked, "wow"

"Nobody had ever survived my technique yet... I'm impress" she said with a small smile. As she gathered her weapons, it doesn't disappear, that's why she has lots of weapons. Neji helped in picking her weapons, "it's not easy" he admitted.

"thanks" she uttered.

Gai and Lee came in the picture, "AH! MY FELLOW STUDENTS! HOW ARE YOU!" Gai greeted to his.. two students.

Tenten sweatdropped, and Neji just raised a brow to Gai.

how pathetic.. Tenten and Neji thought. Yet, Tenten replied, "I'm fine, Gai-sensei..." she replied with a cheerful smile, then... "how 'bout asking yourself, dumba.." (that's censored by the way..) Tenten muttered between her fake smile.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY MY FELLOW STUDENT?" Gai asked. "Nothiiing, Gai-sensei!" Tenten smiled big.

"OH, I THOUGHT YOU'RE SAYING SOMETHING, ANYWAY LEE..." and he left his two students and flooded Lee with his attention.

"World's no. 1 deaf person.." she muttered as she turned her back.

Lee scratched his head suddenly, "WHAT DID YOU SAY, GAI-SENSEI? A PEELER LIVES ON THE BARK OF AN APPLE THREE?"

Tenten sweatdropped, "correction, Lee gets the stupid reward.."

"NO, LEE! I SAID, A SQUIRELL LIVES ON THE BARK OF A MAPLE TREE!" Gai repeated for Lee.

"WHAT!" Lee asked again, "A QUARELL LIVES ON THE ARC OF A SAMPLE FREE!.. GAI-SENSEI, I BELIEVE YOU MEANT, A QUARELL IS STARTED BECAUSE OF A FREE SAMPLE..."

Gai scratched his hair vigorously, "NO!" Gai replied with irritation.

"GO! GO WHERE?" Lee asked, not really getting the point.

"Can't we spar now?" Tenten asked, getting bored.

"OH RIGHT.." Gai said..

"WHAT'S TIGHT?" Lee asked,

"ME AND LEE WOULD GO TO THE HOSPITAL, WHILE YOU TWO WILL TRAIN!" Gai pointed to Tenten and Neji.

"TRAIN! WHY? DO WE NEED TO TRAVEL?" Lee asked.

Then, Gai left together with Lee. With a poof! then gone...

"Looks like we're the one left.." she said. Neji nodded.

"Now what training do you want?" Tenten asked to Neji.

"spar" Neji muttered to Tenten... "spar?"

Tenten was a little bit startled, a while ago they already fought... now he wants to SPAR?

"You serious?" Tenten asked.

"Of Course I am!" Neji answered with a glare.

"no, really? you're serious?" Tenten asked again, reassuring herself.

"Tenten..." Neji continued, "I. am. serious" he said slowly. She sighed, then just stood up from the ground.

"fine" she muttered then just started to walk.

This time, she sent two scrolls at the air. It opened as she jumped, in a glimpse she was swirling as a some kind of a hurricane made by the scrolls, and as it swirled..

weapons flew away from it!

Neji avoided all the weapons.. as the attacks continue, it's getting harder and harder to dodge. Just then, Lee came running in the training ground,

"NO! I WON'T GET INJECTED!" Lee came shouting.

Gai tried to follow Lee, but with Lee's speed without his weights, "YOU WILL NOT GET INJECTED, LEE!"

Neji stared at the atatcks of Tenten, he knew it's not easy to stop it... he knew something bad will happen.

Tenten knew Lee's there, she could sense his chakra, but the technique can't be stopped! It has to stop, or else, Lee would be hurt... TENTEN... STOP! STOP! STOP! she tried to budge, but the technique goes on.. then something came into her mind, "Athena-sama, that's a great technique! I think you could only stop it when you get hurt! or the technique is already done.." the voice of Tenten's royal butch came in her head.

if I get hurt the technique would stop! Tenten thought again, she caught a kunai from the hurricane.. then...

Neji was relieved when the scrolls of hurricane started to not throw weapons, and it's getting slower by the minute.

But then, he remembered something, how could Tenten have stopped it? He got all worried... and used the Byakugan. He saw nothing wrong so far, but then, he noticed Tenten hiding her left shoulder when he saw it.. BLOOD!.. Tenten got wounded, her left shoulder is strucked with a kunai.

"Tenten.." Neji muttered, full of concern, (iA-yOh: oh, I just love writing this fic! -evil grin-)

The scrolls fell down, together with Tenten. She fell flat on the floor. The kunai's too big, (yeah I know, she would've used a smaller one, but where would she get a smaller kunai? hunt for it at the hurricane? besides there's no time, so she had no choice but to struck that big kunai.) and too much blood is taken from her.

Her teammates run over to her, Neji's the first. He reached out inside his kunai pouch, then he got out a roll of bandage.

He searched for something, then got the bottle of cool water that Gai always brings, he poured the water to the bleeding wound. Then he touched the wound.. it needs washing, right? so that's what he's doing, she winced a bit but didn't budge. Then, Neji covered her wound with the bandage, good thing... the wound is aided early, it wasn't infected. And good thing.. Tenten's Endurance is quite high... so she's okay.. she just needs rest to recover her loss of blood, but since, Tenten's a strong girl... she can rest later one.

"MY FELLOW STUDENTS, BECAUSE TENTEN'S A BIT HURT. LEE GOT A HEARING PROBLEM. TRAINING'S DISMISSED." Gai announced.

"BUT NEJI," Gai grinned, "INTRODUCE TENTEN TO OTHER NINJAS FOR THE WHOLE DAY!"

Neji glared to Gai, but little miss Gai hood just replied with a thumbs-up then ping! there's one of his smiles again.

When Gai and Lee's nowhere in sight, he started to walk away with Tenten following her.

Good thing, Tenten's not getting uncomfortable with the silence. She's kinda used to it because, heck! She came from the palace! The whole time there , there was silence.

Just then, Neji saw his... hmm... his friends...

Funny they're gathered in a certain place...

Naruto's there sitting and eating blueberries from the bushes. Sakura's staring at Sasuke with a flower on her hand. Sasuke's leaning at a tree. Shikamaru's staring at the clouds. Ino's holding a flower then plucking its petals, "he loves me", "he do loves me" she repeated again and again. Chouji's eating chips. Kiba's playing fetch with Akamaru. Hinata's also eating blueberries. Shino's staring at an ant hill.

Neji came in the picture.

"Hey, Neji!" Naruto greeted, "who's that?"

"She's Te-.." but before he can continue..

"HE DO LOVES ME! -squeel-" Ino screamed as she she hold a petal.

"Yo, Dudette!" Kiba called to Ino, which got Ino's attention, "stop squeeling there! Ya freaking me out!"

Ino stared at Kiba becaaaaause... THE INO POLICY: Never stop Ino when she's overjoyed or else she would be mad like a SPITTING VOLCANO! The first sign of this is, staring, be ready to hide. The second is, steam coming out of her ears, REALLY need to hide. Next... DOOM!

"oh no!" Shikamaru uttered. "HIDE!" he ordered.

They we're hiding behind trees and bushes, when the second sign overtook its place. But one is forgotten, Tenten's still there wondering what's wrong.

"YOU! HIDE!" Naruto yelled to her. But nooooo, she's too confuse to sort things out.

Why are they hiding? What did that guy with a dog do? who are they? what is cleomanthisism? what is this girl angry for? why are they so scared? why the heck am I thinking this questions? Damn, authors...

Then FWOOM! Ino just overflamed! Then she came crashing and crashing trees. then bouncing and bouncing. But something terrible happened, she saw Hinata?

She was about to hit her with a PUNCH! this is not Ino's fault by the way, she's just a mad, and she needs to follow the... INO POLICY!...

err... scratch that last sentence.

Hinata closed her eyes shut, but was surprised to not feel anything. She opened her eyes slowly, and saw Tenten infront of her!

Ino had calmed down, but it was too late, she already hurted somebody!... sigh...

"that was a good punch," Tenten said while smirking, but then... "cough!" she began to cough blood! "too good." she uttered.

She covered her mouth with her hand, but she still continued to cough! As she cough, blood cae out of her hand, the coughing of blood can't be stop.

Then, Hinata tried to search something from her pocket... and she got a small box, she opened it and got a tablet, and run towards Tenten.

"h-here." Hinata handed out the tablet, Tenten stared at it, she got the tablet and drank it, even without the water, her cough seemed to lessen.

She got a handkerchief from her pocket, and she's all okay.

"thanks for that" she smiled to Hinata, Hinata just smiled shyly in reply.

"You saved Hinata-chan!" Naruto said with a foxy grin, "I guess I owe you one"

Because of what Naruto said, Hinata blushed madly. "How 'bout we go to Ichiraku to grab a thing to eat?" Naruto asked, but then nobody seemed to agree but just Hinata. They all know Naruto eats too many, especially if Ramen is in.

"It's my treat.." Naruto sweatdropped. Then all agreed when they heard it's Naruto's treat! This is great news for them!

Tenten smiled at the sight, they're so funny for her. When she tried to walk, she suddenly fell to the ground.

"o-o-oh n-no.." Hinata stuttered.

"too much blood is taken from her, she needs to go to the hospital, right a way!" Sakura said, she knew this well because she's a medic nin.

"no.." Tenten insisted, "I don't want to go to that place.."

"but-.." Neji tried to convince her,

"no! I want to be here. I want to meet you guys. I want to... I want to have friends." she said with depression, since she's the princess... she's don't have friends because she's not allowed to go out of the mansion.

"how's this.." Sakura continued, "...I cure her for a minor treatment, and she goes to the clinic when the day ends."

"that seems like a good idea" Chouji said.

Neji looked at Tenten as a sign of asking.

Tenten nodded once with a smile.

And Sakura cured her. She can't cure her now for the major treatment, it will take a long time, and lots of chakra. Besides, it's better when she rest at the clinic first than taking all the treatment in one time.

After a few minutes, Tenten's okay. But... she still can't walk. She needs to be carried first.

Guess who will... -evil grin- ... I definitely love writing this fic...

"somebody needs to carry her for a while." Sakura said professionaly, well because she's really a responsible medic nin! That's why a pair of dark, onyx eyes stare at her the whole time she's healing Tenten. I don't need to say his name, because we all know who has dark, onyx eyes... neh?

If Sasuke carries her, he wouldn't even agree because he doesn't like any girl but... -evil grin again-. If Naruto carries her, Hinata would be jealous and we don't like that, and also Naruto wouldn't like that, the casts won't like that, Hinata won't like that so nobody likes it. If Shikamaru carries her, heck he will keep complaining for the whole day. If Chouji carries her... who knows when he will colapse soon, because he can't eat while carrying somebody. If Kiba carries her, heck! I don't even think he would agree. If Shino carries her, who knows she might squish one of his beloved kikai bugs. If Neji carries her, it's the best! everybody would be happy, and nobody can stop me from writing about Neji carrying her! N-O-B-O-D-Y! So Neji carries Tenten, is there anybody that's gonna protest, -loads a gun- is there?... (cricket sounds) good.

Everybody stared at Neji with evil grins plastered at their faces, Neji sighed, and lowered down to carry Tenten in a piggyback ride.

The one leading the group for Ichiraku is Naruto and Hinata. Then, Chouji and Shikamaru, then Ino, Kiba and Akamaru. Came next are Sasuke and Sakura, and last in the line are Tenten and Neji.

"sorry if you have to carry me." Tenten whispered to Neji.

"it's okay, Tenten." Neji whispered back.

Just then, they got at the Ichiraku.

"Naruto!" the waiter greeted.

"Hey!" Naruto greeted back, "I brought my friends!"

"Oh good.." the waiter said with a grin, while getting out a calculator his eyes got this weird sign that he looks like an obsessed-to-money guy.

They sat around a big table. At the middle sat Naruto and Hinata, then Shikamaru, then Ino, then Chouji, then Shino, thne Kiba and Akamaru, then Sasuke and Sakura, then Neji and Tenten.

Which means, Tenten sits beside Naruto.

They discussed their orders... Naruto called out to Ayame, the waitress "Hey! Two Beef Ramen, Five Regular Ramen, and Four Chicken Ramen!"

"right-o, Naruto!" Ayame said with a thumb-up!

"Sorry if I hurted you -umm.." Ino apologized, stopping because she doesn't know her name.

"Tenten... Just Tenten" she said. She can't tell her last name, right?

"oh? what's your last name, Tenten?" Sakura asked.

"... I can't tell you..." Tenten said, sweating.

Naruto got all curious, "why?"

"be-because..." good thing.. Ayame came and stopped the conversation.

Two beef ramen is for Hinata and Naruto. Four Chicken Ramen for Sakura, Sasuke, Neji, and Tenten. And the others get Regular Ramen.

"so Tenten, I'm really sorry about-.." Ino apologized.

"It's okay.. you didn't mean it anyway.." Tenten said with a smile.

"Tenten, I'm Hyu-... I'm Hinata." Hinata introduced.

"Ugumake gnawuto! (Uzumaki Naruto)" he's talking with his mouth full. "He meant, Uzumaki Naruto." Hinata repeated.

"Shikamaru. Nara."

"Uchiha Ino!" (insert Sasuke's glare here)

"Akimichi -slurp- Chouji"

"... Aburame Shino..."

"Kiba. Inuzuka Kiba. And this is Akamaru!" pointing to Akamaru. Akamaru barks.

"Uchiha.. Sasuke."

"Haruno Sakura."

"Nice to meet you all!" Tenten said with a cheerful smile.

Just then.. "ARGH!" some random guy yelled, because he got all mad! His companion made him to be angry so.. Naruto got all surprised he threw the bowl of Ramen, and it fell to Tenten's head. "oops, Sorry Tenten-chan.." Naruto apologized.

Neji glared at Naruto. "It's okay, Naruto. It's not your fault anyway." when the man heard this, he saw what happened. Because he's mad and out of control.

"ARE YOU ACCUSING ME, LADY!" the man yelled to Tenten while holding on her collar.

"I'm not saying tha.."

"YOU NEED A LESSON!" he yelled again. He was about to punch Tenten at the left shoulder, where her wound is.. when somebody stopped him.. Guess who...

"Don't you have respect left?" Neji said while holding the ball of fist of the man.

Neji punched him with a whee! I mean, with a POW!

And away he goes to outerspace.. to the wall, I mean.

they decided to run away, because it will not be good to fight there or anything, the group of ninjas run away with Hinata leaving a gold piece at the counter. "S-s-sorry f-for the m-mess" she apologized and followed up to her friends.

With Tenten on the back of Neji, she began to cough, its almost the end of the day. "guys, I'm gonna take Tenten to the clinic now.."

"sure.." Naruto agreed, it's almost evening already.

"Hinata you go to our apartment now, I'll come home soon" Neji said.

"okay, Neji-nisan" Hinata said.

Tenten.. she doesn't know why, but relieved when she realized they don't have a special relationship.

And away they go, minding their own business. while Tenten and Neji go for the clinic.

"so many things happened today." Tenten whispered to Neji.

"hn."

"I have a cough. I have a wound. I'm here riding at your back, AND my hair's all sticky." she said, ending the sentence with a small laugh.

"how funny"

They reached the clinic. There Tenten is laid on a bed. The nurse came in and examined Tenten.

"A quick hot bath, and a complete rest would take things good." the nurse said, "Good thing she's a strong one."

Tenten's guided by a nurse towards a small bathroom. After a few minutes Tenten came out wearing the clinic's dress and her hair not tied. Instead her hair is flowing free.

"I see you already combed your hair." the nurse said with a smile.

"No, I haven't yet" Tenten said. The nurse was a bit startled, she just remembered there's no comb or even a brush is inside the bathroom.. which means, her hair is naturally beautiful. Tenten laid at the bed again.

The nurse left for a while to bring in some medicine. So the two are left... nobody else, it is a public room, but there's still no people around.. nobody seemed to be hurt at that time.

"It's nice to be clean." she laughed a little. Neji sat to a chair beside the bed of Tenten.

"how are you now?"

"I'm fine!" she answered.

Tenten's smiling, but Neji knows something is not good.

"what's wrong?" he asked plainly.

"nothing's wrong."

"yes there is something." Neji insisted.

She stared at him, then she let her true feelings out. Depression overtook her.

"it's all my fault" she said.

Neji was a bit confuse, "what?"

"it's been a bad day.. and it's all my fault."

Neji stood up from his chair, and started to walk away, "see you tomorrow." he bade goodbye.

Tenten's left alone at the room... but then, Neji got back. "Tenten.."

"hm?"

"it's not your fault." Neji turned his back again, "trust me."

Tenten just replied with a smile and a simple, "Thank You."

End of Chapter..

WOOT! WOOT! I DID IT! I FINALLY DID IT! YAHOO! I finished them all! hehe... actually it took me a LOONG time to finish that... it's because I have lots of Sneak Peeks for here, neh? AND, I guess it's not fair that it took me a long time to update then give you a short chapter... I guess that's not good.. sigh.. it's so hard to write a long story in just one time.. so anyway, thank you for reviewing! Please Review...