The third chapter like i promise! I won't be able to update until my computer starts working again. Pray that it will be soon! i'll die without internet!

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Red Thread

"Neji, do you believe in red thread?" Ten Ten asked him suddenly, one day. The young Hyuuga looked at his teammate, surprised. It was so unlike her to ask him such a superstitious question. She was staring back at him; her eyes were big and wide open, waiting for his reply.

"No," he replied stoically.

"Ehh…why not?" Ten Ten asked, as she lied down on the ground beside him, staring at the clear blue sky. "I think it's nice…two people destined to be with each other, connected by a red string," she raised her hand up to her face, as if expecting a thread tied there and sighed.

Neji looked at her, his face blank of expression. "It's not like you to talk about destiny," he said. He felt it odd to listen to his teammate, asking him thing about this. It almost made her act…girlish. And even though she was a girl—of course Neji had noticed this—she never really cared for any romance ideas…or did she? Neji felt confused, does this mean that his sparring partner—the one who cringed when given a skirt to wear, the one who almost punch Gai for tricking her into wearing a gown—is actually thinking about love?

Ten Ten pushed herself off the ground and smiled softly, "You're right, it's stupid," she said, and stood up. Neji watched her, even without using the Byakugan, he can see that she was feeling a bit down, but it was for a second, after that a smile was put on.

"Ten Ten," he called her, hand reaching out for hers. The weapon mistress turned around, hands dancing along and accidentally one hand touched his. "One more spar?" she asked him, wondering if that was what he called her for.

Neji didn't quite hear what she said. He was staring at his hand—which had already departed from hers after the two seconds they've met—and then at hers. Neji blinked and looked again. There was no mistake about it.

"Neji?" Ten Ten asked, her voice a little worried. Neji still hadn't replied her.

He looked at their hand again. It was probably either he was hallucinating, or maybe his white eyes can see more than the normal, even without the Byakugan.

Ten Ten furrowed her eyebrow and quickly pulled Neji's hand, running, pulling him along. "Gai sensei! Something is wrong with Neji!"

Neji ran, following her, their hands connected. He blinked and smiled softly to himself, maybe there was nothing wrong talking about destiny.

After all, if it wasn't true, how come he had noticed the thin red line connecting his little finger with Ten Ten's one?

End.

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Author's notes: "When a man and a woman who are meant to be together are born, their little fingers are connected with a red thread" -Ran Mouri; Detective Conan First Movie. There's a Japanese myth saying a marriage god, Gekka-o if i'm not mistaken (correct me if i'm wrong) who tie two lovers' toes with a red string to show that they are meant to be together. But in Detective Conan, Ran said it's the little pinky fingers. And I use the fingers one because it's easier to write. (Imagine writing the story with Neji and Ten-ten taking off their shoes...hehe..)

Ahem..anyway review please!