Hey everyone! It's Chapter two time. You may be wondering when Kiba and Temari come in to the story and I will gladly tell you that they will come into the story when I feel like it! Anyway, here we go again!
Disclaimer: I might read the shohen jump, watch it in Japanese and English, await for the DVD my friend will give me of all the English episodes, and steal Chey's manga and read it on occasion, but I still don't own Naruto! DRAT!
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The next morning Tenten and Neji had already begun sparring with each other as usually, when they realized how evenly matched they were starting to become. Neji still had a huge advantage, but Tenten managed to keep up with him. They continued sparring for most of the day when Guy-sensei decided he would let his pupils out early for a change.
"That's odd. He doesn't give us this much of a chance normally." Tenten said implying to their slightly abnormal teacher. She knew that Neji wouldn't answer, but she still tried to get him to say something other than his ever-stoic reply of "Hn."
They were half way to Tenten's house when she stole a glance at Neji. She had caught him eying her. She held a smile for mere seconds before she tugged his wrist and stopped him.
"You were staring!" She said to him, half excited, half accusing. He looked at her with a shocked expression on his face. He wasn't sure whether to defend himself or to graciously accept the fact that he was indeed staring at her. She kept smiling, and he just looked intensely at her chocolate brown eyes.
"Neji Hyuga, you will never cease to amaze me. Someone can catch you doing something, and somehow you avoid the whole conversation by just thinking about what to say." Tenten replied with a chuckle. He stood there shocked, she had hit the nail on the head, and he would never forget it. She was the one person who knew him just as well as he did. She smiled and continued walking toward her home. It took a while before something donned on the Hyuga Prodigy.
"Hey! How could you catch me with out trying to do the same?" Neji yelled at her. Tenten was shocked. He didn't yell very often, but when he did, it was funny, at least it was to her.
"You'll have to beat me to my house to find out!" Tenten said as she took off running toward the suburban home. Neji stood shocked for a few seconds before he realized what was going on. She was almost there when Neji had finally caught up to her. They were both running low on chakra so it finally came down to a running match. Tenten was built for speed and it came in handy, her hand reached out to touch her front steps, when Neji grabbed it spun her around, he touched first.
"Now spill." Neji said looking at Tenten, with furious eyes. He didn't want to run anymore after their sparring match that morning. Tenten looked at him with shifty eyes. She didn't want to tell him why she was trying to look at him. She really didn't feel like telling him, that she liked him so much that it was hard for him to not return the feeling. She looked at him, he had her wrist in his strong grasp. She looked at her hand, as if begging for him to let her go.
"I, I can't," Tenten said as she pulled away from him and ran up the front stairs. She closed the door behind her. Neji didn't mean to make her run. He just typically had that affect on people.
"So close, I'll just have to keep trying." Neji whispered to himself as he continued toward the Hyuga Manor. He walked once again, thinking of Tenten. He felt bad, but something told him that the rumors of her liking him were true.
"Sakura? I'm on my way. Are Ino and Hinata already there? Ok, see you guys in a few minutes." Tenten said as she hung up the phone. She was out the door, and on her ways to Sakura's house for a sleepover, when she stopped and looked into the face of pure evil. Suddenly, evil gained four blonde pigtails at the back of its head.
"Tenten? What are you doing at so late? Isn't it a little bit dark for target practice?" The blonde asked smiling slightly at the fact that Tenten cringed when she began to speak. Evil had a bag in her hand that looked like it was all ready for a sleepover.
"No Temari, I'm not heading for target practice. I'm on my way to Sakura's for a sleepover. Want to join in on the fun?" Tenten asked hoping Temari would say no and go back to riding her stupid fan. (AN: Sorry Chey. I had to write it.)
"Are you sure it's ok?" Temari's response hit Tenten like the fan did. Tenten nodded silently and the two made their way to Sakura's house. When they got there, Tenten knocked on the door. Sakura answered with a slightly shocked expression as she saw who was with her. Temari smiled at her and Tenten did too. Sakura smiled and let the two girls in.
"What should we do first?" Ino asked the other girls. They all had so many ideas in their heads, but the one in Hinata's head was killer. She watched the other girls as they continued to argue. She waited for an opening for her small voice to be heard. They kept quarreling until Hinata finally lost it.
"Will you guys just shut up! I have a really good idea!" Hinata screamed at them. They looked at her as if she was her cousin. They were a little more afraid of her at the moment though.
"Um. W-what if we p-prank phone c-called someone?" Hinata asked the other girls, who still had a shocked look upon their faces. However, the shock on two of the girl's faces slowly turned into a twisted sinister smirk. They slowly turned their heads towered Tenten, who now looked even more scared than she had before.
"Hi Sakura, hi Ino." Tenten said as she tried to force out a smile and wave at the two girls who looked about ready to eat her. Tenten hoped that they just had some other twisted scheme, with the wall right behind her as their target.
"Hi Tenten," the girls said in unison as they slowly crawled over to her. She smiled once again as they handed her the phone. Tenten looked at the phone and then to Sakura. The two shinobi were way too close for comfort. Temari was in the corner silently giggling. Hinata started to look at Temari and the two burst out laughing.
"Hehe, what do you want me to do with the phone?" Tenten asked hoping she could get out of this by just playing dumb. Sakura pushed the phone closer and closer till it was actually poking Tenten in the face.
"Call him," Ino said with the evil smirk growing even wider till she looked even more evil than Temari. (Once again sorry Chey I told you it was coming!)
"Call who?" Tenten asked, keeping up the act as best she could.
"The only guy you've practically loved since you were placed on his team." Ino said the smirk only seemed to grow as Tenten was continually pressured.
"I really have no ideā¦" Tenten tried to fake out of it once again.
"Neji Hyuga. Call him." Ino said. At this Hinata and Temari stopped their laughing. Temari hadn't heard of Tenten liking the ice cube of a guy. Hinata was both surprised and shocked and did the best she could to suppress the idea of telling the poor girl that her cousin felt the same way. She wanted to tell, but she couldn't do that to Neji.
"I don't have his number." Tenten smiled graciously, hoping she could finally get out of this stupid game.
"Hinata, could you be of assistance with this one?" Hinata smiled and dialed the number to Neji's personal phone. Tenten sighed as she took the phone from Hinata and waited for Neji to pick up.
