AN: I am sure that a lot of things did not make sense to you but in due time, it will all be revealed. :)) Maybe some of you have already guessed a lot of those mysteries here. Guessing comes free around here. Like why there were vampires in the academy to start and there are lots of other stuff.

And btw, I am sure you know who that guard in blue is right:)) It's Ebisu. :D I was not criticizing him. It was just for plain humor. :)

I think, starting from this chapter, it will be mostly in Tenten's POV.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, nor have I ever produced or made any anime or manga at all. All right are reserved? Am I supposed to say that?

Chapter 2

The next day, he had come back as he said he would, to the Academy. What have I gotten myself into? He thought in his head, as he headed towards the gates he passed the day before. A yellow sun smiled at the city, lighting everything that had felt its hot touch.

The man dressed as a police guard in blue, approached him again with the same uniform and the same perverted looking-shades.

"You. I cannot allow you to pass if you do not have a letter or any business here at all." He said, somewhat in a voice of someone acting expertly. Neji gave a short sigh.

"I had business here yesterday but you did not let me in." He said unconsciously. The man pushed his shades upward from his nose bridge. "Yesterday? I don't recall you." It seemed to Neji that this man was serious.

"Forget it. Here." Another reason for Kami-sama to waste his time- talking to a perverted, forgetful guard- though he couldn't even prove that first adjective.

Neji handed over a white letter given to him by Tsunade the other day. When the guard took it from him and quickly scanned it, he gave it back to Neji and let him pass.

So he is back inside the school again, and hopefully this time, it would be with much more purpose. Tsunade told him to go to straight to her office and so he did, walking straight into the building in front of him.

At last, he reached the door, after many diverting hallways and doors; he still managed to recall the door he entered the night ago which was a pretty obvious door because it was the biggest.

Before he knocked, he heard voices of two women who appeared to be indulged in some arguing conversation.

"What? Why me?" He decided to just break it up since he wanted to just put his bags down. Knocking on the door, he then slowly opened it, revealing Tsunade and that brunette he bumped into yesterday. His mouth gaped slightly open in surprise, so did the bun-haired girl.

She wore their school uniform assigned to the high school girls. Only now had he taken notice of it, and not yesterday. It had a white, blouse beneath a tight plain gray jacket (both are long sleeves and both have a collar) that was buttoned until it reached the necktie. It had a crest of the school on the left-top side. Her skirt was also gray and their necktie was a red one, popping out of the jacket. She wore simple black shoes with knee-length socks.

"You again?!" She pointed to him with more shock than he showed. Clearly, she appeared more irritated. The blond woman looked at her with a questioning brow.

"Ah! So you know each other! Good. It makes things easier." She stood up from her chair and grinned once again. Neji did not seem to understand what was happening. As he looked at Tsunade, she seemed to understand what he was trying to say.

"This girl's name is Tenten. She is one of the students in this academy. For the rest of the day, she will be the one touring you around the school and helping you." The said girl turned around to face Tsunade.

"Wait! You could've gotten someone else you know? I don't want to do it." Tenten crossed her arms over her chest and looked up in a stubborn manner. Tsunade sighed at her childish antics.

"I see you have a beautiful relationship already. Good. Keep it that way. Now go and bring Neji-kun to his dorm like a good girl." Her vein twitch but there was obviously no rejection.

She walked towards Neji and stretched her hand before she rolled her eyes. "I can help you with your bags." For a moment, there was silence between the two and Neji looked like he was hesitant about trusting her. "What? If you don't want then---" Before she finished, Neji dropped all his bags on her. Most of those bags were heavy because they contained some weapons.

"Wha---? What are inside these?" She asked carrying the all the bags with her two arms and with all the strength she could muster.

"I thought you were going to take me to my room." He said calmly, folding his arms. Tenten glared at him intensely, then at Tsunade, who just waved back cheerfully.

"Let's go." She said underneath clenching teeth.

Their travel was pretty much silent except for times when she would ask questions about him or telling him more about the school but he would just reply short words.

"So, what brings you here?"

"None of you business." Her eyebrow twitched.

"Okay fine. I'm a lady in distress with all these bags. Won't you help me?" She said as she could feel her back really aching and so did her arms and legs.

"Hn." That was not even considered a word for response. Some gentleman you are, she thought sarcastically as she could feel her hatred for him rising. Honestly, who does this guy think he was? She was just trying to help me and the least he could do was thank her.

The two of them walked outside the building and walked to another building into the east side. It must be the dorms area. They passed another tall building, which Tenten pointedly said was the gymnasium.

Once inside the dorm building, she took him to a door in the second floor. Swinging the door opened, Neji observed the room carefully. It was a simple one with white walls, and two beds, with two cabinets at the side. There was also a huge window covered with blue drapes at the other side of the room. Neji wasn't one to live with extravagant things anyway, after living in the Hyuuga compound. There was also a working desk and a mirror. On either side of the two beds was a red lamp.

She placed his things beside the cabinet and stretched her muscles. After, she took out a piece of paper from nowhere and her eyes scanned it.

"Okay. Your first class will begin in one hour. Oh wait…you are in the same class as…" She frowned at the paper then her eye twitched. "…me…"

He only smirked slightly then folded his arms. "Pity. I'm stuck with a weirdo like you." He said, causing her to clench her hands unconsciously but she stopped herself. You will get your chance Tenten, she thought mischievously.

Out of nowhere once again, she took out a school uniform for the guys and a bag full of books, probably for school. Silence entered. "What?" he simply asked. How annoying…she immediately thought.

"This now officially yours. Tsunade ordered it for you and she assures you that it will fit perfectly and these books and notebooks are for you as well. All the supplies are complete."

The uniform for the guys was different in color as theirs was dark blue instead of gray, though it was also long sleeves with a collar for the jacket and white polo shirt under. Their tie was red too and they also had a crest of the school on the left side of their jacket. The pants were black and it probably reached Neji's ankles.

He stared at it for a moment then sighed deeply. He began unbuttoning his shirt in front of her. She gasped in horror and shouted at him.

"What's wrong with you?! There's a woman in here you freakin' stripper!" She was about to lay a punch on him if it weren't for his dodge from it.

"Nobody told you to look." He simply said. She twitched another vein on her clenched fist then stomped out of the room, slamming the door.

Outside his room, she sighed, leaning on the brown-wooden paneling wall of the hallway. This guy is just too complicated. I can't believe Tsunade-sama was so cruel as to make me his classmate, she thought depressingly.

After a while, he finally got out of the room, wearing the uniform but he didn't button up the jacket. His folder bag was slung over his shoulder as he held it on his right hand. Seeing him in that uniform almost caused Tenten to blush, only if it weren't for her thinking quick regain of composure and awareness to the situation.

"Button it up." She said, putting her hands on her waist. Neji just grunted defiantly and disobeyed her order. Her teeth clenched unconsciously with his, not only stubbornness, but also arrogance.

Sighing, she went nearer to him and buttoned it up for him. Their bodies were so close they almost touched. From the corner of her eye, she could see that he was clenching his fists. Now you feel what I feel. Thought Tenten. "I don't need your help." He grunted.

"That's what you said the other day." she replied as she finished buttoning it right below the necktie, the way it should be.

Thus after, the two went to the school building, where their first class would be. As Neji recalled, this was the same building he entered yesterday. Their first class was "World History" and once they were in front of the classroom, Tenten stopped. She turned to him, looking serious.

"Before we enter…please tell me something." She started slowly. He nodded hesitantly. "What…is your name again?" She said grinning at him with humor. He only twitched. It is either she is as forgetful as that man outside, or Tsunade is the one who is forgetful…for forgetting to tell her.

"It's Hyuuga Neji." He said folding his arms, trying to hold in his anger. She gaped at him slightly then smiled. She slid the door open, revealing the classroom that looked like the one he saw the day before except no Uchiha this time.

The classroom became silent the moment the two entered. Some of the students, mostly girls, became whispering to each other and giggling. Their teacher hushed them as Tenten approached him. He looked like a man around his late twenties and had a cigar on his mouth. Was that even allowed?

"Well, class, this is you new classmate. Let him introduce himself as I am too lazy to do it myself." They laughed at him then all eyes were on Neji.

"I'm Hyuuga Neji, from Tokyo." A silence swept in. Man, not only is he cruel but also very anti-social. Tenten said inwardly. That definitely was not much of an introduction. All the girls in the class were blushing just from looking at him. the boys just groaned at their childishness.

"Alright Hyuuga-san. My name is Sarutobi Asuma but just call me Asuma. In my class, there are simple rules to comply. One rule disobeyed, detention. More than one, suspension." He paused for Neji's reply as his was a nod. "Do not come late. Do not sleep, eat, read, drink, or talk while I discuss or when I am not discussing, you are still to follow my rules. If you are late, bring in a good excuse and if you are absent. If I catch you doing these things, you must immediately know what to do. Call me with respect and manners. Am I clear?" He said…more like ordered. He was like a list of rules himself.

"Hai, Asuma-sensei." He said, thinking, Uh, I already detest this school.

"Good you learn quickly. Sit down over there." He pointed to an empty seat at the back and Tenten just went to the empty seat at the left side of the classroom. Actually, their chairs and desks were different from the ones he knew. They were the ones the kinds of chairs that were connected to each other and there was a stairs leading up to the other desks at the back. It was really like those academies he knew about.

During lunch time, after some of their classes, Neji just sat at his desk, writing something on his notebook. It was more of like his arranged plans for the next to years. Tenten approached his desk from behind and stared at the notebook from behind. Before she could read what was on it, he slapped his hand on it, covering everything. He looked behind him and stared, or more of glared, at Tenten. Their faces were so near each other that they almost looked like they were about to…

"Hey Tenten!" The brunette looked up to see who called her. Oh great, she sardonically thought. It was Kin, the most evil, tyrannical woman she has ever met. "What brings you to the other side of you so-called territory?" She said, smiling at her. This girl, Kin, did not mind her and instead looked at Neji.

"So, you are a Hyuuga? My father told me that Hyuugas are very rich. Your family is quite known for owning many things like that gaming studio production. Hyuuga Naomi must be your auntie, am I right?" it sounded almost like she was flirting with Neji that it disgusted Tenten.

"Oh put a sock in it! So what if they do?" Tenten said, twitching. Neji didn't mind the two of them, and instead pulled out a book and began reading it. Kin didn't mind her again.

"Oh well, maybe we should talk when nobody is there to…" she eyed Tenten, then rolled her eyes. "…guard you." She walked away at last, and it was Tenten's turn to roll her eyes.

"I hate that woman…" she said under her breath. "I can see that." He replied, not looking up from his book.

"Yes well, I like showing my…anger at people." She glared at Neji as well, and laughed at her own humor. Finally, Neji looked up from his book and looked at her curiously.

"What are you laughing about?" she just shook her head in reply, still smiling. "It's nothing."

What an odd person… was all he thought about her at the moment. His gaze shifted back on the book that he held mundanely on his hands. She neared his book with her face and rested her chin on his desk, right in front of his book that she recognized. Her eyes widened at it and smiled.

"Hey! I know this book! This is about vampires isn't it? I've read it before. It's really cool." She said enthusiastically while he read on, only stopping to look at her in the company of an apathetic look on his face.

"Hn."

"Aren't you going to eat?" She quickly changed the topic as she placed her hands and her hips with a questioning look.

"I'm not hungry."

"Well then, now is the perfect time to take you around the school. I have to, Tsunade-sama said. So let's go so I can get over with this." She waited for him to get up but he wouldn't, and instead, kept reading on. She began tugging him and pulling him to move but he was too strong for Tenten. He sighed after much of her failed attempts. A boy approached them from his seat at the front.

"Tenten-san, is this guy giving you trouble?" The boy asked. When Neji looked up, he saw a boy with surprisingly shiny, bowl-cut hair and very white teeth.

"Ah! No thanks Lee-kun. I've got it all under control." Neji turned to Tenten, raising his brow at her to which was replied with a smile. He gave up. This girl just had no rest. Standing up, he began walking towards the door of the classroom.

"I see…well, see you around then." They waved at each other as she exited the classroom with Neji. "Okay, so there is a clinic on each building…" she continued, as they walked outside to go around. It was a warm day when the sun was directly held above them and the smell of flowers reached his nose.

The trees cast shade for the students hanging around outside, talking to one another and laughing. The day was in a good weather and the wind was blowing just as nicely.

"The cafeteria is on the other building where most people…" she cut herself as this caught Neji's attention. Her gaze was focused on something, and he decided to see what she was looking at. Approaching them was Uchiha Sasuke and his two other friends. Neji just glared at the Uchiha, but Tenten remained calm as she looked at Sasuke.

"Hyuuga, you're back?" he said, but observing what he was wearing, stated "Don't tell me you decided to study here?" He said mockingly as Neji just unconsciously clenched his fist. Too bad he couldn't hurt him at the moment. Sasuke then turned his attention to the person beside Neji.

"Ah! Tenten-chan! I missed you!" It was the blonde boy who was with Sasuke the other day. The one who attempted a prank on me… thought Neji.

"Naruto-kun. Sakura-san. I haven't seen you guys in awhile either." She said, smiling at the two companions of Sasuke. She and Sasuke looked at each other for a moment then diverted their gazes elsewhere. An odd atmosphere occurred between the twoo of them, that Sakura and Naruto felt awkward just standing with them. It made Neji think at what had gone between the two of them.

"Uh---" Naruto and Sakura just mumbled incoherently about random things and then they began chatting with Neji as well, to bring up a topic. "So Hyuuga, what brings you to this school?" The blonde boy said, with his loud joyous voice.

"Tsunade just forced me to stay…" he said without thinking about it, and turning his attention to Tenten who stood right beside him. Sasuke looked back at Neji with a smirk on his face.

"You actually followed her? I never knew Hyuugas were so obedient but then again, your family is very though on their children…aren't they?" His very voice made Neji irk the moment he hears it. Not only that, but also reminded him of his family. The family he willingly left behind and abhorred.

"We should get going Neji. It's almost bell." She said, turning to Neji whose eyes had darkened. Seeing this, she gasped inaudibly and frowned.

"What are you doing with him anyway? You must be following Tsunade's orders as well. After all, that's what you have been doing for a very long time." Sasuke had said mockingly.

"I've had enough of you for one day. You know, if you have a problem with following Tsunade, why do you follow her yourself?" she snapped back angrily.

"How dare you talk to Sasuke-kun like that!" Sakura said back to Tenten.

Sasuke just signaled Sakura to stop and watched as Neji and Tenten left towards their building.

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The rest of the day went by insignificantly. Once the school bell rang, Tenten began fixing her things and got ready to leave the door. Before she left, she glanced at Neji's desk and saw that he was not there anymore. Wow, how quick… she thought as she exited the classroom as well.

When she stepped out of the high school building, she watched the clock strike at five o'clock. Every time it did, it would make a sound of two gongs beating each other, signaling that another hour has passed. She sighed deeply and scanned around her surroundings. It was almost empty, and probably everyone was back inside her classroom. Just as she herself was about to go back to her room, she heard voices coming from their school's forest.

Curious, she approached the trees and spotted Neji standing on the middle of an open space. When she saw who he was looking at, her eyes just widened in shock; quickly she rushed to Neji. Upon seeing the brunette, Neji grimaced and tried shooing her away. A man who had fangs longer than it usually should be and had blood dripping from his mouth, stood in front of Neji.

"Oh my god, are you alright? Did he bite you?" Tenten panicked. There was a scar…or more of like a huge bite mark on his arms where blood dripped like tears.

"I'm alright. Just leave. This guy is dangerous." He hurriedly tried to make her leave. She'll find out this guy is a--- Before he could finish his thought, Tenten butt in.

"What are you, crazy? It's our duty, not yours alone." Her eyebrows creased together took out one of the weapons he saw he hide from the day before. This bloodthirsty man ran towards them swiftly and aimed towards her. Neji was about to push her away and pull out his gun hidden in his pocket before she jumped high up and did a summersault on the air to turn so she could aim well on her opponent. Using the weapon she took out and with great accuracy and mastery, she threw the kunai towards the vampire.

It caused him to fall flat on the grass, with his hands spread out. His eyes were closed and his fangs grew a bit shorter, like some kind of transformation. Neji just stared with widened eyes at what just happened. When she touched the ground softly, she neared the unconscious vampire and poked him with her index finger. Standing up, she grinned at Neji.

"Well, looks like a job well done. And by the way, don't tell me you were planning to kill him." Neji rubbed his temples, making all the events that happened sink in, before replying to Tenten.

"He was about to kill me. It gives me reason to kill him." It was a simple reply but Tenten just shook her head. "You shouldn't and are not allowed to kill them. Just knock them down unconscious so I hope you learn from this." But he did not really care about that right now.

"Was this really meant to be a surprise?" He said, frowning. "Or did you just wait for the perfect time?" She looked at him oddly.

"What? Oh you mean this vampire business. Neither. I just forgot to tell you…or at least I think I did." Okay, obviously to Neji, she didn't tell him on purpose to make him look stupid.

"It didn't work on me." He said, folding his arms as she just rolled her eyes. "You and your pride Hyuuga." She said mockingly. Her calling him Hyuuga sounded awkward and reminded him much of Sasuke…which he remembered…

"Anyway, this guy must've snapped or something and went into level 2. You do know what that is right?" From her gaze on the unconscious body, she looked up to see Neji's reaction.

"Of course I do." (AN: I'll explain it at the bottom of this page.) Of course he did because it was knowledge to every vampire hunter.

"What's your relation with Uchiha?" He hadn't controlled his voice and the moment he realized what he said, he wished he never asked. It sounded odd to him, as if he was actually curious about it…which in fact, was true but he didn't know it.

She got taken back by the question with surprise. Never had she thought that Neji would ask a question about her.

"Nothing." She said it a little too rushed. It must've been something big that she would even avoid it. He said inwardly as he approached the unconscious body and picked it up on his shoulder.

"Fine, let's just go." She was surprised he didn't push the question any further but she glad at it though. Maybe he was actually a sensitive person or maybe he was just too full of pride but either way, she was grateful for it. Smiling, Tenten followed Neji in suit as he walked towards the clinic she pointed out earlier ago.

While the sun glowed orange as it was setting, it cast a glow of yellow-red light along the horizon.

AN: Success! I have finally finished another chapter. R&R please! I hope you liked this one. I'll try finishing the third chapter soon. By the way, about that levels of vampires thing. There are three levels all-in-all. The first one is a vampire that is going hungry and then he begins to lose control of it and goes out searching for a human for fresh blood. It has to be a human and it mostly occurs with vampire-turned humans. (Because they can drink from vampires)

The second level, the guy awhile ago, is when the vampire kind of goes a transformation because they are either really hungry for fresh blood or something else and they lose their control over their will and body. I'll still have to think about it. Any suggestions?

And the third one is when they are fully transformed into some kind monster that loses control of their powers as well as their body and mind. There is still a cure to be found to a vampire who turns into this stage especially because it is a rare occurrence. Most of the time, they have to kill off the vampires that become this. All types of vampires have these levels, even purebloods.