A/N: I don't own Naruto.

Chapter 10

Tenten thought about what she was going to do tomorrow, how she was going to attack Neji. Should she really fight Neji, or should she just let him win? Nah, letting Neji win wouldn't be any fun. Tenten thought about her strategy, but something was troubling her. She remembered something quickly, wait…who told Neji that I was in love with Lee? Although the conflict was already resolved, Tenten was disturbed by what had caused Neji to even think that way. It was 11:58 PM, but she figured Neji was awake training. She stood up and walked over to her phone ontop of her drawers.

She picked it up and dialed Neji's cell phone number. She listened to the rythmic ringing.

Neji had been holding himself in half a pushup position for the past two hours. He didn't know how much longer he could keep it up, sweat was dripping of his forehead. His arms felt like they were finally going to give up, no, just a few more minutes. Suddenly, ring ring ring!

Neji looked over at his cell phone on his bedside table. He looked at the screen, a picture of Tenten smiling with her eyes closed popped up. He smiled and opened it. He put the phone to his ear, "What?"

"Neji, something's bugging me," Tenten said slowly.

"Hn." Judging on Tenten's tone of voice, Neji didn't think it was anything very serious.

"What made you think I was in love with Lee?" Tenten asked curiously.

Neji's eyes suddenly widened. The flashback of when Sakura had told him Tenten was in love with Lee came to his mind in a black and white blur. "Well," Neji started, "Sakura actually told me that you were in love with Lee."

Tenten didn't wait for a more detailed version of the explanation. Tenten punched in Sakura's cell phone number and linked the two phone calls. Neji and Tenten both listened to the ringing.

Sakura was over at Sasuke's. He was lying next to her on his bed, in his boxers, while she was in a light pink cami and light blue short shorts, they were having a little kissing session. They were in a liplock when Tenten's cell phone rang. Tenten broke away slowly and he pulled her back. She moaned, "No, Sasuke I have to answer my phone."

Sasuke let her go over and pick up her phone. She looked at the screen and saw a picture of Tenten pop up, the picture was taken about 3 years ago, but Tenten looked the same. Just smaller.

Sakura flipped her phone open and said sleepily, "Hn?"

Tenten said, "Sakura, why'd you tell Neji that I was in love with Lee?!"

Sakura was sleepy and confused, "Hn?" she repeated.

Neji didn't understand why Sakura was confused, "You told me that Tenten was in love with Lee, and Sasuke was right next to you, so that was why I believed what I heard."

Sakura looked confused. Seeing the look on Sakura's face, Sasuke asked what happened. Sakura told him that Neji said she had told him that Tenten was in love with Lee. She also told him Neji said Sasuke had been right next to her. Sasuke didn't even have to think about this one, "Duh, two of the fangirls used the replication jutsu to look like us. They did it once, it's so obvious."

Sakura repeated Sasuke's answer in the phone, and Tenten and Neji both understood and started laughing about it. Sakura was not laughing however, "Can I go back to sleep now?"

Tenten giggled, "Yeah, sorry."

Sakura sighed, "Good night," and hung up.

Neji and Tenten also decided to hang up. It was well past midnight now, and Tenten still hadn't finished thinking about her strategy to win against Neji. "Ok, goodnight Neji."

"Ok," Neji simply said and hung up. Neji didn't exactly underestimate Tenten, but he knew if he kept his guard up, he would never lose against Tenten. He didn't feel the need to train for tomorrow's match, so he just plopped onto his futon and fell asleep.

Tenten however was thinking long and hard, she kind of gave up. She knew Neji wouldn't lower his guard again, so she decided not to spend too much time on it. She lied onto her futon and hugged her pillow tightly. She fell to sleep really quickly, thinking about how she didn't have a chance against Neji this time. There's no point in really trying to form a strategy this time, last time I got lucky. I'll just charge at him tomorrow…Tenten thought. She yawned and fell to sleep.

The next morning at around 6 AM, Tenten dressed into comfortable black sweats and a white cami. She didn't expect it to be very cold, she would get warmed up fight Neji anyways, plus she didn't want to get her good clothes bloody. She expected to get a few gashes fight Neji.

She tied her hair up into two secure buns and walked to the forest. Once she got there, Neji, Lee and Gai Sensei were already there. She said good morning to all of them cheerfully and they greeted her back. Tenten stopped in front of Neji and stared at him instead of hugging him like she normally would've, "Are you ready, Hyuuga?"

Neji nodded and walked over to his left and took a stance. Tenten measured her distance carefully away from him again. Gai Sensei realized they were going to have a rematch. Gai Sensei thrust his arm in the air and declared loudly, "Begin!"

Neji expected Tenten to charge at him, which she did. She charged at him with a kunai in her hand. Neji liked winning, but he didn't want to hurt Tenten, so he told himself last night that he would only defend and not attack. Tenten realized he wasn't even trying to attack. This frustrated her a bit, just because I'm weaker does NOT mean I can't win.

Neji had lowered his guard again, because all Tenten was doing was repeatedly trying to stab him with a kunai. All he had to do was dodge all her strikes, she was just giving him practice because he dodged all her attacks with his eyes closed and hands behind his back as he had done with Lee before. She took this opportunity again. She silently and unnoticably made a shadow clone of herself, but cleverly made it with a kunai sticking out through it's chest. Neji, still having his eyes closed, didn't notice this. Tenten ran swiftly behind a nearby bush and watched the show.

Neji realized Tenten wasn't attacking him anymore and opened his eyes. He saw Tenten on the ground with a kunai sticking out of her heart. He looked confused, what's wrong with her? How can a weapon master stab herself while trying to attack someone else? Gai Sensei caught onto Tenten's strategy. She was trying to trick him again. Gai Sensei grinned, he found her strategy amusing. Neji walked cautiously towards Tenten, he kneeled down to the shadow clone and put his finger by her nostrils, she's not breathing. He felt for a pulse, there's no pulse either…she's dead…

He looked up at Gai Sensei. Gai Sensei put on a fake frown, "She got frustrated and stabbed herself."

Neji couldn't believe what he was hearing. He stayed kneeled there and closed his eyes. He felt slightly bad, but still didn't completely buy it. People don't just die that quickly after being stabbed…she should have at least a small pulse.

Tenten took this opportunity and ran up behind Neji, kunai still at hand and got him in a head lock, holding the kunai to his throat. Neji gagged. He smiled. He had let his guard down again. I have to stop doing that around Tenten.

Gai Sensei declared that match a win for Tenten. Tenten laughed, she knew that was more for fun. She didn't have enough self-esteem to believe she could ever REALLY beat Neji.

Tenten took the kunai away from his throat and put it back in her pouch.

Neji stood up and kissed her lightly on the cheek. She blushed. Gai Sensei said he wanted to train with Lee the rest of the day, he wanted to teach him a new taijutsu technique. Neji and Tenten agreed and walked out of the forest hand in hand. They ran into Sakura and Sasuke at the tea shack.

Sakura and Sasuke were sitting close together and Sakura was leaning on him and holding him. They were looking at the table and talking. Sasuke raised his eyes just enough to see Neji and Tenten. He pointed them out to Sakura. Sakura looked up to see them. She blushed. She scooted away from Sasuke and let go of him.

"Hey Tenten! Hey Neji!" Sakura said like they hadn't seen anything.

Tenten and Neji greeted them and sat next to them. They happily had tea that day and chatted with each other. Nothing really interesting happened, it was just the four of them. It was just a normal day for the four of them…until Tenten got home.

The four of them said goodbye to each other and left to their individual houses. Neji hugged Tenten and she left. When she opened the door to her house, she gasped. Her parents were home early from their business trip and were sitting on the ground, they had been waiting for Tenten. What made Tenten's eyes widen was that her whole entire house was empty. The whole thing. Tenten looked at them, "What's going on?"

"That business trip we went to…we were fixing up our home in China. We organized a jet to come pick up our stuff and move it back to China, where we came from. The jet came to pick up our stuff while you were away today. Now all that's left is for us to leave." Tenten's mother explained.

Tenten outbursted, "WE'RE MOVING AND YOU GUYS HAVE NEVER TOLD ME?!?" Tenten's mom and dad frowned.

"It was a decision we had to make. We didn't want you rebelling," Tenten's mom said calmly.

"WHY ARE WE MOVING?! THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO POINT IN MOVING BACK TO CHINA!!"

"It has to do with your future…you know we want the best for your…children…"

"WHAT?!"

"We don't approve of you having a mixed kid. We want to keep the Chinese bloodline alive. So, we are moving back to China so you can find a nice man to marry there…besides, we have already talked to Neji's mother…you know how the Hyuuga clan is…Neji has to marry a high-class woman…not an average kunoichi, Tenten."

Tenten stayed silent…how was she supposed to break this to her friends.

"I don't want to go," Tenten said slowly and clearly.

Tenten's parents frowned and yelled at her. After much debate, Tenten's mom looked at her watch. "We have to leave for the airport NOW!" Tenten's dad nodded and picked her up with force. He would carry her to the airport if he had to. She freaked out and tried to wriggle free, no use. That night they flew to China an settled in their new home, Tenten cried all night. She couldn't believe what had just happened. She didn't even have a chance to warn Neji.

On Monday at school, everyone wondered where Tenten had gone. Sakura, Sasuke, and Neji all walked up to the teacher and asked him if he knew. He nodded slowly, "She moved to China Saturday night." Their jaws all dropped. Neji didn't believe it, he dug his cell phone out of his pocket and dialed Tenten's home number, she didn't answer. He tried again and again. He gave up, he called Tenten's cell phone number, "The number you have reached is no longer in use, please try a different number," an automated voice said.

Neji ran home as quickly as possible and asked his mom, "Do you know anything about Tenten?"

His mom answered, "She moved, I don't want you seeing her anymore."

Neji clenched his fists and ran upstairs to his room, she shut the door tightly. He punched the wall hard, I lost her.

Seven painful years passed.

Neji and Tenten were now both 20 and married to spouses they had not desired. The Hyuuga family and the Li (Tenten's new last name) family both took a vacation to Thailand at the same time coincidently. The two families just happened to go to the same beach at the same time at about sunset.

Tenten was now 6 months pregnant. She quickly noticed the man on the beach across from her, with long brown hair tied in a loose ponytail, and ivory white eyes. She knew this was Neji, she eyed his wife and she knew immediately who it was, it was Akiko (who had come from a very rich family), and she was also very pregnant. Neji had given her a child. Neji noticed Tenten too, he knew this woman with two chocolate buns on the top of her head was Tenten, and he noticed she had a husband he had not seen before. Neji and Tenten locked eyes, for a few minutes, they relived the day they met. They remembered the day she had been poisoned and the day he held her. They relived all the miscommunications they went through, and they relived all the make out sessions they had.

Akiko noticed Neji staring at this woman, Akiko however did not realize this woman was Tenten. Akiko however grew jealous and held Neji, "Who's that Neji? Someone you know?"

Neji kept his eyes on Tenten for a few seconds and then shook his head, "No. I've never seen her before." And they Hyuugas turned around the other direction, and walked away. Tenten stood there with her husband, and she too turned around with her husband, and walked away.

Tenten recalled the day when Neji told her, "I will never love another person other than you." And he had held her.

Tenten looked down at the sand underneath her feet and muttered quietly, "You lied."

Tenten kept walking but an image came to her head. It was Neji, 20-year-old Neji. He said to her, "No, I didn't. I married her because I had to. I've never loved her and I never will."

Even though it was just a vision, Tenten knew it was true. She knew Neji loved her the way she still loved him. She looked down at the ground and let a few tears leak out of her eyes, her lower lip quivered, and she whispered again, "I love you."

A/N: Oh man, sorry for the sad ending. I almost cried writing it. But I think this story wasn't too bad. Please let me know what you think! Thanks!