Disclaimer: This counts for the entire story. I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto does. If I did, the genins would have internet. (Don't ask)
As usual, Tenten was training with Neji, happy and content with her usual routine. Today he said he didn't feel like it, so he sat down while she threw weapons at him. It ticked her off at first, but then she remembered it was just like him.
Neji was sitting down unaffected of Tenten throwing kunai and then other sharp objects at him knowing he'd use his chakra to deflect it. All of a sudden, she stopped in her array of attacks and the training field grew eerily quiet.
Neji sensed a disturbance and opened his eyes. 'What's wrong, Tenten, tired already?' Neji asked smirking.
'Oh, I was just remembering some trick I saw on TV and I was wondering if I could try it on you,' replied Tenten with an odd smile.
'Sure, how does it go?' Neji said playing along. His body was falling asleep just sitting there anyway.
'Okay,' Tenten continued. 'Let's try it over here.' Tenten pointed to a wide, thick tree. Neji walked over and stood there with his hands in his pockets.
'Now what?' Neji called to her from afar.
'Spread your arms and legs out and lift your head up against the tree,' Tenten instructed. Neji did so without question; he already had an idea at what she was about to do. He was confident to block the attack if her aim was off, which he trusted was never. He closed his eyes, sure that this girl would not, but more importantly, could not harm him.
'Okay,' Tenten whispered as she turned around. 'Here goes.' The girl put eight kunai in her hands and placed two in her mouth. She closed her eyes, and then a few seconds afterwards opened them and threw the kunai in her hands all at once.
The screen showed her smiling, and then turned black as only the sound of them hitting their mark was heard. A triple take was seen of Neji being caught by the kunai and he was pinned only by his clothes to the tree perfectly, his feet just dangling above the ground.
I knew what she was trying to do, but she cut it a little too close for comfort, Neji thought, very annoyed at her thought-to-be mistake.
'Tenten,' the prodigy started rather politely. 'You got it wrong.' Tenten stood there with dark lines shadowing her body, her figure looked much like the time Sakura was possessed by Ino. Neji knew something was wrong and so, without his hands, dispersed his chakra to try and pull the kunai out of the tree. But to no avail.
The Hyuga had used too much chakra and to add to that, the kunai were much deeper than he realized. Tenten began to walk slowly, frighteningly towards Neji still speaking nothing of the situation.
Is she really trying to kill me? Neji thought frantically. What's with her? For once the Hyuga Neji was thinking of his uncertain doom by the cause of someone who was not only a girl, but a very weak one in his eyes.
Neji was so lost in shock he didn't notice how Tenten was only one meter away from his face. She retrieved the kunai from her mouth and pinned his shirt collar on both sides to the tree without touching his long hair.
Tenten showed her face to Neji, and he couldn't be more freaked out. She was smiling lovingly at him. Wait a second, where did "lovingly" come from? he thought still in anguish.
She pressed her left hand flatly on his right, leaned her left knee on the tree and partly on him, closed her eyes, and slowly started coming towards his lips.
Could she be trying to…? Neji started to think. Could she be trying to kiss me? Is this why she is always training with me and never with Lee? Could it be…? Could it be that she loves me? he thought constantly. No, no, NEVER! he demanded himself to think. I mean, she could've lost a bet, er something… His mind trailed off when he could feel her ardent breath on him.
With every inch that Tenten grew closer, the more Neji's face spread with a nervous blush. And the more the boy blushed, the more he pressed his body on the tree trying to delay the awkward moment, no matter how inevitable the ending would be.
I've only known how to deal with training harder and the responsibilities of my clan. This feeling…or any special relationship has never crossed my mind before. Not until today…I've never even thought of her as a friend and not much of a comrade either. Was she lonely? She never did hang-out with anybody but me… the not-feeling-like-a-genius-right-now reasoned with his heart, desperately trying to think off a logical reason. (Hyugas always thought logically, most of them anyway.)
A/N - I really don't like how this is turning out for me. I don't have the slightest clue as to what I am doing. Sometimes it works sometimes it doesn't. But I should be glad. I've already written this story and it's sequel and I'm almost finished writing the 3rd story. sigh Well, until then, I'll update on Wednesdays and Sundays for you guys. Please read and review!