Was Not Jealous
Chapter 2
A/N: Well, due to popular demand, here is chapter two! Thanks to everyone who left a review and to those who just read. WAAAH so much review love! Tee hee! I think this will be a three-part series . . . so only one chapter left.
"So how did the plan go?"
"Well, it wasn't exactly what we were aiming for . . . but it was pretty close."
"So what's the next step?"
"Well, we still have to work on your target practice. That is what I'd promised we'd do."
"No worries TenTen, we've got time and besides, we still have to get you your guy."
"Really?"
"Yeah." said Sasuke as he began to walk away.
"Thanks a bunch Sasuke!"
"No problem." he called over his shoulder.
"Oh and by the way, Neji was hitting on Sakura. . .just so you know." said TenTen with a grin as she skipped home.
"Aww no the Hyuuga did not." Sasuke thought angrily. He would get his revenge. . .
"Neji? Can we stop now? My arms are sore."
"Hn. . .Fine."
"Great." She leapt down from the tree and ran around the training ground, gathering up various weapons. "You know Neji, you could help me . . ."
"Why?"
"Well, I don't know . . . maybe because I train with you everyday?"
"Hn." the Hyuuga prodigy reached down and proceeded to pick up a few shuriken that were embedded in the dirt near his feet.
"Hey, TenTen! Ready to go?" Sasuke called into the clearing.
TenTen turned, a smirk on her lips, phase two was in action. . ."Almost, Sasuke-kun!"
"Where are you taking her?" Neji asked Sasuke, his tone was even, but he was clearly annoyed. His dislike of the Uchiha was growing each second.
"Just out to dinner and then maybe a walk around the park afterwards." Sasuke replied coolly.
Neji scowled, "So it's a date."
"Yes. I'm just lucky that someone didn't ask her out first. Yeah, TenTen's just great."
"Yeah, she is." Neji was glaring now.
TenTen skipped over now, her weapons returned to their home in her large scroll. "So, Sasuke-kun, ready to go?" he nodded, "See ya later Neji-kun!" said TenTen brightly waving back at her sparring partner.
"Yeah, see you later Hyuuga." Sasuke winked back at Neji.
"So did he buy it?" TenTen asked once they were out of earshot.
"Hook, line, and sinker."
"Perfect."
"So we actually have to go out now don't we. . ."
"Nope, according to my Hyuuga-studies, he should be brooding angrily in the Hyuuga compound."
"Hyuuga-studies? Well anyways this is great; I have to go talk to Sakura anyways. See ya TenTen!" Sasuke ran off and TenTen walked back to her apartment, a smile dancing on her lips the whole way.
The next morning TenTen walked with a spring in her step to the training grounds, Neji was waiting for her and he did not look very happy.
"Good morning TenTen."
"Morning."
"So how was your date?"
TenTen yawned, "It was lovely, thanks for asking."
"Where'd you go?"
"Just to Ichiraku and then a walk around the park" she lied through her teeth.
"Hn. . .Don't you find it a little strange that your date, Sasuke, was seen by Hinata making out with Sakura in the park?" he said coolly, obviously thinking he had her trapped now in her lies.
TenTen visibly paled. How could this have happened? Curses! She had not taken Hanabi or Hinata in account during her Hyuuga-studies . . . Blast. There was only one way to go with this. . .
"That jerk! How could he cheat on me? Ugh and he kissed Sakura last night too?! Does that mean that I sort of second-hand kissed Sakura-chan?" More lies . . . oh well, she was on a roll.
The Uchiha had kissed TenTen? His TenTen! Oh he was going down . . . Second-hand kissing? What was she going on about? Wait, was TenTen crying? Oh now the Uchiha really was going down. "TenTen are you crying?"
"No I-I'm not c-cr-crying." She sniffed.
"Let's spar later."
"All right I guess. . ." she looked up at him with her big brown eyes, trying to look disappointed.
Neji ran off and TenTen pulled out a shuriken and began to polish it. This whole situation was getting more and more complicated. It was lucky that Neji had no idea that she was fake-crying . . . Where had he gone anyways?
There was a pound on the door of the Uchiha complex. Sasuke ran to answer it; maybe it was Sakura . . . The door opened and unfortunately, it was not Sakura Haruno.
"Uchiha you dirty cheater!"
"Woah, keep your britches on Hyuuga."
"I challenge you to a spar."
"Why?"
"To protect TenTen's honor."
"Fine, I wanted to fight you anyways."
Sasuke led them to a spot behind the manor and they took their stances. "I don't really want to hurt you Hyuuga." Sasuke called but activated his Sharingan nonetheless...
"Why did you hurt TenTen?"
"What? I haven't sparred with her, how could I have hurt her?"
"Hut her emotionally, you idiot."
"What are you talking about?"
"You made her cry! She found out that you made out with Sakura yesterday after your date with her! You made her cry!"
Sasuke was finding it very difficult not to smile at Neji's behavior. "Why do you care so much Hyuuga? She's not your girl."
Neji was infuriated; of course she was his girl! He trained with her, he talked with her, he dreamed about her, and he gave her birthday presents. . . "But honestly, Sakura?" he asked, trying to change the subject
"Dude, I heard you took her out too."
"Only because you took TenTen out to lunch."
"Jealous were you?"
"I was NOT jealous!" Neji lunged out at Sasuke and closed off the chakra flow in his right arm.
"You aren't making a convincing argument Hyuuga."
"You should apologize to her."
"You should too."
"I don't catch your drift Uchiha."
"She's in love with you. She has been for years. You've been too much of a dork to notice it. I didn't kiss her. I didn't even really go on a date with her. It was all part of her plan to get you to realize you felt the same way."
"Why did you do all this lying for her?"
"She's helping me with some things . . . and plus, it was just so fun to see you freak out. Oh, I also had to get revenge on you because you took out my girl."
"Haruno?"
"Who else, your cousin?" he answered sarcastically.
"What about the flipping guy code? Aren't guys supposed to tell each other all the crazy stuff that girls are planning?"
"Neji, we look too pretty for the guy code to apply."
"I understand . . . I think."
"She didn't want me to tell you either . . . so I didn't. Plus my revenge you know." He added.
"Sorry, I have to go now." Neji left the Hyuuga compound, thoughts spinning in his head. . .
"Hey what about my arm?" Sasuke called after him. Neji didn't hear him and kept walking. "Damn that Hyuuga."