A/N: Hello! Well, I've had some people say that why Hinata and Neji? That's because they are close (but not as close as Neji with Tenten!) and it'll be harder with another character like Ino or Sakura, cos they're Tenten's friends, and it wouldn't seem right!
(Same with Tenten and Lee!)
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Naruto!
"Speaking"
Thinking
Jealousy
Chapter 8 – Confrontation
"This week is the most eventful week of my life!" said a villager.
"Why?! It's so wrong!"
"No it isn't! They so go together! You go Tenten and Lee!"
The whole village argued about the pairing, but only the new couple and two other villagers knew the reason behind their love.
It wasn't until they reached the training grounds, that they were beginning to accomplish their objective.
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(To the training grounds…)
"Hn, they're late." said the Hyuuga prodigy.
"You're right my youthful student, it is very unlikely for Lee to be this late!" agreed his sensei.
Once he finished his sentence, he noticed two people, most likely to be his currently absent students.
"Lee, Tenten, what is the excuse for your absence?" asked Gai-sensei.
He had no answer.
"Lee, Tenten WHY ARE- you two holding hands?"
He was shocked at the sight he saw, they were giggling, almost in a loving way.
"Because Gai-sensei, I have found the love of my youthfulness – Tenten!" replied Lee, sounding very proud of himself to find a girlfriend, even though he knew it was just for the love of others.
"Aww, thank you Lee!" giggled Tenten, who gave a glare to Neji, who looked completely stunned at the turn of events.
"CONGRATULATIONS LEE! I AM PROUD!" Gai-sensei exclaimed, doing his famous shining-teeth-and-thumbs-up pose.
"THANK YOU!"
And the scene changed into the falling sunset and expectedly ran into each other's arms. It was one of their father-and-son-like moments.
Neji noticed that Lee had let go of Tenten leaving her standing on her own. He took this opportunity to talk the kunoichi.
"Why are you going out with an idiot like him?" asked the curious genius.
"Why do you care?" replied Tenten.
"Because, I never knew that you could go so low as go out with… him." said Neji, looking his direction.
"Well, it's not as low as going out with Hinata! Hmph!" ranted the weapon mistress.
And with that, the conversation ended. They turned their backs to each other, folding their arms. By this time the other two had finished their moment.
"Now my youthful students! Time to get on with our training session! As I said yesterday, I will personally train the two of you, and today, Neji you are going to be first. Tenten, I hope you don't mind, but you'll have to train with Lee! Lee will train you very well won't you Lee!" explained Gai.
"WHAT?!" said a surprised Hyuuga.
"What's the problem Neji? You'll get to fight Lee in our next training session." replied Gai.
"You're not jealous are you, Neji?" smirked Tenten, who was getting very fond of it.
"WHAT?! NO!"
Unfortunately, his expression didn't go with his sentence. He blushed straight away, causing the green-spandex duo to make a move.
"Neji, Neji, Neji. I never knew you could blush, but if it's because of Tenten, sorry, but I'm her boyfriend. And you have Hinata, so I wouldn't want to make a wrong move if I were you!" Lee's comments caused his sensei and his "so-called" girlfriend to laugh.
"Arrgghh! Get on with the training already! Isn't that what we're supposed to do?!"
"Neji, why are you so keen to do your youthful training?" asked his sensei.
"WHY ARE YOU INTERESTED!? IF WE'RE NOT GOING TO TRAIN THEN I MIGHT AS WELL DO IT MYSELF!" shouted Neji.
Neji walked off in a very bad mood, for two reasons – 1. his whole team had just embarrassed him, big time. And 2. his plan was not working. This was trouble and he didn't know what to do. He decided to go home where he could rest and be peaceful.
But in Konoha, especially when this week was big gossip week, that didn't work. Everyone was staring, and to make it worse, laughing. He tried to keep his calm posture by ignoring them. He just thought in his head.
This is so ridiculous! This has to be the worst day of my life! I'm a Hyuuga prodigy, not a Hyuuga failure! Hinata better have a better plan up her sleeve! And what's up with all this laughing? What is so hilarious about me today?!
To get rid of anymore embarrassment, he used an amount of his chakra to transport himself to the Hyuuga complex.
He walked in, after being given permission, and relaxed his usually stoic position. However, when he took off his sandals and found what was so funny. He had something that he picked up from the training grounds, the grassy areas, where owners let they're dogs roam freely. It didn't smell very nice, and certainly didn't look very nice.
"For goodness sake! What else can go wrong!!!!"
"Hello Neji-niii-san! How was your day? Have we made any progress?" asked Hinata, unaware of any events of the day.
Neji wasn't impressed, not today. His plan to get Tenten was going down the drain, and worst of all, he lost her to his rival/team-mate – Rock Lee. He just walked to his room, not even bothering to answer her question.
"But Nii-san! I want to ask you something?"
He slammed the door into her face, not caring one bit about her question.
"Are you jealous about Tenten and Lee?"
"What?!" He was shocked at what he heard, he hadn't really thought about his feelings, and he just realized them.
"Are you jealous?"
"Yes."
"Good."
"What?! Why?"
Neji decided to open his previously slammed door, to hear her reply clearly.
"It means, that she is using a counter to make us split up. Neji, our plan is going great! She has finally realised she loves you! Are you happy about that?" explained his Hyuuga cousin.
"Yes, but what do you mean counter?" he asked curiously.
"She's trying to get you jealous, so she doesn't really love Lee, she's just using him, like you're using me."
"Right, so what's our next move?"
"Well, the only thing we can do now is go out and get Tenten really jealous, so much she confesses to you."
"How far do we have to go?"
"Trust me, she's only one step behind us, and she's catching up, we're gonna have to take lovey-dovey, to the extreme."
"What do you mean?"
"We're gonna have to hug, and look like we're kissing in public."
"WHAT?!"
"You heard me, come on Neji, we don't have to kiss, just look really, really, close."
"You have to be joking, that's to far."
"Well, Tenten's gonna be doing that with Lee, I know it."
"Let's do it."
Hinata smiled, she was happy for her plan was working.
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(To the Konoha streets…)
"They're out again, eh?"
"Yup, they make such a good couple!"
Neji and Hinata were once again walking down the streets looking like a proper couple. Holding hands, smiling at each other and let's not forget, being very close to each other.
However, on the other side of the street, were the other very "happy" couple. Looking cute, holding hands, exchanging glances, and were also very close.
Both pairs stopped near the middle and turned to face their partner (A/N: Neji facing Hinata. Tenten facing Lee.)
They began by hugging affectionately, leaning in close, and their lips pulled closer very close together. Strangely, both couples performed their actions perfectly at the same time.
"Oh, my, gosh! They're kissing! How adorable!" exclaimed familiar best friends of Tenten.
"Hey, dobe, Hinata really likes Neji, don't she?" asked a very well known Uchiha.
"So… Why does that affect me?" replied the blonde, spiky-haired shinobi, doing a pout with his eyes closed. He was finding it hard to keep his jealousy under control.
That Neji! The nerve of him!! I feel like punching his eyes out!! Wait, but I already did during the Chuunin exams. Oh yeah, Hinata's only doing this for Tenten and Neji's sake. This better end soon or else my temper's gonna get the better of me. Arrgghh!
They let go of each other. The stared into each other's eyes lovingly.
Hinata whispered into Neji's ear.
"Hey, you're really good at very-close-to kissing you know, we've fooled everyone!"
"Hn."
Lee whispered into Tenten's ear.
"Hey Tenten, that was very good. Whoever knew your youthfulness to love was very affectionate! Everyone thinks we actually kissed!"
"Okay."
Tenten and Neji took their eyes off their current partners, and looked at the couple in front of them.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE!!!!"
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A/N: Ok, I know it gets confusing at the end, so I'll explain they're positions.
Neji
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Hinata
Lee
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Tenten
So there's that bit explained. Now, if you don't get anything else, then comment back to me and I'll explain what you don't get.
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