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It started with a kiss
Chapter 5 And the chaos ensues.
I'm a normal Japanese-Chinese girl. I have a normal, loving family. I have normal schooling. I have normal childhood. Heck I even have normal Japanese school girls' interests and hobbies like…um…manga! Yeah…manga and animes! I like them though not to the point of obsession. I love spunky girls-with-attitude heroines. I love the hate-love relationships. I especially adore those Cinderella-type plots, the ones where a small poor average girl gets a dashingly amazing prince charming of her—oh! I did not just say that! I did not just say that! I absolutely hate princes!
Princes are the epitome of devil himself. They're bossy, they're cruel, they're spoiled and they'd use every means to gain the upper hand or in other words make you bend on your knees.
Trust me…I say that from first hand experience.
"You will be my slave for as long as I am here."
The crowd gasped.
Neji smirked.
Tenten gaped.
"WHAT?!"
"WHAT?"
"I said, Be. My. Slave."
The moment he let those words out from his mouth… all hell broke loose…literally.
She felt white hot pure anger seep from her very core and flow towards all of her being. Every nerve turned on high and she felt a dull throb at the back of her head which must have been the faded warnings of her lost prudence. Her mouth opened and closed, as she panted slightly as if the oxygen that comes through her nose is not enough. She was trembling slightly; there's a escalating pressure inside her that was too much to bear and in anyway she wanted to let it out. And let it out she did.
She punched him.
Tenten punched Neji.
Amamiya Tenten punched Hyuuga Neji.
The nobody girl punched The Prince™.
The average—okay I'll stop now.
Note to His Highness: Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
His eyes widened (and so did hers) as he felt something hard and powerful touch his cheek. He staggered back a few steps with the desk cushioning his fall. The girl really packs a punch even in her small frame.
Nobody moved, not even him. Everybody held a stifled gasp; their mouths hanging in surprise and disbelief. How can this… mere average and ordinary girl hit their most magnificent prince? Their leader and path to happiness in the near future? And of course the would-be-father of their babies, as what fantasy dictates. It's unbelievable and unfathomable. It even took that much time for this small scene to process and be digested by their minds. Imagine the shock?
Tenten did not know whether she should break a happy dance or cry. She hadn't punched a guy since third grade! Much so…a prince for goodness sake!
Say all your want but an ordinary slutty girl like Tsukiyo-bitch she can take on anytime, after all a girl have higher success rate if versus with the same gender, however this time around she's totally in a deep shit. I mean really deeeeeep.
He felt something trickling down his chin and that was his cue to move. He touched it with his forefinger, he didn't even made a move to wipe it off. It was blood. He eyed it with interest and child-like curiosity, as if a spectator seeing an immeasurable masterpiece or perhaps…he just had never seen his own blood.
"Funny, I never thought your blood would be the same color as a normal human being. I had imagined it something darker…like black perhaps?" She said bitingly, venom dripped in her words in a tone icier than the iceberg that made Titanic sunk. Yet oddly she felt satisfied for she knew someone need to teach the snotty bastard some manners. Fast. And that someone would be her.
Lesson one served!
His gaze fell upon her in confusion and interest. He never thought he'd see a day where somebody (except rivals who wanted him dead) would find the courage to hit him, and make him bleed. And that somebody was in the form of a petite high school girl with two buns for hair and eyes deepest of chocolate, now turning darker from anger.
"Rot in hell." She gritted out.
She let out a scoff and a glare towards the prince before she gathered all of her books all the while gripping her drawings. She gave him another icy glare; she restrained herself from giving him the finger…damn manners, before she sauntered out of the room for her dramatic exit.
She slammed the door hard before breaking into a run at the corridor brushing past the students who unlike her took their sweet time walking.
Creepy how this afternoon turned normal outside compared to the tense air hanging when she was still in their room. It was a normal day to anyone but her due to the fact that she did something unforgivable and, she might never know, even punishable by law. Great. Another title for her aside for normality, from now one folks we can call her the Royal Nose Breaker. (RNB)
How peachy! Absolutely perfect!
Life couldn't get any better.
...
…
…
Yeah right, as if.
If Tenten would be given a choice, she'd never come to school again, she'd hide. Maybe disguise, yes that would be perfect. She can even change her name. Sakurano Yuki. She had always wanted that name. She would go underground, she can even make use of her shooting skills…she wasn't an archery captain for nothing. She can rent a cheap apartment and live by herself, staying with her family is a big no-no. She can even—
No she can't, never, and wouldn't be able to escape reality no matter how hard she whine, sulk, goad and resist.
Another day means another nightmare. And she wasn't sure if she was over yesterday's nightmare. It only felt like a minute had passed since she punched the bastard and that didn't bode too well for her.
The looming gates of her prestigious school seemed like impending doom for her and she can already feel her feet grow weary by every step. As if it wanted to walk the other direction. She stopped. Took in a deep breath before repeating the same mantra she came up yesterday. 'I am strong, no puny prince can overthrow me, I am strong, no puny prince can overthrow me. I-'.
She kept muttering to herself, trying to build her confidence for her next fight. Yes, this somehow proved to be efficient, she was too engrossed she didn't even know her feet already moved. She wasn't even aware that she already passed the gates. She can't even feel the stares of everyone whispering to whomever nearest to them, "That's the one", "The one who punched the prince", "Heard they'll expel her soon.", "Why is she still here?" "Don't look at her, you might get punished." Or some other words relevant.
Time seemed an inert thing to her as she built her confidence. Every time the sentence marks her head, she grew more self-assured and the heavy feeling weighing upon her shoulders somehow she felt began to ease. She even smiled to herself, "I am strong, and no puny prince can overthrow me." She smirked, she is strong and no puny-prissy-almighty-prince can overthrow her.
"I am strong and no puny price can overthrow me." She said aloud with enough decibels for those around her to hear. Tenten's eyes widened, adding fuel to the fire doesn't sound like the greatest game plan for her. The good side is that the lobby for now is currently empty. She didn't even hear the bell rang. Classes had started already while she was here taking her sweet time acting like a total idiot.
Yet she heaved a sigh of relief, who knows what might happen if somebody heard her. Her eyes quietly roamed around, feeling the need to assure herself that she is indeed alone.
Her vision passed by the empty seats, the battered window overlooking the court yard, empty snacks left by students, lost notebooks, ice cube number 2 leaning against the wall, flyers floating around, the bulletin board, some more seats, haphazardly placed desk, some more windows—wait what? Her eyes turned back.
Ice cube number 2 leaning against the wall.
She stared and he stared right back ;a small smirk forming in his lips. Her eyes widened more if that could be possible as she caught the look of amusement that passed over his features.
"Puny prince huh? Never thought of that…" He muttered but loud enough for Tenten to hear. He got up from his position and walked out to the opposite direction she was supposed to take without even giving her a second glance.
And that's how Uchiha Sasuke, girl magnet, left Tenten with mouth wide open. The quiet Uchiha prodigy, whose looks were well-known all over Konoha Gakuen, just caught her, Amamiya Tenten also called royal nose breaker, close to bad mouthing the prince.
At least she's positive he won't talk right? Right?
In the end, she had never even seen a shadow of the stupid prince. The excuse he came up with is—nothing. He is the prince after all, what he wants he gets. The teacher didn't even ask. Tch talk about equality.
Here she was ready to fight and kick his ass one more time but then all preparation turned to waste. All she got was hardened stares and glares from all four corners and sides of the room. Those classmates she can handle; she's somehow immune to them by now.
But surprisingly nobody made a move to make her day a living hell. It's somewhat creepy and downright frightening. She'd be glad to accept the normal chasing and goading than this silent treatment. It was like they're planning yet for her annihilation.
She sighed as she took in her surrounding and picked somewhere acceptable to eat. The uneasy stares and glares she was receiving chased her out of the cafeteria (away from her two friends) and she had no choice but to eat lunch somewhere peaceful. Translation: where there are no students or KWC members.
She plopped down the biggest tree, placing all of her food beside her. The place was somewhat dreary, as if it was totally detached from the hustle bustle that is Konoha Gakuen. It looks like an entirely different place. The trees looked uncared, leaves piled one after each other and left the ground with an inch thick dead leaves.
'Maybe because of the fact that it's the backyard.'
'That's unfair.' She thought as she munched on her sandwich. 'That s not a right excuse, trees here are unfortunate, just because they don't have anyone to show to doesn't mean they're entirely useless. And in fact if this area would be cleaned, the courtyard will fall in comparison.' She finished the thought with a sip from her juice.
Here she was again talking about equality. Variation never sat well with her. She can never tolerate unfairness and imbalanced judging; take for example the difference between princes and average students. They're both humans but the princes were given more privileges as high as a skyscraper than those students. When in truth their only difference is that the princes were born more fortunate than those other.
She chuckled when the last thought hit her. Since when does this stuff came to her, she was never to care for this before. Oh right…since the stupid prince came. Perhaps she should be thankful to the appearance of this disaster for she now knew her future career…lawyer. She laughed to herself inwardly as she threw the remnants of her lunch onto a bin not far away.
Thinking definitely makes her feel better. She inhaled before a thought came to her. She might be able to see the whole Konoha area if she can climb up this tall trees. She assessed as she looked up the trees. Sure they were tall, they will make you feel as if they're tips are touching the sky but there's small branches and twigs sticking out of the tree that made beckoning calls 'climb me' and somehow that thought excited her.
'Thank god for jeans and sneakers' she thought as she climbed up a few feet. She stretched her hands and feet s as she reached for smaller branches to guide her. She was up several feet now but hanging this high she still can't beat the tall rear building of Konoha Gakuen. She made that thought a driving force as she continued upward. She came to the leafy part of the trees as clusters upon clusters of leaves blocked her view, her hand shot up as she quickly grabbed onto a smaller branch and to a softer part to ensure her balance.
Soft?
She thought confused as her hair fought a losing match against the small twigs. Leaves maybe? But no it was softer and smoother as if….
As if she's touching a human body part also known as an arm or…gulp…leg.
"What are you doing?"
A deep baritone voice sliced the silence as the tension thickened. Her brown eyes widened as she almost remembered the same voice.
"Puny prince huh? Never thought of that…"
She nervously hoisted herself up. It can't be, right? He should be with the popular, they're his gang right? She braced herself as she felt the air once again.
Brown met onyx black for what seemed like eternity.
One with shock and the other with unconcealed amusement.
Royal nose breaker and Ice block number two.
One leaning conveniently against the stronger branch of the tree with left leg nonchalantly dangling and the other hanging by a small branch and the other's leg.
"Oh it's you." He said casually as if he's stating that the sky is blue and the earth is round when in truth she's barely hanging by the thread and that thread being his right leg.
She did the thing that came first to her hazy filled mind.
She screamed…
and let go.
God how stupid could she be. She went up for the scenery; and now said scenery might be her last due to stupidity. Congratulations Tenten, you've now achieved brains only slightly bigger than a monkey.
Smooth move.
Okay….did I just made it up to the fifth page? Sorry if the chapter sucks…I know it do. Sigh…I know I tend to become wordy…gomen.
And the writer's block ensues.
Anyways I'd appreciate it if you'd review. I was actually planning to drop this story since I somehow lost the drive somewhere after the first chapter but really, review does make wonders. Anyways it was thanks to these people that I've made another chapter…thanks!!
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