Chapter Three up! Finally! I'm on a roll tonight! =)

Inner Kitty
Chapter Three
Asshole

Tenten woke the following morning in a great mood. Today was the day she was going to meet her instructor! After she took her shower and put her cheongsam back on, Tenten walked across the hall and beat loudly on Neji's door. "Oi Neji!" she yelled. "Up yet?" Neji opened the door, smelling like fresh soap. His hair was damp but he was fully dressed. Tenten grinned at his towering frame.

"Ready to go?" asked Tenten, her excitement written all over her face.

Neji nodded. "Do you know where to find this man?"

"Sort of..." sheepishly replied Tenten.

Neji raised a chocolate colored eye brow. "Sort of?"

Tenten rolled her eyes. "You come in my room while I gear up, I'll explain everything then, okay?"

Neji nodded and disappeared inside his room for a moment. He returned with his pack threw over one shoulder.

--

Tenten began wrapping bandages and compact carriers around her thighs. "Tsunade-sama told me Yasumi was located at the center of this village, she used to own a dojo but she retired a couple years ago. The problem is, I have no idea where the center of the village is."

Neji nodded. "We'll ask the residents of this village."

"Okay." agreed Tenten, she strapped her large scroll onto her back. "Let's go then."

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"I can tell you where Yasumi-sensei's Dojo is." purred a young looking waitress.

Neji turned around and analyzed the owner of the voice. He'd just been asking the bartender at the local pub when this woman tapped on his shoulder. She had waist long blonde hair that hung in thick spiral curls and large dark green eyes, her uniform was too short and too tight, and she smelled of sickly sweet perfume.

Neji resisted the urge to tell this promiscuous girl to bark up another tree, instead he urged her on. "Thank you," he said politely. "You've saved me a lot of time."

Tenten entered the pub, intent on rubbing her victory in Neji's face. She'd located the dojo a short while after they'd split up, but she stopped dead when she saw a waitress rub her team mates arm.

The only thing Tenten felt was hot, white fury. It scorned her senses like a flame. That girl looked like a mix between Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka. She probably had Sakura's stubborn attitude and Ino's slutty demeanor.

Even before she realized what she was doing, Tenten was walking toward her white-eyed teammate and the waitress.

"I'll tell you..." murmured the blonde. "If you give me something first."

Neji glanced toward her as Tenten stepped up to them. "Oi Neji! No need to ask this little girl." Tenten emphasized the 'little girl' part and grinned at the waitress. "I already know."

The waitress glared at her. "Me and the gentleman here were trying to have a conversation, ma'am. Hurry home before you hurt yourself."

Tenten narrowed her eyes. This little slut was calling her old!

Neji watched the two females glare lightening bolts at each other. He decided to let this go on a little longer before he stopped them.

Tenten stepped up to the blonde and was glad for her five-nine height. "Listen to me, girl." snapped Tenten. Her voice dropped to a low whisper. "We don't have time to play games with you, kid. Only reason he's talking to you is because he believes you have valuable information, but now, you don't, so get lost... before I make you." Tenten opened to her mouth to continue harassing the girl but Neji laid a hand on her shoulder. Tenten looked at him and stormed out of the pub. Neji began to follow her.

"Neji, is it?" called the waitress. "I'm Saya. I'll be seeing you."

Neji looked at the woman with a blank face, her empty words meant nothing to him.

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Tenten made her way to the Dojo by jumping the roof tops.

"Oh god," she whispered. "I like Neji."

She had been jealous of that girl back there. She had wanted to be the one touching him.

Tenten thought hard. When had this happened? Why hadn't she noticed it sooner? What was wrong with her? Neji Hyuuga could not love anyone. He was incapable of returning such a strong feeling, especially after the death of his father. His polite coldness kept any romantic feeling at bay around him. He was never rude, but the innuendo of his conversations always reminded her who he was and his goal in life. And that goal didn't include romance, or her for that matter.

"Tenten."

Said kunoichi didn't even glance at her companion.

It hadn't taken Neji long to find her. He knew her chakra signature anywhere. What was her problem? Had he upset her when he interfered in her quarrel with the waitress?

He jumped ahead of her and halted, stopping her. She glared at the ground.

Neji scowled. "I don't know what just happened, but you need to get over it." Tenten smiled sadistically. He wants me to get over him. Neji frowned at her smile. "Do you think this man will want to train some one so distracted?" he bit. Tenten gasped at his tone.

Tenten looked him in the eye, remembering all the times he'd acted this way. She glared. "I'm not distracted!" she hissed. "But next time you decide you flirt with a whore, do it on your own time! We have a mission to complete, and I'm going to complete it, with or with you!"

Neji stared at his team mate. How dare she talk to him like that! She should know him better than anyone else. He would never forget the objection of the mission to flirt with some Jane Doe. Neji grabbed her shoulders and forced her to look him in the eye. She ripped away from him and rubbed her head.

"I-I..." Tenten began quietly. "I don't know what came over me. I guess I'm just tired or something. Let's pretend this never happened, okay?"

Neji doubted she was tired, he sensed something more emotional behind all this. He hoped she would want a 'heart to heart' as she said to him one time. The embarrassment would kill his masculinity.

"Never happened," agreed Neji. "Do you want to meet Yasumi or wait another day to clear your thoughts?"

Tenten could've blushed, but she knew he was only being polite. Asshole.

"I'm fine!" insisted Tenten. She grinned at him, feeling slightly better. Maybe this method would work. Instead of referring to him as her crush, she'd call -inside her head of course- him vulgar names. It did make her feel better.

Asshole

Prick

Bastard

Asshole sounded more appropriate than the rest. Asshole it is then! Tenten began running toward her original destination.

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"I'm so nervous!" whispered Tenten, Neji and her stood at the door of the Dojo.

Neji patted her shoulder and smiled at her. "You have nothing to worry about." her assured her.

Asshole. Asshole. Asshole. Asshole. Asshole. Asshole.

This is helping! Whenever he touches me or compliments me, I'll chant asshole in my head. I feel so clever!

Neji became weary of her grinning face. It was like he didn't know a private joke

Tenten knocked on the door, butterflies fluttering in her stomach.

An old lady with black hair in a long braid answered the door. "Whadaya want?" she demanded.

Tenten stepped back at the rudeness of this old broad. She must be the maid. Tenten smiled. "I'm here to see Yasumi-sama. Is she home?"

The old woman glared at her. "What for?"

"I would like to learn to summon animals under her."

"No." The maid slammed the door in her face.

Tenten flushed. Enough is enough! Before Neji could stop the kunoichi, she'd ripped open the door and followed the woman to a large matted area.

"I demand to see her, lady!" yelled Tenten. She reached back to get a kunai and found herself flat on her back with her own kunai at her throat. The old woman glared at her.

"What do you want with me?" she demanded again.

A couple seconds ticked by in silence. "You're Yasumi!?" exclaimed Tenten in disbelief.

"I wouldn't own this Dojo if I didn't, now would I, girl?" snapped Yasumi. She released Tenten and allowed her to stand.

Tenten gawked. "I just imagined someone...more...younger..."

Neji sighed.

You know what? Tenten finds herself flat on her back alot. :)

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