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A Neji and Tenten story

Disclaimer: I own no one in this story , but that doesn't mean I don't own you haha kidding

Chapter 3

Silently she stared at the building she was told to go to it was big, but then again the town was big and this was its only school. She never went to school in her old town because her mom wanted her to learn about weapons before she focused on other things. Her mother always felt to many people focused on fancy tricks to get themselves out of situations instead of their own strength after all it was the one thing that could continuously increase and if you had enough drive wouldn't die out in the middle of a battle.

She touched the pack her temporary family had given her using the weapons inside as a comfort tool. They were nice people they had good personalities but she could tell they weren't to fond of having a new kid to look after. She figured she could help them by staying silent and out of their way as much as possible as long as she had a place to sleep she was fine.

Slowly she took calm steps toward the door that lead to her new future as a kunoichi of Konoha. She held the note she was given to explain what she was doing there to her teacher Iruka-sensei. She was terrified, but she wouldn't let them know so far she hadn't said a single word to the people in this new town and she wasn't planning on doing it anytime soon. She would be smart she would learn their personality's get to understand the town before she started talking. It had nothing to do with the fact that every time she tried to talk she felt as if she would only scream. No she had always been brave it was just she wanted to asses things first.

When she finally came out of her thoughts she realized she was standing in front of the door to her respective classroom. Slowly she opened the door to see a man of about 23 standing in front of a chalkboard labeling and explaining the different parts of the chakra network to a class of about 8 students. He looked her way when he sensed a new presence in the room she was so quite he didn't even hear her enter.

The hokage told him about a new student arriving in his class but he didn't expect someone so young. She looked to be about 3 she was so short. Her hair was in a pair of identical Chinese buns on either side of her head and she wore a pink Chinese style top with a pair of blue shorts. She seemed confident in her stance the only thing giving away how nervous she was, was the fact she was clutching the paper in her hand so hard her nails were starting to go through.

"May I see the paper you are holding please" Iruka asked kindly no need to scare the poor girl on her first day. After reading through the note he hoped the hokage new what he was doing timid people don't make good ninjas and apparently this girl hasn't even said a word since her arrival. "Okay class it seems we have a new student today, ummm would you like to write your name on the board for us please"? he asked as nicely as he could.

She nodded to him and went to the board writing her name in Chinese characters. Oh boy this is going to be a problem realizing the girl probably could only write in Chinese even if she could understand Japanese. "Okay well I only speak a little Chinese but it looks like your name is Tenten am I correct". He questioned. She gave a curt nod in response. "Okay well Tenten why don't you sit by Neji please, Neji please raise your hand and help Tenten with anything she might need". With that he went to continue his lecture.

Neji was now staring at the small girl sitting beside him. His other classmates were whispering to each other curious about this new girl, he was to but he would never actually ask her a question. He may be young but he took pride in the fact that he was a Hyuuga and would not be seen acting like a normal child his age, and lose the respect of his classmates. So he sat there watching the new girl out of the corner of his eye.

She was sitting there taking notes on what the teacher said. At first she reminded him of his cousin but then he saw the way she walked to her seat with confidence acting as if the stares the entire class gave her were nonexistent. No she may not talk but she wasn't like his timid cousin. He was curious to see how she would do in there outdoor training, and with that final thought the bell rang to dismiss for lunch.

Neji sat by himself his back resting on a tree he had already finished his lunch and figured he could use some meditation time. It was one of the few times he felt somewhat happy in his life and he liked to take advantage of it when he could. Unfortunately something interrupted his concentration.

"NEJI DID YOU MEET THE NEW GIRL" a screaming Lee came towards pulling said girl in a steel grip towards the stoic boy. She looked terrified staring at Lee like he was insane. Personally Neji didn't get Lee he was pathetic couldn't do anything but taijutsu, yet for some weird reason he decided that Neji was his rival and "friend". Fine with him if the idiot wanted to get beaten up Neji would be more that willing.

"Hn" Came Neji's response

"OKAY WELL TENTEN WATCH AS I BEAT THIS GENIUS USING ONLY TAIJUTSU" yelled Lee at this Tenten jumped looking on the verge of having some kind of nervous brake down. After all its not every day some strange boy came running up to telling you how happy he is you came to his school and how some other kid was so amazing and he was going to beat him.

At this last proclamation Lee attacked Neji who simple dodged his blows(remember they are still kids they don't have all their skills yet, like lee isn't as fast and neji can't use his junkin). After about 15 minutes of this Tenten still watched from the sidelines, Neji decided he was tired of this and got serious laying hard blows that knocked Lee back even when it was obvious Lee was done Neji didn't stop. Tenten panicked seeing her newly formed friend being injured. She reacted the only way she could think to she threw 8 senbons at the Hyuuga kid not piercing the skin but close enough that the cold metal rest against his skin as he hung from the tree he was now stuck to. She had hit her mark perfectly 100 accuracy. Not only did this surprise her classmate but also what came out of her mouth a single word "STOP" screamed at the top of her lungs. The new girl finally came out of her shell.