I do not own Naruto or any of its charachters in any way
*It Was Snowing*
Chapter 5
A dim,clouded sun was rising upon a cold dawn .
'The weather isn't any good,today' thought Tenten as she put on her outfit .
She'd changed her usual wearing habits,some months ago already,due to the discomfort they caused her during the training fights with Yukimichi .
Now she used to wear a flared plain sleeveless grey dress that reached her mid-thigh gracefully,
a tight black long-sleeved shirt and black leggins underneath the dress,with black low-heeled sandals; her forehead protector tied loosely at her neck .
She'd also changed her hairstyle: she started to do her hair in an unique bigger bun in the lower back of her head,tied up with a white thin fine ribbon ;the locks on her forehead also had grown longer,so that they were almost like Sakura's .
'Tch,I'm going to cut them way shorter,sooner or later' .
Every morning she took a minute or two to register her changes,although she quite liked her new appearance .
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Yukimichi was insanely happy when he told to Tenten that she had learned everything he was able to teach her . She managed to master everything he'd showed and explained to her .
Though the old sensei was sad at the thought of her student ,more similar to a grand-daughter,going away to probably never return to see him . All of his previous students had always acted like this; they came,they learned,they disappeared .
The girl stayed silent,not quite believing that she did everything fine,but was smiling sadly none the less to herself: she trusted her sensei,by now,and she knew she had to go back to Konoha as soon as possible;but at the same time,she didn't like the thought of leaving the old man alone on that mountain . In his almost warm and comfortable mansion,of course,but alone .
"So,Tenten,now that we've finished with everything,I'd like to give you a little gift I repared for your birth-day! Isn't it going to be in a few days? March the 9th?" He was smiling his usual quiet smile,speaking with his calm,sometimes pitch,voice .
"But sensei,you didn't have to...I mean,all the things you taught me are more than enough!"
"Ah well,I prepared it and now you're going to accept it,Tenten; no buts"
"Hai..." "Excellent . Here you go"
As he said so,he had already summoned a weapon .
"I thought you would've appreciated this piece . It was the one in my collection that reminded of you the most,in my opinion"
The katana's ebony black sheath was shining to the little light of the living room,and its silvery intertwinings were elegantly covering all the length of the weapon .
She carefully drew out the sword,it was extremely light and shiny .
"O-oh,it's...it's wonderful,sensei..." She was examining wide eyed the weapon .
"Teheh,I bet you would've enjoyed it!" he laughed .
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March the 9th ,Yukimichi's mansion .
"Looks like,Tenten-chan,you finally managed to bake an edible cake!",exclaimed the old man,with a slight smirk playing on his lips while he chewed . A weird combination,smirking and chewing .
"Apparently so" she grinned . 'Really,this one came out perfectly! I'm so proud of myself! *inner squeal*'
For someone,a female expecially,which for all her life (17 years) hasn't been capable of nearly even making a ramen,baking a cake in the right way was an important goal .
"So,Tenten,thank you for your idea of celebrating your birth-day here with me,I really appreciated that,but I thought you were eager to go back to Konoha . That's why I gave you your birthday present earlier"
"I was thinking about leaving tomorrow,sensei"
"Excellent . May I have another slice of that wonderful cake,Tenten-chan?"
March the 9th ,Hyuuga compound.
'This is way more than exaggerated : I can perfectly understand some months,like 2 or 3,but so much time is totally too much . Ridiculous . Damn him,maybe he's even an old perverted faddy...'
Neji stopped his frantic pacing within his bedroom,thought about what he imagined as last,and then threw himself on his bed dramatically,face pressed in his pillow; 'This cannot be,the shitpiece is over his eighties,I bet he cannot even imagine such things . And I do not even know where they precisely are in the fuckin' Yukigakure! '
He'd been through a fit of hysterics since the previous 3 days : he'd strongly hoped she would've been back for her birth-day .
He'd even spent hours to decide what she could possibly like as a present;
He came to the conclusion that she undoubtedly liked animals,so of course only Hachi wasn't enough!
So he went to Kiba,which suggested him to get her a puppy . Not an ordinary one,but an extremely fluffy and adorable one .
Neji watched as said puppy tried to get Hachi's attention . The cat hadn't developed any motherly instinct,apparently .
'How,just how,am I supposed to give her the damn puppy until it is fluffy and adorable,if she's not here?!' He sighed . 'Then it won't be fluffy and adorable anymore . '
I like to imagine Neji with little fluffy pets around .
