Title: Love Arrest

Author: Raela1396

Summary: Fresh out of high school, Tenten causes a little accident with her handmade explosives. No harm done except for the fact that a valuable plot of land was destroyed. Now she's got community service work to do and Neji's going to watch her. But who said you can't fall in love while you work?

Rating: T

Alternate Universe/Modern Day

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Chapter One: Things We Go Through

-These are the things we go through, let's take control and be ourselves. Let's not waste time wondering about how we're gonna make it out-

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Tenten sighed as she got up from her bed. Someone had been knocking her door for the past half hour and Ino screamed through the walls. "TENTEN! YOU HAVE A GUEST KNOCKING NOW OPEN IT!"

Being Friends with Ino Yamanaka 101: Never wake her from her beauty sleep. Especially at 6 in the morning!

Exhausted from the previous day, Tenten opened the door and yawned again. "Yeah? What?" Her eyes were half closed so she couldn't tell who it was exactly. Neji Hyuuga just furrowed his brows and tossed a small bag of food at her. "Eat. Your time for redeeming yourself has just begun."

Tenten was wide awake now as she was pulled back into reality. "Wait…Wha—" She stopped midway when she saw the police-in-training walking down the stairs.

"Wait! Come back!"

Tenten Nanashi raced down the stairwell clad in pajama pants, a t-shirt and slippers. Neji turned around and raised a single brunette eyebrow. "What? You blew up land owned by my clan, Nanashi. So to fix it, you're doing the city favors." Tenten still wasn't finished. She grabbed his arm and held him back. "Yeah, but why does Mr. I'm-the-Grumpy-College-Kid-Who-Knocked-Over-a-Somewhat-Friend-of-My-Cousin's have to watch me? Do you remember, Neji Hyuuga? Because I do!"

Neji looked into the girl's angry, brown eyes. Slowly, his memories came back to him and he remembered when he went to retrieve Hinata from school. 'Che...that was her?'

Tenten shook his arm when she noticed he wasn't on Earth anymore. "Now, why don't we do something…?"

She tapped her chip with a mischievous glint in her eyes. 'I think this guy needs an attitude change…' Neji glared at her for the moment but let it go when she stopped tapping.

"I think I can help the community by giving you an attitude replacement class!" She stretched her arms and started walking back to her apartment. Neji followed, although he did not like whatever she was planning. He kept his senses sharp and prepared himself for anything and everything.

"Lesson One! People who wake others at six in the morning need to get something else to do!" Tenten chirped. She shut her door, locked her doors and windows and fell into her comfortable full sized bed again. "Ugh…what sane person wakes a person up at 6 in the morning? That creepy—"

BANG!

Tenten jumped up from her bed and grabbed a kunai knife that was by her bed. Slowly she snuck by her walls and saw one Neji Hyuuga and one broken door.

The brunette girl became infuriated. Her apartment had been damaged! Damaged! She growled angrily and placed one hand on her hip. "What is wrong with you!?" She hissed. She had neighbors and she knew not to wake them up. Neji furrowed his eyebrows and became stiff again. "Like I said, community service begins now. You didn't eat. Not my problem. Change into something more decent so I can take you to where your first job is."

He shut the broken door to where it could close and sat on Tenten's couch. Like he was going to let someone like her sleep in. 'I think I'll enjoy this.' He thought.

Tenten made a face and stormed into her bedroom. She went through her closet and grabbed one black shirt, a pair of skinny jeans and her high tops.

Minutes later, the Nanashi heiress came out, crisp and clean. She had her iPod playing 'Number One' by Big Bang. "Come on, Hyuuga." She said. She got the keys for her car and started to go down her stairs. But she stopped when she felt a hand on her arm.

"No…you're going to be taking my car." Neji smirked at Tenten's horrified face when he flashed his keys at her.

He shut the door and walked down the stairwell. Unknown to both of them, he still held her arm. As the two made their way down to the cars, Tenten was in deep thought.

'God…why did I have to go and screw things up!? Now my parents will kill me!' She felt like screaming out of frustration, but she didn't.

'Wait…what if…they never found out?' Suddenly, the mischievous side of the usually optimistic, tom-boy girl we all know came to life. She cackled inwardly and let Neji lead her to the passenger seat.

The said college graduate (1) frowned slightly at Tenten's attitude. 'Whatever she's planning…it won't be good…' He got into the driver's seat and started the engine. Before he began to back out of the parking space, he put his seat belt on of course. "Buckle up unless you want another charge against you."

Tenten stuck her tongue out at him and did as she was told. Her eyes locked onto his face and she began to plot his doom. She cackled again but a small hint of it escaped her lips.

"Did you say something?"

Neji didn't turn his eyes away from the road, but he knew that there was something wrong with this girl. Tenten simply shook her head and grinned like a silly person. 'Oh you just wait…Officer Hyuuga…you just wait…'

They soon pulled into a parking lot for a local shop. Neji got out and so did Tenten, but she purposely slam the door.

Neji glared at her and walked into the shop, leaving one bored girl outside.

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Shikamaru yawned and looked up from what he was doing when he heard the door open. "Neji…hey…" He said as he looked back to the projects on the desk. Shikamaru Nara was one of the smartest people in Konoha. But for some reason, here he was, in a flower shop, trying to put a bouquet together.

Neji raised a brow and shook his head. "Ino called about some vandalized wall a couple of days ago. I've got someone who can take care of it."

Shikamaru scratched his head and looked for his childhood friend. They weren't 'together', just best friends. Ino's already got a long time boyfriend. Plus, Shikamaru's mom forced him to get out of the house.

"Neji! Hey!" Ino twirled out of the back room holding bundles of flowers. Her blonde hair was kept in its traditional pony-tail, high and out of her face. "There's a bunch of buckets for the paint. I can't do the painting because I've got to take care of the shop!"

Neji nodded and exited the store to get Tenten.

"Hey…you've got work."

Tenten was leaning against the car and walked into the shop. She blew her brown bangs out of her face and saw a blur of blond coming at her.

"Tennie!"

Ino launched herself at one unexpected brunette. "Wait…how the…what? How does this happen?" Tenten made a face of confusion that Ino laughed at.

"I took a short cut!" Ino winked and walked away. Tenten simply stood in disbelief. How in the WORLD did Ino get to the flower shop before Tenten when she woke up who knows how much later than her?!

"Anyways, while you're thinking about how I'm here before you…I heard you've got some community service to do!" The blond chirped. Tenten nodded slowly, trying to come back to reality. "You…Tenten…are going to paint the side of the building. A bunch of assholes decided to vandalize my parents' shop. I don't have time to do it since they're on vacation…"

Ino's voice trailed off and she returned to the back to continue tending to the flowers. Shikamaru snored softly and Tenten sighed. "What…ever…" She grabbed two cans of paint and motioned for Neji to grab the other two.

"Are you going to help a lady or not?"

Neji rolled his eyes and grabbed the paint. '…'

After the two got outside, Tenten began to paint. The Hyuuga leaned on the wall and shut his eyes. He woke up pretty early that day. He lived about an hour away, he had to get ready, so we woke up at 4:30. Not very good for an annoyed person. Nope, not at all.

Tenten saw that his eyes were closed and went to get some payback. 'That guy needs to loosen up! So stiff…so…BORING!'

She began to paint the wall aimlessly. The brunette then painted a bumpy surface and one Neji Hyuuga was not pleased. The said young man opened his eyes, sniffed the air and smelled paint. He glared at the giggling Tenten and kept it going. She stopped and glared back. "What? It's a joke! Don't take it too seriously! You're not going to age well…" She mumbled the last part but Neji still heard.

"Finish quickly. I'll find something else for you to do, free-loader."

Neji walked away from Tenten and she sighed. 'Man…just what the hell happened to Mr. I've-got-a-stick-up-my-ass?!'

-FF4EVER-

I hope you liked this chapter! Also, one of you asked about other couples. Just so EVERYONE knows, the main is obviously Tenten and Neji. The supporting couple is Temari and Shikamaru. Hinata and Naruto will appear once in a while for you Naruto and Hinata fans! Sorry, but no Sasuke and Sakura. They WILL NOT be together but they will have different roles. I hope you enjoyed this (God…I JUST repeated something…oh well)

Stay tuned for the next chapter!

XOXO