Naruto-
Ambitions and Issue
Chapter 6- Step Six: Second thoughts
"Come on," Neji said for the millionth time, "It wasn't that bad."
"You weren't the one hanging from a rope being a bounce toy," she glared, storming ahead of him.
"That was the only potentially bad thing that happened all night," Neji reasoned, "The rest of it was fun from what I could tell."
Tenten refused to admit it out loud, she took a step back and didn't even wait, "So since that's over, see you."
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When she started to leave, he grabbed her shoulders and dragged her in the opposite direction, "Not so fast, I can't let you go home unfeed. That would be rude of me and Ino would come after my head," he paused before shuddering, "And I don't want that."
"You really can't be that scared of Ino," Tenten exasperated let him drag her. It was no use fighting him, he would find some way to win.
"Have you seen Ino on a shopping spree?"
"Luckily I have been spared of that," Tenten grinned, "But I've heard eye-reports that she is quite the beast."
"That's an understatement," he grumbled, "Come on, dinner then I'll let you free from this harsh horrible unfun date."
Tenten sighed, "Fine, but I want Chinese."
Neji continued to lead her on, "Whatever her highness says."
"That's Ino's title, don't make her come after me."
"…sorry."
Tenten stared at the building, "What are you plotting?"
Neji gave her a blank look, which was the closest to an innocent look that he could manage, "I have no idea what you mean."
"No no no no no no no," Tenten corrected him, "Don't play innocent. You're up to something. This whole night has been memory lane. First my favorite amusement park that closed down and now my favorite chinese restaurant of all time opening after hours. And you're being too nice."
You bet he was plotting. He was on a freakin' siege that he didn't plan to lose, "I'm insulted. Can't I be nice to my old friend once in a while?"
"It's not the apocalyse yet."
"…"
She continued to give him an accusing look.
Neji, knowing her stubbornness that could only rival his, decided to use his ultimate weapon, endless patience, "Let's talk more inside. I believe they still serve their special Kung pao."
"…how dare you try to bribe me."
Neji stared up at the sky smirking, "It's working though, isn't it?"
"Shut up and hurry up," when he looked back at her, she was already in the door talking to the waiter.
It'd be interesting to see how long before she would crack.
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She sighed happily again and patted her stomach, "Man I'm stuffed! That was great!"
Neji stared at the empty plates, "Even now it's a shock how much you can eat."
She abruptly changed the subject, "Which is one of the reasons you should give up. I'd eat you out of your house."
If she thought she was going to get out of it that easily, she didn't know him as well as she should have, "I can afford it, secretary."
Tenten narrowed her eyes, "…no. Wait a minute, I work for a company that has no ties with yours at all…right?"
He leaned back smug, "Well, I don't know. I'm thinking about branching out the company towards tourism."
"No, no, no, now it's definite. You're trying to cage me in from all directions," she firmly stood, "Well I'm not going to let you win that easily!" With that, she made a dramatic exit.
When the waiter came to the table, he sighed, "Neji, can't you be a little more subtle?"
"Nope, with her I can't risk being subtle."
The waiter scratched his head, "Well, don't come crying to me when you lose her because you didn't ease her into to it and she runs away just not to lose. You two were always trouble in school."
"Don't worry, Chouji," Neji got up and handed a couple of bills to him, "I won't let her. Not this time."
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When the door slammed open, Sakura and Ino looked up alarmed. Ino started to defend herself, "It was Sakura's idea to eat the chocolate! She forced-" she broke off when she saw Tenten's expression, "Hey, what happened? Did he do something bad? Like pro-"
"What didn't he do!?" Tenten suddenly burst, surprising Ino and Sakura, "He's deadly serious."
Sakura sat on the other side of her, "Tenten, if you couldn't tell, he's been serious the entire time."
She corrected herself, "I knew he was serious, but not this serious. He's making sure I can't get away," she grabbed Sakura's shirt, "He's going to take over the company I work at."
Astonished, Ino whistled appreciatively, "Got to hand it to him, when he wants something he goes all out, but what's the problem with this? Don't you want this?"
"No I don't want this!" she paused, "Well, maybe I do, but…I just don't know anymore. Out of all the girls in the world, why me? It was high school."
Sakura pushed Tenten up, "You need a night to sleep on this. Well talk more in the morning, but remember you don't have to fight for everything. Sometimes it's better to accept things when they're the way it's supposed to be."
--author's note--
I've been a little slack on updating due to college, nearly to the point I forgot I had this. But thanks to the reminder from albuspottergirl, I'll be resuming updating, maybe once every two weeks, maybe? I don't know but yeah. I'm finally adjusting to the time warp that is college.
PurplePanda1010 reminded me something important...HAPPY BIRTHDAY NARUTO!! Though he is not as great as our Tenten, without him there would be no Naruto and thus no Tenten, so everyone celebrate!
NinjaPower signing out!