It's me again! Did you have a nice Christmas? I got Uzumaki Chronicles! Awesome-ness!
Naruto: Luna does not own Naruto, meaning me, or any of my friends. Hey, why am I just barely in this story?
Thanks for the disclaimer, Naruto... This chapter was inspired by my wisdom teeth. Can you believe at 22 they're still not completely out?
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Black and White
Chapter 3
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That morning, it was Neji's turn to arrive late for training, which was a rare thing.
"Hi, N..." Tenten's voice trailed off when she noticed how pissed the boy looked.
Oh, he looked like he was in a bad mood alright.! More than usual. Grumpy, angry, annoyed, furious; he looked extremely irritated today. No one dared ask what was wrong, he looked way too scary! Like he would bite their head off if they said a single word. Even Gai, who would've lectured him for getting late, stayed silent. Neji glared at all of them. If glares could kill, he'd be a multi-assassin. The scowling boy walked passed them and proceeded to train alone. No one wanted to train with him in this condition anyway... Lee winced as he watched Neji beat the crap out of those defenceless training dummies.
When they took their lunch break, the Hyuuga genius seemed to have cooled off a bit, so Tenten took this opportunity to approach him.
"So..." she said nervously, "feeling better?" She hoped not to receive the glare of death.
"Hn." He didn't even look at her.
"Um..."
He knew that she was afraid to ask what was wrong with him. " My wisdom teeth."
She blinked. "Wha?"
" My wisdom teeth are coming out."
"Oh! They hurt? Is that why you're in a bad mood?"
Yes, it did hurt. But what had Neji in a foul mood was Kiba. Or rather, Kiba with Tenten. That, and he also had a headache, but he wasn't the kind to complain about his personal pain.
"Let me see!" the girl asked enthusiastically.
Neji gave her a weird look. A 'no, I'm not letting you look into my mouth' look.
Lee skipped by. "Mine are already fully out! Look!" He somehow felt a little proud that he had gotten his wisdom teeth before Neji.
" Oh yeah, I see them!" Tenten stared at the boy's teeth curiously as he opened his mouth wide, pointing to his nice shiny teeth in the back.
Neji couldn't help but smile at how stupid they looked. He found the girl's naiveness to be somewhat cute, though he still prefered her tough, realistic side. That side had been hiding recently, tough. All she did was smile and blush happily and giggle over little things. Frankly, Neji found that annoying. Was that a side of her that had always been there but that she only just recently discovered? Because she was in love?
"Gai-sensei, may I train with Kurenai-sensei for the rest of the afternoon?" she asked.
Neji frowned. They all knew the reason she would ask for that.
Gai gave it some thought. "I don't see why not. In fact, we should all train with Kurenai's team! Experiencing all kind of battles will surely help your youth blossom!"
"Yay, Gai-sensei!" Lee blurted out.
Neji 's terrible mood was fueled more. Great. Just great.
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Kurenai did not object to letting Gai's team train with hers but she kept an eye on Kiba and Tenten.
"I want you two lovebirds to train seriously, understand?"
There was no need to worry, because the two were training hard. They seemed to enjoy showing each other their skills.
Neji was annoyed. His gums hurt because of his teeth, he still had that headache and he actually hoped he could be the one fighting with Kiba. He felt like testing his strenght for some reason. He didn't feel like training with Hinata at all. Everyone still eyed him suspiciously whenever he went near her. So he chose to train with Shino instead. Right now, he appreciated someone who kept quiet. As he fought the bug user, he occasionally glanced at Kiba and Tenten and his strenght would double from sheer disgruntlement. As Shino noticed this, he immediately understood what was going on between these three. He had a knack for knowing these things, though he'd never speak it out loud.
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Neji wasn't an idiot, he knew and admitted to himself that he was jealous of Kiba. Tenten was his training partner. They completed each other's techniques perfectly. He needed her skills. It bothered him to see her sharing her sweat, blood and passion with someone other than him. Because, he thought, Kiba's skills didn't bring out the best in her, and all that cheesy love stuff would just end up making the girl too soft. That's why he was jealous. It never occurred to him that it might be because he was in love with her. He had never been in love. No, he was well above that. He had no time to waste on petty childish things like love. It would take him a while before discovering his true feelings. He'd be in for a shock once he did.
When the long-haired boy's chance to fight the dog-boy arrived, he felt disappointed in the other's attacks. Surely Tenten couldn't be safe in this guy's care. He worked Kiba really hard.
"Hey," Kiba protested, barely dodging the other's hand. "This is training, remember? I get the impression that you're coming at me seriously!"
"Enemies won't go easy on you."
Neji leaped at Kiba one more time, but Kurenai intervened just in time.
"That's enough, you two. Let's call it a day, shall we?"
Neji gave both the teacher and student a glare, and prepared to leave. It seemed Kurenai-sensei didn't trust him too much around his students ever since the chuunin exam... The angry boy left without saying a word to anyone. He was in a foul mood, his gums hurt, he still had that headache, and now his body was sore from training too hard with Kiba. (Though he would never admit that.) The day couldn't get worse.
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It got worse. All Neji wanted was to get home and take a bath. Instead he was called to Tsunade's office for an emergency mission. A really stupid mission too. Catch a common thief who just ran off with the content of someone's cash register. They had reasons to believe he was still around here. The boy grunted on his way out the office. Why was he bothered with such an easy D-Rank missions at his level? Oh right, because his byakugan would make finding a petty thief a piece of cake. Sometimes he felt like people were taking advantage of him and his bloodline limit. It's not like he was the only Hyuuga with byakugan in this goddamn village, damn it! God, was he in a bad mood today!
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He quickly found the thief he was looking for and watched, hidden in a tree.
"Run, give me a handicap." Make this challenging, for Heaven's sake!
When he felt the thief had gotten far enough, he began to chase him. The guy had noticed his presence and was now trying to escape his unseen pursuer. Neji sighed. This boring game of cat and mouse had led him near the Inuzuka's house. He grunted as he read the name sign on the gate. He tried to ignore it and turned his attention back to his mission. Unfortunately, with his byakugan activated, he accidently saw through the walls of Kiba's house. And sure enough, Kiba and Tenten were inside, making out. Neji had seen them making out before, but not like this. They were kissing with such passion and infatuation. She held a hand to his hair and the other to his cheek while he rubbed her back. The two never kissed like this in public, obviously. They really looked like they were enjoying themselves alright. Neji snarled as he felt something burn inside him. Love. How disgusting. When he realized how long he had been staring, the infuriated teen turned his gaze away instinctively, but cursed. 360 vision means you can still see them, idiot. No matter the reasons, using his ability to invade people's privacy was unaceptable.
Incidentally, he had wasted so much time here that his thief had completely disappeared. The boy cursed again. How would he explain this to Tsunade-sama? Oh sorry, Tsunade-sama. I was too busy gawking at lovers making out to focus on this easy mission.
As expected, Tsunade was quite disappointed in him, though he did not explain what had happened.
"The money you failed to retrieve will be deducted from your mission money!" she decided.
The extremely pissed-off boy stormed out of the buidling and headed home. To make things worse, yes worse, he found himself near Kiba's house again! He wouldn't spy on them another time, though. He growled and punched a nearby electricity post out of frustration. His anger was such that the post broke, causing the power in many nearby houses to go out. Oh crap! As he hurried away, he noticed Akamaru sitting quietly by the gates. Poor thing, Neji thought, Kiba must've felt weird having him watching while he made out with his girlfriend so he had most likely asked him to stay outside. Akamaru eyed the boy without moving, like a lonely statue guarding the entry to a castle. The boy eyed the dog also, and proceeded to get the hell out of here.
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He was in an awful mood, his wisdom teeth hurt, he still had that headache, his body was sore from training, he had seen something he had rather not, had lost a lot of money and now his fist hurt from destroying that post. He was so pissed that he forgot about his bath and went straight to bed.
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Poor Neji! Nothing good happened today. Keep watching, things might get better for him. (Or worse XD). My wisdom teeth are coming out too... It's getting annoying ;/