A/N: An update! Sorry for grammer and spelling mistakes, enjoy!

Wow, Sasuke and Sai seem to be the top candidates for Anonymous but Shikamaru was also thrown in there. Keep guessing guys. And yes, I have read Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz and that's where I got the title for my fic.

EDIT: xXItachisXAzulaXx, being the amazing person she (he?) is pointed out that I messed up with the whole 'Hiashi-criteria-Hinata' crap this chapter (somewhere down there) and I have gone back and sort of fixed it. I gotta fix some stuff in previous chapters as well because I never did it when I told myself I would.

Disclaimer: I don't own.

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Chapter 6

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Neji

I lean against the solid gate leading into the Hyuuga compound, light from inside the Main house illuminating some of the ground, waiting for Tenten. Could the girl be any slower? Honestly. I told her that Hiashi—damn him—was holding a dinner for her tonight and she has the audacity to be—holy crap.

She's there.

Dressed in a red and white kimono.

Looking good.

Damn good.

The kimono is white and there are red leaves trailing from her left shoulder all the way down to the end of the kimono. Around her middle is a dark blue obi and it hugs her slim waist. Her hair is up, as usual, tied with long red ribbons and I can see the pearl necklace around her neck in the light.

She smiles and my pulse races.

"Like what you see?" she asks coyly.

I snap out of my stupor and my eyes narrow. "Hn." I hold out my arm and she takes it, rolling her eyes. "You'll be meeting Hiashi and the other elders. Be on your best behavior."

Tenten gives me a smirk and forcefully yanks me forward so I almost fall over. "I always am." she replies sweetly with a smile.

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Dinner wasn't so bad actually.

Tenten and I were civil to each other and she even gave me a kiss on the cheek because Hiashi was giving us an overly critical stare. I brushed hair from her face, she smiled at me, these little things are so easy to add to the play. God, I couldn't wait for it to be over. They asked Tenten a lot of questions—how she spent her time, did she like her new team, was she excited about the marriage—and she answered accordingly. I was relieved.

And then came this one.

"Tenten, when will start to move your things?"

Tenten stared at Hiashi like he grew a third head. "What?"

"Did Neji tell you that you'd be moving here?" Hiashi asked, giving me a look.

Right now everybody was looking at me.

"Yes, he did," she replies carefully, "but didn't he tell you that I said no?"

"No, he didn't." Hiashi says.

Ah yes, I forgot about that. Tenten glares at me and underneath the table she clasps my hand in a vice grip, squeezing harder with each passing second. I control myself so that I don't wince from the pain.

"Forgive me, Hiashi-sama," I say before turning to Tenten, "but I need to talk to Tenten outside."

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"You didn't tell him I said 'no'!?" she asks incredulously, glaring. "Neji!"

"The outcome will be the same. You'll still be living in this house."

Tenten grabs the front of my clothes and she's suddenly incredibly close. "I am not going to be moving in here until the day we're married and that's not for four months! Go back in there and tell him I said no!" she hisses heatedly, eyes blazing into my own.

I don't know why, but she's very pretty when she's angry.

"If you move in," I reply slowly, "then I won't have to use force." Technically it'd be Hiashi who'd be using force to bring her here. I could care less if she lived here or a thousand miles away. "Hiashi-sama will go to the Hokage if he has to."

"You Hyuugas," she hissed, "using your damn connections to get anything you want."

I let a sigh escape my lips. It's true. The Hyuuga do use their connections from time to time, you develop a lot being such a long-lived clan, and we do get a lot of privileges. We are somewhat treated like royalty; the Uchiha in their glory days were treated this way as well. I still don't like the fact that Sasuke and I are distantly, very distantly, related cousins.

"Move in and there will be no problems."

Tenten tightens her grip on my collar and then, suddenly, her anger is gone. She visibly deflates and lets my clothes go while stepping away. "I'm sorry. I'm just really frustrated right now and this whole 'moving into the Hyuuga house' thing came at a bad time." she mutters.

It's the first time I've seen her so . . . I don't know how to describe it, she just seems really womanly at the moment with the kimono and stuff. She looks really miserable, perhaps it was being here with all the Hyuuga, they're not exactly a nice bunch, and my fingers itch to touch her cheek.

God damn hormones.

"Let's go back." I say, taking her hand and squeezing it in what I hope was a comforting manner.

Tenten nods absently, murmuring a quick 'yeah' while staring at my hand in awe.

I wanted to snort out loud.

I may be cold and shun physical contact but it's not like I don't know how to hold someone's hand.

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Tenten

Ever since I got Anonymous' reply I've been racking my brain for a likely candidate but everything I go over leads me to the same person.

Sasuke.

Uchiha Sasuke.

The Uchiha Sasuke.

Male.

Dark hair and dark eyes.

Parents deceased (His brother made sure of that didn't he?)

Pretty much the same age, even if I'm seventeen and he's still fifteen now but he's turning sixteen this year.

How can this be!?

We barely even talk! He hardly ever looks at me! But he did pay for my ramen that one night when I forgot my wallet at home . . . Maybe that was just him being nice. The guy does have a lot of money since he's the last Uchiha . . .

ARGH.

Why has this suddenly gotten so complicated!? It can't be Uchiha Sasuke. Sakura loves the guy to pieces and he's got a million fan girls who'd murder me in my sleep if they even got an inkling that there was something going on between us!

But what if it was Sasuke?

The guy certainly is hot, you should see him when his shirt gets all ripped up and shows off his gorgeous muscles when he and Naruto spar, and he's a genius . . . Like Neji.

Oh god, why is that stupid Hyuuga suddenly popping up in my head like this?

Ok, back to Sasuke.

He's . . . Nice—sometimes—God, why are geniuses so anti-social? Sasuke, Neji, Shikamaru, Shino . . . And I guess Gaara fits into the genius category too. They all can't talk to another human being to save their lives. They brood and they're moody and they look absolutely agonized when they have to answer a question they deem completely obvious. I don't know why the girls in Konoha join Uchiha Sasuke and/or Hyuuga Neji fan clubs. I mean, sure, they're gorgeous, but I'd rather have an ok looking guy who treats me like gold and worships the ground I walk on rather than an incredibly hot guy who treats me like crap.

Oh Lee, you do have some redeeming points! Don't give up on Sakura!

His devotion is adorable.

The alarm clock beside my bed starts beeping loudly and I groan.

Another night gone by without sleep.

Thanks Anonymous.

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The bird is back again, bearing another letter.

Huh, you'd think a guy would take a hint.

My reply to his gift and stupid letter was an exploding note.

I hope it blew his smug little face off.

I sigh and take the letter of the bird's leg, opening it to read.

Reply.

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Neji came to the training grounds with a weird mark on his right cheek and an impressive scowl on his face. His look was icy when it met mine and he quickly turned away. I studied it for a while. The mark looked like a burn and suddenly I got this wild idea that Neji was Anonymous. Ha, ha, ha! Imagine that! No. I don't think he'd do that. Besides, we can never really talk, on paper or in person.

The look on his face tells me that I shouldn't ask how he got it, but I can't help it.

"What happened to your face?"

Neji gives me a slashing look and I actually flinch. He sees this and turns his glare down a notch. "The Uchiha burned me." he supplies grudgingly before turning away, ending the miniscule conversation I had begun.

And indeed, when I saw Uchiha Sasuke, he had a weirdly satisfied smirk plastered on his face.

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Neji.

Hyuuga Neji.

Damn that guy was a mystery.

I can't believe he held my hand, actually gave it a comforting squeeze before we went back inside to face the in-laws from hell. I can't recall meeting his parents. I know Hiashi is his uncle and clan head, but shouldn't I be meeting his parents? I mean, they're the ones who will be my true in-laws. Neji doesn't seem the least bit bothered by the fact that he hasn't met my parents. I wonder if he knows I'm an orphan . . . I'm definitely too chicken to ask if he does.

Speak of the devil.

I see Neji coming to the training grounds right now.

I should ask him.

Yes.

I get a look at his stoic face.

Crap.

"Um, Neji?"

"Hn."

Oh crap, I'm losing my nerve. "Am I ever going to meet your parents?"

I swear, the air took on an icy chill when I asked that. I wanted to crawl under a rock and die when I saw the dark expression on his face.

"They're dead." he replies simply, turning his eyes onto me. "Anything else you'd like to know?"

"I'm sorry." I say quietly. How am I supposed to respond to that?

Neji doesn't seem very bothered. "You would've found out eventually."

His voice is hard and I know he doesn't want to talk about this anymore. I don't blame him.

"But still, I'm sorry."

"I don't need your pity." he says icily, eyes narrowed at some invisible thing across the training grounds.

My anger rises up, burning in my blood. "I wasn't offering any!" I snap.

"Hn."

We stand in complete silence for a while. He's cool as ever and I'm fuming silently, wanting to beat his brains in.

Neji looks at me once and says, "That's better."

I stare at him in surprise. "What?"

"You looked like you were about to cry."

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I sat down, leaning against a tree to eat the dango I had bought earlier.

I chew thoughtfully while thinking about Neji.

The guy must have a split personality or something because one minute he's so nice and then the next he's a total ice cube. And how could he be so calm talking about how his parents are dead? Did I really look like I was about to cry? I couldn't feel any tears threatening to spill over. Maybe my eyes looked a little watery? I don't know.

What am I supposed to think of all this?

I'm surprised Neji didn't ask about my parents. Actually, he probably knows that I'm an orphan because the Hyuuga are bound to do background checks and stuff.

At the dinner I asked Hiashi, in secret of course, why he wanted me for Neji's bride. He said that I was the only candidate he found who matched all his criteria. Hiashi said he'd considered some other kunoichi but found all of them lacking and unavailable. I couldn't believe it. He even told me the reasons why he rejected the others.

Ino: Her bloodline limit wasn't one that could easily be used with the Byakugan.

Sakura: She's engaged to Uchiha Sasuke.

Temari: From another village.

He mentioned Hinata as well and I know that some clans marry inside to preserve their bloodline limits but it made me shiver. Sweet, shy, innocent Hinata with emotionless Neji? No way.

I didn't know Sakura and Sasuke are engaged. Hiashi told me that it's been a secret for quite a while but now that they were getting older things were changing and most of the higher-ups in Konoha know about it. Originally he says, the Hyuuga and the Uchiha were going to intermarry, but with the Uchiha Massacre and there being only Sasuke left there really wasn't much talk about it anymore.

God I wish that there was still talk, then Sasuke could marry Neji instead of me.

They'd probably be just peachy since they're so alike.

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I'm giving in and writing back to Anonymous.

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Anonymous,

You absolute ass hole. That thing with the binoculars? Definitely made me pissed, damn pissed. You ever pull crap like that again and I'll cut off all correspondence with you.

I mean it.

I can't believe you parents are dead. I'm so sorry. Were they killed on a mission? If you don't want to talk about it then it's fine. If you can go that . . . In depth about yourself then I will too.

I'm an orphan and, apparently, my parents left me in front of the gates of Konoha. I don't know if they were originally residents of Konoha. Probably not. I think they were regular people, not ninja, who were from a poor struggling village and they left me in Konoha because they couldn't or didn't want to take care of me. Sandaime Hokage named me after some ANBU found me at the gate. He asked me after I entered the Academy if I wanted a last name and that he'd give me his and make me part of his family, but he'd already done so much for me so I said no.

I guess I'm going to get Neji's last name when I marry him. Not having one myself makes it easier. Hyuuga Tenten . . . It looks so weird when I write it down, sounds even weirder when I say it out loud.

I'm sorry. I'm probably boring you with this.

-Tenten

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Neji

I know what's coming and from the look on her face it's going to leave me without hearing for the next few days.

Tenten is breathing hard against her door frame, brown eyes slowly moving around her bare apartment. First the living room, then the kitchen, and then her gaze finally lands on me, standing in the center of her immaculate apartment.

"Where is all my stuff?" she hisses, voice low and laced with dangerous intent.

"Hyuuga house." I say simply as her eyes widen.

Next thing I know she's screaming like a wild woman and she's launched herself towards me, catching me by surprise so that we both fall to the floor with the force of her charge. Tenten locks her legs at my sides and she holds my wrists in her monster grip while glaring at me. If looks could kill I most definitely would've been dead ten times over.

"What the hell, Neji!?" she shrieks. "I told you I didn't want to move!"

I let off some chakra, catching her by surprise and flipping her over so she's under me this time. I'm grasping both of her wrists in one hand and I prevent her legs from moving with my own.

"And I told you that Hiashi would make you move if he had to." Tenten growls and tries forcing me off her but it doesn't work. "Don't make this any harder than it is. Just come to the house and settle down quietly. Your new room has already been prepared and it's much better than this place."

She glares at me. "It's not the quality, it's the principle. Having and maintaining my own apartment was like a sign of independence for me and the way this is going, it's like I'm being stripped of it."

"It's a room, not your will."

Tenten turns her head to the side, determined not to look at me.

It makes me want to growl in annoyance.

I am very aware of how close our bodies are and the positions we're in, even if she is not. Tenten's not showing any signs of caring and, I don't know why, but it irritates me for some reason. I let her wrists go and she immediately reacts and pushes me off of her.

I roll my eyes, standing up and making my way out into the hall. "We have to go to the house."

She gets up, brushes herself off and grudgingly begins to follow me out the door.

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