Hidden Secrets Ch. 3
Neji, Lee, and Tenten wondered out of the Academy to find their new sensei, Gai. All their former students quickly found their senseis and dispersed from the area, except for Team 10. "So… He's late? What do you think we should do Neji?" Tenten asked. Neji turned his back to her, and replied, "Hn."
"Okay, 'Hn' isn't an answer." She said
"Hn," he replied again.
"Why don't you ever talk?"
"There's no need to waste my breath on silly remarks," he replied.
"Oh-kayy…? So what do you think we should do Lee?"
Lee shook himself from a daydream, "Huh? Oh, maybe we should go wait in the shade over by that tree. There is no need for us to get exhausted from the heat."
"That's a great idea! What do you think Neji!" Tenten really didn't care for his opinion, but she was just trying to fill the awkward moments.
"Hn"
"Should've seen that coming…" Tenten rolled her eyes.
The trio walked over to the tree and sat down… well, Tenten and Lee did. Neji remained standing. After a few minutes of silence, Tenten tried to brighten the mood.
"Sooo….. Neji"
"Hn?" The Hyuga focused his attention to the kunoichi to his right.
"Why didn't you put on your forehead protector? I mean you're still not wearing it. Why not put it on?"
"Hn…"
"Okay, new team rule. No saying 'hn' in replacement to an answer!" Tenten was fed up with Neji's response.
"….Hn" Neji scoffed.
"Ugh. Alright, back to my question about the forehead protector. Why didn't you put it on?"
"…. It would take too long for me to take my bandages off and then put on my forehead protector. I simply didn't feel like wasting anyone's time."
"Well, why not put it on now? I mean, were just waiting for Gai-Sensei to show up. For all we know, we could be waiting for hours."
Suddenly, Lee became very interested in the conversation. "Yes Neji! Put on your forehead protector so that we can show them to our new Sensei!"
"…. Hn. I don't want to."
"Awe come on Neji! Put it on for me please!" Tenten pleaded.
"No. I will wear it tomorrow."
"But Neji, we will look like splendid ninja in them!" Lee said
"Oh please. You're a failure. You can't even make a shadow clone. I don't have to listen to you."
Lee was stunned. There was that cold hearted guy he had met earlier. "Yes I know I have trouble with certain jutsus but I excel in other areas!"
"Hn…."
"Actually, now that you've mentioned it, why do you wear bandages over your forehead?" Tenten asked, trying to keep the boys from fighting.
"If I wanted you to know I would have thrown them away a long time ago."
"Seriously? Are you gonna make me guess? Because I will!"
"Hn"
"Ugh. Alright, do you have an injury?"
"No."
"A tattoo?" Not that she thought a nine year old would have one…
"….No" "It's technically not a tattoo."
"Hmmm… A birth mark?"
"…No" "I got it when I was 3, so no."
(A/N: I researched it, and Neji's birthday is July 3rd, therefore making him the youngest, or close to the youngest, in his class. Also Hinata was born December 27th. And since Neji got it when Hinata turned 3, Neji would technically still be 3 when the mark was given to him…this was only to prove that he was 3 NOT 4 like everyone thinks)
"Are you…abused at home?" Lee asked in a jokingly type way, interested to know the truth.
"No." Neji turned away from the others, "It's of none of your concern, so I don't understand why you are so curious." "Am I abused at home? Well sort of… I guess it counts for abuse… but only when I misbehave."
Tenten sensed that Neji really didn't want to talk about it anymore so she dropped the topic. "Ugh! Where is he? It's been nearly 30 minutes! Where could he be?"
"RIGHT HERE!" Shouted a voice from behind them. Suddenly a man with a bowl shaped hair cut jumped out of the trees and landed in front of them. "My name is Maito Gai! But you may call me Gai-Sensei! I'm sorry for the late entry but the Hokage had sent me off on a mission and I've just returned!"
Tenten, Lee, and Neji all jumped at their sensei's sudden entrance. "Wha-What was your mission..Gai sensei?" Tenten asked slightly concerned.
"I had to deliver a very special scroll to the Village hidden in the mist! It was a very exciting mission!"
"…Oh really? Did you run into any rogue ninjas?" Neji asked in a pissed- of, smart ass tone.
"well… no.."
"Any animals?"
"..No.."
"Traps?"
"…Nooo…."
"….Obstacles?"
"Not really.."
"….Not even a river?"
"Not that I can recall"
"Doesn't sound very exciting to me"
"….I don't mean to be rude, but he's right. Your mission sucked." Said Tenten slightly disappointed by Gai's 'mission'.
"Not every mission will be exciting and challenging!" said Lee, "However, we must always be prepared for the unexpected!"
"THAT'S RIGHT…..what's your name?"
"ROCK LEE!"
"THAT'S RIGHT LEE! IT'S ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO BE PREPARED! THIS BRINGS UP OUR VERY FIRST TRAINING EXCERISE! I WANT YOU ALL TO RUN 20 LAPS AROUND THE VILLAGE!" Gai yelled happily.
Tenten and Neji's jaw dropped. "2-20? Around the entire village? But-but you don't even know our names!" Tenten complained.
"THAT'S RIGHT! WE WILL FORMLY INTRODUCE OURSELVES AFTER 20 LAPS!"
"But-But 20 is a lot of laps!" Tenten complained again.
"DO NOT WORRY, SOON YOU'LL BE ABLE TO RUN 300 LAPS AROUND THE VILLAGE! I SUGGEST YOU GET STARTED!"
"YES GAI-SENSEI!" and on that note, Lee started running.
Tenten and Neji just stared. "This is a joke." Neji stated, feeling pissed.
"Yeah! 20 laps will take us all day!" Tenten wined.
"THEN GET STARTED!" Gai exclaimed excitedly.
Tenten sighed and started running while Neji gave Gai a death glare. "He's joking. The village is about 9865 hectares; it would be impressive if we managed to run 1 lap." Gai stared back slightly confused. "Neji, you should start running."
"You know my name?"
"Well of course"
"But you didn't know Lee's…"
"I was told that the top student in the class would be on my team, and I know that's you"
"Are you serious about the running?"
"Dead serious!"
"Hn…I couldn't tell by your tone of voice" And on that note, Neji turned and started running.