Neji and I had gone down to the training grounds, only to find Hinata absorbed in her training. Neji turned around and began to walk off.
"No sense interrupting her training," Neji said to me quietly. I glared at him, and he glared back.
A glaring contest with Neji, I thought. Suddenly I was trying to hold back laughter, and failing miserably.
"What exactly is so funny?" he asked agitated. I only shook my head at him. "Fine. We'll wait." I just nodded, and even if I could be heard I would have nodded, as I had given into laughter.
I saw him shake his head and then turn around. He walked to the nearby fence and climbed easily up onto it. I managed to calm down and followed his example.
I looked at him to see that he was not using his Byakugan and couldn't see me. But I did know that he was still good at sensing other's chakra and could tell I was nearby.
Knowing it wouldn't be much longer I wondered how to pass the time. However, my eyes had managed to find something to do on their own. I found myself staring at Neji, knowing that for a change no one could see me and I could get away with it.
Before now I had never realized how much I liked his eyes. So distant, yet always direct. I knew I could stare at him forever, but forever was shortened as Hinata was released from training.
"Dang it," I whispered as the other Hyuuga walked up to us. She did however appear slightly surprised to see Neji though. They definitely got along better than at the Chunin exams.
"Hello. How is Tenten today?" she said. I had not talked to her much and was amazed to hear that her stuttering was gone.
Neji slid down from the fence and I followed suit. "That's what I want to talk to you about." Due to Neji's serious nature Hinata did get a slight scare. "She's the same as earlier. Use your Byakugan and you'll see."
Hinata nodded. "Byakugan!" With the Byakugan activated she could see me, and when she did she gasped slightly. "Tenten?" I nodded.
"Someone else's chakra is in her body," Neji commented. Suddenly I remembered what I overheard in Shizune's and Tsunade's conversation. They believed it was poison. But did poison put the maker's chakra in the victim's body?
"Tsunade," I said, and suddenly had to find a way to tell them that.
"What about Tsunade?" Hinata asked. I gaped at her.
"Can you hear me?" Hinata shook her head at me.
"No but I can read lips." I sighed with relief, now that I didn't have to worry about that.
"Tsunade thinks this is the result of poison. Neji needs to tell her about the chakra in my body." Hinata nodded.
"You need to inform Tsunade about the chakra in Tenten's body," Hinata relayed for me.
He turned around and started to go towards the hospital. "We'd best do that before it becomes too late to do anything," he said over his shoulder. I knew my teammate well enough to tell that he was not pleased with the situation. I'd have to make it up to him somehow.
"I still don't know what exactly is going on," Hinata reminded us. Neji glanced back.
"I'll explain as we walk." The two headed toward the hospital, trusting that I would keep up. I did, but I wasn't able to hear their conversation.
When we reached the doors to enter the gargantuan building, my thoughts were Screw doors. So I went through them like a wall.
Getting inside the horrible hospital we knew what to do. And so we did.
Hinata was the one who found the Fifth. She was behind a group of people behind the front desk. But she had used her Byakugan. (Sneaky…)
We ran up to the desk and Tsunade was able to see that we, well, Neji and Hinata, had something important to say. She dismissed herself from her conversation and walked up to them.
"What's wrong?"
"We know something about Tenten," Neji replied. He was the one that knew the most about this.
Tsunade didn't say anything and Neji continued. "The poison I saw during the battle must have put someone's chakra into Tenten's body, and Tenten's chakra is with her spirit." Neji waited for Tsunade's reaction.
The medic nin sighed audibly. "Come with me. You'll need to tell me everything."