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Forward: This one might come off as a surprise…maybe not. But I hope you like it!
The room was quiet in the aftermath of the first big surprise and everyone was getting more nervous. The one thing that was not a surprise was that it had been Gaara who had shown the most bravery of all of them. He had made it look so easy to get up there, tell his secret, then leave. He had nothing to hide. Now it was their turn to do the same. Everyone began to whisper amongst themselves, trying to prolong the wait.
"Konkuro, it's your turn." Temari muttered, nudging her brother. Konkuro turned to her, looking at her as though she had ten heads. "Look, somebody has to watch after Gaara." She tried to explain, speaking slowly as though she were talking to a child.
"Yeah, so why don't you do it?" Konkuro mumbled back, annoyed at his bossy sister. "Are you scared?"
"Of course not, idiot. I have to wait a bit longer, since someone voted for me. You didn't get any votes, so you can leave after you've said your share. Are you scared?" Konkuro snorted and shook his head. He began to speak, but stopped. He tried once more, but the words wouldn't leave his tongue. "Well?" Temari challenged, beginning to smirk.
"Ugh, fine." Konkuro mumbled. "I'll go!" He said louder, Everyone immediately turned to look at him, awaiting his answer. Konkuro sighed. "I voted for Tenten." When everyone continued to stare blankly at him, he grew irritated. "What? Do you have a problem with that or something?"
No one replied. They didn't really know what to think of this. In all honesty, no one had really given a second thought about either Konkuro or Tenten. Tenten was the weapons girl who really wasn't anything special and Konkuro was the weird puppet kid who wore makeup. That was all. The only people in the room who seemed to have a reaction were their teams, the only people who actually knew either of them.
"What?" Temari shouted, glaring at her brother. "Are you serious?! The girl who I nearly killed at the Chuunin exams? The worthless crybaby? Why her?" Temari was completely baffled. Her brother might not have been the smartest guy around, but he knew strength when he saw it. He couldn't stand weak people and that weapons girl had been pathetic.
"She is not weak. It is people like you, who judge without really seeing who are weak. You do not know Tenten, therefore you have no right to judge what she is or is not." Neji growled, his glare lethal. Tenten was his best friend and there was no way he was letting that sand bitch get away with talking about her like this.
"Sure, whatever." Temari muttered, rolling her eyes. She looked back at her brother, her eyes questioning him. She was annoyed and more than a little curious as to why he had chosen the double bun-headed freak.
"Well, as I was saying-" Konkuro began, directing a glare at Temari and Neji "-I picked Tenten, because anyone who can stand up to my sister and live to tell the tale is worth thinking about." He paused, before deciding to continue. "…and she's hot." He shrugged, as a few people shot glares at him. He looked past them, to Tenten, for a response.
"Thanks…I think?" Tenten began, feeling more than a little uncomfortable. To put it simply, Konkuro creeped her out. He was just so confident all the time, seemingly never intimidated. Also, the makeup and puppet stuff was really weird. But Tenten was honored that someone liked her, even if it was a little surprising. "I mean, that's really nice of you. I thought you fought well, too. Maybe we could become friends first? If you want to, I mean…" Tenten babbled.
"Sounds good to me." Konkuro replied, shrugging nonchalantly. "Well, I guess that's my cue to go. I should go make sure Gaara's okay. See you all, later." He waved easily, just raising a hand up in goodbye. He sent a subtle wink to Tenten, causing the girl to blush and Neji to scowl beside her. "Good luck." He whispered to Temari, clapping her lightly on the shoulder, before leaving the room for good.
Ending Note: I honestly don't know really anything about Konkuro, so I tried to do the best I could with him. Tenten is one of my favorite characters though! :) Please review!