Tenten left her house at sunset to attend to training around eight. Of course she was still pretty weak and still supported her self with a crutch but it wouldn't stop her from training to make her self stronger again. On her way she found Ino and Kiba who started pestering her with questions about what had happen two days ago.
"So the Hyuuga bastard did this to you, eh?" Kiba asked.
"You sure you don't want me to kick his ass? I'll give him a piece of his own medicine." Ino stated.
"No. Just let it be. Its easier if we just ignore the whole thing."
"Awe, that's no fun. You should at least slap him or something." Kiba said.
"Really guys its fine. I'll see you later." Tenten said and walked off to the forest.
In the middle of the forest she found the place where Sakura told her to meet at. She walked over to it and found four figures there. More like people than figures.
"Tenten! You came!" Tenten was greeted by Lee who hugged her tightly.
"Lee, please let go…your hurting me." Tenten choked out.
Lee let go immediately. "My dearest apologies Tenten!! How could I be so un-youthful?!"
Tenten chuckled a bit before saying, "Its fine Lee"
Tenten looked around the field again and found Shikamaru sleeping against a tree and Sasuke leaning against another. Sakura was too wrapped up in digging training items out of a bag to even notice Tenten was there.
"Okay! Shikamaru, Sasuke, Lee! We can put up the targets now!" Sakura said smiling and turning around.
"Ah! Tenten! When did you get here?" Sakura asked walking over to her.
"About a minute or two ago."
"Oh, sorry, I didn't hear you come." Sakura said giving a guilty smile.
"How could you not hear her? Limping, shifting the crutch around, dragging her feet against the ground…really, you could hear her a mile away." Shikamaru said lazily while standing up.
"Shut it." Sakura said while throwing a kunai at him. Of course she didn't really want it to hit him so the kunai missed by a hair.
Shikamaru looked wide-eye at the kunai before turning back to Sakura. "Troublesome woman."
Sasuke pushed off the tree he was leaning on and picked up some targets. Shikamaru did the same, hanging targets on trees.
"Yosh! I shall put up twice as many targets as the both of you put up!" Lee exclaimed grabbing some more targets and jumping tree to tree as fast as lightning putting up targets.
"Be my guess…"Shikamaru said.
Sakura took Tenten's crutch away and handed her some kunais.
"We'll start with the basics shall we?"
"Hai" Tenten said putting four kunais between her fingers.
After the guys were finished setting up the targets they stood by Sakura watching Tenten.
Tenten spotted four targets that were lined up in a row, top from bottom. She closed her eyes, brought her arm back and then swung it forward releasing the kunais. All four of them hit the bull's-eye smack down in the middle of the target.
"Really Sakura, that wasn't hard at all." Tenten announced while opening her eyes.
"You'll see." Sakura said. "Keep watching."
Tenten watched the kunais. She kept her eyes on them until they started to move. The kunais that she had thrown took their selves out of the targets and reversed directions, facing Tenten.
Is it chakra? Tenten asked herself. The kunais were now flying at her. Tenten was too in shock to move.
"Move Tenten!" Sasuke yelled.
Tenten, who was lost in her thoughts, came back to reality. You have to move Tenten! She told herself. As the kunais were about to hit her face she disappeared and then reappeared in the same spot. The kunais missed her and hit another tree.
"You had us worried for a second there Tenten." Sakura said.
Tenten turned around to face the kunais in the tree. "Is it chakra?" Tenten asked Sakura.
"Hai. We embedded our chakra into the kunais which make them hit the target when you throw it, but they will return full speed aiming at you again." Sakura explained.
"Oh I see." Tenten said as she kept her eyes on the kunais. Of course once again they came back out of the target aiming at Tenten again. This time when they came Tenten ducked and right when they flew over her head she grabbed the ends of them and threw it to another tree hitting the targets.
"Well done Tenten!" Lee complimented.
Tenten smiled at him. "Arigato"
For the rest of the night Tenten trained hitting targets and practicing fighting clones.
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"Well, I'm off! I'm getting tired…" Shikamaru stated lazily.
"When are you never tired?" Sakura asked.
"Hai! Tenten is in great need of air and you're tired? I don't get it. All you did was sit." Lee said.
"How troublesome." Shikamaru stated.
Tenten slumped a little. Everyone noticed it. But there was only one who would announce it out loud.
"TENTEN! YOU ARE NOT DOING WELL! I SHALL GIVE YOU A PIGGY BACK RIDE TO YOUR HOUSE!! THEN I WILL TUCK YOU IN, SING YOU A GOOD NIGHT SONG, AND MAKE SURE YOUR UP BRIGHT AND EARLY IN THE MORNING!!!" Lee exclaimed.
"Stop it Lee..." Shikamaru said.
"But our little bumblebee needs help." Lee said sadly.
Tenten's vein popped out and she walked over to Lee in fury. "Don't EVER call me your bumblebee again Lee!" Tenten yelled and smacked Lee upside his head.
"But youthful flower…" Lee started to whine.
Tenten's vein only got bigger and she grabbed Lee by his collar and shook him back and forth. "DON'T EVER CALL ME BY YOUR STUPID NAMES AGAIN! DO YOU HEAR ME?!"
"H-hai…Tenten…please stop shaking me!" Lee said while still being shook to almost death.
Tenten stopped and sighed. "Serves you right…calling me names like that…"
"But at least let me sing you a good night song…"Lee pleaded.
"NO!" Tenten yelled and punched Lee in the face sending him backwards.
Sakura and Shikamaru laughed while Sasuke smirked.
Tenten was glad her friends were always there when she needed them the most. Though none of them, that we know of, knew that Neji was watching this whole time.
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Yay! Chapter five…wasn't that exciting but I had to put it in the story…don't worry this isn't the end of the story. It's just the beginning. Please review!
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