Title: Unrivaled Beauty
Author: Anorexia
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Neji Hyuuga x Tenten
Theme: #16 - Invincible; Unrivaled
Disclaimer - I do not own Naruto.
To Tenten, there was so many flaws, she had such a plain look that some would call boring and her personality wasn't any better. My teammate was a simple women who mastered in weapons, and as other girls her age applied make-up and spent the weekends at the mall, she stayed with me and trained until nightfall.
She didn't have gorgeous green eyes like Sakura Haruno. No piercing emerald eyes that, in darkness, was the only thing visible. Nor did she have the short pink strands of hair that Sakura had. Sakura's hair was beautiful and complimented her stunning face and was always the first thing noticed when you looked at her. Sakura's body was slender and long that was a lovely pale colored, thin and perfected with no markings at all.
Her eyes weren't like Ino Yamanaka's. Stunning blue that matched the sky above her. Her hair didn't look like Ino's either. Ino's hair was a light blonde color that was long and flowed in the wind and as she walked. Some would call her the 'definition of beauty.' Ino's body was curvy and more full with a peach coloring for skin, when Tenten's was not.
Tenten's eyes was a plain chocolate brown. In darkness you couldn't tell she even had eyes. Her hair wasn't any exotic color, only a simple brown that was plainly wrapped into two buns that rested on her head. Her hair or eyes wasn't the first thing ever noticed on her face, nor her eyes. It was most likely the large bulging packet of scrolls that rested on her hip. Tenten's body wasn't thin or curvy, it was more in the middle of those women. Her skin color was a small mixture of pale and tan forming some medium shaded color.
Though she didn't have the unique looks of Sakura and Ino, Tenten had such a rare beauty in my eyes.
"Look at Sakura and Ino..." She would say to me on a regular basis as we sat on one of the rooftops, watching the day go by. "They're so pretty. Look, Ino has Shikamaru and Sai gushing after her again...And there's Sakura. Naruto's flirting with her again and --- ouch! She just hit him, oh no, now Lee is making his move..."
I rolled my eyes. Ino Yamanaka wasn't beautiful at all and I found it impossible to find that people rivaled to get her. Ino had a plain and boring look. I couldn't figure out why Sakura was all so beautiful either, though she had a unique look it wasn't nearly as stunning as Tenten.
"Why do you women obsess over petty things?" I said, watching as she continued to watch them.
"Petty things? What are you talking about?" She snapped.
"You are obsessing over Sakura and Ino and the people who rival over them."
"A girl really likes to be fought over, Neji." She smiled. "It makes her feel so special to know that there is more then one person who wants her."
I shook my head. What did it matter if one girl got more then one man after her? "Why do you think they have so many men rival over them?"
She shrugged her shoulders and sighed. "I think it's just because they're so pretty."
I shook my head, if only she knew how beautiful she really was. Then maybe she wouldn't obsess over Sakura and Ino's rivals. Even if she knew how beautiful she really was, would she still be upset that no man desired her the way Sakura and Ino were?
"They aren't that pretty." I whispered.
"What?" Tenten blinked her eyes a few time and gave me her full attention.
"They aren't that pretty." I repeated.
"Oh yeah? Define your beautiful woman then, Neji."
I smiled, this was my chance. If I explained the true definition of beauty, maybe she'd understand that she herself had beauty.
"Beauty...my definition..." My smile grew. "Simple and large chocolate brown eyes that in dark looked black. Her hair is dark brown that was medium lengthen, which she normal led put into 'plain' hair styles." Her expression was confused, not yet had she caught on. "Her body isn't skinny, curvy, nor obese, but in between skinny and curvy. The perfect body type in my opinion, and her skin was the cross of tan and pale bringing a soft glow to her face every time she smiled."
Tenten frowned. "That's so plain."
"Not in my eyes. Your beauty isn't plain."
Her eyes lit up. "My beauty?"
I nodded. "Yours."
She crawled over to me from her watching area and plopped in front of me, her head tilted in deep confusment. "Why mine? I don't have a unique like Sakura, Ino, or even your cousin, Hina---
I stopped her by pressing a finger upon her lips. Then, I cupped her cheek. Her face was hot from baking in the burning sun for the past hour. I leaned in and kiss her thin red lips, sucking gently upon the bottom one before pulling away. "To me, you do. You have an unrivaled beauty."
Author's notes - I suppose to make a fic okay you have to make Neji really OOC. Also, I'd like to clear one thing up - I am a large fan of Sakura, but I only made it seemed like she wasn't pretty or all that great of a character to work to the theme. I also do not find Tenten's look to be plain, but pretty. (What about Ino? Some of you are asking - honestly I do not like her character, she's much to prideful, and though my list can go on, I'll stop there. Also, I don't even think she's all that pretty.)
Thank you for reading.