Title: Helping Eyes
Author: Anorexia
Fandom: Naruto
Pairing: Neji Hyuuga x Tenten
Theme: #20 - The Roat Home
Disclaimer - I do not own Naruto.
I was taking another walk around the block, enjoying the village of Konoha, always calm and in peace. I was walking to the park. I always enjoyed playing there, it was full of fun and I was able to practice my Byakugan. When I reached the park, I saw a small girl sitting on a park bench, crying.
The girl looked to be roughly around my age. Her hair was a dark brown which was done up in two buns that rested on her head. The girl was crying into her pink dress that was soaking in the front from all of her tears.
I felt sorry for the little girl and walked over to her. "Are you lost?" I asked, tilting my head to the side.
The small girl lifted her head up, tears were streaming down her face and she looked scared. "Y-yes." She hiccuped.
"I can help you find your mom if you want." I held out my hand for the her. "I'm Hyuuga Neji by the way."
The girl hiccuped once more and unwillingly gave him her hand. "I'm Ama Tenten..."
I smiled. "How did you get here by yourself?"
Tenten's crying had calmed down a bit and was trying to control her breathing, which only led to more hiccups. "My mommy and I were spending the day together." She thought on it for a minute. "I remember that I saw a butterfly go by and I started chasing it. The butterfly then got so high that I couldn't reach it. Even with standing on my tippy-toes and hands in the air! When I looked back to see mommy, she was gone!"
"Do you know which direction your house is?"
She bit her lip, thinking hard to remember. "Um...I think it's that way." Tenten pointed to her left.
I turned to my left. "Do you know what color is it?"
Once more, Tenten bit her lip to remember her house. "Yeah! It's yellow, with a green roof! Oh, and there are lots of flowers in the front yard."
"Alright, I'll find our house just give me a minute!" I gave the girl another smile and then blinked a few times. "Byakugan." My eyes stayed it's same light lavender color, but the veins surrounding my eyes seemed to have 'popped out' and where highly visible. I could tell that I had scared Tenten with my Byakugan.
Her own eyes had grown to a larger size and her body had backed up a bit.
"Don't worry." I said. "I can see through things with my eyes and will be able to spot your house, then we can take the road home."
Her eyes stayed large in surprise and gave a meek nod. Carefully, I scanned the area, looking for the exact house she had given me the description of. It was complicated because many of the homes in the area had the same description. I finally saw a house with a young woman sitting on the steps, crying. Her hair was the same medium brown as Tenten's and was also done in two buns that rested upon her head. "I found your house and mom."
Tenten clapped excitedly and jumped up and down. "Really? Oh thank you for helping me, Neji!"
I smiled and grabbed her hand. "Come, I'll take you home."
The road to her home was a long one. We passed by several homes and went up many streets to get there. Tenten never stopped talking the whole way.
"Oh Neji, thank you for helping me find my way home!" She'd say over and over again, pleased that I was able to find the way. When she had finally calmed down, she then began to ask me questions. "Neji, are you excited to start the Ninja Academy next year?" "Do you think you'll ever be a Hokage one day?" "Is that Byakugan jutsu-type-thing something that runs in your bloodline? It's so cool."
Amazingly I managed to keep up with all of her question asking and was able to reply to her question shortly after it was asked. And thankfully, we soon reached her house.
"Tenten!" Her mother cried out, rasing towards her daughter.
"Mommy!" Tenten also ran towards her family member. "I got lost mommy. When I was chasing a butterfly, but Neji saved me!"
Her mother looked up from hugging her daughter. "Thank you, Neji."
I smiled. "You're welcome."
Tenten's mother pulled away from her. "Why don't you thank your new friend for bringing you back, and invite him for supper?" She nodded furiously and rushed back to me.
A smile grew upon her face as she wrapped her arms tightly around my body and kissed my cheek. "Thank you for bringing me home, and Neji, would you like to have supper with us? We're having Udon."
I was stunned for the next few moments. "Y-yes...thank you."
Author's notes - Omg, that has got to be the dumbest NejixTenten fic in the world. I wanted to give it a cute and innocent love so children was the only way...not to mention I only made it 'cute' because of Neji's emotions and OOC-ness...(or at least tried to) Looking back on earlier episodes of Naruto with flashbacks of Neji's past, he did have a lot of emotions and seemed a little dorky...(Shrugs) Now if Tenten had a backstory, this would have been easier to write.
Thank you for reading.