Tenten brushed her hair, as usual, one hundred times. The girl's long chocolate locks flowed down her back nearly passing her hips in length when it was let down. It was straight with only a slight wave near the end, she noted as she looked herself over in the mirror.

She looked gorgeous.

She nodded in approval before pulling on her clothes, making sure everything was perfectly in place. The only difference now was the pants had a lovely cream sash that almost served as a skirt.

Soon, she was out the door, heading towards the training grounds.

He's waiting for me.

When she got there, he was already sparring with the Inuzuka girl. Who the hell was she anyway? Kagome was her name, right? At first she had thought her to be the same girl Neji was dating, but the other girl had green eyes and straightened hair, this girl had nearly curly hair and blue eyes. There was no denying the similarities, though. Perhaps a sister? That would make sense.

Obviously, she doesn't understand that Neji Hyuuga is taken.

She threw a kunai at the girl's back, but the girl turned, grabbing it and throwing it back with an accuracy expected of the battle experienced Inuzuka.

And Tenten knew she was, or she'd be in school like they were.

Neji's hand almost caught the girl, but she fell back, bending her knees and catching herself with one hand. Immediately, her body turned and her leg swept his from under him.

Her clone dove at Tenten, and the two began sparring as well. Tenten found herself being pushed back, but it was fine. She jumped into the air and pulled out four shuriken, watching as they went straight towards the beast human clone.

Said clone began weaving hand signs quickly before a Beast Tearing Gale Palm caught all the shuriken before launching itself at her.

Tenten moved out of the way, knowing that the jutsu was a short to mid range jutsu and pulled out her scroll.

She didn't have time. "Long Arm Technique." The words were almost whispered, but Tenten heard them, and she jumped as the Beast Tearing Gale Palm's arm extended and swept sideways, almost catching her feet. The Jutsu disappeared and Tenten narrowed her eyes.

She had never heard of that one before.

"Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven!" Neji's attack threw Kagome back into a tree, and she growled, yanking her shoulder away from the wood, and Neji winced as it tore her jacket. He hadn't known she'd be thrown so hard...

He watched as she pulled it up over her head, tossing it to the side. She rotated the shoulder experimentally, and Neji noticed the bruises already showing up.

"Good, Koi-sama, but not enough."

She lowered herself onto all fours and the Four Legged Technique took effect. Neji felt his heart thrumming in his chest as he tried not to rely on the Byakugan to keep up as she ran in erratic circles around him.

Suddenly there were two of them in the air, and Neji realized the clone that had been fighting Tenten was now in on the battle.

"Fang Over Fang!"

Neji dodged, but saw both Kagome and her clone were not the source of attack. He glared, and so did she. Kiba Inuzuka had butt in on their training.

"What the hell are you doin' trainin' with him! I might have to fight him, y'know!" Kiba yelled, and Kagome bared her teeth at him. "Fuckin' pussy cat!" She bristled in anger before she allowed a smile to appear on her face.

"You know, Kiba-kun, it's none of your business who I choose to spend my time with." She purred, moving over to stand beside Neji. "After all, you're not the one I'm going to be marrying, ne?"

"As if I ever wanted to in the first place, pussy cat!" Kiba snapped, and Kagome hissed.

Tenten watched as Kagome tried to calm herself, not succeeding. Neji even lay a hand on her, but she shot him a glare and he removed his hand.

"Y'know, Kiba-kun, if you're going to keep insisting on calling me by that name, I may as well show you how cat-like I can be." She was suddenly weaving hand signs in unison with her beast clone.

Neji watched as the clone gave her as much chakra as possible without killing itself. "Combination Transformation: Heaven's Guard!"

Suddenly, with a cloud of smoke, a lion the size of a house was standing there. Truly, it was something of beauty. It's body was mostly cream colored, with a white under belly. The mane was a light blue-gray color that matched the strange wing shaped markings on the lion's sides.

It's head raised and Neji could hear the large intake of breath. Kagome's voice rang out as the beast's head lowered and mouth opened. "Wind Arrow Technique!"

"SHIT!"

Kiba was just able to dodge on time, watching as the wind arrow destroyed where he was standing as well as two trees that had been behind him.

"What the hell are you tryin' to do, kill me?" He yelled and Kagome-lion tossed her head, fangs gleaming as sky blue eyes looked down at him.

"Wouldn't that just be lovely?"

Neji frowned. "Kagome, that's far enough."

Kagome-lion rolled her eyes. "Hai, hai, Koi-sama. I can't hold this form any longer anyway." With a puff of smoke she dropped to her feet, grabbing Gin's small body as the feline fell unconscious. "I'm going home." She said, never taking her eyes off of Kiba.

Kiba thought better of following, instead turning a glare to Neji.

"Hyuuga."

Neji crossed his arms. "You are not to step foot on Hyuuga grounds, Kiba Inuzuka. You know this."

Kiba smirked. "I dunno, I mean, Hinata-chan has been talkin' to the head for me."

Neji narrowed his eyes. "I will speak to the head myself, you will not be given permission."

Kiba turned his back, walking away.

Tenten watched as the Inuzuka left, then turned her eyes to Neji. "What was that about...and why was Kag-"

"It's none of your business, Tenten." She watched as he walked away from her, heading home.

Her teeth came together hard on her lip, drawing some blood.

A/N This is to show how much farther advanced in skill Kagome is compared to the Genin: Kagome's part of a special task force, 'Hostile Element Neutralizer', aka HEN. She serves directly under the Hokage, and is one of the few in charge of taking care of low class demons. Yes, demons. The general public doesn't know somethings, but all will be explained later.

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