Hyuuga Neji was meditating in the Team Gai training grounds. Opening one eye, he looked at the sun's position in the sky.
It seemed his sparring partner was late. He opened both eyes in shock before closing them once more in thought.
Tenten was never late. She was almost as fanatical about being on time as Lee.
Did Tsunade-sama send Tenten on a mission? No. She would have dropped by the Hyuuga compound to tell him. At the very least, she would have sent a note for him.
Did she ditch him to go train with Lee? Neji scoffed at the mere idea. There was no way. He was far more skilled. Besides, if she was going to train with someone else, she would have sent a note for him.
Was she comforting a crying friend? Not likely. Tenten had plenty of friends, but she usually ran at the first sight of tears.
Did she run off and get married to that guy with puppets and makeup that was attracted to her? Neji shivered at the thought.
Suddenly Neji's eyes snapped open. Subaku no Kankurou was in town last night! Besides, Tenten never missed training in the past. Neji jumped off the tree stump and sped off to pack. Ten minutes later, he sprinted out of the Konoha gates mumbling things like 'Tenten' 'elope' 'damn' 'sandnin'.
Tenten had finally pried her body out of her warm, comfortable bed before dressing and heading to the training grounds. Neji was a dead man! Where was he?
Looking all around Konoha, she thought of the possibilities.
Had he run away? No, he would have left a note.
Had he gone on a mission? No, he would have told her.
Had Lee had an accident? Tenten cringed. Lee was like her brother. No way could he be injured again!
Suddenly she remembered that Temari was hitting on him last time. At the time, she thought it was to make Shikamaru jealous, but...
She ran home, packed, and sped off for Suna, mentally cursing that Temari.
Neji burst into Kankurou's room 1 day later screaming, "What the hell did you do to Tenten?"
Kankurou threw his hands up, looking at the intruder in his room. Neji had his Byakugan activated, and he was emanating a killing aura. To Kankurou, he looked dang creepy.
"I'm innocent!" Kankurou yelled, dropping the Icha Icha book he was reading.
After completing a thorough search of the sand-nin's room, Neji concluded that Kankurou didn't have Tenten and left for home.
Tenten was running full speed down the streets of Suna. She was running towards the part of Suna where Temari lived when she ran right into a familiar Hyuuga as they both fell to the sandy dirt.
"Neji?"
"Tenten?"
Both of them pointed at the other at the same time yelling,
"So you DID go hook up with Temari!"
"So you DID go elope with Kankurou!"
Confused, Tenten spoke first.
"Neji? What in the world are you talking about?"
"You didn't show up for training. Logically, I concluded that Kankurou must have kidnapped you and forced you to marry you," Neji smoothly replied.
"That's not logical! That's ridiculous," Tenten stated, shaking her head.
"Well, what are you doing here?" Neji inquired, crossing his arms over his muscled chest.
"It took me a while to get up. By the time I got to the training grounds, you were gone. Logically, I concluded that Temari must have taken you to Suna for a hook up," Tenten replied.
After a while, they finally realized that they had gone on a hunt to find each other.
Suddenly Tenten sneezed and coughed several times.
"Tenten… it took you a little while to get up today. Are you sick?" asked a normally emotionless Hyuuga.
"Yes," Tenten replied, slightly surprised at the concern he was showing.
Neji got off the ground and grabbed her hand, pulling her up.
"Don't push yourself when you're not well, Tenten…"
The pair walked back to Konoha together, promising themselves to never make assumptions again.