Alright, I tried to update ASAP, but I only got a chance to write now. Happy weekend for me!
So, yeah, here's the second chapter and I hope you guys will enjoy.
Kankuro: I won't.
Me: You always don't.
Kankuro: -playing: 'Lonely'- Why don't you ever write a fic about me, huh? You call yourself a decent fan girl? Huh? Huh?
Me: I wrote one about you…
Kankuro: But it sucked!
Me: Well, deal with it! Please leave a review, guys! Thank you!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but I own the story mentioned above in this dialogue.
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"So let me get this straight," Tenten started as she walked beside Eagle Eye, "Starting today, I have to live under your eye while I earn money enough to pay my dad's debts, right?"
With that, Eagle Eye nodded and muttered, "And if you either get away beyond the country limits or if anything happens to you, we're both dead."
As they stood at the sidewalk, searching for a cab, she said, "So, that's it? You're like someone who's looking after me and selfish enough to actually watch after my money income." Something told her that this wasn't going to be easy.
"I guess so," Eagle Eye answered, watching her try to hail a taxi with much difficulty. He practically pitied the kid. After a shake of a head, he stepped forward, yelled, "Hey! Taxi!". In a blink of an eye, one of the cabs present drove to them.
Tenten glared at him, as if telling him to stop showing off. The two got in and Tenten directed the driver to the local newspaper's database.
"I hope you don't mind going there first," Tenten told Eagle Eye, "But I have a friend there and I need to talk to him first."
Hearing that, Eagle Eye quivered and mumbled back, "You're gonna report me or something, aren't you?" And then and there, he took out his gun, cocked it and held it against Tenten's head as he whispered, "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
Rolling her eyes, Tenten whispered back, "Put your gun away, pretty boy. I just want to ask them if they have a job opening there. You want me to get a job, right?" she pushed the gun away and added, "Besides, if the driver sees you, he'll be the one reporting you."
Seeing that the girl made sense, Eagle Eye kept his gun and eyed the taxi driver uneasily.
Sitting beside a guy who manipulates people with a gun and death threats inside the same cab is a little awkward and scary at the same time. For Tenten's case, she wishes her father had never borrowed money from the Hyugas. He was stinking rich, anyway, so why did he owe them money?
In a few minutes, they finally arrived and immediately, Tenten approached the intercom at the front of the entrance and paged for a certain "Rock Lee". Eagle Eye thought that maybe he'd better hide first to avoid anything that could come up, but Tenten held her grip on his sleeve.
"Don't worry about Lee telling on you," Tenten assured him, still holding onto him so he wouldn't get away, "Lee works for the Horoscope page. Nothing to worry about." He was a little hesitant, but he stayed anyway.
Soon, a bushy browed lad in a tweed and brown slacks appeared and greeted Tenten with a grin, "Hey, Tenten. Nice seeing you here. I thought maybe you'd be at work." He saw Eagle Eye and asked suddenly, "New boyfriend?"
Tenten's eyes widened and so did Eagle Eye's, but she proceeded to explain, "This is my friend. He's… going to rent a room in my house. Lee, do me a favor, will you?"
"Anything. Sure." Lee was ready to do anything for a friend.
"Do you have any job openings there in the press?" Tenten asked, arm locked with Eagle Eye's so he couldn't get away, "I kinda lost my job earlier."
Hearing that, Lee frowned and went on saying, "Sorry, Tenten, but from what I know, we even have too much employees. I hope you understand, though."
With that, Tenten just nodded and replied, "Oh, I see. Well, thanks anyway, Lee. I'll see you around, huh?"
As they walked away, Eagle Eye looked at the disappointed girl who had her arms locked to his. He sighed and spoke up, "You know, I think I remember a place that needs someone like you."
Her eyes lit up when he said that and she turned to him, "Are you serious?" she exclaimed, "Damn it, take me there, then. The sooner I get a job, the sooner we get this shit done." Then and there, Eagle Eye started to walk briskly, leading the way with a passive face.
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"I am not going to work at a bar."
Eagle Eye snorted as they stood outside the bar and explained, "Oh come on, it'll be perfect for you." He eyed her up and down and added, "Look, they have a good weekly pay. That's the only important thing, anyway. Plus, with that stance of yours, they'll hire you immediately."
Slap.
"Fuck!" he yelled, holding his hurting cheek, "What did you do that for, huh?"
His eyes met with angry brown ones as she screamed back at him with her hands on her hips, "With my stance? With my stance?! Hey, just because you're complimenting my body doesn't mean I won't take offense to it! I am not going to work here! And you could at least try to be gentlemanly!"
"What did I say wrong?" he snapped back, looking at her with a confused expression, "When I said something about getting hired ASAP because of your stance, I meant your attitude, jackass! Tough girls survive longer, you know."
Hearing his explanation, her glare softened a little before she slapped him again.
"Quit it!" Eagle Eye growled, grabbing her wrist in fury, "You're really lucky that I have orders not to kill you."
She bit her lip and heaved a heavy sigh before snatching her wrist away and saying, "So, anymore smart job openings, Black Eye?"
"Eagle…"
"Whatever. Do you have any more decent jobs to offer or should we head home?"
"Uh…"
"But… not head home as in our home," Tenten blurt out all of a sudden before he could even continue, "Of course, it's my house, but it'll be kinda like your home from now forward, right? Y-You get my point. I'm just saying that maybe you'd want to head home now… my home… not ours…"
She smiled back as he stared back blankly and in a few seconds, Eagle Eye shrugged and answered, "It's up to you. I'm fine either way."
With that, Tenten sheepishly grinned and said, "Oh. Well then, can you do me a favor and get a cab? We're heading to my house."
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Knock Knock.
"Who the hell's there?"
"Blue Gun Shot. I've got news, Kosa Hyuga."
"Well, what're ya standing outside my door for? Get in, idiot."
With a sound not less than a creak, Blue Gun Shot entered the room and there, she stood before Kosa Hyuga as he sat on his chair in front of a fireplace. He eyed the girl with his piercing eyes, waiting for her report.
"Man, it's the middle of summer and you have your fireplace on…" Blue Gun Shot commented before stating her real report. She cleared her throat then said, "Anyway, we found Old Man Masaki's daughter. I placed Eagle Eye on guard for her actions. We gave her four weeks to earn the money."
Hearing that, Kosa Hyuga chuckled and rested his chin on his hand as he slowly recalled, "Ah, yeah. Masaki. The bastard did nothing but ask for money. Who knows what he spends it all on?"
He grabbed for a cigarette stick from his pocket and lit it as he held it between his lips. He blew some smoke before instructing, "Keep an eye on them every now and then and report any happenings. Got that?"
Blue Gun Shot nodded and replied, "Do I have much of a choice, anyway?"
"And don't forget," Kosa Hyuga added, "that if he gets the cops' attention, we get him whacked. Clear? And that girl…"
Hearing the boss' tone to be so skeptical and suspicious wasn't much of a good sign. Usually, if he spoke of anyone with that same tone, that person is dead the next day. But Blue Gun Shot doubted this to be the case.
"Do me a favor and watch that girl." Kosa Hyuga finally said, "If she gets away without fully paying for her father's debt, we pull the ropes on her."
"P-Pull the ropes on her? What the hell…?"
"Kill, idiot. Haven't you familiarized yourself with the mafia language yet?"
With that, Blue Gun Shot rolled her eyes and growled something under her breath. After she was dismissed, she walked down the hall and knocked on another door nearby. She waited until the door opened for her.
"I heard Cousin Eagle's not coming home tonight." A feminine voice stated amid the darkness of the room.
Blue Gun Shot closed the door behind her and said, "Gawd, Black Ivory, get a grip." She flicked the light switch on and let the fluorescent bathe the room in light. Her sister appeared from under the light. "He's not coming home for business reasons, twit." Blue Gun Shot explained.
Hearing this, Black Ivory bit her lip and muttered, "Then our plans will be delayed."
"Gee, you think?"
"Shut up, Hanabi."
"Why does everyone keep on using my real name, hm? Would you like it if I used yours, Hinata?"
"Shut up, you immature bitch," Black Ivory snapped, throwing a ball of tissue at her, "Anyway, back to business. If we want Eagle Eye dead before the sit-down, we have to either go to him or make him come back. What's his business outside, anyhow?"
Blue Gun Shot placed her arms across her chest. She was getting tired of being the messenger, "Old Man Masaki's kid is the only one left alive to pay us back. If we don't get paid back, we're done for it. Believe it or not, we owe other mafias money, too. And six of our group have been done away with already…"
"Like I don't know that." Black Ivory replied, twirling a lock of hair around her finger, "So, this is what we're going to do: While Eagle Eye's spending his days there in some girl's house like a newly wed, we'll be revising the new drug we worked on last week. It'll knock Eagle Eye out forever when he drinks it."
"And how do you think will Eagle take it in?"
"Simple." Black Ivory smirked, "You'll pay them a visit."
As her sister cackled, Blue Gun Shot rolled her eyes and thought, "Gawd, why am I the youngest in this totally whacked out family?"
Black Ivory leaned forward and handed Blue Gun Shot a small bottle of white pills, saying, "Now, go run to the lab and keep revising this until it becomes a tasteless and odorless poison. Come back when you're done."
After that, Blue Gun Shot got out of the room and started towards the lab, muttering, "I hate it when they order me around."
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"Oh, gawd, this mafia dork is so not going to sleep in my house… The damned crap head…"
She took out a sleeping bag and a folded up DIY tent out of her cabinet, walked out into the pocket garden and threw it all onto the rocky ground. With an irritated stance, she threw the manual onto the pile and explained, "You sleep here. You are not to step foot inside my house, okay?"
After she brushed her hands onto her shorts, Tenten watched Eagle Eye pick the sleeping bag up and say, "What am I? A dog? Look, Twenty, if you wanna live to see the next sunrise, you gotta at least respect me. I am a mafia boss, after all."
"Well," Tenten arched a brow and looked at him with squinted eyes, "You'll be getting money from me. If you want the money, you live under my rules. As long as you're stepping on my father's soil, you follow the rules. And my name's Tenten, not Twenty."
"Ten plus Ten equals Twenty so… what's wrong with what I said, huh?"
She heaved a sigh as she tucked her hair behind her ear, "Just… stick with my name, okay? There's an outhouse somewhere here, I forgot where. You are not to enter my room or my bathroom, especially if I am there. No taking advantage or—…"
"Bitch. Don't be smug." Eagle Eye snapped, eyeing her angrily, "If I had a choice, I wouldn't even be here. Now, I don't need the outhouse since you've got soil in the garden, anyway…"
"Use the outhouse only, damn it! I don't want my garden smelling like shit or piss!"
"Alright, alright. So… what time will breakfast be?"
Hearing that, Tenten stared blankly at him and said, "I am not making breakfast for you. Heck, I don't even eat breakfast for myself. There's a convenience store somewhere nearby so go chow there. I do the same thing. Any questions?"
Eagle Eye arched a brow and questioned, "Yeah, I got one: Where's the Jacuzzi?"
Tenten grumbled something under her breath before replying, "It's on the second floor, but you are not, I repeat, not to leave the perimeter of this pocket garden. You may go out of the gate any time, be my guest. You can't touch my car and you are definitely not allowed to—…"
"Where do I take a bath?"
With that, Tenten slapped her face in annoyance. She hates it when people cut her off. "Anywhere but my bathroom. At the sea in front of the house, at the birdbath… I don't care. Just keep your manly germs away from me."
"Gawd," Eagle Eye thought with a huff, "This is just like staying in my mother's house all over again."
"Any more stupid questions, chum?" Tenten sarcastically asked, placing her arms across her chest. The pale lad shook his head as he gazed at the messed up pile of metal stilts on the ground.
Tenten looked at him pitifully before adding, "And if you do or try anything funny, I'll call the police ASAP. I shouldn't even be letting you stay here. But for my dad, I'm doing this." And Eagle Eye just nodded in reply, still looking at the stuff on the ground.
The two stood there, saying nothing as the wind picked up a little. "Say," Tenten started, perking her head, "What do they call you in your mafia HQ?"
"Eagle Eye Hyuga." He mumbled back, looking up at her from the ground, "But everyone in my HQ has 'Hyuga' in his or her name since we're all related. They call me Eagle Eye Hyuga because I used to be a sniper."
Hearing that made Tenten promise herself not to sleep by the window tonight.
"Got another name?" Tenten asked, shrugging, "Like… your real name? Coz I wouldn't want to be calling you Eagle Eye while you're here."
Hesitantly, Eagle Eye looked away and mumbled, "It's… Neji."
With that, a snort came out of Tenten, making her shoulders shake as she stopped her giggles. "Neji?" she repeated, "Doesn't that mean 'screw'?"
Neji rolled his eyes and said with a passive tone, "I can't build my tent with you standing here, right? Get in the house and leave me alone." And with that, he knelt down and started rummaging through the cloth and stilts, totally clueless.
After huffing at him, Tenten arched a brow and entered her home through her glass sliding door, saying, "Good night, Screw."
And she didn't forget to lock the door from the inside.
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Why do Hinata and Hanabi want Neji dead? Will Tenten ever find a job in time? Will she ever get along with her new 'friend'? As for Neji, will he eventually fall for this girl and lose his birthright?
So many questions, no answers till the next coming chapters. Psyched.
Kankuro: Since when did you do that questioning-at-the-end-of-the-chapter thing?
Me: Since… now.