~*~*~*~*Dance Partners*~*~*~*~
A NejiTen fanfic
Tenten's P.O.V.
"Up down, up down, up down..."
Tsunade continued to chant while we did our jumping jacks for warm-ups with the Moonstones.
After about one twenty six I started to feel a little bead of sweat trickle down the side of my neck.
Crap.
I was about to wipe it when Tsunade stopped, and started to roll her head around.
We're starting our stretching already?
Tsunade normally started the stretch routine after about three hundred jumping jacks and seventy high knees. She was acting really strange today.
I shrugged, leaning my head from side to side, rolling my shoulders after.
By now, I'd gotten used to the warm-up. It was way more intense then the one from my last dance school. I mean, before we did the same stretches, basically I should say, but we never did the jumping jacks and high knees. Sometimes when Tsunade was feeling extra "pumped" she had us do high skips, jogs in place, jump claps, and etc.
Tsunade finished the stretching routine early also. What was with her?
Sighing, I rolled my head around one more time to stretch out more while Tsunade walked to the stereo.
"You guys okay without walking through this first?" She asked.
We nodded.
Okay. It's official. Tsunade's going crazy. Yup.
I took my position, in the first line.
Hold two three fours five seven eight.
The music started and I did two shennays to the right, pose five, pose six, pose seven, pose eight. Those were just the counts, not the number of poses. Shenney left two times, same four poses except opposite direction. Lines one and three turned right first, lines two and four turned left first. It was confusing because we were in a formation towards the back so the lines weren't even but it wasn't complete lines.
Finally it came to the chorus.
"Now she does it like this, will you do it like that, if she touches like this will you touch her right back..."
Chasse, ball change, right pivot, jump clap, jump clap, right pivot, step out and out...
I continued throughout the dance and continued to the second verse.
"Your lips tremble but your eyes are in a straight stare..."
I did four jazz walks and let Neji spin me around, pushing me outwards and I passed Sakura.
I tried to ignore the tension between my dance partner and I as we touched but it sent shivers through my spine. DID HE CARE?! Cough cough...sorry.
Getting to the bridge, I kicked my right foot out and crossed my arms, extended outward though, in front of me. I then hopped and cross my foot in front of me, my arms now at my side and continued to dance until the chorus came again.
"Now she does it like this, will you do it like that, if she touches like this will you touch her right back..."
Chasse, ball change, right pivot, jump clap, jump clap, right pivot, step out and out...
There were a couple repeats and now we were on the last singing of the:
"Shake shake shake shake uh shake it," it made an ending noise.
I was standing behind Neji who was kneeling, his arms crossed over his chest, smirking, my arms in a high V, everyone else surrounding us.
The chorus finished then came the next part.
"I saw you dancing and I couldn't get you off my mind..."
I stepped towards the side, and slid a line back in a line change, then swerved my arms in a circular motion, down to the right first, pushing my hips that way, then to the left, my hips following, my arms swung around over my head and to the right of my body pointing upwards, my hips that way also.
"I could tell her you could tell her that I was takin' my time..."
I did the opposite, moving forward and starting my arms upward, but with the same motion moving downwards.
...
Feeling more sweat bead down my head I knew the chorus was coming up again, one last time.
"Me on so I can turn off the lights..."
I chassed, stepped, and leaped, along with other people in all directions to create a formation.
"Now she does it like this will you do it like that, now she touches like this will you touch her right back..."
Chasse, ball change, right pivot, jump clap, jump clap, right pivot, step out and out...
The end was coming near after several repeats of shake its.
"Shake shake shake shake uh shake it," there was an ending noise and on that last note, I thrust my arms in a high v, standing behind Neji, who was kneeling in front of me, his arms crossed over his chest, smirking. I beamed, smiling widely, everyone surrounding us.
Tsunade clasped her hands together, smirking also.
"Nice," She commented. "Especially without the practice,"
We waited eight counts before moving into a clean position, turning and running to the side of the room (practicing our exit).
All of us walked back.
"Again," Tsunade announced.
We moaned, slumping back into our beginning formation.
Sweat beaded down my forehead. I leaned back onto the mirror, while other people exited.
Finally I got up, about to leave but Tsunade put her hand on my stomach, pulling me back.
"Hm?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Stay here with Neji," Tsunade ordered. "I'll be right back,"
"Hn," Neji leaned against a wall, closing his eyes.
Seeing he wasn't watching I stuck my tongue out.
"Ha, you're funny," He mumbled.
I gasped. "How the hell did you see?" I demanded.
"Good eyesight," Neji remarked.
I rolled my eyes. "Yeah good eye sight. You eyelids were fricken closed,"
"No they weren't," He replied simply.
"Whatever," I grumbled, slumping on the ground, leaning against the mirror.
"So were you sick?" Neji asked.
"Huh?"
He arched an eyebrow.
"You threw up," He reminded me coldly.
"Oh yeah," I answered.
HE CARED AGAIN!
Shut up! I'm having a conversation.
:P
"And?"
"Oh erm no," I quickly replied feeling mentally ill.
"Hn,"
Typical. It's Neji. But he cared. Hehe. He's got a heart. Sort of. Maybe. Slightly. Possibly. By a chance. No.
Neji's too much of a stoic bastard.
Tsunade entered the room.
"Alright I've got the schedule," She said, looking down. "The preliminaries are this weekend,"
"THIS WEEKEND?!" I cried. "AND SINCE WHEN WERE THERE PRELIMINARIES?!"
Tsunade chuckled. "How do you think you get into the competition.
I sniffed. "I'm cute,"
Neji scoffed.
"Jo-king," I broke the word in two.
Neji ignored me.
"So be ready," Tsunade advised. "They're kind of sloppy,"
"Sloppy?" I wondered aloud.
"Jiraiya is the judge,"
"Who?" I asked.
"Jiraiya," The woman repeated. "Be careful around him. Especially in your costume."
"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!" I demanded, watching Tsunade open the door.
The woman smirked. "You'll see..."
My face turned pale.
Great.
A/N Sorry for a really short chapter and a really late update. You know school, homework. Yeah you get it. Anyways I was kind of out of it when I began writing but I had to go to dance, my partner lessons. And the kid I'm with, his name's Zach. He's cool and he's not a bastard, but he dropped me! I was like WTH actually I really said, "ow," His stupid mind was out in space. So that kind of got me back into dance writing mode for some reason because I though Tenten always getting scared Neji was gonna drop her. It actually doesn't hurt that bad. But yeah....so review. Be nice. I'm struggling to update. Thanks for reading!
