Disclaimer: If I owned Naruto, Tenten would be the main character.

Drabble 2: Female Dominance

Setting: Right before Naruto Series Starts

"Yatta! I did it! Whoo!" Lee pranced around like an excited pony, looking as if he hadn't just nearly killed himself doing the Primary Lotus. "YOSH!"

Gai-sensei, who had been trying to get the attention of Lee for nearly five minutes now, was looking as if he was going to explode any minute now. Judging by the vein on his forehead, of course.

Tenten and Neji shared exasperated looks. Good Kami, just how much stamina did their green teammate have? They couldn't even rouse themselves to cheer when Gai delivered a mighty punch to Lee's face.

"Lee!"

"Hai, Gai-sensei! I'm sorry!"

Gai stared at his student for a little more, then broke out into a smile.

"I am glad you are able to do it when Neji and Tenten cannot!" Gai boomed in his most youthful voice.

"Ugh…let's take our leave already…" Tenten whispered to Neji, who looked to be a bit sick. Tenten couldn't tell if this was because of the youthfest of Gai and Lee that was unfolding before them or the impossible training which Lee somehow managed to master.

"Definitely." Neji agreed.

Tenten, who relished the fact that cold, stoic, Neji had taken her side without a single arrogant look for once, quickly grabbed Neji's forearm and took off with him. The sunset which had magically appeared behind Lee and Gai was starting to make her feel sick.

"Huh?" Lee looked around, to find two empty spots where his teammates should be. "Gai-sensei, Neji and Tenten are gone."

"Oh, I'm sure they just went to get some water or something," Gai-sensei reassured him.

"Okay…" Lee said, looking unconvinced for once. He felt slightly down that his two teammates hadn't stayed for his success.

4 hours later

"Wow, Lee!" Tenten was gushing. "This is a really nice place!" She, Lee, and Neji were standing at a candlelit romantic dinner place. She was still dressed in her kunoichi garb, though she had showered. She hadn't expected Lee to treat them at such a nice restaurant, or she would've changed into something more formal.

Lee beamed. "Thank you, Tenten!" He said proudly. "I will exhaust all of my savings for our food tonight in celebration for mastering the Primary Lotus, but if I do not do this for my teammates, then I am an un-youthful and terrible person!"

"Umm…." Tenten said, not sure how to respond. "Do you want me to pay for my own food, then?"

Lee looked horrified. "No! Of course not! It is you I will definitely treat, Tenten!"

Neji suddenly looked affronted. "And me, Lee?"

Lee seemed to notice him at last second. "Oh, and you too, Neji-kun!"

"Since when have I become inferior to Tenten?" Neji asked coldly.

He's in a really, really, bad mood. Tenten thought, shocked.

Lee frowned. "I was not implying that, Neji-kun. It is because Tenten is a lady."

Tenten opened her mouth to protest, but Neji beat her to the chase. "No, it is all in your actions, Lee. From the way you talk, and from the way you walk, you are so full of arrogance and pride that it disgusts me."

Lee and Tenten stared at their teammate with identical shocked looks.

"You know you are fated to be inferior." Neji stated. "You cannot do ninjutsu, or genjutsu. Ninjutsu is what a ninja is made of. Even if you matter something like the Primary Lotus, you will still never be as good as a true shinobi."

Geez… Was all Tenten could think. Lee, however, was turning livid.

"Well, if you think that, Neji Hyuuga, then you are wrong! A shinobi is not based on ninjutsu alone! You are the one who is arrogant, and if you want to fight, I am more than—"

"ENOUGH!" Tenten roared. The whole restaurant had gone silent by now. "YOU, NEJI!" Neji cowered under her finger. Since when did Tenten develop a temper?

"Enough with your words! We all are teammates, and we all should encourage each other! I know you are jealous—yes, jealous, Neji (for Neji had begun to snort in disbelief) that Lee can do what you cannot! But you can do many things that Lee can't! It's not right to crush other peoples' dreams like that, and I don't care if you're a Hyuuga or not!"

Neji simply stared at her. No one, no one talked to Neji Hyuuga like that. But, Tenten looked very, very mad at the moment and he thought it not advisable to retort back that he was simply stating the facts because it was fated, because she might impale him with a shuriken in the middle of a restaurant. So he just grumbled and looked the other way, silently fuming. That was the first time anyone had spoken to him like that, and had anyone else done it, he would have Gentle Fisted them right then and there. But with Tenten…he couldn't. Neji Hyuuga sighed, and let himself be dragged over to a table by the girl. Really, she had too much power over him.

Tenten beckoned Lee over too, and he stared at her with a kind of admiration. And their dinner continued in relative peace.

That was, until…

Lee bolted upright, staring at…oh Kami. It's that pink-haired girl. AGAIN! Tenten mentally screamed.

He stood up, nearly knocking Tenten's plate over, and was about to stride toward the girl, until…

THWACK! Lee reeled backwards, cheek stinging from Tenten's slap.

"You. Will. Not. Embarrass. Us. Again." Tenten hissed at him, this time actually brandishing a shuriken.

Lee shrank back, looking very, very, frightened.

"You can do whatever you like in private, but not somewhere like this!" Tenten snarled.

Lee gulped.

Neji looked satisfied.

That moment would have been comedic, until…

Clap, clap. Tenten reeled around, mortified. That was the second time she had embarrassed herself in this restaurant! People were making fun of her!

Then, the clapping turned to a full-blown cheering as other people joined in, all stamping their feet in approval of Tenten.

In the crowd, someone shouted—

"You show them, girl!"

And Tenten couldn't have felt happier.

That was a long drabble. LeeXTentenXNeji triangle! Please review, and make this author happy.