AN: So I know I haven't updated in forever. For this prompt and story, I used this website . This wasn't just for the ones Neji interprets! The other ones have meaning as well, though the marigold just means Naruto.
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Tenten found the flower arrangement classes at the ninja academy interesting but fairly useless. The flowers were, of course, very pretty and putting them into the slim vases provided by the teacher, matching colors for the most beautiful combinations, made her feel very girly. It was also a good chance to socialize with the other girls in the class, even the popular Ino Yamanaka.
Still, how was all of this going to help her in battle?
Tenten tried to imagine herself poking an enemy in the eye with a hibiscus (meaning: gentle) but she didn't like the thought of it. Surely it would destroy the flower, which would be bent or stained with blood. As for medical uses, you nearly always had to cut the flower up, and Tenten didn't really want to do that either…
All in all, it was one class that she enjoyed slacking in. So she did. Instead of listening painstakingly to the sensei, she watched the other students and arranged flowers at random.
Ino Yamanaka. She was combining freesia with jasmine and a black eyed susan. She was talking to her best friend, Sakura Haruno, at the same time, so Tenten got the feeling that she wasn't paying much attention to the flowers.
Sakura Haruno was creating an arrangement with a gladiolus, a lilac, and a pink carnation. Tenten thought it was a rather strange combination.
Hinata Hyuga was off to the side, arranging a yellow chrysanthemum, an iris, and a few sweetpeas. Tenten found it strangely alluring. She saw the girl also shyly reaching for an orange marigold and wondered what Hinata was so hesitant about when it would clearly go so well with her flower arrangement.
As for herself…She sighed. She had no idea what to do with all these flowers. She had merely been fingering a zinnia all this time, and had missed the teacher's instructions. But there were only ten minutes left of class, so she'd better hurry.
She picked a yellow tulip, a red tulip, a lavender and a rhododendron. Flinging them into a case, she presented them to the teacher, who raised an eyebrow but said it was mostly a matter of perspective, and if Tenten liked it, it was okay.
Tenten didn't really like it that much though, so she left it lying on a desk at the academy.
The next day Neji Hyuga found a vase of flowers on his desk. He asked Iruka-sensei what it meant. Iruka said it was probably a gift from a girl, and that he should look up the meanings of the flowers in the arrangement.
Grumbling, he did so.
"Red tulip means declaration of love. So this is a confession? Well, it's not like it's unexpected; I do have fangirls (just not as many as that Uchiha).
"Yellow tulip means hopelessly in love. So it's a very, very emphatic confession. Okay.
"Red rose means passionate love. Haha, this girl really loves me a lot, doesn't she?
"Lavender means…distrust?"
From a secret admirer this seemed rather odd. Neji was starting to have a premonition of danger.
One more flower to go.
"Rhododendron means…" He trailed off. A single word stood out on the page, underneath the scientific name and description.
"BEWARE."
For the next few weeks, Neji walked around completely on guard, certain he was being stalked. Yet apart from the flowers, the stalker never revealed itself. The whole business was very odd.
In the end, it was just another mystery surrounding Neji Hyuga…The Mystery of the Sinister Flowers.