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Tauren Paladin says: Heh… It's the first chapter! Please enjoy the story!

Disclaimer: The man who owns Naruto is Masashi Kishimoto, not me.

At the theme park

Chapter 1

The sound of clashing weapons could be heard over the training grounds. The two ninjas were pretty tired. They had been training over 4 hours at least and, considering both of them were powerful, they were equally full of bruises, cuts and bandages stained with blood. Tenten reached for her last pair of kunai on her holster. She was full of determination and desire of winning that single sparring match. The kunoichi ran towards her rival and threw a precise kunai at him. Neji just deflected the kunai as he started his last Kaiten. Seconds later, they met at hand-to-kunai combat. But, of course, the superiority of the gentle fist was victorious. Tenten didn't have enough strength to continue sparring, so she let her weary body to fall to the ground.

Neji was tired as well, so he couldn't help the fact his body also fell gracelessly over Tenten's body.

"OW! " She screamed upon the impact. But she didn't kick Neji due the lack of strength.

Both of them remained like that for what seemed an eternity. After that "Eternity, " A puff of smoke appeared, revealing their Hyperactive teacher, Maito Gai, and their equally hyperactive teammate, Rock Lee.

They seemed to be more energic that ever.

"My youthful students!" Gai screamed. "What has happened to you! "

Tenten and Neji just stared at him. They expected that, with a thousand weapons on the ground, shattered dummies, broken targets, and a lot of bandages, he would assume they were training.

"Anyways, Gai sensei, you have something to tell them right?" Interrupted Lee.

"Of course I do!" said Gai enthusiastically. "Hokage-sama has decided to give you a very important mission! " He said as his teeth went PING!

"We are going to the Konoha land, the new theme park!" Continued Lee as his teeth went PING! Too.

Tenten and Neji just sweat dropped. "And what does Konoha land have to do with our mission? " Tenten asked her teacher.

"You will be acting as security guards! Isn't that FUN? " Said Gai beaming.

"And we'll have free tickets for all the rides and events! " Lee exclaimed.

"I almost forgot that Lee! What would I do without you? "Gai asked Lee.

"I don't know Gai sensei!" Answered Lee.

"Lee! "

"Gai sensei!"

"Lee! "

"Gai sensei!"

"Lee! "

"Gai sensei!"

Student and teacher started hugging each other in the fake sunset while a random guy played a slow melody on his saxophone, which was soon shattered by some kunai.

Gai and Lee turned their heads to find out it was Neji who threw the kunai. His white, emotionless orbs were staring at the two of them.

"How many days do we have to spend there?" He asked.

"Only 4 days! My youthful student!" His teacher answered.

"Isn't that sad? We'll only spend 4 days!" Cried Lee.

"Don't be late my youthful students! Or else… This is a test to see how perceptive you are! And it's an opportunity to enjoy the springtime of youth as well!" Gai warned. And with that, He vanished with a puff of smoke.

" So we'll meet at 8:00AM tomorrow my teammates!" Said Lee and ran off to who knows where.

And once again, Tenten and Neji were alone. Neji stood up and helped Tenten from the ground. They shook the dust from their clothes and sat on a nearby bench.

" Heh… now I have to buy dinner…" Tenten muttered under her breath. The kunoichi started to pick her weapons from the ground. Neji watched her as she did so.

It was weird how one could change his opinions about people. To Neji for example, Tenten was just a useless teammate at first but, they had gone through many things together. Like when Tenten learned how to use her strings to complete her Soushouryu, or when they had accomplished an A-ranked mission for the first time. They had gone through all of that together. And he had to admit, he was helped by Tenten several times. She was more than a teammate; she was his friend, someone he could rely on.

Unbeknownst to Neji, Tenten was also stealing glances at him, for she was wondering the reason of his smirking face. She looked at him every 5 weapons she picked up until she had picked all of the weapons. In all their years of being teammates, Tenten had never seen him smile so suddenly.

"Maybe he likes theme parks…" Tenten concluded.

She walked at him and handed him his few weapons. He accepted them and put them back in their respective containers. Tenten followed him suit, then she put her remaining 304 weapons on the several pockets she had on her baggy pants.

"So… what should we eat?" Tenten asked Neji, who was seemingly getting lost in his thoughts. "Neji!" She shook his shoulder a few times. "Neji!"

Neji awakened from his thoughts and focused his attention on Tenten.

"What is it Tenten?" asked Neji.

"What should we eat?" Answered Tenten with another question.

"Whatever you want…" Neji answered like if it was obvious enough for anyone.

He didn't understand that Tenten wanted to eat what he wanted to eat.

"Um… I feel like eating…Steamed potatoes with cheese, bacon, and, mushrooms!" The brunette exclaimed as she dragged Neji from his seat.

Some minutes later…

Tenten and Neji took a seat. Their seat was just in the corner of the restaurant, so not a fan girl noticed Neji in the place. It was curious that Tenten had taken him just where his number 1 fan girls were at that moment. Neji could deal with them easily at first by breaking their little feelings with that icy glare of his. It even produced a kind of inexplicable glee. But the fans had overcome that tactic and became adamant to his cold eyes. So he had to attack them psychologically just like he did with Hinata in the Chuunin exam.

And that was a bother, especially when they were so persistent.

Tenten ordered two Steamed potato menus with extra cheese, bacon, and mushrooms. It was rare when someone ordered that combination. In fact, the owners were planning to remove that from the menu but they couldn't because of Tenten's sudden addiction to the dish.

A few minutes later, the pair was enjoying a hot potato with cheese, bacon, and mushrooms, alongside a glass of cold, green tea.

"So… Neji, why were you smirking back there?" asked Tenten all of a sudden, catching Neji off guard.

"… I wasn't…" Neji replied bluntly.

"I could swear I saw you smirking. How strange…" Tenten said as she sipped at her glass of green tea.

"Hn…" answered Neji casually. As if it had been something not worthy of his time.

"Well, well, who do we have here?" A voice said out of a sudden.

Tenten and Neji turned and saw Horror in its most monstrous form: A group of genin fangirls. Those types of fangirls were the worst. Not because they filled their walls with Neji wallpapers, not because they annoyed Neji each Valentine's day, Not because they hid an altar with Bubblegum Neji had chewed, pictures of Neji, Neji voodoo dolls, Neji figurines, 1 or 2 pencils Neji occasionally lost in class, etc. in their closet; But because they held a grudge against all women who Neji appreciated, especially Tenten. Since she was the closest person Neji had to a girlfriend.

Four fangirls stepped out of the group. They were wearing a typical ninja uniform. The first girl managed to shape herself into an N. The next one shaped herself into an E. The other one beside her assumed a position that made her look like a J, and the last one became an I. Then they all started singing a ridiculous song they had composed to praise Neji and his "Greatness."

"What do you want?" Tenten asked the fangirls holding her temper the best she could.

"We're here to give Neji-kun what he deserves: a real girlfriend! Not like some teammate who doesn't even hold him reverences or compose songs for him!" Answered all the fangirls in unison, as if they were one single person.

"Listen, Neji doesn't need you, the best you can do right now is leave him at peace! Right Neji?" Tenten said. She turned her head to see what Neji answered… But he had vanished. "Ne-Neji?"

"HA! You see! He left you for us! You're so lame!" The fangirls said.

At that moment, Neji walked in with some coins on hand. He glared at the fangirls, which caused them to flinch, not run away.

"Look, I'll say this only once. Get out of my way. Don't expect me to pay attention to any of you. You're really annoying. In fact, you're the most annoying group of genin I have seen in my entire life. Why would you expect me to even waste my time on you? And one more thing, Tenten is far better than you, she would have crushed you a few seconds ago if she wasn't so patient. Now leave, and don't ever insult Tenten again."

A few seconds passed. A gush of air blew around the eatery, causing some random piece of garbage to roll around…

"Why? Neji-kun! Don't ignore your feelings for us!" The fangirls screamed as they rushed out of the restaurant.

Neji was as stoic as ever. He didn't seem to feel mercy or even pity for those poor genin.

"Let's go Tenten." He said.

"But… I must pay the bill!"

"I took care of it already. Let's go."

"But I was supposed to pay the bill!" Tenten complained as they walked out of the restaurant.

"Supposed to? Why?" Neji asked.

"We agreed that the looser of the match would buy dinner!"

"You were the one who said that, we never agreed to bet."

"But!"

"Besides, as a gentleman I was the one supposed to pay the bill."

"Gentleman? Riiiight…"

"I'll seal your tenketsus Tenten."

"That sounds like something a gentleman would do."

"Don't be late tomorrow"

"I know that." And with that, she walked to her apartment.

Tenten walked through her old, wooden door. Her house was not really the most spacious, or the most elegant one. It was just a plain apartment which only had what the girl really needed. She walked to her room and undid her buns. Then, she went to the bathroom and turned the lights on. She looked very messy with all the training, so she decided to take a quick bath before going to sleep. After the bath, she went to her room and took her blanket out of her closet. She laid it on the floor and started wondering why Neji would protect her that way. Was it just her imagination?

At the Hyuuga manor, Neji was lying in his elegant futon after having bathed.

He finished his glass of water and laid it in his desk, where he saw the picture of his team. He smirked and closed his eyes. Even he wondered what the reason of his smirk was. He tried to forget about it, but failed miserably. He knew he was going to have a hard time getting rest that night…

Tauren Paladin says: Do you like it? It is my first uploaded fan fiction. Review if you liked the story so I can update sooner! Sorry if there was any grammar mistake, please mention it in your review if you find one so I can fix it. Thank you for reading the first chapter!

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