Watching You

By: Sheltie

I don't own Naruto at all

Naruto could only stare at her. She looked so beautiful. Her brown hair done up in those twin buns though a few strands had come loose. Sweat covered her entire body making her clothes stick to her body, but it didn't seem to bother her at all. She was amazing with weapons and boy she could pack a punch. He knew that after she smacked him in the Land of Birds. In front of him was Tenten. She was working on her accuracy though she was the best shinobi in that area.

"I know you're there, come on out before I kill you" Tenten said without looking away at her targets.

Naruto gulped and leapt out of the tree he was using to watch from. He held out his hands as a sign of surrender hoping Tenten wouldn't skewer him with one of her kunais or other sharp weapons she always kept on her.

"What brings you here, Naruto?" Tenten asked now looking at him.

"Sorry, I was on my way back home for some rest after training and couldn't help watch you" Naruto said honestly.

Tenten was shocked hearing this and blushed slightly.

"So you decided to spy on me instead?" she asked sternly.

"No, no, not spying. Honest. I was just watching" Naruto said waving his arms in front of him still hoping she wouldn't throw a kunai or a shuriken at him.

"Why should I believe you?" Tenten asked with a smirk.

Naruto was at a loss for words. Though this wasn't anything new to him since he and words never go hand and hand with one another.

"Um, well, you look so amazing, beautiful even throwing those kunai and shuriken around" he said rubbing the back of his head.

Tenten's blush deepened. She never had anyone compliment her like this before. Sure, her sensei did on occasion, but this was different for some reason.

"Thank you" she said softly.

"Um, and I was, um, kind of wondering if you'd like to grab something to eat?" Naruto asked though his brain hadn't engaged til after he finished.

Tenten could only stare. Did Naruto just ask her out?

Shit, I just asked Tenten out, what do I do? What if she say yes? What if she says no? Oh man, I have no idea what to do Naruto thought panicked.

"Uh, sure" Tenten said not even thinking about what she was saying.

"Really, well, uh then, lets go" Naruto said unsure what to really do.

Tenten nodded and proceeded to pick up her weapons that littered the ground.

"Hold on, I'll help you with that" Naruto said stopping Tenten.

Naruto then made a very familiar hand sign.

"Shadow clone jutsu."

Soon several clones appeared.

"Pick up all the weapons that are her and give them to Tenten" the original blond ordered.

"Roger!" said the clones.

Tenten watched as all of Naruto's clones picked up all of her weapons and gave them to her so she could seal them all away into her scrolls. It didn't take long and soon there was nothing left. Naruto dispelled the clones and turned to Tenten.

"So, um, shall we go?" he asked nervously.

Tenten just nodded.

/Scene Break/

They soon made it to a familiar ramen stand. Tenten looked at Naruto who ducked his head.

"It's the only thing I can afford," he said sheepishly.

Tenten just nodded as Naruto held the cloth back for her to enter. They sat down with Naruto taking his usual seat.

"Well if it isn't my best customer, your usual then Naruto?" Teuchi asked.

"Uh no old man, I'll be ordering for myself and Tenten this time" Naruto said gesturing over to Tenten.

"Ahh I see, you're on a date. I gotcha" Teuchi said winking.

Naruto sputtered as Tenten blushed bright red.

"What will you have miss?" Teuchi asked ignoring Naruto and Tenten's reactions.

"Uh, some miso ramen please" Tenten said still trying to contain her blush.

"I'll have a beef ramen," Naruto said.

Teuchi nodded and headed back.

Soon their meals came and they ate in silence.

"Sorry about that. The old man gets odd ideas sometimes" Naruto said breaking the silence.

"That's alright," Tenten said.

"So, been on any interesting missions lately?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, I have" Tenten said with a nod.

They were soon trading mission stories and having fun. They laughed at their team members' odd behaviors.

"Let me get this straight, right in a middle of a fight Guy and Lee do their strange hugging thing and that incapacitates the rest of the bandits you were fighting?" Naruto asked as he was holding his sides in laughter.

"Yup, it was so shocking. Neji and I knew that thing was dangerous. We just never knew how dangerous it could be," Tenten said laughing also.

"Oh man, they should label that a S-rank genjutsu" Naruto said.

"I think I've heard Lady Tsunade saying something like that when we gave our mission report" Tenten said.

Naruto chuckled as he shook his head.

"Well, I don't think my story can top yours, but one this one mission Sakura, Sai and I were supposed to escort this client to Tea Country. Anyway, things were going fine with Kakashi sensei up ahead of us, I was with the client and Sakura and Sai bringing up the rear. Well, Sai must have said something stupid and Sakura started to beat him. The client saw this and commented about a lovers spat. This caused Sakura to wanting to punch out the client and if wasn't for Kakashi sensei stopping her" the blond said.

"What did Sai say? I mean, I know he's social inept and all. It must've been really stupid or insensitive" Tenten asked.

"Not sure, whenever I asked about it Sakura would cover Sai's mouth" Naruto said as he scratched the back of his head.

"Huh, well, I guess my story beat yours" Tenten said with a bit of smugness.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah" Naruto mumbled as he finished his third bowl.

"Anyway, how's your training going?" Tenten asked changing the subject.

They then traded stories on training with their team and their separate training.

"I like Lee and Guy just fine, but I can't do any real training with them since Guy doesn't use weapons and I am usually made to throw my weapons with Lee and/or Neji dodging them. Neji's has gotten so good I can't hit him anymore and Lee is close behind him" Tenten said frowning.

"That's too bad. Hmmm, hey, how about you train with me instead" Naruto suggested.

"Huh, what can you do that Lee and Neji can't?" Tenten asked.

"Simple. I can use my kage bushin and you can use them to nail moving targets without fear of hurting anyone" Naruto said with a 'am I smart or what' look on his face.

"You know, that's not a bad idea, but that helps me. What about you?" Tenten asked not wanting to be the only one getting something out of this deal.

"Easy, I learn how to dodge. I totally suck and get hit a lot during fights" Naruto said.

"Sounds good, when should we start?" Tenten asked.

/Scene Break/

It was two weeks and Naruto and Tenten were having fun training together. The kage bushin was a god send to Tenten, who could now go all out without fearing of hurting anyone. Naruto too was getting something out of it. He was learning to dodge as well as learning to fight against a weapon user. Tenten also got to learn to fight against someone like Naruto, who was so unpredictable that it always kept her on her toes not knowing what the spiky haired blond might do next. All in all they learned much from one another and wondered why they didn't think of this before.

"AHHHHH! Tenten, watch where you throw those things. That one almost hit me" Naruto shouted as he saw Tenten almost strike one of his clones in the family jewels.

"Come on Naruto, think of it as motivation to keep dodging" Tenten said smirking.

"Crazy sadist" Naruto muttered.

"What was that?" Tenten growled as she brought out a huge bladed weapon from one of her many scrolls.

Naruto and his clones gulped as they all saw the Shinigami.

"RUN, EVERY CLONE FOR THEMSLEVES!" a Naruto clone exclaimed.

It was a massacre in the killing clone sense as Tenten got a great workout slaying all the Naruto clones. When she was finished she was panting, but felt good. The only one left was the original Naruto staring in shock and awe at the 'carnage' she had just done.

Memo to self: never piss off Tenten he thought.

"That was fun" Tenten said wiping the sweat from her brow.

"Uh yeah, fun" Naruto said still in shock at the 'carnage' he had just witnessed.

"Well, are you going to help pick up all my weapons?" Tenten asked.

"Oh, right" Naruto said then did the familiar hand sign and clones appeared.

"Hey, how come we have to pick up all these weapons?" a clone asked.

"Because I am the original and you have to do what I say" Naruto said.

"Oh yeah, who says?" another clone asked.

"Me, and if you don't pick up my weapons you're next on my list" Tenten said as the Shinigami once again hovered over Tenten.

This got the clones moving quickly as the original Naruto inched away from Tenten in fear. Soon all of Tenten's weapons were picked up and back in their storage scrolls.

"Well Naruto, how about something to eat, I am famished?" Tenten asked.

"Uh, sure" Naruto said.

"Great, let's get going" Tenten said.

The two ate and they stood ready to part ways for the day.

"So, same time next week?" Tenten asked.

"Yeah, sure" Naruto said with a nod.

"Great, see ya" Tenten said.

She then gave Naruto a friendly peck on the cheek and left. Naruto stood there with a smile then walked off feeling good about helping a friend, and to think it all started by just watching her.

End

A/N: okay this was more of a friendship story than anything else. I had in the beginning going to make it more romantic, but this is what happened to it. Not complaining, but it shows that you can start with one idea in the beginning and then it changes when you write it. Thanks for reading and please review.