Regret

By: pandatenten

Author's note: I do not own Naruto.

This is my first fic, so please be easy on me..hehe…hope you enjoy this and please bear with my grammars and spellings…..

"Regret always comes in the end………"

It was a sunny day in Konohagakure. Everyone is having a nice day except for one weapons mistress by the name of Tenten. Everything in her is a mess. Her hair was tied up in her customary buns but in a very messy way. Her clothes still dirty from their previous training yesterday. But her face was the worst. Her eyes were red and puffy for crying all night. Her once cheerful face was replaced by a very depressed one.

She was curled up in a ball in her comfortable bed. She closed her eyes as she remembered the event yesterday that had caused this turmoil.

Flashback:

Neji and Tenten were alone in the training grounds for their insane teacher, Maito Gai and their insane teammate, Rock Lee went for another 500 laps around Konha.

The two of them were seated under a tree with its nice cool shade. They had just finished sparring. Tenten was having a nice time now. Having to sit beside Neji makes her heart skip a beat faster than usual. Yes, she the weapons mistress of Konoha, is furiously madly in love with the stoic Hyuuga Neji. She doesn't show it though. Afraid that if ever he found out about her feelings, she would lose all the respect he had for her. After all, this is Hyuuga Neji. He believes feelings such love is a weakness right? 'Is he even capable of loving someone? is he?' she thought as she took a glance at him. What happened next made her heart shatter to a million pieces.

"Tenten", Neji started

"Hm?"

"I love Sakura" Neji blurted out of the blue.

"..." Tenten simply doesn't know what to say. It took about two full minutes before the statement sank in. Her once happy heart just broke. No, not broke but shattered. She tried hard not to cry, to not break down in front of Neji. 'Easy…calm down Tenten…calm down…' she chanted to herself. When her chanting started to make a little improvement, Neji just had to ruin it by speaking her name. Just to hear him speak now makes her heart shatter to a million more pieces knowing that his heart doesn't belong to her but to another. And that another is Sakura. Haruno Sakura.

"Tenten..?"

"..." 'Heck! What does he want me to say!' Gathering courage to speak, she stuttered,

" Th-that's g-g-g-ood!" she stuttered. 'damn! Don't cry now! Damn it!' she thought as tears tend to fill her eyes.

"What should I do Tenten?" Neji asked brows furrowed. "I don't have any idea on how to ask a girl out. What should I do Tenten? I love Sakura." He finished.

" Baka! If you love her then go to her! Tell her h-how much y-you l-l-love her!" She stuttered while shouting at him.

"Hn. Your right. I better ask her now before Uchiha gets to her." Neji said. He narrowed his eyes at Uchiha Sasuke's name.

Tenten just faked a smile."Well, it seems that our training is over ne? I better go home now…………good luck" She said, her eyes now glassy as she turned her back on him so that he will not see her face.

"Hn" was all he said. At that, they went their parted ways. Neji, to his way to ask Sakura out and completely break Tenten's heart. And Tenten to go home and cry herself to sleep.

End of flashback

Tenten stood up and went to stand into her body-sized mirror. She scowled at the sight in front of her. 'No wonder Neji likes her than me. She's far, far prettier and stronger than me. She's the Godaime's apprentice while me………..a weapons specialist…and nothing more…' after these thoughts, she raised a clenched fist and punched the mirror with full force that her face got wounded by the little shattered pieces. Blood was dripping furiously from her wounded hand bust she doesn't care…she really doesn't care…..

Can't hold back her tears now, she collapsed onto the floor and let the tears slide down her already wet cheeks.

"Why can't you love me Neji? Why? Why? Why her? Why Sakura!" she sobbed.

Tenten can feel her energy draining out of exhaustion from crying and thinking.

"Neji…Ne…ji….Ne….ji", were her last words before she became unconscious.

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Author's note: hello!...This is my first fic so please be easy on me when you want to review……………I'll post the next chapter if I receive if I receive at least um..4 reviews……hope I get reviews!1

Panda Tenten