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Cutting Off All Ties

TenTen's POV

I actually wasn't really sure of where I was going, I was just rushing without a thought to where I felt safe. I finally felt my legs stop moving and felt the blood in my ears die away. I lifted my head to see my old training grounds, or rather, the place that Neji and I had first met and started training. I slowly walked over to one of my favorite target trees, there were still some kunais and whatnot stuck deep into the trunk. I began trying to work out one kunai that seemed to be stuck in about an inch away from the hilt. I pulled and yanked and wiggled until it finally fell free. I collapsed at the disappearance of resistance and fell flat on my back. I stared at the clear sky and began laughing, my voice rising and falling for no reason. I continued to laugh, my shoulders shaking and gasping for breathe. I painfully stopped, sat up, and buried my face into my arms. My shoulders continued to shake with a salty liquid shamefully leaking from my eyes. I choked as I began to slightly cry when I remembered his indifferent reply to Sakura and Ino's cold announcement that I was weak and poor. I didn't notice when my silent sobs became silent screams, I just continued to do it because it helped………

Neji's POV

I flinched inwardly when I saw TenTen's bowed figure. I was pretty sure that she would come here and seeing the usually bright cheerfully TenTen hunched over and looking so……… defeated seemed wrong, like the world had stopped. "TenTen?" I said calmly.

I flinched slightly when TenTen turned around, her warm brown eyes were damp with tears and her cheeks were still streaked with the memory of them. "What do you want?" she asked hoarsely, her voice rough from the screaming.

I took a couple steps closer, "I'm sorry………"

TenTen's eyes became sharp and cold, "I don't want your pity," she hissed, "Not that you even mean it."

I frowned, "I do."

TenTen laughed, a terrible choking sound that echoed eerily in our little clearing, "The Hyuuga Neji apologizing to TenTen? TenTen, the worthless little partner that you couldn't stand up for because you didn't have to balls to? Oh yes, I'm sure you're very sorry." Her usually soft voice was harsh and strained from stress and sarcasm. She turned away again, "Just go away Neji, I don't need pity and I don't need your false apologizes. After all, who does the Hyuuga Neji care about except himself?"

I felt anger when she said that, I grabbed her wrist, pulled her up and forced her to face me, "You seriously think I don't care?"

TenTen flinched at my tone or how close we were, "You always lock yourself away. I'm probably the closest person you can call a 'friend' and you can't even let the others know that you are even remotely close to me."

I scowled, "You seriously think that? You think I just consider you a weak little nobody that isn't worth my time?"

TenTen's eyes gained back their defiant, angry gleam, "Don't you dare call me weak you heartless bastard!" she yelled punching my chest. "Don't you dare!"

I carefully wrapped my arms around while she punched me, I could feel the pain of the punches (she did pack a mean punch despite her size) but I could feel the worse pain that I caused her this helplessness. "It's okay," I whispered when the punches got less and the sobs grew louder. "I'm here, its okay TenTen, I'm sorry, I'm not going to leave you…." I continued to coo and whisper to her as she clutched my uniform and sobbed. I gently guided both of us to a tree and leaned against it with TenTen on my lap. "I'm swear I won't leave you……"

TenTen's POV

I finally felt the tears go away and continued to sit on Neji's lap and clutch to his shirt. I leaned against him and let out a soft sigh, after just staying in that position for the next few minutes, I finally looked up. "You're forgiven," I croaked out from my dry throat.

Neji glanced at me in surprise then laughed softly, "Thank you," he replied.

I pulled and fiddled with his tie without looking at him, "You swear?" I asked, sounding like a lost little child.

"About what?"

"About not leaving me," I whispered softly.

Neji pulled me even closer, "I always keep my promises."

I nodded and finally stood up and out of his warm embrace. "Come on, we're going to be late for class."

Neji stood up and brushed himself off, "I suppose we are."

I smiled and once he was standing up, slapped him incredibly hard with my right hand. Neji's head snapped to the side from the force of the blow and he stared at me in shock. I gently touched the rapidly forming red spot with my hand, "That's for not standing up for me you asshole," I growled. I saw relief spread across Neji's face when I said that. As I was turning away so that we could get back somewhat late instead of completely late, Neji grabbed my wrist and spun me around. "The fuck—"

I managed before Neji's mouth was on mine. I felt slight shock before I just let him kiss me, wrapping my arms around his neck. We parted, me blushing and Neji smirking as usual, "That's because I love you," Neji whispered huskily.

I rolled my eyes and whacked his head, "That's for being an asshole……. again I might add. But yeah, I love you too my arrogant little asshole."

Neji rubbed his head but ignored the jibe, "Come on, we're going to get in trouble."

I snorted and began yanking him toward the school, "That's your fault! If you hadn't stopped me—"

"You don't like it when I kiss you then?" Neji asked with the ever present smirk on his face.

I lightly whacked him on the head again, "Arrogant asshole."

Neji smiled slightly, "But you love me."

"Assho—" Neji cut me off by kissing me again. I sighed slightly into the kiss. We parted again, "We seriously have to go moron," I muttered, unsuccessfully dragging him toward the school

Temari's POV

I sat on Shika's lap as we sat on the chairs waiting for Anko-sensei to come. Or rather, the students were waiting for Anko-sensei to come, Shika and I were waiting for TenTen and Neji to come back. I sighed and buried my face on Shika's chest, "Neji better not have raped her or hurt her in any way."

Shika gently ran his fingers through my ponytails, "Love hurts," he muttered almost to himself.

I glared at him, "What's that suppose to mean lazy ass?"

Shika grinned lazily, "Nothing troublesome woman."

I was about to reply when Neji and TenTen stepped into the room holding hands. I watched in pleasure as Sakura and Ino's jaws dropped and felt a smirk appearing on my face. I rushed down to see TenTen, "What the hell happened to you idiot?" I asked bluntly, looking at TenTen's tear streaked face, Neji's wrinkled shirt and tie, TenTen's messy buns, and let me tell you, TenTen never, ever lets her buns get messy. "Did you hurt her?" I growled, glaring at Neji.

Neji shook his head and TenTen laughed, "It's okay fan freak," she said giggling, "Why don't you just concern yourself with your precious Shika-kun?"

We mocked glared at each other before laughing together. I was glad, TenTen's hinted relationship with Neji wasn't going to destroy our friendship and she was still the same. "Well, I personally think Shika-kun could do better," said a rude voice.

I whipped around with a glare, "Well, look who it is! Blondie and Cherry, how positively sweet of you to join us!" I exclaimed, practically oozing sarcasm.

Ino's 'pretty little face' twisted to one of scorn, "At least I'm not hanging out with someone that could endanger our business's finances!"

I saw from the corner of my eye as TenTen carefully pulled out a long senbon from her pocket and began spinning it between her fingers hypnotically. "So you think I'm going out with Neji for the money?" she asked Ino quietly.

I froze, when TenTen got quiet when she was angry, it was bad, like really really bad. That meant she was completely and utterly pissed and wouldn't listen to reason until she beat the crap out of the person who pissed her off. "Ino," I warned cautiously, "I'd back off if I were you…….."

Ino smirked, "But you're not, you wish you were though."

TenTen smirked, "What makes you think we would want to be like an idiot. All you can do is pull on puppet strings attached to your friends and watch while they do your dirty work. What can you do when your puppet strings are gone? What can you do when you run out of puppets?"

I wrinkled up my nose slightly, "Jeez TenTen, you've been spending way too much time with Kankuro, I mean, puppets? Seriously?"

TenTen's senbon began spinning faster and I watched in shock as it seemed to split to three thinner ones, "I may not be a rich girl but I certainly can have some authority."

I watched as she drew more weapons from under her shirt, I don't even know how she kept them hidden. Ino sneered at her, "What authority? You're just a little girl orphan that should bow to the whims of the rich and famous!" I was quite surprised that Sakura hadn't said anything and saw that Sasuke was holding her hand slightly. I smirked, of course. Sasuke must have talked to her and reasoned something out. The ironic thing was Ino had taken her into the group when she wasn't rich or anything, I guess the words kind of cut her as well.

TenTen gently manipulated the weapons and coaxed them so that she was holding quite a lot. "I have a different authority then you. I have authority that I made for myself, I don't need a crutch," she added with a proud toss of her head.

Ino froze, "W-W-What do y-you m-mean?" she stammered nervously, eyeing the weapons.

TenTen smirked, "I don't cower behind my parents. Sometimes I'm glad they sacrificed themselves for me. They left me an entire future to shape for myself, in my own way. I had no choice but to rely on myself and only myself," she glanced at me, "and a few very good friends of course." I smiled. TenTen continued, "Ino, you hide behind all that makeup and lies, but in all honesty, you don't know much at all. You don't know what it's like to watch those that you love die in front of you, you don't know what it's like to have every talking behind your back, and you don't know what its like to be truly alone."

I smirked and held Shikamaru closer, "Besides, its not like money can buy you everything is it?"

Neji absentmindedly wrapped his arm around TenTen's waist, "No, it can't," he muttered almost as if to himself.

TenTen snuggled closer then pulled away. She walked toward Ino with the weapons hovering around her like little shiny dangerous watchdogs, "I really pity you in some ways Ino, you don't know what to do so you pretend and lie. You don't know whether someone will betray you soon so you betray them before they can do it to you. You made one mistake this time though, I'm not someone that falls because of a betrayal, I fly even higher."

Ino flinched and looked at TenTen wide eyed before rushing out. TenTen sighed and let the weapons clatter to the floor. When she heard them clatter though she went ballistic, touching them, petting them, apologizing. I rolled my eyes and snuggled closer to Shikamaru, "Weapon freak."

TenTen was glaring at me with her weapons floating around her, "What was that Sabaku no Temari?"

I paled and quickly hid myself behind Shikamaru, "Nothing, nothing at all. I was just commenting on how much you care about your weapons!"

Neji pulled TenTen closer before she could kill me, "Calm down TenTen."

TenTen relaxed slightly in his arms, she turned around and kissed the very tip of his nose, "I love you," she whispered quietly.

Shikamaru and I quickly turned around, this moment was private in between these two. I still heard Neji's voice and could imagine the calm tender look on his face, "I love you too my heavenly one."

Anko's POV

I smirked and stuck out a hand to Kakashi, "You owe me ten bucks moron," I whispered triumphantly.

Kakashi groaned and handed me the money, "You know," he added conversationally, "I wonder if you taste like the dango you like to eat so much."

"Wha—" I managed before the cocky guy pulled down his mask and kissed my on the lips. I stood still until he stopped.

"Yep," he said calmly, "You do."

I stared at him in shock, then finally said, "That was a lousy excuse of a kiss."

Kakashi leaned closer, "Would you like another?"

I rolled my eyes and hit him on the head, "Not in front of the students you moron. It's bad enough that you read porn but do you have to show it as well?"

He smirked, "I'll see you later then?"

I smirked, "Hell yeah."

TenTen's POV

I was back to my original seat of right next to Neji with Temari behind me. School passed me in a blur but I remembered Kakashi-sensei tell us to go work on our project together with our partner. Yesterday, if he reminded me of that, I would've killed him and told the consequences to go screw themselves. Today, I smiled and turned to Neji with a, "We're so going to your place." We walked together to the Hyuuga Compound and when we arrived, Hiashi greeted us and winked at Neji which made him incredibly flustered. I smirked and dragged him to his room.

Neji closed the door behind him and turned to me, "Are you still going to be my training partner?"

I raised my eyebrows, "You found another one that fast? And here I was thinking that I was special."

Neji shook his head, and sat behind me with his arms around me, "Missed you," he mumbled into the crook of my neck.

I giggled, "It was only a day, and it was your fault for not standing up for me. I'm still holding that against you know. That I'm holding against you and I'm also holding against you the fact that you haven't officially asked me to be your girlfriend yet."

Neji sighed and pulled me even closer, "Should I tamper with your memory?"

I scowled when he said that, "Should I break your nose?"

Neji kissed me on the lips, "Sorry," he whispered against them.

I pulled away with a teasing smile, "Forgiven." I giggled, "You still haven't asked me," I whispered in a sing song voice.

Neji groaned and brushed his lips against my forehead, "Be my girlfriend?"

I smirked, "Technically, that isn't asking……….." Neji growled slightly, "But, yeah, why not?"

Neji smiled and kissed my forehead again, "Love you."

I smiled, "You too asshole." I sighed contently when leaned against Neji, the wound he made had healed……….. completely without a scar.

yo to the nice people that read this!

just in case you were wondering this story is a threeshot and i am done with it

i might, as in might (equivalent to me paying attention to jess when im reading) write one more chapter

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