Okay, I know I should be working on my other story CL but I just updated it and I don't feel like uploading the next chapter just yet so I decided to make a Nejiten story. Warnings: None yet that I can think of, except a some foul language and now that I think of it Tenten only has 1 bun in this story. You'll understand why later.

"Who's that?" Temari asked her friend Tenten.

"Who cares? He seems like quite the pretty boy." Tenten returned.

"I think he just moved here!" Temari continued, ignoring Tenten's obvious bad mood.

"Y-yeah." Hinata said from behind the two girls. "His n-name's N-neji. He's my c-cousin. Just flew o-over here from S-spain."

Tenten and Temari both turned to look at their friend.

"So he's a Spaniard huh?" Temari asked.

Hinata shook her head. "He's J-japanese like we are, h-he just moved to Spain for a few y-years because h-he w-wanted to take some k-kind of extra c-class. N-now that it's over he's b-back." Hinata paused to add.

Temari looked like she had something else to add but before she could even open her mouth Ino came flouncing over.

"So guys." She said, claiming the seat to the left of Hinata. "What did I miss whilst I was busily catching up with my beauty sleep?"

"New guy. Hinata's cousin. Moved here from Spain. Name's Neji. Genius" Tenten said it all in one breath.

Ino gave her a weird look. "You really do have amazing paraphrasing ability."

Tenten gave her a tired smile. "Thanks." She yawned widely

"You really didn't get much sleep last night did you?" Temari asked, a small smile playing at the corner of her mouth. She pulled her BerryBounce lip stain out of her purse.

Tenten shook her head "Nope."

"W-why not?" Hinata asked.

"Couldn't sleep." Tenten said simply. "I had too much to think about."

Ino lightly punched the brunette on the shoulder. "You are the worst insomniac that I've ever met and yet you won't get medicine for it. Jeeze the things you do to avoid doctors." She paused. "Sometimes I wonder if you'd even hide a broken leg."

Tenten laughed, "I like to live dangerously, but I'm not stupid."

"You want to try this new stain?" Temari asked, proffering the tube.

"Are you sure? Trying a new stain always seems to make me feel better," Ino chirped.

This time though Tenten was saved from answering when a deep baritone voice chimed into the conversation.

"Hello Hinata."

"O-oh." Hinata turned a tomato color. "Hello Neji-kun."

Tenten and Temari turned scan over Hinata's cousin. In turn they each felt his own pearlescent orbs briefly pass over them with a pained expression. Absently Tenten wondered if the guy had a stick up his ass. How else was a person supposed to look so grim?

"You truly do have a patchwork of friends Hinata." Neji said, his eyes lingering over Tenten's many piercings. She discreetly glared him off. Neji returned the favor

Ino laughed, unaware of the silent battle going on. "Yeah. I guess we really are a patchwork."

Tenten grimaced slightly but she had to admit this Neji dude was right. They were a mix of different stereotypes. There was Ino the social butterfly, there was Hinata shy, quiet, and somewhat awkward, there was Temari the independent beauty queen, and there was Tenten the bohemian-ish punk.

Tenten glanced back at Hinata's cousin then glared at him when she realized that he was still staring at her looking as if he was trying to count each little stud and ring in her ears.

"There's nine of them." She said flatly.

"Beg pardon?" Neji looked puzzled.

"Piercings." Tenten clarified. "Grand total of nine."

Temari gave her a weird look. "You got another one? When?"

Tenten shrugged. "Last weekend, you know I've been dying to have my navel done."

DING! The much-too-loud bell to signal the start of class cut the groups of five's conversation short.

"Okay everyone!" Kakashi said. "Get into your seats. Class starts now."

Everyone obediently made their way to their assigned seat and once each person was settled Kakashi began his lesson on the Tokugawa shogunate. With a sigh Tenten dug in her pocket, pulled out her iPod, tipped her chair back, put the buds in, closed her eyes, and tried to get some sleep.

Some time into the lesson Kakashi noticed she wasn't paying attention.

"Tenten!" He barked. "Answer my question please."

"Ieyasu Tokugawa was one of the most influential shoguns during the period. Being the one that closed Japan to trade and supposedly dying from over-consumption of tempura." Tenten replied without even opening her eyes.

Kakashi looked surprised. "Correct." He said grudgingly, returning to his lesson.

Tenten was nearly asleep when she felt Temari discreetly pass her a note from under the table. Cracking open one of her eyes Tenten read the note before Kakashi caught her with it. She really didn't need a detention.

Hey,

Sleep over at my house. Bring movies, music, and games too. Come whenever, just show up before eight. We're getting Chinese.

Hinata

Tenten grinned. That was just what she needed, a party. But first she had to catch up on her lost hours of sleep, preferably now.

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"Tenten's here!" Ino cried as the doorbell rang.

Unfortunately the three girls all were busy doing something. Hinata was ordering the food, Ino was busily digging in her bag for something (only God and Ino know what), and Temari was on her cell phone leaving her family a message to tell them where she was. And, as it happened, Neji unfortunately walked right past the room.

"Get the door Neji." Hinata pleaded. Her cousin nodded stiffly before turning and walking away.

A few minutes later a disgruntled Tenten was led into the house. Now that she was out of school the brunette had ditched the school uniform in favor of a tiny pair of shorts and a black spaghetti strap midriff shirt that showed off toned stomach and navel piercing. She also sported a stud belt and a red and silver drop pendant.

"What?" Tenten asked when she saw Neji staring.

"Nothing." He mumbled.

Tenten shrugged and kicked off her sandals before making her way up the stairs. Hinata, Ino and Temari met her halfway up.

"I parked my bike around back. Is that okay?" Neji herd Tenten ask.

Hinata nodded. "I-it should b-be."

Tenten's face broke into an easy smile. "Great. Now let's get this party started!

Good, Bad, Wadda think? (Constructive criticizm is OK. Flame me and you do not want to know what I'll do to you) *This Chapter Has Been Revised.*