The Girl With Two Buns. A NejiTen Fanfic

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"You." Shion called to Tenten. Neji was in a meeting with the king and some ministers which resulted into her stay with lady Shion. "You are a slave, are you not? Fetch me my flute from my quarters, I shall entrance the prince with my musical skills."

Two things were wrong with that sentence which pissed Tenten off. The past few weeks with Shion was barely tolerable. Aside from the fact that Tenten had to watch as another woman flirted with her lover, Shion was the real definition of 'spoilt princess.' Unlike the princesses Tenten had met, Shion was rude, snarky and a slave driver.

The first thing that got Tenten vexed was the term she used, slave. Tenten be damned if somebody lived who called her a slave. The second was that Shion was trying to entice her prince. How foolish. However, the priestess was a person of high status so it would be unwise to confront her directly so Tenten chose another way instead.

"My apologies, your ladyship, but I do not serve to you." Tenten refused with a stiff bow and saccharine politeness which got Shion angry.

"You dare defile my orders?" Shion asked sarcastically.

"No ma'am, I am simply doing my job. I serve Neji-sama alone." Tenten insisted. She could feel Shion's irritation oozing out of her in waves but that didn't deter her.

"You filthy peasant! Wait till I am married to the crown prince, I would take my time destroying that wretched ego of yours!"

"Neji-sama would never marry a snake such as you."

Everybody that was in that place winced as a sharp sound echoed in the air. Red angry marks appeared on Tenten's cheek at the impact of Shion's slap. The woman whose hair was in buns turned her head from the sideways position it was in to look Shion in the eye.

"What? Could you not handle the truth? You act dignified in Neji-sama's presence alas in the end your true ways are revealed. You are not my master, you shall never be my queen!" Tenten declared with angry tears brimming her eyes. Whispers about how gutsy she was soon circulated the area. Many felt that she was brave as well as really stupid for challenging somebody of Shion's level.

"You mere dust!" Another slap resounded through the place. Shion was about to raise her hand for another one when a voice interrupted her.

"What is happening here?"

The servants bowed at the arrival of the crown Prince as well as Shion who walked to his side.

"Your highness! This retard harassed me with her words!" Shion complained. Neji looked at Tenten with stern eyes, frowning deeply at the marks on her cheek but he was never one for rash judgement.

"Is that so, Tenten?" He asked but got no reply.

"It doesn't reply for it is guilty as charged. I shall have you know that this assault would not go down well with my land. This could be regarded as war!" Shion seethed.

"Please calm down milady, surely you do not want our lands to war against each other over a trivial matter such as this?" Neji placated. "What are you doing Tenten? Apologize already!"