Title: Royal Love Triangle

Genre: Romance/Drama

Pairing: NejixTenten

Rating: Teen

Summary: Princess Tenten of China is reaching the age of 17; she must find someone to marry, or else her evil cousin and her husband will become the next King and Queen of China. But Tenten cannot find someone worthy of her hand, so her father reaches his request to the neighboring lands of Japan, specifically the Uchiha and Hyuuga clan.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto; including its setting, characters, etc.


Notes:

I am going to make this a NejixTenten fic, because in this fic Neji really loves her. (I totally agree that there are not enough SasukexTenten to go around, but NejixTenten looks so beautiful to me right now.)

I am really sorry for the long wait… I have excuses, but none that you've never heard before.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I have to say the reviews really are a lifesaver. When I update my story I have to get at least 10 reviews before I do.

This chapter is for is dedicated to all of you guys out there reviewing; but I give a special thanks to the first 5 people who reviewed:

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China Palace (Tenten's Room)

"Dad! What the heck did you do?" Tenten yelled.

"Honey, if you're not married in time… you can't be my heir-", the king tried explaining.

"But I can't marry now! I'm only 17! Lee, help me out here!"

"I'm sorry but I think your father's right. If something were to happen to him, god forbid-"Lee admitted sheepishly.

"Excuse me for interrupting Lee, but thank you. See Tenten, Lee, your beloved friend and bodyguard agrees with me. He wouldn't have done that if he didn't see the logic behind my plan," the king pointed out.

"But Dad, why couldn't you tell me before you sent out the invitations? Why couldn't you discuss to me who you were inviting? Why the secrets, up until today?"

"Because you and I know you would never agree... but I swear Tenten, you will have free choice of the man you pick. You will pick or make up the challenges. You do anything to the competition," the king paused as Tenten's face seemed to light up," except cancel it." And back down Tenten's face went.

"Tenten, listen to your father."

"Lee, you traitor," Tenten glared at him, but in both Tenten and Lee's hearts, they both knew she was joking.

"Oh, you cause me pain Princess. I would never betray your trust; but remember, if you see none of the candidates fit to be your husband you can just eliminate all of them," Lee reminded.

"Lee, Dad, I have a bad feeling about this," Tenten admitted.

"Dear, if I am unable to lead or if I die and you are not married. Your cousin Ama and her newlywed husband will take over all of China. Can you live with the guilt of the pain they will cause to our country?" her father asked sincerely.

"No," Tenten whispered.

"Good girl, now do you understand?"

"Yes, sir."

"Good, now let's go to the North Garden to see our candidates."

"sigh Sure, Dad…" Tenten agreed reluctantly.

"But Tenten, the thing is the first challenge is actually me deciding who I want to stay in the contest. Don't worry, I'm only picking out the runts of the litter," her father chuckled.

"Well, fine. But only because I don't want a loser, and I trust your judgment," Tenten said.

"I suppose you aren't angry with me anymore. Right, Princess?"

"Fine, I trust your judgment too, Lee."

"Thanks, Tenten."

"Princess Tenten, bodyguard," Tenten joked, smile returning to Lee and her faces.

"Oh, that was so unyouthful of me! I'm so sorry!"

"Bow down or meet my slap!" Tenten pretended to act like the stereotypical royal spoiled princess.

"Come on Tenten; let's go meet the suckers that your father calls your possible husbands!" Lee cried rushing out before her.

"Shut up, Lee!"


The North Gardens (Neji's POV)

"The King and his daughter will arrive in a matter of minutes, contestants! Please remain patient!" the messenger cried out to us from the front of the gardens.

I personally thought the gardens here were quite beautiful. This garden is renowned for its abundant pond and water lilies. Every now and then I'd spot a crane.

'I really want to see Tenten… Her beauty would put all this entire garden to shame,' I thought,' holy crap, I think I saw Uchiha in the crowd just now; it's possible I didn't see him on the yacht ride here, because I spent that entire day in my private room. Crap, I think Uchiha saw me, too. Looks like he's coming over.'

"Hyuuga, I see you've come. As to be expected, our clans are world renowned."

"Hn, Uchiha."

"So, I see we're fighting for your ex's hand… I wonder why you two broke up."

Sasuke's POV

'I can almost laugh at Neji right now; he seems so pissed off."

"We were never together," he scowled.

"Really Neji?" I said, 'Stupid Naruto, he gave me useless information.'

"The King and his daughter, Princess Tenten, have arrived!" the messenger sounded off again.

Normal POV

"Welcome contestants to this competition! As all of you are probably already aware of, you will be fighting for my daughter's hand in marriage! For the kids here who don't know what she looks like, she's as ugly as donkey's ass!" the King chuckled.

"All of you guys probably know I lied! Here's my princess and heir, Tenten! Feel free to be in awe," the King laughed at his joke again. He pushed his daughter in front of him and winked. Tenten was used to him acting this way, so she just pretended he didn't say anything.

"Wow, she looks better in real life!"

"Tenten's a beauty…"

"Oh baby!"

"I think I love her already."

Those were the audience's general response to seeing Tenten for the first time.

Neji's POV

'I'm not disappointed. Good to see you again, Tenten.'

Sasuke's POV

'At least the dobe was right about one thing… she's pretty cute.'

Tenten POV

'I ignored the remarks made by the crowd, and started my speech.'

"As my father just said, you will be fighting for me, but remember, I'm the judge in this courtroom. I have the power to send any of you home; so nothing funny. Cool, huh?"

cricket cough

Tenten smiled,' I knew they wouldn't expect that.'

'Let me take a look around, and see if I recognize anyone… holy crap, Neji's in the crowd… Father, there will be a slight change in my speech.'

"Oh yeah, boys. This is bodyguard Lee. He's like my brother, so if you insult him, you insult me," once I said that, I focused on Neji. What a retard, he still acting stoic.

Neji's POV

'I knew she was directing that at me, but I don't care.'

'Oh, she's glaring at me. I think I'll wave.'

Sasuke's POV

'Heh, looks like she said that specifically to Neji; what an idiot, he has the nerve to wave…'

Tenten's POV

'What in the Hell! He's waving at me! That stupid fer!'

And that's chapter 2. I'm going to apologize for the obvious late update; but I sorry if at the end of this chapter, the characters got OOC. If a lot of people complain about that, I'll rewrite this.