TenTen

Naruto and TenTen . . . just the sound of it made Naruto feel weird. It wasn't a very usual or even likely combination. They barely interacted, barely knew each other, but Naruto figured he might as well give it a try. "Hey TenTen, wanna train together? I've never really dealt with so many weapons being thrown at me so I thought it would be a good change."

TenTen gave Naruto a stern look, similar to the one he'd gotten from Neji, but this one wasn't as harsh nor felt nearly as cold. She seemed to disprove of it initially but then thought about it and came to the same conclusion as Naruto. Neji knew her techniques and was good at blocking them but Naruto was a different story. He wasn't as controlled as Neji and his Shadow Clone technique would be a good challenge to her weapon assaults.

He was nervous as he looked at her, but once her face began to settle and she gave him a relaxed smile Naruto felt much better. "Yeah we can try it out," TenTen replied.

They began to separate from the rest of the team and walked to a more forest-like area in the training grounds. Naruto thought that the area would be better for TenTen to get a chance to hide for her long-range attacks. He would also be able to use the trees as cover from the onslaught of projectiles that would be trying to stop him.

The walk to the forest was extremely quiet, yet not unpleasant. It wasn't like Naruto to be that quiet but he'd never really spoken to TenTen outside of missions. They'd exchanged a few words of respect here and there, but never anything informal. After a while, the silence turned awkward and started to make him uncomfortable so he decided he might as well say something.