Now this was irritating.

[sparkplug_chan]

She had been within sight of her apartment. In fact, she'd been able to see her bedroom window from the street below said apartment before a breeze had kicked up. Unfortunately for her, she had been under the mistaken impression that closing her eyes against the dirt stirred up in this fashion would not be to her detriment.

She was wrong.

Her rather unimpressed gaze swept around the open area she found herself in the middle of, trying to pin down anything that might look like a seal. Anything to explain -how- this had just occurred. Her search turned up nothing, instead leading to her resting her fingers on the hilt of her blade, relic that it was, to feel the hum of leashed electricity that always answered the gesture.

It was soothing, and she could use that just now. After all, she wasn't the diplomat of her team. No, that was, contrary to popular belief, actually Naruto's job. Shaking off the thought, she headed toward what looked to be shops. She was going to interrogate a local.

Now to remember not to look like she was threatening them while doing it.

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[sparkplug_chan]

"Happened -when- exactly?" She looked to the Hitai-ate, then back to her, clearly waiting for something a little more descriptive.

[bunsofsteel]

"With Orochimaru, of course!" That was the most important thing, here! Tenten returns the look suggesting that the other girl was an idiot, inwardly pleased at being able to do so.

[sparkplug_chan]

"He tried to bite me, missed when Hinata yanked me out of the way, we ran away, and he later attacked the village. I've heard rumors about him since, but I doubt you're interested in that."

[bunsofsteel]

"So he missed..." She brings a hand to her own face, touching her fingers there before pulling them back, not bothering to hide her relief. "I... that explains a lot, thanks."

[sparkplug_chan]

She narrowed her eyes a little, then shrugged. "Sure."

[bunsofsteel]

This felt awkward, talking to a female Sasuke. It takes a moment before she resumes the conversation, taking a different note. "So, uh... if you ever want to spar with me, I live up there." She turns and points toward the house on the cliff she shared with both Sasuke and Itachi. "You'll be able to find somewhere to live no problem around here. I heard lots of places don't even make you pay rent."

[sparkplug_chan]

She just looked at her for a long moment before humming lowly, waiting for her to add more before finally nodding once. "I'll remember that."

[bunsofsteel]

"Great. And, uh... sorry for that." She gestures to the other's cheek a little awkwardly before resting her hand on her hip again. "What else would you like to know?"

[sparkplug_chan]

"I'm sure I'll think of something eventually." She hitched up a shoulder in a dismissive shrug. "People do things like that all the time, it's fine."

[bunsofsteel]

"Really?" Tenten blinks a moment, then snorts through her nose. Well, Number One Rookie Uchiha Sasuke had been popular with the girls in his class, or so she'd heard. It only made sense for a female to be similar. "That... must be pretty annoying."

[sparkplug_chan]

She shrugged. "It's mainly Ino, honestly. Kiba tends to not be as grabby."

[bunsofsteel]

Her nose wrinkles in distaste. "I'd break their fingers." Really, before her two Uchiha, romance had been one of the furthest things from her mind.

[sparkplug_chan]

She waved it off. "It doesn't bother me and they're harmless. They'd never get anywhere with me." She flashed her a smirk. "It would take someone truly exceptional to get my attention, and they're just not."

[bunsofsteel]

"Is that so?" She can't help but smirk, resting her hand easily on her hip again. "I can't help but wonder if that's true about the Sasuke I know, as well." She'd take it as a compliment either way. "So you and Naruto are a thing, then?"

[sparkplug_chan]

"We are, more or less." She shrugged. "I have him well trained and he adores me, so I find it quite comfortable."

[bunsofsteel]

"That's... kind of cold," she points out, frowning again. "Especially if he adores you like he says he does."

[sparkplug_chan]

"I don't see how it's cold." She looked sideways at her. "If anyone tried to take him from me, I'd kill them."

[bunsofsteel]

"Well, I mean... the way you put it kind of sounds like he's a possession instead of a person."

[sparkplug_chan]

"Of course he's a person. He's -my- person." She gave her a look like this should have been obvious.

[bunsofsteel]

"I guess..." She still didn't like it. What did her Sasuke think about her, then?! That look was starting to get pretty annoying though, and she just huffs. "Sounds like it's better that you're the one who got stuck here instead of him though, huh?"

[sparkplug_chan]

Her eyes narrow a little then and she snorted. "No. He's going to worry. The idiot."

She turned her body some, looking around the village slowly. "But there's nothing to do about it from here."

[bunsofsteel]

It was starting to get genuinely hard to tell if this Sasuke actually cared for Naruto or not. Pretty annoying, either way.

"Yeah, looks that way. But, you never know! Maybe he'll show up here, too."

[sparkplug_chan]

She stilled for a moment, and a little tension left her frame. "He might. That would be good."

She turned in place to look at the other girl directly again. "It will be strange to be away from him for longer than a few days."

[bunsofsteel]

"The adjustment can be pretty hard," she agrees, though truthfully, her adjustment wasn't all that hard at all. "I take it you guys are on the same team, then? You, him, and Sakura?"

[sparkplug_chan]

She looked confused at -that-. "No... Me, him and -Hinata-." She visibly shook it off. "I haven't been without him in eight years. Who's going to make sure he eats something other than ramen if I'm not there?"