Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
I will always protect you... Always
(Damn him! He is late again!)
A brown haired young girl was leaning against one of the poles in the training
grounds. Her hair was down and she was dressed in a pink shirt and marine
blue pants. Her chocolate coloured eyes darted back and forth in search of
someone. She was twirling a kunai between her fingers in one hand, while doing
the same with a shuriken in the other. Then, she caught sight of an approaching
person.
She frowned slightly and smiled playfully.
A blonde boy came running along the road, looking very stressed.
The girl smiled and put away her weapons as the boy reached her.
"You´re late Naruto... Again." The girl stated.
Naruto took a second or two to regain his breath.
"I´m sorry, Tenten! Well you see, a black cat crossed my path, so I had to
find another one... And that,"
Tenten shook her head.
"I think you need to take some time off from missions Naruto. You´ve clearly spent
too much time together with Kakashi-kun. First of all, you´re late. And two, you
have a VERY lame excuse for it." Tenten said.
Naruto grinned and scratched the back of his head. Tenten found this very
cute, and kind of attractive in some way.
"I guess so..." Naruto admitted.
Tenten smiled. She then walked up to the blonde boy and slid her arms around
him. Naruto put his arms around her waist and pulled her close. They shared a
loving kiss. When they parted, they both had slightly red cheeks. Naruto smiled
and kissed her forehead. He almost couldn't believe that he had almost chosen
Sakura over Tenten. That just proved what a fool he had been back then.
"I´ve missed you, Tenten. I really have." Naruto stated.
Tenten snuggled up to him and nodded.
"I´ve missed you too, Naruto-kun." Tenten said.
Tenten smiled as she drew lazy circles on Naruto´s back. (I still can´t believe that
I almost chose Neji instead of Naruto-kun. It wasn´t untill after the Chuunin Exam
that I started to rethink my feelings for him... But what really changed my opinion
about him…) Tenten closed her eyes and a memory surfaced.
"Flashback"
Tenten collapsed onto her knees, panting hard. She raised her hand above her head.
This gesture was the agreed sign for giving up between them.
But somehow, Neji misunderstood this. He charged forward, reading his right hand
with his palm forward.
Tenten was expecting to see Neji calmly walking towards her, but instead, she saw
him running towards her. He was fully prepared to strike another blow.
(He didn´t see the "give up" sign? This is bad!) Tenten thought quickly. She tried to
stand, but her legs wouldn´t support her weight. She collapsed back onto the ground.
Tenten realised that with the current angle of Neji´s hand, she was going to get hit in
the center of her chest. Tenten´s eyes widened in horror. (If Neji hits me in the center
of my chest, then I´ll end up just like Hinata!) Tenten thought in panic. She tried to
yell "Stop!"
But her lips wouldn´t move.
Neji came within 5 meters from her with no sign of stopping.
Tenten closed her eyes and raised her arms to take the hit. (This is going to hurt...!)
Tenten thought. Her heart beat loudly in her ears and shut out all the other sounds
around her. She shut her eyes tight and expected to feel pain.
But there wasn´t any.
Tenten waited one second, two, three... Then she opened her eyes slowly. They widened
at the sight before her.
Neji was standing about 2 meters from her, his palm was pressing against orange
fabric. He had a look of surprise on his face. And for a good reason. Standing 1 meter
from Tenten, was a blonde boy. He was pressing his arm against Neji´s palm.
Tenten just stared. Her mouth fell open in surprise and shock. (N, Naruto-kun? W, where did
he come from? W, why is he here?) Tenten wondered.
Then her brain finally registered the position of the boy´s arm. (Naruto-kun, he...he
blocked Neji´s attack?) Tenten thought.
Naruto growled at Neji.
"Don´t you dare hurt her... Do you hear me? Don´t you DARE hurt her!" Naruto growled.
Tenten´s eyes widened. Did Naruto just defend her?
Neji went from surprised, to annoyed.
"We are training, dropout boy! Don´t interfere!" Neji said.
Naruto grit his teeth.
"Are you BLIND? Tenten couldn´t move! And yet, you went after her with all you had!
When your sparring partner can´t move anymore, you´re supposed to stop! But I guess
you´re so arrogant, not to say stupid, that you dismissed that little fact! You did the
same thing to Hinata...your own relative! All you really seem to care about is yourself
and your own sense of life! You´re disrespectfull, rude, arrogant, ignorant, and coldhearted.
You call yourself Hyuuga Neji with that? You may be part of Konoha´s most respected
family... But to me, you´re just a brainless jerk!" Naruto said.
Neji´s eyes narrowed and he bit back whatever response he had had. For a long time,
he just stared Naruto in the eye. Then, with one swift move, he removed his hand from
Naruto´s arm and strode away.
Tenten was shell shocked by what she had seen. Her mouth hung open and her eyes were
wide open. Naruto was shaking with anger but he calmed himself. He then turned to Tenten.
"Hey... Are you alright?"
Tenten finally snapped out of her trance and saw Naruto standing before her with his hand
extended. She looked at the offered hand as if she didn´t understand what he meant. She looked
at his face, and was met with a smile.
Something deep inside of Tenten reacted when Naruto smiled at her. She felt her cheeks
become red and her breathing quickened slightly. Tenten was confused immensively by
this. (W, what´s going on? Why am I blushing? T, this is Naruto for gods sake!)
Tenten thought. She swallowed and took his hand. Naruto helped her to her feet but didn´t let
go of her hand immediately, and neither did she. They looked into each other´s eyes.
Sea blue meeting chocolate brown. Naruto´s smile slowly faded, something about Tenten
made him feel funny.
Tenten studied the blonde boy before her, and found that she kind of liked what she saw.
(He´s not as bad looking as I thought... He´s actually quite handsome if you can look past
his childish outer self... Whow! What am I thinking?) Tenten blinked. She swallowed.
"T, thanks Naruto-kun... I guess Neji misread my movements..." Tenten managed to get out.
The more she looked at Naruto, the more she liked what she saw.
"Aaah, it was nothing! I just tried to help. T, that´s all!" Naruto said with a slight hint of
nervousness in his voice.
Tenten looked Naruto up and down. Her cheeks heated up and her heartbeat quickened.
Then, their eyes locked. They lost all sense of time and place as they gazed into each
other´s eyes. Tenten drowned in Naruto´s blue orbs. She couldn´t tear her eyes from
his. Then before she knew it, he had crossed the distance between them and had her
in his arms. He lowered his face and pressed his lips against Tenten´s. Her cheeks
flushed crimson and her breathing sped up. Never before in her life had Tenten felt
so alive than when Naruto kissed her. It was like she had been dreaming up untill
now. Tenten lost her self-control and a burning passion took over. She placed her hands
on the back of Naruto´s head and kissed him back, with passion. She ran her hands
through his wild spiky hair. Naruto soon responded and their light kissing turned
more passionate.
"End flashback"
Tenten opened her eyes and smiled. She sighed contently as Naruto kissed her
neck before drawing back to look at her face. He smiled warmly at her and his
smile was mirrored by Tenten´s. (Me and Naruto-kun have been together for two
years now. When he kissed me then, I finally realised that I had been blinded by my
crush on Neji. I probably loved Naruto-kun from the very first time I saw him, I just
never realised it. But now I see. I see everything clearly. I love Naruto-kun with all
my heart. And I am pretty sure that he loves me back just as much.) Tenten thought.
Naruto stroked her cheek fondly and let his other hand trace circles on her back.
"Tenten, I´m sorry that I haven´t been paying you enough attention lately..." Naruto said,
his eyes showed how bad he felt more than his words.
Tenten shook her head and put her slender hand on his cheek.
"Don´t be sorry. You couldn´t help it. You and your team have been away on missions
for almost a week straight. And missions can´t be ignored. Even though I wish they
could be..." Tenten said.
Naruto nodded. He felt just the same way.
"I still feel like an ass though. Tell you what, I´ll take you out to eat tonight." Naruto said.
Tenten gasped lightly at this.
"Naruto-kun! You don´t need to! Really!" Tenten said.
He had taken her out to eat many times before and she had always enjoyed herself
immensively. But she didn´t want him to feel guilty about his absence and take her
out just because of it. Naruto silenced her by putting a finger to her lips.
"I want to make up for my absence. I will take you out to eat tonight and not just to
make up for lost time, but because I want to." Naruto stated.
Tenten didn´t protest anymore. She put her forehead against his and smiled
warmly at him.
"Alright, you win. But I get to choose where we´ll eat alright?" Tenten said.
Naruto nodded.
"Of course." He said.
They laughed. Then Naruto captured her lips with his own, making her heart
flutter. They both felt alive. When they broke apart for air, Naruto pulled out
a kunai.
"Let´s train a little first, shall we?" Naruto said.
Tenten smiled wryly.
"Alright. But only for a little bit." Tenten said.
Naruto agreed, and they headed out on the training ground.
Later that night, at Tenten´s house...
"Right! That should do it!" Tenten said to herself.
She was standing before a mirror, looking over herself. She was dressed
in a black silk dress with red lines following the outlining. Her hair was down
and free of any ponytail. It looked like Sakura´s when she had long hair, only
that it wasn´t spiky. Tenten, being pleased with her looks, went to get her jacket.
She stepped outside of her appartment and locked the door.
The young woman left the building and looked around for her date. She smiled
wryly. (I bet he´s late as per usual.) Tenten thought. Then, someone patted her shoulder.
She turned and came face to face with none other than Naruto. The blonde boy was
grinning and rubbing the back of his head. He was dressed in a white shirt, black pants,
and of course, his orange jacket. Naruto had removed his forehead protector for once.
"Sorry, Tenten. Am I late? I tried to get here as fast as I could." Naruto said.
Tenten shook her head.
"No, I just left the appartment. You´re just in time." Tenten said.
Naruto let out a relieved sigh and then he grinned.
"Great! Shall we go?" Naruto asked.
He offered her his arm. Tenten smiled and took it.
"Yes." She said.
As they made their way to the restaurant they were going to eat at, Naruto
found it very hard to control himself. He snuck peaks at Tenten every five
seconds. (My god...she is beautifull! She really have grown to become a
stunning young woman.) Naruto thought. His eyes darted across his date´s
body. Naruto´s all too helpfull mind provided him with images of some...
impure things. He tore his eyes away from Tenten and tried to supress his
feelings. He had had some problems with his self-control over the past few
months. Naruto knew that it was his teenager hormones that was messing up
his mind. (Stop thinking like that, man! She´s your girlfriend for goodness
sake! You don´t want her in that way!) His mind kept telling him.
A low rumbling in the back of his head alerted him of the presence of a
certain demon.
(You don't want her in that way, do you? Well...I'd say that "certain"
body parts of yours are disagreeing with you!)
Naruto groaned in his head. He really didn´t need this right now!
The fox demon always stated the obvious!
(Can't you shut up for ONE night, Kyuubi? You've been terrorising
me ever since I started going out with Tenten!) Naruto yelled in his head.
(I'm afraid I can't do that, kid! This is just about the only entertainment
I get nowadays! You have NO idea how it is like to just sit in a cell all
day without ANYTHING to do at all! Since you haven't killed anyone
since I don't know when, I take out my frustration this way instead!)
Kyuubi stated.
Naruto growled.
(It's been TWO YEARS, Kyuubi! So don't give me that CRAP!
Now PU-LEASE...SHUT UP!) Naruto growled in his head.
Kyuubi practically howled with laughter at his so called "threat".
But nevertheless, he went quiet.
Naruto let out a big sigh. He really hated it when the damned fox demon
decided to pester him with his never-ending supply of lies and absurd
suggestions. But no matter how hard he tried to deny it, he still wanted
her. Naruto wanted Tenten, badly. He shook his head and concentrated
on repeating all the Techniques he knew in his head, over and over again.
Unknown to him, Tenten was having similar thoughts about him. She looked
at his well trained body and blushed. (When did Naruto become such a
handsome man? He's grown over the past two years...yeah, he definitely
has.) Tenten thought. She fought to suppress the growing feeling of warmth
in her chest. (Come on! What are you thinking? He's your boyfriend for
Christ's sake! You don't want him in that way!) Her mind kept telling her.
But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't deny that she wanted him.
Tenten wanted Naruto, very badly. She tried to clear her head by repeating
all of the Taijutsus she knew in her mind, over and over again.
The two teenagers tried to suppress their feelings during their meal and
succeeded, allthough barely. As the two left the restaurant, they were both
feeling rather warm.
Naruto´s cheeks were flushed as was Tenten´s. Just sitting right in front of
her had been a royal pain. He hadn't been able to kiss her or simply touch
her, which he yearned to do.
Tenten struggled to keep herself from panting. She was so warm, and a bit
aroused. (God... I can't believe that just being with him can make me feel
like this!) Tenten thought.
The two teenagers passed a dark alley, and a shadow suddenly shot out
of it! A light whistling sound was heard. Naruto's ninja senses immediately
detected the threat and he reacted instantly. Naruto grabbed Tenten by the
waist and pushed her out of the way of the sharp projectile. Tenten was
surprised to say the least when Naruto pushed her. She was even more
surprised when a kunai dug itself into his shoulder! Naruto let out a pained
grunt and he turned around to face their attacker. A slim man between the
ages 28-31 stood a distance away. His green vest showed his ninja rank.
The man was a Chuunin.
Naruto growled at the man.
"Ehehehehe! My, my, my! It seems that you're better than I thought, demon
spawn! To be able to not only sense, but to also block my attack in pitch
darkness...that was rather good. For thrash like you! Too bad I hit you first,
demon spawn! I was planning to hit you with my second attack. A poisoned
kunai, that is. Heh, too bad I missed the girl..." The Chuunin-thug stated.
Naruto's eyes narrowed at this. There actually were people in Konoha
that would attack him right in the street? He never would have thought that
anyone in Konoha would dare to do something like that!
Tenten stared in horror as thick drops of blood dripped from his shoulder.
She got back up onto her feet and cursed herself for not bringing any
weapons with her.
Naruto's brain now registered the man's last statement.
"Too bad I missed the girl..."
(He was aiming for Tenten! He, he was trying to kill Tenten!) Naruto thought.
A low rumble was heard in his head and this time, Naruto wellcomed it.
The fox demon grinned inside of the boy's head. Maybe he could convince
the kid to kill the man! The demon was excited at the mere thought of blood!
The man chuckled.
"I don't know how the demon boy convinced you to go out with him, girl...
But it must have been a really good lie, don't you think? I mean, demons aren't
capable of feelings. Except for hatred and bloodlust of course." The Chuunin
said.
Tenten frowned in anger.
"Where the FUCK did YOU get air from? Naruto isn't a demon! Naruto is Naruto!"
Tenten growled.
The Chuunin again chuckled.
"Girl, since you're so hell bent on staying with that monster...I have no
choice, but to kill you, along with the demon spawn!" The man stated.
He pulled out another kunai. A kunai with something purple dripping
from it. Tenten's eyes widened. (That purple liquid! It must be poison!)
Tenten's mind immediately analysed. The man chuckled, then he
disappeared! A loud "smack!", followed by a pained scream echoed
through the night.
Naruto spun and saw something that made his heart skip a beat.
The Chuunin-thug was standing right before Tenten with his arm fully
extended. That, and Tenten was falling to the ground. A fresh bruise
was already forming on her cheek where the man's hand had hit her.
Apparently, he had decided to first humiliate her before killing her.
Everything went into slow-motion for Naruto at this point. He saw
Tenten slowly, slowly falling to the ground with a bruised cheek.
Naruto now lost it. He closed his eyes and time went back to normal.
Tenten hit the ground with a Thud!.
The man raised the arm with the kunai in it, and a pair of blood red
eyes opened.
"Die, girl!" The man yelled with a mad look on his face.
The Chuunin-thug brought the poisoned kunai down, and Tenten's
brown eyes widened. A clawed hand grabbed the man's wrist and
twisted it roughly, making him drop his weapon. The man screamed
in agony and pulled his arm free of the blonde's grasp. He stared at
the teenager with mixed feelings in his eyes.
Tenten blinked, then she looked up. She saw Naruto standing with his
back to her. He was hunched down slightly in a dog-like stature.
A loud growl rose from Naruto's throat and it grew into a roar!
A whirlwind of red Chakra erupted from him and his roar grew louder!
The kunai that was stuck in his shoulder was blown away by the sheer force
of the boy's Chakra. Smoke surrounded the wound and it began to close
immediately.
Tenten was shocked to say the least!
"N, Naruto-kun...!" Tenten stuttered.
Naruto quieted down for a moment.
"I promised long ago that I would protect Tenten...and now that you
have hurt her... I WILL BEAT YOU TO A BLOODY PULP!"
Naruto roared!
Then he blurred away! The Chuunin-thug's eyes widened in fear as
the fox/teenager charged him. The red eyed boy formed his favourite
hand seal and split into five different copies of himself. The four
clones reached the man and disappeared. They reappeared around the
Chuunin and made a quadruple upward-kick attack!
The man was sent spiraling up into the air. There, the real Naruto
was waiting. The foxy teenager grinned savagely at the man and raised
his leg. The Chuunin-thug's eyes widened in fear, then it was too late.
Naruto brought his foot down and completely smashed the man's face!
The Chuunin spiraled downwards and hit the ground, hard.
The four Naruto's dissolved into smoke as the real one landed on the
ground. The red Chakra disappeared and his appearence changed back
to normal. Naruto fell down on one knee while panting heavily.
Tenten stared at her boyfriend. She could hardly believe what she just
had seen! Tenten had heard about and seen several of Naruto's fights
before, but she never would have thought that he had always been THIS
powerful! Tenten's brain finally snapped back into functioning, and she
quickly got to her feet and made her way over to him. She kneeled down
beside Naruto and put her arms around him.
"Naruto-kun! Are you alright? Naruto-kun?" Tenten asked, worried.
Naruto surprised her by grinning! He looked at the unconscious thug
before him and his grin widened. He then looked up at Tenten with
shining blue eyes.
"I beat him up...just like I said I would!" Naruto stated.
Tenten's brow furrowed with concern.
"You idiot! Why did you go along and do that for?" Tenten ranted.
Naruto smiled warmly at her and she fell quiet.
"I'm sorry for worrying you, but if there is one thing I just can't take...
then that's letting my girlfriend get hurt! I'm sorry, Tenten. I couldn't stop
him in time..." Naruto said.
His smile disappeared at the end and he looked down into the ground.
Tenten's hand went up to her sore cheek and she whinched slightly.
The man had hit her harder than she thought. But that was of no concern
to her. Tenten's heart nearly melted at Naruto's statement. Sometimes it
was hard to believe that the blonde before her had once been just a small
boy prankster, and not the loving man he was today. Tenten hugged Naruto
close and dug her face into his shoulder.
"Don't be silly, Naruto-kun! You have nothing to be sorry for! You beat that
guy bloody, just like you said you would! You saved my life, Naruto-kun!
That's something I can never thank you enough for! Allthough, you should
have left him somewhat conscious for me!" Tenten stated.
Naruto looked at her for a moment, then he slowly grinned. He hugged Tenten
back and his grin evolved into a smile.
"Thanks, Tenten. I can't believe how lucky I am to have someone like you..."
Naruto wisphered.
Tenten nodded.
"Same to you, Naruto-kun. Same, to you."
They made it back to the apartment without anymore trouble. When they made
it to Tenten´s door, they faced each other again. Naruto smiled slightly and
gently caressed Tenten's still slightly red cheek.
"I still can't believe I let him hit you..." Naruto mumbled.
His blue eyes shone with guilt. Tenten silenced him by putting one of her
fingers to his lips. She shook her head at Naruto with a loving smile.
"How many times do I have to say this? It wasn't your fault,
Naruto-kun! I'm not mad at you. If anything, I'm thankfull. You saved my
life, and that is something that is pretty high in my standards for a good
boyfriend!" Tenten stated.
Naruto smiled and took her in his arms.
"You're right. I should stop worrying and start loving you even more than
before. I swore long ago that I would protect you, and I swear, that I will
NEVER let anything like this happen again. EVER." Naruto stated.
Tenten nodded at him.
"Fair enough. But next time, save some for me, alright?" Tenten said,
playfully.
"That's going to be tough, considering that there isn't going to be a
next time." Naruto stated, stubbornly.
Tenten left it at that.
Naruto then leaned into her and kissed her deeply. Tenten kissed him
back just as deeply. Naruto felt something stir inside of him and
deepened the kiss even more.
He put his arms on her back and pulled her as close to him as he could.
Naruto felt as if he had to really show Tenten just how much he loved
her. After the Chuunin-thug's attack on them earlier, he felt that he needed
to make Tenten feel loved and safe. He was determined to do just that.
Naruto licked Tenten´s lips and she opened her mouth. Their tounges met,
and their passion built up. Tenten's hands lost themselves in his unruly
blonde hair. She pressed her mouth more fully against Naruto's in a vain
attempt at heightening their shared passion. Naruto's hands toyed with the
zipper on Tenten's back and his girlfriend fisted her small hands inside
of his shirt.
Somehow during all this, Tenten managed to unlock the door and pull
the blonde in with her. As soon as they made it inside, Naruto kicked
the door closed and spun around. He pushed Tenten up against the door
and started tounge-kissing her passionately. Tenten answered by kissing
him back with a feverish want.
Naruto felt his control slipping little by little, but he wasn't worried
somehow. He had never done anything like this before, but he wasn't
scared or even nervous.
Tenten had never done anything even remotely close to what they were
doing before, but she wasn't afraid or nervous at all.
And as the night evolved, their passion reached new heights.
They were both virgins, but that didn't seem to matter.
Naruto was never afraid during the whole ordeal and neither was
Tenten. It all felt so right.
Tenten's chocolate coloured eyes fluttered open and she drew lazy
circles on Naruto's stomach. Their bodies were covered in a nice
thin layer of sweat. Tenten lifted her head from her lover's chest and
looked up. Naruto seemed to sense that she was looking at him and his
own eyes opened. Sky blue met chocolate brown. Tenten smiled warmly
at him, her brown bangs lay slightly plastered to her forehead. She reached
up and kissed him on his cheek before returning to his chest. Naruto smiled
warmly at her and put his hand on her back.
"I love you, Tenten." Naruto wisphered.
Tenten closed her eyes with a smile.
"I love you too, Naruto-kun." Tenten wisphered back.
The two lovers then closed their eyes and fell into a dreamless slumber.
Naruto frowned slightly in his sleep. He tiredly opened his eyes and
looked up at the ceiling. A large black tattoo appeared on his stomach.
(Kyuubi...I don't know what you find so amusing about this, but...shut the
hell up, please?)
Naruto looked down at his lover and smiled. The booming echo of the fox
demon's laughter died as he stroked the young woman's hair. Tenten slept
peacefully. The black tattoo on his stomach faded away and the blonde ninja
could relax again. After looking down at the person he loved the most in the
whole wide world, he soon fell asleep again.
The two lovers slept peacefuly the rest of the night.
Hello again everyone! I read through this fic to get me started on the upcoming fourth chapter,
but then I realised what a disorder my sentences were in! And some facts and statements were
wrong as well. So, I decided to fix those up first, before going in for the fourth chapter.
Tell me what you think about the changes! And of course, the upcoming fourth chapter!
See ya!
