Chapter 1

Tenten finally got back from her last mission as chunin. Or at least Tsunade-sama said so. She was one of those kunoichi that worked really hard not only to get better positions , her greatest goal wast to get stronger and to live on her own with no worries about money or rent. And finally, after few years being a chunin and many missions ,she was about to become a jounin. And as you can imagine, jounin's salary was way better than chunin's.

The first one to greet her was Sakura, maybe because she was always near Tsunade's office as her student.

"oi! tenten! I heard you finally became a jounin! Congragulations, so when we are going to party?" Sakura shouted ,quite excited, for she's been away almost all those days that Tenten was back at Konoha and they havent seen each oher for a long time.

"Sakura! Good to see you! I havent become a jounin YET, i'll have to wait for official notification till October when all this years new jounins will be officially introduced." Tenen was happy to see one of her best friends again, but Sakura will probably end up matchmaking as always" I heard you are close to becoming a jounin yourself?"

"Well yeah, the only problem is that due to training with Tsunade i havent been on many missions...So what about a party, huh?" If Tenten remembered correctly, Sakura was always passionate about parties and things like that.

"Who told you there was going to be a party?" Tenten asked, she was NOT Sakura after all...

"meeeee...So we and the gang meet tonigh at eight at my place? My parents are off to some relatives."

"... You thought of everything. Ok then, ill come to you at six maybe, to prepare ,ok?"

"yup, thats fine with me, see ya, Tsunade will get mad if she finds out that i havenot done work she told me to" Sakura waved.

"Yeah, see ya"

When Tenten went shopping she met many people, they all seemed to know about her becoming a jounin. "Damn Sakura, she must have told Ino about it and then that one blabbered everyone...Anyway, I promised Gai-sensei that i'll meet him after i come back. Ugh, this probably will end with "youthful hugs" and Lee coming out of nowhere."

Gai-sensei was one of those who held team together, even if hey got off on separate missions, If not Neji she propably will be suffociated after few hugs. The two of them were the only ones someone would consider as normal beings...at least more normal than those two hippies.

"TENTEN!!" Poor kunoichi heard Ino's voice behind her. Not only on missions ,she was kind of torture everywhere.

"Hi Ino." smiled Tenten.

"Greetings, I've already told everyone about that jounin thing and party at Sakura's" Incredible smile crossed Ino's face

" Yeah, i already noticed that, thanks a lot for taking the trouble... " Though Ino was too talktative sometimes, there was no doubt about her being a good friend" How are things going on here?"

"Fine ,no need to worry, Shikamaru and Neji went on mission with Naruto and met those Akatsuki guys and ..well, both sides got their ass kicked. I just dont understand how the hell those guys can be so strong you know..."

"akatsuki, huh..."Tenten seemed to space out a little, when Inos voice brought her back to reality:

"Hinata! Come here, look who I met!" Ino couldnt see the strange look on Hinata's face

"Tenten-san! Im so glad you are doing good , how was the mission?" Hinata asked with low voice, This girl always felt uncomfortable around Tenten.

"Thanks Hinata-chan, i'm fine. You seem worried" Tenten couldnt ignore that miserable look on girls face. Hinata blushed.

"oh...Nothing, really...its just that Naruto-kun and Neiji-kun... I heard they were badly injured..." Tenten could see tears begining to gather in Hinata's eyes.

"No need to worry, we'll just go and visit them, i heard its quite ok with them, you DO know that they are strong, dont you?. Hey, lets go now, come on Tenten" Ino held Hinata's shoulders and lead her to the direction of hospital.

Tenten heard this before, but the fact that somebody could hurt those three shinobi scared her. They were all best known in Konoha. "that is just stupid, of course there are stronger guys than them . and maybe their mission was to protect someone,that makes things more clear. I have never won against Neji, though i was close to victory... I wonder what happened there, and how's Neji doing...He IS my teammate afterall." her glance landed on Hinata's back"She must have it hard, but i think she worries about Naruto more,since she knows his nature... Damn, and I worry about Neji more, maybe because I know how he is too, that fool sometimes acts stupid. I better hurry and see him." Tenten cought up to Ino and Hinata and they all rushed to Hospital.

When girls went to hospital, they saw that it really was nothing bad , few days at hospital and they'll be all right. They were in different rooms, so after they saw everyone, girls went their own ways. Ino rushed to Shikamaru, Hinata all red stayed with Naruto and Tenten went to see her teammate leaving those two alone.

Due to different missions they havent seen each other lately for about half a year now(even Gai-sensei's effort was fruitless to get them on a mission together), and after cheking on everyone and saying "hi" to them Tenten went to Neji's room to have a longer talk with him than greetings, and to take closer look to her ice-king teammate.

AN so...only to warn you: this is actually my first attempt in fiction so dont be too cruel, ok? Anyway, i tried to make it as good as possible for me so please R&R, i really want to know what you think of it and if i should write further.

thank you

PS English is not my native tongue so ...well, you know what i mean XD