Hi! umm... yeah n.n;; Me again. Soo... another little fic set after an RP between me and a friend of mine ( so, the two people named Akako and Orenji belong to her :3) yeah! So... anyways XD I hope you enjoy it n.n
It's so hard to write for Gai XDDDD For some reason... I really hope I didn't make him too out of character XD same goes for Neji.
Disclaimer: Naruto and all it's characters belong to Masashi Kishimoto.
Akako and Orenji: My friend Jay
Shizuka: er... me ;
Hyuuga Neji sighed as he approached his teammate's front door. His plan was simple: Go to Tenten's house. Check on Tenten. Relay the information to the others. But no. Lee just had to show up on his own, didn't he?
"Neji Kun!" The fourteen year old, spandex-clad, genin said, smiling.
Neji didn't share his enthusiasm."How is she?" He replied flatly.
"I have not even rang the doorbell yet..."
Neji gave a halfhearted sigh, before stepping past his teammate, and ringing the doorbell himself.
Tenten had been acting strangely the previous day, off her game, distracted. She'd even missed a few targets, which was highly unusual. She'd passed out a few hours after they'd started training, which had worried them. It wasn't uncommon for people to pass out on their training field, by any means... But ninety-nine percent of the time, that person was Lee, never Tenten. She'd had a high fever, and Gai'd had to take her to the hospital. She'd been able to go home soon after, but neither had been able to see if she was alright since then.
The door opened, and a woman they recognized as Tenten's mother answered. "Oh... hello there!" She answered, smiling. "You're here about Tenten, I assume?" The boys nodded, and she continued, "Well... She's sleeping, and the doctors say she's contagious... So, I'm afraid you can't come visit." Lee's face fell. "Tenten's caught that flu bug that's been going around, it seems. Apparently, a lot of people are getting sick from it. But it clears up in about a week, so she should be fine, given that she rests." She assured. "I'll tell her you came by."
Neji nodded. "I see... Thank you for your time." He said politely, turning and starting down the street, Lee catching up a moment later. "You know what this means, don't you?"
Lee blinked. "No, I do not..."
"We won't be able to do any missions for a week." Lee looked disappointed again, so Neji simply quickened his pace, heading for their practice area. "Come on. Let's get to the training field... Before we're late and Gai Sensei makes us run laps."
"But Neji kun, I love laps..."
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"Yosh! Is this not invigorating, Neji kun?" Lee exclaimed joyously, as they ran lap number one hundred eighty seven around the track, as they'd been instructed to do until Gai returned from some errand he had needed to attend to.
"I... Really... Hate you...Right now.." Neji managed between pants and gasps. The Hyuuga genin then spied something approaching the track. Something very green. Thank god! Neji thought, relieved, as his sensei returned.
"Alright!" Gai said loudly, when he had reached his students, who had stopped running. "I have good news...Today... We will need to train extra hard... to prepare for the mission we have been assigned! It's only a C ranked mission... But an important one!"
Neji raised an eyebrow. "You've found someone willing to substitute for Tenten, Gai Sensei?"
He nodded quickly. "That flu bug that got Tenten... Some other genin have caught it too. And someone else on one of those people's teams...well... As I understand it, a pizza delivery boy rang their doorbell, and now they're missing a wall from their kitchen, and have gone camping for the next few weeks...Or something. Anyways! The remaining student has agreed to join out youthful team so that we can complete this mission!"
"Who?" Neji asked skeptically, desperately trying to convince himself that he indeed did not want to ask about the doorbell story.
Gai blinked at him for a moment, before looking down on either side of him. "Hey, where'd you go...?" He asked no one in particular, as he twisted around to look behind himself. "Ah, there you are!" The small, timid looking kunoichi he had just temporarily misplaced stepped out from behind him hesitantly.
"Shizuka San!" Lee said happily.
Gai smiled. He had hoped that this would go over well, with Lee anyways. Shizuka and Lee were already acquainted. It was hard to tell what Neji thought of her.
"Hi," She said, waving a little, and smiling shyly.
"Yosh!" Gai continued, enthusiastically, as his team sat down, waiting to hear a description of the mission. Shizuka took a seat next to Lee, and Gai went on to explain. Their mission was to escort a representative from the village hidden in the clouds, that had been in konoha to try restore peace between the two villages, back to the land of thunder. Neji's eyes had narrowed significantly at this, but Gai had assured him that precautions had been taken. Leaf nin had brought him to the village, and leaf nin would take him back. The representative, not even a shinobi himself, was alone, so there was very little possibility of a double crossing. Unlike the last time they had attempted negotiations with leaf.
The next day, they would escort the representative back to Kumogakure, and then return to Konoha, simple as that.
Upon finishing his explanation of the mission, Gai proceeded to follow up with his infamous nice guy pose. "Yosh!" He exclaimed, joyously. "Now! We, of course, should ensure that we're all in tip top condition for the mission tomorrow! Everybody, back to the track!"
Amidst Lee's cheerful cries, a barely audible groan was heard from the Hyuuga.
So... there's chapter one! Sorry if it's crappy n.n;; anyways, thank you very much for reasing, and please review. Have a nice day:D