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This story is co-written with Sarafina the Ninja Goddess using an idea she thought of for this pairing. In case you didn't read the summary, this is a LeexTenten fanfic. Hope you enjoy it!
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Tenten was sitting quietly in her seat outside the Hokage's office. She looked over at her teammate, Lee, who had also been summoned to see Tsunade. He was squirming in his seat, she noticed. She knew he was nervous. He always was when the Hokage summoned their team without telling them what for. This time, however, Tsunade only asked Tenten and Lee to come, which seemed strange to Tenten. She knew Gai-sensei was on a mission and couldn't come anyway, but why hadn't she summoned Neji as well?
Before Tenten couldn't think about it anymore, Shizune came out of Tsunade's office and said, "Tsunade-sama will be with you in a moment. She has a bit of important paperwork she needs to attend to first that she conveniently forgot about yesterday and the day before that, and the day before that, and EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST TWO WEEKS!" Shizune yelled the last part more to Tsunade on the other side of the door than to Tenten and Lee.
"That's fine, we can wait a bit longer," Tenten said as she forced a smile on her face. The truth was Tenten was very angry now, for Tsunade called Lee and Tenten there two hours ago at 5 in the morning, and they had been waiting outside ever since. The one thing she hated more than waiting was being woken up for no apparent reason and today, she had to deal with both.
"Would you happen to know why Tsunade has called us down here?" Lee inquired of Shizune.
"To tell you the truth, I really don't know. All I know is that you two are going to get a mission today, but Tsunade won't tell anyone what it's about. She's the only one who knows," Shizune informed them. Lee gave out a sigh of relief since he now knew that they weren't in trouble. Tenten was relieved too, because she, like Lee, had also feared for the worst.
"SHIZUNE!" Tsunade yelled from the other side of the door. Shizune opened the door all the way, allowing Lee and Tenten to look inside. They couldn't see Tsunade at all, for the entire desk she was sitting behind was covered with stacks of papers that seemed to go almost all the way to the ceiling.
"Yes, Tsunade-sama?" Shizune asked hesitantly.
"Can't we get someone else to do this paperwork?" Tsunade whined.
"No, Tsunade-sama, it is your job as Hokage to do this work!" Shizune informed her, "Now get back to work!" Shizune slammed the doors shut before thinking, and suddenly papers falling could be heard on the other side of the door. Shizune's face whitened as she opened the door again. He eyes nearly popped out of her head when she saw all of the papers that were nicely stacked 15 seconds ago lying all over the floor.
"GAH! HOW COULD I BE SO CARELESS?" Shizune yelled as she began trying to get all of the papers together and organize them the way they were.
"Well, looks like they aren't getting done today! Lee, Tenten, you two can come in now!" Tsunade yelled in a cheery voice. Lee and Tenten got out of their seats and walked to the doorway and stopped to stare at the mess in front of them.
"Please don't mind the mess, there was just a small accident. Just step on the papers and sit down," Tsunade said as she motioned to the chairs in front of her desk. Tenten and Lee did as they were told and walked through the pile of papers to sit in front of Tsunade.
"Shizune, please leave us be for now. I need to talk to them alone," Tsunade said, stressing the word 'alone'.
"Yes Tsunade-sama!" Shizune said as she scooped up a few more papers, leaving the rest on the ground for her to clean up later.
As soon as Shizune left, Tsunade sighed, and said, "I suppose you are wondering why I called you two here." Tenten and Lee nodded their heads in unison. "Well, I have a very special mission for you that you absolutely HAVE to accept. If you don't, there could be trouble between our village and Kirigakure, the Village Hidden in the Mist," Tsunade said.
"We'll accept, right Tenten?" Lee asked his teammate. Tenten nodded and said, "I just don't get one thing. Why did you only call us? Why not Neji, too, or some other teams as well if it is as important as you are saying it is."
"Because Tenten, this mission requires only two people. It needs one female and one male. Naruto is traveling with Jiraiya at the moment, and as you know, Sasuke is with Orochimaru, so that leaves Team 7 out. Hinata is training with her father right now, so that leaves Kurenai's team out since there would be no girl to send. Also, Asuma's team is on a mission at the moment, so all that's left is you two. I figured Lee would be able to handle this job better than Neji can, and you'll understand why when you learn of the mission. Even if the other teams were available, I think you two would make the best choice for this," Tsunade said with a smile.
"Okay then, so what's our mission?" Tenten asked, thinking of the different weapons she could use depending on what the mission required of them.
"Well, it is unlike any mission you have had before. You will not be permitted to bring weapons of any kind with you," Tsunade said as she looked straight at Tenten. Tenten's smile fell a bit. "No weapons? What kind of mission is this?!?!" She thought to herself.
"You will need to use skills you may have never used before. You are going to have to take a 2 week training course before you can head off to the Rain Village, and the course starts tomorrow. Any questions?" Tsunade asked. Lee raised his hand. "Yes, Lee?" Tsunade asked the boy.
"You still haven't told us the mission yet. What is it that we have to prepare for that we aren't prepared for now?" Lee asked. Tenten was curious to know this as well.
"I can't tell you the mission here. The walls have eyes and ears, you know. Instead, I am going to give you this to read when you go back to one of your houses," Tsunade said as she held a scroll out for them. Tenten took the scroll from Tsunade and studied it before handing it over to Lee, who looked it over as well.
"This mission is of the utmost importance. If you do not succeed, war could break out between Konoha and Kirigakure, which would be traumatic for our village, considering we have not fully recovered from Orochimaru's last attack. However, fi you succeed, we will gain an important ally who will help us take down Orochimaru when the time is right," Tsunade informed them.
"So what you're saying is that the fate of Konoha rests on our shoulders?" Tenten asked, a bit nervous.
"Yes," Tsunade said as she looked Tenten straight in the eye.
"But no pressure, right?" Tenten asked sarcastically.
"None at all," Tsunade replied, "Now, go to one of your homes and read the scroll together. Make sure you wait until you get home to read it! Everything you need to know about the mission itself will be in there, and everything you need to know about the two weeks of training you will need will be in their, too, so there should be no need for you to have to come back to my office, for I have a lot of paperwork to attend to, understand?" Tsunade said as she looked at the papers on the floor. Tenten and Lee nodded their heads as they stood from up. Tsunade looked at both of them and nodded before saying, "All right then, you two are dismissed. Remember, you CANNOT REFUSE!" Tenten and Lee quickly left the office and began walking to Lee's house, for it was closer.
"What do you think the mission is about?" Tenten asked.
"I don't know, but it must be really important if the Hokage couldn't tell it to us in person," Lee said thoughtfully.
"I wonder why we can't bring any weapons with us though. And why we have to have two weeks of training! This is really strange, I'm a little worried about what this might be," Tenten confessed.
"Don't worry! I'm sure everything will be fine!" Lee said as he put his arm around her shoulders in attempt to comfort her. He hated seeing his teammates upset. Tenten smiled warmly at him and said, "Yeah, I'm sure the two of us can handle it!"
The two finally arrived at Lee's house. As soon as they got in they closed and locked the front door and sat down on Lee's couch.
"Okay, are you ready?" Lee asked. Tenten nodded her head as she watched the boy open up the scroll and lay it down in front of them on the coffee table. They both read in silence, and when they finished, both of there faces were white. Tenten was the first who was able to recover.
"ARE YOU KIDDING ME? WE HAVE TO BABYSIT A 4 MONTH OLD BABY?!?!?!"
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