I Do Not Own Naruto


After the Fourth Great Shinobi War the injured were dispersed throughout the Shinobi Allied Forces for care and treatment of psychological traumas and the physical wounds sustained in battle. Shinobi were taken to the village which would suit the needs of their injuries. Many of the critically injured and dying were taken to the Leaf for treatment; among them were:

-Jinchūriki; Uzumai Naruto

-Jinchūriki; Killer B

-Hatake Kakashi

-Raikage; A

-Mizukage; Mei

-Kazekage; Gaara

-Hokage; Tsunade

-Nara Shikamaru

-Temari

-Sai

-Yamanaka Ino

-Akimichi Chōji

And the renowned criminal and rogue-nin:

-Uchiha Sasuke


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Until the Day I Find Serenity 1

His mouth slanted over hers as she twined her fingers in his hair while she lay there in the grass. Long, nimble fingers were tugging at the sturdy material of her training uniform, she dug her fingers into the silk he wore and he pulled from her. She gasped as his lips found that weak point of hers' on her pulse, she tilted her head back for him to have better action.

"We can't keep…" she moaned lowly.

Normally he was the responsible one, the rule stickler, and the one who scolded her whenever she wanted to drag him off to have a quicky. However, since they had been fifteen they hadn't been able to keep their hands off of one another.

She blamed Lee, he was the one who had made the bet. Losing the bet meant she had to Kiss Hyūga Neji On The Lips For Ten Seconds. And being the idiot she had been she had accepted the terms of the bet; mostly because the alternative was for Rock Lee to go up to Haruno Sakura and Kiss Her On the Lips For Ten Seconds (a suicidal bet that Lee had leapt at, and the only one she thought him to purposely try to lose).

However, not mentioning what said bet was, she had lost, so a day after the bet she had blindsided Neji and kissed him in front Lee and Guy for ten seconds. After Lee and Guy were gone she found herself pinned to a tree as Hyūga Neji, a man who was practically a prince with his pedigree, kissed her like it was the las thing he was ever going to do. Which had been the start of their physical relationship; something they kept secret because of Guy and Lee's exuberant natures. But she was fine with that.

And now nearly three years later he was unstoppable.

However, three years of being a secret grew tiresome and she gently nudged her lover off of her.

"Neji! We can't keep doing this!" she huffed out, it didn't help he had managed to open her shirt and her bindings had fallen off revealing her medium sized breasts.

"Tenten," he started.

"I don't want to keep being your dirty secret!" she hissed at him finally and he blinked. Slowly she sat up and noticed that he had also managed to pull her pants and panties to her knees.

"You're not a secret," he said as he reached up and traced her cheek lightly, she scowled at her Hyūga lover then.

"Aren't I? It's been three years Neji, we sneak out, around, and behind everyone's backs, that's a secret. And it's dirty because you only use me for sex, I'm tired of it," Tenten sighed. She hadn't wanted to get to this point, and when she had been fifteen she hadn't thought about.

"Where's this coming from Tenten?" Neji asked then.

"You said your family was negotiating Taketori Clan and that you might be married," she muttered miserably.

"Tenten, Lord Hiashi, and Lady Hanabi are negotiating at this moment, Tenten, and I wouldn't marry her unless I was ordered to," Neji said. Tenten sighed, three years, she knew she loved him, but she didn't know if he loved her. "But, if it's that important to you then we can tell Guy, Lee, and I will also speak with my uncle."

"Huh?"

"Yes, but after the chaos has settled down," he murmured as he loomed over her then. She stared at him, and hesitantly she smiled as she felt a few tears slip her guard. She hadn't really thought about the Pain Attack or what it would mean for the future of the village.

"Really?" she whispered.

"Yes," he promised her and she smiled as his lips brushed hers' again and she surrendered to him as his hands wandered over her body again. Tenten sighed as she felt herself slip down into the untouched grass outside the destroyed village. Neji's lips traveled over her, everywhere they could reach and touch, she ran her fingers over the muscles and plans of his back…

"Neji," she breathed as she let her eyes flutter shut. His heat, and his warmth surrounded her as his mouth traveled down her body. Tenten sighed in bliss when his teeth nipped her smooth belly, his hands grabbed her hips and she gasped when he came over her.

Seeing his muscular chest she let her fingers lightly travel over all the planes she knew and had watched eveolved from childish to manly. She tweeked his nipples, he hissed and she giggled as his mouth came onto hers' again. Sighing she traced his teeth with her tongue and his own tongue dueled with hers' as he slowly dominated the kiss.

"I'll Tell, Lord Hiashi I can't marry," he murmured when he pulled away from her to settle between her legs.

"Really!?" she asked gleefully.

"Yes," he assured her in a strained voice as he aligned them. Her back arched as her head was tossed back and her grip tightened on his arms as he sunk in her. The low groan of satisfaction had her shoving her hips forward to take more of him. Neji moaned loudly as he seated himself in her, she was panting desperately. Her lover liked to take it slow, but she liked it rough and hard, it was always a battle between them for it.

"Kami Neji!" she moaned in frustration as he teased her.

"Tenten," he was chanting her name over and over as they both finally found a rhythm, for her it was hard enough as he hit that spot in her to make everything white and fuzzy behind her eyes as her toes curled.

"Neji!" she screamed as he slammed into that spot again as everything building in her shattered.

"Tenten," he moaned as he hit his own peek and collapsed on her.

Panting they tried to catch their breaths as her fingers stroked his long silky hair.

"I think I love you…" she murmured.

Her eyes snapped open then when the rhythmic beeping finally pierced her mind, she flinched at the too bright lights above her as she covered her eyes.

"Ah, hello Tenten, Leaf kunoichi, member of the First Division of the Allied Shinobi Forces, brought here by Darui for extreme chakra depletion, we've sent your blood work for the Leaf," the cloud medic informed her and she blinked.

"Neji?" she whispered.

"Oh, you probably want to know when you're going home, we're sending you home today, there's a group of Leaf shinobi we're transporting home, those healthy enough to return," the medic informed her. "I'll be sending a nurse to come get you," she said and left.

Tenten groaned, she felt like a lead noodle, it wasn't fun as she was helped into a wheel chair and they walked up to the group of Leaf shinobi. She recognized a few faces, and wondered why it was so few of them being returned.

"Alright, we leave them to you," her escort said and she saw Sakura standing there.

"Thank you," Sakura said. "Everyone, grab hands," the pinkette ordered, Tenten took hands, and they all watched as Sakura preformed quick signs and then the black diamond on her brow seemed to break as it spread over her. Tenten gasped when she felt Sakura's chakra surge into her skin, she watched as something like ink wrapped around her and she gasped as it felt like life was forced into her depleted chakra systems.

"Ready?" someone shouted.

"Ready," Sakura called back.

"Ready for what!?" Tenten gasped and then she felt a painful surge of power ripping her apart, tearing her at the seams as electricity coursed through her body and her mouth opened in a soundless scream.

Then, it was all gone as she felt her chair on something solid again, she saw the singes on her skin healing rapidly and saw Sakura release the hands, the ink wrapping around her faded into her skin then.

"Alright, you were the worst chakra depletion cases that were not in the critical range, I request that you sign the paperwork, and take your discharge. The Leaf has temporary housing set up, along with casualty assistance. If you are looking for the casualty list please go to the temporary Hokage office, families are to be notified firstly, if families have been notified and you are asking about a friend we will notify you. All critical patience are to report to the hospital, if you have questions as a nurse or a doctor, thank you," she nodded.

Tenten grabbed Sakura's sleeve as she was about to leave then.

"Sakura!?" Tenten gasped. "Neji, Lee, Guy are they?"

"Lee and Guy are in the intensive care ward of my hospital, I haven't seen Neji," Sakura admitted.

"Haruno! The Uchiha's coding!" someone shouted and Tenten felt Sakura slip from her grasp. She bit her lip, and she felt her stomach churn then as she looked around and then she forced her chair towards the elevator. She had to find out about Neji, she had to!

The elevator ding'd when they hit the lobby and she unsteadily tried to get out of her wheel chair.

"Ah, Tenten, I was told you were being brought in today," a man's voice grabbed her attention then as she fought with her chair and she looked up at a man who looked almost exactly like Neji. Her breath hitched at the sight of the head of the Hyūga family as she stared at Hiashi.

"No," she whispered.

"Tenten, he left this for you," Hiashi said softly as he walked over and helped her off the elevator.

"No! No! No! Not Neji!" she screamed as the tears came. There was something about how Hiashi was acting and the air around him which had her bursting into tears as she hugged herself sobbing. A letter was placed on her knees and she stared at Neji's script.

"It was his last will and testimate," Hiashi said softly.

"He can't be dead!" she cried out as the pain wracked her body. She wasn't even aware of herself being moved or when she had fallen into oblivion. She just remembered when she woke and stared at Hyūga Hiashi.

"His funeral is in an hour, he requested that if he were to die you to attend," Hiashi said softly. Her bottom lip trembled then as she nodded in understanding. The Hyūga head left her then and she cried silent tears until she noticed the room she had snuck into on many occasions and the letter on the table. Slowly she sat up, her stomach did a dangerous flip on her which had her covering her mouth with her hand to hold back the vomit.

Getting dressed in black she saw Neji's coat and pulled it on.

They were not boyfriend and girlfriend.

They were not fiancés or betrothed.

They were not friends with benefits.

And they had never been lovers.

And yet, she couldn't leave that jacket there alone as she gently pulled it over her shoulders then wrapped her face up in it as she closed her eyes and inhaled that scent which was uniquely Neji, she felt the tears slip past her again as she smelt him there.

"Neji," she whimpered and her bottom lip trembled before she hesitantly walked out of the Hyūga compound and saw the envoy. Hinata was the first one to reach her and hug her tightly, Tenten broke as she leant on the other woman.

The rain was pounding her mercilessly as she stood there and watched Neji's body be buried.

Everything in her felt hallow, it felt dead, and as the summer's rain pounded her, she felt cold and nothing.

The pain and weight of it had her collapsing as she sobbed on Neji's grave marker. The tears and pain wouldn't stop as she wrapped her arms around herself and cried. He had left her, he who had been her sanctuary, who had given her peace, who had helped her find harmony with others and life, was gone. He had left her here to deal with it all on her own.

Slim hands firmly grasped her shoulders then.


That's all for now folks!

Enjoy Until the Day I Find Serenity! =)