Hana: Greetings and salutations compatriots! This is yet another Nejiten one-shot but this time we thought it up in Math!! I never thought I'd say this, but, GO MATH!!

Amikage: You sicken me. Math is not supposed to be cheered on; it is to burn in the lowest levels of heck and get its' burned carcass picked at by bat demons.

Mori: That isn't very kind Ami-chan. It's because of m-math that we have all the cool tech we have now.

Amikage: Curse you voice of reason, how you spite me so! Oh and for any of you who've seen our poll, this isn't the winning pairing, we just randomly thought it up during our 1 hour, 30 minute sojourn into heck on earth.

Hana: Also we apologize for any errors; our "R" key is being retarded as of late. Also, they're about 21 in this fic to serve the dark purposes of me and Ami-chan's twisted mindswicked cackle

DISCLAIMER: GET IT THROUGH YOUR THICK HEADS, LAWYERS; WE. DON'T. OWN. NARUTO!

The Fruits of Forgetfulness

Neji and Tenten were sparring in the small clearing they always practiced in. Weapons of every imaginable shape, size and deadliness littered the forest floor and pierced trees with their sharp points. Tenten stood to the side of the clearing, panting as her scrolls fell around her, once again bound by the rules of gravity. Neji stood in the center of the clearing, his back facing her.

'He's certainly gotten way better than when we were genins. Although, it's to be expected after all, nothing can elude his senses. I bet he's even alert when asleep' thought Tenten.

All members of Team Gai were now jonin, and some of the best at that. None of them had taken on a team of genin, feeling that they would rather spend all of their time getting stronger and helping each other get stronger along the way. Now, they were reliving the old days when Neji and Tenten would go into a clearing a way off from the main training ground, where Neji could use his clans' secret techniques without observers, excluding Tenten of course. He was now the strongest Hyuga there was and would probably take over for Hiashi in a couple of years, less even. Tenten was happy for him, but sad as well since when he became clan head he would be even busier than he was now and they barely had time to greet each other on the streets, much less actually talk. It only made these days even more precious to Tenten since she knew they were numbered. Now her attention returned to Neji who was standing stock still in the crater caused by his Hakkeshou Kaiten. She was just about to say something to him when he spoke.

"Someone's coming, get ready." With that, he turned and pulled several kunai out of the holster on his thigh. Tenten did the same and swiveled to face the direction he was facing. Two seconds later a green blur flew out of the trees, closely followed by a pinkish red blur screaming profanities that would make Tsunade-sama herself plug her ears. It was only when the green blur crashed into a tree and the pink one stopped, did they recognize them as Sakura and Lee. It seemed that Lee had tried another poorly 

thought out plan to win Sakura's romantic affection and had somehow botched it up and infuriated the medic-nin. Not exactly hard when you think about it.

"LEE! YOU ARE SO GOING TO PAY! SHANNARO!" yelled Sakura as she slammed a fist into Lee's head, sending him careening into another defenseless tree. Tenten and Neji sighed at their team-mate who obviously had a death wish. Tenten threw her scrolls into her bag and went to go rescue the trees from Lee and Sakura's fight.

"Sakura-chan! Ohayo! May I ask what exactly Lee did this time?" said Tenten as she reached the fuming pinkette.

"This IDIOT decided to serenade me at 6:30 A.M. and not only did he wake the neighbor with his SCREECHING he also walked in on me in the bathroom taking a shower! CCCHHHAAAA! LEMME AT HIM, I STILL HAVENT CASTATED HIM YET!!" screamed Sakura when Tenten held her back from killing Lee with the renewed anger from recalling the memory.

'Dammit this chick is freaking strong! My arms are going to hate me tomorrow!' thought Tenten while she struggled to maintain her hold on her enraged friend.

"Calm down Sakura-chan! You'll kill the forest along with Lee at this rate! And think of how mad Tsunade-sama will be then! You'll probably have to listen to her rant for hours, then uproot and replant every single tree!" exclaimed Tenten.

While Tenten tried to calm down Sakura AND avoid an early death, Neji quietly walked over to his bag, closed the open top, picked it up and left. He had training with Hiashi-sama as he told Tenten earlier, and it was obvious that this matter with Sakura and Lee wasn't going to end soon or well. So, taking all this into account, he decided it was best if he just left before he got dragged into this stupidity. After all, when you argue with fools it's impossible to win with your dignity in tacked.

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Tenten was exhausted. After the little incident with Sakura, she had come back to the clearing to find it empty and Neji's bag removed from its place next to hers. She sighed, that explained why he didn't help. It was rude to leave without telling her. But then she remembered that Neji had said something about have training with Hiashi-sama and having to leave their practice early for it.

'Well at least he bothered to tell me, even if it was too early for me to remember before getting all worked up. He has gotten better about those kinds of things.' thought Tenten as she walked over to get her bag. 'Well I think after clearing up that mess, my arms deserve a break.'

And with that, she turned around and headed for her apartment to have dinner and a nice sleep after doing her usual ritual of cleaning her weapons in her holster and in her scrolls. It was tedious, and it took forever and a day but it kept her weapons sharp, shiny and ready to go which was often the difference between life and death for ninja.



She reached her apartment without trouble and entered the small flat. It had a kitchen and a sitting room as you walked in that were separated by a counter with barstools that served as the dining room table. There was a normal sized beige couch near the counter and a wooden coffee table covered in books on weapons, techniques, and how to combine the two flawlessly. Tenten threw her backpack on the couch and walked over to the kitchen. Upon arriving, she pulled out some sticks of leftover dango out of the fridge. She also pulled out a bottle over water and went over to the couch to eat comfortably. She set the dango down on the table and took a quick sip from the water bottle.

After eating the dango, Tenten walked over to the small closet next to the bathroom and pulled out a rag, polish, and a whetstone for her weapons. Then she went back and plopped down on her couch and dragged her bag over to get her scrolls to summon her weapons. She rummaged through the bag but the scrolls weren't there. Getting slightly panicky she turned the bag upside down on her coffee table and desperately rifled through the items looking for her scrolls.

'Mascara, bandages, blank scrolls, random crap, WHERE THE HECK ARE THEY?!' thought Tenten as she looked through the heap of objects looking for her weapons scrolls, 'Crap where are they?! I remember throwing them in my bag! I know I did! WHERE THE HECK ARE THEY?!' Calming down slightly, Tenten sat down on the couch and thought about everything she had done that day. While she was reminiscing she picked up her water bottle and took a gulp but kept it in her mouth to let the cool water calm her down.

'Let's see, I was training with Neji, I know I had them while we were sparring. Then I un-summoned the weapons, then Neji said something about people coming and I threw them in my bag. Which was right next to Neji's…' thought Tenten as brutal realization hit her. She paled and spat out the water she had in her mouth, chocking on it in the process. She beat on her chest to stop the chocking and then took giant lung full's of breath. This was very bad. Neji punished her just for being late! It was waaaay worse when she forgot something! Man, he'd probably keep them just to punish her and STILL expect her to spar with him.

'But maybe, he hasn't noticed yet! Yes, then I could just get them back and Neji would never be the wiser! Alright, to the Hyuga Compound then!' thought Tenten cheerily, happy with her new plan.

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Night had fallen a long time ago and Tenten was perched just outside the window to Neji's room in the Hyuga compound. She was hidden amongst the branches of a small Japanese pine tree. The needles were sharp, but she was lucky the pinecones weren't in season otherwise it'd be just plain miserable. She'd been sitting there for who knows how long, waiting for Neji to fall asleep. His light had gone out an hour ago, now she was just waiting for sleep to heavily set in so her little escapade wouldn't wake him. Deciding that she had waited long enough, Tenten leaped out of the prickly tree and landed in a crouch just under his window. She looked through the glass and saw Neji seemingly asleep on his bed, his back conveniently facing her. She did a few quick hand seals and her ninjutsu transported her into the room without all the noise of getting in though the window. She landed with a small but still audible 'tap' on the hard wooden floor.



Looking around, she tried to find her target. She crept over to the foot of the bed and looked around thee and under the bed in search of the bag which contained her precious scrolls. Not finding it, she dashed over to the other side of the room and was met with equal amounts of success. Now, she was beginning to get frustrated and whipped her head around madly looking for the stupid bag. That's when she noticed the closet near Neji's bed. The door was slightly ajar and showed only a sliver of a deeper darkness than that which blanketed the room. She carefully walked over there, testing her way to keep from stepping on a loose floor board. She reached the closet without trouble and put her hand on it to open the swinging door. Just as she started to open it, a nightmare occurred.

'SCRRREEEEECH!' went the door as the kunoichi tried to open it. She stopped immediately and turned her head to look at Neji, fearing the worst. But in the end, he only grunted and turned onto his back, letting the moonlight stream over his face and unhidden curse mark.

She sighed and returned to her task. The door was fairly open now and she could just see the faintest hint of white, the color of Neji's bag. She jumped in the closet and grabbed the bad, rummaging through it until she felt two very familiar cylinders with a string wrapped around them. Her scrolls! Yes! Tenten quickly pocketed the scrolls and got out of the claustrophobic closet.

"Finally" she whispered. Now she could go home, take care of her weapons and then get a well deserved sleep. As she got out of the closet, she turned around once again and saw Neji lying on his back with his head tilted towards the window. The moonlight cast shadows over his face and in the subdued lighting, the curse mark adorning his forehead seemed to glow palely. He didn't look innocent, far from it. The curse mark itself was proof of the loss of the child-like innocence where you think everything is good and kind. His face was lean from years of training himself to the brink of death and sometimes walking on the delicate line that could send him into oblivion forever, but never failing to jump onto the safe side when it's needed.

Forgetting the danger of her actions, Tenten walked quietly over to Neji and sat on the edge of the bed near his head. She ran the back of her index finger over his curse mark, looking at the strangely hooked lines and the strange twisted X that supposedly bound him to a fate he had no say in.

'Hmm…it's weird that he can look so serious, even when he's asleep' thought Tenten. She turned her finger and gently traced his cheek, stopping short of his chin. 'I should leave now, the longer I stay the better chances of me getting caught and then comes hell.'

But just as she started to stand up, an arm grabbed her around the waist and pulled her onto the bed and up against something firm.

The only thought registering in Tenten's mind was 'SSSHHHIIIIIIIIITTTT!'The arm tightened and was joined by another, conspiring to bring her closer to the object which, unfortunately for Tenten was Neji's chest. She shut her eyes and waited for the angry stared and harsh tone Neji would definitely reprimand her with. It never came. Tenten waited for what seemed like forever, which in actuality was only fifteen seconds then opened her eyes to see why she was still able to live for now anyway. What she saw however, made her go into shock. Instead of blazingly angry opalescent eyes and a stern frown, she was 

met with the sleeping face of Hyuga Neji a mere two inches away from her face and found herself on top of him with one arm around her upper back and the other on the small of her back. She tied to push herself off of him, but seriously this guy is STRONG! She couldn't break free and ended up falling back onto his chest.

'So he did all that and he's still asleep?' thought an amazed Tenten. To make matters worse, she was pressed against his chest, his face so close that she could feel his slow, even breath on her face. They'd have to invent a new color to describe the hue of Tenten's face. If you were to see her through Neji's window you would first think: wow, never thought Neji'd actually get a girl. Then you would think: man what skin cream does she use to get her face to glow in the dark like that? Now, Tenten wasn't the kind of girl to fantasize over guys or get embarrassed at stupid things like hands brushing while you walked or being caught when you tripped, but this was a WHOLE new dimension entirely! She had a right to be embarrassed here people!

Neji shifted again and turned on his side somehow managing to pull Tenten closer and turned a bit so that he was now nuzzling into her neck. Tenten was now beyond embarrassed and was perilously close to mortified.

"Mmrgm" muttered Neji as he moved AGAIN and twisted so he was now on top of her. The only thing Tenten could be thankful for was that Kakashi and Jiraya weren't her to see this, or anyone for that matter. She hoped he'd move again soon, she didn't want to wake him up because that would kick awkward in the butt, but she also didn't like the idea of waiting here until he either fell into a deep enough sleep for her to move him or wait for him to move on his own, which could take longer.

'Well, this is bad.' thought Tenten as she tried squirming to get some air. 'Man, this guy weighs way more than he looks! Ughh, I really need to breathe soon! I hope he will feel bad when he wakes up on top of my suffocated corpse! OW! REALLY HEAVY!'

Tenten tied to squirm out from under him, but it was useless. Neji was way too heavy and his grip on her waist wasn't helping her escape either.

'Well the wait game it is then' thought Tenten dejectedly as she moved a bit to be more comfy.

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Who knew how long Tenten laid there with Neji on top of her, but it felt like an eternity. And she cant say that she didn't enjoy it. She almost feel asleep herself a few times, lulled by the warmth of Neji's body and the rhythmic sound of his slow breathing on her neck. However she did make it without falling asleep and soon the pace of Neji's breathing changed; it got deeper and slower. Perfect. He had officially entered the stage of sleep where you are completely unconscious.

This was her chance. Gently pushing up on his chest, she slowly turned him over onto his back again. Then she delicately pulled his arms off her waist and laid them at his sides. Next, she jumped out of the bed and landed once again with a soft 'tap' on the floor. Actually, now that she was free, she wanted to go back. It felt nice to be held by Neji even if it was unconsciously. Also, she missed his warmth and the 

tickling feel of his hair on her face. She shook her head. Why was she thinking like this?! Oh well, she'll have time to figure it out later, right now she just wanted to go home and sleep. Once again she performed the transportation jutsu and landed outside Neji's window. Then she set off across the shadow-blanketed roof tops.

When she had just exited the Hyuga compound, something totally random came to mind: if Neji is a jonin, and one of the best at that, why didn't he sense her? Why didn't he wake up? They had all been trained to wake up at the slightest sound and now that she thought back, she had made several sounds that definitely weren't slight. So then, there was only one logical explanation. He had been awake the whole time. Tenten paled. So then, that hugging and the nuzzling? The not letting go? Everything she attributed to restless sleep movement was on purpose? Oh, he is going to GET IT!

"HYUGA NEJI" screamed Tenten at the top of her lungs. Not a good idea, considering she was still fairly close to the Hyuga Compound, meaning that she could be heard and her cover get blown. Cursing foully at her team-mate under her breath, she dashed off across the rooftops when the guards started yelling about very bad intruders.

'Tomorrow, Hyuga Neji will SUFFER' thought Tenten as she started coming up with the perfect plan that matched the crime oh-too-magnificently.

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Neji opened one star-like eye at the sound of Tenten's screech. He smirked to himself and closed the eye.

'Well, she certainly figured that out quickly. Maybe next time, she'll look before she throws her scrolls around. Hmm, her intrusion skills suck though, we'll work on that in training tomorrow, just to let her know that little 'revelation' of hers was completely accurate. Tomorrow will definitely be interesting' Thought Neji as he smirked again and went back to sleep.

Hana: Well, there you have it! hope you enjoyed!

Amikage: Seems that maybe Neji's 'punishment' maybe a bit more enjoyable that you may think snicker

Mori: Ignore Ami-chan she's a perv. W-We hope you l-liked it. R-Review please.