Disclaimer:I don't own Naruto

A/N: I just realized, I have a tendency to start new stories on birthdays… my NejiTen collection I started on Neji's birthday, my KibaHina I started on Hinata's birthday, and Itsu, I started on MY birthday… XP… so anyway, I wanted to include a Tenten b-day fic (since she is my favorite Kunoichi) in my NejiTen collection, but sadly… I hadn't finished a 3-shot I'm still working on in that series, so I didn't want to interrupt it… I'm still going to do another Tenten b-day fic in that one after the 3-shot is concluded, but I figured, I could start this collection and do nothing but Naruto-themed b-day shots for all my favorite characters (another excuse to write a Kakashi story again! XP) … hope you all like it… and…

Happy Birthday Tenten!

WARNING: Post-midterm induced Crack-ish fic… my brain melted away on Thursday… sadly, haven't got it all back yet…

March 9th

Tenten's eye fluttered open; glancing over to the alarm clock on her night stand, she saw she still had plenty of time to get to her team's training grounds. Looking out her window, she noticed that it was a bright and sunny day outside. This was no surprise considering spring was very close, and the days had begun to grow warmer. It was a beautiful day.

For some reason, though, Tenten couldn't shake the feeling that something was off about that day. True, it's wasn't just any ordinary day; it was, after all, her sixteenth birthday! But there was something else; a nagging sensation that wouldn't stop pestering her.

"I'm sure it's nothing." Tenten told herself, as she sat up in bed and tried rubbing the fuzziness that was clouding her vision.

"I guess I should start getting ready then." The kunoichi mused, before kicking off the covers.

Even though there was still plenty of time before their early morning training session, Tenten figured she'd get up and take her time walking toward team Gai's training field. Usually, because her team trained so early in the morning, she often woke up last minute and ended up rushing her way toward the clearing. But today, there was plenty of time for her to get there; today, she could take her time. Knowing Gai and Lee, they were likely to scream an off-key youth-themed happy birthday-esque song to her as soon as she arrived at their training grounds (like they did every year), so she really was not in a hurry to have her ears start bleeding.

"I better remember to bring Neji some ear plugs this year." Tenten mused to herself as she rose from her bed to head toward the bathroom.

The previous year, Lee and Gai had insisted on singing their version of happy birthday a total of 15 times (once for every year). By the fifth time, she had nearly gone deaf; if it hadn't been for Neji, who had reached his limit and then kaitened the two green beasts, she probably would have.

"Idiots." Tenten chuckled at the memory, as she grabbed the brush in front of her mirror and began combing her long hair.

It was sweet actually; she had grown up without a family, so birthdays had never really been that big when she was younger. As much as she complained about their antics; both Gai and Lee's weirdness, and Neji's anti-social behavior, she really did love them all. To have so many people care about you; it was new for Tenten, but slowly she had gotten used to it; she suspected it had been the same for Neji and Lee, who had also come from family-less homes. All three broken pieces, had somehow fit together with Gai, and formed their own family within team Gai.

"Guess I better get going." Tenten grabbed her training bag she had left outside the bathroom door the previous night, and proceeded to walk out the door.

"This is weird." Tenten's usually smooth features contorted as she surveyed her surroundings.

Just moments earlier, she had peered out her window to see a bright and sunny day, but upon stepping outside of her front door, she suddenly found herself surrounded in darkness. A part of her questioned the logic of this sudden change, but the fuzziness in head prevented her from making much progress in her analysis, so she merely shrugged if off as she made her way through the empty streets to her training ground.

It was difficult to navigate in the darkness; usually when Tenten found herself out at night, Neji was with her. With his Byakugan, it was easy enough to walk around without much effort, even though she really couldn't see anything more in those moments than she could at the present instant; but she trusted Neji enough to feel confident about where she was going despite being unable to see anything herself.

"Sakura? Ino?" Tenten stared questioningly at the two younger kunoichi.

It seemed a little odd for Tenten to see Sakura and Ino up so early in the day, but then she was normally in such a rush to get to training every morning, that for all she knew, Sakura and Ino regularly got up this early.

"Are you two just finishing up at the hospital?" Tenten asked, noticing the uniforms the two were wearing.

Sakura and Ino continued walking, completely ignoring Tenten, as they breezed right past her. A wave of pain swept of the weapon's mistress, at having been brushed off by two girls she had considered her friends. But since Tenten wasn't the type to hold back her opinion, she immediate quashed the feeling and turned back to demand the pair tell her why they were being so rude to her. But, upon turning to face said kunoichi, she suddenly found herself in the middle of her training field.

"That's so weird." Tenten whispered, feeling somewhat dizzy and discombobulated.

"WHAT IS SO WEIRD?" Lee yelled out from beside the bun-haired kunoichi.

"Lee!" Tenten jumped back a few feet, as the bowl-headed boy had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, shouting right next to her ear.

"I SEE YOU HAVE FINALLY ARRIVED!" Gai shouted from above her.

Startled, Tenten fell to the ground, facing her sensei who had somehow managed to sneak up directly behind her without her noticing him.

Man, I must be tired. Tenten shook her head, rationalizing all the weirdness.

It really wasn't like her to miss so many things. Usually, she was the most observant person on her team, having gained tremendous insight into things, as a consequential bonus to her training in target accuracy. But for some reason, today she just seemed off. First the whole sunny out, then dark out; then she completely blocked out her walk to the clearing from when she saw Ino and Sakura, to when she arrived; and then both of her louder teammates snuck up on her without a problem. If it had been Neji, she wouldn't have been surprised; after all, he had an advantage when it came to silence, but Lee and Gai? There was definitely something wrong. Furthermore, she couldn't seem to shake off that fuzzy feeling in her head.

"Did you need something?" Neji's commanding voice shook the kunoichi out of her trance.

"Huh?" Tenten turned to face the stoic Hyuga, who had been sitting up against a breech tree, no doubt meditating.

"Oh yes, why are you here?" Gai asked.

"What do you mean, 'Why am I here'?" Tenten looked at her sensei confused, as Lee helped her get up off the ground. "Thank you Lee." She smiled

"YOU KNOW WHO AM I?" Lee exclaimed, "GAI-SENSEI, THIS GIRL KNOWS MY NAME!" Lee turned to his idol.

"OF COURSE LEE, SHE MUST BE A FAN!" Gai proclaimed, giving Lee a thumbs up.

"What? Have you two gone mad or something?" Tenten stared at the pair incredulously. "Can you believe this Neji?" Tenten turned to face the only sane member of her team.

"Preposterous." Neji grunted, "Who would ever want Lee." He scoffed.

"TAKE THAT BACK!" Lee demanded; rushing over to the byakugan-wielder's side.

"Who are you?" Neji asked her; ignoring Lee's rants.

"What?" Tenten stood deadpan, "Not you too!"

"What do you want?" Neji repeated; his face completely serious. (1)

"Ok, very funny." Tenten laughed nervously, "That's enough guy's, you can drop the act."

"What is she talking about Gai-Sensei?" Lee 'whispered' to his mentor.

"I do not know Lee-kun." Gai shook his head.

"Probably some escaped patient from the hospital's mental ward." Neji stoically stated.

"What?" Tenten lowly gasped.

There was definitely something wrong. The more it went on, the more Tenten became convinced that they weren't kidding. Neji would never agree to such a childish game, but even beside that, Gai and Lee were too nice to do something so cruel. It just didn't make any sense.

Realizing that the trio was slowly beginning to surround her, Tenten decided she needed to get to the bottom of this. Just as she was about to make a run for the Hokage's office to see if Lady Tsunade could help with whatever jutsu her teammate's had obviously fallen pray to, Tenten suddenly found herself in the middle of a forest.

"How'd I get here?" Tenten looked around nervously.

Things were really starting to get weird. Nothing seemed to be making any sense at all. How was it possible that her own teammates didn't remember her? And how was it that she kept losing stretches of time? It was almost as if she were leaping from one place to another.

"This is ridiculous!" Tenten groaned in frustration. "There has to be a logical explanation to this."

People don't just forget! Tenten reasoned.

Gai-sensei forgot things, that was a given, but not Lee and Neji. Lee remembered the tiniest details about everything, constantly surprising people, when he happened to remember the exact date and time he made some kind of promise, or how many times he had climbed a specific tree (and it wasn't limited to just one tree, he could literally tell you how many times he had climbed each tree in their training field, and on what day the first and last time he'd climbed it was). And Neji… well Neji remembered everything, and he'd rarely forgive you for it either! It just seemed so… impossible… unimaginable… devastating… Tenten thought, as she contemplated the idea of living in a world where her teammates weren't her teammates.

"This can't be happening." Tenten closed her eyes, falling to the ground like a sack of potatoes (2).

"Tenten" a low baritone voice called out from above her…

"What is it Neji?" Tenten's raspy voice answered.

"It's time for training." Neji replied, as Tenten opened her eyes to find his milky white eyes staring down at her.

"Huh?" Tenten jolted up from her bed, just barely missing Neji's head, as the Hyuga instinctively stepped back before she could crash into him.

"You forgot to set you're alarm for daylight's savings." Neji indicated to the clock on her nightstand, which still read 4:45 am.

"So it's almost 6?" Tenten rubbed the sleep from her eyes, immensely relieved to realized she'd just been having a dream. The worst dream ever! (3)

"Yes." Neji replied.

"But I'm not late yet." Tenten yawned, as she stretched out her sleepy muscles. She knew that Neji was aware it would only take her about 5 minutes to get ready and arrive at the training field. Then why's he here? She wondered.

"Here." Neji extended his arm and handed her a small package.

"What's this?" Tenten looked at the box questioningly.

"Happy birthday." Neji said, knowing that was all the explanation necessary.

"Oh." In all the insanity, she had completely forgotten about her birthday. "Thank you Neji." She smiled up at the white-eyed boy.

A silent moment passed between the two, as Tenten smiled up happily at her friend and teammate. She was happy it had all just been a horrible nightmare; she really didn't know what she would have done if she had to live in a world without her friends; without her family.

"DYNAMIC BIRTHDAY ENTRY!" two very loud voices shouted, as Tenten's precious bedroom window was shattered into pieces.

Neji had pulled Tenten out of bed and shielded her with his body, as the multitude of glass went flying through the room, many embedding themselves into her walls. Tenten stared at the broken glass in shock.

"I JUST GOT THAT FIXED YOU IDIOTS!!" Suddenly a barrage of weapon's came flying down upon the duo, as one very angry 16 year old weapon's mistresses chased after them for crashing into her bedroom and once more breaking her window.

Her family. However weird, loud, and insane it was; those three men were all that she had, and like the broken shards of her window, they fit together perfectly...

THE END

(1) Not that it ever isn't.

(2) ahaha… always wanted to say that XP

(3) I've had way worst!... but hey, I'd probably feel pretty bad if someone took Neji away from me too T.T

A/N: Bet you didn't see THAT ONE coming… lol… omg… I'm not even sure if I hate this, or… I honestly have no words… It was written last minute, honestly… I couldn't come up with anything, and so I decided to kind of mimic the Neji birthday fic where he had a dream (although his was of a more 'mature' nature), and wakes up to have Tenten wishing him a happy birthday… so yeah… not sure about it… it was… interesting… I'd say my first 'CRACK—ISH' fic… XP

Oh, and yeah… in almost all my stories, Tenten and Neji are around their late teens or early 20s… I guess I decided I wanted a little variety… so I made her a little younger than usual.

Ok well, please remember to review… but be gentle… this is a product of my overstressed mind, so… it is so not my best! XP