A/N: Heyy! Okay. Here's a story on Neji X Tenten now. Shika X Ino and Neji X Tenten are my all-time favorite couples. I love writing stories about them! So, here's a story to one of the best couples ever!

Chapter 1

It was a beautiful summer day and also a perfect beach day. The beachhouse the senseis rented for themselves and their teams was in full use since summer was there. Everyone was fumbling around, gathering their gear for the beach. Neji sat on the couch as the others did so.

"Why are they getting so excited to go to the beach? There's nothing special about it." He looked over at his two teammates who were putting a bag together with all their stuff. Tenten stuffed two towels into the bag.

"Okay," Tenten said as she stood up, "I think our stuff is all set, Lee." She looked over at Neji. "And now to get Neji's stuff ready. Neji, what towel do you want to u-?"

Neji cut in before she could continue. "I'm not going, so don't pack a towel for me."

Tenten looked at him with a tilted head. "Why aren't you going? Everyone's going. It'll be fun, I promise." She smiled cheerfully, as she always did.

He just shrugged. "I just don't want to go. I don't like beaches."

Lee now spoke up. "Whaaat! Who doesn't like the beach! Everyone loves the beach! Gai-sensei and me are going in matching SPEEDOS!" As he said that, he threw off his shorts and sported his bright yellow speedo. It practically blinded anyone who looked at him. Tenten had a disturbed face on and just looked in a different direction, so she didn't catch another glimpse of him in his speedo.

Neji, on the other hand, just got up and walked to the kitchen without a word. Lee said to Tenten, "Heh. He's only jealous he can't look this good in a speedo." He held a thumbs up at Tenten, but she just followed after Neji into the kitchen, completely ditching Lee.

"Neji," she called to him, "why won't you come to the beach with us? All the other teams are going together. Even Gaara is going, and you know how much he hates water."

Neji just sighed. "Why do you want me to go so bad?"

Tenten answered, "Well...because you're my teammate. I don't want you to be left out." She looked at him with a sly smile. "Do you not want to go...because you can't SWIM or something?"

Neji quickly looked at her with an almost insulted look. "Of course I can swim, Tenten. What do you take me for? Geez."

"Uh...sorry. But if you really don't want to go, then I can't force you." She turned towards the door entering back into the living room, but just looked back at him and said one last statement. "I just thought it would be fun to spend time with you away from training...that's all." And after saying that, she went back into the living room, to continue gathering her stuff together.

Neji watched her as she left the room. "She really wants to spend time with me that bad? ...hm..." He continued thinking to himself until Shikamaru walked into the kitchen with his bathing suit on. (YES! Shika IS indeed VERY muscular P). Shikamaru nodded his head when he saw Neji to sort of say hello. Shikamaru went through some of the cabinets to get some food put together for the day at the beach.

Shikamaru finally spoke, uttering his most famous line. "God. This is so troublesome. Why doesn't Ino just do this?"

Neji looked over at him. "She forced you or something?"

"Yeah...as usual. Ugh." He continued rummaging for some plastic containers to put the food in.

"...you're dating her, aren't you?"

"Mm-hm. Why?"

"Uh...no reason. I was just wondering."

"...I see." After that, they kept quiet for a few more minutes. Then, Shika turned to look at Neji. "You going to the beach?"

"Nah. I don't think so."

"Why not?" Shikamaru stuffed all the food into a good-sized bag and now just waited to hear Neji's answer.

"I don't like the beach."

"Who doesn't like the beach?"

Neji was getting a bit annoyed at this point, since everyone seemed to keep saying that to him today. "I just...don't. That's all."

Shikamaru gave him a glance from the corners of his eyes. "Tenten's going, isn't she?"

"Um...yeah. What of it?"

"I don't know." He shrugged. "I was just thinking that you'd go if she goes. You two seem to go wherever the other goes a lot." Shikamaru paused when he saw a weird look from Neji. "What? Is something wrong with that? ...Whatever. It must be something I only see."

Ino and Sakura walked in right as he said that. Ino spoke first. "Are you kidding? EVERYONE notices that."

Sakura nodded. "Yeah. For once, I agree with Ino."

Neji put his glass of water down on the counter and looked at the three of them. "Just to get you off my back, I'll go."

"Huh? Go where?" Sakura said in a confused tone.

"To the beach. I'll go to the beach..." He began mumbling. "As much as I hate it."

"Yeah? Awesome. That'll make Tenten very happy." Ino said with a sly smile on her face.

Neji looked at her. "Huh?"

"Nooothing. Anyways, let's get going Shik-" Before Ino could finish her sentence she looked at Shikamaru, who is in his bathing suit, as said earlier. She then had a satisfied look on her face. "Hm. Shikamaru. I think me and you should go on ahead before the others...JUST the two of us." She walked up to him and grabbed his hands.

Sakura had a disgusted face on. "Okay, EW! I'm out of her! I don't want to see something that includes you two being romantic. Can you say gross-much?"

Shikamaru just ignored Sakura and put his arm around Ino as he held the bag of food in the other. "C'mon, Ino. Let's go." As they walked out of the room, they sort of pushed Sakura out of the way.

Sakura just sneered and walked off as well, probably going to find Sasuke. Neji walked out last, trying to find Lee and Tenten. Everyone else was exiting the beachhouse, heading towards the beach. He thought to himself, "Did Tenten already go?" Then, he felt a pat on his back and he looked back to see two chocolate eyes looking up at him. "Tenten? You didn't leave yet?"

"Nope," she answered, "I was just in back getting my beach chair. So...still not coming?" She said with a disappointed smile.

He looked up at the ceilng, trying to think of his final answer. Then...he said it. "No. I'll go."

She looked a bit surprised. "Really? Why the change of heart?"

"Well...I didn't want to...upset you...or anything..." He shakily said that, which was very unlike the Hyuuga prodigy.

Tenten blinked a few times before answering, trying to think whether he really said that or if it was just her imagination. "Oh." She was a bit surprised that Neji actually considered her feelings about the matter. "Well...thank you.." She blushed a little and then looked him up and down.

Neji looked a bit uncomfortable. "Um...Tenten, what are you doing?"

"You need to get your bathing suit on. You have one, don't you?"

"Oh. Yeah. I'll go get that on." Then he looked at her. "Where's yours?"

"Mine's underneathe my tanktop and shorts. So...hurry up, Neji. Everyone's heading down to the beach now. We'll miss out on some awesome beachtime if we don't hurry up."

"Alright. I'll go get it on...Are you going on ahead or you going to wait for me?"

"Nah. I'll wait. So go on, get a move on." She went in back of him and pushed him into his room.

As Neji changed into his bathing suit, Tenten sat on the couch in the living room reading a magazine. For the little time she had to think about him, she thought about what Neji looked like in a bathing suit. "Gai-sensei's training is tough and works the body really hard, so he's probably really..."

Then, Neji walked out in his bathing suit, showing a very attractive body. Without realizing it, Tenten said her thoughts out loud. "...muscular."

Neji just stood there. "Huh?

"OH! Um...nothing. I didn't say anything. Heh...anyways. Ready to go?"

"Yeah. And..." He looked over at the bag she put the towels in earlier with. "...I guess this time you can pack ME a towel."

She smiled. "Actually, I already packed one for you before. I KNEW you'd cave in."

"Hm." He grinned a little. "You act like you know how to control me or something."

"Well, I basically do." She stuck out her tongue at him. "Now, let's go. We're late and missing some good sun." She placed sunglasses on top of her head and pulled her bag over her shoulder. She stepped out the door and waited for Neji. The beach wasn't far from their beachhouse, so it didn't take long for them to reach it. They looked at the beach and admired its beauty. They spotted the area where all their friends were setting up their chairs and beach towels and walked over to them, awaiting a great day at the beach.

TO BE CONTINUED...