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Hey People, here comes my first Fanfic. No flames please. I won't change the pairing so don't worry. Characters might be a little bit of OOC. Hope you all like it and REVIEWS WILL SURELY BE APPRECIATED!! NO FLAMES PLEASE!
Title: Something Real
Chapter 1: Training
Summary: Team Gai were sent on an mission to take Sasuke and his team back or down. Tenten needs to keep the 'Down' to 'Back' as she knew that it would be a very big impact on Naruto and Sakura and even Kakashi if Team Gai bring them down. Apparently, they might not even survive. Will Neji and Tenten survive? Will they finally know thei feelings for each other? Read On!
Tenten panted heavily as she sat down under a tree and leaning against it.
Neji Hyuga's face was a little red but he was not as exhausted as Tenten.
"You're improving Tenten." Neji said.
"Thanks Neji. Your Byakugan's weakness is almost covered up now." Tenten smiled.
Neji smiled and replied,
"I still need to train a bit more. By the way, where is Lee?" Neji asked.
"He is with Gai-sensei. Let's go and find them." Tenten sighed.
Neji nodded and followed Tenten as she walked down to the meadow where Gai and Lee usually train in.
In a distance, Gai and Lee were sparring and Lee was winning.
"Gai-sensei, forgive me for not being youthful to you!" Lee sobbed.
Then, Lee charged towards Gai but Gai got up just in time to dodge Lee's attack.
Gai then raised his hands and stopped Lee.
"Okay Lee, enough training for today okay" Gai asked.
Lee nodded and when they turned, they saw Neji and Tenten waiting for them.
"Hello my youth blossom!" Lee smiled.
"Hey." Tenten replied.
"Okay team! Let's go back. We're going on a mission tomorrow so we need to replenish everything we lost alright? I need you all to be in full conditions tomorrow." Gai ordered.
Everyone nodded and headed for home.
Tenten sauntered leisurely home.
She wanted to enjoy the scenery and the breeze.
Tenten likes Neji, but she did not tell him.
She believed that Neji will be pissed off at her silly 'Emotion' and tell her off resulting her heart broken.
"I better not say anything." Tenten muttered under her breathe.
Neji did felt the same way about Tenten but he was too stubborn to acknowledge it.
Neji stole a glance at Tenten and smirked to himself.
"It had been a long time…we all grown up. We had not train together for a long time. She had grown more mature and pretty." Neji thought.
They indeed had not train with one another for a few months now.
All of Team Gai members are ANBU(s) now.
Even Gai is.
They each had a mission and one mission could last for days, weeks, months, years and even decades.
As they walked down the lane, two separated paths were shown.
Tenten's house was to the right while Neji's mansion was to the left.
They waved goodbye to each other and headed home.
"A mission…I wonder…how long it would…last…" Tenten muttered.
Tenten yawned. She sat up and looked at her alarm clock. It reads 6am. Tenten went into the bathroom and changed into her mission suit.
She then sealed away 3000 weapons into her big weapon scroll.
After that, Tenten bite a toast and walked out and locked her house.
She begun to walk to the Konoha Gates.
When she reached there, she already finished her toast.
Lee and Gai were already there waiting for her and Neji.
Neji arrived a few minutes later with his eyebrow raised.
"I thought Tenten was always the last one." Neji thought.
"Team, Lady Tsunade said that our mission is to track down Sasuke Uchiha and bring him back or down." Gai said.
Tenten froze.
Sakura and Naruto must not know if they had to take Sasuke down.
The impact will be too big for them!
Neji nodded.
Tenten then gave Gai a faint nod and they set off.
From the information Lady Tsunade gave to Gai, Sasuke was spotted near the Sand village, chasing Itachi with a group of people.
Lady Tsunade manage to find out more about Sasuke's 'Friends'.
There is Karin, the female of the group and the weakest.
And there is Suigetsu, the cheeky one and noisy one like Naruto.
There is Jugo, the split personality one.
And of course, Sasuke Uchiha, the main target.
As they leaped from tree to tree, Neji noticed that Tenten was way ahead of him.
"She must had been training alot. She had improved alot." Neji smiled to himself.
"Tenten, you're improving! You had not waste your youth at all! I am very impress!" Lee exclaimed.
Tenten grinned at Lee and Gai smiled at Tenten with Pride.
Before long, the sky was turning dark.
"Team, we'll find an inn around and rest!" Gai exclaimed.
"But, Gai-Sensei, they is a slight hole in your plan." Tenten smiled.
"Oh? What is it?" Gai asked.
"WHERE DO YOU EXPECT US TO FIND AN INN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS!" Tenten exclaimed angrily.
"Well Gai-Sensei, we could camp out here!" Lee suggested.
"Very good Lee! Your idea is always so amazing!" Gai smiled.
"Well, for your information Gai-Sensei, camping out was the only option." Tenten thought.
Then, they started to put up tents.
But, there are only 2 tents so they had to share.
"Neji, Tenten, you both take the black tent while me and Lee take the Blue one." Gai said.
Tenten and Neji immediately blushed.
"I...am...sleeping...with...Neji..." Tenten thought.
"Sleeping with Tenten? Great, just great!" Neji thought.
Neji entered the tent with Tenten and he asked,
"Are you taking the right side of the tent or the left side?"
"I'll take the left." Tenten smiled.
Neji nodded.
When they settled down, Neji started to meditate.
"God! Damn it! I cannot concentrate with Tenten here, alone in this tent with me!" Neji exclaimed in his thoughts.
"Night Neji." Tenten said as she laid down on her sleeping bag and dozed off.
"Night...Tenten..." Neji muttered as he concentrated on meditating and not Tenten.
The next morning, after packing up, they set off again.
Lee was as hyper as ever while Gai was deep in thought.
"Something is wrong with Gai-Sensei, he didn't even act hyper!" Tenten thought.
Tenten started to leap near Neji and muttered,
"Neji, something is wrong with Gai-Sensei! He didn't talk much at all!"
After hearing Tenten's words, he then started to notice how strange his Sensei was acting.
"We need to find out. We cannot afford him to be distracted." Neji said calmly and then shouted,
"Gai-Sensei, stop! We need to talk."
Gai immediately looked back and nodded.
"Yes Neji?" Gai asked.
"We cannot afford you to be distracted. This mission is an S-ranked one. It concerns the life and death of us." Neji said.
Gai nodded and said,
"That is why I am worried. Sasuke and his team might be prepared for an ambush...and...your lives...are at stake here...you're my students...we're bonded in ways...I cannot afford to see any of you dieing because of a traitor."
Lee immediately said,
"Gai-Sensei, we won't die! This is our promise to you! We'll help one another and you must also not die!"
Neji and Tenten nodded.
Gai smiled and nodded as well.
They all then started to head off again.
Sasuke and his team were well hidden among the bushes.
They had been spying Gai's team ever since they started their journey.
Sasuke knew that Konoha will send ninjas after him if they manage to know his location.
Even after he killed Orochimaru and started his team, he still felt that he is weaker than Itachi.
"Sasuke-kun, those ninjas will die in our hands! So, don't worry!" Karin smiled.
Sasuke shook his head and said,
"I know Konoha well enough that they won't sent a group of weaklings to chase an S-ranked criminal like me."
Suigetsu and Jugo remained silent as they were too focused on Gai's Team.
They were wondering which Ninja to take on when they fight.
"I'll take on the Hyuga." Sasuke said.
Jugo nodded and said,
"I will take that Lee boy."
"That girl looks weak, she is all mine." Karin smiled.
"Well, I'll take care of their Sensei then." Suigetsu said.
Sasuke nodded and said,
"We will ambush them when we see the chance, the chance will come when their guard is down."
The team nodded and disappeared into the forest.
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