Disclaimer: Alright I confess…...I do own the Naruto characters! cowers away as tons of lawyers with angry faces surround me Alright! I'll say it.

Me: I mumble mumble

Lawyers: What?

Me: I grumble grumble

Lawyers: A little louder

Me: I DO NOT OWN THE NARUTO CHARACTERS! THEY BELONG TO MASASHI KISHIMOTO! There happy!?

Lawyers: Yes.

A/N: Alright now this is my first story and I am welcoming flames. Now, I tend to talk a LOT so if I start talking to much plz tell me and I'll try not (not making promises) to keep the talking to a minimum. I know there was something else I had to say now what was it……….hm oh well maybe I'll remember soon… until then, though, toddles.

Couples:

Neji/ TenTen (of course)

Naruto/ Hinata

Sasuke/ Sakura

Shikamaru/ Temari

And MAYBE Lee/ Ino (but I think I'll just leave them plain there's nothing wrong with that. tell me your opinion on this couple)

For those of you who don't already know:

"blah blah blah" talking

'blah blah blah' thinking/flashback

IMPORTANT A/N: Sasuke may be a little O/C so don't freak out if he does anything strange and the chuinin exams are already over but I'm not giving any spoilers so they're over but everythings still the same Tsunade-sama is the new 5th hokage and that's the ONLY spoiler!

In Your Hands

Chapter 1- Undecided Feelings and a Day Out to Lunch

It was early in the morning and the sun was just now beginning to show over the tops of the trees, but the two teenage ninjas were too distracted to notice.

"You've improved." Neji said while leaping into the air. He and TenTen were having their usual morning spar and had been battling for the past two hours, and neither of them was showing any signs of defeat.

"So have you." She replied, tossing two shuriken at him which he easily dodged making them hit the tree he was standing behind. He gave an amused smirk before leaping onto a tree branch. TenTen smirked as well and jumped in after him.

Up in the trees Neji was always a branch above TenTen, but all he had time to do was dodge the kunai and shuriken that she was pelting at him. 'Damn! Doesn't she ever run out of those things?! I mean where does she keep them all?'

"You're getting distracted Neji, I can tell, why don't you just admit defeat?" She knew he definitely wouldn't give up now, he had way to much pride. Even if he had been considering making it a draw, after that comment any thought of letting her win was out of the question.

Once Neji had gotten to one of the highest branches he was ready to dodge any attack she threw at him. However, instead of throwing another weapon she jumped up on the same branch as him and raised her fists, "Gotcha." (a/n: Gotcha Got ya) She was just about ready to land a punch when a loud crack echoed through the forest and just like that the branch under them snapped and sent them tumbling to the ground. Neji landed hard on his back and TenTen landed on Neji, but it didn't pain her that much-I mean after all she had something to break her fall. Neji now recovering from two harsh landings finally looked at the position they were in: TenTen was on top of him with both of her hands resting on his chest and their faces were just inches apart. Finally, after a long awkward silence TenTen stated moving her face closer and closer to Neji's.

"If you guys are going to kiss then do it already! I've been sitting here for the past five minutes and all you've done is move in slow motion!" Rock Lee jumped out from behind a bush and pointed an accusing finger at them.

"Lee! What are you doing here?-umph!" TenTen said as Neji shoved her off him and stood up.

"Lee, you better have a good reason for coming here." Neji's voice was calm but if you were one of the people that really knew him then you'd be able to tell how agitated he was.

Lee stared off into space and put his hand on his chin, "Why did I come here?" There was a long awkward silence as everyone waited for him to talk. "Oh yeah! Your not gonna believe what Gai-sensei told me this morning! He said that if I train hard and practice, that someday I could become his apprentice! Just imagine, to be able to fight by the amazing Gai-sensei as an equal!" The two ninja just glared at their companion who already had tears streaming down his cheeks.

"That's it." Neji said, he was clearly annoyed. "That's all you had to say."

"Yep! No wait, no- I mean yes- no- ummmmmmm." Lee looked up at his teammates and saw a scary 'I can't believe you interrupted a good moment for just that' look in their eyes- it kind of frightened him. "Oh wait, TenTen, your supposed to come eat lunch with me, Naruto, Sasuke, and the others, remember." TenTen's face lightened up a little- he was right, and she inwardly groaned about it. 'I can't believe this! How could I have forgotten? I was this close-THIS CLOSE to being able to kiss Neji! gasp I've got it!

"Hey Neji, do you want to come eat lunch with me and Lee?" she asked hopefully.

Neji thought it over for a few minutes and then decided- hey, what the hell, "I've got nothing better to do." TenTen was not very good at hiding the fact that she was overjoyed that he would be joining them. "That's great! Come on let's get going then!"

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The three of them soon arrived at none other than Naruto's favorite ramen: the Ichiraku Ramen Bar. They walked in and looked over to see Naruto downing his sixth bowl of ramen. "Sorry," Sakura said walking up to them and leading them towards a large table where they saw Sasuke, Ino, Hinata, Temari, and Shikamaru already waiting for them. "We tried to get him to wait but he insisted that you wouldn't mind." TenTen stifled a laugh, however, Neji seemed to be uptight about something.

"Well I can't help it if I love Ramen." Naruto protested. "But boy do I feel sorry for the guy who has to pay this bill."

"That would be you, Naruto." Sakura told him.

"What! You can't possibly expect me to pay for all this."

"You should've thought of that before you decided to stuff your face with six bowls of ramen!"

"Come on Sakura, be reasonable!"

"No!"

"What morons." Sasuke said in calmly annoyed tone. Neji clenched his fists and stood up making everybody stop talking and stare at him as he walked out the door.

"What bit his ass?" Ino said she had never really been a huge Neji fan ever since that day in the woods during the second half of the chunin exams when he told her she was ugly.

"Who knows, I'll go talk to him." Naruto said hastily and rushed out the door.

"I wonder what's gotten into him." Sakura said.

"Here is your bill ma'am."

"NARUTO!!!!!!!!!"

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Neji walked over and sat down by a tree. Everything was so confusing he didn't know what to do. "Hey buddy, what's up?" Naruto asked casually walking up beside him. Neji just answered with a grunt.

"Is there something on your mind?" he pressed.

"Yeah, I guess you could say that." Neji answered.

"So, is it training?"

"No."

"A mission?"

"No."

"A girl?"

"…Yes."

"Is it….Ino?"

"No."

"Sakura?"

"No."

"Hinata?"

"No."

"Tsunade-sama?"

"No."

"Is it Sasuke?"

"Sasuke's a boy."

"Ah! I've got it! Is it TenTen?"

"…Yeah…"

"So, what about her?"

"It's hard to explain I-"

"Naruto! Get your ass in here and pay this bill!" Sakura's voice screamed.

"But Sakura, I-"

"Now!" and with that she grabbed him by the ear and pulled him into ramen shop.

Neji sighed. He was actually half glad that Naruto was gone; he was no where near ready to tell anyone how he felt about TenTen. He sighed once more and then stood up to go join the others when Sasuke up stepped up beside him.

"You know you should really tell her." He said like he was talking about the weather or something everyday like that.

"Wha-" This was the strangest day in Neji's life.

"All I'm saying is that you should take her before someone else gets her."

Neji just stared ahead.

"I mean, I would fuck her any day- if you know what I mean." And as soon as he was finished talking he walked back inside.

Neji was stunned but soon recovered and followed his friend inside. He couldn't figure out if today was either a really good day or a really bad one.

A/n: Well, That's all for now! I hope ya liked it! I'll update as soon as I can. Anyway, till then…