Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. –pout-

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The 'Great' Springtime of Youth

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The tension was unbearable. It was a four-way staring contest and it was seriously starting to piss him off. Not that he wasn't already pissed off; just that now he was seriously getting pissed off.

Taking a deep, but subtle breath, Neji continued to glare viciously at Lee.

His anger raised another notch as Lee continued to ignore him and stare at his sensei across the clearing with tears streaming down his cheeks and his fist raised in defiance. And much to the Hyuuga's disappointment, his sensei was staring at Tenten through the "Good-Guy" pose.

That wasn't the worst part though.

He could practically feel thousands of kunai dig into his back from Tenten's fierce glare at his back. No, scratch that. It felt more like thousands of kunai and millions of shuriken were imbedded in his back, head, legs and arms.

"Like I said before, Tenten; Lee and I will protect you from any of Neji's impure acts."

"I. Don't. Have. Any. Impure. Acts. To. Use. On. Tenten." Neji growled the words while maintaining his monotone expression of boredom.

"Are you sure, Neji? Because Lee doesn't lie to me very often."

"Tenten! How could you say that? I never lie to you!"

"That time three months and twenty-six days ago when you told me that you were going to the hospital for a check-up but really you went to go spy on Sakura."

"Oh."

"Lee! I am disappointed in you! You have used your springtime of youth wrongly." Gai reprimanded him crossly, turning away from Tenten slightly. "Alright! You guys need to refresh your youthful abundance with each other!"

"Why?" Neji's flat tone didn't hold anything besides boredom, yet the slight clenching of his fists and the slight twitch in his right knee showed his irritation.

"But Gai-sensei! I swear I heard Neji say Tenten's name in his sleep. He said it like this. 'OH, Tenten'!" Lee moaned Tenten's name as erotically as he could.

Tenten cringed and covered her mouth, almost as though she were fighting back the urge to vomit.

Neji cringed and turned his head slightly to the side as his glare intensified. No way in hell was he ever taking a nap around his teammates ever again.

Gai-sensei cringed and looked sympathetically at Tenten before redirecting his gaze to Neji.

"Neji! What is the meaning of this?"

Neji removed his glare form Lee and focused it on his sensei. "Hn."

Gai remained unaffected. "Did you do it?"

"Hn." His eyes narrowed slightly.

"Okay, then why did you do it?" Gai's thick eyebrows came together in a supposedly threatening expression.

"I didn't say it like that." Tenten frowned slightly; she could have sworn Neji was pouting. Neji continued. "And I said it because I was remembering a sparring match we had when she forgot a kunai trap and I triggered it after training."

"So?"

Neji lowered his eyebrows in as much of a scowl as he would allow. He did not want to admit his easy defeat but it appeared as though he had to. Damn.

"So, it hit me and it…hurt."

Lee looked put-out, Tenten grinned triumphantly and Gai grinned happily at his student.

"Really?" She asked coolly as she lessened the intensity of her glare.

"Hn." It may have been a neutral sound, but Tenten knew it meant 'yes so shut up about it' in Nejinese.

Gai went over to a slightly sulking Lee and patted his shoulder affectionately. "It's alright, Lee. We all make mistakes sometimes."

"But I could have sworn…" Lee muttered to himself as he and Gai left the clearing and headed into the woods.

Neji turned to go home and made eye contact with Tenten.

Shit. She was smiling at him.

Tenten frowned again as he quickly looked away and marched into the woods, slashing at any branches that were in his way and creating a semi-clear path behind him.

Neji openly pouted as he thundered through the forest.

He knew he was making an incredibly obvious track but he didn't care. If anyone were to attack him at the moment he'd beat the shit out of them; enemy or ally.

His nose began to tingle slightly and he abruptly came to a stop.

Fuck! He was fucking blushing again!

Just for extra measures, Neji forced chakra into the tree beside him and watched in satisfaction as the tree erupted into splintered pieces. His chakra prevented any serious injury, but he couldn't say the same about the squirrel that promptly fell to the ground in front of him.

Dammit. Lee was going to kill him if he saw this.

Activating his Byakugan, Neji checked the area for any green-clad men. None. Good.

With a swift kick, the squirrel was no longer a problem. But his goddamn thoughts were.

Tenten wouldn't have wanted me to blast the tree or kick the squirrel. Maybe I shouldn't have-- no. I should have, and I'm going to do it again. Defiantly, Neji destroyed another tree but flinched at the slight guilt that coiled in his stomach.

"Oh fuck it." He cursed angrily as he leapt up into the tree and hurried home.

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As soon as he got home, Neji made preparations for a hot bath and immediately retreated to his room, locking himself inside.

After several minutes, there was a knock on the door and Neji paused in his reach for fresh clothes.

"Neji-san?" a timid, elderly female voice asked through the door.

"Yes?"

The voice seemed more relieved this time, "Your bath is ready."

"Thank you."

He waited for the footsteps to fade before grabbing some clothes and stuffing them under his arm, along with his other bathing necessities.

Quickly padding through the hallways, Neji slipped into the bathroom and locked the door before setting down his things and relaxing.

Scowling at the large, over-used tub, Neji began shedding his clothes.

Damn his temper. If he hadn't let his temper get the best of him he could have kept his old room with the bathroom attached! But no, he just had to let his Tenten-induced temper rear its ugly head and he also just had to throw the largest object in the room—his bed—through the nearest wall which just happened to be the one separating his bedroom from the bathroom.

And now he was using the spare room and had to use the public tub, because the spare room didn't have an adjoining bath, until the repairs to his usual rooms were complete.

Wonderful. It was all simply wonderful.

Slipping into the steaming water, Neji hissed through his teeth as he allowed his body to adjust to the temperature.

As his muscles unclenched and his nerves uncoiled, the long haired boy closed his eyes and slumped back against the wall of the tub.

Ah, one of his only moments of relaxation and-- wait. What the hell was that?

Neji slowly cracked an eye open before squeezing it shut again and groaning in frustration.

Was the goddamn steam getting to his head already? And why now? Why was it always when he was relaxing? Whether it be sleeping, bathing or just strolling through the stupid forest by himself, she always just showed up!

He cracked the other eye open this time, hope surged up into his chest and he refocused his vision through the steam.

Fuck. She was still there.

He closed his eye again and took a deep, although annoyed, breath and clenched his jaw tightly before relaxing again.

He was not going to go through this again. He was going to ignore her and continue to relax.

It wasn't working for him. "Tenten, why are you here?"

She didn't answer. Hell, he wasn't even expecting an answer. She never answered. Never! Ever! And because she didn't make an exception this time either, Neji opened his eyes and glared at her mercilessly before shutting his eyes again and sighing with agitation.

"Tenten go away."

No answer. No movement. That was good, right?

Wrong. No answer. Some movement. But that was also good right?

Wrong again. No answer, lots of movement and some touching. Bad. Very, very bad.

Opening his eyes to glare at her again, Neji moved his leg away from her adventurous hand and swallowed the moan that threatened to give her encouragement.

He watched as a frown pulled the corners of her mouth down and she sloshed around in the water. He didn't have to wait long to figure out what she was doing, so he moved his other leg before she touched it.

It didn't work. She moved her hand higher this time and, unfortunately for Neji, this time he did moan. He couldn't even find it in himself to glare at her, instead he gave he a husky stare as her hand inched up again.

Snapping out of his stupidity, Neji flinched his leg away. Dammit, this was not happening.

Oh but it was, Neji realized as she moved closer to him. He realized another important point as well; he had moved his legs away from her, and away from each other. The result? She was nestled tightly between his legs and against…parts.

Shit, damn, fuck. Fuck, damn, shit. First a dream earlier this morning and now a bath-fantasy daydream. Damn, shit, fuck, shit, damn.

Neji's thoughts blurred slightly as Tenten's tongue snaked out and lazily lapped against his neck. Fuck…he was fucked…or he might be if-- no, dammit!

No, no, no, no, no, no! No fucking! No getting fucked, no being fucked just…Ah! No dreaming, no fantasizing, no touching, no nothing! Dammit, he meant no anything! No anything!

He seriously couldn't do this anymore. It had to be bad for his health or something. "Fuck!"

"Neji-niisan! Are you alright?" Hinata's petrified voice leaked through the door on the other side of the room.

Groaning, Neji slid farther under the water before answering. "Yes, Hinata-sama."

"Okay…" She obviously didn't believe him.

Sliding even further into the tub, Neji mumbled into the water. "Fuck…"

Bubbles splashed in his face and it took him a full minute to realize that his fantasy illusion was gone.

Now, Neji wasn't one for hypocrisy, and dammit he knew he didn't want her there a few seconds ago but now he wanted her back!

Thinking about the reoccurring dreams and illusions lately, Neji did a very Neji-like thing and scowled murderously into the water. Then he also thought about what she'd done to him in those dreams and fantasies and Neji did a very un-Neji-like thing; he whimpered in self-pity and attempted to strangle himself in the water with his hair ribbon.

He'd be damned if these thoughts plagued him any longer.

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Neji was damned.

He had half-conjured up at least two more fantasies before realizing that he was actually trying to have them and drowned himself in cold water, thoroughly washing away any and all evidence of physical arousal.

And now he stood fully clothed, scowling at the empty bathtub as though it had murdered his pet kitten.

He was damned and he knew it and he was suffering for it ever so greatly.

Snorting, Neji left the bathroom and dragged himself down the hallway. Of course, as soon as he realized that he was dragging himself, he quickly changed posture and marched murderously down the hallway.

A light shone through an open door and splayed itself out onto the hallway's floor, but Neji didn't notice; he was too caught up in his own ranting.

"Damn it all. I really…If I…I need to…"

Neji stopped and took a deep breath, trying to collect his stray thoughts and calm his raging…uh…feelings.

"If…If I don't fuck Tenten soon I swear I'm going to-"

"Neji."

Said teenager stiffened noticeably and slowly turned towards the open doorway behind him.

"H-Hiashi-sama!"

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A/N: First chapter! Rating is for later chapters soon to come, as I'm sure you've guessed.