The Chronicles of Young Warriors

(A/N - Before you start reading this fic, I'll let you know this is a nejihina fan fic. You have been warned. If you do not like this pairing, please read no further if your intention is to bash at it later. The current rating for this fiction is T, but most likely will change to M in later chapters as the relationship of the main couple gradually becomes more intimate. Please read at your own risk.)

Chapter 1
– The Start of a Grand Mission! –

It was the beginning of winter when a certain incident took place in the Hidden Leaf Village.

The news reached the fifth Hokage when she was – as usual – doing her 'paperwork'.

When she heard Izumo's report, she quickly turned to Shizune who was beside her, "Shizune, you know what to do. Take an Inuzuka... Hana Inuzuka with you and hurry after them now! I'll send reinforcement as soon as I can!"

"H-hai! Tsunade-sama!"

The training field was quite and deserted. There stood Hinata who was at the moment seemingly building up some amount of sweat as she combated her imaginary opponent. She landed a clean strike to the chest followed by a kick thrusting through the waist.

She panted heavily before letting out heavy coughs. Pain could be felt throbbing inside her chest. Her heart beat rapidly and intensely. Her body continually let out large series of oxygen as she whooped. "N-not... t-this again..." Hinata clutched her chest in agony.

She stood there leaning on the log trying to regain her strength. Seconds ticked by as her body eventually calmed down and the pain slowly faded away.

Hinata rested on onto the log as she looked at the heavy clouds which were covering the vast sky. She had a distressed and lonely expression on her face as she continued to gaze at it. Her mind then begun to recall the memories of the past – the sad and sorrowful memories. She shook her head, trying to get it out of her head before she decided to resume her training to forget all about it.

Hinata activated her byakugan and took a deep breath before doing the prominent Hyuga style fighting stance and was about to do her gentle fist continual strikes when she felt the presence of two people appearing from behind her.

"I thought we'd find you here."

She turned her head to identify her cousin Neji along with her teammate Shino.

"Neji-niisan... Shino-kun..." she mentioned their names, surprised to see them as she wondered what business did they come to see her.

"We're sorry to interrupt your morning training, Hinata-sama," Neji said, looking serious, "We have a mission from the fifth."

She deactivated her byakugan. "A mission?" She blinked.

"An A-rank mission," he informed her, "Not really sure of the details, but we're here to recruit you."

"I understand," she nodded.

The three marched off after Hinata readied herself.

Tenten was also included in the same mission Neji mentioned. She was sent to her residence for her twin brother, Shin - and Tenten, knowing her brother really well wasn't really all that pleased about having him in the same team.

As she went upstairs she strode off to her brother's bedroom before storming the door open; which caused it to hammer against the wall. It made a large roaring crash enough to wake a sleeping dragon.

There laid a lazy Shin still sleeping in a monkey like position with a drool coming out from his mouth. The massive noise Tenten formed didn't really bother him at all.

"Shin!" She yelled.

He didn't budge.

"SHIN!"

Seriously, if it wasn't the Hokage's order, she wouldn't even have bothered to go and wake him up! Having him in the house was more than enough, and now he was about to be sent on the same mission with her.

She went to him and kept on nudging him as hard as she could, "Wake up, Shin. We have an important mission!"

He let out a grunt, still keeping his eyes closed.

She slapped him on across his cheeks continuously – but with no avail. "Shin, WAKE - UP...!"

Tenten let out a heavy sigh - decided she will do it in a brutal way when their mother popped her head into the room.

"What's all the ruckus about?" she demanded.

Tenten turned to her mother tearfully, "Mom..."

"Trying to wake your brother up?" she said to her daughter smiling, "Normal methods won't work," she told her.

Tenten wondered what her mother would do as the woman went to his bed and reached her lips near the tip of his ear, she begun blowing gently in an erotic fashion. Shin's body quivered. She then adjusted her voice to that of a sexy woman before whispering to his ear, "Awww, Shin-sama~ I beg of you~ please? Ne, can, you, wake up for me? I most, certainly, cannot give you an astoundingly ho~t k-i-s-s with your mouth buried in droo~ls-"

Tenten stared in terror as she watched her own mother doing such outrageous act in front of her.

Shin slowly opened his eyes, sat himself straight, and slowly turned his head to the lady beside him. He looked at her dreamily. He reached closer to her face as he then tried to give her a kiss. But before he could do so he received – before realising it – a surprising slap across the cheek. The startled Shin truly woke up this time. He realised that it wasn't any other woman but his own mother.

"Awake now?" she asked him with a smile across her face.

Shin grimaced. "Why did you wake me up for?" He grumbled, annoyed to be woken up in such manner as he was enjoying his sleep.

Tenten who couldn't wait any longer walked up to him and uncovered him from his Pyjamas. "Wh-what the hell are you doing?!" He complained in rage and confusion. She then forcefully made him wear his gear attire before dragging him outside the house.

The Hokage's office door suddenly slammed open as Tenten and Shin threw themselves into the room. Both had visible bruises across their faces – they were brawling earlier when they made their way to Hokage's headquarter.

They soon noticed they were late as they saw Tsunade's irritated expression.

"We're very sorry, Tsunade-sama! My brother and I-"

"That's enough," he told them harshly before gesturing them to get in line with other selected ninjas of the mission in hand.

The young shinobis; Hinata Hyuga, Neji Hyuga, Shino Aburame, Tenten, Shin with Yamato in front of them stood there before the great fifth Hokage.

"I summoned you here on a very important A-Rank mission – might as well turn into an S-Rank if things get out of hand," Tsunade said with a stern voice, "We don't have much time, so I'll make it as short as possible."

All listened intently – trying to catch every word their Hokage was about to say.

"Five prisoners managed to escape from the west prison before dawn – they knocked out ten guards in total. Shizune and Nana Inuzuka are already at their pursuit-"

"Won't they be enough to take them down? Shizune-san is really strong," said Tenten.

"These five are no ordinary criminals," stated Tsunade, "Two of them are Zuko and Loke. They worked under Orochimaru for some time when he was still living in the village – doing his secret illegal activities. These two were somehow responsible in abducting the Konoha citizens for their lord's experiments. One of them like you, Hinata, Neji, is a member of the Hyuga clan, Azusa Hyuga."

When Tsunade mentioned this name, Hinata and Neji tensed and their faces grew darker.

Tsunade continued.

"And the other two are serial killers – famous for their brutal killing and slaughter during Shinobi World War III. All of them – except for Azusa – were to be executed on this day but managed to escape before their execution took place."

"So you want us to support Shizune-san's team and apprehend them," deduced Yamato.

"That's right," answered Tsunade, "But that isn't all."

"The guards told me that they were acting suspiciously these last few weeks. It could be just our hunch, but I want to be careful as much as possible. It could be more than just an ordinary escape. They may be plotting something dangerous that may affect the Fire country and it citizens. Last information has it that they broke out of the main gate. So here's your mission; do not take them down until you fully know what their attentions truly are. When you manage to catch up to them, I want you to just observe them until their scheme is revealed – but if before then you see things going out of control – seize them and apprehend them in the right time. With the strength of you all I believe it won't be that hard of a task. Any questions before I send them off?"

They all answered at once, "No, Godaime-sama."

"Good," She said, pleased with the response. She then handed a few files to Yamato, "Those files contain their personal details. Their pictures, names, birthdays, blood types, lineage, personalities, criminal and mission records, abilities and other specific information are all in there."

"Understood," answered Yamato politely.

"Very well then, mission begi-" the squad were about to scatter through the window when they noticed their Hokage cut through her sentence, "Ah, wait – I forgot something important...!"

"What is it, Hokage-sama?" said Yamato.

"Tenten," Tsunade looked at Tenten who seemed to be surprised at the sudden call of her name.

"Y-yes, Tsundade-sama," she answered with respect – wondering why on earth is she being called out for – she had a mixed feeling of excitement and nervousness.

"Take this," the Hokage handed her a small envelope. Tenten took it and looked at in curiosity. "There contain a very important task especially for you. I forbid you from opening it until the accomplishment of the current mission. So do not open it no matter what until then..."

Tsunade tried to put on a straight face as she said her last sentence. The others wondered in amazement what possible task Tsunade could possibly give especially to Tenten. But they had no time to think as Tsunade dispatch them when she commanded, "Go!"

While Izumo who was present in the room looked awkwardly uneasy as he guessed what was probably inside the envelope Tsunade gave to the young lady.

Author's Note: This is the first Naruto fiction I ever wrote. This is a nejihina. I'm a fan of naruhina, too, but I think nejihina is rather hotter.

The characters will be kind of OOC (out of characters) - not all though, and hopefully not much. So like in Neji, I'll have his personality a bit altered, mixing some of his character from Rock Lee SD series in a sense when he becomes all overprotective and crazy when it comes to Hinata (I like to watch how he becomes extreme when it comes to his cousin – so cute!).

And as you have noticed, I created a new character called Shin - who is apparently Tenten's twin brother. As much as I disliked adding a new original character to a fan-fic, I really needed a character with a certain personality which I failed to find in the Naruto world. Shin's concept and design is pretty much similar to male Tenten a deviantArt member, BayneezOne drew in the site. His character personality bloomed to me as I saw her adorable art under the title 'Nejiten and Male Tenten'. You know, a jerkish kind of character, ha-ha.

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