Disclaimer: I don't own anything but the plotline.

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A faint sense of chakra woke me from my troubled slumber. In a peculiar way I was relieved, I had no desire to relive that day as I had done so many times in my horrible nightmare. My attention was quickly drawn to the chakra signal and away from my repetitive thoughts. A small kunai was off my bedside table, into my nimble hands, and flying through the air before I processed that the chakra was familiar.

Within a few seconds, my eyes adjusted to the darkness and I saw my weapon embedded into the wall, half an inch away from a tall, dark, and mysterious man. His brown hair, like the sharp tones of earth after a rainfall, was tied back simply into a low ponytail and a silver head plate gleamed in the faint whispering moonlight, revealing him to by a Konoha ninja.

"You have three seconds to inform me of your identity before another weapon comes at you, and this time, I won't miss." I growled sharply, the small kunai already being juggled from hand to hand. The unknown ninja merely chuckled and glanced up at me, revealing pale milky white eyes.

"Hn, is that a way to great an old friend after being gone for so long, Tenten?" he asked lowly, sending tremors down my spine. Tenten, I hadn't heard my name spoken with such purpose or intensity for several years. A small spark of hope lit up inside of me and set my body completely on fire.

Then I whispered a name, a name I had told myself countless times to forget but never could, "Neji." His low laugh flowed across the small room and entered my ears as sweet music.

The bed started shaking, and it took me several moments to realize the cause. It was I, my whole body was quivering, and I couldn't form words on my pale lips, the only thing I was aware of was that I was cold. Then suddenly I was warm, the warmth curled around me like a cocoon and I sunk into it, tears slowly streaming down my face. Several minutes later I calmed down and looked up to see Neji gone from his place on my wall.

"Wow, did I really just imagine all that? I thought the hallucinations went away awhile ago…" I murmured as my voice trailed off lost in memory. My hand moved to wipe away my tears but never reached my face, something, rather someone, was blocking it. That is when I realized the warmth was too real and substantial. I drifted my gaze down towards my body and found arms, strong arms, wrapped around my waist and arms.

A soft touch of lips to my neck startled me, and a voice, usually smooth, turned gruff with passion spoke, "I am no hallucination…" My body moved on its own accord, and I found myself straddling Neji, my lips glued to his.

Just as I removed my lips from his and took in a breath, preparing to apologize, he forced my head back down. The small part of me that wanted to resist, remembering that he left without a word five years ago, was overpowered and faded away. I kissed him back with as much ferocity as he possessed and found myself out of breath several minutes later.

Already forming on my neck was a small bruise, something that used to be a common thing to see after I had been with Neji. His slender fingers danced up my side and traced the outline of the bruise, sending yet another shiver down my spine. The familiar smirk crossed his lips and he started to twirl a thin piece of hair around his finger.

I frowned and slid off him, asking with a sigh, "What do you want? Or should I say, who do you want information on?" If one had seen his face they would have said nothing changed within the few seconds but I saw the flicker of surprise.

Harshly, I answered the unasked question, "Five years hasn't changed the fact that I can read you like an open book. So what do you want?" He sighed and muttered a name I had never guessed he would have said, "Moondancer." My body froze after hearing my alias for the ANBU, then one by one each muscle relaxed.

"I can't help you, she is the most elusive ANBU out there, and few know her real identity. Even if I could help you, why would I?" I replied holding back cruel words. His fingers moved gracefully to play with a silver ring on my left hand's ring finger, twisting it with ease, and frowning when he realized it didn't fit. My mouth released a sigh and I was lost in a twirl of memories.

"He's gone, a mission, he didn't tell you?"

"I'm so sorry, I couldn't save it… I'm sorry"

"Tenten you have been accepted, as requested, as a part time ANBU. Congratulations…"

My mind was brought back sharply to the present when my anger surfaced. Biting back a snarl, my hand flew to slap his face. Inches from his head, his own hand caught mine and held it prisoner.

"You!" I shrieked jabbing him with my free hand, then attempting to stop my tears while he still held one of my hands. Involuntarily, he flinched back slightly. He replied with a grunt and a look of confusion. My fury grew as I was tempted to try and slap him again, or at least knee him in the groin.

"Hn! That's all you have to say! You proposed to me, PROPOSED, and then left a week later! You have been gone for five years! YEARS, not months, not weeks, YEARS! Do you even know what it means when you propose to someone? You asked me to spend the rest of my life with you! And do you know what the funny thing is? I was actually stupid enough to believe you and say yes. YOU LEFT ME!" I ranted tears streaming down my face rapidly.

My body broke down into sobs, shaking uncontrollably as I fell to the ground. My many tears blurred my vision, as I slowly crawled towards my old rickety nightstand. I enclosed my hand around a small green pill bottle and popped the cap off soundlessly. Two light blue pills poured out into my hand and I forcibly swallowed them. My shaking stopped and I took a few minutes to catch my breath before turning my glare on Neji. He was sitting in the same position, frozen on the bed with a look of shock.

"Leave…" I hissed and with the blink of an eye he left, or so I thought. He kissed my neck one more time and whispered, "You kissed me first…" When I turned around to hit him, he was gone, the window open and the curtains moving with the breeze. His words struck me and restarted my tumbling thoughts up again. I knew I wouldn't be getting much sleep this night.

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Okay Tenten and Neji were nineteen when he left, making them twenty-four now.

I'm sorry if this is bad, it is my first time writing a story like this.

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