Once outside at their team's regular training field, Lee begins Neji's "training" to help him be nicer.

"Yosh! You must always be youthful, Neji! That means that you cannot be ashamed of yourself!" Lee shouts while standing on the regularly delivered boulder that Gai pays people to place there every day for Lee's training.

"I'm not ashamed of myself, Lee. I AM the pride of the Hyuuga clan!" Neji says proudly.

Lee blinks in confusion. "NONSENSE! You do not need to lie, Neji! I understand that you are embarrassed by your unnaturally long hair that makes you look like a girl, and that man-skirt you wear that makes everyone think you are gay, when you are really hiding your love for your beloved Hinata-san! Plus, that attitude of yours is used to show power over those you know will criticize you!"

Neji's eyebrow begins to twitch. "I'm gonna say this REALLY slowly, Lee. …You…are…INSANE!"

Lee blinks twice and asks, "What do you mean, Neji?"

Neji groans and says, "What I mean is… I am not going to do this, Lee!"

"Do what, Neji?"

Neji immediately turns around to face Tenten. "T-Tenten! What are you doing here?"

"You're trying to get Hinata, Neji?" Tenten asks causing Neji's face to redden.

Tenten sighs. "Neji, if you really want to get Hinata to like you, you need to-well, for one thing, you do NOT follow Lee's advice, look where that advice of his has gotten him! Here he is with no girlfriend or anyone crushing on him. …Neji, you just need to follow your heart…And DON'T yell at her, it'll make it worse," Tenten says.

Neji looks down, pondering what Tenten had just said. 'Could she be right? Could Hinata-sama just not like me because I yell at her all the time? It's a possibility,' Neji thinks. Meanwhile Lee and Tenten have gotten into a big argument over who should help Neji get Hinata.

"Tenten," Neji says quietly. Lee and Tenten stop arguing and look at Neji. "Thank you, I think that will actually help," Neji says, with a smile.

Tenten and Lee stand stunned before the smiling Neji. Anger builds up within Lee.

"Tenten! I was going to help Neji get Hinata! I was the one who began helping FIRST! Not you! So, if you could kindly leave, Neji and I can finish his training," Lee says angrily.

"Your so called training wasn't getting him anywhere!" Tenten yells back. Neji's smile slips off his face.

"Um…guys…you really shouldn't fight," Neji says quietly. Tenten and Lee have already begun to brawl. "Seriously, someone might get hurt, possibly me…so, if you could just stop. Guys? GUYS!" Neji says to no avail in trying to get their attention.

"Um…N-N-Neji-nii-san?" a quiet voice says.

Tenten and Lee freeze, mid-attack. An expression of surprise and fear plastered itself on Neji's face. He calms himself down to his normal stoic disposition and turns around to face Hinata. "Hinata-sama," he says with a bow, "What brings you here?"

"The hokage requested that I get you guys so she can give you a mission," Hinata says, even quieter than normal.

Hinata leads Neji and his team to the Hokage's office for the information on their mission.

The four ninja walk into the Hokage's office, Neji's team standing directly in front of Tsunade's desk, Hinata off to the side.

Tsunade looks up at them and says, "I have a mission for you to go to the village of Suna to help with some rebuilding after a sandstorm struck and buried half the village in sand. This mission is optional, so anyone who can't come tomorrow doesn't have to."

"I would love to come and help the youthful ninjas of Suna rebuild their fantastic home, but I have already promised the old man Teuchi that I would help him clean his ramen shop and taste-test some new flavors of ramen he has created. So I am sorry to say that I cannot," Lee says sadly.

Tenten sighs and says, "I really want to go help Suna…but I can't because I lost a bet to Sakura and now, as punishment for losing, I have to go and help with her…" Tenten shudders, "shoe shopping." Tenten groans and adds, "And if I don't show up to help her, she's going to add more days that I have to accompany her shoe shopping…and I don't want to spend any more time with her than I have to, so… sorry."

Tsunade looks at Neji and says, "I presume that you are free?"

Neji nods and says, "But I don't think that this is a mission for just one shinobi. Will I be going alone?"

Tsunade shakes her head. "I know this mission is not for one person, that's why Hinata will be going with you."

Hinata's eyes widen, a light blush making its way onto her cheeks, 'I wasn't expecting that,' Hinata thinks.

'This is the perfect chance for Neji to get Hinata to like him! Go for it, Neji! This is your chance! Maybe you can get caught in another sandstorm and have to spend hours alone with Hinata in a cave, waiting for the storm to pass, you would end up confessing and Hinata would fall head over heels for your softer, kinder side! You can DO this, Neji!' Tenten thinks with a smile on her face.

'PERFECT! Now Neji can demonstrate to Hinata-san just how youthful he is! Two ninjas, in a village far away from their home; one gets scared in the dark forest full of creepy bandits and the other protects her with his life. It is the perfect scenario for Neji to show off his true YOUTHFULNESS! Do not back down, Neji! You must do this for your youthful love for Hinata-san to prevail!' Lee thinks, absolutely excited for Neji.

'Maybe this will get Lee and Tenten to stop telling me about Neji's love problems with his cousin,' Tsunade thinks, annoyed by how many times each ninja comes to her to explain why Neji doesn't tell Hinata how he feels about her.

Finally, after a long period of silence, the oh-so intelligent Neji not-so intelligently says, "What?"

Ha! Neji's embarrassed! Please, tell me what you think!