A/N Thank you to Sandataba for reminding me that I need to make author's notes to explain the madness that is the content with in. I also appreciate the feedback. I's gots mad love for everyone who reviews!

And for the love of fuzzy! I am so mad at myself! How did I still manage to have errors after proofing it a dozen times? Beta reader anyone?

So, ahem. Kakashi is only 6 years older than Tenten in this one. Don't know if anyone picked up on the subtle Kankuro bashing. I will try to make this up to him later. Prolly not in this one, most likely I will bash him some more and then make it up to him in not this story. Perhaps I will make amends with Neji along the way. Kame knows I've bludgeoned him enough as well.

Disclaimer: Me no own. Not mine. Tag, not it.

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Tenten knocked on Rock Lee's door with an impatient urgency. Lee answered the door with a yawn. Had Tenten been in her right mind, she would have realized that he was sleepy, with no shirt on, still in his pajama pants. His hair looked disheveled and he languidly let her brush past him in her near rant state as he plopped himself on the couch with out so much as yawned "good morning."

"It's eight in the morning Lee," Tenten suddenly stopped pacing in her spot and looked down at the shinobi who seemed relaxed. Lee didn't do relaxed. Not even while he was sleeping did the man do relaxed. Tenten thought for a second that she had the wrong apartment and that this was Lee's doppelganger.

Lee scratched his stomach obliviously and shrugged his shoulders. He grunted with indifference. Yet another thing the man didn't do.

"Did you go back to sleep after training?" Tenten asked with a raised eyebrow.

Lee looked up at her with a very satisfied smirk.

"Nope," he drew out intentionally with a smug look.

"She over last night?" Tenten leered into the kitchen to check out the dishes still dirty in the sink. Two cups, two plates. Lee cooked dinner.

For her.

"Did she stay the night?" Tenten had to ask, wide eyed and nearly bursting with happiness for her teammate.

Lee did nothing but smirk and have the cockiest little twinkle in his eye.

Tenten grinned and couldn't help but beam at her former teammate. She never in a million years would have pictured him with Ino of all people. He had been so bent on Sakura for so long, but Ino seemed to like the attention and Lee definitely liked fawning over her. Who would have guessed?

"I came over here to be mad at you for not telling me about the weights," Tenten said in with a kind of pity in her voice.

Lee gave a half-hearted shrug. If it wasn't a big deal to him, it shouldn't be to her.

"So are you going to tell Neji so he can finally ask Sakura out 'officially'?" Tenten asked as she bunny eared the word. After all the dick moves Neji had pulled on his teammates over the years it just seemed like Karma coming back around. You can tell your teammates they are weak only so many times before they start to resent you. If Neji weren't so proper, you could almost hear him say, "neener neener," to your face. Tenten had had half a mind to tell him she made jounin before he had. But he was still her teammate and friend. And his cold nature just made her pull closer to Lee for warmth, something Lee would always provide.

Lee gave a very forced look as if he were straining to think. He put his index finger to his chin and tapped it for a moment, "ummmmmm, no." Lee finished his thought with a smile.

Tenten chuckled.

"Ino-chan, I am sure, will tell Sakura and then he will find out that way. They have been keeping their relationship from us for going on two years now."

The whole thing was weird. Tenten knew that her teammates both had crushes on the same girl for an eternity it seemed. Perhaps all the fluff that Lee randomly spewed about the pink haired konoichi had somehow infiltrated Neji's already diseased brain. Tenten had to sit on the sidelines and watch the two trip themselves up over the same girl. It was awkward and weird and Kame help her she couldn't say anything to either boy because it just wasn't her place. But all that was in the past now. Lee was happy with Ino. That made Tenten happy. Kame knows Ino had a big mouth and Neji and Sakura would be able to see each other openly now. It was kind of nice that Neji had enough respect for Lee to keep his relationship with Sakura quiet. Ok, so it was probably Sakura who wanted to keep it quiet for Lee's sake, but still, the man went along with it and Tenten needed to feel like she should give him some kind of credit some where.

"Ok well, I am off to the Inuzuka residence to help Hana out for the day," Tenten announced, "you coming down to see the new pups with Ino later?"

Lee nodded yes with enthusiasm. Fuzzy, cute animals were pretty hard for most people to resist, let alone Rock Lee. He just couldn't pass up the opportunity to snuggle with them and Ino at the same time.

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Tenten took the main entrance into the Inuzuka grounds and walked into the clinic with a spring in her step. She was looking forward to getting to snuggle cute little puppies later, and hang out with Lee and Ino in the process. Hey, it's the little things in life that matter.

"Hana? Where are you?" Tenten realized that Hana wasn't behind her desk like she usually was before she took appointments. She walked through the halls of the clinic with a sudden red flag in her stomach on full alert. She pushed open the door to a treatment room and found Hana over Pakkun with a light blue flame over his back right leg, trying to fix a broken bone. Hana looked ready to growl at whoever it was walking through the door before she realized it was Tenten.

"Hana what happened?" Tenten took note of the small pug unconscious on her table. His fur was dirty with caked mud and fresh blood- the poor little guy had just done battle. Tenten felt a knot grow in her stomach. She thought she might be sick.

"Grab Kakashi," Hana nodded to the corner where the bleeding shinobi had propped himself up in a chair.

Tenten rushed over to the man. He was clutching his forearm and his forehead protector was pushed up still revealing both mismatched eyes. He looked ready to pass out, but kept his focus on his nin-dog.

"Kakashi?" Tenten took both her hands and wrapped them around his face. She tried to get him to look at her. His eyes glazed over.

"Kakashi look at me, where are you hurt?"

Kakashi slowly lifted a hand to her line of vision. His fingers and half-glove were soaked in blood. Tenten looked down with more panic running through her.

The man was covered in blood.

"Hana, what happened?" Tenten turned to the Inuzuka vet for answers. Hana shook her head.

"He wouldn't let me treat him without making sure Pakkun was okay," she finally looked up and winced. Pakkun was badly injured. Kakashi didn't look much better.

Tenten got to work right away on healing whatever open wounds she could find. Hana threw her a blood pill and Tenten shoved it in his mouth and forced him to chew. Kakashi still had a hazy look to him.

"Kakashi?" Tenten had managed to break his attention off of his dog when his breathing finally regulated.

"Yo," he answered casually, almost unaware of the damage to himself, he finally looked at her in the eye.

"Got another table I can throw him on and check his internals?" Tenten asked as she lifted the man up throwing his arms around her shoulders. Kakashi groaned and tried to hunch over more. He was practically dead weight.

"Take him to room 4, the tables clean and big enough," she responded.

Tenten dragged him down the hall and unceremoniously plopped him on the table. She scanned him for visceral injuries, fixed some internal bleeding and promptly started hooking up an IV to his arm. Kakashi was still conscious at this point-his eyes were not as glazed over, but he was tired.

"Go to sleep, I will go check on Pakkun," Tenten spoke softly at his side. She gripped his hand in hers and gave it a soft squeeze.

Tenten walked down the hall and noticed that Hana was discussing something with Pakkun. She was surprised to hear that he was awake, let alone talking. Tenten hesitated at the door way, hiding her chakra and eavesdropping. She bit her lip with anticipation.

"Not seeing, someone he wants to," the nin-dog corrected Hana. "He wants to have puppies with her," Pakkun said assertively.

"Yeah, Kakashi wants to have puppies with a lot of people, I'm sure." Hana blew off his comment. Everyone knew the man was not a prude.

"No," Pakkun nearly shouted. "He has never wanted to have puppies with anyone else. He has mated with others, yes, but this one is his life mate. He wants her to have his puppies."

"If he wants her to have his puppies, then why isn't he seeing her?" Hana asked in a frustrated confused tone.

"He is scared." Pakkun answered truthfully. "He doesn't want her to reject him."

"So who is it?" Hana asked.

Tenten burst in before the dog could answer.

"Kakashi is sleeping in the other room, but he needs to be monitored for vitals, and I got his internal bleeding to stop hemorrhaging. He is still needs Sakura or Ino to come down and check him out though," Tenten was nearly out of breath saying all of this. She didn't want to know who Kakashi's new love interest was. Seeing the man lay half dead was enough of a panic. Now she just couldn't admit that the man that she had kissed just the other day was already ready to settle down with someone else.

"I can stay with Pakkun if you want to go," Tenten offered with a smile.

Hana nodded, Tenten knew the vet would want to explain everything to the Hokage, and as Tenten had just walked in, she had no idea what was going on.

Hana left quickly with a nod and a curt thank you.

Tenten was left alone with Pakkun. The small dog lay on the table with his eyes now closed, but clearly awake.

"Pakkun, can I get you anything?" Tenten asked quietly. "Do you need water? Do you want a pillow underneath you?" Tenten was already reaching for pad to place underneath him even before he spoke.

"Thank you," he whispered to her and closed his eyes as she gently placed the dog on top of the matt. He needed to rest and she shouldn't play 20 questions with him right now.

"I'll turn down the lights so you can rest," Tenten flipped the lights out as she half closed the door.

Tenten padded to Kakashi's room, he was peaceful, so she took his headband off and placed it on the trolley next to his bed.

She didn't want to be this concerned.

"You should at least tell me a story if you are going to stay," the weary man managed to jest without opening his eyes.

Tenten let out a low chuckle. Only Kakashi.

"No, I think you might have a more interesting story at the moment," Tenten reasoned.

"Bah," Kakashi waved a hand to dismiss it. "Pakkun is going to make it I presume," he opened an eye to look at her.

Tenten nodded.

"Didn't know you had a mission," Tenten broke in. What the hell happened?

"They don't look this pretty I assure you," he opened his eye and gave her a quick wink.

Tenten shook her head.

"Sakura will be here to make sure that pesky internal bleeding doesn't rupture something important like your sanity."

It was Kakashi's turn to lightly chuckle.

"Speak of the devil," Tenten murmured. Sakura came in and Tenten did what she thought would be best-she got the hell out of Sakura's way so she could work her magic. Sakura scanned him silently for a few long minutes.

"Nice work," she turned to the konoichi who had tried to blend into the walls all the while intently tune to exactly what the well trained medic-nin was doing. True, Tenten had no formal medical training. She did her training on the sly- after all, she didn't want to end up working in a hospital like Sakura and Ino.

"Just monitor him through the night. Make sure he doesn't cough up any blood. We're backed up at the hospital, so don't bother checking him in, not that he would stay anyways. I can check back with him in a few days." She tore off her latex gloves and chucked them into the near by trash can. "I'll tell the Hokage, good luck." She waved and left.

"Hana is going to have a fun time with you," Tenten announced to the silver haired shinobi.

"What?" The copy-nin asked seriously, peeking an eye open, but the weapons mistress was already gone.