Love that Cannot Be
Part 3: The Kidnapper and the Kidnapped
A/N: Hey hope you like this one as well.
Disclaimer: I own Tenten, Neji, Gaara of the Sand, Kankuro of the Sand, Temari of the Sand, and Kiba or any other Naruto characters.
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Beep…Beep…Beep… Be… (THWACK)
Ugh… Why can't the mission start later my brain hasn't yet developed to waking at the crack of dawn. God damn it! Tenten was cursing in her mind about waking up. To her getting up at the crack of dawn was like being at boot camp but weighting like a thousand pounds.
But, since there is always a but, in these situations, there were two reasons that got her up. Kind of like the good new and the bad news.
The good news or reason was that the quicker the mission starts the quicker she might be able to tell Neji-kun about her feelings.
Now the bad new or reason was that if she doesn't get up soon Neji will be glaring at her for a while. Neji was always that kind who liked to get missions done fast and quick. He never preferred the slow types.
In 5 minutes she got her lazy ass to the shower. She showered for about 3 minutes. 2 minutes to dress, 4 minutes to make sure she had everything for the mission. Because whenever I go out on a vacation I always find that I'm missing something when we have already left. Oh well.
1 minute to eat that means a lot of stuffing, munching, and crunching, and some chocking. 4 minutes to get tot the gate and there everyone was waiting for her.
When she arrived she was panting and sweating all over. "Tenten you're late." Neji said in is cold, heartless voice. That just ticked the young kuniochi off.
"I'M FREAKIN LATE BY A FEW FREAKIN MINUTES YOU ASS HOLE. You don't have a freaking clue of was I have been through the last freaking minutes. I freaking smashed my alarm clock trying to get up, my hairs still wet because I didn't have time to dry it. Thank the gods that my clothes aren't on backward or inside-out. Or that I didn't die from choking my breakfast down. I was rushed because your damn picture coming into my mind every time I thought t0 slow down. How you would give me a icy cold glare which I knew didn't need from my minutes in hell and almost death."
Everyone was amused by this young kuniochi outburst. Kiba, Temari, and Kankuro laughed while Tenten cursed them under her breathe. Even the Hyuuga prodigy and the Kazekage of the Sand could not hide a smile of amusement. But there was one more thing that sent Tenten on a rampage.
"Your late and that's, that no excuses can be made for your lateness since you are always punctual." Neji said not even acknowledging Tenten or even looking at her. But this blew Tenten up her face turned red with rage her eyes filled with that murder's tint and glow. Her teeth grinded together her anger and rage started with a loud, "DIE HYUUGA NEJI, DIE!"
Tenten was furious and had the weapons and strength to back it up. She started throwing kunai's, shurikens, and other weapons of which the weapon's mistress owned most of them were aimed for the Hyuuga prodigy targets head and heart.
Of course Neji was surprised of this sudden act of Tenten's anger, rage and her being furious. He barely missed most of them and as a result he had minor cuts and bruises and if the Hokage-sama didn't come along and stop Tenten's act of the kunai's, the shuriken's, and all the other sharp, pointy weapons which were thrown from her anger and rage.
Tenten was stopped but not without Tsunade-sama consulting her about her actions toward Neji or the "Hyuuga prodigy."
Tenten's face was still consulted with anger towards him that made her one bit gladder that she started in the front and didn't have to see him until Temari and Tenten had to trade positions.
As Tsunade-sama gave out her last orders and the Princess was in the carriage plus everyone was in their rightful place they started to head out. Of course Tenten wanted to get her mind off things so she told them that she was going to scout ahead.
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Neji watched as Tenten scouted ahead and jumped into the trees and soon she her running on the road and then to the opposite side of the trees.
Everyone still knew that Tenten was clearly still angry at Neji which was really notice able when the Hokage asked why Tenten's sudden attack of Neji and all she did was shrug. Plus she barely even talked or acknowledged anyone especially the Princess or the Hokage which is a big give away. Since everyone knew that Tenten always would acknowledge her idol.
"Nice way of messing up Hyuuga." Temari said from the back of the carriage and so only Gaara, and Neji could hear her words that were harsh.
"Bug off Temari this is none of your business and this doesn't involve you it's between me and Tenten got it. Now piss off." Neji's cold-hearted, harsh, unemotional tone was back and harsher then ever.
Of course being the brother that he is he stuck up for his lovely older sister. "Back off of Temari you can't blame her for being like this. Tenten is after all her friends and friends stick up for each other or so I know of."
Neji was about to comment on Gaara's comment but decided to stay quite after all he is the Hyuuga prodigy he didn't get into fights with important leader like the Kazekage.
I just hope that Tenten is all right and can forgive me for everything I sa… hey wait I'm a Hyuuga not just any Hyuuga I'm the Hyuuga prodigy why do I need this girl or why should I apologize it's the Hyuuga pride I'll be risking and that I don't intend on doing.
He just looked ahead with wonder and hope that Tenten will come back the cheerful girl everyone knew she was but yet also the tough weapons mistress that she was known as.
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As she was moving ahead further and further her anger began to decease some what. Yet she couldn't let him be forgiven that easily, since he would win this fight as always and again.
Tenten knew if was unacceptable to let him win again and all the time. It would be like actually being a real girly-girl and letting the man win all the time and giving up to the Hyuuga is a no-way that I'm going to lose to him all the time.
Tenten was frustrated of what to do and how to handle everything. I hate him, but, yet I love him.
Suddenly Tenten came to a complete stop. I love him. I love him or do I love him as a brother. Like I do for Lee. No I know I truly love this Hyuuga, I'm in love with Hyuuga Neji.
No matter how hard she tried to convince herself that she hated the young prodigy still she still couldn't help but think still that she loved him not loathe him but love him. Her thoughts soon only came back to this phrase, "I love him, I love the great Hyuuga prodigy, I love Hyuuga Neji!"
Her cheeks turned a tint of a lot of pink, her mind filled with the thoughts of the same picture of one Hyuuga, Hyuuga Neji.
But soon her thoughts were interrupted but a voice, "Hello little girl what is a young pretty thing like you doing out here?" A deep male voice whispered into her ear.
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"Ahh!" They all heard in the distance and they all prepared to fight, looking around to see if they could hear or see anything or any movements going on. Kiba sniffed the air trying to detect a scent but nothing.
"W-Wh-What's go-going on here?" P. (princess) Akari stuck her head out to see if she could see if anything was going down. But saw only the Konoha ninja ready to fight and protect her.
Then P. Akari could tell that something was wrong, as she scanned them all. "W-Whe-where is Tenten," P. Akari asked noticing that she was the only once missing from the group and being half scared for Tenten and half scared for herself.
Everyone's face fell, but you couldn't tell it on Gaara's or Neji's face, Temari was the one who answered the troubled princess. "She went to scout ahead had hasn't come back yet." Temari was hard to hear because she was afraid that Tenten was the one they heard scream up a head.
"Don't worry so much Temari I'm sure she's coming back right now. Someone else might have been on this road up a head and encountered whatever is up a head." Kankuro said trying to come down his slightly shakened sister.
Neji couldn't help but hope that Tenten was coming back okay. Damn it if I didn't go and make Tenten mad that maybe she would be here right now and we all wouldn't have to worry about her. And if I didn't make her so mad then she wouldn't have gone scouting so fast just top get away from us or more specific me.
"Neji-NeJI-NEJI," Gaara called to Neji with still keeping his cool. "Use your Byakugan to see if Tenten is coming and what might lie ahead of us."
Neji snapped back to reality did what he was told by the young Kazekage. Please Tenten be in sight and be coming back safe. He pleaded with all his might but, as soon as he activated his Byakugan it was something he didn't want to see.
Tenten was indeed in sight and heading back toward them with 1 shuriken and 2 kunai's in her back. But, what happened next make his expression fall to a frown.
"Neji what's happening do you see Tenten, tell us something?" Temari pleaded at Neji's silence.
"She's gone, Tenten's gone. I saw her go down. 1 minute she was coming back to us then she started to fall and before she hit the ground, even thought it was a quick flash I saw it, someone took her." Neji words hit them all with shock.
"No she can't be taken down that easily she is after all one of the toughest kunoichi in Konoha." Kiba suggested to this problem.
"Even though that this is true she wasn't given a chance to defend herself. 6 kunai's were thrown and 8 shuriken's were thrown, even if she dodged some, some would have hit her already." A look of horror came upon some faces.
Kiba sniffed the air and so did Akamaru and they confirmed it, since they smelled blood.
"Someone please tell me what's going on here? Where is Tenten and what was that scream?" A very impatient Princess asked as see stuck her head through the carriage window.
"Well," Kiba was just about to fill in the Princess when Neji all of a sudden yelled, "Everyone get down, NOW!"
Everyone got down as the Princess stuck her head back into the window. Thousands of shuriken's were thrown among them were one kunai which had an attachment to it.
Once all the shuriken's were stopped being thrown they all got up, as the Princess stuck her head out of the carriage again. "That was close, Neji how did you know that there was shuriken's or any type of weapons coming?" Kiba ask in wonder.
"I sensed an assassination attempt," It was short and straight to the point just like Neji not to waste his breathe on pointless words.
While everyone was focused on how Neji knew the weapon's were coming, Gaara was busy looking for one kunai, with an attachment, he saw out of the corner of his eye.
When he found it he took the time to detach the attachment and read what was inside.
As he finished reading it he passed it on to Kankuro. Kankuro got the message with Gaara's stare and opened and said.
"You guys' Gaara found some sort of letter to us I'm going to read it. It says:
To the Shinobi of Konoha:
We have taken the privilege to take your young kunoichi. We will give her back alive if and only if you give us Princess Akari. You have 2 days till her death. On the second day meet us by the Crossing Bridge by sun down. If not your kunoichi is dead.
Well that's sure is a nice letter. Especially the way the presented it to us." Kankuro said.
"Are you going to give me away to those people," P. Akari asked questionably.
"We can't jeopardize the mission by giving her away and we can't leave Tenten to die." Temari pondered.
"You absolutely right we can't jeopardize the mission and sacrifices must be made to insure the safety of the mission. We have to forget Tenten and move on we can't let her stop us from moving to our destination. If we try to rescue her that would right there be jeopardizing the mission. If we go they probably already killed Tenten and the Crossing Bridge is a trap to get us away from the Princess. Thus we fall into their trap they capture us and then the mission is a failure. We cannot risk it besides we if we go we might never be able to help the Waterfall Country." Neji concluded from Temari's ponder.
"You son of bitch! How can you say something like that about someone who is your teammate and comrade and friend. You really are the cold-hearted bastard Tenten cared for you and Lee as brothers and now you throw that away." Temari looked mad and disappointed at Neji like he could have done better.
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She could see them in plain sight view but that was before she felt more shruikens and kunai's hit her back.
Her sight blurred and she cried in agony as she began to lose alititude and began to fall.
She was afraid that she was going to hit the ground when she was grabbed by someone.
"Kunoichi of Konoha, pretty little thing to playing with such big toys."
Then everything was gone, her vision turned black and before she lost consciousness her mind could only see one person one picture. And that was of the Hyuuga prodigy, Hyuuga Neji.
She smiled weakly and that was it she had lost conciousness.
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A/N: Thanks for reading please review sorry it took so long.
