A/N: I don't own Naruto. Enjoy!
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Chapter 3: Shinobi to Kunoichi
Tenten moaned as a bright ray of sunlight shined from the window to her face. She pulled the covers over her head and said quietly, "Neji, could you close the blinds?"
As the kunoichi waited for a response from the Hyuuga that usually slept next to her, she opened her eyes under the covers when she realized he wasn't responding.
She got out from under the covers and blinked a few times. She turned to poke Neji, but all she found was a slight dent in the shape of Neji's body on the bed. Confused, Tenten turned to look at their alarm clock. Tenten almost rolled out of her bed in shock when she saw that it was 3 hours past the time she was supposed to wake up.
FLASHBACK
As Neji and Tenten walked out of the bathhouse together, they heard a "TENTEN-CHAN!" from a youthful voice.
"Gee, I wonder who that could be…" Tenten sarcastically thought out loud.
She turned to look where the ringing voice came from and saw exactly what she was expecting to see. Rock Lee in his normal apparel, running towards her with tears streaming down his face. There were little ovals of pink on his cheeks. He caught an embarassed Tenten in a bear hug and told her happily, "I thought the blossom of our group might have…"
A deeper youthful voice hushed him, "Hush Lee, do not speak of such horrible tragedies that have not even occured. I told you Tenten would make it. She's a strong kunoichi you know."
This made Tenten blush even redder. Lee nodded apologetically and released Tenten. Something suddenly caught Lee's attention though.
He blurted, "Neji-san, were you in the bathhouse with Tenten?"
Neji was taken aback with the question and stammered, "Well…uh…you see…Sakura-san ordered us to relax our muscles here…"
Lee's expression immediately brightened at the name of the medical-ninja he loved. "Sakura-chan!" He said dreamily, causing him to forget all about the curiosity of why Neji and Tenten were in the bathhouse together.
Gai Sensei however didn't lose his curiosity. He raised an eyebrow, grinning at the couple, "So…what WERE you two lovebirds doing in there?"
Neji's cheeks flushed with embarassment and Tenten yelled, "Gai Sensei!"
Lee snapped out of his lovely dream and questioned immediately, "Lovebirds?" He looked at Neji, then Tenten, then finally Gai Sensei, with innocent and naïve eyes.
Gai Sensei laughed heartily and quickly commented, "It doesn't matter Lee. I was just fooling around anyways."
Lee laughed hard and slapped his knee, "Gai Sensei, you are quite the joker!"
Neji and Tenten laughed nervously, slowly inching away from their teammates. Gai Sensei quickly snapped at them, "Don't move!" Neji and Tenten both straightened their backs quickly and nodded, "Hai!"
Gai laughed again, "You two look like I'm going to bite your heads off!"
Neji and Tenten laughed tensely.
"Anyways," Gai Sensei continued, "Tomorrow, the old Team Gai is going to hold a great training session! Don't be late! It will start at 4:00 AM SHARP!"
Tenten's jaw dropped, "FOUR AM?!?! ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US?"
Gai Sensei shook his head in disappointment, "Tenten, I expected better from a great kunoichi like you…"
Tenten immediately regained her composure, "I meant uh…4:00 AM…that late? Are you trying to kill us…with suspense? We will die…if we wait that long…"
Gai Sensei beamed at her and said, "I agree! Let's reschedule to 3:00 AM!"
Neji glared at Tenten and hissed, "You and your big mouth."
Lee was crying with joy, "Thank you, oh thank you Gai Sensei!"
Gai added quickly, "My niece that's your age will be coming along." He winked at Neji, "She's a real knockout."
Tenten clenched her fists, she felt like punching her instructor in the nose. Can't he see that Neji is already with Tenten?
Neji scowled and said, "Ok, Tenten and I will meet you guys at the usual training spot at 3 AM tomorrow morning." Neji's voice was tense when he said '3 AM,' but he nonetheless bowed respectfully.
Tenten, Lee, and Gai all did the same towards one another. They parted and went to get a good night's rest before training like crazy the next day.
END OF FLASHBACK
"IT'S ALREADY 6 AM!!!" Tenten yelled as she jumped out of bed. She had no time to get properly dressed or put her hair up decently. Tenten panicked as she sloppily put her hair up into two messy buns. One was at the top of her head, and one was more near the middle. Many of her hairs were sticking out from her buns, making Tenten seem like she had been training for days without redoing her hair or something of the sort.
Tenten cursed loudly as she slipped on a baggy pair of shorts and a big white t-shirt. She ran out the door without eating breakfast and wondered why her clothes felt so loose today. She sprinted into the forest, and only when she was almost there did she realize why her clothes felt so odd.
She swore in her head like crazy. "THESE ARE NEJI'S CLOTHES!!!" She screamed, making some startled birds fly out from the trees they were perched on.
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"Good, you're doing great, Ai!" Gai Sensei said happily. Neji was leaning against a tree watching Gai Sensei's niece throw kunais at a target on a tree trunk.
Ai was 21 years old, just like him, Lee, and Tenten were. She had long silky black hair that she liked to wear down, and crystal blue eyes, an uncommon combination. She had a full feminine figure. She had toned arms, slender legs, and a flat stomach. Any guy, with the exception of Neji and possibly Sasuke, would want her to go out with him.
Neji however, wasn't interested in other females. He, infact, hated fan girls. He thought they were the most annoying things in the world. That's one thing he agreed with the Uchiha on.
Suddenly, a panting discombobulated looking kunoichi ran into the training ground, panting like mad. Between breaths, she bowed to Gai Sensei and said, "Gomensai for my lateness." A smirking Gai Sensei nodded and forgave her. Tenten shot a look at Neji, "Why didn't you wake me up?!"
Neji replied blankly, "I thought maybe your muscles might still need to rest up after all that poison being extracted…"
Tenten growled at him, "THAT'S NO REASON NOT TO WAKE ME UP!!"
Neji suddenly broke in, "Are you wearing my clothes?"
"Yeah! Only because you didn't wake me up so I was in a hurry to get here!" Tenten would lose her voice pretty soon if she kept yelling like this.
Gai Sensei interrupted their quarreling and said, "Tenten, I'd like you to meet my neice, Ai."
Tenten's angry expression changed to a warm smile, "Hello! Nice to meet you!"
Ai smiled back and said, "You too!"
"Your name means love…?" Tenten asked curiously.
"Oh yes, it does!" Ai replied cheerfully.
Ai started walking over to her water bottle, which was near Neji's body. As she got near it, she quickly twisted her ankle and fell. Neji caught her in his arms a little reluctantly.
She held onto him for a few seconds before saying in a high voice, "Neji-kun! You saved me!"
Tenten resisted the urge to yell at her. It's ok Tenten, she twisted her ankle…she didn't do it on purpose…she hurt herself…calm down…
Neji's ivory eyes met her crystal eyes and she gave him a seductive glance. She smiled at him but he gently set her down, agh, I hate these type of girls.
Neji noticed her ankle looked perfectly normal and unscathed. He didn't want to further his interaction with this girl, so he quickly walked over to Tenten. Tenten knew she was having a jealous sensation, and she couldn't stop herself from hugging Neji and burying her head in his chest. Neji held onto her, a blank expression on his face. Tenten giggled and kissed him on the lips. Neji smirked and kissed her back.
"Nothing like youthful springtime love, ne Gai Sensei?" Lee said in a loud energetic voice.
Ai got up and whispered something in Gai Sensei's ear. Tenten noticed Ai and almost yelled 'YOU LIAR! YOU'RE NOT HURT AT ALL!' but she restrained herself. Neji scowled at her.
Gai Sensei announced, "Everyone! Ai has brought up a great idea! Because we always train on land, we should also train in other environments to prepare ourselves very well! That is why…we will train in the water!"
Tenten sighed, "I didn't…bring a swimsuit…"
Ai shot at her, "What kind of kunoichi are you? So unprepared!"
Tenten gritted her teeth and muttered to herself, "This girl better watch her mouth or I'm gonna…"
Neji laid his hand on her shoulder and stopped her from continuing.
Ai's voice went up an octave and she yelled, "Come on everyone! Let's go! There's a stream a few yards from here!" Ai stripped off the tight t-shirt and short shorts she was wearing right then and there revealing a lavender bikini that was quite skimpy.
How lame…what kind of kunoichi wears a bikini in replacement of her bra…Tenten thought.
She walked over to Neji and cooed, "Neji-kun, will you walk over to the stream with me?"
Neji glanced at Tenten, who was practically steaming with anger. Neji-kun, will you walk over to the stream with me? Go tell someone who cares!!!
Tenten stayed behind with Lee, as Ai and a helpless Neji walked over to the stream together.
After a few minutes, Tenten looked at Lee and Gai Sensei saying, "I'm gonna go check on Neji and Ai and…see if they're ok…" Tenten's teeth were gritted.
Gai Sensei understood and said, "Hai. Lee, let's train!"
Lee looked confused at Gai's words, "Gai Sensei! I thought we were going to train in the water! I even brought my green spandex swimsuit that you gave me 6 years ago!"
Gai explained quickly, "We'll do that later. Right now, we're going to do 500 pushups. Do you think you can handle it?!"
Lee's eyes filled with tears of joy, "Hai hai! ARIGATO GAI SENSEI! I will start now!"
Tenten watched as Lee jumped on the ground pushing himself up and down quickly, counting out loud, "1-2-3-4-5-6-7…"
Tenten smiled and ran off, "Ja ne!"
Tenten ran swiftly through the thick forest, only cracking a few twigs on the way. Tenten quickly heard Ai's annoying high pitched voice and ducked behind a bush. Tenten's eyes widened when she saw Neji shirtless sitting next to Ai with a bikini.
She cooed to Neji, "Neji-kun…do you have a special girl on your heart right now?"
Neji simply nodded.
"Is it that ugly kunoichi…what's her name…Tomtom?"
"Tenten," Neji grunted.
Ugly? I'll show you ugly! Tenten thought.
"Right whatever…" she leaned closer to his face and whispered, "Wouldn't you rather have someone…like me…"
She leaned in and her lips barely grazed his lips when he pushed her away.
"What are you doing?" Neji almost yelled.
"Don't you…want me…"
Tenten couldn't help but smirk in victory at the sight. Neji abruptly stood up and looked in Tenten's direction, "You can come out now Tenten…"
His Byakugan is activated…Tenten noticed, no wonder he could see me.
Tenten slowly stood up, her knees sore from crouching, and walked over to the spot where Ai and Neji were standing awkwardly. Tenten walked over to Neji and he grabbed her hand muttering quietly, "We have to follow Gai Sensei's orders and train in the water…"
Tenten's face lit up with a sly grin. Neji quickly noticed her face and said, "No endurance training today…"
Tenten's face fell, "See! You always ruin the fun!"
Neji pretended to ignore this comment, but deep inside, he was ashamed at how true her complaints were. He replied quietly, "We can do that tonight in bed…" but he quickly stopped as he realized what he had just said. The Hyuuga usually never showed very much emotion and usually never suggested any romantic practices, even though he had a burning desire for Tenten.
Tenten giggled at what Neji just said, "What? I didn't hear you. Can you say it again, but LOUDER!"
Neji blushed slightly and ignored the giggling kunoichi again. He jumped in the water, but didn't make a big splash. Tenten just stared at the Hyuuga in neck high water. Neji gave her a questioning look, what's she waiting for?
"I didn't bring a swimsuit…" Tenten looked evilly at Ai and grinned, "Maybe I should rip Ai's off."
Neji shook his head in embarassment at the immature girl he slept with every night.
Ai, hearing the comment, backed away slowly, still glaring at Tenten. Tenten giggled again and said, "I'm just kidding. I wouldn't want you naked in front of Neji anyways." She stuck her tongue out at Ai.
Neji looked at Tenten and related her to a little girl, Tenten can be so immature…or innocent, which ever one you want to call it. Neji would probably lean more on the immature side, but he still loved Tenten anyways.
Tenten turned her attention back to Neji, "Neji! What do I do?!"
Neji looked at her blanky, "Just get in. It's not a big deal to swim with normal clothes."
Tenten firmly refused, "No!"
"Why not?"
"These are your clothes!"
"So?"
"They're way too loose!"
"Why would that matter when you're underwater?"
"Well…and this is a white t-shirt…and I'm a girl…"
"You're wearing a bra, aren't you?"
Tenten blushed at this question. She yelled loudly, "Of course I am! I'm not some weirdo who wears a bikini under her shirt instead of a bra everywhere!"
Ai knew that Tenten was clearly referring to her and clenched her fists in anger, "What did you say?!"
Tenten turned her attention to Gai's niece with bitterness, "Well, it's true!"
"Tenten, just get in the water," Neji broke in to the girls' quarrel impatiently.
Tenten blushed and paused for a while before finally sighing, "Fine."
Tenten dipped her foot in the water, feeling the temperature. She felt a wave of coldness go up her feet and in her body. She yelped, "It's freezing! How am I supposed to train in this cold wat…"
But before she could finish her complaints, she felt Neji's arm grabbing hers and pulling her in towards him. Tenten fell in with a scream. Her head was completely submerged in water before she resurfaced with a loud gasp for air. She looked at Neji, her whole body shivering, "Neji!"
Neji smirked, "You haven't been training enou…"
Tenten slapped his face and yelled, "Don't you go giving me that crap again!"
Tenten suddenly put her hand over her mouth when she realized what she had just said and done. She blushed with embarassment, oh man, Neji's gonna kill me now…
Neji looked shocked, did a kunoichi just…SLAP me?
Tenten slowly backed up in the water. Her heart was racing with fear, don't kill me, don't kill me, pleeease don't kill me…
Neji started advancing on her. She kept backing up.
All of a sudden, Tenten tripped on a rock and fell backwards. This was Neji's chance. He basically pounced on her like a lion did on its prey, and instead of hurting her, kissed her hard and held her tight.
Tenten smiled a bit before returning the favor. Ai watched all this, a jealous stare on her face.
While Tenten and Neji were having their little kissing session, Gai Sensei and Lee walked in and stared in awe at the scene. There was Ai in her skimpy bikini, watching a shirtless Hyuuga ontop of a chocolate-haired kunoichi wearing men's clothes.
It was actually pretty funny, and Lee gasped in horror, "Neji-san! I thought you were only supposed to show emotions when you are married!"
Gai Sensei smirked at Lee's innocence.
Neji opened his eyes and snapped back into reality before releasing Tenten and stammering, "Um…we were…"
Tenten made a quick excuse, "It's a new form of endurace training. Uh…the shinobi is supposed to get ontop of the kunoichi and up keep her from breathing for as long as possible…to train…your stamina and endurance…"
Gai smirked at this excuse, "Really?"
"Really! I read it in uh…one of Tsunade-sama's textbooks that Sakura showed me…it really works!" Tenten lied quickly. Tenten took a deep breath, trying to show Gai Sensei that her lungs had somehow expanded, and she could take in more oxygen.
Gai Sensei suddenly turned into an innocent little boy like Lee and asked in fascination, "Really?! The Fifth Hokage's textbooks! That must work extremely well then!" Gai Sensei's eyes were sparkling in amazement.
Tenten laughed nervously, "Uh…yeah…hehe…"
Gai quickly ordered Lee, "Lee!"
Lee straightened his back and brought his hand to his forehead in a salute position, "Hai!"
Gai Sensei said loudly, "You and Ai are going to do this new training together! Get your swimsuit on, quickly!"
"Hai!" Lee yelled, jumping behind a bush.
Before Tenten had time to make fun of Ai about it, Lee jumped out of the bushes a few seconds later. Tenten's eyes widened, how did he change so quickly?
Lee looked exactly the same, except without a jacket and orange legwarmers. He yelled cheerfully, "I am ready to show off my amazing green spandex swimsuit, Sensei!"
Gai laughed heartily, "That's my star student right there!"
Lee quickly ran towards Ai, who screamed. She ran off to the side, making Lee crash into the water. Ai ran out of the forest in her skimpy little bikini screaming, "I DON'T WANT TO BE A SHINOBI ANYMORE!"
As Tenten heard Ai's echoing voice fade, Tenten smirked, good riddens.
Lee had a hurt expression on his face, "Gai Sensei. My training parter has abandoned me! I will not get to train my endurance, but I was very much looking forward to improving myself!"
Gai contemplated this situation and quickly said, "Well then I, as an instructor, must practice the drill with you!"
Lee yelped with joy and cried, "Thank you, oh thank you Gai Sensei!"
Tenten and Neji, both looking alarmed starting thinking of ways to stop their clueless instructor. Neji stammered, "Uh…don't…it's…not uh good for you…"
Tenten continued nervously, "Yeah! It can only be shinobi to kunoichi…if it's shinobi to shinobi…uh…one of the shinobi's…uh…rib cages will be crushed…?"
Lee blinked in confusion, but Gai Sensei regained his composure, "Ah yes! That is so obvious! Why didn't I think of that?"
Lee slapped his forehead, "Oh yes! Of course! The concentrated chakra of the shinobi would be too heavily matched for the shinobi on the bottom's oppressed chakra system, therefore, crushing the rib cage!"
Tenten rubbed the back of her head, stammering nervously, "Hehe…yeah…let's go with that…"
Lee let out a heavy sigh, "Neji-san, you are so lucky to have a great training parter like Tenten. I cannot practice certain drills such as this one with just Gai Sensei for he is a male."
Neji smirked and looked at Tenten, giving her one last kiss, "Lucky? Yes I am."
A/N: Thanks to Starsylvie, YAY, Quiet Moon, LaZyFMAgirl, everyday-snowangel, Alucius, Liandrid 313, Sailor Kunoichi, and alexa for reviewing chapter 2! I hope you guys liked chapter 3! I'll post chapter 4 as soon as I have 10 reviews for chapter 3! Thanks
