Me: Yo, this is chapter two!!

TenTen: They know, Nee-chan.

Me: Just wanted to say something before this chapter, cause I'm out of ideas.

TenTen: Then lets just start the chapter.

Me: Noticed how everything you just said had the first sentence begin with "T"?

TenTen: THE HELL? I DIDN'T NOTICE THAT!!!

Me: What'd I tell you?


Chapter Two

Kenisha was with Lee on top of the Hokage Monument, dicusing the mission they had tomorrow.

"What is wrong, you look upset." Kenisha looked at the ground for a moment.

"We have to go to the front lines of the war and end it once and for all without mass casualties. Naruto and Hinata are coming with us. But I thought that…since we're going to be fighting their main forces, there's a good chance someone might...die. And we're fighting that…..bastard." Kenisha tried to hide the tears that fell down her face as the painful memories of the things that the Tsuchikage had done rushed through her, leaving only a weeping 18 year old with a blood stained past.

Lee gave her a sympathetic look and pulled her into a loving and protective embrace. "I would never let anyone hurt you. Not ever again. And if anything happens, I will be right there with you, no matter what. We took vows, did we not?"

"Lee-koishi…" Kenisha succumbed to his embrace and kissed him, wrapping her arms around his neck while his arms snaked around her waist.

"Well, if that ain't love then I don't know what love is," said a voice from behind them. The two pulled apart to find Temari and Shikamaru watching them.

"Soo troublesome...but it was worth it." Lee turned beet red.

"What is the big idea?! At least we do not go at each other in public like you and the others!"

"Yeah, we aren't some side show that people pay to see!! Go find your own god damn romance film and leave us the hell alone!!"

In truth, the two had been an item for four years now, they were even engaged, but they didn't want to be speculated like celebrities that eventually break up or something. (Me: Damn right!). Shikamaru sighed.

"Now that part was strictly Temari, and it only happened once."

"What was that Shikamaru?" Shikamaru looked beside him in horror. Temari may have sounded calm, but her expression could say otherwise. There was a blazing fire in her eyes and she was cracking her knuckles.

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry. I guess it was me too," said Shikamaru before trouble could start.

"I think we should leave them alone."

"I think you are right." Lee and Kenisha left the two bickering and went to find TenTen and Neji.


"Neji-koishi...you understand what's at risk."

"Yes." TenTen had found Neji at the park, watching the birds through his Byakugan. But when he saw how distraught she was, he went to help her calm down.

"Then you know I love you, right?" Neji held TenTen's cheek lovingly.

"Yes, I know that too. You know that I love you, right?" TenTen kissed him with all her might and cried into his chest. She had been uneasy about the whole affair since Tsunade said "without mass casualties".

"Come with me, we're going home." He took TenTen's arm and led her to their house.

'I guess that's one way to break it to him,' she thought as she was led away. When they arrived at TenTen's house, it was a surprise that Kenisha and Lee were waiting for them.

"Have you told him yet," Kenisha asked worriedly. TenTen nodded.

"Are you two taking it well?" Both Neji and TenTen shook their heads.

"I don't want--to lose any--of you. I don't--want to die," said TenTen between sobs.

"At least if we defeat the Iwagakure forces, all of this pain and suffering will end, and we can all live in this village in peace," said Lee.

"That's only an if, Lee-koishi. We might not be able to defeat the enemy in their own territory. And if they resort to trickery, Iwa-nin could use one of us to get at either of you," Kenisha pointed out. Lee put his head down in defeat.

"I guess you are right. But I…I want to heal all of the pain that he's caused us somehow."

"Lee, in this world of Shinobi and Kunoichi, people die everyday for countless reasons. Some are mourned and some are forgotten in the constant bloodshed that surrounds them. There are some wounds that go deeper than death, and those wounds can never heal…" His voice trailed off and an awkward silence followed. TenTen decided to break it.

"Know what? I'm really tired now, after all of this contemplating of our dim future. We're going to bed. Bye Kenisha-nee-chan, and get a lot of sleep," TenTen then turned to Neji, "Let's go Neji-koishi." She slid her arm around his and they walked in the direction of her house.

Kenisha gave TenTen a wave goodbye then turned to Lee and asked, "Has anyone told Naruto or Hinata about the mission yet?" Lee didn't answer and Kenisha sighed.

"Fine, I'll do it." And with that Kenisha ran off to find the blonde idiot leaving Lee to walk home to their dojo/home in the opposite direction.


Me: That was shorter than usual...

Emily: YOU THINK?! I WASN'T EVEN IN THERE!

Hermione: YOU'RE TELLING ME!! I WASN'T EVEN IN THE FIRST TWO CHAPTERS!!

Emily: WELLL NEITHER HAVE I!!

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