Back with the next part. It's going to focus on what Tenten was up to while Neji and Naruto were on their mission. It'll also have a bit of plot development. Let me know what you think.

Chapter 3)

Tenten and Neji left Tsunade's office, having just finished talking with her. The old woman had been more than interested in what the two had to tell her and made a point of looking into it. However she had asked them to keep quiet about the matter. If the man known as Twisted really was the one behind Naruto's recent actions towards Hinata, then it would be best to keep him from knowing they were on to him.

So Neji and Tenten left and went home. Since Tenten's house was on the way, Neji walked with her. After leaving Tsunade's office the weapon user seemed a little depressed and Neji felt it would help if they talked a little.

"Are you feeling alright Tenten?"

Tenten nodded, "I'm okay. I just kinda feel bad now for doing what Twisted wanted. Especially since I enjoyed doing it to get back for when Naruto did it to Hinata."

"I see. So you still have feelings for her then?"

"Yeah, but it's become more like the way I feel about you. Like were just really good friends. I've moved on and accepted that Hinata and I just aren't meant to be."

Neji smirked, "Knowing you, you've probably already found someone else to obsess over."

Tenten smiled sheepishly "Yeah, I have. I'm kinda developing a thing for Ino. I think I might be attracted to blondes. It's a shame that she's homophobic."

"Well if you could get Gai-sensei and Lee to warm up to you then I'm sure you can get anyone to."

Tenten giggled, "I guess your right. I still remember all those times that they tried to help me with my 'problem'."

"Like the time Sensei tried to set you up with Lee?"

"Or the time when he hired a priest to exorcise the 'unyouthful spirit' that was possessing me."

Neji smirked again, "I remember that. You really scared them both when you snapped and started to yell at them."

"I know. The look on Gai-sensei's face was priceless." The smile on her face faded. "But still, I feel bad for helping Twisted after what you told me."

"It isn't your fault Tenten. You didn't know at the time. But to be honest I am rather impressed with how well you did. Did you actually manage to get a copy to every person in the village?"

She nodded, "It was a lot of work but I managed to do it. Twisted had a ton of copies of that photo and told me exactly where he wanted me to deliver them to."

-Flashback-

It was early in the morning, Tenten laid fast asleep in her bed. The sunlight drifted in through her bedroom window and slowly moved across the room as the sun rose higher and higher into the morning sky. Eventually it reached her bed and Tenten shifted under her blanket as the light roused her from her sleep. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, letting out a small yawn. Getting out of bed she groggily made her way to the bathroom. A few minutes later she returned, still half asleep. She went over to her dresser, walking by Twisted who was leaning against the wall, reading a copy of Icha Icha Paradise.

The dark man looked up from his reading. "Good morning Tenten."

"Morning." She stopped short, snapping fully awake. She turned back to face the dark man. "What the…!? How long have you been in my room!?"

"When I came in you had just left, so I waited here for you to come back. It's your turn to get Naruto back for what he did to Hinata."

Tenten's interest was immediately caught; she sat down on her bed, ready to hear what her instructions were. Twisted took out a pair of scrolls and a small backpack, handing them to her.

"Inside the bag you will find numerous copies of a photo of Naruto. As you know one of the stunts he pulled was distributing several copies of an embarrassing photo of Hinata. I'm sure you can guess where I'm going with this."

"You want me to do the same thing. So Naruto knows how it feels to be treated the way he treated Hinata."

Twisted nodded, "Exactly. Now make sure that you distribute each and every copy of the photo. There should be enough to go around the whole village. Good luck."

Tenten got up, "Wait, what are the scrolls for?"

"After you've finished with the copies in the bag, there are several more in the scrolls. Finish up with a big bang. From what I understand your technique 'Rising Twin Dragons' will be very helpful with that."

Tenten smirked, fully understanding what the man meant. She watched him leave before opening the bag and taking out a copy of the photo. She covered her mouth and laughed at what she saw. As was to be expected it was a photo of Naruto. In the photo Naruto was fast asleep in bed. In his arms was a teddy bear and he was sucking on his thumb. It was definitely a side of him that nobody was aware of. At least not for long anyways.

Tenten washed up, got dressed and ate breakfast, eager to get started. She knew exactly where to start with this. Moving quickly she went to the Hyuga estate. She knew that Hinata would be leaving on a trip with her father that morning and wanted to get there in time to see her before she left. She arrived just as Hiashi and Hinata left the front gates. Picking up the pace, Tenten managed to catch them before they got too far.

"Hey Hinata-chan! Wait up!"

The shy girl stopped, her father stopping as well. He seemed slightly annoyed at having to but said nothing. Tenten gave him a small, formal bow. "Sorry Hiashi-sama but may I speak with Hinata in private for just a minute?"

The head of the Hyuga clan sighed a little in frustration, "Very well, but don't take long. Hinata and I are already running late as it is."

Tenten bowed again and thanked him. She and Hinata went a short distance away where Hiashi could still see them but not hear them. The girl seemed depressed, no doubt still upset because of Naruto. Tenten desperately wanted to hug her, but restrained herself and focused on the reason she came to see her.

"How have you been lately Hinata-chan?"

"I…I-I'm fine."

Tenten didn't buy it. The look on Hinata's face clearly showed she was anything but 'fine'. She looked like she hadn't cheered up at all since Naruto had taken her diary and read it. Tenten placed her hand on Hinata's shoulder.

"Hinata, you don't have to hold it all in. I can tell you're still upset about what Naruto did. Talk to me, you'll feel better if you just get it off your chest."

Hinata sniffled, "I…I don't know what to think of him anymore Tenten. He kept telling me he was sorry. B-but each time he did, he went and did something worse than what he apologized to me for. A-and then I just couldn't take it anymore and I told him I hated him."

Tenten smiled, "And you have every right to hate him. The way he treated you was wrong. I'd hate him too if I went through what you did."

"B-but I don't hate him. I…I only said that because I was upset." A few stray tears streaked down Hinata's face. "I-I still care for him, but I…I don't know if I can trust him any more." More tears escaped her eyes, "I-It makes me feel sick and confused. H-how can I…I be in love with such a…a jerk!?"

Tenten felt a pang of sorrow in her heart seeing the former object of her affections so upset. She tried to calm her down before she could get anymore upset. It took a minute but Hinata managed to dry her tears, wiping her eyes clean of them.

"S-sorry Tenten, I didn't mean to get so emotional."

"Hey it's okay. You've been through a lot the past couple weeks. As for Naruto, I wouldn't waste my tears over him if I were you, he isn't worth it. Here look at this." Tenten pulled out a copy of the photo and handed it to Hinata. The shy girl took one look at it and a mild blush came to her cheeks.

"T-tenten, where did you get this!?"

"It's just a little something a friend of mine showed me. Makes you think about that jerk a little differently doesn't it?"

Hinata gave a small smile and nodded. Tenten was happy to see Hinata had cheered up a little. She wished the girl a safe trip and went off to finish her work. Hinata rejoined her father and they set off, Hinata in a better mood.

Tenten made her way to the academy next. It was still too early for any classes to start which made it the perfect next distribution area. Tenten arrived on the school grounds and quickly snuck inside. She went into each classroom one at a time, tossing a copy of each photo on each desk. Seeing as the classrooms alone would ensure the entire school got a copy, she left.

Tenten continued her mission, going from place to place in the village and distributing the photos. She didn't hit any residential areas yet, but instead focused on the business district. She hit every store, stand, restaurant etc, and leaving ample copies at each. By this time the bag was pretty much empty, only seven photos left. She set them aside, planning on putting them to good use later. It was time for the grand finale.

Tenten pulled out the two scrolls. Judging from their size there were probably enough photos in each to cover part of the village. The brunette frowned, not understanding how Twisted expected her to 'go out with a bang' when he gave her so little to work with. She opened one of the scrolls and released the first of many seals. To her surprise she found not one photo, but ten. If there was as many in each of the seals, then there would be more than enough to finish the job. But that still left the problem of how she'd cover the entire village. Her 'Rising Twin Dragons' technique could only cover so big an area. After a moment's thought she came up with a plan. She'd spread out her technique, doing it a little bit at a time. There were plenty of tall buildings that would allow her not only an excellent view of the village, but would make for great distribution points.

Tenten smiled to herself, it would be tedious and tiring but she'd get it done. She counted the number of seals in the scroll she opened. There were twenty, including the one she had already released. That meant there were two hundred pictures in each scroll, and a total of four hundred in all. More than enough. It looked like she could pull off the finale Twisted wanted after all. But first she wanted to do something else.

Taking out the remaining seven photos from the bag she set off. She headed to her team's training grounds first, finding Lee hard at work there as expected. He was in the middle of trying to do a hundred push ups using only one of his arms. He hadn't seen her yet, which she counted as a good thing. The last time she had accidentally interrupted him while he was training he had somehow managed to make her join him. It hadn't been a pleasant experience, since every time she wasn't able to meet the requirements of his training (1000 jumping jacks, 500 sit ups, etc) he had made her go on to something else. So instead of relieving that hellish day, she played it safe. She took one of the photos and threw it like a shuriken, it skidding across the ground and coming to a stop right in front of Lee.

Lee got distracted and lost count of how many push ups he had done so far when he saw the picture of Naruto suddenly slide in front of his face, seemingly out of nowhere. While he stopped to look at it, Tenten was already on her way to another training ground. It was the one Kurenai's team used. There she found Shino and Kiba, both practicing their own unique styles of ninjutsu. Unlike when she had gone to see Lee, Tenten let her presence be known. Not that she would be able to hide well from Kiba and Akamaru's keen senses of smell.

Once they took notice of her she tossed a photo to each of them and then left to return to the village. As she left she could hear Kiba laugh and smiled to herself. She just couldn't wait to see the look on Naruto's face. She counted off a list in her head. Kiba, Shino and Lee had each gotten a copy of the photo. That just left Sakura, Ino, and Neji. Since she didn't know when Neji would be returning from his mission she opted to just give him a copy when she saw him next. She got back to the village and went straight for the Hokage's office. She knew she'd find Sakura there and she did have an extra photo that she could leave for the Hokage. Then she'd finish up the mission.

On the way she stopped at the Yamanaka family's flower shop. Ino was at the counter, flipping through a magazine and looking bored. Tenten gulped, nervous about approaching the blonde. Interacting with a girl she liked was hard enough for Tenten, but the fact that Ino morally opposed same gender relationships made it even more difficult. Just looking at her and knowing that was hard for Tenten. Nevertheless, she went into the shop and up to the counter. Ino looked up from that magazine and smiled. (She was blissfully ignorant of Tenten liking other girls.)

"Hey Tenten, what's up?"

Tenten smiled back, "Nothing, just going around the village and leaving these everywhere."

She took out a photo and held it out to Ino. The blonde girl took it and laughed, "Naruto sucks his thumb!?"

At that moment the door to the shop opened, Sakura entering. Hearing Ino laughing, she went up to join the other girls at the counter. "Hey what's so funny Ino-pig?"

Ino stifled her laughter, ignoring that Sakura called her 'pig' again. She held up the photo for Sakura to see, "Take a look at this!"

Sakura took one look and tried not to laugh, but failed. "Is that really Naruto!? I can't believe he actually sleeps with a teddy bear! Where did you find that?"

Tenten smirked, "I gave it to her. Here…" She pulled out another copy and gave it to Sakura. The pink haired girl took it, a wicked grin on her face. "I am never going to let him live this down."

Tenten excused herself and left, Ino and Sakura getting into a heated conversation of all the ways they could tease Naruto now. Tenten continued her way to the Hokage's office. She reached the building and focused chakra into the soles of her feet. She ran up the side of the building and found the open window that looked into Tsunade's office. It was empty at the moment, allowing Tenten to toss a copy of the photo in unnoticed. It landed perfectly centered on Tsunade's desk, right where she would find it. Tenten saw the door in the office opening and quickly got out of sight, peeking inside.

Tsunade entered her office, letting out a sigh. She had just returned from the hospital where she had finished training Sakura for the day. She would have made the lesson longer but there was a mountain of paperwork waiting to be finished. The mere thought of the countless papers stacked on her desk gave her a migraine.

Tenten watched as the older woman sat at her desk, pulling out a bottle of sake from one of the larger bottom drawers. She set the bottle down on the desk and braced herself for the countless hours of work ahead. Before she could reach for any of the paperwork, Tsunade finally noticed the photo lying on her desk. The old woman picked it up and burst out laughing. Outside the window, Tenten smiled in satisfaction and went off to finish her task.

A few minutes later she came to her first destination, one of the taller buildings in the village. Once again focusing chakra into her feet, Tenten ran up the side until she reached the top. She took out the scrolls and jumped into the air. She released two seals on one scroll and three on the other and then quickly threw the photos as though they were shuriken all around her. The thrown photos went a short distance and then drifted down to the ground, dispersed evenly in the surrounding area.

Tenten repeated the process another seven times in other parts of the village. Having finally distributed every last copy (minus the one she saved for Neji) she made her way back to her room and collapsed onto her bed, tired but triumphant.

-End Flashback-

"Then I took a nap. When I got up I went back out and took a walk around the village. A lot of people had found the photos by then and I kept walking until I saw you and Naruto on your way to see Tsunade-sama. So I followed you and peeked in through the window. And that's when you came out and caught me."

Neji remained silent as Tenten finished telling him about her day. The two soon reached Tenten's home, slowing to a stop. Neji turned to face her, "I really am impressed Tenten. What you did was no small task, even though it really shouldn't have been done."

Tenten smiled sheepishly, "I know. I wish I had known earlier about what you found out from Naruto; I wouldn't have done it then."

"Don't worry about it; you aren't the one to blame for all of this. Now it's getting late and I need to return home. While Hiashi-sama and Hinata-sama are away I've been asked to keep an eye on Hanabi-sama."

"So you're stuck babysitting until they come back?"

"Yes, I suppose I am. I'll see you tomorrow, good night."

"Good night Neji."

Tenten went inside and Neji went back to the Hyuga estate, the both of them looking forward to a good rest. It had been a long day for them both and odds were they would have a few more ahead of them.

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Meanwhile Hinata laid back in her bed, staring at the ceiling. She and her father had traveled a considerable distance over the course of the day. As evening rolled in they stopped at a hotel for the night, planning on continuing in the morning. Hiashi was currently making use of the hotel's hot springs, leaving Hinata alone in their room. She pulled out the photo of Naruto that Tenten had given her earlier that day, looking at it with the same love and admiration she always felt for the boy.

"Good night, Naruto-kun."

A small smile came to her lips as she continued to look at the photo. Tenten was right; it did make you think differently about him. As Hinata looked at it she thought, no she knew that there was no way Naruto could do all the things he did to her without a reason. She recalled a time when she had asked him why he was being so mean to her and how he told her that he wanted to tell her why, but couldn't. And then there was the time before that when she had seen that odd person in the cloak talking to Naruto in the woods. Hinata came to the conclusion that maybe it was that person who was behind what Naruto did. Letting out a small yawn she covered herself up in her blanket and drifted off to sleep, promising herself to go and speak with Naruto when she got back to the village. Her father wouldn't like it, but what he didn't know wouldn't hurt him.

TBC

Okay, so like I mentioned before, a little plot development going on here. Hope some of you can guess where this is going. Next chapter it's Kiba's turn.