Disclaimer
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All things that happen in Narutokai-related universes are the fault of Masashi Kishimoto... and if he refuses to take the blame for it, then it's the fault of God or Satan. And if neither God nor Satan take the blame... then it's the fault of humanity and copyright lawyers.
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Author's Note:
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Uhh... Read and review. And if not, just hit the back button or go do something else.
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Chapter Five
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And what does a normal person know about tradgety and miracles? We
don't know a thing until it happens. And then when it happens... it's
the strangest thing... because nothing much happens at all.
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Neji took the can in his hand, and poured the water into the cup.
Hinata watched... and then she noticed that she didn't close the door.
She turned to go close it, but saw Sakura walking down the hallway. And
so she called Sakura over, and thus... Sakura came over and checked up
on Tenten's vital stats. And apparently she was fine now. She was
Tsunade's apprentice, and as such her words were golden to both Neji
and Hinata, it appeared that Tenten would definitely wake up. And in
another week, she did.
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She woke up to a pair of white eyes, and she wondered if she wasn't in
heaven... After all, she did always suspect heaven to be white. And
then she noticed that Neji was smiling... with teeth.
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After taking brief note of such a strange and unusual sight, she stated
quite plainly in a broken and slightly raw voice, that now she knew it
was just another genjutsu... and that the last Sound-nin that came was
a lot more realistic in his genjutsu style.
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She stated in a more clear voice... that the Neji she knew would never
smile with teeth. It just wasn't like Neji at all, even someone who
knew him for a day could tell that. So thus she seemed to have
concluded that it wasn't a genjutsu. None of the Sound genjutsu users
she knew was this bad at it, apparently.
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After this statement... Neji started laughing like a plain maniac.
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Tenten slowly turned her head around... and stated that it was quite a
strange notion of heaven kami-sama came up for her, if it was heaven at
all.
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This only made Neji laugh harder, so hard he actually fell to the
floor. After which Tenten asked if she could make a phone-call to
whatever god was in charge of this part of heaven, because the angel he
sent her just went crazy for some reason.
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"Doesn't kami-sama know not to hire deranged Hyuugas as angels? I know from experience that they all have emotional problems."
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And thus it was that Tenten was fine. It just took her a while to wake up, that was all... Or maybe she did hear Neji threatening to kill himself. Which in retrospect was certainly not a Neji-like action at all. But then again, perhaps it was the lack of sleep, food, and water on top of guilt and anxiety... all of that and more... And it was all Tenten's fault... but not really.
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After she got out of the hospital, she was constantly being followed around by someone. It was usually either Neji, Lee or Gai.
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Sometimes when Neji couldn't make it, he forced Hinata to follow her around.
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Once he even made Hanabi, who being the curious by nature person that she was, just had to ask what it was like to be tortured.
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Fortunately Tenten's subconcious had the kindness to have her forget it
all, so she was unable to tell Hanabi what it was like...
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Unfortunately she still had nightmares... which certainly didn't help
with Neji's insomnia problem he incurred during the several weeks she was quite idly sleeping away.
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Of course, it was only because Neji had become quite paranoid that
Tenten was going to die in her sleep... and with all the stress he'd
been under, can you really blame him?
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And, could you blame him for his lack of propriety, in staying in her
apartment for several nights straight after she was confirmed to be
well enough to sleep in her own bed at home? Even Hiashi understood...
well, perhaps only after both Hinata and Hanabi threatened him with
their version of parental torture if he said anything at all. The two
girls found out that they really could be quite convincing together if
they wanted to be... and that together, when they had a goal and a
purpose, even the Hyuuga clan coucil leaders had to bow to their
power... Or suffer the consequence of nagging by their wives for nights
on end and not being able to get a wink of sleep... no sex for several
weeks... bad cooking... If women could do it in their 'helplessness',
they did it to convince their husbands, sons, brothers,
brother-in-laws... that they should just leave the entire situation
alone. After a while... even the most stubborn Hyuuga elder decided to
give in. His wife left him in his house by himself for an entire three
weeks... and when he went to go visit her in her sister's house... she
sniffed at him and told him that he smelled awful. Indeed... you should
know that it takes just as stubborn of a wife to deal with a stubborn
husband. Or at least... that's what all the matchmakers say.
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And of course, the Hyuuga matchmakers were all in on the plan. They
most of all thought that it was all quite romantic. Some even had bets
on how long it would take before they did any of well... that.
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After a while that bet was off... because they didn't have the heart to
go over there and check. Besides, according to several of them, it was
highly likely that Neji and Tenten had already done it several times. After all... didn't they practice together often without a chaperone?
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Hanabi tried to ask what it was. The poor girl was told by
one of the matchmakers that she should go watch some rabbits... Luckily
Hinata saved her from that disasterous suggestion. Instead she told her
that it was just something that happened naturally when a guy
loves a girl and a girl loves a guy, and the stars moved in the heavens
by themselves, and mountains that you never expect to fall all the
suddenly crash into the sea... And she said it all in ancient poetic
verse. That helped Hanabi give up on asking the question and finding
the answer... after all, who can stand poetic verse? Certainly not
Hanabi, who had lots of fire, but lacked patience for these sort of
things. Luckily... she didn't try asking Lee or Gai. Even she wasn't that curious.
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End, Chapter Five
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Chapter Six
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There's nothing sweeter than the air after a storm... or the feeling after you've lost everything, but found it all back again somehow. And when you've lost something, and somehow gain it back... Don't you know the feeling, even with mere objects? Imagine how much more powerful the feeling... if the object was a person...
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It was purely on accident. He wasn't planning on trying anything... But he heard her screaming and calling his name at midnight, and woke up rushing to her room.
It was only a nightmare again... thankfully... but nothing he could do would wake her up from it.
And thus, Neji accidentally discovered that whenever he slept with her, her nightmares calmed down.
Instead she would promptly turn the half-asleep boy next to her into a magical armor, or a giant attack bear... her imagination was quite creative in her sleep. It's quite a good thing Neji had a supreme control of himself due to all the meditation he practiced. Otherwise... with all the ways she turned around and wiggled... a Hyuuga guy was still a guy... after all.
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The morning after that night, they both woke up in the same bed with Lee and Gai standing over their bedside loudly exclaiming about how the genius of their team, and their one precious flower were finally truly engaging in their spring time of youth...
It was probably the most embarassing experience any of the two had ever had... maybe.
When you had two such people on your team... sometimes 'the most embarrassing moment' was just too many to count. Or perhaps they were just desensitized to the ridiculousness of it all by then... or should I say, almost desensitized.
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Neji muttered that a wedding couldn't be half as embarassing.
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To which, Tenten responded with, "Why Hyuuga Neji... is that a... wedding proposal?"
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Neji stared at Tenten in the eyes, while lying in the bed... she stared back. And then they both looked at the happily grinning and cheering Lee and Gai, and they had similar thoughts. Since it couldn't get more embarassing, might as well scare Lee and Gai away with PDA. They started kissing... not understanding that sometimes when chemistry ignites, no matter what the sitatuation, it could get out of hand. Fortunately or unfortunately, Lee and Gai didn't mind Neji and Tenten having a relationship, in fact they supported the idea. Thus the two left quietly by way of the window, and proceeded to actually prepare a wedding.
It was a while after they left that the kissing started to become more... but then Neji stopped, saying, "Wait... Tenten... we, shouldn't go too far yet. Besides... weren't we supposed to be acting? They left already."
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Tenten looked around, and realized that Lee and Gai had been long gone. She blushed like crazy, and wondered what Neji thought of her. She looked up at him, as he was hovering over her in quite a precarious position... He was grinning lightly at her, and thus she covered her face with one hand and her blush was even more pronounced.
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In a suprisingly romantic gesture, Neji placed her hand by her side gently, lied down with her in his arms and kissed her on the forehead. Tenten then wondered if she wasn't already dead... it certainly seemed too good to be real. And then Neji said something that convinced her she was dreaming.
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"If you want... we can make this a bit more official. We'll have to talk to Hiashi though. I... I don't think he'll mind. I'm only a branch member. According to the official rules of the Hyuuga household... that's one of the few benefits of being a branch house member... there's not as many restrictions on marriage outside of the clan..."
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Tenten stared at Neji in shock. Even if it was a dream... she felt that this was maybe a bit much.
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"Neji... we're... not even old enough to get married yet."
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"A few cousins of mine have gotten engaged before the age of 20... if you... don't mind... that is..."
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And Hyuuga Neji stuttering. Well now Tenten was convinced for sure that she was actually already dead. Somehow in her shock, she made the statement in her mind out loud.
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"Wow... being dead... really isn't that bad after all... if this kind of thing really can happen... even if it's not real..."
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At this, Neji quickly silenced her with his hand, and yet the expression on her face was still there. And so he kissed her again, this time putting all the pent-up fustration that he felt at having her nearly die on him into it... it was quite a different experience, for both of them really. Eventually they had to come up for air.
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"Never say dead again... you're not going to die. Not if I have anything to say about it. So long as I'm around... I'm going to protect you. After all... what's the use of having an ultimate defense if I can't even protect someone I... Unless you really don't want to... of course I understand... I've... never treated you in any special manner before... Wouldn't blame you if you really don't... don't really... want to"
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Neji being hesitant and unsure was definitely something she wasn't used to seeing... and she didn't want to see... even if it was a dream version of him, she didn't like the idea. She especially didn't like the idea of him being so unsure of himself over her... after all... she did love him. And one of the things she knew she had always admired about him the most was his steady-fast nature. She most certainly was not about to let him lose that part of himself because of her. So this time... she kissed him. And between the two of them, she thought, he was definitely the better kisser... when he slowly started kissing her back, she knew that this was true.
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End, Chapter Six
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Author's Note
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Ahh, the romantic parts...
All lemons in this fanfiction are going to have to be slightly implied...
Until I get somebody else to help me write them.
I get embarrassed too easily when getting into details...
