Chapter 3


"OMPH!"

Akane was preparing for the Chunin Exams with her two teammates, Miki and Raiden, and her sensei, Nori. Akane both liked, and disliked being on a team with her being the only female. She disliked it, because sometimes the boys were too much for her to handle. But, it all gets better when she can kick her teammates butts, the reason why she likes it.

"You know, this is just my off day! I'm sure I could beat you, if I wasn't so tired." Miki said, trying to defend himself from just being beaten by Akane.

"Ok, whatever helps you sleep at night." Akane said.

"Nicely done, Akane." Nori said. Akane had a good relationship with her sensei, so she always appreciates it when he gives her compliments.

Akane bowed. "Thank you, Nori-Sensei." Nori ruffled her hair, before Akane walked over to her other teammate, Raiden.

"Nice job." Raiden said, giving her a fist bump. Raiden was easily Akane's best friend. For one thing, he was one of the people who could actually make her smile. He had just that quality that made Akane's heart flutter. She often denied that she liked Raiden to other people, but deep inside, she knew she was lying to them.

Raiden and the rest of her team were just too oblivious to notice, thankfully.

"AKANE! STOP FLIRTING WITH YOUR TEAMMATES, AND COME ON! DAD NEEDS US FOR TRAINING!" Koji shouted. Akane's parents often sent her little brother to come get Akane from training for reasons she didn't know.

Akane grew red when her brother mentioned her flirting with Raiden. "Coming!" Akane shouted back. "Goodbye Raiden, Miki, and Nori-Sensei." She said trying to forget what her brother mentioned. She ran off to meet up with her little brother at the end of the trail.

"Did you really have to say I was flirting with Raiden, nitwit?" Akane asked, annoyed.

"When are you going to admit that you like Raiden?" Koji asked.

"Never, because it's not true." Akane said.

Koji smirked before continuing. "You know even Dad knows, right?" He said, crossing his arms.

Akane stopped in her tracks and whipped around to face her little brother. "WHAT? How does he know?"

"A-ha! So it is true!" Koji said. "Anyways, it might've slipped out during training once…"

"How does 'Akane likes a boy!' slip out in training with Dad?"

"That's not important." Koji said.

"Whatever. Why are you so interested in my love life anyways? Do I need to bring up Hiromi?" Akane smirked.

Koji blushed. Hiromi was a girl in his class at the academy that he kind of had a crush on. "This is why I don't like arguing with you." Koji pouted.

Akane chuckled. "Then don't. Simple as that."


Koji opened the front door, and when he walked in he said, "I HAVE RETURNED!" Akane walked in beside him with her signature 'are you serious?' face on after Koji made his grand entrance. Koji, remembering his sister, spoke again to his mother and father. "Oh, and I brought this weird girl I found on the street." Koji ran up to Tenten and Neji and started jumping up and down. "Can we keep her? Can we keep her? Can we keep her?"

"Yeah, I think we have enough room for her to stay." Tenten said smirking.

"Mom!"

"What? I was only joking!" Tenten said to her mad daughter.

"Suuuuurrrrrre."

"Akane, you ready for training?" Neji asked.

"Yes dad." Akane and Neji walked outside to the back to begin their training.

Akane and Neji were training for awhile, making hits at each other, before Neji started making conversation.

"So, Akane," He started. Akane looked up from the ground to look at her father. "Koji tells me you like a boy named Raiden." Akane instantly grew red at his name.

"No, I don't!"

"Then why did you just turn red?" Neji smirked, crossing his arms. He loved his daughter as much as he loved to tease her. Good Father-Daughter relationship.

"What exactly did Koji tell you?" Akane asked, glaring at her little brother who was training with Tenten.

"Everything." Neji said. Akane looked like she was going to kill someone.

Akane lifted her fist into the air, and shook it angrily at Koji. "NITWIT!" Koji saw his sister's actions and scurried inside, leaving behind a confused Tenten.

"What just happened?" She asked, making her way over to her husband.

"Oh, Akane, was just telling me about the boy she likes." Neji said, still with a bored expression on his face.

"More like you bugging me about it…" Akane mumbled.

"Oh, Raiden? I know about him." Tenten said.

"What? I never told you that! How did you know?"

"Koji has a big mouth." Tenten stated.

Akane grew very pissed. "I swear, I'm going to kill that boy…"

"No you aren't!" Tenten shouted. "Ok, now you two keep on training, while I go make dinner."

"You heard Mom. No more talking about it."

"Fine." Neji said coldly.

They continued training for about five more minutes, until Akane started panting very hardly.

"Akane, are you alright?" Neji asked, concern growing in his voice.

"I'm fine! I just must be tired from my earlier training session."

"Are you going to be ok? We can stop if you want."

"No! I'll be fine! I swear!" Akane said.

So, even to Neji's protests, they continued training.

That is, until Akane started swaying.

"Akane?" Neji asked. No answer. "Akane, are you alright?" Still no answer. Akane eventually closed her eyes. "Akane? Answer me!"

When she could take it no more, Akane stopped, fell to her knees, and onto her side.

"Akane!" Neji shouted. He then thought back to the time when he was training with Hinata and this happened to her. Hopefully without the blind part.

He finally ran up to Akane, crouched down, and scooped her into his arms, one arm under her neck, and the other under her knees, and carried her inside.

"You work too hard." Neji whispered as he looked at his passed-out daughter. Akane just stirred in her sleep.


Tenten was preparing dinner, chopping onions, when she heard the back door open. She went to ask how training went, when her heart started to melt at what greeted her.

Neji was cradling Akane.

"Awwwwww. What happened?" Tenten asked sweetly, walking up to her husband and unconscious daughter.

Neji sighed, "She passed out during training." He paused. "She works her self too much."

Tenten chuckled. "Kind of reminds me of someone when they were a genin."

"Lee?" Neji asked.

"Well, yes, him too. But I was thinking mostly about you." She started. "You were training almost everyday, whether it was with me, Hinata, Lord-Hiashi, or Lee. You were always training. I don't there was a day you weren't training besides the days you were on missions." Tenten looked at Akane and then back up to Neji. "She's so much like you."

Neji nodded. "I'm going to go put her down." Tenten nodded and walked back into the kitchen. Neji walked into the living room and laid Akane on the couch, and removed her forehead protector from her head. He then stood there for moment, deciding what to do next, when he leaned down and planted a kiss on her forehead, and walked back to the kitchen.


Poke.

Poke.

Poke.

Poke.

Akane stirred in her sleep as Koji poked her uncovered forehead.

Poke.

Poke.

Po-

Akane bolted up and gripped Koji's wrist. "I swear, if you poke me one more time, I'll hurt you even more than I was already going to for telling Mom and Dad about Raiden."

"Ugh, you're no fun." Koji pouted.

"Do you know what if feels like to be impaled?" Akane asked. Koji shook his head, worried. Akane continued, "Do you want to find out?"

"MOOOOOOMMM, DAAAAAADDD! AKANE'S TRYING TO KILLLLLL MEEEEEE!" Koji screamed.

"Akane, stop trying to kill your little brother." Tenten chuckled.

"That's all you have to say?" Koji asked.

"Nope, come eat dinner." She replied. Akane stood up off the couch and went to the kitchen, smirking at Koji. Koji gulped.

"Why meeee…?"


A/N: I don't really like the way this chapter ended, but I couldn't think of anything else at the time.

I decided to ask random questions every chapter, because why not.

So this chapter's Random Question is: What is your favorite song, and who is it by?

Answer: A Sky Full of Stars, Coldplay. (It's what I listened to while writing this chapter)

Ok, that's it for this chapter. See ya next time! Adios!