A/n: Thank you to those who took their time to read, review, follow or favour this story. I've officially survived me first week back :D and I'm working really hard until graduation :D Don't try to get too crazy on me when this chap is over xD
Warning: There will be a bit of swearing in some chaps and gory violence if you have an insane imagination – there might be slight OOC with characters, I try not to get them too OOC so don't expect Neji to walk away in a tutu (That's what Naruto SD is for)… hehe… the images
There might be errors, trust me: most of them are unintentional
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto but I own this plot– that is all
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Living Dead of the Night
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Chapter 3~ Seduction's a Pain
"Your black coffee sir?"
The Hyuga raised his eyebrow to glance over at the waiter; the waitress had a sly smile as she towered over Neji. Her messy red hair was covering just her shoulders, with pale skin and coffee brown irises, wearing a simple waitress uniform for her work. Neji nodded slowly, watching intently as the smile deepened into an insidious smirk. Mentally, Neji considered going to a different café, but he had to wait until Tenten arrived, speaking of which. It was almost noon, and Tenten still hasn't arrived. Maybe she had terrible luck with finding things… or people. The waitress had remained in her spot too long for comfort, and Neji's eyes turned cold at the waitress, hoping she would leave him alone.
"You may leave now." Neji finally stated, making the waitress look around awkwardly and go serve someone else. He lifted the coffee into his mouth, about to drink it when the door slammed opened, revealing a very unhappy girl. "Ah Tenten, you have decided to join me." The Hyuga set the mug down and smirked when Tenten's chestnut orbs leered to him. She wore the same clothing that she had worn the night before, though the buns on her head were slowly loosening.
Tenten sent a dark glare at him, storming up to the table. "Of all the cafés that you sit in, you sit in the Ama Café?" She growled, as she was sitting down Neji noticed the bags under her eyes. It was obvious that someone didn't get enough sleep the night before. "I was running around all morning – and let's not forget to mention that I only had three hour sleep last night. Then you drag me to the furthest café in this city!"
"There's a reason why I brought you here of all places." Neji's eyes shifted towards the other people in the café. He pulled out a small card from his pocket and slid it over to Tenten. She gave an unsatisfied reaction to the card, but she accepted it anyways. "That's my number and address first of all – so when you need weapons or need to come to training. Secondly…" The Hyuga explained, trailing off and shifting his eyes away from the people when waitress noticed that Neji wasn't alone anymore.
"Is there something that your friend would like?" She questioned, smiling with the same smile that she had been giving Neji before. He raised his eyebrow as he observed the lady; inwardly decided thing the waitress was annoying.
Before Neji could say anything and dismiss the lady, he felt something kick his leg – quite hard actually. He winced and groaned under his breath while glowering at Tenten. The panda girl smiled innocently and turned towards the waitress. "Actually yes – I would like a latte please." She decided, nodding with delight when the waitress went to get the latte.
"What do you think of that waitress?" He questioned, locking his eyes to Tenten's chestnut orbs.
Her gazed quickly passed the waitress, before she looked back at Neji. "Well, she seemed nice... and very cute, but she had some weird look as if she wanted to eat me or something." Tenten decided, nodding with her answer while Neji raised another eyebrow suspiciously. She quickly got the message with his wary look. "And I don't swing that way, I'm just calling her pretty."
"That's why we're going to kill her."
Tenten gave a look of horror to her male partner, unable to believe what he had just said. "I'm not going to kill anyone just because they're pretty Neji." She took a brief glance at the auburn haired waitress, smiling slightly when the waitress sent her a similar smile. The brunette felt something cold press on her leg, and realised that it was a gun that Neji was giving her. "Don't be ridiculous Hyuga! There's no proper reason to kill-!"
"Tenten." His cold voice interrupted her and stopped her sentence. "She's a succubus – that woman was trying to seduce us." Tenten had blinked silently before glancing over towards the woman, who seemed to arrive back with the latte.
"Here you are Miss, just let me know if you want anything else." The waitress stated, winking over towards Tenten before turning to Neji. "You too Sir." Just as she was going to walk away, Neji grabbed her arm suddenly with a flustered expression.
"Wait, I want something."
Tenten was rather amused, it was either that he was an excellent actor or he had really been 'seduced' by some supernatural creature about to eat him. He stood up and smiled kindly towards the waitress, hoping that she would buy it.
"And what's that?" The waitress whispered, leaning closer to Neji as her cool breath gave the Hyuga goose bumps. His eyes faintly glimpsed at the nametag, mentally cursing to himself when he realised he hated this job sometimes.
"I'm sure you can lead on, Tayuya." Neji replied huskily, holding a smile. With a faint smirk, she walked ahead, well aware that Neji was following her. He gave Tenten a brief glance, just as he jerked his head towards the exit with a dark glare. Tenten tilted her head, while Neji inwardly slapped his own face. If Tenten didn't know what he was saying, then Neji realised that he had just signed up for his official death.
Tayuya had led him out to the back of the café, an alley without the sight of other humans. "I don't see guys like you every day." She admitted softly, slowly trapping Neji in a corner as her brown orbs filled with pure lust. Neji suppressed an annoyed groan, but managed to keep a star struck expression.
"And I don't see girls like you every day." Neji countered with a dainty smirk, one of his hands reaching up to touch the waitress's face. The other hand reached in his jacket, preparing himself for the worst. Once the succubus kisses him, Neji knows that it would be all over.
"And what about that brunette back in there?" Tayuya wondered, fluttering her eyelashes innocently.
He had to keep telling himself it was all for Hinata as he spoke his next words. "What brunette?" A smile was brought onto his lips as he pulled out a syringe with clear liquid in it. Her lips slowly ghosted over his, and Neji decided to screw it. The syringe was lunged towards the woman, but her sharp eyes must've foreseen the attack because Tayuya had already jumped back with bright yellow eyes. She hissed furiously, as her skin darkened and her hair turned brighter pink.
"Fucking hunter! Shit heads like you are fucken killjoys!" Tayuya cursed as she pinned Neji to the wall, one hand managed to wrap around his throat. Neji cursed to himself that he had been too careless; the syringe fell out of his hands when she suddenly changed at him with inhuman strength. He struggled to get out of her grip, knowing that if his life would be threatened any closer that his inner demon would take over instantly. "Don't worry, I'll make sure that fucken dumb slut will have a good time before killing her."
"Tenten…" The Hyuga remembered, glaring at the succubus.
Tayuya chuckled with a snide grin. "Orochimaru-sama was fairly interested in your survival – I'll make sure that I give that Hyuga brat your regards." Neji widened his orbs when he realised she was talking about Hinata. This woman was… a pure? It couldn't be, she was just a succubus. He discharged the thoughts of hope, but he already knew that he wasn't going to survive this attack.
She lowered Neji down, her grin widening as her body approached Neji. The Hyuga was close enough to exhaustion, there was no winning – he was screwed when he gave Tenten that gun. Tayuya snickered and leaned closer to Neji, about to kiss him when Neji felt something warm splat onto his chest. He glanced down and noticed the drops of blood on his shirt – it wasn't his.
"Don't touch my partner." The voice threatened fiercely.
A pained expression appeared on Tayuya's face, looking back to stare at Tenten with wide eyes. A small handgun was directly pointed towards her chest. Unlike most of the time, Neji could see the grave expression in Tenten's eyes standing at the end of the alley. The auburn haired woman glared back at Tenten, turning her back on Neji.
"Fucken bitch. I hope you fucken burn in hell." Tayuya snarled, falling to the ground as she slowly perished into the next life. Her body morphed into a human-like appearance as Tenten lowered her gun and glared back at the body.
"I might, but I know you will first." Tenten spat, walking past the body and approached Neji cautiously. "Neji, did she kiss you or anything?" She wondered, her eyes calming down as she stared back at Neji.
"No, I'm fine." Neji replied shortly, slightly amazed that Tenten actually understood where he was, considering that she was acting clueless to his actions earlier. "You got a bullseye when you shot that succubus." He stated, picking up the syringe and threw it away. There was no point in keeping it if he had failed to use it the first time.
The brunette smiled widely, rather flattered by the comment. "Thanks! I have one hundred precent accuracy so I was absolutely sure that I was going to shoot her in the heart." She boasted, holding out the handgun towards Neji. "I think this is yours."
"Keep it." Neji decided, watching as the woman's face brightened. "I know you like that gun." He muttered, looking towards the body once again. "We should dump this body."
"But where? Aren't people going to assume that this is murder?" Tenten looked around the streets with confusion. "And it's in broad daylight! You're covered in blood!"
Neji rolled his eyes, for someone who appeared pissed off one moment before – she did exaggerate herself. "Don't worry so much – we won't be bothered." The Hyuga picked up the body and placed it in the dumpster, making Tenten roll her eyes this time. He wasn't going to bother burying a succubus that nearly killed him, so the succubus deserved to be placed in the bin.
"You are something, aren't ya Neji?" Tenten chuckled, locking the gun and placing it in her boot. He scoffed quietly to himself and approached Tenten as she continued. "How exactly are we getting out of here?" She inquired, squinting her chestnut orbs playfully. "We can't exactly reveal ourselves suddenly."
"This way." Neji wrapped his arms around Tenten's waist to hoist her over his shoulder, and pushed himself from the ground before Tenten could even speak. She screamed out in horror, clutching nervously onto Neji's shirt.
"Hyuga Neji! Holy crackers! I don't mind walking now!" Tenten screamed, praying that Neji wouldn't just drop her on the ground like he couldn't care. Her breath got caught in her throat when she saw the buildings shrink and grow continuously.
Neji had to reframe himself from laughing at her reaction while his hair went wild behind his head. It had been a while since he had been in proper company of someone, though she was a bit proud and tend to bash him if he said the wrong thing. "You should get used to it; some flying monsters will gladly throw you in the air before killing you."
"I'm not looking forward for that day." Tenten grumbled as her stomach rolled around, she glared at Neji's hair as it whipped her face continuously. "Right now I'm wondering why I saved your life – you could at least get a damn haircut!"
The Hyuga smirked as he tightened his hold on Tenten, ignoring the comment about the haircut. "Because I'm about to show you a lot of weapons that you can keep." When he didn't hear an immediate response from his female partner, his smirk grew. He hit the right spot, a bit of pride dwelled in his chest when he discovered that he silenced Tenten.
Tenten glowered back to the buildings, "Stupid, hot, hybrid hunter that can bribe me with weapons." She grumbled, well aware that Neji could hear her.
"I'm hot am I?" Neji muttered, earning a whack across the head. "What the hell?!"
"Stop talking! Everything you say pisses me off!" Tenten growled, hiding her face in embarrassment. She wasn't too mad at him, but she was annoyed enough to not what him to talk at all currently.
"Hn."
The brunette rolled her eyes at Neji's grunt, and felt Neji come to a stop. It was about time. When he lifted her from his shoulders to place her on rooftop of a building, she lifted her fist and aimed a punch towards him, but he grabbed her arm before she could make contact with his pretty little face.
"Nice aim, but you aren't fast enough for a hit – yet." Neji let go of her fist and entered through his apartment window. Tenten grumbled under her breath and went through the window to find herself standing in Neji's room. For one thing, this room was clean; cleaner than her room. Everything seemed to be organised, from clothing, to books and guns. He must spend a lot of time alone.
Neji opened up his closet and revealed his weapons, hiding another chuckle when her eyes widened with astonishment. It would've been a dream come true for her. She stared at the weapons with amazement, before looking at Neji again with a smirk.
"I had more." The brunette remarked, her pride flooding through her eyes as she boasted about her legendary weapon collection.
"Yeah – but now you have two, so take some so you can defend yourself." Neji told her, taking off his jacket and throwing it on his bed. Tenten's smirk morphed into a scowl when she was reminded the Akatsuki had her weapons. She went through his weapons and Neji took his shirt off and inwardly groaned. He hated it when he wore a white shirt to a bloody mission, he should get darker colours more often. When the Hyuga went through his wardrobe, he growled out loud. All he wore was white.
"Hey Neji!" Tenten yelled from the cupboard, making Neji raise an eyebrow.
"What is it?"
"Can I take all of your weapons?" She wondered, entering the room with an armful of dangerous weapons with a wide grin.
"No."
"Pretty please?"
"No."
"Meanie" The brunette pouted, and felt herself suddenly pause when she realised Neji wasn't wearing a shirt. At first she started to stutter to herself before turning away immediately. She wasn't going to be caught staring at him shirtless! "You should put on a shirt!"
Neji found himself… smirking back at the girl, who he had only known for a day. "Hurry up and pick five weapons, if you don't – you won't get any." He declared putting on his white shirt, mentally deciding that he was going shopping on a day he wasn't going to train Tenten.
Tenten sighed sadly, but moved on to pick her five weapons. Though she was disappointed that she couldn't rob Neji's weapons, she was glad that he had possession of shuriken and kunai. It wasn't easy looking for those weapons nowadays, considering that a weapon shop is always hidden in the city.
Neji patiently waited for his partner to pick her weapons, and he allowed her to take them. He didn't know why, but if he didn't train her, Neji knew that Hidan wouldn't shut up about it by the next phone call. Noticing that she had picked her weapons, Neji stood from his chair and beckoned for her to come out of the window again.
Tenten seemed hesitant, but she crawled out of the window, making sure that she wouldn't drop her new weapon as she climbed onto the rooftop of the next building. Neji jumped onto the rooftop smoothly, ignoring the fact that Tenten was in front of him. His ivory orbs locked with the chestnut, and Neji found himself slowly smirking.
"Alright, so to hunt a vampire..."
A/n: I enjoyed writing this chapter and I thought I would end it like this - Tenten had to be all adorable and innocent :D while Neji had to be shirtless- ah crackas... I'm drooling again. Give me a moment...
Oh yeah - we go on a bit of a month jump for the next chapter, and that's when the plot thickens *Evil laugh*
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