Thanks to everyone who reviewed last chapter! I should be getting the chapters up faster, as I broke my toe yesterday and got the day off from school. (It hurts worse than when I broke my ankle lol) Okay so on with the story:
Tenten was obviously drunk. Either that or she was an amazing actress. Neji suspected the former.
She giggled as she clung to the outside wall of the bar for support. In a flash Tenten was grabbed by her companion, and pressed against the wall, his dirty hands roaming all over her body. She managed to let out a somewhat believeable giggle, before quickly pushing her hands away, a look of disgust on her face. Thankfully, or not so thankfully Teucha Kinomi didn't seem to notice, and they carried on down the street, stumbling every so often.
Neji's eyes narrowed.
"I own three h-hotels here!" Teucha Kinomi's bragged, his raucous, drunken tones reaching the ears of the Konoha shinobi, who were currently surveying the situation from a nearby rooftop.
They had been tailing Tenten and Kinomi for the better part of thirty minutes, and they were now at his biggest hotel, which overlooked the docks. They had been here for five minutes, while Teucha bragged about his money,land and how he planned to open more hotels in the district. The three nin had decided they would enter through a first floor window which was slightly ajar.
Neji had used his byakugan to try and locate the daiymo's daughter. She was being held in a secret room, below the wine cellars. It looked like it was partially flooded, and she was being guarded by two stronger chakra presences, and about ten weaker ones, signalling them to not be ninja.
"Hn." Was Neji's scoffing remark. "He only has two nin at his command. This should be easier than we expected."
Naruto's grin widened as Teucha unlocked the back entrance, and ushered Tenten inside. Finally they we're getting something done.
"Uchiha. You go straight down to the cellars, take care of the two Ninja. Naruto, take out the guards that are not shinobi. I will go and aid Tenten, we'll take out Teucha. Got it?"
The two men looked back at him, and nodded. "Hai."
Naruto and Sasuke silently slid from room to room, as the sought out the stairs to the wine cellar. There was no reason to attract any attention from guests, or extra guards.
The found the steps within minutes and began their descent.
Naruto grinned at his rival, as the ten guards rounded on him, completely forgetting about Sasuke, who slipped through the door they were supposedly guarding and into the room.
One guard raised his katana, swinging it about his head.
"You're either suicidal or extremely extremely stupid, fool!" The guard laughed. "Poor bastard, you don't have a chance."
The guard lunged at the Kyuubi container, Naruto dodged, and parried the blow with a kunai. He quickly flipped himself up and delivered a blow to the mans stomach that brought him to his knees, Naruto's heel came down on the mans neck in a perfectly arched axe kick.
A brief expression of suprise flashed across the mans face, before he slumped to the floor, his neck broken. The other guards stood motionless for a moment, shocked at how easily their leader was slain.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!" There were eight clones. One for each man. The chaos broke out.
The guards had the upper hand weapons wise, but none of them had the ability to use chakra, so Naruto was above thim in that sense.
The clones quickly sorted out the weakest men, and when the clones disappeared with a poof, Naruto was left fighting against two burly brothers. The men looked eeriley similar, the smaller one wielded throwing knives, the other clutched a club.
The smallest of the two threw his knives at Naruto in quick succession, five of which he managed to dodge. The remaining two grazed his arm and calf, leaving a trail of blood down the metal.
Teucha Kinomi lead Tenten to his private quarters and the smirked slightly when her heard her gasp of awe. The room was luxurious and extravagant, it seemed to reflect his greedy and jealous personality. They were stood in what seemed to be the living area, it was twice the size of Tenten's apartment. A western style chandelier hung from the ceiling above their heads, and abstract paintings adorned the walls. The plush crimson carpet sank slightly under her shoes, leaving stiletto shaped indentation marks whenever she took a step. There was a bar in one corner, across from the drinks cabinet, and four doors on the opposite wall, leading to what Tenten assumed were his bedroom, bathroom, dining room and kitchen.
"Its lovley!" Tenten gasped, pretending to be taken in by his wealthy tastes. Conceited bastard...
"Would you like a drink, Yoko?" He purred, gesturing to the full drinks cabinet behind him.
Tenten shook her head, leaning in closer to him, her lips brushing his earlobe.
"Tell me why you really have the Daiymo's daughter." She hissed in his ear. "Because, I'm sure I heard its for shares."
Tenten expected him to react violently. He was one of those men, extremely easy to read. She could see right through him.
Kinomi recoiled, his expression darkened and he lunged for Tenten. He wasn't quick enough. She already stoop behind him, kunai to his throat.
"You little bitch!" Teucha spat.
At that moment, Neji burst through the door, byakugan activated. "Good work, Tenten."
Tenten dropped her guard a little. Teucha hurled his weight at her, his shoulder connecting forcefully with her stomach.
Tenten lost her balance, and tripped, landing in a heap on the carpet.
Tenten tried to get back to her feet, but Teucha was already dragging her across the room by her hair. Her eyes widened with shock. Where has his speed come from...?
"You move, and I'll slice her pretty little throat!" Teucha laughed mirthlessly. "I've got to admit, that was pretty calculating of you, exploiting my weakness for pretty, young girls." He caressed Tentens cheeks roughly. "But you're too late. you won't win against me. even if you did, you're no match for my two shinobi, even with your byakugan."
Neji's expression gave way slightly, a look of surprise briefly taking hold of his features, but it was gone in an instant, back to the cool, calculating demaour that would hopefully get them out of this alive.
"We have two other teammates who are at this moment, facing off against you two shinobi." Neji said, a mocking smile on his lips.
Teucha growled, and tighted his grip on Tentens hair. She grimaced as she felt the hair follicles began to give.
"They won't win. And I don't advise talking to me in that manner. I am of the Teucha clan, whose kekkai genkai help them master genjutsu. I am no exception." Teucha's expression changed his eyes narrowed, and his lips stretched into a chilling smile. It was the smile of a killer, who would do anything to get what he wanted.
Tenten slowly began edging her sharpest kunais from their hiding place underneath her skirt. She prayed Neji would keep him talking, so Teucha wouldn't notice.
"So this clan of yours " Neji began. "I've never heard of them."
Tenten now had a kunai clutched in both hands.
Teucha was thankfully still glaring at Neji. "Thats because they were exiled from Fire Country by that bastard of a Daiymo, someone let slip about the genjutsu practices that happened to unfortunatemembers of the clan. In short he ripped away my clans honor, and I plan to avenga that."
Neji raised an eyebrow. "And you plan on getting your revenge by kidnapping his five year old daughter for ransom?"
"Oh no." Teucha smirked. "He pays the ransom, then we kill his daughter.I can use the money to sway more people to my way of seeing things. The trade in and out of Fire country would be run by me. He would be forced to comply with my actions otherwise just one snap of my fingers and the whole economy could crumble. I would be running the richest country in the land." He slackened his grip slightly on Tenten's hair, ans she took her chance.
One kunai ripped through her silky tresses, freeing them from his grasp, while the other plunged deep into Teucha's stomach.
In an instant Neji was behind him, and in another instant a kunai had ripped through his throat. He collapsed to the floor, his lifeless hand still clutching the mahogany clump of hair that she had sacrificed.
"Tenten." Neji pulled her to her feet, and before she could utter a word, he had urgently pressed his lips to hers.
Tenten stood rigid for a moment, but as Neji's arm snaked around her waist, drawing her closer to him, and his fingers tangled themselves in her uneven hair, she soon forgot her doubts, and relaxed, encircling her arms around his neck, deepening the kiss.
Tenten broke away first, needing to breathe.
"We should go and aid Uchiha and Naruto..." Tenten trailed off, breathlessly.
"Hn." Neji gave a small smile as they headed out of the door.
Okay, so I didn't manage to add the twist yet. Thank god the missions nearly over! Its getting harder to write coz I suck at fight scenes. I'm sorry if this sucked too much, but I felt it needed to be there so I could wrap it up faster. The next chapter should be up by Wednesday at the very latest. Please leave a review and I'll get it up faster.