Reviews!! Haha! I'm swimming in them, it's magic! Thank you all!! Now for replies: Uchiha James thanks for reviewing me so very much! And it's just funner when someone's watching! Cyberwolf, let's either pretend that I forgot, or that it's a MAGIC tank top XD! I also just HAD to put something in there about his "manly" courage for making the first move, lol!
Tenten's jaw dropped open. A humongous banner was held up over the city gates, stating, "Welcome home, Lovebirds!" Inuzuka Kiba, Hyuuga Hinata, Uzumaki Naruto, Tsunade, Kakashi, and of course, the green Beasts of Konoha were waving cheerfully, shouting various blessings about children and marriage. "Holy Shit…" muttered Neji. "How the HELL did they find out?" Tenten was to embarrassed to respond. She had an empty feeling inside of her. Maybe it was because all the blood that would have been occupying that space had currently rushed to her cheeks. All she could muster was a small squeaking noise. With that, she fainted.
Several peering faces came into view.
"She's okay! Everyone, she's awake! Get the present! Quick!" Several people rushed over with a package. Tenten eyed it suspiciously.
"Go on! Open it!!!" She slowly reached out for the strange box, which was wrapped in blue paper with a silk ribbon. She carefully untied the bow. Eager faces cheered her on. She made a careful rip in the paper, peeling it off. Impatient Naruto hurried her on.
" Open it, open it!!" She threw him a glare and opened the box.
"What the he-" A small, furry black creature leapt onto her face, covering her in drool. She lifted up the tiny black dog and eyed it carefully.
" It's a boy, Akamaru's cousin." She nodded to Kiba and looked at the collar.
"Shiromaru…Nice name…" Kiba nodded.
" I've had him around since he was a baby. I've finished training him." She thanked Kiba and looked around, nestling the tiny dog in her arms.
"Oi…" she said quietly to her new companion. " Can you find Neji?" She wanted to partially because Neji wasn't there, and she wanted to see what Shiromaru could do. The tiny canine leapt out of her arms, sniffing the ground.
"ARF!" Tenten shrugged and followed him. Shiromaru scurried down the street. Tenten began jogging to keep up with him. He rounded one more corner into an alley and backed out of it, barking. Tenten pulled out a kunai, thinking there might be danger, and ran smack into a hard chest, falling over. She rubbed her head and looked up.
"Good job, girl…" A little too good… Neji crossed his arms and looked down at the girl. His face was blank. Neji blinked stupidly.
" You got a dog…." "You noticed…" Her voice was dripping with sarcasm.
" Gomen…" She stood up and brushed off her pants. "Did you check out our welcome crew?" she joked.
"Not funny…they tried to hug me…" Neji twitched a bit in recollection of the traumatic event.
"They've gone a bit too far…but it's sweet of them to greet them like this." Tsunade held her pet pig and looked out of her window at the celebration below. " We need to take it up a notch…Shizune… What's a good bonding mission?" Shizune dug through a massive pile of papers for a moment. "Aha!! " Tsunade turned. " Look!" said Shizune proudly. Tsunade chuckled, reading the mission request in her hand. "Excellent…" (AN: whoa…mister burns lol. I do no own the Simpson's. Screw you lawyers!)
Naruto, Neji and Tenten stood alert in the Hokage's office.
"Your mission," began Tsunade " Is to track down ol' hentai Jiraiya in Onsengakure." Naruto grinned and thrust a fist into the air.
"YES! I love the hidden hot spring village!" Tenten gulped. Not another chance for romance…that has happened too much already!
"However," continued Tsunade " You will have little time for the hot springs. I will expect you to be gone for three days at the most. I've paid for your rooms, so all you must do is find Jiraiya." Naruto frowned.
"So we can't go to the Onsen?" Tsunade couldn't suppress an evil smile.
"I'm not saying that." Naruto's face brightened. "It's an optional thing. I don't want it to distract you from your mission!" Naruto saluted her and dashed out the door, Neji and Tenten in tow.
"YOSH! Let's head off to Onsengakure!" Tenten groaned. It's going to be even harder to keep things from happening. Neji is a teammate…nothing more…right? I'm so confused!!!
"How clever of you Shizune!" Tsunade smiled evilly. She'd been doing that more often nowadays. "The cameras are all set up, ne? Oh, and did I forget to mention that it's mixed baths? Silly me! Hahaha…" What a surprise that will be… Tsunade watched them until they disappeared into the horizon.
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sorry if there are to many mistakes…I'm so tired right now. For those of you who are not Japanese-proficient, "onsen " is Japanese for hot spring, and "gakure" is just the suffix that means, "hidden village". I could be wrong. I'm suffering from sleep deprivation. Then again, who isn't? I'll have chapter 8 up by wed at the latest. In the meantime, I must sleep. And I've been forgetting to do this: I do not own naruto. There. Ja-ne!
