Sassy: Hey I hope everyone liked the last chapter!

Sasuke: Yeah But you do not know! They all probably hate it..

Naruto: Not true Sasuke-teme! They like this story! ..I hope..

Sasuke: Dobe, You do know that we would probably not say this kind of stuff in real life.. Our personalities right now are figments of her whacky imagination.

Naruto: Too… many.. Big…words!

Sassy: (Sweat drop)

Sassy: Some Neji x TenTen romance in this chapter!! ;)

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Chapter 8: Moving onward..

Instead..

They went crashing into a tree!

When they opened their eyes, all they saw was a broken glass and a tree.

"W-what.. What happened?" said TenTen getting out of the car quickly to look at the tires. Inspecting them for a few moments.

"Neji, the tires look like they just popped from a Sharpe object.. It looks like a knife, or a blade did it.." She said. TenTen worked at a CSI investigation group to work on weapons over the summer and, unfortunately, she didn't learn anything else. She would have known what was going on if she did. "Looking at how the Sharpe object cut into the tire like that," she said while tracing her hand over the hole in the tire.. "This weapon was a weapon that can be thrown at someone with two different sides. And, If you flipped it the right way and had skill in this, that you would be able to flatten a tire.. Expect, this kind of weaponry is rarely found anywhere around here.. Or around the world, in fact… Only as a old, rustic antic." she explained and looked up at Neji and Mr.Haruno. She then looked at all the tires and examined the damage. Neji looked at the front of the car's damage. That is when Tenten came to a thought. 'I have to get over to the spot where this had flattened the tire.. To get more evidence..' she thought as she stood up completely, and walked a little bit on the road. Head to the ground.

Neji looked up from what he was doing, and watched TenTen look around. He watched carefully, as she did she when she was looking at the ground. Every once in a while she was stop, hesitant, and go into another direction on the road. He watch how she eyes would sparkle when she came up with something.

That amazed him.

Then she all the sudden stopped on swatted on the ground.

"Hey Neji! I think I found it!" She said. "The weapon was token up, then was pulled back into the woods right about… here!" she said as she began to get closer to the woods.

"Found it!" she cried as she pointed to the weapon on the ground. And picked it up to show Neji. He stood up from where he was and was about to come over, when all the sudden, TenTen was pulled to the ground! She screamed trying to break free of whatever was pulling her, but she was being dragged deeper and deeper into the dark woods.

"Neji! She cried as she went farther and farther in.

"TenTen!" he yelled as he was running into the woods to figure out where she went. He ran. And ran and ran and ran. But there was no sign of the figure or Tenten.

TenTen!" he yelled out again. There was a silence. His heart began to beat faster and his eyes felt stingy. He dropped to his knees when Mr.Haruno came running over.

"I checked the other direction." he said. "There was no sign anyone was here but us…" he said quietly. Putting his hand on Neji's shoulder.

They both stood in silence. Watching the woods. Ready for TenTen to come out and go: "Surprise!" ..but it never happened. There was just the owls in the woods hooting, and the sound of their inhaling and exhaling.

"We better get going.." mumbled Mr. Haruno as he took Neji's arm and tugged it. Neji stood up and they both walked back towards the car.

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It had been about an hour since they had seen moonlight. The tunnels were narrow, and short. Making both girls feel claustrophobic. They continued onward. Hinata lead the way, and Sakura looking behind them. Ready for someone to jump out and scare her half to death. They were trying to get to a specific trap door. And it felt like they were just going around in circles. That is when Hinata spoke.

"Let's just pick a door and get it over with." she mumbled tiredly.

"Good idea.." said Sakura. Her voice felt weak and dry. Hinata found the next door and opened it. And a breeze flooded into the tunnel. They came out and turned off the flash light.

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He sighed as his companion and him walked down the road. At a fast pace. The beautiful house in sight now.

'What happened to her? Did she just trip and fall? Wait… that's impossible.. And TenTen would not fool around in an emergency. Something.. Or someone was dragging her by the ankles… I saw it myself.' he thought as he stared up at the moon. It shone brightly and so innocently. It reminded him so much of TenTen.

'I feel like I was not good enough to her… like I should have been nicer to her… She always cared so much about all the people around her.. And I never really appreciate what she did for me..'

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Flash Back time!

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He glared at all that looked at him as he walked down the hall. Every girl giggled and whispered on how hot he was. He only gave them all evil looks making them giggle even more. All the guys glared back at him. Jealous.

He then got to his locker and opened it. Taking out what he needed and shutting it in a hurry. When he turned around he began to space out as he walked down the hallway. That was when he felt something.. Or someone bump against his chest as he fell backwards. When he opened his eyes, he saw dark brown eyes staring into his.

"I'm sorry…" the girl who bumped into him apologized and began to pick up her books that had scattered all over the hallway.

"I really was not paying attention… It's my first day here.. And I don't know where I am actually suppose to be going-"

He stared at her for the longest time she talked on and on. He never laid his eyes off of her until they had pick up their books and stood face to face.

"My name's TenTen.." she said as she put out her hand to shake. Smiling.

He just stood and took his hand out too.

"N-Neji.." he mumbled as the bell rang..

They shook hands as Tenten smiled.

"I got to go talk to you later ok?" and like that, she was gone. As fast as she came.

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End flash back!!

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'I need to get her back..' was his last thought as they took a step into the driveway of the Haruno house hold.

You never appreiate what you get until it is gone...

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Sassy: Well that concludes chapter 8!

Naruto: I liked this chapter... but not your best work..

Sassy: (shrugs) Yeah I know... hey Where is Sasuke?

Naruto: He feel down a hole...

Sassy: Lemme guess.. you pushed him down there?

Naruto: (innocent smile) ...maybe...

Sassy: Review please!!!