A/N: I don't own Naruto. Enjoy!

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Chapter 9: A Man Named Puberty

Another intrusion was made that moment when Sakura knocked on the door. Tenten yelped a little, gathered her clothes scattered all over the bed and floor, and ran into the bathroom to change. She grabbed some normal clothes out of a drawer on the way to the bathroom. She was so caught up in Neji that she practically didn't realize that she had been stripped of her clothing. It didn't feel that unusual to be clotheless around Neji. In fact, she was actually quite used to it.

Neji snickered a little before allowing Sakura to enter.

The pink haired girl walked in slowly, she seemed to look around for Tenten as soon as she walked in.

Neji raised an eyebrow at the girl's strange body language, but remained silent.

Tenten came out of the bathroom in a pink oriental Asian style shirt and black capris, her hair tied up into two buns. The old Tenten was back again, the way Neji liked it. No more Hinata personality or white hospital gowns.

Sakura smiled warmly when she saw Tenten come out of the bathroom.

Tenten smiled back at her pink-haired friend, "Konichiwa Sakura."

Sakura's face lit up a bit more hearing the confident edge in Tenten's voice. Not that weak, shy voice that Tenten had when she had amnesia – although Sakura personally thought both of the Tenten's were very sweet, she was so much more used to this hardcore Tenten.

Neji was now sitting on the edge of the bed. Tenten smiled and, without warning, sat on Neji's lap.

"Tenten," Neji said in a subdued voice.

"Hn?" Tenten said cheerfully.

"You're heavy. Get off me," Neji explained in short phrases.

"No," Tenten said without thinking.

Neji clenched his fist, what does she mean 'no?'

Neji sighed, he would never be able to get this spunky Tenten off of him now. So instead he just decided to give in and play along. He wrapped his arms around Tenten's waist. Tenten giggled at his movements.

Before Neji could continue any farther, Tenten asked the pink haired ninja who was watching them, "Sakura."

"Hn?" came Sakura's voice.

"So, what happened at the ESAKE?" Tenten asked, she turned her head slightly toward Neji's, "Ne-ji-kun won't tell me."

Sakura threw a funny look at the Hyuuga, "You didn't tell Tenten anything?"

Neji didn't respond, his eyes were as emotionless as ever.

Sakura took a deep breath, "While you and Neji were fighting Naruto and Hinata, Ai was using genjutsu on you. Eventually she made you lose your memory."

Tenten clenched her fist, "I'm gonna mess her up so badly, she'll regret she ever…"

Neji cleared his throat loudly, making Tenten quiet down and listen to the rest of the story.

"And even creepier, she's Sato's daughter – meaning Sato told her to do this so you'd forget about Neji," Sakura made a face in disgust.

Tenten's face scrunched up, "Ew, that's disgusting," she looked at Neji, "and what happened to him?"

Neji snickered, "Ask Sakura."

Tenten looked at Sakura, expecting an answer.

Sakura giggled, "I left him with Tsunade-sama and explained what had happened," Sakura started cracking up a little, "the look on Tsunade-sama's face could've killed Sato on it's own. She was so furious when she heard what he did!"

Neji, still not smiling while thinking of Sato, asked, "What did she do about it?"

Sakura frowned a bit, "Well, Sato was dying anyways, so she just eased his pain a bit by uh…put him to sleep…" Sakura continued to giggle at the memories of the scene.

FLASHBACK

There was a knock on the Hokage's office door.

"Come in," Tsunade said, right after hiding the bottle of sake she was drinking in one of her drawers.

The female Hokage was surprised to see her young apprentice literally dragging in a man, who was clutching his rib cage.

"What's the meaning of this, Sakura?" the Hokage questioned.

Sakura bowed in respect and explained, "This pervert and his daughter, Ai, are the ones that caused Tenten's amnesia using genjutsu."

Tsunade's eyes flamed with anger as she looked at the man, "YOU WERE THE ONE THAT DID THIS?!?"

Sato didn't dare answer but wimpered in fear.

"ANSWER ME!!" Tsunade yelled.

Sato wimpered a bit more before whispering, "H-h-hai…"

Tsunade picked up a kunai on her desk and held it up in a threatening position, "WHAT? SPEAK UP!!!"

"H-H-HAI!" Sato confessed fearfully.

Sakura could've swore she heard her master growl at him. Tsunade say down and took a deep breath. Without looking at Sakura she ordered, "Sakura, put this cold-hearted snake to sleep immediately."

Sakura hesitated a bit, she felt kind of odd putting Maito Gai's brother to sleep. It somehow felt wrong, how would Gai take it? Cheery, whole-hearted Gai, would he be crushed if he found out Haruno Sakura – the Hokage's own apprentice – ended his brother's life? Would Gai ever look at the pink-haired female the same way again? So many doubts and fears buzzing in Sakura's head at once.

Seeing Sakura's hesitation, Tsunade broke in, "It's ok Sakura, Gai hates his brother, believe me."

Sakura nodded a bit, "Aa…"

Tsunade smiled and thought to herself, Sakura is really too kind of a person to end someone's life.

The Haruno felt a bit stupid in the Hokage's office, she wanted to kill the man so badly, but he was Gai's brother. That changed everything, why couldn't Gai just be an only child, that would make things so much easier. Why couldn't Gai's brother just be a normal ANBU or something, why'd he have to be a screwed up pervert that hits on girls 20 years younger than them?

Tsunade grinned devilishly and pulled out a needle at least a foot and a half long, "Don't worry Sakura, I'll show you how it's done."

Sakura couldn't help but giggle, "Shouldn't the process be painless?"

Tsunade tisked a bit, "I'll make an exception here. This won't hurt for too long."

Sato wimpered in genuine fear. Sakura ran out the door and shut it, but soon after she heard an immediate scream from inside the office. The Haruno couldn't help but giggle, after all, this man deserved it after all he's done to Tenten. Something caught Sakura's attention, what was going to happen to Ai? Sato's daughter was the same age as Sakura, Tenten, Neji, and the rest of the gang.

A few moments after Sato was executed, Sakura walked into the office and asked quietly, "What are we going to do about Ai?"

Tsunade's brow furrowed deeply, "According to ANBU, she ran away from Konoha, so if you, Neji, or Tenten ever see her, you guys can kill her yourself…" the woman paused for a while, "but if you prefer not to, I would be honored to kill another messed up freak."

Sakura smiled and nodded before she closed the door, but before leaving she had to comment, "Try not to drink too much today, Tsunade-sama."

Sakura ran out the door, knowing Tsunade would get mad at the comment Sakura had just made. The Hokage didn't appreciate people commenting negatively about her drinking habits, but most people didn't because they knew of her incredible capabilities to kill. Sakura however, could tease Tsunade lightly because Sakura had almost the same inhumane strength as the Hokage.

END OF FLASHBACK

Neji nodded a bit as Sakura was explaining what happened to Sato. He was glad the man was at least dead, the Hyuuga never ever wanted to see him again. He had enough memories of his teacher and how he would always try to take advantage of Tenten when she was only 8 years old. Seriously, how sick can a person get? Neji pulled Tenten a little closer to him, the thought of Sato made him want to be the one that killed him.

Sakura continued her explanation, "Ai apparently is missing from Konoha, but the Fifth gave us permission to kill her if we ever happened to see her."

Tenten smirked, "I'll make sure I do…" Tenten paused, her mood worsened when she remembered how Ai used to try to seduce Neji in front of her, "that freak…always seducing Neji in front of me…"

Neji smirked a bit before kissing Tenten's neck and firming his grip around her waist, "Like I would actually fall for someone as shallow as her," he kissed a giggling Tenten's neck a few more times, "besides, I already have a perfect kunoichi right here."

Tenten blushed, she loved those rare moments when her Hyuuga would actually show emotion. But at the same time, she loved how he could also be emotionless, it gave him this sexiness. This is the reason why he had so many rabid fan girls. This is also probably the same reason for why Uchiha Sasuke had so many girls swooning over him, both him and Neji rarely showed emotion.

Sakura also added quickly, "Oh yeah, while I was on my way here from the Hokage's office, I ran into Lee..."

Tenten stiffled a laugh, "Did he try to win your heart again?"

Sakura laughed hesitantly, "A little…but uh…anyways! He told me to let you guys know that Gai is holding a training session tomorrow at your usual training ground…"

Tenten scowled, "Knowing Gai Sensei, he probably scheduled it at 4 AM…"

Sakura giggled, "He scheduled it at 3 AM because he was disappointed in how easily you fell for genjutsu at the ESAKE…so he feels you guys need to train more."

"WHAT?!" Tenten yelled, "Gai doesn't even care that I lost my memory??? Why I ought to…"

"We can be there at 3," Neji cut Tenten's rant off. He was always the calm one.

Sakura giggled again and stood up to leave, "At least you don't have Kakashi as your sensei. He's awful. He schedules a training session to be a 5 PM and doesn't come until 7," Sakura sighed heavily, "I don't even know why I bother to get there 'on time' when I know he's going several hours late…"

This time it was Tenten's turn to giggle, "Well Gai Sensei is completely different. If he's even 8 seconds late, he'll force himself to do 80 laps around Konoha…"

"On his hands," Neji and Tenten added at the same time.

Sakura smiled and stood up to leave, "Yeah, well I should be leaving now. Tsunade is expecting me back in a few hours to test my medical skills and I haven't practiced at all."

Tenten waved goodbye to Sakura as she left the couples' comfy home. As soon as the door closed behind them, Neji immediately tightened his grip around Tenten – who was still sitting on Neji's lap.

Tenten got off of Neji's lap and pretended to yawn loudly. The yawn was clearly exagerated. Tenten carefully walked over to "her side" of the bed and yawned again. She plopped onto the bed and closed her eyes, resting her hands delicately on her upper abdomen.

A few moments later, she felt Neji's body slowly find it's way ontop of hers. She grinned as Neji kissed her, she felt a huge sheet of relief cover her as she realized everything was finally back to normal. This same feeling of relief came through Neji's mind at the same time.

After a couple minutes of nonstop kissing, Tenten was about to stop breathing. She moaned loudly, trying to signal Neji to get off of her. Neji pretended to not hear her and continued to kiss deeper and deeper. She moaned louder, trying to push Neji's bodyweight off.

Seeing Tenten strggling harder to breath, Neji grinned and released the kiss.

Tenten gasped loudly.

After regaining her breath a bit, she panted loudly, "You haven't changed at all," and a grin passed her lips, "you're still the good kisser I've always known."

Neji faked a surprised expression, "Kissing? We weren't kissing. We were…training our endurance for tomorrow…"

Tenten grinned, "Shall we continue?"

As you can imagine, the night was pretty long and sweet for the two of them. They just kept training their "endurance" for hours.

After they were done with their "endurance training," Tenten lay on her bed exhausted and out of breath. She rolled over near the edge of the bed and breathed deeply. She felt Neji's arm slip around her waist.

The last words of the night were spoken by the Hyuuga before they dozed off to sleep, waiting for the events of training with Gai Sensei the next day.

"I'm glad you're back."

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Amazingly everyone BUT the most punctual person had arrived at the training ground on time. Lee, Neji, and Tenten all looked around for a moment to see if this was some kind of trap.

"Byakugan," Neji activated his skillful bloodline limit.

Neji nodded a few minutes later in confirmation that this was not a trap, "Gai Sensei isn't anywhere near here."

Tenten stiffled a laugh, "What's gotten into him? He's always the earliest one here."

Neji shrugged the thought off, "We can just train alone for a while."

Lee squealed with joy at the idea of getting to train more, "Yes! I completely agree with Neji-san!"

Tenten sat on a tree stump, "Well I'm going to rest for a while. Once Gai Sensei gets here, he'll surely drive us to the ground," Tenten paused for a moment, "especially me. He'll probably say something like, 'Tenten, training you extra hard will not only whip you into shape but also help your brain recover!'"

Tenten sighed, "I'm gonna surely die today."

Neji, who was half listening to Tenten was making good use of his free time by drilling himself. He had been taking care of Tenten these past few days and hadn't trained much. He was just itching to improve.

Neji kept kicking the stump of a tree for a few minutes before turning to Tenten and asking, "Tenten, do you have a piece of cloth?"

Tenten dug around her satchel and looked up at Neji with an obnoxious grin when she found a thick strip of cloth, "What's wrong, did you have a wet dream last night?"

There was a hint of red that formed in Neji's cheeks. He looked at Tenten with that's-not-even-funny eyes. He remained calm, "No. Tenten. I did not. Have. A. Wet. Dream. Last night."

Lee's overactive curiosity couldn't help but show itself. He said in a high voice, "Neji-san, you dreamt of hoses and waterfalls in your sleep?"

The blush in Neji's cheeks brightened slightly, "No. Lee. I did not. Dream. About. Water. Last night."

Lee cocked his head at Neji innocently, "Neji-san, why are you talking in short choppy phrases? Is a wet dream something embarassing? What is a wet dream?"

Tenten couldn't help but blurt, "Yes Lee, Ne-ji-san here is embarassed. Did you hear that? Hyuuga Neji is embarassed!"

A grin passed Lee's lips. He squealed with immature delight, "I think I know what a wet dream is…"

Tenten shook her head a little and giggled, imagining what Lee's imagination thought of. "What do you think a wet dream is Lee?" Tenten found herself asking.

Lee squealed a bit and giggled, "Neji-san, you peed in your pants last night!!"

Tenten couldn't help but fall off the tree stump. She clutched her stomach laughing crazily, "Oh yes. That made my day Lee."

Neji, who was not amused asked, "Lee, how old are you?"

Lee pondered for a while and answered, "Twenty-one."

Neji scowled, "I hope you hit puberty soon."

Lee laughed obnoxiously. So obnoxiously, it was a bit scary. He snorted loudly before instantly calming down and blinking a few times. He looked confused, "Wait…what is…pooberty?"

Tenten continued to laugh on the floor, "Puberty. Take a wild guess."

"Is he a man? Neji wants me to hit a man named Puberty?"

Tenten continued to laugh, "Guess again."

"Tenten! Just give me my cloth!" Neji raised his voice.

The kunoichi giggled, "Not until Lee guesses correctly what puberty is."

Neji glared at Tenten, "Do you REALLY expect him to actually guess CORRECTLY?"

Lee sighed, "I do not know what this puberty you speak of is."

Tenten smiled a bit before handing Neji the thick strip of cloth.

"What's it for?" Tenten asked.

Neji tied it around his head, forming a blindfold with it. He hung a target skillfully on the tree in front of him and asked Tenten for some kunais to throw at it.

"Tenten, do you have any kunais?"

Tenten grinned, "What for? Do you have to hit a man named Puberty with my kunais?"

Neji was losing his patience, "Tenten. I don't have time for this, give me a few kunais!"

Tenten smiled and said in a high voice, "What the magic wooord?"

Neji scowled, "Tenten!"

"Fine fine," Tenten handed him 5 kunais out of her satchel.

Neji skillfully hit the bullseye 5 out of 5 times on the target while blindfolded.

"Neji-san, you are truly amazing! You hit the bullseye every single time without even having to look at it!" came Lee's admiration.

Tenten smirked, "Neji's cheating. He's using his Byakugan," she paused and grinned before repeating, "That's right. Hyuuga Neji is a cheater!"

Neji ignored this comment, "Tenten, using Byakugan under a blindfold is a waste of time. Unlike you, I actually want to train myself to improve."

Tenten smirked again, "Why? To beat Sasuke and Naruto?"

Neji again didn't show much emotion to her comment, "I couldn't care less about beating them. I just want to improve because…"

"Because you want to look good for Tenten-chan!" Lee finished.

There was a sudden awkward silence. Neji felt Tenten hug him from behind, "Well, I would love my Ne-ji-kun even if he wasn't a prodigy."

Neji took off his blindfold and turned around to face Tenten, "Yeah right."

Tenten lightly rested her head on his chest while still hugging him, "Yeah you're right. I'd probably lose interest in you if you didn't have any special bloodline limits…" Tenten paused for dramatic effect, "and then I'd be one of Sasuke's rabid fan girls."

Neji looked at the kunoichi in a somewhat worried way.

She looked up at him with a grin, "Of course I'm kidding. I'd love you even if you were a Chouji."

Neji snickered, "A Chouji?"

All of a sudden, Gai Sensei seemed to pop out of no where with his cheery attitude.

"DEEPEST APOLOGIES TO MY FAITHFUL STUDENTS!!" He said loudly, a smile still plastered on his face.

Gai Sensei began to explain, "I actually ran into Kakashi and we had an interesting chat about our differences. He was explaining how that book he always read is wonderful and I argued that it wasn't and…"

"GAI SENSEI! NEJI AND TENTEN ARE ABOUT TO EMBRACE LIKE DOLPHINS, DO NOT RUIN THE MOMENT!!" Lee whined loudly.

Tenten and Neji both blushed thinking, embrace like dolphins?

A/N: Chapter 9!! Yay! I'm leaving for the airport to Asia in about 7 and a half hours! So I'll try to type out Chapter 10 (last chapter) ASAP!!! Chapter 10 isn't going to be like super important I think…it's just going to be more fluff, so if I don't make it in time, don't freak out!! I will try my best!! Hope you liked the chapter, I tried to make it humorous, so uh…hope it turned out ok!! I get back from Asia on September 1…yeah that's a long time, and I don't know if there's gonna be computer access there, so uh…bear with me! Love you guys!!