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Here comes chapter number 10!

Get ready for the drama!

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Chapter 10: The siblings dance

Her face turned from one of fury to one of fear in less than a second.

He gripped Ino's collar tightly, making her struggle for breath.

"Don't EVER interfere in things that are none of your business. If you do that ever again, I swear I will kill you."

Kiyoshi was livid.

"What do you want with Tenten?!?!" she demanded trying to hide the fear on her face and in her voice.

He grabbed her cheek in a mock caring way before he harshly tightened his grip. It would definitely leave a bruise. "Now why the hell would I tell you that me little cosmos?" asked Kiyoshi in a scarily calm voice. He released her cheek and slapped her forcefully on the same spot.

Ino tried to lessen the wince, as to not give him the pleasure of knowing he hurt her. He turned his back on her and stalked away. "It is as though you're not the same person anymore…" Ino mumbled in regret. He stopped sharply and stared back at the helpless girl.

"Correction, I am not the same person as I was before." He declared. "Not even close…" he mumbled to himself as he continued on his way.

'What am I going to do…' thought Ino in fear. After a few minutes of calming herself down she healed herself and returned to the bar. 'I won't tell anyone just yet. I don't want to add anymore drama to Tenten's night.

"I am going to dance with Sakura-chan for the next one, okay?" asked Naruto thoughtfully as he held Hinata at arms length.

"Of course." she obliged. Hinata was in pure bliss at just having one dance with her Naruto-kun.

"Oh and you could ask Neji to dance." advised Naruto as he motioned to Neji who was alone against the far wall across from the bar. "The next song is for siblings, that's why I want to dance with Sakura-chan, I feel like she's my sister." he explained. "Even though your cousin in a pain the ass a lot of the time it looks as though he's having a rough night with Tenten hanging around Kankuro all the time." acknowledged Naruto nodding his head in assurance.

"Yea…" mumbled Hinata in agreement. Naruto let go of her hands and headed towards Sakura. "Sakura-chan!!!!!"

Hinata giggled as she watched him, then she looked at Neji and her smile turned to a frown. He really did look bad.

She made her way over to her cousin.

'I can't believe things turned out like this.'

Neji was leaning against the club's wall with his arms crossed, staring at the ground in thought with a very intense frown on his porcelain face.

'This is just another time I feel as though I have no control. But, this is the first time I have ever felt like this without concerning the head Hyuuga family.' his eyes darkened even more.

"Neji-niis-san?"

He looked up to see a timid Hinata. She had bad posture, her eyes were darting around, and her two pointer fingers were pressed against each other in front of her in a nervous way.

"Nani, Hinata-sama?" he asked uncrossing his arms.

"Umm…Naruto-kun said that the next dance is for siblings…" mumbled Hinata.

"So?" demanded Neji narrowing his eyes at her. He was not in the mood for this.

"So…we're cousins and I thought."-

"You thought what?" asked Neji rudely, cutting her off.

'What would Naruto-kun do?' thought Hinata. Her eyes became more serious. 'I won't let nii-san speak to me like this! I will make him ask me to dance! I will make him speak with me, without being so rude!'

"I am the closest thing you have to a sibling you have Neji-ni-san!" exclaimed Hinata in her soft voice.

Neji's eyes widened at her surprise outburst. 'She's becoming too much like Naruto for my liking…' thought Neji sourly.

"I know that you're having a rough night, but that doesn't mean you have to shut out the world!" emphasized Hinata, her hands in front of her, grasped tightly in fists.

Neji's face reluctantly turned into a small smile.

"You weren't watching Tenten like I asked you." stated Neji lightly.

Hinata's passion filled face fell.

Her pointed fingers were held in front of her again. "Uhhhh…."

"You were too involved with Kiba and Naruto to notice."

His knowing smirk was growing by the second as Hinata's face turned deep red.

"That's not the point!" declared Hinata trying to regain her edge on Neji. "Just dance with me! Talk to me!" chirped Hinata. "I promise I will listen to everything you say." she whispered quietly looking at the ground.

Neji's eyes softened slightly. 'She really was too nice to be a shinobi.'

He lifted her chin up to look at him and grasped one of her small hands, and led her to the dance floor.

"Nii-san…" mumbled Hinata in surprise. 'It really worked!! Yippa!' she thought happily.

"Temari you have to let go of me." complained Shikamaru as he tried to pry one of his women off of him.

"But why my scrawny boy?" she begged.

"For the 20th time, the next dance is for siblings!" exclaimed Shikamaru.

"Fine…" pouted Temari after a long struggle. "You better not dance with the Yamanaka girl." threatened Temari. "She definitely doesn't act like you sister."

Shikamaru frowned in annoyance. 'Are all blonds this crazy?'

Temari and Shikamaru headed over to the bar area where Kankuro was.

"I didn't think you would ever get off of him Temari I am surprised that you actually showed!" teased Kankuro as he grabbed his sister's hands, making everyone other than Ino and Shikamaru laugh.

Shikamaru glanced at Ino, who was right beside Sakura. 'She is going to be sending me a death glare.' He looked up to see that she was sending him a sad gaze; he could see her lip trembling just slightly.

He winced emphatically looking down at the ground. 'I wasn't excepting that.' thought Shikamaru in regret.

"Well it's not like I wanted too! My man made me." declared Temari pinching Shikamaru's cheek before being led to the dance floor by her brother.

'Could things get any worse?' thought Shikamaru.

"Sakura-chan!!!!!" yelled Naruto as he made his way to the group.

"Nani, Naruto?" asked Sakura, looking up. She just finished healing Tenten.

"Sakura-chan…" he mumbled embarrassedly, while holding one arms behind his head. "Would you want to dance with me?" he asked looking up hopefully.

"The next dance is for siblings only Naruto…" said Sakura with a funny look on her face.

"Demo, Sakura-chan…I don't have a sister, and you don't have a brother…" said Naruto quietly. He sighed. "Sakura-chan, you're the closet thing to a sister I have." admitted Naruto while looking at the ground.

Sakura couldn't help but smile. "You okay Tenten?" asked Sakura.

She nodded in response.

Sakura jumped out of her chair and was led to the dance floor by her ecstatic teammate.

"The springtime of youth is so beautiful!!" exclaimed Lee with tears in his eyes. "Naruto-kun has inspired me to follow in his footsteps!" declared Lee, making everyone close to take a step back.

He got down on one knee in front of Tenten's barstool.

"Tenten, you are the closest thing to a sister I have ever known! Would you please give me the honor of dancing with your honorary brother." proposed Lee as he extended an arm forth to his sister.

Tenten's eyes softened and smiled sadly. 'I guess I shouldn't disappoint him…' thought Tenten.

She jumped out of her stool and took Lee's hand. "It would be my pleasure." she said with a genuine smile on her face.

Shikamaru took Sakura's seat beside Ino.

"Are you going to talk to me?" asked Shikamaru.

"No…" said Ino quietly.

"You just did." teased Shikamaru lightly.

Ino tried to smile, but failed miserably.

"I am sorry." apologized Shikamaru.

"I have been hearing a lot of that today." remarked Ino, raised her nose in the air defiantly.

"Look, you know that I would do nothing to intentionally hurt you." said Shikamaru, grasping her arm and squeezing it comfortingly.

"Give it up." said Ino, pulling her arm away from his.

Shikamaru looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"What happened? There is something that you're definitely not telling me." he demanded skeptically.

Ino stared at him. 'Is he psychic?' thought Ino numbly.

"I don't know what you're talking about…" scoffed Ino, attempting to fake it.

"You should know by now that it is useless to lie to me Ino." he stated his eyes narrowed.

She opened her mouth to retort when Shikamaru raised his hand in silence. He touched her slightly bruised cheek. She wasn't able to heal it perfectly without giving away that she used a lot of chakra.

He gently placed his hand on the bruise. She winced but didn't pull away.

"Who did this to you…" mumbled Shikamaru in a deathly quiet voice.

Ino looked down in shame.

"Tell me who did this to you!" demanded Shikamaru, raising his voice. 'I have an idea who it was, and I really, really hope I am wrong.' thought Shikamaru bitterly.

"Kiyoshi…" mumbled Ino, without raising her head.

'Fuck…' thought Shikamaru. "How bad was it?"

Ino looked up in confusion.

Shikamaru sighed. "I know you tried to heal it. Now tell me how much chakra you had to use to heal it."

Ino winced. "10 percent"

Shikamaru let go of her cheek, and placed his elbows on the bar side.

"What are we going to do?" mumbled Shikamaru to himself.

"We?" questioned Ino, raising her head.

"Yeah, we, I for one am not going to let this happen ever again." declared Shikamaru, while looking ahead in deep thought.

Ino stared at him with a sense of admiration. "Even though he is a lazy ass I still love him for all the moments like this." a soft smile reached her face.

Whenever I call you friend
I begin to think I understand
Anything we are
You and I have always been ever and ever

I see myself within your eyes
And that's all I need to show me why
Everything I do, always takes me home to you
Ever and ever

"Yo, why are you still dancing with me?"

"Why not?"

"We aren't related."

She scoffed. "Well that shows what you know."

"What? We aren't related."

She sighed in annoyance.

"We are related by our unique bond with two very similar animals." explained Sahitzu.

"Ohh….I don't get it." said a very confused Kiba.

She sighed again. "Our god given bond with our animals in untouched by anyone else in the world. Clans such as ours are blessed with our natural love we develop when we are born. It is something that connects all of the clans like the Nekozuko and the Inuzuka clans together, and sets us apart from everyone else." she held him a little tighter around the middle. "See we are related for our untouched love for our companions."

Kiba looked down to the girl he was holding. "I still don't fully get it but it's good enough for me." said Kiba as he shrugged his shoulders.

Sahitzu giggled at his incomprehension of the entire concept.

Now I know my life has given me
More than memories
Day by day we can see
In every moment there's a reason to carry on

Sweet love showin' us a heavenly light
I've never seen such a beautiful sight
Sweet love flowin' almost every night
I know forever we'll be doin' it...right

"Arigato Neji-nii-san for dancing with me."

He looked way down at his cousin, who he was holding respectfully. He nodded in confirmation.

"Are you going to tell me what happened?" asked Hinata boldly.

Neji's eyes narrowed in thought. 'From what I have heard from the Hyuuga family, Kiyoshi has already targeted Ino and Sakura and now he's after Tenten. I know that they haven't told Hinata yet, probably because she is so close to his victims."

"Hinata-sama, just promise me one thing."

"Nani, Neji-nii-san?"

"Stay away from Kiyoshi. Don't talk to him, don't go anywhere with him, especially not alone, even if he seems charming. Just onegai, don't have anything to do with him." advised Neji seriously. He subconsciously tightened his protective grip on his cousin.

"He hurt Tenten, didn't he….nii-san?" asked Hinata looked down at the floor.

Neji's eyes widened slightly. "How did you know?"

"Although you may forget sometimes nii-san, I do also have the byukagun eyes." said Hinata quietly. 'I knew something was up when I saw Tenten alone in her room with bruises covering his shoulders, neck and wrists.'

(Chapter 6 she tells Sakura to go into Tenten's room, to heal her.)

Flashback:

"Sakura I have a feeling you should check on Tenten-san." recommended Hinata shyly.

"How do you know?" questioned Sakura. Hinata just pointed to byukagun eyes.

"Oh yeah!" yelled an excited Sakura as though she just now noticed that her friend had all seeing eyes.

"She's in her bedroom." added Hinata as her and Temari began descending the stairs. Sakura nodded in understanding

Neji's eyes narrowed slightly at the subtle insult.

"Just promise me, stay away from him." demanded Neji, tightening his hold slightly.

Hinata smiled softly up at her cousin. "Why would I have to do that when I know you're always looking out for me." teased Hinata who was trying to lighten his mood. It didn't work.

He lowered his gaze to hers. "I couldn't protect Tenten before." he whispered in regret.

"He is far stronger than me." admitted Neji in defeat. Hinata's eyes widened tenfold in shock. 'Someone who is way stronger than nii-san? I have never even heard him admit defeat to anyone before. Kiyoshi must be extremely strong.' she thought, lowering her head again.

Whenever I call you friend
I believe I've come to understand
Everywhere we are you and I were meant to be
Forever and ever

"You really need to cool it Temari."

She scoffed. "Now why would I do that?"

Kankuro sighed at her stubbornness. "Did you even see Ino's face?" he asked quietly.

Temari finally subsided. "Yeah, she looked like a wreck." she admitted.

"Now put yourself in her position. I bet if you were her you'd be killing yourself for being so out rightly taunting."

"What?" asked a clueless Temari, clearly not following his abstract use of words. 'What is he talking about, 'yourself in her position. I bet if you were her you'd be killing yourself'. He is so hard to follow.'

"You'd be tackling her to the ground if she ever tried to pull such a stunt." continued Kankuro trying to pound his perspective into her head.

"Hey I have an idea." declared Temari randomly.

Kankuro rolled his eyes. "What is it?"

"Well…I could have Shikamaru if you distract Ino with your natural charm." she said as she pinched his cheek, with a grandmother smile. "I mean, you have no shot with Tenten now that you're up against the Hyuuga and a Raikage." said Temari nodding her head in assurance.

Kankuro's face fell. "It's great to know that you still haven't developed any morals or thoughtfulness..." mumbled Kankuro with a bowed head.

"Eh? What's wrong with you?" demanded Temari shaking her brothers' lifeless head back and forth.

I think about the times to come
Knowin' I will be the lucky one
Ever our love will last
I always want to call you friend

"That speech really was pretty impressive Naruto." admitted Sakura.

"Nani, what speech?" asked a clueless Naruto.

Sakura rolled her eyes. " ' Sakura-chan! I don't have a sister! You're the closest thing I have to a sister! Yada, yada, yada.' " said Sakura imitating Naruto.

"Oh yeah, I forgot about that." said Naruto embarrassedly.

"Anyway, I thought it was said very well."

"Really?" asked Naruto happily.

"Hai." admitted Sakura with a big smile

She went on her tippy toes and kissed him on his cheek.

Naruto's face froze and quickly turned deep red, then developed into a extremely large smile.

"Sakura-chan…." mumbled Naruto in awe.

Sweet love...sweet love
You're the glowing light in my life
The source of pride in my life
Everything I do takes me back to you

"Are you going to tell me anything?" asked Lee surprisingly quietly.

Tenten shook her head.

Lee sighed. "Look, I don't know what has happened, nor do I assume anything. However I promise that I will always be there for you." declared Lee, giving his trade mark thumbs up.

His face faltered when she held her depressed expression.

He sighed again, and raised his head to the ceiling "Just like a real brother, I won't let anyone hurt you. Not Kiyoshi and not Neji." whispered Lee, eyes narrowed in concentration.

Tenten raised her head. "Neji didn't do anything…" she mumbled. Lee caught her gaze. "Yes he did."

"Neji's perfect!" exclaimed Tenten, before covering her mouth with one of her hands. She was surprised about her sudden outburst

"He's an illusion." said Lee.

Tenten opened her mouth to say something when Lee raised his hand in defiance.

"Always remember this Tenten, illusions are dangerous people; they have no flaws."

Tenten lowered her head in thought. 'Neji isn't an illusion is he? I know who he is…I can see his flaws…can't I?'

"Just think about what I said Tenten." advised Lee.

Tenten nodded her head in understanding.

End of chapter 10!

Next chapter will take a lot longer. I am going to be very busy this entire week, any I most likely will not be able to post another chapter until next weekend.

This one took ages to write!! My fingers are so sore!! LOL

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There will probably two more chapters until the next arc. The festival arc is going to be very intense.

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