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

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Chapter 10: Tenten's Neji-kun

Neji and Tenten both gave Lee a funny look. Tenten got the honors of asking the question that was on both of their minds, "Embrace…like…dolphins? Isn't that analogy a bit…inaccurate?"

Neither Gai Sensei nor Lee paid attention to this question. Gai bowed deeply and was surprisingly apologizing, "I apologize from the bottom of my heart. I did not know the youthful love between you two was so strong."

Tenten rolled her eyes, "Me and Neji weren't embracing, we were just…"

The kunoichi quickly realized the position she was in. She her arms were around Neji and his arms around her.

"I mean we weren't embracing, we were…" Tenten paused to think of a marginal excuse.

"We were training our balance," Neji filled in for Tenten. Neji pushed Tenten hard to the side, causing her to almost trip.

"You see, Tenten has really bad balance so I have to hold onto her as her support," Neji faked.

Lee fell for it for a little while before bringing up a point, "But then why were you guys talking about love and looking at each other with that intensity?"

Tenten quickly faked, "We're trying to distract each other. We're training our concentration and balance at the same time!"

Lee looked amazed, "Wow, Gai Sensei! Can I train my balance and concentration with you? I can think of a bunch of things to say that would distract you!"

Tenten hid a giggle as she imagined how things would turn out.

TENTEN'S IMAGINATION

"Gai Sensei, you have beautiful eyes!"

"Thank you Lee, and you have delicious looking eyebrows!"

"But not as delicious as your smile, Gai Sensei! I could look at it from sunrise to sunset every day and I would die a happy person!"

END OF TENTEN'S IMAGINATION

Neji watched her, knowing she was daydreaming. She blushed, feeling stupid that Neji had been watching her space out the whole time.

"Sorry Lee, I can't train with you guys today. I have to go to a funeral," Gai apologized.

Tenten gasped a little when she realized he was talking about Sato, "Gai Sensei…I'm so sorry…" (even though she wasn't)

"For what? My brother was a jerk," Gai seemed pretty enthusiastic about his brother's death.

So true... Neji thought.

Without any last words from their Sensei, Lee youthfully said loudly, "Ja ne Gai Sensei!"

Gai Sensei laughed heartily and nodded at Lee. He grinned, looking back and forth and Neji and Tenten. He winked at Neji, suggesting he meant something along the lines of 'good luck with Tenten.' Gai slapped Neji hard on the back, causing a large gulp of air to force out of his lungs, and with that their insane instructor left. Neji gasped for air and rubbed his back which was now in pain.

Tenten giggled, "You need Lee to give you a back massage?"

Lee nodded cheerfully, "I would be glad to Neji-san!"

Neji winced at the idea of a Bruce Lee look-alike rubbing his back. As Lee reached his hands out toward Neji's backside, Neji tactfully moved a step toward Tenten and shook his head, "I'm fine Lee."

Lee backed up, and nodded in a sort of apologetic way. Neji glared sharply at Tenten. Tenten could tell by the look on Neji's face that he was asking why she suggested that Lee massage his back.

Neji finally spoke, "Shouldn't you be back home sleeping?"

Tenten questioned, "Why should I?"

Neji smirked, "Since Gai left we don't have to train. Seeing that you hate training so much, why don't you just let Lee and I train? You can take a rest."

There was a small pause before Neji grinned and added, "Besides, you're a kunoichi."

Almost instantly, a kunai appeared in Tenten's hand. She glared hard at him, "What...did you say?"

Neji's grin grew and he continued to taunt her, "I said, you should go home and sleep because you're. a. kunoichi."

Tenten leaped in the air and drew several kunais from a scroll and flung them endlessly at the Hyuuga. She picked the kunais that landed on the floor up with strings of chakra from her fingers and reused them.

The Hyuuga, on the flip side, was having a decent time dodging the kunais and momentarily spinning and releasing chakra to form a circular shield. After about ten minutes of straight attacking and defending, Tenten landed back on the ground and was panting for air, her face glistening with perspiration. Neji smirked, "Thanks for the training."

At that moment Tenten realized Neji had only taunted her to get her to help him train his defense. She panted a bit and said airily, "You jerk."

Neji grinned his famous grin before quickly appearing behind her. Tenten was caught off guard when he held her from behind. He whispered in her ear, "Yes, I am a jerk, aren't I?"

Tenten couldn't help but blush deep red. That Hyuuga, always seducing his way out of trouble.

Lee spoke up, "Neji-san, I did not know you were so serious about balance training.

Neji immediately pushed Tenten hard out of his arms. This time a bit too hard, Tenten screamed a bit before ramming into a tree stump and tripping. She fell on the ground and moaned, rubbing her rear, "Neji. That really hurt..."

Neji explained to Lee, "Tenten's balance is horrible, as I said before."

Tenten glared at Neji before standing up and playing along unhappily, "Yeah sure, I have horrible balance."

Lee got sidetracked and shouted, "LOOK NEJI-SAN, TENTEN-CHAN!!!"

Lee pointed the opposite direction of where Neji was currently facing. Neji thought Someone was about to attack and quickly flipped around. Tenten also got ready for any possible combat.

"What is it?" Neji asked in a subdued tone.

Lee squealed, "Those flowers are the same color as the ones I saw on the way here!"

Tenten sighed in humiliation, Lee, I REALLY hope you hit puberty soon.

Neji also let out a sigh in annoyance. He was about to turn around to face Tenten again but he found Lee grabbing him around to neck, forcing him to look in the direction that the youthful boy was pointing in.

"NEJI-SAN! DO YOU SEE THEM?? THE PERIWINKLE ONES!!"

Neji squinted but could not see what Lee was talking about, "I don't s..."

Before Neji could complete his comment, Lee tugged at his neck tighter and yelled louder, "OVER THERE!!!!"

Neji was pretty much being stranled at this moment. He gasped for air, "I don't s..."

Lee pulled even tighter and started jumping up and down, Neji's poor neck being the victim, "NEJI-SAN OVER THERE!!!!"

Neji squinted again, pretty much dying at this point, and finally realized where Lee was pointing.

He gasped, "Lee...those...flowers...are...orange..."

Lee released his strong grip and Neji gasped for oxygen, "Really...?"

Stupid springtime youth is making Lee colorblind...Neji scowled in his mind.

While Neji was still turned around and panting for air, Tenten grinned at this beautiful opportunity. She ran up to Neji without pausing for even a moment and kicked him hard in the back - the same place where Gai Sensei had slapped him.

Neji cursed loudly as he tried regaining his balance, but failed as soon as he tripped over the long roots of the orange flowers. He fell and held his back in pain.

"You see Lee, Neji-san here has even worse balance then I do," Tenten refrained herself from cracking up.

Neji didn't get up, instead he held his back in pain. Tenten walked over and knelt down beside Neji, "Are you ok Ne-ji-kun?"

Neji scowled at Tenten, "Barely."

Tenten grinned, "Let me take a look."

She undid his traditional robes and pulled them down no further than his waist. Lee covered his eyes, "Neji-san is naked! Neji-san is naked!"

"Shut up Lee," Neji's frown grew deeper.

Tenten touched the redish-purple spot on Neji's back lightly, causing Neji to wince in pain. Tenten grinned, "Good thing I brought some medicine Sakura gave me!"

She pulled out a large bottle of clear liquid and poured it all on Neji's back at once.

Neji closed his eyes in pain, "Tenten...it's...burning..."

Tenten smiled, "Good. That means it's working, ne?"

The bruise on Neji's back was not healing though, infact it was actually spreading. Tenten looked at the bottle and realized she had grabbed the wrong bottle. There was no label on it and she knew the correct bottle of medicine was labled with 'Medicine for Minor Injuries.' Without letting Neji know that she had made an error, she threw the bottle aside and reached into her satchel, digging around for another bottle. She quickly found an identical bottle and it read 'Medicine for Minor Injuries.' She stiffled a laugh before quickly dumping the whole bottle on Neji's back, hoping to make up for the other bottle of incorrect liquid.

Neji's face showed his relief when she poured the bottle of medicine on his back. He glared at Tenten, "Don't. Ever. Do. That. Again."

Tenten put her most innocent look on and asked childishly, "Do what Neji-sama?"

Neji scowled and stood up, quickly fixing up his robes at the same time.

Tenten giggled a last time before turning to face Lee. To her surprise, he popped up in front of her, eyes glistening with tears of joy, cheeks glowing pink with happiness.

"TENTEN-CHAN! NEJI-SAN! I HAVE A SURPRISE FOR YOU!" Lee squealed in a semi-high voice.

Tenten twitched a bit when she thought of the possibilities. Knowing Lee, there was a large variety of things he could possibly surprise them with. The surprise just might not be a pleasant surprise to Neji or Tenten.

TENTEN'S IMAGINATION

"Tenten-chan, Neji-san, in honor of all Team Gai's hard work, I bought us all new uniforms!" Lee exclaimed.

Tenten twitched again, "Oh...what do they look like...?"

Lee pulled out three bright orange jumpsuits, "They are all made out of the finest quiality spandex!"

Tenten stammered, "Isn't orange a bit...too bright?"

Lee looked even happier (if that was possible), "Of course! Everyone in Konoha shall know of Team Gai's amazing youthfulness!"

END OF TENTEN'S IMAGINATION

Tenten knew she would flat out refuse if he offered them anything of that sort. She was not interested at all in a wardrobe change to Lee's taste - and she knew Neji would rather run 300 laps around Konoha too than look even a tiny bit like Lee or Gai Sensei. Tenten shook the thought of new uniforms out of her head but braced herself for what was going to be shot at her.

Neji also knew better than to expect a normal surprise. When Lee said he had a surprise, he really gives you a surprise with whatever childish thing he has.

Tenten asked reluctantly, "Whatever your surprise is doesn't happen to involve spandex...does it?"

Lee gave her an innocent look, "What is...sp-span...dex?"

My goodness, Tenten thought inside her head. Honestly, sometimes Tenten wanted to sit Lee down in a first grade classroom and cram some common knowledge into that brain of his.

Lee continued to guess, "Is spandex a type of spider? If so Tenten-chan, I think Shino would be a better person to ask..."

Tenten mumbled to herself, "No Lee...I don't think Shino would like spandex."

Tenten didn't even want to imagine what Shino would look like with tight spandex on. Shino laughing was rare enough...but anyone in spandex but Lee and Gai Sensei...no...not in a million years.

Lee shoved a small green book - the color of his spandex suit - into Tenten's hands. Tenten read the title to herself, Rock Lee's Super Exclusive Training Tips. Neji looked over Tenten's shoulder to see what could be so astounding about this small green book.

They both sweatdropped. What in the world was this book that Lee handed to them? Judging by the name of the title, they guessed it was a book Lee wrote...about training.

Knowing Lee, it probably said something like 'Run 500 laps around Konoha, punch a tree stump 3000 times, do 274 squats, and do 560 one-handed pushups every single day of your life and you will be incredibly fit like my dear and youthful Gai Sensei.' The book was actually rather thick so it must not've been as simple as that. But could Lee have enough knowledge about training to write a whole textbook about training?

Of course he could, he always took notes on his little Kiropi notepad whenever Gai Sensei made even an unimportant comment about training. He probably already filled 40 of those little Kiropi notepads. Why Kiropi you ask - because green is his favorite color, and the loveable little frog is also green.

Tenten flipped open to the first page of the thick book, Neji leaning in close to her to get a closer look at the words written out in Lee's neat handwriting.

The brown-haired kunoichi read aloud, "Chapter One - Effective Endurance Training," which alone already made her wonder, "There is an effective way of training your endurance without having to run 500 laps aroun Konoha that I have discovered through years of training. Two ninjas get into a position resembling mouth to mouth resuscitation. But beware - you must find a ninja of the opposite sex to do perform this exercise properly. For exmaple, if you are a shinobi, you must find a kunoichi to do this exercise with. Shinobis cannot perform this exercise with other shinobis. Otherwise the chakra of the shinobi ontop would overpower the oppressed chakra system of the one on the bottom's, and this would most likely lead to rib cage rupture. The correct position to get in to do this exercise is shown on the next page."

Tenten looked at Neji, both thinking how Lee would draw a picture showing this awkward position. Tenten slowly flipped the page, bracing herself for whatever was going to be there. She hoped Lee's innocence would make the drawing very clean and un-awkward.

To her and Neji's surprise, it was the exact opposite of what they had expected. It was also the exact opposite of what they had wanted. On the next page was a high definition picture of Neji and Tenten in their undergarments.

Neji ontop of the kunoichi - making out with her. Oh yes, this was definitely the position for endurance training. Seeing this position made Tenten flush bright red.

"Lee..." Tenten hesitantly spoke up.

"Yes Tenten-chan?" Lee said, cheeriness still in his voice.

"Where did you get this picture?" Tenten asked, a bit scared of the answer.

Lee smiled, "Naruto-kun sold it to me for 10,000 yen when I told him I needed it for a book I was writing. He was very generous and said he would usually sell these exclusive pictures for triple the price!"

Tenten glowed with anger, imagining the blonde-haired boy selling embarassing photos to villagers in Konoha.

Naruto...that pervert...thought Tenten.

"Flip to the next chapter, Tenten-chan!" Lee squealed.

Tenten reluctantly flipped past 20 pages of endurance training information and finally reached the next chapter - Balance Training.

Tenten didn't even have to read it to know what the example was going to look like. She flipped one more page over and it was yet another high definition picture of Neji and Tenten - this time embracing.

Tenten gritted her teeth and asked Lee, "Did Naruto sell this one to you too?"

Lee nodded happily, "And it only cost me 9,000 yen for this one!"

Tenten flipped through the whole book and there were several pictures of Neji and Tenten in this small guide of his.

"Why did you write this, Lee?" Tenten asked loudly.

Lee looked innocently at Tenten again, "Because you told me I should, do you not remember, Tenten-chan?"

Tenten didn't believe it at first, but when she pondered this thought for a moment, she recalled a tiny sarcastic moment a while back.

FLASHBACK

Neji walked up to her, still grinning, and grabbed her and held onto her. He kissed her and she held onto him too. After about only 45 seconds, they heard a "Neji-san! Tenten-chan!"

Neji swore as he released Tenten, why does Lee always have to pop up when we're kissing and ruin the moment?

Tenten blushed in embarassment when she was caught by the spandex boy. But instead of having a scolding face, he was crying…she couldn't tell if they were tears of sorrow or tears of joy…

"Lee…don't cry…" Tenten said slowly.

"My deepest apologies, I am just so overjoyed," Lee started.

Tears of joy, Tenten corrected herself.

"that you and Neji-san work so hard on your endurance skills! I wish I had a partner. Tenten-chan, could you practice with me?"

Tenten looked at the boy who now had puppy dog eyes. He still believes us about the endurance training? Wow…

"Lee…" she started.

It was Neji's turn this time to make up an excuse, "You can't. Once a shinobi has already trained this technique with a kunoichi, he or she cannot practice this with anyone else…"

Lee slapped his forehead, "Ohhh. Of course! It is so obvious! Because of the chakra flow through the shinobi and kunoichis' mouths, the body has already recognized that unique chakra type and cannot handle another type of chakra, or else that would cause the immune system to overload and that would result in fatal internal problems."

Tenten stared at Lee and then glanced at Neji. Neji shrugged and said, "Uhh…yeah…"

Tenten sighed, "Wow Lee…you could write your own book with that unique knowledge of yours…"

Lee's eyes glistened and he asked in a high-pitched voice that only happened when he was really happy, "Really?"

Tenten shrugged, "Sure."

Lee leaped in the air and squealed, "Yay! Tenten-chan has told me I am a very wise shinobi!"

END OF FLASHBACK

Tenten sighed heavily, "Lee...what do you plan to do with this book of yours?"

Lee grinned, "It was already approved by Tsunade-sama to be part of the Konoha Academy's curriculum."

Tenten paused a moment, "Excuse me?"

Lee continued to brag, "Hokage-sama loved it so much, she approved it to be the main textbook for training techniques in Konoha Academy's curriculum."

Tenten clenched her fists as she imagine Tsunade grinning with delight as she looked through all the pictures of her and Neji together. She probably thought this was some kind of joke. Embarassing Neji and Tenten in front of all the students in Konoha. Well, neither Neji nor Tenten were laughing at all.

Tenten sighed, letting out a little bit of her anger, "Oh well, I'll talk to Tsunade about it in a few days or something. I'm sure she's not REALLY that cruel."

"Cruel? Why would approving my book be cruel?" Lee questioned naively.

Tenten sighed once again, "Lee, sometimes I wish you would have just a LITTLE bit of common sense. That would be nice."

Lee blinked a few times, indicating he still didn't understand.

Neji grabbed Tenten's hand and started leading her away from the training ground in which they were currently standing on, "Come on Tenten. We can sort this out later. I'm not in the mood for training."

Tenten pretended to gasp, "Hyuuga Neji? Slacking off? What has the world come to?"

Neji dragged her arm harder. The two of them leaving Lee behind and walking home.

Lee yelled, "Where are you two going?"

Tenten yelled back, "Neji-sama is going to sleep, he's cranky today because he didn't get his all his beauty sleep this morning!"

Lee blinked a few times, "Neji-san has beauty sleep time?"

Tenten thought to herself, of course, how else would Neji's hair grow so long and lush? With some make up, Neji could do a shampoo commercial with that killer hair of his.

They left Lee, Tenten's last words for the day to him being, "Ja ne!"

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"Where are we going, Neji?" the brown haired kunoichi asked the Hyuuga when she realized they were not heading the direction of their home.

Neji grinned, "Bathhouse."

Tenten frowned, "You should've asked me. I don't want to go in that bathhouse."

Neji smirked, "Why? Last time you seemed to be having fun."

Tenten recalled the last time they were at the bathhouse together. She had to admit, she had a good time that close to Neji. But she still didn't feel comfortable in the bathhouse. She always felt like there would be some 40-year-old pervert hitting on her in that bathhouse. After all, she did have a scarred childhood – Sato being her former teacher. This was one reason she hated going to places she felt old perverted men would be – like bars.

Tenten replied, "The guys aren't separated from the girls here."

Neji raised an eyebrow, "So? Are you saying you don't want to be with me?"

Tenten grinned, "Maybe."

Neji made a sound indicating he wanted to know the real reason she didn't want to go in.

Tenten sighed, "I don't enjoy being around people like…like…Jiraiya…and Kakashi."

Neji smirked, "So you're scared of old perverted men?"

Tenten grabbed Neji's hand, "Maybe," meaning yes.

Neji sighed, "Fine, we can go home then."

Before Tenten had a chance to thank Neji for letting her leave, her cell phone rang. Tenten indicated to Neji to wait a second. Tenten checked to see who was calling. Her phone screen read, Haruno Sakura.

Tenten flipped open her phone, "Hello?"

"Tenten, where are you and Neji?"

Tenten's brow furrowed, "What are you talking about?"

"Did you forget the whole gang of ninjas were going to Ichiraku's Ramen Bar to eat tonight?" Sakura asked urgently.

Tenten had completely forgotten this arrangement since Sakura had planned it like a month ago. That medical ninja was always so punctual and prepared. Seriously, who plans a dinner at a ramen bar one month ahead of time?

"Oh, I completely forgot!" Tenten spoke loudly into the phone before adding, "Me and Neji will be there in like 5 minutes.

Sakura's voice came through the phone again, "Be sure to dress formally, I told everyone else to because it's like a reunion."

Tenten furrowed her brow, "Oh, uh…then give us 10 minutes. We have to go back home to change."

Sakura snickered, "Ok, don't stare at each other's bodies for too long. We expect you to be here in 10 minutes sharp."

Tenten blushed a bit, "Goodbye, Sakura," Tenten said while closing her phone.

"What was that all about?" Neji asked.

"Did you forget about the dinner arrangement we made with the others a month ago? We have to dress formally and go to Ichiraku's in 10 minutes," Tenten explained quickly.

Tenten grabbed Neji's hand and sprinted back home, gussying up as quickly as possible.

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Tenten panted heavily, "Sorry we're late everyone…we totally forg…" Tenten's jaw almost dropped when she walked into Ichiraku's. Neji was in a tuxedo, and Tenten was in a long lavender silk kimono. She was wearing her nicest high heels and dangly earings. On top of all that she was wearing special clips to pin up her buns with real jewels on them.

What were the others wearing? Normal apparel. Naruto and his orange jumpsuit. Hinata and her big puffy jacket. Sakura in her red Haruno dress. Shino in his turtleneck-like jacket. And you get the picture.

Naruto grinned and whistled wolfishly. "Did you guys just come from a date?" Naruto said loudly.

Tenten looked at Sakura who was trying not to crack up, but you could clearly see on her face that she had set them up. Tenten glared at her, that Haruno. Always trying to put me and Neji on the spot.

Neji was also embarrassed, but didn't show it – after all, Hyuugas don't show emotion. Neji and Tenten gingerly took their seats and suffered the consequences of falling into Sakura's trap the whole night.

Everyone was making fun of Neji, since he always denied he didn't have any special feelings for Tenten. Some of them included:

"I thought Hyuuga's didn't know how to love." –Sasuke

"I'll buy you some extra roast beef so you can share with Tenten." –Chouji

"Is the baby a boy or girl?" –Naruto…duh

"I'm warning you, girls are troublesome." –Shikamaru

But since Neji and Tenten were true lovers, they didn't mind. After all, true love could endure even the toughest challenges…like Naruto's taunting. Tenten simply smiled at Neji and laid her head on his shoulder, "Yes, I love my Neji-kun." And that was that.

A/N: THE END! Yes, I'm glad I could find internet connection in Asia! I know I made you guys wait forever! I'm sowwy. I hope the ending wasn't too corny. I ALMOST ran dry of ideas, but I was like, 'No, I will not disappoint my readers.' Hehe, I love you guys. I have some new ideas for the next story. I'm not making anymore sequels to this story though, sorry. My next story will be a fresh start. Also please review and feel free to email me. My email is simply nejiandtentenfan (at) gmail (dot) com. Love ya'll and hope you guys thought the ending was ok…:D