Moment 10
As I said in my other story, OGMICSN, (wow that was annoying to type), SORRY! I just wasn't quite bothered...
Anyway, I was overseas during Christmas so...
Merry Late Christmas and an Early Happy New Year!
Enjoy!
U
"I'm Santa."
"No, I'm Santa!"
"No, I'm Santa!"
"You're not Santa!"
"Why you-"
Neji sighed as he walked around the streets of Konoha.
It was a cold Winter morning and Christmas decorations had been put up ever since November. Every store had it's own unique decorating style and in the very centre of Konoha, stood an enormous Christmas tree. The citizens were out and about, bustling to get their Christmas shopping done.
Neji sighed again. He never liked Christmas very much. Who was Santa but a Coca-Cola icon? What was with the celebration anyway? He wasn't ever religious and liked it that way.
He made his way to his favourite cafe which was so crowded that he decided to neglect his cup of coffee and go elsewhere.
As he walked, he got more and more irritated. Nearly everyone was hauling around big bags of presents-to-be and little children sat on a Santa's lap. Unconsciously, Neji was searching for a certain chocolate brown-eyed kunoichi.
Giving up on his search, Neji went to the training grounds to ease some of his irritation. He sat by his favourite tree and meditated. A vein nearly popped in his temple when he heard a loud, "NEJI!"
Tenten happily bounded towards him and plonked herself down.
"Hey, Neji! I thought you'd be here."
"Hn."
"... You seem irritated."
"It shows, huh?"
"Well... to ease some of your irritation, what would you like for Christmas?"
Again with the Christmas mumbo jumbo.
"Tenten, riddle me this. Why do people celebrate Christmas?"
Tenten blinked, "Well, originally it was for Jesus' birth and yeah but I guess people are more for the presents nowadays."
"So the meaning of Christmas at this day is to get presents..."
"That's a bit bluntly phrased but I guess so." (A/N: If by any chance there is offense taken, by all means, I don't mean any offense at all.)
"I see..."
"Which reminds me again. What do you want for Christmas?"
"Aren't presents usually meant to be surprises?"
"Well, yeah, but there are things such as wishlists."
"Then I want you."
"Huh? Isn't it "a U"?
"... Yes, I want the letter U," Neji said sarcastically.
Unfortunately, it seemed Tenten didn't get the sarcastic reply. "Neji... You're really weird, wanting the letter U..."
Neji gave up at that point and told her to go away. Tenten walked away slowly, thinking of how she could give Neji the letter U.
o.o.o.o.o
Christmas Day
The bells were ringing, the people were singing and Santa had visited every single chimney in the world. It had also started snowing in Konoha, providing the perfect Christmas-y atmosphere.
Neji had gotten Tenten an opal hilted katana which was very light, very strong and very sharp. Such a thing was very costly and he wished she liked it.
At the training grounds, Neji and Tenten were ambushed by Gai and Lee and orange leg warmers and green spandex were pelted at them in rapid succession.
Tenten decided to give the two their presents later as Neji dragged Tenten out of the grounds.
The two of them arrived at the building where Lee, Neji and Tenten first met as a new genin team.
"Here," Neji said as he tossed the sheathed katana to Tenten, who opened it with wide eyes.
"It's so pretty," she murmured as she watched the hilt glitter and change colours.
"Hn."
"Now, my present! Giving you the letter U took me some thought, though. I honestly couldn't think of anything else. I'm so sorry, Neji."
"Just hand it over."
She asked him to hold out his hand and close his eyes. He did what he was told. When he withdrew his hand with a strange soft packaging in his hand, Tenten started to giggle and he swore he saw a light flash from behind his eyelids.
"What's so funny?"
"Look at what you're holding."
Neji looked into his hands. Scrawled across the front of the item, were the words "U, by Kotex". Neji blinked and opened the package. Inside were...
"Sanitary pads! I had them shipped over from Australia! Don't you just love it?" Tenten started laughing.
Neji's right eye started twitching as he hurled the package over the wall and ignored it as it plummeted down to the ground.
As Tenten's fits of laughter finally died down, Neji started to speak.
"After all that, you gave me pads? What kind of twisted world do you live in?"
"Aww Neji. You think so highly off me don't you? Of course that wasn't it," Tenten grinned.
"Then wha-"
Tenten dragged him forward and gave Neji a light peck on the lips.
"I'm not that dense. I understood you meaning from the beginning, baka."
Neji looked at his partner and gave a genuine smile.
o.o.o.o.o
Somewhere Outisde
"Oi! Usuratonkachi! Kakashi's asking for you."
"Teme! Don't call me that!"
"Sasuke-kun, Naruto, be quiet!"
Sasuke and Naruto turned to look at their pink haired teammate.
Kakashi appeared in front of the three, "We've got a mission."
A light whistling sound was heard from above them as Team 7 looked upwards.
A little package was falling from the sky and landed straight on Kakashi's face.
"What's this?" Naruto asked.
"Who knows..." Sasuke replied.
Sakura merely snickered and turned away.
Kakashi, with his great understanding of... women... knew what the package was straight away.
"They're... sanitary pads... and they landed... right on Kakashi's face..." Sakura burst out laughing.
Sasuke 's eyes widened as he started to laugh as well.
"Hey, what's a sanitary pad? Sakura-chan! Teme!"
Poor poor Kakashi. And I think "U, by Kotex" is only Australian... I'm not quite sure but it's a real brand.
Oh yeah, just as a note. Those of you who expected another chapter for the one-shot "Will you?" will be disappointed. I wasn't planning on writing another chapter for that and I'll leave it as a cliffy. :D
Review please!
Peace.
Sky~