A/N: Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of it's characters! Well, it all ends here. I barely got any reviews so I decided to end it. I'm going to start fresh with my next story.
Review:Neji smirked at her, don't worry. Training early never hurt anyone. Besides, I'll show Lee that even though I just got through surgery, I'm still stronger than him.
Tenten rolled her eyes and shot one final message at him:
Tch, boys.
Chapter 10
Beep, beep, beep! Tenten's alarm clock rang. It was 3:30 AM, and still dark. Tenten was so tired. I…can't…get…up. It's…way too early. Tenten would've laid in bed forever if her alarm clock would just stop beeping.
Beep, beep, beep! Tenten lifted her hand from under her covers, clenched it in a fist, and brought it down hard on her alarm clock, smashing it to bits.
Her cat looked at her through the darkness. What an owner, thought the cat.
Tenten slowly sat up, her back ached. She got dressed in the darkness. She put her hair up, brushed her teeth, and washed her face. She ran out the door with her ninja equipment in her sack tied around her waist and grabbed a granola bar on her way out. That would serve as her lunch. She would've made something more filling herself, but was too lazy. Who cooks at 3:45 AM anyways, thought Tenten.
Tenten ran to the forest where Neji and Lee would be. Once she was in the forest, Neji and Lee were kicking and punching a tree.
"How early did you guys wake up?" Tenten asked, panting to catch her breath.
Both Neji and Lee ignored her.
"HELLO!" Tenten raised her voice.
Neji and Lee looked over their shoulders.
"Tenten, a ninja should always be on time!" Lee preached.
Tenten frowned, "What are you talking about?! I AM ON TIME!!"
Lee raised his index finger like a professor, "But a good ninja should always be at least half an hour early!"
Tenten shook her head a little at Lee's strictness, "Lee, did you just make that up?"
"No Tenten-san, Gai sensei told us. It's in my notes," Lee said pulling out his little black notepad that he wrote notes in while Gai sensei lectured them.
Tenten rolled her eyes.
"Maybe if you spent a little more time listening and a little less time staring at Neji-san, you would remember," Lee shot at her.
Tenten blushed like mad. She clenched her fists. "What did you just say?" she said slowly, her tone was dangerous.
Neji was a bit ticked off too. Tenten was about to punch him, but a blast of chakra from Neji shot him aside.
Lee looked up from the ground glaring at Neji, "I will not lose to you! If I do, I shall punish myself and run 300 laps around Konoha!"
Tenten chuckled, 300 laps. Yeah right.
Neji ignored him and looked at Tenten, he gave Tenten another one of those eye messages. This time was different though, he was blushing slightly.
I have to talk to you. Meet me by the stream tonight.
Tenten was confused, um, ok. She indicated.
What could Neji possibly want to talk to me about?
Their form of eye communication was very unique. Only they could understand it, and they had just learned to read eachother's feelings, thoughts, and emotions over the time they have spent together.
The three of them trained all day. At about lunch time, Tenten took out her granola bar, Neji took out a small lunch box of rice, and Lee took out a huge pot filled with some kind of red curry with rice. Neji and Tenten's eyes widened at the size of the lunch he had brought.
Tenten and Neji ate silently, but Lee ate very loudly. He gulped down all the rice and curry as fast as he could, chewing loudly, and making slurping noises. Tenten glanced at him a few times to try to tell him with her eyes that he was being disgusting, but it was no use. Her eye communication only worked with Neji.
When Lee had finished about half of the huge pot, he looked at Neji and Tenten who were already done with their lunches and asked through a mouth full of curry, "Do you guys want any?"
Neji and Tenten shook their heads vigorously. Lee shrugged and gulped the rest of the pot down in about 5 seconds.
"I think our training is done. I just remembered that I promised Gai sensei I would run some errands for him. My deepest apologies if I crushed your expectations. We can always hold another training session tomorrow morning, same time same place." Lee said.
Tenten immediately said, "No, that's not necessary. I have to go do some things too," she said getting up, "I'll see you guys some other time, bye!" and she walked off.
Lee and Neji shrugged and also walked away.
Neji did some shopping and that evening went to the stream him and Tenten often met.
He sat down, waiting for Tenten. A few minutes later, Tenten arrived and sat next to him.
"Did you want to talk to me Neji?" Tenten asked curiously.
Neji couldn't believe his eyes, Tenten was drop dead gorgeous this particular night. Her hair was down in long waves, her wide eyes were beautiful in the moonlight, her lips were coated with a transparent gloss, she was wearing a silk lavender kimono with a few hand stitched flowers on the side. Her kimono parted on one side of the leg. Instead of her ninja sandals, she was wearing elegant, black high heels.
"What's the occasion?" asked Neji, awestruck.
"I could just see it in your eyes that there was something very important you had to tell me," Tenten simply replied.
Neji pulled a bag from behind a bush he bad brought and emptied its contents before Tenten. There lay a beautiful bouquet of flowers, even more beautiful than Tenten's bouquet, a pouch of brand new ninja equipment, two beautiful light blue and light pink kimonos, and a small lunch box of steaming sesame dumplings. Tenten's eyes widened and said, "What's all this for?"
"I had to pay you back for all the kindness you've shown me," Neji blushed a little, trying to keep a straight face.
Tenten smiled and looked straight at him. She put both arms around him and pulled him closer, and she didn't hesitate to kiss him. They gently kissed eachother and eventually molded into a liplock. Tenten's arms were around his shoulders, feeling the strong muscles he had developed, and Neji's arms were around her slender waist, Neji wondered if she had been starving herself waiting by Neji's bedside when he was in the hospital.
The scenery was perfect, cherry blossom petals were falling from their trees, making it look like it was snowing pink petals, and there was a full moon out, it's reflection shining from the glistening stream.
Neji gently pushed her away and looked at her very seriously. "Tenten, I have to tell you something."
Tenten looked dreamily at him, "Hn."
"Tenten, I'm from the Hyuuga clan, and the tradition is to not marry an average kunoichi. But I love you too much for that crap. My dad gave me determination to break free from the horrible customs, and I have decided to."
"Oh, that's very sweet of you Neji but what.." Neji silenced her, indicating he had more to say.
He reached into his pocket and pulled something out. Tenten gasped, it was an elegant silver ring with a diamond on it. "Tenten, will you marry me?"
Tenten didn't know what to say. "Neji, how much did that cost? What about the Hyuuga traditions? What will happen if you break the ru.."
Neji silenced her once again.
"It doesn't matter because I love you. Even if they threaten to kill me, I don't care, I'll fight. So answer me Tenten, will you marry me?"
Tenten looked at him and whispered, "Yes, I do."
Neji held her hand and slid the ring on her slender finger. They embraced eachother and kissed, refusing to let go of the other.
They were lovers and no one, not even a whole clan, could keep them from loving eachother. That beautiful night by the stream in Konoha, Hyuuga Neji and Tenten didn't care who might've been watching them or listening, all they cared about was that they were happily in love and nothing could break their strong bond.
-in Neji's mind-
The panda girl was still sitting next to Neji, trying to make him happy. Young Neji cried and said, "My father has died, I have no one to love, and no one to love me."
The panda girl shook her head, "That's not true. I'm here for you to love, and I love you."
A/N: I hope you enjoyed reading my story. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW. I'm dying here.