Chapter 13! Thank you to EVERYONE that reviewed! Yes, Tenten was amazing last chapter! :D Anyway, this story is going to start wrapping itself up. No it will not end soon lol. But, certain turning points will start coming up. Anyway, enjoy & review!

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Majeshiama took a seat on a large rock, his aching feet suddenly turning numb against the cold night. Seeing how tired he was, his daughter took a seat next to him. She quaked as a chilly breeze swayed past by them. She turned her head and her worried expression grew.

"Are you alright, daddy?"

Majeshiama took another breath and looked at her, a weak smile coming up to his tired face. His eyelids hung low, his lips were chapped, and a small fog escaped from his mouth as he spoke. "Y-Yes, I-I'm fine."

But he wasn't, and Tenten felt like breaking down for bringing her father into such a mess. If she hadn't brought her father to the useless ceremony, he would be in his cozy home right now, not freezing his fragile body up.

She touched his cheek and frowned. "You're cold. You're not fine, and I'm sorry for bringing you into this mess. We're no rich folks to be going around, pretending that we can handle these things."

"Don't blame yourself, honey." He placed his cold arm on her shoulders and drew her closer. "You just wanted to make things better, and when we want to make things better, sometimes, it doesn't go the way we want it to go."

"I-I know, but you're suffering. I shouldn't have brought you here."

"Don't be taking all of the blame now, Tenten. At first, the ceremony wasn't bad at all. The conversation the king and I had was great and I got the chance to know him very well. The only thing that ruined it was his uncle. Everyone else didn't seem to mind us, but him."

"I know, but like I said, he won't have to worry about us. I'm done with all of this."

Majeshiama looked at her, and knowing that she still felt something for the king, grabbed her hand and stroked it with his, warming her up a bit. "That's what you think, but I know you very well…and that king doesn't look like a quitter."

She sighed, her cold breath visible to her chocolate brown eyes. She felt as if it was better to forget Neji than getting married with him and then being harassed by his uncle and others whom strongly disagreed with their relationship.

"We're just five minutes away from the house. Come on, we can make it." He stood up, his legs trembling against his dark slacks, and pulled her up.

Tenten wrapped her arm around his and walked down the deserted street. They both knew that it was extremely dangerous to walk at night, especially with a weak defense. Thieves, rapists, and murderers hung out mostly at night, taking advantage of fragile pedestrians. Tenten had the strength to fight back, but today, her strength was not present. Hunger, pain, sadness, cold, and tiredness brought her down, and if it brought her down, it certainly brought her father down as well.

Her head turned left and right as they walked towards the lighted area of the street. Their house was not too far, but at their slow pace, it would take them longer to arrive.

A blurry figure stood ahead, and afraid that it was a burglar breaking into their home, Tenten bent down and grabbed a rock. They slowed down their pace, and suddenly the unfamiliar figure walked towards them. Tenten stood in front of her father, hoping she could hit the person straight on with the only weapon she could find.

However, as soon as the person was visible, Tenten dropped the rock and smiled. "Kiba!"

The called man rushed over to them. "Couldn't the lover king sent you and your father in a horse carriage at least rather than letting you two walk in the middle of the night by yourselves."

"We don't need no goddamn Hyuuga ride. God gave us legs, and our legs work fine." Majeshiama said, and right away, Kiba knew that something had happened.

Not questioning anymore, he took off his jacket and gave it to Tenten. "Here before you freeze up."

Murmuring a thanks, she grabbed the jacket and quickly put it on, its cotton layers warming her up. Kiba wrapped his arms around Majeshiama's waist and helped him towards the house.

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As soon as they had arrived, Majeshiama had switched to his comfortable pajamas, took his medications, and went off to bed.

Tenten had taken off her killer heels and the dress, putting on her comfortable night gown. Afterwards, she had dragged herself to the bathroom to remove the tight bun from her head and the make up. As she had been removing the substance off her face, she saw it slide down the sink and had then looked at herself in the mirror. She had agreed that she looked beautiful with the substance on her face, but it wasn't her.

Exiting the bathroom, she walked downstairs to meet with Kiba. He sat on the living room couch, his tired eyes closed.

Tenten sat beside him, and noticing her presence, his eyes shot opened.

"Thanks for everything. You're always around to help."

A slight smirk came across his lips as he took her hand. "It was nothing. You know that I'll always be here for you."

His presence was suddenly causing her to feel nervous and awkward. She smiled weakly at him and removed her hand from his. "Th-Thanks."

He glanced at the clock and seeing that it was getting late, he took her hand again. Tenten gulped, wondering what his intensions were. "It's late. I'll see you tomorrow."

Kiba grabbed her by surprise as he suddenly leaned in and kissed her cheek, the end of his lips contacting hers nonetheless. Tenten froze as he got up and walked out the door.

After minutes of telling herself what had happened, she got up and decided to go to bed. A good night sleep was the only medicine now for her troubles.

The roosters went cock-a-doodle-doo and the cows mooed, waking up the residents of the village. The morning started out fair with a cool breeze flying throughout the warm day. Walking nature hung around as people got out from their homes and immediately went to work. The mail carrier placed each mail correctly in its right destination as he walked around the village with his heavy bag.

Tenten groaned and placed her pillow over her head, hearing the animals outside become boisterous. They were hungry, she knew, but she was too tired to even lift her head up and look out the window. Unless the animals were fed, they would not shut up, and if they didn't shut up, Tenten couldn't then continue her beauty sleep. A deep groan escaped her throat as she pushed the thick covers off her body and dragged her eyes opened. Sitting up, she released a tiresome sigh and turned her head, though only to see her father walking by with his cane.

"Daddy, where are you going so early in the morning?"

"To feed the animals of course."

"But you should rest! Let me do it. You need more rest than I do!"

Majeshiama shook his head and waved his hand. "Nonsense. I woke up an hour ago and couldn't go back to sleep. I'm restless now, so go back to sleep. I'll feed the animals. Besides, I haven't done that in months. Now, go back to sleep."

The man walked away with his cane, and hearing him take out the sack of corn for the chickens, she laid back down to bed and fell asleep.

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Majeshiama stood outside, reading the letter the hospital had sent him over and over again. The animals ate their breakfast quietly, munching their food as their larges stomachs were satisfied. Majeshiama frowned, confusion written all over his face.

He suddenly heard someone by the gate, and looking up, his eyes widened.

"King Hyuuga?"

Neji opened the gate and entered, his face expression never leaving at all. Majeshiama watched him as he walked inside, the animals turning their heads and looking at him.

"I know you're wondering how all of those bills had been paid off."

Majeshiama looked at the paper and back at him. "Why did you do it? It was so much money. How can we pay you back if we couldn't even pay these bills?"

"You don't have to pay me back. Think of it as a gift from me to you."

The man was grateful that he had paid off his horrendously huge bill, but he felt sorry for causing the king to waist a lot of money on him.

"Well, thank you very much sir."

"It was nothing. I apologize on behalf of my uncle. He had embarrassed you and Tenten yesterday night, and I cannot forgive him for that."

Majeshiama smiled. "Don't apologize for him, sir. You did nothing wrong. Your uncle is the one that needs to get those man balls of his and apologize for his poor behavior. He embarrassed you and himself, as well."

Neji smirked, nodding in agreement. "Where's Tenten?"

"She's inside, sleeping. She's very tired and I want her to get as much sleep as possible."

Neji had wanted to see her immediately, wanting to fix the mistakes his uncle had caused. Nonetheless, the king knew how tired Tenten would be ever since yesterday.

"I will return in the afternoon-"

"Maybe you shouldn't return at all, sir."

The king turned his head and saw a shorter, brown-haired boy walk towards him with a small white dog on his hand. Neji raised a confused eyebrow, and Kiba stood in front of him, petting Akamaru.

"What did you say?"

"I said that you shouldn't return at all. Tenten doesn't want you nor your rich money."

Neji's eyes narrowed angrily, but before he could've told Kiba off, Majeshiama interrupted.

"Kiba, what are you doing here?"

"I'm here to see Tenten. I wanted to see how she was doing ever since she was embarrassed yesterday by the Hyuuga clan. Seriously, I thought these rich people didn't know how to act like animals, especially-"

"Kiba, shut up." Tenten's father commanded.

The dog owner looked at him and obliged. Glaring back at the king, he decided to leave instead. The cold atmosphere had soon dispersed. Watching Kiba leave from the corner of his eyes, Majeshiama walked towards the king.

"Are you going to arrest him for his act?"

"No. Locking him up isn't my way of getting rid of him."

Finished! Hope you guys enjoyed this short chapter. Hopefully I get to update VERY SOON lol. Anyway, once again, I tend to finish a chapter at midnight. I can't be doing this cuz I'm going back to school on Wednesday, Bad Ruby......

I wish once upon a flying star that the manga will have a NEJITENTEN part. =) (Ruby that was awful! Go back to washing dishes!)

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