1Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!!!!!
A Christmas one! It's a little early, but better early than late I suppose!
o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
Tenten was walking to Ino's house with bags in hand. Today was finally Christmas and Ino had invited all of the rookie nine, team gai, and the sand team to her Christmas party. This had happened annually for the past 3 years, but was always held at someone else's house each year. Last year it was Tenten's turn to host the party. "Never again," She mumbled under her breath as she remembered the party. Let's just say the night ended in the police coming and searching her house for illegal drugs and 3 ambulances had to come and take people to the hospital over the course of the night. Naruto went streaking through town which was what caused the police to leave her house and forget about the drugs. The entire sand team had to sleep over her house because the police put them on house arrest for the night in HER house. She didn't get much sleep that night as it's hard to sleep with Gaara staring at her as she tried to doze off. After that, she told everyone they were NEVER having the party at her house again.
She finally arrived at Ino's house and was about to knock on the door. Before she could however, Ino opened the door and dragged her in.
"Tenten, I need help!" Ino said as she began running around the room trying to clean things up. Tenten was the first one there besides Ino as she had asked Tenten to come early. The two of them were really close friends now and spent a lot of time together.
"With what?" Tenten asked as she took her gifts out of the bags she was holding and placed them under the Christmas tree in the corner of the room.
"I haven't finished cleaning, I still need to wrap presents, I need to cook the food, and I need to get ready before everyone arrives!" Ino yelled in one breath as she continued trying to clean the room.
"Hold on Ino, just calm down. I'll clean up and you can cook the dinner and while it's cooking you can wrap the presents! Then you can get ready before everyone gets here! There's still about five hours until the party starts! That's plenty of time!" Tenten said as she tried to calm Ino down.
"Good idea! You clean and I'll go cook!" Ino said as she ran to the kitchen.
"That's what you had me come here early to do, remember? You asked if I could clean and decorate," Tenten said as she began cleaning the room.
"The decorations are at the bottom of the stairs!" Ino yelled from the kitchen. Tenten looked over to the stairs to see a huge box stuffed with streamers, lights, and other things. "Guess I better get started," she said as she went back to cleaning.
In about an hour, Tenten had the entire room cleaned so there wasn't a speck of dust. "I finished the cleaning!" Tenten yelled to Ino, "Now I'm going to start decorating!"
"Wait! I want to take a break from wrapping and help!" Ino yelled.
"Okay, get in here then!" Tenten yelled back as she began unpacking the box. Ino ran in the room and began grabbing stuff out of the box out of the box.
"Okay Tenten, put this banner over the doorway to the kitchen please," Ino said as she handed Tenten a banner that read "Merry Christmas." Tenten did as she was told as Ino grabbed some more decorations and began hanging them around the room. They kept putting up decorations with Ino instructing where they should all be put until they were almost done. All that was left were a few lights, some holly, and some mistletoe. Tenten randomly grabbed something from the box. She looked down and saw she grabbed the mistletoe. She immediately put it back in the box and began to reach for something else.
"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Ino yelled to Tenten.
"Well, I WAS about to put some holly up..." Tenten said, looking at Ino who was now standing next to her. Ino reached in the box and grabbed the mistletoe. "No, you're putting THIS up first!" Ino said, motioning to the mistletoe with her free hand. "Why?" Tenten asked. "Because it's a tradition! Two people get caught under it and they have to kiss! It can be really romantic!" Ino said with a dreamy look on her face. "But we don't NEED it!" Tenten protested. "But I WANT it!" Ino shot back, glaring at Tenten. Tenten finally gave in and grabbed the mistletoe from Ino's hand. "Where do you want it?" Tenten asked. "Over the door to the kitchen under the banner. That way it will be low enough so everyone can see it!" Ino replied. Tenten did as she was told and put it in the doorway. "Okay, now what?" Tenten asked. "Help me make desert and get snacks for the party!" Ino said as she pulled Tenten into the kitchen.
About an hour and a half later they were all done making food and getting snacks. "Okay, there's only about an hour left! Help me get ready Tenten!" Ino yelled as she pulled Tenten up the stairs to her room.
"Okay, what do you think I should wear? This or this?" Ino said as she motioned to two separate outfits. "Hmm... take that one," Tenten said, pointing to a red spaghetti strap dress Ino was holding in her left hand. "Good, I liked this one better too!" Ino exclaimed as she quickly pulled the dress on along with a pair of fancy black shoes. "Should I wear my hair up or down?" Ino asked. "Down," Tenten said simply. "Shikamaru will find it less troublesome if you wear it down," Tenten said, emphasizing the word troublesome. Ino blushed at the comment and Tenten just smirked. She knew her friend had gotten over Sasuke a while ago and had now moved on to Shikamaru, although she never proclaimed her love to him openly like she had done for Sasuke.
"Well, what are you wearing for your precious Neji?" Ino shot back. "You know I don't like him anymore," Tenten stated. "Then why don't you tell me who you do like? And don't try telling me you don't like anyone right now, because I know you do!" Ino said as she brushed through her hair. "Fine, I won't bother denying I like someone, but you're not going to find out who until I think you should know!" Tenten said, crossing her arms. Ino just rolled her eyes and said, "Fine, but is he going to be here tonight?" Tenten thought a moment before answering. 'Should I lie to her and say no?' Tenten pondered this for a few more seconds until she finally made up her mind and said, "Yes, he's going to be here tonight." "Well then , what do you plan on wearing for this mystery man?" Ino asked, turning from her mirror to face Tenten. "This!" Tenten said, motioning to her outfit. She was wearing the outfit she always wore when she trained, Ino noticed. "You can't wear THAT!" Ino exclaimed. "Why not?" Tenten questioned. "Because!" Ino began, "That won't impress your mystery crush! I'll loan you something of mine to wear, since there's no time for you to go home and change."
Ino ran to her closet and began rummaging for something for Tenten to wear that was festive yet would look good on her. "Maybe this stuff won't impress him so it won't even matter," Tenten said. "Of course it will impress him, whoever he is! Besides, you should at least look festive for the holidays! Now how about this?" Ino said, holding up a green short sleeve dress that seemed like it would go a little above knee length on Tenten. "Fine," Tenten said, giving in to Ino. Ino threw the dress at tenten and left the room to run downstairs and check one more time to make sure everything was done. Tenten got changed and as she was about to leave, Ino ran in and threw some black shoes at her. Tenten put them on and got up and attempted to walk out the door. However, Ino wouldn't let her. "We have to do your hair now!" Ino exclaimed.
"What's wrong with the way it is?" Tenten said, looking in the mirror at the buns on top of her head. "You should try to do your hair up a little bit for this! It's important!" Ino said. "Last year it was just a casual dress thing, why can't we do that again?" Tenten asked as Ino sat her down in a chair. "Well, just look at how last year's party turned out! I don't think you want a repeat of that again, do you?" Ino said. "Fine, but I don't think everyone else is going to dress formal," Tenten said. "I put in their invitations that it was formal," Ino said. Ino plugged in her curling iron and began curling Tenten's hair. About a half hour later at 8 when the party was supposed to start, she was finished.
"You look absolutely AMAZING!" Ino gushed, looking at her work. Tenten looked in the mirror in front of her. Her hair reached just below her shoulders and was slightly curled. "Wow, it doesn't look too bad I guess, does it?" Tenten said. "What are you talking about? It looks terrific!" Ino said, putting some blush on Tenten. When she finished she looked into the mirror herself to see how her hair looked. She was interrupted by the doorbell ringing. "Ah! They're here!" Ino said as she rushed out of the room. As she left, she yelled to Tenten, "Come down and say hi to everyone!"
Tenten got up and slowly walked out of Ino's room. She stood at the top of the stairs and watched as Ino let in Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto. "Come in, come in!" Ino said as she ushered them inside. They were all dressed formally as well, just as Ino had said they would be. Tenten yelled hi down to them as she began walking down the stairs. The doorbell rang again and Ino opened it and brought Chouji and Shikamaru inside. Tenten finally made it to the ground floor and began talking to Sakura. The doorbell rang again and Ino let in Kiba, Hinata, and Shino. Ino closed the door behind them and said, "Shikamaru, come with me to bring food out!" "It's too troublesome..." Shikamaru stated as he sat down on Ino's couch. "SHIKAMARU!" Ino yelled at the boy. "Fine, fine," he said as he got off the couch and followed her into the kitchen, "You're such a troublesome woman." That comment got him a smack in the back of the head from Ino. The doorbell rang again, and Ino yelled, "Tenten, could you get that? Kinda busy in here!"
Tenten left Sakura and walked over to the door. She opened it to reveal her teammates, Neji and Lee, standing in the door. Tenten noticed they were dressed formally as well. 'Why did everyone know about this formal thing but me?' Tenten thought to herself. "Hi guys!" She said to the two as she moved to the side to let them in. Lee said hello to her while Neji just said "Hn," as he moved through the doorway past Tenten. Lee walked in behind Neji and Tenten closed the door behind them."Wow, Tenten, you like great! You should wear your hair down more often!" Lee said with a smile to Tenten. Tenten blushed a bit and said, "Thanks, Lee. Ino did it for me." Lee had figured this, for he knew Tenten wasn't one who would usually worry about her looks. 'Not that she doesn't usually look good!' Lee thought to himself, 'She always looks beautiful to me...'
The door rang one more time and Tenten answered it to reveal the sand siblings. Tenten let them in and talked with Temari for a while. Lee was talking with Naruto, Sasuke, and Kiba, but he wasn't really paying attention to the conversation. Instead, he found he was trying to catch glimpses of Tenten whenever he could.
"Hey, Tenten, do you know where Shikamaru is?" Temari asked as she looked around the room.
"Yeah, he's in the kitchen still I guess. He went in there a while ago to help Ino," Tenten replied.
"WHAT?!?!" Temari yelled, "SHIKAMARU!"
"Ugh, the other troublesome woman is here!" Shikamaru said as he put down the food he and in his hand, "I guess I should go see what she wants before she comes in here in an even more troublesome mood." Shikamaru walked toward the living room where the party was but was stopped by Ino under the doorway. "Shikamaru, wait! I need help!" she told him.
"Shikamaru, come here!" Temari yelled to Shikamaru.
"STAY Shikamaru!" Ino said.
"COME!" Temari yelled again.
"STAY!" Ino commanded.
"So troublesome..." Shikamaru muttered, Ino still clutching his arm.
Tenten, as well as everyone else, watched the conflict. Tenten walked over to them and was going to attempt to stop the fight, buy Gaara beat her to it.
"Temari, stop this now or I will kill you," he stated simply. Temari stared in horror at Gaara and stepped away from Shikamaru and Ino, afraid of getting killed by her brother.
Tenten watched the scene in front of her, amazed at what had happened. Everyone else was speechless as well. Tenten looked around and realized something. "Ino, you and Shikamaru are under the mistletoe! You know what that means..." she said with a smirk on her face.
"WHAT?!" Ino exclaimed. She liked Shikamaru, but she didn't want to kiss him in front of everyone here, especially with Temari in the same room. Everyone else began yelling at them that they and to kiss each other since they were under the mistletoe, and Ino realized she couldn't get out of it.
"Umm...well...Shikamaru, I think we...ummm..." Ino began, trying to find the right words.
"Such a troublesome woman," Shikamaru muttered before leaning in and kissing Ino. Ino was surprised, but then kissed back. They parted when they realized everyone was still watching them. They both blushed, and Ino said, "Can you come help me in the kitchen, Shikamaru?" He nodded and walked into the kitchen. Ino looked around and saw most everyone smirking at her. She found tenten and glared at her and mouthed the words, "I'll get you back for this." Tenten just mouthed the words, "You're welcome," to her.
Once everyone got over what happened, Lee walked over and started talking to Tenten. They chatted for a while until Tenten heard Ino yell, "Tenten! Lee! Can you guys come help me in the kitchen for a minute?" They both walked over to the doorway and began to enter the kitchen. They were stopped in the doorway from Ino yelling, "Stop right there!"
Everyone turned their heads in Lee and Tenten's direction in the doorway. "You guys are under the mistletoe, and you know what that means..." Ino said with a huge smirk on her face. Tenten glared at her and Ino mouthed the words, "Told you I'd get you back." Everyone yelled for Lee and Tenten to kiss each other. The two of them looked away from each other and blushed. Finally, Tenten looked towards Lee and said, "We might as well just get it over with, or they won't leave us alone. It won't mean anything, you know, since we are doing it against our will..." "Yeah, we'll just kiss real quick so they'll leave us alone," Lee replied as he looked toward Tenten. She nodded and closed her eyes and started to lean in. Lee did the same until finally their lips met. Their original plan was that they were going to have a quick half a second kiss, but they Lee found himself pulling Tenten closer to him in an embrace and Tenten found herself deepening the kiss and making it more passionate. Unlike Ino and Shikamaru, they didn't care who saw them, because they had both wanted to do this for a long time.
The two finally parted and looked around to see everyone smiling at them. Then, Ino's voice rang over the silence. "I KNEW you liked LEE!" she exclaimed, "I just knew it!" Tenten just smiled and moved closer to Lee. She kissed him again under the mistletoe, parted, and said, "This is the best Christmas present I could have gotten."
o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0o0
A long chapter! Yay! Sorry it took me so long to update! I've been so busy this week! Winter Break is finally here so I should be updating more and maybe even starting my new story! Personally, I don't think I did a good job on this chapter. Next one should hopefully be better! If anyone has any ideas for one, please let me know!
Pooh Bear Is My Hero