REWRITTEN: 1/26/14
I'd say it's been about 2 weeks! :0, ugh I hate updating late I try not to go past 3 weeks guys, SORRY, don't worry I'm not much of a traveler so you won't have to worry about too much vacations and stuff cutting time off, even if I did I'd be working on this…other than that…
20 CHAPTERS! Wow we've gone along way, another 10 chapters! I've been writing this story for 5 months now, (6 if you count it being the first day of December :p) thank you guys for tolerating me XD
Oh well, here's! to 10 more! (no seriously, I have so many chapters planned out for this I don't know how much longer, 60? 50? 1 billion! Who knows, you gotta keep reading to find out! :))
For my readers
Future me: God damn it this was a painful chapter to edit.
Tenten yawned and stretched her arms out, she looked to the side where the sun was shining brightly into her bedroom. Tiredly, she crawled out of her bed.
It was Thursday morning, school was closed for the rest of the week for teacher development days so everyone was home sleeping in.
She turned to her alarm in exhaustion, where ten-thirty a.m. blared in a bright blue neon.
"Great..." she grumbled. "The one time I get to sleep in my ass is up early."
Suddenly her stomach felt queasy, a sickening feeling fell upon her. She sighed, not surprised after frantic dreams from the night before surrounding a certain...Hyuga boy.
She shook it off and headed to her bathroom to prepare herself for the morning.
~*A.H*~
After brushing her teeth, she stepped downstairs and into the kitchen she find it empty, as expected. The girls were still asleep, as she should be, but after the night before there was no way she could fall back.
She sat down and poured herself a bowl of cereal, seeing as Hinata was not awake yet.
She sighed, "Today feels boring..."
Suddenly the phone rang, she sighed and stood up from her cereal to pick it up.
"Hello?"
"Tennie, just the girl I wanted to see."
She smiled at the sound of Neji's voice.
"Hi baby!"
"So babe, the guys and I decided that since there's no school, we'll use the yacht today. You guys should get up and get ready."
"Sounds fun, we're we headed?"
"Don't know, but what we do know is we're picking you up at noon on the dot."
She giggled, "Alright, bye baby lov-" she halted.
"Huh? What were you about to say?"
"I-I was gonna say, love the yacht idea!"
"Okay cool, Later,"
"Bye…" she whispered as he hung up. She hung up the phone and leaned on the wall, rubbing her forehead.
"What the hell was I about to say?" she questioned herself.
Hinata yawned softly as she came down the stairs in her silk purple pajamas. She looked surprised when she saw Tenten standing by the phone, looking at her feet.
"Good morning Tenten, you're here early! Can you please go wake the rest of the girls, I don't want them to sleep in so late, I'm going to start breakfast."
"Oh yeah, sure."
Tenten said, hopping off the wall, but then she stopped by Hinata's side for a second.
"Hinata…how do you feel about Naruto?"
Hinata blushed and looked taken aback.
"T-that's a little out of the blue Tennie...I do like him-"
"I mean how do you feel?"
She kept silent, but then cleared her throat.
"I should be getting breakfast ready Tennie!" she said happily.
Tenten frowned but headed upstairs nonetheless.
~*A.H*~
"A yacht ride? Yeah that sounds fun!" Sakura said, picking at her omelet.
"Oohh! Sundresses!" Ino squealed, clapping her hands frantically.
"We could go skinny dipping!" Megami yelled.
The girls stared at her.
"What? what'd I say?" she said confused. The girls laughed.
~*A.H*~
The boys waited outside in the warm sun in spring/summer clothing.
Naruto had on green Capri pants with a red and orange phoenix t-shirt, Gaara had on a black t-shirt with red and white shorts, Sasuke had on a plain white t-shirt with dark blue shorts and a black shoulder bag, Neji had on a blue short sleeved collar shirt with soft purple shorts, and Shikamaru in a grey polo shirt with red shorts.
Neji looked at his watch for the tenth time and grimaced, "I'm pretty sure I said noon. Damn, why does it take girls so long to get dressed?"
At that moment, Ino and Hinata jogged.
"Shika-kun!" Ino yelled as she jumped on top of him.
"Gah!" he yelled as they both toppled over.
"A simple hi would have been suffice…" he grumbled as she giggled cutely.
"Hi Naruto-kun," Hinata smiled up to him as he was sitting on the top of the limo. He jumped down in front of her.
"Hi Hinata, you sure look pretty!"
She blushed, she and Ino both stood in sundresses, hers was a long flowery spaghetti strapped one and Ino's was a strapless bright yellow knee length one.
"Where are the other girls?"
"Sakura and Megami are still getting dressed and Tenten's still taking a bubble bath."
Neji rolled his eyes in annoyance then started walking towards the house.
"Wait Neji-san! She's still-" Hinata called.
"When I say noon I mean noon." he snarled back.
~*A.H*~
Tenten lay her head back on the wall, her hair out of buns and wet as it dangled in the tub. Her personal bathroom had green wallpaper, the rest of it was white including her custom tub.
She closed her eyes in thought, not noticing anyone step in as she soaked in the lavender and peach bubble bath.
"Comfortable?"
Her eyes shot open. She turned her head to where Neji stood by the tub, his hands in his short pockets as he casually looked at her.
She quickly covered herself and glared at him, "what are you doing here you pervert?"
"Who's a pervert?" he narrowed his eyes as he stepped closer.
He kneeled down to her as she sunk deeper into the bath.
"It's past noon, why're you still in the bath? Matter of fact why are you taking a bath anyway instead of a shower, taking your sweet time?"
"What? A girl can't take a bath? Sorry I got distracted, it's so relaxing." she giggled.
"Well hurry up so we can get going," he said.
"I will I will, give me a minute," she said, leaning back again.
He smirked and ran his hand though the top of her wet hair to her confusion though she did not open her eyes. he leaned in her ear and whispered, "You've got five seconds to get out of this tub or I'm coming in."
Her eyes shot open. She smiled sweetly and seductively, "Sure...but there's no way you're coming in with all those clothes on..."
He smirked and leaned into her lips, she leaned in as well and locked lips with him.
She clung onto his shirt, slightly pulling him in. He leaned on the tub forgetting the side was wet until he slipped and fell in.
His head and hair lay in the water as Tenten blinked at him.
She laughed, "well now you're technically in the tub."
~*A.H*~
"WOOHOO! I'm the queen of the world!" Megami yelled, her arms stretched out at the tip of the boat.
"Megami get down from there! The boat hasn't even moved yet, if you fall were not taking you to a hospital just because you wanted to pull some Titanic type shit!" Sakura yelled up to her with the other girls by her side on the dock.
"Party poopers..." she grumbled, getting down. Megami had on white short shorts with a blue tank top. Sakura had on a white loose skirt with a tight pink top with a light pink cardigan. While Tenten stood in green capri pants with a red tank top
"So are we actually going anywhere?" Ino asked the guys who were coming up behind them from talking to the captain, who was about to start the boat.
They shrugged, "Nowhere in particular, but if we see a place we can stop there." Shikamaru said.
As the ten stepped onto the boat they almost instantly began to feel it move.
"Yay!" Megami yelled as they began their descent away from the dock on the ALPHA.
"Well, I know what I'm going to do now," Ino sighed as she tossed her hair back then took off her sundress, revealing a new yellow halter bikini. She slipped on sunglasses as she stepped over to a beach chair.
"I am going to work on my tan, tata!" she called.
"Come on guys! Let's go make some lunch!" Sakura said to the rest of them.
"good! I'm starving!" Naruto exclaimed.
Before Tenten could walk off with the others Neji grabbed a hold of her hand. As she turned back to look at him he leaned into her ear.
"You wanna make lunch?...or you wanna get back in that bath?"
She smirked and pretended to think for a moment, her index finger to her chin.
"Hmm lunch? Or hot and soaking wet in a bath with you...?" she mumbled, he raised a brow.
"Sounds like lunch wins to me!" she smiled, getting out of his grip and walking off.
He grumbled she tilted her head back to him and giggled.
"Don't be sad, you'll get your chance..."
~*A.H*~
"you know Ino, I think you'd look weird with a tan," Tenten said with a video camera in hand to Ino who still lay on a beach chair with sunglasses and a tanning board.
"Get that camera outta my face, if I wanna tan I'll tan, and I'll look damn good doing it." she snapped.
Tenten laughed as Shikamaru walked up to the both of them.
"Hey Tenten, Neji wants to see you, Ino she's right,"
"Oh, so you're on her side now?"
Tenten rolled her eyes. When she saw Megami coming up she smiled while Ino and Shikamaru argued playfully.
"Here Megami, video tape for me will yeah?"
Before she could blink she'd jogged down to the lower deck.
"Shika-kun, can you put lotion on my back?" Ino asked sweetly.
He groaned, "troublesome..."
"Come on, please...?" she whimpered, giving him a puppy dog face.
He groaned again, so she in turn sighed.
"Fine...I guess I'll do it myself..." she said, unclasping her bikini top. She covered her breasts as she dangled her top and stared at him intensely.
He gulped, "you know what, you won't be able to get the whole thing, let me do it."
she smirked, "thanks sweetie."
"Whipped," Gaara coughed as he passed by, holding Sakura's hand. Shikamaru glared at him as Naruto laughed and Sakura hit his shoulder, "What? I was kidding."
~*A.H*~
"Neji, quit playing around, I know you're here somewhere!" she yelled, searching below deck checking room after room.
He'd usually sneak up on her, which she hated with a passion, so she made sure she walked her back.
"Neji, I'm serious come out now or I'm dumping you!" she demanded.
There was still no answer, she sighed and decided to let it be, she opened one of the last few doors which was one of the outside bathrooms, she heard water running, so she sighed and walked in.
"I never said I'd take a bath with you," she said smiling as she crossed her arms, staring at Neji sitting in the large bath, naked and already visibly wet.
He smirked, "you never said you wouldn't either."
She rolled her eyes "good point…"
~*A.H*~
They all sat at the top deck at dusk where the skies were preparing to cast away the sun for the night.
"Have any of you guys seen Neji or Tenten lately?" Sakura asked, sitting on Gaara's lap with a blanket wrapped around herself.
They all shook their heads.
"Come to think of it, Tenten went below deck but she never came up," Hinata said.
The girls giggled, "what do you think there doing?" Megami whispered to Ino.
Ino shrugged in turn, "you can only guess."
~*A.H*~
Tenten tied her hair back into buns, after half an hour of arguing and teasing (through word of mouth and clothing alike) she had finally agreed to take a bath with him.
"Satisfied?" she smirked, sitting on the dry side of the tub as he got dressed.
"Like hell. But I'll get what I can take...for now."
She turned to glare at him, only to stop and stare as she watched him dress.
His hair was down and wet, he stood before her, shirtless as he readjusted his shirt while his shorts hung loose on his smiled slyly to herself as she stood up and sashayed over to him. He, turned to look at her when she made her way over and before he could question her, she leaned up on her tiptoes and kissed him, deeply.
After a few moments of lip locking they released.
"What was that for?" he raised a brow.
She softly giggled, "I don't even really know…do I really need a reason to kiss my own boyfriend?"
"Well, I guess not, but-"
She put her index finger to his lip to silence him, "Shut up and kiss me..." she whispered.
Without responding, he leaned down and locked lips with her again.
"Do you think it'd be a bad idea if we go check on them?" Sakura asked as the girls stood in the kitchen working on dinner.
Ino scoffed as she sliced potatoes. "Definitely! We have no idea what those two are doing. If we barge in there we might end up seeing what we saw with you and Gaara last time!"
Sakura blushed a deep crimson red, the girls fully remembered when it was near Sakura's birthday, Hinata had the unfortunate opportunity of catching them five seconds away from dirty dancing.
Hinata shook her hand and smiled warmly.
"Don't worry girls, Neji's responsible, respectful, and patient, I'm sure they're fine."
~*A.H*~
Quickly, he kicked the door open and slammed it back without letting go of her lips. With her legs wrapped around his waist and her arms were around his neck their tongues fought furiously as he dropped her on the bed without releasing her.
She released from his lips and painfully slowly began to unbutton his shirt while he lovingly kissed down her neck. When all buttons were done he carefully slipped it off and tossed it to the floor, then quickly leaned back down again as his left hand trailed down to her capri pants.
She shivered when they found their way inside her shorts, letting his fingers rub against her.
She threw her head back and shivered as he licked her neck and continued to play with her, she softly moaned.
He slipped off her shirt and pants with his free hand. When both were tossed to the side he kisses down her neck.
She whimpered when he snuck his fingers into her panties and inside her.
Moments later, she tightened around his fingers, moaning and whimpering as he slipped his fingers out.
"kiss me…" she begged, shaking as he worked his hand up her straps.
He leaned in and kissed her warmly, while she wrapped her arms around his neck lovingly.
She knew now what she felt before they had gotten on the boat. What her dreaming of him meant to her.
"Neji…" she whispered nervously. "...I love you."
In a swift motion he was up, his hands off her, sitting at the side of the bed. Her eyes shot open, realizing what she had said.
She looked to him, sitting solemnly on the side of the bed, running his hands through his hair, making a fist with the hand that had touched her in her most vulnerable area.
She gulped, "N-Neji?..." she whispered one hand on a blanket, shielding herself.
Without a word he stood up and walked towards the door, slamming it behind him.
~*A.H*~
Megami hummed the theme song to My Little Pony as she skipped down the hall, trying to figure out where the kitchen was as she had forgotten from earlier.
She raised a brow when she began to pass by the living room, listening to whimpering. Frowning, she opened the door, only to find Tenten surrounded by all four of the girls, crying into her lap.
"Guys! What's going on?!" she yelled, rushed over to them and bending down to Tenten.
"I…Neji and I were…we w-were..." she stuttered, sniffling. "But then I…I-I told him I loved him...and he...just left...just like that...without a word."
"What did he say?"
"He didn't say anything...he just completely ignored me...when I tried to talk to him he slammed his room door in my face and locked it. It;s my own fault for saying something like that out of the blue! I'm so stupid!" she yelled as more tears fell.
"Tenten…you're not stupid. Maybe Neji just needs time. Maybe he didn't know what to say...give it a little time I'm sure he'll come around." Sakura said
"It's okay Tenten…knowing Neji he'll lighten up by breakfast tomorrow," Hinata said reassuringly.
~*A.H*~
The next morning, everyone sat and ate quietly as they sat across from each other's boyfriend or girlfriend. Neji refused to make eye contact with Tenten who tried to figure out something to say to him.
"So…anybody up for a swim?" Naruto offered, after a few more minutes of slightly awkward silence., The majority of them gave their individual responses and began getting up, deciding it best to get out of the tension in the room.
Neji and Tenten on the other hand, remained at the table.
"Neji…"
When he didn't answer she spoke again, "I wanna talk about this!" she said confidently. Though still, he kept quiet.
She stood up and slammed her hand on the table, "why won't you talk to me?! Do you have any idea how hard it was to say something like that and your just gonna shut me out?! Don't you care about my feelings at all?!" she yelled.
He looked up to her with a blank, unreadable expression.
"I can't answer your question..."
she huffed, "in other words, you don't feel the same way."
He sighed, "I've only ever loved one girl…"
"Kaede…right?"
he nodded and turned away from her with a bored expression, "I'm sorry…I can never return your feelings."
Her heart felt like it had shattered into pieces, she clutched her hands into fists as her chest burned while his words rung in her head.
"So I really am just next in line..." she said bitterly.
He gave no response.
She turned on her heels and silently left the kitchen, painfully silently closing the door back.
She ran onto the top deck, while below everyone was preparing themselves to swim, so she was relieved to see it vacant.
She leaned on the railing, salty tears consumed her face and fell into the water as she tried to clear her mind of his kisses.
"I was stupid to think I was different!" she cried bitterly, cursing ever meeting him.
She cursed herself for agreeing to go out with him.
finally she cursed herself,
for falling in love with him.
She looked into the deep blue ocean, leaning in and dangling until the boat hit a rift in the water, causing it to shake, and causing her to fall in, splashing into the sea.
~*A.H*~
"Any luck?!" Hinata asked as the girls met up on the top deck in their swim suits.
"Not at all, I can't find her anywhere," Sakura said breathlessly.
"Me either!" Ino said, exhausted.
"Me either!" Megami whined. "who are we looking for again?"
"Tenten! You fucking moron!"
Sakura paced back and forth as the boys stepped up to the top deck, including Neji.
" Are you girls rea-what's wrong?" Gaara asked, noticing their distraught appearances.
"We can't find Tenten! We went back to the kitchen after changing to get her but she wasn't there! We've looked like everywhere!" Ino yelled.
"Relax girls! She has to be around here somewhere! She couldn't have fallen off the boat." Naruto reassured.
"Neji! You were the last person to see Tenten, do you know where she went?" Sakura asked hopefully.
He shrugged and sighed, I don't know…I don't care."
All four of the girls stopped walking and stared at him with shocked expressions.
"What's wrong with you? How could you say that?" Ino huffed.
He kept the same expression but sighed, "I don't see why you're trying to force me to return the same feelings-"
"We're not forcing shit! We're trying to find our best friend!" Megami yelled.
He smirked, "If you expect me to fucking take her back then-" his sentence seized as the sound of a slap.
Hinata stepped up and slapped him across the right cheek.
He cringed as she held a sad expression.
"You're not Neji…at least not the one I know…what's wrong with you? I don't care what relation we are, I'm not going to stand here and let you talk about Tenten that way," she said sternly.
He glared at her as he faced them again, he scoffed. "I'll be in the lower deck."
With that, he turned around and stepped back down below.
"Guys! You gotta come and see this!" Sakura said yelled from the railing.
The seven of them walked to where Sakura stood by the green raining of the boat.
"look at these hand prints!" she pointed to the wet prints on the railing. "They look like they're sliding off…as if someone…"
They took a step back and Neji halted.
"Y-you don't think…she...!" Hinata stressed to find the right words.
They stood in silence for a few moments before the captain finally stepped onto the top deck.
"You kids should probably get inside, I just got word that there's a storm coming and its dangerous to be out on the top deck. It looks like we'll have to stay here for the night."
"but we have to find our friend Tenten! She could be out there!" Sakura protested.
"I'm sorry ladies, you'll have to wait for tomorrow."
Ino stomped her foot in frustration, "Hyuga! this is all your fault! If anything happens to Tenten I swear you'll be six feet under!" she yelled.
She stormed off down the deck, the girls were silent as they followed behind.
Neji smirked, "Nara…" Shikamaru turned to him with a blank expression.
"You should learn to control your girl…"
"Neji, don't start. You've already managed to piss all the girls off but I'll be damned if you start anything with us," Shikamaru said as they began following the girls.
~*A.H*~
With her clothes torn and her body covered in scratches, she washed up on the island, completely unconsciousness but shivering.
Noticing her, he began pulling her by her shoulders, far and deep into the woods...
~*A.H*~
As the storm raged, each couple sat in separate rooms with their individual pair, safely below listening to the sounds of the storm.
Megami sat on Sasuke's lap on his bed, her legs wrapped around his waist, back in her white nightie, while he was only wearing blood red jeans.
She trailed her hand down his abs with a sad expression as thunder blared.
"Sasuke…?"
"Hm?"
"Do…do you think Tenten's okay? Out there?"
"You know Tenten…she's tough, she'll be fine, wherever she is."
"But she's like a sister to me…to all of us, if we were to lose her I don't know what I'd..."
He pulled her in and kissed her neck, "don't..worry..about..it." he whispered in between kisses.
She slightly pushed back and frowned at him, "I'm serious Sasuke! I'm sorry I can't think straight right now…I'll be in my room..." she said sadly, getting off of him.
Before he could protest she walked out and closing the door behind her, he in turn growled and glared at nothing.
"Hyuga…" he whispered bitterly.
Sakura lay on top of Gaara, playing with the undone buttons of his shirt while he played with her lace pink nightie with another arm around her waist.
By the way she was slowly playing with the button,s he knew her thoughts were elsewhere.
"Sakura…are you alright?"
She sighed, "I've been thinking about Tenten…"
"Worried?" he asked.
He felt her nod against his chest.
"Gaara…what if she doesn't come back?...what if we can't find her…I'll be so devistat-"
"Sakura..." he whispered, tilting her head up.
"everything is going to be fine…just relax right now and we can think about this in the morning..." he said, leaning in to kiss her.
"Relax?" she said eghast, sitting up quickly, to his surprise. To further his shock she hopped off him and stood firmly.
"How do you expect me to relax when my best friend is out there possibly…" she sighed, not wanting to say the word. "I'm gonna go..."
she picked up a couple items of clothing and quickly stepped out, shutting the door behind her.
He sat up and scratched his hair roughly in annoyance.
"Damn hyuga…"
Ino sat on Shikamaru missionary style with her hands on his chest. She was in a silk yellow nightie, while he was lying shirtless with black jeans on with both his hands behind his head.
Her expression was grim and she seemed to be staring to the wall.
He sighed, understanding. "Thinking bout Tenten?"
She slowly nodded, "I just want everything to be back to normal…I wish I knew where she was…Shika-kun I'm so scared!"
Don't be, wherever she is I know she's okay, she's a big girl..."
"but how can you be so sure? You don't know everything! She's probably either in the water drowning or off at some unknown island!"
He sighed as he twirled a lock of her hair with two fingers.
"The captain said not to worry now…we'll see tomorrow and-"
"Tomorro?w!" she hopped off of him, he blinked in shock.
"Tenten might not have a tomorrow! I'm not gonna sit there and play around with you while Tenten's in danger!" she huffed, walking out and slamming the door behind him.
He groaned and flopped back into the pillows.
"Hyuga you son of a bitch…"
Hinata and Naruto sat in Naruto's room, cuddling. He lay shirtless with his hands behind his head, staring up to the ceiling with red khaki's on. She lay closely to him in a purple silk nightie, twirling her finger on his chest, deep in thought.
"Let me guess...you have Tenten on the mind?"
She nodded simply. "Naruto-kun…do you think Nej-niisan's upset with me…I've never done anything like that to a family member before..."
"Naah he'll cool off, you know Neji, easy temper, easy forgiver!"
She sighed, "I was just so scared for Tenten, I had to blame him..." she said sadly.
"It's not your fault Hina…everyone's worried…but I know…it'll all be okay," he whispered leaning in to kiss her.
She sighed and sat up, leaving his lips lingering. He opened his eyes and looked up to her.
"Not now Naruto-kun…I need to think…" she smiled sadly, getting up and making her way to the door.
He sat up and frowned as she closed the door behind her.
"Neji...you had better fix this..."
Neji stood at the top of the deck while the storm blared, though he had been assured not too, he allowed the heavy rain to poor on him and the winds to place while lightening burned the skies.
He wanted to blame Tenten for getting herself in the mess, but he knew in his heart it was his fault.
He should have been more gentle and not so harsh about letting her down, though he was going to anyway.
The boat shook, though he did not care one bit. It swayed back and forth heavily, causing him too, though he still tried his best not to pay any attention as he found himself calling out for her.
But, before he knew it, the harsh wind pushed against him up and (as if fate was teaching him a lesson) he slipped on the watery railing, falling over, into the deep waters.
~*A.H*~
"Are you kidding me? First Tenten now Neji? Where are we?! In the fucking Bermuda triangle?!" Sakura yelled pacing back and forth in the morning when the storm had settled.
"It must have been the storm. He must have been stupid enough to go up there last night." Sasuke shrugged.
"I've determined that they both fell into the water, and since the captain or no other nearby ships have seen any dignified bodies, they must have ended up on island, now, since we're near Fudaku and the boat is due east, we should be near Shinjitsu island (Truth island). If my calculations are correct, that should be six miles, fourty meters and 3,006.25 inches from here." Ino said, looking up from her calculator.
They all stared at her in awe and silence.
She blushed, "what…I pay attention in class…sometimes..."
Sakura hid behind Gaara and began rapidly typed on her advanced calculator.
"She's right…" she slightly whispered fearfully. "She's actually right!"
"Ha!" Ino stuck her tongue out.
Hinata sighed, "well, it seems we're off too Shinjitsu island then!"
~*A.H*~
His eyes slowly opened as they tried to adjust to the blaring, hot sun. When they were finally able to adjust to his surroundings he cringed and shook.
Only his eyes trailed around at his surroundings, while his body lay immobile and weak.
He used his hands to feel the ground below him, discovering himself to be laying on sand. He lifted his head up a bit, where in front of him was the wide open sea, behind him sat tall palm trees and other, smaller trees of different kinds with various fruits hanging from.
His shirt and shorts were torn in various places and he was completely soaked.
"where…the hell am I?" he whispered to nothing, or at least what he thought was nothing.
"Shinjitsu," a deep male voice spoke.
He twisted around, where sitting on his knees in front of him was a man that looked a couple years older than him.
He had a deep tan, long shoulder length blond hair, and a fit body, he smiled at Neji.
"Looks like you end up on Shinjitsu too. Funny, just got another person end up here the same way you did, friend." he said with a heavy accent Neji couldn't place.
Tenten!
"Really?! What did they look like? I might know them, I'm looking for my friend,"
"Really? Funny. She a girl, brown hair. She seem upset when she end up here, I try to talk, she shut me out,but lately she seem to be doing fine."
"That's Tenten!"
"Yes! That's the name, I'll take you to her, name is Umi," (ocean)
"Neji Hyuga." Neji said bluntly.
Neji hiked with Umi through about a half a miles worth of jungle, that is until he finally started to hear music, like bongos, flutes and a couple other instruments.
They finally reached a large open space with tall huts and tents, with people who had the same tan skin as Umi.
There were men and woman and children of all ages. Teenage boys and girls danced in a circle while older men played instruments. The parents clapped and the little children ran around, they all (like Umi) had grass made clothing.
suddenly he noticed, in the middle of the dancing and clapping teens was Tenten, still in her jean shorts and blue-green tank top (though torn) with her hair down and decorated in flowers.
When she saw Umi coming over she smiled warmly, but when she saw Neji behind him it dropped all together.
Umi dropped the fish he had collected in a hut, then came back out and walked Neji over to Tenten while island girls swooned behind him.
"Here she is," Umi said cheerfully. Tenten couldn't even look at him.
"Where's everyone else?" she asked barely above a whisper.
"On the boat, looking for us I guess, the girls worried sick about you, what're you doing here? How did you even get here?"
"Why would you come to look for me?...I thought.."
"I didn't come, I got caught in storm and ended up here."
She scoffed and turned to him, "So why don't you do me a favor and go back! Of all the people to be stuck here with why did it have to be you?!" she snapped, pushing him out of her way and walking to a hut.
That gave the island fangirls a chance to crowd around him, but he stared off to Tenten who stood with her arms crossed by the hut.
He watched Umi run up to her, he said something which she returned with a sad expression. He frowned and pushed her hair back from her face softly, she smiled sadly as they both walked into the hut.
Neji glared off to them, angry and confused.
~*A.H*~
"Are you even reading this map right?" Ino demanded.
"Of course I am! Excuse me! Who the one that passed geography with an A plus and who fell asleep in class and just barely passed with a D minus?" Sakura growled.
"I don't need to know geometry to tell you we're going the wrong way!" Ino protested, pointing on the map.
" It's geography!" Sakura yelled, tightening her hair in frustration, "geography. Look Ino-pig! I'm the genius here!" she shot.
"Oh yeah forehead?! Then why don't you fly us there?!" Ino yelled back
"who do you think you're talking too?!"
"You! Obviously!"
They continued to yell back and forth as they had been doing for the last couple hours.
Hinata and Megami sat on the sidelines, a long beach sat at the edge in a long soft purple sundress, watching the girls argue and silently begging them to stop. Megami lay on it with sunglasses, blowing a red and white paper fan to her face while the boys worked with the captain below.
The hunt for Neji and Tenten continued on.
~*A.H*~
The tribe ate dinner together in a circle around a fire, as they did a couple elders told the children stories.
Tenten sat next to Umi and talked to him about life in the city, while he told her about life in the jungle and on the island.
Neji sat back, hating everything around him and watching them laugh together.
"You know why island is called Shinjitsu? If you stay on island, it help you find yourself, and say things you never thought would come out of mouth."
She giggled, "too late for that…" she whispered.
He softly smiled at her, "you really love him…?"
"I…I think I do…I know I do…maybe…but like I said..." she looked over to Neji who was still crowded around the island girls. "he doesn't feel the same way…"
"He very lucky to have your love," he smiled warmly.
She blushed at him and looked down, not noticing Neji's glaring eyes on the both of them.
"Girls…it's getting late, we should probably call it a night..." Naruto frowned, coming up and putting a blanket over Hinata who had fallen asleep on the beach chair while Sasuke picked up a drifting Megami.
The sky was clouded, just like the girls themselves.
"we can't find them," Sakura whispered leaning on the railing as Gaara stepped up and put a hand to her shoulder.
"We've been working all day…there's no sight of any island…let alone Shinjitsu..." Ino whispered as Shikamaru sat down next to her and held her hand.
Naruto frowned as he picked Hinata up carefully, "we'll find them…trust me guys..."
~*A.H*~
When everyone had gone to sleep only Umi, Tenten, and Neji sat around the dying fire.
"You know, if you concentrate on fire, you find something about yourself." Umi spoke as he and Tenten still continued their conversation.
"Really?" Tenten asked, unbelieving.
"Yes, will not believe what I get from this island…it magical..."
Neji raised a brow but Tenten looked intrigued, Umi clapped his hands as he looked into the fire, "looks like we having a few new visitors!"
"what do you mean?"
"Looks like people on boat, coming to island..."
Neji scoffed, "how do you know that?"
"I'm reading fire."
Neji rolled his eyes and Tenten raised a brow, though they let him continue.
"Wait, what do they look like?" Tenten asked frantically.
"Few girls, a few boys. eight...I believe. Strange hair colors..."
"That's my friends! They're heading toward the island!"
"How long do you think it'll take for them to get here?" Neji asked, so desperate to get off the island, he would believe anything. A few hours on it and he craved a hot, electrical powered shower.
"Can't see that. Sorry. Sorry."
Neji groaned while Tenten glared at him while Umi smiled.
"why don't you give try? About to go out, that means rest, go ahead!"
Tenten stared at the fire, Neji irritably looked at it, trying not to be rude, while Umi watched them intensely.
Sakura sat up from a knock on her door, as she had still been awake. She got up and walked over to her door and opened it.
Standing outside was the rest of the girls who stared at her with puppy dog eyes.
She sighed, "can't sleep either?" they all nodded and stepped in.
"You guys, I don't want to sit around and do nothing, I could give two shits where Neji is but Tenten-"
"You shouldn't say that Ino! Neji's just as important no matter what he did!" Hinata said sternly.
Sakura sighed, "I understand how Tenten must have felt but there was no reason to react…maybe he just wasn't ready to say anything, you guys remember what happened at the ski resort..."
They were about to retort until Megami shushed them then sniffed the air life a dog, "you guys smell that?"
"Smell what?" Ino asked, grimacing at her nose in the air as if she was a blood hound.
She howled like a wolf.
"Will you shut up! What are you talking about?" Sakura demanded.
she didn't answer, she simply got up and ran out.
"Gami! Wait!" Ino called.
The girls quickly followed behind as she ran up to the top deck, the wind was harsh as she leaned against the railing.
"Look!" she yelled, pointing to the distance. The girls looked to it, it was extremely hard to see but they could see a blotch like a dark spot in the sea.
"Yeah so?" Sakura shurgged.
"I can smell rice and bananas, and pineapples! It must be an island-"
"and since were heading east it has to be Shinjitsu!" Hinata said happily
"Ino go wake the boys! I think we've found them!" Sakura squealed as Megami barked.
~*A.H*~
Thanks to Umi, Tenten and Neji were forced to share a hut, which of course both of them argued about but ended up having to do it anyway.
Neji lay on the left and Tenten sat at the corner as far away from him as she possibly could get, staring out the small cut window in the hut. It was surrounded by trees but she could see a glimpse of the sparkling nighttime water.
She wondered what her friends were doing right at that moment.
It made her think about what she had seen when she looked into the small fire.
She didn't directly see anything but she did feel, happiness, warmth, pleasure, and confusion and illness all at the same time. She didn't understand it at all and when she asked Umi about it, he just kept smiling and told her she would have to figure it out on her own someday.
It only made her feel worse, the last thing she wanted to do was spend a night with him.
Her heart was heavy, at this point she wasn't sure she had said the right thing a couple days before.
"Neji…?"
"What." he snapped coldly.
"I don't think…I don't think I was confident when I said what I said a couple days ago, maybe it was just in the heat of the moment, I don't know but…now I'm just confused…if you didn't feel the same way...why did you need to reject me so badly? Why couldn't you just let me know nicely."
It felt like hours before he answered, she heard a grunt then she listened to him sit up.
She turned around and crossed her legs.
He was looking down.
"back when I was fifteen, while Kaede and I were going out-" she was stiff, she knew her name was going to come up in this, it always does in their relationship.
Well…it did.
"I…told her the same thing, and she gave me the same reaction, it hurt…a lot, I never thought I'd be able to give my heart to anyone…but a year later she finally said it, I thought that was it, we'd be together forever, I could never love anyone else…but then-"
"I know." she said quietly
They sat in silence.
She nervously and carefully shook herself over closer to him, debating whether to kiss him or not.
But he did it instead.
"I'm not really sure how I feel about you Tennie…so I don't think I can say it...at least not any time soon..."
She smiled sadly, "it's okay, I'm positive how I feel about you…so…I'll wait for you..." she said, looking him in the eyes.
He chuckled, "I can't believe it was that easy to get you back,"
She glared, "you didn't win jack shit, I was waiting for you to fess up, you didn't think I was going to let this whole break up thing last did you?"
He smirked and kissed her again.
"Not for one second..."
She closed her eyes and brought his head closer, deepening the kiss
Before they knew it they were fighting for dominance inside each others mouths, which he gladly won over, though she did not care as she wrapped her arms around his neck, he lowered her onto the ground.
finally releasing from her mouth, he trailed his tongue down to her neck, she leaned against the wall, caressing his hair, shivering and biting her lip as her breathing increased, while he in turn focused on removing her tank top.
When that was off and tossed to the ground he used his index finger to slip off off her shorts. She grunted as she shuffled out of them, leaving her only in her green lace bra and panties. As he began kissing down her chest he used one hand to unclasp her bra from behind, then to her surprise, began licking her breast.
She moaned out lightly, her legs shaking. While he continued to lick her she used both hands to slip off his pants, leaving him only in his boxer shorts.
Finally stopping, he trailed his tongue down until he faced her underwear, she shut her eyes and clutched her hands into fists, knowing what was coming next.
He painfully slowly pulled her panties down until they reached her feet, where she lifted her legs to allow him to toss them.
No more than a second later, a gasp escaped her lips at the feeling of his tongue inside her. She let out a rough moan while he in turn tasted her.
"N-Neji..." she moaned, bucking her hips.
after a few moments she let out a silent moan, tightening around him. Her breathing was piercing, even when he came back up and quickly kissed her.
He continued to kiss her as she slipped off his boxers, but as soon as he did she switched around so she was on top.
She smiled at him as he stared up at her, blinking in confusion. she said nothing but simply closed her eyes and began to settle herself on top off him. she shivered, feeling him inside her.
when they were finally connected she let out a low grunt and squinted, it hurt at first but after a few seconds pain turned into pleasure for both of them.
On her own accord she continued to grind, he kept his hands on her hips, every few seconds he would groan her name, the same went for her.
Before they would both finish he twisted around so now he was on top, so that he could finish. She moaned softly as he rode her, grunting and clutching his teeth together.
Finally, unable to contain herself, she moaned loudly, coming apart around him as she shivered in her climax.
Moments later he finished, thrusting into her once more before sighing heavily and pulling out, laying next to her.
the both of them lay, breathing heavily but both knew very well they were far from done.
After a few more times of the same action, they lay with his hands wrapped around her as she snuggled into his chest, exhausted.
"I love you..." she whispered
He sighed as he spoke back.
"I know..."
~*A.H*~
The next day, Tenten woke up with a massive headache, with her hair messy and tangles in various places.
She rubbed her forehead and cringed at the small shade of sun coming from the window.
It was a chilly night so she was glad to see her blanket was wrapped around her, well part of her anyway, and it wasn't the only reason it was wrapped around her.
She looked down and her breath caught in her throat
She was naked.
She looked around and her eyes fell on him.
There lay Neji, sleeping soundly next to her with his chest bare and visible with his hair loose and messy.
She smiled warmly and she remembered the previous night. Glad that they had come to an understanding (with a few added benefits) she hugged herself and flopped back onto the ground, snuggling close to him.
~*A.H*~
A few hours into mid-day, a voice came through the trees as Neji and Tenten Sat eating lunch.
"Hello!" they heard various voices tribe listened as well.
"Tenten! Neji! Are you guys here?!"
"Shut up idiot! You might attract some wild animal or something!"
"Well how else are we gonna find them forehead?!"
"It's them!" Tenten squealed jumping up and heading for the trees while Neji followed closely behind.
"They have to be here! If not they must be in water, that's the only place surrounding enough for a human body to stay but they can't survive long," Ino said.
"Okay, that smart thing is really starting to get annoying," shikamaru said tiredly.
"Hey you're not the only one with a brain!"
"Can you guys focus?! We won't get anywhere unless we-"
"Guys!" Tenten yelled, pouncing them.
"Tenten!" the girls yelled together.
"Neji!" Naruto said as Neji came from out of the trees.
"We were so worried! Thank goodness!" Hinata said as they stood up together.
Tenten was smiling brightly, more than normal. The girls looked at her in confusion, then to Neji, then back to her.
"that look on your face…it's famiiliar..." Megami said dryly. "Something smells of sweat and endorphins...you had sex, didn't you."
Tenten blushed and looked away as Neji smirked at her.
Quickly, she shook her head. "guys, there's this kid you have to meet! He saved both of our lives!"
"Nice job changing the subject, that would be cool but we don't have much time, we have to get back to Konoha," Sakura said.
"I know! Just come and meet him really quick!" she said, getting up and dragging them away.
"Umi? I haven't seen him all day."
"Umi? Who knows, he's always off somewhere."
"Umi, not sure."
Everyone she asked had the same response, he seemed to wander wherever then come back later in the day.
she sighed, "I didn't even get to say goodbye…"
Hinata put her hand on her shoulder reassuringly, "come on Tenten…it's time to go..."
~*A.H*~
The boat sailed off Shinjitsu island, Tenten watched as they got further and further away from it.
Gaara shook his head as he passed by, "we even have fangirls on unknown islands...it never ends."
Tenten looked off at the distance as she could still see the island.
She also saw a certain manish figure, like a shadow, wave to her from a far end of the island.
She blinked a couple times, but then smiled and waved back.
She turned her head slightly, Neji was behind her, after quickly taking a hot shower he and her both stood in clean clothes. He spoke to the guys.
She smiled.
The night they had was unexplainable, and she knew judging from the look on his face it wasn't the end of it.
Besides.
He didn't love her.
But she was okay with it.
Because she was patient.
Someday he'd say it, she hoped…someday soon.
T^B^C
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