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A/N: I am so sorry, but I'm back, hopefully. If I sound different to any of you guys please tell me then, in order to help the both of us, tell if I changed for the better or worse.

Chapter 26: The Date part 1

Surprisingly, Saturday came by faster than Tenten could have expected it to. One minute she was lounging in her office, talking to Ikuya and Essence about the date, saying things like; "I can't wait." And "I wonder how the food will taste", now, it's the day of, and she was getting out of work with a worried face on. Outside, Yuuya stood, leaning against his car lazily, looking like he was worth a million dollars. Inside the car, Kanae and Meme sat in the back, leaning out the window or looking over the roof of the car.

He smiled at her as she walked up then reached his hand out in a princely manner, taking hers and kissing it lightly before opening her door and waving his hand in front of her. "Your chariot awaits, Madam." He joked.

Meme laughed form her spot at the window and Kanae scoffed, falling back into the back seat roughly and crossing her arms. Tenten smiled at her, nonetheless and scooted past Yuuya to take her seat, allowing her face to fall back into a state of confusion as he walked over to the driver's side.

"What's wrong, Tenten?" Yuuya asked as he buckled up. Meme and Kanae looked at her from their spots in the backseats, worry dying one of their faces.

"Nothing, I'm just, worried. I mean, I haven't been on many dates, and the one I have been on with you I didn't have to worry about looking all fancy or anything like that because you told me to go out in my pajamas. I mean, where are we going; the movies, some fancy restaurant, a not-so-fancy restaurant, a walk through the town, where?!"

"Well you don't need to worry about all that." Kanae huffed as she sat back and stared at her phone. "We have four hours until your little date with Neji, and for those three hours we are taking care of you."

Tenten sighed. It was true. She had heard from Meme who heard from Neji that he wanted the three of them to help her out with her preparations for their date. It wasn't that he thought she was incapable of doing so, he just wanted to make it less stressful for her while giving his best three students a little more experience outside of classes.

"Don't worry, Tenten." Meme cooed as she looked out the window, smiling. "We are very experienced with these situations. Besides, Neji-san has already told us where you two will be going."

Tenten looked up, ready to speak, but she was interrupted by Yuuya. "WE have also been instructed to not tell you anything besides the fact that it's a very fancy restaurant." He started. "And it's very expensive and that he doesn't want you to freak about the price or anything."

Tenten frowned at Yuuya then sat back, deciding to stare out the window for the time being. She had hardly remembered anything besides her date with Neji this whole day. She vaguely remembered talking to Ikuya and Essence about her future plans with "Mr. Wonderful", as Ikuya refers him as, and that they were overjoyed and very, very loud about it, but that was now the past. Now, in the present, she was sitting in the car of her Ex/best-male-friend, staring out the window, going somewhere completely new to her for someone else's sake, anticipating her date with the Japans most popular and desired fashion designer, while the obviously-in-love-with-him, beautiful, best friend is sitting in the back seat with the other love-him-like-a-brother best friend beside her, trying to calm the latter down, and there was only one thing she had to admit about her situation…this was awkward.

"So," she began, pushing her bangs out of her eyes as she turned to the backseat. "Did anything fun happen to you guys in my days of absence?"

Meme smiled at her, but shook her head no. "We have been doing work most of the time. There's this big thing coming up for us, so…"

"It was rather peaceful when you weren't around." Kanae added, still looking angrily out the window. She then turned and smiled brightly. "No offense, though."

Tenten smiled back, hiding the "offense-taken" feeling she was getting from her words under it, then turned back to look out the window, allowing, once again, the awkward silence that built up between them to reform.

"Do you want to know who's doing what with you, Tenten?" Meme broke in, smiling sweetly as she always did.

Tenten smiled at her in return, feeling that she was smiling unnecessarily a lot today, then shook her head and faced her. "Sure."

"I'm picking out your outfit." Yuuya started, making Tenten look his way.

"I have your makeup." Meme started. "And Kanae has your hair."

"The image we have for you is sophisticated yet sexy." Yuuya cooed while smiling at some image he was seeing in his head. "Beautiful yet playful, professional yet intoxicating-"

"I think she gets the concept, Yuuya." Kanae cut in, her eyes tearing through the back of the car seat. Needless to say, the car got quiet again after that.

And the awkwardness came back again.

I have to fix this. Tenten though, sighing as she sat back and stared out the window as a familiar scene came up.

Shopping

"Is this really all that necessary, Yuuya?" Tenten asked as she changed in what was possibly the tenth dress he had pulled out for her. "I mean, you're only making it harder for yourself by pulling out all of these dresses."

"That doesn't matter." Yuuya called as he threw another dress over the changing room door. "We need to pick out more than one anyways. Neji said that it was a two day date."

"It's a what?"

He was quiet, possibly because he left to go find more dresses that could possibly flatter Tenten's assets, that, or he realized he had said something that wasn't sup[posed to be said and made a run for it. either way, he wasn't around the door anymore, giving her a chance to rest and step out of the cramped place.

She sighed, running her hands through the soft fabric of the dress that clung tightly to her small waist. She turned then, staring at her reflection in the mirror, and then smiled at the woman looking back at her. She looked darling in the long black dress that had a cowl neckline and a slit from the ground up to her thigh on the right side. She turned, allowing her to admire the woman some more, and showed her the back drop on the dress that pooled at the curve between her butt and back.

Tenten laughed just as Kanae came up, holding a dress of her own, one that was similar to the one Tenten had on, just with a sweetheart neckline, straps, and a wavy split; no back drop. She smiled, reaching out to take the dress from her, before she turned and placed it on the hook.

"You have a cute fashion sense." She complimented, finally getting a smile out of her as she bowed a little in thanks. "So," she started. "How have you advanced with getting Yuuya?"

Kanae flushed then ducked her head, trying her best to hide her emotions, but failing miserably. Tenten smiled at her as if he was looking at a younger sibling, and then looked about as Kanae looked back up, smiling like she hadn't understood. "What do you mean?" she asked, turning Tenten around in attempts to unzip her.

"Well you like him don't you?"

She flipped, her face turning beat red, before she shoved Tenten into the dressing room. She looked around before she went in after her. "How did you find out?" Kanae yelled as she leaned against the door.

"Well," she started. "Yuuya told me about your little experiment with him and Neji, first off. Second, I always see you staring at him, and the way you look at him is practically screaming that you want him. So, it's pretty obvious."

"To everyone but him." Kanae complained, leaning back against the locked door. "I mean I do everything to try to get him to notice me. He does, but never the way I want him to. I don't understand what it is I have to do to get that idiot to understand!"

"It's probably because of your time with him before. He probably thinks that you aren't being serious with him anymore, or that you're acting like you like him not like him like him."

"But I am!" she complained, as she turned Tenten around, zipping her back up before she inspected her. She scrunched up her nose in a manner that reminded Tenten of Ino, before she shook her head. "Take it off. I don't like it anymore."

She did as she was told, turning back around in order to get unzipped again. "Well," she started. "Had I known of your feelings for him, I would have not agreed to go out with him."

Kanae looked up, smiling at Tenten as the dress dropped and pooled around her feet. She stepped closer, placing her delicate hands on her hip, smiling broader as her hand traced her frame, ending at Tenten's stomach. Kanae's cold fingers had Tenten hissing, flexing her stomach unintentionally under her touch. "It wouldn't have mattered." Kanae started, allowing her hand to drop from the girl's body. "Besides, you wouldn't have even known me like that to care enough, and even if you had known me," she stopped and smiled again, noticing how Tenten was now hiding her body from the girl shyly. "Yuuya would have never let a girl like you skip him up without a fight."

"Oh."

"So," Kanae sighed. "What do I do? How do I get my message through to him?"

That was when the door opened, making the both of them jump up and attempt to hide Tenten's bare body. They calmed down, however, after realizing that it was just Meme. "Tell him." She cooed, handing the girls three dresses. One was a layered, black, high low dress with an empire waistline and beading juts under the bust. The second was another black, key hole, halter top dress that looked like it stopped in the middle of the thigh, and the third dress was a long, strapless, chiffon white dress with a sweetheart neckline. Either way, they were all cute and eye catching.

"I'm more than sure that he can't say that you weren't serious if you were."

Tenten nodded as she reached for the three dresses, pulling out the keyhole dress first. "Where is he anyways?"

"The last time I saw him he was pulling an empty clothing rack behind him that had a good five dresses on them. I believe he's still looking."

"Great, so, we'll be here long."

Kanae smiled then started to head out. "I'll leave you to get dressed."

"Thanks." Tenten sighed. "And Kanae, please, just try to tell him, please."

She smiled, nodding once before she walked out with Meme following.

At Tenten's apartment *(I don't recall visiting here much so…yeah)

Yuuya was happy. He was, unfortunately for his father, the kind of guy that enjoyed shopping with females. He loved watching them, studying them in their natural habitat and seeing what all they liked and disliked about certain clothing brands. He loved acting like he was a well dressed employee at the stores and matching women with an outfit, complete with the jewelry and shoes if provided, that best suited their assets. He loved seeing their happy faces afterwards, and even didn't mind that he gets mistaken for one of the men that looked like he liked girls but, unfortunately, liked men. Whenever he was out shopping, he felt like he was in a male heaven, though most don't see what he sees in a mall filled with beautiful women.

Tenten was easy to shop for. She wasn't picky, she didn't like disappointing anyone so she tried on everything, even the thing she originally thought she wouldn't like but liked afterwards. She even looked good in damn near everything she put on. Her small physique made it easier to find her outfits, and her cute face and full body made it easier to spruce her up. In the end, however, he couldn't pick just one outfit for her. All of them each picked a dress that looked drop-dead-gorgeous on her.

Kanae had found a red one shoulder, natural waistline, with a cut out back, a sequin embellishing and a keyhole front. The dress itself had made Tenten look taller, something she liked, and it hugged all of her features. She loved the dress, but that wasn't the only one she loved.

Meme had picked another Keyhole dress; a black halter top that stopped at Tenten's thighs and hugged her body just as tight as Kanae's did, and, once again, she loved this one. She loved the way it complimented her figure while showing off her bust just enough to taunt and tease. She loved the length too. It was a comfortable length, not too short, not too long.

Yuuya, on the other hand went with a black and white, natural waistline, strapless, sweetheart neckline, dress, with a sparkle skirt, and, naturally, he bought accessories. Tenten, as expected loved this one. To her, it looked like one of those casual dresses she could wear often, so, it was a keeper. Unfortunately, it wasn't the kind of dress she wanted to wear to this kind of outing. So his was out for the date dress option.

"I think." Tenten, started, placing her finger on her chin. "I think I'm picking Kanae's dress." She smiled, making Kanae scream as if she just won a serious award. "But I want to keep Yuuya's and Meme's dresses as well. I think I could wear them some other time."

"Fine by me." Yuuya started as he packed the other two dresses back into their bags. "By the way, you really need to remodel this place."

"What?"

"Yeah, I'm agreeing with Yuuya." Kanae moaned as she looked around, hugging herself closely. "Honestly I expected more from you. I mean, I thought it would look…well…regular, but damn, Tenten. Put some variety in your home."

"Oh shut up!" Tenten complained as she sat down, looking around at the small apartment. After some time, she smiled, deciding that she didn't care.

"Tenten, someone's at the door." Meme called. "Should I let them in?"

"Yeah." She started, standing up to scratch her butt, getting a laugh out of Kanae out of that. "It's probably Ino. She said she would help with my makeup and hair and stuff."

"Wait." Kanae said with a jolt. "Ino, as in Yamanaka Ino. That Ino?"

"The one and only." Ino smiled, stepping in past Meme. "Hello, gorgeous. I don't think I had the pleasure of meeting you." She looked around. "Or, any of you, really…Oh, but I have seen you before and I must say that you're even hotter in person." She was pointing at Yuuya, taking note of Kanae's sudden loss of interest in her being there.

"Hey, Ino."

"Water-bug." She stated –a name that only she calls me whenever we're alone. "Who's your peeps…besides, you know, Yuuya."

"Well the small one is Meme and the hot one is Kanae."

"Aw, thanks." Kanae started, regaining her confidence. "And Yamanaka-san, let me just say that it is a pleasure to meet you."

Ino beamed. "Ino is just fine, hun. Now, unless I'm here for some other reason, let's get this party started. Tenten, You're about to get the best makeover of your life."

With Tenten a Couple of Hours later

"What happened with you having my makeup and Meme having my hair?" she asked as she drove through the streets looking for Hinata's house, a.k.a. her "car safe zone". She was on the phone with Kanae, fully dress, primed and prepped and ready to wait for her "Man", as Ino had addressed him, to come pick her up from his cousins.

"Well, we got a little too carried away with the shopping. Sorry." Kanae laughed from the other end. "Hey are all your windows up?"

"Yes, and my heater is on but not on full blast. I have my heels in the front seat so that my feet wouldn't get so tired so fast and a have that ridicules sleeping cap over my head that you and Ino forced me to wear. I did everything you two told me to do so stop pestering me woman."

"Jeez, calm down, I'm just trying to help."

"You should be helping yourself. You still haven't told Yuuya about how you feel for him have you?"

"…"

"Kanae, you need to do that soon, or someone else will come and take him."

"Like you did." She joked.

"Yeah, yeah. You joke now, but it won't be funny when something does happen. Now, I gotta go. I see Hinata's house and his car is already outside."

"Okay."

They hung up and Tenten instantly let out a breath that she wasn't aware of holding as she pulled up behind Hinata's car. She took another deep breath and ripped the sleeping cap off, looking at herself through her rearview mirror. She smiled a little as she fluffed her hair then sighed, reaching for her shoes and putting them on quickly before she opened the door and stepped out.

"Tenten." Hinata cooed as she opened the door before Tenten could reach it. "Wow…you look…wow." She shook her head triumphantly in a Naruto like manner before she boldly stated: "I'd hit that if I swung that way."

Tenten laughed, stopping short of the door to regain herself, but it was harder than it had seemed. Hearing Hinata say something so out of character just made her crack up and loosen up. It made her feel like…herself.

She finally stopped laughed, whipping a tear from her eye then smiled at the girl who was knowingly smiling back at her. "Thank you." She sighed, walking up to hug her.

"Tenten." A deep voice called, making her tense back up a little.

She opened her eyes and felt her heart stop at the sight of him; his long dark hair was lose and flowing as he walked down stairs, smiling at her with wonder in his white eyes. He stopped at the base of the stairs and smiled softer, allowing her to look him over some more.

He wore one of his suites, naturally. A black one that complimented his every feature, the kind that made his pristine skin seem just as beautiful as the last time she had seen it, touched it, the kind that made him look lean and muscular and…jumpable. He looked, in short gorgeous.

"You look…wow." He finally said after stepping up to her, making her smile. She couldn't blame his response, though. The girls, and Yuuya, had worked hard on her, telling her specific things to do, buying her beautiful clothes and all the works that came with a complete makeover.

With on jeweled hand, rings borrowed from Ino, she moved a lock of her loos, curly hair, out of her face, then stepped farther into the house, reaching a hand out to Neji's tie to mess with it since he, being "perfect", didn't have anything to fix.

"That's what Hinata said." She smiled.

"Well, damn." He started as he slyly placed his hands on either side of her waist. "She beat me to the punch line."

Tenten laughed then pulled back, taking a hold of his hand before she walked out of the door Hinata held open for them. "I want her back by 12:00 Mr." She jokingly yelled.

"I can't promise that." Neji called as he walked around to the driver's side after opening Tenten's door.

Tenten watched him as he buckled up and started the car, a small smile seemingly plastered on his face. He looked at her, unknowingly making her heart skip a beat, before he moved in, cupping her face in his big hands, and kissed her passionately. Tenten, being her usual self, froze for a second before she opened her mouth, letting him take full access of her. Her hands shot up afterwards, cupping his face roughly in both of her hands, and pulled him closer, making the kiss deeper. She heard a moan, a low one that sounded familiar then realized that it was him and couldn't help but smile a little just as they broke, both breathing hard and a little red faced.

"You ready?" He asked.

She shook her head, looking away from him in attempts to control herself. She never understood why, but whenever she was around him, something in her clicked, and she became someone else, someone less stuck up, someone she grew to accept and want more of. She became a new woman.

And she liked that.

So this will be the last update on Microsoft word for some time. Until I get it on my computer I will have to use another thing called Office X something…any who! Just a little heads-up. I will be updating, just…expect more…mistakes. Cause word corrected me…often.