Disclaimer: I do not have Naruto in my arsenal of 'own'!

This is just like what happened with my Yu Yu Hakusho (don't own) one… Guess there's no point to argue, eh? (Curse me) I'll try my best, forgive me if I don't suite your flavor. Mine's sour. (Awww… you know what I mean… Sour, spite, backstabbing… Ignore me.) I'm going to like this. (Be afraid now)

Neji sighed yet again as he finished TenTen's diary for the who knows how many times. It had been ten years now, and still he remembers the shock that night when he found out that she had moved. It still stung. It stung ever so hard, but he worked over it some how. Still, everyday, he would read that last entry, and pretty soon, he had memorized it, but he still read it.

He and Lee would still keep in touch, but mainly Lee was too busy with his life to really pay any attention to Neji's, but he sometimes did, and even though Neji still won't show it, he appreciated it very much.

Him, Neji was still there, all by himself, though now free of the horrible Hyuuga legacy. Since his horrid uncle Hiashi had died the past summer, Hinata had given up the role of the successor to the Hyuuga clan, and unfortunately, Hinabi (spelling???) had died in that mission along with her father. And still, even though you'd think Neji would now be the head, he wasn't, until the Sixth Hokage, Haruno Sakura, yes, that Sakura, ordered it be done. But Neji had denied, preferring to just live on his own near the outskirts of Konoha.

It was a simple life. In the morning, he would get up at five change, brush his teeth and wash his face, and pay a daily visit to TenTen's house, just hoping she was back. But everyday, his heart shattered when there was no sign of her presence. After that, he would come home and eat breakfast, train until noon, eat lunch, and then go into the heart of Konoha to see the Hokage if their were any worth-while missions that could keep his mind off of his miseries. Then he'd return home, eat a simple dinner, read that entry yet again, and go to sleep. Everyday, (except on missions) all the time, never changing… Always hoping…. Never winning… It was so simple, yet so strenuous.

Today, he was he was at the Hokage's again, seeing if anything new came in. He had been off for quite awhile now, and he was itching to throw some kunais. He remembered those words of her. After all these years…

"Anything new in today, Sakura?" He taunted her. Old habits die-hard. He just couldn't resist something like that.

"What did I tell you about calling me that?!" She screeched at him. She wasn't in a good mood today, that was for sure. Usually she'd just tell him of with a hard punch on the forehead, but today was different. "IT'S HOKAGE-SAMA, NEJI YOU IDIOT!!!" And with that said, she harshly slapped him across him face, enough force to send him staggering back. Gee, just what he needed, another person who slaps him for everything he says out of their willingness, just like TenTen did so many years back. Then Sakura gasped, realizing what she had done. Once upon a past time, if she ever dared to do that, oh boy, would she be in trouble. "Oh! I'm so sorry, I didn't really mean that!!!" She whimpered.

Neji spat some speckles of blood out of his mouth. "No, it's fine, I shouldn't have been taunting you, Hokage-Sama." He said with every drop of sarcasm he could leak out. Fortunately for him, Sakura paid no heed. "So, anything new?"

Sakura, A.K.A. Hokage, snorted at this comment. "Well, besides the fact that I'll be visiting Kazekage in a week, the tourist population has gone way down, well… Oh yeah, I'm holding a reunion for all us twelve. You know, when we were Genins?" She announced, straitening her hat. "Maybe Sasuke-Kun would ask me out on a date…" She said, hearts exploding in her eyes. After all these years, She and Ino were still chasing him. Neji looked at her as if she was an idiot, but Sakura still paid no heed. "Then we'd sneak out and go to the most fancy restaurant in town, and then we'd sit out in the woods and look at the stars, and then… Then maybe he'll k-" Neji cut her off right then.

"Well, I'll be going, bye!" He said hastily and exited.

"Hey! I'm not done with you yet!!! ACK!!! Be back here in one week at seven o' clock!!!" Sakura hollered after him. Neji barely caught on. "AND TELL THE OTHERS IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE!!! BECAUSE EVERYONE HAS TO BE THERE, OR ELSE THEY'RE GOING TO PAY!!!!"

Neji ran as fast as he could now, avoiding people as he rushed through the busy streets of Konoha. But once he was in a less populated area, he slowed down.

Did she say everyone, everyone meaning TenTen? He really wished it were so. He hadn't seen her for years, and he was dying to see her again. He still remembered those last words of hers:

"Heh. You think you're so cool, Hyuuga Neji. What? No scoff this time?"

Those were the thoughts that filled his mind as he absentmindedly took the wrong path, and he was soon at TenTen's house once again. Only there was someone there already.

"Hey, long time no see Neji. What? No scoff this time?"