Haha! Gai brings his plan into action! Hope you enjoy the story!

Summery: Neji's been pushing Tenten's limits lately... Is this a Hyuuga's idea of a date? If it is, no one told Tenten about it...

Key:

Emphasizing

Thinking

"Talking"

Narrating

Back in Gai's apartment….

" Tomorrow, Neji and Tenten, meet THE STRING OF DOOM!"

Mission of bonding

Neji sat under a tree, meditating.

" Neji, Ohayo!" greeted his hair-in-buns teammate.

"Hmph" Perfect. Just enough to let her know that he has acknowledged her presence.

"YO! NEJI! TENTEN! WHAT DO YOU THINK GAI SENSEI'S GOING TO DO WITH US TODAY? MAYBE WE'LL GET A MISSION!" Lee hollered like there's no tomorrow.

" THAT WILL BE ANSWERED WITH THE MAGIC OF YOUTH!" Gai yelled equally as loud.

" SENSEI!"

"LEE!"

"SENSEI!"

"LEE!"

(Hug in sunset even though it's morning.)

Tenten and Neji's sweat dropped…

Gai breaks from embrace.

"LEE! TODAY YOU GET THE DAY OFF, THE MISSION I HAVE IS NOT FOR YOU!"

"WHAT! BUT GAI SENSEI! I WORKED SO HARD! I MUST HAVE THIS MISSION!"

"LEE! MY YOUTHFUL STUDENT! YOU DO NOT NEED THIS MISSION BECAUSE… IT IS A BONDING MISSION! AND YOU ALREADY WORK SO WELL WITH NEJI AND TENTEN SO YOU DON'T NEED IT!"

Gai again flashed his good guy pose and his teeth went 'ping'.

"YES SENSEI!" Lee had tears pouring out of his eyes too but he quickly wiped it away and flashed his good guy pose. Then he went on his merry way.

In the background, Neji and Tenten were trying to sneak away…

"NOT SO FAST!" Gai boomed as he caught his pupils. He than commended,

" TENTEN, NEJI, STICK OUT YOUR HANDS!"

"What…." Was the confused response.

"YOU HEARD ME! NOW STICK OUT YOUR HANDS!"

The pair did what the were told. Working quickly, he tied one end of the red thread on Tenten's right pinkie, and the other end on Neji's left pinkie.

" What the hell?" Tenten screamed when she finally understood what was going on. Neji stood there and blinked.

"HAHAHA! I'M GLAD YOU RECOGNIZE WHAT I'M DOING, TENTEN. I GOT THE IDEA FROM THE CHINESE CULTURE BOOK I BORROWED… WHO KNEW IT WOULD BE SO HANDY!" And with that, Gai bounded away happily.

"Oh god…" Tenten was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. She looked at the thread on her pinkie and frowned.

"…"

Neji had no idea what was putting Tenten in a mood like this, and out of the blue, he decided to ask.

" so… what is this?"

Gai was half way home when he remembered to tell them something very important.

"ACK! HOW COULD I FORGET?" And ran back to where he left Neji and Tenten.

"okay, so this string is suppose to keep us together for a whole day?"

"as in 24 hours." Tenten added.

Neji had to say he was slightly amused. This piece of thread was making Tenten miserable. A piece of thread was making Tenten miserable. He thought this absurd. You can just undo the knot or cut it, right? So what's the big deal? So again, Neji decides to ask,

"So what's the big deal? We can just take it off, right?"

Tenten looked at him as if he grew a second nose.

" The big deal is that its here to stay until tomorrow at 7:30 am! You can't cut a bonding thread! Its here until the spell wears off, meaning 24 hours!"

"what?" Neji started to understand her distress. He drew out a kunai and slashed at it. Amazingly, it went right through.

" Okay… let's see how long it is."

Neji started to walk away from Tenten. The thread stretched a only a metre, so Neji decided to tug on it.

"Oof!" Tenten said when the tug forced her to kiss dirt. "Don't do that!"

"mmm…"

"you better be." Tenten sighed. 'mmm' was Neji's way of apologizing. Weird, but this is Neji we're talking about.

"TENTEN! NEJI! RUN A HUNDRED LAPS RIGHT NOW! COME ON! GET GOING!"

Gai was feeling quite happy with himself for remembering this very important step in his plan. If they get sweaty, they'll need a bath…

Yeah okay, this isn't going to change to 'R' hopefully…. Don't be so naughty. Tell me what you think though…