1-Hour Photo
The first frame is the day they all met each other, the day their genin team was proclaimed. Gai-sensei had gone and bought a camera to "capture the moments of their youth." Rock Lee has his arms thrown around the shoulders of his two teammates, a delighted smile splitting his face, thick eyebrows nearly at his hairline in glee. Hyuuga Neji is scowling fiercely, glaring at the camera, hitai-ate askew from Lee's tackle. Tenten is buckling under Lee's sudden weight, brown eyes wide in shock and aimed at the ground. Her arms are raised in an attempt to regain her balance, elbow nearly connecting with Lee's left cheek, but he doesn't seem to mind. Gai-sensei keeps this one in his wallet, showing it off proudly to anyone he can and saying that their youthful glow is visible in that picture. Neji claims that it's because he used the flash in bright sunshine, but Gai-sensei doesn't buy that.
In the second frame, the white-eyed Hyuuga clan prodigy is drenched in yellow paint and looks absolutely livid. He is frozen in time, face red with rage and embarassment, twelve years old and looking capable of murder. The wall behind him has a very splotchy paint job on it, yellow streaks here and there in a haphazard fashion, random patterns painted over later but visible in the captured moment. Konoha symbols dot the wall, a lemon-colored kunai and shuriken above the head of a hysterically laughing kunoichi girl. Her pink Chinese-style shirt is streaked with the same paint that has her hair cemented together, tears streaming down her yellow-spotted face. The younger green beast of Konoha is now yellow as well, the paint can upended over his bowl-cut. He seems amused, laughing from behind a curtain of paint.
Third frame, their second mission. Lee is on the ground, tied up in the leashes of six different small dogs. Four of them are sitting on him, two licking his face. Lee is flushed happily, laughing and petting two of the dogs. Tenten is rolling her eyes -- they're aimed at the top right corner of the photo -- and still standing, her own three dogs too busy sniffing each other to notice anything else. The three black labradors' tails are blurs from wagging so fast. Neji has five dogs, two of which are golden retrievers, all of which are sitting around the Hyuuga patiently as if they can sense that he won't take any silliness from them. His arms are folded boredly and he isn't looking at either teammate, his back turned to them both. Gai-sensei's fist is visible right next to Neji, out of focus as he shakes it at him, probably yelling at him to be more social or to at least try to be part of the picture. It obviously had no effect.
Fourth, they're at a lake, the sun glittering off the water's surface brilliantly. Neji is seated on a rock, legs crossed, arms folded over his chest, milky eyes closed. Somehow, he has been convinced to wear a bathing suit (black swimming trunks), but he is bone dry and so it's obvious that he hasn't even touched the water. Lee is in mid-cannonball from another rock, a blur of green and flesh tone and black, knees tucked up to his chest and arms wrapped around his legs. The only part of Tenten visible above the water is her head, her face tomato red in embarassment, hair down from its usual buns and braided, floating out behind her. She appears to be yelling at the camera (or Gai), the apparent source of Neji's amused smirk.
The fifth frame is Tenten's thirteenth birthday. She is smiling, cheeks flushed again, though from happiness rather than embarassment. A "birthday girl" hat is perched atop her head, right between the twin buns. Lee's arm is thrown around her shoulders again, this time in a hug and not a tackle, looking just as happy as she does with the candlelight of the birthday cake illuminating his face. He, too, has a party hat on, a second snapped over his left ear -- the second was supposed to be for Neji, who is hatless, a semi-annoyed look on his face. A gift for Tenten sits on his lap, unopened, wrapped in red foil paper. Gai and the camera are visible in the reflection of the shiny wrapping paper, one hand on the camera, the other held up in a thumbs-up.
The sixth frame seems to be a continuation of the fifth, since Lee still has the two hats on (though now he is leaning back in a chair and laughing) and Tenten still has hers on. She is now leaning over and giving Neji a kiss on the cheek (his face is now even redder than hers, white eyes wide), an unwrapped set of stainless steel kunai on her lap. The photo is on an odd angle, because Gai-sensei was laughing just as hard as Lee when it was taken. The three teammates can still hear his bellow of "young love!" whenever they see the picture. (Neji is annoyed to this day about it being taken.)
Seventh is another mission. This time, they're helping to rebuild a shop that burned down. The bare wood skeleton of the building stands in the foreground, Lee sitting up in the rafters with a bucket of nails beside him, hammer in one hand, waving down to the camera, mouth wide open (probably in a "Gai-sensei!"). Tenten looks like she's having the time of her life, armed and dangerous with a nail gun. A huge grin is spread across her face and she is completely unaware of the photo being taken. Neji has a plank of wood balanced on one shoulder and is completely ignoring the camera, too focused on making sure that the wood doesn't smack into the ground. The picture doesn't show that, seconds later, Lee lost his balance from waving too enthusiastically and toppled over backwards off the rafter, falling right onto Neji.
The eighth photo does, however, show Lee and Neji in the hospital, practically twins because of the bandages around Lee's head and Neji's right arm. Neji doesn't seem amused at the similarity. Lee is inhaling an apple that Tenten peeled for him while she works on a second for Neji, seated between the two hospital beds.
Ninth, Neji's thirteenth birthday. He's walking away from his teammates, head held high in his stifling pride. Lee is carrying two huge gifts, looking dismayed that Neji doesn't want a thing to do with them on his birthday, of all times. He and Tenten both have the ridiculous birthday hats on again, one each this time, and Tenten has the elastic band on a third drawn back, the tip of the cardboard cone pointed at Neji's head. One brown eye is closed so that she can aim more carefully, pink tip of her tongue sticking out from between pursed lips in her concentration.
The tenth photo is Tenten in a hospital bed this time, face pale, her arms and neck bruised from a particularly violent training session with Neji. He had gone overboard on sealing off her chakra, getting slightly frantic after she had accidentally stumbled upon his blind spot. He has a few bandages covering the cuts recieved from her kunai and shuriken (and one Soushouryuu attack), but is otherwise slumped in the chair beside her bed, arms crossed over his chest, raven hair hanging into his face as he sleeps. Tenten, too, is fast asleep, her head turned towards Neji, a soft smile on her face despite looking like hell warmed over. Lee is, for once, not present in the picture (mostly because he was standing behind Gai-sensei at the time, whispering surprisedly that he hadn't expected Neji to actually keep an eye on her like he'd asked).
Eleventh is Lee's fourteenth birthday. A puppy, gift from Gai-sensei, is on his lap and yapping happily as its new owner beams and scratches behind one of its ears. Tenten, too, is petting the puppy, saying something to Neji ("C'mon, you ice cube, you know you want to pet it too!"), who is rolling his eyes. He seems to have lightened up considerably, though, because a very faint smile is on his face. Wrapping paper is strewn all over the place, as expected with a child half Lee's age, his gifts sitting between the three teenagers seated in a circle on the carpet of Gai-sensei's apartment. Tenten's gift, a picture of Haruno Sakura, is propped up proudly directly in front of Lee. Neji's gift, a green sweater ("I'm sick of you being cold when we train during the winter. Wear it."), is folded carefully and set right behind the picture frame. The three are more a team than ever, evident just by their posture and how relaxed they are around one another.
The last photo is from Neji's ascension to the rank of Jounin and the party they had thrown for him. Gai-sensei had apparently forgotten about the camera for some time before finally using up the last spot on the roll of film, but it sits right beside the first photo in his wallet now, showing how his team has grown closer beautifully. Lee once again has his arm thrown around Neji's shoulders, mouth wide open yet again, this time in congratulations. He's smiling broadly for his eternal rival's accomplishment, unabashedly proud. Tenten's arms are around Neji as well, hugging him in fierce pride, her forehead pressed against his neck, laughing happily. Neji is smiling for once, one arm draped around Tenten's waist, the other arm occupied in trying to push Lee away halfheartedly. His hair is slightly mussed from Lee's giddy noogie attack when he had gotten the news. This time, even Neji can't deny the youthful glow in the photo.
Author's Notes: I love this one. ; It turned out nicely and, as evident in the title, it took me about an hour to write. The challenge on it was "Write a story about the images on a roll of film using only 12, 24, or 36 paragraphs."