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7 Days, Come What May

Chapter XI: Mwa!

Hinata sighed, looking around the room. She too, like Sakura, didn't feel like she fit in with this place. The night bar was just too wild and loud for the shy and timid Hyuuga. For the third time that evening, the girl glanced in the direction of her affections—Naruto, who was apparently the spotlight of the party. The blonde was now singing crazily on stage with a microphone in one hand and an alcoholic drink in the other.

'Naruto…,' Hinata sighed dreamily, not aware that a random stranger had just bumped into her.

"Hey, girl, watch where you're going," the big guy slurred.

The stranger took another look at her and whistled.

"Hey, hey, what's your name, baby? Wanna dance?" the guy gave Hinata a grin that sent goosebumps through her whole body.

"I-I…n-no t-thanks," Hinata stepped slightly backwards.

"Aww…come on, babe. No one says no to Big G," the guy grabbed Hinata's hand and attempted to pull the girl over to the dance floor.

"N-no…" Hinata whimpered, trying to wrestle her hand free from Big G's grip.

"Stop it!"

Hinata's and Big G's eyes widened at the voice that chorused throughout the room. It was as if there was more than one person saying it. A moment later, Hinata noticed two duplicates of Naruto holding Big G back and the third one punching the guy. The fourth duplicate was holding onto Hinata.

'N-Naruto-kun just used the Kage Bunhsin no Jutsu!'

"Did that guy do anything to you, Hinata-chan? Are you hurt?" the Naruto that was holding on to her asked her with a worried face.

"I-I'm fine, Naruto-kun. T-Thank you," Hinata replied, giving a shy smile.

Hinata looked towards the stage. The real Naruto was still there, singing maniacally, but now, he was looking at her. He gave her a wide smile and a thumbs up sign. Hinata blushed and just smiled back. A while later, Naruto was finished with his spotlight show on stage and he walked over to Hinata. The other clones of the blonde disappeared as he greeted the Hyuuga girl.

"Hey, Hinata-chan! Having fun?"

In fact, Hinata was not really having fun. The music hurt her ears and she was unaccustomed to so much alcoholic smells in the room. Not to mention that she had almost be abducted by a scary guy who called himself 'Big G'. But, still, there were some good points, like Naruto using the Kage Bunhsin no Jutsu to save her just a while ago. So, with a red face, Hinata shyly nodded.

Naruto smiled sweetly at her answer. Then, the blonde looked around for signs of the terrifying Hyuuga Neji. Naruto spotted Neji drinking by the cocktail stand, drunk as hell. The Hyuuga male was currently shouting at the bartender for more drinks. The fox-boy breathed out a sigh of relief.

'Good, since Neji's pretty drunk…I guess he won't be able to kill me tonight.'

"N-Naruto-kun? What are you looking for?" Hinata asked him, confused.

"Nothing, nothing at all, Hinata-chan," Naruto said good-naturedly.

Then, he took her hand. "Hinata-chan, would you like a dance?"

For the zillionth time that evening, Hinata's face colored.

"N-Naruto-kun…I-I don't know how to dance."

"That's okay, neither do I," Naruto took her other hand and led her to the dance floor.

A fast song was playing and everyone around the couple was dancing wildly. Hinata gulped.

"Don't be nervous, Hinata-chan…Just follow the beat," Naruto teasingly whispered in Hinata's ear.

Hinata didn't even notice when he had gotten this close to her. Going red in the face, Hinata stiffened slightly as Naruto put his other arm around her waist and began to rock back and forth gently. As if on cue, the fast song finished and now, a slow song began. After a while of doing this, Hinata ventured a look up into Naruto's face. To her embarrassment, he too was looking down at her. She quickly averted her eyes and blushed.

Suddenly, Hinata felt Naruto's hands on her chin, gently prodding her to look up. She slowly looked upward. She could feel all the blood rushing to her head. Naruto had a slight smile on his face.

"Hinata-chan…Do you remember…that you promised me…" Naruto then bent his head down to whisper in her ear. "…a birthday kiss?"

Hinata's face flushed. Finding herself not able to tear herself away from those blue eyes of his, she hesitantly nodded. Again, Naruto smiled at her teasingly.

"Now's the time, Hinata-chan…Neji's not even paying attention," he grinned.

"I-I…"

Sure, Hinata wanted to do what Naruto suggested. But her mind screamed, 'No, no, no!' After a while, the other half of her mind went, 'Why not?'

'…B-Because it's…embarrassing…'

'Embarrassing? Look at everyone in this night club. Aren't they all more wild and crazy than you are?' the other half of her mind debated.

'I-I'm a girl! I-I can't just…'

'So? What can go wrong?'

'E-Everything…Cousin Neji…'

'He's drunk. Come on, Hinata. Didn't you always dream of being brave, being daring, just this once?'

The shy part of Hinata's mind finally lost. She looked up into Naruto's face again. Now, her eyes were determined to be brave for once. He had his eyebrows raised, pretending like he was impatient.

"Hmm…so, Hinata-chan?" he huffed comically.

Unpredictably, the normally withdrawn Hyuuga girl threw herself onto him, seizing his lips in a kiss. Naruto's eyes widened and he unexpectantly went red in the face. Unfortunately, the kiss was only about three seconds long before Hinata pulled away. Apparently, her timid self had won over this time.

'I-I c-can't believe…what I just did…'

However, Naruto pulled her in for another kiss and dance, a very longer one this time. And all this while, Neji never knew, for he was beyond the limits of being drunk.

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Lee silently observed Shino making his way towards Ten Ten from afar. His eyes narrowed.

'I, the Green Beast of the Konoha Hot Springs, will stop the bug freak's evil plans!'

Lee quietly made his way within the hearing distance of Ten Ten and Shino.

"You look pretty today, Ten Ten," Shino attempted to flirt, although his face was still unemotional under his sunglasses.

"Thank you, Shino…" Ten Ten responded uncertainly, tugging at her black dress.

"Would you like a drink?" Shino asked, adjusting his glasses almost comically.

"Well…sure," Ten Ten smiled sheepishly.

Just at that moment, Lee purposely butted in with a drink in his hand.

"Here, Ten Ten-chan! I thought you would be thirsty!" Lee winked at her and looked at Shino from the corner of his eye.

Shino's eyes were flashing with annoyance behind his sunglasses.

'Hah! Step one of destroying bug freak's evil plans is completed!' Lee thought triumphantly.

However, quiet though he may seem at times, Shino was not one to just give up easily.

"Then, Ten Ten, would you like to dance?" Shino asked, offering her his hand.

Lee quickly pushed the hand away.

"Oh, nonononono, Shino. She can't."

"Why not?" Shino's eyebrows raised while Ten Ten looked at Lee, confused.

"She's already reserved. If you want to dance with her, you'll have to join the back of the line," Lee answered as-a-matter-of-factly.

"Then, I accept. Where's the line?"

"W-Wait! Stop! Lee, what are you saying!" Ten Ten had no idea what was going on.

Lee didn't know that Shino would answer this way. He dug in his head for a solution.

'Be calm, be calm! You're the Green Beast of the Konoha Hot Springs, after all! Hmmm…' Lee thought, quickly scanning his eyes around the room. He spotted a certain Hyuuga male swinging his cocktail cup at the unfortunate bartender's head.

"Oh, don't be shy, Ten Ten," Lee pretended to pat the puzzled Ten Ten's back and turned to Shino. "I'm sorry, Shino, but Ten Ten is reserved for the whole night. She's got to hurry now because her reserver is very impatient."

With that, Lee grabbed the baffled Ten Ten's hand and quickly dragged her off towards the cocktail stand (where, of course, the Hyuuga was now taking the bartender's job and filling drinks for himself).

'Yes! I, the green beast, am such a genius!'

"Wait, Lee! What's going on? What do you mean I'm reserved for a dance?" Ten Ten pulled on Lee's hand, forcing him to stop.

"Ten Ten-chan! I, the green beast, will save you from Shino's evil plans!"

"Evil plans? W-What do you mean? I don't have any idea what's going on."

"Ten Ten-chan, don't you notice that he's trying to hit on you! I cannot allow that to happen! You are my precious teammate! I'd rather have you with Neji!"

Ten Ten's cheeks suddenly reddened at the mention of the Hyuuga's name. They were standing pretty close to the cocktail bar.

"W-What are you saying, Lee! Be quiet! What if Neji hears us! I don't want him to think anything…weird…" Ten Ten said hotly.

Lee gave her reassuring smile and winked. "Never mind, Ten Ten, I assure you that Shino won't get to you! Just come with me."

The green beast dragged Ten Ten to sit at the cocktail bar. Neji suddenly noticed them.

"Eh, you two….Sit there and don't move. I'll…" Neji turned and drunkenly grabbed the cocktail shaker. "…get you some drinks."

Ten Ten stared, dumbfounded. She had never, never in her lifetime, seen the Hyuuga genius drunk. It was surely a strange sight to see. To Ten Ten, it was as if Neji had a different personality when he was drunk. Normally, the Hyuuga would be quiet and polite….but tonight….he was more outspoken and…rude? After a few moments, Neji had the drinks ready. He handed the red one to Ten Ten and the green one to Lee. He drank another glass himself. By that time, Shino had wandered over again.

"Hey, Hyuuga. Get me a drink please," Shino said, sitting beside Ten Ten at the cocktail stand.

'Oh, no! I thought the bug freak would give up! I HAVE to get him away permanently this time!' Lee thought desperately.

However, it wasn't really necessary for Lee to think of a plan to shoo Shino away, for Neji had already taken action.

"Whodaya think ya talking to, hah?" Neji slurred, glaring at Shino. "I'm not gonna get drinks for some bastard like you."

Lee, Ten Ten, and Shino, were all shocked. Most especially, Ten Ten. The Hyuuga wasn't one to swear.

'I guess…Neji's really, really drunk,' she thought, standing up. 'I've got to do something!'

She didn't want there to be a fight right now. The murderous auras between the two guys were rising steadily.

" I-I…Shino, you asked me for a dance, right?" Ten Ten offered her hand out to the bug guy. "…It seems like I'm not reserved after all."

'I hope getting Shino away from Neji will help the situation,' Ten Ten thought, looking hopefully back and forth between Neji's and Shino's faces.

"W-What are you saying! Ten Ten!" the last thing Lee wanted was for Ten Ten to go dance with Shino.

Fortunately, Ten Ten's plan worked. The dangerous sensation from Shino disappeared into thin air (while Neji's murderous aura still remained).

"Yes, of course," Shino answered, taking Ten Ten's hand and smoothly leading her away from the cocktail stand to the dance floor.

All of a sudden, Shino fell to the floor.

"A-Ahhh!" Ten Ten cried, only to have her mouth shut by the person behind her.

"Shut up," apparently, it was Neji. "…I used the Jyuuken on him…bastard's going to be unconscious until tomorrow."

Ten Ten's eyes widened. Another thing that Neji did not usually do was hurt others unreasonably. Then, Neji took her hand out from her mouth.

"Lee told me….that you're reserved," Neji roughly grabbed her to turn around to him. "…for me."

"What! No! That's a misunderstanding, Neji!" Ten Ten tried to restrain from the blush that was creeping up her cheeks.

She looked at the direction where Lee was sitting. The green beast winked back at her. He mouthed, "Have fun with Neji!" to her across the room. Ten Ten tried to mouth that no, she was not having fun. Lee just waved it off with a smile and proceeded to collect Shino's unconscious body and put it somewhere else so his superb plan would be complete.

Neji noticed Ten Ten looking at Lee's direction and forcefully grabbed her face to look back in his direction.

'Oh, no…Neji sure is scary when he's drunk,' Ten Ten gulped.

"Lee says…you're reserved for me…" Neji's pupil less eyes glared down at her. "…so look at me, not at him."

To Ten Ten, the Hyuuga smelled strongly of alcohol. She wondered how many glasses he had drunk already.

"Urm…yes…but, I…have got to get going now," Ten Ten tried to pry Neji's fingers from around her waist.

"No," he gave her a fierce look. "We're going to dance."

'Oooh, I am SO going to kill Lee when I get out of this!' Ten Ten thought as the Hyuuga led her into a rough dance.

The dance was super close, and unreasonably rough. The whole time, the two were mashed up against each other because the dance floor was so filled. When the wild song finally ended, Ten Ten was so relieved.

"Uh…Well, Neji, I guess the dance is over, so I guess I'll be going now," she smiled shyly at him and proceeded to walk off.

However, that was not in Neji's plan. His grip on Ten Ten's wrist did not loosen one bit.

"No, you can't go."

"W-What?"

As if for an explanation, Neji pulled her hand and forced her against a wall in a dark corner of the room. It kind of hurt for Ten Ten to be suddenly smashed up against a wall like that. She winced a little.

"I feel like kissing you," he glared ruthlessly down at her. "…And since Lee says you're reserved for me, I'm going to do it."

"N-No, Neji! You're misunder—"

Too late. The drunk Hyuuga was into his current activity a long way before Ten Ten had finished her sentence. The kiss was just like the dance—forceful, intimidating, and hot…with a lot of tongue. Also, it was irrationally long, almost so that Ten Ten couldn't breathe. When Neji finally ended the kiss with the red-faced Ten Ten, his eyes were still pitiless.

"I want more."

And with that, the two launched into another hot session, only this time, Ten Ten had a part in it.

Joyce: Well, there, that settles the question for many of you who are going..."Eww, Shino and Ten Ten? NO WAY!" Hehehehe...well, I never meant it to be ShinoXTen Ten from the beginning...remember, that I had written "usual pairings!" on the summary? Yea. NejiXTen Ten is a "usual pairing", not ShinoXTen Ten! Neways, I just put Shino in there for fun, because, 1, I like him and 2, he's funny (for me, at least)! And for Shino fans, don't feel too sorry for him because he's still that cool bug guy we all love:D Yea, and thanks for all the reviews for the last chapter! Like, it left me smiling and chucking a pillow at my sister's head! Yay! Please, I would be grateful for more! ;)