Let´s go by parts: I changed the title, there was too "Realization" stories. I don't like the new title very much, so suggestions and opinions are welcome :).
Yay! I got reviews! To i-x3-shikamaru: Shikamaru's one of my favourite too, but I'm afraid he's not going to appear a lot more in this fic. But I'll write probably a fic about him later.
To Irisdencentbutterflie, morjonse, sasukekun´sgirl16 and Payday: Thanks a lot and here we go with chapter 2 (with a little more of humor). Hope you like it!
The next morning…
-" Well, let's go back to Konoha…someone has to make a confession of undying love over here" Kiba said evilly when he returned to the camp and woke up his partners after his early walk with Akamaru.
Neji ignored him (as he usually did), stood up and headed towards Shikamaru, who was yawning widely.
-"I think we should scout a little more this area…we arrived here only yesterday" he said in a low whisper.
Kiba heard this due to his amazing sense of hearing and coughed in a way that sounded a little like "coward!" Neji looked intensely at him, but he was looking in the other way and patting Akamaru in the head.
-"I highly think this area is dangerous, so I suggest scouting until tomorrow. If we don't find anything, we'll head to Konoha with no dilation" he continued, almost with a pleading tone in his voice. Almost.
-"Although I think that's not his main reason, I agree with the fact that we haven't scouted enough" Shino agreed.
- "Ok then, both of you say yes, I don't mind another day here and Kiba's opinion doesn't count, so we stay" Shikamaru resolved.
-"Hey, what's that about my opinion?" Kiba shouted offended while Akamaru growled.
Shikamaru touched his ear "Oi, oi…you're as noisy as Naruto at the mornings…" he said in a bored tone "your opinion doesn't count because you only want to go back to see if Neji has the guts. I want to see that too, but I'm afraid both of them have their point"
Neji smirked triumphantly and Kiba crossed his arms while mumbling "sissy". Ended the preparations, they started their scouting again all the morning until lunchtime. Then, they lit a fire again to eat, 3miles away from where they had been sleeping. They were in the limits of the forest, near a nice lake but not exposed at first sight. A few trees gave them the perfect shadow to be unnoticed while they could see easily all their surroundings. The lunch started in a friendly silence until Kiba finished his meal. He stared at the lake and opened his vest…
-"Dude…that lake it's so tempting…I think I'm gonna swim while you finish your lunches. Are you coming, Akamaru?" he started to take off his vest and Akamaru barked happily
-"I know it's hot, but I don't recommend you doing that" intervened Neji "you don't know if there's something nasty living in that lake, and we don't have enough…"
-…"TIME FOR SUCH A CHILDISH BEHAVIOUR, LEE!" a high voice interrupted Neji, making them duck behind some rocks to observe the scene.
. "C'MON TENTEN! YOU'RE TALKING LIKE NEJI!"
Suddenly, on the opposite shore, a green figure appeared running from the woods. He was Rock Lee, laughing and throwing away his backpack and vest, which were caught in the air by his persecutor, a very pissed looking Tenten. With an enormous jump and shouting "Springtime of youth!" Lee disappeared splashing below the previous calm water. Tenten shook her head, took off her backpack and sat on it, with her elbows on her knees and her head on her hands, watching patiently the agitated surface of the lake. Finally, Lee emerged and began splashing and shouting:
-"Tenten!...I forgot to take off the weights!" his head was barely out of the water, and he was chocking with panic "help me, ple-!" he sank leaving the sentence uncompleted.
Tenten stood up quickly and jumped to the water. She submerged one time and came back with no one, looking anxious. She dived again and emerged almost hysterical. She started to look for him on the surface, but suddenly something pulled down her violently by her ankle. At this rate, Neji stood up and activated his Byakugan, but in seconds, a laughing Lee emerged again from the water. When a silent Tenten, with her hair on her face, appeared, he pointed her:
-"You fell for it! Hahahaha!" he was now floating happily, while Tenten concentred chakra on his feet, stood up on the water and with no warning stepped angrily on his head, sinking it fiercely. She said each word with a strong step on his head.
-" Next-time-you-wanna-play-dead-I´ll-gladly-help-YOU!" with the last word, she stepped back and waited until Lee emerged again touching his head.
-"But Tenten, this was training to help you with your phobia!" he cried
On the opposite shore, Shikamaru cocked an eyebrow and Neji smirked.
-"Tenten only can dive, and when Gai-sensei offered her swimming-lessons she accepted" Neji smiled wider "she took them, but since then, she's afraid of all deep water surfaces" he finished.
Shikamaru imagined Gai-sensei in a green swimsuit babbling about the youthful pleasure of water and felt sorry for Tenten. He would be scared all his life.
-"Well…"started Neji again "we have a mission to complete, so I suggest not to draw their attention here or Lee would delay us and…"
- "Oi! Tenten! Here!" Kiba was waving widely and smiling evilly with Akamaru barking loudly.
Tenten looked back and waved in return, smiling and motioning Lee. Then she started walking in their direction while Lee shouted "If I don't get there swimming before you I'll swim 100 laps!" and began swimming like crazy. When he reached the shore, he saluted and sat down panting heavily. She arrived later and waved them happily again. Everyone waved back, then Shikamaru sat beside her and started a conversation, Shino was studying a water insect, Kiba was petting Akamaru and Neji was sited cross-legged.
-"So, you finished your mission and were heading to Konoha, right?" Shikamaru enquired.
-"Yep, we have to report Tsunade-sama, but the Junior Konoha Green Beast here felt like swimming" she looked angrily at panting Lee.
-"We have to go back too, so what about go together?" Kiba offered eagerly.
Neji opened his eyes and frowned looking in his direction. Kiba was more annoying than usual, and he didn't like at all the way he was looking at her. He was about to say that wasn't a good idea, when Tenten agreed and stood up.
-"I'll go back to the other shore to take here our stuff" and with this she collected chakra on her feet again and started walking.
-"She will need help with the two backpacks…" Shikamaru commented directing an eloquent look to Neji.
-"I can't walk on the surface like her…" Lee answered "my backpack would get all wet!"
Shino remained silent watching his water insect and Neji had his eyes closed again. Then, Kiba stood up happily and was beginning to walk in Tenten´s direction when he felt a hand in his shoulder that pushed him to sit down again from behind. Silently, he observed smirking as Neji headed to the lake following Tenten.
-"It was hard to guess he was the jealous type, wasn't it?" he barked grinning.
-"And you have seen his light side" commented Lee
-"Uh? Do you know Neji likes Tenten?" asked a surprised Shikamaru.
-"Nope, I know he LOVES her" answered the Taijutsu Master "Don't forget I have been in their team for years"
-"Well, I think if I keep flirting with Tenten he'll confess" stated Kiba
Lee shook his head "If you keep on, you'll have your Tenketsu closed" he assured him opening more his round eyes (if that was possible).
-"So, Lee, do you want to try to get them together?" Shino added.
-"Of course! I shall help my eternal rival to find happiness with the flower of my team, so Gai-sensei will be proud of me!" he cried hotly.
-"Oi, oi! Speak quietly or they'll hear us!" Shikamaru sighed "How troublesome".
Meanwhile Neji and Tenten, each one with a backpack and Neji with Lee´s vest in his hand, were walking back to shore, chatting friendly. Then, Tenten saw the other four boys with their heads very near, three of them listening carefully to Shikamaru, who was whispering very fast and making a lot of hand gestures while the others nodded.
-"What are they up to?" she asked Neji.
-"Sincerely, I would prefer not to know it…" he answered with a sigh.
And they kept walking until they arrive to the shore, where everyone (except Shino) had a strange glint in his eyes that Neji didn't like. Frowning at them, he sat beside Tenten and hoped that journey to end as soon as possible.
A/N: Tenketsu are the points of chakra that Neji can close and open with his gentle fist (I'm this ´cause I discovered it last week :P).
I've tried to show in the final part that Kiba is not as pervert as he's acting, he's pissing Neji most of the time. His loud personality is serving me as comic relief, but that's how I really imagine him as a teenager (17 years).
And here I leave it by now. I'll try to make longer the next chapter, but I'm not used to write so have patience, please :).
Opinions, comments, suggestions and corrections (made in a friendly way) are always welcome. Thanks you!
