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"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING!" Sasuke yelled and pried Naruto and Sakura apart.
"Wha…" Naruto was dumbstruck.
"…Sakura? Sakura, are you okay?" Sasuke asked anxiously.
Sakura was in a state of shock. She couldn't believe it.
My first kiss… Is supposed to be with Sasuke… Not this… Not this…
"NOT WITH THIS IDIOT!" Sakura suddenly screamed and punched Naruto, who flew about some three meters away.
"What is going on here?" Tenten asked, suddenly coming out of the ceiling just like what Naruto did earlier.
"Gosh." Lee said, rubbing his eyes. "I can't believe it."
"Can't believe what?" Neji was out of the ceiling next, carrying Hinata in his arms.
"It is…. It is the first time I've witnessed smooching live…" Lee gasped.
"WHO CARES? MY FIRST KISS WAS… WAS TAKEN AWAY BY THIS FREAK! I DEMAND COMPENSATION!" Sakura yelled.
"…Compensation?" Sasuke spoke quietly.
"Huh…" Everyone turned to him.
Sasuke smiled cutely and walked towards Naruto.
"What… What are you…" Naruto asked, looking terrified. He'd never seen Sasuke smile like this before. Not cutely, anyway.
Everyone sweatdropped.
Sasuke bent down towards Naruto. "Did that punch hurt? C'mon, I'll help you up."
"What?" Naruto was really spooked now.
"C'mon!" Sasuke held out his hand, still wearing that smile.
"…. No…." Naruto was about to say no way when Sasuke scooped him up in a prince- and- princess fashion and dumped him in the boiling water.
Naruto screamed and thrashed in the water for about a minute before he finally managed to get out.
"Guys, do you know that if a girl gets pregnant by a man, it'll be his responsibility to marry her?" Lee said, his voice overpowering Naruto's curses.
"Yeah, and what?" Tenten asked.
"Since Naruto took away Sakura's kiss, isn't it his responsibility to be her boy friend or something…"
Naruto stopped cursing and looked thoughtful. "Hey, that's right!"
"NO WAY!" Sakura shouted.
"Lee, it just doesn't work the same way, y'know…" Tenten shook her head.
…N-Naruto k-kissed S-Sakura? Oh no! Hinata thought.
"Okay, guys, are you forgetting that I'm here?" Gai said, clapping his hands. "Now, it's the good thing that you all managed to find this place so… Everyone can relax here as a reward! Meet at the tree outside the house for your next training…"
And after rubbing Lee's head, he was gone.
"Hey, Naruto." Sasuke said.
"Huh?"
"I won't allow you to be Sakura's boyfriend."
"What… I don't need your-'
"Because she's mine."
"You… You mean…"
"Sakura's is my girlfriend already."
"You… JUST BE JOKING!" Naruto yelled in shock.
"No, he's not joking, Naruto." Sakura said quietly, blushing.
Naruto looked around at all the stunned faces in the room, and stomped off.
"N-Naruto…" Hinata went after him.
"Poor guy…" Lee said absentmindedly, and went off too.
"…Naruto…" Sakura said. She felt somewhat guilty, somehow.
Sasuke looked a little guilty too, but quickly wiped the look off his face. "Why's Neji carrying Hinata anyway?"
Tenten looked angry. "Because she wasn't confident of landing safely and she's scared of the hot water…. Where's Neji?"
"Huh?" Sakura and Sasuke said at the same time. "He's gone?"
"Damn it!" Naruto stomped out of the springs and outside the house. "Dammit. Dammit!"
He reached a tree and sat down heavily.
"Just when I… Why must this happen to me? Why does Sasuke always get the upper hand? Why does Sakura like him and not me? What does he have that I don't?"
"N-Naruto… Here."
"Huh?"
Naruto blinked. It was Hinata, sitting beside him, blushing and holding out a hankie.
"What?"
Hinata hesitated a bit, then used the hankie to dab away the tears on his face.
"Wha-!" What the shit? I'm… I'm crying?
"…" Hinata looked away. "N-Naruto… N-Naruto K-kun…"
"Y-Yes?" Naruto blinked again.
I can't believe I'm crying… I can't believe I'm crying…
"I… I have always… I…I…"
"You have always?"
Hinata bit her lip, and swallowed.
Then she put her hands to his face.
"..Ha-'
And kissed him.
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Oh, my God. Neji stared wide-eyed when he saw what happened.
I…
Without thinking, Neji started to run. And run. And run.
Why? Why? Why?
He smashed a branch in his path.
Hinata… Why?
He turned another two branches into dust .
"HEY!"
Neji didn't turn around. He didn't care who it was. He just wanted to keep running.
"HEY! NEJI!"
He didn't stop.
"NEJI!"
A knife came at him and he ducked. Then another.
"WHO THE-'
It was Tenten.
"STOP RIGHT THERE!"
She landed, panting heavily. "Where do you think you're going?"
"Nowhere. Leave me alone." Neji muttered.
"You're not going anywhere. I need to talk to you."
"Shut up and leave me alone."
"YOU SHUT UP!" Tenten shrieked.
That shocked Neji enough to keep his mouth shut.
"…You saw what happened between Hinata and Naruto, didn't you?"
"I thought you were at the stupid spring."
"I took off when I discovered you were missing and saw the whole scene in time."
"Yeah, well, I saw it. Happy?"
"Neji-'
"Yeah, I'm really happy! I'm happy! Because the chances of cousins getting together are almost zero, especially for my case! So yeah, I'm happy! I'll get a clean break from her!"
"Do you really like her, Neji?" Tenten asked simply.
"What…?" Neji asked, stunned by her question.
"I asked, do you really like her?"
"O-Of course I…"
Tenten went forward and smacked him on the head.
"Think!" She snarled.
Neji glared at her and closed his eyes.
…Protecting her is your duty, Neji…
…T-That's…my way… of the ninja…
FATHER!
When did he start liking her? After his duel with Naruto…
She'd served tea for him every time during his practices… Her smile…
Do I really LIKE her?
"I…"
"I think… I misunderstood… I was…"
"You were impressed by her, and with that feeling of protectiveness you had for her, you thought THAT feeling was that you like her." Tenten said.
"Huh? How did you…"
"Well, I thought about it while going after you, and it made sense." Tenten shrugged.
"You can actually think about this while leaping from tree to tree?" Neji asked, bewildered.
"What do you MEAN?" Tenten asked, her eyes narrowing. Then she suddenly smiled.
Neji smiled too. After that they started laughing.
Tenten's…. cute! Neji realized.
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