Hello! Here we go again! I'm going to answer some things I read in the reviews (lot of thanks for reviewing again!):

Ramek: Yes, Hyuuga Neji is very addictive : D

Scorpion05: Thank you! And yes, Tenten could manipulate the coin, but she didn't do it. She's a fair girl : )

Cyberwolf: Thanks for the compliment, I don't like OC either, but I HAD to add a "Kuno-ish" character. I just couldn't help it : P. About the quotation marks, I used to use them a lot, but then a friend told me they were annoying, so I removed them. I'm gonna put them again in this chapter so you can tell me how's better.

Hermion8: I thought that too, but I checked a timeline and it said Neji, Tenten and Lee were born the same year; Tenten on March, Neji on July and Lee on December. I don't know if it's wrong or not, but then again, if it's wrong, sorry : ).

Hamtaro-craz: Thank you!

TentenCharmed: Thanks for reviewing again. The whole point of this story is to traumatize Tenten, MWA HAHAHA!(just kidding, I'm only scaring her a little bit). I was called Tenten too 'cause I cosplayed her once, but my boyfriend played Kimimaro (strange pairing –thinks about writing a fic…nah-:-P)

This chapter is going to have bad language and sexual insinuations. You've been warned!

I didn't put the disclaimer in the previous chapter, I'm gonna put it now… just in case: I don't own Naruto, sadly…

Neji woke up early in the morning. From the position of the sun, he calculated it was nearly seven. He stretched and sat up on his bed, discovering Tenten was not in the sofa. Listening carefully he heard a soft humming coming from the bathroom and shortly afterwards she went out drying her face with a towel. She spotted him and smiled. Apparently she was determined to ignore last night events.

-"Good morning!" –she said putting the towel over her shoulders- "Ready for the action?"

-"I suppose" –he stretched one more time- "What time is it?"

-"A quarter to seven, boss; hurry up so we can have breakfast, go for a walk with the others to see carefully this city and be back here at nine"

-"Ok"

He stood up, tied his hair back and went to the bathroom to wash his face and teeth. When he got out he opened the wardrobe to pick the formal clothes. He noticed all the kimonos were still there.

-"Haven't you decided which of these are you going to wear?" –he asked.

-"I'm not going to wear any of those"

-"But we have to dress properly"

-"That's why I brought my new kimono!" –she answered with a huge grin. Her eyes shone with excitement, and that surprised Neji. Tenten was not the type of girl being excited with clothes, so he hadn't expected her to bring anything apart from scrolls, weapons and stuff like that.

She entered the bathroom with her bag and went out a little after he had finished putting on his black hakama and light grey gi. She was dressed in a nice purple kimono with a pale yellow obi. In the left sleeve and in the edge of the skirt it had some yellow petals flowing. It was a lovely kimono in fact, very simple yet elegant, and it suited her very well, but he still couldn't understand why she was so excited…

-"Look! I customized this kimono! In this sleeve I have added a hidden pocket to put a scroll" –she showed him the inside of her left sleeve- "Here…" –she continued, pointing her other sleeve- "…I have another, and I made the obi suitable to carry ten shuriken, some antidotes and lint (just in case) and a fan"

Neji cocked an eyebrow –"A fan?"

-"Of course, we're in May; I'm going to melt here!" – she took it out to fan herself mockingly and he noticed it had sharp metal ribs, so it was designed as a weapon too. She put in it again and stretched her arms –"In short, I'm carrying around one hundred weapons and no one without Byakugan will notice. I love this garment." -She smiled proudly.

-"Furthermore, it suits you" –he commented with a smirk

-"Bah" –she shrugged and moved her hand dismissively –"I just bought the cheapest so I wouldn't regret the money lost if it ends torn in the curse of a mission".

Neji continued smirking. "So that's why she's so excited"-he thought- "She made a kimono the ultimate hiding place for weapons". That was Tenten for you. He observed her as she put a senbon as adorn of her single bun. Aside her usually bangs she had longer loose hair strands at both sides of her face. She put one of them behind her ear impatiently while looking for something.

-"What are you looking for?" –he asked crossing his arms

-"Make up"

-"Are you going to wear make up?" –his voice revealed a little of surprise.

She chuckled –"No way! YOU are going to wear make up" –she pointed.

-"No" –Neji frowned.

-"Look, Neji…" –she sighed, knowing that was going to be hard –"Normal people don't use to have seals on their foreheads, you know?"

-"Of course I know. That's why I'm going to put the headband on"

-"Yeah, sure, and a poster saying "Kick me, I'm a ninja from Konoha" in your back" –She found the make up and approached to him.

-"I can transform into myself without seal" –he suggested taking a step back.

-"And waste chakra during the entire mission. Good one, genius." –she saw him frowning; trying to find another solution, but finally his frown deepened and sighed. She opened the box and started tapping softly the little sponge against the flesh-coloured paste. -"This is not that bad, actors in movies wear a lot of make up"-she commented while covering the seal.

-"You're not making me feel better. I'm not an actor" –he was still frowning, not looking at her.

-"Acting is an important part of being ninja, and you should know it. By the way, stop frowning if you want me to end this soon"

He did as she asked and soon it was over. He looked at the mirror and saw himself without seal. Tenten had made a great work, and for a brief moment he felt free, without the burden he had being loading since he was five years old. He raised his hand to touch his forehead but a gentle grasp on his wrist stopped him.

-"You should wait until it's dry or you'll remove it" –she said smiling.

He nodded and she let go his wrist, opened the door of the room and went out. Looking at his reflection one last time, he followed her and closed the door behind him.

They arrived at the hotel's restaurant and found neither Shigeru nor Lee were still there, so they sat and started eating in a comfortable silence. Fifteen minutes later, Lee and Shigeru arrived at the restaurant and joined them.

-"Neji, my ultimate rival! You look cool, but I beat you! My gi is the coolest ever! –Lee exclaimed, making his "Nice Guy Pose" and showing his sparkling teeth. He wore a green gi (Tenten marvelled because it was exactly the same colour as his spandex ninja suit) and a white hakama. He had removed his bandages too, so all his scars from training were visible when his sleeves moved over. Shigeru, on the other hand, was dressed as usual, with his deep blue gi and white hakama, but he had left his sword and his headband behind. He approached slowly to Tenten and spoke pompously:

-"Tenten, dear, you're lovely in that kimono. I'm happy you found it since your bag was stolen yesterday"

-"What?" –she almost spitted her tea

-"Yes, I'm deeply sorry…Shortly after I got back to the room a weird man stormed in it. I didn't have my weapons with me, but I stood up to him. We had a fiery battle and since I was winning (at this rate Neji's eyebrows almost touched his hair), he threw a weird gas and ran away with your bag" –he ended dramatically.

The three of them remained silent for different reasons. Lee's eyes were shining in admiration, Tenten had no expression and Neji was sipping his tea calmly. Once his eyebrows went back to their usually spot, he placed his cup back on the table and spoke softly:

-"What a cheating bastard"

Tenten opened her eyes and her mouth fell a few inches. How could he start an argument just before a mission? Although she was sure Shigeru was lying, it was neither the place nor the moment to reproach anything!

-"Yes! That was exactly what I thought!" –answered Shigeru, oblivious as always.

She released the air she was holding and looked at Neji. He smirked at her as if saying "Everything was under control" and cocked an eyebrow. She tried to hide a smile but failed, so she covered it with her sleeve. Shigeru looked at her and spoke again:

-"By the way, dear, where did you sleep last night?" –he enquired

Tenten was caught off ward and froze. Then she frowned, that wasn't his business! She was eighteen years old, for God's sake! She didn't like the looks Lee was giving her and Neji, as if trying to discover something between them.

-"That, Shigeru, it's not your business at all" –she answered with dignity. She didn't want them to know she slept in Neji's room because they would think the worst, as always, and nothing had happened between them last night. "Pity"-she thought and blushed instantly.

-"Well, although is not our business" –Neji spoke, taking her out of his thoughts- "as captain of this squadron I ask you to take care about your sleeping places. We don't want any despicable character harassing you"-he concluded looking pointedly at Shigeru.

Lee frowned and scratched his chin, if Neji didn't know where did Tenten sleep, where did she go last night? Shigeru nodded at Neji's last sentence, not getting it was him precisely who Neji was referring as "despicable character" and Tenten smiled gratefully. At last, they finished taking breakfast at eight o'clock and went to examine the town.

At nine o'clock they gathered at the hall of the hotel as they were told, and found Lord Goda with three companions. Two of them were armed and the third was a young girl in a pink kimono.

-"I'd like you to meet my personal bodyguards" –Lord Goda spoke, pointing the two men. One of them was clearly a samurai; he wore a blue hakama and glasses. His two swords were firmly tied to his waist, and his brown hair was pulled up into a tight ponytail. He simply nodded to acknowledge their presence. The other man was totally weird. He had messy dark hair, seemed unshaved and had his sword at his back.

-"Yeah, yeah, whatever" –the odd guy spoke with insolence- "let's go to that fucking festival so we can end with this soon"

The ninjas were taken aback by his bad language, but the girl in the pink kimono surprised them even more. She took out her wooden sandal promptly and hit the insolent man hardly on the head.

-"Oi! You're such a whore! What was that for?" –the guy shouted wildly. Far from get scared, the girl shouted with similar rage:

-"Because you can't behave properly even before a Lord and his guests, that's why!"

-"I behave as I feel like to, and I don't give a shit about anyone!"

They continued bickering and the serious samurai sighed weakly. It seemed he was used to that, because he turned to the perplexed Lord and company, bowed apologizing and motioned them to start their way to the festival. Lee walked to Neji's side, and when he was sure none except the ninjas could hear, he whispered:

-"Why have Lord Goda hired those three? Doesn't he trust in us?"

-"No, in fact, he's showing he's a great strategist" –Neji answered.

-"How is it?" –Shigeru asked.

-"Lord Goda knows the possible enemies are expecting him to have at least one bodyguard. If he didn't have anyone, that would make the enemies think we're his protectors, so the whole thing of being disguised would be useless" –Tenten explained.

-"Aaaah" –Lee nodded understanding -"So those bodyguards are a decoy for the enemies while we're the real ones, isn't it?"

-"Exactly" –Neji corroborated –"Let's stay on guard, but act casually"

Everyone nodded and dispersed. Tenten approached to the girl, who was walking grumpily and frowning. They introduced themselves and started chatting cheerfully. While speaking, Tenten observed everything around them. She was in charge of the right flank of the group, Lee was taking care of the left and was walking beside the dishevelled man; Shigeru was speaking with Lord Goda about the exquisite taste of his suite at the front and Neji was the last of the group along with the silent samurai. The day passed by calmly; they ate at the festival, went to the ceremonies, bought food (they soon discovered the girl and the dishevelled man had a hole in their stomachs), took part on matches (holding herself back to not be too obvious, Tenten was third in a darts match and she gave the false anbu mask of the prize to a passing child) and had a nice day in general. When the last dance concluded, they headed back to Lord Goda's suite and he paid the samurais (the ninjas were paid in advance):

-"Here's the first payment. At the end of the festival tomorrow, you'll receive the rest of it" –he said -"You may go, and remember; same time, same spot tomorrow" –he dismissed them and they gathered outside the door.

-"Hey guys!" –The dishevelled man spoke –"How about enjoying the night a little, huh?" –he smiled and his eyes shone.

The samurai looked at him, and then in a flick they grasped Neji, Lee and Shigeru and ran off, leaving the girls dumbfounded. This didn't last very much, since the girl in the pink kimono clenched her fists and spoke with rage:

-"Oh no! Not this time! I'm not gonna let them!" –she exclaimed

-"Let them what?" –Tenten asked.

-"Spend my part of the money in their low vices! Let's go!"

She grasped Tenten and started running too towards an unknown destination.

"I can't believe where we are" was Neji's first thought when they arrived. That part of the city was full of men walking from house to house, gazing the displayed girls as if they were meat and smiling in a sickening way. Neji felt revolted. It was the first time in his life he was in a Red Light District, and he didn't like it at all. Lord Goda's samurais were looking the different women, marking them until they entered one of the houses. Shigeru was looking everywhere bewildered by the strong red lights and the loud noise, while Lee was watching determinedly at his feet with a blush on his face.

Not very far from them, Tenten and the girl entered the Red Light District too and when Tenten realized where were they, she stopped dead.

-"Hey, hey, relax! We're in the brothels' district!" –she exclaimed horrified.

-"Of course! I'm sure those pervs are over here!" –the girl answered and started looking furiously to both sides, but suddenly she realized something –"Hey, it's the first time they let me enter one of this districts as a client, that's weird…" she commented.

Tenten didn't want to ask her more, but the specification "as a client" surprised her a lot. Although that girl was younger than her, it was clear she had lived a quite. She heard her asking a passing woman why women were allowed to enter.

-"Oh, that's because you're in the most modern Red Light District of all! Over there" –she pointed towards a direction –"You have the women zone, where women are the ones who can buy men!" –she ended happily.

-"Whoa…that's amazing!" –The girl commented –"This is the first time I hear about it!" –exclaiming this, she walked towards the direction the women pointed, leaving Tenten alone.

Tenten sighed, crossed her arms and turned, walking in the opposite direction "I don't care about their problems. If they want to expend their money here, it's their business. I'm back to sleep" She thought about Neji for a moment. Would he buy a woman? Almost instantly, she chuckled "That would be illogical. Neji could have almost anyone in our village of our age if he wanted, without paying, so what's the point of expend his money here?" She suppressed a yawn and kept walking towards the exit until a young man blocked her way.

-"Hey miss, want to have a nice night?" –he asked smiling in a nasty way.

-"Sure, that's why I'm going to sleep" –she answered lazily

-"I can offer you a better way to enjoy the night"

-"You should say "to enjoy five minutes of the night", you know"

-"Oi, you bitch, do you want me to show you what I have got?"

-"No, don't worry. Actually, I had enough laughing for today" –She smirked. That lousy bastard…if she hadn't to pretend, she would had kicked his ass right after "Hey miss".

-"You have guts. I like you. We can have a deal. I'll give you a discount" –he said.

A silence reigned among them for a few seconds; then she burst out laughing until she had to wipe her eyes from tears.

-"That was a good one!"

-"I am talking seriously, whore!" –the man was loosing his patience.

-"That's what makes this even funnier" –she said merrily.

-"I'm just gonna ask you politely one more time" –he raised his fist menacingly.

-"Ok, ok, I get serious. Sorry, but I'm not interested in paying for having sex with you"

-"You're getting on my nerves… I told you, I'll give you a discount! Why are you so stubborn?" –he asked desperately

Just when she was going to answer, a voice spoke from behind her:

-"Because she could get it for free if she wanted" –Neji walked until he positioned himself between the guy's raised fist and Tenten, crossing his arms –"Any problem over here?" –he asked, piercing his gaze on the other's eyes.

The man didn't like those white eyes at all. It was as if that strange guy was seeing past and inside him. He lowered his fist and answered:

-"Not at all. I was on the point of leaving, good night" –he took a few steps back and left them hastily.

Without saying anything, Neji took her hand firmly. Once she was at his side and they started walking he frowned.

-"What the hell are you doing here by yourself? –he asked slowly

-"I wasn't by myself! The girl dragged me along following you all and then disappeared. I was heading towards the exit and that guy blocked my way. Hey, where are the others?"

-"Don't know, don't care. You can't enter here alone, it's dangerous."

-"Hello, Neji! I'm a kunoichi!"

-"But you can't fight here! We're pretending, remember?" –He said angrily- "Next time, if you're curious and want to come to see this, just tell me and I'll accompany you!"

She stopped dead –"I told you! That girl brought me here! I didn't want to come! I didn't know we were coming!" –she retorted with rage.

-"You should have gone back to the hotel at once!" –he responded with equal rage.

-"For the last time, I-WAS-TRYING-TO" –She shouted.

They stared themselves for some minutes and then realized the people was starting to look at them. They heard someone saying "Those who fight hotly, desire themselves lustfully…aah, this new-weds". Tenten's face grew extremely red and Neji's cheeks turned the slightest of the pink. He cleared his throat and took her hand again. She tried to get away, but he squeezed it.

-"I'm not going to escape" –she said

-"That's not the reason. We don't want another one to offer himself to you, don't we?" –he cocked an eyebrow.

-"Well, at least if that happens I'd have a laugh" –she smirked.

-"I'll release you at the exit, don't worry. Let's get out of here, this place makes me sick"

-"We have one more thing in common, then"

They started walking to the exit, hand in hand, realizing again it was going to be another long night.

Yay! Longer chapter and faster update! I feel proud : P. I hope you like it, let me know what you think! Three things:

-About the three OCs appearing on this chapter: I avoided telling their names intentionally, cookie for everyone who guesses from which anime they are! (They are the main characters). Pink kimono girl, dishevelled and bad mouthed guy, serious samurai in glasses…I think it's very clear! Sadly (or happily) the next chapter will be the last for them (for this three OCs, the story is going to be a little longer…)

-About the proverb "Those who fight hotly, desire themselves lustfully": it's an adaptation of a proverb from my country. If you know any saying meaning the same, please tell me!

-I don't like to include japanese words, but in this case I couldn't find a suitable translation:-Hakama: Trousers that samurai and kendo students used to wear
-Gi: Upper part of the attire japanese men used to wear. (Just to explain better, Kuno's jacket is a Gi and Kuno's trousers are a Hakama).
-Obi: Wide belt women used to wear with kimonos. (if I'm wrong, correct me please!)

Next Chapter: The way back to the hotel, another night of realizations and the second day of the festival. The hidden enemy finally strikes! (Tenten made a lot of effort with her customized kimono…she has to use it!)

Doubts, comments, suggestions, corrections, etc are welcome! See you soon!