Hello! I'm finally able to update! I don't think this one is very good, so I hope I won't disappoint you guys. Oh yah, this is another year skip, and Tenten and Neji are both 19 years old. Anyways, enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
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journal entry
Chapter 8- The question( Normal POV)
Early one morning, in the village of Konoha, of the Hyuuga compound, a certain brown haired kunoichi laid on her bed, as usual, writing in her journal. She was quite caught up in it and didn't realize the time… 4:59 am.
YAWN I'm so tired. Why does Neji want us to train so early? Yah, I usually meet him at 5 am. Anyways, I'm sure I still have plenty of time. It is really hard to have a day off now. Neji, Lee and I are at the age of 19, and we are ANBU. Kiba, Sasuke, Shikamaru and Shino are also ANBU with us. Ino, Hinata, and Chouji are Jounins, and Sakura became an excellent medic nin. She is currently at the Uchiha compound, and getting ready to be a MOM. YES, A MOM! I'm so excited for her!
Oh yes, am I missing someone? Ah, Naruto. Believe it or not, he is training to be the next Hokage. HOKAGE. He actually pulled it off. Tsunade- sama actually thought he was almost ready to be the Hokage. Ah, times ch- WHAT! IT IS ALREADY 5AM! AH I'M LATE, NEJI WILL KILL ME!
Tenten quickly snapped out of it, and rushed to get ready. She can't believe time could past so quickly. She dashed out of the compound and ran to the team's training grounds.
( Neji's POV)
' Hmm, wonder what's taking her so long?' I thought, as I began meditating. She is hardly ever late, because she knows I don't like it when she is. A minute later, she finally came. " Hn. What took you so long?" She was panting too hard to even answer me. Hn.
" Let's begin." She nodded, and we took our pose.
( skip training- hokage tower: normal POV)
" Now, I have a dangerous mission for you two." The hokage, still Tsunade, told the group of ANBU. " I only need two people for this. It is very dangerous, so too many people will cause suspicion. So, which two is going?"
Tenten stepped out. " I will do it." She looked at Neji, who nodded. Tsunade cleared her throat. " Ok, it is settled then. Tenten and Neji will carry the mission. Now what you need to do is go to the Sand, and get a scroll from the kazekage, Gaara. He will give it to you when you arrive. Be careful, a lot of people are after that scroll, and only a few people know how to destroy that scroll. I am one of those people. Now departure quickly!"
( Tenten's POV)
Two hours later, Neji and I walked toward the front gate. " So, how long will it take to reach the Sand?" I asked him. " We'll get there by tomorrow morning. It was already about three in the afternoon, so about half a day. We usually stop to camp out at about 7pm to wake up early.
As we traveled, I felt the presence of someone not familiar. I glanced at Neji. " Just keep walking." So I tried not to notice. I guess if they don't attack, we won't fight them. Yet. After a few hours, Neji said. " Let's camp out here." I nodded and started pitching the tent.
The next morning, we headed out at approximately 6 am. The presence was still there, but they didn't try anything while we slept, so I suppose it is ok, for now. We got to the Sand about half an hour later. Gaara looked so different! He still had his tattoo, but now he hides his red hair in a hoodie, of his brown sweater. He still has a gourd on his back, but it is WAY bigger. He hands us the scroll, and after thanking him, we left.
It wasn't until we were walking for hours until I felt an uneasiness. I tried to shake it off, but it won't go away. I walked closer to Neji.
That was when the first explosive went off. It was located right behind us. But when I turned around, another one went off, right above our heads, then there was an avalanche. " Neji!" " Tenten!" I lost consciousness after that.
When I finally came to, it was pitch black. My first thought was it was already night time, but I could see that I was actually in a cave. That was when I saw the stranger…
( normal POV)
A stranger walked in front of Tenten. " Well, well, well, what do we have here?" Tenten just glared at him. " I tried looking for the scroll, instead, I get a kunoichi. Oh well, works for me." He stepped closer to Tenten. She tried to run, but her body wouldn't move. " Haha, yes, that's right. Can't move, right? I paralyzed your whole body." He stepped closer to her, and touched her cheek. Tenten closed her eyes and tried not to gag. She gasped when she felt her clothing slipping off…
( Neji's POV)
" Tenten!" I watched as she fell unconscious as a rock hit her head. Then, there was a thick fog, of green powder? ' Oh shit, this is poison.' I felt my body going into paralyze mode as I tried to reach Tenten. That was when the stranger came. He went for Tenten. I tried to stop him, but he sent a blast of waves, making me fall over the mountains. " AHHHHHHH"…. Sigh, good thing I think quick. I used my chakra to get up the mountain again. When I came back up, the stranger and Tenten were already gone. The poison was slowly going away too. I activated Byakugan and quickly followed them. Tenten…
An hour later, I saw that I had been just running in circles. ' damn'. Suddenly, I heard a scream, a very familiar scream. I quickly ran to the source. ' Tenten, hold on, I'm coming!'
( Tenten's POV)
Dream…
' Where am I?' I can feel myself walking, but I'm not going anywhere. A sudden pain shot through my body. I screamed and fell. " Tenten, get up." A voice called to me, but no one was around. " Who is it?" I called back, but the voice just kept on saying. " Tenten, get up." I listened closely, and noticed the voice sounded like… Neji! He suddenly came to my view. I tried to run towards him, but he kept on walking further and further, I was going no where. " Neji, wait!" I tried to catch up, but I couldn't. Behind me, a murderous laugh came. I shuddered and ran harder, faster, but the everything turned black. ' Neji' was my last thought.
End of Dream
" NEJI!" I screamed, waking up from my dream. To my relief, I saw him running towards me and hugged me. I was so thankful that I didn't have to be the one running, that I didn't notice my pains until he touched me. When he did, I winced. He quickly let go, and looked at me with a hurt expression. " Are, you okay?" I nodded, why wouldn't I be, sure I was injured but… then I remembered the cave. I looked at Neji, and started crying. I couldn't help it, my my sanity, my innocence… To my surprise, Neji sat on my bed, and cradled me in his arms. " Shh…" he whispered. Soon, I fell asleep again.
( Neji's POV)
I am very glad she is finally awake. Thinking of what happened just makes my blood boil. I had found them in the cave, with her naked and scratched all over. The man, was also naked, but quickly dressed and smirked at me. " She was a nice one, too bad it was only her first time." I don't remember anything that happened afterwards, just a lot of blood, but that was it.
I had woken up at the hospital, and was told by Sakura that I was found unconscious by Uchiha Sasuke. I got out of the hospital pretty quickly and gave the scroll to Tsunade. That was when I noticed Tenten wasn't with me. I ran back and asked Sakura where she was. She shook her head and said she was in the emergency room. That was 2 weeks ago.
Now she is well, and in my arms. Well, as well as she can be. I set her down back on the bed, which caused her to wake up. She looked strangely at me. I bent down on one knee, and she gasped. Holding out a ring, I asked. " Tenten, will you marry me?" Taking the wide smile as a yes, I hugged her and kissed her fully on the lips.
How did you think of that chapter? I'm sorry if Neji seemed a little OOC, but I didn't know how else to write the way he was when he propose. I mean, it is suppose to be romantic! But Neji isn't a really romantic person…
Review please! Next chapter is The Big Day. I bet you can already guess what THAT is about.
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