I am so sorry that this took so long to update (It's been what, 5 days?)! My poor baby (my laptop) got a virus!
It was some scam that blocked all of my programs and said that my laptop was being watched by the FBI and I needed to pay $200 dollars to get it working correctly.
They didn't even spell government right. It was kind of insulting that they thought I'd fall for it.
This one is one I came up with just for my dearest and most beloved reader, xaburame15. He always comments and is such a precious darling when he compliments me. It makes me feel so happy to know that you are reading and enjoying the stories so much, and I smile every time you leave a comment.
So when you asked for NejiTen, i ran to my laptop and started typing you up a story, and when my computer was on life support I went out and found another one that I had to fight with endlessly, just to bring this to you.
Tenten just couldn't figure out how it had happened. Really, when looking back on everything it was almost as if someone had been purposely screwing with them because there was no way everything could have gotten the way it was without tampering from someone or something.
She had been given a simple mission: find the girl, grab the girl, take the girl, get out with the girl. Saving a rich boy's girlfriend from some kidnapper was not that big of a deal.
But oh, it had turned into the hugest deal.
"When are we getting out of here?" Tenten closed her eyes and tried to remember why on earth she was stuck in this little hut with a pathetic excuse of a girl who had to be the most annoying being she had ever met.
She had grabbed the girl from where she was being held -some mafia's base, the boss having become infatuated with the girl for some unknown and ungodly reason- but the stupid girl had started complaining as soon as she had gotten her out of the house and had alerted the guards. Unable to fight all of them off alone and with a civilian Tenten had opted to run, though a sudden and violent storm had forced them to take shelter in a hut they had happened upon.
It had been an absolute hell for both parties involved.
"Miss ninja, I asked you a question! Are you ignoring me?"
"To the best of my abilities." Though there was no way to possibly not hear that screeching and whiny childlike, nails on chalkboard voice.
"Well, I never! I'll have you know that you are hired help and that I can-" Tenten was about to throw the job out of the window and just kill the bitch when she heard the flat silence that lay thick outside beneath the rain. She held up a hand to shush the girl and hissed.
"Quiet! Do you hear that?" The girl tilted her head and wrinkled her brow in concentration.
"I don't hear anything. Are you just trying to get me to be quiet?" Tenten shook her head knowing that the lack of sound, no matter what it was or wasn't, was bad.
"Listen to me Princess, you may not like me all that much right now but you seem to dislike the people searching for you more, so you're going to have to shut up and let me get you out of here and out of my hair alive so I can get this job done." The girl reluctantly nodded and conceded her point, though she didn't look all that happy about it. Ignoring the pouting girl Tenten quickly cut her thumb and swiped it on the paper scroll she had pulled from her pocket, summoning a dog sized purple turtle.
"Ah, Ten-chan! I am-" Tenten held up her hand. "Yeah, sure, let's get to that later. Right now I need you to take this girl and get her to Konoha."
"I'm not big enough to take the both of you."
"Yeah, she'll be going by herself. I'll stay here and fight them off so you can get her out of here." The turtle slowly bobbed its head. "Okay, Ten-chan. If you're sure."
"Thanks." She turned to the girl who was looking at the giant talking purple turtle as if it were... A giant talking purple turtle. "You. Get on the turtle."
"What?"
"The turtle. Get on it. It'll get you to safety so that you'll be out of my way." The girl shook her head stubbornly.
"Ah, no."
"On the turtle. Now."
"I'm sorry," She snorted, flipping her hair over her shoulder, "You must have heard me wrong. I said no, and I meant it. Now, find a better mode of transportation, because I am not sitting on some vile amphibian."
"Actually, angry mean lady, I'm a reptile." The turtle protested and was ignored, not even appearing phased that he had just been called vile.
Tenten narrowed her eyes at the girl and grabbed her, tossing her atop the back of the turtle's shell. "Why you...!" She gasped but Tenten merely smiled and waved goodbye as she and the turtle disappeared in a puff of smoke.
Tenten sent up a prayer of relieved thanks, happy that she had gotten rid of the worst and most annoying problem so that now she only had to face the more minor ones that were approaching. She turned, getting her scrolls ready for the attack that would surely be at the door in mere moments.
Just as the attackers stepped into the little clearing, thinking that the rain had given them enough cover so that they still had the element of surprise, Tenten stepped out of the hut and flicked her scrolls open, her weapons flying up and defying gravity, allowing her to leap forward and take out three with some kunai in the space of a heartbeat.
It was a hard fight, the rain and mud working against them as they fought, the enemy continuing to come even as Tenten decimated the first few lines of attackers. But soon she was running low on her seemingly endless supply of weapons, panting as the water and mud weighed her down and the rain lashed at her eyes and tried to distort her vision. Grabbing her last weapons she leaped back into the hut, taking shelter from the rain and knowing that if they tried to come in here at least she'd have the upper hand.
But no one attempted to approach, and as the minutes dragged on Tenten began to suspect that something was going on and that she should probably get back outside and maybe try and make a run for it since her speed would be better than theirs now that she was rid of the priss.
But as she took her first step something was tossed into the room, a small round ball that would easily fit in the palm of her hand. Smoke filled the room, spilling from the orb, and Tenten jumped for the door, reaching out to push it open and let some much needed air into the room, even if the enemy came with it. But just as her fingers brushed against the wood of the door everything blurred and she fell to the ground, murky black unconsciousness quickly swallowing her whole.
When she awoke to the throbbing headache, it was to a scene not many people would expect when being forced unconscious and then taken away. It was not to a cell but to a room decorated in the purest white and gaudy gold, with her lying in a large canopy bed where wisps of thin cloth floated down from bedposts, the white silk sheets beneath her smooth against her skin.
Tenten jerked up quickly, kneeling in the center of the bed as she took in her situation.
Someone had apparently undressed her and then changed her into some little white nightgown that was only silk and thin wisps of lace that floated down to brush at her thighs. Her hair had been taken down and brushed out so that it tumbled down to her waist, her wrists cuffed together behind of her and then chained to one of the posts of the bed. She was clean, smelled like something overpowering and flowery, and was utterly disgusted.
What kind of sick bastard did something like this? Undressing her? Bathing her? Any normal captor would have just thrown her in some cell to rot, but this one was some kind of a sick pervert that apparently got his jollies off on doing whatever all of this was.
The locks in the door turned and the door opened revealing several black suited men who parted way to reveal yet another man, this one in a white suit. He was obviously someone of importance, his cocky attitude and humongous ego filling the room until Tenten felt as if she were suffocating on them and the floral cologne he apparently bathed in.
His bleached teeth rivaled the brightness of Gai's and Lee's together and his dark brown hair was slicked back with gel into a tidy and pompous looking hairstyle. His stylish white suit was well tailored and fit him nicely, though the absurdity of someone being that infatuated by a color hurt her eyes. His pointed shoes were flawlessly shined and his gold tie was perfectly tied, everything perfectly tucked and placed.
Tenten supposed he was handsome in a slick sort of way, but she had never been more disgusted when his eyes touched upon her and lit up like a child who had been presented with the largest present at Christmas.
"Ah! Lady ninja, I'm so glad you woke up without any complications."
"Are you now?"
He grinned and nodded eagerly. "Oh yes!" Tenten blinked warily at the man, knowing that an unpredictable psychopathic enemy and captor was far more dangerous than a sane one.
"You see, I was a bit angry at you stealing away my bride to be and was going to torture and kill you when they brought you back, but when I saw you I knew that the fates had brought us together and meant for you to be my one and only. Obviously beauty and strength far outreaches breeding, and she was just a troublesome child whereas I can see that you are a beautiful woman." Tenten blinked at the man.
"I'm sorry?"
"It's obvious that you were the one that was meant for me all along, and think about what you will gain by becoming mine! This mansion and all my others, all the material things that you could ever hope for, money and anything your little heart could wish for." He sat down on the bed and reached his hand out to sit it on her bare thigh. "What do you say?"
She smiled softly at him, "What do I say? There's obviously only one thing to say." The smile was tossed away as she replaced it with a glare, falling to her side as she kicked her leg out and aimed for the sick bastard's head. He fell down to the floor, just barely dodging the concussion causing attack, staring up at the girl as she bared her teeth at him, glaring at him through the hair that had fallen in front of her face.
"Hell no! What do you think I am, you sick freak? Like I could be bought with some green paper and an ugly house, and don't you dare try and touch me again or else I'll show you why my boyfriend doesn't even touch me without fearing for his life!" He blinked at her a moment before grinning, standing up and brushing himself off.
"I hope that that fire continues to burn when you calm down enough to see how right I am about all of this. I find it quite... stimulating." He reached out to her, chuckling when Tenten jerked back and hissed.
"I will be back to see you soon, my lovely flower." He said, turning and taking his men and leaving. After struggling with the cuffs for almost an hour and determining that she couldn't get out of them by herself Tenten blew her hair out of her eyes and tried to flip it over her shoulder, furious that he had not only tied her up where she couldn't use her hands but had also taken her hair down so that it could annoy the hell out of her. Really, she should probably hack it all off when she got home, but the only thing was that Neji got such a kick out of it when she wore it down and dressed sexy for him.
Crossing her legs beneath her she tried to settle in and get comfortable to wait for her man to come and get her.
"My lady, I have come to inform you of a most momentous occasion!" The psychopath cried, throwing the door open and beaming at Tenten. She glared wearily at him, tired from having to deal with him and his complete lunacy for four days straight.
He strode to the bed and sat down by her, rubbing one of his hands up and down her arm and growing more confident when she didn't fight him off like she usually did, though the only reason that she didn't was so that he could get close enough so she could do some serious physical harm.
"I have found a preacher to bless our union! He will be by tonight along with nearly three hundred guests who will look upon the two of us with envy. Your dress is being brought in by some attendings who will help you bathe and dress, and your hair and face will be done by the most professional of artists." He leaned in a little bit closer, nearly overwhelming Tenten with his absurdly feminine and floral cologne.
"Well? What do you say?" Tenten tossed her hair back with a flick of her head, making sure some of the strands slapped the bastard in the face like she so desperately wanted to.
"I say that this is the most desperate and sad plan I have ever heard. Really Looney, is the only way you can get a woman? I mean, you're not that bad looking of a man. Maybe it's the perfume, though. Most women don't want to be with a man who smells girlier than them." He blinked and she smirked at him, wanting him just a bit closer so she could get in just one good head-butt and break the man's nose.
"Or maybe it's the whole white and gold thing. Picking two colors that makes very few people look good is really-" She was cut off when he moved and pinned her down suddenly, her shoulders forced back into a horribly painful position as her arms -which were still cuffed behind her back- forced her to arch up. He was in between her legs, forcing them apart and wide so that she couldn't kick him, fisting his hand in her hair and pulling so hard that she saw stars.
"I am," He growled, his eyes dangerously flat, like a shark that was swimming towards its bleeding and floundering prey, "Growing weary of this attitude of yours. I found it cute at first but now it's like the annoying yap of some small dog that refuses to just shut up. So because I think I'll find you cute when you're quiet, I'm going to muzzle you." He pulled back on her hair until her vision was filled with spots and her mouth gaped open on a gasp of pain, and then he attacked.
The force of his mouth on hers was almost painful, the slide of his tongue making its way into her mouth revolting, making her gag. Her teeth cut into the inside of her lips from where he pressed down so hard, the blood filling her mouth and mixing with the foul minty taste of the man who was forcing himself on her.
Tenten bucked, trying to force him off of her, but the position she was forced in didn't allow it and he was surprisingly strong. His hand left her shoulder to instead travel to her breasts, squeezing cruelly and forcing tears to fill her eyes which she held back desperately, not wanting to show such a weakness.
His mouth left hers and went to her throat, biting as he pulled on her hair even harder to reveal more of her throat to him. His hand left her breast to shove the hem of her nighty up to her stomach, pulling her panties out of the way to force his fingers into her savagely. Tenten's eyes went wide as she cried out against the brutal and unwanted intrusion.
He jerked back away from her, staring down at her with those dangerous eyes that suddenly turned kind and happy as her took in her appearance. He gently brushed away her hair from her face, smiling at her as she tried to keep the tears at bay and focus on the anger instead of the pain. "Don't fear, I won't go any further. I know how important the wedding night is to women." He slipped off of the bed and went to the door, looking back at her before smiling once more. "I look forward to tonight." He said, leaving the room and shutting the door gently behind him.
Tenten blinked up at the ceiling, keeping her tears away as her body screamed out in protest over the vile touch that that monster had forced on her. "Bastard!" She screamed out at the door, curling up on her side and glaring dry eyed at the door.
She wasn't going to give him her tears.
A few hours later four women came in and unhooked the chain from her cuffs, helping her into the bath as they poured oils over her and rubbed soaps into her skin. They stared at the violent red marks on her neck and shoulders and her swollen lips with sympathetic eyes, all of them understanding why she was here and the reason she was cuffed. One of the women with gentle eyes and a caring face softly and kindly touched one of the marks.
"It won't help everything, but we'll cover them with makeup so you won't have to see them." Tenten nodded and pressed her lips together. She wanted to lash out so badly, to try and escape from this place and the hell she'd have to go through if this whole thing went through, but these four women didn't deserve that or the backlash they'd receive if she escaped from them.
They helped her from the bath and pulled a strapless slip on her, obviously not allowed to take the cuffs off since she still had them on. She wondered if she was going to be walking down the aisle with them on. That would certainly be a conversation starter for the guests.
"We'll be back in about an hour; we need to grab the dress and makeup." Tenten felt her stomach curl in protest but nodded, sitting down on the window seat and pressing her forehead to the cool glass, glad that they hadn't chained her up again so that she at least this little bit of freedom.
The guests were arriving and Tenten watched through the rippled glass as they made their way up the walk, dressed in all their finery as they made their way into Tenten's prison to watch her get married to someone who didn't even know her name and was bat-shit crazy. The door creaked open behind her before closing quietly and Tenten felt a single tear slip down her cheek.
"It's about damn time you showed up, I was getting tired of waiting for you," She turned and couldn't decide whether to sob or smile at the sight of the man who stood before her. "Neji."
He was dressed up, obviously for the wedding so he could sneak in, and Tenten couldn't help but feel a tingle at how sexy he was, even under the circumstances. His black suit, black shirt and black tie should have made him look washed out and emo, but he looked stylish and all of the black made his white eyes almost look as if they were glowing.
Unable to contain her joy or relief at seeing her lover right in front of her after so long she pushed off of the window seat and ran at him, making him rock back at the force of her colliding with his chest, his arms coming to wrap around her while she wished she could do the same.
"Here," He murmured, going behind her and fiddling with the cuffs, hitting the weak points in the metal and locks so that they fell away. Tenten tried to move her now freed arms but the pain of doing so was almost overwhelming. "Hold on a minute." Neji said, sighing at her impatience.
He hit some of the points in her arms to take away the pain and help with the muscles and blood flow, slowly helping her move her arms to her sides so she could get used to the tingling. He turned her and gave her a once over, trying to see if there were any injuries, freezing when his eyes touched upon the hickeys on her throat and shoulders.
"I heard you were getting married." He said quietly, obviously trying to keep his control over his fury, and Tenten snorted, amused and annoyed at it all now that Neji was finally here with her.
"Yeah, Crazypants really swept me off my feet with all this romance." She looked at him and saw where his attention was focused. "Hey," She said, reaching up to cup his face in her hands. "I'm fine now that you're here." She was and she always would be as long as he was there to erase everything from her mind and body.
As if hearing her thoughts he picked her up and sat her on the bed, leaning over and kissing her. She felt his hands gently healing the marks that that man had forced on her, his kiss slowly soothing away the bad memories.
He leaned back after a few minutes, her wounds healed and his eyes hard as they looked around the room, though they softened when they touched upon her. "We need to go before someone comes to get you." He said, pulling the jacket to his suit off before slipping it over her shoulders. "Ready?" He asked, and she nodded, slipping her arms into the sleeves of the jacket and following him to the window as he forced it open, the two of them stepping out and climbing to the roof, not even minding the fact that they were on the third floor.
They ran, leaping from the roof and into the trees, racing over branches as they made their way back home to Konoha, not stopping until they were well over halfway there and far enough to not have to worry about anything other than resting to start again in an hour or so. Neji sat on one of the thicker branches, leaning against the trunk and watching as Tenten walked over to him and sat down, straddling his lap.
"Thank you for coming and getting me." She said, leaning forward to sink into yet another kiss, gentle and sweet.
Then his hands came up to tangle in her hair and Tenten felt the kiss become harder and hotter as she melted. "Where did he touch you?" He hissed, and Tenten brought his hand to her breast, closing her eyes as the pleasure rolled through her. She leaned her forehead on his shoulder, so undeniably thankful to be back with him where she knew she should always be.
"Here too," She whispered, taking his other hand to bring it to her core, wanting him to erase everything and make her remember only him. He paused, taking in what she was saying before continuing, burying his face into her neck as he slipped one of his fingers into her.
"Marry me." He whispered.
Tenten blinked, not really all that sure she had heard him right.
"What?"
"As soon as we get back, marry me. I don't want something like this to happen again where there's even a chance you can become someone else's. I want you to be mine and only mine." He twisted his finger, making Tenten gasp and arch, her eyes going wide. "So say yes."
It was the jealousy thing, and Tenten knew she should probably be upset that not only was he acting as if she was a possession but also because he was proposing while they were in a tree and in the middle of foreplay after saving her from a crazed lunatic. But she couldn't feel anything past the arousal and complete and utter joy. Because, damn it, it was pretty much perfect in her book.
"I'm already yours," She gasped, gripping his hair to tug his head from her neck so she could lean her forehead against his. "But yes, yes I'll marry you." She panted, pressing her lips against his to seal the deal with a kiss.
"Tenten! It's great that you're okay! Everyone was kind of-"
"Yeah, that's great Naruto. Listen, we need you to do something." Neji glared at her, his proper attitude probably upset that she had interrupted the Hokage, though Naruto went unphased.
"Oh?"
"Yeah, we need you to marry us."
He blinked at the two, scratching his head as he tried to figure out what she meant. "What?"
"As Hokage you have the power to perform any bonding or marital ceremonies, and we would like you to preform one for us." Naruto pulled a face.
"I see." He said, though obviously he didn't.
"Just find the book, say the words and get on with this whole thing." Tenten demanded, and this time Neji sighed and roughly rubbed his face, wondering how she could be acting like this when it came to them getting married, though he did want it to go a bit faster so he could get her back to the home they shared as soon as possible.
Naruto started rustling through cabinets and drawers, looking for something that would guide him through all of this. He vaguely remembered a book Tsunade had read from at his and Hinata's wedding, so he searched for that. "Don't you want to invite anyone? Lee or some family?" Tenten grimaced and looked at Neji.
"Lee and Gai will probably cry if we don't invite them." He nodded.
"I would also like to invite Hinata-sama so she can represent the family, and we do need witnesses."
"Just send the ANBU after them! They'll get them faster, and that way you two can just stay here." Naruto shouted, currently digging through some papers that had fallen under his desk to try and find the book to use with the ceremony. Neji rolled his eyes at the thought of using specially trained ninja to grab wedding guests but Tenten walked past him and did just that, not nearly as squeamish about the idea as Neji
It took around fifteen minutes for Naruto to find the book and by then everyone was there. Ino so she wouldn't pout about being left from the loop and Sakura for the same reason, Choji and Shikamaru because they had been with Ino, Lee and Gai since they were practically family, and Hinata because she was.
"Hey, Tenten, are you serious about this?" Sakura asked, her forehead knit in concern, and Tenten grinned.
"Oh yeah."
"What about you're dress? And a cake? And... everything else!" Tenten shrugged.
"Doesn't really matter to me, and anyways," She said, looking down at the knee length white slip she was wearing along with Neji's black suit jacket and her bare feet. "I think this looks pretty good."
"Wait!" Hinata gasped, hurrying in from where ever she had gone to as soon as she had heard what was going on. "Here," She said, putting two silver combs with sapphires in Tenten's hair. "Something old and blue from our side of the family." Tenten grinned, checking off the last of the two needed items with Neji's borrowed jacket and the new little white slip. Hinata stood over to the side and made a shooing motion with her hands, urging them to proceed.
The ceremony was quicker than most, Naruto skipping over some of the "Unnecessary" parts and winging it when he felt like it, making them laugh and solidifying the knowledge that this was the right thing for them. "Now you're supposed to do the rings!" He said, closing the book since this and one more line was all that he felt was needed to be said on his part. The couple looked at each other, and then back at Naruto.
"Actually, this went a little fast and we didn't really have the time..."
"But I did." Hinata said, swooping in and saving the day, giving each of them the opposite ring. Seeing the puzzled looks Hinata blushed and shrugged. "I figured with how this was going you guys wouldn't have them and since I knew your sizes I got them on the way here. B-Being married to the Hokage has the advantage where if you ask you'll get what you need quickly." She said, her blush even more pronounced as she stepped back into her spot.
Tenten grinned up at Neji and decided to follow with the theme of the night and just wing it. "I've known you for years, and I might be one of the few people who have actually gotten to know you. I know you're picky, selfish, cold at times and amazingly possessive. You take forever to get around to saying what you really feel -which is why this whole thing is going to surprise the hell out of people- and you get mad pretty easily, though you hide it well. But you're also honorable, kind, loving, and the man that just saved me from probably the craziest SOB I've ever met. All of this is why I love you and why I'm standing here and asking you to be mine and asking to be yours."
Neji smirked and figured he'd just go along with it as well. "I know you're loud, brash, easily excitable and just as easily infuriated. You have one of the largest hearts I've ever seen, one that easily accepts everyone and everything that you can care for. I know how sharp your wit is and how hard you try, how sweetly you care and how sarcastic your humor is. I know as much as a person who has been with you as long as I have could know about you, and I know that all of this is why I love you and want to learn more about you. I want to spend what is left of my life with you, and this is why I am standing here and asking for you to to be mine and to allow for me to be yours."
Gai and Lee were crying in the background, sobbing and spouting on about the beauty of youth, but everyone ignored them and instead focused on the beaming couple. Naruto clapped his hands and grinned, "Right, well, put on the rings and kiss and that will be it!" They did so, and though some of the guests rolled their eyes at how unconventional the whole ceremony was they couldn't deny that they just seemed to radiate happiness when Tenten pulled Neji closer to her to deepen the kiss, the act being met with laughter and cheers.
I know you said that Neji is your favorite and I'm sorry I couldn't do this from his point of view, but this is how it came out. But don't worry! The next NejiTen I do will focus on him more!
I hope you enjoyed it anyways!
In "Feelings" I said that they got married suddenly, and so... this was the sudden part (I mean, they didn't even have rings). They've been living together for a little while, but they haven't really talked about marriage.
Oh, and about Neji healing her. Tenten tried becoming a medic (I read this on Naruto wiki, so I'm sorry if I got it wrong, but blame wiki) but she didn't have the proper chakra control or something and just didn't have the skill for it. So I figure that Neji has basic training to heal minor wounds and the such in case they're in a pinch (because obviously Lee can't).
I love you all! Pinatas for everyone! (Mine's a unicorn.)