Woot! Woot! Wibble! Wibble! Last chappie. .

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Neji fingered the gouge mark across the leaf symbol, and tears trickled down his cheeks. Ten-ten frowned and wrapped her arms around him as he cried. "Neji?"

Neji's hands tightened around the cloth. "I'm sorry. You two sacrificed so much for me. Just to save me, you ruined your lives. Both of you." He shook his head.

Ten-ten held him tightly; he buried his face in her shoulder. "Neji, we wanted to. We chose to, of our own free will. You never asked us. It's not your fault."

Neji shook his head as Ten-ten crushed him to her. "Hinata-sama was going to rule the Hyugas, and you-"

Ten-ten cut him off. "I could never have stayed in a place that would kill an innocent person just because of politics. I would have left anyway."

"But-" Ten-ten silenced him with a soft kiss, wiping his tears away with her calloused thumbs.

The smell of the stew drew Hinata in, and she helped herself to some dinner, along with some freshly baked and buttered bread Neji had made. Her cousin always had been a good cook. The most she could manage was ramen.

Watching Hinata bite into the warm bread, licking melted, golden butter off her lips, Ten-ten broke the kiss. Neji's head went back to her shoulder, and she ran her hands through his long, luxuriously thick sienna hair. The sounds of Hinata eating, and the delicious aroma caused her to kiss Neji on the forehead, then go and join her fellow kunoichi for dinner, Neji following.

Yes, it wasn't a grand existence. But they were happy for the most part. And that was all a shinobi could ever really ask for. All anyone could ever ask for. Yes, there were squabbles and problems in their lives, but that was just a part of life. Overall, it was good. Happily ever after only happened in fairy tales, but life going pretty good, well, who could complain?

OWARI

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And with that, this story has come to an end. Hope you enjoyed reading, and, as always, please review!

If you enjoyed this story, you might like my other one, Wind Beneath My Wings, which starts off as Naruto x Hinata, but has a lot of Tenten x Neji interaction as well.