TenTen raised her hand excitedly "OOOH OOH! ME!!!!!!" Chouji stood up and pointed to TenTen dramatically

"Ok Ten Ten I dare you to…….to….." he put his finger to his chin in a thinking position then whipped his finger back in Ten Ten's face "To jump into the lake!!!!!"

"Sure no problem, it's only a little cold anyways" Ten Ten and the others stood up and began out the door of Sasuke's house when Chouji sweat-dropped and screamed at the top of his lungs.

"WAIT A MINUTE I WASN'T FINISHED!!!!!!!!" They all turned around to see what the tub of lard was talking about (sorry Chouji fan-girls….well…if any exist…)

"Chouji what are you talking about now?" Ten Ten asked casually.

"You have to jump in the Chouji got a proud grin on his face and crossed his arms

"What?!!?! Are you insane?!?1 Where the hell did you come up with such an idea Chouji!?!?!"

Chouji smirked "Well, I was sitting at home with mother last night and she made my favorite barbeque-flavored chip casserole. And while we were sitting in front of the TV enjoying our meal we were watching The Parent Trap. I want the dare to be like that."

Ten Ten's jaw dropped and she had a grave look on her face "…….fine" she mumbled.

All the girls were shocked that she was going through with this without stabbing Chouji to death with her knives, but they also complimented her bravery.

Some of the boys couldn't wait for this, bunch a pervs. But one was indifferent about the situation (guess who lol) and one didn't like this at all (again guess who).

Lee was exceptionally happy for some reason. Ten Ten, we must hurry so you may blossom in your beautiful youth!!" he said as he rushed out the door. Everyone just stared.

It wasn't long before they got to the lake, or now known as Lake Biwako since we just now bothered to find a proper name. Ten Ten was still reluctant to do this. But what teen wouldn't be afraid to jump in a lake completely naked?

"Do I really have to do this?" Ten Ten asked nervously while she was clutching a towel she brought along.

Naruto grinned from ear to ear. "You can't back out now, Ten Ten! We're already here and you don't want to be known as a coward, now do you?" Naruto was really getting better at pushing people's buttons.

Ten Ten clutched her hands around the towel harder and more fiercely. She hated being called a coward and would never dare be named one no matter what! Sakura put a hand on Ten Ten's shoulder, trying to be sympathetic even though she thought her predicament was somewhat funny.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine," Sakura said reassuringly. Ten Ten smiled at this and thanked her.

Over yonder some of the guys were talking…

"I can't wait to see this," Kiba said with a smirk.

Shino just stood there doing nothing, okay he was doing something…he was talking to fireflies and smoking, but we'll get to that later.

"This is so troublesome to come all this way for practically nothing," Shikamaru managed to sigh out.

Kiba nearly choked.

"What do you mean for nothing!? Don't you even know what's going to happen!? He yelled annoyingly.

Shikamaru rubbed his hurting ear. "Unlike you, I'm not totally caught up in sexual desires yet, I still have a good portion of humanity left," he said rather bluntly. Poor, dumb Shikamaru, if he only knew that was gonna change in the near future. "Besides, girls are too troublesome"

Kiba's jaw dropped. Was he the only one looking forward to this? He looked over to Neji. "What about you? Do you wanna see Ten Ten go through with this?" He had a small thought that Neji might feel something for Ten Ten, but it was too hard to figure out if the Hyuuga really did.

Neji crossed his arms and his pale orbs stared straight into Kiba's. "This act Ten Ten is submitting to is dishonorable. She will disgrace her family and herself if she goes through with this ridiculous dare. Do you think I accept this?"

Kiba was kinda sick of Neji's "honor" obsession. How could he get that stick outta Neji's ass so he could loosen up? Sure, Naruto did a good job by beating his ass and stopped making him fate obsessed, but this wasn't the place to fight. Kiba thought for a second, and then the most perfect idea popped into his head. He smirked and walked away to get ready to put his plan into action.

"All right, we're going to get this over with because I'm not standing out here all night with you losers," Sasuke said bluntly. "Everybody come towards the dock"

Ten Ten started to blush furiously even though nothing had happened yet. She glanced over at Neji who was walking towards the lake with his arms crossed and his eyes closed.

'I wonder what he thinks of this?' She wondered to herself then frowned. 'knowing him, he's probably not happy about any of this, especially since I'm his teammate, but I cant be called a coward…no matter what…But I don't want him to be mad at me.' She clutched the towel closer to her. She was starting to think twice, but hearing Naruto's voice calling her to come brought back uneasiness and a small amount of determination. She hesitantly walked over.

Naruto grinned again. "Okay Ten Ten, you know what you gotta do?" Ten Ten nodded. "Okay so let's get this dare under way!!"

Ten Ten looked at the ground. "Do I have to undress right here, in front of everyone?" she asked with a deep blush.

The girls saw her reluctance and came to the rescue.

Ino grabbed her hand and pointed to a pile of bushes. "You can change there," she said with a smile, "it'll probably be better. We can't make you go through all of that embarrassment"

"And you can even keep the towel around you when you come out." Sakura added in.

Ten Ten was about to smile when she heard Naruto suddenly interrupt.

"Hey! That's not how the dare was meant to work! She at least has to take the towel off at some point!" he said with a childish frown.

Sakura was about to beat the shit out of Naruto, but he did have a point. In "The Parent Trap" she did have to walk down the dock fully naked.

"W-well what i-if sh-she does i-it f-or only h-half way?? Hinata offered in an almost inaudible whisper.

Ten Ten heard this and took the chance. "Yea that would work! I could wear the towel half way down the dock, and then take it off." Ill agree to that I guess.

Naruto was about to complain when he saw Ino and Sakura making harmful gestures towards him, he just smiled nervously and agreed.

Ten Ten looked back at Hinata and mouthed a "thank you", and Hinata returned the gesture.

Ten Ten slowly took the long fateful steps to the pile of brush, she gave a quick glance back at the group giving puppy dog eyes that seemed to say 'do I really have to do this?'

Naruto stood there with his arms crossed nodding his head, almost as if he could read her mind. She stepped behind the bushes and started what would become the most embarrassing moment of her life. Just then Kiba leaned over to Neji and whispered in his ear "Hey Neji, I dare you to use your Byakugan to watch Ten Ten undress" Kiba smirked at Neji and raised his eye brows up and down a few times.

Neji once again folded his arms and shook his head "No way, that's way to demeaning towards my clan."

"Aww c'mon" Kiba nudged Neji's shoulder with his elbow "Wouldn't it also be dishonorable to refuse a challenge??" Kiba knew just how to push Neji's buttons, but Neji was reluctant still. He whispered into to his ear again. "What are you a coward?" Neji tensed up to try and tame his urge to Jyuuken Kiba's ass to smithereens. He gave a growl "Hn" and with that Neji slyly crept up to the brush by where Ten Ten was undressing. Meanwhile, Kiba was telling everyone else what he had just dared Neji to do, except for Naruto…who would have surely blurted it out, ruining the whole thing. Kiba decided it was better to keep him in the dark about it. Sakura was blushing madly and Ino was grinning like a clown (ironic) trying to contain her laughter. Shino was too busy rescuing some random ants from the winged devils helper's to realize what was going on and Lee was babbling about youth or something…..

As Neji crept closer and uttered that small word under his breath…"Byakugan"…his heart began to flutter continuously and his stomach got twisted into a thousand knots. There he saw the blue glowing outline of Ten Ten, who was just now picking up the towel and began to wrap it around her. Neji surprisingly blushed slightly and for some reason couldn't turn away, but as he saw Ten Ten emerge from the brush he quickly but silently ran back towards the others, his Byakugan still in full use to show the others he did it. He came back to the others slightly red in the face and breathing heavily.

"So………..how was it?!?!" Kiba exclaimed with a grin on his face, hoping to get some juicy details.

"It's nothing to speak of" Neji pushed his hair back casually and walked past Kiba leaving him high and dry then went and stood next to Lee…..who was giggling……..then he decided to move next to Naruto who looked completely lost…yea….much better.

Ten Ten slowly peeked her head out from behind the bushes, blushing fire-engine red she took her first steps onto the dock, the others close behind her. Kiba was drooling like the dog he is, Naruto was laughing….proud of himself, Chouji was stuffing his face forgetting completely about the dare, Lee was still giggling and Shino was preoccupied with trying to find a way to destroy the fish that were jumping and eating the mosquitoes. Sasuke was looking at the moon wondering why he was surrounded by flipping idiots, and Shikamaru watched Ten Ten with a blank look on his face… Sakura held her fists against her mouth trying to hold in the slight giggle that wanted to come out. Ino stood with her hands on her hips…wondering why she couldn't have gotten this dare so she could show off to her beloved Sasuke. Hinata turned away, blushing at the thought of Naruto….as always.

Ten Ten moved her way down the seemingly endless dock, her grip growing ever tighter on the blue polyester blend towel…then she realized that she had reached the half way mark. She swallowed her pride and stood there for just a minute deciding if she really wanted to do this or not. Meanwhile, Neji was watching her intently, then he looked around to make sure no one was watching him and he used his Byakugan one last time to look at the amazing figure of his teammate.

Ten Ten loosened her grip on the towel and it fell to her feet. The group all gasped in unison and their jaws dropped, the girls were in shock and the boys…well…Neji and Kiba were just enjoying themselves. Kiba stood with his jaw hitting the floor panting, and Neji stood with his arms folded and a cold look on his face, even though his insides seemed to be lifting him off the ground as we speak.

Ten Ten stood at the end of the dock, she took a deep breath then dove into the freezing water of Lake Biwako. Just then Naruto ran over to where Ten Ten had just got finished changing and gathered up the pile of clothes. He snickered as he headed back towards Sasuke's home with Ten Ten's pile of dirty clothes.

Ten Ten burst forth from the icy water and pulled herself back up onto the end of the dock. She heard a shriek from Sakura just as she got herself fully onto the dock in a crouched position and put her arms around herself to try and warm her body up. That water was freaking cold!

"Naruto! Come back with her clothes!!!!!" She yelled as she chased after him. Shikamaru headed the way Sakura was, figuring he'd make a good escape and take a break from of these troublesome things.

Ten Ten suddenly went white. 'Clothes?! HE TOOK MY CLOTHES!!' Ten Ten wanted to die then. How in the hell was she gonna go back to Sasuke's house with no clothes on??? She started to blush. "Gotta think, gotta think of something," she whispered to herself. She then got an idea. The towel; it wouldn't be much, but it could at least keep her somewhat covered. She didn't like the idea of walking around in a bath towel, but she didn't bring any extra clothes and it was the best she could do. She slowly stood up and started to walk…or kinda baby-step towards the middle of the dock, making sure to keep herself as covered as humanly possible. Kiba was still there.

When she got to her destination, she was in shock. The towel she had left there only moments ago wasn't there any longer!

"Wh-where did it go??" she mumbled as she looked around frantically. "D-did they take it away when I jumped it? Why??" Ten Ten was close to losing it. This situation was getting worse by the second and she didn't like being exposed like this, and shivering to no end.

She was about to panic again when she saw an outline of a figure coming down the dock. It was kind of dark since it was getting rather late, but she frantically tried to cover herself up more which wasn't really helping much. She just stared into the distance waiting to see who was coming towards her, and to face her humiliation.

As the person got closer, she could finally distinguish who it was, and horror was then written all over her face. It was Neji, the cold-hearted, pale-eyed prodigy that rarely showed emotions was coming towards her. She began to back up slightly to try and put space between them, she stopped when she remembered that there was a dead end. She would have to face this regardless of what she did.

Neji stopped for a second to do something, and Ten Ten was curious, but still remained cautious. When she finally saw him in plain view he was maybe 6 ft from her, but what he was doing surprised her. He was looking down straight at the dock with his hair sweeping in front of his face to block any good view and dared not to move anything but his feet.

"Ten Ten, are you there?" he said rather calmly even though he had a hidden tint of pink on his cheeks. He hated this feeling that he was having, and the fact that he didn't know what the hell it was. Poor, dense Neji.

She stared for a second, but quickly came to her senses.

"Y-yes" she managed to croak out.

"Tell me to stop when I get close enough to you," he said quickly as he began to move closer to her, which made her uneasy, except for the fact that he kept his head bowed while he was walking.

"O-okay that's e-enough" She squeaked when he got about 2 ft from her. She was confused to what she was doing.

He then moved his hand and held out something to her. She was surprised at first, it was the towel that she used earlier!

"I didn't want you to disgrace yourself anymore than you already have. When that imbecile took your clothes, I went and got the towel so you wouldn't have to walk all that way, but I guess it was a little too late. I didn't want you to suffer any more of that h-humiliation," he said, still in the same position as he was before.

Ten Ten smiled. He had been concerned about her. Even though he only mentioned honor and that other stuff, he was still worried. That made her feel a warm sensation run throughout her body. 'He actually does care'…'Wait, did he just stutter???? I could of swore he did…but it could be the cold getting to me. Yea that, it's…the cold.

"Are you going to take it?" Neji asked with a small hint of annoyance in his voice.

His words bringing her back to reality she quickly grabbed the towel from him and wrapped it around her body. "Thank you, that was very generous," she said with a warm smile. "You can look now if you want, I'm covered up"…'mostly.'

Neji looked up slowly, his hair falling out of his face and he stared at her with the same frown he always had. But when Ten Ten looked back at him, she seemed captivated, like she realized small things that she never noticed before, like how cute it was how Neji just looked with his hair somewhat in his face, or how mysterious and alluring he suddenly seemed staring at her. She shook her head and shook off the thoughts. She had never really thought of Neji in that way before, and didn't want to start now.

Neji also noticed that Ten Ten sort of had curves. Or how good she kind of looked in that towel, or when she was undressing…. Although he immediately dismissed the thoughts when he remembered the honor of his clan and his duties. He had never thought of those things before in anyone, and wasn't about to let himself be changed now of all times.

"You want to go back with the others?" Ten Ten offered with a warm smile as she looked at him.

"Hn" was all he said as he turned to walk back, Ten Ten following close behind him. He tried to, but he couldn't stop the slight fluttery feeling he was getting at the moment. Nor did he really realize that throughout the whole walk until they reached the others, he stayed right in front of Ten Ten with a good distance between them so no one would be able to see her if they walked straight towards them or try to touch her.

The others were a little ahead of the two, except for Sasuke who decided to walk 10 feet behind the whole group. How anti-social can ya' get? Anyways, Ten Ten continued walking with her head down, many, many thoughts racing through her head. She kept smiling and shaking her head side to side, who knows what she was thinking….Neji was similar, but instead of smiling, he had a blank look on his face.

Lee was dragging his hands on the ground, walking in an ape-like manner. "I'm…..so……thirsty!" he demanded.

"Well, we're coming up on the market place" Shino said in a somewhat sly manner.

Chouji threw his hands over his head and rested them behind his neck with his elbows up in the air "Yeah, I could go for a snack" he said casually, the others sweat-dropped.

Sasuke just wanted to get home, so he headed back to his apartment to make sure Naruto and Shikamaru weren't doing anything weird to Ten Ten's clothes. Or to make sure that Sakura didn't get blood all over his house while trying to kill Naruto. Who knows what he actually went for. "I'm headin' back," he said with a sigh and walked away with his hands in his pockets then thought to himself 'damn, I wish I could have locked those jackasses out, but I kinda need them to stay sane….surely I can't lock myself in with Naruto Shikamaru and Sakura…' he sighed, extremely annoyed, and walked off.

As the others approached the market place Lee ran over to the juice bar and looked up and down and all around to try and find his favorite type of juice…..what a loser….anyways.

"Hey, what's Shino doing at the sake stand?" Lee looked over at Shino cautiously. The others looked as well, what they saw wasn't their normal Shino….He was holding open one side of his jacket and pointing to several things that were hidden by the outside of his coat. Shino turned around and the others all jumped and turned the other way casually whistling a tune. "Uhhh…Shino, w-what were you just d-d-doing over th-there…uhh…if I m-may a-ask, th-that is" Hinata asked sheepishly.

"Just getting a little….preservations…" This made the group quite weary of their newly re-generated friend.

"Oh….ok" Hinata smiled, slightly with a bit of nervousness in her voice.

It was pretty silent on their way back. Then again the only ones there were Ino, Chouji, Lee, Neji, Hinata, Kiba, Shino, and Ten Ten, who was straggling a few feet behind the others…. But that still spells trouble…

Kiba inched closer to Ten Ten a little to talk to her. Neji was watching him like a hawk while he was attempting this, he didn't want Kiba next to Ten Ten, but he let him go because of that dare Kiba gave him. I guess Neji owed it to him??

Ten Ten on the other hand wasn't in a great mood, and didn't want to talk. She was plotting her revenge against Naruto, whether through a dare, or days of inhumane torture, she was going to get him back. Her eyes where staring at the ground just below her with an expression of pure evil written all over them.

Being the dumbass Kiba is, he failed to even feel the murderous intent coming from Ten Ten. It still wasn't a match to how Gaara was during the Chuunin Exams, but it's still pretty scary.

Kiba nudged Ten Ten in the arm. "Hey Ten Ten, how was the swim??" He said with a stupid grin. Kiba was only joking around with her. He was a pervert-in-training, but not a total jackass to his friends all the time. This was one of the rare times he was nice, but Ten Ten didn't seem to get that….

"YOU PERV!! GET AWAY FROM ME!!!" She screamed as she did a powerful side-kick to Kiba's gut that would make both Gai and Lee burst into tears of joy. Kiba went flying through the air from the impact.

"Not agggggggaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiin!!" was all Kiba could say as he disappeared 'Team Rocket' style from the rest of the group.

Damn, Ten Ten went psycho-bitch all over his ass!!

There was an awkward silence as everyone just stared at Ten Ten in amazement, trying to process what the hell just happened.

"What…pant…the hell…pant...are you guys…pant…looking at??" She asked in a very pissed off tone, still clutching the towel around her. Yes, she was still naked…

Mostly everyone stayed quiet, afraid to trigger the beast known as Ten Ten, or still dumbstruck at the scene that occurred only moments ago.

Hinata actually took a step back out of nervousness; she had never seen Ten Ten act like this before. Ino on the other hand was very proud of Ten Ten.

Neji stood there, with the same placid look on his face. He knew Ten Ten could be dangerous, but I think even he was a tiny bit impressed from that outburst, but of course he wasn't going to let anyone know that.

Processing the same event that I can imagine Katie wanting to do to this damn bastard of a plastic school-project baby…but that's totally irrelevant to the story. Back on track we head!

Lee suddenly burst into tears of joy. Told you he would be proud.

"Ten Ten!! The little spring-time flower within you has finally bloomed into the full beauty of youth powerfully!!! I must tell Gai-Sensei of your accomplishment!!

There was somehow a beautiful sun scenery behind him even though it was supposed to be dark outside…and I swear to you there were bunches of furry animals. This would be the perfect place for the teletubbies to pop in…or even Michael Jackson…ok, now were heading OUT of Lee's world!! ABORT!

Ten Ten only growled at Lee's teary enthusiasm, she was in no mood for him at the moment.

Ino, amazingly, saved them.

"Don't you think we should head back?? The others are probably waiting for us" She said with a fake-cheesy smile. Everyone agreed and were then on their way. Ten Ten still in the back and Neji still walking straight ahead of her, but this time with Hinata walking beside him.

Neji-nii-san, i-is Ten Ten going t-to be-o-ok?

"Hn, don't worry about her" Neji said flatly, with his eyes closed and arms crossed.

Hinata felt a little better, but her worry for Naruto wouldn't die down for a while. After seeing what she did to Kiba, Hinata could only imagine what Ten Ten had planned for Naruto. She started to twiddle her fingers nervously and she worried about the well-being of her long-time crush. "Naruto" was all she said but low enough so no-one could hear.

After a while they finally got back to the house.

To be continued…