Senryu52809
TenTen's Hero
Chapter 12: Adventures within Suna.
I don't own Naruto
Neji looked at the clouds, thinking of none other than TenTen. Even though he wouldn't admit it, he was worried about her.
'It's been four days since we left Konoha…and half a year since she disappeared…' he sighed… 'Anything could have happened to her by now…'
He closed his eyes and whispered.
"Don't die Ten…."
"Um…Neji-san…?"
He turned around to see two confused pink and blonde haired kunoichi.
Ino blushed…
"Sorry for interrupting."
Embarrassed, the Hyuaga blushed and cursed his luck.
"Oh…Sakura…Ino…yes?"
Sakura giggled, her smile lifting the tension in the room.
"What did you say before…?"
Neji blushed some more, now a clear eyed cherry. 'I didn't mean to say that out loud…'
"…It was nothing…"
Ino stepped into the doorway of Neji and Shikamaru's room.
"Have you seen Shikamaru…?"
He thought about it.
"Yea, he's with Temari."
Sakura sighed.
"I should have known…"
Ino glanced at Neji and smiled.
"Hey, there's some kind of autumn festival going on down town, you wanna come?"
Neji thought about it. He really wasn't in a festival kind of mood.
"No thanks…"
Both girls sighed in disappointment.
"Well we'll be down there with Hinata, Naruto, and Kiba if you change your mind…"
"Thanks…"
The two girls left, leaving Neji once again alone in his room.
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Despite what he'd said to Sakura and Ino, Neji ended up going to the festival by himself out of curiosity. To his surprise it was a pretty big festival. After about half an' hour of walking, he stopped in front of a ramen shop. He really didn't feel like ramen, but he was hungry so he stepped into the shop an stared at the sight before him. Two men holding a scimitar and a double bladed spear wear were cornering a man, possibly the owner of the shop, into the far right corner.
The owner trembled.
" I-I'm sorry…you'll have to leave…+
The two men laughed.
"Ha! Did you hear that? He said sorry, a dat we'd have ta go!"
"Not without your money were not!"
Neji was in between the three in a flash. He grabbed one of the man's wrist, breaking it on contact, and held a table knife in the face of the other.
He smirked.
"Didn't you hear the man…? He said you had to go…"
Both men panicked and attempted to run. One actually made it out of the shop; the other was thrown out of the nearest window, compliments of the Hyuaga.
The owner sighed in relief.
"Thank you for that."
Neji turned the other way and walked out of the store.
"No problem."
The owner stopped him.
"Wait, the least I could do is feed you some ramen, on the house."
Neji was about to decline but his stomach protested. So he sighed and sat down at the counter of the restaurant. He looked around.
"This is a pretty big shop Mr….um…owner."
He smiled.
"Sorry for not introducing myself. I'm Shinji Asigara, and welcome to my shop, Miso Ramen."
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On the other side of the festival, Sakura, Ino, and Kiba were boarding a rollercoaster while Naruto and Hinata were having lunch near a pond.
"Naruto-kun…"
Naruto looked at Hinata who was once again a cherry.
"Do you think TenTen's okay…?"
He smiled.
"I'm sure she's fine, TenTen wouldn't die so easily…"
She smiled.
Naruto looked at the girl. Behind her he saw a pink flash.
" Hi-Hinata…IT'S THE HOKAGE'S- IT'S TONTON!"
Sure enough, when the Hyuaga turned around, TonTon was running across the festival grounds, becoming farther and farther away from the two.
"C'mon Hinata we gotta catch him!!"
Hinata followed Naruto as the two ninja's chased TonTon throughout the fair.
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The rollercoaster came to a halt and the three shinobi stepped out of the cart. Kiba looked around.
"What happened to Naruto and Hinata…?"
Ino looked around to see a bird flying toward her.
"Hey! It's the seagull from before!"
Sakura looked at it.
"The poor thing is hurt…"
She looked at the bird's foot. There was a note strapped to it. She opened it, and stared at its contents.
"This is the worst handwriting I've ever seen!!!(TonTon)!!!"
"What does it say…?"