By : Kikitare and RedHotPhoenix

Disclaimer : (4) I do not make money off of this. All I gain from this is procrastinating from doing homework.

Dedicated : RedHotPhoenix, Tsucaten, all my reviewers and readers and many more.

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Reason ( 1) : Chapter (4)

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"Before we start the fight," Tenten said, "I need to get my weapons." Neji watched her with a bored expression while Lee looked at her with an adoring, admiring face.

Reaching into her bag of 'surprises,' she grabbed 20 shuriken, and with ease, stuffed them into her hidden weapon holster. Then she pulled out two swords, and tied them with double knots on her pants.

Turning back to face her former comrades, she smiled, "'N now I am ready." Neji slowly nodded his head, dropped his arms and walked up from the tree he was leaning on. Lee's eyes burned with the fire of young youth and sat up high in a tree to observe Neji and Tenten's fight.

As Neji stood still, keeping a keen eye on Tenten's movements, Tenten's hand slowly reached back to her weapon's holster. Unaware of her hidden motives, Neji quickly burst into a sprint, running straight into her. After all, Neji was most skilled in close combat attacks.

Tenten's eye twitched as she saw Neji quickly sprinting towards her. Noticing that she had less than a few seconds to counter his first attack, she whipped out 5 shuriken and accurately flung them in Neji's direction. Knowing that Neji would dodge the first one that flew straight at him, she flung two more on his right and left side. If that wasn't enough, she threw one that would hit him in the face and another one that would hit his lower body.

'Shit, Tenten's back to her old tricks again,' Neji thought as he dodged the first one that came at him. He dropped down, picked up his speed again, saw another flying shuriken to his right, and agilely dodged to his left and back to his right once he saw another shuriken fly to his left. The only thing he hadn't anticipated were the two shuriken that hit him on the forehead and the other one that pierced his lower abdomen.

Tenten smirked, watching Neji's face scrunch up in a scowl. Mentally Tenten screamed, 'Yes! I hit the impenetrable Neji Hyuuga!' Neji looked up and smirked mysteriously at Tenten, and she flinched.

Only then did Neji's body make a popping noise and turn into a hazy mist. Tenten's eyes widened in fear, he had used a Copy Jutsu technique. She was screwed, and she knew it. Tenten crouched down low and eyed the trees, the ground, and the sky, looking for Neji. However, Tenten was still unable to find the hidden Neji. She was a sitting duck, and Neji was the hunting crocodile.

(A/N: Yeah…Duck + crocodile lame…Don't mind that…)

Crouched up in a tree branch, Neji smirked as he saw Tenten nervously looking around for him. 'You'll get it now Tenten,' Neji thought, his smirk widening. His hand began manifesting with chakra, making it emit a blue aura.

A shiver ran through Tenten's back, steering her to turn to her left. She looked up and saw a blue light within one of the trees. It was so far up in the tree she had to squint to get a better look. She saw black, long hair, a blue glowing hand, and a shining glint coming from where she thought the person's forehead was supposed to be. It was Neji.

'Shit, she caught sight of me,' Neji thought as he quickly took advantage of the situation. Tenten was in shock, and he was at full power; he knew he had this fight in the bag. Jumping down from the tree, his right hand pulled back and ready for a dynamite punch, Neji's was all concentration.

Seeing that Neji was coming at her at full power, she quickly unsheathed her twin katana blades and positioned them to successfully pierce any enemy that was foolish enough to come close enough.

"Bring it Neji!" Tenten screamed. Determination was evidently plastered on her face.

Neji's eyes squinted and collided with Tenten's blades. Tenten 's left knee bent down due to the powerful force Neji was producing with his two, blue aura emitting hands. Neji felt her weaken, and secretly smirked. There was no way Tenten would be able to keep up with his power if he increased his power.

Tenten felt him strengthening his attack, fearing defeat, she summoned more than half her energy into an attack that made her blades clash for a mere second that blew a surprised Neji back by a few yards.

Neji looked at her with a half surprised face, "Was that a new technique Tenten?" He'd never say, but he was so assured that he would win. Well, Tenten was just lucky, and that's all Neji would leave it to.

Tenten managed to grin, signaling that the answer was a 'yes.' 'Damn it!,' Tenten screamed in her head, 'I only meant to use a bit more than half of my power into that backlash technique! I hardly have any energy left!' She glanced over to Neji's direction. He was getting ready for another attack. She was doomed, and she knew that she had definitely lost the match. If she was going to go down, she was going to go down attempting to fight! She was going to lose proudly!

Once he saw that she was ready for another attack, he launched himself into another sprint, only this time he was 10 times faster. His rise in speed certainly surprised an unsuspecting Tenten. Unable to block, attack, or dodge the white blur, Tenten stood still, eyes wide with surprise.

The only thing Tenten thought was, 'Gawd damn it.'

Seeing that Tenten didn't do anything to block, attack or dodge him running towards her, he tried to slow down. That, however, did not work. Neji ran straight into Tenten, knocking both of them down.

Observing the entire fiasco, Lee quickly jumped down from the trees. There he saw Neji lying on top of Tenten. 'Ooh…What a naughty pose,' Lee thought as he chuckled softly.

As the dust cleared, Neji opened his eyes. "Stupid Tenten, what the hell was she thinking?" Neji said.

"Hey! Tenten! Neji!" Lee called out.

Neji turned his head to his left and saw the upside-down bowl hair cut, green spandex wearing former comrade of his. "We're here," Neji replied.

Once Lee got a better view of where Neji and Tenten were, he blushed and looked away. Chuckling, Lee said, "I never knew the Neji Hyuuga was a pervert."

Neji's brow twitched, "Excuse me? I'm no per-"

It was only then did he realize that something soft, -like his pillow at home-, was clutched in his right hand. His eyes widened. 'Oh God…please no,' Neji thought. He looked down and saw an unconscious Tenten. He moved his eyes to the right, and there clutched in his right hand was her…

'Dear Lord God!' Neji screamed in his mind.

Neji immediately jumped off of Tenten, his right eye and hand twitched. He quickly turned to Lee, who was still having his own fit of giggles.

"Lee…If you dare tell anyone about this, I swear I'll kill you," Neji stated coldly. He was not lying, and he'd be damned if anyone ever got the nerve to tell him he was a pervert. Let alone knowing the fact that there was someone else in the world who knew he had touched Tenten's…Ahem.

"Ah ha ha ha," Lee giggled, "S-s-su-sure, Ah ha ha heh heh ha ha." Satisfied with his answer, Neji glanced back at the unconscious Tenten, and back to Lee.

Knowing that Lee was still too absorbed in his fit of giggles, Neji picked up Tenten's fallen weapons, and emptied them into her bag. After collecting all of her weapons, he grabbed her bag and placed it over his shoulders. He bent down to pick up the unconscious Tenten and placed her in his arms in the 'bridal style position.'

"I wonder how Hiashi – sama is going to take it when he sees Tenten," Neji thought as he ran towards the Hyuuga mansion with an unknowing Tenten sleeping in his arms.

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Dear readers,

It has been a while since I've updated. Ok, no, scratch that, AGES since I've updated. I apologize. Oh, and thank you to all reviewers. I love you all.

Sincerely beloved,

Hinata

Reason (1) : Chapter (5) : Tenten's new wardrobe

We will be seeing you until then!

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