A/N - Hmmm, nothing to say. Ah, yes. Please read and review (in advance).
Neji used his Byakugan to search for Tenten. He searched everywhere, or so he thought.
She's not out training…she's not in the forest…and she's not with Lee or Gai-sensei. Where could she be? Neji thought scoping the area for signs of his comrade. He stopped to catch his breath when he heard a beautiful sound.
'Can you hear me?' the voice went. It sounded like someone singing. He chased the mysterious sound until he was out of the forest and could see the waters' flow.
'Or else, I will cry,' the voice went again. Neji's curiosity was driving him crazy. He stopped when he saw someone sitting on a bench, looking out into the sunset. It was Tenten!
Then the girl began to sing, 'Light was born, then darkness was born. The two are one!...' Neji walked closer to Tenten, but she didn't notice.
'Harmony! Telepathy!' Tenten continued. It seemed she was wishing the sun good night. 'Can you hear me?' she finally finished catching her breath from the exhilarating song.
Neji then bent down right next to her face and said very coolly, 'Yes, I can.'
Tenten scooted over to the other side, put her arms to her chest with a nervous blush, and stammered, 'Y-you heard that?'
'Yeah,' Neji said with a sweet smile. Wait a minute, did I just smile? he questioned again. He sat down beside her, trying to enjoy the sunset and complemented, 'You have a nice voice.'
'O-oh thanks,' Tenten stuttered, making her blush more concentrated, but going away soon after.
'Everyday, I wake up and sing the sun awake, and every night I wish the sun goodnight with a lullaby.' Neji stared at her and then Tenten looked at him sweetly.
'I don't know why I do. It was probably something when I was a kid,' she closed her eyes and tilted her head to the side with a sweet smile on her face. Neji found it fitting to give her the same look, but without the head tilt. They remembered about their awkward moment, opened their eyes, and then looked the other way all at the same time.
Taking his uncle's advice he started the conversation back up again with 'So ummm…' Neji paused. 'Did Shikamaru and Ino explain what she did in your body?'
'Yeah,' Tenten replied. 'They tried to get revenge on me when I accidentally put them in an awkward moment together, like ours,' she turned to him and then faced the almost set sun. The girl started to reminisce about how they explained it.
Shikamaru and Ino were separately tied on wooden logs and Tenten was angry. She was almost evilly glad that Gai-sensei made them work on their running…almost.
'You better start explaining before I go medieval on you're a-'
'Alright, alright, I'll tell you what happened,' Shikamaru interrupted, putting his hands up attempting to shield his face. 'See, Ino wanted to get revenge on you for making me crash into her, so she used her Mind Transfer Jutsu to get into your body and play a prank on Neji with you to blame. I brought a camera for kicks.' Tenten showed a nerve mark on her forehead while raising a fist at him with a nerve popped out. Shikamaru continued regardless.
'Neji said that he'd play along and it was easier than we expected,' Shikamaru continued. Tenten glanced to her left. I bet he doesn't trust me anymore, she thought. Just when I thought I was starting to get along with him.
'Anyway, Ino put eight kunai in your hands and two in your mouth. Then she threw all the ones in your hands and pinned him to a tree. He politely said you did it wrong, I don't know why, so don't ask. Ino didn't answer him. I knew from the start that Neji, being last year's number one rookie, could've easily gotten out of it, but when he tried, he failed.' Tenten was shocked.
'So then, Ino got within one meter of his face and pinned his collar without touching his precious hair.' Shikamaru said "precious" with a you-so-like-it accent. Tenten was mildly annoyed.
'Then Ino,' Shikamaru paused. 'Well, it's easier if I show you, may I?' Tenten nodded and cut him loose. Shikamaru wasn't the kind of guy who would trick someone like that, so he showed her thinking that if he didn't run away from a female, they could be on good terms. Besides, she appears to be faster, scarier, and stronger than me and Ino, he thought smirking inwardly.
'Okay, this is how she did it,' Shikamaru stated while Tenten positioned herself like Neji. Shikamaru mimicked Ino's previous movements and Tenten could feel the nervousness Neji was. Sou desu ka, she thought.
He quickly got off of her before she could protest. 'Anyway, just before your lips touched, Ino's jutsu started to wear off. I couldn't take over, because I had to hold the camera. It would've been a lot easier just to show you the video, but I dropped it at the scene to make a getaway.' Tenten thought quickly, If someone sees that video, a rumor could get out. Wordlessly, she started running to the scene. Shikamaru followed after her, leaving Ino alone.
'Well, you could at least untie me!' she screamed in their direction, but they were already gone. She let out a sigh, and then saw Chouji walking towards her eating his twelfth bag of barbeque flavored chips. 'Oh Chouji, thank goodness you're here,' she said fake laughing. 'I was starting to worry. Now do me a favor and get me out of here.'
Chouji crossed his arms and simply said, 'No.'
'What?!?' Ino exclaimed, never believing he would refuse the leader of Team Ino-Shika-Cho. 'What did I ever do to you?'
'You called me fat, remember. Shikamaru told me,' Chouji replied, taking another handful of chips and stuffing them in his gaping mouth.
Ino was very annoyed until inspiration struck her. 'I'll treat you to all-you-can-eat barbeque tomorrow,' she offered in an alluring voice. Chouji's ears twitched at the sound.
'Hmmm…,' he pondered. 'Okay, you've got a deal,' untying her afterwards.
Sucker, Ino thought.
Meanwhile, when Shikamaru and Tenten arrived at the scene, the video camera was nowhere to be found. Tenten sighed at the failure.
'Neji must've taken it,' Shikamaru stated matter-of-factly. 'My mother's gonna have my hide for losing it,' he complained slightly afterwards.
'Well…I'm sorry,' Neji apologized. Tenten could only look at him. He was not the type to apologize so easily when clearly he was not at fault. But she couldn't help but feel happy that she made the Hyuga Neji feel something more than hatred and detest.
'Oh, what are you apologizing for?' Tenten said. Neji looked up. 'I'm the one who got possessed.'
'Yes, but I'm the one who played along without notice,' Neji argued.
'Yeah, but I'm the one who roused them up,' Tenten struck back.
'But I'm the one who sent the weapon flying!' Neji continued with a louder voice.
'But I chose the wrong scroll!' Tenten finally said. Neji had run out of things to say and that's when they realized they were fighting over something truly ridiculous. The sun had completely set under the land.
'I'd better get going,' said Tenten. 'The folks back home are probably worried,' she said trying as best she could to keep a straight face with that statement.
'U-uh, yeah, mine too,' Neji said knowing that they knew he'd be fine. Great, now I sound like that Main Household heir, he thought briefly.
'Shall we train again tomorrow,' he offered like a gentleman, but walking backwards just to see her waltz off like a love sick idiot. Whoever said anything about love sick, and idiot no less, he thought feeling really sheepish today.
'Sounds great,' Tenten said softly. Right before he turned around to walk normally again, she hollered back and said, 'let's keep this just between us, okay.'
Neji smiled for her and called back, 'Sure.'
The panda girl turned around and blushed involuntarily. He smiled at me?… She pondered why as she walked home.
As the boy went on his way back to the Hyuga mansion, he wondered if he would ever have a moment like that or better again. It was something new for him, like a jutsu just waiting to be mastered. 'Love,' he said to himself looking out into the indigo stricken sky. 'That would be interesting.'
A/N - This is the last chapter to this story, but tomorrow I'll add a short preview to the sequel called "Four Troublesome Days: Identity Crisis". I'm going to reassure you that the sequel is a hell of a lot better than this one.