A/N: Yay, I updated :D I feel proud.
So I'm really busy the next two weeks for tryouts at my school, so my updating might be delayed. Sorries
Anywaysss...there was a lot of people against KankTen xD
Don't worry ya'll. I was just kidding :P
So there's a twist mid-chapter. The beginning is not what it seems!
Thanks to my reviewers! Enjoy chater thirteen :D

Disclaimer: -insert witty disclaimer here-

"Neji? Yo, Neji! Are you listening?"

A smack to the head woke Neji up from his reverie. "Huh? Sorry, what was that?" He'd rather been out of it lately, not really listening to other people, not really talking himself.

Naruto stared at his friend for a second and shook his head. "It's a hopeless case, Lee. He's head over heels for her."

"Yosh. We must do something, Naruto-kun! We must get Neji-kun out of this vulnerable state!" Rock Lee leaned on his crutch, having just gotten out of the hospital for another broken bone. That kid always seemed to push himself so far.

Neji, on the other hand, didn't particularly like where this conversation was going. "I'm not in a vulnerable state!" he said, irritated, "I was just thinking."

"Thinking about Tenten that is." The hyperactive blonde wiggled his eyebrows suggestively and Neji had to really focus to not punch his lights out.

Sighing, Neji looked out the window. Naruto and Lee had randomly showed up at his house half-an hour ago and had not stopped pestering him about a certain brunette girl. Everyone seemed to know, but he didn't think it's been that obvious, had it? "I'm not thinking about Tenten."

Well, he was trying not to. But preventing himself from going over to her place and begging her not to marry that bastard was harder than he'd thought it would be.

"Uh-huh, of course you're not. Come one, Neji! Everyone knows you're in love with her, just go and crash their wedding like they do in movies." Naruto was starting to get sick of Neji's attitude.

"No, Naruto-kun! You must not make Neji-kun crash the wedding! Weddings are sacred ceremonies." Then the green clad boy turned to his friend. "Neji-kun. You know what you must do."

Honestly, Neji had no idea what to do. He raised an eyebrow, "Er, what am I supposed to do?"

"Why, Neji-kun! I am disappointed in you! You must go to Gai-sensei! Gai-sensei has amazing abilities that will solve all your problems!" Lee looked bewildered that Neji hadn't thought of this to begin with. "Surely you know of the greatness of Gai-sensei."

"Stop calling him sensei already. It's not like he's a teacher or anything, he's just an over enthusiastic police officer. Besides, Gai is," He had to tread carefully. And bad word about Gai will make Lee go ballistic, "Unique. If I have to I'll try talking to someone who's a bit more normal, thanks."

"So I wonder if they've done it you. You know, Tenten and what's-his-face." Naruto said, as he walked over to raid the fridge. He didn't need to explain what he meant.

Neji had to really suppress the urge to punch the blonde.

"Of course they have, Naruto-kun! You forget that they already have a son." Lee said, unknowing that he was really pissing his friend off.

Now Neji had to suppress the urge to commit a murder. He could feel a vein popping in his forehead.

"Well I know that, Gejimayu(1), but I meant lately…"

"OUT!" Neji shouted. The vein in his forehead was bulging largely. "I want you two out of my house on the count of three. If you're still here, you really don't want to know what I'm going to do to you."

Before he even started counting he heard the front door slam and Naruto's car rear out the driveway. Sighing, the longhaired boy got up from the couch and locked the front door.

Soon, as in a minute, after the lock clicked shut the doorbell rang again. Neji's patience, which was wearing very thin to begin with, exploded. He violently pulled open the door and said, "Listen you two, if you don't leave then I'll – oh. It's you. What are you doing here?"

Kankorou stood on the front porch, looking quite taken aback by the other man's shouting episode.

"Er, well, this might be a bad time, but I came to drop this off." He handed Neji a small white envelope. His gaze was cautious as if the other man might start yelling again. "Listen, Hyu – er – Neji. I know we kinda didn't get off on the right foot, an I'm sorry for hitting you before." He held out a hand, which was glared at by accusing pale eyes.

Reluctantly, Neji shook his outstretched hand quickly as if he would get a virus if he held on too long. "Right, okay then. So what's this?" He motioned to the envelope.

"Oh. That's an invitation to our wedding."

Surprisingly, that caught Neji off guard. He didn't think Tenten would want him there. "Oh, well, thanks. I'll get back to you. Have a nice day." He didn't want to come off as rude to immediately close the door, so he waited till Kankorou had begun to shut and lock the entrance again.

Moving to his kitchen, he took a letter opened from a drawer and sliced open the envelope, noticing for the first time that his name was written on it in gold with minute writing. He slid the card out and read it.

You're Invited to Kankorou and Tenten's Wedding!

Saturday, January 19 at The Church. Noon until whenever.

Please RSVP at: (123) 456-7890

Thanks!

Neji looked at the calendar. Today was the fifth, so the wedding would be in two weeks. He scoffed; they sure were getting things done pretty fast.

Looking at the invitation again he frowned. So far nothing was 'Tenten' about it. Knowing her, she wouldn't be one to get married in a church. She'd wait till summer, and do it outside in a field. The Church could only mean the only one in down, a little, pretty, but rundown place in front of a cemetery. Definitely not what Tenten would choose.

A rush of anger went through him. It seemed like Kankorou was doing everything himself.

Scowling, Neji tossed the invitation over his shoulder where it landed on the kitchen table. He would get back to that later.

His anger still not down yet, Neji made his way back to the living room to watch some television. It was a new record, it wasn't even noon yet and he felt like the world was turning on him.

The phone ringing at that exact moment only proved his point even more. "Hello?" It came out huffier than he had meant it to. He hoped the person on the other line wasn't offended.

"N-N-Neji." The person was unmistakeably crying. Neji started. He knew that voice.

"Tenten? What's wrong?"

There was a pause where it sounded like she was trying to catch her breath. "Neji. It's…it's my son…Haterou. He's…he's…he's…" She didn't seem to be able to finish.

"Shh, it's okay. Take a deep breath and tell me what happened." He had suddenly forgot that he was supposed to be cursing the world right now.

"Neji, he…d…d…Haterou died."

"Oh my god." Nothing else mattered to him right now other than comforting Tenten. "Tenten, stay where you are. I'm going to your house right now. Don't do anything stupid."

It probably wasn't the smartest thing to say to a grieving friend, butwithout waiting for a reply, Neji slammed the phone down and bolted out the door, not even bothering to grab his jacket despite the nipping cold weather. Soon, he had parked his car in Tenten's driveway.

He decided it would be rude to burst in, so he rang the doorbell instead. When it opened, he didn't have time to say anything because Tenten had flung herself upon him. Her arms were tight around his neck as she cried into her shoulder.

Slowly, he guided her into the house and sat her down on the couch. He unravelled her arms and kneeled in front of her. "Shh, Tenten. Tell me what happened."

Tenten slowly took a deep breath to calm herself down. "I got the call this morning. They said he was in a fever last night so they gave him some sleeping pills. But sometime during the night he threw up and no one was there. The cause of death was choking on his vomit." Her sentences were barely intelligible because her sobs, but Neji got the gist of it.

He couldn't help but feel slightly disgusted, but he either kept that well hidden or she didn't notice. "So he died in the hospital room?" He was actually very proud of keeping a steady voice.

"Uh-huh." She was still sobbing. He didn't blame her; her son had just passed away.

"I'm so sorry. But listen, I know you're angry and sad but – "

"Damn right I am, Neji. They let him die in the hospital room! Aren't hospitals supposed to save people? He wasn't in the dying ward either, but they should have been keeping an eye on him." Tenten was now flailing her arms and shouting quite loudly.

Neji had to pin her arms to her side to get her to calm down. "Shh, I know you're sad. I am too, but you have to think of now. Plan a funeral, I'll pay for it, it's not a problem. And you might want to cancel the wedding too." He couldn't help but feel a little bit happy at the last point. "And if you really have to, then you can file a law suit at them. They should have been watching him anyways; he was five years old. You can use my lawyers; they're the best out there.

"Now calm down. I'll take you to the hospital to talk to them right after you get some rest. You look like you've stayed up all night." He let go of her arms and watched them fall limply at their sides, as if she had lost the will to move.

"Okay." She said in a little voice as she lied down. "Neji, I'm sorry about the other night. I was just really stressed and – "

Neji shook his head. "Don't worry about it. Just get some rest."

"Don't leave me, please."

"It's okay, I'm right here." He held on to her hand until her eyes closed and her breathing fell steady again.

When he was positive Tenten was asleep, he went upstairs to grab a blanket for her. Guessing which room was hers, he went in and took the blanket off the bed. Then he noticed the picture on her nightstand.

It was of the two of them with Haterou on his shoulders. From an outsider's point of view, this would look like a happy family.

Only they weren't. Only everything had gone wrong in a matter of minutes.

The world really wasn't in a good mood today.

Walking back downstairs, Neji laid the blanket over Tenten and sat down on the chair next to the couch. Then he put his head in his hands and took deep breaths so he wouldn't start crying too.

How could this have happened?

A/N: Ah sorry, I wasn't originally planning to kill him off.
But if I was going to unKankTen-ify this fic it needed to go out with a bang.

(1)Gejimayu: Bushy Brows. Naruto was referring to Lee btw.

So the only question now is how they're gonna break up ;)
There'll be Kanky-bashing, I can tell you that. Sorry Kankorou fans, it's the only way.
Thanks for reading! Reviewers get Gaara shaped cookies this time ;D
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