Setting out to war...


Later that night after the troops finally completed their training, Tenten decided it was time for a well earned bath considering she hadn't had one in weeks. Quickly getting her towel and a fresh new uniform, Tenten stole out to a nearby lake riding Kankuro followed by Naruto and Konohamaru.

When they got there, Tenten disappeared into the tall grass near a tree while Naruto and Konohamaru stayed with Kankuro who chewed some grass. Naruto paced about worriedly while Tenten began to remove her clothes and hung them on a low branch.

"This is ridiculous, what if somebody sees you?" pointed out Naruto.

"Look, just because I have to look like a guy it doesn't mean I have to smell like one," retorted Tenten as she removed her hair tie and shook her hair loose before placing the hair tie in her shirt pocket.

"Ok so a couple of guys don't wash their pits after training, big deal!" exclaimed Naruto quickly folding his tails over his eyes as Tenten quickly ran out and jumped into the water, splashing all over the fox.

"Aah...kimochi..." sighed Tenten happily as she poked her head out of the cool water and ran her fingers through her hair. Naruto quickly shook his fur dry and grabbed a small hand towel before closing his eyes again.

"Ok, ok, your clean! Happy now? Now let's go before we get seen-ttebayo!"

Tenten sighed heavily as she grabbed the hand towel from Naruto and used it to clean her face. "Naruto, if your so worried, then go stand guard," she said before swimming off.

Naruto frowned before walking to where Konohamaru was grumpily. "Yeah, yeah...Stand guard Naruto, while I blow my cover with my stupid girly habits!"he said in a high squeaky voice to make fun of Tenten. "Hmph! Hygiene..." the fox scoffed when suddenly Lee, Choji and Kiba raced past him, throwing off their clothes as they ran to the water.

Naruto widened his eyes and gasped when he realized what this meant. "OH CRAP! They're gonna see Tenten's boobs! And I didn't even get a peek yet!" exclaimed the fox to Konohamaru as he quickly followed the guys.

Tenten's eyes popped wide open when she heard the guys and turned her head to see Kiba and Lee cannonball into the water. Suddenly Choji did a cannonball as well creating a large wave which floated a large lily pad towards Tenten who grabbed it in a panic and tried to use it as camouflage before she got noticed. Unfortunately, luck was not on her side when Kiba spotted the moving lily pad.

"Hey Tenmaru!" he called cheerfully causing Tenten to flinch. The girl had no choice but to respond.

"Oh, hi guys! I didn't know you were here!" she exclaimed smoothing out the lily pad on the water while forcing a grin and hanging her hand towel around her neck to shield her cleavage. "I was just taking a bath so now I'm clean and I gotta go, Ja NE!" she said hurriedly ducking behind a rock praying they would ignore her.

"Wait, come back youthful comrade!" exclaimed Lee swimming up to Tenten much to her dismay. "I apologize if we were unpleasant to you before so let's re- acquaint ourselves. Hi, I'm Rock Lee!" he said cheerfully shaking Tenten's hand while the girl subtly crossed her arm across her chest to hide her breasts, praying that they wouldn't notice. She forced another grin at Lee as she pulled her hand free only to have it smack into Choji's man-boob.

"I'm Akimichi Choji, please to meet you!" greeted Choji politely.

"Hello, Choji..." replied Tenten through her teeth while she inwardly shuddered.

"And I am Inuzuka Kiba! King of the Rock!" announced Kiba climbing out of the water onto the rock and standing over the three in his full glory. "And there's nothing you girls can do about it!"

Poor Tenten's face became bright red as she quickly averted her gaze somewhere else. Her heart almost stopped beating when Kiba mentioned 'girls'. She quickly turned her head in the opposite direction when Lee suddenly stood revealing his junk. 'Kami-sama, just let me die!' she cried out in her head.

"Don't be overconfident Kiba! I believe Tenmaru and I can take you!" exclaimed Lee doing a fighting stance.

"I don't wanna take him anywhere..." said Tenten shifting away but Lee followed closely behind.

"But it's a youthful challenge! We have to fight!" protested Lee.

"No, we don't," replied Tenten nervously. "We can just close our eyes and swim around!" she suggested when Lee suddenly grabbed her arm, causing her to panic as she tried to wrench herself free.

"Oh come now, Tenmaru! Where's your sense of You-YEOW! Something bit me!" exclaimed Lee jumping in pain as he rubbed his butt.

Tenten looked down to see Naruto's head popping out of the water coughing and spluttering. "MAN! That tasted NASTY!"

Lee's eyes popped wide open when he saw Naruto. "KAPPA!" he screamed running to the rock where the others were, sending them into a panic as they all tried to scramble up the rock.

"HORA! I'm A KYUUBI-TTEBAYO!"yelled Naruto in annoyance but was quickly grabbed by Tenten who whistled for Kankuro.

The horse quickly grabbed Tenten's towel and ran into the water using his body as a cover while the girl dropped a spitting Naruto on the ground and quickly wrapped herself up in the towel.

Meanwhile the three guys sat on the rock afraid to go back in the water.

"Some King of the Rock..."muttered Lee only to get shoved in the water by Kiba.

"You know, Tenmaru seemed to acting stranger than usual," noted Choji as Lee appeared from the water spluttering. Kiba nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, and he actually smelled different, almost like...a girl...you don't think...?" suggested Kiba turning to the other guys.

"NAH!" said the three guys in unison laughing and shaking their heads.


"That was way too close,"said Tenten sighing in relief as she quickly wore her clothes.

"No, that was way too NASTY! You owe me BIG TIME!" snapped the fox as he removed a tube of toothpaste and a tooth brush from one of his tails. Naruto quickly squeezed the whole tube in his mouth and began to brush furiously to get the taste of butt off his tongue.

"I don't ever want to see another naked man for as long as I live," declared Tenten as she emerged from the tall grass wearing her clothes when suddenly the rest of her troop mates came running past her naked. The girl's eyes popped wide open as she got a full view of the many things just streaked past her.

Kankuro shook his head in disgust and snorted.

Naruto looked up at Tenten with a dead panned face. "Don't look at me, I am NOT biting anymore butts..." he declared flatly before walking off followed by the rest towards the campsite.

Just as Tenten finished tying up her hair, she heard Mizuki and Neji arguing in a nearby tent. Naruto and Konohamaru looked at each and quickly creeped up to listen in better.


"You think your troops are ready to fight against the Akatsuki? HAH! They won't even last a minute against them!" scoffed Mizuki ignorantly.

Neji's eye twitched subtly as he tried to contain his anger but his clenched fists say otherwise. "They have completed their training with flying colors Mizuki," he replied calmly.

"Those boys are no fit to soldiers as you are to be captain!"sneered Mizuki making Neji's eyes narrow angrily.

"My being Captain was my Uncle's decision Mizuki and you know it!"

"Oh please! I have ten times the military experience than you, Boy! You only got the position because of your family! Once I send in my report, your troops will never see the light of any battle!"


Naruto snarled angrily at Mizuki's words. "Oh no you don't, douchebag! I've worked too hard for this to let you ruin it!" he growled softly outside the tent. Konohamaru nodded vigorously in agreement.


"You're not being fair at all, Mizuki! They're ready and you know it!" argued Neji, his anger beginning to seep out.

"The only thing they are ready for is suicide! Let me remind you that while you are Lord Hiashi's nephew, I am the Hokage's counsel," Mizuki reminded smirking mockingly at Neji. "And for the record, I got that job on my own. You're dismissed, Captain..." he said opening the tent flap for Neji, who glared daggers at him before leaving.

Tenten tried to look at Neji cheerfully. "Hey, if it helps, I'll hold him and you punch! Heh-heh!" she joked but soon dropped her smile when Neji ignored and walked past her. "Or not..."

"But you know what? Mizuki's a Jack-Ass! I think your Uncle chose the best Captain this troop can and will ever have!" she yelled after him.

Neji paused and glanced at Tenten in surprise before turning and walking away, a small smirk creeping on his face. Naruto looked at Neji before glancing over to see a small blush and dreamy look on Tenten's face. "I saw that," he said folding his arms.

"Huh, what?"

"You like him, don't cha?" said Naruto smirking. Konohamaru grinned at Tenten, and wriggled his eyebrows.

"Eh? What? No! I was just-"

"Uh-huh, sure, Got to your tent!" scolded Naruto.

Tenten sighed and walked away but not before smiling inwardly to herself. Naruto and Konohamaru waited until she left and winked at each other. "Let's do it Cricket-Boy!" smirked Naruto to his partner as they both sneaked up to Mizuki's tent and waited for the said person to leave for his bath. The moment the coast was clear Naruto and Konohamaru creeped in. Grabbing an empty piece of paper and ink palette Naruto left Konohamaru to type the letter while he doodled on Mizuki's portrait. When the cricket was done, Naruto grabbed the the paper and read it Konohamaru cleaned the ink from his feet with a tissue paper.

"Hmm lets see...From General Hiashi, Dear Neji we are waiting for you at the Valley of the End, it would mean a lot for us if you would come with the troops and back us up...hmm..."said Naruto before smiling at Konohamaru. "It's good, but you forgot, since we're out candy, why don't you bring up some. HELLO? This is the Army-dattebayo! Make it sound more urgent!" yelled the fox.

Konohamaru quickly saluted and dipped his feet in the ink palette once and typed out another letter this making sure it sounded more urgent, like a cry for help. Naruto quickly read through the letter and this time nodded in approval, snatching the paper out from under the cricket.


Outside Kankuro was busy drinking water from a through when he felt something scramble on his back. He looked up to see Naruto and Konohamaru sitting on his back.

"Kankuro! Buddy! Look we need a ride-" Naruto began to ask casually when Kankuro replied by spitting him of his back with water. The horse then looked at the cricket who backed off and hopped away.


At the lake, Mizuki was just about leave. In his hand was a soggy slipper of his. "Stupid, insubordinate ruffians..." he grumbled angrily. "YOU GUYS OWE ME A NEW PAIR OF SLIPPERS!" Mizuki yelled over his shoulder. "And I do not squeal like a girl- KYAAAAAAAAAAA!" screamed Mizuki as his slipper got eaten suddenly by a panda.

He looked up to see a large man wearing an Anbu uniform. "Urgent news from the General-ttebayo!" exclaimed the 'man' who was really Naruto who used his fox powers to transform into an Anbu militant.

Mizuki eyed the man before staring at the panda curiously.

"What's the matter? Never seen a Panda before-ttebayo?" demanded Naruto shaking the rolled up message at Mizuki who snatched it from his hand.

"Who are you?" he asked the man suspiciously.

"EXCUSE ME? I think the question is 'who are you'? We're in a freaking WAR-dattebayo! Don't go asking stupid questions!" yelled Naruto throwing Mizuki off. "You're lucky I'm not gonna report you!" he yelled as the panda he was on began to move while Mizuki backed away.

Just as the man turned to read the message, Naruto's tails had slipped out. Mizuki gasped when he read the message and turned to confront the man who had vanished. Not wasting anytime, Mizuki quickly ran off to Neji's tent while the Anbu member puffed into smoke revealing Naruto and Konohamaru who watched him go. "Hey thanks !" said Naruto to the bear who grunted in reply as the fox and cricket quickly followed Mizuki through the nearby trees.


"Captain! Urgent news from Lord Hiashi! We're needed at the battlefield!" cried Mizuki bursting into Neji's tent holding the message, while Naruto and Konohamaru smirked and high-fived each other at their success.


Early next day, the troops donned their Anbu uniforms packed up their stuff and moved out. Since Tenten, wearing her Anbu uniform with her monkey mask by her waist, was the only recruit with a horse, she was made in charge to pull the weapon cart. As the men trudged through the mountains they began their song.

The Troops:

For a long time we've been
marching off to battle...

"In our thundering herd, we feel a lot like cattle," grumbled Kiba, who wore his wolf mask at the side of his head just as they walked past a cow field.

Troops:

Like the pounding beat
Our aching feet aren't easy to ignore!

"Hey, think of instead, a girl worth fighting for~...!" sang Lee, whose rabbit mask also hung on his waist, optimistically placing his arms around Choji ( He got a bull mask) and Kiba who smiled at the thought.

"Huh?" said Tenten in confusion, when Lee appeared next to her and placed an arm on her shoulders.

"That's what I said! A girl worth fighting for~..!" he sang taking a poster of Sakura Haruno out of his shirt and began to fantasize.


Lee's Fantasy (Sakura)

I want her paler than the moon,

with eyes that shine like stars!


Kiba's Fantasy (Hinata)

My girl will marvel at my strength,

Adore my battle scars!


Choji's Fantasy (Ino)

I couldn't care less what she'll wear or what she looks like! It all depends on what she cooks like,
Beef, pork, chicken,
Mmm...~!


The group soon began to cross a shallow river carrying their masks and katana over their heads.

"Bet the local girls thought that you were quite the charmer~!" sang Kiba playfully nudging Tenten when he suddenly tripped and fell underwater causing a fish to splash up which Choji caught happily.

"And I'll bet the ladies love a man in armor~!" sang Lee as he emerged from the water suddenly looking buff as he began posing until the water caught in his uniform drained out back to his normal size.

"You can guess what we have missed the most, since we went off to war!" sang the guys as they walked past a rice field where a group of lovely young ladies were harvesting rice. Naruto whistled loudly at them making Tenten blush in embarrassment when the girls stared at him and giggled.

Lee: What do we want?

Guys: A girl worth fighting for~...!


Kiba:My girl will think I have no faults!

Choji: That I'm a major find!

(Lee, Kiba and Choji crowded around Tenten and looked at him expectantly.)

"Um..How 'bout a girl who's got a brain! Who always speaks her mind?" she tried after shuffling nervously, making the guys look at her incredulously.

"Nah!" they all replied in unison.

Lee leaned against the cart which had stopped for a moment and pretended to act cool. "My manly ways and turn of phrase are sure to thrill her!"

Kiba: *Whispers to Tenten* He thinks he's such a lady killer! Hah! (Slaps Kankuro's rump making the horse bolt, causing Lee to fall face first into a mud puddle.)


The air got colder as the group trekked deeper into the snowy mountains and quickly wore their jackets.

"I've a girl back home, who's unlike any other~!" boasted Mizuki as he pulled on his snow hood.

"Yeah, the only girl who'd love him is his Mother!" whispered Kiba to Tenten who snickered in amusement making Mizuki frown.


Guys:

But when we come home in victory they'll line up at the door~!

"What do we want?" sang Lee getting carried on Choji's shoulders.

"A girl worth fighting for~!" sang the others in response placing trapping Tenten as they linked themselves together.

Lee: Wish that I had-

Guys: A girl worth fighting for~~...!

Tenten finally got free and whistled casually when she saw that Lee, Choji and Kiba were going to pelt her with snowballs. Just as she turned to run, Tenten froze at what she saw in front of her. The guys who were ready to throw their snowballs also stopped.

"A girl worth fighting-" everyone was about to sing when they cut themselves off at the destruction before their eyes.

Tenten gasped when she saw that a whole village had literally been burnt to the ground with barely any remains. Not a soul was left as the troops walked through the ruins while a burnt bell hanging nearby rung eerily in the cold wind. Naruto and Konohamaru stuck their heads out of the cart and stared in horror and disbelief at the destruction.

"Search for survivors!" ordered Neji loudly, as the troops nodded and spread out.

Tenten patted Kankuro on the nose and began to search when she spotted a little doll on the ground. She picked it up, fighting back tears as she hugged it, praying silently for the spirit of the little girl who owned the doll.

Neji appeared behind and jumped off his horse. "I don't understand it, Uncle should have been here..." he muttered.

"CAPTAIN!" yelled Mizuki standing at the top of a hill. He shook his head sadly as he pointed what was awaiting below.

Tenten and Neji walked up and gasped in horror at the bloody massacre of the Konoha troops strewn all over the place. Suddenly, Choji walked up carrying Lord Hiashi's eagle mask. "The General...sir...I am so sorry..." said Choji handing the mask to Neji who looked at it in despair and walked away just as the others caught up to them. They too gasped at the bloody horrors of the battle field.

Tenten bowed her head sadly as she turned to where Neji stood and walked up to him. Neji looked down his Uncle's mask and gripped it tightly, his expression unreadable. Slowly, Neji removed his sword and stabbed it in the ground and hung the mask on it before bowing in silent prayer.

"I'm sorry..." he heard Tenten say softly behind him as he stood up.

Neji looked at Tenten and placed a hand on her shoulder briefly before walking away. Tenten looked at the doll in her hands and placed by the katana. She could no longer contain herself as tears began to run down her face before she turned to leave.

Neji jumped on his horse and looked at his troops solemnly. "The Akatsuki is moving quickly! If we want to get to Konoha fast, we're gonna have to go through the Valley of the End! Move out!" he ordered as he galloped off with the other troops following closely behind.


The rest of the journey was deadly quiet and tense. Suddenly, a rocket fired loudly from the cart and exploded in the air, making everyone jump out of their skins.

Tenten and Kankuro turned their heads to glare at Naruto and Konohamaru who stared out the burnt hole with wide eyes. Despite the fact Naruto had wisps of smoke emerging from his mouth, he still pointed his paw at the cricket who frowned at him. Tenten frowned as well when Neji suddenly galloped up to her.

"What just happened?" he demanded angrily.

"I-uh..."

"You just gave away our position!" yelled Neji angrily when suddenly a kunai struck him in the shoulder, knocking him of his horse.

Suddenly there were loud cries in the distance as the troop looked up to see a shower of kunai and arrows raining down on them. "GET OUT OF RANGE!"yelled Neji pulling the kunai from his shoulder as everyone began to scatter.

Just as Tenten tried to help Kankuro pull the cart, some arrows that were set on fire hit the the cart setting ablaze.

"OH CRAP! TENTEN, HELP ME!" neighed Kankuro in a panic as he began to thrash about to release himself.

"SAVE THE CANNONS!" cried Neji as the others quickly ran up and began removing as much cannons as possible. Choji was able to save the most by carrying them in large bundles.

Tenten quickly withdrew her katana and sliced Kankuro's harness before jumping on his back. Just as the two were some distance away, the cart exploded, blasting the two away but they were uninjured.

"ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGH!" screamed Naruto and Konohamaru as they got blasted out and landed in the snow just next to Tenten.

Naruto slowly got up smoking and wobbled in a daze as he frowned at Tenten. "Oh sure...save the horse..." he said sarcastically before flopping over.

Tenten quickly grabbed the fox, cricket and her sword as she ran towards the others with Kankuro following close behind.

"FIRE!" ordered Neji signaling for he others to light their cannons.

Many of the cannons hit their mark accurately where some of the Akatsuki men were hiding. Meanwhile, Mizuki cowered under a rock, sucking his thumb. Almost all the cannons were used up save for Kiba's. Neji quickly put up a hand to stop the guy from lighting it as he narrowed his eyes towards the distance.

Pein sat on his horse and stared down at the soldiers with Sasuke on his shoulder. Suddenly, he came charging down followed by the main Akatsuki members , followed by a much, much larger army of thousands.

"Prepare to fight!"commanded Neji removing a new katana and putting on his hawk mask. The others swallowed and followed suit, taking out their own swords and putting on their own masks. "If we die, we die with honor!"

"Kiba, aim the canon at Pein," Neji ordered Kiba, who began to carefully position it.

Tenten stared nervously when she noticed the reflection of an overhanging mountain in her sword. Looking up at it and then at the canon before finally resting her eyes on Pein, an idea struck her. Just as Kiba was about to light the cannon, Tenten tackled him and grabbed it, slipping on her Monkey mask as she ran ahead towards Pein with it.

"Tenmaru! What are doing? Come back here, that's an order!" cried Neji but Tenten ignored him and jammed the cannon in the snow, aiming it carefully at the mountain.

Naruto looked over the girl's shoulder to see Pein getting closer and closer. "Hurry up! Light it! Light it!" yelled Naruto in a panic.

Tenten also began to panic as she quickly took out her flint stones and was about to strike them when Sasuke suddenly came down and knocked her over making the girl drop the flints. "Not good! Not GOOD!" cried Naruto as he tried to help Tenten find the stones.

"COME ON, WE GOTTA HELP!" cried Kiba raising his sword as he, Choji and Lee ran out crying battle cries.

Tenten in the meantime had no luck finding the stones as she racked her brains while Pein was now only a few metres closer. Suddenly, in the spur of the moment, Tenten grabbed Naruto by the neck and pulled his tails hard, forcing the fox to expel to burning red chakra. The cannon successfully ignited as it fired carrying Naruto along with it just inches away from who now stood in front Tenten as his horse reared up in shock.

"YOU MISSED! YOU FREAKIN' MISSED! HOW COULD YOU MISS? HE'S RIGHT THERE IN FRONT OF YOU-DATTEBAYO!" KABOOM! went the fox as he and the rocket went exploding into the mountain.

Tenten smirked at Pein through her mask as the man turned and gasped to see a huge avalanche coming towards them, already taking out 3/4 of the Akatsuki. Just as the girl tried to run, Pein slashed at her with his spike. Tenten gripped her side in pain and began running towards the others, quickly grabbing Neji's hand as she ran past him. The others also quickly turned and ran back down the mountain.

The Akatsuki members were also trying to get away but were not successful as they all got buried by flowing snow. Kankuro finally got himself loose from the guy hanging on to him and galloped towards Tenten and Neji. The girl grabbed the horse's reins and swung herself onto Kankuro's back as she reached out for Neji who tried to grab her hand but were both caught in the avalanche. Kiba and boys quickly jumped behind a large boulder where the others hid. The boulder was able to shelter them from the snow as the avalanche sailed harmlessly over them and down the cliff side.


"TENTEN!" called Naruto as he slid over the avalanche riding a shield as a sled. "TENTEEEEEN!"

Suddenly, Naruto saw a bit of hair sticking out of the snow. "Tenten?" he asked hopefully grabbing the only to pull up some random guy who yelled in pain. "NOPE!" the fox quickly said shoving the guy's head back down into the snow. Naruto then quickly made a grab at a pair of feelers sticking out of the snow to reveal Konohamaru. "Kid, you are one Lucky Cricket!" he exclaimed hanging on to him.


At that moment Kankuro and Tenten burst out of the snow as the horse tried to run against the flow. "Oh NO! NEJI!" she cried when she saw an unconscious Neji getting swept away. Quickly, the girl turned her horse around and rode the flow instead, catching to Neji in no time. Tenten quickly grabbed the guy and placed him over Kankuro's back.


"Do you see them?" yelled Choji who was carrying Lee with one hand, who in turn had Kiba on his shoulders carrying a bow and arrow with a rope attached.

"Yeah!" replied Kiba as he fired the arrow towards Tenten. "Perfect! Now I'll just pull them to safe-" Kiba exclaimed and grabbed at the trailing rope only just miss it. "-ty..."


Kankuro was exerting himself trying to fight the current as the group found themselves getting swept closer to the cliff edge.

At that moment, Naruto came sliding up to them. "Hey Tenten! I found the Lucky Cricket-ttebayo!" he exclaimed holding out Konohamaru.

"WHAT I NEED IS HELP!" yelled Tenten when at that moment, the arrow Kiba fired landed next to her. She quickly wasted no time in grabbing the rope using it to harness Kankuro while Naruto jumped on to the horse with Konohamaru.

"Oooh, very nice, you can sit by me!" said the fox placing the cricket beside him, when the two suddenly gasped, clutched each other and screamed at the top of their lungs. "WE'RE DEAD! WE'RE DEAD! WE'RE DEAD!" screamed Naruto in a frenzy just as they all went over the mountain edge.

Not wasting another second, Tenten prayed on her lucked and fired the arrow with her own bow.


Meanwhile, Kiba was beating himself up in frustration. "I can't believe I let them slip through my fingers!" he cried when the arrow suddenly landed in his hands as he gripped it tightly.

Suddenly, Kiba yelled as he found himself yanked towards the edge. Everyone else quickly dog piled him to prevent him from slipping further. "QUICK! PULL! PULL!" yelled Kiba, gripping the arrow tightly as the others tried to pull him with a lot of difficulty.

Just then, Choji came up from behind and bowed before scooping them all up in his arms, lifting them easily, much to their surprise. Choji easily began walking backwards, pulling up Tenten, Kankuro, Neji, Naruto and Konohamaru.

"DATTEBAYO!"cheered Naruto. "You the Man! Well...sort of..."


It didn't take long for the group to pull Tenten and the rest up. Kankuro quickly trotted off while Tenten took off her mask and breathed heavily next to Neji who was regaining consiousness. The Captain glanced over to Tenten and furrowed his brows. "Tenmaru, I don't know whether to call you Smart or incredibly Insane..."

Tenten lowered her head in shame.

"But either way, I owe you my life. From now on, I have complete trust in you," he said.

Tenten looked up to see him smile at her, making her blush and smile back as well.

"LET'S HEAR IT FOR TENMARU! THE BRAVEST, MOST YOUTHFUL SOLDIER OF KONOHA!" cheered Lee as he and Kiba danced around while jumped joy, accidentally knocking over a few guys.

Neji held out his hand to help Tenten stand when suddenly she cringed in pain and collasped, clutching her side. "Tenmaru! What's wrong?" asked Neji in concern before gasping when he saw the wound that Tenten had received earlier bleeding profusely. "He's badly hurt! Someone get help!"

Tenten began to feel dizzy from the loss of blood. "Hold on Tenmaru, you're gonna be alright! Hold on!"were the last words she heard Neji say before everything faded out to darkness.