Might Guy

Author's notes: Ha, thought it was going to be Tenten didn't you? Nope, Guy first because I figure everyone's waiting for Tenten's feelings about being with Neji for her first time. Either that or since it's all ready figured out one of her firsts it's kind of meh.

Again expanding on "Twenty Truths about Team Guy," no you don't have to read that before reading this, but it would be advisable to read Neji and Lee's firsts before Guy's. I mean you don't have to as it would make sense anyway but yeah...chronological ordering and all that.

Also, sorry this took a bit longer than normal to update. I was stuck on Guy's kill and just wrote it today.

General Warnings: made up time lines, possible OOC-ness, swearing, and on screen kissing and sex. Onwards!

Hug

Guy could not remember his first hug. This is not because he has a bad memory, not really. He remembers most of what happened to him in his life despite his goal to not linger in the past. He's horrible with faces and names though. All you have to do is ask Lee, Neji, and Tenten. They'll tell you Guy didn't really have their names down until after a month.

He got Lee's name within two days since Lee's name was simple. Tenten's name stuck second, after a week, because her name was the same syllable twice. Neji, well, he was called Neho, Nana, Nori, Nobu, Naoki, Nao, and Norio before Neji finally gave up and came to training with a sign across his chest with his name on it in week three.

He still had to wear the sign for a week until Guy could remember to call him Neji. Even after six months of training (and longer) Guy would sometimes slip up and call Neji by a different name. Nao, Nobu, and Neho seemed to be favorites. Neji learned to go with it.

No, Guy could not remember his first hug because he had been too young at the time. His father, Might Duy was an affection man and liked to hug his son a lot. This is why Guy likes to give hugs and receive them.

There was a period in time after Duy died where Guy did not receive any hugs, at least not willingly. Normally he would track down his Eternal Rival Hatake Kakashi and hug the other boy until Kakashi smacked him. Nowadays Kakashi takes it with a little smile, shown only by the crinkling of his eyes.

No, the hug Guy will always remember is the hug he and Neji shared. Tenten and Lee did not know about the hugs Guy and Neji shared as Neji always made sure the two were gone from the field before asking for a hug in his way. Neji also made sure to never show how happy he was when Lee and Tenten pulled him in for a hug with Guy and always complained with a grunt or an "hn" of annoyance.

But Guy knew how much Neji liked being hugged. He might sometimes forget Neji's name but he would never forget the little smiles Neji gave him after a hug or the way Neji would completely relax into his arms and give a little sigh of happiness.

Guy would also never forget Neji was not allowed to show emotions because of his clan. Neji had to remain prim and proper but most of the time he dumped this attitude when he was on the training field and it was only Lee, Guy, and Tenten.

Funnily enough, the hug Guy considered the most significant one in his life was not even the first time he hugged Neji. That one ranked pretty high on his hug meter as did the first hug he had with Lee after Lee had tried to quit on him. The first solo hug he shared with Tenten was up on his list too but the hug Guy felt was the most significant was the second hug he and Neji shared...

"Take this!"

Guy watched with a grin on his face as Tenten unloaded dozens of weapons towards Neji from her position ten feet in the air. Neji's expression did not change: lips in a little frown of concentration, eyebrows slightly furrowed, eyes wide with Byakugan activated, and body tense in his fighting position.

His hands lashed out with speed even Guy would have trouble mimicking. Neji deflected weapon after weapon, senbon, kunai, shuriken, and many others Guy thought were darned impressive for a girl of Tenten's age to have mastery of.

All forty-eight or so weapons landed harmlessly around Neji in a sort of circle and he watched as Tenten landed with a soft thunk. She had only ever gotten one hit on him thus far and that was last week when she had thrown a kunai into his blind spot.

She did not throw weapons into his blind spot again, even if it would mean she might win a battle against Neji.

Guy loved her for this. He adored Neji for admitting the Byakugan's weakness even though the teen likely knew he wasn't supposed to say a word about it. Guy also prized his students in their willingness to keep training even if he pushed them to fainting.

They were all stubbornly determined, like him. Lee's persistence was exactly like him in too many respects which always made Guy wonder if Lee was an estranged child. Tenten rose to any challenge with the kind of resolve seen in a person who loathed losing. Neji had the sort of fortitude in a person who no longer wanted to fail.

Neji had said so last week when Guy got to hug his stoic student for the first time ever. It had taken his precious genius over a year to finally cave into a hug. Guy didn't mind. The Hyuuga were not the type of people to show any kind of affection. The fact Neji had some semblance of emotions was remarkable enough.

"Damn it!"

Guy brought himself back into the moment as Tenten had run out of projectiles to throw. She went after Neji with her trusty Bo but Neji did not back down. No, he simply raised his arms and legs and kept defending. Watching the two spar was similar to watching a carefully coordinated dance in hyper-speed.

Neji had the flexibility of a cat and would shift in ways Lee could not mimic as of this moment. He would start working on it once he was out of the hospital though. Lee had promised Neji as such when they visited last night.

As it was Neji had done the splits to avoid a hit to his head. Tenten jabbed the end of her Bo towards his face but he tilted his head to a side. Guy grinned when Tenten kept jabbing at Neji's face, faster and faster but Neji kept shifting his head back and forth out of the way until he seemed to get tired of it. Either this or he got whiplash from moving his head so quickly. Guy figured it had been a combination of both.

Neji caught Tenten's Bo between his hands and flicked it aside before rolling onto his feet, out of the way of her next strike and using his hands in a sort of hand stand motion. Tenten kept jabbing her Bo at him but he flicked it away with the circular motion of his hands, wide arcs which made Tenten growl in frustration as she kept jabbing.

He caught her Bo again, under his right arm and his left hand snaked out to ram into a few of her tenketsu points. Tenten winced but her right leg came up to kick Neji in the knee cap. He shifted out of the way by perhaps half an inch and Tenten's heel skimmed by his uncovered leg. Guy smirked.

Neji's tiny shifts in his stances to avoid a person were frustrating. What would be a powerful hit became nothing but a graze which allowed Neji to keep moving and made his opponent angry at best; fall forward with their momentum at worse which was exactly what happened to Tenten now.

She yelped as her well intentioned kick made her not only miss Neji's knee but fall towards his chest and shove her Bo further under his arm in a useless position. She fell against Neji's chest and he tapped the back of her neck, signalling he could kill her right now if he wanted. She huffed but nodded, and Neji let her go.

"Jeez," Tenten muttered.

Neji shrugged and she made to whack him in the arm with her Bo. Guy chuckled when Neji let her. The two would make such an adorable couple when they finally realized they were meant to be together. Guy strode towards them and noticed Tenten's cheeks had colored slightly when she realized Neji had allowed her to hit him.

"Wonderful, both of you!" Guy told them. "We will call it a day with this. There are a lot of weapons to gather."

Guy rubbed the back of his head with his last proclamation. Neji smirked and Tenten went a bit redder. Guy did not remember Tenten having so many weapons but challenged his students to a contest to see who could gather the most the quickest.

Guy didn't mind when they let him win and placed all the sharp pointy objects into a pile so Tenten could replace them into her scrolls. She frowned when she reached the end then looked up to Neji.

Guy noticed Neji staring off into the distance, arms crossed over his chest, and Byakugan activated. Guy followed Neji's line of sight and if he concentrated hard enough Guy could see the birds Neji watched.

"Neji, I'm missing a kunai," Tenten said.

Guy looked at his female student and blinked. He had no clue how she knew if she was missing or weapon or how she knew which of her weapons she missed. Guy watched as Neji glanced down to Tenten with a raised eyebrow.

"Hn,"

This was Neji's "fine, fine, I'll look for it" sound. Guy had become adept at reading Neji's so-called non-committal sounds. The boy said a lot with one noise. A person had to listen carefully or they would miss the meaning.

"Ten yards away embedded in one of your ground targets, number eleven," Neji said.

"Jeez, how did it get so far?" Tenten questioned.

"You are the one who threw it, not me," Neji told her.

She almost took him off his feet with her Bo and Guy chuckled. Neji hummed at her but strode away to retrieve the kunai. Tenten snorted at him and made her Bo disappear. She got to her feet and Guy placed a hand on her shoulder. She beamed up at him and together they watched Neji retrieve Tenten's kunai.

As the weapon had hit a ground target, Neji had to bend to get it. Guy saw the way Tenten stared at Neji's butt and the way Neji's shorts rode up a bit at the back to expose some of Neji's upper thighs. Tenten flushed but Guy decided not to mention it.

Neji tugged the kunai out of the target, stumbling back when he did, and Guy chuckled at Neji's annoyed expression. He walked back over to them with his expression set to neutral and handed Tenten her kunai. She took it with a grin which almost hid her blush at the way their fingertips had brushed. Guy patted Neji's shoulder and Neji made his sound of thanks.

"Same time tomorrow my brilliant students," Guy said.

"Okay, bye Neji, bye Guy-sensei! Have a good night!"

Tenten jogged away, looking completely innocent despite the kunai she carried in her right hand. Guy nodded to Neji who returned the gesture but did not move. Guy hummed at Neji in question but Neji did not even incline his head to meet Guy's eyes.

Even after a year, Guy did not fully understand Neji's emotions or some of Neji's stances. As it was, the boy simply stood in the spot he had stopped at with his arms crossed over his chest, his legs shoulder width apart, face neutral, staring straight ahead, and a gentle breeze blowing back all that soft, pretty long hair. He did not blink and Guy tried not to admit to himself how creepy Neji could be sometimes.

Guy left Neji where he stood and went to a different area of the field. Guy began fighting invisible enemies as Neji did, well, whatever it was Neji did. Eventually Neji would leave the field and Guy would not question the boy on why he had stayed the extra few minutes. Guy continued to go through his personal training regime until he felt it.

Neji watched him.

When a non-Hyuuga watched a person the gaze could be easily forgotten unless said person had the kind of murderous intent coming from an angry shinobi. Then the gaze was not ignored and it meant a good challenge would be appearing soon.

When a Hyuuga gazed at a person the stare could not be disregarded. Even from a distance of ten or so yards Neji's white eyes gave the sort of intensity most shinobi trained in torture could not pull off as effortlessly as Neji could. The boy didn't even have to try.

As a result Guy had almost lost his footing upon feeling the look. He caught himself though and kept moving, shifting slightly so he could look at Neji every so often, at least out of the corner of his eyes.

Neji had moved enough so he could watch Guy. Neji's expression still remained neutral, his arms were crossed over his chest, and his feet were shoulder-width apart. The wind now blew Neji's long hair to the right, making it flow around Neji's head in a beautiful kind of delicate swirl.

Guy kept training as Neji kept peering at him. Guy hated to admit the scrutiny of his student had become off putting, especially since Neji had only turned thirteen before the chunin exams. Then again Neji had beaten an S-Rank shinobi a little over a month ago. If Guy could talk to Kidomaru now, the freak would probably tell Guy how eerie Neji's eyes were.

If Neji ever asked Guy about the white eyes, Guy would likely not tell him how sinister Neji could look. Normally the boy had a sort of soft look about him, especially now he had resolved to become friends with his team. Even so, when Neji felt like being frightening it did not take much.

Finally Guy could not take anymore. The sun had begun to set and Neji's observing him so intently had started to give Guy chills which had nothing to do with the weather. Guy stopped moving and looked towards Neji.

Neji had not moved even after almost three hours. Certainly the boy would be hungry, thirsty, or need to use the bathroom. No, this was Neji. The boy never complained about his body's baser needs off or on the field or during a mission. Neji took his shinobi training seriously and whatever conclusion Neji had reached in his head about why he stood watching Guy would be carried out like some kind of mini-mission.

Guy let out a little breath but put a smile on his face as he approached Neji. Guy had no clue as to what Neji needed or wanted. Neji didn't ask for anything, not directly. He would indicate his displeasure in something with an annoyed little sound, a widening of his eyes, and a narrowing of his eyebrows.

Most people narrowed their eyes but Neji knew what impact his white pupil-less eyes had a person and would thus intensify his gaze when angered by widening the freaky white eyes. Guy got to Neji and stood in front of him but kept twelve inches between them.

Guy did not know what to expect but Neji muttering a soft "finally" and wrapping his arms around Guy was not something in Guy's reactions for Neji. Guy gaped as Neji placed his head on Guy's chest, Neji's arms tightening almost shyly around Guy's middle back.

Neji had wanted a hug.

Of course the Hyuuga Genius would not ask for something like a hug. His clan did not practice hugging nor would they have told him wanting something so childish in their eyes would be okay. Guy wanted to kick himself for not thinking of this sooner but grinned when Neji let out a little sigh of happiness.

Guy wrapped his arms around Neji and pulled him closer as tight as he could. He almost started crying with joy when Neji tightening his grip and burrowed his head into Guy's vest. Guy rocked Neji back and forth gently but Neji did not complain nor did he loosen his grip.

"Neji, you can ask me if you want a hug. I will not report to your family or tell anyone," Guy said.

"I was asking you," Neji mumbled.

Guy blinked and smiled. Of course Neji had been asking him. Guy hadn't seen Neji waiting in the training field for what it was. Guy chuckled and placed his right hand on the back of Neji's head, stroking the boy's long hair gently.

"Of course you were. I was being slow," Guy said.

"It's okay," Neji said into Guy's chest.

Guy beamed in happiness as Neji cuddled against him. Neji's body had relaxed against Guy's as Guy petted Neji's hair and held the boy close. Guy said nothing as Neji continued to hug him. Neji had a lot of years to make up for without being hugged. Hell, Guy would stand here all night if Neji wanted.

After what Guy knew was half an hour Neji struggled lightly. Guy hummed but allowed Neji to take half a step back and out of Guy's arms. Guy did put both his hands onto Neji's shoulders. Neji had lowered his head and his hands had become fists.

"This is not a weakness," Guy said.

Neji looked up at him and Guy met Neji's eyes. So much emotion in the so-called soulless eyes and Guy placed a hand on Neji's head gently. Neji blinked.

"It means you have a soul and you are human. It is important to keep your humanity in our line of work," Guy said.

Neji smiled and not one the tiny shifts of the corners of his mouth kind of smiles. No, this one broke across his face and lit those white eyes with such joy Guy couldn't help but hug Neji again. Neji hummed but wrapped his arms around Guy anyway.

This hug lasted all of thirty seconds before Neji wanted out. Guy didn't mind and placed his hand back atop Neji's head, giving the boy short little pets to his head which kept a small smile on Neji's lips. Guy's other hand stayed on Neji's shoulder and Guy was happy to see Neji's hands were no longer in fists.

"The next time you stand in the middle of the field after your teammates have gone home, I will recognize you want a hug," Guy said.

Neji chuckled, a sweet sound without all the arrogance, and nodded. Guy wanted to hug him again but refrained. Their eyes met and Guy kept his hand on Neji's head. Neji let out a little breath before turning elegantly and striding away.

Guy watched Neji walk away and kept the smile on his face. It had not been as emotional as Neji's first hug but it was more significant simply because Neji had asked for it, in his own way. Guy wiped a tear from his eye and kept grinning. His team would always be human.

Kiss

Guy had known this would be a riveting game for his team to play. Tenten wore a dress, something they had never seen the girl in and looked adorable. Guy did not miss the fact it also looked weird to see the tom boyish girl in a dress and would be happy when she could return to her regular attire.

Seeing Neji in the green body suit made Guy want to hug the Hyuuga close. Neji looked so damned powerful in the green spandex! Guy had missed how muscled Neji had become over the year and a bit of training but could see now Neji was no longer the skinny twelve year old kid.

The green spandex gave the Hyuuga white eyes a jade tint which made the eyes less intimidating. Guy would not tell Neji this unless the boy asked. Neji had all ready told them he hated the color of his eyes.

Lee looked fabulous with the marker all over his face and Guy felt like the beautiful beast he was with Tenten's bows in his hair. They had finished running from Tenten's weapons after she became angry from them making sure no one took her first kiss unless the man met Guy, Neji, and Lee's standards.

"Whose turn was it?" Tenten asked.

"I believe it is yours. I asked Lee about his first kiss, he asked you and now you get to ask or dare Guy-sensei to do something," Neji replied.

Tenten nodded then met eyes with him. Guy beamed and she giggled. Neji smirked and Lee gave a thumb up.

"Truth or dare, Guy-sensei?" Tenten questioned.

"Truth," Guy said.

He might as well give them a chance to ask about his first kiss. They knew about Neji's by seeing it happen in front of them and Lee had told his story. Tenten had not blossomed to this level yet (which made Guy oddly happy) so by all rights they should learn of his tale.

"Who was your first kiss?" Tenten enquired.

Guy grinned. Ah the curiosities of Youth. Guy nodded to Tenten and launched into his story...

He had been a hot-blooded youth of thirteen, chunin for two years, and was about to challenge his Eternal Rival Hatake Kakashi in one of their Competitions of Youth.

He was having an issue with the whole challenging Kakashi concept.

"My Eternal Rival! Where are you?"

No one paid him much attention as he jumped from rooftop to rooftop in search of the silver haired jonin. Guy tried not to think about how Kakashi at the age of twelve was all ready a jonin. There were rumours ANBU was interested in Kakashi and Guy refused to believe them. If the rumors were true then Kakashi would be the youngest ANBU operative in Konoha history.

"Kakashi!"

Normally if Kakashi was not enjoying ramen at Ichiraku's he would be in his favorite training field. Guy had checked both but not yet found his Eternal Rival. Pity as Guy had the perfect challenge for Kakashi today.

"Guy?"

Guy skidded to a stop on the roof he was on and looked down. Sarutobi Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai stared up at him and Guy grinned. He leaped down from the roof top and made a few civilians jump at his sudden appearance.

"My friends! Have you seen Kakashi?" Guy questioned.

Asuma blinked but Kurenai smiled at him. She shook her head which made him deflate but chuckled.

"We haven't seen him but we heard that Jiraiya is in town. Maybe you'll find them together," Kurenai said.

Guy beamed and thanked her happily before taking to the roofs again. He glanced back to see Asuma smile at Kurenai while she began striding forward on their walk. Guy wondered if he should make them kiss so they did not lose the precious time of their youth skirting around the issue of embarrassment.

This would have to be tackled another day for Guy had a rival to find.

There were few places Jiraiya would go in Konoha: the book store, the bathhouse, a few bars, and of course Ichiraku Ramen. Guy shifted his direction to head towards the bathhouse, knowing for sure this would be the most likely place Jiraiya would be.

As he suspected, Jiraiya sat outside the bathhouses trying to look into the women's baths. Guy huffed but landed behind the man anyway. Kakashi was nowhere in sight.

"Jiraiya-sama," Guy said.

Jiraiya shrieked but turned. His face went beat red and he began waving and explain he was doing some kind of research for his second novel. Guy did not bother asking what kind of research involved naked women. He would confront this challenge a different day.

"Have you seen Kakashi?" Guy questioned, breaking into Jiraiya's rant.

"Kakashi? Uh, yeah about an hour ago but he took off because he was bored. How a man can be bored doing this kind of research is beyond me," Jiraiya said.

Guy decided it best not to ask.

"Did he say where he was going?" Guy questioned.

Jiraiya shook his head. Guy hummed but thanked the man anyway before taking off. Now Kakashi could be anywhere. Guy did not let this detour him and kept leaping through the village. He saw Minato walking with Kushina but did not spot Kakashi anywhere near the Fourth Hokage and his wife. Guy did drop down in front of the two. Both smiled at him.

"Kakashi?" Minato asked.

Guy nodded. Minato shook his head as Kushina giggled.

"Sorry, I haven't seen him all day. I do know Jiraiya's in town," Minato said.

"Ah, thank you Hokage-sama but I all ready checked with Jiraiya-sama. Kakashi left him an hour ago," Guy said.

Minato hummed but patted Guy's shoulder.

"Sorry, I don't know what to tell you but I'm sure you'll find him," Minato said.

Guy gave Minato and Kushina the Nice Guy pose. Both beamed right back and Guy thanked them before taking off with renewed vigor. Surely if the Hokage said Guy would find Kakashi then Guy would find Kakashi.

The sun began to set with how long Guy ran through the village but he did not lose heart. He did start suspecting Kakashi saw him coming and kept dodging him but had no one to voice these opinions to. Guy spotted a flash of silver and ran towards it.

"Kakashi!"

Guy grinned when he landed in front of his stilled Eternal Rival. Kakashi still wore the mask, the standard issue shinobi attire and his hitai-ate tilted to cover the left eye, the Sharingan he had received from Obito not so long ago.

"Guy," Kakashi said.

"My Eternal Rival! I challenge you to a duel! But first: where have you been all day?" Guy asked.

Kakashi blinked.

"Here," Kakashi said.

Guy fell over. Here was the middle of a clearing between two training fields. Guy got to his feet with a laugh and repeated his challenge. Kakashi shrugged.

"Whatever," Kakashi said.

"So calm, cool, and collected, My Eternal Rival! I challenge you to one thousand hand stand push ups! Whoever does them the fastest will win!"

Guy kept pointing. Kakashi blinked again. He let out a breath then smiled.

"A challenge that actually makes sense. You're on," Kakashi said.

Guy gave Kakashi the Nice Guy pose and Kakashi chuckled. They got into position and started. Guy was so focused on completing his push-ups as quickly as possible he did not notice Kakashi was not only doing the push-ups but staring at Guy in awe. Unbeknownst to Guy, Kakashi had a feeling he might actually lose this challenge.

Kakashi sped up. At the same time he turned his head. Unfortunately for Kakashi, his body was not used to having one eye covered and Kakashi got a bit of a dizzy spell as he lowered his body and turned his head at the same time. Kakashi went cross-eyed (not that anyone would have been able to tell) and fell over.

As fate would have it, Kakashi fell right into Guy who had completely ignored his Eternal Rival so he could concentrate on the task at hand. Guy yelped when he fell over but Kakashi tried to correct his fall so he didn't end up hitting anything on Guy or himself which would hurt too much.

Kakashi over-corrected and his face smacked against Guy's. Being honest, Kakashi's masked mouth ended up against Guy's lips. The duo froze for several moments. They disregarded the sound of a crow cawing at them in mocking and simply lay still on each other, mouths touching through fabric and eyes locked.

Kakashi and Guy leaped apart and pointed at each other, eyes wide in horror, mouths dropped open in disbelief, and entire bodies tense.

"YOU KISSED ME!"

The crow made another noise, this time joined by its fellows. Guy and Kakashi did not move but kept staring and pointing at each other.

"I can't believe my first kiss was with you," Kakashi said.

He moaned and fell to his knees dramatically, head bowed and hands keeping him from face planting.

"You took my first experience in my Springtime of Youth!"

"I can't believe I got kissed by a guy who talks about the Springtime of Youth,"

"My first travel along the path of Youth was with a man!"

"I will never live this down,"

"Does this mean the rest of my youthful experiences will be with men?"

"Someone put a kunai through my heart,"

"Kakashi,"

Guy pointed again to his Eternal Rival who had sunk into a kind of depression. Kakashi looked up to Guy and tried not to think of the youthful (abet entirely impossible) children he and Guy would have. Kakashi failed. He shuddered.

"Does this mean we have to go all the way?" Guy asked.

Kakashi groaned and face planted. Guy gaped before grabbing Kakashi's shoulders and lifting him into an upright position so he could shake Kakashi back to life.

"My Eternal Rival! You must live in your youth!"

"I won't if you keep shaking me," Kakashi said.

Guy stopped shaking but not in enough time that Kakashi's head could stop its forward propulsion. Kakashi's lips ended up on Guy's again and they both shrieked and pointed at each other.

"We will never speak of this again," Kakashi exclaimed.

Guy nodded in agreement. Kakashi let out a breath and sagged forward in relief. Guy hummed and asked the important question:

"What about the challenge?"

Guy watched as Kakashi blinked then huffed.

"You win," Kakashi said.

Guy could not contain his excitement. He had finally beaten his Eternal Rival!

"TO YOUTH!"

Kakashi stared at Guy who was currently occupied with shouting and fist pumping. Kakashi sighed. At least Guy kept things entertaining.

"Kakashi? As in Hatake Kakashi?"

Out of all his precious students, Neji had been the first to recover from Guy's story and Guy nodded at him. Tenten still gaped while Lee had fallen over. Neji stared, mouth dropped open, eyes wide in shock, and one eyebrow raised and twitching.

Guy beamed when Neji groaned and fell backwards onto the grass. Tenten shook her head and let out a long breath.

"I'm sorry I asked," Tenten said.

"Me too," Neji said from the ground.

"Wait does that even count? I mean it was the mask you kissed, not Kakashi-sama's lips," Tenten said.

Guy blinked. He had never considered this. Perhaps he would talk to Kakashi about this later, after he had gotten Kakashi drunk on sake of course. Guy did not have a death wish after all. He still had plenty of Youth to enjoy.
Guy looked to Neji who groaned.

"Does it even matter?" Neji asked. "They still kissed."

Guy snickered at Neji then jolted when Lee gasped from the ground. He saw Tenten blink but knew Lee was about to ask something important.

"Guy-sensei!"

Lee had leaped to his feet and Guy grinned at his most youthful student.

"Yes Lee?"

Guy could tell Lee was excited. The boy vibrated with energy, running in the spot while pumping his arms up and down.

"You and your Eternal Rival shared your first kiss while Neji, who is my Eternal Rival, shared his first kiss with me!"

Guy knew it was too late to tell Lee not to mention the accidental kiss. Guy laughed when Neji got to his feet and started screaming at Lee. My, my, his precious genius had been hiding his set of lungs:

"What the Hell! Why are you even bringing that up again? I'm going to kill you!"

Guy watched in amusement as Lee took off running. Neji chased him, Byakugan activated, hands glowing blue from chakra, and long hair streaming out behind him regally. Guy chuckled as the two began running around the field, Neji still yelling at Lee while Lee tried to apologize.

"Shouldn't we stop them?" Tenten asked.

Guy shrugged as Tenten raised her eyebrow in question.

"Let them enjoy their youth," Guy returned.

She blinked then looked back towards the two boys.

"Right," Tenten muttered.

Eventually Neji caught up to Lee but not in the way Neji had hoped. Lee had stopped moving which made Neji run into him and the two rolled over each other until coming to a stop.

"Yep, Neji's going to kill him," Tenten remarked.

Guy supposed he should get up to rescue Lee from Neji, especially since the two had frozen in shock as Neji and Lee's lips had accidently locked a second time. Guy got to his feet as Neji reared back:

"WHAT THE HELL?"

Guy laughed. Neji had gotten to his feet and started spitting while Lee simply sat up and watched. Ah, Youth.

Kill

"Guy, where are you?"

Guy heard the voice in his ear but could not respond, not yet. He knew he should be as he was on a mission and all but he couldn't. He had to be quiet.

"Might Guy, come in,"

Guy tried not to think of the punishment he would face upon not speaking when his team leader, another jonin, wanted him to talk. All Guy wanted to focus on was the situation going on in front of him.

"Might Guy, can you read me?"

Guy raised his left hand and shut off the ear piece. He did not need a voice in his ear jabbering at him as he went on his self-appointed mission. Guy knew in theory he should be heading back to the rendezvous point to meet up with his team leader and Yuhi Kurenai but he couldn't.

Many people would be running to the rendezvous point. Guy couldn't because it would mean leaving his Eternal Rival Hatake Kakashi to die in enemy hands. Guy would never be able to go to sleep at night knowing he had failed to help his Eternal Rival and good friend.

Of course, if anyone was expected to die on this mission, it had been Guy. He had been promoted to jonin a few months ago and this was his first S-Rank mission. The team leader had paired Guy with Kakashi for the same reason. Kurenai had experience under her belt as did Kakashi. If anyone would get out of a bad situation, it would be the Copy Nin.

But, the world liked to prove people wrong and today it would prove all of Konoha wrong. Why? Well, Guy was able to retreat as requested while Kakashi had been captured as was currently being dragged further and further away from the rendezvous point.

Why had Kakashi been captured? He had over-used his Sharingan and now was suffering from the effects of chakra depletion, another reason why Guy had been teamed with Kakashi. Guy did not rely on his chakra to fight, instead using pure power and taijustu to take down enemies. It didn't mean Guy couldn't use chakra, he just preferred not to. He would never tell anyone it was for the exact reason Kakashi happened to be going through right now.

Guy would never fall over from chakra depletion. His body had been honed enough he had more stamina than any other shinobi so if he fell over from exhaustion then all the enemies in the area would be dead. In lamest terms: Guy was difficult to wear down which meant he was hard to kill which mean his shinobi career wouldn't come to an abrupt end in the middle of a mission.

Guy landed on the next tree branch in front of him with nary a sound. The two enemy shinobi in front of him kept moving, not realizing they were being tailed by Guy. Of course they wouldn't notice. Guy had pretended to retreat then hid his chakra while the men took off with an unconscious Kakashi.

Guy knew he could not flat out attack these two enemy shinobi. They had power jutsu, powerful enough to take down Kakashi. No, Guy would have to follow at a distance until the enemy were tired enough Guy stood some form of a chance to get Kakashi back.

It helped Kakashi had managed to land a strike on one, cutting through the man's bicep which caused copious amounts of blood to run down the man's arm even with a bandage. The uninjured man carried Kakashi like a sack, draped over one broad shoulder with one arm keeping Kakashi from falling.

The two were smart though. They had bound Kakashi's arms and legs in chakra absorbing robe. Even if Kakashi regained consciousness he would not be able to fight back. Kakashi was nothing without his jutsu, well, at least not for long in Guy's books.

They continued to move through the woods until the injured enemy underestimated his next leap and fell towards the forest floor. Guy stilled on his tree limb to watch as the other man grabbed his partner by the vest to catch him, landing smoothly on the forest floor.

"We're far enough away so we can rest here for the night," the uninjured one said.

Guy frowned. This uninjured man was massive, much taller than Ibiki's 194 centimeter frame which was a feat in itself. The man would be much heavier than Choza's 120 kilogram weight but where Choza was bulk, this man was muscle. Guy had never met such a physically intimidating man.

"Thanks," the injured one said.

This one stood average in height with a normal weight. He would not be the problem as blood loss had made him dizzy and slowed him down. The uninjured giant would slow Guy down from his rescue mission.

Guy did have an advantage over the enemy, two actually. The first would be surprise. They did not know Guy had followed them. The second would be speed. As daunting as the man looked, all the muscle in the world could not help a person if they could not hit their target. Guy knew the muscular man had a longer arm and leg reach but Guy would count on his speed to keep him from getting pulverized by one of the man's fists.

Guy waited until the large enemy put Kakashi onto the ground. Kakashi sat up but Guy saw Kakashi's hitai-ate had been moved so it covered both of Kakashi's eyes. Guy's frown deepened. Kakashi couldn't help even if the Copy Nin wanted to help.

"Ah, that bastard cut me deep," the injured enemy said.

"Yeah I see. Stay still while I fix you up,"

Guy watched as the large man revealed a sewing kit. The man had surprisingly dexterous fingers despite their thickness. The gauze came off the injured man and Guy winced at the seeping wound. The big man tsked.

Guy shifted to a different tree branch and saw Kakashi's head tilt slightly. Neither man watched their captive, knowing Kakashi was useless without the use of his hands, legs, and blinded as he was. Guy knew better than to complete discount Kakashi. The man hadn't made ANBU for nothing.

Too bad they had taken Kakashi's radio. Guy could have given him instructions. Guy looked back to see the large man carefully stitching closed the wound on his friend's upper arm. Guy could not let this continue. With the wound exposed, the injured one wouldn't be able to do much. Besides, if Guy timed this right he might make the bigger man unintentionally hurt his injured comrade. Guy took a breath and let it out slowly.

Dynamic Entry would be perfect.

Guy kept his mouth shut but took two giant leaps back so he could gain a lot of momentum. He propelled his body forward, shifting into the flying kick, and aimed towards the big man's head. No one saw him coming until it was too late.

Guy's right foot slammed into the back of the big man's head and the man went flying, jerking his friend's arm with a force that instantly dislocated the all ready injured man's shoulder and caused the stitches to be ripped out painfully. The injured man screamed while the bigger man landed in a sprawl on the grass.

Guy did not dare stop his assault now. The mountain of a man was down and he had to keep it that way. Guy landed and swung his right leg in a downwards motion towards the mountain's head. The mountain turned.

Guy felt his ankle scream in pain when the mountain grabbed it. The pain did not last long as Guy was flung to a side as if Guy wasn't a fully grown man. Guy landed but rolled, coming up on his feet in a fighting stance. His right ankle throbbed angrily but Guy had no choice but to ignore it.

The mountain had gotten to his feet as well and did not look pleased. Guy and the mountain glanced towards the injured shinobi. More blood poured out of the man's hanging left arm as the man tried to hold the wound. Blood seeped between fingers, down the man's skin, and onto the grass. The man's eyes were painful and wide.

"Don't worry, I'll kill this spandex wearing idiot then take care of your arm," the mountain said.

Guy gulped. He pushed down the bile in his throat and the rising fear. Guy took a deep breath then grinned. Guy gave the mountain a thumb up and felt his smile ping.

"I am no idiot! My name is Might Guy and I will protect my Eternal Rival Hatake Kakashi until my last breath! This I promise in the name of Youth!"

The mountain stared at him then started laughing. Guy laughed with him but moved. The mountain stopped chuckling when Guy's right fist slammed into the man's stomach. Normally one of Guy's fists would cause a smaller man to cough up some blood, especially since Guy had deliberately hit at his full strength.

All the mountain did was grunt, scowl then swing a hand. Guy ducked under the intended blow but felt the amount of air the man disrupted. If that slap had hit Guy would have soared through the air a dozen feet and potentially broken whatever part of the body the mountain had hit him on.

Guy felt a tingling in his right wrist now but ignored it. He flung out a spinning kick and connected with his right foot, hitting the mountain in the knee. The man stumbled forward but did not go down. Normally Guy would cause a person to fly off their feet with that move but this was no person he fought. No, this man was a literal mountain Guy would have to topple if he wanted to live.

Guy had rarely been in such a dire life or death situation. He could not remember a time when he did not have backup either coming to him or someone else with him who could help him take down such a foe. This time, he was completely alone.

He had deliberately cut off contact with his team leader and Kurenai. Kakashi was all the way back in Konoha with how bound the man was. Whether or not Guy lived was on his shoulders alone. Guy pushed back his fright and kept moving.

The mountain could not catch him, as Guy had suspected. It didn't mean Guy did a lot of damage to this mountain with his kicks and punches. The mountain would grunt then brush off the hit as if Guy had swatted him instead of kicked him at full force. Kami, the mountain was made of steel.

Guy's ankles, wrists, elbows, and hands were aching from delivering blow after blow but the mountain did not look phased. Frustrated, yes, because he could not catch Guy but hurt? No. He wasn't even panting.

Guy threw a punch but his fist landed in the mountain's open palm. Guy tried to pull back but it was too late. The mountain trapped Guy's fist in one massive hand then grinned. Guy gritted his teeth in pain as the mountain squeeze. Guy felt his bones grinded together before the mountain tossed him effortlessly to a side.

Guy hit the ground on his right shoulder, hard, but rolled onto his feet and into a fighting stance. Guy took a deep breath and knew he had to use his trump card. Father had told Guy never to this particular move unless he was protecting someone important.

At the moment, there was no one more important to Guy then his Eternal Rival Hatake Kakashi.

"What's wrong, idiot? Run out of fighting moves? Is that all you can do? Punch-punch-kicky-kick? That won't work on me,"

Guy shifted until he stood straight, feet shoulder width apart, and hands clenched in fists at his sides.

"Gate of Opening: Release!"

Guy felt the surge of chakra and suddenly he felt like he could punch through the mountain's skull. He knew it wasn't the case, not yet.

"Gate of Healing: Release!"

More energy flowed through him and Guy felt his muscles contract with the new found speed and power.

"Gate of Life: Release!"

His blood flow increased and Guy knew his skin turned red as his eyes turned white. The heat of Youth filled his body but Guy wasn't done yet.

"Gate of Pain: Release!"

Suddenly his ankles, wrists, elbows, hands, and feet didn't hurt. The dirt beneath his feet had started to tremble and turn to dust, flowing up around his lower legs from the sheer pressure of the power flowing through Guy's body. Guy saw everything in a haze of green as his sweat evaporated at a rapid rate because of his increased body temperature.

Guy saw the mountain staring at him in wonder. The mountain smiled and cracked his knuckles as if the beginning parts of this fight had been a warm up. Guy gritted his teeth.

"Gate of Limit: Release!"

Guy felt the veins erupting into visibility on his face, his neck, in his hands, across his forehead, and everywhere else in his body. Waves of pure power rolled off him, making his hair shift and wave in the whorls of wind Guy's body created.

"Gate of View: Release!"

Guy felt the surge of power and moved. The mountain tried to move with him but to Guy the mountain moved in slow motion, at least twenty times slower than before.

"Morning Peacock!"

Guy forwent the initial kick. He settled into the proper stance though and began punching. Fire blazed around him, forming a peacock like fan around the mountain who was actually doubling over in pain with each one of Guy's fists.

Guy did not let up. Strike after strike, punch after punch, until the mountain began to bleed. Guy felt ribs and sternum become crushed under his fists. He felt internal organs rupture. He saw one of the mountain's eyes pop out of his head with how hard Guy hit him in the face. The mountain's nose went completely flat. His teeth shattered in his mouth. Both cheek bones sunk inwards to form craters.

The mountain fell with a thud, remaining eye rolling back into his head. A small dust cloud formed when the mountain fell but the man stopped moving. Guy leaped into the air to close the gap between the fallen mountain and the injured enemy.

The man had been trying to escape. Guy kicked him in the chin and heard a snap. The man's head bent so far back the back of the man's skull touched his upper back. The man fell over and stopped moving. Guy let out a breath and went to his knees. One by one he closed the Eight Gates.

When he was done, he was on his hands and knees, shivering, panting, and trying not to throw up. Sweat poured off his forehead, hitting the grass below him with spatters. A bit of blood flowed out of Guy's mouth but not enough he had to be concerned.

Every muscle wailed in agony. Every fiber roared in soreness. Even so, Guy had never felt so alive. He opened eyes he did not remember closing and stared at the grass near his face. Guy turned his head to the protest of his muscles to see Kakashi still sitting upright in the same position.

"Please tell me that wasn't a suicide technique," Kakashi said.

"What would you do if it was, Eternal Rival?" Guy asked.

Kakashi smiled. Guy could tell by the shifting of the man's mask.

"I'd be upset,"

Guy felt tears sting his all ready hurt eyes but couldn't move at the moment. He wanted to hug Kakashi though. Then Kakashi spoke.

"I mean, how in the heck would I get back to Konoha when I'm all tied up like this?"

Guy groaned and let his body fall forward. He rolled onto his back then started laughing. He became serious after a moment.

"The Morning Peacock burns towards the Daytime Tiger which blazes to the Evening Elephant who flames into the Night Guy. Night Guy smoulders to death," Guy said.

"Sounds like it hurts," Kakashi said.

"Yes, so my father said," Guy told him.

They stayed in silence for a few moments. This is when it hit Guy he had killed two men. Guy blinked. He supposed he should feel bad for taking someone's life the way he had. If he had not then he would die and Kakashi would have been tortured before being killed. Perhaps Guy had more darkness in him than Danzo gave him credit for.

"So, can you move?" Kakashi asked.

Guy thought about it. He hadn't torn too many muscles. Guy was fairly sure he had broken his right wrist though and sprained his right ankle. Guy bent to sit up then grinned.

"I can," Guy said.

"Oh good, we aren't completely screwed," Kakashi told him.

Guy chuckled but managed to get to his hands and knees. He crawled over to Kakashi, keeping his right hand off the ground then sat beside his Eternal Rival. Guy moved Kakashi's hitai-ate first and Kakashi's black eye blinked.

Guy saw the eye widen as Kakashi's mouth dropped open. Kakashi's skin went paler than normal and his entire body sagged. Guy blinked then followed Kakashi's line of sight.

The crushed mountain had literal craters in his body from where Guy's fists had landed. The man's face was unrecognizable and his chest was essentially caved in. The other man's spin had been snapped at the middle neck, his head bent so far back it made the front of his throat tear open to reveal the squishy insides like a second smile.

"Kami," Kakashi muttered.

"Hm," Guy said.

He used his left hand and a kunai from Kakashi's pouch to cut through the rope holding Kakashi's wrists bound in front of him. Kakashi rubbed his wrists for a moment then took the kunai from Guy to free his legs.

"You broke your wrist," Kakashi said.

"And sprained my ankle," Guy said.

Kakashi snorted.

"And I can barely move from chakra depletion. I bet Hiro and Kurenai are out of range too,"

"Likely. I did follow those two for five or so hours after the call to retreat was made,"

Guy smiled as Kakashi thought about this.

"You came back for me," Kakashi said.

"Of course. You are my Eternal Rival,"

"I'd prefer best friend,"

Kakashi coughed in embarrassment as Guy stared at him. Guy laughed and wrapped an arm around Kakashi's shoulders. Kakashi grinned when Guy spoke:

"Kakashi, that is what Eternal Rivals are,"

"So you deliberately disobeyed your team leader's order to retreat?"

"Yes,"

"You then proceeded to turn off your communication device to go on a self-imposed mission to save Hatake Kakashi?"

"Yes,"

"You then killed Yamauchi Fuji and his partner Suzuki Mori?"

Guy found it funny the mountain of a man he had been defeated had been named Yamauchi Fuji which loosely translated to "within the mountains of Fuji." The other was "bell tree forest" which made sense in Guy's mind. Forests stood in the shades of mountains.

"Yes," Guy said after a beat.

"Two of the most powerful shinobi in the current Bingo Book?"

"Ah, yes," Guy said.

He hadn't know this either. Guy supposed if he had known Yamauchi and Suzuki had been the strongest shinobi in the Bingo book he might have, well; no. He wouldn't have done anything differently except perhaps open the Gates sooner.

The Third Hokage sat back in his chair and puffed on his pipe. Guy waited in position, feet together, spine straight, and arms (with the right in a cast from forearm to the middle of his hand) at his sides.

Kakashi stood in the same position to the right of Guy. The team leader stood to Kakashi's right while Kurenai had taken up the position to Guy's left. Guy enjoyed the fact his two friends were there to support him.

"Huh," The Third said.

Guy kept his chuckles back as the team leader almost fell over in shock.

"Well, I cannot say I'm disappointed in you Might Guy," The Third said.

"But he disobeyed a direct order," the team leader burst out.

The Third nodded.

"Yes but he did it to save a comrade, something which Yuhi wanted to do as well. Might Guy then went on to defeat two dangerous wanted criminals. I would say the mission was a success, despite you leaving Might Guy and Hatake Kakashi behind," the Third said.

The team leader scowled then looked to the floor. Guy met the Third's eyes. The Third smiled.

"Good work, Guy. I know I promoted you to jonin with good reason. Dismissed,"

Guy bowed with thanks. He walked with Kakashi and Kurenai out of the Hokage's office as the team leader stormed out, ignoring the three of them.

"So, how did you beat those two?" Kurenai asked once they had traveled a little.

"Morning Peacock," Guy said.

"Which burns towards the Daytime Tiger which blazes to the Evening Elephant who flames into the Night Guy. Night Guy smoulders to death," Kakashi said.

Guy grinned when Kurenai blinked in awe, both eyebrows raised and her lips slightly parted. She shook her head with a smile.

"So if we ever hear Guy call out an attack for Night Guy then?" Kurenai questioned.

"We stop him before he kills himself," Kakashi replied.

Guy smiled. Kurenai nodded.

"So, what did the Morning Peacock look like?" Kurenai enquired.

Guy chuckled when Kakashi shrugged. Kurenai frowned in disappointment.

"All I know is that it made the man's chest cave in and his face look unrecognizable. It left literal craters in the man's flesh. The other guy? Almost snapped his head clean off," Kakashi said.

Kurenai's jaw dropped and her red eyes went wide. Kakashi gave a short nod as Kurenai got over her shock quickly enough then shook her head.

"Well, let's hope you don't have to use that level of attack again," Kurenai said.

"Agreed," Kakashi added.

Guy wrapped his arms around his friend's shoulders and chuckled with them. He would never use the Morning Peacock again, well, unless a precious person was in trouble. Then he would not hold back.

Time

Guy groaned when he opened his eyes. The ceiling above his head was unfamiliar. Contrary to popular belief, ceilings did look different between buildings. The ceiling in Guy's apartment got the morning sun so was always bright. There were no watermarks on it and it had a slight tan tint from the bronze color of his walls.

This ceiling did not get the morning light and had a water stain in the corner. There were also fine lines through the middle of it and a single light bulb in the middle. Kakashi's ceiling was pale blue and got the afternoon light. So. It was not his Eternal Rival's ceiling either.

Guy had no idea who this ceiling belonged to. He also had no idea why he would be able to feel the oddly comfortable floor on his entire body. Guy ran his fingers through the thick carpet and tilted his head to the left. The carpet was actually a gray area rug. A black leather couch stood near him with all its cushions off and spread over the room.

The rest of the floor was hardwood and Guy spotted a sitting room table in dark oak against what would be a sliding door which led out to a balcony. The blinds of the balcony were gray and pulled across most of the way. Guy saw about a foot of blue sky and the top of a building through the open vertical blinds.

The walls of the place were a deeper gray with absolutely no adornments. The person whose living room he laid in did not have any pictures. Who did he know personally who did not like their picture taken?

Morino Ibiki stood at the top of the list. Guy would have no reason to be lying in Ibiki's apartment though. Mitarashi Anko didn't mind her picture being taken but she never kept them. Guy sighed as his head throbbed.

Hm, judging by the position of the sun on the ceiling of the person's apartment it was mid-morning. He had students to train: Lee, Tenten, and, and, Neho? Nao? Nobu? No, no, none of those were the Hyuuga's first name. The poor boy had started coming with a sign across his chest two days ago because Guy could not get his name right...

Neji. That was it. His final student's name was Hyuuga Neji. Guy smiled at this small victory then frowned. All three would be angry at him. He normally met them at four in the morning and would be around 10AM now. He still had to get up and brush the horrible taste out of his mouth. First he had to figure out where he was and how he had come here.

A hand shifted across his chest and Guy crinkled his brow. Both of his hands were rubbing the carpet. Guy looked down at his chest and stiffened. He was in Anko's apartment.

She lay against his right side, as naked as he was, with one hand draped over his chest and now that he considered it, the other under his body and touching his ass. Guy also spotted a familiar mop of silver hair and stared.

Kakashi's head rested on Guy's left upper thigh, face pointed towards Guy's groin and the mask skewed across Kakashi's face. Kakashi had not a stitch of clothing on besides the haphazard mask and the Copy Nin's arms had wrapped around Guy's legs which kept Guy in place.

Guy inhaled and caught the smell of sweat and, well, musk, which could only be described as the smell of sex. Guy blinked. Apparently he had gone all the way into his Springtime of Youth with both Kakashi and Anko.

How in the world had this happened?

Guy disregarded his headache and swallowed down his complicated emotions to decipher later. He had to think of the last memory he had. Guy closed his eyes and considered. It slammed into the forefront of his mind a moment later.

The bar.

Whiskey shots.

Drinking contest in which Anko joined in and Ibiki laughed at them all as he drunk them under the proverbial table.

Oh.

Now it made sense.

He had gotten drunk and gone to Anko's home with Kakashi where they fell onto the floor and had sex. Guy wondered if he had told the two he was not experienced and what their response had been. He did remember kissing...well, one or both of them. He kind of remembered the feel of their hands over his flesh. He definitely remembered what it felt like to come to completion inside of, of, well, it had to be Anko, right?

Guy kept thinking. He could see the pert butt he slammed into. The smooth back, muscled shoulders, ANBU tattoo on the left bicep, shock of silver hair...ah. Anko had been under Kakashi while Guy had been atop them both.

Guy knew how two men went about intercourse and certainly hoped he had been kind enough to use a lot of lube on Kakashi. He had never intended to hurt his Eternal Rival. He also pondered how much the two on top of him would remember.

Guy had a flash of a memory of Anko under him, breasts bouncing as he rammed into her and mouth dropped in pleasure. Kakashi had been under Anko that time. Hm. How many times had they done it?

Guy opened his eyes when a sound finally registered in his ears. Someone used the shower. Guy looked back down his body to see Anko and Kakashi had not woken up yet. Who in the world used Anko's shower then?

Guy lifted his head but even this slight motion hurt. Oh he had drunk a lot last night. Too much, being entirely honest. His students (Lee, Tenten, and Neji) would come looking for him and not be impressed if, hopefully if, they found him. What if? Neji had Byakugan. All he had to do was activate the dojutsu and lead Tenten and Lee around the village.

This would not be a good thing for the Hyuuga Genius to see. The boy was entering puberty and did not need to see the crazy behavior adults had when booze was involved. Guy tried to think if Neji would have had the Talk or at least paid attention to the week-long daily lesson in the Academy.

Guy snorted.

Of course Neji would have paid attention. He never missed a day of the Academy and had the top marks in the class. The bigger question would be whether or not all the lessons had made sense to Neji or if he had taken in the information and not asked questions because stupid Hyuuga pride made out questioning something a weakness.

Guy sighed. His head hurt too much to think of snotty clan politics. Crazy Hyuuga ideals and rules. Stifled the whole lot of them and left twelve year old boys emotionally stunted. Neji should not be afraid of a simple hug or smiling for that matter.

The water shut off. Guy opened his eyes and stared. He didn't realize he had closed them again but did manage to tilt his head enough so he could see down a hallway where the bathroom had to be. Anko had a nice television against the wall opposite the couch. Guy pulled his thoughts from the television as he heard the fourth person currently in the apartment moving around the bathroom.

Hm. Ibiki had been with them but he had not been drunk. Then again Guy could not remember much of what had happened after his twelfth, no thirteenth shot. He did remember dancing against Anko with Kakashi behind him and asking Kakashi if the man had hidden a weapon down his pants.

Anko had said something about a lot of guys having hidden weapons and it had clicked into Guy he was feeling Kakashi's erection against his butt. For some reason this had made Guy laugh. Anko had talked about a woman's weapons being less hidden and Kakashi agreed.

Guy remembered walking down the street with a bottle of liquor Anko had managed to swipe. They had been singing something. Anko had been in the middle while Guy hung off her left side, Kakashi her right. Really they had all been hanging off each other as none of them had been in a condition to walk.

Ibiki had not been with them. Guy frowned. If Anko and Kakashi were on top of him then who in the world was in Anko's bathroom?

Guy heard a door open and stared as a shadow a large shadow fell across the hallway. Guy gaped as none other than Morino Ibiki stepped out of the hallway, fully dressed and freshly showered. Ibiki whistled as he stepped around Guy and put the pillows in place on the couch before sprawling across it, upright, and flicking on the television with the remote.

Ibiki acted as if Guy, Kakashi, and Anko were not lying naked across the living room floor. Guy opened his mouth to speak but could not figure out how to get the words to come out of his mouth. He did not even know what to say.

"I suppose you enjoyed your night," Ibiki said.

The torture specialist grinned. Guy kept staring. Ibiki shrugged.

"I mean, it sounded like the three of you had a lot of fun. I had to put ear plugs in so I could get some sleep," Ibiki went on.

"You, you," Guy tried.

He didn't even know what he was trying to ask.

"This is a two bedroom apartment," Ibiki said casually.

Guy lay in a two bedroom apartment. Why would Anko need a two bedroom apartment? Oh. OH.

"Yes, Anko and I share,"

Ibiki smirked after delivering this confirmation. Guy wanted to ask something but had no idea what it was he wanted to ask. He really had to stop making drinking a challenge. It always ended badly especially when Kakashi and Anko were involved.

"I hope you noticed how flexible Anko is," Ibiki said.

The torture specialist still grinned. Guy blinked. Oh. Anko was oddly flexible. Guy felt his cheeks heat. At least most of last night came back to him now. It would be a pity to forget his first time.

"And how good she is with her mouth," Ibiki mentioned.

Oh yes, Anko did have talented lips. Guy gulped and forced his mind to stop bringing those memories to the forefront, at least for now. He could linger on them later when he was not lying naked in front of a colleague who seemed to be enjoying this too much.

"I'm not even sure how Kakashi managed to keep his mask on the whole time," Ibiki said.

Guy remembered but decided it best not to say anything. He glanced around the sitting area but did not see his green body suit, vest, leg warmers, or hitai-ate. He didn't see Kakashi's clothing either. Anko was in her apartment so her missing clothes did not matter.

Something dinged and Guy looked to Ibiki who kept smirking.

"I did a load of laundry which was made up of yours and Kakashi's clothes. That was the dryer," Ibiki said.

Guy got a grunt out as Ibiki laughed at him and strode back towards the hallway. Guy watched him go until he could not see him anymore but did hear a door opening and something being shuffled around. Ibiki came back with a pile of folded laundry and placed Guy's clothes beside Guy's head. Ibiki put Kakashi's clothes within easy reach of the Copy Nin then sprawled back on the couch in an upright position.

"Anko's liable to sleep till dinner time and I'm guessing so is Kakashi," Ibiki said.

Guy would have to move the two if he wanted to make it to his students before noon. At the moment Guy simply did not have the energy. Ibiki chuckled.

"I know you've got a genin team to take care of so I figure I'll start a pot of tea in a minute," Ibiki said.

"Thank you," Guy got out.

Ibiki nodded. Guy licked his dry lips and wondered when he had eaten cotton balls. Oh, no, this would be a result of the hangover. Guy also had to use the bathroom but knew if he got up too quickly he would fall over and vomit. Guy would have to ease his body upwards.

He would do this in a moment.

Guy let out a breath and closed his eyes. Ibiki snickered at him but Guy did hear the man get off the couch and stride towards the kitchen. Guy raised one arm to rub his throbbing forehead and sighed. Ibiki whistled from the kitchen as he went about making tea. Guy would have to thank the man properly later.

Guy opened his eyes again when Ibiki came into the room and sat a steaming mug of tea to Guy's left, opposite Guy's clothes. Guy managed to half sit up without dislodging either Kakashi or Anko. Ibiki snorted but Guy sipped his tea. He noticed a white pill on the saucer and took it without asking what it was. Ibiki wouldn't poison him.

Guy kept sipping his tea and felt some of his strength returning to him. Guy finished his tea and felt almost normal. His head throbbed lightly but his throat did not feel like a desert. He also did not feel so dizzy or as if he would throw up any moment now. Ah, the wonderfulness of tea.

Guy looked to Anko and Kakashi who still clung to him in slumber. Now he had to move these two without waking them up. Guy knew if he woke them up it would cause his headache to come back.

"You can pick up Anko and drop her and she won't wake up," Ibiki said.

Guy nodded and pushed Anko off him. She merely snorted, rolled away from him and curled up on her side. One down and Kakashi to go. Guy frowned. Kakashi was normally a light sleeper but this was drunk Kakashi. Guy hummed as he considered. He caught Ibiki jolting with him when a thunk sounded against the window.

Guy half turned to look. Ibiki raised his eyebrow in amusement. Anko and Kakashi slept on. Guy had a horrible feeling about this.

"Oh my god! Neji, are you okay?"

Terrible feeling confirmed, thanks to Tenten. Guy ignored Ibiki chortling.

"Of course I am fine. Nothing like hitting my head off a window in the morning,"

Guy had no idea Neji had such sarcasm in him. Too bad the Hyuuga clan had stifled it. Neji would have an excellent personality if they had not. There was another bang.

"Lee, what in the Hell?" Tenten asked, too shrilly for Guy.

"Neji said—" Lee started.

"Sarcasm you idiot," Neji muttered.

Guy watched helplessly as Neji pushed open the sliding doors with a scowl on his face. He made it half a step into the apartment before stopping. Apparently his Byakugan was not quite developed enough to see a person's full form instead of their chakra paths.

Neji's jaw dropped, his white eyes went wide, his entire face became scarlet, and his eyebrows disappeared under his hitai-ate. Tenten and Lee were pushing against him and telling him to keep going but Neji shook his head.

"Guy-sensei's fine, he's um, fine. Let's just, er, wait for him at the training field. We can run laps or something," Neji got out.

"But I want to see Guy-sensei," Lee said in a whine.

For a moment Guy was touched. Then he remembered he was naked with Kakashi hugging him like some kind of bear and Lee seeing him right now would be bad. Neji shook his head, quickly, which set his hair whipping around his head and into Lee and Tenten's faces.

"No you don't," Neji assured him.

Guy watched as Neji shoved both his teammates back out the way they had come. The sliding door slammed shut behind Neji's back and Guy stared at the shadow of figures arguing outside.

"Okay, fine, fine, Lee, I challenge you in a contest to get back to the field," Neji said.

"Yes! Accepted! Tenten, let's go!"

Two figures left, one (Lee) dragging the other. The sliding door opened but Neji stuck his head in with one hand covering his eyes.

"You owe me for this," Neji said.

He took off with deep red cheeks. Guy stared out the window as Ibiki burst out laughing. Guy sighed and shook his head. Well, he might as well get up. No need for Lee to get impatient again and come looking for him.

"Guy-sensei!"

Guy grunted when Lee ran into him full force. Tenten stood off to a side, spinning her Bo in her hands as she regarded him. Neji stood far from Tenten with his arms likely crossed over his chest. His back was to Guy.

"Why were you in that apartment this morning?" Lee asked.

Oh. Right. As if Lee would forget something within twenty minutes. Guy tried a Nice Guy pose but knew it mostly failed. He did get a half-decent laugh out.

"Er, I was overzealous in my meeting with good friends and overslept," Guy replied.

Guy heard Neji snort. Well, if Neji did not know about sex he certainly would now. Guy put this out of his mind and got Lee off of him. He had enough people clinging to him this morning. At least the other two had remained unconscious. Ibiki would still say something to them but Guy had no issue in this. It would mean an awkward few meetings after.

"Overslept by seven hours," Tenten said.

She did not look pleased. Guy spotted numerous weapons piercing each one of the targets he had set up for her two weeks ago. She had hit dead center on every one with every weapon. This was Tenten though. Her name told people what she was capable of.

"Hn," Neji said.

Guy had not determined what all of Neji's mono-syllable responses meant yet but he was getting there. This particular sound was new though. New was never good, not when it came from a twelve year old prodigy who could kick your ass before you knew it was being kicked. This became doubled when one owed said prodigy.

"I mean, I can understand an hour, maybe two, but seven?" Tenten asked. "What, did you guys stay up until four this morning?"

Guy had to think about this question.

"Ah, yes," Guy said.

Tenten rolled her eyes. Lee gaped. Neji made another sound Guy did not recognize.

"It will not happen again, I promise. I am a sensei to you now and I do not intend to skip a day of training because of, er, overzealous activities with friends," Guy said.

He managed a Nice Guy pose. Tenten snorted. Lee thanked him. Neji made another sound Guy didn't recognize. They started their training routine without complaint but Guy did notice Neji would not look at him. Guy did not blame the Hyuuga in this, not at all.

Training came to an end at seventeen hundred hours and even though it had been half of their normal routine, Guy felt exhausted. He was ready to eat some warm soup and sleep until three tomorrow.

"Lee, Tenten, you are dismissed. Neji, I would like to speak to you a moment," Guy said.

Lee and Tenten tried to exchange a glance with Neji but he looked away from both of them, glaring at the sky to his right, arms crossed over his chest, skinny body tense, and lips set in a scowl. Tenten nodded then grinned at Guy in a way he had a feeling wished him good luck. Lee took off with a backwards wave but Tenten did not linger long.

"About this morning—" Guy started.

"I saw nothing," Neji told him.

Guy rubbed the back of his head as Neji's cheeks began to go pink. Of course Neji would make this more difficult than needed. Guy cautiously approached Neji and placed a hand on Neji's shoulder. Neji stiffened and focused his heat stare on Guy. Guy almost balked and took off running but managed to keep his position. The glare fizzled out after thirty seconds as Neji saw it was not effective and Neji blinked.

"You see, when a man and a woman, and er, another man, care about each other very much—" Guy attempted.

Neji shook his head but his cheeks went redder.

"I know what sex is," Neji broke in.

"Ah, of course," Guy said.

Neji huffed. He raised an eyebrow at Guy but did not uncross his arms or relax his stance. His cheeks stayed colored though.

"Well, normally I do not go around having sex with my good friends," Guy said and stopped.

Neji's eyebrow stayed raised. Neji frowned at him as Guy waited.

"You got drunk?" Neji questioned flatly.

Guy laughed but nodded as his cheeks heated. Neji snorted. Guy cleared his throat and managed to give Neji a half smile. Neji let out a breath and gave Guy a weary look.

"I cannot control what you do as you are my sensei but I am thankful you said it would not happen again. Personally I do not wish to feel like gouging my eyes out again, thanks," Neji said.

Guy held back his laugh despite Neji's sarcasm. Ah if the boy hadn't been born a Hyuuga he would be hilarious. Stupid clan laws and forcing Neji to be so emotionless.

"I want you to make me another promise," Neji said.

Guy nodded excitedly and was happy the boy was finally coming around. Neji's expression did not change. Guy did not consider this a bad concept, not yet anyway.

"No more asking me to wear those inane spandex body suits of yours," Neji said.

Guy gasped. Neji raised his eyebrow again.

"But, but—" Guy tried.

"You owe me," Neji stopped him.

Guy opened his mouth but nodded in defeat. Neji made his sound of agreement before turning and starting to walk back to the compound. Guy watched him go with a smile. Perhaps a night of drinking which led to his first time having sex had not ended so horribly.

Reviews welcome. Tenten's chapter should be up within a week.