Neji worked very hard for the next two weeks on a bunch of "C" and "D" ranked missions, steadily earning money to pay for his and Tenten's vacation. It took a lot of work, but he managed to do it. He got all the money he needed for it and he went to tell Tenten.

When he got to her house, he noticed something strange; her living room window was wide open. 'Now why would Tenten leave this window open? She never opens her first floor windows.' He thought as he climbed in the window to see if she was alright. When he was inside, he couldn't believe his eyes. The place was a mess! He could tell someone had come in here to attack Tenten. There were weapons and blood everywhere. "Crap!" 'What happened in here?' Neji thought as he looked around. While he was looking, he saw a note on the door with a senbon holding it in place. He took the senbon out and read the letter:

If you ever want to see your little girlfriend again, bring me the Gedo Mark: Release scroll to the area 44 battle training zone in 3 hours

Mizuki (1)

"Curse him!" Neji said as he put the letter insecurely in his pocket. He closed the window, grabbed a spare key, and went out the door to find Tenten. When he was at the gate, the letter fell out of his pocket without his notice. He climbed over the fence and ran in to find Tenten. Nothing could stop Neji as he ran, byakugan fully on, through the forest to find his beloved Tenten. Wait! Wait, wait! Beloved? As in love? Neji stopped for a minute to think about it. "IIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAAUUUGGGHHHH!" Neji snapped out of his thoughts as he heard the scream, Tenten's scream. He ran toward the sound to find Tenten tied to a tree with a few whip-marks on her arms and legs and a blindfold on. He ran to her kunai in hand and he cut her free. "Thank you Neji. Let's get out of here. Mizuki is very dangerous. He is going to get some weapons right now." "Let's go then!" "Oh no you don't!" Mizuki appeared and blocked their path. "Give me the scroll first, and then I'll consider letting you go." Mizuki said with an evil sneer. Neji threw a kunai at him and pushed tenten aside. "Get out of here Tenten! I'll stall him!" Tenten nodded and did as he asked. She ran out of the forest as Neji and Mizuki continued to fight.

She ran as fast as she could when she saw a note just as she got over the gate. She picked it up and read it, fearing Neji's compliance to it and panicked. She ran to the Hyuga compound to warn Hiashi of the note. When she got to the gate, she tripped over something. "Rargh, watch where you're going, you could hurt yourself." Hizashi said as he rubbed his kicked neck (2). "I'm sorry dragon but I don't have time for this. Where is Hyuga-sama?" Tenten frantically asked. Hizashi cocked his head. "Why?" "Because Neji is in trouble, and I think he's betrayed Konoha!" "What?" Hizashi lowered his neck to Tenten. "Get on, I will take care of this, and you have a story to tell (a/n what!? I'm being overshadowed by my own characters? (3) Grr, you're lucky you're cute Tenten!) Tenten climbed onto Hizashi's neck and explained everything that happened. She even read the note to him as he ran to the forest of death.

When they got to the gate, Hizashi opened his wings and took off into the air, being careful not to drop Tenten. As they flew, Tenten could see the fighting. Hizashi did too and he pulled into a divebomb toward the fighters.

TBC.

(haha, cliffhanger) Finally, all finished, and no, not with the story. Quick heads up here:

(1) I got that from N.U.N. 2, I couldn't think of anything else Mizuki might want the genin to do.

(2) I used his name so you wouldn't be confused in the story, Tenten and Neji still have no idea that the Dragon is Neji's father.

(3) I already said I do not own the characters, I was making a joke so do not flame me for that.

Now that that is done, I am sooo sorry for my inactivity. Moving sucks, but I got a lot of fanfiction to type up for you guys. Speaking of which, one more chapter to go you guys. What's gonna happen to neji? Is Hizashi gonna tell neji his secret before it is too late? Read on, send reviews, and find out in Chapter 6. See ya!