A/N~ I know you must hate me at this point O_O It's been a LONG time since my last update.. I know.. but bear with me. I had writer's block.. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this new chapter, my darlings. :D

Tenten's POV.

"It's alright, Neji. I'm not going to fall over, or nothing like that." I said, and rolled my eyes.

He cracked a smile. "Not taking a chance." he walked next to me.

I rolled my eyes, but linked his arm with mine nonetheless.

He looked at me, with a raised eyebrow.

"Not taking a chance." I said, trying to mimic his voice tone.

"Tenten!" I heard my name being called.

I turned around, to see my mother rushing to us.

"Oh, great." I muttered annoyed, and sighed.

Neji looked at me with an amused expression.

"Tennie-dear! I want you to meet a few people!" Mom said, a few feet away from us.

"Dear God, let them be girls, and not men." I murmured.

Neji smiled one more time.

"Tenten!"

"...Yes mother?" I replied.

"Where have you been?" she had reached us by now.

"On my way to the dinning room..?" It came out like a question.

"Well, did Yahiro and Kiba tell you that I want you to meet some very nice girls I met just a few minutes ago?" she questioned.

"Yes. They mentioned something of the sort." I said with a sigh. Neji cracked another smile. I realized my arm was still linked with his. I tightened my hold. My mother finally noticed him.

"Mr. Hyuga, nice to see you again." she said politely.

"Yes, it's nice to see you too, Ms. Miyazaki." he replied, bowing slightly in respect. Mom inclined her head.

"Tenten! Are you feeling better?" Kiba came, practically and literally bouncing in our direction. Yahiro and Akamaru were on his shoulders. They jumped to a stop once they had reached us.

"Yes. Thanks for asking." I said.

"Yahiro, get down from there. Oh! Tennie-dear, follow me! We'll go meet those wonderful girls I talked to you about." she looked at Neji. "And.. You may bring your friend along if you wish."

I smiled, and tightened my hold on his arm, once again.

Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Neji smirk.

"Hey, Neji." we heard a male voice coming from behind us. We turned around, and spotted a guy, with a pineapple hair-do.

And by pineapple hair-do, I mean, pineapple hair-do. His dark brown hair was tied up in a high, spiky ponytail. It was the perfect resemblance of a pineapple.

"Shikamaru." Neji acknowledged.

Shikamaru looked at me, then at our linked arms, and smirked at Neji.

"Tenten," Neji said slowly. He was looking at Shikamaru. "I'd like you to meet my best friend, and roommate, Shikamaru Nara." he explained, waving his free hand in front of himself, towards Shikamaru.

"It's nice to meet you, Tenten." Shikamaru said, smiling lazily at me. He extended out his right hand, and I took it in mine, shaking.

"It's nice to meet you too, Shikamaru." I said, returning the smile, thought not lazily.

He let go my hand, and stuck his in his pocket. "Yeah. I've heard a lot about you. It's nice to finally meet you in person." he smirked at Neji.

Neji shot him a warning glare.

He's heard a lot about me? Could it be that I really had that big an impact on Neji?

Shikamaru chuckled.

"..Right, listen, Shika, we're going to go with Tenten's mother -Ms. Miyazaki over there-," Neji gestured towards my mother, who smiled politely. "To meet some girls Ms. Miyazaki met. She wants Tenten to meet them as well. I'm going to accompany them. Don't wait for me. Go ahead and have lunch." Neji said.

"Hmm.." Shikamaru turned to look at my mother. "Is it alright if I accompany you as well?" he asked politely. Neji rolled his eyes.

My mother nodded. "Certainly." she smiled. "There is no problem with me." She added.

Shikamaru grinned. "Thank you." he said.

"Alright! Let us be off then!" Mom announced happily.

We nodded.

"Kiba, would you look after Yahiro for me? Make sure he eats his lunch before he even touches his dessert, please?" mom asked.

Kiba beamed. "Sure thing!" he said, grinning.

"Oh, thank you!" mother said, and walked away, mumbling something about Kiba being a great gentleman.

..He didn't seem like the usual, and normal gentleman to me..

However, Neji did.

He was.. perfect in every way.

I realized I was still holding on to him. Banishing the embarrassing thought from my mind, I looked down, trying to hide the rising heat in my cheeks.

"..Are you alright?" he murmured in my ear, as we followed after my mother.

My eyes widened, as I wasn't expecting him to speak to me. I turned my head around to look at him, only to blush intensely.

His face was merely a few inches from mine.

And by a few inches, I mean,

Like, two inches.

Our noses brushed together. I could feel my face practically change colors, from a pale peachy color, to a scarlet crimson. His lavender moon-like eyes, staring into mine, seemed to be looking for something.

The phrase 'Your eyes are the windows to your soul' suddenly popped into my head.

I didn't know if it applied, but it seemed.. appropriate.

Whatever he found, he seemed to like, because the corners of his lips curled up into a small smile.

I couldn't help but to smile back.

"I'm fine, thank you." I whispered, and then turned my head forward reluctantly.

He pursed his lips into a tight line. Upon seeing this, I squeezed his arm, which I was still holding.

I saw him smile out of the corner of my eye. The sight made me smile as well.

Mom was still talking nonsense. Shikamaru followed silently behind. I could hear him yawn. Mom turned around, and said, "I'm sure you'll like these 4 young ladies. They're most agreeable. Such nice manners.." she trailed off, gushing happily.

"..Right.." was my only reply.

Neji smirked.

We arrived at the sky deck a few minutes after that, and walked a little until we found a white bench.

"This is where they decided they would meet us. They should be here any second." Mom said, sitting down.

The bench was quite long. Neji, Shikamaru, mom and I fit perfectly, and there was still a big space to spare.

Neji sat next to me, I sat next to my mother, and Shikamaru sat next to Neji.

"Mom, what kind of passengers are they?" the thought hadn't occurred to me, and I prayed they weren't some stuck up first-class bitches.

Mom thought for a minute. "If I am correct, 1 of them is a first-class passenger.." she said. Sigh. Great. She then looked at Neji, frowned, and was deep in thought once again.

"Alright, well, what about the rest?" I raised an eyebrow.

"I'm not sure, but neither of them are third-class passengers, that I can assure you." she said.

I rolled my eyes, but said, "Alright." nonetheless.

Shikamaru seemed to be dozing off. I wasn't sure until I head a low snore. I looked to see him leaning on Neji's shoulder. He didn't seem to really mind.

I smiled at the sight. If it wasn't for the hair, and the eyes, I would say have Neji and Shikamaru were brothers.

"Oh, Tennie-dear! Here they come!" mother exclaimed, getting hold of my free arm. She pointed to the left, with her own free hand.

I looked.

4 young girls walked in our direction, from afar, thought not so far away that I couldn't make out they're faces and details on their clothes. They were walking slowly.

My eyes widened just by looking at them.

I mean, seriously!

They were so pretty!

The shortest girl wore her midnight blue hair to her neck, and had bangs over her forehead, and some that went down her face, shaping it nicely. She had little golden flower decorations on her hair.

Simple, but elegant. I then noticed her eyes.

They were just like Neji's, but they weren't lavender. They looked.. just white. Her make up was done nicely as well, making her white eyes stand out.

Her indigo dress was colossal. She had great jewelry on, such as a silver and gold pendant, matching earings, and a pretty thick golden bracelet.

All of those pieces of jewelry were outshone by the very same diamonds, that rested on themselves. Small or big, they were beautiful nonetheless.

..She couldn't be related to Neji, right? I mean, he was a second-class passenger, and this girl was clearly, a first-class one.. I decided I would ask later.

The next girl that caught my eye, had a dirty blonde side ponytail at the nape of her neck. Her teal eyes were stunning, and bright. Her beige dress was simpler than the first girl's, but still pretty, and elegant.

She wore small, golden earings, and almost no make up.

She's the prettiest, I thought.

The next one had PINK hair, and green eyes. Odd combination..

Her make up, unlike mine, left her eyes unattended.

Her pink dress had pretty cherry blossom designs. Her hair was down, reaching her mid-back, and she wore a hot pink hair band on her hair.

The next girl was a blonde. Platinum blonde. Her high ponytail was adorned with a blue hair tie. Her make up was just as nicely done as the first girl's.

Her baby blue dress was as simple as the pinkette's, and she had matching, baby blue eyes.

My mother stood up, pulling me and up with her.

Shikamaru fell onto the bench, as he had still been sleeping on Neji's shoulder.

He awoke startled, and jumped up. He rubbed his eyes with one hand, and covered a yawn with the other.

The girls reached us.

"Oh, Hinata, Temari, Sakura, Ino, thank you so much for coming to meet my Tenten!" she smiled nicely at them.

The pinkette smiled back at my mother. "It was our pleasure, ma'am." she turned to look at me, with a smile as well. "I'm Sakura Haruno, It's nice to meet you!" she said, extending her hand. I took her hand in mine, and we shook.

"Nice to meet you, Sakura." I smiled back, and let go of her hand.

"I'm Ino Yamanaka. Nice to meet you!" the platinum blonde, Ino, said with a goofy grin. She reminded me of Kiba instantly. She extended out her hand as well.

"Nice to meet you, Ino." I said, smiling politely again.

"My name's Temari Sabaku," the girl with the blonde hair, and teal eyes said, half-smiling at me. She extended out her hand. "Nice to meet you." I took her hand in mine, and shook, smiling.

"Nice to meet you, Temari." I said.

"I'm Hinata Hyuga." she said shyly, and quietly. She stepped in front of us.

Hyuga? Then she must be related to Neji, right? Same eyes, same last name..

She looked at Neji, and smiled a little. He bowed slightly, showing her respect. He knew her, that I could tell.

"Nice to meet you, Hinata." I said nicely.

My mother was smiling happily all the while. She then pretended to remember something important, and left saying she'd meet with the girls later.

She left, smiling happily once again.

Shikamaru yawned, and sat back down. Temari was watching him, her eyebrow raised.

Neji stayed by my side.

"Hey, Neji?" I asked the long haired boy, who was still captive by my grip.

"Yeah?" he turned to look at me.

"Are you related to Hinata?" I asked.

"Yeah. She's my cousin." he explained.

"I see." I murmured, and smiled at the girl. She seemed to be one of those quiet, shy girls who never speak up in a big group of people.

The rest chatted among themselves, and were nice enough. Mom had been right. They were very agreeable.

After awhile, I got hungry, and decided it would be a good time to go have some lunch.

The rest of the girls agreed. I found out that Sakura, Temari, and Ino were second-class passengers. I had been right. Hinata was the only first-class passenger in our little group. She excused herself, and walked away. Neji didn't even glance at her. He didn't seem to like her much.

I decided not ask about that right now, seeing as I thought he might be a little uncomfortable with the subject.

We walked to the dinning room, to find Kiba, Yahiro, along with a few other guys.

"Hey Neji! Hey Tenten!" Yahiro called to us.

I smiled at my younger brother as we approached them.

"Hey." I said. Yahiro came over, and stood next to us. He looked at Neji for a second, giving him a weird kind of glare. Neji just stood there, trying not to show how uncomfortable he was.

This went on for about 2 minutes, until Yahiro finally sighed, and crossed his arms over his chest.

"I approve." he said, closing his eyes, and sighing again. Kiba doubled in laughter, along with the guys next to him.

I felt my face change colors.

Yahiro did NOT just say that. In front of Neji.

He is as good as dead now.

Neji just ruffled his hair, and smirked.

"Nice to know you approve, little man." he said jokingly.

I smiled, and bit my lip.

I knew he was kidding. I then realized.. that I wish he wasn't.

O: Oh my god! I am so proud. -sniff sniff-

..Don't even start..

But you just realized what you really fe-

I've only known him a day, for God's sake!

Ever heard of Love at First sight?

Oh dear God. I should've known you would've pulled that on me.

Of course. I am you, after all. You are in love with Neji Hyuga!

In love.

The words echoed in my mind.

Could it really be?

Was.. was I really in love?

A/N~ O: Oh yeah. Finally finished. So, did you like? :D tried to put in the slightest amount of fluff possible in this. Now, I know you're all wondering, "Why the hell would she do that? This is a NejiTen fanfic!" But the reason is, that this chapter was supposed to open Tenten's eyes to her new, shiny love for our favorite long haired boy. :D

Also, there was the introduction new characters! There will be more introductions in the next chapter as well, so bear with me.

Special thanks, as always, go out there to Midnight Insomniac, for the great friendship we have so far, the ideas, and, for being so damned AWESOME! Freakin' love you to death, girl!

Btw, go read her stories. Go. Now! ^_^ They're like, AMAZING. O_O Not. Even. Kidding.

So, go do it! :D They're NejiTen stories too, so, you'll love them. ^-^

Hope you liked it!

Please review, but no flames, please. O_O

With much love, until next time,

~AliceOtaku