Author's Note:

I am so aggravated right now because I wrote this ENTIRE chapter once before and it got erased off of my computer. Any way, I just started a new story, but will continue this one. Please check it out by looking at the stories on my profile page. Review if you can!

End of Author's Note

Tenten woke up very early on Monday. Not only was today Neji's birthday, but it was also the day of the ramen festival. She had promised to help decorate.

After taking a shower and what not, Tenten headed for the center of Kanoha. Before leaving, she summoned Neji's gift into a small scroll and tucked it into her pocket.

"Hi Tenten!" shouted Ino. "I'm glad you're here. I need you to go hang those banners up." She said.

Tenten took a lantern out of a box full of them, and climbed a ladder. She hung it on a string hanging from some streetlights. She continued the process over and over again.

"Hi guys." Said Neji as he and Shikamaru showed up. Shikamaru immediately wrapped an arm around Ino's shoulder. The girl began to blush a light shade of pink.

"Happy birthday, Neji!" shouted the girls that were on the ground.

"Yeah, happy birthdayyyyaaaahhhh!" Shouted Tenten she lost her balance. The girl flailed her limbs until she fell off the ladder. Below her stood Neji, who took no time to react.

Neji opened his arms just in time. He caught Tenten easily. Both teenagers blushed.

"Aw!" said the other girls. The two ninja's blushed even more. Neji quickly realized that he was still holding Tenten. He put her down on her feet and walked away blushing.

Later that day

It was seven-o-clock. Darkness was filling the night sky of Kanohagakure. Children were chasing one another as others ate ramen and chatted.

"You guys!" shouted Sakura. The female ninja's ran up to the males. "You guys have to see this! Tenten and Tsunade are playing Dance Dance Revolution Freestyle! Come on!" she shouted.

The girls quickly ran off with the guys following. When they arrived, they saw a huge cubed dance floor with flashing lights and symbols. Tenten and Tsunade were both standing and waiting for the game to load.

After a minute, the song started. It had a nice beat and was easy to dance to. Neji recognized the song as "Rich Girl" by Gwen Stefani.

Everybody all over the world, from the hood, to Japan, harajuku girls, what?

Yes we got the style that's wicked. I know you can't all keep up.

We climbed all the way, from the bottom to the top. Not we aint' gettin' nothing but love.

Tenten was a great dancer. She flipped her legs while standing on one hand. Tsunade on the other hand, was simply flailing limbs.

Love, Angel, Music, Baby, hurry up and call me. Save me.

All the rich and faming won't mean anything. No need. No welcome to save me.

Your lovin' is better than going bananas.

Tenten moved her hips with the beat of the song. She was clearly winning. Little did she know that two particular Akatsuki were hiding in the trees.

"We need to kid-nap the girl with the buns, soon." said Deidara. He and Kasame were watching the show from the trees. "She'd be great for the Akatsuki. Or at least, that's what Itachi said."

"He also said that if she wouldn't cooperate, we could use her as target practice." Kasame added. "When do we take her?" he asked.

"At the end of the song." answered Deidara. When the song ended, Tenten won. After being applauded, Tenten left the dance floor.

"Now!" screamed Deidara. Kisame quickly jumped down, grabbed Tenten, the jumped back up. He and Deidara began to run with Tenten flung over Kisame's shoulder.

Neji's POV

I searched through the street, looking for Tenten. As soon as I saw her, a streak of rage burst through me. This was because I saw a flash of black, red, and blue, swipe her up.

I quickly got out my two shuriken and battle knifes. I had brought them just incase. I was glad of that as I headed off to teach those two a lesson.

Regular POV

"Let me go!" shouted Tenten. For the tenth time, she beat down on Kisame's shoulder. "Quiet, brat!" he screamed. Kisame purposely bumped into a tree, causing Tenten to take most of the blow.

Neji was following the sound of Tenten's screaming. He could also hear the sound of two other voices. "Kisame and Deidara." He said to himself.

Eventually, he caught up with the two. He took out his two battle swords and chucked them into Deidara's back. The ninja fell to the ground.

This caught Kisame's attention. The shark-like character threw Tenten to the ground and turned to face Neji. Tenten let out a screech of pain.

"You'll pay for that!" yelled Neji. He took out his shuriken and chucked them at Kisame. He blocked the two weapons easily with his samehade.

Kisame grabbed Neji by the throat. He slammed him into a tree. "Prepare to die!" he shouted.

Kisame threw his samehade behind him, not looking away from Neji. "I'd kill you with that thing easily. I'd much rather kill you slowly with my hands!" he told Neji. With that, he began to punch the ninja repeatedly.

Tenten arose from the ground slowly. Her entire torso area was burning with pain, but that wasn't what she was worried about. All she could think about was Neji being beaten.

Then, Tenten had an idea. She grabbed the scroll from her back pocket and flung Neji's special-made shuriken. "Hey Neji!" she shouted. The two fighting ninja's looked up at her. "Happy birthday!" she shouted.

Neji quickly grabbed the large shuriken. He through it behind Kisame and let it glide past him. Like Tenten's samehade, it acted as a boomerang. The weapon came back and plunged into Kisame's back. The ninja fell down, dead.

Neji quickly ran over to Tenten, who was crouching on the ground, grabbing at her stomach. "Are you okay?" he asked. Tenten arose from the ground.

"Yeah" she said. She looked at the two dead Akatsuki on the ground. "I guess we should take the bodies to Tsunade." She said.

Tenten headed off to grab Deidara, when Neji grabbed her hand. He quickly gave her a kiss on the lips. The girl was shocked.

"W-What was t-that for?" she asked."

"For my life-saving birthday present." He told her.