Author's Note
Well, this is it. The last chapter. Sniff sniff. Thank you all for reviewing and reading. Also, a good way to get more into the story is to play the song "The guillotine part two" while reading this chapter.
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Tenten awoke with a bad headache. She couldn't figure out what had happened. She remembered battling Neji and hitting him head on. That was it.
She climbed out of bed and did her daily routine. Brushing her hair and showering and what not. When she was done with that, she headed out to meet all of her friends.
"Hi guys!" she said perkily. The brunette ninja sat down in the grass with the other ninjas. Everyone was there. Ino, Naruto, Neji, you name it.
"Hi!" the group said in unison.
"What's up?" asked Ino.
"Oh, you know. Same as usual." said Tenten. Said girl turned slightly and began to braid Hinata's hair. She stuck flowers in between the braiding every now and then.
"Hey guys, I have an idea." said Shino. The group looked at their bug-like friend, who didn't usually say anything. They all motioned for him to continue. "Let's go see if Tenten can still kick Neji's butt."
The group giggled. "Yeah, let's do it!" shouted Naruto. The group got up and headed towards the training grounds. Tenten, though, didn't get up.
Neji turned to look at the frowning kuinochi sitting on the ground. He walked over to her and bent down to her. "What's wrong?" he asked.
Tenten looked up at him. "I d-don't want to f-fight y-you." she said, a little watery eyed. "I hurt y-you the first t-time."
Neji took her chin into his hand. He looked down at her. "You won't." he said. "It's just for fun."
Neji held out his hand to Tenten. She gladly excepted it and got off of the ground. The two ninjas headed to the training grounds.
"Okay, here's how it goes." began Ino. "You two will spread out about fifty feet away from each other. When I clap my hands, you'll start. The loser is the first person to be knocked out, or the first to forfeit."
"Right" agreed Neji and Tenten.
Ino stepped back and clapped her hands. Both ninjas stepped into a battle stance. Tenten watched as Neji pulled out four kunai. He threw them all at different parts of the kuinochi.
Tenten dodged each kunai with ease. She opened a scroll and jumped into the air. She spun around and quickly threw out thirty kunai and some shuriken.
The weapons flew at Neji in all directions. He dodged all but three. They had come from behind. Two went into his arm, and one in his leg. He flinched a little, but did not shout in pain.
Tenten flinched when she saw the kunai hit Neji. She didn't want to hit him. Although, Neji wasn't cutting slack either. It reminded her of the old days when they trained until two in the morning.
Tenten was brought out of her day dreaming when three arrows were thrown at her. One scraped across her hip and caused it to bleed badly. Still, the tough brunette did not flinch. Neji, though, felt guilty.
Then, all of the sudden, Tenten was gone. All of the ninjas looked around frantically. "Where is she?" asked Sakura.
Then, Neji felt a bad pain in his back. It caused him to stumble forward and trip onto the ground. He turned around to be shocked. There, was Tenten. She was the one that had kicked him. It was shocking. Tenten, never used physical contact in battle. Before she left, she hadn't been able to throw a punch.
"Suprised?" asked Tenten. She stood over Neji. She giggled happily.
"Not really." said Neji. He took a kunai and stabbed the ninja's leg. "Ow!" she screeched.
The blood ran down her leg very quickly. Neji felt guilty immediately. Even so, Tenten just smirked. "Are you ready?" she asked Neji.
"Ready for what?" he asked. Tenten smirked. She opened her arms wide.
"This!" she yelled. Tenten let her curse mark levitate her biggest scroll into the air. It opened and her samehade flew out. It flew at lightning speed into the opposite direction, then came back like a boomerang.
Tenten quickly stabbed Neji's leg with a numbing arrow. Now he couldn't move an inch. This had given Tenten a nice advance in the battle.
The samehade did not slow down. Instead, Tenten grabbed onto the handle and let herself fly along with it. It flew up into the air, dragging Tenten with it.
It seemed to hang above Neji's head. She was atleast one-hundred feet into the air. The samehade and herself seemed to be levitating by Tenten using her curse mark.
"Samehade style, three blade no jutsu!" shouted Tenten. The group of ninjas watched as the samehade separated into three different ones.
Neji sat there in awe. He couldn't believe how far Tenten had come sense their childhood. It was obvious that she was better than him.
"Apart!" shouted Tenten. The three giant samehades separated into six more. "Two times apart!" she shouted. The six became twelve. "Apart! Apart! Apart!" Tenten continued until the sky above the training field was covered in flying samehades.
Poor Hinata-san fainted from the shock of all the weapons in the air. Naruto caught her easily. "Hinata-san?" he asked repeatedly.
The samehades continued to swoop around like birds in the sky. They kept missing Tenten by centimeters. Tenten kept them in the air, swooping so much that the actual sky was barely visible.
Tenten then threw all of her scrolls into the air. "Attach!" she shouted. The scrolls somehow tied themselves to each and every samehade.
Tenten's calm face melted into a smile. She pointed towards the ground. Every single one of the samehades fallowed her hand towards the ground.
"Release!" shouted Tenten. The samehades released their scrolls at different times. Kunai, shuriken, arrows, swords, and tags flew out in every direction. The weird thing was that Tenten didn't let any of them hit Neji, herself, or the ninjas that were watching. She simply let them fall onto the ground.
The samehades themselves into the ground, each missing Neji by inches. The last samehade didn't seem to want Neji to live. It headed at his head with amazing force.
Neji looked up at Tenten, waiting for her to stop the speeding giant weapon. He panicked when he realised her eyes were closed and she didn't look like she wanted to stop the samehade.
At the last second, the very last, the samehade froze in mid air. The tip barely touched Neji's nose. The samehade didn't fall over. It simply stayed in its place.
Neji was shocked out of his mind. The sweat poured down his face and he breathed heavily. That was probably his closest brush with death in years.
Tenten slowly brought herself down onto the ground next to Neji. "What was that I remember you saying, Neji? Something about me getting weaker?" she asked teasingly.
If Neji could move his face muscles, he would have smiled. He watched as Tenten pulled the numbing arrow out of his leg and then stepped on his leg with alot of force. "Ow!" shouted Neji. Then, he realised he could now move.
"So?" asked Tenten.
Neji looked up at her. "I forfeit!" shouted Neji. He smiled as the kuinochi helped him up.
Ino walked over to Tenten carefully. She tried her best to dodge all of the weapons on the ground. She shockingly grabbed her friends hand and raised it into the air. "The winner, Tenten!" she shouted.
The two girls giggled. "Step back for a second, you two." said Tenten. Ino and Neji walked over with the other ninjas.
"Gather!" shouted Tenten. The group watched as the weapons all went back into the scrolls and the scrolls all went back into Tenten's scroll pouch. All of the ninjas headed over to congratulate Tenten.
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Tenten and Neji were laying in the training grounds, stargazing. Neji had his arm around Tenten as they counted the stars. Suddenly, Tenten sat up.
"Hey, Neji?" she asked.
Neji sat up as well. "Yes?" he asked her.
"Do you love me?" she asked him. Neji turned to look at her. His face was blushing.
"Of course." he said. The ninja stole a quick kiss on Tenten's lips. "Why did you ask me that?"
"Well" began Tenten. "I guess I just wasn't sure. I mean, what about all of that crap about you being some pureblood, high class ninja and all?" asked Tenten.
Neji rolled his eyes. He smashed his lips into Tenten's. The kiss lasted for several minutes. Finally, he pulled away. "What about it?" he asked sarcastically.
Tenten giggled. "I love you, Neji." she said.
Neji tightened his grip around her shoulder. "I love you too, Tenten." he told her.
Author's Note
Well, that's it! Thank you all so much for reading and reviewing! You can expect other stories from me in the future! Take care! Drive safely! Look out for old people in the street!
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