A/N: Oh my God, I am sorry. It's been some crazy amount of time, like seven months or something. All I can say is sorry. Real life ate me. I'm back though! And I really wouldn't recommend doing this. It was really hard to get back into the story after such a long time.

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Act IV; scenei

Kiba wasn't denying anything.

"I love you more than anything! We can be together forever!" Kiba had long stopped listening to Tenten as she rambled about her love, preferring to think of just how damn lucky he was. As Tenten continued professing his love, Kiba stretched his arms above his head, yawning.

"It's quite late, my darling." His dog face twisted into an attempt at a grin. "Perhaps we should retire for the night." Tenten found herself yawning as well.

"I guess that's a good idea." The pair walked to the edge of the forest, leaning against a tree. Kiba wrapped his arm around Tenten, leaning down to kiss her.

"So, what now…hey!" Kiba was extremely dismayed to realize that Tenten actually fell asleep. "Come on! I finally get a hot girl and she falls asleep!" He pouted up at the stars. "Just my luck." He yawned again, discovering he was as tired as he had previously claimed to be. "I guess…it can wait until morning." He said as he fell asleep.

"I am amazed how quickly these people fall asleep in the forest." Neji mumbled as he watched Kiba fall asleep.

"She seems to have suffered enough humiliation." Lee pointed out.

"Not that she's going to notice." Neji countered. "Only the two of us know what really happened tonight, and you do recall my earlier warning, don't you." Lee gulped.

"So, is your revenge complete?" Lee quickly changed the subject.

"Yes, this seems sufficient. I'll go take the spell off. Hopefully she won't stab me." He walked over to the pair, removing the genjutsu on Kiba. The dog's head vanished, Akamaru appearing tucked into his jacket. Lee slung him over his shoulder and vanished into the forest. Neji made sure that he was gone before he released the spell over Tenten and gently shook her awake. She blinked, bleary eyed.

"Hey, Neji." She said with a yawn. "I must have fallen asleep after training."

"Obviously." He said with a smirk. Tenten smiled.

"Thanks for coming." She threw her arms around his shoulders. "I hope you forgive me."

"No, you should forgive me." He whispered, feeling slightly guilty.

"What?" Tenten said, pulling out of the embrace. Neji resisted the urge to tell her everything, knowing that if he did he would get his ass kicked. Instead he kissed her, pulling her up and leading her towards the village as the sun began to rise on the horizon.

Kakashi chuckled, bemused. He really should be used to this by now. His students were decidedly odd. But finding all three of them plus Hinata deeply asleep in the middle of the forest. Asuma cleared his throat. The four gradually started to wake up. All were fairly confused upon finding themselves in the forest.

"Now, who wants to tell me what happened?" Kakashi said, hiding his smirk.

"Who wants to tell ME what happened?" Naruto exclaimed, glancing at his teammates.

"I'm not exactly sure…" Sakura said, thinking. "I remember coming in with Sasuke a little before sundown…"

"And I definitely followed Naruto in after that…" Hinata chimed in.

"But how did we end up together?" Sasuke wondered. Kurenai sighed exasperatedly.

"You were probably exhausted after walking around all night. Most likely that's why you can't remember." Asuma said.

"In any case, we should be getting back to the village." The four rose and started walking towards the village, Kakashi following behind.

"So, we're going to figure out the real reason for this little forest excursion later, right?" Kurenai hissed to Asuma.

"Of course. And I'm sure the reason is going to be extremely entertaining." He smirked and the two started back towards the village.

"Don't spend the night in the forest again." Kakashi warned. "You never know what might happen."