Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Neji (cry, I want my bishie!) or Tenten.
Author's Note: About last chapter, it was White Snake918 who requested it. Hope you enjoyed it! This NejiTen was requested by HAKUJUZOHANDMERAKUOH. I love you for the request but please don't make me type that again….
Summary: Based off of a fanart on my deviantArt account, Miakoda13 and I had fun with this one… After the 2 year gap. Some nudity, no details. Slightly suggestive.
Happy Birthday Neji!
By MT Pocketts
Tenten marched into Team Gai's usual training area with an abnormally large grin on her face, and was met by Lee sitting under a tree with his friends the squirrels. He smiled at his female teammate as she came up at sat next to him, tossing the box down next to her as she settled herself.
"What is that for?" Lee asked her, pointing at the box. Tenten snickered evilly and Lee raised a thick eyebrow at her. He exchanged worried looks with the squirrels and waited as Tenten pulled the box into her lap and carefully un-did the large red bow.
"It's Neji's birthday today," Tenten explained, letting the ribbon drop loose and preparing to open the box. "So I brought him a present."
"His birthday?" Lee was shocked. "that's why he's late!"
"Exactly. He says Hiashi-sama usually makes them do this extra long breakfast on birthdays."
"What did you get him?" Lee leaned closer and one of the squirrels even dared to climb atop Tenten's shoulder for a better view.
"It's… a gag gift," Tenten laughed manically and lifted the lid. Lee gasped as he saw a box of extra-large condoms sitting there in rainbow colored tissue paper. She just laughed more at his
"I should get him something funny too!" Lee jumped up and the squirrels scurried away.
"What are you going to get with such short notice…?" Tenten wondered aloud and Lee paused for a moment. She could almost see the words 'What would Gai-sensei do?' go through his mind.
"I have it! Wait until my rival sees this!" Lee said and dashed off, leaving Tenten and his squirrels to blink in surprise.
"I'm worried for Neji," Tenten muttered to one of the squirrels. Right as she said it, she heard a loud sneeze from the other side of the clearing. Looking up, she saw that Neji was now walking towards her.
Suddenly, it became very important to re-do the bow on the present she had fro him. Neji did not seem to notice as she worked, he was watching where Lee had gone with one eyebrow arched in suspicion. She got the present successfully wrapped again, and set it aside with a grin on her face. Tenten was not sure how he would react, but it would certainly be interesting.
"Where'd he run off to?" Neji asked.
"He's… getting something," Tenten tried to answer without giving anything away. Neji gave her a questioning look and was met by a smirk. He did not like that look on Tenten; when Tenten smirked it meant people were going to be met with sharp objects. Neji just let it drop and took a seat next to her under the tree.
There was a gentle breeze that made the branches above them dance gracefully, and Neji noted that her smirk faded into a simple smile. He also saw that she had a hand on a package that was sitting next to her, and it was almost like she was… rubbing it.
"What's that?" he finally asked.
"Oh that?" she seemed to be searching for an answer and he smirked as she thought. "Okay… Your birthday present."
"Can I open it?" Neji held out a hand and she laughed.
"No, Lee and Gai aren't here yet."
"So…?"
"I want you to open it with a crowd around you," Tenten smiled in an innocent way. "So that your reaction can be remembered."
Neji just stared at her for a moment, suddenly worried about what might be in that box. He started to try and reach for it, but Tenten caught his wrist easily.
"I just want to shake it so I can guess what's inside," Neji said and Tenten narrowed her eyes at him, though letting him go. He smirked at her and took the present. She watched as he gently shook the present , but she did not see the finger he slid under the ribbon and began to move in an effort to remove the ribbon.
"Hey!" Tenten cried out when she saw that he was taking the ribbon off. He just smirked back at her and worked faster, meanwhile she attacked him in an attempt to get it back. Neji tried not to laugh and pulled away, then he jumped up and took off at a run.
The last thing he heard was a laugh; then he hit the ground and dropped the box. Neji turned around to glare at her and saw that she had used chakra strings to pull his own feet out from under him. Tenten then pulled him back and ran for the present as he scrambled to get up again.
"Ha! Got it!" she cheered--
-- Only to be met by a tackle. The gift went flying from her hands and Neji was on top of her. She grunted in annoyance and looked up at the smirk above her. Tenten then squirmed to try and reach the present, but was pushed down again. She frowned at Neji when she realized that he had cut off just enough chakra to keep her from crawling away.
"Was that necessary?" Tenten wanted to know. He only nodded and made a move to go after the present… Only to find that he could not do more than a push up.
"Oh and that was?" he teased as she giggled.
"Now you do know I can't retract the chakra strings until I can use my hands again, right?" she pointed out.
"You've improved…" Neji shook his head.
"And now neither of us can reach your gift…" Tenten teased, ignoring their awkward position. "Whatever shall we do now…"
"Why would you get me something anyway?" he frowned down at her. "I forgot yours…"
"That's not the point," she retorted. "It's to show you thought of them."
Neji fell silent and stared into her eyes as she just lay there helplessly. He raised one of his hands near her shoulder, and she could feel his warmth brush her skin. She shivered involuntarily as she wondered what he was going to do. Neji brought his hand down, slightly to her disappointment, and rested it on her arm. He pumped chakra into her blocked passages to free them up once more. She smiled in gratitude and crawled away slowly.
He smirked at her and went to get up, but found he could still do no more than a push-up. Neji frowned as he saw her go over and scoop up the present, tucking it safely under one arm.
"Tenten…" he trailed off and she smiled at him coyly. He just glared at her until she finally held out her hand and released the chakra strings holding him down. Neji got up and dusted himself off, still watching her and deciding whether or not to go for the present again.
His plotting was interrupted by Lee shouting as he entered the clearing once more. The two turned to see him running up and noticed he was not in his usual outfit. Lee was in fact wearing a long, brown trench coat. Tenten felt the hairs on the back of her neck stand up as she feared the scene that was about to happen.
"Neji, I think we should--" Tenten began but was cut off by Lee's show.
"Neji! Happy birthday!" Lee yelled and ran up to the two of them, then he did the unthinkable. He opened the trench coat up, and revealed that the only other thing he was wearing were his socks and shoes.
Tenten's face heated up with the shock of what she was being shown. She could see… everything. It was a sight that she knew would haunt her. She risked a glance over at Neji's reaction, and saw that he was taking this much worse. His face was slowly turning blue, and his mouth was wide open as his eyes twitched.
And from there the day just got worse.
"My youthful students!" Gai's voice reached them and Lee put his "present" away when he heard his idol coming. "We are being joined for training today by Team Kakashi!"
"Oh no…" Tenten muttered. Neji swayed dangerously and she calmly placed a hand on his shoulder to steady him.
"And that's why I am late, be--"
"You didn't have to wait for me, I know where you train," Kakashi said from behind his book. His team followed along behind him slowly and Gai looked taken aback that his rival knew their training grounds.
Gai paused when he saw the look on Neji and Tenten's faces, and then saw what Lee was wearing. He smiled weakly and said noting as he was reminded of what he had done once on Kakashi's birthday. Yes, there was no better way to celebrate a rival's birthday…
"Hey Sakura! Look what I got Neji for his birthday!" Lee hopped over enthusiastically.
"What, I--" Sakura began and screamed when Lee flashed her. Sasuke's face went deathly pale and a vein in his forehead looked ready to burst. Naruto squinted at her in confusion, then followed her gaze and saw "the present." Sakura's face began to look green.
Naruto screamed.
"Did he get that idea from you?" Kakashi asked Gai.
"I didn't actually tell him to, but it may have been an inspiration…" Gai answered.
"Sakura, are you okay?" Tenten asked.
"Haruno?" Neji managed to say, even in his daze.
"Oi, Sakura-chan!" Naruto poked her and that seemed to break her out of whatever shock she had been in.
"Sasuke-kun!" she yelled and grabbed onto her teammate's shirt. He was startled and carefully reached a hand around to pat her on the head. Naruto frowned and patted her back, seeing as he could not do much else.
Lee laughed nervously when Sasuke looked up and glared at him. Tenten tried to hold back a laugh while Neji just looked around dazedly, though seeming to now be less blue. Naruto noted the look on Sasuke's face and gave a foxy grin.
"Lee, you'd better run…" Naruto said.
"LEE!" Sakura finally snapped out of it and jumped up to attack him herself. He yelled in surprise and ran away, closing the coat tightly as he went. Tenten could not help but laugh and was met by Sakura's glare. "What are you laughing at?"
Tenten's eyes went wide and Neji shook his head at her with a knowing smile. Naruto and Sasuke just watched the crazy scene unfold as Sakura rolled up her sleeves and went for Tenten who was backing away.
"Sakura-san!" Lee jumped up and tackled Sakura with a hug. She cried out in surprise as she went down. "I knew the power of love would keep you from attacking me!"
The other's backed away again as they felt Sakura's anger escalate. Naruto's jaw had dropped as the two geniuses shook their heads and the others remained silent. Lee noticed as well and sweat-dropped as Sakura gave him the evil eye.
"I surrender!" Lee scurried away, waving a white flag that had appeared from nowhere. "The power of youth in Sakura-san is truly fearsome!"
"Girl power!" Tenten punched the air, and smiled nervously as she realized what she had just done. Sakura turned to her and smiled back, while Sasuke, Neji, Naruto and Lee looked around nervously.
"What?" Sakura questioned Naruto, whose eyes grew big. Most of the other boys had taken to hiding in the trees or bushes from the females by now.
"You're training today is a large scale spar, boys versus girls," Kakashi announced and the girls cheered as they took off after the boys.
"This was an odd day," Gai sighed.
"It's days like these that I have my book for," Kakashi said and turned a page.
Some time later…
All of the boys were rounded up, Lee because he would not fight Sakura and the others because "the present" had affected them so deeply. Sakura and Tenten stood side by side looking very pleased with themselves.
"Hey guys!" Ino appeared, with Hinata close behind. They all just turned to stare at them. "What..?"
Sakura and Tenten giggled as everyone continued to stare. Naruto got up and went over to say something , not seeing the increase in color in Hinata's face.
"hey Ino…" Naruto said and poked her. The blonde girl twitched and glared at Naruto.
"Naruto.." she said and he recognized that tone, and took off running with her behind him throwing kunai. Tenten shook her head at the scene, Ino's aim was terrible.
"Hey Tenten, how about now?" Neji picked up the forgotten present. She turned and jumped at him.
"NO! Not now!" she jumped at him and stole it back. He stared at her in disbelief as she tucked it safely under her arm once more.
"Let me see it Tenten…" he held out his hand patiently.
"No!" she yelled rather childishly.
"You said I could open it with a group," Neji glared at her. "Tenten…"
"Fine!" she shoved it at him and crossed her arms. He pulled off the lid and his eyes went wide and his cheeks reddened instantly.
"What is it?" Sakura asked and Sasuke went over to peek inside. The vein in his forehead threatened to burst once more. Naruto came back, looking defeated, and spied the contents of the package. He then proceeded to drop to the ground with fits of giggles.
"It was her idea…" Tenten muttered and Hinata began to look around nervously.
"Hinata?" Naruto gasped in surprise, the others gasped because it was Naruto who noticed first. Sakura and Sasuke looked at her in disbelief and she turned red.
"I t-t-t-thought Neji-nii-san would like it," she spoke nervously. Naruto fainted from lack of oxygen, which had been caused by excessive laughter. Tenten put a hand to her forehead and laughed nervously.
"Tenten, why would you give me these anyway?" Neji asked her with a raised eyebrow.
"Well… I…That is…" Tenten's face began to grow very, very red.
"Oh, I see," Sakura laughed. "Tenten has a cru--"
Sasuke elbowed Sakura hard to keep her from finishing her taunt. She looked put out, but said nothing further. Tenten's face now resembled a tomato, and Neji was even beginning to look pink. Wait… why would Neji turn pink.
"Just kiss her, dobe," Sasuke said.
"Okay!" said Naruto, who had just become conscious again. He went for Hinata, but unfortunately she panicked and knocked him out with her jyuuken.
"Not you, dobe! Him, dobe!" Sasuke rolled his eyes and walked away with Sakura trailing behind. Hinata was busy trying to revive Naruto as she mumbled apologies and Lee had decided to follow Sakura. No one knew where Ino went, they assumed she ran away after beating Naruto.
"So… Tenten?" Neji got her attention again, and saw that her face was still red. "Why--"
She suddenly had grabbed him and brought his face to hers in a kiss. Neji had no time to react before she had let go and turned back around with only the words: "There. That's why."
He blinked in surprise before a smile crept onto his face and he came up behind her, gently wrapping his arms around her shoulders. She stiffened at the contact, but relaxed as his grip was firm yet sweet.
"That was the best birthday present yet," he whispered and kissed her cheek.
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Author's Note: Wow… that was random and long… I don't know why Sasuke called Neji a dobe, it just seemed to fit the situation. Hope you liked it!