Wow! Five reviews for one chapter :) It makes me happy inside! Thanks to WeaponsMistress , Nightshadow Dweller, Merciless Ruby, I.heart.Hatake.Kakashi and imzuok for reviewing! Just so everyones straight, Naruto is posing as Shigure Nobuyuki, and Tenten as his wife, Yoko Nobuyuki.
Tenten inwardly sighed, as she plastered on the fake smile and initiated yet another forced conversation with yet another vainglorious guest. She had naively expected the hotel opening to be a little more lively, instead it was a suffocatingly formal event, filled to the brim with rich merchants and businessmen and their wives.
There was a bar that served extremely overpriced drinks, and small tables topped with the widest array of foods Tenten had seen yet.
"Teucha Kinomi and my wife Teucha Masako" A middle aged man in a expensive looking yukata gripped Naruto's hand . Naruto bowed his head politely.
"Nobuyuki Shigure, Nobuyuki Yoko," Naruto said; gesturing to himself and Tenten.
Tenten kept the artificial smile on her face, trying not to grimace. Arrogance seemed to be ubiquitous. They were all of the same class, all thought they were better than one another. Trophy wives seemed to accurately describe most of the women in the room, most of them were beautiful, and if not it was most likely they came from a wealthy family.
Teucha Kinomi moved away, his wife in tow. Naruto leaned towards Tenten.
"Lets get some sake, this is just too boring."
Tenten turned and gave the blond a condescending look. "Neji would kill us if we drank while 'on duty'. It would jeapordize the mission."
"Tente- I mean- Yoko-o-o! Please! Just one, he won't know..." Naruto whinged, drawing out the last O of her alias in an annoyingly childish manner.
Tenten rolled her eyes. "Fine. One. But if Neji finds out, it was your idea."
Naruto grinned, and before Tenten had time to rethink her decision, he had grabbed her arm and made a beeline for the bar.
Naruto plopped down on a bar stool, quickly pulling Tenten down on the one next to him.
"Sake, please!" He exclaimed. "Yoko, what do you want?"
"Ramune(1), please." Tenten said.
Naruto's face fell. "Aw, Yoko, come on! Just have a bit of sake! Its not right to drink on your own!"
"No."
"Yoko-o-o-o-o!" Naruto did the annoying o thing again.
Tenten felt her eyebrow twitch. "Fine."
"Bartender! A bottle of sake to share!" Naruto yelled, making people around them wince.
"Shigure! I said one, not a whole bottle! And be quiet! People are staring!" Tenten hissed, gripping Naruto's arm.
Naruto turned to her. "Now, now Yoko, don't worry your pretty little head." he patted her hair.
If looks could kill, Naruto would be dead. "Don't you dare do that again." Tenten growled through gritted teeth. Naruto flinched.
The bartender placed their drinks in front of them, and went to serve some other guests. Naruto poured their drinks into the tiny cups that were usually found gripped in Tsunade's hands.
Tenten picked hers up, watching as Naruto downed his.
"Ah." He smacked his lips before turning to her. "Drink! Drink! Its good."
Tenten brought the drink to her lips, a little more demurely than her 'husband'. The sake burned slightly as it slid down her throat. Naruto was right, it was good.
She gently placed the cup back on the bar, and Naruto , almost immediately filled it back up again.
Tenten knew she should say no, but it had been almost a month since she last drank sake as good as this.
She downed it quickly, hoping her misgivings would go with it.
Naruto nudged her slyly. "What happened to 'just one', eh, Yoko?"
"Oh shut up."
They had ended up finishing the bottle, and Tenten was feeling slightly floaty, she was by no means drunk, tipsy maybe but not drunk.
"I'm off the the bathroom, stay here." Tenten patted Naruto on the shoulder. He nodded, and turned back to the conversation he was having with the bartender, clutching his beer.
Tenten wove her way through the crowds of stuck up people, and slipped through the door into the ladies bathroom with barely a sound. She made her way to the stalls, shutting and locking the door behind her.
Tenten had finished, and was about to make her way out when someone, or rather two women entered the toilet.
"Is is safe to talk?" One voice came. Tenten quickly masked her chakra presence.
There was a pause. "Nobody else is here." Came another voice, slightly deeper.
"Is she going to comply? Or will it have to be done by force, Akane-san?" The first voice came. Tenten's eyes widened, could they be talking about...?
Akane seemed to deliberate. "She's slowly breaking. We're moving her to the safe place, warehouse, in two days time. I think she'll be too far gone by that point to refuse to send her father the plea for help."
"So we'll have the money soon?"
"Yes." Akane snapped.
"Gomen, Akane-san, but Kinomi-sama grows impatient. It would be wise to not make him wait. He can control the way we see things."
Akane sighed. "I never wanted to become a shinobi involved in these kind of things, Naomi-san."
Naomi exhaled. "Nor I, but it cannot be helped. Our village needs his money and favour."
"The Village Hidden in the Fang." Akane seemed to be remembering something.
"I do not know what is to be made of our current situation. The water smells disgusting, and I doubt we'll get the money if she catches some sort of disease-"
"Someones coming!" Akane cut across Naomi.
Tenten held her breath as the door opened, and another person entered as Akane and Naomi left.
She stayed hidden in the stalls until the person who had entered had left. Tenten couldn't believe she was the one who had discovered something so vital to the mission. There wasn't a moment to be spared. She had to inform Neji and Sasuke immediately.
Tenten smiled at the bartender, and tapped Naruto on the arm. "We have to go, something has come up at home."
Naruto shook his head at her. "Relax! I'm sure everything is fine."
Tenten leaned closer and hissed in his ear. "I've found something out. We're. Leaving.Now.!"
Naruto turned to her with wide eyes. "Okay."
Tenten had radioed the other two while still in the bathroom. Neji and Sasuke were already at the hotel room when the two arrived.
Naruto pushed past them, and into the bathroom. There was a splattering noise as he vomited. Tenten grimaced, he must have drunk some more while she was in the bathroom.
Sasuke smirked. "The dobe can't handle his drink." he said to nobody in particular.
Neji turned to her. "You were drinking?"
Tenten rolled her eyes, "Its pretty obvious, I mean he is being sick in there."
Neji glared. "That wasn't my question. Were you drinking?"
Tenten gulped. "A little?"
Neji turned away from her. "There's more than a 'little' alcohol in your bloodstream, I'm surprised your not in there with him." He said coldly.
Tenten felt her temper flare. "I'm not an idiot! I don't need you to tell me how much sake I can handle!"
Neji turned back to her, a strange expression on his face. "I suppose you don't, but you could have jeopardized the whole mission! Alcohol can loosen tongues."
Tenten was getting ready to answer back, when Naruto stumbled back into the room, wiping his mouth on his sleeve.
Sasuke stepped forward. "I suppose we can start now, if you've done throwing up. " he threw an arrogant look at Naruto. "Tenten what did you hear?"
The three boys all turned the attention to her. Tenten smiled internally. Finally, she was playing an important part in the mission. She eyed them all carefully, they slowly told the whole conversation, making sure to include everything.
"And then someone else came, and they left." Tenten finished.
Naruto was asleep on the couch. Her eyebrow twitched in annoyance.
Neji cleared his throat. "I think we should all rest and discuss it in the morning, when everyone is awake."
Sasuke nodded, before disappearing into the boys room.
"Night, Neji." Tenten made her way into her room.
She carefully untied and folded her Obi, placing it in the small chest of drawers, she did the same for her Kimono. Tenten snatched he pyjamas out of the top drawer, and pulled them on, before wiping off the small amount of makeup she was wearing with a cleansing wipe.
Tenten sighed as she let down her hair from its restraint. Her eyelids drooped, she was tierder than she thought.
(1) Ramune is sorta like Japanese lemonade. Its really nice :) It has this cool bottle aswell, with a marble in that acts like a stopper. Its really hard to drink at first, cause the marble keeps getting caught.
Anyway thanks for reading, please review. I apologise for the lack of Neji/Tenten ness so far, but there's gonna be a small amount in the next chapter, and hopefully a whole lot more later on. I think the mission should be ended by the 4th chapter, as I want to develop some side pairings, I'm leaning so far towards NaruXHina , SasuXSaku and maybe some GaraaXMatsuri? I dunno. Anyway review please, and I'll try and get the next chapter up by wednesday!