Chapter 3: Arrival at the resort

They had started walking towards the direction of the resort. For crashing the "carriage" Lee was forced to carry the bags for they whole way, and was sobbing because the 3 most beautiful things in the world (except Gai-sensei, and Sakura-chan) were destroyed, or lost (as you can tell, I mean the carriage, and horses.) Neji had used his Byakugan to see how far the resort was, and had tied the blindfold onto Tenten. He had estimated that it was a 10 minuet walk there, so Neji had to act as Tenten's eyes for the next 2 weeks and the rest of the walk (he was blushing very hardly at the thought, but thankfully, the blindfold stopped Tenten from seeing.)

When they arrived at the door, Neji ran the doorbell. An aging woman in a plain pale blue kimono, with a chopstick in her grey hair, and deep blue eyes, opened the door. "Why hello!!" she said, greeting them all "you" she said, pointing at Lee, "must be Zubo!!! Your father has told me of your many talents. And you" she faced Neji and Tenten "must be Lady Kanna, and her fiancée, Togomo." She shook Neji's Hand. "Welcome to the Latuka Lady Kanna!"

Neji stated to the shriveled old lady "actually…SHE is lady Kanna" moving Tenten forward, as Tenten said a very soft hello to the lady.

The lady moved in closer. "Oh yes! I'm sorry for the confusion, but I can barely see a thing without my glasses!" as she welcomed them in. she showed them to their rooms, and left to the front desk. When Neji and Tenten entered their room, they found a pair of glasses on top of the bed. Neji picked them up, and told Tenten that he would be right back, and slipped out to give the old lady her glasses back. When he returned, Tenten was sitting on the bed. The only bed. Inside, Neji was jumping with glee, but on the outside, he only frowned.

Tenten said in a near whisper "is it safe to take off the blindfold now Togomo?" normally, she hated using fake names, but she had to now.

It took Neji some time to get used to his new name, but he closed the door, and sighed "yes, it's safe." Tenten quickly took off the blindfold to look at her surroundings.

"Why is it so bright in here???' she asked, looking around. She saw there was a dresser, a door leading to the bathroom, a door leading to the hall, and 1 bed with 2 pillows. She gaped and said "do I have to share a bed with you???"

Neji glanced at her. "Is that a problem?"

Tenten blushed. "Of course…it's just that I never…"

"Me nether" Neji sighed.

The topic was stopped immediately on uncomfortable-ness.

Suddenly, Lee burst into the room, yelling stuff about his room and how gorgeous it was to his friends (even though it only a mat, pillow, and drawer and a door for the bathroom and to exit). Tenten swiftly threw a pillow at him, to signal Lee to get out NOW. Lee quickly got the message, afraid she would start throwing her pointy things at him if he did not get out.

As soon as Lee left the room, they were called to dinner. Tenten quickly slipped on the blindfold, and Neji lead her out. There were seated at the end of the long, brown table, and were introduced by the manager, "welcome to the Latuka ladies and gentleman. We are proud to introduce Lady Kanna, and her fiancée, Togomo! Now our chef will bring out some curry for all of us."

--Meanwhile, in the kitchen--

"Is the food ready?"

"Yes."

"Did you add the…secret ingredient?'

"Yes"

"Perfect"

--back to the table—

The table was full of chatter. A man came up to them. "Hello Lady Kanna." Tenten looked up.

"Hello…" Tenten near whispered, but stopped, not knowing the man's name.

"Sugawari. Sugawari Latuka, the brother of Zanika Latuka, the manager. So, is it true that you are the Hokage's daughter? Tenten paused, remembering what Tsunade had told her

--Flashback--

"Tenten…"

"Yes Tsunade-sama???" Tenten asked.

"At the resort, you will be known as the Hokage's daughter." She said flatly.

"Yes Tsunade-sama" Tenten agreed.

--end of flashback—

"Umm…yes…I am" Tenten mumbled. (Lady Kanna has a very soft voice.

"Hm…that's interesting…I am a jounin at Konoha…I've never seen you before…I'm sure that the fifth hokage would have told us…" he said as he pointed to his leaf village hitai-ate on his left arm. Tenten gulped, seeing that this could blow her cover.

Neji suddenly stepped in. "she was kept a secret, so that invaders would not know about her existence, and very few people knew that she existed, and I found out, when I brought as a suitor." He flat out lied. "Now excuse us, the food is coming, and I will have to help her eat, as she cannot see the food in front of her."

As the food was coming out, the manager's cat, Whiskers, slipped into the dining room, and then the manager started speaking again. "To show our gratitude to have Lady Kanna hear, we will allow her to have the first bite of our chef's delicious food!"

Neji took a spoonful of the curry, to try to feed Tenten, but dropped it. Whiskers immediately ate it up, then, Whisker's mouth started foaming, and he was having spasms, and then curled upon the ground, withering in pain, and died. Neji gasped, while Tenten simply asked "what's going on?"

"The food was poisoned" he said in a hoarse whisper. She gasped. Neji quickly went over to the manager, telling her what he had just seen. Zanika gasped at the news, and made an announcement

"I am afraid that we cannot eat the food, as it is not safe for the people allergic to nuts, and we must dispose of it immediately, and the chef will make a new, allergy-free meal for us all."

Author's note: we dedicate this chapter to Whiskers, who gave his life to save everyone at the dinner table (by accident)

--end of Chapter 3—