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Summary: Tenten is indebt and a really good liar. Neji's family is rich and is in need of a temporary niece. What happens when these two meet? ( Nejiten & minor others )

Eyes narrowing, he backed her up to the door. Her heartbeat raced as she found herself without anywhere to run. She looked away from his glare and stared at the floor instead, aware of his breath near her ear. "Do you want to say that again?" he asked acidly.

Tenten quickly shook her head in fear. With a light shove, she was moved aside. Neji inserted the key in and pushed the door open. She relaxed only when he opened the door and walked inside.

The next day, all of them were gathered at the kitchen table.

Tenten was happily cracking her neck, happy that she had finally gotten rid of that annoying brace. Kurenai was twitching slightly at the sick sound while Asuma was looking at her with some new respect after the incident. Lee was happily chomping on all the toast he could grab in ignorant bliss while Gai… Well, he was sewing another green jumpsuit.

But either way, Hiashi began with, "Neji, wouldn't you like to show Kita-"

"Tenten," the "niece" quickly corrected. The family members gave her a weird look while Neji's eyes were widened with a look that said "What the hell are you doing contradicting the head of the family?!?!?!"

"Err…" Tenten began explaining uneasily. "I'm more used to being called that then… Err…"

"We understand." Hiashi intervened quickly, smiling warmly at her. "Like I was saying before, wouldn't you like you show Tenten around the city, Neji?" He stared at his nephew. His eyes made it apparent that the Hyuuga wouldn't have a choice.

Neji snorted inwardly, but asked, "Where?"

"YOSH!" Lee was bouncing up and down in excitement. "Where would you like to go, Tenten? I suppose beautiful flowers like you would like to go to the mall? Or a fancy restaurant, or-"

"Err… The 63rd Building (13) is around here, no?" Tenten had butted in her question quickly. From being around Lee so far (which was only about 3-12 hours), she could tell he could lose his head quickly.

"A good choice, Tenten!" Gai had stood up and given her the "good guy" pose with a ping in his teeth. "The view is beyond amazing! What a place to get a first good look at Korea!"

"Hum…" Asuma played with his egg yolk. "The view is more fascinating at night," he put in. Kurenai nodded as well as she helped herself to some more rice porridge. "You'll be sure to enjoy seeing all the nice lights," she added warmly.

Tenten smiled sheepishly at her. She had been in a good mood ever since she had told her how much she liked the paintings around the house. Kurenai had responded by declaring, "I drew those myself" and had showed her own art room. She sweat dropped as she remembered how Kurenai went on to explain the different brush styles she used… and… (cough).

"It's ok," Tenten said quickly. "I have some stuff to do outside anyways in the morning…"

She had made up her mind today to tell Naruto and everyone else what was going on. She had hesitated at first, remembering how she had promised Neji not to tell anyone but… It was for a good cause.

Tenten went along the streets. She had left immediately after she was done eating. Hiashi had told Neji to drive her to where she needed to be, but she had quickly declined saying it was a "personal" thing.

Today was a Sunday, so the shop was closed today. She sighed in relief knowing that she wouldn't have to waste time checking if Ino was there or not. She rubbed her hands together as she knocked on the apartment door.

Shikamaru had opened the door and raised an eyebrow. She could tell that he was annoyed that he had been interrupted from doing… well, whatever he was doing. "Tenten?" he wondered out loud. "What are you doing-"

"TENTEN?!" Naruto yelled. Shikamaru moved to the side so that Tenten was able to see her hyper-active companion. She grimaced at how he had sprayed some ramen onto the floor from yelling. "WHERE HAVE YOU-"

"BEEN?!" Ino finished with a hysterical voice. She was currently perched behind Naruto holding a comb and a pair of scissors in one hand. It was clear that she had been cutting the boy's head… err… I mean hair.

"Eh heh…" Tenten laughed nervously and scratched the back of her head. "It's a long story…"

Shikamaru yawned. "Make it short."

Hinata walked into the run-down gambling area. She shivered inwardly at the shady looking people she came across, but sucked it up and continued in. She asked around for a certain person until she had found him.

"Hello," Hinata greeted, bowing down. "I'm here regarding to the earthquake that happened in Japan some years ago." She took out an old picture that was taken of everyone who were residents of that area. She had used the picture many times during the interviews.

Nonetheless, she pointed to a girl. "Have you heard of her or any others form this photo?" she asked hesitantly.

The man peered at the photo and Hinata let him take it in his hands. "… Yes…" he began. "A friend of mine… Well, we were both in the earthquake together. In fact-"

"Kino?" A woman of the same age of him went up and stood by him. "What's going on?" She peered at the photo and raised an eyebrow. "Where did you get that…?"

The man shook his head. He gestured to Hinata. "She gave it to me," he said. "He pointed to the girl again. "She's looking for this girl," he said.

At a mention of her, the woman's eyebrows furrowed. "Looking for her?" she wondered out loud. She turned to the girl in front of her, expecting an explanation.

"We're looking for her," Hinata explained. "Just like you said. Have you seen her? Do you know if she survived?"

The woman took a look at the picture again. "Two of my friends are in this picture," she began. She pointed to one that had a scar on his nose and another whose eye was covered with a mask. A blonde loudmouth boy was on top of the brown-haired man's shoulders, smiling wide for the camera.

She frowned as she looked at Hinata. "Have you spoken to them yet?" The young girl shook her head no. She chewed her lip nervously. "I crossed them out on the list," she admitted. "Some people – the majority – thought that they were dead."

The man and woman exchanged looks. Hinata's eyes followed her as she went to the back of the shop and disappeared. She then reappeared with another photo. She handed it to her.

"This is a recent picture," she said. "Both of my friends are still alive. And…" She glanced at the man next to her.

Getting the message, the man continued. "We… We think we saw him-" He pointed to the one with the scar on his nose. "Take the child afterwards," he finished.

Hinata looked at both of them and then looked at the picture. It was another one with the same people in it. However, it was taken more recently and she could see two girls by the blonde-haired boy. One was shorter than the other.

She frowned. She couldn't tell which one was the niece and which one wasn't. They both looked pretty similar, except one had her hair done in buns and the other laid down.

"Perhaps you can take me to your friend?" she asked. The two gave her an inquiring look. "I would like to meet him and ask him further questions," she explained.

The man smiled. "I'll see what I can do. He's a very kind-hearted man and he probably wouldn't mind. He has a daughter now as well as a son."

The other lady smiled with him and nodded. "She's extremely intelligent. She can speak many languages. Korean, Japanese… And I think Chinese?" She turned to him for confirmation, and he nodded.

"Yes."

Sakura got out of hotel. She opened her cell phone, determined to call him, but she quickly snapped it shut. She shook her head. Maybe he wasn't ready. It was clear that she wasn't.

But she knew that wasn't really the reason at all. Something in her told her that it wasn't going to cut it if she spoke to Neji through a cell phone. They needed to be face to face.

Moegi entered the room and cocked her head at her. "Sakura, you said you wanted to go somewhere?" The pink-haired girl turned to her and nodded her head – a grin on her face.

"Yeah…"

Sasuke sighed. The online date was another extremely hyperactive girl. He scratched his head in frustration. He wouldn't be doing this if it wasn't for his mother. He smirked to himself as he left the room, leaving the girl behind. She never told him how long he had to stay, really.

He went out of the hallway but stopped as a certain Hyuuga caught his eye. Hinata was here. He raised an eyebrow in curiosity. There could only be a few reasons why she was here. It's possible that she had an online date that went wrong, like he.

However, a tall man came out of the room. Sasuke quickly leaned back against the doorway in the other room and his eyes widened at what he heard.

"It's ridiculous, I tell you!" The man was shouting into his phone. "They're still searching for the niece after twenty years. For all we know she's…"

Sasuke went out of the corridor and took the opposite direction, eyes narrowed. They were still looking for her? Then does that mean Tenten is…

His thoughts were distracted however, when his mother appeared at his side. "Sasuke," she demanded. "What are you doing here? Why aren't you doing any work-"

"You told me to go on the online date," he accused skeptically. He sighed. "And you know how work is…" They both stepped in the elevator. "I'm most likely going to go back home and-"

PING! The elevator doors opened.

Mikoto and Sasuke stared at the visitor. Pink-haired.

"Sasuke!" she cried out happily. "It's been awhile, eh?"

The man said narrowed his eyes slightly, but bowed politely. "Sakura," he addressed. He motioned his mother to leave. "Excuse us; we have some business that we need to attend to." He walked out of the elevator with Mikoto trailing after him.

She tapped Sakura lightly on the shoulder. "I apologize for my son's behavior," she said stoically. But you really can't blame him.

"No, no!" Sakura said hastily. "Don't be…" She looked at where Sasuke had walked off before getting into the elevator herself. Maybe she should've bought Moegi along, but she was partially convinced she could handle it alone.

"Wait!" Ino cried. "You mean you're the Hyuugas' niece?!" she shrieked. "I thought you were adop-"

"I'm not really their niece!" Tenten retorted. "I told you already – a guy offered me a high paying job to act…" She paused, searching for the word. "… Temporarily!"

Shikamaru rolled his eyes. "You know what will happen if they find out, right?"

Tenten scoffed. "Shikamaru, I didn't volunteer, alright?" She licked her popsicle. "Besides, if I do get caught, the first person I'm going to blame it on is Ken- Neji."

Naruto nodded, but then widened his eyes. "Wait! That means you're going to be their niece…" He took in a gulp of air. "FOREVER!" he shouted dramatically. Tenten hit him on the head.

"It's not going to be forever," she spat.

Ino gave her an incredulous look. "How can it be NOT forever?" she asked. "You just came back," she reasoned. "They've been looking for you for twenty years or something. It's not like you can get up and walk away."

Tenten waved that comment away and sucked on the remains of her ice cream. "Relax, Ino," she said. "I'm not planning to stay long. Once I get enough money to pay back the debt, I'll just tell them that I'm going back to my foster family." She threw the popsicle stick in the trash can.

"See?" she said. "No harm done!"

The three of them exchanged glances with one another and it was clear that they didn't agree with that. "Err… Right…" Ino mumbled. "Whatever…"

"Ne," Naruto pointed out as he scratched his head. "I wonder what happened to those debt collectors. Are they still following you around, Tenten?"

She was about to tell them the whole story, but bit her lip and decided not to. "Well… I don't think they are…"

"Hum…" Chouji was munching on a bag of chips as… usual. "She doesn't seem to be around on the island… Anymore that is." He looked at the companion to his left. "What do you think Shino?"

"…"

Chouji nodded his head. "Very insightful."

"…"

He nodded his head again. "I totally agree. Kiba is definitely overreacting."

"…"

He sighed. "Fine. Overreacting and beyond."

"AUGH!" Kiba was shouting and innocent pedestrians quickly dashed away as the three of them walked down the street. "That's it! We're going to that no-good Hyuuga's company!" he seethed. "We can't find her anywhere! We've been looking for three goddamn weeks and-"

Shino raised an eyebrow. "…"

"I AM NOT OVERREACTING!" he shouted angrily to the calm and stoic Shino. He stomped off and Chouji sighed as he threw his last bag of chips in the trash and immediately opened another one. "He is really overreacting now."

"…"

"Haha," Chouji laughed dryly. "Very funny, Shino. Your sarcasm is not appreciated."

Sakura had been sitting at the company's coffee shop for awhile now. She frowned and she admitted that she was a little bit afraid of going in. Maybe I should've let Moegi come along, she thought to herself glumly.

It had been three years since she had left Neji like that. Even now she knew it was wrong but… She sighed as she took another sip of her latte. She had believed it was better to end the relationship right then and there than to get both of them hurt later on.

"Sakura," she whispered to herself determinedly. "Pull yourself together. You're just going to see him and say hi." She nodded firmly and left the money on her table as she left. She was ready.

She walked to the elevator and lightly pressed the up button. The elevator opened and she walked inside.

Tenten sighed as she made her way back to the Hyuuga household. She had fiercely told the three of them not to tell anyone or speak of it in public but Shikamaru had been sleeping at the time and Ino and Naruto had been bickering.

She highly doubted any of them had heard her.

She opened the door and was greeted at once with Kurenai. "Tenten!" she cried out. "There you are! Would you like to go to the art gallery with us?!"

"Wha…?" Tenten asked dazed. She shook her head to clear her mind and smiled nervously at the woman in front of her. "Err… No thanks Kurenai-"

"Call me Auntie."

"Err… Auntie," she corrected, inching her way around the artist. "But I've had a pretty long day and… Why not ask Asuma?!" she bellowed out loudly. She had expected Asuma to come out at least and be a distraction for Kurenai at least. She had a feeling that they harbored secret feelings for one another-

"No!" Kurenai said at once. "Asuma just carves wood all day." She scoffed. "Either way, Mikoto will be coming too and it can be a girls' day out or something!" Tenten swore she heard a growl when she said Mikoto's name.

But nonetheless, Tenten was exhausted from today already. "Err… No. I think I have to take care of Uncle right now so-"

"Don't worry," Kurenai said smiling. "Gai and Lee already have it done-"

Tenten's eyes widened. "In that case I definitely need to go and save-WAIT! ACK!"

Poor Tenten was dragged out from her own will anyways. So sad.

"Ah! His works touch my heart so!" Kurenai sniffed as she stared at… a red square...?

Tenten just laughed nervously and stared at it for a good five minutes without blinking to discover what was so darn good about it. She was about to open her mouth and say something like "This is stupid" but someone else beat her to it.

Mikoto shook her head. "What are you talking about, Kurenai?" She looked at the description. "It says that this artist had some major trauma moments in his life, and decided to express all of his bad things in a square."

Kurenai kept staring at it and sighed. "I can see it!"

Tenten raised an eyebrow at her antics. "Err… Yeah…" she drawled. "Perhaps you can explain this to me?"

Kurenai went over to another piece of artwork and motioned the others to follow. She shoved Tenten forward a little lightly to look at the next piece. "Ok," she prompted. "What do you see?"

"Err…"

Neji was working, burrowed in his papers. He was still slightly shaken up from the err… He turned red. Gosh it was so embarrassing!

An abrupt knock at the door.

He raised an eyebrow. "Come in."

Kiba, Chouji, and Shino were in the elevator now. It dinged at their floor and they stepped out. Chouji and Shino were willing to stay in the elevator and ride back down, but Kiba dragged them along anyway.

"I'm going to need some backup if he starts overreacting!" Kiba seethed as he dragged them. Literally.

Shino raised an eyebrow, his arms still crossed over his chest as the dog dragged him ruthlessly on the ground by his collar.

"…"

"I'M NOT OVERREACTING!"

"Neji…" Sakura looked at him. She was aware of the awkward tension between them, and nervously tried to laugh it off. "Long time no see, eh?" Neji raised an eyebrow. He didn't bother to get up from his seat.

"What are you doing here, Sakura?"

She bit her lip. "Listen, Neji… I-"

"Forget it," he said quickly. "Whatever happened between us is over." He clicked his pen on and off. Silence in the room. "Congratulations," he muttered. "… On the win."

Sakura's eyes lit up. "Were you watching?" He didn't say anything and she frowned. "Neji, I never meant to leave you. I mean… My dream, you know?" She took a deep breath. "But maybe we can start over-"

"HYUUGA NEJI!"

Kiba burst into the room. Chouji and Shino were going to take the liberty to knock but err… yeah.

Neji was inwardly grateful at the interruption, but looked icily at them. "What do you want?" Sakura stood off to the side with wide eyes. Who the hell were they?

Kiba said nothing as he grabbed Neji roughly out of his seat and into a smaller lounge area near his desk. There was an inaudible sigh from Shino as he followed the imprudent man in. Chouji on the other hand was staring at the pink-haired girl.

"You must be Haruno Sakura!" he cried. The girl looked at him surprised and winced inwardly at his greasy fingers. She laughed nervously. "Oh… heh… yeah..?"

The "pleasingly plump" man nodded his head vigorously. "I've always watched your tennis matches! Congratulations on winning!" Sakura gave him a warm smile and then her eyes grew downcast.

If only Neji thought the same way…

Tenten, fortunately, managed to convince the two women that she had to get some Chinese pork buns for Uncle. She had quickly slipped away leaving Kurenai and Mikoto alone.

The red-eyed woman sighed as she looked at a new recent sculpture that was bought in. She honestly didn't really want to be stuck with Mikoto, but she couldn't just leave… could she?

Mikoto had invited her out. Her original plan was for her to ditch the two and leave Tenten to defend herself against the Uchiha but… She released another loud sigh.

Mikoto sighed as well, but in relief. "Huh. I was wondering when that girl would leave…" She looked at Kurenai. "Listen, we saw her."

She raised a skeptical eyebrow. "Details…?"

The other woman shook her head and put a hand to her brow. "Sakura – Haruno Sakura is back in Korea. Sasuke and I saw her in the company building."

Kurenai's eyes widened. "WHAT?!"

(13) The 63rd Building is… Well… A building (- gasp -) in Korea. You can go up and look at the view, eat in their rotating restaurant, etc. But that's just the gist of it.

A/N. Ah. This cahpter was a little boring in my opinion. Either way, Sakura finally meets Neji but they run into… err… complications. XD

The drama is actually Korean. ( 2756 ) I have some knowledge about Korea, but it's a little iffy.
Aha. I update fast because... erm... Well, I typed out a lot of chapters before I posted the initial story up because of the 3 day wait does. But I try to update as fast as I can. I have to think for a day or so to get the story straight, but meh. :)

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