A/N: Hello everybody.
This chapter, is indeed, the last chapter. Please enjoy.
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"Neji." Tenten whispered her name and stretched slightly. "When am I getting out of this place? I can't stand this place no more."
"Typical now." Neji mumbled and stroked her hair slightly. He leaned down and brushed his lips gently across her forehead. "I love you. You can stay here all you want, as long as you are safe." Tenten smiled at him as he took her hands in his. "Um. Tenten. You know… how I said that I want be with you forever?" Tenten played with his fingers and placed her hand on his thigh.
"Yep." She mumbled and kissed his finger gently.
"Well… do you know what 'forever' means?" He asked quietly. Tenten pursed her lips and grinned.
"That you'll never leave my side."
"And? Dig deeper, my love." Neji took her hand and kissed it gently. Tenten's eyes widened as she gasped quietly.
"You don't mean…" She looked at him, her eyes, the playful brown color. "This.. You're… I mean, you are… p-proposing…?" He smiled and nodded. "Um. Wow…"
"Hm?"
"I thought it would be more romantic than this.." She mumbled and pulled at the wires connecting to the monitor. Neji chuckled slightly and grinned at her.
"I did too."
"Damn." She muttered quietly. "We're too young to marry, Neji."
"We can wait." He mumbled. "We can wait as long as you want. I just wanted to propose to you now, so I never lose you." Tenten smiled at him, and laughed.
"You'll never lose me. I'm yours, forever." He leaned in and kissed her gently.
"Oh my goodness! Neji you proposed!!" Naruto ran and bounded into the room. Kiba, Shikamaru and Sasuke followed.
"You guys were listening?!" Tenten's face turned crimson as she pulled away from Neji quickly. Sasuke smirked.
"Well, we were planning to come in later, and not interrupt your- uh- moment." Neji rolled his eyes and stood.
"You guys are so nosy." He muttered quietly to them.
"Can I be your right hand man?!" Kiba asked him loudly.
"Shut up." Neji grumbled to him and stuck his hands in his pocket.
Tenten's POV-
"We just came to check up on Tenten." Shikamaru sighed and walked over to me. "Miss. Shiho- no. Mrs. Hyuga, how are you feeling?" He asked and grinned at me. I rolled my eyes.
"I'm doing fine. Thanks, Mr. Nara." I responded. "Well, to tell the truth, I hate these wires… and I hate how this.." I pulled at the wires. "- Is still attached to me. I mean, I feel okay.."
"You weren't wearing a seat belt, got into a car crash, and hit your head against the car door." Sasuke shook his head. "I don't think you're okay at all." I stuck my tongue at him.
"Who asked you?!" I screamed at him. He laughed and shook his head.
"You really haven't changed. I was hoping that the car accident and you bumping your head would actually result with you becoming smarter. You're really not fit to be a teacher."
"Thanks, Sasuke. I'll keep that in mind when I give you an F." I snorted at him as he laughed again.
"Hey, hey! So you're going to be a teacher again?!" Naruto grinned at me.
"Um. Well, if I'm accepted here." I mumbled quietly. Neji touched my arm gently.
"Well, I thought you'd question that." Shikamaru grinned. "Come in." Kiba, Naruto, and Sasuke moved aside as Tsunade walked in. My eyes widened as I immediately grabbed Neji's hand.
"T-Tsunade-"
"Hello, Miss. Shiho." She walked in and Shikamaru, Sasuke, Kiba and Naruto immediately ran out. "I heard that you came back."
"Yeah." I mumbled.
"And got yourself into a car accident." I sighed.
"Yeah."
"I also heard that Neji raped-"
"I didn't!" Neji shouted loudly.
"It was all a lie!!" I screamed at her.
"Okay, okay. Calm down." She scratched her head. "I wasn't one to believe that. And I knew it wasn't true. So… I will accept you back in the school, Miss. Shiho. You may teach, and take the academics we provide in this school. Is that okay?" I scrunched up my nose as Neji tightened his grip around my hand.
"I will accept that offer, if and only if Neji is also accepted back into the school as well." Neji glared at me.
"As long as he doesn't start fights." Neji smirked and was about to neglect when I pinched him.
"He won't start any fights. He promises." He glared at me again, his mouth open.
"It's a deal. You start as soon as you are feeling better."
"Thank you. This is so great." I smiled up at Neji as he looked at Tsunade carefully.
"Do you not care that there is a relationship between us?" Neji asked, as if he was looking for some… approval.
"We have to keep it on the down low. We wouldn't want children to think that student and teacher relationships are allowed." She smiled and walked out. Neji grinned at me and kissed me on the nose.
"Isn't that great? You get to teach again." I nodded as my parents and- oh damn. Just when things were getting better. The two bitches came in. Oh man, who would that be? The double brat- Ino and Sakura. Oh great, just my luck.
"You two can come back in as soon as they leave." Neji growled at them. They didn't put up a fight. They just nodded, and left the room quietly.
"Mom. Dad." I mumbled as Neji immediately let go of my hand and backed away. I reached out to grab him, but, he kept moving farther and farther away from me.
"Neji. We will accept you." My mom mumbled. His eyes widened.
"Wh-What do you mean?"
"We heard… what happened. And I believe my daughter." My dad held out his hand towards Neji. "You bring our daughter happiness… and we now understand, that it wasn't your fault, that our other daughter, Kari, passed away."
"…" Neji looked away.
"And we heard about you proposing too, Neji." My mom smiled at him. He turned his face and stared at her, his face heating up. "And we allow it." My dad and mom…. They…. Were accepting him?
"R-Really?" My eyes started to water.
"We'd do anything for your happiness, Tenten." They smiled at me as laughed.
"Thank you, thank you. I love you, mom… dad." I cried as Neji smiled at me. He walked over to me and hugged me tightly. "I love you, Neji…." He whispered into my ear, so quietly, I doubt my parents could hear it.
"You'll never know how much I love you." I laughed as my parents smiled at us.
"We invite you over for dinner, Neji.. As soon as my daughter is feeling better."
"Thank you for your kind offer."
"How are you feeling though?" I asked them. "You guys got-"
"We're fine, Tenten. Rest now." I rolled my eyes.
I'm not gonna get much rest when those two come in. I nodded and grinned. "Of course." They walked out and then double trouble entered. I raised my eyebrows at them.
"Oh hell. What are you two doing here?" I asked them. Neji growled as they shuffled their feet and looked down.
"We want to apologize."
"For ruining my life?" I asked them angrily. "Well, I think I'll need more than that." Neji touched my shoulder gently.
"Calm down." He whispered. "Is that why you came?"
"We… understand that what we did was wrong." Ino mumbled.
"And that… love… can be brought no matter what the age, and what status they are. We were just-" Sakura was interrupted.
"Bitches? Jealous? Annoyed?" I hit all three targets as they nodded.
"Yeah. We were jealous that… you were able to win Neji's heart so quickly. We were… Kari's best friends… and when we heard that she died, and that you were her twin, I didn't… or well, we didn't want you and Neji together, for Kari's sake." I scratched my head and nodded, then tilted it.
"Well, I suppose I can kind of forgive you…" I mumbled quietly.
"We'd be… really glad if you did. I mean, I've been feeling guilty about this. And to tell the truth, we tried to back you up when they claimed that Neji kidnapped you and stuff."
"Oh did you?" Neji sat down on the bed, disapprovingly.
"Please accept our apologies! We're really sorry!" Ino apologized as Sakura nodded.
"Yeah. Really sorry."
"Sorry for being jealous? Or sorry for being bitches?" I asked.
"Both…" They mumbled.
"I swear… if you ever try to separate me and Neji again, I'll kick your sorry as-"
"Language." Neji patted my thigh as I cringed.
"I won't forgive you this easily."
"How can we show that we're sorry?" They whined at me. I crossed my arms and shut my eyes.
"You can… help get rid of all those rumors in school."
"But, they are all gone." Ino scratched her cheek. "We… already told them we made it up."
"And then we got suspended for a while." Sakura added.
"Good. I need to rest."
"So you forgive us?" They brightened.
"Yeah, yeah."
"What about you… Neji?" Sakura asked. Ino stared at him, as he shut his eyes and crossed his arms.
"I'll have to think about it." He retorted.
"Neji…." I grabbed his arm. "Please?"
"Don't look at me like that…" Neji raised his eyebrows and sighed. "Fine, fine."
"One fine is enough." I glared at him. Sakura and Ino laughed quietly.
"Thanks. It's good to get this burden off of my shoulder." Sakura grinned. Ino nodded. They quickly ran out of the room as I leaned back and banged my head on the rail.
"Ow."
"What are you doing? Trying to injure yourself again?" He asked and rubbed my head.
"I was just making sure this wasn't a dream." He laughed and kissed my forehead.
"This is no dream, Tenten." I smiled at him and laughed.
-Many years later-
"No. No, no!" I shrieked in horror as I ran for the door.
"I don't think so. You're going out there in this."
"No. No, Sakura. I can't do it! It's… a dress!" I screamed.
"You have to, Tenten. Just a little bit of make up."
"Ino, get that away from me!"
….
"…."
"Yeah. That's Tenten for you." Shikamaru scratched his head.
"Hm."
"Oh hell no! Get that away-"
"Come on!"
"…" Neji sighed and stared at Sasuke, putting his ear to the door. He laughed as Kiba and Naruto grinned.
"Hey, man. It's time for you to go out."
"At least try to smile…" Kiba put his hands on his hips. Neji's eyes twitched as he tried to smile. "Oh well. At least you tried."
"Go out there." Sasuke punched his shoulder.
"Ow." He muttered. "Don't break my arm." He walked out into the giant room, hundreds of eyes staring at him. He gulped and walked, until he reached his destination.
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"I… I can't do this!" I whined as I looked at the Tenten in the mirror. Who the hell was that? A dress? Make up?
"You look really pretty, Tenten." Ino fixed my dress.
"I can't. I can't do this!" I buried my face in my hands.
"Yes you can." Sakura patted my shoulders. "He's everything you want, right?"
"Wrong. Everything she needs." Ino corrected her.
"Go out there." They placed something over my face and on my head as they shoved me through the door. I looked at them as they put their thumbs up. "Good luck."
"… I'm glad to have such good friends." I mumbled to them. They nodded and grinned. I took a deep breath and walked out. As soon as those eyes found me, I felt as if all those cocoons in my stomach hatched into large butterflies. I kept walking and looked at the sky.. Kari. Are you watching me? Sister… are you watching me right now? I smiled and walked up, right next to Neji. This was it. With these 2 words, we would be forever bonded. I never wanted to be away from him.
"Do you, Neji Hyuga, accept Tenten Shiho as your wife?" I couldn't catch one glimpse of humor in his face. He was completely serious as he said,
"I do." It was my turn now… I gulped and shut my eyes tightly.
"Do you, Tenten Shiho, accept Neji Hyuga as your husband?" Tears sprung to my eyes as the audience let out quiet gasps. Neji's brows furrowed at the top, in a worried look.
I… I can't do this!
It's two words. You can do this. My eyes widened as I looked next to me. I swear I was hallucinating, but there was Kari. She smiled at me and put her hands on mine. Sister. Oh, sister. You can do this. Tenten, I believe in you. Say I do. Say it to him. Complete it. I never got to tell him how much I loved him. Now's your chance.
I don't want to take him away from you…
He's not mine anymore. He's yours, Tenten. We're twins. You know what we have to do. If you're happy, then I'll be happy too, okay? I love you, Tenten. I love you.
I love you too, Kari… I stopped crying and looked at Neji.
"I… I do." He smiled and we exchanged rings. My hands shook, but as he took my hand, I felt them warm up.
"Is there anything you'd like to say before I pronounce you two husband and wife?" Neji smiled.
"Tenten. I love you."
"I… I love you too." I whispered back to him.
"If that is all, you may kiss the bride." Neji grinned as he kissed me. It was more gentle than ever. Like a feather… The crowd clapped and cheered as Neji picked me up.
"Let's go, my love." He carried me out of the church as we walked into a limo. "You were hesitant back there." He took my hand.
"No. It's not what you think. I love you so much. It was… Kari's presence that troubled me." I whispered to him as the car took off. I leaned on his shoulder and smiled.
"Oh. Troubling you?" He mumbled to me. I shook my head.
"No. I just wanted her to know… or, I wanted to make sure she approved of what I was doing." He chuckled slightly.
"Ah. Approval." Neji took my hands and kissed me again. "Oh. There was something in wanted to say back there…"
"Oh really?"
"Yes, Mrs. Hyuga. There was something I'd like to say. But, I'll say it now."
"Okay." I leaned against his chest.
"I really… can't believe that I fell in love with my teacher."
"Well, I can't believe I fell in love with my student, then." I smiled at him, as I felt the tears coming again.
"Don't cry…" He whispered and wiped them gently.
"When you first entered the classroom, I immediately thought that I'd been shot by cupid's arrow." I laughed quietly.
"Were you?"
".. Yeah. I was." He kissed my forehead. "And that's when I found out that I loved you. I went through all those stages… of jealousy and such."
"Hm."
"And so I thought, wait. I think I've fallen in love with my teacher."
"Did you really think that?" I asked him. He grinned and kissed me, wrapping his arms around my waist.
"You'll never know how much I love you, Tenten." I shut my eyes and let his heart beat carry me away.
-Neji's POV-
I never thought that I'd fall in love with my teacher. Never thought that I'd love again because of Kari. But, Tenten's brought me something I haven't felt for a while. Love, and happiness. And then I knew… that- hah, I didn't just think that I'd fallen in love with Tenten, I knew that I'd fallen for her. Her love, was enough to fill up all the drilled holes made by Kari. No, her love… was more than enough…
~xo~ NejixTenten forever ~xo~
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