Chapter 3- old friends, memories and warnings

-With Neji and Lee-

"So, youthful Neji, what do you think our new team mate will be like?" Lee practically shouted

to Neji, who was just standing next to him. "Hn" Neji simply responded. He was still in thought

about the lady from before and trying to find a connection between her to Tenten. Lee sighed

at his response from Neji. Lee was use to this response coming from Neji. He had already

tolled his rival that it was unyouthful to respond that way but, Neji just ignored him. Somehow

Neji always seemed to be in a daze. Well at least now he knew why. He looked ahead. There

was a woman with brown hair tied in two twin buns. She had long stands of hair down, which

framed her face well. She was wearing a black long sleeve top with a black cape and black

pants with black sandals. He couldn't really see the writing on the cape because she was

leaning her back against the tree. She had a huge scroll hanging on her back. She had the

konoha head protector around her forehead. She looked like she was waiting for some one.

'She must be the girl Gai sensei said would be our new comrade!' he thought excitedly.

Tenten heard this thought. 'Shit right when I was thinking of making a run for it. Darm!' she

cursed in her head. She sighed heavily, sweatdropping at the same time. "GOOOD MORNING

YOU MUST BE OUR NEW YOUTHFUL COMRADE! MY NAME IS ROCK LEE AND IT'S A PLEASURE

TO MEET YOU!" Lee shouted loud enough that Suna was most likely to be awake. Yet it didn't

seem to bother Tenten one bit. She smiled at Lee and bowed. "Ohayo. My name is Tenten.

And I'll be your new comrade." Tenten said cheerful. Neji's eyes snapped open as soon as he

heard the name. 'I-it can't be her. She wasn't very cheerful per say.' He thought a little

confused. "Oh Neji it looks like you are going to introduce yourself to our new comrade! For

once!" Lee had anime tears pouring from his eyes. 'We shall see if she is or not'. "It's a

pleasure to meet you, my name is Neji Hyuga." Neji bowed then grabbed tenten's hand and

kissed it. 'WHAT THE -! Is that what he means by what he thought before?' she thought,

blushed slightly. 'Well two can play at that game!' she thought excitedly. "The pleasure is mine hyuga-san." She responded trying to hold back a laughing fit. Neji lift his head and

stepped back to be were he was before. Lee had anime tears once again. "Neji t-that was so

YOUTHFUL! And Tenten-san you have a lot of youthful energy! Much greater than Neji's!"

he said now crying his eyes out. Both Tenten and Neji sweatdropped. Then Gai sensei came

back from lady Tsunade's office. "OHAYO! My name is Maito Gai and it's a pleasure to meet

you, you must be youthful Tenten-san right?" Gai asked grabbing tenten's hand and shake it.

"Gai-sensei, you should have seen how youthful Neji was with Tenten-san!" Lee shouted still

with anime tears. "Tell me Lee, what happened?" Gai asked but Lee was sniffing too much.

"Tell me Tenten-san what happened?" Gai asked tearing up but, before Tenten could say

anything, Neji grabbed her hand again. "I only introduced myself and did this" Neji kissed

tenten's hand again. Gai busted into tears. "GAI-SENSEI!" "LEE!" "GAI-SENSEI!" "LEE!"

"GAI-SENSEI!" "LEE!" They both hugged behind a sunset with waves crushing into the rocks

they were standing on, this all appeared out of no where. The other two sweatdropped. "You

two (*sniff*sniff*) are so youthful together!" This comment made Ten and Neji blush a little.

'She is definitely not Tenten'. Tenten sighed softly. 'But I like this game I think it'll benefit me

just in case she is Tenten.' He thought with an emotionless face. 'Darm!Looks like we'll be

playing for a little longer. Hmm, interesting he likes to play around. Hmph! Well I'll teach him

not to play with fire.' Tenten thought evilly. Then she noticed Neji's gaze on her. She turned to

face him. She tilted her head on the side. "Is something wrong Hyuga-san?" she asked with an

adorable face. Gai and Lee gasped. They run to Tenten. Neji stood in the way holding Gai and

Lee back. "You two are going to scare her if you give her a hug-" Neji said in a protective way

but, was interrupted by Gai and Lee. "b-but (*sniff*) but-" they started. "No, you two know it

would be unyouthful to disobey what other people say, if it's for another persons safety. That

includes you two hugging other people." Neji said with and evil smirk. 'I win . . . again' he

thought. Tenten took note of everything. 'Hmmm, interesting, Neji . . . been over protective of

a stranger he just met, interesting indeed. His up to something.' She thought in her head. Gai

and Lee stopped. "Neji's right, Lee, well than he must hug her for us!" they shouted the last

part together. "Well if it's alright with Tenten-san" he said turning to Tenten. The other two

turned their attention to Tenten. "I guess it's alright." She said awkwardly holding back a

blush. Neji came close to her and gently wrapped his arms around her. He felt tenten's breath was calm and gentle. Her perfume smelled familiar, it smelled really, really nice. He wished he

could smell it every day or at least have a daily inhale of her perfume. Neji's arms were warm

in tenten's opinion. She noticed he was inhaling her perfume. She had the feeling that Neji

wasn't going to let many people came near her especially if they were boys. "Look Lee don't

they look so YOUTHFULLL!" Gai shouted with anime tears. "Yes! They do! Neji it's our turn!"

Lee exclaimed. Neji picked Tenten up, so he was facing the other two. He gently put her back

down. Tenten heard Lee and Gai shriek. She was right, he wasn't even gonna let Lee or Gai

came near her. His arms wrapped her more closely to him. Tenten didn't mind this at all but,

she refused to think of this, of course. Neji wasn't gonna let her go without a fight. He was

intoxicated with her perfume. He wanted to though but he too refused to think or admit it.

Tenten began to push herself away from Neji. Neji didn't let her pull away to easy but, she

was strong. She managed to pull away fully. "You two look so youthful when you hug!" Gai

exclaimed trying to hold back the tears. "Now it's my turn-!" Lee was stopped by Tenten's

hand pushing him away. "Sorry Lee-san, I think I've had enough hugs for today." Tenten said

still holding Lee away from her. Lee stopped and looked down. "Right . . ." Tenten was feeling

a little guilty. "TOMORROW I SHALL BE THE FIRST TO HUG TENTEN-SAN AND BEAT MY RIVIAL,

NEJI!" OK Tenten didn't feel guilty any more. "Want to bet on that." Neji said in a cold tone.

His tone was so cold that Gaara, orochimaru and Ibiki would tremble in fear. "I WILL AND THE

WINNER GETS TO BE TENTEN-SAN'S SPAR PARTENR, AND THE LOSER DOES TEN

THOUSANDPUSHUPS!" He shouted. 'He must be joking, right? Wait, why I am the one

who is to be hugged?' she thought with a sweatdrop. Neji smirked deviously. "Deal." He said

with a big smirk. "Well done Lee, Neji is finally competing against you!" Gai let more anime

tears escape his eyes. "Now if would excuse me I need to find Kakashi and tell him that I have

won! Finally!" and with that he was of to find poor Kakashi.

Well our poor Tenten was stuck with the other two. She found out more information on the

both of them. She had to admit that Neji really tried everything to get close enough to smell

her perfume again. It amused her seeing his face of disappointment, every time he failed to

do so. Then, Neji and Lee were fighting over who got to sit next to her, when they went to a

tea house that Tenten recommended. She said it was her favourite place to be in besides her

house, that's when Neji and Lee decided to go there. Anyway Lee had to go because he had something to do and Tenten was left with Neji. "Tenten-san please, tell me more about

yourself." Neji said looking at Tenten with a warm look and leaned back on his chair. Tenten

smiled back at him with a warm look, while resting her head on her hands. "Depends what you

wish to know, hyuga-san." She said with the warm smile from before. Neji was stunted but,

didn't let it show. 'She really is starting to sound like Tenten. But that smile. There's

something about that smile.' Neji thought in a daze. "Hmm, what's your last name?" he asked.

She smirked. "That's the question everyone asks me first, you know. (*sigh*) unlike you

hyuga-san, I don't have a last name." Neji raised an eyebrow in surprise. Tenten laughed at

his respond. He was amused by her laugher. For same strange reason her laugher made him

feel funny inside. He couldn't help it but smile. She caught a glace of Neji's smile. It made her

feel funny in her stomach. She snapped out of it. Neji grabbed her hand again, only this time

he caressed her hand gently with his thumb. She looked at him with a soft look in her eyes.

Neji brought her hand to his lips and kissed her hand gently, at the same time he inhaled the

perfume on tenten's hand. 'Peppermint?' he couldn't believe it. Peppermint just so happen

to be Neji's favourite herb. He loved the smell of peppermint; it reminded him of his mother.

She used to use peppermint ointment for her hands. Neji remembered her hands would

always feel soft and smooth. There was no surprise that tenten's hands felt soft and smooth

as well but it was surprising though that tenten's hands felt even softer, despite the fact that

she was a weapon handler. "Your hands . . . they are very soft . . . and they smell like

peppermint." He said in a daze. Tenten was surprised he could still smell the peppermint on

her hand. She had put some on her hands this morning but, she thought that by now the

smell would be gone. It seemed that Neji really did love the smell of peppermint. "You use

peppermint ointment don't you?" he asked her still inhaling the smell on her hand. "Well yes, I

do" she responded. "Are you familiar with it?" she asked him. ". . . yes, I'm familiar with It."

he said with a small smile on his lips. "hyuga-san, do you like poetry or riddles?" she changed

the subject. "Oh, yes I do but, do you, Tenten-san?" he asked her with a cheeky smile. She

pulled that smile again. "Well. . . I do enjoy poems and riddles when I'm not busy in a mission

or other stuff. I normally read a lot. I have a few books of poems at home. They are lovely to

read." Tenten said in a sad yet happy voice. Her eyes soften even more than before. "You

must let me borrow one sometime. There really aren't many good books to read . . . and by the look in your eyes I can tell that you aren't lying." He said in a gentle tone. Tenten gave

him one of her special smiles. "It is said that 'time runs by when you are having fun',

sometimes that's true and sometimes not necessarily but my question to you, hyuga-san, 'is

your time running by too quick or can you control your time?'" she smiled and turned to the

clock on the wall. Neji also turned to face the wall. 'Shit I'm gonna be late to meet the guys at

the Ichiraku' Neji realised and cursed in his head. "It's funny how people realise that they've

spend a long time with another person, then they rush out to do what they need to do. So,

hyuga-san does your time go too quick?" Tenten asked with a smile on her face. Neji was

amazed by Tenten's words. "It seems like time has indeed run by too quickly but even so let

me escort you to your house." He said grabbing her hand gently. Her smile widen she shook

her head. "Hyuga-san I still need to do other things too before going home, demo arigato. Ja

ne." she said standing up from her sit and smiling at Neji for one last time. Neji was stunned.

'S-she really is something. She reminds me of the Tenten I met before. But there still a big

deference in between the both.' Neji smiled softly at the memory of young Tenten. He got up,

payed and head of to the Ichiraku.

-A few minutes later-

"Oi, hyuga, what took ya so long?" Naruto asked him as soon as he walked in. he sat down.

They all stare at him. "What would you like today?" ayame asked Neji. "One beef ramen" he

answered bluntly. Ayame went of to do ramen. The rest of the boys keep stare at Neji. "Hn"

Neji exclaimed in an annoyed matter. The boys continue what they were doing before. "WOW

look at that chick!" Naruto exclaimed loudly. "Neji, Neji look." Kiba tapped Neji. Neji turned

around and got a glace of the girl. The girl the guys just pointed out was Tenten. Their eyes

met. Tenten smiled at Neji turned around and keep walking, completely ignoring the other

guys. The guys all turn to Neji. "Dude is she your new team mate?" Naruto asked dumb forted.

"Hn" was Neji's response, with a smirk. "NANIIIIII! FOR SERIOUS?" Kiba and Naruto

shouted in disbelieve. "One beef ramen ready." Ayame called out. Neji turned to his food.

"Itadekimasu." He quickly said and digged into his food. "Is that why you were late?" Naruto

asked with a cheeky look to his face. Neji finished his bowl and didn't reply to Naruto's

question. Sasuke and Shikamaru took notice of this and Sasuke covered Naruto's mouth so he

couldn't say something to anger Neji but forgot to cover Kiba's. "You mean she ended up in a
team full of freaks?" Kiba just had to open his loud mouth. Neji turned and death glared Kiba.

"Isn't she lucky to have you in her team?" he said in a scared tone. Neji turned back. 'He's in

a bad mood' Sasuke and Shikamaru thought at the same time. "If anyone touches her, that

person can start digging their grave. She's mine. Hn. Ja ne" he said in a cold tone and left.

Shikamaru was now very interested. So was Sasuke. "I-I think I need a psychologist." Kiba

said with his tail between his legs. "y-you don't think his serious or do you?" Naruto asked,

finally freeing himself from Sasuke's grip. "Naruto I think Neji has never been more serious in

his life. To add to that he isn't one to take a joke or make it." Shikamaru said in a curious tone.

"Looks like he's interested in this particular girl. Do you think he-?" Sasuke asked Shikamaru.

"What does that mean?" asked Naruto. "What he meant was if you touch that girl, he'll chop

you balls of and feed them to pigs! Baka!" GULP! Sasuke just had to explain it that way.

"Why is he so interested in her and since when had ever been so interested in a girl is what

I'm wondering." Shikamaru said in a curious tone. Things were going to be interesting

tomorrow, let's just said that.

a/n: ok well hope you liked it I know its cheesy and corny and many more things but no one is reviewing or telling me to change it so may as well keep the cheese. . Umm well if you thought it was funny and ok you are the best.