Moment 5

Ok... I haven't updated anything for a while but I thought that if I wanted to make 1,000 moments, it'd take ages. Why not keep it going from now?

Oklie, enjoy!

Fear

"Neji?" Tenten asked, her eyes glinting.

"Hn?" Neji responded warily, slightly annoyed that Tenten had disturbed his meditation time.

"Do you have any fears or phobias or stuff like that?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Just curious."

"Do you have any?"

Tenten looked around the sparring ground, seeing no one else around, "Don't tell anyone this, but, I have one phobia."

"And it is..."

"The fear of cockroaches."

"Alright."

"Ok, bye bye Neji!" Tenten sped off.

Neji, not knowing what had happened or why Tenten ran off after telling him what her only fear was, continued to meditate. Little did he know, three people in black had witnessed the scene. The three of them sped off.

Once they were out of sight of the field, they took their masks off.

"Oi, Sakura! What's up with these gay costumes?"

Sakura gasped at Ino, "They are not gay. Tell her, Hinata."

"No, no, Hinata, you're with me on this one aren't you? Tell Sakura that these costumes were gay."

"You're gay, Ino," Sakura muttered.

"You are."

"No, you are."

"No, you are."

"S-s-s-stop fighting already!" Hinata uttered.

With one last glare at each other, Sakura and Ino sighed.

"So, do we continue the plan?"

"Yes we do, Sakura. That, we do."

Hinata didn't have a clue as to why she was with these two kunoichi but if it was to help Neji and Tenten find their happiness, she was willing to co-operate.

"Alright, here's what we do -"

o.o.o.o.o

"La la la!" Tenten sang to herself.

Her sparring day with Neji was over and she was walking back home.

Suddenly, three people clad in black jump out from a nearby bush and grabbed her. The attack was so fast and sudden that even her quick reflexes didn't catch up.

She was thrown in a sack and was carried off somewhere.

o.o.o.o.o

The sound of a heavy door being swung closed and locked sounded.

"Hey, let me out!" Tenten yelled, hammering against another door.

"It's no use," a familiar voice whispered.

"Gah!"

Neji was situated in a corner of the room they were locked in.

"Oh, hi Neji. Did you get caught too?"

"No, I decided to wander in here for fun. Meeting you was a coincidence."

"Really? Wow."

"Sense the sarcasm, Tenten."

"Oh."

The sound of a dripping pipe was heard.

"That's right, Neji!"

"Hm?"

"You didn't answer my question. What are you afraid of?"

"Only Hinata-sama knows that."

"Ok, I'll ask Hinata."

"She probably would have told you if she wasn't in on this."

"What's this?"

"... never mind."

Neji's sharp hearing heard a faint muffle of, "Shit, he knew."

"Ino, Sakura, Hinata-sama, you may get out of your hiding spot now."

"Um... we aren't here. Bye!"

The door unlocked, opened, closed and was locked once more.

Neji sighed and looked over at Tenten. Her eyes were as wide as saucers.

"Tenten, what's wrong?"

"Th-th-there..." she pointed at a small dark object which suddenly scuttled away.

Tenten let out a loud scream, "I TOLD THEM WHAT I WAS AFRAID OF BECAUSE I WANTED TO SEE HOW YOU'D BE LIKE IF YOU WERE LOCKED IN A ROOM BUT THEY USED IT AGAINST ME!"

"So you were in on this too, I thought so." Neji covered his ears.

"JUST GET THAT DAMNED COCKROACH OUT OF HERE!"

"If there were any windows or doors that would open, I'd happily do so. Sadly, there isn't. Sorry, can't help you there."

"JUST DO SOMETHING!"

Neji sighed once more and wrapped his arms around Tenten, who blushed slightly at this gesture.

"Better now?"

"A-a-a bit..."

The cockroach started inching closer towards the two ninja. Neji moved backwards, avoiding a stone that would have tripped him over. Tenten moved forward, accidentally tripping over the stone Neji had avoided.

Now it was Neji's time to have his eyes as wide as saucers, "Tenten! Wake up! Tenten?"

o.o.o.o.o

The constant sound of the heart rate monitor beeped. Tenten had bandages wrapped around her forehead, having banged it against the rock she tripped over. Unfortunately, it was a very sharp rock, causing her head to gush buckets and buckets of blood, making her pass out from blood loss.

Neji had fallen asleep on the plastic chair next to her hospital bed. Tenten admired the peaceful expression he had on his face.

"Ten-ten?" Neji murmered, cracking a sleepy eye open.

"I'm awake."

"Thank God."

Neji stood up slowly, and collapse-hugged Tenten.

"I thought... I thought you weren't going to come back. After all, you did lose a lot of your blood."

"I don't die so easily."

"Yes, I know."

"..."

"Neji? What is your fear anyway?"

Neji looked at her sheepishly, smiling ever so slightly. He dipped his head towards her until his lips met hers in a soft kiss. Tenten got over her moment of shock and responded to the slight coaxing of his lips.

The two of the gradually ran out of air and parted, Neji, still with the small smile, said two words.

"Losing you."

Ok, I finished the update. Now for some sleep...

Cookie to all reviewers...

Peace.

Sky~