Weapon of Choice
Chapter the Ninth
The Night Before the Morning After
I do not own Naruto, or much of anything else really, it's...kind of depressing...
Perhaps 'Doom' was a bit melodramatic. Tenten was actually sort of enjoying herself. It was kind of nice to hang out with with other girls for a change. Most of the village kunoichi were here. Ninja weddings were kind of rare, Hyuuga ones even more so, So the girls were really letting their hair down. Tenten was the guest of honor. She clinked her glass, full of some garish pink liquid Anko had assured her was some kind of fruit drink.
"Um, hi, everybody." There were a few catcalls from the back of the room. "I'm really touched that you threw me this party, even though it was all Ino's idea." The blond stood up and took a bow to the cheers of the assembled multitudes. "But before we get started I just wanted to ask one thing," She pointed forcefully at the offending party. "Why is SHE here?"
The Sand kunoichi slowly raised one eyebrow. "I love you too, bun girl."
Unable to think of a witty rejoinder Tenten just growled at her quad-tailed nemesis.
Temari smirked. "Are you still upset that I beat you? That was years ago, get over it already."
"You tried to kill me!"
Temari pinched the bridge of her nose. "Look, do you want this present or not?" She held up a large box with a ribbon tied around it.
There was a long silence as Tenten weighed her love of presents against her dislike of the caustic blond. That is a pretty big box. she thought. "...okay, you can stay."
Temari rolled her eyes. "Wonderful." she said sarcasticly.
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Neji had realized his mistake as soon as Tenten had disappeared from view. He had greatly miscalculated. He had been forced to train with Gai and Lee.
The Horror.
He had survived, if only just, and was now trudging back to the compound for a much needed rest.
"Heya, Neji." Naruto greeted, seemingly appearing from nowhere.
The exhausted Hyuuga slowly turned to affix the enthusiastic blond with a baleful glare. Naruto took a step back.
"Uh, Neji, me and the guys were gonna go get a few dr-"
"No."
"But we were go-"
"No."
"Bachelor part-"
"No, go away." with that he disappeared into the Hyuuga compound.
Geez, Naruto thought, Somebody needs to get laid.
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The party was starting to get into gear and Tenten was surveying her pile of newly acquired swag. It seemed a lot of people thought that she needed to wear sexier underwear and had gifted her with such. Other people had gotten her weapons, the best of which was from the diplomatic envoy from Suna on the behalf of the Kazekage, a pair of Katar punch daggers and a manual detailing the proper fighting forms for using them. The manual was a nice touch, usually she had to look that information up herself.
The most unusual gift had been, unsurprisingly from Anko, a copy of 'The Karma Sutra for Beginners' personally annotated by Kanoha's own goddess of fishnet with all the positions rated on a scale from 'Eh' to 'oh my god, yes!'.
Tenten was attempting to discretely sneek a peek when she was approached by a nervous looking Sakura.
"Tenten?"
"AAA!" startled she quickly hid the book behind her back and turned to regard the pink haired medic. "I mean, uh, yes Sakura?"
"Er, I don't know how to say this but..." She looked away and anxiously rubbed the back of her neck. "Is Lee still single?"
Tenten recovered quickly from her surprise. "Um...as far as I know, although I think there were a few other girls he was interested in..." That had been a total lie but it couldn't hurt to try to make her friend look less deranged.
"Oh, okay." Sakura wandered off with a rather thoughtful expression. Good deed for the day done Tenten went back to trying to look at the book.
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Hinata arrived at the party rather late. She had taken a bit too long saying goodbye to Naruto, and by "saying goodbye" she meant sticking her tongue down his throat. The party seemed to have dissolved into small groups.
In one corner Anko was holding court with a group of younger kunoichi that Hinata didn't know, who were regarding her with blatant worship.
"And that's how I got Kakashi and Gai to be my personal sex slaves."
"Anko-sempai?" questioned one of her admirers. "I understand Kakashi but, um, why Gai?"
Anko regarded the girl with the most lecherous grin ever seen on any human being that was not named Jiraiya. "One word, endurance."
Hinata quickly sped out of earshot.
At the bar Temari and Ino were bonding over their frustration with their mutual crush.
"He'sh jusht sho damn layshe!(lazy)" complained Temari, obviously drunk. "Itsh sho hard to get him to do anyshing!"
"I know, believe me, I know." Sympathized her fellow blond.
Hinata noticed the normally vicious sand-nin was openly weeping.
"I mean I came all thish way jusht to be with him and I spend the whole time screaming at him like some demented harpy." She sloppily blew her nose on a cocktail napkin. "I jusht want him to hold me, dammit!" with that she lay her forehead on the other girl's shoulder.
Ino softly patted her on the back of the head. "There, there." she said in a reassureing voice.
Feeling uncomfortably like she had just witnessed something she shouldn't have, Hinata moved on.
She found the guest of honor sitting alone at one of the tables playing with a cocktail umbrella and giggling. "Hee hee hee up, down, up, down..." she had a big innocent grin on her face.
"Tenten?"
"Oh, hey 'Nata. C'mere and see thish."
Hinata obliged.
"See, see, now look," She moved the umbrella to the up position. "look, look, look this is the best bit, now, see?" She folded it closed. "Isn't that amazing? Why does it do that?"
"Tenten, are you drunk?"
"Naw, cn't be drn'k only had juice fruit, fruice juit, that stuff." she gestured at a glass of familiar pink liquid.
Hinata gave it it quick sniff, then a small sip. "Tenten, that's grapefruit juice and vodka."(What is that called? I have no idea.)
Tenten eyed her suspiciously. "How do YOU know that?"
"Er..." the timid Hyuuga decided to change the subject. "How many of those have you had?"
"Dunno, twelve?" she answered offhandedly. "Is that a lot?"
"Um...maybe we should leave?"
"'Kay," she agreed cheerfully. "Ooo! Don' frg't m'presents."
Hinata managed to find a couple of sacks to carry all the gifts and made their way to the door.
"Buh-bye, ever'body!" Tenten announced.
"Bye!" responded the party goers still capable of speech.
"'Kay 'Nata, les' go."
0-0
Neji was awakened by someone pulling on his shirt.
"Nejiiiiiiii! Wake up Neji!"
It was his fiance', it still felt weird thinking that. She was straddling him and pulling on his shirt in a most insistent manner. Oh, and she was also naked.
"Tenten?" to say that he was surprised would be a massive understatement.
"Neji," she pouted. "You wear too m'ny clothesh."
"What?"
"Wanna have sexsh." slurred the drunken bride-to-be.
Neji's conscience warred with his libido. On one hand Tenten was obviously drunk, this could be seen as taking advantage of her. On the other hand they were engaged...
Libido won in straight sets. Neji quickly disrobed.
"Eag'r arn't we?" she said to him in a sultry voice. Then leaned forward to kiss him on the lips, then down his neck and slowly, one might say excrutiatingly slowly, worked her way down his cheast and stomach headed to...Is she going to..neji thought.
Then she stopped.
"Tenten?"
"Zzzzzz."
Neji groaned, this was going to be a long night.
I know it's kind of short but that seemed like a good place to end, plus I didn't want to make you wait another six months like I did last time. Not a lot of reveiws last chapter, at least compared to my other story so...nothing, I'm just saying...