Weapon of Choice

Chapter the Last

Wedding

I don't own Naruto, but I feel like I should by now.

Tenten collapsed in utter exhaustion on the bed in the room she now officially shared with Neji, completely disregarding whatever effect it had on her blindingly white kimono with the gold embroidered pattern of Hyuuga flames. She stared up at the ceiling and let her eyes close, a small smile tugging at her lips.

What a day. she thought. Who knew getting married was such a hassle? To call it hectic would be an epic understatement. Even though is was supposed to be the happiest day of her life she remembered surprisingly very little of it. Right now she was just too overwhelmed by everything to recall many specific details.

For starters the wedding itself had been enormous. The ceremony itself had taken place in the Hyuuga compound's enormous dining hall. The Hyuuga spared no expense when it came to celebrations. There were tasteful white decorations everywhere; her bouquet had consisted entirely of pure white roses, and white doves were released the air when she started her walk down the aisle. Neji had looked pleased – she knew caged birds were his thing. Later he'd told her he'd been staring at her, 'not the damn doves'.

Practically everyone in the Fire Country, or at least everyone who mattered, had gotten an invitation to her wedding.

"Who are all these people?" she had commented at the time. She had never really realized what a big deal the Hyuuga were. Representatives from all the shinobi villages had attended. Even the fire daiymo had put in a brief appearance. Tenten had felt so far out of her depth that the fish had lights on their heads. Neji dealt with it with his usual reserve, the bastard, while she had been reduced to smiling and nodding whenever she was spoken to. Hopefully she hadn't embarrassed herself too badly. The Hokage looked surprisingly regal in her official robes as she performed the actually ceremony. However, Tsunade had been refreshingly relaxed and happy (not to mention sober), and had winked at the couple at the end of the ceremony.

Thankfully the reception afterward had been a much smaller affair with only close friends and family. Naruto and Hinata had disappeared into a cloak room fifteen minutes after they had finished eating. (Neither of them would be seen again again until the next week, both looking exhausted with huge grins on their faces.)

Tenten remembered Lee looking sharp in a black pinstripe suit that she suspected Sakura had picked out for him. He had spent most of the night dancing with the pink haired kunoichi with a blissful look on his face; his mood had been infectious and in a quiet moment, even Neji had relaxed a few face muscles at the sight of his friend's happiness. Tenten had wordlessly slipped her hand into his from their position at the bridal table, leaning her head against his shoulder as she continued to watch her friends.

Not even a half hour into the reception, Anko was making liberal use of the open bar and feeling up Hiashi. No one could really tell if he was put off by her boldness, or just enjoying the attention. Shikimaru was being tag-team harangued into dancing with both Ino and Temari at the same time, all the while wearing a 'help me' expression on his face. Hanabi had spent dinner hanging all over Konohamaru, cooing things like 'when we get married, we'll have a champagne fountain, won't we?' and the boy looking decidedly nervous.

Tenten opened her eyes and sighed in remembrance; grateful it was finally over . She just wanted to get out of the heavy kimono and into bed with her new husband… that felt even weirder to say than 'fiancé'. She tried to get up but couldn't find the strength; she then tried to untie the belt thing (she thought it was called an obi.) and slide herself out of it but it was tied at the back. With yet another sigh, she flopped back onto the bed, cursing whoever had invented these kinds of formal clothes.

"Neji!" she called.

He came out of the bathroom and shot her a questioning look. She was looking uncomfortably useless on the bed, her arms spread out, the outer layers of her kimono starting to slip further out of place. (It had started when she had decided to do the chicken dance.)

"Help!"

Neji rolled his eyes in a fond way. "What is it now?"

"I can't get up." She flailed her arms to demonstrate.

"Tenten..." he pinched the bridge of his nose.

"What? I'm serious, this is really heavy."

With another sigh he helped her up. Then started removing his own, much more practical garments. Tenten started to undo her obi but it was stuck. She tugged a few times, but it wouldn't budge.

"Uh...Neji?"

"Hn?"

"Could you uh...help me with this?" She asked meekly, fluttering her eyelashes at him with a coy smile.

He raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms. She was probably drunk if she thought this would be enough to convince him.

She turned her back to him, showing off the nape of her neck. "The knot won't come undone," she whined playfully and inched backwards.

Neji remained silent. He enjoyed irritating her. And would continue to enjoy irritating her for a very, very long time. Years, in fact.

"Dammit Neji, take my clothes off right now!" She snapped.

He raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms at her.

She turned her back to him. "The knot won't come undone." she whined playfully and thrust herself back at him.

Neji remained silent. He enjoyed irritating her.

"Dammit Neji, take my clothes off right now!"

Neji smirked. Tenten blushed a little at how that had come out. It was time to change tactics.

"Neji, if I can't get undressed we can't have sex." she reasoned, deciding to bring out the big guns.

He frowned but still didn't move, he wanted to see how far she would go.

The kunoichi cleared her throat. Time to be even more specific. "Neji, there's a book on the nightstand, turn it to page seventy-three."

Karma-sutra for beginners, read the cover. It was probably a gift from her bridal shower or something. His curiosity finally piqued, Neji turned to the indicated page. His eyes nearly bulged out of his head.

If you help me, She purred, "we can do that."

All pretence at nonchalance gone, the Hyuuga prodigy very rapidly untied the knot but before he could remove the obi entirely, Tenten interrupted him.

"Wait, stop." she grinned and put her arms around his neck. "Do that thing where you pull the belt and I spin around."

Smirking Neji did as she asked, he had to admit it was kind of fun. Maybe he could convince her to wear kimono more often in the future. Now that they were married, and all. He took a moment to process this fact, for the seventy third time that day.

Feigning dizziness Tenten put her hand to her cheek and in a falsetto voice said. "Oh my Lord Hyuuga do what you will to this fair maiden." She was breathing a bit faster, and her kimono was well and truly beginning to slide off her shoulders, revealing her collarbones. Her hairpiece had fallen to the floor, forgotten along with the sash, and her hair was falling in loose curls to brush against her shoulder.

Neji snorted as she shrugged off her clothes, revealing she was wearing nothing underneath her heavy kimono. Smiling, she reached up to ruffle her hair, and he took her in his arms with a passionate kiss, a hand in her hair and the other against her back. He kissed her until they were breathless, and she smiled when he pulled away, resting his forehead against hers.

"I thought you'd never come around," she whispered, helping him take the last of his clothes off, her hands roaming over his body as he led them over to the bed. He kissed her again, pulling her close so he could feel her skin against him again.

"I love you Neji."

"Hn."

Tenten immediately stopped, and placed a hand on his chest. "Neji." She warned.

He mumbled something, averting his eyes to the lampshade.

"What was that?"

"I love you, Tenten." he said just loud enough for her to hear.

She smiled sweetly at him and picked up where they left off.

END

Yes I suck at endings, I freely admit it.

Thanks for reading and extra special thanks to everyone who stuck around through the whole thing.

Once again I am thanking my Beta Tanya Lilac, without whom this probably would have been even worse.