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Summary- Tenten had a normal, boring life, till she met Neji and was thrown into the world of the gangs. It was a shock how quickly her life could change.
Pairings- Main-Neji X Tenten Minor- Naruto X Hinata, Ino X Sai, Temari X Itachi and Sakura X Sasuke
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How Quickly Life Can Change!!
Chapter Seven
When Tenten and Neji had arrived home, they found it empty. Sai wasn't home, which was unusual as he was normally home all the time. Tenten walked Neji over to the sofa, were he sat. He winched in pain as he brushed his shoulder against the back of the sofa.
"Neji be careful," Tenten gasped, bending to help him get more comfortable. She placed a cushion behind his back so his shoulder wouldn't be in any pain. "Is that better?" Neji nodded, closing his eyes and relaxing. Tenten looked over at his shoulder. The blood had stopped coming though his shirt, but it was almost impossible to tell the damage without seeing the actually wound. Flushing, Tenten realised what she'd have to do. "Neji, I need you to remove your shirt so I can see the wound." He opened his eyes; cheek's turning a light shade of pink, but nodded and obeyed. Tenten tried so hard not to stare at his body; it was after all really muscular, so she looked at his wound. "Neji," she gasped.
"Is it bad?" Neji asked not looking at it, but at Tenten. The wound had stopped bleeding, but looked really painful. It wasn't really deep, but needed to be treated or there would be a risk of infection.
"Wait here, I'll go get the first aid kit," Tenten ordered. She ran to the kitchen and searched the cupboard, until she found what she was looking for, then she quickly ran back to where Neji was waiting for her. She sat next to on the sofa. "This may hurt, ok?" he nodded and Tenten pulled out some cotton pads. She wetted them with a water spray, which was in the first aid kit, and gently placed it on Neji's shoulder. She wiped it over the wound slowly and Neji winched slightly. As Tenten cleaned, she couldn't help but blush; after all she was touching Neji's bare chest. "How does it fell?" she asked once the wound was clean.
"It fell's good," Neji replied. Tenten looked up at him and realised he was staring intently at her. Quickly looking away, Tenten's blush darken. Neji was just too beautiful for words.
"I'm going to put some disinfectant on it so it might sting," Tenten muttered. Neji didn't reply, but Tenten knew he understood. She placed her fingers into the pot of disinfectant and gently rubbed it on Neji's shoulder. "How's that?"she asked.
"Its fine," Neji replied. His voice sounded a bit strained as if he was trying to hide the fact he was in pain. Tenten wrapped a bandage around his shoulder and tied it safely.
"You'll properly have to change the bandage in a few days." Tenten explained, packing all the first aid stuff away. "And be careful with it, or you'll just make it worse." Tenten pulled away from Neji and stood up. "Do you want something to eat or drink?"
"Just water," Neji replied. Nodding, Tenten walked into the kitchen. She replaced the first aid kit and poured Neji a glass of water. Then she splashed water on her face. Get a grip, She told herself. It's Neji, just Neji. He'd only a boy. Calm down. She took a deep breath to clam her nerves. Her heart was beating faster than she ever knew possible. Everything just seemed to strange. Like that guy. Who was he? "Tenten, are you okay?" Tenten snapped her head around to stare at Neji, who was leaning against the door.
"What are you doing, you should be relaxing?" Tenten asked; forcing Neji to sit in a chair at the dinner table. He did, reluctantly and she placed his water on the table in front of him and then sat down next to him.
"So, what were you thinking about?" Neji asked, taking sip of his drink. Tenten raised an eyebrow questionably. "You looked deep in thought when I came in."
Tenten shrugged. "Just about today. Who was that man anyway?"
"I thought that's what you were going to ask. He's Kimimaro, a guy from my school." Neji explained.
"Why did he seem to hate you so much?" Tenten asked.
"I don't know, maybe jealously."
"But don't you think he was going a bit too far. I mean he was going to stab me!"
"Yeah, but he didn't, so every things okay."
"No, it's not okay!" Tenten demanded, looking Neji in the eye. "You got hurt. You protected me and got hurt yourself." She looked away, embarrassed. "Why would you do that for me?"
"Because I promised Sai I'd teach you to defend yourself." Tenten looked at Neji confused. "Until you can protect yourself, then I'll protect you, because...because your my friend and I care about you." Neji flushed in embarrassment too, looking away from Tenten, which made her smile. She placed her hand on his cheek and made him look at her.
"I also care about you," she muttered. Both of them blushed, but Neji smiled bringing both of his hands onto Tenten's face.
"That's good," he muttered. Oh my god! Tenten thought as Neji brought there face's closer together. He's going to kiss me, I've never kissed anybody. Their faces were so close by now that their nose's gently touched each other.
"Neji," Tenten muttered, looking away in total embarrassment.
"It's ok Tenten," Neji replied, lifting Tenten's chin. "Don't be embarrassed." Tenten nodded and brought herself closer to him also. Their lips were inches apart when...
"I'm home!" Tenten gasped and pushed Neji away from her, just as Sai entered the room from the front door. He looked at the pair. Tenten who was bright red and Neji who was also red, but shirtless and trying to keep himself from falling off the chair. He then turned to look at Neji's bandaged shoulder.
"What happened?" he asked, walking over to the pair and looking at Neji's shoulder suspiciously.
"Nothing, just got into a bit of trouble with Kimimaro," Neji explained. Sai's eye's widened and he started at Tenten quickly, as if checking for and injures.
"I'm fine!" Tenten assured him, although he still looked worried.
"Ten, have you got any homework or something to do?" Sai asked. Tenten shook her head. "Well can you go to your room, I need to talk to Neji."
"Sure," Tenten said getting up. "I'll see you later Neji and...and thanks for saving me." Neji nodded understandingly and Tenten quickly ran up the stairs.
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Neji watched as Tenten left the room. He couldn't believe Sai'd walked in just as they were about to kiss, it was so embarrassing. He turned back to Sai, who sat in Tenten's empty seat. "Explain!" Sai demanded.
Neji took a deep breath before explaining the story. "Tenten only let me walk her half way home. I would have drove her but my cars in for a service. Anyway she only agreed for me to walk her half way, so I did but then I followed her. You know in case something happened to her. I saw Kimimaro come up to her and he pinned her against a wall. She only got a scratch before I stepped in and took control. Although Tenten was the one who knocked him out."
It looked like Sai was about to smirk, but he was too serious to smirk right now. "Do you know why he went after her?"
"I think he must have seen us together. I think that if he knew she was your sister then he would have gone a lot harsher, maybe even killed her then."
"And what did you tell Tenten? I mean you had to explain."
"I said he went to our school and was properly jealous of me or something. I think she bought it though." Sai sighed in relief and placed his hand on his head. "You'll have to tell her," Neji said. "You can't keep this from her. They were going to hurt her from just being with me. If they find out they find out she's your sister then they'll go to extreme measures."
"I know," Sai slammed his fist on the table in anger. "Don't tell me what I have to do Neji. All I need you to do is teach her to protect herself."
Nodding, Neji replied. "I know Sai, I'm sorry. Until Tenten can protect herself, then I'll protect her. I promise.
This time Sai did smirk, "got a crush on my sister, Hyuga?" he asked. Neji blushed and shook his head.
"Of course not. I just don't want her to get hurt. Especially after what happened to Hinata-sama."
Sai nodded. "I understand, sorry I snapped Neji. Please look after Tenten." Sai bowed his head and Neji smirked.
"Of course, I won't let you down Sai!" Neji stood up and placed his shirt back on. "I'll leave now. Tell Tenten I'll call her about the next time I wish to train."
"Sure," Sai replied as Neji made his way to the door. "Oh, and Neji...Thanks!" Neji nodded and left. I promise, Sai, I'll do everything I can to protect Tenten. Not just because you asked, but because I want to. Because, to me, I feel that Tenten's different from other girls. She's special.
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That's all for this chapter. Thanks for reading, please review!!
Chapter Eight...Coming Soon