6: His Eyes are Special
They arrived at the visitor's center and they rented a room for two with the money they were given by Tsunade to stay. The room had two beds and a beautiful window. "It's it great here Neji." Neji was sitting on the bed again and very well couldn't see he was rubbing his eyes. "Are you okay?"
"Okay yes but I have sand in my eyes and I need help, how do you get it out?" He asked.
"You're actually asking for help, this is great!" She took a breath and called down, normally she would have used chakra to get it out but she was quite tired and since it wasn't sand fused with chakra it couldn't do much damage to his eyes, just irritate them. "You need to flush your eyes out with water, use medium temperature water but since your eyes are extra delicate a bit on the cold side would work best." He nodded and went to the sink and flushed his eyes as she had described.
He came out of the bathroom with his shirt front and face soaking wet yet he was still rubbing his eyes. "Thanks for the help but it didn't help, now I'm wet."
Tenten giggled at the wet haired Hyuuga facing her with his eyes still bothering him. His eyes were extra sensitive and perceptive. "Don't tell me you don't know a self heat jutsu."
"I don't, the fact that I don't rely on most jutsu tells you something doesn't it?"
"Yes, that I'm going to need to help you more then I thought."
"I guess but also I'm not the easiest person to care for."
"I knew that one; I just decided not to say it." She chimed happily.
"So what do we do?"
"Easy," She focused her chakra into her right hand, with her left hand she moved away all the wet hair from his eyes, laid his head back on her lap and placed her thumb right where the seal was and he winced in pain for a second. "I'm almost done, calm down." She then rested the rest of her hand over his eyes and healed him. "Done,"
She looked very tired, so he let her sleep the rest of the day because they would have a very tiring night. He knew that with the child she'd be very tired and wouldn't sleep well for a while. He sat up to thank her but she was sleeping and she was about to fall off the bed but he carefully secured her body and brought it down to rest on his bed, then she snuggled resting her head on his chest. He looked up as he was almost blushing, but still not. "Arigoto," She murmured in a sleepy tone.
It was evident that it took a lot of chakra to heal him, well maybe only his eyes. The only one who could easily repair damage done to Hyuuga Eyes was other Hyuugas but she could. It took another Hyuuga because it took a normal person a lot of chakra to by-pass the seal he was held under. He was lucky to have a girl like her.
She awoke, Neji stretched out asleep himself, and on his face was a book entitled 'Understanding Dummies for Dummies' she snickered to herself. Naruto would be the only person who he'd need to understand, she wished to understand him too, and she then realized she was sleeping on Neji but she didn't feel like getting up, he was warm and she felt safe and protected with him there but she decided to go to the kitchenette to make dinner for them instead of waiting.
A while when she had almost finished dinner a Hyuuga arrived behind her. "What are you making?"
"Ramen and Onigiri," She answered. "They don't have many shops to buy ingredients for but I managed to get as close to my personal recipe as I could. I hope you like it."
"I'm sure I will." He said sitting at the small kitchenette table which had two plates and chopsticks lay out.
They ate and my that time it was late and they were going to retrieve the child. Tenten was perfectly dressed for the occasion in all black compared to her normal apparel. "You ready?" he asked.
"Almost, just a sec," He waited patently. She let down her hair wish surprisingly flowed down to her shoulder which he thought was beautiful. It was just like she had done it for the arrangement dinner.
"Are you going to leave it down?" He asked.
"No, I have to tie it up better so I can hide it under the mask." He nodded as he watched Tenten tie up her hair and slip the mask on. "Ready."
"Good." The arrived at the temple, Neji checked the place to find everyone was sleeping except guards outside the child's room.
"Is it safe to go?"
"It should be safe but it's best to go from the outside anyway." She nodded. They gathered chakra to sustain them and walked up the wall. Tenten used a kunai to pick the lock opening the window and they climbed in.
"Any other security?" she asked.
"No, just grab the kid and go." She nodded; she carefully walked over to the child and picked her up, and held her. She was still sleeping so she climbed down and returned to the hotel room.
"What they say her name was?"
"They didn't say." She only nodded and sat on her bed and she rocked the child gently. She looked perfectly content having the child like that, asleep in her arms. Neji contemplated over a lot of his thought but one he knew was right about this mission was that she'd make a great mother in a few years.
It was Two a.m. and Neji shook the sleeping girl, his fiancée awake. "What's up Neji?"
"It's time to go." He ushered to her.
"Why now, its two a.m.; on normal days we wake up at 5, not 2."
"Remember, we're on a mission with their Kazekage youngest child. They'll call search warrants and we'll be thought to be a suspect so we have to be gone before they awake, let's go." She nodded. She packed her bags, and picked up the child and they left.
After traveling all through the day they were tired yet Neji knew Tenten was tired yet she made no such complaint. "We're stopping." Neji announced.
"Why ever for, we're close aren't we?"
"Not really, we're about a day away. It will take us another day but we have to stop and rest." The child had awoken but made no sounds as of crying, hunger or thirst like they would have expected. She was worried to say the least.
"Do you think the child is okay Neji?"
"Why would you think that?"
"It's not hungry or thirsty and hasn't cried. Those are signs a baby is healthy and it hasn't displayed any of them. I'm worried. The child can't die remember."
"I know." He activated his Byakugan and checked out its chakra passages. "Nothing out of the ordinary Tenten, it's just a strange child. Tamari said that Gaara was like this as well as Kankuro."
"I guess." She said still quite worried.
"They'll be fine." Neji corrected.
(A/N: Just to clarify, I said in my last chapter that this was Tamari, Gaara, and Kankuro's cousin. It is, since their father died, their uncle took over the responsibility of their care. Gaara's caretaker was the child's mother, his aunt.)
They walked all day and finally Neji had stopped Tenten. "What's going on, why are we stopping?"
"Look at you; you're so tired you could pass out any minute now. We're breaking to sleep, rest up, and prepare for tomorrow."
"But I'm not tired at all Neji, we could go on for a while, I'd be fine." Neji smirked, he took the child from Tenten and set him on the ground, and she chewed on a few things Tenten brought for him to play with and slept.
Neji walked over to Tenten and tapped her shoulder her legs gave out and he caught her from behind. He carried her over to the blanket he had set out and set her on it. "I'm going to get firewood."
"Fine, I'll set up the tent and get out the food." He nodded excepting that she would be able to do that without over exerting herself. After she had finished they ate and the child had fallen asleep on the blanket.
Tenten smiled at the child, covering him up with the other half of the blanket. Then she went in the tent and came out in her swimsuit. "Care to swim?" She asked.
"What?"
"I asked you if you'd like to come swim with me." He nodded, he pulled off his shorts and dived off into the lake, followed closely after Tenten who didn't expect him to just dive in, and she climbed a tree and jumped in diving deep into the lake. Then she met up with Neji. They swam around chasing each other until Tenten was tired so she changed and went to bed in the tent; she curled up next to Neji to enjoy his warmth and comfort. She honestly was worried about being attacked during the night but if she was Neji he wouldn't allow it.
Tenten awoke and Neji was resting. "Staring isn't polite Tenten," She could swear his eyes are closed. His eyes could sense everything, they couldn't be fooled. She sighed, and nodded.
"Wait a minute; you stare at everything all the time, that isn't polite." He nodded.
"I know, I was just saying it was I didn't say you had to stop. I know I do it all the time, we'd be in a bit of trouble if I didn't." She nodded and once again rested her head on his stomach. The child had crawled up to her and the child was hungry because her stomach was growling.
"I think it's time to serve breakfast, for all of use. Don't you think Neji?" Tenten asked.
"I guess, remember that fish we caught, we could eat that?" She nodded and served the fish to the three of them.
"How does it taste?"
"Absolutely great, where did you get all of these amazing spices and things?" Neji said.
How do you think I made all these meals all these years, I memorized all the herbs and spices in Konoha trees, and I recognized some of them here so I did my best even though most spices aren't available, but I did my best."
"It's still great, good job."
"Thanks." She looked at the baby and she fed a bit of the fish to it, and it was smiling and eating.
"She likes it too."
"Yes she does," We started packing up and we kept walking. After a while Neji stopped dead in his tracks.
"Tenten hide now!" He yelled pushing me into a bush, to make sure Tenten was hidden.
"Hey you," a man said running up fast to Neji.
"What do you want?"
"Did you hear the news?"
"No, what?"
"Some genius figured out a way to steal the Kazekage child and take it away."
"Really?" Neji said so that it was believable. His eyes weren't readable.
"Yeah, I mean it's almost impossible for anyone to get in there with all the security. They'd have to be top of the line ninja to be able to do that, the question is why would they do that?"
"I'm sure the kid was just being taken to a safer establishment so no bad ninja wouldn't hurt it." Neji said doubting his thoughts.
"No, that kid is the only thing that stops from the sand siblings from becoming Kazekage, I think it's them. We were told to stop anyone on the road we see, but you're by yourself so I don't have to worry."
"Actually I'm not; I'm walking on the road before my wife and child so that they're stay safe."
"That's very nice of you, I'll tell them you're coming so that you or they don't have to be bothered with formalities, and I'll be waiting." Neji nodded, the man ran up ahead.
Neji walked over to the bush, and looked at her and the kid with his arms crossed. "What are you doing, I said to hide, not fall in a bush, and he could have saw you."
"Well he didn't, next time a bit more warning would be good, thanks. I'd also like a bit of help up." Neji extended his hand, and Tenten grabbed it and he pulled her to her feet.
They arrived at a closed circuit road; it was a checkpoint as well. "Excuse me Miss, can we see that child?" The man asked.
"Don't worry about them, Leon. They're cool. So I forgot to ask your names, what are they?"
"I'm Nehisaun and this is my wife Aliz and our child Mark." Neji replied.
"Oh, would you three like some lunch?" Neji nodded, and Tenten looked surprised.
"We can't stay long; we have to get home soon."
"Where do you live?"
"We're nomads, we don't live anywhere, but we have a tent, a little north of here, on this road, we never past the lands there."
"That's cool, I've heard of that city, a peaceful place. If you see the child who was taken, please alert us."
"We'll be sure to but I highly doubt that we will." Neji added.
"Yeah, if they come through this way, we'll stop them. We can't have the sand kid take over, can we?"
"I don't think it would be that bad for the country, from when we talked to the Kazekage, he seemed like someone who would be a strong leader, though no one likes him." Tenten said eating, and feeding the child.
"He almost destroyed the city various times but he would be a horrible leader. But no more about that, I want to know about you three. How old is the boy?" He asked.
Tenten was surprised he asked, this would be a give away, she had to thing. "A few months now, 4 months I think."
"Yes, 4 months as of yesterday." Tenten said to reinforce his words.
"So your eyes are very unique aren't they?" He asked.
"Yes they're a rare bloodline trait from a very prestigious clan."
"Wow, that's cool."
"I find it quite intriguing to learn about." Tenten added.
"I'm glad I could talk with you guys."
"How long have you guys been married?" He asked.
"2 years now, right Aliz?"
"Yes, Ne…hisaun," Tenten replied, but stumbling, she had food in her mouth. "Sorry about talking with my mouth full you two, please excuse my manners." Neji had rolled his eyes.
"Not much for manners, Nehisaun?" the man added laughing.
"Her slip up in manners has been a problem before just to say." Neji answered. Neji stood up and walked outside.
"We have to be going, it's getting late, good-bye." Tenten said running outside.
"Crazy people," the man said, finishing the meal.
The kept walking and finally it was nightfall but Neji hadn't stopped and it was about two a.m. "We going to break?"
"No, we've had too many disruptions, and breaks today Tenten." It was like their missions in the olden days, he was very hard on her, he would lead but if he noticed she was getting too tired so it would hasten them, he would stop. He'd never push her beyond a point, well at the first few missions. Then he learned that she was a good contender versus himself, and then there was a lot less slack given.
"Fine,"
"Thank you,"
"For what?" She asked.
"I'll tell when we get there, okay. I need to concentrate on checking for anyone."
"Okay, but you better tell me."
"Fine," She rolled her eyes.
They traveled all night; he realized that Tenten and he were almost there.
"I'm sorry for messing up at dinner, with the names. I wasn't thinking under cover, I was eating. I wasn't concentrating, I'm sorry." She said looking at the ground.
"It's fine, it was covered and we made it through didn't we Aliz?" She nodded.
"Thanks for not yelling,"
"Or making you do laps," He added with his dry sense of humor.
"Funny, Neji." She said sighing.
"This is the first mission I've ever had without them. It's quite strange but nice and peaceful."
"If you'd stop talking." Neji added, and then she playfully punched him.
"Fine, but I don't think you can stand me being quiet."
"Trust me, I can." Neji didn't mind silence while it might drive her insane.
"Sure," She finished. As the finally reached the mountain top where they were to meet the Sand Siblings.
The Reasons Why… His Eyes are Special
1. Extra Delicate
2. Extremely Sensitive
3. Super Perceptive
4. Hold his Byakugan
5. They can't be fooled.
6. Unreadable
7. Rare Bloodline Trait
8. Come from a Prestigious Clan
9. No pupils
10. Lilac Colored eyes
(My sis thought of the last two, she was creaped out and pointed it out to me that he had no pupils and that makes his eyes special as well as the fact that no one, besides Hyuugas have Lilac colored eyes, of course i would like to.)
