Chapter 33: Neji Dislikes Parties

∆ (Neji's Room) ∆ - ¤ (Weeks Later) ¤ - VP: Neji

A/N: I'm sorry I'm so late with this, It's practically a day and a half late but I got it up as soon as I finished it, as always. I hope you don't think that I did this purposely because I didn't. I was not allowed on any electronics on Friday and then I had Robotics Competition on Sat Morning until 2, then I got right to work but I had to deal with my sister. The main point is, it got done. So here you go.

The date of the meeting was changed to 3 days and Tsunade had sent a letter to us telling us that the date was changed. I was surprised but the letter also informed us that we'd be both going and Hinata along with Naruto would come with us for help in case a dangerous situation ensues.

Sasuke, Shikamaru, Sakura and Ino were all taking care of things in Hoshigakure. Sakura was going to pretend to be Tenten in case of emergency and the people needed her to make sure they were strong in times of need. If Tenten couldn't be there, her mere image would have to do to keep her people strong.

I was sitting in my room as Tenten slept. I, sitting next to her, holding her to my chest, as that is how we'd had fallen asleep last night. Slowly she opened her eyes, and looked up at me. "Morning Tenten." I greeted.

"What's the chance it's so early they wouldn't notice we sleep in the same room as well as bed?" I smirked. I kissed the top of her head.

"What's that chances that when given the chance, they wouldn't do the same thing, and aren't?" I asked, answered.

"I do think that could be possible, but I'm not so sure you're right." Tenten said.

"I intend to find out." She gasped and I covered her mouth. "You can go check with your own eyes, but I intend to use mine."

She nodded and crawled out of bed, still in her pajamas and stuck through the halls checking on them.

I activated my Byakugan. I located Ino and Shikamaru easy enough; they both had stayed in their own rooms but luckily were still sleeping. Sasuke and Sakura were however together in his room. He was at an almost sitting position while she was struggled to his side. However, I could locate neither Naruto, nor Hinata. They must be up. I deactivated my Byakugan. I remembered how hard Tenten said it was to sneak past Hinata's father since he was checking everything out last night with his own Byakugan. If I would have been caught, I would have been in danger.

Tenten shrieked and I ran into the living room. Naruto burst out in laughter and Hinata hid her face in Naruto's shirt. This was an interesting position from all 4 sets of eyes involved. Naruto was laughing at Tenten's shocked face as well as her quite unacceptable 'pajamas' she was walking the house in. Tenten was shocked because Naruto was about dressed the same as I was, in the ninja netting that ninjas slept in, well all minus Hinata and Tenten. I was a bit surprised myself to see Hinata was dressed in a pair of shorts and tank top herself, almost exactly like Tenten which is partially why Naruto was laughing.

Tenten couldn't move in the shock, I stepped in front of said fiancée to save her from further embarrassment while Naruto continued to laugh. She wouldn't move so I picked her up and returned with her to my room. I set her in the bed and returned to the living room to find Hinata had returned to change as well.

"Interesting morning, eh Neji?" I nodded and sat on a couch across from him.

"Yes, quite." I said.

"Today should be quite interesting as well, shouldn't it?" He said laughing.

"Yes, the girls however need dresses." I said.

"Yeah, Hinata mentioned that. That's the third time a girl has freaked out this morning." I was confused.

"Hinata and I were talking about the marriage late last night and she jumped finding that we had both fallen asleep, then she jumped when she realized how 'dishonorably' she was dressed when she came down upset last night before we were talking. Then there was Tenten who was shocked seeing us like that as well as embarrassed. It's been interesting." Naruto said laughing. I nodded.

"She worries about the marriage much?"

"No, not really. She's quite calm about it over all. I'm the one's who's worrying the most, though I haven't told her yet."

"Why, what about?"

"Hinata, I'm taking her dream away from her. She wants to be the clan head, but she knows that her place is with me as like my partner as Hokage. She also knows I couldn't manage both. I'm taking her dream from her."

"Actually, I worry the same thing."

"Really, what about?"

"Tenten, she has her dream as well. She received the best scores ever received by any kunoichi from all the work she did with me when I was undergoing all the surgeries and such when I was attacked. Her dream is to be a great kunoichi but since I'm head she can't do anything with receiving high scores as a kunoichi."

"Don't the kunoichi scores help match you with a husband?" Naruto asked.

"Yes, the skills a Kunoichi makes are directly proportional to them males she's able to have access in dating. Hinata scored a large amount above good as you scored as well and since you finished at the same time, it was directly proportional to that."

"Ah," he said. "Do you think, they'll forgive us? For taking their dreams away?"

"I'm quite sure they will, they love us more than we can imagine."

"I know they do, but how can we be so sure?"

"Do they look like they aren't 100 sure they want to marry us, have they made any mention of even thinking of something of the sort?" I asked him.

He sighed and relaxed. "No, Hinata hasn't said a work about even thinking against it for a second."

"Neither has Tenten, so obviously they love."

"Idiots, of course we love you." I looked up to see Tenten standing above me. I smiled. She leaned down and pressed her lips against mine. "What are you guys thinking, of course Hinata and I love you two, well respectively at least." I nodded and so did Naruto knowing what we meant.

A girl walked out of the hallway who looked identical to Tenten, dressed in Tenten's Hoshikage outfit for normal days. "Who's she?" Naruto asked turning around. "Sakura's only dressing up in case of emergency problems, right?"

"Yes, but Tenten has a strict regimen she follows that keeps the people calm and knowing the country is safe from harm. She does special things to keep the people safe, such this is Diana, one of Tenten's far relatives who amazingly enough looks exactly like her."

Naruto stared at her. "No clone jutsu,"

"I'm not advanced enough to learn that yet, I'm not a Genin." Diana replied.

"Neji, you haven't taught them clone jutsu yet?" Tenten asked confused.

"No, we're working on replication jutsus and substitution jutsu as well as other jutsu that ninjas use a lot." I answered her.

"Ah." Tenten said.

"How is everything going Tenten?" Diana asked.

"Very well, but I want my fun for today." Diana smiled. Tenten set off a smoke bomb.

I smirked. "What happened?" Naruto asked.

"Which one's Tenten?" I asked smirking knowing the answers. I, after my last bit of problems with them switching off had memorized her every Tenten as much as I could. I was not going to be tricked again. I knew if it was her clone easy but questioning if it was her relative or her was harder.

"Neji, don't you know?" Naruto asked.

Both girls, smiled, thinking that I didn't. "Trust me I know." They were surprised, equally making it harder to tell to anyone else.

"Really?" Naruto asked. "That's amazing."

"Not really, let's hope I can tell the difference between Tenten and her far relative."

"Okay, which is it?" Naruto asked. I walked over the one who was dressed as Tenten was this morning.

"Nice try Tenten," She put her hands on her hips and sighed.

"Can't trick you can I?" She asked.

"Not twice," I said kissing her neck.

Diana smiled remember her training mission. She surprisingly enough hadn't been sent out yet, another two days, when we returned. This was one more practice for her.

Hinata walked in, she looked between Diana and Tenten and walked over to the Tenten who was beside me. "Ready Tenten?" She asked.

Naruto was shocked that she could tell the difference. Of course, Tenten would be by my side, poor Naruto. "Yeah," Tenten said with a smile on her face. Naruto stood and went by Hinata and looked over every inch of her. She was kind of scared.

She was about to hide when Naruto jumped shocking her. "It's her." We all sighed. "I passed?"

"What test?" Hinata asked. Naruto sighed and just started walking putting his arms on her waist and we all left. We were going to the finest dressmaker in Hoshigakure which was one of the top 3 in the world.

We walked into a large room with a large loom in it. "Ah Hoshikage-sama and her fiancé, friends, you have arrived." Tenten walked over to her.

"Hi Melinda." Tenten said formally. The woman was shocked with her formality.

"Um… hi." Tenten nodded. "I have your dresses but you and your friend; the other female will have to get it fitted properly." Tenten and Hinata walked in a room behind a door. Both of the girls gasped loud enough for us to hear. Then she tighter closed the door after a while she came out handing us two suits and pointed to another room where we could change into them. They fit very nicely. She was quite good and they looked very proper like we should.

Soon two girls who we hardly recognized walked out of the room. I closed my eyes to calm myself. I took a deep breath and walked over to them. Naruto was practically gaping at Hinata. Is he some sort of pervert or something? I blame Kakashi and Jiraiya if he is. If he is, I'm going to straighten him right now. Tenten placed a hand on my shoulder.

I was surprised when she leaned in and wrapped her arms around my neck. I just smirked. "You're very lucky we're engaged Hyuuga Neji, or I'd do what you're planning on doing to Naruto for gaping at his fiancée." She whispered as quietly as she could in my ear. "I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you're no pervert but trust me, you'll…" I placed my finger on her lips.

"I get it Tenten, no need to threaten me. You look absolutely beautiful." Tenten gave a smile and turned to Melinda.

"Thanks, but I think you gave them more reasons to be a perverts." Tenten said laughing. She nodded.

"Most men are, be lucky that he's your pervert." Tenten nodded.

Tenten looked extremely stunning however if I thought about her dress I'd be a pervert and then I'd be dead.

"Strapless, floor length, form fitting, and enhanced and built exactly for your body types in the colors that match your body perfectly to enhance your beauty. It's perfect." Melinda said admiring her work.

"It's amazing." Hinata said. "Thank you so much."

"You should design dresses in Konoha. I mean, there are a lot of people there who having weddings millions of times a year with the ninja population marriage age 16, so many weddings with such a big city."

"I think I just might. Do you think they'd have a place for me?"

"Have a place? They'd make you their head designer." She smiled and nodded.

"She's right." Hinata said still blushing by the gawking way Naruto was looking at her. I walked over to Naruto and smacked him.

"Neji…" Tenten complained.

"Tenten," I said. She sighed. Naruto held his cheek.

Tenten handed Melinda a large sum of money and we left. Soon, we walked to the city center, and transported ourselves into Sand, or Sunagakure.

∆ (Sunagakure, Suna Hall) ∆

"Hoshikage-Tenten-sama, Neji-sama, Hinata-sama and Naruto-sama, I presume." A man said at the door of the Suna Hall.

"Yes." Tenten said walking up to the man. The walked in the door to see Tsunade there with another man, talking politely. She turned around and met our glazes. Tsunade walked over to us.

"Tenten, Neji, Hinata and Naruto, nice to see you guys again." Tsunade said. "I really like your gowns." She said, obviously referring to Tenten's and Hinata's dresses.

"Thanks, a designer in town designed it." Tenten said happily.

She turned to Naruto and glared at him. "You, if you do anything perverted, you're dead." Naruto nodded and she smiled. "Good, now I have to talk around the area."

"The Hoshikage, a pleasure." A man said walking over to Tenten. Tenten took a step and leaned against me. She was tense and not scared parse, but worried. "And who with this man is?" The man asked.

"I'm Hyuuga Neji, her fiancée." Tenten gave a smile and relaxed. Tenten usually was good with people, but these were fancy people who got everything they want. Young girls like her included. She never did seem to calm down after that. I placed my arm around her waist and she calmed down.

"Old people," An annoyed voice said. The voice came closer and I saw none other than the second youngest sand child, the first being dead, Gaara, also known as the Kazekage. "Ah, familiar face." He said.

"Kazekage-Gaara-san," Tenten said a bit formally but better then she greeted others today.

"Neji, Tenten, welcome." He said giving what seemed to be a smile but wasn't.

"Thank you Gaara," Tenten said.

"Any guests?" He asked.

I looked around trying to locate Hinata and Naruto. I continued to search. "Yes, I brought Hinata and Naruto along." He sighed.

"Naruto?"

"He'll behave, hopefully." Tenten said leaning against my shoulder.

"He better or he's dead." Tenten smiled and I nodded.

The night went fine but Tenten seemed uneasy about all the weird people. I took her hand and led her out into the courtyard and we sat on a bench. "Are you alright?" I said taking her hand.

"I think… he's here." I wasn't sure whom she meant but I think it was the person who kidnapped Tenten on our last mission here.

"The one from our last mission here?" I asked. She nodded weakly. I pulled her toward me. She snuggled in my arms. I rested my chin on her head.

"Don't worry, I won't let him touch you, or hurt you." She smiled and closed her eyes.

Hinata came in terrified from the hall. We looked up. "They're coming."

"Who?" I asked.

"Orochimaru's henchmen, they want revenge. They think Sasuke is here." I stood up leaving a scared Tenten sitting here.

"No… they aren't." Tenten said.

"But…" Tenten shook her head.

"I examined the area; we have no worries, Gaara made sure of that. The only problems are from anyone within this building." I said.

"And you're not." A voice said from a top the building. I jumped in front of the Tenten and Hinata. Naruto burst through the door with Gaara behind him.

"Hinata, Tenten, inside." Gaara said.

"B…" I placed a finger on Tenten's lips. I picked her up and pushed her over to Naruto who pushed them through the door, and flattened himself against it.

It wasn't a hard fight but it was a challenge for Naruto since he didn't have barely any ninja tools. I needed Tenten out here but she was too terrified in her spot to help. In seconds, we wiped them out. It was too easy.

"They're inside!" I yelled and we ran inside to see the whole room was empty minus two unconscious girls on the ground.

I walked over to Tenten whose hair was down obviously, since she had no kunai or shuriken had resorted to those she used to specially do her hair using about 3 kunai and 2 shuriken. She didn't have a mark on her but from the fight I could see both girls were to their limits.

"Where are the rest?" Gaara asked.

"Safe," Tenten mumbled quietly. Gaara sighed and nodded while I picked up Tenten and Naruto followed with Hinata.

"I insist you come and rest at the palace." He said.

"Thank you." We followed carrying the girls with us to the palace it was even more secured. We were given too rooms to stay in for the night, neither of us making mention that we weren't 'supposed' to sleep in the same beds. Naruto probably would watch Hinata rest peacefully while I would do that until Tenten awoke telling me to sleep. Hinata wouldn't recover as quick from using so much chakra.

I laid Tenten gently in the bed, covered her up, and leaned against the large stack of pillows that was under my back. It was quite annoying not being able to lay back with all these pillows in the way but that was understandable, for comfort and such.

Hours later, I was awoken by a disturbance outside the window. It was a ninja, attacking the window. A very weak ninja at that. However, it didn't belong to any village, or if it did, they misplaced their headband, such a disgrace.

I sighed, I locked up the room as best I could and went around the palace to the entrance, which now that I remembered everything since my birthday I knew how to get around from our past two missions here. I walked out to the side alley where the ninja was supposed to be.

However there was none, I sighed, an ambush, of course. I was too tired and ignorant to think about what I was doing. I walked right into a trap. Two possibly, they could get to Tenten. I sighed. Ninja jumped around. I spun around, sending their bodies crashing into the walls of the buildings.

"We underestimated you, yet you underestimate us."

"You were knocking on my window without a headband; I didn't think to think about out it." I said sighing. The real ninja from before the time bearing a Sound Headband appeared in front of me. "Are you a fan of hand to Tai-jutsu dueling?" He asked.

"Jyuuken, if you can make sense of that." I answered.

"It's a style of Tai-jutsu, it counts, it's different; none the less, Tai-jutsu dueling we go." He lunged at my top, he would use invisible clone below, I struck below and he fell I struck two kicks to his back while flipping over him. He got up and I nailed two consecutive blows to his back.

"Advanced stuff eh? Chakra enhanced, correct?" I smirked. "So it is, I have underestimated you. I had no clue."

"Yes, you highly underestimated me. I am Hyuuga Neji, the prodigy of the Branch Family of the Hyuuga Clan equal to its Heir. I didn't underestimate you at all." I disappeared into the hall outside my room. I unlocked the door and I saw a tired Tenten sit up. She rubbed her eyes.

"What are you doing up?" She asked turning to the clock. "It's two, quite early even by our standards."

"Walking and you?"

"Walking, at two in the morning, Neji?" I smirked.

"I was fighting, it was supposed to be a fight, but they had no clue that I was so they didn't expect the Jyuuken. I didn't use the Byakugan. I knocked their ambush to the walls and returned. It was like a walk, simple and relaxing." She smiled. I sat in the bed and she sat on my lap. She rested against me as I held her.

"You aren't very intimidating Tenten." I said. She laughed looking at herself.

"I guess I'm not. I'm wearing a dress, my hair is a mess, and I have no way to protect myself. I'm not very intimidating right now, in the least." I kissed her.

I reached over into a drawer where Gaara had said he always left kunai and shuriken for visitors in case of emergency. I handed her a kunai which she managed to curl her hair after untangling the knots in it. It was quite amusing how she could find such uses for kunai and shuriken but I wouldn't start on that again.

She sighed. "Parties are supposed to be relaxing. Not stressful."

"Parties never quite turn out like you want them to, something always changes it." I told her.

"Yeah, but that's what makes them interesting." She crawled off my lap and curled to my side. It was obvious that she was quite tired. Parties tend to be draining for Tenten, leaving me to take care of her, not that I mind at all. She does more then enough all the time anyway.

"I wish I had close to change into." Tenten complained.

"Here." I handed her a set of closed. She looked at me, confused. When Gaara gave us our rooms, Temari saw how we were dressed and they brought some clothes for us to change into. Naruto and I changed last night but neither of us decided to change you girls."

"If I wasn't so tired, I'd slap you." She yawned again, obviously quite tired. She walked to the bathroom. If it was a normal day then no one would object to changing them into another outfit obviously, because Tenten wears a light underlay under her clothes the helps with her… aerodynamics when she's in the trees. Therefore, when she's hurt and Hinata needs to bandage her up it's not extremely difficult to get to the area in question.

She came back in wearing a typical ninja-netting outfit. She seemed uncomfortable, yet, she didn't seem to care. She crawled in the bed and lay next to me. "You should sleep; I'll wake you at 7." I told her.

"Make that whenever I wake up, alright?" I smiled.

"Alright." I said. I understood that whatever went on in that room must have been more stressful then my little pick fight with those on the outside.

I went to sleep having a peculiar dream. I usually didn't have dreams, I didn't use to. I haven't had them since I lost my memory since I had little to dream about, if I did, it was mainly Tenten. That's practically what I dream about, Tenten, missions, and other nit picky things.

- Dream –

It was a party of some sort. Everyone knew what was going on, except me. It was obvious from the faces everyone was giving me. "Congrats Neji." Hinata said hugging me.

"About what?" She giggled and walked off. I wish I knew what was going on.

Naruto was like shocked as if he had heard some amazing news, most likely the news that I was soon to hear by the end of the night.

Everyone kept congratulating me; I just nodded and said thanks. Why, I'm not entirely sure. I guess I didn't want to be an outcast. Everyone was obviously having this party for me, why. I had no clue. I thought about it further.

They were saying congrats so I accomplished something, I was already and ANBU, Jounin, Chuunin and Genin in past years. I was soon to be married, that must be it. Tenten and I must have been married, that's why. It all made sense. No wonder Hinata giggled, what kind of idiot would forget their attending their wedding party.

No, that's not right either. Tenten and I are having a wedding with the others, so why ever for are we having a wedding. It was annoying me to a point of no return. I sighed; at least it was a happy occasion.

I walked over to Hinata, "Where's Tenten?" I was confused.

"Are you alright Neji?" She asked.

"No… wait, yes I am. I'm confused. Where's Tenten?" I asked again.

"… At the hospital…" She said as if it was common knowledge.

"What happened to her?" I couldn't stand it, I ran out of the party and kept running, I was going nowhere, and getting nowhere. I stopped. Tenten would be all right, she always is.

"She won't be the same when she returns." I voice said. "Nothing will." I jumped up.

- Dream Over –

"Neji, what's up?" Tenten asked staring at me.

"A strange dream," She nodded.

"Yeah I figured from the confused look on your face? What was going on?"

"You were in the hospital." She nodded. "And everyone was congratulating me. It made no sense." She giggled as Hinata did. "What?"

"It could be anything, you shouldn't worry. If it was serious you'd be there, right? They were congratulating you for anything, a good done mission while I was just getting a little cut fixed, it's no big deal. Now go to sleep." She said giggling again. She closed her eyes. They mess up and distort your mind and are confusing.

The Reasons Why… Neji dislikes parties.

they're surprising you have to make plans for emergencies people need you when your gone you have to take care of people he has to worry about being a pervert he has to worry about Naruto being a pervert (+) he gets to see Tenten in a stunning dress he has to deal with fancy people and their needs he has to deal with Naruto's behavior people resort to the most drastic things something always goes wrong end up using a lot of chakra there is always fighting never turn up like you like them Tenten is always drained and he has to take care of her tiring you can be uncomfortable around people they make Tenten worry they cause pick fights mess up, distort minds are confusing