My Story of NejiTen 🤍

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The next couple days pass by rather uneventful.

Whenever Tenten and Neji where alone on occasion at the training ground or at the small missions, it was all a little weird but Tenten could quickly figure out a way to avoid this

by sticking to Lee or Guy! This was fairly easy and things went on as they did.

Just now Team Guy was getting ready to attend their next big mission, it was a transportation mission to deliver a valuable object to Amegakure. This was quite the way so they started their journey early.

...

It was now well into the evening and everyone was gathering around a small fire

"What is this thing that we are delivering? I can't recognize anything at all!" Tenten says thoughtfully and quietly, looking at the strange box they have gotten.

"We're not supposed to know, this is the rules we were given." Lee explains again

"If the client says so, we have to obey. It is not our place to know if the higher ups don't want us to." Guy chimes in.

Tenten sighs "I know" she says with a light smile. "It's just so heavy, I wonder what it could be"

"Hm," Lee thinks sternly "maybe a barbell or some kind of weapon." he thinks out loud

"Or gold!"

"Haha, why would they have us deliver it then?" Tenten conters

"you're right, that wouldn't make much sense" he admits soberly continuing his thought process

"All right, all right you two, we should settle for the night. We have a long way to go tomorrow." Guy says.

"All right, it's gotten late" Tenten agrees

everyone is getting ready on the places they will spend their nights rest at. The fire is still burning. Everyone around is quiet.

Neji is leaning against a near by tree, Tenten lying across from him, exhausted, the fire separating them.

His long dark hair is glistening in the fire light, his eyes shut, demeaner peaceful, as though he were in some deep meditation. She can't help but admire.

Her decision must have been for the best, it's even a little nice, just admiring him like this. Nothing more to have to deal with.

Dealing with what? Who decided just because she had a crush, that she automatically had to want a relationship or that there had to be more? Who told her that...?

this was how it was for her friends... and in the books... if only her live were a book, it would probably be much easier...

She didn't want to go to sleep yet, she wanted this moment to last just a little longer

but eventually sleep won Tenten over the better her. She didn't dream anything, even though it might have been nicer if she did, because when she woke up it wasn't morning yet

she was being woken up by the noise of people, not of her people. They were being attacked.

grabbing for two of the kunai she always carried with her and instantly aims for one of the omnious attackers. They weren't that many, but she saw around 3 at this time, nothing they couldn't handle.

Just then another hand grabbed her by the shoulder, the only thing she remembers is a strong hit and all went black.

When she was back she was in another cave like opening in a sort of stone wall, the sky well visible but much around her was dark. She could hear something, it was raining.

The more she moves, she notices she is tied. her hands, her ankles and her upper body bound with strong string. To her back she feels another persons presence, it's Neji.