Death Can't Break My Love

"NO!" was the cry that echoed through the Konoha forest.

A young girl held the hand of a prodigy and tears streamed down as she watched the person she admired, she idolized, she loved die right in front of her eyes.

-Flashback-

"So… our mission… is to kill… a caterpillar."

"No… where did you get caterpillar from..."

"Then what is it? Oh, Naruto was ranting about how Hokage-sama wanted someone to kill this huge caterpillar..."

The Hyuuga sighed in annoyance, "There was a report that there's a new Akatsuki member, and we have to take him down."

"Akatsuki?"

"Hai."

"Do you think we can do it?" Tenten asked nervously.

"Hai," Neji said confidently.

All of a sudden, Neji grabbed Tenten's wrist and pulled her behind a tree, "Nani?"

"There he is," Neji hissed.

Tenten stole a glance at the Akatsuki member, "How about I distract him and you surprise him?"

Neji glanced at her, "Will you be all right?"

Tenten giggled softly, "I'll be fine! Why the sudden concern?"

"N-nothing…"

Tenten smiled, "Relax. Okay, attack him when he lets his guard down," she said softly and jumped out in front of the ninja.

"HEY YOU!"

Neji watched the battle and narrowed his eyes when he saw Tenten receive an attack full on.

He saw him approaching her to attack the finishing blow, and jumped down.

"Jūken!" he yelled as he delivered the blow on the ninja's back.

"ARGH!" he yelled as he stumbled forward and narrowedly avoided Tenten.

Neji stood in front of Tenten, "You all right?"

"Yeah, thanks to you," Tenten said gratefully and smiled, but her eyes widened, "NEJI, WATCH OUT!"

Neji's head snapped toward the fallen Akatsuki member and avoided him just in time, taking Tenten with him.

"Distract him," he hissed.

She nodded and placed two scrolls down on either side of her, and yelled, "Sōshōryū!"

She jumped up, and Neji smirked as he saw a million weapons sped toward the Akatsuki member.

"You think that pathetic technique will work?" he sneered.

Tenten smirked, "Maybe they didn't hit you… but you can't move."

Startled, he looked down and was surprised to see a couple of weapons holding his feet down.

Neji jumped down from the tree branch, and stood in front of him, smirking, and got in a stance as he yelled, "Hakke Rokujū Yonshō!"

"Two strikes!"

"Four strikes!"

"Eight strikes!"

"Sixteen strikes!"

"Thirty two strikes!"

Neji smirked again as he delivered the final blow, "Sixty four strikes!"

He jumped back and landed next to Tenten, watching as the ninja fell down.

"Well, that should do it…"

"Great job Neji!" Tenten said happily, "You did it!"

"Well, I had help…" He said smiling toward her.

Tenten blushed, "Th-thanks…"

He looks so hot when he smiles… well, he always looks hot… Tenten thought.

"Um, Neji, there's something I've wanted to say…"

"Hai?"

Tenten smiled nervously, "I.. I.. I lo-" Tenten was cut off when Neji yelled, "WATCH OUT!"

The supposedly dead ninja had risen to his feet, and he smirked, "Pretty good for a couple of genins… but not good enough," he yelled and aimed a kunai dripping with poison toward Tenten.

"WATCH OUT!"

Tenten squeezed her eyes shut, and expecting a piercing pain, but instead she felt nothing.

Slowly opening an eye, she saw beige… then a chin… a mouth… a nose… pale lavender eyes…

Her own brown eyes widened, "Neji…" she breathed.

The Akatsuki member smirked one last time before falling forward to death.

"NEJI!" she screamed as she watched the Hyuuga prodigy fall onto his back.

-End flashback-

She stared at Neji and her tears fell onto his cheek, "Don't die Neji! Don't leave me!"

"Tenten…" he croaked.

Her eyes snapped open when she heard his voice, "Neji! Hang on!" she cried.

He half smirked, "No… it's too late."

He painfully sat up, and faced Tenten, and his smirk was replaced with a genuine smile, "Tenten… I…"

Tenten smiled through her tears and silenced Neji with her finger, "I love you Neji…"

He leaned forward and placed a gentle but sweet kiss on Tenten's lips. She deepened it, and more tears fell down when she felt Neji fall limp.

He pulled back slightly, and looked at her with tired pale lavender eyes, "I love you… I always will, not even death… can… break my… love… for… you…" he finished and fell forward against Tenten.

Eyes brimming with tears, and carefully laid the prodigy down, and stared at his closed eyes.

She placed another kiss on his still warm lips, and looked at him sadly, "I love you so much…"

She let out a sigh and looked up toward the sky, still not letting go of his hand, "You died to protect me… I'll love you forever, not even death will do us part…"

The last thing she remembered was falling forward and blacking out.

Later…

Tenten slowly opened her eyes, and the first thing she saw was white. White…? Last time she checked tree trunks were brown…

Her head snapped up and saw Neji sleeping peacefully. She remembered everything that happened, and stared at him.

Is he alive…?

She held his hand in her own, and gazed at him.

Twitch…

What?

Twitch…

Signs of life…?

She could've sworn she saw the corners of his mouth turn up into a smirk.

"Tenten…"

"Neji! You're alive!"

The smirk widened, and he opened his eyes.

First thing she felt was relief. Then anger. And she started hitting him with a nearby book.

"YOU JERK, I WAS SO WORRIED!"

"Hey stop, that hurts…" he growled trying to shield himself.

"I WAS SO WORRIED!"

Neji sighed. All this noise was giving him a headache. Not to mention getting hit on the head with a book… there's more than one way to silence a girl…

In one swift move, he had his arm around her waist and pulled her in, and silenced her by locking her in a kiss.

He pulled back slightly, "Did that shut you up?"

Pause…

Tenten's grip on the book tightened…

Neji didn't notice.

She raised it above his head…

He still didn't notice…

The book made contact with the prodigy's head…

Tenten smiled as he fell forward.

Who would've thought 'The Three Little Pigs' would knock him out? Not to mention it was a paperback book…

"TENTEN! YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO KNOCK OUT A PATIENT!"

"Oh yeah… oops…"