A new Challenger! Accidents! And keeping a promise!

Naruto felt it odd and a bit out of place the way things were going, his teammates were glaring at him as Tenten snuggled into his arm affectionately, cooing every now and then, with the killer intent of the other two females not far behind.

Shikamaru and Kiba seemed to be talking about if their sensei, whoever he was would get them a C-ranked mission in time for the exams apparently coming up. Naruto knew if anything, Sasuke would push their teacher to get one so they could try for the exam too.

Whenever Sasuke wasn’t seeming to be in his own little world, he and Lee were about ready to go at each other right there in the restaraunt. “So, umm… Tenten, how did the mission go?”, Naruto asked, making the bun-haired girl smile at him.

“Oh, it was uneventful, Naruto-kun.” Tenten said and Lee looked at her. “Tenten-san, how do you call a bandit attack uneventful… true, their youthful fire wasn’t like our own, but still it wasn’t that dull.”, Lee said, jumping up from his place at the table as he told the group all about it.

Apparently the would-be robbers had caught them close to the destination of the team and Tenten had jumped right into the fray. The entire team and the ambassador had watched as Tenten single-handedly carved a path of ruin though them till none remained.

All the graphic details of what Tenten had done to them without any help from the team made Naruto look at the girl questioningly. “What? They were delaying our return and keeping us apart, Naruto-kun.”, Tenten said, sniffiling like she was upset at the idea, though Naruto knew convincing acting when he saw it. Besides, the grin on her face wasn’t helping to convince him either.

“Hey guys, the food should be ready, right?” Kiba said as they looked at the cooking meat and vegetables, taking his chopsticks up Naruto grinned as he was about to eat the first piece only for it to disappeear before the tips of the utensiles touched his mouth “Hey! What the hell… WHERE DID MY FOOD GO?”, Naruto yelled as Shikamaru sighed “I think I know. Come out, Choji!”

Suddenly the decorative plants behind Naruto parted and the… big boned genin poked his head out. “Sorry Shikamaru, I was hungry and thought you wouldn’t mind.”, Choji grinned and Shikamaru shook his head. “Nah, if Naruto can't keep his food, he loses it.”, the lazy boy said as Naruto growled in annoyance.

“Well, since we’re here... mind if my team joins you guys? They're right outside.”, the boy said. Not getting any negative replies and a short call later the rest of the graduating class, Hinata Hyugga and Shino Aburame. “Hey guys, good to see you!”, Kiba greeted them loudly, getting a nod from the silent bug user. “H-hello everyone.”, Hinata said quietly as she looked over everyone.

They were all here, Ino and Sakura fighting over Sasuke again… Kiba and Akamaru sharing some steak, Choji and Shikamaru getting to catch up with each other, Naruto with some girl she had seen on her cousins team around his arm… yep the whole gang was… wait, did she just think Naruto with girl from her cousins team on his arm?!

Whipping her head back around so fast it almost snapped, her eyes widened when she saw it was right. “Um… excuse me, but what are you doing miss…?”, Hinata asked as her eyes narrowed in on the brunette.

“Tenten, yes I remember you. You're Neji’s cousin, Hinata, right?”, Tenten asked with a smile before that stretched into a fullblown grin. “Well, if you must know, me and my BOYFRIEND are about to share a meal.”, Tenten said, stressing the most important word of all as Hinata gasped. Every one of the rookie nine and Lee looked to see what the normally shy Hyugga would do now.

‘She’s Naruto-kun’s girlfriend? But-but i- I’m...”, Hinata thought as she couldn’t believe this was happening. Being ever the teaser, Tenten went to push the lavender eyed girl a bit more.

“Naruto-kun...”, Tenten called getting his attention from the rest of the group as she had a piece of steak sticking from her mouth “I can't eat all this, can you help me?” Tentens puppy eyes and Narutos ignorance to the crush of Hinata drove him to meet her lips with his own.

Even while Ino and Sakura seemed to be getting aggitated to no end about this themselves, Hinata was torn as the sight of her crush about to lock lips with another girl and it drove her over the edge, thus inner Hinata was born.

‘KILL THE BITCH!’, was Hinatas only thought as she used her well-honed skills and threw the chopsticks before her like kunai, pinning the meat hanging out of Tentens mouth to the wooden wall behind her.

Looking from their place, Tenten and Naruto saw Hinata giving the meanest glare she had ever done and her murdurous intent joined that of Ino and Sakura.

Naruto suddenly much more nervous tried to back away only to hit Shikamaru who in turn out of surpise kicked Sasuke, resulting in the last Uchiha in Konoha to knock his drink at Lee.

Dodging the cup as it shattered on the wall behind him, Lee yelled out loudly. “UCHIHA YOU CHALLENGE THE HANDSOME DEVIL OF THE LEAF?! SO BE IT!” Lee cried enthusiastically as he jumped across the table despite the best the rest of the genin could do as a fight broke out.

During the confusion as chair and tables were tossed and cries from the various people in the restaraunt from the customers to the workers filled the air, Naruto felt himself getting dragged through the mess and out the door quickly.

Looking at his savior, he saw it was Tenten who was no worse then she was a moment ago. “Well damn, so much for the meal we were going to have...”, Tenten sighed a bit sadly. “Oh well, guess it’s a bust, huh Naruto-kun?”, Tenten said about to walk away before he put a hand on her shoulder.

“Um…Tenten-chan, I still have to fulfill my promise, from what you teammate said I’m more then sure you deserve a bit of fun.”, he said as the bun-haired girl turned and slowly smiled at him.

“Yeah…! Alright Naruto, let's hurry back to your apartment! I think you deserve a little something, too.”, Tenten grinned as she dragged him away from the sounds of the still fighting genin.