#nejiten smut

[bayetea]

100 Nights of NejiTen | Chapter 8 out now ♡

summary — ; Neji thought that he and his girlfriend were, if nothing else, always in sync. He comes when she calls, she leaps when he says "Jump." For years, they have known and understood each other intimately. But when a mishap in the bedroom throws them off balance, he is forced to reevaluate his relationship, his perception of Tenten, and the unnerving, illicit desires that he's repressed for his entire life. warnings — ; explicit smut with plot and lots of feelings | romance | emotional | conflict | idiots in love | blossoming sexuality | sexual tension that will make you want to tear your hair out | smut for people who don't usually like smut ( Rated E for Explicit. Minors DNI/DNR. )

we're so back :^) I love this new chapter, I think it came out very well ♡♡♡ and the next one will be even better!

[gerardwayissexah]

Ahhh I feel like I've been teasing this fic for so long, and never paying off the hints. Well, better late than never. :) Warning for explicit sexual content later, but it's somewhat of a slow burn.

Check it out if you enjoy:

Neji getting worked up over the girl he shouldn't want (but does anyways)

Sexual exploration/building trust

Friends to lovers with a healthy dose of angst

[dookie-system]

I HAD TO BRO

[chaosnojutsu]

active project masterlist (living document)

*rating tba, most of what i write is for mature or explicit audiences, using AO3 scale for reference

*used to indicate future edits (past August 18, 2023)

**some of these have been in the drafts for literal years so if anything piques your interest please say something & help me prioritize <3

Nejiten

- reliance (temporary hiatus) [M]

- *bridgerton au (nejiten month) [M] [POSTED]

- aphrodisiac [E]

- *borutoverse au (slow burn, but not as slow as reliance lol) (probably mini-installments) [T or M]

- dirty talk (concept may be combined into another fic) [E]

- nejiten host a christmas party [E]

- wedding night [E]

- college/frat AU [E]

- tenten onlyfans, neji.exe stops working (and might start working with her) [E]

- *red (tenten’s version) [T or M]

Shikatema

- first kiss [T] (possibly first time, [E])

- teasing at work [M, possibly E]

- onsen [E]

- *hypnosis [M or E]

- *mastermind (shikamaru’s version) [T or M]

Misc.

- naruto sd universe mini-series, multiple installments over a period of time [G]

- *Konoha ~12 summer camp counselors AU [truly tba]

- *single mom tenten (angst) [T or M]

- *naruto actor AU [G or T]

- shikaku x yoshino meeting (and probably falling in love) [M]

- the misadventures of uncle neji and boruto [G]

- nejiten/shikatema swingers [E]

[correctingstupidbitch]

Not your dumb ass trying to force Neji look bad by taking out manga pages away from canon settings and context.

“Sakura is a horrible person for making fun of Naruto for being an orphan”

Let's see what other characters did when they were the same age as Sakura

Naruto :

Disguised himself into Sasuke to kiss Sakura without her consent

Mocked Sasuke's dead clan

Ino :

Fat-shamed Choji even though he's made it clear multiple times he hates being called fat

Neji :

Humiliated Hinata, who already had low self esteem, in front of everyone

Attempted to kill her to punish her for something which wasn't her fault

Shikamaru :

Unapologetically misogynist and generalised all women

Sasuke :

Tried to kill his best friend in the name of power

Funny how all these characters were of Sakura's age did something as equally bad as her or worse yet only Sakura gets shit for it. Hypocrisy?

They were kids, who were naive and didn't have the maturity to act the wisest (in Sakura, Naruto, Ino and Shikamaru's case) or traumatised with no one to properly help them (in Sasuke's and Neji's case) and all of them eventually grew up and became better.

It's ridiculous to still hold Sakura for saying something insensitive in her childhood.

Bonus :

She immediately regrets after Sasuke calls her out but y'all probably don't remember it.

[machiroads]

Fic Writer Interview

Thank u @plusultraetc for the tag wheeeeee

How many works do you have on AO3?

8️⃣

What's your total AO3 word count?

251,850, 150k of which is one fic lmao

What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

Nine Lives, by an order of magnitude over 2nd place

Naruhata Noir

A Tumultuous Sea, You and Me (the mer-pirates fic)

Being No One, Going Nowhere (the 2 broken arms fic)

waiting on the seasons to change, waiting for the curtain to fall (the fortuneteller fic)

I am surprised to see the 2 broken arms fic in the top 5 tbh!

Do you respond to comments? Why or why not?

I like to get responses to my own comments, so I try to reply to everyone's comments :]

What's the fic you've written with the angstiest ending?

Uhhhhh PROBABLY 9L since it ends with everyone going off to war haha oopsie

What's the fic you've written with the happiest ending?

Uhhhhhh probably merpirates? It's really gross and sappy. Dive into the ocean and kiss a mermaid in front of your entire crew. The 2 broken arms fic also got a pretty happy ending (Aizawa goes to bed and also maybe jerks it a little)

Do you write crossovers?

Not crossovers per se but I do enjoy a deep in the weeds AU

Have you ever received hate on a fic?

I don't think so? The worst I get is people saying "wow almost no typos" which is very tame lmao

Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

Not yet! Kintsugi (the epilogue to 9L) will have some mild spice but I'm at a point in my life where I just couldn't be jazzed to write folks doing it sloppy style

Have you ever had a fic stolen?

I don't think so except for that website that's scraped like a ton of fics a few months back

Have you ever had a fic translated?

I had one person request to translate 9L into Ukranian, though I never saw if they ended up doing it. Recently I've also had a couple people leave comments in Spanish so I assume they translated the story into Spanish somehow!

Have you ever co-written a fic before?

The unpublished FFXII AU is partially co-written by Robbirdthe8th, but it's been parked for like a year and a half. Also I would be remiss to omit @kyurilin who might as well get bonus credits for the Nutstang

What's your all-time favorite ship?

I have been in fandom spaces for over a decade YOU CAN'T JUST MAKE ME CHOOSE A SINGLE ALL-TIME FAVORITE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE. Perhaps a low-commitment list of OTPs from across the years:

Erasermic (obviously)

Edwin (FMA)

Netteflix (FE3H)

Asanoya (HQ!!)

Kanej (6 of Crows)

Yuchi (FB)

Asucaga (MSGS)

Soukana (FMP)

Maiko (ATLA)

Hanvi (DB)

Nejiten (Naruto)

What's a WIP that you want to finish but don't think you ever will?

Probably any of the Fire Emblem or Fruits Basket fics I started drafting in 2020/2021 before I figured out how to write fic lol

What are your writing strengths?

People tell me I am good at characterization! I think I'm also good at describing a setting, a skill that I exercise often in my technical writing.

What are your writing weaknesses?

Exposition, my nemesis. A necessary evil, but it's like pulling teeth, every time.

What are your thoughts on writing dialogue in other languages in a fic?

Short answer: I just. Don't.

Longer answer: I think there's a time and place for it, and I've seen both well-executed and clunky ways of doing it. I've never seen a need for it yet in anything I've written.

What was the first fandom you wrote for?

BNHA was the first fandom I published anything for, though honourable mention goes to Fruits Basket and FE3H for convincing me that I can tell my own stories (and then get stuck trying to figure out how to write fiction woops).

What's a fandom/ship you haven't written for yet but want to?

Idk man I'm just vibing in my lane of erasermic et al right now

What's your favorite fic you've written?

Listen it's gotta be 9L. This fic is the reason I have made so many friends in this community. People have drawn fanart for it (one of which now lives permanently on my desk in the form of a mousepad, thank u Dragon). It is the story that got me into writing fic because it was a story that nobody else was telling, so I wrote the story that I wanted to read.

People still get to the endnotes on 9L and are like THIS IS YOUR FIRST FIC???? and yeah. I started writing fanfiction at the tender age of 28 and the first thing I decided was worth sharing is still my magnum opus. Anyone can write fic! Find a writer whose style you like, emulate it, and write the story you want to read. It's that simple.

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[correctingstupidbitch]

You a dumb bitch who lacks brains to understand Neji’s character. You don’t like Neji—you like a weird version of it you created in your empty head.

Neji was enslaved and exploited by hinata,and so was Ko. hinata is a selfish and disgusting slave owner.

ey do y'all fw nejinaru too?

[mika080]

GaaSaku FF.NET 2023 Yearly Wrap Up

List of Fanfiction COMPLETED in 2023, on Fanfiction.net.

[I'm trying something here. Tell me if you like.💞]

Delicate by Distant Voice - [New Era] When what had started for her as an unsuspecting friendship quickly turned into a secret scandalous affair with the last person she had in mind, Sakura finally realized that her marriage to Sasuke had already gone to Hell even before her morals did. GaaSaku.

A One Month Bet  by Olly BaaBaa-Chan - AU Shippuden-era story. Sakura is sent to Suna to train the medical team, but the Kazekage is skeptical, to say the least. Can Sakura complete her mission with dignity, or will she lose this bet? Rated M for a variety of reasons. Come for the smut, stay for the decently crafted plotline. GaaxSaku

SasuHina: Beyond The Camera  by Hina5enpai - COMPLETE WITH COMPLETE SEQUEL! Debuting as a 4-person idol group, Hinata, Sakura, Sasuke, and Gaara have high hopes and big dreams. Their success seems imminent, but here's the problem: it's against their contracts to date those signed to the same label. Do they risk it for a chance at love or ignore their growing feelings for one another? Endgame: SasuHina/GaaSaku/NejiTen/InoSai

Beyond The Camera: The Sequel  by Hina5enpai  - Direct Sequel! Two things threaten to ruin the little slice of heaven Hinata has found: Arranged marriage and blackmail. Now she has a choice: Either give up everything to protect her loved ones or fight and risk ruining their lives, too. (More serious than the first fic, but it WILL have a happy ending!) Endgame: SasuHina/GaaSaku/NejiTen/InoSai COMPLETE!

Broom Closet Diplomacy by Avium - The first time Haruno Sakura manhandled the Fifth Kazekage into the nearest broom closet, she almost caused an international incident. Or: How Sakura chipped away at the Kazekage's self-control, one broom closet at a time.

Book One: The Wedding Date  by XxwithxoutaxwordxX  - Sakura Haruno had a big problem. A problem that involved fancy invitation cards, white doves, and wedding bells. And it was all her little sister's fault. How could Hinata be marrying before her? And worse. What could possibly be worse? A mother that would never let her live her single or common life down. And the groom, Sakura's Ex-Fiancé.

Memories Of The Blossom Heart  by LoveAnime5891 - Three months later after the war ended, everything became peaceful again in the world, even discovering Katsumi's true identity. Though, Gaara and the others were quite devastated when they've learned about Sakura's amnesia. What would it take for them to bring all of her memories back? Will she remember her past love or her true love where her heart truly belongs to?

The Kazekage and Her by letstrythis4  - Sakura is in Suna to help with some poisoned civilians, but the Gaara she spends time with isn't the same as the boy she met at the Chunin exams years ago. She plans to keep her feelings to herself... Until Gaara confronts her. (GaaSaku) - A little thing I had laying about from years ago

Birthday Buffet by KagamiPINKAgreste  - GaaSaku want Lee to stop training for today and just relax. It's completely their treat after all.

Love's Legacy  by dasl.hk - When his jealousy became the very thing that ruined his relationship, he could only watch as she marries another. To what end does loyalty and service must go on to make sure the village prosper?

[truessences]

20 Questions for Fic Writers!

I saw this from a mutual @teafiend and I'm gonna do it lol

1. How many works do you have on AO3?

9; they're mostly one shots. I think there are two that are multichapter. There are two that are part of a series of oneshots.

2. What’s your total AO3 word count?

I'm not sure if there's a formal way to check it but 26,602 (as of 11/3/23)

3. What fandoms do you write for?

Right now Stranger Things. I have one Harry Potter one.

In the past, on FF.net there might be more, like from Final Fantasy VII and more Harry Potter but I don't post on there anymore so I'm not counting it lol.

4. What are your top 5 fics by kudos?

1. Closer to You (Mileven oneshot) - 91 kudos

2. One More Light (4 or 5 chapter fic Mileven) - 58 kudos

3. Dirty Dancing (Dramione oneshot) - 55 kudos

4. It's a Mad World (One shot about Mike and Eddie's first meeting) - 49 kudos

5. Roll Away Your Stone (Mike & Max fix set in S3) - 40 kudos

5. Do you respond to comments? Why? Why not?

I always try to, since I don't get a lot of interaction (which is fine, I know how this works lol) so when I do, the comments are super appreciated. I don't post for comments but they are always nice.

6. What is the fic you wrote with the angstiest ending?.

Ummmm lol I don't think any of them end angstily lol but maybe not Happily Ever After. At least the ones that are finished lol. Maybe Dirty Dancing because of how it ends? I don't know lol. I'm still debating on if my Stranger Things-Titanic AU will end happy lol

7. What’s the fic you wrote with the happiest ending?

I feel like they're all pretty happy but not like Happily Ever After kind of thing.

8. Do you get hate on fics?

Not yet lol

9. Do you write smut? If so, what kind?

No, I don't feel like I would be good at it lol. Maybe one day and maybe in the Stranger Things-Titanic AU will be my first. I've written it before kind of... but not in a fanfiction... hard to explain lol.

10. Do you write crossovers? What’s the craziest one you’ve written?

No but I did have an idea years ago of a Peter Pan/Hermione Granger fic but no idea where I wanted to go with it so lol.

11. Have you ever had a fic stolen?

Not that I know of. Stealing people's fan work is low hanging fruit so get a life.

12. Have you ever had a fic translated?

Nope.

13. Have you ever co-written a fic before?

No... but I have written with people before for other "fan" stuff.

14. What’s your all time favorite ship?

That's hard lol I don't think I have an ALL TIME fave but I'll name a few and not in any particular order. And because I like these, doesn't mean I've written a fic for them or read a fic of them (most likely I have though). I actually did a post a while back on some fave anime ships, I'll link that. Fave Anime Ships.

Bamon (Bonnie Bennett & Damon Salvatore)

NejiTen (Neji Hyuga & Tenten)

Cloti (Cloud Strife & Tifa Lockhart)

Hacy (Harry Greenwood & Macy Vaughn)

Kanthony (Kate Sharma & Anthony Bridgerton)

Cole Cassidy & Sombra (this one is new but I really like it lol)

15. What’s a WIP you want to finish but doubt you ever will?

Nothing, I plan to finish everything.

16. What are your writing strengths?

I'm not sure lol, I feel like I capture character voices well. I tend to write in third person and I can still get across how my characters are feeling and thinking. I also write original novels and have been for over 10 years so I hope my strengths have strengthened over the years.

17. What are your writing weaknesses?

Tenses really kick my ass and I overthink it. I feel like some people have really beautiful and lyrical ways of writing and I definitely can't do that lol.

18. Thoughts on writing dialogue in another language in fic?

Haven't and won't.

19. First fandom you wrote for?

Harry Potter

20. Favourite fics you’ve written?

Um.... I'm not sure if I have a favorite lol. Maybe One More Light only because I actually teared up a little when writing one of the chapters because I just let my fingers go and it flowed. Whether or not it's good, well lol but I do think that one is emotional.

But that's it!

[bayetea]

100 Nights of NejiTen — ;

— — — ( a steamy love story )

summary — ; Neji thought that he and his girlfriend were, if nothing else, always in sync. He comes when she calls, she leaps when he says "Jump." For years, they have known and understood each other intimately. But when a mishap in the bedroom throws them off balance, he is forced to reevaluate his relationship, his perception of Tenten, and the unnerving, illicit desires that he's repressed for his entire life. warnings — ; explicit smut with plot and lots of feelings | romance | emotional | conflict | idiots in love | blossoming sexuality | sexual tension that will make you want to tear your hair out

a/n note: [ this chapter is steamy, but non-explicit. I consider it fairly tame. the next chapter on ao3 is decidedly not. minors dnr/dni. you have been warned. ]

Chapter 1 - Kissing

Contact.

Low lights shaded the dips and dimensions of their faces and the shadows fluttered in reverence of the moon, peeking through the curtains like a voyeuring white lantern. Breaths floated in the air, their loving whispers adorned by helpless little grins. Peck, peck, peck, heated quick kisses he delivered along her jaw, his lips at her neck, diving for the grooves of her collarbone to which she sighed and giggled.

Her hand surfed through his waterfall of silky dark hair, the other caressing his smooth toned arm, but then she tired of his attention focused away from the one place she really wanted him and touched the underneath of his chin. Fingers lured her lover to look at her face, instead of the rest of her body that followed his descent down towards her bra. Their eyes met.

Even in the dark, Neji could see so much love in those eyes. Pure, genuine love, the once-in-a-lifetime kind of love, the kind that proved the deep connection of every ounce of their beings, of their souls. He recognized this feeling without a shred of doubt, because he had never told nor been told by anyone that they loved him (except for one, a person long in the past) and this feeling was definitely unique. In his chest, his heart radiated a full, attractive warmth, just seeing those doe brown eyes return his gaze and pause, gods , he was so ineffably enamored with this woman. His body yearned for hers before he knew what he was doing.

There wasn't an electric shock or a show of fireworks erupting when they kissed, as this was not the first time—not by a long shot. But it was the first time in such a setting, the first time that kissing her tempted him to slide the strap of her tank top down her shoulders. He wanted to see more of her than he'd ever seen before.

Tenten was the one to deepen it. She let her back fall to the bed and clung to the soft fabric of his shirt, causing his body to fall with her. Supporting himself on his arms, Neji hovered over her, eyelids low, breathing softly, holding back a groan when she slid her hand under his loose white shirt and stroked his hard stomach. Her touch was warm and gentle, drawing a slow, deliberate path up to his neck, and she beckoned him closer below. Then, their lips graced each other again.

“Mmph,” she sighed into him, pleasure thick in her moan. Her lips melded with his, an exchange of push and pull with angled moving jaws growing more needy for furthered contact. He liked hearing her moan, it sparked something rare and unfamiliar in his body that he didn’t know could feel so tempting. And… unsatisfying. It wasn’t enough, and he wasn’t sure what more he desired from her or of himself, but he wanted to go farther. Feeling bold, Neji traced his slick tongue across her bottom lip, dyed reddish from kissing, and she shivered deliciously at the foreign new sensation. Blissful hot tidings spread from her delirious head to her curling toes; she opened herself up to him, widely embracing the feverish insistence of his lips onto hers again.

Even he couldn't withhold the heavy groan that escaped him when her tongue snuck past his lips and curled inside, lazily gliding across his own. He trembled. A dangerous desperation festered and swelled within his core, burning away every shred of coherency. Persistently, he motioned his tongue back against hers, creating a simmering hot faint pressure as their tongues lightly pushed and slid so salaciously, feverishly, and he was allowed only two short pants to breathe as he withdrew for air before she tugged on his hair and pulled him back to yearning lips.

Neji hadn’t ever seen Tenten like this. She was all over him, hands roaming his body everywhere she could reach, her eager tongue eliciting more labored groans from his chest. He was still not used to such intimacy, being touched by someone like this. His hips squirmed in the hold of her straddling legs around his lower half. There was that unmentionable discomfort he never cared to acknowledge straining against his boxers and for a very real moment, he felt nervous. She kissed his neck, his collarbone, and licked slow whorls on his chest. The temperature in the room must have risen fifty degrees because his body suddenly felt hot—especially that abhorrent place— and his breath left him in short hot puffs of air. Neji let his eyes fall shut and relished in her sinful adulations, concentrating on controlling that blood-engorged nuisance until soft fingers traveled below his waist.

Her hand was sliding down his pelvis.

His eyes shot open and recoiled from her touch. “What are you doing?”

“Huh...?” Her dazed expression could only be described as lustful and wanting, a sordid line of saliva running down the corner of her lip. “I… Oh, s—sorry!”

Neji didn’t miss the way her entire face blazed red. With lightning speed she removed her searching hand from his groin, profusely sputtering another apology. He closed his eyes again and wordlessly removed himself from her to sit on the edge of the bed. By the sinking of the mattress he could tell that she was sitting up as well, but neither said anything.

Why had he stopped her?

Over a minute must have passed and she reached out for his shoulder. “Neji, I—”

“I should go.” He announced, rising from the bed. “Hiashi-sama will be suspicious if I return to the compound late.”

“Oh…” The disappointment in her voice was tangible. It almost made him want to stay.  “Well… alright. See you tomorrow, Neji.”

She was watching him as he dressed himself, which sounded curiously sordid in his head. It was a conscious decision to not look at her directly, or else those eyes of hers might lure him back to the warmth of her mouth and the feel of her tongue, and he needed to leave as soon as possible, because…

Tenten stuttered just before he reached the door, “If—did I—If I went too far, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to make you feel…”

“It’s fine.”

He left her apartment in then and returned (though it felt more like a retreat) to his home, and all he could do was wonder what was wrong with him.

Read the next chapters on AO3, here.

a/n note:

Hellooooo nejiten nation, does anyone remember this fic? I'm posting chapter one here, because I am working on an update! There are 6 more chapters available on AO3 to read right now if you follow through to the above link! Chapter 2 is... a doozy, to say the least. I've received lots of good feedback on it...!

Leave reviews/comments, let me know what you think!

[gerardwayissexah]

Summary:

Over a decade after his father chose duty over love, Tenten's son activates the Byakugan in a moment of panic. That was never supposed to happen, but then, neither was he.

Neji's child is a living reminder that his dream of reforming the Hyuga clan came at the cost of another - a life alongside the woman Neji loved, and perhaps still loves. Amid the tangled web of clan interests and intimate politics, neither Neji nor Tenten can deny that realizing their shared dream bears a steep cost. Whatever their hopes, dreams rarely come free or easy.

Rating: Explicit (all smut scenes are skippable, and I've done my best to warn for them)

Words: 50k+ (final count ~100k)

Check it out if you like: Forbidden love, class/clan politics exploration, sibling bonding, tons of self-indulgent angst

**Read below the cut for some author's notes**

I've been really behind on updating Tumblr with my writing projects. But, sometimes writing and updating my fics is plenty for me to manage. Since I last shared this fic to Tumblr, I've updated quite a bit - hitting the 50k-word mark on AO3 was a pretty exciting milestone. Though I began posting with 90k+ words prewritten, I'm starting to rewrite and restructure large parts of my original work. Which is not a bad thing! As I've immersed myself back into the story, I've gotten a clearer idea of what kinds of dynamics I want to portray, and what character arcs make sense.

I also want to redo my original ending because the shipper within wants Neji and Tenten to have a more storybook ending. Well, as much of a storybook ending as one could have when there's blatant cheating and a secret lovechild (or multiple?) involved. Not committing to anything yet, though.

Hope someone finds this and enjoys it!

[shukakumoodboard]

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Woke up to about 15 Naruto based role play ideas popping into my head so I'm back on my BS and looking for specific fandom role players that are over 18 to do rps either on here or discord! Smut, ocs, and aus are fine. I usually write anywhere from a few sentences to a few paragraphs in replies. All characters would be aged up, btw! Some, but not all, of my favorite pairings are: -ItaSaku

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[aarcanechaoss]

16. Seeing Red

Masterlist

Shikamaru had been gone for days, Tenten had barely arrived home after her mission and Shikaku had been absolutely terrified when Shikamaru didn't come home, so here he is now in the Hokage's office learning something terrible.

Warnings: swearing, blood, ptsd, war, death, tears

"P-pregnant? Temari are you sure?" Gaara didn't know what to do, embrace his sister or force her from the battlefield.

She'd lost her husband, her best friend and they both lost their brother. God he couldn't bear to have her lose this child, this proof of her and Shikamaru's love.

She squeaked out a yes, a hand pressing to her abdomen, tears streaming down her cheeks as she grasped Shikamaru's cold hand.

"Temari-" Ino gasped out, but she too couldn't hold back her sob.

So much death.

Too much death.

Yelling could be heard from outside the tent. Three voices, loud, angry, demanding.

The opening of the tent swayed and in they walked.

"Fuck." They said before rushing over.

"Ria-" Gaara began, the brunette just stared, green eyes wide and teary.

"How many..." Myra asked, Kakashi by her side as she looked to Guy and Lee.

"Too many." Guy whimpered. "Far too many."

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There was no real funeral. There was no time for a funeral, not when more death raked the lands and those beasts would attack whenever they deemed fit.

Tenten, Shikamaru, Shino, Kankuro and... Kiba (who had passed shortly after seeing his friends leaving Akamaru to cry loudly once he did) were brought to the far back of the war base. The rest of the team- granted still injured- watched as their bodies were laid to rest in the pit... it was not a pit fit for their friends; it was however for the war heroes they had become.

Flames reached high into the sky that night, and sobs echoed throughout the camp, more death would come and it seemed that nothing could stop it.

Two pairs of eyes, one silver like the stars and the other as dark as the night sky stared out across the battlefield from their place high amongst the trees. They can only hope they made the right decision... that things will change.

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Ever since she woke up back in time Tenten felt like someone was watching her... someone's even. She hadn't yet brought it up with Shikamaru but perhaps she would once they reached the Leaf Village again but that feeling was crawling up her spine in slow dangerous waves. They were watching again.

The mission had been a success, granted it was a small mission in regards to helping a small family travel a few towns over, nothing that wouldn't take more than three days to complete and Tenten was content with that. Small missions meant more training, small missions meant uncovering more information that she hadn't known before, small missions meant getting stronger and that is what she wanted.

She'd gotten better at least, she could look her team in the eye now though not for very long but she counted it as a win, they never mentioned it at least but she knew they knew. They knew she was anxious being around them, they knew she couldn't bare to look them in they eye without that flash of fear running like ice in her veins.

Gods was she pathetic.

No.

Tenten was not pathetic. She had seen a war no one in this time had yet and she prayed they never would. She had seen more death in her twenty-seven years than Guy sensei could comprehend. She was a woman not a child, not some weak young girl with nothing to go for her.... No she was strong and she would prove it.

As the team stepped back into the village she knew where to go first, her apartment where Shikamaru most likely spent the last few days and straight to the Hokage. It felt like something was guiding her towards a goal, trying to help her stray from the original path that the gods had made. It's time to tell their story to someone they can trust, someone who could find a way to understand and make sense of it all.

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Shikaku didn't know what to make of the last few days when Shikamaru didn't come home. He didn't know what to tell his wife when he couldn't find neither heads or tails of their son. Yet... there he was in the middle of the shopping district watching as Shikamaru was being tugged down the street by Tenten, hair a mess and uniform unkempt. Quickly Shikaku pulled himself out of his stupor and sped off, keeping a reasonable distance between himself and the two young Chunin. They were making their way to Hokage tower, by why?

Shikaku liked to think he was a trustworthy father, lazy yes but trustworthy nonetheless. He didn't understand what made his son so afraid, so... he couldn't even look at them, no, he wouldn't look at them and it hurt both himself and his wife. Shikaku can't even imagine the worry their guests would have felt. Shikamaru had been different for a while, the last few months had been a rollercoaster from him being in the hospital to nightmares and disappearing to train with Tenten he just didn't know what was wrong and hoped his son would come to him on his own... he hadn't.

"Ah Nara sir good to see you." Kotetsu said with a smile. "Have a meeting with the Hokage today? I just saw your son and Tenten rush in a minute ago."

"Ah yeah just needed to ask her a few questions is all... Don't you and Izumo have gate duty?"

"That's tomorrow, today's Sari and Hana." Shikaku gave a nod and continued on his way until he reached the Hokage's office doors... they hadn't even shut the door all the way.

"We would like to take you up on that offer Lady Tsunade." Tenten began and Shikaku could hear that little bit of fear lacing her words.

"It's time we told people." Shikamaru added sounding equally nervous and tired all at once.

"Are you sure? I'm not pushing you into revealing this secret and you are more than able to tell whoever you wish whenever you wish." Shikaku frowned, even now they sounded cryptic and secretive- granted they aren't quite behind closed doors. "And considering your father is by the door Shikamaru."

Shikaku froze, what did he expect she is the Hokage after all. He pushed open the door and bowed.

"Sorry Lady Tsunade, the door was left open and I had seen my son rush over her- I haven't seen him in days as you can imagine I was worried." Shikaku answered honestly and he could see his son look down in what seemed to be shame.

"Why is that?" Tsunade asked.

"I- I had a nightmare Lady Tsunade." Shikamaru answered and Shikaku could have sworn the Hokage's eyes softened in understanding and sympathy. But why? What did she know?

"Ah I'm sorry to hear that. Now..."

"We can tell dad." Something was wrong, different, eerie. Like they knew something no one else could know and he was about to be let in on this secret too.

"Are you sure?" Tenten asked. Shikamaru nodded- he looked so tired. "Okay. Mr Nara you may want to take a seat... this is a long story."

And so he sat.

And so they spoke.

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Tenten remembered the first death of any importance to her when those monsters appeared. It was the two people who had adopted her, her mum and dad. She remembers how much it hurt and how much she wanted to scream when she saw their bodies torn and so very, very dead. Next was Sakura's parents... that was hard on the medic-nin, especially since she could barely glance at them for conformation. Tenten remembered having to shut off that part of her mind, sympathy and empathy would get her nowhere on the battlefield against beasts they couldn't even see.

Shikamaru's first death in the war was just as bad... he was there when Kankuro and Shino were swept away by those damn bronze eyed beasts, well when their torso's came flying across the sea of bodies that had already accumulated on the field and their lower bodies crashed to the ground. Shikamaru saw it all and so desperately wanted to bring up any and all food he'd had that morning as he rushed to meet with Tenten.

They were just supposed to be scouting the field, finding any bodies that hadn't been taken back to camp to be buried or burned. That is what they'd been doing for days since their friend's deaths. Kiba's mother was found next, Tsume and one of her dogs laying strewn across each other, on not much further away was Iruka.... Naruto would be heart broken over that.

They kept going, talking quietly between them as the fog began to settle, marking places where they found survivors for the medical teams to rush through before the next wave hit... but they had no idea just how close that next wave was.

Bronze eyes, pain, tears, screams. That's the last of their memories. If Tenten really tried to remember she would know about how Guy and Lee were begging her not to go. If Shikamaru really tried to remember he'd know he saw more than bronze eyes, he'd have felt more than Tenten's weight as she crashed atop of him. But both couldn't stand it, couldn't stand the pain and anguish, the absolute nightmare of a life they'd led during their time in the battle. It can't even be called a great war considering they weren't even up against humans.... It was fear that kept them awake, fear that kept them from looking their friends and mentors in the eyes.

So when they told Shikaku everything they remembered just as they had Tsunade neither bothered to hide their nightmares this time, their fear and how much weight was on their shoulders now. They told him everything from when the Akatsuki began their war, to the attack on HQ, to Shikamaru's marriage and son, to their deaths and Shikaku... he believed every word.

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Shikaku couldn't fathom how terrified they had to be, two wars were coming and one with a much higher death toll on all of the Great Nations at that and suddenly Tsunade's reaction  to his son's nightmares made sense, she'd known. Gods above how long had they been back, how long had the Hokage known?

"Then we woke up a couple months ago here, sick and in so much pain it hurt to breathe." Tenten finished. Shikaku remembered that, seeing his son collapse in the middle of a meeting was terrifying, let alone knowing he woke up just after he'd left him at the hospital only to pass out again. That was a terrifying day.

"So that nightmare you had, that you said you couldn't tell me about, it was about that right? The bronze eyed beast you saw when you-" Shikaku didn't want to think about it, his son's death was far to taboo for him to even ponder- and why would he even want to ponder such a thing? Shikamaru nodded, he was so pale and his eyes had rings so dark it almost scared Shikaku. Tenten wasn't any better, her makeup barely hiding the fact that she hadn't slept and the loosely wrapped bandage around her forearm didn't make her look any healthier either.

"I dreamt that, that he killed Te- my wife and Shikadai, my son, they'd been killed the same way I had been. I dreamt it had taken their form and made me watch as they died. I just... I couldn't look at anyone you all the eyes when I woke up I... I needed to leave. So I stayed at Tenten's while she was on her mission." Shikamaru said glancing apologetically at his father. He'd scared both his parents and his guests when he vanished and he knew no amount of apologising would be good enough.

"Shikamaru, I wish you'd come to me earlier but I understand." Shikaku gulped. "If anything I would be more than willing to help you fix this, help you both find a way to make sure we have less deaths- no- so that no one dies at all.

And gods did it pain him when both Chunin dropped to the ground in tears, sobbing loudly as he scooped them into his arms with Tsunade watching with tears pricking her eyeline.

"I do want to suggest at least one other person to tell." Shikaku says after a moment and Tsunade nods, seeming to know what he's about to say.

"Who?" Both Tenten and Shikamaru ask.

"Inoichi Yamanaka." They freeze, they know what he'd about to say as well. "I want to help you both but I'm not a professional but I can see what PTSD is. He can help and will keep it in confidence between you two and if you want myself and Lady Tsunade."

"He was one of the people I suggested in the beginning, but they needed to be ready first." Tsunade chimed in. Shikaku nodded. Tenten and Shikamaru turn to each other, their eyes met and like some secret language only known to them they nodded.

"Okay... we'll talk to him. Um Mr Nara?" Tenten asked, the man looked down as he was still holding them rather tightly in a hug.

"Could you please talk to him first? Before we have to explain it all again." Shikamaru finished and Shikaku only gave a sympathetic smile and nodded.

"Yeah, I can talk to him first. How about you both head back to either Tenten's or the Nara estate and get cleaned up, have a rest."

"We've been doing that a lot lately." Tenten joked through her sniffles.

"And it's been well deserved." Tsunade said sharply, raising and eyebrow at the Chunin.

"Mine first then yours?" Shikamaru offered.

"Yeah that sounds good."

"What will we tell your mother? Yoshino has been worried sick since you left and the Sand siblings left this morning making me promise to let them know when we found you."

"Tell her a half truth." Tsunade offered as the Chunin tried to think of something. "Say Shikamaru had a difficult mission not that long ago, use the training period I gave Tenten and Shikamaru as the time period, and you hadn't realised something was wrong."

"That would be believable." Shikaku hums. "Tenten do you mind if Yoshino frets over you too?"

"I suppose that's fine?"

"Good. Because I want you both to come to me, Tsunade or Inoichi if you feel you need it alright? It's difficult I understand but you have people in your corner, you aren't lying to us so we believe you both wholeheartedly. You don't have to tell anyone else alright?"

"Thank you Mr Nara." Tenten said shakily as she tried not to cry again.

"Thanks dad." Shikamaru sniffled.

"Anytime, any time."

[kaito-is-baby]

NARUTO MASTERLIST

X reader

Sasuke

Wounds to attend

Kiba

Mine

First date

Riding

Neji

Blind to you

Gaara

Pain

Kakashi

Gone

Deidara

Flying with his S/O hc's

Ships

Kibahina

Naruhina

Nejiten

Narusaku

Suikarin