#tenten family

[rikustarlight]

My OCs for Tenten’s family LOL . In a bunch of my fanfiction, I slowly developed each character since our girly pop does not have a cannon family. I also went through years of different designs (as well as art styles cause this has been cooking in my brain for YEARS) but I took what Kishimoto had originally wanted for Team Gai and ran with it; Team Gai was supposed to be from a foreign village but then changed it to them being a year older and from Konoha. So, my homies, I made Tenten’s mother from the Land of Rivers who married a Konoha shinobi and moved to the land of fire to raise her kids. I also wanted to keep some kind of theme with the names using “Ten”, which I feel like her father would have the “Ten” in his name.

Also, in my complete delulu (cause let’s be honest, that’s what this is LOL) I gave them the lay name “Hua” for a few reasons. One of them being that I was doing some research, and I was like, “ya know, it would be fire is Tenten was a descendent of some great hero who saves her land -COUGHlikeMulanCOUGH- and I see there are two translations for the last name of this great hero. Fa (Cantonese) and Hua (Mandarin) Imma pic Hua to make it less obvious.” Mind you this was back in like 2014 when I decided this 🥲 there is also rumors online she could be related to the Uzumaki which sure, a distant relative perhaps on her father’s side.

These are from an OLD sketchbook. No lie I kind of miss this art style I had.

Anyway, I wanted her mother to be a bit ✨spicy✨ and her father to be like this gentle giant who spoils the crap outta Tenten. Especially in the anime she gives of bitch vibes with Neji and Lee (in a great way). I also have my own cannon piece in working on for it, their designs may change (again lol) idk I wanted them to be like a unit but Tenten’s Chunnin outfit works better.

I’ll play around with it. 🫡 enjoy this NejiTen sketch in my old art style while you’re here. I was playing fall out at the time and I had to do a crossover.

[jvnart]

🐢Tortoise🐢

Happy Birthday Gai!!!

Available as a print

[alchemie0]

Team 3! Only one more team and I’ll have done all of the Konoha 12!

[bahlilnerd]

team gai mourning neji episode when?

[kvohru]

never both/pragmatic - nejiten week '24

day 1 - saudade (portuguese) The feeling of longing, melancholy, or nostalgia. A yearning for happiness that has passed, or perhaps never even existed.

Tenten was surprised when she got the dinner invitation in the mail. She supposed she shouldn’t have been, though. It was just about time for the Team Gai monthly dinners—the weekend of the 15th of every month. Every month, on the fifteenth (or the weekend that corresponded or was closest to it—for practicality purposes), Gai-han would meet up at a local diner and have a meal together. They’d catch up and discuss how their weeks were, complaining about mundanities such as an annoying grocery store run or the pipes being frozen again due to the harsh Konoha winters. They might even share the details of their last mission—with Neji being a newly appointed Jōnin, it delighted Gai to listen to his student, whom he’d nurtured from a cynical little twelve year old, constantly angry at the world and stuck in his ways, to a mature, level-headed young adult who had finally begun to have faith in life. Who had finally allowed himself to dream and hope and love and laugh and everything in between.

It delighted Gai even more so when he’d notice, through the little passing details in Neji’s stories, that the Hyūga had subconsciously adopted some of Gai’s ways when leading a team of his own. It got him thinking how it would be for Neji if he were to ever lead a squad of Genins, someday. How his own experiences as a Genin and how Gai’s tutelage might subconsciously pass on to that new squad. Out of the three of them—Lee, Neji and Tenten—Neji was the least likely to verbally express affection. He wasn’t particularly good with flowery words, and he often struggled to articulate such feelings, courtesy of his upbringing, so it was much easier for him to show affection through his actions. He was always willing to go out of his way to help, even in small, almost unnoticeable ways such as filling up an extra water bottle just in case someone forgot to fill up theirs (usually Gai, ironically enough). Buying candy for Tenten if he noticed (which he always did) that her mood was down. Making time to spar with Lee despite their packed schedules, if only to indulge in that nostalgia and spend time with his friend, in their own special way.

He was dependable. Kind.

Contrary to what some might think, Hyūga Neji was so very kind. He was undeniably good, and it showed in his actions. It bled through to his morals and how he conducted himself.

So for Gai to have his legacy passed on so tangibly, subconsciously no less, and to be able to see that with his own eyes… It was a feeling of accomplishment unlike any other. No amount of successful S-Rank missions or victories could trump the feeling of knowing you made a difference in someone’s life. Of knowing your influence on someone changed the course of their life for the better, even if only by a little bit.

This would be the first Team Gai dinner since Neji had died in the Fourth Great Ninja War.

This would be the first Team Gai dinner as a squad of three, not four.

Tenten looked at the invitation again. It was from Gai-sensei, inviting her to the local yakiniku place they’d been to so often in the past. Sometimes they’d go after missions, and Gai would treat them to reward their success, or even to uplift them after a failure; to remind them that there’s always a next time. Sometimes they’d go for celebrations—birthdays and rank promotions and such. And sometimes it was simply an excuse to see each other again, amidst all the responsibilities of being older, more dependable shinobi. Sometimes it was just an excuse to enjoy each other’s company and be together, if only for a night, like they’d grown so accustomed to in their earlier years.

It had been so long since Tenten had met up with Gai-sensei and Lee, outside of formal business of some sort. It was just too painful.

Over the past year or so after the war, Tenten and Lee alternated taking care of Gai. After the many months he spent bedridden in the hospital, during which they would alternate visiting him almost everyday, it was a given that one would see Gai strolling around the village in his wheelchair, accompanied by one of his former subordinates. It was like an unspoken agreement had been signed between Lee and Tenten: always one of them, and never both. It was easier that way.

When one of them was alone with Gai, it was easier to pretend that the two absent teammates were off doing their own thing. It was easier for Tenten to pretend, if only for a little bit, that Lee and Neji were off training at their usual spot, and it was easier for Lee to pretend that Tenten and Neji were taking a stroll around the village, or even hanging out at a tea shop, like they’d taken to doing at some point down the line. It was easier to ignore that gaping hole Neji’s death had left behind. That missing limb that overwhelmingly hindered the movement of the body as a whole. It was easier to ignore than to try and adjust to it—to the missteps and phantom pains and jerky movements.

Too soon after the war, shinobi were forced to take on new roles and responsibilities befitting the new needs of the village and the Allied Shinobi Forces as a whole, which put their grief on the back burner, and at some point, they eventually got too caught up with their own lives (which was, as much as Tenten hated admitting it, somewhat of a coping mechanism to deal with the loss of someone so significant) that they stopped seeing each other and meeting up. In the process of ‘dealing with’ (i.e. forgetting) and moving on from the loss of Neji, they ended up moving on from their bond as a team and all the memories they’d shared. It was easier to cut each other clean off and fully move on from team Gai as a whole than it was to try and pick the pieces back up and reconstruct it, this time wholly aware of the missing member.

That’s why, over the past year or so, Team Gai had let the distance get between them. They surrendered to it. Let it cause a chasm between them and then some. It was better for them to drift apart with love and goodness and grace and well-wishes in their hearts than to let the grief overwhelm them and drive a vicious wedge between them, like it had during those days immediately after the war. The way Tenten saw it—and she felt that Lee no doubt thought the same—it was better for Team Gai to dissolve naturally and amicably.

And for a while, that worked. Terrifyingly well.

The world had already begun to move on from the War, and the village was mostly rebuilt. People—shinobi and civilians alike— were rebuilding their lives and getting used to this era of peace. It was weird. It honestly still felt surreal most days. Tenten—any shinobi in general—was so used to being on edge all the time, and constantly preparing for the worst. Her fight or flight response was always either on edge or at the forefront, waiting like a dog poised to strike. But now, there was no war anymore, and though the effects of it could still be seen and felt everywhere, people were starting to acclimate. She didn’t need to conceal knives on her person anymore when going out. She didn’t need to sleep restlessly anymore.  She would be okay. She was okay.

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At the last second, Tenten reached for her mascara again, unscrewing it and giving her lashes one last coat. She knew it was probably unneeded, but she did it anyway, and she felt better. She was still getting used to that—doing things for the sake of doing them, knowing they served no real purpose.

Tenten was… pragmatic. Very much so. And don’t get me wrong, that is a wonderful quality for a shinobi to possess, but Tenten found she no longer needed that. Well, not as much anyway. Her pragmatism had helped her solve countless problems successfully in the past, and it was one of the reasons she and Neji worked so well together. They were both sensible, if not a little hard headed at times, and they understood each other. To their friends, it always seemed like those two were moving in a rhythm inaudible to everyone but themselves. They were best friends, in every sense of the term. They somehow always knew what the other was thinking, and what to do. And part of that was because they were similar in that way—stubborn, sure, but willing to compromise when the situation called for it.

Pragmatic.

Which is why Tenten says her pragmatism helped her in the past, but she would be the first to admit that it also held her back from many things.

‘It would be too difficult,’ or, ‘Our backgrounds are too different.’ Or perhaps even the worst one, ‘We’re probably better off as friends.’

All things Tenten had said to herself in the name of being realistic. Pragmatic.

All excuses Tenten used to hold herself back from doing what she wanted to do, just for the sake of it. Shinobi fell in love. It was nothing unheard of—I mean, they were human after all. It was expected, even. Everyone was harrowingly aware of the risks being a shinobi entailed, and for most, quitting was not an option, so it was up to them to decide whether or not they would pursue a romantic relationship. 

It was up to them to decide which they were going to sacrifice: a chance at love, or their career. Because, in their world, it unfortunately had to be one or the other.

The choice was obvious. The pragmatic choice was obvious.

And both Neji and Tenten were pragmatic.

So they chose their careers.

When faced with the choice of being best friends and continuing to toe that line like they’d been doing for so long, or being lovers, and discovering an entirely new part of themselves—tasting an entirely new flavour they hadn’t even known existed—they chose the former. Because it was always one, and never both. And that was fine, for a while.

In fact, if that had been the end of it, Tenten imagined, perhaps terribly and selfishly, then maybe the aftermath of his death wouldn’t have been as hard. And maybe that made her a terrible person. Maybe she was terrible for wishing he’d never confessed and they’d never kissed. Maybe she was terrible for wishing he hadn’t given her a taste of what she longed for for so long, only to cruelly take it away before either of them were ready. And she knew it wasn’t his fault, but part of her couldn’t help but blame him. And maybe that made her a terrible person; she didn’t know.

But for now, she was content with doing small, pointless, impractical things like putting on another coat of mascara, just for the sake of it. She’d swallow the lump in her throat and put on a brave face and walk out, and she’d do things just because she wanted to. Just because it made her feel better.

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They’d both shown up.

“Hey,” she greeted, once she’d spotted the two green-clad men waiting by the entrance of the restaurant. She’d gotten there a few minutes early, but here they were, arriving even earlier. 

“Tenten!” It was Lee.

While Lee had jumped at the opportunity of this dinner, craving the nostalgia like it were a physical thing, Tenten was a bit hesitant. Still, they had both shown up. She smiled. How very predictable of Team Gai.

Maybe things weren’t that different after all.

It was awkward at first. After exchanging pleasantries, they entered the restaurant and took their seats at the reserved booth. The thought of making small talk with people that were once so engraved in each other’s very being was unbearable. The view of the vacant seat at the table was also unbearable—it had been so long since they’d met up like this for dinner that, when Gai-sensei was making the reservation, he accidentally asked for a table for four instead of three. Force of habit.

But they managed.

“How have you been, Tenten?” Gai asked, voice mellow. Him and Lee had remained pretty close through it all, partly because of Lee’s self-imposed duty to care for Gai most of the time, and partly because those two had always had a special bond that not even Neji and Tenten could get between. Tenten shrugged noncommittally, replying with that customary reassurance that made it seem like she was very busy while simultaneously downplaying whatever it is she’d been busy with since she’d last seen them. He nodded kindly, and the three of them started chatting mindlessly about nothing in particular. It was obvious that they were ignoring the elephant in the room. Neji’s loss—his absence at this table—was so palpable it was almost taking up the space of the would-be conversation.

“I miss him,” Tenten sighed, almost bluntly. Flippantly. She didn’t know what reaction she was expecting, but the willing avoidance was getting suffocating. She knew everyone was thinking that, so why didn’t anyone say it?! Why couldn’t anyone give her that relief? Why was everyone—her included, she realised belatedly—so hell-bent on forgetting him, when he had been such a core part of who they were for so long? She missed him. She missed talking to him— about him. She didn’t like that no one brought him up anymore, as if he’d never even existed. He deserved to be celebrated and remembered, for God’s sake! That was the least they could do for him.

“Me, too,” Lee murmured, uncharacteristically resigned. “It’s unbearable, most days.”

Immediately, pressure built up behind Tenten’s eyes, and she vaguely regretted putting on more mascara. “Yeah,” she whispered, almost in wonder, “it is.”

And surprisingly, that was what broke the tension.

Or maybe it wasn’t surprising or weird or unexpected. Maybe that made perfect sense. Because Team Gai was never one for stuffy formalities or beating around the bush—they knew each other too well for that.

Gradually and ever so tentatively, the dinner took on an air of normalcy, and things were almost like the old times—almost. They were able to actually speak to each other again for the first time in what felt like a lifetime, without being snappy or short-tempered, or feeling like their words weren’t reaching through to the other person. They were finally able to acknowledge their loss together, and weirdly enough, it made them feel lighter than they had in ages.

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“It’s getting late,” Tenten yawned, stretching her arms over her head. “We should probably go before we get kicked out.”

With a frown, Lee responded, “Yeah. You’re probably right.”

They, reluctantly, said their goodbyes. She’d originally thought this would be awkward, but she realised with a pang as she was walking away that she didn’t want to go. 

“Tenten!” Lee called out from a distance away, and she turned around.

“What is it?” she called back.

“Don’t be a stranger.”

Her breath hitched, and the only thing she could do was nod vigorously and hope he saw it.

She would be okay. They would be okay.

[shikatemarchives]

Grandmaster by notquitejiraiya -

“Our girl, my love, will be a grandmaster.”

At four years old, Temari touched her first chess piece, an action that would rule her life far beyond the game she expected. Hailing from a nation of chess giants and fuelled by a background that is anything but easy, she finds herself shaped into the hardened individual her sport requires and will do whatever it takes to reach the top. Even if that involves accepting assistance from an unexpected source.

Series

ShikaTemarchive note: this is such a great dive into Temari—who she is, why she is…

[martialartslover7]

Here, as I promised, to keep you all excited for the final chapter of "The Hero, The Blind & The Martyr" story, here is another NaruHina story project of mine, except now, this takes place BEFORE Shippuden.

This is my attempt at writing a whole freaking saga about the Hyuga clan, before Naruto would head off to train with Jiraiya. And yes, I am aware, these conflicts may have gotten resolved in the canon story, but, you know what the biggest issue here is? It was all done off-screen, like, no on-screen conflict solving, no scenes of the Hyuga elders being challenged by either Neji or Hinata, or this conflict with Hanabi being resolved, nothing. None of it ended up making the cut, either in the manga, or the anime.

And sure, you can say, "read the databooks" or, "read the Retsuden manga" or whatever, but the question is, why should I? The Hyuga clan isn't non-canon, they are part of the main storyline, Hinata is ending up with Naruto, and you mean to tell me, they were never deserving of the courtesy of getting more screentime to have these problems resolved, ON-SCREEN? Fuck no. I don't roll like that. I am more of a man with the saying:

Show, don't tell.

I don't want to read this as a "mention on the side", to me, this is just disrespectful towards both Neji and Hinata as standalone characters, who never had the privilege of getting their own baggage solved, with Naruto's assistance.

On that note, have some dorky Naruto and Neji bromance, as they both ended up having the exact same coherent thought: Hinata's well-being above all.

Enjoy.

All characters belong to Kishimoto

P.S.: Tsunade drank coffee... mixed with vodka, mind you. Yup.

[tentenismybitch]

been thinking abt kakayamagai all day….i don’t usually do modern aus anymore these days but…young single dads au….they meet at daycare….kakashi who is run ragged by toddler naruto and perpetually stressed out helicopter dad yamato with his kiddo sai are impressed and baffled by the fact that gai has so much energy all the time considering he has TWO babies that are the same age, tenten and rock lee, and theyre both rambunctious as fuck

tenten’s bangs are cut like they are in boruto cus bowl cuts run in the family…yeah. yeah

[ginjaanimeloversstuff]

Konoha 13 au//

Neji was brought back to life, by some crazy people who want to take over the world. Neji woke up with no memory of who he is, but he also woke up with the tensigen and voice in his head.

But he wasn't the only one, Itachi was brought back with jirayia. Shin, obito. In the same boat.

Meanwhile,

Naruto and the group have become well known elites shinobi of the leaf. Each earning a nickname that's known throughout the world.

Sakura and had taught tenten to use medical ninjustsu. After hearing how back in the day she wanted to be one, but she had shown known talent for it. And hearing the guy who tried to teach gave us too early. After learning about the medical field, tenten has learnt about poison and other justsu too add to her arsal.

Hinata wasn't sure if she wanted to be head of her clan, so she is trying different types of ninja career

Lee, chouji, kiba shikamaru, sai, sasuke and Naruto are moving forward in their careers, but often meet up when they are free.

Sasuke and sakura have been travelling across the globe and sasuke finding out, he can go into the multiverse. The two been going international different dimensions.

One day after coming back from another world. They hear a rumour of some people disappearing, investigating this, the couple come across people who should've been dead, but turn out they never died. Shisui, Rin, obito and izumi

Sasuke was in shock to see shisui and izumi.he didn't know how to react. Not long after that,

Neji, Itachi and jirayia, shin and obito had came fully alive. And attack them, and seeing how they have no memory, the team were heartbroken and furious. Decided to go and investigate this.

Sakura and sasuke found out, shisui , and the others have been working in an team who they lost contact with.

Their team are people from different villages.

Guren, yukimaru, yakumo kurama, isarabi, idate morio, hotaru tsuchkigomo (sp). Hokuto, sasame fuma. sumaru and mizura from the star village.,

( all filler characters most from the forth of series)

After reunited and being shocked they go back home and inform the leaf village.

Should I write this fanfic or leave it as a prompt or something?

[anbubox]

Anime-canon spice tolerance scale This episode had me in stitches. Nobody feed Neji any ultra spicy curry he will literally die

[comfy-whumpee]

Jane: Interlude

Whumptober 21 - found family. CN: BBU, missing person search.

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It took far, far too long for her to realise. She needed to do a head count every morning. She needed to keep better track of who was in the house. She should have known immediately if someone had gone. She should have their trust enough that they wouldn’t disappear in the night. She should know them well enough to know where and why they had disappeared.

She should never have given up on Boo.

The thoughts crowded in a vicious cycle in her head as she drove into town with Tenten in the passenger seat. He’d insisted on coming even though she’d rather face her abject failure alone. He was probably the only one she’d bring. He could go out alone, and talk to strangers on an even footing. He could ask around while she scouted further afield and made calls. Mrs Kaur was coming up to help, as was Neeta, who thankfully had a day off. Nobody else was able to come. Nobody else could help her, and she couldn’t know whether Boo had left on purpose, so filing a police report was useless.

It was all her fault. She had brought Jane back. She had disrupted the house. She had thrown something new into the mix. She hadn’t asked. She hadn’t checked with them. She had assumed everything was fine and gone to bed happy that she’d helped someone.

It’s all my fault, she imagines telling Dr Cerasale when she sees him next, for her fucking counselling that she got for her fucking broken family. Well, look at her now. She’s broken another one.

You were responsible for them, Dr Cerasale says back, in her head. He wouldn’t say it in real life but she’d fucking deserve it if he did. Just like you were responsible for your son.

Tenten is silent. He probably understands what happened. She’s let him down, as well. He’ll feel less safe at the shelter now, because of her.

“Let me know if you want to go back,” she tells him as they park. “Call me if you want to, for any reason.”

She’s given him a phone. He’s tucked it into his jacket, and merely nods at her. She doesn’t know how he isn’t terrified, but she’s glad he’s not. Maybe he’ll break down later. She’ll probably miss that, too.

She’s been in Boo’s room and confirmed all their things were left behind. It’s proof that they were driven to leave. This wasn’t planned.

Maybe they know Jane. Maybe she reminds them of someone. Maybe they thought she would take their place. She doesn’t know. She knows so little about them, and she’s been so complacent.

The sun stings her eyes. As soon as she went up to get them for breakfast and found their room empty, she’s been on the move. She searched the house. She searched the garden. She ran through the lanes near the house, imagining them passed out, injured, dead in the hedges. She covered miles through sheer panic. She told Roman, who went white as a sheet and locked himself in his room. She told Kamala, who burst into tears for less than a minute and then forced herself to be calm. She didn’t have time to deal with either of them.

She told Tenten, and it took Tenten telling her for her to think about asking in town.

So now she’s striding through the streets with their one picture of Boo, taken for their passport and never since used. Their passport, that’s still in her bureau in the front room, where they could have taken it but didn’t. She shoves their bland little photo in front of everyone she goes past. She sees the distaste in their eyes at her unkempt desperation. “Have you seen them? Have you seen them, please? Please look out for them. Please, have you seen them?”

Tenten is on the other side of the road. He is the picture of calm. He shows the photo in front of him as he walks. “Has anyone seen my friend? Can anyone help me?” he asks. People shake their head at him, apologise, and wish him luck. From Avis, they turn away with averted eyes.

She can’t do this again. She can’t think straight. Her heart won’t slow down. She can’t lose another. She can’t take this. She can’t.

“Please, they’re vulnerable,” she begs parents and children alike, the former shielding the latter from her raw despair. “I just want to make sure they’re safe. Please.”

She’s not speaking to the people in front of her. She’s pleading with the world. Just let them be safe. Let them be okay. God, she has a brand new Romantic rescue back at the shelter with nobody better than Kamala to keep an eye on her. She’s so fucking reckless for thinking she could do this alone.

She needs Mrs Kaur to get to the house and look after them. She needs Neeta on the streets with the flyers she said she’d make. She needs help. She needs her family back.

“Have you seen them? Please look, please, they’re vulnerable…”

Everybody shakes their head.

[erumai-maadu]

you know, i think tenten will also give them good luck charms for protection like how she gave her tsunade-sama one in sd.

she totally would, with her penchant for fortune telling, she’d handcraft three good luck/protection charms and give them to each of them.

I like to think she gives them to each of her team at different times.

Lee gets his first, after Tenten overhears him telling Gai-sensei about how he has almost lost hope in his dream to beat Neji.

“Perhaps just hard work isn’t enough,” he sobs to Gai-sensei as Tenten walks away, her heart heavy. She hands him a little good-luck charm at training the next day, a carved dragon, quietly telling him that he should never lose hope.

Neji may be a genius, but Lee is a genius of hard work, and she will protect his boundless hope until he achieves his dream. Perhaps it comes from a place of selfishness. After all, Tenten is no genius herself, and Lee’s hope is her hope too.

Or maybe it’s not selfishness, but relatability.

Whatever it is, Lee thanks her with a huge hug and many, many tears. Tenten protests loudly, but deep down, her heart swells.

He always keeps it in the hidden pocket of his jumpsuit, and never forgets to take the charm out before washing it. He shows it off with pride to everyone, much to Tenten's chagrin.

Gai-sensei receives his next, after both Tenten and Lee end up in the hospital after the Chunin Exams.

After Tenten is healed, she finds her sensei standing over a sleeping Lee, tears rolling down his face. He immediately puts on an act when Tenten walks in, but she knows what she saw, and it weighs on her.

The next day, when Gai-sensei pops into her physical therapy to check on her and offer some good old Gai-sensei encouragement (motivational shouting), Tenten pulls him aside. She hands him a small charm she’d made the previous night, a little wood turtle carved with the symbol for luck.

“Don’t worry sensei, the people you care about will always be okay!” She smiles brightly at him as she sets the charm in his hand. “It’s for protection—”

Gai-sensei’s thanks is also in the form of many, many tears and shouted declarations of his sweet lotus flower’s kindness and compassion. Tenten’s response, as usual, is loud and embarrassed protests, and a secret smile muffled in Gai-sensei’s broad shoulder as he hugs her tightly.

Gai keeps his charm in the safest pocket of his jounin vest, going as far as to ask Genma to give him a seal to make sure it never breaks or gets damaged. After all, his lotus gave it to him so he could protect her and her teammates, and he would rather die than let her down.

Neji is the last to receive his charm, after his fight with Naruto in the final round of the Chunin Exams. He sits in the hospital room and tells her about everything, his clan, his uncle apologizing to him, his restored faith in the future.

"I will change my clan," he insists to her. "I will better it, for all of the Hyuuga."

The next morning, through the rubble of a torn-apart and betrayed village, in the wake of the Sandaime Hokage's death, Tenten walks to the Hyuuga compound dressed in her mourning clothes and deposits a small carved phoenix charm in his hand.

"What's this for?" he asks, turning the charm over in his hand and studying it.

"Good fortune, protection." Unlike the rest of Team Gai, Tenten always keeps her stories to herself. For some reason, she finds the words tumbling out of her. "My mother used to make them for me. They were for protection and good luck."

Neji nods. He runs a thumb over the carved bird's wing. "Protecting what?"

"My hopes, my well-being, whatever it was she thought needed to be protected."

Neji finally looks up at her, understanding filtering through his gaze. Tenten turns around, ears burning. "Come on, let's go. They'll kill us if we're late to the funeral."

Neji stows his charm in the pockets of his clothes and jogs after her.

Several years later, when Lee surpasses everyone around him, his taijutsu a shining beacon of his hard work and dedication, he is ever aware of the wooden dragon in his pocket, the way his hope is a reflection of Tenten's. He vows to work harder, to prove to her that she can do it just like him.

He will protect her hope too.

On the battlefield facing down Madara Uchiha, Gai quickly moves the little turtle charm to the pocket over his heart. To protect the village, to protect his precious students, he can do anything.

"Eighth Gate of Death, release!"

As medics work to stabilize Neji in the emergency tents, they find a blood-soaked phoenix charm clutched in his hand.

His full recovery is nothing short of a miracle.

[yuripira4e]

Drawing the Gai team cause I need them to be happy

[shukakumoodboard]

this gaaleesbian fic you'ree creating sounds amazing, tho who is the priest that lee is married to, because it kinda seems like a genderswapped tenten?!?!?

that is SPOILING THE FIC it’s neji

[canonsinthehead]

(Repost) Naruto/Boruto Headcanon: Chocolate Flavored Potato Chips, The Marriage of Karui & Chouji pt.2 - THE LOCATION

Many arrived in the Land of Cloud a few days before the event, giving them enough time to drop their things at the hotel and do some sightseeing. Sasuke tried to spend 3 full days locked in his hotel room to avoid any trouble but tired of being harassed by his friends, he went downtown to visit around. While Karin and Suigetsu went their way, he met the clown in person; Shisui was diving into various street foods like a Tasmanian devil.

Guy wanted to be 100% prepared for the celebration so he engaged in an intensive training session with Lee. They decided to climb the various Rocky Mountains surrounding the main city. Kakashi having nothing better to do tagged along with them to Guy’s extreme excitement.

The time has come for the event to start. With the help of designated buses, all the guests make a 30-minute trip towards the higher levels of the city. They reached a huge modernly designed building. It stood out from the other surrounding structures by being carved into the gigantic rocks making the area. Kakashi sighed ‘’Well I guess, the ceremony will take place in the Raikage’s residence’’

It seemed scary and lacking life from afar but getting closer the impression changed. All guests were greeted by a ‘’red carpet’’ decorated with a wall of flowers. It is result of the Yamanaka Clan’s efforts for the decorations and flower arrangements. Thanks to Ino, Chouji’s wedding is the festival of flowers.

Here the guests are greeted by photographers. It's time for group pictures and to look cute. The photos are taken as memories but also to give away as a souvenir in a photo book. It is a great way to number the guests and establish who’s missing. Appetizers and water are distributed while waiting for the gates of the building to open and the signal to enter/proceed with the event.

“THE RAIKAGE’S HOUSE IS AMAZING!” screamed Naruto every 5 minutes, as he comfortably walked around like he knew the place.  At the words, Kiba almost choked on his thoughts, the idea of such luxury outside the Land of Fire shocked him. He grimaced trying to pull himself together,

Shino looked at him, ‘’Did you see a flying chihuahua Kiba?’’ he asked in a calm tone. The brunette couldn’t decipher if he was mocking him or being serious. Kiba snatched an appetizer from one of the waiters and forcefully grabbed Hinata by the hand who was in the middle of a conversation with Sakura & Tenten.

“Come on Hinata, let’s go take our group picture!” leaving Shino behind clearly fuming in anger.

If it wasn’t for his mask, Kakashi would choke in all this pollen. Tenzo doesn’t understand how he can have 100 dogs but crack his neck and break his back when it comes to plants, he thinks it's so refreshing. So does Guy who is consumed by the beauty of youth represented in this magnificent place.

Sasuke made it to the place with Shisui (don’t know how he did it) seeing this grown buffoon trying to talk to anyone who passed by is making the raven cringe. Shisui is growing out of his initial anxiety and getting comfortable. Itachi was nowhere to be found.

For a second, he thought his older brother ditched the event without warning (which is not his style). The plausible scenario relieved Sasuke. From where he is, he can see Madara posing in front of the cameras like he is some celebrity (he really thinks he is). On the other side, Obito's pride can be felt escaping every cell of his body since he is getting stopped every 10 minutes so other women can complement the beauty of his girlfriend.

After a loud bell sound, the doors are open. The guests are guided towards large stairs decorated with magnificent flower decorations. They are led to a large terrace where the first venue will take place.

Sakura was mesmerized along with her shinobi sisters. They decided to spend the first venue together since for the second venue the tables are assigned and will probably be paired with their bandmates. As expected, the terrace is fully decorated with nice flower arrangements, it is where the “formal’’ part of the wedding takes place including the exchange of rings, the bride walking down the aisle, the kiss, etc. This part included important guests and direct relatives of the couple only.

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[princessphoebe-art]

My Naruto OTP, Neji and Tenten, with their family! I designed three beautiful children for them, 13 year old Heiwa, Chowa at only a year younger, and then little Kira-chan at 8 years old.

Heiwa specialises in a long-range Gentle Fist style and was given the curse mark after being abducted by a banished member of the Hyuga Clan.

Chowa is a fearless tough cookie that specialises in the Dragon Fist style and exudes confidence to cheer on her fellow shinobi

Kirakira, better known as Kira-chan, dreams to be a successful shinobi like her parents and doesn't let the fact that she's the Hyuga clan's only blind child to drag her down and wants to use that to her advantage.

Hope that wasn't too long a description lol. I hope everyone likes them!