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The road to the Land of Iron was...
"Fucking cold!" Tenten cursed.
Neji scrunched up his face at his teammate's choice of words. He hoped she would be less crass when they reached their destination. He didn't want anyone to get the impression that Konoha nin were just, in general uncouth pottymouths.
Beside him, Lee exhales then chuckles. "I can see my breath."
Neji, despite himself, feels the corner of his mouth curl.
Finally, Tenten is fed up. "We need to stop. Now."
"Stop?!" Lee exclaimed, teeth chattering.
"Yes! I need to take a break! This is miserable! We're ahead of schedule anyway!" She turned to Neji, practically pleading for him to agree.
Neji, the defacto leader between them, just nodded. He really didn't feel like arguing. He was cold too. And Tenten had a point- they were ahead of schedule.
Tenten cheered as she summoned a fully stocked tent from one of her scrolls. "You two gather some wood!" She commanded, shutting the flaps of the tent.
Neji rolled his eyes. She gets her way once and she was bossy as all can be.
"Whoever gets the most wood um!" Lee paused. He hadn't thought this through. "Whoever gets the most wood must brew tea!" He finished rather lamely.
Neji sighed, without a word he moved ahead. Well, he kind of wanted to win. Someone else brewing your tea was...kind of nice.
The two used their taijutsu prowess to collect the wood and practically raced back to the tent.
Neji's expression was impassive but inside he was quite fired up! It seemed...all that burning youth passion wasn't just a Guy and Lee thing afterall.
"NOOOO! I CANNOT ALLOW YOU TO WIN!" Neji hears before he feels the cold impact of a snowball against the back of his head. He let out an audible gasp.
He quickly snapped his head to look at Lee. "WHAT!"
Lee was flushed, having dropped his sticks. "I-I cannot let you win!" he repeats.
Neji inhales deeply before dropping his own load. So be it.
Lee's eyes widened, watching as the Hyuga scooped his own snowball to launch at him.
It was so on!
Tenten peeked her head from the tent only to huff in exasperation. She couldn't take those two anywhere.