A few hours had passed when the horse-drawn carriage owned by the Hyuuga family finally arrived. Everyone was startled, especially when they heard those hurrying footsteps in the yard..

Neji and company were waiting inside the living room, while Tenten could be found inside the kitchen, boiling water for her Nescafe Ice.

But she also took a peek at the adjacent room when the door opened and in came a thunderous anime dubber-like voice.

"Neji! My one and only nephew in the whole country of this world we live in!" Hyuuga Hiashi cheerfully greeted. Behind him are Naruto and Hinata, holding Duty Free bags and balikbayan boxes and packages (4).

"Hello, Uncle Hyuuga-sama," greeted the young man with respect, making Tenten pause dreamily. The young man could act Mr. Suave-ish if he really wanted to. "I trust that your trip home had been free of hassles."

Hiashi laughed. "Of course! It was freedom!"

Tenten's face darkened. She didn't know whether it was he whom Naruto learned English from or vice-versa; those two are almost carbon copies.

"So… is this your beautiful wife?" Hiashi's eyes turned to Tenten, who was hiding behind a potted plant. She blinked and immediately stood up, blushing.

"She's not my wife," corrected Neji. "but she can be very beautiful, Uncle."

She wasn't sure whether it was another of Neji's tricks, but her traitorous heart couldn't help but get affected by his comment.

"So if she's not your wife, then she's your husband?"

"No, Uncle." He gestured to Ino.

"So she is your husband?" he asked, pointing at Ino, prompting Shika to snicker. After shooting a death glare at her trusty assistant, Ino quickly began to use her charms.

"I'm Yamanaka Ino, you're nephew's fiancée." So she started narrating about herself. The old man listened attentively; meanwhile Tenten slithered back to the kitchen.

"Hold up!" barked the old man, startling all of them. "Hold everything for one madapaking moment plis (5)!"

He turned to the chicharon vendor. "Where are you going, dear? You're going to tell your life story next. Tell us the story of your existence, and how you came to be in this cruel world we live in."

She stammered. "I-It's the same as with your daughter. My mother thought my father was male, and my father thought my mother was also male. I was a mistake. I-I mean maybe not the same as Hinata but… umm… I'm not a product of vitro fertilization. T-That's how I came to be sir."

"No. I understand your origins. But tell me what happened after you came to be."

"P-Pardon?" Tenten's forehead creased. Why is she the one in the hot seat when she's not the fiancée in the story? "I-I'm boiling water."

"The water will boil without you, young lady," replied Hiashi.

"And the kitchen will burn down without me sir," she replied, sweatdropping.

"That's fine, I'll accompany you inside." Hiashi got up and went to the kitchen, Tenten followed him still stunned.

Ino stood up, shocked to the core. "What was that! My beauty was snubbed!"

Neji got up too, but he wasn't troubled because his Uncle wasn't convinced that Ino was his fiancée. He has a bigger problem—his Uncle might be interested with Tenten. He clenched his fists.

No. Whatever happens, even if peace between Branch and Main family collapse, he didn't care.

"Just he try touching even a finger off her…" His eyes blazed as he proceeded to go to the kitchen as well. "He'll see…"

Naruto patted him. "Calm down, bro-in-law! Listen to us first before you make your mistakes."

Hinata quickly intervened when he saw his cousin wasn't in the mood to deal with her English impaired husband. "K-Kuya Neji, it's like this… it was Naruto's idea… and…" She began to explain to everyone in the room, including the pissed off Ino and snickering Shika, the details of Naruto's idea. In the end, Neji's face darkened, Shika and Ino were laughing, and Hinata was smiling. Naruto gave him a thumbs up.

"Trust me, Bro-in-law. Trust (6) never breaks, you could even ask Hinata…"

"Shut up!" he snapped.