Hello people! I decided to write my own version of "The Little Mermaid" starring Tenten and Neji! It may sound like the original but I edited some of it!
Sadly I don't own any of this!
Chapter One
"Heave-ho!" The crew aboard the fine three-masted ship grunted as they pulled up a net filled with fish. It was all in a hard day's of work at sea.
A young prince named Neji stood at the railing and lifted his face to the sea air. His faithful kitsune, Naruto, stood by his side. The salty wind back Neji's long silky brown hair, and he smiled. (A/n: GASP! Neji smiling? What has the world come to?) The sea was his first love….. Ok maybe not…., and he could think of no better place to spend his birthday.
"Isn't this great?" he said. (Heck no!) "The disgustingly salty sea, the wind blowing in my beautiful face. A perfect day to be at sea!"
Near Neji, a perverted old man was bent over the railing. Slowly he raised himself. "Oh, yes" He said with a groan, his face red with anger. "Delightful, being with a bunch of men, when I could be with beautiful women."
Neji glared at the man. Old Jiraiya had been his manservant for years and still didn't like sailing.
"A fine wind and a following sea!" a sailor called out. "King Hokage must be in a friendly mood."
"King Hokage?" Neji asked, rushing over to help tie down a sail.
A hot sailor named Kankuro piped up, "Why, he's ruler of the mer-kuonichi, lad. Thought every good sailor knew about him."
"Sigh! Mer-kuonichi!" Jiraiya said, while drooling. "Neji pay no attention to these stories."
Kankuro frowned. "But it ain't nonsense he insisted, shaking a fish in Jiraiya's face. "It's the truth! They're half fish and half kuonichi. I'm telling you, they live down in the depths of the ocean."
Neji had heard this argument many times before. Kankuro and some of the other sailors were convinced that mer-kuonichi existed. Jiraiya was absolutely certain they did not. As for Neji, well, he didn't know what to think.
But if Neji could see to the bottom of the ocean, then he would know exactly what to think. For there, fathoms…….huh? Fathoms?... below Neji's ship, was the huge city of Konoha. Mer-kuonichi and all other creature of the deep lived there- far away from human eyes- in a world of their own, a world presided over by an old King Hokage.
And on this very day, the entire kingdom had gathered to see the king's daughters perform in concert.
King Hokage arrived at the concert hall in a golden chariot pulled by vicious man eating sharks…jk….. Dolphins I meant dolphins. His subjects cheered wildly. Soon after, a small ninja crab appeared on a seashell pulled by catfish. This was Sasuke, the royal court composer.
"I'm really looking forward to this performance, Sasuke," King Hokage called out.
"Your Majesty," Sasuke replied, "this will be the finest performance I've ever conducted. Your daughters will be spectacular.
"Yes," King Hokage agreed. "And especially my lovely Tenten."
The King loved all his daughters. Each was a beauty and a great talent. But when it came to weapons, Tenten outdid them all. Fish, crabs, sharks, clams- all the living things in the sea would stop to watch. Even the coral was said to sigh with pleasure at the sight of Tenten fighting.
"Ah, Tenten has the most graceful skill!" Sasuke agreed. But as he rode toward the podium, he grumbled to himself, "If only she would show up to rehearsals once in a while.
Tenten always seem to have something better to do than attend her kuonichi lessons. And when she did show up, she was late more often than not. But with a threatening glare, a scary smile, and her deadly skills, it was really hard for Sasuke to stay mad at her. As for where she had been keeping herself, nobody knew.
Sasuke climbed the podium. When her raised his baton, a group of large and strong sharks came out.
Down came the baton and the sharks began to prepare themselves for a fight. A curtain of bubbles rose upward. Three huge clamshells appeared on stage. They opened to reveal 6 mer-kuonichi, all daughters of King Hokage- Sakura, Ino, Temari, Hinata, Ayame, and Kin.
As they swam toward the sharks, attacking and throwing kunai at them, another closed clamshell appeared on the stage. Everyone knew Tenten was inside, and they couldn't wait to see her fight.
Slowly, with all eyes upon it, the shell opened, and there, in the middle stood…no one. The shell was empty.
The sister stopped fighting. Sasuke dropped his baton. The audience gasped in shocked surprise.
King Hokage rose from his seat clenching his trident. His face turned red with fury as he let out a bellow that shook the sea floor! (A/n: EARTHQUAKE!)
"TENTEN!"
