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The Tenkage Diaries

Summary- Tenten has lived alone with her Mother for many years in Konoha. She's always been a bit of a tomboy, but little did she know she was the illegitimate daughter of the Tenkage of a nearby village, and she has had a marriage arranged for her since birth! Based loosely on the 'Princess Diaries' by Meg Cabot, TentenXNeji

A/N: "Tenkage" is a totally made up position that's supposed to be like Hokage or Kazekage, okay? Cool, enjoy and please R&R!

It all started out like a completely normal day. Tenten woke up and hopped in the shower, she never could quite wake up without that shower in the morning. She began to put up her hair in buns and pinned them securely. Glancing over to the notepad she kept by her phone, she smiled to see that she had a sparring match with Neji in the afternoon. Tenten turned back to look herself over once more in the mirror, silently promising herself that she'd get him this time around.

Going out to the kitchen, she found her Mom, Rumiko, preparing breakfast. Tenten smiled at the smell of bacon and eggs. Tenten looked a lot like her Mother, they both had long, dark brown hair and pale skin. But their eyes were the main difference between the two. Tenten had dark eyes while her Mother had gray blue ones.

As usual they ended up debating who got to do the shopping that morning, and in the end Tenten lost this time. She groaned loudly as her Mother gave her the shopping list, but she set out right away to get it out of the way before her match with Neji.

Tenten went about her shopping half-heartedly, thinking of how her Mother could be doing this and allowing Tenten some precious time with her new playstation. Grumbling about this injustice, Tenten paid no attention to the chatter of the other customers and the clerks.

"I hear he's coming to Konoha today!"

"But why? His heir can't possibly be here!"

"I wonder what he looks like in person!"

Tenten overheard some of this as she paid for the groceries, but most went in one ear and out the other. That was, until she heard 'Tenkage'. She looked up immediately and saw that one person was waving around a magazine with a picture of the Tenkage on the cover with something about an illegitimate heir on it. She listened a little longer out of curiousity. Apparently, his child was about to come of age and she was required to marry some other high-ranking person.

'Poor girl,' She thought to herself and left.

"Hey Mom, you'll never guess what the little ladies in the store were gossiping about today-" Tenten began as she came in with the groceries, but stopped mid sentence as she looked at who now sat next to her Mother on the couch. Her jaw dropped involuntarily, and the groceries hit the ground with a dull thud. There was no way this was possible.

On the couch, next to her Mother, sat none other than the Tenkage himself. He sat there as if they were only discussing the weather, his red brown hair hanging loosely to his shoulders and his deep brown eyes fixed on Tenten's. The eyes that so closely resembled hers it was unmistakable why he was there.

'Oh, I can't even think it…' Tenten stood there thinking to herself. Everything seemed to have stopped for that brief moment.

"Tenten, honey," Her Mother began awkwardly, glancing back and forth between her daughter and the Tenkage. "This is your Father, Takashi Amaku."

"You mean…My Father is the T-Tenkage?" Tenten said the words but couldn't feel her mouth move.

"I know this comes as quite a surprise, Tenten," Her Mother spoke in a comforting tone and rose from the couch to walk over to her. Tenten pulled away.

"A surprise? A surprise is when some jumps out and yells 'Happy Birthday', a surprise is when you find money in the street. This is a shock to me," Tenten explained in, well shock, like she said.

"Tenten," Amaku finally spoke up, "I realize that I should have been in your life more than I was, but I couldn't after becoming Tenkage. I hope we can make up for lost time…"

"In 17 years you couldn't find time?" Tenten questioned. Amaku went silent.

"He came for…a specific reason…" Her Mother began.

'No way…This can't be happening!' She thought, 'The rumors are not true…'

"I had to…Make a deal with another village…" The Tenkage spoke, diplomatically yet with a touch of heart behind it. "And I'm sorry I have no way out of it…"

"It's not true…No way…" Tenten said aloud this time.

"There has to be a way, Amaku-san," Tenten's Mom jumped in. At least someone seemed to be on her side.

"I'm sorry, Tenten," Her Father looked sincere, of course she'd only known him for a few minutes. "But…You have an arranged marriage with someone from another village."

'NO!' Tenten's mind screamed, 'I want to be with Neji!'

"There has to be another way-" Tenten's Mother tried again.

"I don't have time for this!" Tenten snapped. She went towards the door, and her Mother made a move to stop her but she pushed her away. "I'm going to be late for training with Neji."

"Tenten!" Her Father tried, but she was already gone. Her Mother went to sit by Amaku, shaking her head.

"Why couldn't you have told her ten years ago?" She asked.

"I…Didn't know…" He answered.

"What?"

"The last Tenkage made the promise, before him and his daughter died on a mission. I had to fulfill it, since I am Tenkage now and have a daughter of appropriate age."

"Let's give her some time, she might come to understand. And, Amaku-san, there just has to be a way."

"I wish there was…Who did she say she was meeting?" Amaku looked tired.

"Hyuuga Neji, he's the prodigy of the Hyuuga clan."

"She trains with a prodigy?" He was surprised. "There may be a way after all…" He sighed and looked once more at Rumiko. "You are looking well after all this time, Rumiko."

"It is nice to hear your flattery again," She smiled, "Perhaps you should try it on your daughter."