. Lucifer .
Naruto Fanfic by Sunshinegirl09
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters. Only storyline.
Tenten
Chapter 1: The Devil
It was definitely the aura that got me. Throughout my life I had never smelt something so foul. It wasn't that though. I could literally almost see a black ring of death that had surrounded the school, which was hidden deep in the city of Konoha. It was dark. The feeling I mean. Something that made unexplained goosebumps run up and down your arms . . . except these I could guess where they came from. There was no need for the shivers running through my spine to be explained. It was definitely the aura.
My book bag was pressed tightly against my chest, along with my knees. I kept my head resting on the my hands turned away so I didn't have to look at the school anymore, but it only worsened the feeling that came from the school, making it feel unknown because I couldn't see anything behind my hands.
"Tenten?"
My mother grabbed at my hands.
"Stop that please." She pleaded with a sigh.
Finally I removed my hands and glanced back at the school. It looked like a prison, with high and mighty walls. Except for the top floor, which was made completely of glass. I braced myself, expecting the glass to shatter and have the devil himself rise from it.
"Stop it." My mother Yuri scolded. "You're being way too ridiculous!"
I rolled my eyes.
"Just look at it, Mom." I remarked coldly. "It looks like a jailhouse!"
Yuri hesitated for a moment. She knew I was right. The entire bottom half really did look like a jail, a jail with a wall used to conceal the inmates. It was a boarding school too so that made matters worse than they should've been.
"Look at the dorms," My mother pointed out. "They look fine."
It was true that the dorms, kitty corner to the school, looked a little more humane than the main building but they still freaked me out. There was no way that I could live here 5 days a week. The thought was insane. The creepy school and not as much but still slightly creepy dorms were not going to work for me.
"Get out." Yuri told me.
I shook my head several times.
"Now."
Another shake.
"Do it."
Shake. Shake.
"Tenten."
I didn't comply.
"One-"
"Okay. Don't you think I'm a little too old for that?" I grumbled.
My mother crossed her arms. "I don't know." She replied. "You're fifteen and you still can't listen to your own mother."
I rolled my eyes.
"Well you are leading me to my own death." I informed her, exaggerating only a tiny bit.
She sighed once more. A very motherly and annoyed sigh.
"Please Tenten." Yuri repeated. "Get out and go to school."
I crinkled my nose before slipping my shoulder strap on and grabbing the handle of the suitcase.
My suitcase was striped black and white. It reminded me of a zebra. I had gotten from one of my old friends a few years back. It was great because I had always wanted a cool suitcase instead of the plain brown ones my mother had always made me use.
I was always pleased to say that my book bag was a complete mess. It was lime green and pink but had multiple anime pins and buttons attached to it. I had drawn on it with permanent hot pink and yellow marker. I had sewn on threaded badges that spelled out my favorite KPOP and JPOP bands. Really it was a bag of Asian pop culture and I loved it to death. My mom was highly annoyed by it, stating it was too brightly colored, but that thought really hadn't sunk in for me. Color was great.
"Go on." Yuri encouraged me.
I frowned, curling my lip slightly to show my annoyance. She wasn't the one going to the school of death.
It looked so empty and desolate because we had arrived early. Everyone must have been sleeping still. It hadn't occurred to me yet that the reason I was terrified at first was because of the emptiness that seemed to haunt the halls.
I dragged my suitcase to the front door, blowing a kiss to my mom. Then I pushed through it, banging my book bag on the door frame in the process. I didn't really care which was probably why I hit the second door on accident too.
"Hello? Tenten?"
My ears perked. The voice was unfamiliar but obviously whoever spoke knew my name.
"Do I . . . ?
I came face to face with a girl who was just slight taller than me, about 5'5". Her height didn't surprise me nearly as much as her hair. It was pink. She had pink hair.
"Your hair is pink." I stated.
"Sorry to surprise you." The girl chirped.
"Her hair is pink," I murmured.
"I'm Haruno Sakura." She continued.
"She has pink-"
"Yes," Sakura grumbled. "My hair is pink. We get it."
I shook my head, snapping out of my trance.
It was totally cool. In fact I was slightly jealous of her pink hair. It was just like an anime. Or someone would was a famous pop star. They all color their hair and wear cool contacts.
"No," I said. "I think it's great. Did you dye it?"
Sakura sighed.
"No that's what everyone thinks; it's natural." She explained.
My mouth dropped but I kept silent, not wishing to upset my new 'friend' even further.
I shrugged. "Haha."
Oh God this just got awkward.
"Well, um, you knew my name so ..." I paused for a moment. "You wanted to see me?"
Sakura chuckled, obviously brushing off our strange start.
"Yes," She told me, nodding. "I'm gonna show you to the office so you can properly adjust your schedule."
Her gaze shifted towards me and I felt her intense green eyes.
"You have it right?" She questioned.
I raised an eyebrow making a couple of faces. Did I have it? I remember packing it but God only knows what happened to it now. With my luck it probably found away to fall out of a moving car and into the road where many other cars ran over it.
So to make sure, I unnecessarily dropped my striped suitcase and began digging through my stuffed book bag. My hand passed over several things ... my iPod, a few manga books, a granola bar, some chocolate, lip gloss, cell phone, mechanical pencils, a few sharpies, my glasses that I was supposed to be wearing, and some other business. Finally my hand grasped a piece of paper ... that really wasn't what I was looking for but the second sheet I pulled out was my schedule.
Sakura smirked at me.
"That's good."
I followed her in silence, staring in wonder all around me. The inside of the school was super nice. The lockers were clean. The floors were shiny. It even smelled nice. Still the aura was sending awkward chills down my spine, sending my brain weird signals.
Dragging my suitcase along, I passed some students. They were of the most peculiar type. The first three were boys. One had blonde hair. He was leaning against a locker in a loosely fit uniform. Dress pants, a white shirt that wasn't tucked in. and and loose blue plaid tie.
The student next to him wore the same uniform except his was more cleaned up. His hair was a dark black with shades of an intense blue. I barely got a glimpse of his eyes, unlike the blonde's bright blue eyes, this other guy had black eyes.
"Barakku ..." I said in broken English. "Kuro."
His eyes seemed to flash towards mine so I immediately turned my gaze to the third boy. His scratchy hair was drawn up high into a ponytail that stuck up straight.
I cocked my head to the side but received a look from Sakura who realized my slowness.
"Don't you dare talk to them." She told me with a stern look.
"Uh, okay ..." I didn't really question it. She obviously knew this school better than I did. It wouldn't be good if I chose to not listen.
Then we passed some more lovely people.
It was a timid girl with dark hair that seemed to be a black tinted with blue also. It was shoulder length. She wore a short plaid purple skirt, a white dress shirt, black knee high socks and a purple plaid tie. She carried her books and portrayed the look of an anime school girl. Her big eyes looked fearful though.
Next to her there was a boy with his arms crossed, leaning against a locker. His clothes were worn very similar to the boy who had blond hair. Loose and sloppy ... along with his hair. I didn't blame him though.
My hair was pulled up into a sloppy bun that was leaning towards the right side of my head. Sometimes I had it in two buns. Sometimes it was in a ponytail. Maybe Braids. Pigtails. Clips. It was never down though. My messy bangs hung over my eyebrows and were fringed. The edges almost went over my eyes.
And beside that boy was a beautiful blonde girl wearing the same uniform as the first girl. Her golden hair was pulled back into one long ponytail while a long strand of hair framed a side of her face. Then there were her eyes. A cyan blue that was electrifying. They were now transfixed on a locker she was struggling to open.
"Dammit." She muttered.
"Need help with that?" The messy haired boy next to her offered.
"We're not allowed to use force, baka." the blonde teen mumbled.
He shrugged.
"Just askin'."
Sakura grabbed my wrist, seeing how I was secretly observing them.
"Don't talk to them either." She told me.
I glanced back a few times.
"Well not many people are here this early ..." I said trying to switch the conversation.
Sakura coughed.
"No ... only the people who need to be here."
And that was the end of our talk for the next minute. Because we now arrived at the office.
Sakura motioned for me to go in without her.
I sighed and smiled.
"Thanks," I told her.
She nodded.
"Yeah no problem. Haha." Sakura added. "I was sent to get you ... but yeah."
I bit my lip, doing a nod and turned, opening the glass door to the office.
There was a metallic desk in the large room with a young woman who had short cropped black hair.
"Oh hello," She smiled warmly. "You must be Tenten. I'm Shizune."
I grinned sheepishly, adjusting my bags.
"Principle Tsunade is in that room over there." Shizune pointed. "Now come over here so I can go over your schedule."
I took a seat in the comfortable chair in front of her desk, setting aside my suitcase and placing my book bag on my knees.
Shizune reached out and I handed her my crinkled schedule. She smoothed it out against her desk and observed it.
"Hmm ... Algebra II ... Honor's Japanese* ... AP Geography ... Chinese II ... Violin ... Biology ... tough schedule for a 9th grader." Shizune murmured. "But there are no conflicts."
She searched through her drawer and finally got a pen. With it she wrote down numerous numbers next to each of my classes.
"Those are the room numbers." She explained. "Since it's early I recommend you find your classes so you're not late for any of them."
I nodded and gathered my things once more, not really knowing where I was going.
Of course I got lost before I remembered to ask Shizune-san about the dorms. So I lugged around my suitcase along with my book bag while I searched the school looking for my classes.
After a while I got pretty bored. So typically, I resorted to my iPod.
I shoved the earphones in and just put my KPOP playlist on shuffle.
SNSD's 'Hoot' began to blast in my ears.
The song was in Korean but I knew the translated lyrics well.
The moment I blink again, you check it out!
Stop staring at the girls passing by!
I stuffed my hands in my pocket and started to walk down the hall.
Acting like you're not, acting like you didn't hear, your fake laughter
Everything, everything, everything is weird.
Everything really was weird because I had no idea where I was going ...
How about being a little more nice to me?
Your cold words hurt me a lot
I passed a few classrooms and got pissed. Their numbers looked exactly like the ones on my sheet except they were one of. ie: 5637A and 5368A =(
I'm beginning to get used to it
I really hate this. I'm really upset about everything, everything, everything.
Where the heck was I even going? My bags were really starting to weight me down and I still hadn't found a single classroom of mine. It didn't help that there weren't any students roaming the hallways to actually help me.
Where are you looking?
I'm right here.
I stared around as I walked, trying to decide where to go. Suddenly, I ran into something.
Because of you, my heart wears armor
I stared up at a boy who was in school uniform with his sleeves lazily rolled up.
Now, I'm going to oppose you
He raised a curious eyebrow and gave me a cold stare.
Your arrows are trouble, trouble, trouble.
I stared at him back.
You've targeted me. You shoot, shoot, shoot.
His hands were stuffed in his pocket while he chewed gum.
I laugh, laugh, laugh (hoot, hoot, hoot)
"Tch." I smirked, ripping out my headphones and springing upwards.
His hands never left his pockets and his bored expression remained.
"You should watch were you're going." He mumbled.
I furrowed my eyebrows.
"You were the one who ran into me!" I accused.
"Whatever." He rolled his eyes, and shifted his feet so he could walk away.
I blocked his path, getting a glimpse of his long hair tied back into a ponytail.
His eyebrow raised again.
"Excuse me?" He challenged, though his tone was still the same.
I narrowed my eyes.
"Apologize." I ordered.
With the same expression he replied simply, "Fuck no. Move."
"Tch. Why you-"
"What the hell are you doing?"
Sakura slid to my side panting.
"Why ... are you talking ... to Neji?" She demanded, shooting him a nasty glare.
I scowled.
"That jerk just-"
Sakura grabbed my arm and pulled me in the opposite direction.
"Definitely do not talk to Neji!" She whispered fast in my ear.
"Psh." I replied. "He bumped into me!"
"It doesn't matter." Sakura argued. "Just don't-"
"Oh, Help me! Help me!
Sorosoro iwa nakya!
Set me free
Hora, motto touch me
Sunao na kimochi ni kizukya ii'n da!"
Sakura's phone rang through her book bag.
"I love that song!" I exclaimed, earning a glare from her.
She picked up her phone in annoyance.
"Hello?"
Pause.
"Ino ... I DON'T CARE IF YOU CAN'T GET THE DAMN LOCKER OPEN!"
Pause.
"Figure it out!"
Okay. What the hell are they talking about?
I raised a questioning eyebrow and watched Sakura scream into the phone. It took me a minute to realize that she must've been talking the blonde girl who was struggling to get the locker open.
"Well if you don't get it open it'll be my problem too, so hurry up!"
I glanced back to see if Neji was there but he had disappeared.
Where the heck did he go? He would've had to pass Sakura and I unless he went back the way he came. There weren't any classrooms right by him ... so where would he have-
"Tenten," Sakura shut her phone sharply. "Don't you dare move!"
I jumped.
"Ne?" I wondered.
"I'll be right back." Sakura explained, glancing around. "I meant it! Don't move from that spot!"
I sighed, leaning against a locker.
"Fine. Just be back before school starts," I told her. "I still need to fix things with my dorm and change into uniform."
The pink haired girl nodded.
"Yeah."
As I watched her disappear, I shoved my earphones back in and started jamming out to Mirotic by TVXQ/DBSK. The good thing about me that I liked was that no matter how bored I was, music was the answer to my problem.
Finally I sat back on my heels and slid downwards, my back against the locker.
My gaze shifted downwards as I listened to MAX's intense scream. I was lightly humming.
Something caught my attention. A faint flicker of red light.
I kept one of my earphones in and one out.
The flash of light had just come under a classroom door that was in front of me.
I curiously peeked under the door as I crawled across the hallway to the other side. I blinked.
There was another flicker of light and I felt like I was blinded. Something green now fluttered passed me.
If my eyes didn't deceive me I would've said the green thing went straight through the keyhole.
"No that's impossible." I muttered, observing the tiny hole.
Sighing I reached out and turned the door handle.
It opened.
The moment I walked in, extreme darkness surrounding me. It was surprising because I expected it to be bright.
Then the door slammed shut.
I felt a prick of fear tingle in my skin. Of course it didn't last long. I knew that the door didn't lock from the outside so I could easily get out.
In the darkness I started to slowly walk over to where the door was. It actually took me a minute to find the door handle but when I did, I was triumphant.
"Yes!" I whispered.
But it didn't open.
"Shit."
I glanced around the dark room trying not to panic.
"Light ... light. I need light."
I decided to observe my surroundings and think through the situation.
Think. I brought my book bag but left my suitcase and I was-
"Jeone aldeon naega anya
Brand New Sound"
I glanced downwards. I was such an idiot.
"My iPod!"
The song "Oh" was playing loudly.
I took the electronic and switched the lock off. A small square of light lit up part of the room.
It was disappointing because there still seemed to be nothingness.
"Ah. I see you found it." The voice had a thick Hispanic accent.
I jumped, frightened.
Where had that just come from?
Suddenly a spotlight shone on a Hispanic man probably in his twenties. He wore a black suit with a black shirt but a scarlet red tie.
The room around him was dark except he was standing on a black floor with red walls behind him.
"Who are you?" I demanded furiously. "Is it that hard to get a light in here?"
The man raised an eyebrow.
"Here?" He repeated. " . . . where is here?"
I stopped abruptly.
"It's the school!" I argued.
He laughed, a frighting sharp laugh and shook his head.
"You don't know where you are, do you?" He inquired with a smirk.
"Alright then, tell me!" I shouted, balling my fists, angry that I was being held captive in this room.
He sighed.
"Well, first there's one thing you should know."
I narrowed my eyes and his smirk grew wider.
"I am the Devil."
A/N: YES! I'm doing a new NejiTen story! I took a break from them for a while but now I back with a new story idea. I hope it doesn't offend anyone's religion. It's just a story and has no reflection of what I believe and lol I'm not forcing any opinion on anyone. Just the stooooory. So guys, tell me what you like about the first chapter, kay?
Here are links to the songs I used: (take away spaces in URL)
Hoot-
www . youtube . com/watch?v=PfPWxK1BQFI
Mirotic-
www . youtube . com/watch?v=HtJS32n6LNQ
Set Me Free (Sakura's Ringtone)
www . youtube . com/watch?v=hcV3FFbQV8w
Oh-
www . youtube . com/watch?v=TGbwL8kSpEk