PROLOGUE:
At first glance, the school looked harmless. It looked like another boring, high-priced High School in the middle of the Fire Country. But looks can be deceiving! Standing in the middle of the dining hall, were two girls, the same age as me, both looking positively average. They sat at the oak table in the immediate vicinity and nibbled on their sandwiches while shot glances at the other students – The jock and cheerleader tables to the right and the bratty rich girl tables to their left, with all the others falling in between.
I was the poor girl, playing rich with my second hand school uniform and books and my scholarship slip to be handed in personally to the Chancellor Tsunade. The Chancellor's words from this morning echoed in my mind – We expect nothing less than excellence from you here at Konoha, Miss Tenten. In order to keep up with you scholarship, we anticipate that you take part in extracurricular activities and be able to remain a straight A student. I had just nodded to show that I had understood fully and in my heart I promised myself that I was going to be the best student to graduate from Konoha High. In four years.
The two girls, who I was obviously staring at, saw me, and, after a moment's deliberation, they beckoned me closer. I walked stealthily over to them, in the middle of the dining hall, and as I came closer the one with the long blonde hair pushed out a chair for me with her foot and patted the seat, which was next to her. As I sat, the two girls just observed me as I took out my sandwich and juice box.
"Um, thanks for allowing me to sit here," I said shyly, not knowing what to expect.
"Hey, it's no prob," the blond haired girl had replied waving her manicured hand aimlessly, "You looked a bit lost and I was just doing my good deed for the day."
The other girl, who had pink hair and greenest eyes I've ever seen, rolled her eyes at her friend and stuck out her arm towards me. "My name's Sakura, Sakura Haruno. And this idiot next to me is Ino Yamanaka."
I shook her hand and replied, "Nice to meet you both. My name's Tenten."
And it was at that moment, I started to feel like I had belonged. Growing up in the orphanage, was the worst experience anyone could ever had and this is why I had grabbed at the opportunity to leave my old life behind and to become a new person; the person I will be for the next four years in this school. Ino and Sakura became my best friends and I really thought that all will be well. But like I said before, at first glance this school looked harmless but it was totally far from that.