Chibi: I was watching National Treasure today, and felt like writing a little version of my own...hope you enjoy.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
1998, China
Young Tenten was participating in an enjoyable game of hide and seek in the attic with her grandfather Mishu. Her fathers father was very close to her and she had no idea what she would do without his presence because he played such a large impact in her life.
"Grandpa!" The nine year old cried out in glee. She ran to go give him a large hug, defeating the purpose of hide and seek, but tripped over a large book.
"Tenten!" Her grandfather cried out alarmed. "Are you okay?"
Tenten did have a few scrapes on her leg but wanted to prove what a big girl she had become so replied. "Yeah! I'm fine!" She picked up the large dusty book in front of her and skipped over to her grandfather. "I tripped over this." she informed him. When his eyes widened in shock and horror, she couldn't help but ask. "Grandpa what's wrong?"
"Tenten, I lost this book long ago, I never would've expected to find it..."He exclaimed breathlessly, running his fingers over the worn leather cover.
"Why?" Tenten asked curiously. "What's so special about it?" she asked.
"Here." Her grandfather replied, grabbing her hand with his. "Let me show you." the two walked down a few stairs down to her grandfathers chair, where he let her sit on his lap and open the old book. "Careful with the pages darling."
Tenten nodded, and sifted through the worn pages. "Grandpa I can't read this." she exclaimed in alarm.
"Tenten, that's because it's in Japanese." he informed his curious yet intelligent grand daughter.
"Oh, psh, well, how am I supposed to be able to read Japanese?" she asked smartly raising an eyebrow and crossing her arms.
"I'll read it to you." He comforted her.� "There's a whole story behind this. Basically, there were five main lands in an uncharted island, just west of Japan and east of here. Konohagakure, the land of fire, the Village Hidden in the Leaves, ruled by the Hokage. Sunakagure, the land of wind, The Hidden Village in the Sand, ruled by the Kazekage. Kirikagure, land of the water, The Hidden Village in the Mist, ruled by the Mizukage. Kumogakure, land of thunder, The Hidden Village in the Clouds, ruled by Raikage. Last but not least is Iwagakure, land of earth, The Village Hidden in the Rocks, ruled by Tsuchikage. Nine demons lived amongst these lands. First, Shukaku, the one tailed demon raccoon/dog. Nekomata, the two tailed demon cat. Isonade, the three tailed demon shark. Sokou, the four tailed demon rooster/snake. Houkou, the five tailed demon dog. Raiju, the six tailed demon weasel. Kaku, the seven tailed demon badger. Yamata no Orochi, the eight tailed demon snake. And lastly Kyuubi, the nine tailed demon fox. These animals were once thought to have lived in harmony somewhere in the island, and at that spot was supposed to be all the riches anyone could ever ask for, but then, the nine demons got into a fight, and no one knows their exact location at the moment, or if they even exist anymore."
Tenten took in all this knowledge. "Why do you know all this?"
"It was thought, that only one person knew the location of this, Ng, Teru. Teru is my grandfathers, grandfathers, grandfather." Mishu explained.
"Aa. So we DO have a last name!" Tenten cried excitedly.
"True, your last name is Ng, but our family refuses to use it. I rather like it." Mishu explained.
"Why?" Tenten asked curiously.
"Because, here in China, Ng is the surname everyone laughs upon. No one believes in that treasure, including your father." Mishu explained in a low tone.
"Father!" a stern voice called out. Mishu and Tenten looked to see Tenten's father, Peter Ng, standing in the entrance. "You're not telling her about that are you?" he demanded.
"Son, she came upon it herself." Mishu explained.
"Nonsense! Tenten, get your things and say goodbye to your grandfather." Peter demanded. "Goodbye father." he turned and left, to wait for his daughter outside.
Tenten turned to her grandfathers. "So are we like...knights in shining armor?" she asked.
Mishu laughed heartily. "If you like to think of it that way, then yes." he handed her a small slip of paper. He told her what it read. "The answer lies with fire and sand."
Tenten beamed.
Eleven Years Later, 2008, Sunakagure
Twenty year old Tenten ran down the darkened streets, her comrades Haruno, Sakura, Hyuuga, Neji, Nara, Shikamaru, and Uchiha, Sasuke, right on her tail. "This way!" she hissed, running down and covering her face and eyes with a veil to shield them from the sand.
The five ran down, and could soon see the old Kazekage's tower. "Shika!" Tenten motioned for Shikamaru.
"What." Shikamaru knew 'what' he pulled out palm sized metal detectors and threw them to everyone else. The five got down on their hands and knee's and hovered their palms over the dense sand. They made sure to spread out.
"Shikamaru, I think it's inside." Tenten bit her bottom lip gently. Fear crossed her eyes.
"Troublesome." Shikamaru pulled out his laptop. "So many systems to disable." he grumbled in complaint to himself. "Try to find the metal pipes holding the cords." he instructed.
The four nodded and got down, searching again.
"I got it!" Sakura cried, her detector beeping uncontrollably. Tenten put hers horizontal to Sakura's and it began beeping as well.
"Yeah, you guys, start digging." Now Sasuke, Neji, Tenten, and Sakura were digging in the sand.
"Tenten, it's no use! Digging isn't doing anything!" Sakura complained.
Sasuke glared at the pink haired girl. "If you took notice, you'd see that we've reached a solid object, I presume the pipe Shikamaru?"
Shika nodded. "Yeah, cut it open you troublesome people."
Tenten pulled out a blade, and carefully jammed it into the pipe, sawing into it. She found herself not doing much, but didn't give up and found herself able to cut through. "What the hell? Shika, that's not metal, it's more of a glass substance ." she told him.
"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Shikamaru grumbled, making his way over to the pipe. "Let me see the blade Tenten." she handed him the metal blade and he carefully picked out a few wires before cutting through them. "Let's go!" he abruptly stood up and ran towards the entrance.
"Shika!" Sakura cried out in disbelief. "What's with him today?"
The four grabbed their possession's and followed after their suddenly antsy friend.
"Shikamaru what was that about?" Neji asked when they saw Shika simply sitting in the chair.
"I had to disarm the alarm system, and I had a limited amount of time to do so." Shikamaru explained unwillingly.
"Did you?" Sakura asked.
Sasuke gave her a resentful look. "Duh."
"We're lucky the Kazekage got a new office or this place would be swarming with guards." Tenten muttered. The group began stomping around the floor below them.
"Tenten what exactly are we looking for?" Sakura asked curiously.
"A trap door or a hollow spot, anything out of the ordinary." Tenten replied.
Sasuke stomped on a hollow spot. "I found something." he alerted Tenten.
Tenten and Shikamaru made their way over to him and Tenten used her knuckle to rap on the floor and see how wide the hollow-ness reached. She dug her un-manicured fingers into the board, and struggled to rip it out. "Sasuke help me."
Sasuke dug his fingers into the same board and the two tugged harder before finally being able to rip it out of the ground. "Sakura, Neji, you guys get that side." Sasuke directed Sakura and Neji to pull out one of the boards that had been next to the one he pulled out with Tenten.
"Hn." Neji did as told, with Sakura's assistance, and in a few minutes, he, Sasuke, Shikamaru, Sakura, and Tenten found themselves looking at a fleet of stairs.
"C'mon you guys." Tenten urged her friends. "Let's go down." she pointed at the stairs. Neither she, nor any of her friends noticed the two figures watching them quite a distance away.
Chibi: This is the end of chapter one. Should I continue? Does it stink? Please answer one of these two questions along with some constructive criticism in a review! I've got cookies! -holds out plate of cookies-