"Tenten! You have an interview with the Wakayamas'!" shouted an plump lady with her black hair in a tight bun.

"Yes ma'am!" yelled a girl in dirty jeans and ragged brown T-shirt with two, brown buns on her head.

"Your face is covered with dust and dirt! Go clean it off!" bellowed the lady.

"Yes Ms. Chiba!" exclaimed Tenten as she picked up the toothbrush she was using to clean the floors.

"Good luck Tenten! Remember smile!" cheerfully said a girl with long orange hair.

"Thanks Oki!" smiled Tenten while she dusted herself.

"Hurry up!" boomed Ms. Chiba.

"I'm coming!" shouted Tenten, frowning.

Tenten ran in between the rows of beds. It was dark and cold and dusty. The rusting, metal bed frames were creaking, and the straw mattresses were growing mold. The stone floors, stone walls, stone ceiling, were dark-colored and grimey. The windows that never opened except for streaks of light that shined through didn't help the orphans moods. Tenten kept on running until she ended up at a wooden door. She opened it and went inside.

"This is Mr. and Mrs.Wakayama, Tenten. They wanted a sixteen-year-old-girl after they got married," explained Ms. Chiba in a sweet voice.

"Hello, my name is Tenten. I'm very pleased to meet you," greeted Tenten.

"My, my, my, you have good manners! I'm very pleased to meet you too," chirped Mrs.Wakayama.

Mr. and Mrs.Wakayama were both forty and old-fashioned. They had streaks of gray in their straight, short hair, but was still a shiney, black color.

"What do you like to do?" questioned Mr.Wakayama.

"I'm not sure... I've never done anything here except do chores, go to school, eat, and sleep," replied Tenten.

"Oh... Do you have a major goal in life?" inquired Mrs.Wakayama.

"Not really... not yet I suppose... right now I just want to get adopted and to get out of here."

"Well, I think I've seen enough for today..." said Mr.Wakayama.

"Really?! We have another sixteen-year-old girl. Would you like to meet her?" asked Ms. Chiba very quickly.

"Oh! That would be splendid!" marveled Mrs.Wakayama.

"Alright, just wait a moment please," said Ms. Chiba.

After closing the door behind her...

"Tenten! This is the 40th interview you've had since you arrived here!"

"Actually, I've had 217 interviews including today since i arrived..." mumbled Tenten.

"Well, whatever. Just get to your chores or no dinner! Go get Oki!"

"Yes ma'am..."

Tears started fill the brim of her eyes as she ran down the hall to her bed. Tenten dived onto her bed and stayed absolutely quiet.

"What's wrong?" whispered Oki while she sat down on Tenten's bed and rubbed Tenten's shoulder.

"They didn't want me. Ms. Chiba wants to see you in the interview room," answered Tenten.

"Alright, just try to think more positively okay?" said Oki, soothingly and calmly.

Then, Oki went down the row of beds, down the hall, and into the interview room. Oki came out a couple minutes later.

"How did it go?" inquired Tenten.

"They want me... I have to pack right now... they're signing the papers."

"Oki! Please don't leave me!"cried Tenten as she clung onto Oki while Oki had a grim expression on her face.

"Tenten, please save me... I don't want to go..."

"OKI!!!! Hurry! You don't want your new parents to be waiting do you?" shouted Ms. Chiba.

"I have to go... can you hand me my books and comb?"

"But Oki! You're not taking your bracelet?"

"Tenten, unlock my bracelet's two openings. Okay, now you can wear it as a ring, and I can wear the other one. My bracelet is the kind that can change into two rings. It'll be a sign of our friendship."

The bracelet was a gold chain with diamonds on it. It was Oki's mother's bracelet before she died when Oki was eight. Tenten and Oki have been friends since then.

"I'll miss you Tenten. Be brave," whispered Oki after giving Tenten a hug.

"I'll miss you too Oki. I hope you'll be happy," said Tenten, watching Oki tear up and walk off.

Tenten had tears flowing down her pale cheeks. That night Tenten cried herself to sleep.

"Tenten wake up!!! Wake up the other children and get to your chores!!!" screeched Ms. Chiba.

"Okay... Come on guys, wake up!" shouted Tenten as the other children slowly opened his or her eyes.

"Sissy? Is it morning already?" yawned a little girl the age of five.

"Yes, Ginko. Let's go do our chores," smiled Tenten while holding out her hand to the small, brown-haired girl.

While the children and Tenten were doing their chores, Tenten overheard Ms. Chiba chatting with people.

"Hello, hello! Welcome to our lovely orphanage! Are you here to adopt a small child? Baby perhaps?" inquired Ms. Chiba friendly.

"Actually our daughter is very lonely, and we can't stand it when she is upset. We are worried," explained a man with brown hair dressed in a black suit, "Come on in sweet pea. Let's find you a sister."

"Ooh! Are you looking for a little sister young lady?" asked Ms. Chiba.

"No, actually my father will tell you the details," said the teen as she flipped her shoulder-length pink hair over her shoulder.

The pink-haired girl had a jean, mini skirt on with a pale, green, baby doll top. She had her arms crossed across her chest as she chewed gum. Bright, green Converse covered her feet and she had a dark, green hairband in her hair.

"I would prefer she had an older sister. She is fifteen so..." started the man.

"Well, then... we have a sixteen-year-old, Mr. and Mrs. Haruno. Would you like to meet her?" asked Ms. Chiba.

"Very well then, bring her in and let's see her," replied Mrs. Haruno.

"Tenten! Sweetie come here! yelled Ms. Chiba in an annoyed fashion.

Tenten looked up in surprise and yelled out, "I'll be right there!"

"Guys, I'll be right back so don't get into any trouble okay?" whispered Tenten to the children.

"Okay," the children answered.

Then Tenten stood up and walked through the rows of beds and towards the closed doors that led to where Mr. Haruno and Ms. Chiba were.