Precious and Irreplaceable
We do not realise just how much someone means to us until we realise how close we are to losing them. Tenten learns this lesson the hard way when a certain blonde ninja is involved.
Naruten (not sure if that is the pairing, IS NOW!) Multi chapter!
Hello everyone, Ship here, bringing you something that has been mulling around the depths of my brain for a while. I've been feeling a bit melancholy lately and this idea popped into my head after watching the Naruto - Pain battle (For what must be the hundredth time!)
Now, funnily enough while the idea was something I've been thinking about, it was largely inspired by a Tenten x Naruto story by ArkAngel1179, the story was called Dying in Love, probably one of the best one shots I have read in a long time. I cannot recommend it highly enough especially if you like this pairing.
So thats my little speech over with, hopefully I can do the pairing justice. Read on and enjoy the carnage that is a Naruto Fanfic!
disclaimer - I do not own Naruto, other wise our favourite knucklehead would be a muthafuckin PLAYBOY!
This wasn't how the mission was supposed to go, He was not supposed to end up in this state, especially in protection of her. Why did he have to get in the way?
These thoughts continued to run through the kunoichi's head as she stared down at the wounded man before her, all outside noise just echoing around her, the pouring rain simply a dull patter. A hand on her shoulder, shaking her into alertness, made her remember they were not alone;
"Tenten-san, you need to move, we need to help him."
Sakura, one of the man on the grounds longest running teammates, looked at her, eyes steady and determined.
Turning once more to look down at the man, Tenten reached over, grabbing his scarlet drenched hand and squeezing it; "You damn well better survive, I'll not forgive you if you die from something like this Naruto."
The blonde knucklehead, somehow still conscious despite the jagged slash running from left shoulder to right hip, looked at her. His eyes that had been glazing over now focused, cerulean blue locking with steel grey. She nearly froze again as, during the eye-lock, the cheeky bastard had had the audacity to wink at her. However this was not the typical cocky wink you would usually get from a ninja of his calibre, instead it was the reassuring kind of wink, letting her know things would be okay.
Turning away from the scene, Tenten took a great shuddering breath, while Sakura and the medical team got to work saving his life. The mission had been simple enough, a C-rank delivery mission, with what was left of Team 8 and Team 7 joining together for it. Neji, her beloved Neji, had died during the fourth Shinobi world war, protecting the very man who's life was holding on by a string. Sasuke Uchiha on the other hand, even thinking of the monsters name brought anger to her, had decided he would be Hokage no matter what; As soon as Kaguya had once more been sealed away, cancelling the Infinite Tsukuyomi in the process, he had turned on Naruto attacking him with everything he had. Only the timely intervention of one Kakashi Hatake had prevented Naruto from losing his life there and then and, teaming up to end it once and for all, the last Uchiha had fallen before the two Konoha Shinobi.
Although they would never admit, that battle had scarred the two much more than physically, even Sakura, who had been unconscious through the battle, had been left changed by the final decision of her once love. The three never spoke about it, and everybody accepted it as a scar that would never truly heal, instead putting their all into ensuring it would never happen again. Naruto, even with his power, insisted on taking the Chuunin and then Jounin exams, stubbornly saying that he would not be a true Hokage until he had done things the way they were supposed to be. It had shocked everybody that the number one unpredictable ninja, the hero of the fourth shinobi war, would want to do things by the book when everything he had ever wanted was at his fingertips.
Not attempting to understand his decision, and instead accepting it, Tenten had been more than little surprised when Naruto had approached her about learning Kenjutsu, he had never seemed the type to be interested in learning anything other than what he knew and could work on. However, if she had to guess, it was because of the deceased Uchiha, who had been able to wield a sword with skill. In a sense he was still a partial driving force for Naruto even in death, with the Jounin now being more powerful than any other shinobi.
Which leads her to wonder why, when he could do so many things, why did he simply step in the way of the sword strike. They had been ambushed during the mission, a group of 'revolutionaries' who did not believe the world deserved true peace. Groups like them sprung up from time to time, being put down quickly and efficiently by the nearest hidden village. However this group had had an extremely powerful swordsman with them, wielding twin claymores like they were toys. She had managed to remove one from his grip, but underestimated his single sword capabilities, which had resulted in him getting a lucky strike in with the hilt of his weapon. The finishing blow however, which would have cleaved her head from her shoulders, had been stopped when Naruto had simply appeared in front of her, when he had been on the other side of the battle, fighting of several opponents easily.
The blade would have split an ordinary man in half, so why did he take the risk for her? The thoughts were shaken from her head as she felt a hand on her shoulder; turning to see Lee looking at her with concern in his eyes, she simply said nothing, not knowing what to say in such a situation.
"He knew the risks, Tenten. He clearly felt it was worth, you know how Naruto-san is about his precious people."
She simply nodded, not trusting herself to speak that moment without having some kind of break down, she would not look weak in front of everyone. She was a Konoha Kunoichi dammit!
"He's stable enough to be moved! Lets go!"
The shout caused both Lee and Tenten to jump, Sakura was standing, directing the medical team carrying the young shinobi in a stretcher, ready to move back to Konoha as quickly as possible.
The teams, now ready to leave, began to set off on foot, Tenten at the back of the party. She had just started to move off when her foot hit something metal, looking down she could not believe what she was seeing. Buried in the ground, straight in front of the spot where Naruto had taken the hit, was a kunai. But not just any kunai, a three pronged kunai, with a complex fuinjutsu seal on the handle, one far to complicated for even Tenten to fully understand. She would not have noticed it had she not caught it with her foot, bending down to pick it up she slid it carefully into her vest for safekeeping, hoping to be able to return it to its true owner later.
Seeing that everyone was making good time, she hurried up after them, trying not to wonder too much about why the kunai had been near her during the fight.
Okay everyone that is the first chapter of Precious and Irreplaceable out in the open. Hope you liked it and if you would like to read more, the you need to click that little review button and say so.
As for Wolf and the Princess, that is not an incomplete, I will be starting that up again, hopefully real soon, so I must ask my faithful little readers to bare with me on that. Now this will obviously be a Tenten x Naruto fic, and I am planning on having them in a monogamous relationship, however if you have an idea for a Clan Restoration Fic you would like to see me try, I will happily accept suggestions, however silly. If you have a particular pairing you would like to see either in this story or a separate one then let me know, and I will do my level best to provide it to you. I can work with anything aside from Yaoi people so challenge me, my creative side is itching to be unleashed!
As always, looking forward to your reviews
Ship