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Mmk, so here we go! I promise you, there WILL be NejiTen in this!

If you didn't read the prologue, go back and read it now or NOTHING will make sense to you!

Alrighty then, I hope you guys enjoy this one! :3

DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or anything from it; just this story. (Dang, and if I had to choose one character, it'd be Obito! o)

Chapter 1

The Loveliest Ever Lost

Tenten was an impatient little tomboy. She was stuck in an orphanage with other children who weren't old enough to have an apartment. She hated it. Nothing ever happened at the orphanage; just dumb coloring. At only two-years-old, she was stuck in the dumb building. Not allowed to go outside until it was claimed safe was death to her. Furiously, the little brunette slammed her blue crayon down on the desk. She startled a little blonde girl next to her. Tenten gave her the evil eye and she scrambled away from her. That little girl was the wrong person to mess with. She came back with an adult clung to her hand. Tenten squeaked and just about dashed out the door.

"Tennis!" the woman screamed.

Now she was furious. Tenten swirled on her heal and looked the lady straight in the eye. Her own orbs letting the auburn ignite fire, causing the bars of rich chocolate to melt. She hated the people around. She had been talking since she was eight months old and stating her name a billion times. Why on earth was she always called the wrong thing?

"It's Tenten." She snapped at the female. "Look lady, I don't like people treating my name like cow crap when it's so easy to say! It means 'Heavenly, heaven' and it respects better than the dung you're throwing at it!"

"Then I would appreciate it if you used my name as well!" the woman spat back. "You will call me Senjeki-San and like it! Now, if you would be so kind as to use a tolerable attitude and a better vocabulary, I would be glad to call you by your name."

"Fine, whatever," Tenten muttered.

As Senjeki walked away, the little blonde girl turned around and stuck her tongue out at Tenten before scampering away. Tenten hadn't cared. She was better than that. When she kicked a crayon over to the window, she looked at it and then looked up. When she saw a boy with silver hair and mismatched eyes staring at her, she cocked her head to the side.

Why are you staring at me? she thought. I'm not angry…I'm just miserable. You have no right gawk.

The boy just kept staring at her. Nothing was going to let him stop; or so he thought. Before he knew it, Tenten had vanished. His eyes widened, searching the room to find a small brunette.

"Hello," he heard a voice and jumped. Tenten. "Why are you looking at me so weird?"

"I…I have something to do…bye!" he exclaimed and jumped away.

"Well then…" Tenten muttered to herself.

The little two-year-old stood on her tip-toes and ogled through the window. She furrowed her brows, just thinking they won't miss me, and ran. She didn't take things like this lightly. The orphanage, she meant. She felt unloved, unwanted, wounded, depressed, thrashed, defeated, hurt, angered and microscopic all at once. While she walked her way around the town, people gawked at her. Again, unwanted feelings scarred her heart, letting its nails rip right through the fabrics in her already wounded organ. She fell against a building and began to sigh, just looking at the dirt below her feet.

No one likes me. What's the point in my living here if I don't know who I am? She asked herself repeatedly.

Little padding feet walked up to her. She looked at the blue sandals and followed the structure up to its cranium. There was that silver-haired boy again. He was around fourteen, what would he want with her? Something had struck her mind and stomach. Her eyes amplified when a gruesome rumble came from her abdomen and wouldn't shut up. The boy laughed heartily and gave her a piece of bread. She accepted it and thanked him greatly.

"W-Why were you watching me before?" Tenten inquired.

"Just a promise I made to somebody, don't worry about it." he replied.

"Oh, well, uh…what's your name?" she asked.

"Kakashi," he replied.

"I'm Tenten." she said with a short smile.

"Nice to meet you." He stated politely.

"Kakashi!" a boy about his age called. "We'll be late! Come on!"

"Alright, I'm coming!" Kakashi screamed back before turning to Tenten. "Bye,"

"Bye," she said silently as he dashed away.

Tenten walked along the road, looking back and forth for children her own age. She saw a stack of big houses and just looked at it. Suddenly, looking became staring and staring became gawking and gawking became longing. There was a boy with long hair in front of the gate to the clan. He looked over at her and opened the entry for Tenten.

"Hi," Tenten greeted him.

"Konichiou." He replied. "I'm Neji, what about you."

"I'm Tenten." She said. "What is this place?"

"The Hyuga Clan," Neji replied. "I am a Hyuga, so I live here."

"Nice home," she inspected. "I wish I had one."

"Catch me if you can, Hinata-Chan!"

"Naruto-Kun, wait for me!"

Tenten heard the two calls from the front yard. A little boy with blonde hair was dashing from lawn to lawn with a girl with violet hair chasing after him. She looked at Neji. He was glaring at the boy, whose name she now knew as Naruto.

"I-Is she your sister or something?" Tenten inquired.

"My cousin; I hate that boy right there. Well, I hate that she likes him." Neji stated. "She should like a boy with more class. Not a loud-mouthed orphan."

"I'm an orphan." Tenten responded with a shrug. "I could relate to him."

"Really now," Neji asked with widened orbs. "C-Could you talk to him, then?"

"Sure I could." She said with a smile.

The duo walked through the yard and over to Naruto and Hinata. Neji introduced her as Hinata got up and bowed to her. Tenten bowed back as response and complimented her kimono. She thanked her and had been kind about her outfit as well. Naruto looked up at Tenten with a bright smile. The two were both one, but Neji and Tenten were two. Tenten squatted down to Naruto and ruffled his hair. He glanced up at her with confusion written across his young face. She smirked and ruffled his golden locks.

"I can relate…" she muttered. "Hi Naruto, I'm Tenten"

"Hi Tenten," He replied. "So…do you like Neji-Nii-San over there?"

"N-Nani," Tenten replied. "I just met him!"

"Nii-San," Neji inquired, rage building up inside him.

Tenten sweat dropped. She wasn't used to being around nice children. She was later invited in for a meal and ate with them. After that, she decided she ought to go home. She thanked them greatly for the meal and headed off to the orphanage. Apparently, Naruto was spending the night. She wondered how long it took for Hinata to convince Neji and her father into such a thing. She giggled just thinking of how it all went. The food was excellent, just as she expected.

Flashback

Tenten looked among her. There was dango, ramen, rice, beans, rice balls, red bean paste, green beans and, her favorite, sesame dumplings! She ate as slow as her arms could, which was at normal pace. She wanted to fork it down in a matter of seconds, but that would be horrible if they never allowed her back again. She had met Neji's uncle. He was rather strict.

"Hinata, elbows off the table! Neji, feet flat on the floor! Naruto get that green bean out of your nose!" he'd exclaim.

Luckily, she never got yelled at. Tenten was indeed invited back over again whenever she pleased.

Flashback End

She hoped to go back soon. Right then and there, it was just best to get back to the orphanage before lights out and alarms were set. As she walked through the streets, she sighed angrily. People began to talk about her and point at her rudely. She was so mad, she actually growled out a tiny flame of fire. She opened her eyes wide and smacked her hands over her mouth. People looked at her with the same expression she had. They all stopped pointing and mocking once she screamed at them to get on with their lives.

Tenten ran fumingly along the road and barged right into the orphanage. She climbed into her bunk bed and sobbed into her pillow. If only she knew her blood-line limit, she wouldn't have to be so confused and questions wouldn't float from the top of her head. Sadly, it was forbidden.

"Uchiha Tenten..." Kakashi said to himself as sat in a tree. "I only hope to tell you of your parents soon. They miss you almost as much as you miss them."

Hope you guys liked this chapter! More to come next time! ;D