Neji Hyuga's martial arts life has come to an end
Will the Hyugas still be able to leave another legacy after Neji Hyuga's loss?
Neji Hyuga lost against a blue-belter
Naruto Uzumaki made Neji Hyuga hemiplegic after their tie-breaker match
True or False: Is Neji Hyuga really the reincarnation of the prodigy Hizashi Hyuga?
Instead of reading the consistent newspaper headlines, Tenten Ayaka quickly turned the wrinkled newspaper pages on the section where job ads are listed. Those newspapers she's reading are released about two months ago, but still she is hoping that at least one of the jobs she'll pick, let there be an available one for her. She desperately need a job right now. Any kind of job! Now that the country of Suna is falling into poverty after a tidal wave tragedy.
It's been a month since the tidal wave tragedy occurred in Suna, and yet affected cities haven't recovered even for a small percent. The Ayaka family is considered very lucky to be away from their hometown when the tidal wave happened. None of them died or got hurt, but unfortunately for them, they've become poorer than they were before. Since, they're living just near the seaside where the tidal wave occurred, their house is all wiped out as the whole capital of Suna. Suna's economic status has decreased a year ago when their great president passed away, resulting the poverty to get worse. What now that a tidal wave almost destroyed the whole small country?
Suna right now, looks like one of the poorest countries all over the world already. Not a single house, even the sturdy ones, was able to survive the tidal wave. The capital of Suna, the one that is affected the most. Buildings collapsed, business establishments were destroyed (resulting people to lose jobs), people sheltering theirselves and families in tents and rotten trailers and some unburied dead people still scattered in some places of the city. Grocery stores have been destroyed, but people didn't mind those wet and damaged food products anymore because if they don't have a choice anymore or else they'll starve more to death. The country do receives relief goods and donations from other countries and charity, but it's not enough to make the whole country stand up again.
"Looking for a job?"
"Temari!" The brunette in double buns and pink Chinese shirt sighed in relief. "Thank god! I'm feeling so hopeless already." Then, she just threw all the newspapers away along with the air.
Temari, the girl with a dirty blonde hair sat beside her on a log. "Oh, Tennie! You still hoping you'd find a decent job at this rate? People are all bankrupt and poor as well to hire someone to do a job, even the rich ones."
The brunette said hopelessly, "Yeah, I know...that's why I'm STILL hoping I could at least find one. I can no longer deliver newspapers every morning. Not with all printing and newspaper companies are also affected by the calamity. And, especially not with people living in tents and trailers, it'd be way different than what I do usually."
Temari just stared at the city they're living in that has been wiped out in one blink of an eye. Poor people became poorer. Jobless people became more jobless. "I also don't know what to do. Without relief goods we won't be able to eat. Markets and grocery stores are all wiped out. Even if we have money, we can't find a single store to buy food. After all, every one of us are affected with the tragedy."
"I can't believe this is all happening to us." Tenten says. "It's a good thing I gained money with the rare migratory bird I shot yesterday. Sold it to one of the charity workers for 30 bucks. Damn, if only all the money I earned and kept in my piggy bank wasn't wiped out along with the wave." Later on, both of them just remained silent for a minute. They just both stared at the sea that kept throwing small waves at the shore.
"Tenten," Temari broke the silence. "Kankuro told me about this job recruiting from Konoha. He told me that the department of labor of Konoha is offering us jobs at their city. Well, knowing Konoha, almost all people living there own lots of business and commercial establishments, and industrial factories. They all lack industrial workers, even janitors, maids, fast food crew and etc.! Since they found out people here in Suna desperately needs a job, they want people like us to go to their country and work for them."
"Konoha? It's miles away!" Tenten reacted exaggeratedly.
"Yeah, I know." Temari sighed. "But, if it's the only way I could rise up with my family, I would."
"You mean to say...?"
"I already got a recruiter from Konoha. I just settled the arrangement with Mr. Sarurobi earlier to work for the Naras." Temari said. "I came here actually...to say goodbye to you."
Tenten could just cover her mouth and fight back her tears. It may sound exaggerated, but she couldn't believe that her best friend who's just a year or two older than her would travel overseas just to work and rise up from the poverty caused by the calamity. "Temari..." Her voice croaked. "Call me, and send me telegrams when you get there." She quickly grabbed her best friend for an embrace.
"Ugh, Tennie! Don't be so dramatic!" She groaned and rolled her eyes. "It's not like I'm not coming back anymore or I'm going to die from cancer."
The brunette who is teary-eyed already, wiped her tears away as she unclasps from their embrace. "Of course, I'd still miss you."
Temari stopped for a moment before she said, "You...you can with me there, you know." Tenten gasped from what she heard. "Oh, come on! You've got be kidding me!" She laughed sarcastically. "I'm under-aged, I'm still sixteen. You're 18 already! I'm still a minor unlike you. Another thing, I can't leave my family in here."
"Well...if sacrificing the days you should be spending with them in exchange of poverty-free life, I would. Besides, age doesn't matter. Actually, they prefer young laborers than over-aged ones." Tenten stopped for a moment and tried to think and picture if she would be in Temari's feet. "Think about it, Tennie. I also thought about my decision very well, and I'll make sure I won't every regret doing it."
Ooooooooooooooooooo
Two weeks flew fast. The day has come that Tenten is about to do the decision she made. Yes, she'll go to Konoha with Temari to work overseas just to help rise up after a terrible tragedy in their country. She interacted with a recruiter whom she'll meet up with the airport once she lands at Konoha.
She packed every stuffs and clothes of her including small recovered photographs that were damaged after the tsunami. All of her clothes she recovered fits inside a single suitcase along with two pairs of shoes. She already have everything she needed, now it's time to go.
"Tennie, take care of yourself. Your papa and I wouldn't be there to take care of you." Her mother reminded, who just looks like an old carbon copy version of her.
"I will, mama. I'll call and send telegrams as well." Tenten nodded before riding aboard with Temari. She hugged her parents, grandparents and little sister. Then, she climbed up on the military truck that will drive them to the airport along with Temari and the others who'll work overseas.
As the truck drives away from where their temporary home is, she just watched her family waving goodbye to her.
She vowed to do everything she could for her family no matter what. She'll make sure she'll stay strong no matter what like what her grandparents always remind her.
Ooooooooooooooooo
Half hour of driving on their way to the recovered airport of Suna, and about five hours in an airplane on their way to Konoha. Finally, what she has been waiting for. She is now stepping at the land of Konoha, the place she is expecting to help her rise up for her family.
Those people from Suna with her and Temari already found their recruiters at the airport. But Temari neither her haven't find their recruiters who promised to meet up with them at the airport. They sat on the bench for the meantime along with the other passengers waiting to be called aboard.
"Damn, Mr. Sarutobi is such an early bird." Temari hissed as he gets gets impatient already. Later on, a tan-skinned man with a cigarette on its mouth approached Temari. "Ms. Sabaku?" The man asked.
"Oh, yes, that's me. Mr. Sarutobi?"
"Yes, Ms. Temari Sabaku. Please, come along with me. I shall escort you to the Nara residence." He said. Temari prepared her baggages already, and looked at Tenten who hasn't seen her recruiter yet.
"Will you be okay here? I have to go now." The dirty-blonde haired girl asked.
"I'll be fine. Goodluck, and I'll just call you when I arrive at the place assigned to me." The brunette nodded. They embraced for a second before Temari goes with her recruiter, leaving Tenten all alone to wait for her recruiter. Right that moment, she is all on her own.
She waited...
Waited and waited...
Until, she realized it's getting dark already, and yet her recruiter hasn't showed up.
She started to feel nervous. But fought back against it. She told herself she can't be afraid. She is strong! No, she can't be afraid. The recruiter must have fooled her! Now what? What is she gonna do? She doesn't have a working visa! Her recruiter promised to give her a job and protect her from the immigration officers for not having an approved working visa. She didn't wanted to do something illegal, but she needed it. All she could think of is her family.
She started to wander off the streets of Konoha. Hoping that she could find a cheap hotel where she could spend a night. But it seems like most business establishments in the city are all expensive, some of them has cheaper prices, but her money isn't enough. If she spends it for a hotel room, she wouldn't be able to buy food for herself and a spare money for the next day. She couldn't even contact her family to inform them her recruiter fooled her, and now she is just on her own, nowhere else to go in a foreign country. She doesn't want to stress her family, and just decided to call them if she found a job already.
While walking, she unawarely passed by a dark alleyway, where she didn't notice a group of men who are obviously drunk.
"Hey!" A man called her, and whistled to her in a perverted way. It sent chills down to her spine.
"Look, what do we have here. A Chinese cutie walking around all alone." The other man said.
Tenten ignored them all and just continued walking fast out of the alleyway instead. But two more men entered the scene, and stopped her from taking another step forward, until she got centered by all those perverts. Her legs started trembling in fear.
"Wanna have some fun with us?" The man grinned at her maniacally.
"kyaaa!" She screamed out loud when two of the gangsters pinned her on the wall, and the other who harassed her first, stared at her hungrily. The man pulled up her shirt, and was about to kiss her. She tried fighting but the two gangsters holding her are too strong. "Help! Somebody please!" She yelled once again. This time one of the gangsters covered her mouth. She couldn't do anything but muffle from her screams.
"Rasengan!" An unknown man suddenly attacked the gangsters. Four versus one.
"Who the hell are you?!" The leader of the gangsters hissed.
"Let go of her! Yaaaa!" The guy with spiky dirty blonde hair yelled, and tackled those gangsters once again. Tenten quickly moved away a bit from the brawl. A blue-haired teenage girl approached her. "Are you okay?" She asked.
"I'm fine." Tenten nodded, and looked back at the good samaritan who saved her. At first, she felt worried for the him for starting a brawl with four gangsters. But then, from the way she could see how he is, he seems to be an expert in fist fight. "Take this! And, this!"
"N-naruto-kun, b-be careful!" The bluenette worried.
"U-zu-ma-ki!" The dirty-blonde haired boy gave those pervert gangsters his final tackle, until all of them just ran away. Then, he started jumping merrily. "Hinata-chan, have you seen my new techniques?!"
"Techniques? What is he a ninja?" Tenten thought.
"Y-yes, N-naruto-kun." The bluenette nodded shyly while playing with its fingers.
"T-thank you so much!" Tenten cried.
"Nah, it's nothing. Naruto Uzumaki at your service, the savior of Konoha!" He says.
"Naruto? Naruto Uzumaki?!" Tenten gasped.
"Yep, that's me." He nodded.
"And you..." Tenten turned to the bluenette. "Hinata Hyuga?!"
"U-umm, y-yes." She nodded shyly.
"Kyaa! Oh my god! I can't believe this!" Tenten jumped merrily. "I'm a big fan of you two!"
"F-fan?" Hinata wondered.
"Yes! I've adored you so much. I give up my daily allowance for school before to buy your magazines. I love your commercials, and even your sparring videos. And, Naruto! I adored you since your last match. Congratulations, by the way! It's such a pleasure to congratulate you personally. And, thanks for saving me. Of all people in this huge city, you'd be the one to come and save me."
"Thanks! I didn't know I gained a fan after winning." Naruto chuckled, and scratched his head.
"Thanks, Ms.-?"
"Tenten. Tenten Ayaka. It's nice meeting you, Hinata Hyuga." Tenten took the bluenette's hand for a handshake. "Oh, I'm sorry if I'm so talkative...I'm just- stars trucked!" She apologized.
"It's fine, Tenten. It's nice meeting you, too." Hinata says with a smile. "Can we help you? Umm, we're actually on our way home, and we just heard you- screaming for help."
"Oh..." Tenten sighed, recalling her current situation. "Y-yes...but I hope you wouldn't mind. But if you can't do anything, it's fine." She said shyly.
"Hmm, what is it?" Naruto asks.
"I just got here from Suna earlier. I was supposed to meet with my recruiter who promised to give me a job and protect me from the immigration officers for not having an approved working visa. But it turned out my recruiter fooled me." She explained. "And...I don't know where else to go. The money I have in my pocket is not even enough for me to pay for a hotel and food, or even for the next day. I also need a job so I could earn money for my family in Suna. Or just a temporary job to buy a ticket to Suna so I could go home."
Hinata stopped for a moment, thinking. "Y-you need a job, right?"
"Yeah, and a place to spend a night with." Tenten nodded.
"Come with me."