Cat: I do not own Naruto for several reasons:
Have you READ the latest chapters???? Jiraiya is *insert spoiler*!!!!!!!
I can't draw to save my life
Half the Akatsuki are DEAD!
I'm not rich enough to buy it ='[
Kim: I'm choosing the dedications today!!!!!!! They are for the people who reviewed!: Tenten2295 [me], Weaponmistressbunny, Konana [although it was an anonymous review], and Shadow Byakugan!
Also, Cat got a review for Payback's a Bitch from "lalalala!!!" and that review touched her heart! Although it was an anonymous review so she couldn't reply. If you're reading this, "Lalalala!!!" then thank you soooooo much for the nice review!
Cat: I'm gonna try to keep this A/N short today!!!!!!!!!!
Kim: For once.
Cat: Shut up! Hey Sasuke! Come here!
Sasuke: What do you want?
Cat: Distract Kim.
Sasuke: No!
Cat: Now. *Shoots death glare that makes Neji's look like a fluffy bunny*
Sasuke: Hey Kim! Come over here!
Tenten: Why didn't we think of that earlier?
Cat: No idea
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Chapter 3 – Depression
I was in a hallway, dimly lit by torches on the wall, every fifteen feet or so. The paint on the walls was peeling and it was a dirty white color. This place was really creeping me out. I decided to walk somewhere so I could have a chance to get out of this weird crypt-y-ish place. Then I saw a bright light at the end of the tunnel. I walked towards it, thinking it was a way out. It was a small, white room. At the far corner of the room, I saw a figure. I couldn't see the face, only the back.
"Do you know how to get out?" I asked the shape. They didn't answer. I walked over to them and reached out to tap their shoulder. They flinched under my touch. The lights went out and the room transformed.
It was no longer a small, square room. It was another dark passage. Darker, even, than the first one. I looked down and saw a cockroach near my foot. I shrieked and jumped out of the way.
The figure turned around.
"Sasuke!" I shouted. The person had turned into Sasuke Uchiha. Honestly, I was totally appeased. This place was really starting to scare me and I always felt safe with Sasuke. I reached forward to hug him but he side-stepped it and I stumbled. He smirked.
"I never liked you. I used you. You're worthless. Nobody even likes you." They were simple, yet harsh words and Sasuke's voice echoed through the long, dark corridor. He started to walk away. I followed him.
"No! Wait! Sasuke! He started to walk faster and I ran. The faster I ran, the farther away he got. Then he abruptly turned around. His glare made me shudder. It was filled with hatred. His face slowly morphed into Neji's. He pushed me into a crack that appeared in the floor. As I was falling, Neji called after me calmly, "I hate you."
I fell into the darkness for what seemed like forever and then finally I saw the ground. 'This is the end!' I thought. 'I'm going to die!'
"AAAH!!!!!!" I woke up screaming. I was panting heavily and I was all of a sudden parched. I ran to my bathroom and gulped down three glasses of water. I looked around and the night before came back to me. "Sasuke…" I started crying heavily. I heard a bump downstairs and remembered I might not be home alone. Trying to make my voice steady, I shouted, "Dad? Mom?" As soon as I said "Mom" I almost collapsed into tears again. I remembered what happened before I went to the Uchiha's house.
Taking a deep breath, I went to see who was downstairs. "Dad? Ayame (1)?" I called to my dad and my sister. I looked around. No one was home. They're probably making arrangements for a… funeral… I exploded into tears for what seemed like the hundredth time that week.
!#$%^&*()()*&^%$#!
After crying for about twenty minutes, I finally had the willpower to stop.
'Get your ass off the ground and get out of the house.'
Ugh. I hate you, Inner. Go away.
'Well get up and I'll leave you alone for now. Maybe.'
I decided to just comply. You can't really argue with yourself. That would be schizophrenia.
I needed to check how I looked. Not gonna be pretty. I walked up to my bathroom and looked in the mirror. A tired, puffy eyed, tear-stained face slightly cringed at the sight.
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Twenty minutes later, I looked considerably better. My messed up buns were put in a ponytail, my sleeping shirt was replaced with a long-sleeved, low v-neck, dark blue and white striped shirt over a white, lace tank-top. I was wearing jeans with holes on each of the knees and on each upper thigh. A little eye-liner, under the eyes only.
I grabbed my purse. It was a black, hobo purse with a big white skull on the front. I went outside got in my truck and turned on the ignition. Just before I pushed on the gas, I got a text. The ring tone was Sasuke's.
I opened my phone and looked in my inbox.
btw, I cheated on u
Ouch. That hurt worse than knowing he used me. I realized I was in tears.
I turned on the stereo. "Everytime We Touch" by CASCADA
I still hear your voice when you sleep next to me
I still feel your touch in my dreams
Forgive me my weakness but I don't know why
Without you it's hard to survive
'Cuz ev-
New station.
"This is How I Disappear" by My Chemical Romance came on.
'Cuz without you is how I disappear,
And live my life alone forever now
And without you is how I disappear
And live my life alone forever now
Can you hear my cry out lout to you?
Words I thought I'd cho-
I changed the station. "Miracle" by CASCADA again.
Boy meets girl, you were my dream, my world
But I was blind, you cheated on me from behind
So on my own I feel so all alone
Though I know it's true I'm still in love with you
I need a miracle I wanna be your girl
Give me a chance to see that you are made for-
Okay, no radio.
The rest of the drive was in silence. I was trying not to think about anything except to road and driving on it. All my other thoughts were haunted by the events that took place in the past week.
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I had decided to go to the market in my small town. It was a bunch of shops lined up along a street. It wasn't a very helpful place to shop, since they almost never had what you were looking for, but it was fun to go and look at everything people were selling.
"Tenten!" I heard as I got out of my truck. I turned towards the sound. I saw a girl with short pink hair that was tied up in a ponytail. She was wearing a red polo and a jean miniskirt.
"Sakura!" I yelled back. Sakura was one of my best friends. She ran up to me and hugged me.
"So how have you been?" She questioned.
"Depressed." I replied glumly.
"Why?!?!?!" She didn't wait for an answer. "Come on. We need to go to the store." She dragged me into the nearest grocery store and bought six types of ice cream: vanilla, chocolate (I will eat it all!), chocolate chunk, rocky road (that one is mine also), mint (yuck. Sakura can have that one), cookie dough, and chocolate macadamia. Oh wait… that's seven. Well she bought seven flavors.
Next, she dragged me to her house (2). When we got there, she took out her cell phone and dialed a number, then three-wayed another number. "Ino. Hinata. Sleepover at my house. Now."
"Sure." Hinata replied.
"I don't know… I'm actually kinda tired today…" Ino said. Wow. That's really shocking. Ino is tired!
"We have ice cream." Sakura countered.
"I'm on my way."
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"Sooooooooooooo…" Ino drew out the word, trying to make it seem casual. "Why's Tennie upset? I mean, besides her mom d-" She asked bluntly before Sakura cut her off.
"That's precisely why we're having this sleepover." Sakura sounded all business-like. Weird. "We need to find out."
"I'm upset 'cause you keep calling me 'Tennie'." I replied gruffly. They shot me exasperated looks. "Okay, fine. Boy troubles."
"Oh no! Did Sasuke cheat on you?! Did he break up with you!? I'll kill that son-of-a-bitch!" Ino yelled.
"All of the above."
"Oh, Tenten, I'm sorry!" Hinata cried. She shoved the ice cream at me, along with a spoon that looked more like a shovel than an eating utensil. I didn't care. I ate. Chocolate is the remedy for a heart-break, as Anko always said.
"Okay. We need to plan this. First, we need to somehow get the blueprints to his house, then once we get them, we'll find the best place to set up the weapons, then after we figure that out, we'll–"
"Ino!" I shouted. The scary thing was, she was probably serious about killing Sas- I mean, Uchiha.
"Fine. First, we'll comfort you, and if we're done and you decide that you want revenge, THEN we'll commence plan KTSOABTMWOG" We stared at her, confused. "Kill the Son-of-a-Bitch that Messes with OUR Girl" She explained. -.-'
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He started to walk faster and I ran. The faster I ran, the farther away he got. Then he abruptly turned around. His glare made me shudder. It was filled with hatred. His face slowly morphed into Neji's. He pushed me into a crack that appeared in the floor. As I was falling, Neji called after me calmly, "I hate you."
I fell into the darkness for what seemed like forever and then finally I saw the ground. 'This is the end!' I thought. 'I'm going to die!'
"AAAAAAAAAAAH!" I screamed, once again, waking up from the terror of the SAME freaking nightmare!
"Tenten!" Hinata yelled worriedly.
"Ten!" Sakura sounded like she was mentally bracing herself for an attack.
"Tennie!" Wow. Even when I might be in mortal danger, Ino still calls me 'Tennie'. I have no comment.
"It's okay, guys. It was just a nightmare." I explained.
I had gone to sleep before any of the others and they were probably worried about me, since I was usually the last one to go to sleep.
"Well, I'm gonna get going." I said. "I have a few things to take care of at home."
I didn't plan on going home. I was avoiding home. I wanted to spend very little time thinking about things that could lead to thinking about Sas- I mean, Uch- I mean, someone so I decided to go to the market farther away from here. It would give me more time to just concentrate on driving instead of walking around, having my thoughts wander.
When I got to my car, I almost turned on my radio, then decided against it. Hmm… Where to go… The market's not a bad idea. I never actually did go grocery shopping yesterday. Stupid Sakura and her stupid sleepovers. Stupid Ino and her stupid nicknames. Stupid Hinata and… Well, Hinata's not stupid.
'Hey, wasn't that the market you just passed?'
Oh crap! You're right! Damn.
'Illegal U-turn time!'
Sigh. Whatev.
I pulled a U-turn and ended up at the market. I walked around the market just lost in my thoughts.
Bump
Whoa, how did I end up on the ground?
"Oops, I'm so sorry." I apologized.
I looked up. A boy my age was on the ground next to me. He had long, coffee-brown hair and when he looked back to me, I noticed the same pale, white eyes with had tints of lavender in them that had always amazed me with their beauty.
Neji Hyuuga.
"Tenten?" He asked. He looked me up and down, which I felt subconscious about, since I was still a mess from crying.
"Yeah. What do you want?"
"Um… Nothing. Do you want to walk with me?" Well that's weird. Oh, what the hell. Why not?
"Sure, I guess." I said shrugging. "So where are we going?"
"Um, I don't know. You can pick."
"Well I was going to get groceries, so I guess we'll start at the grocery store."
"Okay, sure." He said blushing. Wait! Blushing????? Why??? Then I felt something brush my ear. Oh wait… I don't have my hair up… Crap! I hate it when it's down!
"Crap! I need a hair tie! Now!"
"You should leave it up." He continued uncertainly. "It looks really beautiful." He started leaning in.
I pulled away.
"Um… I have to go! Sorry!" I ran, leaving behind a very confused Neji.
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1-I honestly have no idea who Ayame is in the actual Naruto series, but I read some fanfictions that had someone named Ayame in it, so I'm gonna use it for Tenten's sister. She probably won't be used very often though.
2-Sakura's house is gonna be walking distance from the market. So Tenten leaves her car there.
Cat: Ugh. I keep getting anonymous reviews.
Kim: That's bad?
Cat: I guess it's okay, but then I can't reply to them and that bugs me.
Sasuke: Cough cough OCD cough cough
Cat: Shut up. You broke Tenten's heart. Don't talk. Well, this is repayment for the joke I played on April Fool's day (I took it off cuz this is supposed to be the 3rd chapter and it would bother me the 3rd chapter was the 4th). I worked hard on this chapter so I could get it done.
Kim: Pshh. No you didn't! You're on spring break! You just have extra time! And you've been working on this for almost a month!
Cat: Shut up. Nobody asked you. And didn't I tell you not to talk? No, wait. That was Sasuke… Whatever. You can shut up too. Tenten! Do the honors!
Tenten: *Duct tapes Kim's mouth shut*
Cat: I meant the ending… But I guess that works…
Tenten: R&R guys!
