~Day one~
Something was tickling my ear, I knew it wasn't a spider like last time I woke up because I remember going to bed. So what was in my ear? I peaked an eye open to see a large black dot. Normally, in your line of vision when you see black dots it means loss of sight. Instead of freaking out like I'd normally do when something abnormal happens I readjusted my blurry vision to clear. The 'black dot' became a nose of a wolf once the details were visible. I heard whining and was nudged with a paw. I'm guessing this was Sasuke since a voice didn't enter my head yet. I sat up stretching and yawning blinking so my other eye could adjust from being blurry. I turned to look at Sasuke who was sitting upright, tail wagging and a long pink tongue hanging out the side of his mouth.
"Good morning Sasuke." I said still hung over on sleep. I rubbed my eyes as Sasuke barked happily and hopped off the bed and into the hall. Sighing I got out of bed not bothering to make it and straight into the bathroom to wash up. I stripped off all my clothes and through them on the sink. Turning the hot water on I waited for it to heat up before getting in and scrubbing myself clean. A few minutes after I got out wrapping a white towel around my body. Shutting off the water, I grabbed my clothes and walked into my room. I threw my cloths into a small basket, seeing it almost full meant I needed to do the laundry. Digging through my dresser I picked out a simple white T-shirt and some grey sweat pants. I heard something pawing at my door and a quiet whine, Sasuke.
"Hold on I'm coming!" I yelled putting my clothes on faster. Once I was done I hung my towel up at the edge of the bed and opened the door. Sasuke was sitting there with his collar in his mouth, tail wagging. I took it from him and walked into the living room to find Itachi laying on the couch. His head rose up when he noticed I came in. I sat down next to him and rubbed his head, I'm guessing Sasuke noticed that Itachi had his collar on and went looking through the bags for his, judging by some of the clothes laying on the floor. I reached over to Itachi's collar and pulled off the little price tag. I did the same to Sasuke's collar. I held my arms up and Sasuke knew what to do, he lowered his ears and allowed me to wiggle the collar on. He barked tail still wagging.
"Hesaidhelikesit." Itachi said in my head. I smiled at him.
"Glad you do." I glanced at the cloths scattered around on the floor and thought, great. "Sasuke do you know where my flute is in my room?" He looked at me and nodded. "Can you get it I need you two to try on the cloths I bought for you." He trotted away without another motion. I stood up and tilted the table on its side.
"Whatareyoudoingthatfor?" He asked clearly not understanding why I did that. To be honest, I'm not ready to see a male naked.
"Can you go and sit on the other side of the table please?" He looked at me and nodded hopping off the couch around and behind the table. Moments after Sasuke came back with the box in his mouth. "Thank you." I took it from him and pulled my key out of my shirt. Unlocking the box I took out the flute and held it up. Itachi must have told Sasuke to get behind the table with him since he sat next to him. I play a short tune and watched as they morphed into their human forms. Itachi, normal blank face, Sasuke sat there curiously.
"So, why are we behind a table?" Ignoring the question I searched through the bags to find their boxers.
"This is the first thing you put on." I handed them both a pair. I turned my head and allowed them both to put it on.
"Okay, done." I looked up at them, both standing, with their boxers on backwards. I wonder if they know that?
"Umm." Sasuke turned slightly to look at his tail that was sticking out the back of them.
"How'd you manage to find something like this, its perfect for our tails!" He smiled happily watching his tail sway.
"That's what all boys wear, except they have it on the other way." Sasuke rose a brow at me.
"Why?" I blushed. How do you explain something like that, its not like I was a guy! Its just something you know and learn as you grow up, but obviously they grew up completely different from your average 'human.'
"Umm, its for easy access to go to the bathroom." Itachi turned to look at Sasuke, noticing him he looked at him also. I'm guessing Itachi is thinking something and Sasuke is picking up on it. Sasuke nodded and shrugged.
"Yeah, I guess that makes sense, but what about our tails?" Itachi, being mute, responded to Sasuke mentally pointing at me and then back at the boxers. My eyes narrowed, what are they talking about.
"Okay, Itachi wants to know if you can make some holes in our clothing for our tails." He asked crossing his arms over his chest. I nodded.
"I can try, it won't be perfect but I'll see what I can do. In the meantime, we can try on everything else later, I'll take you for a walk around town to see if you pass as a pet dog." I smiled at them. I picked up my flute and played a short tune to change them back. They stood there in their wolf forms, I didn't think they needed a leash. They also look a mess, fur all ruffled up, nails a little too long for comfort and just a dangerous appearance. I know the perfect place to take them!
"You guys stay here and let me get changed, I want to look like I own two big dogs so I have to dress the part. You guys are both tall so I have to make myself look a little taller and darker." I said as I picked up the bags and stuffed the clothes in. "I'll be right back!" I ran into my room and slammed the door dropping the bags on the bed and went straight to my closet to find a shirt. I found an old one that I haven't wore in a while after a few seconds of searching. It looked like a normal black T-shirt except the arms were open on the top, under it was covered and baggy, the only place it connected was by the elbows and at the ends of the sleeves. It stopped below my belly button, the selves weren't too long either, they stopped a few inches away from my wrists. This shirt will help my arms look a little longer. I'll need to show my legs to make myself look taller. I didn't want to wear a skirt so I decided in shorts and I think I have a pair of black and sliver lining shorts in my dresser. I searched three different drawers before I found them, I wonder if I still fit them though. Only one way to find that out. I kicked off my pants and slipped on the shorts, I looked at myself, wondering if I looked okay in them. I wonder what Sasuke and Itachi would say. I opened the door to my closet and searched for a pair of shoes that matched. I didn't think I had a pair that was black that looked good enough to go with my outfit. I noticed a box in the far corner, I looked at the cover not recognizing it. I open the lid and saw a pair of leather black wedges with a thin tie that wrapped around the ankle and made a bow at the back of the ankle. I wasn't sure where they came from but it was the only thing that really suited my 'created' outfit. Leaving the box in the closet I put on the shoes to make sure they still fit. I stood up and looked down feeling taller than my normal height; which I was. Nervously, I opened the door and stepped out wondering what they would think of my outfit. I peaked around the corned to see Itachi and Sasuke sitting on the couch, Sasuke's paw moved on top of Itachi and Itachi moved his paw on top of his. I watched as they slowly got faster, giggling silently to myself. I saw Itachi's ear point up and back in my direction, shortly after his head turned to look at me. I blushed and stepped out.
"Umm, does this look alright?" Sasuke hopped off the couch, Itachi following right behind him, staring at me intently. I blushed a darker shade and bit my lip wondering what they thought. I noticed both their tails wagging slowly, their bodies were tense, it was almost as if they were holding themselves back.
"Sasukethinksits...Perfect." He said slowly. I wonder why he paused, his tone was different, one I wasn't familiar with. I felt something, the hairs on my skin rose as if a cold wind brushed past me. "AndsodoI." I smiled unsure of how to truly respond to that.
"Thanks! Do you want to head out now, I need to get you two cleaned up so you don't look like you came fresh out the wild." I laughed sheepishly fumbling with my fingers. "Just give me a moment to get a few things!" I raced back into my room and closed the door slightly. What was that? I thought about that questing for a moment as I picked up a small clutch and filling it with my phone, wallet and keys. I peaked out my room to see Sasuke and Itachi just staring at each other. I'm guessing they were talking to each other. Sasuke turned his head seeing me out the corner of his eye, Itachi turned also to look at me. I blushed at being caught and paced over to them. Silently I opened the door for them to walk out and head down stairs. I closed and locked the door, making my way down stairs I saw that they were already all the way down stairs waiting for me. I felt like I was going too slow for them so I walked a little faster down the steps.
"Takeyourtime," Itachi said watching me as I nearly stumbled down the steps.
"Sorry." I opened the front door and told them to go to the right. A few people were out but we went unseen. I couldn't help but wonder to myself, what were they thinking? What did their body language mean? I couldn't understand, I'm starting to hate this feeling, not being able to understand or comprehend something. Its painful, especially to people that are important. I lowered my head slightly keeping my eyes on the ground instead of in front of me.
"Whichway?" Itachi said softly. I looked up and motion for them to go to the right. This was the street that had the bakery, cafe, and that store.
"Lets walk a little faster." I told them in a hushed tone. I didn't want to see Hinata and Neji again, not after what happened last time. I had to keep my head straight, I shouldn't look in the window, I don't want to bring up emotions of them again. I don't want to see their expressions, I don't want to see their faces. The shop came closed, I bit my lip and tried to focus on Itachi and Sasuke's backs. We were now in front of the door, don't look. Don't look. Do not turn your head. My mind fought with my body, but the urge to just glance inside was high. One peak wouldn't kill me. So I turned and looked inside the large window. My eyes widened in confusion and shock. What has Naruto doing there? I had to stop for a moment and look, I needed to see what was going on. They were sitting at a table closer to the counter, Hinata next to Neji on the right and Naruto on the opposite side. They each had a cup of tea in front of them on the table with a few muffins in the middle. Naruto's head was lowered and by the movement of his lips he was the one talking. Hinata and Neji had frowns on their faces, they looked sad. My heart was breaking. What were they talking about, what where they leaving me out of, why couldn't they tell me? I looked down sadly, rubbing the side of my arm. I could make out a few words that he said, not by hearing but by lip reading, 'maybe,' 'important,' 'I don't know,' and the word that hit me the hardest was my name. I bit my bottom lip trying to hold back the tears that were slowly forming in my eyes, I thought they were my friends. I thought we trusted each other, I thought we had a connection. I guess I thought wrong. I bit my lip harder as I felt a hot tear roll down my cheek, I couldn't control myself. My friends, the people I trusted and cared for, the people I loved and spent my life with are keeping secrets from me. I looked up to see Itachi and Sasuke glaring into the widow, the sides of their mouth twitching, they wanted to growl but they controlled themselves. Their ears and tail gave away the fact that they were angry, their whole body language said everything. I gripped my arm tighter and closed my eyes, I felt another tear slip out my eye. I hiccuped before wiping my tears away and straightening myself.
"Come on, lets get out of here." I said in a low tone. I heard their growl this time, they showed their teeth more and turned sharply away. I walked in the middle of them, Sasuke on my right, Itachi on my left. "We need to cross the street, the place we're going to is this way." I looked both ways before crossing and heading down another street perpendicular to this one. When we turned the corner I heard the bell of the bakery door. I stopped pressing my back against the wall and motioned Sasuke and Itachi to move to the side so they wouldn't be in sight. I wanted to wait and see if I could over hear anything they might say.
"You guys are opening soon, so I'll head out now." That was Naruto's voice.
"Yeah, you can come back and talk to us later when we close, its Sunday so we'll be closing earlier." That time it was Neji.
"I might, I need to talk to Tenten though, I don't know what I'm going to do." Naruto said again sighing deeply. "I just can't believe what's happening."
"I know Naruto, we can't believe it either but we can't avoid what has to be done. Even, even if she's our friend." Hinata said, her voice filled with pain and sadness.
"Don't worry about it too much Hinata, I might be able to persuade them to change their minds. I don't think I could live on-" I couldn't hear the rest of what he said. I looked at Sasuke and Itachi who looked up at me. I stared at them for a moment trying to figure out what they were saying. Their ears popped up and looked in the direction of the corner. I turned my head slightly just to listen.
"Lets try not to think about it for now, we need to think positively. Now isn't a good time to be talking about this anyway, we can talk more later." Neji said logically. "We'll see you later on Naruto, take care of yourself."
"Same, later guys." I heard him walking away. I looked at Itachi and Sasuke who started to growl at the end of the street, Naruto's foot steps were coming in our direction. I turned and started walking down the street quickly to put a little distance from the corner and us.
"Come, Itachi, Sasuke." I said in a hushed tone. They followed, Sasuke on my right and Itachi on my left. Their paws made a soft scratching noise against the pavement, I could hear their breath panting and the quiet growls behind it. They could sense Naruto about to turn around the corner and so could I. I tried to push the thought of him being right behind me away, but it was hard when I wanted to run over there and punch him in the face for keeping things about me away from me. Even then I'd be a hypocrite because I'm also keeping things from him, but its different. Sasuke and Itachi aren't his business, they're mine, and if I remember correctly I did tell him about them. I never said everything there is about them, but I didn't keep them from him completely. I told a white lie, he told me nothing, instead he talks behind my back and to other people, our friends. But, its okay, I can be the same way to him.
"Tenten!" I heard Naruto yell in surprise as I heard him run up. Itachi and Sasuke turned and growled at him, basically saying keep your distance. I didn't bother to stop, I kept going as if I didn't hear him, I didn't want to hear him, I didn't even want to see him. I couldn't deal with him right now, not after what I just saw and heard. "Tenten!" I stopped, he would know I was ignoring him if I kept walking. Sasuke. Itachi. I didn't have to say anything, they could hear and understand me without words, at least Sasuke could; Itachi is good at understanding my body language. They both walked up next to me backs to Naruto but their eyes never left his.
"What?" I said quietly.
"What are you doing here?" He asked quickly. I turned to face him, one hand on my hip the other stayed straight holding my bag. "Why are you dressed like that?" His eyes wondered my body looking at my choice in clothing, confusion and some other emotion covered his face. I was thinking about giving him a smart ass reply like 'minding my own business,' but that would lead to suspicion.
"I'm walking my pets." I kneeled down and hugged Sasuke and Itachi's heads while rubbing the sides of their necks. Their ears lowered and their tails wagged happily from the attention they received from my hands. He gave me a disbelieving look, I just smirked up at him. "Now if you can excuse me." I said standing back upright, turning and walking away from him.
"Tenten wait." He grabbed my wrist causing me to stop. I turned my head sharply to glare at him. He was taken back by my look, his grip loosening.
"Let. Me. Go. Now." My eyes narrowed at him. I didn't want to talk to him, see him, be near him, not after today's events. His brows scrunched together in shock and confusion. Itachi and Sasuke started to growl openly at him, the fur on their backs pointed up, their tails straight, and ears flattened. I tried to yank my hand away from his but his grip tightened again. "I said let me go, Naruto." I was loosing my patience.
"How long have you been here?" He asked, his face changed to suspicious and a little angry.
"No longer than you have! Now, let me go!" I said trying to yank my hand free. Sasuke barked, warning him also, but Naruto paid no attention to either of them.
"We need to talk." He said sternly. I started to use my body to pull myself back but he held on and pulled me towards him.
"No! Let me go Naruto!" Itachi ran up and snapped at Naruto, reacting he let go and stepped away from us. Itachi now stood in front of us head lowered slightly and tilted to the side ready to attack if the situation called for it. Sasuke walked over and sniffed my wrists and licked it softly, he whined and looked up to me. I smiled softly at him knowing what he was asking.
"I'm okay," I rubbed his head genteelly. He whined happily wagging his tail. "Itachi." I said his name and his attitude changed instantly. His ears were pointed up tail swayed calmly, eyes open and alert to my call. He trotted over to me and sat down in front of me and Sasuke. I smiled and rubbed his head also receiving the same response from him. I looked up to Naruto annoyed. He was looking at Itachi and Sasuke. This didn't go unnoticed to them for their heads were slightly turned in his direction, one eye stared narrowly at him. He averted his gaze back to me.
"I guess we'll talk later." He said shoving his hands in his pockets and slouching his shoulders. I blinked at him, turning around I walked in the other direction.
"Lets go, Sasuke, Itachi." I didn't hear them follow me right away. I'm guessing they were still watching Naruto. A second after they sprinted to catch up and walk with me. We walked in silence. I glanced at them every few seconds, mostly at Itachi. They were quiet, quieter than normal. He would've said something in my mind, Naruto wouldn't have heard him either. I'll asked him later. After another three blocks we came up to our destination, The Pet Spa. I opened the door and allowed them to walk in.
"Whatarewedoinghere?" Itachi asked surprising me, he was looking around.
"You two are going to get cleaned up. Go sit over there, I'll pay for your treatments." They followed my request and sat by the chairs.
"Hello there and welcome to the Pet Spa, how can I be of service?" A women with short blond curly hair asked cheerfully.
"Hi, I would like to have body treatment for my boys." She nodded and pointed to a chart above us.
"What kind would you like?"
"Can you explain to me what comes with each?" She nodded.
"Yes, the Whitener package is for your pet's paws and teeth, we'd clean them, cut their nails, and so on for that area. The Bath and Beyond package is mainly for your pet's fur, we'd wash, brush, cut, and freshen up to make their fur look healthy and clean. The Spa package is mainly for relaxation purposes, your pet would get a full body massage. Lastly the All Out package is all the body packages combined."
"I'll take the All Out package please." I heard someone laugh at me from behind as if they mocked my decision. I couldn't help but to turn to look at the person. It was a snobby looking women. She was dressed in expensive clothing, fancy jewelry, and her hair was down with a curl at the ends of it. She was holding a light purple leash that connected to a diamond collared poodle. How come all the snobby looking people owned poodles? I don't understand it and I never will.
"Is it a problem that I want to get that ma'am." She lifted her hand and waved it in front of her.
"Its not like you could afford something that expensive with your," She eyed me up and down judging me by my clothing immediately. "Occupation." She said in almost a disgusted tone, even her damn poodle turned it's head.
"For your information, lady, I work in one of the highest corporations in the country and in the top rankings, the owner's personal assistant. I get paid more than you could ever image." I said uncaring.
"What business is that, the whore house?" She mumbled. I heard her anyway.
"No, ever heard of The Generation's, the Uzumaki corp? That's were I work, Naruto Uzumaki, the head and owner of the company's personal assistant. He practically runs this entire area, and let me guess, you have on a Fox Fire brand shirt, Moon Lit neckless, and Scared cotton jeans."She looked at me incredulously, I just smiled smugly.
"How did you-"
"They're all from The Generation's line, they don't just do business work, but also along with food, toys, home appliances, clothing, accessories and many other things. How I know this is because I'm the one organizing, planing, signing business forms, dealing with money, I do all of that. There isn't one thing I don't know about The Generation's business. You should watch who you're talking to ma'am cause you don't know what kind of friends people have." With that said I went back to paying for my packages. I heard most of the people clap and applauded for me standing up to that women. I just shook my head and chuckled softly to myself.
"So, that will be one All Out package?" She pushed the buttons on the register.
"No, two." She stopped and looked up at me in disbelief. To prove my point I call Sasuke and Itachi over.
"Sasuke! Itachi! Come here please." Yelled while getting my wallet out. They trotted over and sat next to me. I noticed the woman's poodle watched Itachi and Sasuke closely along with many other female dogs here, yet Sasuke and Itachi paid none of them any mind. The woman with short curly hair peaked over the counter and nodded at the two of them.
"Okay, two All Out packages." She redid the numbers.
"Your total will be 60,000 yen." I heard most of people mumble and gasp at the price. I heard, 'how could she afford something like that?' 'She must really love her pets to spend that much on them,' and 'she's really lucky, I wish I could spend that much money so easily.' I took out most of my money and counted it on the counter. Stopping at 60,000 I put the rest back in my clutch and handed the woman the owed amount.
"There you go, 60,000 yen and if you guys do a good job I'll give you each a large tip." I smiled. "I leave them in your care. Sasuke, Itachi, be good until I get back understand? You may not like it but you'll feel good after so be good and cooperate okay?" They both nodded which shocked everyone who was paying attention. I turned my attention back to the woman in front of me.
"You better take very good care of them while I'm gone." I narrowed my eyes at her and turned to leave. I heard to sets of paws follow behind me. I smiled and turned around to see them right behind me.
"No, you two stay here, I'll be back within and hour and a half. They're going to clean you up okay." They sat down and nodded again. "Good, I'll be back later!" I waved and walked out, turning to the right and heading down the tailor. Wait, I forgot that bags. Damn it. I turned back and headed for home. I wonder how'd Sasuke and Itachi would handle the spa since they've never been to one, I haven't so I wouldn't have a clue to what its like; besides it being relaxing. I glanced in the window as I passed it, I couldn't see them. I shrugged and kept walking, I'll ask them later. I came up to the corner, I looked across the street at the bakery. There were a few people inside but I wasn't planning to stop by anytime soon, I was just as upset at them as I was Naruto. I felt an arm wrap around my shoulders and someone's hot breath on my neck. I shivered and inhaled coffee and cologne.
"I didn't think I'd ever see you again love." Ah, him. I turned to look up at him grinning at me. I unhooked his arm from my shoulders and stared at him.
"Me neither." I said flatly looking left and right before crossing the street. He chuckled at me.
"You wound me with your words, love." He chuckled again as my eyes narrowed in irritation.
"Didn't I tell you to stop calling me that?" He lifted his arms and rested them behind his head, similar to Naruto when he's in a relaxed mood.
"Yeah, but I can't help it, sorry Tenten." I glanced up at him strangely. It felt weird for him to call me by name, I tried to not let it bother me. He groaned out loudly. "It's weird to call you Tenten and I know you don't like it either, right love." I narrowed my eyes, I wouldn't admit it to his face, but it was weird to call me by name.
"Don't you have somewhere to be?" He shook his head.
"Nope, I was just taking a stroll and saw you all dolled up I just had to come over and say hi." He smirked. I rolled my eyes.
"You said hi, now run off." He frowned playfully at me.
"No, I didn't." I sighed.
"Okay, whatever." He smiled and continued to walk along my side. I turned the next corner.
"So where we heading?" He looked around and noticed we were on the edge of town. "You aren't going to take me in the woods and do naughty things to me are you?" He glanced at me smirking.
"I'm going home, you're going somewhere else." I mumbled.
"You don't mind if I chill with you for a little bit love? I don't wanna go home, my roommate wants to kill me." He laughed sheepishly rubbing the back of his head.
"What did you do to cause your roommate to want to kill you?" I asked curiously, I stopped in front of the front door and dug for my keys.
"Its a long story." He said quietly. I stopped and turned to stare at him.
"Look, I'm sick of people important to me not telling me things so if you have nothing to share then leave." He looked at me shocked, then it turned into flattered and satisfied smile. I then realized what I said and blushed. I turned away from him and searched for my keys again to get in my house.
"Aww you do care for me!" He grabbed me in a tight hug, I blushed a deeper shade.
"Let me go!" I wiggled a little, he did as I asked and just smiled to himself. I opened the door and headed up stairs, flipping my key and unlocking the door; I stepped in and allowed him in also.
"Thanks." I nodded and motioned him to take off his shoes. He looked like a normal person a complete different look from the one he wore in the store. He had on ripped black jeans, they looked skin tight, his shirt was black with a white spade on the bottom right of his shirt. He had on a black and white zippered sweater, even though it was about 80 degrees out, complete with a hood. His shoes were converse, white rimmed and black body. "Like what you see?" He noticed me checking out his clothing.
"I was just thinking to myself how different you dress in public than in that store you work at." He smirked and crossed his arms.
"The damn owner makes the employees dress like that, I honestly think its sexy." He winked at me, when he turned his head to look around I noticed something silver on his turned his head back and noticed I was staring at him. "What's up love?" I shook my head and snapped out of my trance.
"Nothing, just zoning out." I said heading to my room.
"Okay." He said slowly following behind me. I made a quick detour into the kitchen to drop my clutch and search for a drink of my choice.
"So you going to tell me that story or am I going to kick you out?" Not finding anything I went to my room.
"You sure you wanna hear it, it's kinda inappropriate for someone your age." I turned my head and pouted annoyed at him.
"What is that supposed to mean? I'm 18." I crossed my arms over my chest. He smiled at me.
"How cute, a 18 year old virgin. Can't find many of you in the world" He laughed, I turned walking in my room with a large blush on my face. I turned and tried to close the door on him but he held it open while laughing at me.
"Come on love, I was only teasing, and by the looks of that blush you really are a virgin!" He laughed harder. I pouted and turned into my room looking for the bags I left on the floor. He walked in quickly and grabbed my arms genteelly. "Hey, I was only teasing, I'm sorry Tenten." I turned around and stared at him, my lip poking out in disbelief.
"Tell me the story and I'll accept your apology." He rolled his eye and put his hands on his hips.
"Proves you're still immature." He smiled. "But anyway, me and my roommate have been best friends since I can remember. Skip the life story and to the interesting part. I was in our room and I was bored, so I did the typical thing that males like to do, there are a number of things but most like to masturbate. Do you know what that is, right?" He smiled at me his eye narrowing at me. I shook my head, he smiled and chuckled at me.
"No, what is it?"
"You're so innocent its sad, but masturbation is when someone stimulate's their own genitals for sexual pleasure. I was looking in a magazine at a girl I thought looked sexy. Its too bad that you don't know what sex is like so you wouldn't understand too much. I was in a haze and decided to call out her name, that's when my roommate walked in. Now, before you jump to conclusions, they weren't upset with the masturbating part but the fact that I was calling out someone else's name; we're lovers. I stopped and explained that I accidentally said her name because she was in my head, but they don't believe me and want to kill me." He shrugged and smiled stupidly. "Now I'm sleeping at one of my friend's house cause I'm afraid they'll come for me." I thought the whole story was stupid but what my mind locked onto what sexual pleasure, he was right when he said that I've never experienced it. I looked down at my body, I've thought about it once or twice but I wouldn't dare do it, I was too scared. I held my arm and rubbed it softly still looking at myself. I felt hands on my shoulders. I looked up at Deidara, he had a soft look on his face.
"I don't need to read your mind to know what you're thinking. If you want I can give you a sample, I won't violate you or do anything you don't want me to, but you seem upset that you don't know." I nodded at him.
"Yeah, I don't like not knowing things anymore." His hands travelled down to my waist his thumbs rubbed small circles, his head moved to my neck. I felt his hot breath on my neck, I shivered and held onto his shoulders. I didn't know him that well, this wasn't right. He kissed my neck and ran his hand up my back, I didn't know how to respond so I allowed my body to take over. I ended up moaning, his kisses travelled down to my shoulder. My body ended up against his arching and moaning with every touch. I put my hands around his waist and pushed my body harder against his. He leaned forward causing us to fall on the bed with him on top. He spread his legs around mine and rubbed his lower body against mine. Their was a hard lump in his pants, it felt weird but good at the same time. His hand came back down and rubbed my left breast using his thumb to rub my hardened nipple through my shirt. I moaned again, my lower body pushed again his rubbing my womanhood against his. It felt amazing. Is this what sexual pleasure is? If it is I don't want it to stop.
"Tenten," Deidara said softly.
"Yes," I said blushing and moaning. He smiled at me and got off me, I looked up at him confused.
"We need to stop, I don't want to do something you'll regret, or me." He put his hands on his hips. "Also, don't you have something to do?" I nodded and sat up, I looked at the ground.
"Hey, Tenten, I'm sorry, I thought that you wanted to know what it was like, that's the only reason why I did that." He kneeled down to look me in the eyes. His long bang moved slightly to the side and I saw more silver. I raised my hands and moved the bangs away to see a metal eye patch. He smiled and moved my hand away from it letting the bang fall back in front of it.
"How'd you get that?" I asked. He put his hand over it and rubbed it softly.
"Lets save that story for another day. Now lets go get what you need to get done before my lover finds me walking out your house and assume something." He laughed nervously. I smiled at him, even though he's a complete creep, he's a good friend. I grabbed the bags I needed and went into the kitchen to get my clutch. "Here let me carry those for you." He took the bags from me, I smiled and thanked him, he just flashed me a cheesy grin and nodded. I grabbed my clutch and headed out the door, I let him out first so I could lock the door behind me. We walked outside and to the right. We didn't say anything to each, not that we didn't want to but we had nothing to say. I walked past the bakery and noticed Hinata and Neji in the front looking at the register. They looked up and saw me, I glared at them and turned away without seeing their expressions.
"Lets cross the street here." I said pointing the way. He nodded and looked both ways before crossing.
"Where we headed?" He asked.
"The tailor, I need to fix some cloths." I turned my head and peaked in the Spa, I checked my phone for the time. 11:55, they'll be done in about an hour. The tailor wasn't too far from the Spa. Its two blocks down and to the right.
"Will I ever meet your lover?" I asked randomly. He shrugged.
"I dunno. Depends." I rose a brow.
"Depends?" He nodded.
"Yeah, some days its cool but other's might get you killed, its all about the mood." I nodded.
"So, what's her name?" He smirked.
"Sasori." Hmm, that's a weird name. He just chuckled at me, we turned right and stopped in front of the tailor's door. I took the bags from him, he walked around and opened the door for me.
"Thanks." I walked towards the middle of the shop. There was an old woman sowing a lace material on a shirt. She glanced up and smiled, wrinkles formed all the way around her face.
"Hello there, how can I help you today?" She picked up her glasses that were hanging around her neck and sat them on the edge of her nose.
"I'd like you to make a hole in some of these." I took out the jeans and boxers and laid them on the table. The women pushed up her glasses and looked at the clothes.
"You want a hole? What kind of hole?" I flipped a pair of jeans over and traced a circle with my finger, showing her what I wanted.
"About right here, its for a project I'm doing but I need someone to make the hole properly." She smiled nodding her head and waving her hand at me.
"This will take about 15 minutes." She looked over at Deidara who was staring off into space at a dummy. "Deidara? Is that you?" He snapped out of his trance and turned to look at the old woman.
"Yeah, its me ogii-san, what's up?" He walked over hands in his pockets.
"I ain't getting any younger, you promised you'd visit me more often!" She groaned. He smiled.
"Sorry, work is keeping me busy, my hours were extended and I was put on more days so I don't get out too often. Sunday is my only free day." He frowned seeing the sad look on her face.
"Its okay Deidara, I just enjoy seeing you around." She smiled. "Who's the pretty lady? He smirked and quickly wrapped his arm around my neck forcing me closer to him.
"This pretty lady, is my best friend Tenten." I thought he was going to say something like I'm his girl friend, but I remembered that he has a lover and is deep trouble with them as is. So there is no point in starting another problem, wise move idiot. The women smiled and nodded.
"Nice to meet you Tenten, my name is Chiyemi, Akira Chiyemi, but most like to call me Grandma Chi." She chuckled and waved a hand at me. "You can wait here for me to finish or you can go somewhere else and come back later." I looked over at Deidara who was staring off into space again and poked him. He shook his head coming back into reality.
"We'll come back later Grandma," He said quickly pushing me towards the door. "I wanna get some air, we'll see you in a few." He waved and pushed me harder out the door. I looked up at him confused.
"What was that for?" He shrugged.
"I wanted to go for a walk, care to join me?" He smirked. I just rolled my eyes and crossed my arms across my chest.
"Do I have much of a choice?" I asked sarcastically. He chuckled and we were off in a random direction. We didn't look at each, we didn't speak to each other, we just walked. His expression was blank and unreadable which made me wonder what he was thinking about. His lover? I don't know. I know what was on my mind at the time; Sasuke and Itachi. So far from Friday everything has been changing slowly. Naruto's odd behavior, that snake, two boys who could change into wolves, even the little rabbits I saw. This has never happened before so why now of all times? I looked up at the sky, it looks like its going to rain soon, but nothing was out of the ordinary. I wonder how long creatures like Sasuke and Itachi have been living. They did talk about how their clan and another founded Konoha, but he did leave out the humans, those who couldn't change. Where are the normal humans in their history? I looked at Deidara then back in the direction we were walking. Do humans know about creatures like them? What were Naruto, Hinata and Neji talking about this morning? Why didn't Sasuke and Itachi speak to me around Naruto? Why me, what significance am I to their world besides being able to play their Devine Instrument? I have so many questions, yet they all are going unanswered. I don't know who to turn to for the information I seek. Normally I'd turn to Naruto but he is currently turning away from me. I bit my lip and frowned. I need to talk to Itachi and Sasuke when we get home.
"Tenten!" I jumped at the loudness of Deidara's voice.
"Why are you yelling?" I looked at him confused. He put one hand on his hip and frowned at me.
"I've been calling your name for a minute now, I asked you a question." I blinked, I must have been too caught up in my own thoughts.
"Sorry, I was thinking too hard, what was the question?" We started walking again, I wasn't familiar with this side of town but since Deidara was making all the turns he was the leader and I would follow.
"I asked, do you know who your friends are?" What kind of question was that? Of course I know who my friends are!
"Yes, I do, where'd that question come from?" He smirked, not looking at me. I glanced at him suspiciously.
"I just happened to know Hinata, Neji and Naruto pretty well." He said slowly while putting his hands in his pockets and walked into a dead end ally way. I stopped at the entrance while he kept walking until he reached the middle and stopped. He didn't turn to look at me. I suddenly felt nervous and intimidated. We stood there like that for a moment, neither of us moving or saying anything. I felt this aura float off him, it was dangerous, like a deep dark emotion over flowing around him. I nervously took a step backwards.
"Wha-what are you talking about?" I stuttered, I jumped when I heard him chuckle. This wasn't like the other times when he was making a joke at me, this was a deep dark chuckle. He turned slightly towards me but I could only see the side of his long bang, nose and mouth, the rest of his face was hidden.
"I know them very well now that I think about it. We run into each other sometimes, maybe more times than we'd like." He shrugged. "I wonder how much you really know about them." He turned to me completely so I could see his entire face. His only eye was narrowed at me, his face was blank, but his eye stared at me, as if it were testing me. Amusement was gone, he was completely serious. I became scared looking into his eye. He started taking steps toward me, face not changing in the slightest. With each step fear leaked out of me, but I didn't move. I didn't know what he was going to do. He smiled at me, not a soft smile, not a warm smile, not a comforting smile, just a smile with no meaning. He took his hands out and placed them on my shoulders, the moment they made contact to me I jumped in shock, like my body had finally come to its senses. I couldn't say anything I was confused and scared, unsure of what was really happening. He turned me around quickly facing the opposite direction from the ally with my back facing him. He raised his arm and pointed down the street.
"Go that way, don't make any turns, talk to anyone, don't stop, just keep going straight." He pushed me forward, I nearly tripped from it. I quickly turns around to see him still standing there and watching me with that meaningless smile and sharp eye. "And don't forget my question, I'm curious of your answer." I watched him for a moment before looking back in the direction he told me to go.
"But what-" when I turned back around to ask him a question he was gone. Only an empty soda can and a few dead leaves blowing in the wind were left in his spot. "Deidara!" I walked quickly into the ally way and looked around for him. Sighing in defeat, I turned and left in the direction I was given. I walked away from the ally way and down the street with my head hanging down. What was Deidara talking about, I know who my friends are? Then I thought about it for a moment, Naruto, Hinata and Neji weren't really being good 'friends' to me. They were keeping things from me, having their own small privet meetings, and its about me. Sasuke and Itachi are more my friends than they are. I sighed tiredly and leaned against a wall and held myself. I slide down the wall in and hugged my knees placing my head in between them. I bit my lip in the attempt to hold back my tears. I didn't want to cry, but I felt like I would. I felt something hot slip down my cheek. I lifted my head up and touched my cheek. I was crying already. I laid my head back down on my knees and let more fall down. I sat there and cried. Why wasn't anyone telling me anything? Why did I feel so alone again? Who are my friends? Who am I? These questions raked at my mine and stabbed me in the heart. Naruto, my best friend since I can remember has been talking about me behind my back to my other friends. Hinata and Neji, the two people I thought I could always turn to have abandoned me. They won't tell me anything. How did Deidara know this? Did he notice how I acted when I was with Naruto at the store or was it when I glared at them in the shop? I don't know. How does he know them? Why don't I know them anymore? These new questions made me feel worse. I didn't like not knowing anymore. I didn't want to be left out. Why? What did I to deserve this?
"Why, hello there little misses." Surprised by the sound of a man's voice I jump to my feet and press my back against the wall looking around. I saw an unshaved man step out from one of the side streets. I could smell the liquor get stronger with each step he took to me. "Well, don't you look fine this evening." He said with a drunken slur.
"Itoldyounottostop," I looked around, it was Deidara's voice in my mind.
"Deidara!" I yelled looking around. I heard another man laugh.
"You're screaming the wrong name sweetie," another man came from the street next to my left and he was in arms reach of me. He smelled like he'd been drinking for a while now. I started to notice more men coming out of different streets even a few from ally ways. I was getting nervous. "Don't worry we'll tell you our names, one at a time." He smirked evilly. They started to surround me in a semi circle around the wall trapping me from escaping.
"Why do you look so frighten?" One of them put their hands on my cheek and lowered it down my jaw line. Out of aggravation, I bit his finger hard. I heard him scream out in pain, he shook his hand trying to get me off but I was determined to rip his vile finger off.
"You stupid bitch!" He slapped me in the face causing me to fall to the ground holding my stinging cheek. "You're gunna pay for that you whore!" I glared at him daring him to try me. Two men from either sides of me grabbed both my arms and pulled me up on my feet, they used one of their legs to prevent me from kicking. Then man who's finger I wanted to rip off grabbed me by the neck and my left breast. I was scared, now knowing their full intention. I didn't want to give them the satisfaction to see me cry, so I wouldn't let them. His hands traveled up my shirt and pulled at one of the cups of my bra. I swallowed a hard lump, I was scared, I wanted to scream for help, but who would save a girl surrounded by at least ten men? I felt him search my back for the hooks to remove my bra, he smirked when he found it and unhooked it. He slid it down enough so my chest wasn't being supported by it anymore and lifted my shirt up so all eyes could see. I looked away not wanting to see the looks on their faces as they violate me. I heard a few whistles and cheers at the sight of my half naked body. I wished Sasuke and Itachi would come out of anywhere and rip these bastards limb from limb.
"Don't worry honey, we won't take everything off you. We'll let you keep your shoes on!" He laughed as the rest of the men did. These sick bastards! I swear I'll make sure they get what they deserve! I looked over and noticed that one of the men had a gold band on his ring finger, same with a few others. These scum bags have spouses at home, but here they are violating me, I felt repulsed by this. I wanted to throw up and cry for those women. If this is how they act regularly I don't want to think about how they're treated at home. I felt another man's hand travel down to my shorts and start to unbutton it. He used two fingers to pull it them down slowly, taunting me. I squirmed trying to get out of their grasp.
"Stop it! Leave me alone!" I screamed which caused me to get slapped in the face again.
"Shut up you filth!" I glared hard at the man who said that. How dare he have the nerve to call me filth!
"Some of you have a partner at home, maybe even kids! You have the audacity to call me filth! While your here violating an eighteen year old girl! You are worse than scum! You're not even human!" I screamed harshly at him, kicking and jerking trying to free myself so I could punch this disgusting thing. "Let me go now!" I noticed most of their faces changed when I said I was eighteen. The charge for any level of sexual harassment or rape for those under the age of 21 was high. They could be sentence for life, or depending on the crime death. This was a new law in place because of the Disappearing Disaster. A large number of people went missing, mostly teens under the age of 19, leaving no traces behind. The police investigated but couldn't find anything, no leads, clues, only the Tornado of Lights and increased amount of animals seen around town. The police didn't suspect the Tornado of Lights and the increased appearance of animals to have anything to do with the missing people. The Tornado of Lights is something that happens every year on the same day, its coming up soon; a few days after Naruto's birthday. Naruto. My mind drifted off in memories of me and him back when we were little kids.
"You stupid cowards!" One of the men yelled as most of them left, now there were only three remaining. "That's okay, more for us, eh?" He chuckled and nudged one of the guys next to him. He threw me to the ground and laid on top of me with a sickening smile. The other two men unzipped their pants, held their genitals out rubbing it. I felt my eyes stinging, I wanted to cry, I wanted to scream, I wanted to be home and away from them. I wanted Sasuke and Itachi to save me, hell even Naruto. I needed someone… Someone… Anyone… Help me… The man on top of me ripped what was left of my bra off. He also took out his genitals and rubbed them while pinching and groping my right breast. I struggled to get him off me, but every attempt got me a punch in the face or slapped. After four attempts I gave up and laid there looking up at the slightly grayish sky. I felt my eyes sting again, tears formed, I want to cry, but I can't let them win. I can't let them see me cry. I heard one of the men standing around me make a moaning sound. I closed my eyes again trying to block out everything that was happening. Wishing that this was just some terrible nightmare. I felt something cold hit my cheek. I opened my eyes and saw that the sky was darker, it was going to rain. I felt another drop, then another and another. Soon it was down pouring.
"Fuck it all! One of the men cursed up at the sky. I didn't mind it, I liked the rain. It was cold, almost soothing. "Who the hell are you?" I blinked and looked up to see what the guy was talking about.
"No one." I heard someone say.
"Heh, that's right kid now scram and mind your damn business!" He laughed cruelly. When the man moved back to me I saw who it was and my eyes widened.
"Naruto!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. He stopped immediately and turned around.
"Tenten…" He said in less than a whisper, his eyes widened. They were different, they looked so dark unlike the normal bright blue they were.
"Didn't I tell you to scram kid!" The man said to him again, but Naruto didn't take his eyes off me. His head lowered to look down at the ground. His soaked hair blocked his eyes from my sight. Don't leave me Naruto, please help me. Don't go, don't turn your back on me now, please, please help me. I begged in my mind. Naruto didn't move. He didn't react, he did nothing for a moment. Everything, except the rain just seemed to stop. I heard him let out a large amount of air then sucking in an equal amount. His head slowly looked up in our direction. I gasped at his face. His hair was soaked which ended up covering his left eye, but his right eye was clear to everyone. It was no longer blue. It was cat like and a bright red. His mouth was opened in a frown showing his teeth that were now sharper and more cat like but not as thin. Human sized, but sharp. The men noticing his new features backed up for a moment while keeping a cautious eye on him.
"Didn't we tell you to beat it kid! You won't scare us with that stupid fake teeth and eye trick!"The man on top of me yelled and stood up placing his man hood back inside his pants. "Go find your own whore!" I took the time to notice Naruto's attire. He must have just gotten out of a meeting or something, though, he was dressed in only black. A black button up shirt slightly unbuttoned to give a slight peak at his tone chest and black dress pants and shoes.
"Tenten, what were they doing to you?" He asked not taking his eye off me. I looked down ashamed to say anything. The rain was cold and hard against my skin. I felt naked and bare. Mostly violated. "Tenten…" He said dangerously. I gulped and tried to move, but my beaten and sore body refused to let me, rest was all it wanted.
"They violated me and touched me." I felt like a little kid under Naruto's harsh gaze. I could've swore I saw his eye blaze a deadlier shade of red, it was ominous gaze. One that made me shiver, but not in fear. He snarled. What was Naruto? This display isn't normal.
"Close your eyes and don't open them until I tell you to." Naruto said in a low tone now looking at the three men. I saw them visibly stiffen up, the one in front seemed stupid and a little cocky; he maybe too drunk to realize what was going on. "Close your eyes! Now!" Naruto said a little louder, following his order I closed my eyes tightly. My body was still wide open for all eyes to see. I wanted to cover myself but when I moved Naruto told me to stay still.
"Don't mess with us kid, why don't you just go home before you get hurt." I couldn't see them but I heard him take something metal out his pocket. I'm guessing a knife. The rain was heavy against the ground, that's all I heard for the first few moments before someone took a step. From the distance I'm guessing it was Naruto. Another step and another. I heard the men's panicked breathing.
"I'm warning you!" One of them said with very little confidence. The foot steps stopped and only rain was heard.
"You are warning me? You are in no position to be threatening anyone."
"And what is a kid like you gunna do about it? Tell you're mother? Call the cops? Just leave while you still have your dick attached to your sack!"
"I don't have a mother and the police's punishment willnot be severe enough for what I have in store for you disgusting maggots. You violated my best friend and you expect me to just let you walk away alive? What I have in mind for you will won't even be enough to amount what you did to her." I heard his foot steps again.
"Ha! And what are you gunna do- NAHHHHH!" I heard a sickening crunch of a bone snap and something else hit the ground. Like someone took a cup of water and poured it on the ground. That's when I started to smell blood. I heard the other men scream and stumble back from fear of what they could see. I heard more crunching and snaps and screaming from the man. I heard one more nauseating crunch and what sounded like a bucket of liquid pour onto the ground. Something was dropped like someone holding a blob of wet slippery mud.
"My God…" One whispered. The scent of blood was heavy in the air, almost over powering my senses to the point of wanting to throw up.
"P-Please! F-Forgive us! W-We're s-sorry! Don't k-kill u-us!" I heard them plea for their lives.
"Its too late for that…" Naruto mumbled in an unearthly tone, I heard faster steps, Naruto was running at them. "DIE!" He roared. I heard both men screaming, the snaps and crunches of bones and the spilling of blood like the first victim. It was silent besides the hard rain. I heard foot steps again slowly coming closer to me. It stopped right next to me. I laid still not wanting to move. I heard the shuffling of clothes and Naruto's soft panting. I felt his hand cup my cheek as his thumb rubbed my cheek softly. I did not only feel his thumb but what felt like a sharp nail. I flinched nervously from the feel of it.
"I'm not going to touch you inappropriately, or hurt you, okay?" Too afraid to speak I nodded my head. I felt him pull my shirt down covering my exposed breasts, he pulled my shorts back up. He lifted me up bridal style. "Lets get you home and cleaned up." He started walking slowly.
"Can I open my eyes?" I felt him become slightly stiff and let out a deep breath.
"Yeah, open your eyes." I wasn't as shocked at the sight. Naruto's eyes were cat like and red, his cute whiskers on his face grew slightly larger and his teeth were still sharp. He glanced at me nervously and back up ahead of him. I lifted my hand and wiped away a drop of blood on his cheek. He flinched from my touch.
"I'm not afraid of you Naruto." I said softly. He looked back down at me with a frown and sighed.
"You should be, I don't understand why you aren't which is making me nervous." He said softly. Now would be a good time to get some answers. He can't hide this, I've seen it and he'll have to explain this to me. He knows it too.
"Can you tell me about it later?" He sighed again and nodded his head. Then it dawned on me, Sasuke and Itachi, I have to get them. "Naruto, go to the Pet Spa please." He looked down at me like I was mad, not that I blame him, I mean, its not like someone would want to go to a pet spa after getting sexually violated by a group of men. I gave him a pleading looking, I needed to get them, I couldn't just leave them there.
"For what reason do you need to go there?"
"I need to get Sasuke and Itachi, I took them there to get cleaned up while I went around the corner to the tailor, but I got sidetracked and stuff happened." I lowered my gaze. I should've listened to what Deidara said, its my fault I'm in this mess. He was right for a change, but now that I think about it, he was acting strange also. I may have only known him for so long but that didn't seem anything like him. It was a completely different person from what I've seen before.
"No." Naruto said snapping me out of my train of thought.
"What? Why! I have to get them." He glanced down at me then back in front of him. The rain was cold and hard and didn't seem like it was going to let up anytime soon. I looked up at the dark sky and watched as the rain hit us blinking every so often as drops hit around my eye. Naruto looked at me again and then I realized why he said no. His appearance would definitely arose suspicion, but I can still walk so I could go in myself.
"You can wait a block away from the shop incase some people are still in there, I'll just get Sasuke and Itachi and we can go straight home, no other detours." He sighed thinking about it for a moment, but he never said anything. We didn't say anything to each other after. When we came up to the shop Naruto walked by it quickly so he wouldn't be seen. I was about to protest when he started putting me down.
"Are you able to walk alright?"I nodded and wrapped my arms around my drenched body.
"Yeah, I'll be quick." I wobbled a little but caught myself against the wall with my hand to keep my balance. I pushed the door open and noticed that the store was closing. Some of the lights were off or dimmed. It was kinda creepy but I needed to get Sasuke and Itachi. "Hello?" I called out while looking around. I saw the swinging door from the back room open and swing closed but no one walked in or out of it. I became nervous, the spooky scene and hard rain wasn't helping either. I felt something wet and soft poke my leg. I jumped back, my heart was racing quickly as I turned to look to see what poked me. It was Sasuke sitting on the floor with his head slightly tilted. He whined and got up to stand next to me. Relaxing I rubbed his head and kneeled down.
"Where's Itachi?" I asked in hushed tone. He whined again and turned his head looking at the back door. "What's wrong Sasuke? Where's Itachi?" I asked again not understanding. Sasuke made a small sound and started walking towards the back room. I followed him to the door he came out of. I stopped for a second, there was a smell in the air. I took another whiff of it and suddenly had that nauseous feeling again; it was blood. What happened? I quickly pushed open the door, regretting it the moment I did. There was the woman at the front desk on the ground bleeding. The blood was all over the walls and floor. I covered my mouth to keep from throwing up. I noticed that there wasn't any paw prints of blood on the floor and the woman had no teeth marks from a wolf so it wasn't Sasuke and Itachi. I looked around for Itachi since I didn't see him right away. Sasuke walked over to a shelf and scratched at it with a small whine. I avoided stepping in the blood while making my way over there. Itachi was in between the two shelves, his paw was stuck under one of them. I bent over and lifted it up, it was heavy, and I felt weak.
"Quickly Itachi, get out." He stood up and hopped out and over to Sasuke who started to nuzzle his brother under his head, it was a cute sight. Itachi was holding his left paw up in the air keeping from walking on it. I looked around for some medical tape and couldn't find any. I looked over in one of the cabinets and took a mini towel with some sizers. I cut it directly in half and wrapped it around Itachi's hurt paw, he whined a little so I tried wrapping it a little slower. I used the other half to wrap a knot to keep it place. Sasuke sat in front of him and sniffed and licked his paw, Itachi raised it and rested it on top of his without making any sort of sound. I smiled again but turned my attention back to the dead body.
"What happened here?" I whispered to myself. Walking around the corpse I searched for anything out of the ordinary. I looked to the small window and saw some human foot prints, I traced back to where they came from, the body, but something wasn't right. From the pool of blood there was a long wavy stripe, like some on took a paint brush the size of my hand and painted an elongated 'S' type shape; then it turned into foot prints. I thought about this for a moment. It didn't compute in my head of what that could mean. I looked at the woman's body again and didn't see anything, not even where the blood was coming from. I walked around carefully looking and found where all the blood was coming from, it was her mouth. Internal bleeding? But, what would be the cause of it? It still didn't make sense. I turned back to look at her head closer, her eyes didn't have that blank look like other dead people would. In fact, she still looked alive, her skin color was normal, her eyes were fine, besides he lack of breathing and blood everywhere, any person would've thought she was just laying there. She started coughing suddenly causing me to jump backwards, I watched to see what would happen with fear rolling off me in waves. She coughed hard one last time and something long and small popped out her mouth. I waited a moment before I felt it was okay to look again. I bent over slightly and saw that it…it was a little snake? I shook my head and backed up when it started twitching on the ground. It quickly moved through the blood and towards the window. Its path was similar to the big one. So it was a snake that was here, but, that didn't explain the foot prints. None of this was making any sense! I heard Sasuke whine behind me, I turned around to look at them. Well, as long as they didn't do it, its not our problem. I motioned them to quickly leave. Itachi limped out the door with Sasuke right beside him I saw some dog coats in one of the rooms and decided to take them.
"Itachi, Sasuke, put these on real quick, we need to get out of here. I have a very dangerous feeling that something unpleasant it here." I quickly put the rain coats on them and opened the door to the pouring rain. Naruto was my next thought. I looked frantically for him, it was much darker outside and I couldn't see that far down the street. I held myself tightly, becoming afraid.
"Naruto!" I called out still looking around.
"I'm right here Tenten." The sound of his voice frightened me, but comforted me the moment I saw him. His face was still the same, except he was a lot more alert. He kept looking around and making small sniffing sounds, this action scared me even more. "You smell like blood, a different source." I gulped remembering the sight. He wrapped an arm around me and started in the direction of home. Sasuke and Itachi didn't pay any mind to Naruto, but they were doing a similar act like Naruto, sniffing and looking around. Their tails were straight, sometimes twitched upwards. I wasn't sure what that meant but I knew they were on the edge. Out of fear, I started to look around, shadowy unwelcoming alley ways and dark eerie streets spiked my fear levels up. Naruto, Sasuke and Itachi noticed my growing fear. Naruto leaned his head over next to my ear.
"I can smell your fear, you have to calm down." He whispered to me. I shivered. He can smell it? "We are being followed, do you think you can run?" I shook my head, I'm still wobbling a little bit. He grunted quietly looking around thinking of something.
"Itachi's hurt and he can't run." I turn to looked up at him sadly. I would die before I left one of them behind, but, if we really needed to get out of here, I could ride on Sasuke's back and he could carry Itachi. "Carry Itachi, I'll ride on Sasuke." He glanced at me then nodded quickly.
"Sasuke, come here." He stopped and turned back to face me, Itachi doing the same. I climbed on top of Sasuke and laid down gripped onto the wet coat. I motioned Itachi to Naruto who quickly picked him up.
"Run!" He yelled, speeding off in front of us.
"Go Sasuke follow Naruto!" I said quickly, he barked and ran off only taking a few moments to catch up with him. I looked around while keeping my head lowered to reduce drag from the opposing air, I didn't see anything. That was until an abnormally large snake slithered swiftly behind us, its bright yellow eyes glared at us while it hissed loudly showing me its long white fangs and its pink slim tongue. My eyes widened in terror and my hold on Sasuke became tighter. I heard Sasuke growl and bark a few times, they all must've known that it was following us. The snake was big, about half my arm span in width and as long as one and a half story building. Who was it after? I looked ahead to see it was a three way intersection. You can go either left, right, or back, to the right was my house and to the left was deeper into town. I needed to see who it was after. I notice Naruto was moving more off towards the right to get home, but that would be pointless if the snake was right behind us. I bit my bottom lip thinking, we had to lose the snake or fight it. I obviously couldn't fight it, but another thought struck me, my flute! It had some affect on the last snake that tried to attack me it's likely that it would do the same for this one! I had to get Naruto's attention of my plan.
"Naruto!" I screamed. He quickly looked over to me to see what was wrong. "Naruto, go to my house and get my flute! Me and Sasuke will try to create a diversion, get Itachi inside then try to find us so I can see if my plan works! Itachi will help you find my flute. Here's the key, catch!" He looked unsure for a moment but nodded his head. I grabbed the key and broke the chain off my neck. I waited a moment before throwing it towards him. Naruto slowed for a moment and juggled Itachi in his other hand to catch it with his now open one, gripping it tightly he then laid Itachi back in arms and ran faster. Itachi started to howl, I looked at them both sadly. Sasuke did the same and shook his head. I smiled not understanding but hopeful that I'd see them if I lived through this.
"Alright Sasuke, I hope you have good stamina," I whispered to him, he barked in reply. "Get ready to make a sharp turn, I need to see who's the snake chasing so go to the left." He quickly bobbed his head and moved towards the right. The snake wasn't too far behind us but keeping up pretty well. We were going at least 40 mph, which was shocking alone. Sasuke snarled not making any motion to turn what so ever; I became nervous. Sasukeyouneedtoturn! I thought. Sasuke was running straight for the building. He barked and jumped up twisting his body slightly to land all fours on the side wall of the building. He growled loudly and pushed off in the same speed but jumped back onto the street again I glanced back to see Naruto running right with Itachi. The snake turned in our direction, it slipped a little bit and hit the wall but quickly regained speed. GoSasuke,run! Sasuke turned again repeating his movement by jumping on the building then on the street. The snake did the same thing, it slid into the wall but picked up speed quickly. Sasuke glanced back noticing this also, he began to look around at his surroundings. He slowly merged to the right, now on the side walk. I looked forward and saw that he was running straight for a fire escape way for an apartment building. WhatareyoudoingSasuke? I thought as he began to slow down. He barked and jumped up to the first floor's level, without stopping he turned and jumped over the stairs to the second level. I looked back at the snake who moved slower than I thought up the stairs. By the time we made it to the sixth floor the snake was on the third. Sasuke stopped at the top and looked down for a brief moment then ran quickly. Sasuke,Ihopeyouaren'tthinkingaboutjumpingtothatbuildingoverthere. I panicked in my mind, but to my disappointment that's exactly what he was planning on doing. Fear struck me hard causing me to grip tighter onto his coat. He barked and made the leap. I squeezed my eyes shut, after a second I peaked one eye open to look down. It was scary but beautiful, I was so high up, yet the fall would be deadly. Sasuke landed perfectly on his feet but he stopped and turned around. Shaking me down and off his back he used his hind legs to push off the coat. Getting the message I helped him, dropping it on the floor.
"What do you want me to do with it?" He walked over to it and folded it in half and barked. Nodding I quickly folded it, when I finished I looked up at him wondering what else he wanted. He barked again and held the folded coat up against my chest. I didn't understand. He barked in the snake's direction and pushed me on my back with his front paws. He bit into the coat. I didn't understand still, why was he biting at the coat. "I don't understand Sasuke?" I shook my head scared, he was trying to explain something to me quickly before the snake made it to the top. He took the folded coat and pushes it against my arm with his front two paws. He leaned over and bit my exposed arm causing me to flinch a little, then moved his head over to the coat and tried to bit it. Then he turn his head and barked in the direction of the snake. I nodded, I understood now.
"You want me to use the coat as a shield incase the snake tried to bite me?" He nodded and turned around motioning me to get on his back again. I stuck the coat under my shirt so I could hold onto Sasuke's fur and be able to quickly access it if I needed to. I sat up waiting for Sasuke to move but he didn't. We sat there and watched as the snake's head slowly rose up from the fire exit and onto the roof top. It hissed at us making Sasuke growl and lower his ears. The snake moved to the edge and looked down then back up at us to hiss. It turned around back towards the fire exit. I thought it was going to leave us alone, but I should've know better than to think something so naïve. It turned back around and made a long hiss at us. Suddenly, it shot forward only to stop dead right by the edge and shoot its neck out; it was making a jump. Sasuke barked while it was in mid air and ran off in the opposite direction. Whydidwewait? That question floated in my mind. Why did Sasuke stop to watch the snake? I thought about if for a moment, Sasuke was always watching the snake, but why? He watched its speed increase and decrease, he watched it as it made turns, he watched it go up the ladders and he watched it jump. What does that mean? What is he going to do next? I looked down at Sasuke's head as he constantly looked around. He made another leap to another building and turned to the left.
"Sasuke what are you doing?" I whispered looking around. He growled and ran along the edge of the building which made me nervous. I looked down to see what he was thinking. We're in the more city like part of town, the streets are a lot thiner and there are alley ways every other turn. He barked and jumped off the building, missing the building in front of us. I didn't see where Sasuke was jumping to, I just had to trust him. Out of fear I screamed and gripped his fur. He growled and landed on a fire escape for another building. The snake followed but both of us noticed that it was a lot faster going down than it was going up. Nearly biting Sasuke's tail he jumped off the second floor's balcony and onto a car. He cracked the windows from impact and set off the alarm but kept right on running, the snake made a pole like imprint on the roof of the car completely breaking the windows and turning it off the alarm. That's good, wouldn't have to worry about people seeing a giant snake chasing down a girl on a wolf. Sasuke growled and made a sharp turn down a street, the snake followed but smashed against the edge before following in the same direction. Sasuke glanced back and did the same thing to another street, the snake hit the side again. After a few turns the snake started to figure out what Sasuke was thinking, maybe. It then began to time its turns and instead of slowing it down it gave itself a boost of speed. Sasuke glanced back and growled also figuring out that the snake was gaining on us. He made a sharp turn whipping my body almost right off him into a dark alley. WhatareyouthinkingSasuke? He has to have a reason for going into this alley, and of course, he did. He jumped on the wall and pushed off it onto the other one then flipping over the half wall. He landed on a dumpster and jumped off. He turned back to see the snake far above it and hissing at us. Sasuke growled again and ran in another direction.
"Sasuke we need to connect with Naruto, he should be looking for us." I said, "Howl Sasuke." He nodded and howled as loud as he could. I knew a diner that was down the street, we needed to stay in this area and not move too much so Naruto can have some time to get here. If we can do this properly we should be okay, but if it doesn't work we both could possibly get hurt. Sasuke,turnleft. He glanced up at me and nodded, he turned. StaystraightthenturnrightdownShayAve. He looked at each sign while running, I watched for the snake's distance. Ontheright,turnSasuke! He turned sharply almost throwing me off again. ListencarefullySasuke,you'regunnagototheright,thentheleft,andleftagain,onyourleftwe'llseeandalleyway.I'mgunnagetoffthereandyou'rehavetokeeprunningaheadtolosethesnake,Iknowyou'llbealotfasterwithoutmeonyourback.Inthealleywaythere'sasecretentrancetothedinerinthegroundinthefarrightcorner.Onceyou'velostthesnakemeetmeinsideokay? He lowered his ears, probably not agreeing with me, but nodded nonetheless. GoasfastasyoucanSasukeandmakesurethesnakecan'tseeyouasmuch,IthinkitsaftermesotrytomakeitthinkI'mstillonyoubutkeepvisibilitylow,becareful! He howled again before taking off faster than ever before. I readied myself, we were already at the last turn I kneeled on his back jumped off into the alley, I quickly rolled over and hide behind the dumpster. I didn't move until I heard the snake fly by hissing. When I was sure the snake was gone I ran over to the corner and moved a small trash can out of the way. The entrance was slightly covered with mud, quickly brushing it away I pulled a lever and walked into the tight tunnel. I hope Sasuke is okay and Itachi, I wish I could be there to help him and Naruto. I hope he finds me soon. I pushed upward to move a part of the floor in the back. I poked my head out to look around before coming completely out. Lifting myself up, I slightly covered the tile back so Sasuke could easily get in, I crawled into the kitchen carefully trying to not make the opening of the door too noticeable. Glancing back, I quickly picked up some knifes and hid them in the plastic coat. Once I felt I was fully armed, I walked slowly out into the dining section. I looked to my right and quickly ducked. The snake was moving steadily, searching for 'us.' I have to keep my body temperature somewhat cool, it'll be hard to track body heat in the rain but I should be fine for now. After the snake went by the diner, I poked my head up and looked around. Naruto was on the roof top. I started to wave without making too much noise, luckily for me he spotted me right away, but the disadvantage was that the snake wasn't too far away. I shook my head and pointed to the left. He saw the snake rounding the corned. I told him to wait until after the snake was gone. When it was out of his sight he quickly leaped over and was instantly in front of the door. I unlocked it a let him in and locked it. I pulled him over to the back of the counter and kneeled down.
"You have it Naruto." He nodded and pulled out my flute. I sighed, now I can some how help Sasuke. "Okay, listen, Sasuke is out there playing cat and mouse with that snake but I think I can be a good distraction." His brows scrunched in.
"How are you going to do that? Play it to sleep?" He had no idea how close to right he was.
"Not exactly, but, the last time I came across a large snake like that it-" He cut me off holding up his hands.
"Wait, you mean, you've seen another one of these larger snakes?" I nodded.
"Yes, not this big, it was about the size of me, but anyway, I think if I play my flute it'll get distracted somehow." I held my flute tightly, if this didn't do anything to help then I'm not sure what would, but I have to do something!
"And how do you know this will work for a bigger one?" He blinked nervously. "What will you do if it doesn't work?" I shook my head, I didn't have an honest answer for that but I had an answer.
"Theres only one way to find out." I know he didn't like the idea but I had to try, I didn't want to sit around and watch as my friends got hurt because of me, I wouldn't live with myself if I did. We both turned around to the something coming from the ground. Naruto pushed me behind him and readied his self. Sasuke's head popped out and we both relaxed.
"What is your dog doing here Tenten? Shouldn't he be home with the other one?" I smiled sheepishly and motioned Sasuke to come to me.
"Sasuke and Itachi aren't normal dogs Naruto." I guess it's now or never, I knew eventually I'd have to tell him but I didn't think it would be under such forceful conditions.
"I could tell by their charming personality and size." He said sarcastically. I rolled my eyes and shook my head.
"That's not what I meant. Sasuke do-" I stopped for a moment to look in his eyes, the were red and black like the first time I saw them. He nodded his head knowing what I was thinking. I lifted my flute and played a short soft tune. Sasuke was engulfed in light, his whole form changed into more of a human, but what surprised me the most was he wasn't naked. He had a black band going from his wrists to his elbows with black fingerless gloves on, purple pants with a blue material wrapped around it and a purple rope keeping it together. His shirt was down and around his waist, he had a similar band starting from his lower kneels ending to his ankles and black sandal shoes on. His eyes where narrowed slightly with one brow up and a smirk on his alluring lips. I blushed at the slight of his exposed body, he looked beautiful. His ears where wiggling slightly on his head and the tail swayed slowly.(1)
"A pleasure to meet you in person usuratonkachi." He chuckled a little and leaned against me wrapping an arm around my waist. I blushed again and watched and Naruto's face puffed up in irritation.
"What did you call me teme?" He said angrily. He leaned back and smirked.
"I called you u-sur-a-ton-ka-chi-" He said spelling out each syllable mocking him. When he finished he stuck out his tongue and his ears flattened. Naruto blew steam out his nose and balled his fists together tightly.(2)
"You wanna take this outside?" He glared with a burning fire in his eyes. I mentally face-palmed, he wanted to go fight Sasuke outside with a giant snake crawling around the area that's possibly looking for me? I feel so loved you guys, thanks!
"I'm all for it, but our little battle will have to wait until later, I have to make sure my Divine Player is safe first." He made a small smile in his direction. His eyes widened for a moment, realization took over. Naruto now knows what I am, who and what Sasuke is. I thought he'd be upset or nervous but the facial expression he made next shocked me. He looked relieved and happy. He nodded and stood up with Sasuke.
"Alright, Tenten has a plan to help distract the snake. She told me that last time she played it a snake would watch and-" Sasuke cut him off.
"Yeah, that snake was just a dumb ass with some sort of attention disorder." He said in a lazy/serious voice. Me and Naruto's jaws hit the ground. He put his hands on his hips and looked bored at us. "What? Its the truth." Naruto shook his head from that.
"Well, then, I guess we need a new plan." He said rubbing the back of his head.
"How about this, our main objective is to keep Tenten safe, so, Naruto you'll play bate while I escape with Tenten." He smiled slyly, Naruto caught this though.
"What! No way! All that translates is 'Naruto you fight the giant snake while I run off with Tenten' N.O!" He yelled.
"Naruto keep your voice down, that snake is still near by." I said just above a whisper. Sasuke crossed his arms over his chest.
"Yeah, dobe." He smirked at Naruto's pissed off face.
"Sasuke stop calling Naruto that." I frowned at the two of them, they were acting like they were two year olds.
"Yeah, teme!" Naruto said angrily. (3)
"You too Naruto," I groaned. Sasuke chuckled as Naruto balled his fists again. I sighed and rolled my eyes at them. "I don't know about you two, but I'd like to get home, take a shower and check on Itachi. How about Naruto you'll be the distractor and Sasuke you attack every moment the snake's focus isn't on you. I'm gunna assume that the snake will learn from it so you two need to work together to out smart the snake and kill it, got it?" They both nodded.
"What about you Tenten?" Naruto asked. Me? I had the best job ever!
"I'm going to run." Sasuke and Naruto both watched me, they knew I wasn't like them, I didn't have any other powers besides the flute, but I wasn't going to sit here and wait. "I've got some knifes incase I need to use them." They both nodded, I could clearly see in their eyes that they did not want me alone but saw no other way. Naruto sighed and slightly lowered his head.
"Okay, just be careful Tenten!" He said before walking out the door leaving me and Sasuke alone. I turned to look at Sasuke, who was already looking at me.
"Well, be careful out there Sasuke." He smirked and narrowed his eyes placing both his hands on my cheeks and tilting my head up. His smirk changed into a smile, his eyes became soft and gentile.
"You too Tenten." I blushed lightly as his head came closer to mine. I felt my heart race in my chest, what was he doing? His lips softly kissed my forehead, his hand move to the back of my dripping wet hair and the other around my shoulders. "Be careful." He said again before disappearing completely from view. I looked around for him but he was no where in sight. I sighed and gripped my wet head trying to process what just happened. I shook the thought from me mind a focused on trying to get back home. I was a ways away from it but I knew how to get there. I covered the tile back on the floor and walked out the front door making sure it was locked before closing the door. The rain was still pretty hard and the streets were now filled with large puddles and mini rivers going along side the sidewalk. This was the dangerous part, moving without being seen. I kept my back against the wall as I looked around for the snake, I didn't hear or see anything so I quickly ran across the street and leaned against the wall to look around the corner. Nothing, so I ran down the street. I felt like I was being slowed down until I realized I was still wearing my heels. Stopping on the edge of the street I looked around for anything while I took them off. They could be used for something so I kept them and ran. I stopped in an alley way and peaked around the corner. My heart nearly stopped when I saw the snake's head pop out. Quietly as I could I walked around behind the dumpster. I heard the snake's head turn and hiss in my direction, but it moved on after a moment. I peaked an eye out from behind the dumpster and didn't see it. I tip toed to the edge and looked around the corner, I saw the end of its tail disappear down the next street. Sighing I quickly turned in the opposite direction and sped walked down the sidewalk. This turned out to be one hell of a day for me. I hope I don't run into that snake, that would be worse.
"Tenten! Run!" I quickly turned around to see Naruto on the roof top, I looked down and saw the snake staring intently at me and slither quickly towards me. I turned and started to run. "Sasuke!" Naruto yelled. Then there was lightening. I knew I wouldn't be able to out run it, but I had to try. I glanced back and it was no less than three feet away from me. I screamed out of fear.
"No!" Quickly I pulled out a blade I took from the kitchen while running. I turned to look back and the snake was launching its head at me with its mouth wide open. Sasuke came from behind me and jumped up and kicked it to right sending it into the side of a building. He let out a deep sigh while placing a protective arm pushing me away.
"Sasuke, new plan, you go back into wolf and I'll go into fox." Sasuke glanced at Naruto for a moment and nodded.
"Tenten." I nodded and played a short melody, turning Sasuke back into a wolf. He was crouching down slightly, like he was getting ready to pounce. He was growling, ears flatted and tail straight up. Naruto, on the other hand, had two fingers up, his index and middle, and the rest curled down, his eyes were closed and his head was slightly lowered. After a moment Naruto started to glow a reddish orange. He didn't change but the glow around him did. It sprouted two ears, and a long tail, around his hands were like long claws and same with his feet. He got down on all fours and growled loudly.
"Go Sasuke! Get her out of here!" He screamed shaking his arms and head viciously. "I'll take care of the snake." He growled facing it. Be careful Naruto. Sasuke trotted under my legs and ran off with me howling once. I looked back and watched as the snake rose up against Naruto. The snake hissed at Naruto and took off in my direction and it didnot look happy. Sasuke glanced back for a moment and turned at the last minute, the snake timed it perfectly and ended up gaining on us. Naruto was right behind it. He made a large jump and caught it's head, it ducked down from Naruto's attack and whipped the back of its tail to trip Sasuke. I flew off him and rolled a couple more feet down the street, lucky for me it was mostly puddles or this would've hurt a lot more. I laid there for a moment and tried to get up but my arm hurt too much. Sasuke ran over to me to see if I was alright.
"Sasuke, my arm" The small knife I was holding was now in my arm, not too deep but deep enough for me to say I can't use it properly. I turned to see the snake trying to fight Naruto off its face, after a few harsh whips of its neck Naruto went flying into a building. It looked straight at me, hissing dangerously. Sasuke walked in front of me and growled. Now it was the snake verses Sasuke. It quickly snapped its head forward, Sasuke jump on it and bit into its eye and using his paws to hang on tightly. Naruto shook his head crawling out the build and snarled at the snake. He jumped on it just below where Sasuke was and started ripping and clawing at it. The thunder and lightening started picking up and coming more frequently. The snake managed to shake both Naruto and Sasuke off, they landed in front of me both growling. Sasuke had a chunk of flesh from the snake in his mouth with small amounts of blood dripping from his mouth. Same with Naruto, except all the blood and flesh were in his claws. Naruto snarled and it and Sasuke barked. They both took off quickly in opposite directions around the now half blind snake. The snake turned its attention to Naruto while lifting up his body in defense to Sasuke. In a quick movement the snake jerked its body hitting Sasuke past me, but he landed on his feet and was charging at him the moment he could. Naruto was on its body clawing at the hard scales keeping the snake's attention on him. Sasuke used the snake's distraction to his advantage and attacked it from behind its head. It hiss out in pain and started shaking again.
"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled, Sasuke stopped to look up and nod at him, they both jumped off the snake on opposite sides. Sasuke was in front of me and Naruto was behind the snake. Sasuke blinded it. I watched as Naruto sucked in a massive about of air at the same time so was Sasuke. Without their lips moving they both said.
"Fire Style Fox Flame Jutsu!"
"Fire Style Fire Ball Jutsu!" Right after those words were spoken a large ball of fire bursted out their mouths, first as a slither then growing into a huge ball that was bigger than the snake. The blinded creature hissed out loudly as it was being burned from the front and behind it. I watched it's silhouette slowly become reduced to ashes before nothing was left of it. They both stopped and started to pant, Sasuke turned to me and let a breath out through his nose, it wasn't air it was black smoke. My eyes were still wide with disbelief and shock. Once Sasuke caught his breath he walked over to me and sat down sniffing my wound. He licked it softly and whined, I flinched and tried to stand up.
"I'm okay, I can walk." I raised my flute up and played a short tune allowing Sasuke to change into a human form. Naruto, his blue eyes back to normal, walked over to check also.
"She's lost too much blood Sasuke, we have to get her home." He nodded and picked me bridal style. Naruto started to take the coat out from underneath my shirt with all the knifes, he started to take the flute but I held a firm grip on it. I wasn't letting that go.
"Lets go." They started running as fast as they could. I felt light headed, after all these rushes and giant snakes, I'm losing blood, no, I lost blood. "Tenten! Stay with me!" Sasuke yelled shaking my head gentility glancing down at me every few seconds. I'm tired, I can't stay awake anymore, just let me rest.
"Tenten!" I'm tired.
"Tenten!"
~Sometime Later~
Laughter? I hear someone laughing? No wait, that doesn't sound like laughter. It sounds like someone is talking, in a high pitched tone. I blinked adjusting my eyes to the darkness. I sat up slowly and looked around, I was in my room. I was also in my PJs. I pulled the sleeve up to find my arm wrapped up in medical tape. The light was on outside my door and I could hear voices. I leaned my ear against my door to listen.
"Shut up dobe, before you wake up Tenten and if you do don't think I won't put you to sleep." That was Sasuke for sure.
"You shut up Teme! You don't know Tenten like I do! We've been friends for years!" I nodded that's true, but that wasn't what pissed me off. "She sleeps like a log!" Oh really Naruto, I sleep like a log, or is that you? My eye twitched in irritation, how dare he say something like that about me, I sleep normally! I opened the door and began to walk down my little hall way.
"Now that I think about, didn't you challenge me to a fight? You chickening out or do you wanna go now?" Sasuke said threateningly. I heard someone's knuckles crack, most likely Naruto.
"Bring it on ino-chan," He said readily.
"If you were trying to insult me by calling me a dog you're a bigger idiot than I thought, ino mean 'pig' dumb ass, inu means 'dog,' usuratonkachi."
"Shut up teme, its not like a dog is much different from a wolf!"I heard Sasuke grunt.
"Are you a fox? Aren't you supposed to be smart and sly? The only thing I see is a stick in that head of yours!" Sasuke's tone raised up slightly. I looked over to Naruto to see how he'd respond.
"Why don't you go find a bitch to fuck you damn dog!" Naruto yelled back. Sasuke chuckled, and tackled him.
"You are my bitch." He said laughing and pinning Naruto to the ground with his hands on his back. I sweat dropped and walked around to sit on the couch next to Itachi who just seemed oblivious to the whole thing. I noticed that his hand was wrapped up properly with some medical tape, but I didn't think it was anything serious. He was also wearing some of the clothes I got them before. He had on a shirt and one of the pants, I'm guessing he made his own while for his tail which reminded me that some of their clothes were still at the tailor. His ears were still and pointed out in opposite directions; he looked so out of it and relaxed.
"HelloTenten,feelbetter?" He looked at me then back up the wall. I nodded.
"Yeah, how long have they been doing this exactly?" Itachi shrugged and leaned back onto the chair.
"Eversincetheygothere,NarutowascomplainingthatSasukewastooroughcarryingyouandsaidthatheshould'vecarriedyou." He sighed mentally. "Itookcareofyouwhilethosetwobecamecloserfriends.Firsttheystartedtalkingaboutthebattleandtheirscrewups,thentheybothstartedgettingcockyandstayingtheydidthisandthat.AfterIfinishedwithyouandputyouinthebed,Ilistenedtothemforaboutanotherfewsecondsandzonedout.Iswear,theyaregoingtobethebestoffriends." He chuckled mentally. I looked at the two.
"Shut up teme! You and I both know that I'm better, physically and mentally!" Naruto yelled trying to push Sasuke off of him with his hand on his face. Naruto was on his back with on leg on and Sasuke was kneeling over his other knee pushing Naruto down by his shoulder. Yup, best friends in the making.
"Whatever dobe, you couldn't dominate a rock in bed." I sweat dropped again realizing that I missed what they were talking about and its all processing wrong in my mind.
"And how would you know? Do you go around dominating rocks?" He chuckled pointed his ears straight up and swaying his tail slowly.
"No, but I know mine is stronger and harder than a rock" What are they talking about? My face was slowly turning red, I glance over at Itachi who was still staring at the wall blinking every few seconds. Itachi is completely zoned out. I sighed. I guess I could just listen and try to figure it out myself.
"You wish teme, I get more than you could ever dream!" Naruto said victoriously. Now that I took the time to really look at Naruto, he had ears too. They were similar to Sasuke and Itachi's except his were the same color as his hair and the tips were white; like a fox. I only saw a glance of it but he also had a tail too. Just like his ears, they were the same color as his hair and the tip of his tail was white. Naruto was just like them. Itachi glanced over in my direction and blinked, he turned his head back in the direction he was looking and zoned out again.
"I doubt that, if yours touches anything you might give it an infection." I blushed darker. Sasuke leaned down and narrowed his eyes, he poked Naruto's waist. "I bet your pants are infected right now."
"Shut up teme! You're just jealous cause mine's is bigger!" Naruto laughed. Sasuke leaned back and sat on Naruto's waist crossing his arms over his chest.
"Now, do you mean bigger or just awkwardly long?" Long? Bigger? Kama, just take me now!
"No! I'm big and long!" I can't take much more of this! I'm gunna explode! Sasuke started to laugh.
"You don't have any hair though." Naruto grunted.
"A-And? What's wrong with that?"
"Only real men have hair! Unfortunately, you're just a boy still." He stuck his tongue out at him and winked playfully. Naruto blushed.
"I'm probably older than you!" Sasuke leaned back more and shook his head with a slight smile on his face.
"Ever worse, you're old, ugly, saggy, and without man hair?" He chuckled. Naruto's face turned red.
"Old? Saggy! UGLY? TEME!" Sasuke covered his mouth with his hand.
"Shut up dobe."
"I'll kill you!" Naruto launched forward trying to grab Sasuke's neck, Sasuke just laid on his back using his feet to keep Naruto away from strangling him. His eyes noticed my feet and traveled up to my red face.
"Oh hello Tenten, feeling better?" I couldn't respond, I was mentally unable. Sasuke tilted his head at me. "Tenten?" I heard laughing in my head.
"Itoldyounottopayattention,nowlook,you'reallred." Itachi laughed at my weakened state. I just leaned over on the arm of the couch and tried not too think too much.
"Look what you did usuratonkachi, Tenten's awake and is scared!"
"What? You were yelling too teme!" Naruto said angrily back.
"Not as loudly as you dobe!" Sasuke said back with an equal tone.
"You're all bark and no bite!"
"Do you want me to bite you?"
"What the hell no, you damn dog!"
"Back to the dog business! I'm not a damn dog! I'm a wolf you idiot!" Their voices are slowly getting louder.
"Same damn thing!"
"No! Wolves are a lot more graceful and elegant creatures! We are the Kings and Queens of the woods! While dogs, on the other hand, are Kings of the damn floor!"
"Well, I think you'd be perfect as a dog teme! The floor suits you!"
"Are you sure you're a fox? Cause I'm starting to believe that you're nothing but a blob of wasted energy!"
"Are you sure you're a wolf? Cause I'm starting to believe you're just a reckless dog spitting out nothing but his own shit!"
"I swear you have a rock or a stick for a brain or something." His right eye twitched.
"What is it with you and rocks?"
"Nothing, just that I have the strong urge to throw one at you." He shrugged.
"Bet you couldn't pick up a sizable one!"
"What are you willing to bet for that?"
"I'll be your bitch for a day!"
"Hell no! I'd rather sleep with tomatoes than you."
"That's not what I meant teme…"
"Oh really, then what did you mean, cause I don't speak 'idiot.'"
"What I was saying is that I'll do what ever you want for a day."
"I don't believe you…"
"Want me to give you a demo?" Naruto said challengingly.
"Sure," He paused. "Do something idiot."
"You have to tell me what to do…"
"Listen to me for the rest of the today."
"Okay…wait…what?" Sasuke smirked.
"You heard me, you have to listen to me for the rest of the day."
"Dude you do realize its night time right?" Sasuke chuckled.
"Technically yes, it is night time, but the clock over there tells me it 1:54 in the morning, so until the day is over at 12:00 midnight tonight you have to do what I say, that's my demo."
"You are an ass hole."
"And you are one smart ass fox, say thank you to your master dattebayo." (4)
"Thank you…" He grumbled.
"Thank you what? Naruto sighed.
"Thank you Master." And that was the start to their beautiful friendship. I didn't know the time until Sasuke said it, if its that late then I'm going to bed. I stood up and made my way to my room, I didn't bother saying good night since Sasuke and Naruto were so caught up in each other and Itachi was so intensely staring at my wall.
"Justsoyoucangotobedandnothaveanyperverteddreams,theyweretalkingabouttheirtails,nottheirgenitals.GoodnightTenten,I'llputthesetwopupstosleepinaminute." I turned and smiled at Itachi, he smiled and winked. I turned back and went into my room. Wait, Naruto's tail had hair, I wonder what he meant by that? I smiled and shook my head, a lot happened today, things that I didn't even think would happen. I climbed into my bed and tucked myself thinking about everything. I hope Naruto doesn't make me go to work tomorrow. After getting my first sexual lesson with Deidara, attacked by drunken males who almost raped me, witnessed a bloody body, chased by an abnormally large snake, watched Sasuke and Naruto blow large fire balls out their mouths and burn a snake, I betternot go to work tomorrow. Naruto probably won't go to work, I know he's tired from fighting a large snake, plus he's the boss, he decides when he wants to be in his office or not. That's also a good thing that we don't have to go to work tomorrow though, we can finally sit down and talk to each other about the secrets we've kept from each other. At least now I have something to look forward to, but today is only the first day, a first for many things, and with my luck, probably not the last of many.
- Sasuke's shippuden outfit
- usuratonkachi - means 'stupid' or 'idiot'
- Teme - means 'bastard' or 'you bastard' (depends on context)
- Dattebayo - means 'you bastard' (depends on context)
Sorry it took so long I accidentally deleted my stories and I had to rewrite them but I made this chapter long so I hope you like it! Also, my other two stories will be updated soon after this chapter, so I thank all my patient readers for waiting for me to post another chapter. I mixed a little bit of everything in there, action, romance, attempt at humor, and friendship! Please review! I love hearing your opinions! Also, I need a little help with my other stories The Elements and The Beginning of It All, please PM me I need some ideas or the story will be incomplete and unfinished, I really don't want that! Thank you again for reading my story Day One Chapter 3 of Running Wild!
