A/N: I'm sorry for the REALLY long update… But I've been really busy… Gomen!

Thanks to FrozenDragon for all the advice and suggestions, and to Sucoona Jatchbomb for the reviews. :D

Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto. =(

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Darkness enveloped me as I stood inside the elevator. I brought out the last kunai out of my pocket. "Wow…" I whispered as I looked at the kunai's sharp edge. I just can't understand why I was so fascinated by it. And how the hell was I able to hit Bull's eye?

I finally felt the elevator slow down and stop.

Brightness filled me as the door opened. I looked ahead and saw another corridor. I pocketed the kunai and reluctantly stepped out. The corridor was pretty narrow, leading to a single door way before me. I had no choice but to finally step forward.

I strode on quickly, as to reach my destination when the door opened. "Come in." A voice said from inside.

This place just keeps getting weirder.

As I entered the room, I found myself standing in front of a long-haired, pale faced man.

"You're the human we've all been looking for. What do you need?" He asked.

"I-I n-need a j-job." I stammered, looking at the man's eyes. They had slits. Slits.

"A job?" The man said, stepping closer to me. "You??? You're just a useless weakling! And besides, this is no place for humans."

I found myself speechless. Why was everyone thinking that I was the only one in this stupid place? This guy in front of me looked human… well… kinda! Neji was a human! Why did they all act like she was the only one?

"This is a bath house." The man continued. "A bath house where 8 million gods rest their weary bones. You're friends had some nerve! Gobbling our guest's food like pigs! And you, you'll never see you're world again. You'll actually make a lovely piglet." He whispered to my ear.

I gulped. I could feel my legs tremble. His tongue almost touched my ear!

"I see you're trembling." The man said, chuckling. "Actually, I'm impressed that you made it this far. Tell me… Who helped you?"

I pressed my lips together. I could never tell this man who Neji is! I don't want to be responsible if anything bad happened to him!

"Who was it? You can tell me." He persisted.

"I-I… Please let me work here!" I shouted again, speaking the only words I could think of.

The man chuckled. "You're a tenacious one. Fine, since you made it this far… I'll let you." He said as a piece of paper suddenly appeared in his hand.

"Ew." I expressed as the man handed me the paper using his tongue. His tongue!

"I need you to sign your full name on this." He said, pointing to a line in the bottom side of the paper. "But remember, one peep out of you about anything, and you'll join your friends."

I nodded and wiped the drool off the paper and wrote my name on the line.

Tenten Jiao'rong

"Unbelievable." He whispered, walking away from me. "That ridiculous oath I took to give work to whoever asks."

He took back the paper and looked at the name I wrote. "What a pretty name." He said as my written surname disappeared. From now on, you're plainly Tenten. Forget your surname. Got it?"

I nodded, and suddenly, my memories seemed to get blurry. And I began to forget about my surname.

I turned around quickly as I heard a familiar voice. "Did you call me?" I gasped in surprise as I saw Neji standing there. Just as emotionless as ever. What was he doing here???

"This girl is working here as for now. Look after her." The long-haired man instructed.

"Hai, Orochimaru-sama. You're name?" He asked, facing me.

"What?" He's asking fro my name??? Just moments ago… He told me that he knew it! "T-tenten." I stuttered finding it best to answer him for now.

"Follow me." Neji commanded, walking away.

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I found myself in the elevator… again. But this time, I was with Neji. A Neji who didn't even seem to remember me!

"You work for him? You never told me that." I said as I felt the elevator move.

"Hn. No idle chatter." He answered. "And from now on, you address me as Neji-sama."

"H-hai." I answered. What happened to him? He was a lot kinder a while ago. And wasn't he the one who offered to help me? I looked again at his emotionless face as the elevator door opened. He still looked the same… But what happened to his attitude?

As we stepped out, numbers of different creatures crowded before us. Dwarfs, humans… and creatures I didn't even know the name of. I had a hard time trying not to scream.

"This is Tenten. From now on, she'll be working here." Neji announced.

"But Neji-sama… She's human!" One of the dwarves shouted.

"I'm aware of that." Neji answered. "But she signed the contract."

"What? Orochimaru-sama hired her?" One of the humans said.

"Hai. Now where's Temari?" He asked out loud.

"What?! Why me??!" A girl with blonde hair and four ponytails answered from the crowd.

"Because I said so." Neji answered. "You'll be in charge of her."

"Urgh… You owe me one Neji." The girl whispered as she pulled me away.

I turned my head just in time to see his black hair as he walked away from us. Is that really him?

END OF CHAPTER

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A/N: Man… I know this chapter wasn't that good, and that there were a lot of doors,Soooorrryyy… :D... Hm, just finished editing it, most of the lines here were taken from the movie itself, I couldn't think of anything to replace it with, sorry.

Anyway, I got Tenten's surname from "Jiao" meaning cunning and pretty, and "rong" meaning Weapons, since that's her specialty… And I followed the format that used in writing Furi'iki. (Thanks For the idea!)

I'll try to update SOON… :D

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