Ten Days and Ten Hours
Disclaimer; I do not own Naruto
Summary; So what if it was to strengthen bonds... why the hell was this mission picked for it! I mean there was so many loop holes, like for one, I don't even know him! KankuTen.
Authors Note; So here is the next chapter. We are now on half term! But updates may falter, due to coursework... OK and btw, imagine the house something along the lines of Peaches castle in super Mario 64.
Tenten P.O.V;
I sat up, wincing slightly at how stiff I felt.
My throat was sore, and my stomach was rumbling, so I kicked the sheets of, and got straight out of bed, trying to ignore my stiff muscles.
I limped over to where a glass of water was on the side, and guzzled it down thirstily. I stretched out my tired muscles, before going over and getting my outfit from the case that was where I had left it last night.
I walked to the bathroom, and shut the door firmly behind me. I changed quickly and dragged a brush through my wild locks. I didn't bother with the make-up I had been told to wear, figuring I could do all that after I had eaten.
I walked briskly out of the bathroom, discarding my dirty clothes as I passed my case, and went to the door. It was only then I thought to see if Kankuro was awake, but he was lying on the bed, soundly asleep.
More quietly this time, I left the door, making sure not to slam the door again.
* * *
"Have a nice breakfast?" Kankuro asked me as I returned.
"Yes, I got you some," I replied, handing him a bag of various foods. "I didn't know what you liked, so I got a variety of stuff."
"Thanks," Kankuro said peering into the bag. I just shrugged and sorted out the pile of clothes on my case I had earlier discarded.
When I had folded it up neatly, I took out the make-up bag that was there and a list of instructions that were telling me how I was to have my hair, on what day and with what outfit, and walked over to the bathroom.
About half an hour later, I was done.
I had my hair in a loose, messy bun. I had to tie it with a long, blue ribbon that hung down my back. The bangs at the side of my fringe had beads on them, three deep blue ones.
I had on a small amount of a pale lip gloss, and no foundation or lose powder. I had the tiniest bit of eye liner in the corner of my eye, and my eye lashes were coated in a thin layer of mascara. I hated how girly I looked. And that was without mentioning my outfit, though I guess they could have made it worse.
I had on a deep blue, Chinese style top. The top was sleeveless, and towards the top of the top there were buttons. There were six buttons in total, one on either side of the opening, linked with a thin gold string type thing. The top was quite long, just above knee height, with slits along the sides of the top from around my hips down. Underneath the top I had on tight shorts that went to my knees (a/n like the one Sakura wears in shippuden). The top I wore also had small details embroidered in various shades of blue, purple and gold.
"Are we meant to be going somewhere today that I forgot about?" Kankuro asked as I walked into the room.
"Well, we are going to the Miyagi house later today, so I was told to wear this," I replied.
"Told?" He questioned.
"They have left me notes of what to wear and when," I sighed. "I know I prefer not to wear all this stuff, but they treat me like I don't know how to dress for what. I'm not an idiot. I do know that sometimes I have to wear things like this, and I do know how to wear it, and how to wear my make up. I just chose not to wear this and make-up."
"And you will be telling me this why?" He inquired.
"No idea, needed someone to moan to, and you were the lucky victim," I answered. "Well, hurry up, and wear one of the formal outfits. I don't know when we are meant to be leaving so it's best to be ready."
"Yes mum," He muttered.
"Make that wife," I corrected him as I looked for my shoes. Victorious, I pulled out two silk slipper like shoes. They were the same colour as my top, and carried the same pattern. Around the rim there was gold thread as well, with a bow at the back. Slipping them on, I left the room to find Shino.
I knocked on the door next door, which was where Shino was staying.
I waited patiently for a few minutes, but there was no reply. Not hesitating, I walked away, my destination being the dining hall I had eaten at earlier.
I walked happily along the halls, glad that the earlier stiff muscles and aches had gone. I took the stairs at a leisurely pace, lost in my own little word, so much so, I walked straight into Shino.
"Careful," He said, helping me up.
"Woops," I laughed, brushing the dirt off of my bum.
"You ought to go more careful," He told me, taking my arm in his hand. "You reopened the wound. You will have to dress it again now."
"Yer, I guess so," I said. "Um, back to why I came to find you. What time are we leaving here today?"
"We leave in an hour," He told me, letting go of my arm. "Make sure you are ready."
I nodded, and we began to make our way back to the rooms.
* * *
"Is that everything?" The driver asked us, as he put the last case in the carriage.
"Yes, that's it!" I told him, as I got in.
"Do you know how long the journey will take?" Kankuro asked the driver, as he shut the door.
"Provided we run into no trouble, little more then ninety minutes," He replied, as he got the horses going. The carriage jolted forward, and began to make itself along at a steady pace.
* * *
"I do believe we are here," The driver told us, pulling the horses over.
"Thank god for that," I muttered, throwing the door open, and jumping out.
The driver got our cases for us, handing them to us.
As he did so, two men came down from the large house before us.
"May I take your bag?" He asked me. I nodded, and handed them to him. He accepted them, and turned to the direction of the grand white house. "Follow me."
I walked behind him, and absorbed our surroundings.
The house was in the middle of a sparse forest, though as far as I could tell the further away you walked, the more dense the forest became.
We were currently walking along a grey/white paved path. On either side of there was grass, with the occasional tree, though as we got nearer to the mansion, they became elaborately planted flowers.
The mansion itself was surrounded by a moat, the water a deep blue colour, so blue it looked fake. The mansion was around four floors high, though I couldn't tell how far back it went, though it was extremely wide.
As we reached the bridge that lead to the entrance of the mansion, I peered over the side and looked into the water. In it there was various coins, and some koi fish, swimming around happily.
"We must ask you to refrain from straying from the path. When we get inside, we will lead you directly to your rooms, where we will have to ask you to stay till someone gives you further instruction," The man told as he waited for his comrade to open the large doors.
The doors were large, made of a deep brown wood. They looked heavy, and were probably opened my some sort of contraption, though I didn't pay too much attention.
They opened with a loud groan, though I doubted that that was because the doors were neglected, but more because of the sheer weight of them.
As soon as the door was open enough for us to walk through, the began to walk on, and we hastily followed, making sure we didn't trail too far behind.
The room we entered was non-discript. Though it had many statues and paintings, and was very light, the room was more like a large hall. It had three doors, and a large staircase, which was the path we took.
The stair were very broad, and high. I had to pay careful attention to where I was walking, for if I didn't I often didn't lift my foot high enough, and I would end up falling up the stairs.
The stairs seemed never ending, and I tried to count them, but got bored after reaching fifty. Eventually, they reached an end, and we stopped on the floor, not carrying on up, unlike before.
They lead us down a long hall with many rooms on either side, each of the doors had a persons family name and their initial engraved onto a metal plate so the person knew which room was theirs. I was guessing that the rooms were for the guests.
About halfway along the corridor, the two men stopped.
"Mr and Mrs Aichi, this is your room," He said, setting down my case, and opening the door.
"Mr Kimura, if you would like to carry on following me, your room is a few doors up from here," The other made said, walking away, Shino following.
The man that was still with me and Kankuro picked up my cases again, and walked ahead into the room.
"I hope it is too your liking," He said. "There are some provisions in the cupboard over there, and there is an en suite, so you have no need to leave the room till we call for you. Now if you would excuse me, I have other guests to attend to, for you were the first of many to arrive."
With that he hastily bowed, and left the room, locking the door behind us.
"Did they just lock us in!" I exclaimed in shock.
"I believe they did," Kankuro replied, opening the cupboard that the man had pointed to. "Wow, you should see the food in here."
I rolled my eyes at him, as he explored the place like a little child on their first holiday, and began to unpack.
I hung up all of my formal wear that they had packed me, along with a few of my tops, before putting the rest away neatly in draws.
"Are you going to put yours away?" I asked him, as he made himself comfortable on the bed.
"Nah, that's what wives are for," Kankuro dismissed.
Growling, I threw his case at him.
"Unpack, now!" I snapped.
"Make me," He sneered, and pushed his case on the floor.
"OH I WILL MAKE YOU!" I yelled, picking up a nearby heavy object and launching it at him. He caught it and placed it calmly on the floor. Losing my temper, I dived at him, just as the door unlocked.
"It seems more guests have arrived then we first predicted..." The man started walking into the room. I hastily stopped my charge, and turned to face him with a smile. "So if you would follow me."
We did as we were told, and walked out of the room after the man.
We climbed down all the stairs we had climbed a mere ten minutes ago, and soon we were back at the entrance room again, though this time we took the door to the left of the main ones.
Behind the door, there was a vast room, obviously the room the majority of the evening parties would be held in.
"Now Mrs. Aichi, if you would go stand with the women," He told me, before turning to Kankuro. "And you with the men, you will be told what to do shortly."
I waved to Kankuro awkwardly before going to join the crowd of women that stood on the left side of the hall. There was around fifty in total, meaning that so far around 150 guests had arrived.
We all stood there in a nervous silence, no one quite sure what to say to one another, so I said something to the girl nearest me.
"Hi, my name is Umeka, what's yours?" I introduced. The moment I had said it, I realised how stupid I sounded, but the women beside me only smiled.
"Hi Umeka, I'm Mai," She introduced nervously.
"Nice to meet you," I replied, smiling also.
Before we had a chance to say much else, someone approached where we stood.
"Now, follow me, I do hope you enjoy the tour," She said, smiling. I inwardly groaned. A tour of this place would take up the rest of the day.