Title: Fiction

Author: SuperBlahblahblah

Chapter 3- That was close

Tenten opened her eyes to find herself lyinf on her warm soft 'Bed?!' That made her shoot to an upright position. Immediate pain shot throughout her system. "Ooooowww..." she groaned, clutching her bandaged side which was now slowly turning red. She wondered what had happened to have caused her such wounds, then flashes of the night before reminded her. 'Damn. Rapists.'

Tenten wrestled her way out of the several sheets that covered her while carefully minding her wound(s). She stood up carefully, but her knees shook and gave in. She quickly reached for the wall to stable herself. 'You can do this, Tenten. Breathe in. Breathe out.' She fortified her stance and slowly pushed off of the wall.

But the sudden opening of the door startled her and caused her to lose her concentration. She braced herself for the anticipated contact with the floor...which never came. She opened her eyes which she unknowingly shut and found herself swimming in white.

"You shouldn't push yourself." he said, "Your wound reopened." He later noted as he helped her stand. Neji sat her down and walked to her table to get the bandages. After a while of watching him she finally found her voice and said, "Thanks." He nodded his head slightly. He sat beside her and kindly asked her to take her shirt off.

Her reaction was somewhat comical as she turned beet red and asked why the hell would she strip her shirt off.

"You need to change the bandage, it's soaked with blood" he said matter-of-factly, as if asking a girl to strip off her shirt in front of him was nothing.

Her mouth formed and "O" , but the rest of her didn't show any signs of animation. He waited. She stared. He stared. She waited. At last finally Tenten had enough. "You can wait outside. I can bandage myself." she said her arms crossing in front of her chest as she semi-glared. He nodded and stood to leave.

As she stared at his retreating back, she wondered vaguely HOW exactly was he able to put the bandages the first time. 'Oh shit!' The door clicked closed.

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Tenten closed her eyes and slowly drifted to sleep.

She was running, running for her life knowing exactly what was going to happen if she didn't. She panicked as she was grabbed by the arm, and was pulled into a dark alleyway. There's two of them! The man flung her to a wall, smiling menacingly as he delighted in seeing her cringe in pain. She heard footstep not farther away and knew she had no chance against two of them. Help. She yearned for it, but there was no one there, and the hell will she be pleasuring them with her screams for the aid she direly needed.

They were slowly cutting her clothe with the small pocket knives they drew out of who-know-where. She couldn't keep consciousness for any more longer. And how her back and head ached from the collision with the wall earlier.

Her consciousness was slipping. A flash of white and black, then everything was a haze until it turned pitch black.

Tenten shot up from her bed. She was looking about frantically and as she was assured that she was in her room, on her bed, somewhere safe, she calmed down. She inwardly grimaced at herself for being so pitiful. Whatever happened to those self-defense moves teacher taught you? she asked her self.

She plopped back down and covered her eyes with her arm. "Thank Kami Neji found me."

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"Hey, Neji, do you have a girlfriend?" If Neji had drank something he could have choked at the sudden topic. They were eating breakfast, courtesy of Tenten. He shrugged and answered, "I don't bother with such things."

"Ah." was her answer.

A moment of awkward silence.

Tenten cleared her throat."So, uh, who did you find me?"

Neji froze momentarily. How do I tell her that I was following her? "I have Byakuugan.I can see you from an 800 meter radius."

She "Ahhh'd" again and stood up. "Today is the last day of school. We'll be able to spend more time thinking of a solution for your..uh..condition? Tomorrow. I won't be home until later tonight."

She left the kitchen and later emerged from her room clad in her uniform and left after saying the usual "Ittekimasu" and murmured a few words.

Though murmured very softly, Neji still got her message and smirked. "You're welcome." to the door.

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And to make up for the poor updating, I add another chapter on the same night! Yay! Uh-oh...My mom's getting mad at me for letting diner wait! gulp. I'll see you guys next chapter!!!

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