Ok this was a super hard chapter, I wrote it fighting a small writer's block with this story and I was focusing my inspiration time (9:00 am – 9:50am [English and 10:40 am- 11:30 am [Spanish) I was kind of focusing that my teachers would fall of a cliff… Haven't been successful v.v . But in the bright side new chap! XD Well, hope you'll like it and review.
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Love or Destiny
Chapter 6: Yami
I woke up early, my mom and I ate breakfast together without dad, he was still in the mission. It was still early but we decided to check out the apartment I found yesterday, we walk together the same trail I walked yesterday after talking to Shikamaru but in the opposite direction and stand in front of the apartment building. In big letters, the name of the building "Shinobi Towers". We entered and were amazed at how well taken care of was the place, it was almost fancy, I was not expecting that.
"Can I help you?" The receptionist asked
"Oh! Yes, yes. I believe there's an apartment for rent here." My mom said before I could say a word.
"Let me check…"The woman brought a large notebook "Oh yes, studio, fifth floor, view to the street, water and light included $350 a month" The receptionist read from the book.
"Yes that's the one" I said
"Ok… you'll need to fill up this papers" The woman said giving me a pack of papers "There's also a list of papers you'll need to bring also"
"Can we reserve it?" My mom asked
"Oh yes. It will be $100, and we'll save it for a month, and if you purchase it, the month pay rent will be reduced in $100" The woman said
"Arigatou gozaimatsu" I thanked her and my mom and I left, we went into a small coffee shop and sat in a table.
"These are a lot of papers for just an apartment" I said with a sigh and started to fill them up
"Well it's renting not actually purchasing, they want to make sure you can actually pay them the money before actually giving you the key" My mom said looking at the menu
"Yea I figured that much, I have the filling today is going to be a long day" I said writing my name for the fifth time in less than a minute.
"Oh yes… waiter!" My mom shouted, please let it be tea, not be cheesecake or coffee, sincerely I can't stand the smell of coffee too close to me, I know going to a coffee chop when I can't stand the smell, well as weird as it sounds, I can stand the smell as long as is not close to me and right now my mom was in the too-close-to-have-a-coffee-zone and as much as I like cheesecake, it will only get all the papers stinky so please mom tea, tea, tea…
"I'll have a caramel and chocolate cheesecake and a cappuccino extra cream"
"Coming right up" The waiter said writing
"You want anything?"
"No, thanks" I said and continue to fill up some more papers. A few minutes later my mom's cheesecake and coffee arrives. I stopped my work and looked at my mom.
"Mom, you know I hate the smell of coffee" I said annoyed
"Well, we are in a coffee shop what do you expect?" She answered mixing three spoons of sugar in her coffee.
"Yea but they are out of my danger zone, unlike yours" I said pointing to her coffee.
"Danger zone?" She said and started to laugh
"It's not funny" I said and she took a sip of the coffee.
"So honey… how's your love life?" She asked and I almost choked of shock.
I had a small flashback involving me, and a certain Hyuga in front of my current home.
"Mom… I. Have. No. Love. Life." I said semi glared at her.
"Oh come on Tenten you know what I mean, you and that Hyuga boy the other day you were pretty close" She said smiling
"He's… getting married" I said and tried to hide a little the disappointment. I really wanted to take Neji out of my head and mom wasn't helping one bit, my mom took a bite of the cheesecake.
"I'll be heading home… I can't stand the smell of coffee for so long" I said getting up and gathering the papers. "I'll see you at home" I said and headed to my house…Current home I was planning to move as soon as possible.
I entered the house and dropped all the papers on the living room, so much work to do and what's more. To get the apartment I was still missing $250. I'd have to take a few missions to gather the money… I heard a knock on the door I sighted and went to get it. It was Kakashi-sensei.
"Hello there Tenten" He said smiling, I think, and closed his eye in a friendly way.
"Hi Kakashi-sensei" I greeted him "What brings you here?" I asked him putting the nicest, most honest smile and tone I could pull off.
"Hokage-sama needs you for a mission, prepare a backpack, it's about a week long mission, you have ten minutes to prepare" He said
"Five more than I need" I said laughing a little and prepared my backpack which consisted in a bunch of clothes stuffed together. Which I did in a half second, and then I gathered my weapons, that took me more time. I changed to my usual clothes in half a minute, no I wasn't wearing my usual clothes before. And lastly, I left a note to my mom and dad ad that please, they would take my only $100 left and reserve the apartment and finished filling the papers and in the end, I stepped out of my house, looked the door, left the key in the hiding place and left to the Hokage's office. When we arrived, Hokage-sama was sitting in her chair as usual and inside the office Naruto, Hinata and Sasuke were standing.
"I'm back" Kakashi said as we both walked in
"Good, now let's discuss before the mission, it's simple, you will be the bodyguard of the Tikatse's daughter. She will be attending to some dances along the way and you'll have to then disguise as guests. Most of you I called you and told you to prepare for a mission, but unfortunately Sakura, who was supposed to join you in the mission but she is sick so I've called Tenten, you will be leaving as soon as you meet the girl, she will be traveling alone with you" Tsunade explained and now everything made more sense. But in the bright side, this mission will definitely get my mind out of Neji. Then someone knocked on the door.
"Come in" Tsunade said and the door opened and two women entered. One was around sixteen years old and the other was older, maybe 80 or more.
"Konnichiwa Hokage-sama" Said the old woman
"Hey" The girl said bored
"Konnichiwa, Yianko-san, Yami-san" Said Tsunade "Guys, this is Yami Tikatse, you will be escorting her" Tsunade said pointing to the girl
"Yami this are the shinobi tat will be escorting you, Hatake Kakachi, Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, Hyuga Hinata and Tenten" Tsunade introduced us
"(clears throat)If you excuse me, I would like to say a few things" The old lady said
"Of course" Tsunade said
"Yami, as the representation of our family in the end of fall dance and the first two dances of winter must attend to said social festivities. During the time in between, she must not attend to any festivity or public gathering, she must stay in hotels we arranged, do not let her off your sight for one second, many things can happen in just a blink" The woman said as static as she could get maybe, and probably more static than the prodigies put together. A minute passed in complete and disturbing silence.
"Well I must depart, I myself have some reunions to attend" The woman said and left.
"You must be going also" Tsunade said and sort of throwed us off out of her office, we soon arrived to the village gates.
"Heeey…" The girl called Yami sudently said "What happened to his face? Did it got burned up and deformed? Or were was he born with a fucked-up face? Or maybe all he got of a face is that eye? Or-" The Yami girl was cut off by Sasuke
"No one knows and no one cares" Sasuke said as cold as Neji… Aggg No! Off my head, off my head!
"Tenten are you ok?" Hinata suddenly asked, then I noticed I hit my head with my hand several times.
"Oh yea I'm fine… um… it was a mosquito" I said trying to sound convincing.
"A mosquito in your head?" Sasuke said with a smirk
"Yes Uchiha, a mosquito bit me on the head" I said glaring at him, something I learned over the year with… aggg! How hard can it be to get him out of my head?! I shook my head…
"Anyways we shuld set our positions" I said trying change the subject.
"Yes … well, we should position like this… Naruto and Hinata in the back, me and Yami in the middle and Sasuke and Tenten in the front" Kakashi said
We took our positions and walked out of the village. Everything was quiet, too quiet, sigh I really got used to Lee…um…screams. I could hear Naruto and Hinata talking, but mostly Naruto. The Yami girl was talking back and forward between Kakashi and sometimes interrupting Hinata and Naruto's conversation. But I had to be here next to the static, antisocial, nonfriendly, iceberg with the name of Uchiha Sasuke, at least when I go with Neji on a mission, I talk and he listens… sometimes… agg no Neji again! To tell the truth, I never knew why Neji hated so much Sasuke, but now I was starting to hate him also. He was remembering me too much at Neji, they are so alike and at the same time so different… No dammit, why can I just have one! One thought that doesn't involve Neji?! You know what? Fine! I give up! I can't take it anymore! It's better if I just accept my defeat and whatever. Everything just go to hell!
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I know, I know, In Shuppudem Sasuke its evil, but I do have the hope that one day he'll come back to Konoha and be good again… or as good as he can be…. so as you can see the time is set after he's come back, so don't be alarmed I'm not THAT crazy.