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Story of a Girl

The Dig Begins

Tenten stared at the three men in front of her. One of them looked kind of asleep. One looked like he had too much coffee and was going to explode right out of his shoes. The last one, or the tallest one, had a scar under his eye, (a/n not like Kakashi) and a serious expression. "Who wants to know?" Tenten asked. The tallest one with the scar laughed. Tenten glared at them. Then all of a sudden the air tensed up. A murderous intent was radiating form the man with the scar. Tenten was getting nervous so she pulled out kunai. The man smirked. "Like that will save you." Then he charged at her. She knew she could never dodge him, so Tenten closed her eyes and prepared for the impact. When she opened her eyes she found that she was not dead. She was on the ground with her kunai still in her hand. The man had run into the house. Then her parents, who had heard the BANG of the man running into the house, came running out. "We will meet again, Tenten." The man said. Then the three men disappeared. "Tenten!" she heard her father yell. "What happened!?" her mother asked worriedly. Tenten was still too shocked to answer. She was wondering how she got out of the way in time. "She was attacked by three men." A voice behind Tenten answered. 'I recognize that voice.' Se thought to herself. "Neji?" She asked. "I came in and pulled her out of the way when I sensed the murderous intent coming form here." He explained. "Thank you so much!" Karin gushed. Inoichi helped his daughter up, then he said "Thank you for saving my daughter." Karin ran over to Tenten to check for scratches. Inoichi helped Neji up. "How can we ever repay you for saving our little Tenten?" Karin asked. "Mom!" Tenten whined. Neji smirked at this. "There is no need." He said. "Why don't you come over for dinner?" Karin asked. "It is the least we can do for you." Neji thought about this for a minuet. "Sure." He finally answered.

After they set up a time for Neji to come over and eat dinner with them, the trio went inside. "So sweetheart, are you sure you're ok?" Inoichi asked his daughter. "Yeah, dad, I'm fine." She said for the seventh time. "They didn't even hit me." Inoichi went from worried father to overprotective father. "Did that boy do anything to you?" He asked sternly. Tenten blushed and shouted "No dad! Neji is not like that." Inoichi kept his stern look for a minuet, and was about to ask another question when Karin called him from the kitchen. "Honey, come help me with the dishes!" His face lightened then he sulked into the kitchen. Tenten decided it was a good time to look through the photo albums they found at her house, and gave the Yamanaka's when she was adopted. She always knew she looked like her biological mother. She hoped something in the album would tell her who those men were. She was flipping through the pages when she saw something. She turned back to the picture. It was a picture of a tall man and three younger boys. The man smiled up with his hand on one of the boy's heads. She could have sworn she had seen his face before. Then it hit her. Add a scar and you have the man with the scar. (a/n well no duh) Tenten ran into the kitchen where her parents were doing the dishes. "Mom, do you know who this is?" She asked her mother pointing to the man. "Hmm, no I don't." She said sweetly. "Why do you ask?" Tenten thought about it for a moment. "I just wanted to know, I think I've seen his face before." Tenten decided not to tell her parents that it was the man who attacked her. "You know who might know?" her dad asked. "Who?" She listened carefully. "Hokage sama." Was his reply. Tenten thought it over. That was logical. He was alive then. He wasn't Hokage, but he was alive. "You can go ask him tomorrow. For now help your mom with dinner." Her father said sternly. Tenten put the album away, and went to help her mother.

Sorry this chapter is so short but I wanted to make the dinner with Neji another chapter. But I promise I will make it as funny as I can. And the whole mystery with Tenten's past is starting to unravel. Enjoy the chapters I am putting up now because I will be gone all break. But I will be enjoying a nice spring break in London and Paris! Please review and I will have the next chapter up soon.