Hey guys I had lots of fun writing this chapter and I hop you'll like reading it. The "y" button on my keyboard isn't working so well so bare with me if I make certain spelling mistakes.

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The dark empty sky clouded the world, in a sheet of unknown, Tenten however kept pressing forward. Sweat had already dampened her clothing, but it seemed to Tenten that she had barely moved. Even during the days of Team Gai she had always been the one with the least stamina. Each step she took drained what little energy she had left, without the use of chakara she was nothing. Tenten felt a twinge of amusement as she remembered the last reason she had fled. The reasons were also the same, but different were the people that she was fleeing from.

It had been days since the start of her journey. She was exhausted, there was no other way to put it. Her lungs seared from nearly two days of constant running. But the burning in her chest was nothing compare to pounding in her legs. The distant lights of a small town warmed her spirit, perhaps she would be able to get some rest.

Tenten slowed her pace, wrapping her cloak around her growing belly. The strain of everything was catching up to her fast. Slowly she fingered the tiny amount of money in her pocket, most of it was left behind at her hasty departure.

The village became clearer as she approach. A large tree stood off in the distance. It's large branches reached out far, towering over the surrounding towns. The streets were quiet, save for the few voices that disturbed the peace.

"Gai-sensei we must go find out youthful blossom! We can't stay here just to wait for the rest of the team."

Tenten felt her insides freeze, the sharp pounding of her heart echoed in chest, deafening. Quickly she raised the hood on her cloak, the soft fabric hid most of her face. She strode forward trying to hide her face, yet not seem suspicious to the trio.

Their footsteps grew closer and louder. She could plainly hear the anguish in her comrade's voices. Everywhere she went she only seemed to cause people more pain. Anything she did only served to endanger those that she cared about.

She couldn't help but sneak a glance at her former comrades. Neji stood rigid, his eyes were glazed over, the dark circles under his eyes accented his pale skin. Tenten felt a stab of pain at the ghost of the man that she had known. In the end it was her fault. Smothering a soft cry Tenten hurried forward unable to come face to face with the damage that she caused.

The only words she heard from Lee were;

"Tenten won't be able to defend herself-" The rest of the sentence was lost as Tenten hurried away.

Suddenly she straited her eyes hard as anger surged through her. Even after all these years they still condemned her as the weakest link. Tenten felt the itching in her fingers longing to put her kunai through something.

Her shoulders trembled from the brute force of her emotions. Her blood boiled at their remarks. How dare they refer to her as weak? Unable to defend herself?

For years she had trained to be able to master each and every weapon, to the point where she could pick up Kisame's Samehada and tame the beast sword. How could they not understand the hours she put into understanding and using the different chakara natures. Each weapon is usually made for it's sole user, but Tenten had to learn to cooperate her chakara nature with those of, say Sasuke's Chidori sword, or Suigetsu's Executioner Sword.

Stubbornly she marched on, completely forgetting her need for a rest.

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Jugo stepped into the cave, shaking the weariness from his eyes. Upon the dull echo's of battle rung in his ears. Slowly he turned to Karin who was sitting idly next to the fire, only her eyes betrayed her inner satisfaction. Jugo heaved a sigh and lowered himself next to the fire.

It had been no surprise to him that the two shinobi were battling. There had been thick amounts of tension between Sasuke and Suigetsu. But something was missing, Jugo couldn't quite name it, but he knew that something was missing. He looked about the room, eye's alert for any disruption. Tenten was gone.

Jugo stood, his senses alarmingly searching for the comforting chakara of the kunoichi.

"Don't bother, she's already gone." Karin's snide voice cut through his thoughts. Immediately he set for the sealing camber. Sasuke had to know about this.

"Wait! What are you doing?" Karin followed him, her red eyes blazing.

"I'm going to tell Sasuke that you let Tenten get away." He strode forward, paying no attention to the sputtering kunoichi that trailed him.

"You don't know that I let her get away."

"Tenten couldn't have beaten you in her condition. You had to have let her out." He calm voice ground on her nerves, with this one move her would ruin her plans.

With one move Jugo pushed open the door, a blast of chidori narrowly missed his shoulder.

"Sasuke, Tenten has escaped."

A three heads turned to stare at him, each of their eyes reflected something different. But what unnerved Jugo the most was the look of worry that flashed across Sasuke's face.

Karin felt herself die a thousand times as Sasuke turned his gaze onto her.

"I will deal with you later. Right now we need to find her."

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Neji turned and stared at the woman that had jut ran past them. Her hood covered much of her face, he had been unable to get a clear view of her face. But his chakara had flared instinctively to hers. It was one of these moment when he wished that Pakkun hadn't been summoned by the Hokage.

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He gave a bitter smile as he watched the kunoichi run, he almost felt bad for the act that he was about to commit. She had no way to defend herself, and the girl was obviously exhausted. Well at least it was a relief that he wasn't going to be scolded for putting mayonnaise on his potatoes. Omoi felt a hard punch to his skull.

"Ow Karui what was that for? You know that could have made a tree fall over and kill our target, and then the Raikage will kill all of us!"

The woman stared frustrated at her irritating team member.

"Shut up. Stop feeling bad for the target and concentrate on the mission."

Samui rolled her shoulder blades, groaning at the dull ache in her back.

"Hey Samui can I take this one?" Omoi stared at the leader his eyes hopeful, at least he knew he could end the battle quickly, and with as less bloodshed as possible.

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Tenten ran through the woods her steps were not as silent as she would have liked. She had sensed chakara near her, but she had put it off as some waterfall shinobi. Continuing on she felt the chakaras follow her. But why? They obviously weren't hunter ninja, or the would have killed her by now. What were they after?

She stopped, the chakara signatures stopped wit her. There was no way she could escape them, might as well confront them.

"Come out. I know your following me." Her voice ran clear through the forest. A small rustle altered her to the man that had jumped to the ground in front of her. He was making no effort to be silent.

"What do you want." Her voice was steady, despite the fear that made her heart thud against her ribcage.

"I'm here to capture you and bring you to the Raikage." Omoi smiled staring at his opponent, even with the chakara restraints, this would be a very interesting battle.

Tenten stepped back her hand rest nervously on her stomach. Raikage. Were they after the Hyuga bloodline limit?

Tenten moved into a taijutsu stance, looks like she had to fight.

Omoi reached for his sword.

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Konoha was the picture of peace, but Kakashi knew better. Surrounding the village were Ninjas of Kumogakure all of then chunin or higher. They were ready to fight, to invade the village as soon as the signal was given.

Every single shinobi was currently patrolling the village waiting for any sign of attack. The village was more quiet than it has been in year, the civilians retreated to their homes, waiting for the invasion that was to occur.

The worst part was someone inside the village was informing the troops of Konoha's actions. They were ready to attack, when the majority Konoha's jonins were on a mission. Quickly he penned a letter to the Kazekage of Suna, another to the Jonin group. Perhaps there would be a way to win this. Somehow.

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Sasuke traveled forward his senses straining for any signs of her chakara. Team Hebi traveled silently, the moonless night pitching the land into a world of darkness. The soft wind stung at his face, pulling at his cloak. Suddenly white Hyuga eyes pierced his vision.

"Hyuga."

"Uchiha, where is she?"

The question was followed by the blazing of Byakugan. Both prodigies flared their Kekkei Genkai. Byakugan met Sharigan.

"Why should I tell you?" Sasuke spoke the words calmly, regarding the other man with seemingly mild interest.

"Must I force the answer out of you?" Neji fell into a stance, his eyes never wavering from his target.

"Obviously she is not here, and I have no inclination of telling you of her whereabouts, as I have use for her in her condition."

Neji's eyes narrowed, not understanding what Sasuke was implying.

"What condition?" He demanded.

Sasuke's smirk grew wider.

"Do you mean to tell me that you did not know that Tenten is pregnant."

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Cliffhanger! This is such a Muwahahahaha moment so I'm going to indulge myself. MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!

Okay I'm done.

What will happen to the jonins while Konoha is in danger? What was Etsu's role in all of this? Well review to find out. :) I promise to update on the 11th review.

Explanations:

For those of you that haven't read the manga, Omoi and the others are part of Team Samui a group from Kumo that appear later. I tried to write them as best as I could.

Tenten's abilities:

I know in the anime and the manga there was nothing about Tenten and her chakara nature, so I figured if she was supposed to be able to pick up a weapon a use it masterfully, then she would have to work to adapt her chakara.

Kumo's attack on Konoha:

For the purposes of this story Kumo attacks Konoha. Why? Because of anger over Killer Bee, Sasuke, and it was a great opportunity. While I do try to keep this story to the anime as possible, for the plot of the story I have to change a few things.