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Chapter 9

Sickness.

Lee drank from his water bottle. "That was a good training!" he said with a huge smile. "Yes it was." Gai said. Neji didn't say anything (as usual) but drank from his water bottle. 'What would Tenten be doing at this moment?' he thought.

'Why can't I hit her?' Sen thought. Tenten dodged all of her attacks and countered them easily. She began to feel weird, blood thirsty and shivered slightly. 'She may be good at training, but actually using the techniques in a fight is something Tenten is better at.' their sensei thought. Tenten took her sword. "Konoha's secret move: Dance of the crescent moon!" Tenten disappeared and appeared right after Sen.

"Let's stop for today." Gai suggested. Lee glared at him. "Already?" The sensei looked at him. "Let's go eat something." he said. "The sun is going to set soon."

Tenten stared at Sen. Sen fell on the ground. Sen and Tenten had used the same technique and Tenten was obviously stronger than she was. Sen didn't move. "That was great!" Chiharu yelled. "You did it, you actually mastered that technique!" Riku yelled. Tenten walked up to Sen. A pool of blood gathered around her. Tenten fell on her knees. "Sen! Sen, open your eyes!" She shook Sen's body. She didn't move. Tenten stared at her hands. They were covered in Sen's blood. "You did great!" her sensei said. "Sen was just a smart sacrifice." he said without any shame. Tenten turned to him. She backed off. Tears welled up in her eyes when she shook her head. "How?" The sensei stared at her. "You did great. If you do the same with your sister, Sen's sacrifice wasn't in vain." Tenten turned around and walked shakily out of the dojo.

She began to walk quicker when she heard Chiharu come after her. "Leave me!" she yelled. She sprinted away from the house of artistic death.

Neji was still at the training ground. He stared at the moon. "Neji, Neji!" He turned around. "What's wrong Lee?" he asked annoyed. "Tenten." Lee said. Neji looked up immediately. "What happened?" Lee was searching for words. "She ran away. I'm going to search her in the north." he jumped away. Neji stared at the moon for a second. "Why would she run away?"

He felt someone approach. He turned around quickly. His eyes widened. "Tenten?"

There she stood. Scratches and wounds found all over her arms and face, tears in her eyes. "Neji…" she mumbled and ran over to him. As soon as she was beside him she wrapped her tiny, scratched arms around him. "Tenten?" he mumbled. She began to cry. He wrapped her arms around her as well. "What happened?" he asked. She pushed her head deeper into his chest. She was shaking. "I, I killed someone." she said. 'Well we are ninja, she killed others too.' he thought. "I, killed, my only real friend, in, that house." she said shakily.

Neji's eyes widened. "What?" Tenten sobbed. She no longer had a grip on her emotions, which she had pushed down for quite a while and fell through her knees. "Okay, Tenten, calm down." he said kneeling down. "Why did you do that?" Tenten drew breath and started whispering. "We had to fight one another to…" she took a pause. "To see if we could use out techniques in real battle." She let Neji go and rubbed in her eyes. "Sen, really wanted to be stronger than me and said she wouldn't hold back." Neji listened quietly to his scared team mate. "I only dodged for a while, sending her attacks she could dodge easily. But she and the sensei got me mad and…" She started to cry again. "I couldn't control myself anymore, I killed her." She began to cry uncontrollable. "Shush calm down." Neji whispered. "I'll bring you to the hospital."

"How is she?" Lee asked. "She's sleeping now, but she was in quite a shock, whatever happened, must've been pretty bad." Tsunade said as she left her gaze upon the floor. "What did they do?!" Neji asked mad. He turned to Gai and Tsunade. They both looked at the ground, but couldn't really answer his question. "I'll tell you what happened." All four of them turned around. The man who had tested Tenten stood there. "They went to far. They broke their promise. Not only to us, but to Tenten as well. They used her talent and that turned against her." He looked really angry and so sounded his voice. He stared at Tsunade. "I'll take care of her from now on. She will not go back to that dojo!" Tsunade nodded absently.

Tenten stared out of the window. She hadn't said anything after she woke up. Lee stared at her. "Are you sure you're all right?" he asked. Tenten turned to him. Her eyes were almost as empty as Neji's at that moment (brown of course). "How's Sen?" she asked. Tsunade came into the room, together with Gai, Neji and the man. Tsunade walked over to her. "She didn't make it." she said slow. Tenten just turned her gaze to the window. "This man, Jackie, will learn you stuff from now on." Gai said. Tenten shook her head. "No, I don't want to learn anything anymore!" she yelled mad. Jackie (the man who had tested her) walked over to her. "What did you use on Sen?" he asked her right on. "The thing I learned last." she answered vague. "And what was that Tenten?" Tsunade asked gently. "Rising dragon punishment." she said. The man gasped. "Show me your back." he said. "Excuse me?" Tsunade said. Jackie turned to Tsunade. "You have to check her back." he said calmly. He walked out of the room. Gai turned around, motioned for Lee and Neji to follow and left as well.

Tsunade walked out of the room. The man walked over to her. "And?" Tsunade stared at him. "I didn't see anything. "I need to see her back when she uses chakra." the man said.