Snow Princess
The Sequel
Lady Kagome, my mother, was told that she would be released from the hospital today. She still hadn't been released, maybe the Leaf villagers are liars. I smiled to myself and then frowned immediately, smiling felt wrong for me, frowning fit better. Lee and Anzu gave me troubled looks, Neji didn't get his memory back yet, and he says that he doesn't even know my name. Anzu and Lee try at the least, the other ninjas visit him on a regular basis, I don't even try anymore, there is no use. Suddenly a knock on the door alerted me and made me lose my train of thought. Lee got up and answered it. Lady Kagome walked in fully dressed and she looked nice compared to earlier this week. "I'm going back, but I would like to have a word with you three." She said and we all converged to the couch. "Tenten, I understand that you wouldn't want to become queen, but Anzu do you think that this would be okay with you? You are old enough to be wed and so is Lee…" My mother started and Anzu jumped up clapping her hands, I forced a smile for her. "I guess that is a yes, so, we are going back as soon as we pack our stuff up." She said and Lee and Anzu were gone, already packing.
That left my mother and me in the same room. "You know that I'm not going back, I don't know what I'll do here, but I don't want to go back there." I told her clutching my chest and facing the window.
"That's why I wasn't talking directly to you." She said, "Your father, he is facing the death sentence, he didn't die when we fought him but he wasn't in the best condition… Neji knocked him out, but… You know what happened." She sighed sitting on the couch with perfect grace, "Please don't forget who you are." And with that she left with Anzu and Lee who both hugged me tightly, Lee gave me the key to his house and said it was all mine. As soon as they left I went to the bathroom and looked at my appearance, I grabbed a kunai and slowly, but deliberately raised it. I hacked off my long hair and looked at myself again. My hair was grazing my shoulders and my bangs matched the new style, it flattered it-now my hair is too short to put up in buns, I thought disdainfully. I shrugged and decided to wipe my god-damn makeup off.
I took off my dress and studied my naked figure, I was actually quite lovely although I didn't really care. I pulled regular clothes on. I stood in my clothes and whistled low, I looked so different… "Okay." I whispered and was alerted once again by a knock. I opened the door and Neji stood there looking out of place, "Can I help you?" I asked.
"Well, Tsunade-sama told me that you are going to help me regain my memory. You are that one girl that visited me, aren't you? Tenten?" He said and my hopes rose, Tsunade was giving me a shot, she thought that I could help him regain his memory. "So…"
"Come in." I said politely and he pushed past me and sat down on my couch. "Okay, do you know why you were at the Snow?" I asked him and he nodded. I tilted my head in question, "I was saving the princess and the queen." He answered.
"Well, do you know who the princess was?" I asked and he shook his head. I sighed and sat next to him. "You know that sometimes life is so unfair?" I inquired and he nodded in understanding, "What happened to you?" He asked.
"The heavens took my lover away from me, in the worst way possible." I answered a small, sad smile on my lips. He looked sad and considered that then replied, "Do you think it was destined?" He asked and I shrugged.
"Never considered it to be destiny playing with my damn emotions." I answered and he nodded in agreement. "So, what are your teammates' names?" I asked trying to go back farther, seeing how far his memory went.
"There is Lee, Gai and then there was a girl, she was my best friend and she always helped me train. I don't remember much about her, I remember the missions, I remember her up until Anzu took her away…" He answered and this surprised me. I guessed that he totally forgot about me. I knew my face revealed surprise. He looked at me and I smiled at him. "You kind of remind me of her, in a certain way."
"So, you remember some of her… Is there a black part in your memories, do you remember yelling out to someone that wasn't there?" I asked facing him and he pondered this for several minutes going through memories. I sat there, it was enough, he remembered some part of me. I looked at him- he was so beautiful.
"There are some black spaces actually, like when Lee and Anzu were leaving at the doorway, I remember that I yelled to someone, but she wasn't there… The memory feels out of place, like it should belong, but it doesn't." He said and I nodded. He didn't remember falling in love with me, that was totally cut out from his memory. "It's funny, my emotions, that I never really used, they are the ones going through hell."
"Because you used them before, although you don't remember at all. Neji, you were in love, you were happy and content, I suppose that Lee and Anzu tried to explain this to you, didn't they?" I questioned and he nodded. "Do you remember anything about her?" I asked hopeful this time.
All I got was his genin answer, "No girl is good enough for me." I froze and bowed my head in utter defeat, my hopes crushed. I put a hand on my stomach and whispered reassurances to my baby…
No girl is good enough for me…
No girl-
Is good-
Enough-
For me.
So I'm not good enough?
