10: Their Mission Was a Mess
"We have to be with those two, again." Kankuro asked.
"Yes, they're here to save the country. It's a huge favor so deal!" Tamari yelled.
"I could do the same." Gaara added.
"If they all didn't hate you and want to kill you, you could." Kankuro added.
"Like they could," Gaara added.
"They can't but it's just the point." Tamari said. "They should be up at this clearing and as soon as she said that there was an annoyed Neji and a concentrated Tenten ahead of her.
"Remember she doesn't remember the mission."
"Okay, we won't mention it." Kankuro said.
"You're late." Neji said annoyed. The Sabaku Trio was late; this would be the first problem that led to a long line.
"Like you care at all, we showed up didn't we?" Tamari added.
"Yeah, Tenten up," He said telling her to get up. She didn't like leading missions especially mission where it could mean her life.
Tenten was a fairly good leader. She wasn't watching for invaders but there weren't any so far and with her pin point accuracy she could take them down in three seconds flat so Neji didn't mention how out of it she was.
Neji had relaxed himself and kept his eyes on two things, Tenten and the trees aside the path. He watched the side to make up for her lack of watching them.
They had been traveling for hours and Tamari and Kankuro were a bit tired while the harder solid people and Tenten were hardly fazed by this. "Can we stop?" Tamari asked. Tenten looked at her watch and her position on the map. She realized that they had covered all the ground they needed to tonight.
"Fine, but we have to work in shifts for sleeping to remain safe." Tamari sighed but nodded. "I'll start then Neji, Kankuro, Gaara, finally you Tamari then I'll go again so I can then make fixing for breakfast." They nodded and made camp.
Tamari and Tenten had made a campfire and set out food for them. Neji set up a tent for himself and Tenten. Gaara made a tent out of Sand. Kankuro had brought a tent and so had Tamari. They sat around the fire to keep war until it was time to rest.
"What do you guys want to talk about?" Tamari asked trying to make friendly conversation."
"Tamari, what age is marriage age in Sunagakure? I mean you're what now, 17?" Tenten asked out of the blue. Kankuro coughed out his food, and this question brought a smirk on Gaara and Neji's face.
"So maybe I am 17, what your point?"
"I just wanted to know?"
"It's 14." Gaara answered. Tenten was choking, and Neji was quite surprised, his eyes were quite wide now.
"14, what kind of crazy country is that?" Tenten yelled.
"Told you Gaara, if I was Kazekage, I would make it 20." Tenten nodded agreeing. "What is it in Konoha?"
"16, but I still think that's too young."
"It has a purpose like that."
"What?" Tenten asked.
"At 16, all ninja are required to enter battle. They take a test called the no weakness test. If you have a weakness you will die. You have two years to raise a child before the test; then you're a goner. If you live then it's just more fights, you are raised without family." Tenten felt bad for her.
"So what about you?"
"We have been exiles for the last 2 years, which saved her. It won't save her much longer."
"That's horrible. What kind of man made that rule?" Tenten yelled. Neji took a grasp of her shoulder.
"My father did, he believed it would make the village stronger if they only strongest lived, like the Chuunin exams, except worst." Tamari said.
"So Gaara, if you become Kazekage?" Neji asked.
"That is the first thing to go. Killing your own people is a horrible. I'm going to make it 16 for marriage, make it quite similar to Konoha in that way. It's the best, giving 4 years to raise a child before the parents can be put on missions; sounds far to me." Gaara said.
"A four year old child can't take care of itself, are you insane?" Neji laid a hand of Tenten's shoulder again.
"We all should go to bed, it's late." Tenten crossed her arms and stood up and drew a circle around the camp; she then did a jutsu and it glowed. "Protection Jutsu?" She nodded. "Okay, good-night." Neji kissed the terrible bothered and upset Tenten good-night and returned to their tent.
After her shift was over he realized she hadn't moved a muscle since he left her. He hit the protection shield waking her up because it was directly connected to her, and she shook and fell from the tree. He ran to her and caught her.
"That was close, why'd you do that?"
"You were asleep on duty."
"I was concentration on the jutsu. It takes a bit of chakra. She was extremely tired her saw. He carried her into the tent and laid her down, but she was asleep in his arms. "I'll take over all the shifts." Gaara said.
"Why, don't you need to sleep?"
"No, he makes it so I can't." Neji nodded and lay down next to Tenten. "Enjoy her, who knows when the next thing will take her away." Neji nodded.
Neji watched as she slept, she was extremely peaceful and like an angel to him. He fell asleep watching the girl peacefully sleep and her chakra was slowly returning to her. Whatever she was dreaming of it was making her quite happy.
(Dream)
"Where are we Neji?"
"I've explained this so many times Tenten; this is the Hyuuga Sleeping Quarters."
"Why are we here then?"
"You're a Hyuuga and this is a family meeting, which includes us." She sighed, this didn't sound like fun.
"Welcome this is a congratulatory dinner for our two newest members to the clan." They all clapped. "My daughter Hinata's husband, Naruto Uzumaki and My Niece Neji's wife Tenten Hoshi; we welcome you both into our family." Naruto and Tenten bowed and they all sat down.
After them Tenten met all of the family. "Neji, I'm glad that you are finally happy." Neji's Cousin said hugging him. "It's an honor to meet you Tenten; I always thought that nothing and no one would make Neji happy. I'm glad I was wrong." Tenten nodded.
"Neji-nii-san, Tenten-chan, I'm glad you're married as well." Hinata said shyly with Naruto having his arm around her waist.
"Naruto, I would recommend not touching Hinata-san like that." Neji warned.
"Why not, she's my wife." Hinata was blushing
"Because her sister and father are quite protective of her and touching her in the Hyuuga residence is just asking for trouble." Neji answered.
"What is with all these rules, Hinata's my wife and…" Tenten put her hand over Naruto's mouth.
"Keep it to yourself Naruto, we don't want to know. You can restrain yourself for a while longer. Just don't get her sister to see you touching her or you're in for it." Tenten said, Hinata was blushing madly while Naruto was pouting. "Oh and Hinata and Naruto, congratulations on your marriage too." Tenten said pulling Neji off, he was keeping and eye on Naruto.
"Leave them alone Neji, they aren't 12 anymore, they haven't been 12 for 4 years so get off their case. They're married and like Naruto said Hinata's his wife, and well you know." Tenten really shouldn't have said that.
"So do I get the same privilege since you're my wife?"
"There isn't anything stopping you." Hiashi said laying a hand on Neji's shoulder. "But if you could wait until you two get home it will be appreciated." Neji smirked; Tenten was a bit surprised but elbowed him.
"We'll restrain ourselves, right Neji?" Tenten said forcefully.
"Yeah, whatever," Neji said.
"Good, but Neji is right Tenten, he's your husband. You're as much his as he is yours. You have complete freedom to one another. It's a privilege of marriage." Neji was smirking but it was creeping out Tenten. "Also Neji, don't hurt her."
"Trust me, I would never think of it." Neji answered returning to normal.
"Good, now congratulations on your marriage, and good-night." Neji hugged Tenten and pulled her close to him.
"You're mine but I love you and wouldn't do anything to hurt you ever, you know that right?"
"Of course I know that Neji." She hugged him back, they met in a kiss and she opened her eyes…
(Dream over)
She opened her eyes…
"You seemed to be having a good dream, what was it about?" Neji asked smirking. Tenten playfully hit him on the arm.
"That's for me to know and you to find out when I feel like telling you."
"Fine, but I'm not deaf." Neji said walking out of the tent.
"What a stupid come back." Tenten replied to herself.
"Not if you talk in your sleep," Tenten gasped, and smacked her forehead. He kissed her forward. "Just rest, you only mumbled a few words." She nodded and rested and smiled as he slept next to her in his sleeping bag.
∆ (next morning) ∆
"Tenten, wake up," Neji said shaking the girl but she seemed too tired. He sighed, she couldn't make this easy. "Tenten, wake up!" He yelled and she jumped and crashed into Neji.
"Sorry, you shouldn't wake me up by yelling, it's very startling."
"I tried being more quiet but you're a hard sleeper, as always." She smiled and got up. He exited the tent to allow her to change. She came out and she guarded the tent, and he went into the tent to change.
(Tenten) I walked out by the small lake that was just to the side of our camp and sat on the rock. I like water, it's so peaceful, so exact, it can go through anything, and it's clear, pure and gentle. It's so beautiful. If I wasn't on a mission right now, I think I'd go swimming.
"Tenten," Gaara asked from behind me. I turned around and smiled. I didn't mind being bothered, I was here to lead, and a leader must not wait to help.
"Yes," I responded.
"I was wondering if you've seen Tamari." Gaara asked. I know that no one can enter or leave the barrier; no way could she have left.
"No, not recently; I'll go look." I had picked out quite a large area to do the protection jutsu under but it was okay, she was safe, I knew it. She could have gone anywhere.
I looked around the forest, climbing the trees, running around, there was no sign of her, and this was not good. I thought for sure, that Tsunade said that this was a perfect jutsu to use under these conditions, where could she have gone?
I was worried, beyond worried. Who could have taken her, or where would she have gone. I ran around and scouted again, still, no sign of her. I jumped down in front of where Neji was sitting on the same rock I was. He opened one of his eyes to look at me then opened the other. "Tenten, you look bothered; is everything okay?" He asked making sure he wasn't going too in depth with this.
"I need your help, I can't find Tamari and I've scouted the area twice. He got up and activated his Byakugan and searched around, he shook his head. "She's not here, Tenten." She's lost, great! He put a hand on my shoulder and we went to see Gaara.
"Gaara, we can't find Tamari." I said, taking the blame. He nodded.
"She's not here, they took her."
"Who," Neji asked.
"The Legions, they're the family that we are against, who want to become Kazekage, her being the oldest child and daughter of the Kazekage makes her the one in charge of the country, so whoever marries her will become Kazekage, since she can't take it over. He's been trying to marry her for years; we need to stop before she's married."
"This is serious." Tenten jumped into a tree. "Neji guard Kankuro and Gaara, I'm going after Tamari, that's an order." Neji smirked knowing that he'd be in trouble if he disobeyed, so he obeyed and protected. He was, however; worried. Tenten had been kidnapped, and Tenten had to handle this alone.
∆ -The Legion Home- (Free) ∆
"Tamari, my dear fiancée; it's nice to see you, again." Said Michael; the oldest son of the Legions, and their heir.
"What, I'm not engaged to you!" Tamari yelled.
"You've escaped 4 too many years, I was supposed to marry you upon your 14th birthday but no, you went to become a Chuunin, then the next a Jounin. Then you disappeared for the last two, there is no more escapes. I finally have you." He walked toward Tamari with an evil glare that said he wanted to do evil things to his fiancée.
"Help," She yelled but he was the only person in the room.
"It's of no avail, all in the area root against you; you will not be saved." Suddenly, the window broke through; a kunai hit the rope setting the Jounin Sand Women, free.
"Want to beat on it." Tenten through 6 kunai pinning the man to the wall right next to the chair where Tamari was tied up was.
"Thanks Tenten, what took you so long?"
"I didn't think anyone could break my jutsu, how did they?"
"Water stops field jutsu like that one, the section by the river was open, you never include outside water in a jutsu. It was only a bit of time before you came. I finally arrived."
"I don't care, let's go." Tamari nodded and they jumped out of the window but Tenten's leg was caught by the man, and she was tossed across the room into a metal cage, and he did a jutsu holding her. "Tamari run, don't let anyone come here, I've got it under control, run!" Tamari stopped. "That's an order, go." Tamari nodded and ran off, she felt horrible for doing it but Tsunade said this was Tenten's mission not hers, Tenten was scared, beyond scared really.
"So you must be the peacemaker of Konoha that their Hokage sent, pathetic I say. You're a girl for one; two this isn't your battle, why are you here?"
"I'm here to save lives, and bring the country back to its feet, unlike you I care for others. Abusing girls that want nothing to do with you, you're a worthless being." Tenten yelled severely angered.
"Abusing girls, I never laid a hand on that girl; I had minions of scorpions steal her, not myself." He walked around her and looked at her body in a wrong way, she was very uncomfortable about this, she knew through a kunai wouldn't work, she was out and she had lost. "So I see, you're married, are you not?" She shook her head. "Then what is that ring on your finger?"
"Engagement," She managed to answer him looking at the ground.
"I heard that Konoha kills those who defile themselves, I wonder if it's true. I wonder if your fiancé will love you if he knew you've been defiled, either way, you ruined my engagement so I shall ruin yours." He said looking at her.
"You would have messed up your own engagement anyway, by defiling her like that." Tenten said trying to be brave.
"I didn't do anything to her; unlike what I plan to do to you." Tenten was scared; this was one of the downfalls of being a kunoichi, really the only one. They used their beauty and grace to get out of situations but she had never been taught this, she was scared for sure.
He went out of the room and brought in two guards. "Guards, take her to my room." Tenten was beyond scared, and would soon by crying. They took her out of the cage and laid her on the floor, and removed every kunai, shuriken and any weapon, or scroll she had on her. They picked her up and held her arms and carried her off, with her body dragging behind her. She felt horrible, and she knew what would happen next.
∆ (Camp) ∆
Tamari jumped through the forest as fast as she could to get back to the camp except she went a bit farther north, to see if they had moved on. She saw them and ran to Gaara and she was in tears. Gaara was frightened by her tears. He didn't understand, what could they have done to her to scare her like this, and where was Tenten?
"Tamari, where is Tenten?" Tamari just cried ignoring Neji's command.
"Mansion, east of here; she said for no one to come get her but she's in so much trouble you have to save her." She said pulling on Neji's clothes like she was falling to the ground in tears.
"What's going on?"
"He's going to defile her, he's taken possession of her, she's locked up and in a shield that nothing can stop. She's defenseless. She needs help. She said not to tell you to help but you just got to help her."
"I will, trust me." Neji did 6 jutsus, 2 being shielding jutsus, personal protection jutsus on the three, and an expansion jutsu on their shields. He knew if he didn't protect them, then Tenten would blame herself. Gaara nodded and Tamari cried at his feet before he ran off to find his fiancée.
He used a speed jutsu to boost his speed every second would count for
The Reason Why… Their Mission Was a Mess.
1. The Sabaku Trio was late.
2. Tenten wasn't watching for invaders.
3. She was out of it.
4. Can't find Tenten; she had been kidnapped.
5. Jutsu failed.
6. Whoever marries Tamari becomes Kazekage.
7. Evil man is trying to marry her.
8. Tenten went off to save Tamari on her own.
9. Neji and Tenten's engagement would be ruined.
10. She would be defiled.
11. She was beyond scared and about to cry.
12. They removed all her weapons.
13. They dragged her body away and she felt horrible about her treatment.