A/N: Sorry this update took longer than the others. Wanted to make sure I was still on track for getting at least 15+ chapters out of this. As for the cameo mttmercado you got it right! *passes cookie to mttmercado* It in fact was final fantasy fun fact even though Cid is not a main character he is considered a trade mark character he is one of the few characters that have been in every final fantasy! Kinda cool I think. Anyways without any more wait here is chapter 10! Read and Review thank you!
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the characters.
The door to the small weapon shopped chimed while Tenten did not look up from the new weapon catalog she was reading, because she knew Sai was due in some time soon. But when the person spoke she realized she should have looked up.
"I thought I told you to heed my warning… Ignore the sirens song, but it looks like you are dumber than I thought." Tenten looked up to see a smirking Karin standing there waiting for a reply.
"I really don't care what you have to say, now if you are not here to buy something I am going to have to ask you to leave." Tenten scowled at the woman.
"I am sorry, I just can't do that. You see you are getting in over your head, I feel I must help you so you don't end up like many of the other lost souls who fall for Temari, only to become broken and in pieces." Karin started to move over to the counter where Tenten sat.
"I really don't think you are one to talk Karin. Just because you 'got out' doesn't mean you know what you are talking about." Tenten stated starting to get angry that Karin kept pushing the issue.
"Well seeing as we were together for three years, before the end of the war… I might know more than you; you in your naïve world you created." Tenten stayed quiet she had no idea that Karin and Temari had been together for that long.
"Now that it seems I have caught your attention be a good little slut and get out while you can." This was the breaking point for Tenten she felt her anger start to boil over; she stood up looking Karin in the eyes.
"Look I don't know what Temari has done in the past, or how close you guys were but I am not going to take your word over the actions I have seen. She has done nothing to show harmful intend towards me… so I know I am not going anywhere any time soon." Karin seemed to snicker at this.
"Look, Tenten let me break it down for you… You remember way, way back when during the chunin exam Temari showed she could be a keen analyst… to the point Asuma praised her as an excellent strategist… Her only down fall was going against Shikamaru who is a super brain." Karin watched Tenten carefully, knowing she was reeling her further and further down the rabbit hole. Tenten only nodded in reply.
"If she has that ability in battle, who is to say she won't use that to her advantage in her daily life as well. This might suck to admit but you need to get out before you find yourself played." Karin let a smirk play on her lips. She knew she had won. "I mean come on do you really trust her? Someone who lied in the past to get into the chunin exams, someone who helped attack your village, the one who beat the shit out of you?" Karin smirk only grew as she saw Tenten now shaking; yes she had in fact won.
"I-I don't know" That question again. Tenten couldn't answer it. She didn't know what to feel or what to believe right now. Did she really create a naïve world for Temari and her recently? 'No, Temari was trying to apologize become friends' She was broken from her thoughts again.
"Just think about it." Was the last thing Karin said as she left the weapon store leaving Tenten alone with her own thoughts. Karin had one more stop to make; to make sure Tenten wouldn't interfere with her plans anymore.
Tenten paced back and forth on the first floor of the apartment complex Temari was staying at. She wanted to ask Temari so many questions she hadn't had the chance to, her head raced with what Karin had told her earlier that day. Tenten took a deep breath and walked up to the second floor knocking on Temari's door. A very faint come in could be heard as Tenten opened the door and walked inside. Looking around she noticed Temari wasn't in the living room. Then she saw her, plainly dress in a tank top and basketball shorts, sipping on a beer, this made Tenten giggle a little bit.
"Isn't it a little early for that?" Tenten asked pointing at the beer. Temari just shrugged.
"I always drink when I am working on a project, and it is three in the afternoon and I have nothing better to do." Tenten raised an eye brow.
"Project?" Temari just let a chuckle out pointing towards what looked to be a new entertainment stand.
"Yea, put that up and got a new T.V." she paused for a second seeming to think about her next words carefully. "I also ran by Tayuya's place and picked up her old PlayStation she said she got a new one with more memory room or something like that. Figured why not, it might keep you from waking me up at eight in the morning if you decided you are bored again." Tenten felt a smile come a crossed her face 'she did this for me?' then she shook her head remembering why she came here in the first place.
"Hey, Temi I have a couple questions for ya if you don't mind." Tenten started feeling more nervous now than she has in a long time. How was Temari going to re-act to this? Why am I even considering things Karin said?
"Um…Ok? You can have a seat on the couch." Temari started to clear the couch and coffee table of the things she had thrown around during her project. Tenten sat down on the couch while Temari sat on an arm chair close by.
"Well…Shoot, I don't know where to start…" Tenten looked down at her hands. How was she even planning on doing this? Her and Temari were only friends and what if Temari really didn't have any feelings for her, she couldn't even understand her own feelings herself.
"Relax panda bear; you get so nervous over the smallest things. Whatever it is I will understand ok?" Temari let a soft smile play on her lips. Tenten can't remember the last time Temari held a smile over a smirk. All she knew was she liked it.
"Well, what do you want from me?" Tenten asked point blank. This caused a confused look to creep on to Temari's face as she raised her free had to rub the back of her neck.
"That is a very loaded question panda bear." Temari didn't know how to answer it, she didn't understand what Tenten meant by it. Temari also knew she wasn't about to be like 'I have been crushing on you recently and want in your pants' Temari let out a sigh. She knew her track record with women right now was shit so she was trying not to push Tenten into anything.
"Let me try again…" Tenten paused. "Why did you push to make things right between us…? Why does it seem you always know what to do? Like when you left the flowers you knew I would slam the door! Or when Neji left me or…. Shoot" Temari took this point to interrupt Tenten's rambling.
"Stay calm ok. You have over thought this way too much." Temari reached over and put her hand on Tenten's arm. She felt Tenten go tense from the contact. 'Well this is different?' Temari questioned in her head.
"I felt bad about what happen in the past. I figured you would slam the door because every other time I had tried to say sorry you told me to fuck off, and like I told you that night it was a shot in the dark." Temari tried to give a reassuring smile to Tenten. But Tenten didn't look up from the ground. Tenten had been acting off since she had gotten here and Temari was starting to get worried. 'What happen between her kissing me last night to this?' Temari questioned again in her head. Tenten let out a sigh.
"Why does Karin call you siren?" Tenten looked up into Temari's eyes as if searching for something.
"Well, that was out of nowhere…" Temari let out a sigh "Well I told you I used to sing but stopped right." Tenten only nodded. "Well my singing was how Karin and I meet. Long story short after we were dating awhile she asked me to stop, she didn't like the attention I got because of it. She claimed my singing could speak to a person's soul and she didn't want to compete for my heart. Which in the end it was her who slept around not me…" Temari took her hand off Tenten's arm and went back to sipping on her drink. Her eye's held some sadness as she refused to look at Tenten. Things started to make sense in Temari's mind, 'Karin must have said something.' This only caused the taller blond to grit her teeth. Tenten got up and started walking towards the door.
"I see. Look I don't know what is going on with me and how I feel. All I know is when I am around you I feel this pull. I think I am going to stay away from you for a while. In till I figure something's out. It hasn't been anything you have done. It's just I don't know." With that Tenten left. She didn't look back or wait for Temari to reply she couldn't she knew if given the chance Temari would change her mind. She was confused. A beeping sound pulled her from her thoughts.
Yo! We might have a mission meet up in the Hokage's office see ya there! –Ino-
Tenten sighed. 'Good timing.'
The door to the house opened up, the normal sounds of guns and yelling could be heard.
"Oi, Shit head you were here like two hours ago why are you back." Tayuya yelled not looking at the door.
"I need a drinking buddy; otherwise I might cause bodily harm to the harpy." Temari said as she went straight to the fridge to grab a beer and sit in her normal seat in the recliner.
"What the fuck did she do this time?" Tayuya growled. It was apparent her hatred towards Karin was growing just as much as Temaris.
"I think she got in Tenten's head. I am not one-hundred percent sure yet thought." Temari took this time to pause and take a long swig from her beer. "Tenten just showed up randomly asking weird questions and then saying she needed to stay away from me for a while." Tayuya took this time to pause the game she was playing and looked over to Temari.
"So? What are you planning to do?" Temari let out a sigh.
"Nothing, not much I can do, I don't want to push Tenten. As for Karin she is become insane. She was the one that fucking left me, I don't understand why the fuck she feels the need to do this every time I feel my life is back on track." Temari finished her beer throwing the now empty can against the wall.
"Just promise me you won't go back to her. You made that mistake twice in the past. You know it always ends up the same way…" Tayuya looked like a mix of angry and sad for her friend.
"Yea, yea…" Temari let out a low growl. "I swear to god though, the next time I see her I am killing her." That was the last they talked, Temari just sat there drinking trying to contain the rage that was building inside her.
The door to the Hokage's office slowly opened as both Tenten and Ino stepped inside Tsunade was sitting there with a bottle of sake on her desk looking angrily down on the paper work she was reading.
"Come in, come in shut the door." She said without raising her head. "Now there has been a report of two rogue-nin around thirty to forty minutes away from the village this will be a recon and information gathering mission only. Do not engage them, I wish to confirm their numbers before sending another team out to get them. Tenten you are mainly going as back up incase Ino needs it. Ino do what you do best and get any information you feel is valuable, I know you are not new to this so I don't have to explain any further. Are there any questions? If not you will leave first thing in the morning. I expect you back no later than three in the afternoon, if you are not back by that time I will send out reinforcements." The Hokage passed Ino the scroll that had more detailed information about the mission as both girl shook their heads no. the Hokage motioned for them to leave.
As the two girls left the Hokage's office Ino looked towards her friend. "Hey you ok today Tenten?" Tenten just lifted her head.
"Yea, just a lot on my mind… I'll meet you by the gate around seven?" Ino nodded and they both went about their day.