Hey guys sorry about the wait. Unfortunately my brain just kind of stop on certain things every now and then. I did start writing this chapter after I uploaded the last one. I just really had a lot of trouble with a certain part.

"Bad Neji!" Temari yelled as she hit her leader in the head with a mug of alcohol. "What the hell!?!" She and Neji sat across from each other in the corner of the bar; his cowl had been removed for the conversation. He stared at the table, head down as Temari had yet to remove the mug from the top of his head.

"What?" He asked monotoned.

"What do you mean what?" She growled. "How could you have said that to her?"

"I-" He made an attempt to raise his head.

"Not yet!" She snapped; slamming his head back down into the table.

"You're brave tonight…" Neji groaned obviously annoyed. Normally she wouldn't challenge him like this unless it was absolutely necessary… or unless she was angry; in which case it was best to just go along with it. "I was trying to put her at ease…" He explained.

"By telling her it was okay to sleep because you couldn't get off on that!?!"

"I assumed that being straight with her would make her feel better."

"Yes! Because the ability to do a chick while they're sleeping is such a plus! You know how much we hate waking up for that!" She snarled.

"She was going to worry herself sick, expecting me to do what Kousuke did, I'm assuming quite regularly." He said quietly.

A moment of silence passed between them. Neji didn't act like this; if he said something inappropriate he never tried to justify it. Temari sighed as she removed the mug from atop his head.

"And they call you a genius." She sighed as Neji sat up straight looking at her. "You can't tell someone in her situation that. It does more damage than good."

"How?" He asked befuddled by her comment. Temari stared at him; Neji was so cut and dry there was very little point in trying to explain matters of the heart to him.

"Why didn't you just leave her with Sakura?" She asked. Tenten would have been safe there anyway; there was no need for Neji to remove her.

"It's because he feels he needs to take care of the matter personally." The two WarLords turned to see Sasuke walking up to them.

"Huh… thought you would have turned in after tonight's events." Neji grinned. "I see you've stopped bleeding." Sasuke's eye twitched.

"See you haven't hit anymore pedestrians." He shot back. Both stared at each other grinning defiantly. Temari rolled her eyes they were worse than children… well at least they weren't fighting anymore… though this wasn't all that better…

"So Sasuke what'd you mean earlier?" She asked determined to break there little staring contest. Sasuke was the first to look away earning Neji the unofficial victory.

"Yeah, that." He glanced down at his leader. "Well aside from the fact that he caused her to be here." At that Neji got up and started to leave.

"I'll be retiring to our study for the rest of the evening." He said as he climbed up the stairs. Sasuke and Temari watched him leave for a moment.

"Anyway," He continued. "We'd been watching Kousuke for some time; we made sure that we knew everything that went on in that place. We knew everyone that worked for him by name, we even knew where quite a few lived. However…" He seemed a little ashamed. "We had no idea the girl even existed. In Neji's mind, he probably thinks that everything that happened to the girl tonight is entirely his fault. Because we didn't know, because we hadn't taken into account for her being there, We had no proper plans for evacuating her. So even though it was Kousuke who shot her; Neji probably takes full blame for it."

With Tenten

Tenten sat on the couch, her head laid back on the cushion, her eyes barely open. The clothes Neji had left for her consisted of a pair of slightly baggy light gray pants and a white tee-shirt.

"How…?" She silently thought. "How had it come to all of this?"

Flash Back

Kousuke easily drug Tenten out of the forest. After hearing her father die and seeing the boy killed; it was fairly simple to bend her to his will.

Tenten practically walked with him for all the fight she was putting up. Shell-shocked from recent events, she was numb, unable to make a move against him.

"Well someone's lost their spunk…" Kousuke grinned down at her. She flinched, his words seemed to jab at her like needles. "Well, Tenten I certainly hope you'll be more fun to work with than your father." He continued. "It was always about the work with him… he never wanted to talk or go out drinking. I guess I know why." His grin turned into a sadistic smirk. "But I guess I never gave him enough credit." Kousuke began laughing to himself. "Cause in the end he really came alive didn't he?" Tenten looked to a horrific sight.

Her father, lying lifelessly on the pavement a pool of blood surrounding him. Her body went cold.

Tenten dropped to her knees, her breathing became unsteady and labored. The world seemed to fade away Kousuke's laughter, the scenery all seemed to disappear. All that remained was Tenten and her father. He was gone… dead…

Because of her, Kousuke had killed him. Because of her the boy was dead now too. They'd been killed while trying to protect her, trying to stop Kousuke. Kousuke killed them both.

Just like that the rest of the world seemed to come flooding back. Kousuke's laughter seemed to have gotten louder.

"You stupid old man!" He laughed as he walked up to her father. "If you'd just let up. I might have let you live a little longer." He grinned down at the old man as he pulled up his gun. "But I guess some people simply refuse to see reason." Kousuke then proceeded to fire off a few rounds in the body. Tenten's eyes widened, what was the point in that? He was already dead.

Tenten saw him prepare for more.

Before she could register with her actions she'd already run up to Kousuke and was now fighting him for the gun.

"What the hell bitch!" He shouted as he grabbed one of her shoulders; trying to tear her away but she held fast. If she let go now he'd kill her. She'd just wanted to keep him from hurting her father. She was now holding on for dear life. It was more than apparent that Kousuke was stronger than her; there was no conceivable way she could wrench the gun out of his hands. However… that was not her only option.

Thinking quickly Tenten turned her back to her aggressor forcing him to let go of her shoulder. SHe grabbed his arm and flipped him onto his back. There was a slim chance it'd work, but luck seemed to be on her side for the moment.

When Kousuke hit the ground he released the gun. Granting Tenten another chance at salvation. She dove for the gun and had it pointed at Kousuke before he could get back to his feet. He looked up at her from his back, grinning. A tense moment passed between the two. Tenten glared at him.

"Well?" He asked. "Ya gonna shoot me?" He looked at her hands… they were shaking; he could hear the gun rattling. His grin widened. "Oooohhhh. I see. Old Tian taught his daughter how to defend herself… but couldn't teach her how to actually take a life." He chuckled to himself.

"You killed them…" She growled.

"Yep." He rolled onto his stomach and began to get back up. "But you're not going to kill me." Tenten fired a shot by his feet hoping to scare him. He simply looked at the ground where the bullet had penetrated the pavement. "Ya see little girl, in my line of work you learn real quick what people are gonna shoot ya and what people aren't." He took a step toward her.

A bolt of fear shot down Tenten's spine. Her body tensed as she pulled the trigger hitting him in the arm.

"Gahhh…" Kousuke groaned in pain as he clutched his injury. "However, perhaps I misjudged you. You'll shoot… but only to disable." He smiled. "But if you wanted to disable me you should've shot me in the leg." He slowly extended his hand and began to advance. Tenten quivered with fear but stood her ground this time she'd have to kill him. But could she do it? "You should have killed me when you had the chance." He told her, his smile becoming more menacing. "Because while I'm distracting you-"

Suddenly Tenten was tackled to the ground by one of Kousuke's men.

"My men were sneaking up on you." He laughed as he looked down at her.

Tenten had hit the ground pretty hard, her cheek burned from the contact with the pavement. The man on top of her had her hands behind her back, held by one of his; the other forced her face into the concrete. She tried to get loose, but it proved to be futile; the man was too strong and heavy.

At that moment she felt the man's hand disappear from her the back of her head.

Kousuke slid his shoe under her chin and forced her to look up at him. He seemed to be studying her.

"Stand her up." He ordered.

Tenten felt the man on top of her tighten his grip on her wrists as he got off of her. He began to get to his feet, forcing her to come along with him. The second Tenten found her feet on the ground once more she began to struggle against the man holding her. She twisted and jerked every which way, trying to get out of the man's vice like grip. She heard him give a low growl.

"Knock it off." He snarled as he slammed his fist into her stomach; successfully knocking the wind out of her.

Tenten slumped over coughing, she would have fallen to her knee's were she not being held up.

"Now Ketaro. Why'd you have to go and do a thing like that." Kousuke asked as he watched their prisoner gasp for air.

"She asked for it." He replied. Kousuke rolled his eyes then looked back down to Tenten.

"Still conscious huh?" He asked. "That's a bit of a surprise. You're a bit tougher than I thought." He took her chin in his hand and made her look at him once more. Her right cheek had been scuffed in the fall and was now bleeding. He smiled and bent down to lick it up. A chill ran down her spine. She tried to pull away, but the man now known as Ketaro made it all but impossible.

Once Kousuke was satisfied that the blood was gone he moved over to her ear.

"I can't wait to know what the rest of you tastes like." He whispered before nipping her ear. Tenten froze her eyes went wide pure terror had gripped her.

"Let's go." He said as he made his way down to the limo, Ketaro followed in suit. Tenten tried to plant her feet lock her legs, anything to keep her from being put in that car. She didn't know what exactly they wanted her for but she knew only hell awaited her the second she got in that car.

"Please… stop." She quietly pleaded with the man shoving her after Kousuke. Ketaro smirked.

"Heh, no way you're the Grizzly's daughter." He commented.

In no time they'd reached the limousine and Tenten was shoved into the vehicle, into Kousuke's awaiting arms.

"Hey there cutie." He greeted with a smile. The young girl immediately started to fight to get loose. She heard the door close. Kousuke soon released her in order to roll down the window. "Start the clean up. Get back when you're done." Ketaro nodded as Kousuke rolled the window back up. He turned back to see Tenten trying to open the other door. "That won't work." He said gaining her attention. "You're not getting out of here." He crawled up to the front of the limo and knocked on the wall. A bit of the wall rolled down creating a hole in the middle of it revealing the driver. "Hey, drive around for a bit. I'll tell ya when to head back." The driver nodded and closed the wall back up. Soon the car began to move as Kousuke went to take his seat in the back. He noticed Tenten still next to the door only now she'd given up trying to open it and had taken to glaring at him. "Stop glaring at me; I hate it when people try and mask their fears." He said. "You're afraid of me, hell you're down right terrified." He smirked. "Which is a shame really because we'll be working very closely from now on." His smirked widened into a smile. "In fact." He said while moving over to her. Tenten braced herself against the door ready to put up a fight. Through after tonight's events she didn't really have much left in her. "Why don't we celebrate our new found partnership." With that Kousuke grabbed her wrist, threw her to the floor of the limo and proceeded to pounce on her.

Tenten threw her hands to Kousuke's chest in an attempt at pushing him off of her or at least to keep him at bay.

"I'm not playing any more." He growled as he grabbed her wrists, bound them in one hand and pinned them above her head.

Tenten couldn't believe this was happening, after all that, this was what was going to happen? And what was worse she was powerless to stop any of it.

At that moment Kousuke grabbed her shirt and began tearing it away.

"No! Stop!" She pleaded with him. Kousuke simply smiled. "No Please Stop!'

"NO!"

End of Flash Back

That was the first time Kousuke had taken her; and it defiantly wouldn't be the last.

The very thought of it sent chills down Tenten's spine. After Kousuke was done he proceeded to knock her out. She'd wake up several days later in one of his bases. After that if they ever moved she'd be knocked out or blindfolded and tossed into the trunk or the back of a car. Needless to say she hadn't had a pleasant passed couple of years.

In fact she wasn't all that sure that her personal hell was over yet. Kousuke was probably doing everything in his power to get her back. And now she was in the hands of one of the most feared gangs in Konoha once more they knew she'd made weapons for Kousuke. What was to stop them from using her as well?

The sound of the door opening snapped Tenten back to reality. It was the lead WarLord Neji. He appeared to have a bowl of something in his hand. The WarLord made his way over to her and set the bowl down.

"Miso" He said before going over to his chair to read his book.

She stared at the broth questionably. Kousuke had on more than one occasion used a mixture of starvation, food, and drugs to get what he wanted.

Though the WarLord had gone out of his way to tell… well in his own special way he had told her that she was in no danger… from him anyway.

"Your not eating…" Neji noticed.

Tenten stared at the ground. After tonight she just wanted sleep. However the Warlord might take things differently. Had she ever refused food in front of Kousuke he'd proceed to try and shove it down her throat. Most of the time because it was laced with something meant either to knock her out or make her more compliant. He'd almost killed her a couple of times.

Just then the lights were turned off. Tenten shot straight up her sense heightened as she looked around wildly trying to locate the WarLord.

"Calm down." He said as he turned on a lamp next to his chair. "If you don't want eat that's fine."

"Then what do you want me to do?" She wondered.

"This should make it a bit more comfortable for you to get some rest." Tenten was a little taken off guard by this. The leader of a gang going out of his way to make her feel comfortable was unheard of in her world. He had to be wanting something. But he just sat there reading his book in the dim tight; it'd probably hurt his eyes.

Tenten eyed him wearily as she laid down on the couch. She continued to watch him till a restless sleep over took her.

Looks to me that it's going to take a lot more than just a random act of kindness to earn Tenten's trust.

Well I hope you guys liked it, there is more on the way I promise I have not given up on this fic.