A Shocking Discovery

Hello Everyone! Sorry I'm writing so late, I was reading the twilight books..well, I finished the first two. and I have to say if you haven't read them, please do, they are great! anyway, here's the chapter. Enjoy

Tess was silent as the carriage wobbled and bounced to Miss Addellay's home. She stroke her clay flower Deidara gave her as she looked out the small carriage window, thinking about what these next four months were going to be like. What would she learn besides her remaining elements? All sorts of questions swirled around in her head before a sudden chill ran down her spine.

Tess glanced over to the old woman across from her, who had been staring at her since they left the hideout. And she wasn't even trying to hide her staring, she just blatantly watched her.

Tess touched her face, thinking that Addellay saw something there, but she spoke as if reading her mind.

"Don't worry, dear, if I saw something on your face, I would tell you. There would be no need to have your other teachers laughing at you." Tess narrowed her eyes at that, but chose not to speak about it. So she had other teachers? It was understandable, though. Addellay was old, of course she had help.

"Then what are you staring at?" she asked, watching as the old woman rolled her shoulders in a shrug.

"Oh, I was just thinking about what you were, but I...I cannot yet put my finger on it, what you are I mean." she told her with narrowed eyes. Tess' eyes widened in surprise. What the hell did she mean by that?

"Don't worry, when we get through with your first week of training, I'll have a good grip on what you really are." addellay promised.

Tess looked out the window of the carriage when she felt it slow to a stop. And what she saw next would leave her breathless.

Her house, in fact this whole piece of land, was stunning. It looked like a regular house, not some training grounds, or a place that someone who was assumed crazy would live. Tess looked over to Miss Addellay, who was still staring at her. Yes, she was kind of creepy in some ways, but she didn't look crazy. Maybe Itachi was wrong about her. But then again, Tess thought as she stared at the old woman, looks can be deceiving. The elemental sighed, she'll just have to wait and see.

The carriage finally stopped in front of the house, and Tess turned to push open the door at her side to step out. Tess looked at the huge house before, awe-struck. No, this wasn't a house, it was a mansion.

"You have a beautiful home, Miss Addellay." Tess whispered. She heard the old woman chuckle behind her.

"I paid a lot of money for it, it should be beautiful. So," addellay said, changing the subject. "Would you like to see the room you'll be sleeping in? I'm sure you're tired, those carriage rides are murder." it was getting late, and Tess had to wake up bright and early tomorrow.

Tess shrugged her shoulders. She wasn't really tired, and she knew she would be up half the night, thinking about what the guys are doing. They must be finished with their missions by now.

Tess was pulled out of her thoughts when she saw Miss Addellay walk past her and towards the house, and hurriedly tried to catch up.

When Tess finally caught up with the surprisingly fast Miss Addellay, she tried to look around the room to see exactly what it looked like, just in case she got lost.

The elemental and her mentor finally made it to what she guessed was her door but quickly disguarded the thought when addellay knocked on it. She looked at her pupil when she heard someone walk towards the door.

"This is your first teacher." she explained. Tess looked over to her, narrowing her eyes. How many teachers did she have?

Suddenly, as Tess opened her mouth to voice her question when the door opened. Tess turned to see her teacher, her eyes widening in surprise.

He. Was. Huge! He looked like a wrestler, or a football player, or someone equally muscular. He nearly burst out his shirt, it looked so small. Tess was so engrossed, and slightly afraid that he would be her teacher that she didn't even look at his face until he spoke.

"You like what you see?" his voice scared Tess, it was so deep. She jumped slightly when she looked up at his face. He was handsome; there was no doubt about that. The five o clock shadow gave him a certain rugged look to him. Tess caught herself wondering what exactly what itachi would look like if he didn't shave.

Tess quickly shook her head, gathering her senses. She decided to joke to break the ice "I'm so sorry; I was totally checking you out just now, wasn't I? It's just that your hair and stuff makes me think of my own piece of man candy back home." the man looked surprised that she had actually answered; he was looking to intimidate her.

"Hayate, this is your new student, Tess Daniels." hayate glanced at Miss Addellay, and then at Tess with even more interest, so this would be his new student? She was a delicious little thing. Her long raven hair fell down her back in small curls. 'Hmm, the better to pull...' her tanned skin gave her this exotic look to her; she was most certainly not Japanese.

Tess narrowed her eyes at the way he was staring at her, usually she would say something to someone who stared at her like she was tenderloin, but he was way too big, so her mouth would stay shut.

Addellay seemed to sense Tess' camouflaged discomfort, and decided to speak. "Okay, are you ready to go to your room?" Tess looked to addellay desperately, nodding her head.

"See you soon Tess." hayate called when the two started to walk down the hallway.

Tess shuddered, now she was positive that she didn't want him as her teacher. Itachi was scared about Miss Addellay being her teacher. 'Well, wait until he gets a load of this dude.' she thought, before addellay came to a stop.

"This is shina's room...but unfortunately he had somewhere to be, so you will not be seeing her until tomorrow." addellay said as she picked out a key to the room across from this shina character.

With a small wiggle of the key, the lock on the room soon clicked open. Tess' eyes widened in astonishment. Addellay glanced at her and smiled. "This is your room."

The room looked like something an Arabian princess would want, what with the drape over the queen sized bed, and the tassels giving it a more regal feel. There was even a love seat and full couch in the back of the room. Wow, they went all out, all for her. As Tess walked into the room something black caught her attention, narrowing her eyes when she saw that they were her bags.

"Why don't you unpack your bags, and get ready for tomorrow. You have a long day ahead of you." Tess nodded before addellay closed the door. Tess sighed, walking to her bags in the corner of the room.

The elemental sat on the rug, pulling the bag to her, unzipping it. Tess smiled when she pulled out her Ugg boots, the boots itachi hated, out of her bag first. Her smiled grew when she picked out one of the stuffed animals that itachi won for her yesterday. It was a small purple and yellow dog; he won it during a quick game of ring the bell. The only reason they went to that booth was because the guy made fun of itachi. And since he couldn't kill him, itachi did the game. At first itachi faked like the hammer was hard to pick up, just to mess the guy, but then hefted the hammer up with one hand and literally knocked the bell off of the top, they don't where the bell went, but they knew it hit something. Tess chuckled to herself when she remembered the crushed look on the man's face.

'Served him right...even if itachi cheated.' Tess thought smugly. Suddenly her smile faded, the realization of the guys really being gone was starting to kick in when she saw what else itachi packed.

She had forgotten that she had even taken pictures of her boys. Tess bit the inside of her lip as she shifted through them. There was one where deidara caught kisame sleeping on the couch, with a magic marker mustache on his face. She had didn't know who found the marker, but she knew it was her and deidara's idea to give him a fancy magic mustache. He didn't even know that he had anything on his face until itachi asked if he knew that he had something on his face.

Tess' smile faded a little when she came to the next picture. It was her, in the shower. Tess could see the blue hand that pulled the curtain back. Kisame had waited for her to get ready for a shower. And then he snuck into her room and pulled the curtain back and flashed as many pictures as he could. She wasn't even mad, she had started.

The next made her sigh. It was a picture of kisame and deidara and her. Kisame and deidara were on either side of her, kissing each cheek, while she smiled for the camera. Sasori was the one who had taken the picture, but he put up a fight. He had wanted to take kisame's place. Tess shifted to the next picture to see deidara still on the same side he was on, and sasori on the other side.

Tess shifted through all of the pictures until she came to one. She had forgotten when this one was taken, and she didn't know how she got her then enemy, itachi, in it but they all had taken a picture together.

Itachi was the one that took this picture, because he didn't want to be apart of it. And Tess wanted to spice it up a little. She had deidara and kisame stand back to back on one side, sasori and chase on the other, doing one of their simple hand signs while she stood in the middle, her arms crossed.

Tess was surprised to see a drop of water splat on the picture. It took her a moment to realize that she was crying.

The elemental wiped her eyes, realization finally hitting her that she was actually here; she had really left her friends...her family.

'But it's not forever, though.' she thought trying to cheer herself up. 'It's only four months. And then you'll be right back, taking more silly pictures. You can use this as motivation.'

Tess sighed again, going through her clothes until she was tired. She got off the floor and stretched. Too tired to shower, Tess climbed in bed. She decided not to dwell on the guys, she would see them in due time, she thought as her eyes drifted closed.

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The elementals eyes fluttered open, as she rolled over to turn off her alarm clock (itachi packed that as well, god bless him) when it stopped.

Tess rubbed her eyes, immediately finding something wrong. First her alarm clock did not automatically shut off. And second, she just turned to see a pair of hazelnut eyes staring at her like she was edible.

"Hello there, did you sleep well?" Tess shot up frantically, rolling to the other side of her bed, glaring at the innocent looking man resting his head in his hands, smiling at her.

"What the fuck is wrong with you? How did you get in here?" Tess yelled. Hayate shrugged his massive shoulders.

"Miss Addellay sent me here. Your alarm clock has been going off for at least fifteen minutes. And I have to escort you downstairs." he said simply, his smile never fading. Tess kept her glare on his figure as he stood to his full height, before sitting on the edge of her bed. Tess quickly got up and backed away, this man made her very uncomfortable. The way he looked at her scared her. She really wished one of her boys were here.

Hayate sighed as he looked at her frightened face. 'Ah, she'll come around.' he thought as he got up. "Listen, I'll leave you alone to shower and dress, and please, do not keep me waiting...I don't want to have to come in and get you..." and with that, hayate left out the door. Tess immediately relaxed, holding her chest to stop her heart from beating so hard against her ribs.

That man was bad business.

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Tess finished showering in record time, afraid that hayate would make good on his word and she really didn't feel like being raped on her first day of training. Tess slid on her tank top and looked in the mirror on her dresser to see how she looked in her sweat pants and sneakers.

"You look delicious..." Tess tensed. She turned seeing hayate leaning against the threshold of her door.

"You know, my boyfriend thinks the same thing." Tess said as she turned around, inwardly smiling when she saw the smirk disappear off his face.

"Your boyfriend?"

Tess nodded.

"Hm...He's a lucky guy, without a doubt."

"And you know this." Tess said with confidence as she walked past him. Hayate raised his eyebrow as he watched her walk off, surprisingly in the right direction. So she had a boyfriend, huh? Well, let's see what she thinks about this little boyfriend when he's done with her. Because he would get her...

Tess glanced over at her escort, wary. Maybe just throwing the fact that she had someone at home didn't have him scared now. Well, maybe he'll care when get the business of a sword, Tess thought as the two walked in silence.

The more time she spent with this guy, even when he wasn't saying anything, he still bugged her. She could feel his eyes on her, just staring hungrily at her. Yeah, kisame and itachi did it all the time, but she knew kisame was playing, and itachi had the right to. But hayate looked like he really REALLY liked her. He just made her uncomfortable.

Finally hayate opened a door, holding open for Tess. Tess caught what he was trying to do so she stopped. "Why don't you go? I'm supposed to be following you, right?" Tess asked with more snippiness than intended. Hayate looked over to her, narrowing his eyes, but stayed quiet.

When the two got downstairs, Tess had another bad feeling, and this time it wasn't because of the man in front of her. The elemental stopped at a metal door, watching as hayate knocked on the door. The metal door creaked open slowly, revealing what looked like a torture chamber.

It had torches around the room and weapons filled the walls. Miss Addellay stared in her direction, standing next to two pairs of chains on the wall. There was another woman on her side.

"Hello Tess." she greeted. Tess turned her attention to the woman by Miss Addellay's side. She looked like a business woman, what with her black knee high office skirt and black stockings. Her shirt was a deep purple silk number. Tess could tell that she wasn't Japanese.

"Tess, this is shina. She will be your other teacher. She specializes in the mental aspect of things, so will better control your powers. "Tess nodded to shina, who nodded back.

"Miss Addellay. Do you mind telling me what I'll be doing today?"

"Most certainly. You see, when pein told me that you have elemental powers, I immediately thought about this particular exercise. he told me that you were in a hurry to learn all of your elements at once, and there is only one way to do it all...and that is by forcing them out of you. Has anyone explained to you exactly what that means?"

Tess thought about that for a moment. She did actually remember deidara mentioning forcing her elements to work. He had told her that it was going to hurt her if she did. Tess nodded her head. "Yes, they told me that I could get hurt."

Addellay looked at her thoughtfully. "This is true, and I wished they didn't tell you that. It would make this so much easier." Tess narrowed her eyes, about to ask exactly what she was talking about when she was grabbed from behind. Tess tensed, immediately thrashing around to get out hayate's hold. Hayate walked towards Miss Addellay and twisted her around to face him.

"GET OFF ME!" Tess screamed, still thrashing as the three of them struggled to put her hands and feet in the cuffs of the chains. Hayate held her legs still while addellay clamped the cold steel around her ankles and wrists. They let Tess go, watching as she thrashed and bucked wildly. Shina walked up to the furious elemental slowly, stopping when she saw her open her eyes, revealing cold pupiless white eyes glaring over at her.

"Tess, I need you to calm down. If you act like this, it will only make it worse, I assure you." shina said as she walked closer to Tess. Tess relaxed, her eyes still glaring down at the woman when she put her hands on either side of her face.

Addellay stood next to shina, thinking it safe to finally go near the enraged woman. "Now Tess, there are four seals in your body. Wind, water, fire and earth the two that make your eyes change are not completely broken, which is why your power is limited. Now shina will have to break all four seals completely, so I need you to stay calm. It will only get more difficult. Shina..." addellay said, nodding to toward her, shina looked to the old woman, nodding back. Suddenly shina's soft hands tightened on Tess' temples. Tess threw her head back, as electricity ran through her head, making her scream in pain. Addellay watched as the veins in the elementals head and arms, as the electricity spread slowly through her body, became more pronounced.

Shina's hands started to shake, her russet forehead beaded in sweat as she concentrated on breaking the seals.

Addellay watched with mild satisfaction as Tess' eyes changed from white to forest green. The first seal was completely broken. Not soon after that, her eyes changed from green to red, indicating that the final elemental seal had been broken.

Addellay walked up to shina, about to stop her when she saw something that disturbed her. She saw the elementals fingers, her eyes widening when she saw Tess' nails start to lengthen. Her eyes changed from her last element to another color. It was a deep burgundy; it would be hard to see her pupils had the bright orange ring not surrounded it. Tess' screamed turned into snarls, her teeth starting to grow longer, sharper. She thrashed against the wall again, pulling at the chains, shocking everyone when she started to rip the steel chains out of the wall.

"Shina, let her go!" addellay screamed, pulling the well dressed woman away frantically. Tess swiftly stopped, her head falling unconscious.

Addellay looked to the small woman with horrified interest. She knew that she was different, but she could put her finger on it. Who would've thought she wasn't human.

"Good lord..." she breathed."This girl...she is fascinating." addellay walked up to Tess, grabbing her face so she could better see her. After she called pain, she needed to do some research...

"Unchain her...when she awakes, send her to my office." and with that, addellay left.