Melody of Snow
Naruto
Summary: Tenten believes that she is the weakest member of her group. When she strives for more power, her wish is granted when a mysterious blue stone is sent to her. Placing it on, the world changes before her in a blink of an eye. Learning the deep secret about her true self, her village soon becomes her enemy and her enemies turn into the people she can trust most.
Disclaimer: I WISH I owned Naruto, but I don't, don't have such luck.
Ch.2- The Truth
Opening her chocolate brown eyes to the afternoon rays of the sun, Tenten yawned as she stretched out her hands in front of her. Eyes still closed she rubbed them tiredly, opening them slightly to view her surroundings before closing them again. Yawning loudly, Tenten stretched her arms up above her, her mind still in mush because of her sleepy self. Shaking her head, she once again opened her eyes, vision still blurry; she got up off the unfamiliar bed and glanced around. Something felt different . . . this wasn't her bedroom . . . since when did her room have framed scrolls on the walls, swords, paper sliding doors, a Neji looking person leaning against the wall and fine expensive furniture? No, just wait a second, okay, so maybe she did have some Neji pictures tucked away in her desk, but never a real human Neji leaning against the wall. Real-Human-Neji . . . . .
Tenten's mind went into thinking as she continued to examine the Neji looking person leaning against the wall; arm's crossed, his pure snow-white eyes looking towards her.
"Neji . . .?" Tenten said slowly, adjusting herself so that her feet hung on the edge of the bed, watching as he just look back at her with blank eyes she frowned, allowing her back to fall back down onto the bed, "God, I'm having dreams about him"
"Wake up, it's past afternoon"
Cocking her eyebrows, Tenten rolled over onto her side, so that she was now looking towards the branch member of the Hyuuga who seemed to be walking over to her, "Give me a break, sheesh" she grumbled, closing her eyes as she felt sleep taking over her body.
Feeling as a warm hand was placed upon her arm; she frowned, since when were you able to feel warmth in a dream? Opening her eyes back up slightly, she felt as her heart skip a beat, realizing that she was only a couple inches away from Neji's face. No wait, since when could you blush in a dream, unless . . .
Eyes, now fully opened, she gulped, hand resting upon her chest, "Neji . . ." Tenten breathed out, looking straight into his snow-white eyes with her own chocolate brown ones. Her finger, brushing past something cold made her look downward towards her chest, away from Neji's glance. Eyes resting upon a crystal blue stone, she gasped, remembering the events of yesterday night. Clutching it within her fist, she looked up, towards where the Byakugan master stood a few moments ago, only to see that he wasn't there anymore, "Neji?" she said his name, this time louder.
Finally recognizing that this was a room in the Hyuuga household, for it was one of the most Japanese styled houses in Konoha, she cocked her eyebrows. Getting off the comfortable rice-white bed, she looked around, eyes full of excitement as she scanned the gorgeous room. Her eyes, meeting those of her clothes, which lay on a nearby stool folded neatly, she gasped, looking down upon what she was wearing, a white Japanese style sleeping gown (Just think of a pure white kimono). Forcing the weird thoughts out of her mind as quickly as they had came, she slipped her feet into the fluffy white slippers that laid on the ground right beside the bed, feeling the warmth that came from them to her feet.
"You're awake"
Hearing the familiar cold, yet at the same time, warm voice, Tenten's eyes shifted upon those of Hyuuga Neji's, "Erm . . . good morning?"
"It's past afternoon," Neji stated, digging his hands deep within his pockets of his black knee-high shorts, "I found you outside the village gates past midnight, unconscious"
Tenten's cheeks reddened, "Umm . . .ah . . ." Feeling as no words left her mouth, Tenten decided to gesture at what she meant, waving her hand at the white robe she wore, she felt as her cheeks redden even more, becoming crimson.
"The maids helped you" Neji answered, turning his head away slightly from embarrassment, hearing as Tenten give off a relieved sigh, he smirked, "They helped you wash your clothes, but they were too roughed up to fix"
Walking over towards where her clothes lay, Tenten cocked her eyebrows as she examined the large holes surrounded by many smaller ones in the back of her light pink vest. Giving off an exhausted sigh, she shrugged and threw her vest down where her other garments lay, too lazy to even fold it back up neatly, "Thanks for looking after me, Neji" Her hand, passing by the cold stone once again, she paused, "Hey Neji, why'd you give me this stone?"
Feeling as silence overwhelm the room, Tenten shifted uncomfortably. Bringing the chain up and over her head, she held it out in front of her, the beautiful stone glittering wonderfully in the sunlight.
"Can I see it?" Neji reached out towards the stone, something felt awkward about it, like there was an evil aura surrounding it. Although it might look beautiful at first glance, it was said that the more beautiful things were, the dangerous they really are. Feeling as the cold stone was placed in his right hand; Neji instantly sensed a shock surrounding his body, bounding him down. Dropping the stone without a second thought, Neji fell down towards his knees, feeling as his chakra was drained out of him.
"Neji! You okay?" Tenten asked, watching as her comrade fall down upon his knees, hand clutching his head as if it were in pain. Picking up the stone from where it lay on the ground, she kneeled down beside the Hyuuga clan member, touching his shoulder gently in reassurance, but immediately pulling away as soon as her palm rested upon the curve of his broad shoulder, feeling as shock come from his inside his body, "Neji . . ."
"That stone-" The Byakugan master said slowly, regaining back his composure. Gradually standing back up, he placed his left hand upon his right arm; the electric shock was still there, like it was burning away on his arm, "-It has enormous power in it" Neji's eyes landed upon Tenten, "Where'd you get it?" he demanded. For a stone to have such an enormous amount of power was very unusual, and it wouldn't just be lying around for Tenten to pick it up off of somewhere. It was most likely given to her, and there was defiantly great scheme behind this.
"I-I got it from you" Tenten stated, hesitating slightly. She remembered correctly that Neji was the one, who had given her the stone, yet, something felt wrong, "You gave it to me last night, when I met you at the forest" Watching as his eyes seem to be burning holes in her, she shifted uncomfortably, regaining back her composure standing.
"You're mistaken Tenten, I never gave you such a stone" Neji stated, "That stone has enormous amount of power in it, whoever sent it to you have unfortunately used my form" Neji smirked, if he did have such a great treasure, he would've kept the power to himself, he needed it to become stronger.
Feeling as the tingling in his right arm finally stop, he let off a silent unnoticeable sigh, if he had held onto that stone any longer, his arm would most likely be useless by now. That stone was defiantly sent to Tenten by someone strong, and by the looks of it, whoever touches it besides Tenten would most likely suffer, "That stone seemed to have sent to you by a purpose"
Tenten frowned, "What do you mean? I have nothing special, I'm just an average 13 year old female ninja" She stated, placing the silver chain, which the stone hung upon, back up over her head, letting it rest beautifully upon her neckline, wincing slightly as she felt something cold swivel along her back.
The gentle, yet cold air lasted about a minute before finally stopping, leaving her the way she was before, "There's nothing special about me, and I'm grateful you took me in, but if you'd excuse me, I'd like to go back home" Tenten pushed her way around Neji, walking towards the sliding doorway, before stopping halfway.
"I heard from the maids that you had a weird symbol embedded upon you're back" Neji stated, he knew he was being too noisy for his own good, but he wanted to know where the mysterious power she had gotten came from. He needed that power to become stronger, much, much stronger, "Thick black lines swirling around your back forming what looks like a snowflake"
"I don't know what you mean Neji" Tenten stated, an unsure-ness in her voice. It was the truth, she didn't understand what he was saying, nor did she understand why he cared. But at the same time, mixed in with her confusion was what seemed like a tint of fear. It was like Neji had struck down a deep dark secret, which had been ancient history. Clutching her heart for an unknown reason, Tenten ran out the door, not wanting to hear any more non-sense.
"Che, she forgot her clothes"
Tenten gasped for breath as she finally reached her house, which was ONLY just a few million blocks away from Neji's. Running all the way from Neji's residence to her own had really taken a lot of energy out of her, causing her to gasp in for large amounts of air. After a few minutes of teaching herself how to breath back in and out properly, she let out a soft sigh. What Neji told her was still fresh in her mind, every single word and pronunciation. It was still a wonder to her though, as in why she had ran away like that, it was like someone had told her to run and she obeyed it.
Shaking the thoughts out of her mind, Tenten reached inside her pocket for her keys, only to find that there was no pocket nor keys. Looking down at what she wore, the weapon master cursed under her breathe for her own stupidity of forgetting her clothes at Neji's house.
Stepping off the small pink carpet which had the words 'Welcome' written on it, she looked around, making sure no one was in sight before lifting the soft carpet up from underneath the cement floor, taking out the secret hidden keys that beneath it. Slipping the keys into the lock, she smiled as she heard a soft click. Opening the wooden door she entered her brightly lite, yet empty house. Her parents had passed away since she was around 7 years old, leaving her older sister Yumiko who was now 22 and her older brother, Tateya, aged 26, to take care of her. They both treated her just like any parent would treat a child, yet there always seemed to be a time when they seemed so distant from each other, especially know since Tateya and Yumiko were both off on a high A rank mission, leaving her all alone in what now seemed to be the large house.
"I'm home" Tenten whispered, as she took off the white, yet now dirty brownish slippers, she couldn't believe she had actually forgotten to change and ran around the village wearing this! Going down the right hallway, Tenten quickly entered her room, closing the door with a loud 'bang'. It was time for her to think about the events that were going on.
===== Few Minutes Later ======
The black haired weapon master stood in front of a large wooden door, the metal handle showing her solidify form. Taking in a deep breath of air, Tenten slowly turned the handle of the door, after much thinking, she knew there was for sure something wrong with her. She had checked her reflection in the mirror, to see that Neji was right, there was a Snowflake like symbol embedded upon her back, it's black lines twisting here and there. It had freaked her out when she first saw it, not knowing how it had gotten there. But it seemed like there was something more than just that, something much deeper that might lead to something about her past.
She had always felt a little bit different than the rest of her family members, like she was from somewhere else, and when Neji had made suspicions about her, it triggered something in the back of her mind, an empty black spot that used to be filled with memories, yet was know gone, vanished. It was like someone had tranquilized her, making her forget those memories. Tenten didn't know why, but she felt that something about her might be found in her dead parent's room. It had always been forbidden to go in there; her brother had made that rule. Saying that 'They're gone, we should at least treasure what's left of them' and apparently his way of treasuring them was to not look into their things.
"Hmph" Tenten muttered out as she turned the handle, only to find that it was locked, which made her suspicions grow even more. Taking out her Kunai from her bag, she jabbed it into the handle, feeling and hearing as it dropped to the ground, the door opening before her slowly.
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Wow! I'm so glad people read this!! YIPPEEE!!! Also, thank you for telling me how the italics and bold work! THANK YOU!!!! Although I still might have some trouble doing it, I gues si might experiment for a while ( smiles ) Anyways, thank you for the reviews! I'm so happy!!! Also, my updates might be a bit slow from now on, my exams are coming up and I can't afford to fail them, if I do, I'm dead, which would probably mean no more fics for you guys! ( Sticks out her tongue ) Hope none of the characters are OOC! (I think Neji is, but I'll try to explain why he's so noisy in next chappy!) Don't forget to review and tell me what you think!
Rikku42
Naruto
Summary: Tenten believes that she is the weakest member of her group. When she strives for more power, her wish is granted when a mysterious blue stone is sent to her. Placing it on, the world changes before her in a blink of an eye. Learning the deep secret about her true self, her village soon becomes her enemy and her enemies turn into the people she can trust most.
Disclaimer: I WISH I owned Naruto, but I don't, don't have such luck.
Ch.2- The Truth
Opening her chocolate brown eyes to the afternoon rays of the sun, Tenten yawned as she stretched out her hands in front of her. Eyes still closed she rubbed them tiredly, opening them slightly to view her surroundings before closing them again. Yawning loudly, Tenten stretched her arms up above her, her mind still in mush because of her sleepy self. Shaking her head, she once again opened her eyes, vision still blurry; she got up off the unfamiliar bed and glanced around. Something felt different . . . this wasn't her bedroom . . . since when did her room have framed scrolls on the walls, swords, paper sliding doors, a Neji looking person leaning against the wall and fine expensive furniture? No, just wait a second, okay, so maybe she did have some Neji pictures tucked away in her desk, but never a real human Neji leaning against the wall. Real-Human-Neji . . . . .
Tenten's mind went into thinking as she continued to examine the Neji looking person leaning against the wall; arm's crossed, his pure snow-white eyes looking towards her.
"Neji . . .?" Tenten said slowly, adjusting herself so that her feet hung on the edge of the bed, watching as he just look back at her with blank eyes she frowned, allowing her back to fall back down onto the bed, "God, I'm having dreams about him"
"Wake up, it's past afternoon"
Cocking her eyebrows, Tenten rolled over onto her side, so that she was now looking towards the branch member of the Hyuuga who seemed to be walking over to her, "Give me a break, sheesh" she grumbled, closing her eyes as she felt sleep taking over her body.
Feeling as a warm hand was placed upon her arm; she frowned, since when were you able to feel warmth in a dream? Opening her eyes back up slightly, she felt as her heart skip a beat, realizing that she was only a couple inches away from Neji's face. No wait, since when could you blush in a dream, unless . . .
Eyes, now fully opened, she gulped, hand resting upon her chest, "Neji . . ." Tenten breathed out, looking straight into his snow-white eyes with her own chocolate brown ones. Her finger, brushing past something cold made her look downward towards her chest, away from Neji's glance. Eyes resting upon a crystal blue stone, she gasped, remembering the events of yesterday night. Clutching it within her fist, she looked up, towards where the Byakugan master stood a few moments ago, only to see that he wasn't there anymore, "Neji?" she said his name, this time louder.
Finally recognizing that this was a room in the Hyuuga household, for it was one of the most Japanese styled houses in Konoha, she cocked her eyebrows. Getting off the comfortable rice-white bed, she looked around, eyes full of excitement as she scanned the gorgeous room. Her eyes, meeting those of her clothes, which lay on a nearby stool folded neatly, she gasped, looking down upon what she was wearing, a white Japanese style sleeping gown (Just think of a pure white kimono). Forcing the weird thoughts out of her mind as quickly as they had came, she slipped her feet into the fluffy white slippers that laid on the ground right beside the bed, feeling the warmth that came from them to her feet.
"You're awake"
Hearing the familiar cold, yet at the same time, warm voice, Tenten's eyes shifted upon those of Hyuuga Neji's, "Erm . . . good morning?"
"It's past afternoon," Neji stated, digging his hands deep within his pockets of his black knee-high shorts, "I found you outside the village gates past midnight, unconscious"
Tenten's cheeks reddened, "Umm . . .ah . . ." Feeling as no words left her mouth, Tenten decided to gesture at what she meant, waving her hand at the white robe she wore, she felt as her cheeks redden even more, becoming crimson.
"The maids helped you" Neji answered, turning his head away slightly from embarrassment, hearing as Tenten give off a relieved sigh, he smirked, "They helped you wash your clothes, but they were too roughed up to fix"
Walking over towards where her clothes lay, Tenten cocked her eyebrows as she examined the large holes surrounded by many smaller ones in the back of her light pink vest. Giving off an exhausted sigh, she shrugged and threw her vest down where her other garments lay, too lazy to even fold it back up neatly, "Thanks for looking after me, Neji" Her hand, passing by the cold stone once again, she paused, "Hey Neji, why'd you give me this stone?"
Feeling as silence overwhelm the room, Tenten shifted uncomfortably. Bringing the chain up and over her head, she held it out in front of her, the beautiful stone glittering wonderfully in the sunlight.
"Can I see it?" Neji reached out towards the stone, something felt awkward about it, like there was an evil aura surrounding it. Although it might look beautiful at first glance, it was said that the more beautiful things were, the dangerous they really are. Feeling as the cold stone was placed in his right hand; Neji instantly sensed a shock surrounding his body, bounding him down. Dropping the stone without a second thought, Neji fell down towards his knees, feeling as his chakra was drained out of him.
"Neji! You okay?" Tenten asked, watching as her comrade fall down upon his knees, hand clutching his head as if it were in pain. Picking up the stone from where it lay on the ground, she kneeled down beside the Hyuuga clan member, touching his shoulder gently in reassurance, but immediately pulling away as soon as her palm rested upon the curve of his broad shoulder, feeling as shock come from his inside his body, "Neji . . ."
"That stone-" The Byakugan master said slowly, regaining back his composure. Gradually standing back up, he placed his left hand upon his right arm; the electric shock was still there, like it was burning away on his arm, "-It has enormous power in it" Neji's eyes landed upon Tenten, "Where'd you get it?" he demanded. For a stone to have such an enormous amount of power was very unusual, and it wouldn't just be lying around for Tenten to pick it up off of somewhere. It was most likely given to her, and there was defiantly great scheme behind this.
"I-I got it from you" Tenten stated, hesitating slightly. She remembered correctly that Neji was the one, who had given her the stone, yet, something felt wrong, "You gave it to me last night, when I met you at the forest" Watching as his eyes seem to be burning holes in her, she shifted uncomfortably, regaining back her composure standing.
"You're mistaken Tenten, I never gave you such a stone" Neji stated, "That stone has enormous amount of power in it, whoever sent it to you have unfortunately used my form" Neji smirked, if he did have such a great treasure, he would've kept the power to himself, he needed it to become stronger.
Feeling as the tingling in his right arm finally stop, he let off a silent unnoticeable sigh, if he had held onto that stone any longer, his arm would most likely be useless by now. That stone was defiantly sent to Tenten by someone strong, and by the looks of it, whoever touches it besides Tenten would most likely suffer, "That stone seemed to have sent to you by a purpose"
Tenten frowned, "What do you mean? I have nothing special, I'm just an average 13 year old female ninja" She stated, placing the silver chain, which the stone hung upon, back up over her head, letting it rest beautifully upon her neckline, wincing slightly as she felt something cold swivel along her back.
The gentle, yet cold air lasted about a minute before finally stopping, leaving her the way she was before, "There's nothing special about me, and I'm grateful you took me in, but if you'd excuse me, I'd like to go back home" Tenten pushed her way around Neji, walking towards the sliding doorway, before stopping halfway.
"I heard from the maids that you had a weird symbol embedded upon you're back" Neji stated, he knew he was being too noisy for his own good, but he wanted to know where the mysterious power she had gotten came from. He needed that power to become stronger, much, much stronger, "Thick black lines swirling around your back forming what looks like a snowflake"
"I don't know what you mean Neji" Tenten stated, an unsure-ness in her voice. It was the truth, she didn't understand what he was saying, nor did she understand why he cared. But at the same time, mixed in with her confusion was what seemed like a tint of fear. It was like Neji had struck down a deep dark secret, which had been ancient history. Clutching her heart for an unknown reason, Tenten ran out the door, not wanting to hear any more non-sense.
"Che, she forgot her clothes"
Tenten gasped for breath as she finally reached her house, which was ONLY just a few million blocks away from Neji's. Running all the way from Neji's residence to her own had really taken a lot of energy out of her, causing her to gasp in for large amounts of air. After a few minutes of teaching herself how to breath back in and out properly, she let out a soft sigh. What Neji told her was still fresh in her mind, every single word and pronunciation. It was still a wonder to her though, as in why she had ran away like that, it was like someone had told her to run and she obeyed it.
Shaking the thoughts out of her mind, Tenten reached inside her pocket for her keys, only to find that there was no pocket nor keys. Looking down at what she wore, the weapon master cursed under her breathe for her own stupidity of forgetting her clothes at Neji's house.
Stepping off the small pink carpet which had the words 'Welcome' written on it, she looked around, making sure no one was in sight before lifting the soft carpet up from underneath the cement floor, taking out the secret hidden keys that beneath it. Slipping the keys into the lock, she smiled as she heard a soft click. Opening the wooden door she entered her brightly lite, yet empty house. Her parents had passed away since she was around 7 years old, leaving her older sister Yumiko who was now 22 and her older brother, Tateya, aged 26, to take care of her. They both treated her just like any parent would treat a child, yet there always seemed to be a time when they seemed so distant from each other, especially know since Tateya and Yumiko were both off on a high A rank mission, leaving her all alone in what now seemed to be the large house.
"I'm home" Tenten whispered, as she took off the white, yet now dirty brownish slippers, she couldn't believe she had actually forgotten to change and ran around the village wearing this! Going down the right hallway, Tenten quickly entered her room, closing the door with a loud 'bang'. It was time for her to think about the events that were going on.
===== Few Minutes Later ======
The black haired weapon master stood in front of a large wooden door, the metal handle showing her solidify form. Taking in a deep breath of air, Tenten slowly turned the handle of the door, after much thinking, she knew there was for sure something wrong with her. She had checked her reflection in the mirror, to see that Neji was right, there was a Snowflake like symbol embedded upon her back, it's black lines twisting here and there. It had freaked her out when she first saw it, not knowing how it had gotten there. But it seemed like there was something more than just that, something much deeper that might lead to something about her past.
She had always felt a little bit different than the rest of her family members, like she was from somewhere else, and when Neji had made suspicions about her, it triggered something in the back of her mind, an empty black spot that used to be filled with memories, yet was know gone, vanished. It was like someone had tranquilized her, making her forget those memories. Tenten didn't know why, but she felt that something about her might be found in her dead parent's room. It had always been forbidden to go in there; her brother had made that rule. Saying that 'They're gone, we should at least treasure what's left of them' and apparently his way of treasuring them was to not look into their things.
"Hmph" Tenten muttered out as she turned the handle, only to find that it was locked, which made her suspicions grow even more. Taking out her Kunai from her bag, she jabbed it into the handle, feeling and hearing as it dropped to the ground, the door opening before her slowly.
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Wow! I'm so glad people read this!! YIPPEEE!!! Also, thank you for telling me how the italics and bold work! THANK YOU!!!! Although I still might have some trouble doing it, I gues si might experiment for a while ( smiles ) Anyways, thank you for the reviews! I'm so happy!!! Also, my updates might be a bit slow from now on, my exams are coming up and I can't afford to fail them, if I do, I'm dead, which would probably mean no more fics for you guys! ( Sticks out her tongue ) Hope none of the characters are OOC! (I think Neji is, but I'll try to explain why he's so noisy in next chappy!) Don't forget to review and tell me what you think!
Rikku42