Melody of Snow

Naruto

By Rikku42

Summery: Four Beasts, One girl and One Stone. When placed together a dark secret of the past is unlocked. Will Tenten be able to face the truth? (Story based on Tenten)

Disclaimer: Nope, I sadly don't own Naruto

Thing to know:
[] means thoughts

Ch.4-My Knight in Shining Armor

"Orochimaru-sama, all goes well," Kabuto stated as he bowed towards his employer, who seemed to be grinning wickedly, not surprising. The faster he could get his arms healed, the faster he'd be able to revenge on the Village of Leaf.

"Ahh, yes" Orochimaru licked his lips hungrily eyes flashing a dangerous aura, "That legendary beast inside her isn't easy to cooperate with, but if we can earn her trust, we can easily earn the beasts. She won't be able to escape, she's playing in our hands," His eyes landed upon his useless arms and he glared at them with immense darkness, remembering what that bastard of the Fourth did to him, "Watch her and make sure nothing gets in our way"

"Yes Orochimaru-sama" And with that, Kabuto was off once again in another mission back to the Leaf.

==X== Back at Tenten's house ==X==

Neji shifted in his seat as he heard small footsteps approaching him, slowly. Abruptly opening his eyes, Hyuuga Neji turned to face the sound. His eyes giving off a sad gaze for a split second, but quickly regained back it's usual cold stare, waiting for an answer from the unusually silent girl, whose head was down, eyes red and puffy from tears.

[She was crying] It was a distressing sight for Neji, but he didn't turn away, continuing to bore holes in the girl's body. An uncomfortable few minutes passed by, and finally Tenten spoke.

"I-I guess I'm different" Tenten managed to croaked out, a lump forming in her throat as she sniffled back a small tear, "I guess I'm really not from here"

Neji stayed silent. There was nothing for him to do now; all he could do was watch and wait.

Fiddling with her fingers slightly, Tenten continued on, her head dropping low, facing the hardwood floor, "I found an adoption certificate (Is there such a thing? I'm not really familiar with adoptions) in their room" Letting out a deep breathe she continued, "It had my name clearly written on it, Yumiko Tenten it said"

Neji scrambled in his mind to find some comforting words, but none came out of his mouth. He couldn't exactly say, 'I know how you feel' because he really didn't, and well, everything else he came up with sounded bad and full of lies.

"Neji . . . can I ask for a favor?"

Neji's eyebrows rose slightly, but he nodded. What did this have any connection with her past life?

"Do you have . . . do you have any ancient old maps at your house?" Tenten looked up towards her comrade with hope in her eyes The Hyuuga clan was a ancient clan, so they had to have some sort of ancient items lying around . . . right?

"There should be some," His voice sounded cold and harsh, not exactly the way he wanted it to sound, but it had came out that way, and so be it.

"Do you think I can borrow them?"

Neji had a bad feeling about this, a very bad feeling.

"You'd have to come and get them"

==X== At Neji's residence . . . ==X==

[So it's located here, just between the Sand and Stone Country] Tenten thought to herself as she examined the map, finally finding the location of the mysterious Hidden Village of Snow. Though everything seemed like it was the truth, Tenten couldn't help but become suspicious at how everything fitted in so perfectly, who knows, maybe it was all just some kind of weird joke . . . though it was highly doubted.

"What do you plan to do now?"

Turning to face her partner, she couldn't help but tease him slightly, even in this type of situation, "Is Neji worried about me?" she asked in a babyish voice, watching as Neji turned away, muttering something under his breathe.

Tenten sighed, her eyes becoming hard and full of leadership as they returned back onto the old looked map, "When I reread the scroll a couple of times, I noticed that it was stated as the History book #2" her hands instantly reached over and clutched onto the scroll that laid beside her, "That means there are more scrolls out there"

"You're planning to find them"

The weapon master nodded, "I don't know what has been going on these last few days, everything's changed so much" She stated, as she met Neji's white eyes with her own, "But I don't want to sit back and relax, I want to find out"

Neji grunted in response, noticing the great change that had overcome her, "You won't survive out there on your own"

Tenten's fist clenched together tightly, [Is he calling me a weakling?!] "That's why I'm asking another favor from you"

Neji stood up from where he was sitting and shifted his weight from side to side. He had gotten himself into this mess, so how was he going to get out? Or did he even want to get out of this mess? Was the question.

"Can you-" Tenten gathered up the scroll and placed it in her pocket as she stood up, "-be my knight in shinning armor?" Okay, so maybe that sounded a bit corny, but it didn't matter, not now at least. She had gotten her point across and that was the point, "So what do you think?" Tenten had silently hoped that Neji would say yes, because the question was more than it seemed.

Neji looked into Tenten's fierce eyes, she had the courage, but she still lacked the power. [If she goes, she'll be in danger, if I say 'no' will she- ?] The Byakugan master thought to himself as he slowly shook his head, his raven black hair swaying from side to side, "Sorry, but I don't play such games"

Tenten's head and shoulders instantly dropped upon hearing the answer, but she quickly regained back her composure. Biting her lower lip, she forced a playful smile upon her lips. It was her problem, not his, she understood, "Well, that's that"

"You're still planning to go?" Neji's voice sounded full of concern, but his eyes still held the serious look

Tenten nodded, and turned away from him, walking out of the dark lite room. Her broken down heart trying to mend back together, but it was hopeless everything was hopeless. The people she had trusted her whole life had lied to her, the person she loved didn't understand nor wanted to help her when she needed it. She felt deceived, lonely and abandoned, but at least she knew one thing, three other people out there were sharing her same grief and pain. She wasn't alone, not yet she wasn't.

==X== Midnight ==X==

Strolling along the dark beautiful village streets, the stars shinning brightly above her, Tenten smiled slightly as she adjusted the weight of her small knapsack upon her shoulders. She had long gone abandoned trying to hide from any villagers, who would spot her and bring her off to Tsuande's place, because the streets were utterly deserted.

Reaching the gates, Tenten instantly hide her presence behind a nearby bush as she spotted the ANBU members who that stood guard at the gate. Biting her lower lip in annoyance and desperation, the 13 year old quickly tried to form out some sort of plan, wishing that she had Shikamaru's great IQ.

[Okay, so there seem to be 5 ANBU members] Tenten cursed as she felt blood seeping through her mouth from her injured lower lip which she was biting, [I guess I could use Henge no jutsu (Is that how you spell it?) . . .] Tenten's thoughts were cut short by a familiar cold shivering voice.

Use my power, kill them

Shaking her head furiously, the raven-haired girl tried to cut off the voices, but to no avail, they kept coming back.

Kill them, let me taste blood

Clutching onto her body, Tenten forced back a scream, her back was burning again and that weird soft blue glow was giving off again. No good, if the ANBU members saw this, she was done for.

Release me

Her hand, brushing past the blue stone that hung around her neck, instantly clutched it as she felt pain surge throughout her body once again. It felt as if something inside her was eating against her inside organs and it was nothing like the pain she had ever felt before. It was even worse than what she experienced with Temari from the sand and she didn't like it.

RELEASE ME!!

The glow shined brighter than before and so did the pain, causing Tenten to tremble as she clutched tighter to her body, it was damn shit if the ANBU squad didn't see the blue glow now and it didn't help one bit that the night was now darker than ever.

Feeling as a soft warm heat radiate off the blue stone she was clutching upon, Tenten felt as her eyelids droop slowly in sleepiness. Neji was right, there was something awkward about the stone. Her body started to give out to the darkness, and she cursed herself silently, feeling as another spirit inside her seem to awaken. The cage was starting to give away and the beast was now free.

"You alright miss?"

Tenten looked up, no correction, Tenten felt as her eyes looked up towards the fox masked ANBU member, her lips curving into a deadly grin as her hands seemed to reach out for it's neck slowly. Her hair releasing from it's two tight buns as her light blue eyes gave off a deadly aura as she licked her lips in hunger. She longed for the smell and taste of blood and finally she was able to have it, she was free, at last.

==X== Next Morning ==X==

"WHAT?!"

Tsunade's cried out, fully awaken, her voice seeming to have carried out around the village, causing the villagers to look up at the building her office stood upon. Taking in deep breath's, she slowly calmed herself, but she couldn't help but shake her fist in anger, "Let me hear you're report again" Her eyes seemed to have bore holes in the cat masked ANBU member, who seemed to have a lump in his throat.

"Y-Yes, of course" The ANBU member stated as he gulped one last time, the Fifth was mad and that wasn't a good sign. Making a mental note to keep the report short, he continued on, "Last night the ANBU Squad stationed at the West Gate were killed"

Tsunade nodded her head, someone who could kill a group of ANBU squads, that wasn't a good sign, especially if it was someone who had a vengeance against the Leaf, like Orochimaru. Tsunade frowned as she remembered her old comrade, that evil bastard of a snake. Shaking her head slightly, she dismissed the thoughts, looking back towards the ANBU member, indicating for him to continue on.

"After examinations, it seems that the murderer was someone from inside the village" he stated, "We have collected a series of evidence about the description of the murderer, yet it does not fit in with any of our villagers-"

"Give me the description"

Standing up straight, the ANBU member preceded, "Long black hair, light blue eyes, wearing a pink vest and black shorts, her style of fighting seems to excel in weapons, but there is something odd"

"What?" The angry Fifth practically barked out

"In the weapons that we found, ice was covered in it and some ANBU members had ice patches on their bodies"

Tsunade thought for a minute, trying to remember where she had heard such data before. Making a mental note to herself to check back out the old reports she looked back towards the ANBU member, a scowl on her face, "So there's no evidence as to who committed this act!" she cried out in frustration, banging her fist hard against the desk, causing it to shake violently.

"Actually, there is one suspect, but we have not been able to reach her"

"Who?!" The Fifth growled out through gritted teeth. No one goes out to do such an act and does not go unpunished, especially an act of massacre.

"Yumiko Tenten"

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Okay, the 4th chapter! Horray! I tried to explain some stuff in this chapter, so I hoped you understood. I don't think any of the characters are really OOC (except maybe Neji) but if they are you can tell me and I'll try to fix them up in the upcoming chapters.

Thanks for:

Lady Light: Yeah, i do't think Neji would've fallen for a trap like that either, but i had to try to get him invovled in the story. Thanks for reviewing!

Cookie6: Thanks for reviewing and I'm glad you enjoyed the last chapter!

TenTen Hyuga: Thanks for giving me the info on Tenten! Your the best! o-o

Flowing-Spirits: I'll try my best to avoid redundant trite cliques (I ahd to get my friend to explain to me what that word meant o-o My vocabulary isn't that large)

Thank you!! and don't forget to review!!!!

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