Melody of Snow

Naruto

Summary: Four beasts. One Girl. One Stone. When placed together a dark secret of the past is unlocked. Will Tenten be able to face the truth?

Disclaimer: Nope, do not own Naruto

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Ch.5-I'm coming for you

"WHAT?!"

The usual Green outfit weird haircut teacher cried out in a mixture of shock and surprise as he heard the information presented to him only a few seconds ago by the Hokage. The cry was so loud that half the village seemed to have heard it and instantly looked up towards the main building where Tsunade's office lay.

"Gai, please calm down" Shizune instructed as she stood near the Hokage, cocking her eyebrows slightly at the shocked looking, open mouthed, large eyed, Gai.

"Calm down!? You're telling me to CALM DOWN?! This is a life and death situation! How can I calm down!" Gai stated quite loudly as he stopped for a brief second before adding, "Luckily it wasn't my great student Lee"

Nearly everyone sweat dropped as they watched Gai do his special 'Nice guy pose' towards his favorite student Lee, who's eyes seemed to be star-shaped and shimmering with . . . gratefulness?

"As I was saying before, a group of ANBU members have been massacred and our prime suspect, Tenten has disappeared" Tsunade stated as quickly as she could without missing out on any points, "Gai do you know-"

"Tenten! Poor Tenten! Where-"

Before Gai was able to go continue his overly expressive statements, Shizune's patience had finally run low (Is that possible for her?). So what happened? She took out a kunai and paced up to Gai, placing it up against his neck, "Gai, Listen" She stated in a cold and harsh voice, gaining a frightened looking Gai and a flaming eyed Lee.

"Thank you Shizune" The Fifth thanked as she suppressed a chuckle, amusement in her voice, but it quickly faded back into seriousness as she got back onto the topic, "Gai, do you have information on her or where she has gone to?"

The 'green beast' as Tenten would've called it shook his head and Tsunade let off a soft unnoticeable sigh, " I see-"

"Hokage" The Byakugan master's voice interrupted her thoughts, " I request a mission"

Tsunade nodded her head slowly, arms crossed in front of her chest, "A mission?"

"A mission to find back Tenten and bring her back" Neji concluded as he gazed at the Fifth with his usual cold hard stare, [Tenten you fool, you really did leave]

Silence

"I request to go to!" Lee suddenly stated, breaking the uncomfortable silence that had suddenly approached the room.

Still Silence

"Neji, you know something about her" Tsunade stated with a fierce look in her eyes, "Tell me"

A slight pause then:

"She'll tell you on her own accord when she's ready" Neji stated slowly, was it such a great idea to go against the Hokage, "Until then, I can't and won't say anything"

Tsunade bit her lower lip from saying any unnecessary words as Shizune looked at Neji with utterly shock, the same expression concluded both Gai's and Lee's faces.

"I see . . ." Tsuande bit her lower lip harder, causing blood to freely swim around in her mouth, [He dares to go against me, such courage . . . yet. He should learn what status he is at against me] Tsunade thought angrily, [He's only doing it to protect the girl though]

"I allow you to go Neji and find her back" Tsunade stated as she sighed. She'd admit defeat this time against Hyuuga Neji but next time it'd be a different story. If he wouldn't give her any information, she'd just have to find it on her own, but first, she needed to find out about the 'ice' that had killed her ally's.

"May I go to Hokage-sama?" Lee asked as he raised his hand, looking towards the Fifth with shimmering eyes.

"No, one person is enough for this mission" She paused for a second before adding, "There have been many mission lately and I can't spare any more people than I already have to"

==X== Neji==X==

"Tenten you fool" Neji muttered out as he did one last check on his weapons, [You left the village all by yourself, you're really trying to get yourself killed. I was hoping that if i said 'no' that you wouldn't go off, but i was wrong]

Looking up at the dark rainy blue sky, Neji bit his lower lip slightly, "You better be alright Tenten, you better be" He muttered under his breathe as he dashed out the village gates, entering the gloomy looking forest as a sprinkle of rain started to pour, [Tenten, I'll come find you, for sure, so you better be alright]

==X== Tenten ==X==

Tenten slowly opened her eyes, half expecting the morning rays of sunlight to enter and seep through her eyelids, blinding her with it's glowing light. But she was wrong, what she opened her chocolate brown eyes to was not the sunlight but was darkness; pure black never ending darkness surrounded her, [Shit, where am I?] She asked herself as she felt her pounding head, it hurt a lot.

Examining her surroundings, the Weapon Master frowned as she tried to remember last night's events and how she had gotten into such a state. Her arms were bruised and scrapped while her clothes were worn out and tattered she was a mess. Gripping upon the large tree trunk which her back rested upon, she slowly lifted herself back onto her feet, concentrating her chakra upon her feet so it would allow her a better grip upon the soaking tree branch which she happened to be resting upon a few moments ago.

"Damn it" Tenten swore as she felt her knees weaken, but she held her ground. Watching as a lock of raven black hair came into her view did she notice that her hair was no longer in their usual buns, [What the hell happened to me?] She was confused, frustrated and starting to get soaking wet, it was not a good thing.

The trees rustling around her brought her back into reality, as she finally become aware that she was in the middle of a forest in who knows where. Hand, clutching upon the strange blue stone that rested upon her neckline for support, she smiled slightly as she remembered who had given it to her, but then it quickly faded as soon as it had appeared. [Neji never gave me this, he told me himself] The raven-haired weapon master let off a sigh, [He doesn't like me, I shouldn't be thinking of him like this]

Taking off the shimmering silver chain that held the crystal clear blue stone, her brow creased, [If Neji never gave this to me, who did?] No answer came into Tenten's mind and she sulked. Twinkling the chain as she brought the necklace close towards her for a closer view did she notice something different about it. There in the middle of the stone was a snowflake. Thick black lines curving here and there, it looked beautiful, yet at the same time deadly. It reminded her of something . . . something . . .

A fairly large gasp was heard from Tenten as her mind finally came up with the answer. It was the same mark engraved on her back! But, how did the mark get into the stone? What connection did it have? What was going on and –

Zillions of questions came into her mind, but no answers. Remembering that she was here on a mission to find out about her true past, the weapon master quickly looked around for her knapsack, which carried her belongings, but found it nowhere in site.

[Damn, I must've lost it]

==== Somewhere else===

"She has killed a group of ANBU as she was escaping the village, it seems like the Ice Demon has started to activate" Kabuto stated as he gave his report, adjusting his glasses, eyes shimmering with amusement.

"Yes, all seems to be going according to my plan" Orchimaru licked his lower lip, eyes narrowing as he grinned mischievously, "We have freed her from the seal that had contained her, now, we need to gain her trust"

"What about the girl?" Kabuto couldn't help but ask, feeling as the words escape his mouth.

"After Ilya heals my arms, we'll displace the girl" The Snake summoner explained as if it were the most obvious thing, "I'll separate Ilya from that girl and we shall eliminate her, unless she can prove that she's worth keeping"

Kabuto nodded, "I'll continue my mission" And with that, Kabuto sped off into the darkness.

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Phoenix20043: Hiya! I just wanted to tell you, that, of course I'm going to put a Neji x Tenten in this ficcy!! I love that coupling!! But I dunno if I might put a lil Tenten and someone else though . . . still think about that.

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