Author's Note: Hmm, this fic doesn't very popular…I wonder why? Maybe it's the bad summary…I was never good with summaries anyways! Well, I'll give it one last try, and if it seems like nobody likes this fic, I guess I'll delete it! On with the fic!
Disclaimer: I don't own ANYTHING! The characters in this fic all belong to Masashi Kishimoto and Takahashi Rumiko!
Chapter 2: The Meeting
TenTen woke up with a slight pain in her head. She groggily opened her eyes and sat up, only to see a strange sight. She was in a small wooden hut, and she was on a straw mattress. 'Huh? What happened? What am I doing here?' she thought, her mind still fuzzy from the events that had occurred. Suddenly, she remembered what happened. She and Neji had been investigating a loud noise and an earthquake near the forest, and when TenTen had fallen in, Neji had grabbed her arm to save her but they had both fallen in through the well. She noticed that Neji was lying down on another mattress beside hers. Just when she was about to get up, she heard voices outside of the hut.
"Hey Kagome-chan, who do you think those two people are?" a female voice asked.
"I'm not sure…They seem somewhat modern, but at the same time, not really modern…" another female voice replied. 'Those people are probably talking about us…' TenTen thought grimly. 'I wonder if they're ninjas.' The conversation outside continued.
"Keh, they might be Naraku's minions for all I care!" a rude-sounding voice said carelessly.
"Hmm, I don't think they're bad people…Come on, let's go check on them right now." The second female voice said, and TenTen heard their footsteps coming towards the entrance of the hut. 'Shoot, if they find me like this, they might think that I was spying on them! Though it's partially true…' she thought hurriedly, and quickly lied down on the mattress, pretending to sleep. The people came in, and they seemed to be looking at her and Neji. She slightly opened one eye, but was met with a large face with turquoise-colored eyes. She jumped, biting back a yell or a scream. She sat up abruptly, and instantly pulled out a kunai. But she was surprised when she noticed that it was just a little kid. 'Huh? That kid has pointy ears…an elf? No, he also has a bushy tail of some sort, and paws for feet…Hmm, maybe he's some kind of demon-child…' she thought, lowering her guard a little. She studied the strange people. There were two girls, and three boys, counting the little boy with the tail. One of the girls had raven-black hair that went halfway down her back, the other girl had long chestnut-brown hair that was tied at the bottom, one of the boys had jet-black hair that was tied in a small ponytail at the back, the second boy had silver-colored hair with golden eyes but what interested TenTen the most was his dog-ears at the top of the boy's head, and the little boy had brownish-orange hair with bright turquoise eyes. Everyone except for the black-haired girl looked as if they were from at least 500 years ago, if not more than that. "Who are you people?" TenTen asked, looking at their VERY old-fashioned outfits and the seemingly-modern girl. She glanced at Neji, who was still unconscious. "Don't worry, we're not bad people. We just found you two in the middle of nowhere!" the black-haired girl explained, but TenTen still didn't know whether to trust them or not. TenTen noticed that the necklace around the girl's neck had strong chakra within it. 'The chakra is probably coming from those pink shards attached to the necklace…What is it?' she thought, and opened her mouth to speak, but a slight grunt beside her stopped her. "Neji, you're awake!" TenTen exclaimed, inwardly sighing with relief. Neji groaned, and rubbed his head while sitting up. When he saw the group of strange people, he frowned.
"Where are we? What happened?" he muttered, starting to remember what had happened.
"Remember? I fell down in that wretched well and you fell in with me!" TenTen reminded, and Neji nodded. He diverted his attention to the strangers. The group of people flinched a little at Neji's pale-lavender eyes, but hid their surprise fairly quickly.
"Who are YOU guys?" the little boy asked, looking at their clothes.
"Um…" TenTen started, and looked questioningly at Neji.
"Before we tell who we are, we would like to know your identities." He said emotionlessly, and TenTen could tell that Neji's tone of voice ticked off the silver-haired boy.
"Why, you…" the boy growled, but then the raven-haired girl interrupted him.
"Osuwari!" she promptly said, and the boy was immediately slammed down on the wooden floor by an invisible force. The girl paused before speaking again.
"Well, I'm Kagome, this is Inuyasha, she's Sango-chan, he's Miroku-sama, and the little boy over there is Shippo-chan. Oh, and the cat-like animal over there is Kirara, a cat-demon." The girl said, introducing everyone.
"I'm a fox-demon!" the little boy named Shippo said proudly.
"Um…Well, I'm TenTen…and he's Neji." TenTen said slowly.
"So, what happened to you two? Like, you guys were lying unconscious in the middle of a forest clearing! It was lucky we found you before the demons did!" Kagome asked.
"Well, I'm not really sure, but all we know is that we fell through a well…" TenTen explained, not wanting to reveal much information. 'These people aren't ninjas, that's for sure…But half-demons and demons? What is this place?' TenTen thought curiously. Kagome studied the two ninjas up and down.
"Where are you two from?" she finally asked, looking at their clothing. TenTen looked at her own clothes and Neji's clothes. She was wearing a black Chinese-style shirt with a black mesh shirt underneath, and the sleeves of the mesh shirt went down a little bit above her elbows. She was also wearing navy blue pants that went down to her knees with bandages wrapped around her legs, starting from her knees all the down to her ankles. Her shoes were the usual ninja sandals, and they were black. Her shuriken holster was tied around her right thigh as usual, and she had many pouches on her belt with some weapons also hidden under her clothing. Her hair was tied in a single bun at the back, and it was held up by a couple of poisoned senbon. Neji was wearing similar clothes he wore when he was still a genin ninja, except that his sweater was now dark grey and his pants were black. He still had the bandages wrapped around his arms and legs, with his usual shuriken holster, a few weapon pouches, and his black ninja sandals. TenTen eyed Neji nervously, wondering whether to tell Kagome and the others where they were from. Neji smirked a little before regaining his usual stoic expression.
"We don't need to tell you." He replied curtly, making Inuyasha get annoyed once more.
"You!" Inuyasha growled, and before Kagome or anyone could say anything, he leapt towards Neji, attempting to punch him. However, Neji just smirked and stepped out of the way before kicking Inuyasha in the stomach, causing him to fly back.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome exclaimed. TenTen just sighed.
"Hey, there is no fighting allowed in this hut!" a voice suddenly said sternly. Everyone turned around, and saw an old lady with an eye patch over one eye. She turned to TenTen and Neji.
"So…" she said as she set down her basket of herbs on the floor. "So what's going on here?" she asked once she had sat down.
"Well, you see…" Kagome started to explain, but she was cut off by Inuyasha.
"That arrogant bastard over there should explain!" he snapped, glaring at Neji. Neji remained expressionless.
"You just charged at me. All I did was defend myself." He said coolly, and smirked at him.
"Neji, I think you should stop…" TenTen whispered to him. "After all, they're the ones who healed us while we were unconscious…And if they really are enemies, they would have killed us while we were asleep!" Neji paused for a moment.
"Hn." He said, but sat down on the floor.
"Inuyasha, you should stop too." Kagome said, and with a snort, Inuyasha stomped out of the hut. After everyone had settled down, the old lady turned to TenTen and Neji.
"I am Kaede, the former priestess of this village," she said, introducing herself.
"I'm TenTen, and he's Neji." TenTen said, and Kaede nodded. She was about to speak again, but suddenly, a loud explosion was heard outside.
"What's happening!" Kagome exclaimed as she ran outside of the hut with Sango, Miroku, Kirara, and Kaede, and TenTen and Neji also following outside. They gasped. Towering over the village was a huge number of many kinds of demons. Some had the ability to fly or float; some had ferocious fangs or claws, and many of them had deadly-looking weapons in their hands.
"W…What ARE those things!" TenTen exclaimed, and Neji was also confused.
"Those are demons…They constantly attack the village these days." Kaede explained.
"They're destroying the village! We have to stop them!" Kagome exclaimed, and shot an arrow at one of the flying demons. To TenTen and Neji's surprise, the arrow started glowing bright pink and destroyed the demon in a single shot. 'What is that strange chakra coming from her body?' they thought, but didn't have much time to think because a large demon with a bull's head came charging at them with a sword. Close behind it was another demon, which looked something like an ogre.
"Get out of the way!" Kagome exclaimed, thinking that Neji and TenTen didn't know how to fight, but the two ninjas just smirked.
"Neji, you take care of the ogre-demon…I'll handle the bull-face." TenTen said, and Neji just nodded before disappearing towards the giant demon. Kagome, Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, and Kaede were all very shocked as Neji and TenTen finished off the two demons in just a few seconds.
"W…What? Who exactly ARE you guys!" Kagome exclaimed. Neji had his hands out in front of him in a strange stance, and TenTen was holding a kunai with two scrolls. The two ninjas ignored Kagome's question.
"I'll finish these guys off…Neji, you can take care of the leftovers." TenTen said, surprising everyone except Neji, who just nodded. Everyone watched as TenTen jumped high into the air, with her scrolls unraveling around her. "Soushoryu!" she yelled, and in a great speed, TenTen tapped the thousands of symbols on the scroll as she spun around in the air. Suddenly, a huge amount of weapons flew out of the scroll, each of them with deadly aim. In a matter of seconds, the demons were all dead, with hundreds of weapons pierced into their flesh. TenTen landed gracefully on the ground, smoothly pulling out a sword from nowhere and striking an extra demon in the heart. She did this with no emotion whatsoever on her face, and it confused Kagome and the others greatly. Neji just smirked with approval. He knew that TenTen had upgraded almost all of her moves, and her Soushoryu was one of them. TenTen grimaced as she noticed the stunned looks on Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha's faces. 'Oh great…' she thought with a sigh. 'We have some explaining to do…'
Well, how was this chapter? It seems like not much people are reading it…at this rate, I might delete this fic! So PLEASE review! I'm BEGGING you, PLEASE review!
Preview for Chapter 3: Explaining and a New Quest:
"You see, we're ninjas from Konohagakure. Neji and I were inspecting an old well that appeared out of nowhere, and we accidentally fell in when an earthquake made us lose our balance." TenTen said, wondering if it was wise to tell them about Konoha.
"Konoha-what?" Shippo asked, stumbling with the name.
"Konohagakure." Neji said carelessly. But Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha were even more confused.
"Ninjas? What's that?" Inuyasha asked.
"Ninjas are dark warriors that are known for their illusions, speed, and silent assassinations…It's no wonder you don't know, since ninjas appear a few hundred years later." Kagome explained.
"But their clothes…I'd say that their clothes are somewhat from your world, Kagome." Sango said thoughtfully. Kagome went in deep thought.
"Hey…what year are you two from?" she suddenly asked.
"Um…2004." TenTen replied.
"What!" Kagome exclaimed.
"What's wrong, Kagome?" Shippo asked.
"T…That's 8 years ahead of my time!" Kagome exclaimed. There was a pause.
"WH…WHAT!"
To be continued…
