Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, it belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. I only own the plot.
Originally this story is an experiment, but now I'd decided that I'm going to give this story a try.
After thinking for some time, I'd finally decided that the pairing will be Tenten and Neji. In this story, I need the guy's side of the family to have a strong background, something like the Hyuuga or the Uchiha. At first, I'd considered pairing Tenten with Itachi for the hell of it but I decided not to. I…really am a shipper and I'm sorry Naruto fans.
Also, exam alert, meaning the update would be slow and close to none. I have exams for the whole month of April…(sigh).
Now on with the story…
Some Kind of Fairytale-ch1
Tenten slowly opened her eyes. She blinked a few times to adjust to the light that was in the room. Her head was swimming…
It was already morning; she could hear the birds chirping at a distance. The windows, which was made with paper and wood trimming (A/N, those ancient Chinese style ones), did nothing to prevent the bright sunlight from shining through...
Wait…morning?
She was supposed to get out of here before dawn.
Tenten groaned in frustration.
Not only was she behind her schedule, she felt like she got run over by a truck. Correction, she felt that she got ran over by a truck several times. However, since a vehicle as such had yet to be introduced by Mr. Kishimoto (probably because of time conflict). She would conclude what she was feeling in the following sentence:
She felt like shit.
Her body was sore like she had over-exercised. All parts of her body were bruised, she wanted to take a bath, desperately wanting to rid the smell of sweat, but she supposed that she have no time to do that. Sighing, Tenten rolled to her side and pushed herself up.
Realizing her naked state, she pulled the cover around her and grabbed her clothes which were discarded at the floor beside the bed. She got dressed as quick as possible and stood up. Still feeling sore all over her body, she stretched until she heard the satisfying 'pop'.
She looked around; everything was in the same place as before. The table was still in the middle of the room except now there were two bowls of rice along with a plate of salted fried fish and a plate of teriyaki beef on it. Walking toward the table, she found the food must have been freshly made since steam was still rising out of it. The smell of the food already made her mouth watered.
Her stomach rumbled. Tenten smiled embarrassingly, glad that there wasn't anybody in the room to hear that. She snapped the wooden chopsticks and started to eat. Even though she was hungry, she only took a few bites before stopping herself, fearing that 'the man' would come back soon. She was brave enough to say the things she did last night because it was dark. She didn't see the man's face throughout the whole 'process'. Seeing him right now would be…
Just wrong…she'll probably dig a hole and jump into it when that happens.
Tenten shivered. Now was not the time to think about that, she scolded herself.
She headed toward the window when something on the ground caught her eyes—it was her bag of coins. Without a second thought, she picked it up. She supposed that the man didn't need that. After all, she felt bad all over on the next day so she deserved a refund. But she'll be nice and pay for his lodging expense for the night.
Tenten opened the window, wanting to leave in the same way she entered, only to find that the ladder she'd used yesterday had already been removed. The percentage of her jumping down a second story building without dying was a hundred percent. However, that didn't take into the account that she would probably break both of her legs and if lucky, one of her arms.
Shaking her head, she walked toward the door. Slowly, she opened it, finding that the coast was clear, she exited. She closed the door quietly behind her, taking a deep breath she started to run. She turned at a corner and crashed right into a man who was carrying a large bowl of water. The warm water was spilled all over the man as well as on her. The bowl hit the ground with a loud 'bang'.
Recovering quickly, Tenten continued on.
"Sorry!" She called out to the person as she made her way down the hallway and down the stairs. Within no time she ran into the street, her mind working on trying to find a good place to hide. The thought of paying the fee for the man had already flew out of the window.
However, if she'd stopped to take a look at the man she'd crashed into she would've realized a few things. She would've seen that the man had long hair and a pair of unusual pale white eyes. She would notice the expression on the man's stoic face changed ever so slightly when he saw her. She would see how the man turned toward her and watched her until she disappeared to the floor below…
But she didn't.
"I'm totally disappointed in you Tenten!" Tenten's father, Osamu, screamed as he slammed his fist at the coffee table next to his seat. The tea cup which was on it fell to the ground and scattered into millions of pieces.
Tenten winced at the sound of her father's voice. Before she was even able to make it out of the small town, her father's men had her surrounded. Thus, she got her ass dragged back to the house, in Konoha.
Her house was a mansion since her father was wealthy. He shared his house with his brother, Ichiro, and he brought his wife, Junko, and three of his children, whose names were not worth mentioning, with him. Sadly, Tenten's mother had died a long time ago due to a sickness so there was no woman in charge of the household. Therefore, Junko decided that she would take that place instead. Uncle Ichiro was a humble man; however, his three children were not. Unlike her, they went to the Ninja Academy and would often laugh at her for her weakness. In return, she would pull all sorts of pranks on them. Sure, they were physically strong but she had the brains, plus, she had the ultimate defence—her father—backing her up.
If they were to tell her father about her pranks, then she would tell her father about what they did to her first. For her, finger-pointing was an easy task; making herself look like she was the victim was easier.
Also, there were three servants who kept the house clean and in order. One of them would be Miki, who had been her caretaker ever since she'd remembered. All of them lived at the far side of the mansion. A cook was also hired but he didn't live in the mansion.
Osamu had found out what happened last night. The moment when he saw Tenten, he realized immediately something had happen. He grabbed her by the arm and pulled her to his room. From then, he asked her straightforwardly and she told him everything.
"Why Tenten," her father asked her in a hurt tone. "Do you have no self-respect? You are my only daughter; I taught you about dignity and disgrace. How could you throw yourself at some man?"
"Because you are going to marry me to some bald old man." Tenten told him firmly, not backing down.
Osamu looked at her shocked; he closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths before reopening them. He had no idea that she'd found out…how much did she hear? Keeping his voice in control, he said as calmly as possible, "You could've spoken to me about"
"Would you have listened?" Tenten argued back. "All you cared about is your goddamn business—"
Smack.
Her father slapped her.
Tenten bit her lower lip, trying to keep her tears that were threatening to come out at bay. She took a step back when her father stood up, reaching for her.
"I'm not mother, I'm not going to sit around helplessly and let you control my life!" Tenten yelled at him as she ran out of his room.
"Tenten!" She heard her father calling after her.
She opened the front door…
"If you step out of this house then don't ever think about coming back!"
She paused; her body froze because her father's harsh words. But then, anger clouded her mind.
Thinking back, Tenten realized how irrational she had been. All her life, she had been living inside a protective bubble which was created by her father. Her concept of the world weren't realistic at all. She didn't have to think about starvation or accommodation. She was able to wear nice comfortable warm clothes and buy all the things she wanted with the money that was given to her. When she comes home every day from school, she worried about nothing, because her father had taken care of everything.
No, she wasn't grateful toward her father at all. Years of acquisition made her believe those were things parents was suppose to provide for his or her children. She was…so naïve and stupid back then…
At that time, everything had happened so fast, her stubbornness caused her to make quick and wrong judgements. If she had taken a moment to cool down and think, to try to understand as to why her father had made that decision…then things might have turned out differently.
But she was only human…therefore she makes mistakes…
Tenten turned around and faced her father, saying two words that she would regret for the rest of her life…
"Goodbye father." She said coldly.
With that, she stepped through the door…
From then on, her life would never be the same again…
More action in the next chapter…I promise. Please review! It really motivates me into writing! ;p