AN:Well,the plot starts to really kick in here.A new character,of my OWN devising is in this chapter.

Disclaimer:Ah,I'd forgotten about these.Nope,don't own Naruto.If I did,this would be in the manga,not a fanfic.)

Six years into the past

"Hah,look guys!It's Tenten!"their voices jeered in unison,clustering around a small girl.She looked frightened,as though searching for a friendly face.She found none among these boys.Some prodded her with sticks,other simply jeered.One boy stood in the middle.He was the leader-you could tell by the superior way he walked and talked.These boys weren't much older than her.

"Why are you such a failure at being a ninja?"Saito,the leader asked of her mockingly."Your aim is so bad,you couldn't hit a blind man standing still!Your genjutsu,ninjutsu,and taijutsu are weak!Everything about you is weak!Go home,little girl!You don't belong here."

Eight year old Tenten tried hard to cry.Everything he had said was true.Tenten had the WORST aim with kunai's in the entire class.She could barely create the simplest of moves.Was she a failure?She wanted to acheive her dream of being as good as Tsunade so badly.But,maybe she was just a weak little girl.'No,I shouldn't think that!They're jerks,just ignore them!',she told herself in her mind.Tenten lifted her head,and spoke in a clear voice.

"Me,a weakling,Saito?Speak for yourself!"

He sprung at her,like a tightened spring.His stocky legs moving suprisingly fast,her fist raised.Tenten gulped.What had she gotten herself into?All the same,she slipped into a defensive stance and waited for the incoming blow.It happened all too fast.

Ten minutes later,Tenten was slumped against the ground,tears trickling down her bruised cheeks.She'd lost,again.For the thousandth time or so.She didn't get it.Why was she so weak?A voice called her out of her pity mantra.

"Ten-chan!"it was Lee's voice-sweet and concerned.He leapt to her,trying to get her to stand up."Just leave me alone,Lee!"she said bitterly.Lee shook his head stubbornly."You have to beat those guys up!"

Tenten nodded.She couldn't keep losing to a bully like Saito!Over the next weeks,she trained as hard as she possibly could.Every day,from dawn to the time when she couldn't keep her eyes open anymore.She went to classes,and then went directly to the training growns.She practiced Ninjutsu,Genjutsu,Taijutsu,but most of all she practiced weapon fighting-her weakest trait.She trained so hard that sometimes Lee had to come very late at night and carry her limp body back home.And then,finally,she was ready.

It was an afternoon she never forgot.Saito was talking with his friends,the usual macho talk.Tenten contronted him,her mouth a grim slash across her face.She heard his boasting words,about how he'd defeated so many enemies,about he was the strongest of the academy students."I want to see,Saito.I want to see if you're not just all talk.I want to have a weapons match with you."

There was an intake of breath from some of the girls-some pleaded her not to do it.Others looked away,unable to see one of their fellow kunoichi's getting beat up.Lee,however,grinned and flashed her a thumbs up.A pose that gave her courage.Saito slipped into a stance,a kunai in his hand."If you die,I'm not taking any responsibility."

She shrugged,the image of non-chalance.She slipped into her own stance,a kunai in each hand.Saito didn't waste any time.He charged at her,a feeling of sickness dropped into the pit of Tenten's stomach.A familiar feeling.She stood ready,and instead of standing there and waiting for the attack,like usual,she instead moved.

She dodged to the right,pivoted on her ankle,swung her kunai in a long arc.She missed,but not by much;Saito felt the incoming wind ruffling his black hair.He backed off,his eyes narrowing.Something had happened to her.She'd improved drastically over a month!Deep in his mind,the small stirrings of doubt crossed him.Tenten swung again,this time he blocked it with his kunai.However,she'd swung it with such force that it jarred his hand painfully.He let go of the knife,it fell to the ground with a clank.

Tenten smirked."Is that all?I'm going to give you a minute to get another weapon."and that was generous of her,considering that,if he were in a real battle,Saito would probably be dead.He fumbled with his hostler,slipping out another kunai.She shrugged,fingering the cool metal of the shurken she now held in her hand.Tenten leapt up,and in a jump that was worthy of an acrobat,threw it at Saito.He dodged it with ease,his confidence back.Exactly what Tenten wanted.

In an instant, his arm featured a long cut,making him drop the kunai,and Tenten stood before him,a kunai pressed firmly to his neck.He'd felt the cold sting on his neck,and his shoulders slumped.He'd been defeated.

She removed the weapon,but she wanted more.Something to account for the years of hell he'd put her through.She suddenly turned,and her sharp kick caught him right in the chest,sending him flying back,a cloud of dust obscured his vision.When the dust cleared,he looked up to see the coldest eyes he'd ever seen."Never,Call.Me.Weak.Again."she told him coldly,then walked away,trying to keep her body awake.She was exhausted,but thrilled.

When the crowd dispersed,a figured stepped out from the shadows.Tenten felt herself wanting to gasp.He looked like a god.Hyuuga Neji.He grinned at her,amused."That was good.Even entertaining."

Coming from Neji,that was quite a compliment.The first time she'd met him.Her first victory just got even sweeter...

To the present

Pain was the first thing she felt when she awoke.Her head was throbbing,and her eyes were closed.The lids of her eyes weakly fluttered open,to reveal a darkened room.Where am I?,she thought,as memories came flying back to her.

A feeling of shame fell on her like a stone.She'd failed Neji,she'd let herself be abducted.But what use did they have with her?She felt no fear,only shame,as a figure entered the room.A figure she immediately recognized,and hated with all her heart.He stepped in front of her,a gloating smile on his face.

"It's been a long time."

A voice she hated.

Saito's voice.

He stepped in front of her,looking different then she'd seen him last.He was taller,that was for sure.And he looked strong.On his face,lightly covered by his black bangs,was a face of slightly hidden malice,an amused smile on his face.The only reason she'd recognized him was from the permanent scar she'd left on his arm six years ago.

"Nice to meet old friends,isn't it?"he said,his voice soft,dangerous,even sadistic.He'd changed from the mean-tempered bully he was before."And believe me,Tenten.I've been wanting to see you for a long time.Yearning,even."his smirk increased.She shifted uncomfortably,the smile on his face worried her.

And worse,he had a vague idea of her techniques,but she had none of what he might use.She tried to stand up,and yet,her legs didn't want to hold the weight.In spite of her valiant attempts,she flopped down,worry forming in the pit of her stomach."It's no use.I've drugged you.You won't be able to move for a few hours."

She glared at him with such intensity that he looked away."Coward.You can't even face me fairly.Are you still scared from six years ago?Geez,I thought you were tougher than that."

"Really?If you haven't noticed,I'm a Hidden Mist Jonin.And what are you?A mere chuunin.I'm a whole level above you,so don't talk."he snapped impatiently,losing some of his sadistic calmness.A small frown formed on his face.She'd gotten to him.Their battle of words continued.Tenten made the next blow.

"Standards must have dropped,if they let trash like you in.If you've forgotten,look at your right arm.A permanent memory of the time I kicked your sorry ass from Konoha to Mizugakure."Tenten wasn't one to use profanity if she could help it,but a word or two here just might send him over the edge.Soemthing that would cloud his judgement and cause him to make clumsy blows,potentially creating an opening for her to escape.

He slapped her for that.She felt the sting on her cheek,though she didn't react.Tenten had been trained not to show emotion even under torture."Shut up."he snarled angrily.He reached for his kunai's,tossing her a plant.

"Eat it.It'll reverse the effects.And then I can kill you 'fairly'."he said shortly,a kunai in his hand,slipping into a familiar stance.

She dubiously did so,thinking that his sadism wouldn't allow him to poison her,he wanted to kill her painfully,for what she'd done to him.Fair enough.She'd make it quick,then report back to Neji.She felt the strength coming back to her body.She stood up,drawing the katana strapped to her back.

This time,Tenten made the first charge.She focused chakra to the soles of her feet,exploding off the ground,charging so quickly that she was a blur of pink and brown.Her sword made quick,sure swipes,the flash of silver cutting through even the dimmest of lights.He responded by blocking all blows,then lunging at her,a blow which she also blocked.They were even right about now.She needed something to give her an edge.

Tenten smirked.It was just the thing.Reaching into her pouch,she whipped out a scroll.She held up two fingers of visible chakra to release the seal,the scroll fluttered impressively around her.The aura around her glowed pale blue,as the wind whipped her hair about.Tenten performed the necessary seals,then her loud,clear voice incited the following words.

"Izanami no jutsu!"

She'd perfected this technique herself,named quite fittingly after the shinto goddess of life and death.Wind whirled around her,creating a small tornado,and she was in the middle of it.The whipping wind did not seem to even faze her.She raised one hand,and formed the last seal.Instantly,a small explosion took place.

The entire room was cloaked with inpenetrable darkness,not unlike that of the underworld in old stories.Saito's vision was completely obscured.He could not see,even with fire,light,or anything of the sort.He stumbled,helpless and blind,tripping over objects.He'd been sadistic to her,she'd show him just how evil she could be.Her eyes had slowly adapted to the darkness over the years,she could see things with ease.The last part of the technique was to be completed.

"1500 Lives;Sacrificial Bloodshed!"

Instantly 1500 knives that were formed of darkness itself flew at him.He could not see them,or even touch them.And yet,they could pierce his skin easily.He was utterly trapped.Saito screamed as he felt the raw pain as they cut into him.Tenten could direct the darkness knives with a motion of her hand,and her mind,and yet she wasn't aiming for any vital parts.She was simply torturing him.

A change came over her as he screamed for mercy.That was the side-effect of the jutsu:the user became bloodthirsty,unstoppable,killing everyone in their paths if the technique went on too long.She smiled strangely,and a large part of her wanted to laugh.Why?What's wrong with me?

Again and again the knives pierced him,but now Tenten went for the finishing blow,she felt herself being knocked back,the scroll that had created the spell tearing into shreds.A bright light shone through the room,as Hyuuga Neji stood in front of a hole in the wall he'd created.

"Tenten.Stop this,now."his voice was commanding,not to be reckoned with.Saito curled into a corner,shoulders shaking,hoping to die right then and there.

Tenten wouldn't stop.Instead,she turned on Neji,weapons raised."Let's see if you can stop me."

AN:I know,this was bloody and violent.That's what the T in the corner is for!Just to tell you,Tenten is acting the way she is because of the technique she used.She didn't know about the side affects before hand.And the daggers piercing Saito were actually formed of darkness,to sum things up.That may not work in our world,but in Naruto's world,anything is possible!