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The Twin Swords of Konoha: Chapter 3

Moving On

Tenten hadn't realized just how much she actually had until she had started packing. Already she had four boxes full of bedding, pictures, and a few other things she planned on taking with her. She also had her suitcase stuffed full of clothes. With a sigh, she sat down on her couch and looked over at the phone. 'Guess I should call now…' Tenten picked up the receiver and dialed the number for the Uchiha manor.

"Uchiha," Was the answer.

"Sasuke, this is Tenten. I'm done packing," She said.

"Hn," Was the reply, followed by silence.

"Um, you said you'd help me move?"

"So where's your apartment?" He asked and Tenten sweat-dropped. Of course he wouldn't know, he barely knew her. She gave him directions and they hung up, him on the way over.

Another point of view…

"Wait a minute, is that who I think it is?" Sakura and Ino were walking and Sakura pointed to one of the apartments.

"No way," Ino replied as the two of them saw Sasuke enter an apartment. And not just any apartment, it was Tenten's. He had knocked and gone in without a word as Tenten opened the door with a smile. Ino and Sakura exchanged suspicious glances, then moved to watch from a less suspicious location. Tenten and Sasuke came out of the apartment with several boxes in each hand and Tenten had a large suitcase with her.

"It's like she's moving," Sakura commented. "But why is he helping her?"

"I don't know," Ino replied, and they moved to watch the scene unfold.

Back to Sasuke and Tenten…

They had walked to the manor in complete silence, something that suited both of them. Upon entering the compound, Tenten felt a chill go down her spine. It had several buildings within it, but they were all deserted except for the one Sasuke was leading her to. She had never been anywhere like this before, and it almost frightened her to be somewhere this empty. And to know why it was deserted gave her another cold feeling. Because a single person had slain them all and that person was Sasuke's brother. Her cousin. Tenten suddenly felt less comfortable with her new living arrangement.

As they entered the house, Tenten noted all of the dark colors. It somehow seemed to match Sasuke's constantly dark mood, but at the same time had a pristine elegance to it. They went past a few basic rooms, like the kitchen and a family room. She saw one bedroom and paused for a moment. It was empty and had a great view of the garden area outside.

"Could I have this one?" Tenten asked. Sasuke stopped but didn't turn around to look at her.

"No."

"Why not?"

"That was his room," Sasuke answered and continued walking. Tenten looked at the room once more, another chill settling in her bones. She finally turned away and caught up with her cousin.

xxx

It was getting dark outside, and Tenten went towards the kitchen for dinner. Sasuke said he usually ate whenever he started feeling hungry, so that left her to fend for herself. When she reached the kitchen, she saw that he had already started. He glanced up at her absent-mindedly as he stirred something on the stove.

"Do you like pork-fried-rice?" He asked.

"Yeah," She replied and he nodded for her to sit down at the small table in the middle of the room. They hadn't talked since Tenten was shown to her room, a relatively good-sized one on the other side of the house barely down the hall from Sasuke's. She had been surprised at the size of it, her whole apartment probably would fit inside her new bedroom.

It was odd for her to think of herself as Uchiha Neko now. Everything felt so new and different. She still barely had any family, although she did have Sasuke now. Even if she barely knew him, they were family and all they had. Knowing whom her parents were, was a whole other story. They were famous for one thing and strong for another. Was she disappointing them? Was she strong enough to be their daughter? Somehow, she knew she'd get an answer sooner or later.

Tenten was pulled out of her thoughts by the clank of a bowl being set down in front of her. Sasuke sat down with his own across from her silently, and started eating.

"T-Thanks," Tenten managed to smile.

"Don't smile if you don't mean it," He said.

"What?"

"I can tell you're hurting inside, somewhere. So don't smile when you don't mean it. Why be fake about how you feel?" Sasuke said plainly and took another bite of his rice. Tenten blinked in surprise, this was probably the most he'd ever said to her.

"Fine. It just seems to all be hitting me at once," She looked out the window over the sink. "First finding out who my parents are, then my real name, and now I've moved in with you. It seems so sudden."

"It is quick," He said between mouthfuls. "But, we're in this together and I'll be here for you." Tenten stared at him for a moment, wondering why he was being so nice to her. Sasuke glanced up and seemed to read her gaze. "We're family, that's what we do. Right?"

"Right," Tenten smiled again, honestly this time.

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The next day…

Neji was grumbling outside of Tenten's apartment, knowing that they would be late if she didn't come out soon. It had already been ten minutes, and there was no sign of the bun-headed girl yet. He leaned against a post outside, growing more impatient by the minute. She had told him to stop walking her to training, saying something about it being out of the way, but this was ridiculous. Was it her way of telling him to leave her alone? He looked down at his watch again, it had now been eleven minutes.

"Neji?" A female voice said from the other side of the street. He looked up but was disappointed to only see Ino. "What are you doing here?"

"Does it matter?" He said, already wanted Ino to go away. But the girl merely smirked at him, like she knew something he didn't.

"She's not going to come out," She said simply.

"What do you mean? Who said I was waiting for her?" Neji retorted, a little too quickly.

"You just did," Ino said and started walking away. "She moved yesterday, you should really listen more closely to your teammates." Neji blinked in surprise. Tenten had said something about him not coming by, maybe that was why. But why didn't she just straight out say she was moving? He sighed and went on to training, he would deal with Tenten later.

Tenten's point of view…

Tenten arrived at training later than usual, seeing as her new house was farther away and she didn't know the way as well. When she got there, she saw Lee and Neji talking with their sensei nowhere in sight.

"What's this about you moving?" Neji asked with a scowl on his face.

"I moved in with my cousin, it was kind of sudden," Tenten shrugged. "You went by my apartment, didn't you?" Neji didn't answer, but the deepened scowl on his face told Tenten everything she needed to know.

"Did you hear?" Lee asked enthusiastically. "There's a third Uchiha! Her name is Uchiha Neko!" Tenten smiled at this, they had no idea they were actually talking to Neko did they?

"Yes I know," Tenten answered. "Just yesterday I found out that-"

"It's so interesting! I wonder who it is?" Lee cut her off, his youthful excitement blinding him. Neji on the other hand gave her an odd look.

"Lee?" Tenten said loudly and Lee finally focused on her. "I'm Uchiha Neko."

"What!" Lee exclaimed happily. "My Tenten! You're an Uchiha! You have a clan, at last!" With that, Lee jumped on her and crushed her in a bear hug. Neji smirked at the pain she appeared to be in, both of them were well aware of how Lee could overdo it when showing how he felt. Lee finally let her go and then decided to run off and tell Gai-sensei about this.

"Uchiha, huh?" Neji said and Tenten raised an eyebrow at him. There was something odd about his tone. But he said nothing more and went over to sit under the trees and meditate.

"Wait, Neji?" Tenten said and he looked at her with an annoyed look on his face.

"Can I meditate with you? Tsunade-sama told me I needed to start," Tenten asked him and he nodded, indicating that she sit next to him under the tree. Tenten smiled and they both began.

She had never meditated before, but remembered being told that to do so you needed to place an object on a background of a white square with a black border. Tenten couldn't think of what she should visualize, so she just pictured a kunai. It wasn't long before the picture started to fade and she saw the scene from her dream again. This time it was different. She wasn't just watching it, she was in it. She was in the dream as Uchiha Kaede, and felt every blow like she was the one doing it.

Tenten panicked, she knew what was happening but couldn't do anything to stop it. So instead, she attacked like she remembered Kaede doing in the dream. It worked for awhile, until one of the kunai that eventually killed the woman hit her. It was unlike any pain she had ever felt before in her life, but the body she was in kept going. Tenten was freaking out, she didn't know how to escape this. 'Somebody, help me!' She thought desperately but knew no one could hear her. Then she felt her shoulders being shaken, and it wasn't coming from the world of her dream.

"Neko-chan!" Someone yelled and she snapped her eyes open, gasping as she did so. Blindly clawing at her side, she felt that there were no kunai there. She was safe, and uninjured. Tenten let out a sigh and sank back panting.

"Neko, say something," Tenten opened her eyes to see both Neji and Sasuke staring at her. She was lying on the ground under the tree they had been meditating under.

"Sasuke, how'd you get here?" She asked in surprise.

"I ran when I knew you were in trouble," Sasuke answered. Tenten raised an eyebrow at him but said nothing else.

"What happened? You've been out for two hours," Neji wanted to know.

"Two hours!" Tenten said in disbelief. Neji nodded and Sasuke merely stared with a concerned look on his face. "I..I don't know…I saw…"

"How the Twin Swords died," Sasuke finished. Tenten nodded and Neji looked back and forth between the two.

"How did you know that?" Neji finally asked Sasuke.

"I'm not sure…Its like I felt it…" Sasuke answered and looked back at Tenten. "Neko-chan, I think we should go see Tsunade about this."

"I agree," Tenten stood up and they started to leave.

"Tenten," Neji called out in annoyance.

"My name," Tenten had turned to glare at him, "is Uchiha Neko. And I'm sorry Neji but I've really got to go."

And with that, the two Uchihas left Neji alone in the clearing.