"Don't You Dare Cry"

A Kanku x Ten love story

© Masashi Kishimoto

---------------------------------------------------------------------I Will Come For You!!!!----------------------------------------------------------------

Kankuro walked the streets with the other three, admiring the beautiful scenery and fresh air. 'Man do I love it here' he thought to himself as they neared the Kage's tower. They waked inside and were directed to the Hokage's office. Tsunade sat impatiently, she had received word from Suna that Kankuro should have arrived by now. How unfortunate for her that he was 'accidentally' late by meeting Tenten. Kankuro soon walked in, and took a low bow. "sorry Hokage sama…I ran into some trouble on the way here" he said as he plopped himself onto one of the chairs, stuffing his hat into his pocket.

"Kankuro…you do know why you have been sent here by your brother…right?" Tsunade asked as Kankuro shook his head. "I'm sorry, but Gaara didn't specify on the mission…he said you could give me the juicy details" muttered Kankuro, he loved it when he used words like that. Tsunade coughed a bit, then looked to her large pile of papers, then back to Kankuro. He could tell that she was trying to find the best way to try and explain it to him. "Kankuro…Gaara sent you here to escort a team that we have picked to travel to Suna…we have heard some additional information from Gaara that there have been raids during some seasons all around the Wind Country. And he doesn't want that to come to Konoha". "so…why are we sending them there?" he asked. "because…Gaara said the next raid would probably be here in Konoha based on his calculations and he also requested that we send the team there to help fight off the raids while we remain here in order to defend our own country". "what exactly are they raiding? And who's doing the raids?" implied Kankuro as Tsunade took another deep breath. "the raids are happening because of the sound village, and what they're raiding is women from the ages 15-20" Tsunade stated, her voice lathered with sorrow and anger.

"bastards…" Kankuro seethed under his breath. It wasn't right to take women for whore houses and such, it was just sickening. "and from what I hear on the wind…it seems that Temari had been captured as well…". Kankuro's eyes widened, his breath stopped, and he squeezed his fists together tightly. 'they took Temari…they took TEMARI!!! They're gonna die!!!' he screamed in his head as Tsunade handed him a folder. "here's the team you'll be taking with you…I hope you can get along with them…". he opened it up and scanned the names. 'Nara, Shikamaru…Naruto…and Hinata….damn' he thought. "I've already informed them of the mission so they could be ready to go…is that--A scream from a woman's voice". "what the hell!?!" Kankuro yelled as he stood up, knocking the chair over as he did.

"TSUNADE SAMA!! TSUNADE SAMA!!!!!" cried Shizune as she suddenly busted through the door. She had a mortified look on her face, her eyes were wide, and full of fear. " Tsunade sama!!! The women!!!! They've been kidnapped!!!!!!!" she broke down crying. "What!!! Hey!!! Wait!!! Kankuro!!! Kankuro!!!!!!!!!". Kankuro took off, leaping down every flight of stairs he came across. He ran out of the building, a scene of turmoil laid about his eyes. "LEE!!" he suddenly cried as he ran up to Tenten's teammate, who fell over from dragging himself a long way. "I knew I'd find you here…please…help Tenten and the others…I tried to defend them during the battle…but they slipped through my fingers!!" Lee exclaimed as he began to fitfully cry. His whole body shaking. "I TRIED!!! I TRIED!!! BUT THEY GOT AWAY!!! OH TENTEN!!! I'M SORRY!!!! I LET THEM GET AWAY!!!" he roared in a bawling fit. "damn!! DAMN IT!!!…I can't just leave you here in this condition" cursed Kankuro. If he did, Lee might be picked off by other sound ninja that could be nearby. Kankuro picked up Lee and headed for the nearest hospital, all the time hoping that Tenten would still be in the village. As he walking in, Sakura rushed out while a man pursued her. "Help!!" she cried as the sound ninja grabbed a hold of her long pink hair. Before the man could do anything else, Kankuro stabbed him in the back with a kunai, and the man fell to the floor dead. "please Sakura!!! Help Lee!! I'm going to try and help the others who got caught!!!" he shouted as he swiftly rushed out, dragging Karasu onto his back as he left. Kankuro raced atop the houses and shops, his heart still holding a spark of hope.

is she okay? Is she still within the village?' he kept asking himself. Then he saw the sound ninja, fleeing into the forest with girls and women slung over their backs. All of them flying into different directions. One he had noticed, carried Tenten on his back. "NO!! you won't get away from me!!!" he roared as he lunged off the building, flinging karasu ahead of him. Karasu exploded out of the wraps and screeched through the air towards the ninja holding her captive. Kankuro's hands flexed and bent as karasu flew many an assortment of objects at him. Unfortunately the ninja dodged and the weapons his another. The other ninja sliced in half, and the woman he was carrying dropped to the ground, screaming in terror as she fled. "Tenten!!! TENTEN!!" He cried sorrowfully as he continued his pursuit. He tried attacking many times, but the ninja always managed to escape his grasp. He called to her and he could see her eyes flutter open in the distance.

"TENTEN!!!!" he shouted, agony struck across his face. He could see her dark brown eyes pleading for him to catch up, hoping he would be able to quell the invasion of the sound ninja. But he couldn't, his body was already running out of chakra. And soon, he slowly started to fall behind as the ninja gained more and more ground ahead of him. Soon they were completely from his sight. "TENTEN!!! NOO!!!" he screamed with fury and pain. He fell to his knees, exhausted, and broken. Two drops of liquid fell to the ground in front of him, staining the soil with a darker hue of brown. He was crying, each tear formed from the bottom of his soul. The paint created purple streaks vertically across his face, as he clutched the earth in his hands. He didn't want to admit it, but he was in love with tenten. He had been in love with her since the moment within the woods. Now the tears came in purple droplets, each taking it's time to drop, and each time taking away the paint that she had laid about his face. He grit his teeth, shut his eyes, and breathed raggedly.

"I will come…" he slowly choked out. "I WILL COME FOR YOU!! WAIT FOR ME AND I WILL COME!!!!" his hoarse voice mourned as he suddenly slammed his fists into the ground. The birds shot out of the trees, startled by his deep calls of mourning and loss. Calls which could not be heard by the person he wanted to desperately to see. And a bell blocked out his calls, the Hokage was calling for an emergency meeting…about what he didn't really care about. He just wanted Tenten.

AWW!!!! Poor Kankuro!!!!!! Yes…this chapter is very saddening….(sniff)…and hopefully it gets better yea…but that is for me to decide! But aww!! He really does love her! "love at first sight!!" So…will Kankuro be able to find Tenten!?! Where was Neji in all this!?!? Why is Tsunade calling a meeting after a raiding!?!? You'll all find out in chapter 4!!!! See you until then!!!!!!!!!!