"Don't You Dare Cry"

A Kanku x Ten love story

© Masashi Kishimoto

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Tenten sat on the floor with other women surrounding her. Temari sat to the right of her, while Hinata sat on her left. The man stood in front of them, an evil grin covered his face. "Welcome ladies…I wish the best of luck to you all…of course some of you will die while others will become very famous whores" he muttered as the crowd in front of him began to cry softly. "you'll all be assigned a floor of the building, you'll clean it everyday, and you'll entertain guests, and you will ALL be available for the nights…understood" he said as his hands rubbed together. Tenten shook with fear, she didn't want to be a whore. Who would want to anyway!? She glared at the man, trying to kill him with her eyes. He noticed her glaring at him and he smiled. He bent down and cupped her face in his clammy hands. "sweet little flower…thank you for volunteering to go first". tenten's eyes grew huge, her dark brown eyes showed fear as he dragged her swiftly to another room. She saw hinata look at her with desperation, then with fear for her. Temari began to struggle with her bindings and was soon hit with the butt of a gun. Ino began to bawl even with her gag in her mouth. Tenten was thrown to the floor, and her bindings were cut. Her gag was removed and she had bite her tongue in order to stop from screaming. The man stood in front of her, a camera in his hands. "come on…pose…" he sickly added before he started to snap pics of her. She looked about her, it wa a small room only decorated with a table and chair. "what are you going to do with me…" she cautiously asked. "why my dear…you know what I want" he added as he suddenly ripped her shirt off. Then she screamed. She writhed away from him, while covering herself as best she could. He grabbed her arm and forced her down on the floor. Outside the others could hear her shouts for help. They all sat silently, feeling pity for tenten. Tenten struggled with him, trying to get away and escape. "now now!" he gruffly mumbled as he reached for her pants. "AUGH! KANKURO!" she screamed as she swiftly elbowed him in his gut. "Why you!" he spat as she frantically crawled away from him. He grabbed her bun and ripped it out of it's place. Her hair fell and he grasped it tightly. "let go of me! LET GO!!" she screeched. Then she flailed her arms and scratched him. Her hand flew across his face and left 4 long deep slashes. "BITCH!" he yelled as he let her go and caressed his face. She ran to the door and flung it open. She ran right into the guards arms. "TAKE THEM AWAY!" he roared, tenten was safe…for now.

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"Dammit….do you even know which direction the sound ninja village is?" complained Shikamaru. He scratched his pineapple head lazily as naruto flipped the map over and over, trying to make head or tails of the thing. Neji sat under the shade of a tree, utterly pissed off. "If only kiba and shino were here…but unfortunately they had to assist with one of the other countries" mumbled Shikamaru. "ugh! I don't get this thing!" cried naruto as he suddenly ripped it apart. "BAKA!" hissed Kankuro as he pounded naruto. "and now…we don't even have a map" sighed shikamaru, he thought this whole thing was very, VERY troublesome. "how about…we pick a direction and see if it leads to the sound village!" grumbled neji as he flicked his hair this way and that way. Kankuro was annoyed by neji's hair, it was waaay to long and could get in the way of fighting. Kankuro snorted, "that's a brilliant idea genius…but what if it doesn't take us the right way". "anyway would be better than no way" he remarked back as he cast a glance of hate in kankuro's direction. "he's partially right" muttered shikamaru. "augh!! Lets just pick a direction already!!" yelled naruto as he clutched his head. "fine…" muttered kankuro as he looked about. The east was to the right and the west to his left. 'which way…the faster we decided the more time we have to reach tenten and the others' he thought. "I say…we go to the east" shikamaru said as he pointed towards the mountains. "why should we go that way" naruto curiously asked, he thought shikamaru had used his 'over 200 IQ brain' to put them in the right direction. "eh…I just have a feeling" he added. The all keeled over. "And the great genius is relying on intuition…great!" retorted kankuro as they packed up their stuff and headed towards the mountain.

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Tenten was flung into a cell, along with temari. 'wild ones' they were labeled as. "damn bastards…" temari cursed as tenten sat on the bunk bed as placed her face in her hands. "we're never going to be rescued…are we" she commented. "no! don't think like that! We will be rescued…and we'll find a way outta this mess" grinned Temari, but tenten knew she was kidding herself. "Sh! Someone's coming" temari whispered as a guard passed by. "come on…you guys have the 3rd floor for cleaning duty" he growled as he grabbed them by their hair. Temari struggled violently, while tenten lowered her head, it was hopeless. They were placed into a hall, each of them with buckets and a rag. "get to work" he said as a scowl pressed his face. 'I guess he isn't happy that he has to watch us' thought tenten as she got down on her knees and began to vigorously scrub. Temari followed suit and soon the floor was spotless. Then they moved on into the rooms. Folding towels, replacing toiletries, making beds and cleaning. By the end of the day they were both panting hard and were covered in sweat. They were soon taken to an outdoor shower where the other women bathed as well. Tenten felt the cold refreshing water hit her skin. It soothed her body and helped her aching muscles. She felt her wet hair on her back and she could smell the shampoo as she rolled it around in her hands. She thought of konoha, her family, her friends, and of kankuro. She wished he was here, he could save them all. But he wasn't here, and no one was going to save them in this godforsaken place. She turned of the shower and stepped out. She grabbed a small little towel that's provided for them and headed for a small dirty mirror. She slowly braided her hair and then put them up into her usual buns. She touched them lightly, and smiled at how she remembered that everyone called her a panda because of it. She snapped out of her daze and headed for the clothing booth. She was handed a crappy shirt and pants along with a thong. She scowled at the horrible thing, and it was an awful yellow color. She put on her clothes and headed out into a small area. It was where they could relax and also be looked upon by horny men. She took a seat in the back and stared at her feet. She almost felt like crying, but kankuro's velvet voice told her not to. She sniffled a bit before finally standing up. She suddenly realized that everyone was crowed around a small board looking at a piece of paper. She glided over and took a peek at it as well. It was a the schedule of the women's matches for tomorrow. She scrolled down and saw her name at the very bottom. Thankfully she was fighting someone she didn't know. She also looked for the others names as well and saw that a few of them were also on the list. She moaned, tomorrow would be a rough day. She looked out to the stars that hung in the sky. 'kankuro please…hurry'.

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It was already dark and kankuro and the others flew through the trees. They seached for any sign of the sound village as they continued onward. "hey wait!" shikamaru shouted as they all paused. Shikamaru bent down and picked up a small, almost unnoticeable button. "I think we're on the right track" he mumbled as he tossed the button to the others. "hey! This button is from hinata's blouse! They must have went this way!" naruto exclaimed. They clamped his mouth shut, they didn't want him giving their position away. "shush! What if they're close by idiot!" seethed neji as he flashed his eyes towards the east. He completed a series of hand symbols and turned on his byakugan swiftly. He peered about and could see far off in the distance, a small city. "we're close" he mumbled. They took off swiftly and arrived at the city. " they must be in there" naruto said in a hushed voice. 'don't worry tenten…we're coming' kankuro thought as they quietly made their way to the city.

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Tenten sat on her bed, temari was leaning against the cell door until a guard suddenly came. "you…the one with the buns…get up" he growled. Tenten bolted to her feet, as temari glared at the man ready to put up her dukes. "don't worry…I'll be okay" tenten whispered as she went with the guard. He led her down a long hallway, and up a few stairs. Then he led her into a room and pushed her inside. "you make our customer happy…and you please him in anyway possible" the guard snickered as he closed the door and locked it. Tenten was terrified, she was ready to cry. She heard footsteps outside the door, her heart panicked. She ran to the bed and pulled the covers up to her face. A man entered, covered in a black cloak and a mask covering his face. He closed the door and locked it. "please….don't" she softly murmured. She began to tear up. The man slowly walked toward her. She froze and closed her eyes, the tears falling from her cheeks and staining the sheets. Her head was lowered and she could feel his presence stop in front of her. The man bent down and softly stroked her cheek. She shuddered at his touch. "I thought I told you….not to cry…"