I want to thank Moonlight0101, Kick -Assing -Kunoichi, and LoveIsBlue for being the only ones to review me. It really does mean a lot. Hinata doesn't stutter as much, just because I got annoyed of doing these: p-p-p or r-r-r, ECT. I hope you guys are enjoying the fanfiction, and if you have advice, criticism, or just any comments please do give them. And yes I know there are grammar mistakes, but my beta is still at camp. Enjoy Chapter 2 and review!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters except Marissa.

Pairings: Main NejTen Minor HinaNaru, SakuSasu, InoGaa, ShikaTem,

XxXx Mafia Games xXxX

Kindness

Tenten

So here I am, in a random room that I'm supposed to stay in for a month because of self-defense… and I guess Missy too. The room was basically a light khaki color, from the walls to the desks to the bed sheets. Not like I minded, I actually like this color, but still I'm going to be locked in here for a month! At least the room was nice.

A soft sigh escaped my lips as I plopped down on the nice soft twin bed. What am I going to do? Even if I manage to survive this month I don't have the million to pay off the debt. Why'd you do this to me Missy? Was I not a good enough friend to you? I bit my lip and held back the loud scream that was threatening to come out. I hate being weak, but somehow in this room it seemed to drain the strength from me. It felt as if I couldn't fight back, and truth was I really couldn't. What made me think I could fight off a mafia member? If I knew this was going to happen I might as well have let Kiba talk. Boy was I stupid. Seconds turned to minutes. Eventually those minutes turn into hours, and hours turn into days. Days turn into months. In a month I would be out of here, why did it seem like such a long time?

CRRRRREEEEEEEEAAAAAKKKKK

I looked over at the door that had just opened. In walked a young girl that seemed to be younger than me, but not by much. She had dark blue hair that ended near her collarbone. She had those eyes, the eyes that Neji had. Were they related? If so, was she as mean as Neji? She bit her lip slightly before stepping in and closing the door.

"H-hi, my n-name's H-H-Hinata," she said stuttering slightly.

I decided to be nice to her, so I gave her a warm smile, "Hi Hinata, I'm Tenten, but I'm going to guess you knew that already."

She nodded her head slightly and extended her thin arms, "Neji-niisan w-wanted m-me to give t-this to you." In her hands was a khaki colored bath towel, and a semi-big bag. I eyed the bad suspiciously, as if expecting a vicious piranha to jump out at me if I opened it. "N-Neji-niisan collected s-some of y-y-your clothes and p-put it in t-t-this b-bag." Ahh, so he was the one that did it. Although I had no idea why.

I shrugged and grabbed everything in her hands, "Thank you Hinata."

She gave me a smile and said, "A-are y-y-you h-hungry? I-I c-could b-bring you d-d-dinner."

So I am allowed to have dinner, maybe I won't die in here after all, "Actually, I am quite hungry, could you do that Hinata? Thanks!"

"Y-You're w-w-welcome Tenten-san," with that said she headed out of my room. I rummaged through the bag to see that Neji has brought me a lot of clothes, and a few things from my bathroom and my nightstand. Of course he ignored my cell phone that was on the nightstand, I would've probably called the police. I got off my bed and headed to the small bathroom that happened to in my room. The bathroom had a toilet, sink, and a shower. I looked at myself in the mirror. God did I look like a zombie, but I was never one for looks and makeup. I grabbed my everyday bathroom items and placed them where they belonged and walked back towards the bed. Right as I sat down on the bed the door opened again. Joy, another visitor. This time it was a pretty blonde haired girl. She smiled at me and said, "Hinata was called to do something else so here I am with your food!" I eyed the tray suspiciously; it could be poisoned for all I know. The tray consisted of a bowl of porridge, bread, and a glass of water. She set the plate down on the table that happened to be at the foot of my bed and held out her hand, "Hey, I'm Ino."

I took her hand and shook it, "Tenten."

She looked me up and down, once, twice, and then finally looked into my eyes. She shook her head at my hair. When I took out my senbon needle one bun on my head fell apart, this left me half-bunned. "What have you done with you hair?" she asked.

"Fighting, well semi-fighting," I answered as if it was the easiest thing in the world.

'No, no, no!" she grabbed the brush that was on my bed and immediately started to undo my bun and brush my hair. After a long 5 minutes of brushing, my hair was finally tangle-free. Ino parted my hair into two parts and then put my hair back into two buns. "You look like you just got out of the shower," she said eyeing my clothes.

"That's cause at that time I did just get out of the shower."

"Oh."

I looked over at the nightstand that had a clock. It read 11:00 PM. Was it really that late? I smiled at her, "Thanks for doing my hair."

"No problem! Well I got to jet, knowing Neji he'll be mad if I'm still here. I'll come visit you tomorrow!" she said jumping up and waltzing out the door. Man people were weird here. I eyed the tray again, to eat or not to eat. Then my stomach growled, okay to eat. I grabbed the bowl of porridge off the tray and ate it slowly, taking bites of the bread in between. Soon everything was done and I set the tray back on the table. I looked closely at the water, searching for any kind of powder. Not wanted to drink it anyways I poured it down the sink in the bathroom and drank the sink water. I walked back towards my bed and laid there looking at the plain ceiling. For the third time that day, my door opened. I sat up quickly and looked at who entered. It was Neji. "Enjoying your room?"

"Not really," I said carelessly.

"You got your stuff right?"

"Yeah, thanks. You could've brought me my cell phone but whatever."

"You're lucky I even got your I Pod," he said.

"Yeah, I guess. Thanks again though. Here take the tray," I said while handing him the tray.

"Tomorrow one of us will bring you breakfast, the door is locked, and if anyone knocks do not answer it. We all have keys so if someone knocks, it's not us. The window is sealed, and it unbreakable. So don't get any ideas. Goodnight."

"Night," I said before he walked out. I picked up my I Pod from the bag and started playing it. The first song that played was Vampire Heart by H.I.M which was a good song that I was in love with. I took the clothes from the bag and placed them into the drawers, blushing slightly when I realized he went through my underwear drawer. I sighed to myself as I shut down my I Pod and walked to the bathroom to brush my teeth, I decided that I'd shower tomorrow. I climbed into the bed and turned off my lamp and attempted to fall asleep. However, it didn't work very well; I just ended up looked at the ceiling, feeling rather anxious. Was I going to die? Of course not that was just a silly thought of mine. At 1:33 AM I finally fell into a deep slumber.

Next Day

The sun shined brightly that morning. The sun shined straight into my room and it woke me up. I always used to close the blinds at my house, so I wasn't really used to having sunshine in my room. I stifled a yawn as I sat up and looked at the clock. 8:30 AM. Damn, I hated waking up early. I ended up lying back down and staying in bed. The whole time I was laying down I was thinking. Why are they so nice to me? Did it have to do with me joining the mafia? I wasn't used to this kindness, since everyone in life treated me like I was a piece of shit. Missy was an exception, well except for now. I didn't know whether or not to hate her. I really did love her like a sister, so what did I do to deserve this? I should be crying, or at least trying not to cry, but there were no waterworks. The door opened, yet again. In stepped Neji, did he always look this hot? He had his hair the same way, and he was wearing a pair of dark wash jeans and a white sweater that fit his body. I shook my head; I'm not allowed to think that way about him.

"Awake?" I shot him a 'are you stupid?' look. He looked at me, amused. "So your friend Marissa…"

"What about her?" I asked, even though she betrayed me I still wanted to know what happened to her.

"She tried skipping town."

"Oh," of course she was trying to run away.

"She got hit by a bus, she died instantly."

I couldn't say anything. I felt as if my throat was closing in on me. Yes, she left me here in this hell hole, but I still loved her like a sister. I couldn't speak; I could only gape like an idiot. Was he lying to me? Did he think this was a sick joke? Cause it isn't. "Stop joking," I said, barely able to spit out those two words.

"I'm not joking Tenten. She was in Kyoto when she got hit." Ahh, so she went to Kyoto. She traveled all the way from Tokyo to Kyoto. Like that made a difference, if I was her I would've gone all the way to the states, or at least China. I couldn't take it anymore; my life has officially hit the slumps. Who cared about the mid-life crisis? This was ten times worse. I swallowed the lump in my throat, or at least tried to. It didn't make a difference, and I'm still lost for words. He looked at me as if expecting me to say something. I wanted to, but I couldn't bring myself to say anything. I was afraid I would start crying, and I didn't want him to see me cry. Anyone but him. All I did was nod and look away. He took the hint and left.

I was feeling like shit, yet the waterworks refused to come. All I could do was lie in bed and try to get rid of the annoying lump in my throat. I hated it, I hated the stupid lump, I hated Missy for getting me into this and then dying, I hated the mafia; I hated God for putting me into this. She was an idiot, she should've gone on a god damn plane, and maybe she'd still be here. I threw my pillow across the room in frustration. The pillow hit the door, harder than I expected. My heart was beating faster than normal and I found it hard to breathe. Why was I taking this so hard? What was wrong with me? Normal people would just cry and not have this panic attack. Oh wait, I forgot I'm not normal. I took short deep breaths, but it didn't work. I stumbled to the bathroom and splashed water in my face, it didn't work either. I crawled into the shower and turned it on. Ice cold water came pouring down on me as if it was raining. I continued to take short deep breaths until I started to breathe normally. I turned off the shower, but stayed in there to recollect my thoughts.

Maybe this was all a big joke, maybe Missy did it for a laugh. Maybe I wasn't really in a prison room. Maybe Missy was really alive, and maybe she'll just pop into this room and scream 'Surprise!'. I would be shocked and then laugh, but it wasn't a big joke. It was all reality. Reality really did suck ass. The panic attack started to come back to me. I turned on the shower again and took deep breaths. It took longer, but I finally regained my ability to breathe normally. I wonder how many more of these panic attacks I'll end up having, how many panic attacks before I finally die from lack of oxygen. The door opened and Ino was in my bathroom. She saw me, in the showers, wet, and about to have another panic attack.

"Are you trying to drown yourself?!" she shouted.

I shook my head, "Panic attacks." Those two words happen to be the first two words that slipped out of my mouth. Ino lifted me from the shower and put me on the bed. She handed me fresh clothes and left. I took a deep breath and dressed, leaving the wet clothes on the floor. She walked back in, this time with Sakura. Why was she here? I don't even know her? Am I supposed to have a sob fest with some weird pink haired person? Sakura grabbed my shoulders, I tensed slightly. She grabbed my wrists and checked my pulse, my heart was pounding like crazy, and I was still taking short breaths. "She said 'Panic attack' like I'm supposed to know how to fix it. I figured you'd know instead," Ino said. Ahh, so Sakura's supposed to make these panic attacks go away. Darn, she was going to take away my only suicide attempt. I slapped her hand away softly, before walking back into the bathroom.

"Where are you going?" Ino asked.

I still couldn't speak so I just sat back down in the showers, hoping the attacks would come back. They didn't. Damn, that Sakura sure knew how to be a doctor, even though she really didn't do anything. I was breathing normal and I didn't feel the need to take deep breaths anymore. Sakura walked in and smiled at me, "Feeling better?"

"Unfortunately," I said.

"I'm Sakura."

"Tenten."

"Now were you really trying to drown yourself?" she asked me kindly.

"No."

"Okay, then what were you doing in the showers?" Ino asked.

"Trying to get rid of my panic attacks," I answered stepping out of the showers and sitting down on the ground.

"Why was she having them Sakura?" Ino asked.

"Most likely from shock, most panic attacks are." Ah yes, shock. I was shocked that Missy was gone. Shocked that I was still alive and suffering. Shocked that panic attacks were happening. I glanced at them, "Thanks."

"It's my job," Sakura said.

"It's the only thing that Sakura can do. By the way, your breakfast is on the table. We're going to head out, you know Neji. Anyways, we'll visit soon!" Ino said waving while dragging Sakura away. I watched them leave, I didn't say anything, and I couldn't say anything. The door opened again, but I couldn't see the door clearly. I was still on the bathroom floor; I stood up and walked out. Sitting on my bed was Neji and Sasuke. Great, it just had to be them. They looked over at me, they saw my wet hair, and they saw the wet clothes that were on the floor. They could put two and two together.

"Trying to drown yourself?" Sasuke asked.

"No," I answered bluntly.

"Okay, I'll play along. Then what were you doing?"

"Trying to get rid of panic attacks," I answered. They looked at each other for a split second and then turned back to me. "We'll get Sakura," Neji said.

"No need, she's already been here. Said the panic attacks were from shock. You know," I said as if it was nothing, but it wasn't just nothing. It was something. I gave them a look that said 'I don't want to talk about it', and they took the hint. "Why are you here?" I asked.

"We wanted to know if you've been thinking," Neji said.

"Thinking about?" I asked, obviously clueless.

"About joining Konoha," Sasuke said.

"Yeah, I said no and I'm sticking to it," I said as I grabbed a towel from the bathroom and started to dry my hair.

"Are you sure?" Sasuke asked.

I hesitated for a moment, maybe there were good things in a mafia, but then I remembered how the mafia killed people. "Yes."

"Hn."

"Hn."

They both got up and walked out. I sighed softly as I took the tray of food on the table and ate it. I ate everything from the eggs to the toast, and the water rice too. This time I even drank the water. I set it down and looked out the window. Why was it that it always looks so peaceful out there, but never peaceful here, in life? Why was it that everyone always ends up with a happy ending, but I end up with a dead friend? No, not just a dead friend, I also ended up with a dead dad, mom, uncle, aunt, grandma, and grandpa. I was alone in the world.

There was nothing left for me to do, sure I could live. I would live only to work, live only to never see the greatness in life. I could live to always wonder what if? What is left in this world for me? Nothing. Why am I still alive? Does God really hate me? Is this karma? Karma for what? I've never done anything wrong before. I've always had to live alone; I couldn't have possibly done anything wrong.

Maybe God was doing this so that I'd be rewarded in the end. Or maybe God was just a bastard who enjoyed toying with me.

Whatever it was, it hurt, and the tears started flowing. The waterworks finally started, and I couldn't stop it.


Well there's Chapter 2! I hope you enjoyed it! Also, to those of you who are curious I made a diagram of Tenten's prisoner room. I know that they are incredibly nice to give prisoners a room, but they really aren't. They're trying to butter her up so that she'll join Konoha. Anyways, please do review! It makes me want to keep going. D Hope you enjoyed!