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It had been almost three months since Tenten had crafted the ring, and she had made a good deal of progress, training with it in her spare time. The lantern was teaching her all the basics of her newfound power, and how to use it. When she was'nt using the ring or lantern she kept them stored in a scroll she constantly kept near her person. She wasn't ready for anyone to know about the lantern yet. As a result she reluctantly did'nt use it at all during the Chunin exam.
The first thing she found she could use the ring to do was fly. It was an experience she enjoyed very much. She also found she could generate blasts of green energy, powerful enough to shatter large rocks. Finally she found she could focus the energy to create solid objects of almost any shape, and size. Tenten also found that none of the rings powers could effect wood, and plants.
However Tenten was soon becoming restless. It was becoming hard to train her newfound powers on just rocks alone. She wished she had someone to spar with, but she did'nt know if she could trust anyone with the secret. Sighing, she sat on a log, and created two sumo wrestlers to fight each other for her amusement.
(Nearby)
Naruto Uzamaki was taking a walk in the forest when he heard, the sumo wrestler's grunting. He stepped into the clearing emerging behind Tenten, and the sumo wrestlers. "Hey Tenten what's going on?!" He yelled upon seeing the sight. Tenten was so surprised, that she lost all focus and the sumo wrestlers dissipated.
"Oh hey Naruto... What's going on? Uh been standing there long?" She asked.
"Long enough to see those funky green fatsos. What was that all about?" The orange-clad genin inquired.
Tenten was about to lie, but she then for some reason figured that Naruto while always appearing somewhat dense in the past, had always seemed trustworthy. She could not recall a single incident where he spread any form of gossip, or told anybody a secret. (AN: Maybe that was because he had nobody to tell secrets to.) She decided to tell Naruto the whole story.
"Naruto sit down." She said patting the spot on the log next to her. "I'll explain what you saw, but you have to keep it a secret."
Naruto was elated. "Okay Tenten I promise I won't tell anyone dattebuyo!" He said as he sent down.
"Over the course of the next several minutes Tenten explained to Naruto everything that had happened. The mission, the strange lantern that spoke, and the powers that the ring had given her. For once in his life, Naruto sat quietly and took it all in. It's not every day you find that one of your comrades has possession of a ring that befalls great power on those who bear it. To his credit he took it pretty well.
"WOW TENTEN THAT'S SO FREAKIN COOL DATTEBUYO!!!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Thank you Naruto." Tenten said nervously. Then Naruto got an idea.
"Hey how about we train together? If we help each other we can be unstoppable dattebuyo!" Naruto suggested in a passionate manner. Tenten thought about it for a minute before closing her eyes and slowly responding.
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(6 days later)
Tenten flew through the forest taking maneuvering constantly to avoid the trees. Nearly three dozen Narutos were following her in hot pursuit. She quickly created, and threw a giant green boomerang at the group. Some of the Narutos leaped out of the way, but a good number of them were hit by the projectile, and puffed into smoke. The remaining Narutos began throwing several kunai at Tenten, but she was able to create a bubble of energy that blocked them all.
A hundred more kage bushin Narutos leaped onto the scene, and charged at Tenten. Thinking quickly she created a giant crescent moon blade on a long chain. She began to expertly swing it around, slicing every kage bushin that got within range. She then saw two Narutos forming a ball of swirling chakra in one's hand. Tenten knew what was coming and was prepared.
"RASENGEN!!!" The real Naruto shouted as he charged at Tenten, and thrust his sphere-containing palm at her chest. However to his surprise he found it blocked by a suddenly-created green shield. Naruto looked up, and saw Tenten give a brief smirk, before a hand covered by a green boxing glove nailed him right in the gut, sending him flying into a tree. Tenten quickly flew over to him. "Naruto, are you alright?" She asked.
"Oh yeah I'm okay!" Naruto said springing back up. "That was a great spar Tenten. You're getting better each, and every time. That means I have to train to get better so I can keep up dattebuyo!"
"Well, same time tomorrow?" She asked.
"Sorry, I can't Oba-chan's giving my team a new mission tomorrow." Naruto answered.
"Oh well, see ya when you get back." Tenten said.
"Yeah see ya." Said Naruto.
(Three days later.)
Tenten awoke to a loud banging on her door, followed by the sound of Naruto yelling for her. Groggily she arose quickly slipping a white bathrobe, over her pink nightgown, (She preferred to keep a tough-girl image around her fellow shinobi.) She opened the door and was surprised to find not only Naruto, but Shikamaru, Choji, and Kiba there as well.
"Tenten, Sasuke ran away from the village!" Naruto shouted distressed.
Needless to say, that cleared the morning fog in her head.
