Language: English

Rating: K

Genre: Angst/Tragedy

Pairing: Tenten Centric

Strangers

Summary: When he betrayed her, there was nothing left; she wouldn't go crawling back to him. Never, and that made them strangers, even if in the bottom of their heart was a wish untold.

A woman with brown auburn hair walked inside a room and went into the crib, she loved the child, she really did but her son was a living reminder of her burden

She ran Dammit, why, why, why? She ran, not caring if the whole village stared as she ran while he was calling for her, she didn't care; she ran to Ino, she burst into the shop, Inoshi instantly came out

'Ma-am, your-Oh god, Tenten are you all right? I'll get Ino right away'

Tenten had become very familiar with the Yamanaka family; a 25 year old Ino came out

'Hey, Ten-chan how ar- oh my god, what happened to you?'

She quickly hustled Tenten in, no sooner were they in her room she sobbed even harder but managed to choke out the words

'He...he...cheated on me!'

Ino looked shocked, she quickly comforted her

Ten months later Tenten was holding a baby boy's hand, she loved him, but he was a living reminder of her loved one, and his family didn't make it easier they were demanding that she give the child to them because he belonged to their clan but she couldn't and wouldn't she had seen the horror, and refused to give that fate to her own son, she had seen how they had gone against their 'tradition' and placed the cursed seal on Hinata, as soon as it was placed on her they had activated it, killing her, Naruto had been devastated so much that he gave up on his dream to become Hokage and swore to have revenge on Hinata's grave, no one knew where he was now, Ino had been left heartbroken for weeks after Shikamaru had broken up with her and moved to the Sand, Kiba and Shino were rarely seen, always on missions Sasuke was still on where to be found Suddenly there was a knock, she stood up and hid Ryu in one of the secret rooms,

'Who is it?'

'Me'

Immediately, Tenten drew out a weapon, she knew Neji had his Byakugan on

'Go away!'

'I want my son'

Tenten gritted her teeth

'How many times do I have to tell you that you won't be getting him! Besides, why don't you just have another child with your precious Sakura?'

She spat out, she didn't care, she didn't need to care, nor did she want to care, but deep in the back of her mind she knew she still cared for him, but she pushed it out, she wouldn't let him hurt her anymore.

'He belongs to the Hyuugas'

'Says who?'

'His eyes

'I won't let you go near him, and if you break in you'll be trespassing and I'll report to the Hokage immediately'

'Sakura is her apprentice'

'So?'

"She'll listen to Sakura over you'

Tenten felt her blood boil, but resisted it, but she wanted to stump him, for once

'Maybe, but I doubt she'll listen to her apprentice over her granddaughter'

Sheshot out angrily,she could sense confusion butShe didn't care,she left the door, not caring becauseshe had told one of my last secrets, andshe had finally let him go, He would no longer destroy her life, She'd shatter every obstacles he and his damn clan bought to her.

'Kaa-san! Kaa-san! Look what I can do1 a little boy excitedly showed, Tenten was shocked when she watched her 8 year old son combine Kaiten and weapons together to become a whirling chakra dome of flinging weapons, No doubt she thought grimly, this was why they had wanted him, Sakura had died in child birth, Leaving Neji with a pink haired, white-eyed Hyuuga girl, but as soon as she saw the girl, she knew that she would take after her mother, true as that, the girl had, already at her age, a great knowledge of medicine, but her Byakugan was weak, somethingthe Hyuugasfrowned apon,she knew that on the poor girl's fourth birthday, she would have the cursed seal, it was a shame to, the girl reminded her of Hinata, Weak in fighting yet strong in healing,but the Hyuugasthought it was a waste, that was how Hyuuga's were like, they were could and deceptive, She hadn't given Ryu a last name, just like her he had no last name, She wouldn't let him carry the burden of that name, but he was a genius, alright, that was something he had received from his father, all his classmates had asked him why he wasn't a Hyuuga, and how he had Byakugan, Ryu had asked her multiple times as well, she had only replied that when he grew older he would be told, he had pouted but given up.

'That was great'

She complimented him,

'You'll definitely be able to pass the Gennin exams, and at 8 too,'

Tenten laughed but she was worried, she hope he wouldn't become a missing-nin like Uchiha Itachi, but she feared once the Hyuugas heard, they'd once again pressure her to give him to them, she refused to let them have him. She refused to chain her only son to the ridiculous traditions they had set up. Her eyes widened as she realized someone was watching, and it wasn't Ino, Kiba, Shino, the Rookie nine teachers or Gai, she quickly grabbed a weapon and flung it out, it was instantly repelled but the movement was enough to catch Ryu's attention as he stopped his Weapon flinging Kaiten, Her heart stopped as she realized who it was, this was NOT good, at all. Neji looked at her and Ryu, he then started towards him, she angrily stepped in front of Ryu

'What's the matter, Kaa-san?'

Ryu asked confused she just glared, no way would she let him get to her, she turned him away, took his hand and walked home with him but replied

'Ryu, you can never trust strangers'

Not knowing there was a crushed person behind,hiseyes full of regret and torment,finally knowing that his mistake meant that they were now strangers.

Author's Note:

1.If you don't like it I'm sorry, It's just…I'm so against the pairing, yet so for it, they're perfect yet Neji doesn't deserve her

2. Review if you have any comments.

3. Yes, I know but this was VERY rushed, I only had about 10 minutes to do this and is you write really good oneshots you'll know that it takes a VERY long time to write a good oneshot piece, for example, the first one, my 'Start Over' took about 5 hours so I'm really sorry, 5.

4. The one a told you about, 'She' is on it's way! And if you have a requested pairing please tell me, and NO Tyson I will NOT do a SasuNaru lemon, NEVER!

Annie