Hey, UknownHero here and like always, welcome to another chapter of TentenTen. Good to see there's some support for this fic and this stupid idea I just did on impulse. But, I now do have a rough, interesting idea about what can happen in the story but overall I'm still probably gonna follow the plot of the canon with just Tenten in it. I just hope I can nail this. Anyway, onto the reviews! Well, review. To Generalhyna: That… doesn't… sound… great. This story is based off, not a real crossover with Ben 10. The only real element from Ben 10 is a device strapped onto one's wrist that allows the main character to transform into different forms with different abilities.

That reminds me, I need a tenth form and I am not doing the Ten Tails, at least not yet.

Eh, anyway, time for ninjas to not act like real ninjas!

Load Game… Start!

Chapter 2: Consequences

It was another bright and sunny early morning in Konoha, something Tenten had experienced a lot of from her time in this village. Her morning routine would be what every other young genin in the village would do. Take a shower, eat breakfast, maybe do a little maintenance of her equipment and then head out for either training or a mission.

*CRACK!*

Unfortunately, it was not a normal morning for Tenten.

"What was that!?" One of the Naruto clones asked. Tenten had decided to stay in Naruto's apartment for the night because 1) she was dead tired from running away from the villagers 2) she realized just how drained of chakra she was and 3) she had no clothes. Apparently, whatever energy the braces stuck on her arms expelled when she transformed had burned away every stitch of cloth she had on her. She was lucky that she took off her headband when she got home. Anyway, now wearing one of Naruto's orange jackets and pants, she was attempting to take off these cursed braces before it caused more trouble for her. But, today it seemed like every deity and god in existence chose her as their toy for an indiscriminate amount of time so it obviously ended with constant failure.

And a dislocated arm.

"That was just the sound of all my regrets." Tenten groaned before pulling her arm away and clutching her shoulder. She then looked at the Kage Bunshin. "I can't believe you can make solid clones…"

"Yeah, they're pretty awesome." Naruto said as all his clones dispelled, before looking worried as Tenten tried to relocate her arm. "But are you alright, Ten-san?"

"I probably need to go to the hospital after we visit the Hokage." Tenten replied before there was another crack, her right arm going back into the socket. She then rolled up the sleeves of the jacket and looked at the braces on her arms. "This is what I get for hiding these things for the Hokage…" She muttered to herself before rolling the sleeve back down.

"I'm sure the Old Man will understand." Naruto reassured her as he grabbed his goggles.

"I can transform into a chibi version of the demon fox that killed the Fourth and almost destroyed the entire village." Tenten deadpanned. "I'm sure he won't be too happy about this."

"Er… don't worry about it." Naruto said, rubbing the back of his neck. To Tenten, he didn't sound like he was sure himself.

"Let's just go." Tenten said as she walked out of the apartment. "I should swing by my apartment after. Maybe that box has something to take these things off. At the very least, I can get my own clothes on. This thing's an eyesore."

"Hey! What's wrong with orange!?" Naruto exclaimed as he followed her outside, making sure to lock his apartment. "My clothes are fine! Plus, I manage to hide from the ANBU all the time in these!"

"Wait, what?" Tenten said, honestly surprised before looking skeptical. "Really?"

"Yeah! I'm always training, even when I'm pulling pranks." Naruto said with a fist pump.

"…That's really worrying." Tenten admitted. If what Naruto was saying was true, turning into the Kyuubi or Guy-sensei's warm-ups were the least of her worries. Speaking of which, she got worried when she started to noticed something weird going on.

In a perfect circle, people were keeping their distance from them. Tenten looked around and saw people were turning their heads away from them, almost if they didn't even want to acknowledge they were even there. Tenten was really confused by this. Maybe it was her ill-fitting and butt-ugly clothes? Or maybe someone saw her transformation and quickly spread the news the Kyuubi was reborn through her?

"Don't worry about." Naruto said softly, causing Tenten to stop in her tracks. The smile on his face seemed to vanish without a trace before reappearing like nothing happened. "Hurry up! Don't you want to see the Old Man!?"

Tenten just nodded before catching up. If she did this fast enough, she might be able to make it to training today.

That is; if she still had her arms after this. Or an income.

(Some time later…)

She had walked up these stairs yesterday, paying no mind to anything other than reaching her destination. Today, however, she almost hesitated with every step she climbed. Every one led her closer to the end of her ninja career or worse. Why did she let her curiousity make her lie about something so important?

The box had nothing else that could've helped her figured what the braces on her arms actually were. No instructions, no secret compartments, no other writings on the box, there was nothing that would indicate that the box was special other than sentimental value. She swore, if she lost her arms because of this…

"We're here." Naruto announced, snapping Tenten out of her thoughts. They were now in front of the Hokage Office, a set of doors which now looked much more imposing than she remembered. Her heart raced at the sight. She was nervous.

No.

She was terrified.

She shouldn't be terrified of the Hokage. He was the protector, the hero of the village, one of the best ninja in the world despite his age and was shown numerous times to be generous and kind, to the point where he was often seen visiting the local orphanage on a daily basis. But the Third Hokage was not someone that could easily be trifled with. He had both political and physical power, and he would gladly exercise it if it was a danger to the village and those within its walls.

And she was just a genin who did some really dumb things.

"Um… m-maybe we should come ba-" Tenten started to say before Naruto unceremoniously kicked the door open.

"Hey! Old Man!" Naruto loudly greeted. The Hokage only sighed at the orange-wearing boy's antics.

"Naruto, I understand you're eager to be a genin of Konoha but…" Hokage then trailed off as he saw Tenten trying to hide herself behind Naruto, her hands behind her back, and looking rather worried. "Hm? Tenten? Why are you here this early?"

"Uh… th-t-there was s-s-something I… need t-t-to tell you." Tenten stuttered out as she gathered as much courage as she could. "I s-s-s-sort of… left something o-o-out… about th-t-the mission from y-y-yesterday."

"Tenten, you do realize that lying in reports are grounds for punishment." The Hokage said seriously. Tenten couldn't help but feel a stab of fear go through her heart. "You should have known this by now."

"I know that now. I am sorry Hokage-sama and I will gladly accept any punishment you deem appropriate but I really need your help right now." Tenten said. "It's that… I have these." Tenten then slowly pulled up her sleeves, revealing the braces around her arms. The Hokage narrowed his eyes at the braces, studying it for a few seconds before speaking.

"What are those around your arms?" The Third asked. Tenten just looked at Naruto before he nodded back.

"She can…. turn into… um, it kinda involves…. you know." Naruto said as he pointed at his stomach. The Hokage didn't hesitate to signal his ANBU to leave them alone. Anything involving Naruto and the Kyuubi was going to be considered an S-Rank secret, no matter what it was.

"Explain." The Hokage said sternly. Tenten was a little too busy worrying about her own problems to ask Naruto about his apparent connection to the demon that ravaged their village and proceeded to explain her situation. It didn't take long, but it left the Hokage with many questions. "Transform into the Kyuubi, now." The Hokage commanded. Tenten took in a deep breath and looked at her braces.

"Okay, which one was it now…?" She muttered to herself. She couldn't, for the life of her, remember which one of the tablets activated her transformation and she couldn't translate the symbols on them so she just guessed. "This one might be it. I think." Tenten mumbled before placing channeling some chakra into her palm and placed it on the tablet.

And suddenly, she felt her chakra instantly drain from her body and be replaced by something else.

"YAH!" Tenten shouted out before her body glowed, blinding the Hokage and Naruto as she transformed. It happened in a flash and when the light dimmed, they could only stare at Tenten's new form. "Oh… I'm not gonna get used to this, am I?" Tenten groaned before shaking her head and seeing everyone in the room stare at her. "I… I did it… I think…"

"What on…" The Third mumbled, staring in awe at Tenten's new form.

"Er… Ten-san? You…" Naruto started, feeling a little awkward there was one minor detail that they messed up on. "Uh…"

"Hokage-sama, don't be alarmed. I'm not the Kyuubi reincarnated or anything it's just…" Tenten tried to explain but found herself unable to form anymore sentences. She was just way too nervous. She tried to gather up all the courage she had before the Third kindly pointed out the elephant in the room… well, it was more like the giant beetle in the room.

"You are not the Kyuubi." The Third said calmly after getting over the initial shock. "You are a beetle."

"Huh?" Tenten said dumbly before trying to look at, what should be, her paws but only saw insect-like legs. Now that she realized it, it felt like she had three pairs of legs. She turned her head to look at her back, which was a dark blue, and saw six green and orange insect wings attached to her tail. "Wh-Wh-What the…!?"

"More specifically, you resemble rhinoceros beetle." The Hokage noted, studying Tenten's new form as she freaked out. He also saw the tablet around Beetle Tenten's neck, noting the symbols on it glowing light green, and her wings and tail. "Hm… seven…" The Hokage mumbled to himself. This was… very interesting. He was going to have to get an expert on this to confirm his suspicions.

And he knew exactly who.

But first… he had to make sure none of this information left this room. Who knew how many people would lose their lives over this young genin and… these demonic braces she possessed.

"Tenten, how long does this… transformation last?" The Third asked.

"Huh?" Tenten said as she used her new wings to fly up onto the Hokage's desk. Oh, that was way too natural to be comfortable. "I don't know. I wasn't really keeping track of time. But I guess… uh… ten minutes? Thirty minutes at best? …I think?"

"When you transform back, you may leave." The Hokage said, causing Naruto and Tenten to sigh in relief. "But… you will be taken off the active roster. You will be unable to participate in any mission until my expert has confirmed to me your braces are not a threat to the village and we learn more about them."

"Wh-What?" Tenten said, unable to believe what she just heard.

"C'mon, Old Man! I'm sure Ten-san's braces aren't going to hurt anyone! And Ten-san is a good person!" Naruto tried to convince the Hokage to think otherwise.

"Naruto, I'm sure Tenten won't use what she now has to hurt anyone in the village, but for all we know her braces could be slowly corrupting her mind and chakra with each transformation." The Hokage explained before looking at the tablet. One of its symbols have started to dim. "And if word of this gets out to the public…"

"Oh…" Naruto said with a wince. "Sorry, Ten-san."

"No no, I was expecting it." Tenten mumbled with a sad sigh before bowing down. "I apologize again Hokage-sama from keeping this from you."

"It's fine, but do not let anything like this happen again." The Third said. "I will inform your team that you will be taking a leave of absence, but I will tell your sensei the real reason you will not be participating in missions with them. I'm also going to schedule for you to have daily check-ups at the hospital to make sure your transformations are not affecting your body negatively. If you are asked why, say that you are undergoing special training with a tutor. I cannot stress enough about this but do not, under any circumstance, use your transformations unless I say so."

"Of course, Hokage-same." Tenten said. "Now uh… can I ask you a favour?"

"What is it?" The Third asked.

"Well, uh… when I transform my clothes kinda burn away so… um…" Tenten said awkwardly.

"We don't have spare clothes here, unfortunately." The Hokage informed the beetle girl.

"I-I'll take her home." Naruto offered. "When she turns back, she can get dressed there."

"Naruto!" Tenten exclaimed. "I can't go out like… this!" She said as she looked down at her body. "I'm gonna be squished like a bug if anyone sees me!"

"Hey, don't you know who you're talking to?" Naruto said with a smirk. "I hide from the ANBU daily, and they're like super ninjas! Speaking of which. Three. Two. One." Suddenly, there was the distinct sound of someone letting it rip and the room started to shake a little before settling down. Tenten looked out the window of the Hokage's Office and saw an orange mushroom cloud in the distance.

"Naruto… that the ANBU Headquarters wasn't it." The Hokage deadpanned as Naruto laughed at his latest prank.

"I love Kage Bunshin!" Naruto laughed out, rolling on the floor, laughing his heart out. Tenten just stared in amazement at the orange-loving boy. When did he send out a Bunshin? She was with him all morning.

She made a mental note to herself never to let Naruto have a reason to prank her. Ever.

"Naruto, take Tenten home now. We'll talk about your reward later." The Third said in an emotionless tone.

"Sorry but I won't be pulling pranks for a while so-!" Naruto started before realizing what the Hokage just said. "Wait, what?"

"This is happening too often. I'm going to have a stern meeting with our ANBU if their security has been breached by a boy with blonde hair in bright orange." The Hokage explained.

"It was kinda easy actually." Naruto admitted proudly.

"And that's what concerns me." The Third said in a serious tone. "Now, you may leave."

"Thanks Old Man." Naruto said, happy he was actually getting rewarded for his pranks.

"Uh… hello, girl who's still a bug here!" Tenten spoke up. "You're seriously not gonna take me home like this, are you?"

"We'll figure something out!" Naruto happily said. "C'mon, I think I have an idea."

-101010-

"This is the worst idea I've ever agreed to." Tenten deadpanned.

"It's a good idea!" Naruto tried to defend himself.

"No it's not!" Tenten exclaimed. Currently, they were in the streets heading for Tenten's home and Naruto had the "brilliant" idea of wrapping his surprisingly comfortable jacket around her and carrying her like a baby. It was either this or cling onto Naruto's back underneath his jacket and hope to every deity there is no one would question the large bump growing out of the blonde's back. And roof hopping wasn't an option because it would raise suspicion. "We're gonna get caught!"

"Quiet! You're supposed to act like a baby or an injured animal… so… act like one!" Naruto whispered out before looking around to see if anyone was staring at them. As usual, they were not.

"Oh yeah, they'll buy that I'm just a really ugly baby…" Tenten muttered sarcastically, using her legs to hold her tails close to her body. "The horn on my head really improves the illusion."

"Can't you just do the Henge no Jutsu?" Naruto asked.

"I don't. Have. Fingers." Tenten stated, wiggling her foremost legs. "What makes you think I can use that justu in this form? How can I do any jutsu in this form?"

"Just stop talking and act natural." Naruto said before he looked up. "Uh… where's your house again."

"I don't know. I've been staring at your face and sky for the past couple of minutes." Tenten said. "I'm kinda running out of time here. J-Just tilt me a little. I wanna take a look."

"Okay." Naruto said before turning Tenten a bit to her side to let her see a little of the street they were in. "It shouldn't be too far from the Hokage Tower so it should be… there-oh shit!" She swore.

"What?" Naruto asked.

"Dammit… my teammates!" Tenten said, having saw Neji and Lee approaching her apartment building. "I missed my team meeting this morning!"

"This early?" Naruto asked incrediously.

"Be happy you do not have my sensei." Tenten said as she started thinking of a plan. She was sure she was going to transform back soon and Naruto's apartment would take too long to get to. Then she remembered she left her window open last night. "Naruto, look. See that open window? That one on the second floor? That's my apartment. I need you to put me in there now without getting seen by the guy with big eyebrows and the guy with the arrogant aura around him. Those are my teammates. Think you can do that?"

"No sweat." Naruto said with a smirk before quickly ducking into an alley and doing a few handsigns. "Henge!" Then, in a puff of smoke, he transformed into Tenten. "How do I look?" He asked. Tenten would've been surprised at how accurate the Henge was, even down to her voice. However, she was confused and angry.

"Naruto, what the Hell are you doing!?" She exclaimed. "Turning into me isn't going to help!"

"Yes it will." Naruto said. "I'm gonna go distract your teammates, you sneak into your apartment."

"That's not gonna work." Tenten said, just knowing her teammates will catch Naruto in an instant.

"Do you have any better ideas?" Naruto asked, not expecting an actual response. Well, honestly, Tenten probably could but she was running out of time and couldn't think of any other option right now.

"I take back what I said earlier. This is the worst idea I've ever agreed to." Tenten said before wriggling out of Naruto's arms, his jacket still on her back giving her at least some cover. "Just stall them as long as you can."

"Don't get caught." Naruto said before heading off to distract her teammates.

"That goes for you too." Tenten said, deciding to wait a few seconds before sneaking into her apartment.

-101010-

Tenten wasn't at their team meeting this morning and Guy-sensei had been called to the Hokage after a few minutes of "warm-up" exercises so it was their task to find Tenten and find out the reason why she didn't show. Tenten was rarely late for team meetings, let alone completely missing out on it and in the event she was late she would have a good reason usually. It was certainly strange but they could always give her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it was a one-time thing.

"This should be where she lives." Neji muttered to himself, sure the address Guy told them was correct.

"I wonder why she did not show to the meeting." Lee wondered out loud. "That's not very youthful of her."

"Well, she better have a good reason." Neji said before noticing Tenten's apartment window was open. The curtains were shut but did cause some alarm. He narrowed his eyes before he went to knock on her door. However…

"Hey, guys!" A familiar voice called out. They turned and saw "Tenten" walking up the steps with a rather bright smile on her face. "What are you doing here?"

"You didn't show up to the meeting today." Neji informed her. "Sensei told us to find you."

"Oh, s-sorry! I just got caught up in something and just forgot." "Tenten" explained as she rubbed her arm. "Don't worry, tell sensei it won't be happening again." Lee and Neji looked at each other before turning to Tenten.

"By the way, Tenten-san, I want to learn how to wield nunchucks." Lee said. "Do you mind training with me this afternoon?"

"Sure. Where?" "Tenten" replied… before being punched straight in the gut by the guy in green spandex, dispelling Naruto's Henge. "ARGH!" Naruto yelled out in pain, coughing up blood, before being grabbed by his shirt and pulled onto his feet.

"You have ten seconds to explain yourself." Neji threatened. "Now what did you do with our teammate!?" Naruto winced before seeing Tenten crawl into her window behind them, making sure the curtains where shut. They fell for it.

"Uh… um… she's…" Naruto tried to explain but couldn't think of a good explanation without revealing what happened last night or the Hokage Office. To them, he was just some guy they didn't know at best and an infiltrator from some other village at worst.

"Well!?" Lee shouted out.

"Uh… she sent me out to distract you!" Naruto called out without thinking, which only confused the two boys in front of him.

"And why should we trust your words?" Neji asked. If he didn't like what he said or caught him lying, he was going straight to the Torture & Interrogation Department.

"Hello, is anyone there?" another voice called out from inside the apartment. "What's making all that noise?" Tenten asked as she quickly got dressed and ate some Soldier Pills to refill her chakra.

"Tenten?" Lee said in confusion as Neji let go of Naruto's shirt, letting him give out a sigh of relief. He felt like he almost died. "Tenten, is that you?" There was the distinct sound of someone unlocking the door before Tenten's head poked out, now completely human. From what they could see, her hair was down and she was wearing light grey sweat pants and a bright orange jacket. It looked like she just woke up.

"Neji? Lee? What time is it?" Tenten questioned as she let out a fake yawn. "Sorry, looks like I missed the meeting, huh?"

"Yes." Neji responded before looking at the jacket and then Naruto. "Where did you get that jacket?"

"O-Oh… uh… when I went out to buy some new weapons and stock up on my supplies I met someone really friendly. We talked for hours into the night and I got cold. He gave me his jacket and walked me home." Tenten lied, though mentally grimaced. That sounded really romantic. When she saw Naruto wipe his mouth to clean his blood, she knew she had to let him off the hook. It was the least she could do for helping her. "Oh, Naruto! Thanks for giving me your jacket."

"No problem." Naruto laughed it off before wincing and rubbing his stomach.

"Oh, and thanks for stalling them, I really needed those extra minutes in bed." Tenten said.

"Can I have my jacket back?" Naruto asked. It was his favourite jacket after all.

"Uh… later, I just threw these on and I'm kinda… indecent underneath." Tenten explained, causing the boys to blush.

"No worries. Keep it." Naruto said as he started to walk away. "I'm gonna go and get my photo taken. See ya!" Naruto called out before running for the Hokage Tower, having thrown out his plans for that a long time ago.

"Bye, Naruto!" Tenten called back before looking at her teammates. "So, what are we doing today?"

"Guy-sensei was summoned over to the Hokage's Office." Lee said. "It looked like it was urgent."

"Well, I'm gonna go ahead and get ready. Do you mind waiting a bit more?" Tenten asked. Neji and Lee just nodded before Tenten slammed the door on them and started getting ready for the day.

"…Do you think…?" Lee started, knowing what Neji was thinking of right now.

"It's none of our business, Lee." Neji replied before mumbling quietly. "…But yes." After that it was just listening to the village and its people going about their business before Tenten came back out wearing her kunoichi outfit… plus Naruto's jacket.

"What? It's comfortable!" Tenten lied again, the jacket's actual use was to hide her cursed braces. "C'mon, let's see if Guy-sensei returned from his meeting with the Hokage." Tenten said before jumping away. Neji and Lee looked at each other before shrugging. It wasn't their business.

And so, the new day began… and with it all its twists and turns.

Save Game… Quit!

Whew! Done! This was started months ago but finally I got around to finishing it. Anyway, that's it for now! See ya, whenever!

UknownHero signing off, my friends!