Tsunade led us to a small room, white of course, and it contained one desk and about five chairs. Tsunade sat behind the desk and the Hyuugas sat in one of the abundant chairs in the front of the room. I was becoming slightly impatient and began to pace.
"So what's going on?" Tsunade questioned, breaking the silence. I slowed down my movement across the room.
"Tenten's spirit is walking around and her chakra is contained within it like our chakra is in our body. But in her body is someone else's chakra." There was a tense pause.
"How do you know? Can you see her?"
Neji and Hinata nodded. "Her chakra has taken her form and it roams around." I froze, unsure of what Tsunade would say.
"Like a lost spirit, roaming without a cause?"
"No. Wherever she wants to go," Neji clarified. I was interested in seeing how Tsunade would react to the idea of a ghost with chakra though.
I walked over to the wall and leaned against it to see everyone in the room.
"Is she in here?" Neji activated his Byakugan and nodded. "Where?" Tsunade asked, almost nervously.
Neji looked in my direction. I walked over to the desk and Neji's eyes followed me across the room. Glancing onto the large desk I see a pen and notepad, randomly sitting there. Thinking of the floor beneath me I confidently reach for the pen.
It worked and Tsunade's eyes widened until she looked like a goldfish on crack.
I paused for a second then decided to write what I thought was appropriate: 'Calm down. You look like a goldfish on crack.' This of course didn't help so I dropped the pen back onto the desktop (not like a computer).
"I said she was here," Neji commented.
Tsunade sighed. "I guess you have to go to the person who did this to see if there is a cure," she said resigned. "I don't know what to do about this."
Hinata was the next to speak. "Is it the kunoichi's chakra that is occupying Tenten's body?" I nod, knowing she could see me.
Again the hokage sighed. "So who was it?" she asked. Although it seemed like she knew the answer.
"Hisakata," Neji replies. As he said this dread seemed to spread across Tsunade's face like the plague (.).
"Hisakata of the Mist Village. We've had similar events with her family in the past. Yet no one knows how to cure it still."
A silence fell upon us that could have cut through crystal. "Well this is an A or S ranked mission. Do you want to go or should I send others? I should send Jonin or even Anbu on this."
Neji and Hinata looked at each other. "We'll go," Neji said.
Tsunade nodded, reluctantly. "You leave tomorrow morning. I'll inform your senseis so you don't have to worry about that."
The Hyuugas nodded. I didn't since Gai-sensei already knew I wouldn't be there. Plus, Tsunade couldn't see me.
Tsunade stood up and we walked out of the room. Then, another idea came to me. I reached forward and poked Neji tentatively on the arm.
"Tenten?" he whispered. I nodded, knowing that unlike our Hokage he could see me. He turned around and suddenly everything that happened, the knowledge that I could die, that I may never really exist again, overwhelmed me. The next second I found myself wrapping my arms around Neji, my face pressed against him. "Tenten?" he asked, confused.
I tore away from him suddenly, realizing what I did. I ran away from him, going through any walls necessary. Diving out of the building I ignored the tears that freely ran down my cheeks, unseen to all.
"I hate this! I can't talk to anyone. I can't explain anything. If I were just plain alive and healthy I'd not have made a fool of myself. I hate being in the middle, between life and death," I ranted uncharacteristically.
In my frustration I kicked the wall around Konoha and left a dent in the smooth stone. But I felt no pain, an unfriendly reminder of my situation. Dejectedly I walked home to wait for morning to come.