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Now I present to you- Enter the Dark One: A Tale of Pain

"Speaking"

'Reading'

'Thinking'

"Biju, Summon, or Demon speaking"

'Biju, Summon, or Demon Thinking'

"Jutsu"

Transitional Location and Time

Chapter 5 – Love Hits, Tenten meets Ryatsu

"We might as well go and find him then."

Sasuke nodded, the two ran off to find him. Little did they know that a certain blonde shinobi overheard everything.

'I wonder what they are up too.' Naruto thought as he tailed after them silently.

He was always curious about those two. They always kept to themselves, never bothering others; always having conversations with that snake of Ryatsu. He figured if he followed them now, He may find out about them.

End of flashback

Konoha- Training Field 44: The Forest of Death, 5:59 p.m.

"Why am I not suprised to find Itachi-san here of all places" Ryatsu said, a drop of sweat flling slowly down his face.

"Indeed, but we might as well find him, while we can see, assuming he hasn't killed himself during training" Sasuke noted, a worried look in his eye.

The two headed into the forest in look for Itachi. Meanwhile, a certain blonde ninja in orange watched from a distance. He had been following those two for sometime now and he was determine to find out something about them. He over heard a bit of their conversation. Uchiha Itachi, he had heard of the former Anbu captain. He liked him, he was nice to him, so unlike the rest of the village. He felt sorry for him after he heard how he is now thanks to the Uchiha massicure.

"Screw it, I gonna find him and maybe find them as well" Naruto said, running into the forest as well.

Thirty minutes later...

"Damnit I hate these woods" Ryatsu cried as he somehow got seperated from Sasuke.

"Ryatsu-Kun...Thats what happens when you don't look when you run off wanton like that" Jenara said somberly, still slightly asleep.

"I wasn't asking you, Jenara-Chan!"

The sounds of weapons flying and hitting a target stopped the two. Ryatsu followed the direction of the sounds, curious to know who it was. He land on a tree branch and froze in an instant. Bellow him stood a girl, maybe a year older than him, doing target practice with several dummies she must have set up earlier. The dummies were covered in weapons, all in vital spots, all at various ranges and positions. He focused on the girl and recognized her. She was in his class, Tenten Shizuka her name was. Her brown hair was in a low ponytail this time, instead of her usual buns. she was still wearing her pink chinese shirt and anbu shorts. He talked to her a lot, and yet here he stood above, unable to say anything. He paniced as the branch cracked and fell to the ground, taking him with him.

'What the-" Was all Tenten could manage as she looked up to see Ryatsu fall down, on top of her.

The sunglasses that Ryatsu wore to hide his eyes fell off and landed perfectly on her face. She looked in his face and saw his grey snake eyes, finding them quite beautiful.

'What? Did I just find a guy cute?' She thought frantically, a blush slowly growing on her face.

"Sorry to drop on you, Tenten-Chan" Ryatu managed.

He saw that his shades were off him and on her, covering those chocolate brown eyes of hers. He took them and quickly put them back on.

"Why are you covering your eyes?"

"No reason..."

"I think they look cute"

Ryatsu blushed at the comment, so did Tenten when she realized what she said.

'Did she just say my eyes are cute? Does that mean she likes me?'

'DAMN DAMN DAMN DAMN Why did I say they were cute? Well i guess I do find him kinda cute as wel-WHAT IS WITH YOU TENTEN!'

'Did...she...just...call...Ryatsu-kun...CUTE!'

"Tenten..." he managed as he leaned closer towards her blushing face.

"Ryatsu, I...think that I-" Her words were drowned as he kissed her.

Her eyes widen at first, but they slowly closed as she fell into the kiss. Her arms wraped around his neck, bringing him closer in the kiss. They remained like this for a bit. They broke the kiss olny because they still needed to breathe. They looked at each other, a smile in each of their faces.

"Tenten-chan I can I ask you something?"

"Yes, only if I can ask my as well."

"Tenten-chan/Ryatsu-kun, Do you want to go out with me?"

They embraced each other, their answer to each other was clear. They kissed again, this time it felt more genuine for both. They broke when a scream echoed through the forest.

"Shit!"

"Ryatsu-kun?"

"No Time to explain, follow me, quickly!" He ran off towards the sound, slipping his shades back on.

Tenten followed, concerned by the sound.

"Hijutsu-Cliffhanger-no-Jutsu!"

Next time, We find our Blonde haired friend, and find out his appearance is not as it seems. Find out this and more in A Tale of Pain- The Fox's True Face.

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