A/N: …WTF?!?! I didn't realize this story was going to be so popular! I got ten reviews! TEN!!!! (Haha I got 10 reviews and it's a SasuTen story… Please excuse my poor lack of humor -.-) Ok, for those of you who are amazing writers and get hundreds of reviews, don't laugh at my fail hardness. This is a big deal for me alright? Whatever, I'm happy…

Oh yeah, I was thinking about what day the story should have started on. And I decided that… the previous chapter was on Saturday and today's chapter is on a Monday. Hence Kankuro's party was one week from the day that he mentioned it. And today Sasuke starts work today XD

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and Co. though I do own the plot and of course, "the Art of Coffee" aka the Akatsuki coffee base XP

"hooplah" is singing
"hooplah" is talking
'hooplah' is thoughts
"hooplah" is in a dream

She stood in the center of the large room, holding her gloved hands in front of her face. This was it. Her shining moment had finally come. The crowd's roar was deafening. She smiled lightly and nodded, leaning forward slightly and rising to the balls of her feet. She could do this. She could win.

CLANG! The bell sounded off and Tenten leapt forward to meet her opponent. Or at least, she tried to.

"Ack!" With a shout she fell to the ground. Tenten scrambled to get up. She was so embarrassed; apparently she tripped over her own feet.

As soon as she was standing, Tenten fell once again. She looked at her feet and gasped in shock and fright as the sneakers morphed into soft pink flats with ribbons rapidly coiling their way up her legs, binding them together. Her outfit changed into a small pink dress that barely covered her butt and came up just over her breasts. It was mortifying.

"NO! This can't be happening!" Tenten shouted in near desperation

"Oh, but it is." A voice told her

Tenten looked up and struggled frantically. "No! Not you! Y-you can't be here! You're in a coma!"

Temari threw back her head and laughed loudly, her four ponytails shaking with the force of her laughter. The crowd laughed with her. Tenten wished she could disappear.

"Does it look like I'm in a coma?" She asked haughtily

"N-no."

"Exactly. Now little girl," she glanced down at Tenten scathingly, "you better run along and go play boxing somewhere else. This isn't the right place for weaklings!" She shouted the last word, making Tenten flinch.

"I-I… I'm not weak!" She managed to shout out

Temari and the crowd laughed again. "No? I beg to differ!" With that she flung her hands into the air.

Tenten shrieked as she flew up into the air. When she reached the top of her path, by some unknown force, she began to spin around rapidly, the thick ribbons around her unraveling.

With another cry, Tenten hit the ground. Hard. She could barely breathe. 'N-n-no. I can't lose like this. Not again… Someone… Help me!'

As if he had heard her thoughts, Kankuro stepped out of the surrounding darkness.

"K-k-k-kankuro…" Tenten gasped. "H-h-h-help m-me." She must have punctured a lung; each breath was causing immense pain.

Kankuro smirked along with his sister and the merely laughed at her expense.

"Did you really think you could win? Did you?!?" He thundered, causing Tenten to shake even more. "Well you can't. You're weak. I was only training you because I pitied you. Nothing else."

"N-no. Y-you're lying. I'm… not weak…"

"Hn." A new voice grunted

"N-neji!"

Neji glared at her so hard that Tenten thought he was going to burn a hole through her. Then he walked up to her before crouching down next to her.

"T-thank you for helping me Neji."

"Who said I was helping?" With that he stood up and stepped hard onto her stomach before walking away coldly. Temari and Kankuro were gone. The crowd seemed to have disappeared as well.

"NO! NOOOOOO-"

"-OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Tenten gasped and sat bolt upright in her bed. She had had that dream again. She wiped her clammy hands on the blanket and looked at the clock next to her.

4:30 am.

She groaned before slowly getting out of bed. "I… need… coffee…"

Maybe that guy Deidara's place would be open at this hour…

A/N: Okay, so I know this chapter wasn't humorous AT ALL but whatever. In the next chapter, Sasuke and Tenten meet. And we all know that will be interesting. This was sort of a filler chapter that showed what Tenten's fear was… I think… Thanks to all of those who reviewed last time (and put on story watch list and/or favorites list!!!!)! Maybe you'll do it again??? -begs-