Chapter 2First Day of Training
Tenten woke up the next day in her bed. Neji must have carried her to her bed when she fell asleep. She went to her bathroom, brushing her teeth and putting her hair up in the buns she love. Neji must have taken them down as well. She grabbed her kunai pouch, and some scrolls in case she needed them.
She walked to her refrigerator, grabbing a piece of Mochi she made earlier. She had packed a box of Mochi for her lunch later on. She got to her door, grabbing her Konnoha band. She pulled it up to her face, placing it over her forehead and tying it in the back.
She opened up her door and walked out into her village.
She ran, pacing herself to the ramen shop to meet Naruto and Jiraiya. Naruto was there, eating ramen, Jiraiya leaning outside the shop. "Good morning Jiraiya-sensei" she said bowing to him. "Good Morning Naruto-kun" she said giving a real smile. "Guh morin Temtem-Ban" Naruto said with his mouth filled with ramen. Tenten blinked. Naruto swallowed then smiled. "I said Good Morning Tenten-Chan" he said lifting the bowl to his mouth and drinking juice made form his delicious noodles.
"Let's go train now" Naruto said happily standing. "Put it on my tab" Naruto said to the shop owner. The man merely nodded, going on about his business. "Great, follow me" Jiraiya said as he walked, his hands at his sides. "This is going to be great, I haven't trained with anyone in a while. And I've never trained with you before" Naruto said happily. Tenten nodded, she was paying attention to her blonde comrade, but her thoughts were on Jiraiya, thinking of what to ask of her mother.
They soon made it to a clearing. Jiraiya stopped and faced the two young shinobi. "Ok, I want to see what you've got Tenten" Jiraiya said. Tenten nodded, crouching down into a fighting stance, her hand far away from her kunai pouch, but could easily be there in a flash. Jiraiya held his hand up. "I want you to spar with Naruto" He said glancing at Naruto. Naruto blinked, he had never spared against Tenten, but he was up for it.
Tenten nodded, jumping back a few meters, leaving space between them. "Begin" Jiraiya said jumping back himself. Naruto grinned a foxy grin. "Here I come" he said running towards her. Naruto didn't know much, except she was dangerous when there was throwing space. He remembered her match against Temari, and how they fought together on their missions.
Tenten smirked as Naruto was getting, maybe naruto doubted her tai-jutsu skills. She waited for the blond boy to get close, he swung his right arm at her, she dodged it with ease, grabbing his are and sliding over the punch. Naruto continued throwing punches, tenten dodging each one moving as if she were a ballerina dancing across her spotlight stage.
Naruto gritted his teeth, it was annoying that he hadn't landed one blow on her. His eyes lead back to his sensei then landed on Tenten. He threw his hands together, forming a hand sign. "Shadow Clone Jutsu" he yelled as Five clones appeared. He ordered four to go after Tenten. Tenten sat back waiting, Kunai in hand. She threw them, releasing them, as they flew she was right behind them. The kunai took out the clones of Naruto, Tenten reached in, punching the real, Naruto, the clone beside him disappearing in smoke. Naruto rolled back, grunting at the impact of her attack. He had rolled back a couple of meters, her punch was strong.
Jiraiya payed attention to the techniques Tenten used. It was simple to see that Tenten was better than Naruto at her Tai-Jutsu skills. Naruto hoped to his feet, rubbing the bruised red mark on his face. A grin made it to his lips as he dusted the dirt off his cloths. "That was good Tenten-Chan, but i will win" Naruto said. Tenten smirked back. "This comes from training endlessly with a impatient hyper boy, and a grumpy hyugha" she said as she got back into fighting stance. "That's enough" Jiraiya spoke, stopping the two. ''Awe come on Pervy-sage, we just started" Naruto whined. Jiraiya walked over to the two, pulling out the big scroll that is worn on his back. "Is Tenten-chan going to be able to summon a toad like me?!" Naruto asked, excitement in his eyes. Jiraiya looked at tenten, ignoring the spiky haired boy. Tenten looked at the scroll confused.
He unrolled the large scroll. Tenten looked at them all, along the list she could see many names, Naruto's was the last, beside a empty slot. "Sign your name here in blood" He instructed. Naruto waited at the side. "Come on Tenten-chan, do it! Do it!" Naruto said. He wondered what animal she would make a contact with. Tenten looked oddly at Naruto. She drew her hand to her mouth, biting her thumb, then the rest of her fingers, wincing at the slight trigger of pain. She pressed down, stamping the white space on the scroll. She signed her name then looked over to Jiraiya for further instructions.
"I will show you the proper hand signs for this Summoning Jutsu" Jiraiya said putting his hands together. "Here is a simple demonstration" he said. He stepped back, giving space between them. "This is cool, watch Tenten-Chan" Naruto said, a goofy grin on his face. Jiraiya made a series of hand signs. "Summoning Jutsu" he yelled, pushing his hand down on the ground, smoke rose. As the smoke cleared, Jiraiya could be seen standing on top of a toad. Tenten smiled. It was amazing to see.
"Now let's see you try" Jiraiya said as he toad disappeared. Tenten nodded, she started doing the hand sings, summoning chakra. "Summoning Jutsu" Tenten yelled and threw her hand down to the ground as Jiraiya did. Naruto leaned in to see if she did it right, Jiraiya did as well. Smoke cleared and tenten was sitting, with a ball of fur, curled into a ball on her lap. "Um…I think I did it.." she said. "It's a little fur ball" Naruto said reaching down to rub it. As his hand got close, the ball moved, glaring at naruto and flashing it's little teeth before biting onto Naruto's finger. Naruto stood still for a moment, before screaming out in pain. He swung his arm trying to get the little fur ball off, but it wouldn't loosen. "Tenten-Chan Get it off!!" Naruto yelled as he ran in circles. Jiraiya laughed, falling over and griping his sides. Tenten giggled to herself, then got up to help. She followed Naruto in circles. "Get if off!" Naruto yelled again. "I will if you stop running in circles, stay still" tenten said holding back more laughs. "It hurts" Naruto yelled.
After running in a couple of more circles naruto was stopped by tenten. She was able to get the little ball of fur off him. She sat down, holding it, rubbing the small creature's little head. It looked up at her, it didn't look like a baby creature, nor did It look old. "What is your name little one?" Jiraiya asked, it glanced over at him. "Suki" it said in a low voice. Naruto glared at it. "Suki, stupid little fox…" he mumbled looking down at his finger, tenten hand bandaged it up for him. Suki looked to Naruto, hissing. "Naruto, be nice to Suki-Kun" Tenten said standing with the little fox. "Um…Jiraiya-sensei, what is the purpose of this technique?" Tenten asked.
"To be able to call upon an allies in battle to assist you. I see Suki-kun has chosen you, as he did to your mother." Jiraiya said standing. He turned facing the sun. Tenten stood quickly. "Is it true that my mother was able to summon Suki-Kun?" she asked. "Yes, but she was able to summon him in his full state, what you have summoned is merely existing off the small amount of chakra you put forth." He said. Tenten nodded. She had pulled out her container of Mochi, Suki eating some along with Naruto. "I want to be able to learn every technique you taught my mother, please teach me" Tenten said bowing, holding Suki close to her. "I will accept you as my student, on once condition.." Jiraiya spoke. Tenten listened eagerly. "You have to leave your old team?" he finished.
Tenten's jaw dropped. "L-leave my t-team?" she said in a shocked state. "I-I cant leave them behind, they are the most important thing in my life" She protested. Naruto didn't take part in the conversation, he stood on the sidelines, listening and eating Mochi, he reached down for the last piece when he saw suki eating it, he glared at the little fur ball, chasing it in circles, suki having the big piece of Mochi in it's mouth. "It's my condition, take it or leave it. Naruto and I are leaving in two days, you come and learn new techniques, or you stay behind with you dysfunctional team." Tenten's eyes flashed into a glare, she held back the anger in her body. She wanted to punch Jiraiya as hard as he could. Instead she turned and walked off, suki disappearing in a cloud of smoke. "That's not nice pervy-sage" Naruto glared, he had stopped chasing Suki, staring at tenten and Jiraiya. Suki scurried off, eating the Mochi behind Tenten.
"Now she wont join us for training anymore" Naruto said. "She will be back, If she's anything like her mother, I know she will" Jiraiya said as he stared walking. Naruto blinked. "What is that suppose to mean?" he asked with a confused expression on his face. Naruto followed after him..
Tenten made it home, she sat down on her bed, glaring up at the ceiling. She couldn't betray Gai-sensei like that, she couldn't abandon Lee, and she definitely couldn't leave behind her love, Neij. She rolled on her side. It was going to be hard to decide between the two.