Wow...it's been a while i see. I had a off day and decided to come and take alook at fanfiction and re read over this story. Out of my others this has the most reviews and i kind of wanted to come back and finish the story. I have more ideas for this story, so i hope i can get back into the swing of things and deliver yea? Hope you enjoy.

Chapter 6

It had been so long since she'd heard his voice, it was sweet, yet so distant to her. She immediately searched her mind to make sure that it wasn't a hallucination, that she wasn't dreaming. She was actually standing in the village she was born and raised. Tenten turned around and let her eyes take hold of Neji. He was standing at a small distance not far from her. Dressed in shinobi attire. There were four women surrounding him, two of which Tenten new. Hinata, and Hanabi, both aged and progressed into women as she had in her absence. The third woman was standing at Neji's side, holding a small child. The other seemed to be a guard, eyeing Tenten suspiciously along with Kiri. She had so many years to formulate what she wanted to say when she saw him. She thought out a scene once, that she would run into his arms and kiss him as if she'd never done before. That's what she wanted to do now, the confused looks on their faces prevented her from speaking. And looking closer the woman holding the baby had grabbed Neji's hand holding it intimately. She had a very distinct scar on her face that traveled diagonally from the left side of her face down to the right. That prevented her from moving her feet. It didn't take long for it to all calculate into her brain, Neji wouldn't wait for her forever. He probably thought she was dead in the first place. She deeply cared for her friends, but the main reason for wanting to go back was for Neji. To take him with her and escape this war that was to come.

Tenten moved her mouth to speak but it felt dry, she tried to lick her lips to moisitem them but it did not good. Her heart was racing, her hands began itchy. So many things affected her all at once, her breathing was getting hard. "Calm down." Kiri's voice was stern and even. Tenten looked to her and swallowed hard, calming herself down. She closed her eyes and looked away from the Hyuugha's. "I didn't think…" She said more in a whisper, more to herself than anyone else. Everything she had been through in her recent years made her a strong wall hard to get into. She couldn't cry, but at this moment she felt her walls falling down. Her body was able to listen to her and move and instead of walking towards Neji she walked in the opposite direction. She could hear footsteps following behind her and she assumed they were Kiri's. "What happened?" But it was Neji. Tenten stopped and turned around to look at him. She never forgot his face. It was stronger now, older than she last remembered. Masculine with age, he wasn't a boy anymore. "I thought you were dead. We all did." Neji spoke in a more concerning tone. The same tone he would use in their precocious alone time. "I was captured, I escaped. That's all." Short quick and to the point answers. Why was she treating him this way? The man she desperately loved was only concerned about her and yet she felt anger towards him. She was hurt, she couldn't fix that so easily.

Neji reached out to touch her face, he cupped the side of her cheek and it took all the power she had to resist him. She pulled herself away from his reach. "We didn't know where you were…we thought you were not going to return." Neji seemed to not notice much of her pulling away, he stepped forward to try and close the gap. Tenten watched him, each move he made she made an opposite move. "I was devastated when we had your funeral." That was it, they did give up on her. They declared her dead and gave a funeral in honor of her death. So she was dead to them, that was kind of her to learn. They obviously didn't care and she beat her self up inside for wanting them to. They were shinobi, sacrifices were made every day. Maybe they declared her some hero, or a missing in action nin. Her anger flared from the pain of these realizations. "You didn't wait for me!" Tenten shouted. She didn't want to accuse him of anything, their relationship was never defined before she left. But seeing that woman holding his child, she couldn't keep herself together. "I waited for you all these years to come find me, to bring me home and you didn't!" It wasn't his fault, she knew it. But she felt to put the blame on him, to hurt him like she was hurting. "Tent-" Neji tried to hold her, like before she pulled away. This time more violently. "Don't touch me." She warned. Neji looked shocked. She wasn't going to give him time to speak, she turned and ran away like a young child.

The village had changed so much in her absence. She ran in her memory, one thing that didn't change was the ramen shop she passed. She stopped for a moment to catch her breath. Young shinobi sat speaking and admiring the elders around them. That was once her, many years ago sitting in a seat listening to her sensei speak, listening to the stories the older shinboi had to tell about their missions. All she wanted was to be like them, to become strong and fight for her village no matter the cause. Everyone was the same, it didn't make them mean or evil. Every side had it's own story. Why did her clan so desperately want to destroy the village. Because they caused her parents death? The man to blame at the time would have been the third hokage, but he was dead now. Shouldn't his death be enough? No, it wasn't. They would argue that it was the villages fault. She could warn them now, tell them a war was coming. She could take off on her own, hide from the world until she was ready to roll over and die. Too much was riding on her, she couldn't handle it. No matter which choice she made, someone was going to die, one village was going to be destroyed and families ripped apart. She wouldn't be able to handle that type of pain on her, knowing she caused children to go without parents like she had.

Tenten walked further down the village, the grave site was still the same. She walked along the tombs and inscriptions until she found her own. Next to her parents. Beloved friend, Dedicated Shinobi. The words stung strong, how could she live up to the reputation that was left after her supposed death. "For a moment I thought I was seeing a ghost." A woman's voice traveled to her ears. The woman was beautiful, around her own age. Blonde hair and piercing eyes. She was placing flowers about. Tenten said nothing as the woman knelt down infront of her grave, placing flowers. She was familiar. "You've only been back in the village for a short time, and word's already traveling. I heard it from Sakura, who was told by Hinata but I didn't believe it." Ino patted her knees to get the thorns from her lap as she stood to look Tenten in the eye. Tente had been so focused on her face that she didn't take time to look at her fully. Her stomach was nice and plump as if she were ready to pop any moment. Her body and frame was still stern, a bit beffy with her pregnancy. "You went missing from the last battle. I never had the opportunity to thank you." Ino was speaking calmly, a smile on her face.

Tenten was still speechless, she had nothing to say entirely to Ino. "In that battle, you saved my life. I could be dead right now if not for you. It's great to see you back, and I mean it." Ino's smile was sincere. Ino picked up her basket of flowers. "Neji kind of went a little crazy after your death you know." Tenten rolled her eyes. "He didn't seem crazy when I saw him. He seemed very occupied with that woman with the scar." The idea of the woman with the scar and child came to her mind again. Ino looked up at tenten with a curious look, then grinned and laughed heavily. Ino lost her balance from laughing and fell back. Tenten knelt down quickly, a woman pregnant and falling was never a good sign. "What?" Tenten asked as Ino kept laughing. "I just peed myself alittle…ugh, this child inside me is gonna drive me crazy." Ino said as she attempted to collect herself, with a small sigh she looked back to tenten. "That would be Nayomi." She said as she got back to her feet with Tenten's help. "Member of the hyugha clan, and cousin to neji from his mothers side. Did I mention she's blind?" Ino said with a small smile. "Like I said, neji went crazy, no girl would touch him with a ten foot pole. He was like a mad man on a mission, striking at anyone that got in his way." Ino gave a more serious look. "He managed to calm down when his uncle passed and gave him the position as Head of the family. To distract him from you." Ino gave another sigh. Tenten didn't know how to feel now. The anger she felt towards him came back to herself for feeling stupid.

Ino patted her belly. "I'm eating for three…would you like to join us for a meal?" Ino was done with her flower preparations. Tenten was pulled from her thoughts, giving a meek smile. She went from being a dedicated shinobi, to becoming a prisoner for three years, to now being the salvation of her clan's village in hopes of destroying the place that made her…her. "No thank you Ino, I need to get going. It was nice seeing you." Tenten gave a smile that warmed up to her eyes. She waved to her old comrade and took off. Tenten was a distance from where she'd left Ino. She never even asked whom she was pregnant by, her guess could be anyone. She hand't been there for three years. She was walking a long a fence, her hand held out brushing each spike as she walked by.

"You don't have to walk me home." Tenten's small voice chimed out as she happily trotted with a dumpling in hand. Pulling it to her face and eating it. The man walking at her side shrugged. "It's my orders kid." he stated, Tenten could notice something was wrong. There were barely anyone out. She looked up at the moon as she took another bite of her dumpling, the moonlight was bright on this night. But as she looked, a shadow crossed. A man, older than herself dressed as a anbu. His eyes were a piercing red and she shivered as she looked into them. She dropped her dumpling and the rest of her belongings. "Kid, cant you hold onto your food." The man walking her knelt down to pick up her things. "I swear im never babysitting again…" Tenten wasn't paying attention to him. Those piercing red eyes were still in her mind. He was a Uchiha. Itachi. The blood she saw on his body in that brief moment made her body tense.

"Tenten." Kiri's voice brought her back to reality. She was standing in the very same spot so long ago. The night of the Uchiha Massacre. She looked behind her to find Kiri standing there, looking slightly annoyed that she'd managed to run off without saying anything. "That was pretty smooth, I thought those were you friends. My technique was to take you to those you most cared about." Kiri rubbed her nose and placed her hands onto her hips. "Well?" Tenten sighed. "How much longer do I have here?" She asked, ignoring Kiri. It was obvious she was going to ask about the events that just happened. Tenten didn't want to talk about it. "Five minutes." Kiri answered. That wasn't enough time for her to go attempt to find Gai or Lee. They could be gone or missions. "Lets just go now…" Tenten stated. "You only visited about five friends, do you really miss Itachi that much?" Kiri teased. Tenten glared at her. Annoying. "I'm just tired." Tenten said with another sigh. "Are you sure?" Kiri questioned. "Why does it matter, can't you just take me back already." Tenten said rather loudly. "You realize that when you return here, it will be to kill those you called friends. It ran through her mind, it was painful, she couldn't make her decision just yet. "Close your eyes." Kiri placed her hand on Tenten's shoulder before she mimicked the same handsigns she did earlier.

They appeared in a room. It was nicely designed, beautiful if it were the time to use such a word. "Where are we now?" Tenten asked, looking around. "Your room. It's assigned to you." Kiri walked towards the door, resting her hand on the knob before looking back. "This must be hard for you. But you should know that this is very important to us. Your parents risked everything, honor them by completing their mission. Dinner will be served soon." With that being said Kiri opened the door and walked out. Tenten walked over to the bed and sat down on it. It was soft and comfortable. She wanted to lay down and go to sleep forever. A soft knock came to her door, interrupting the small comfort she managed to gain broke. "Come in." she spoke out. The door opened and Kinshin walked in. He was quiet as he made his way over to her side. "How was your visit?" talking wasn't exactly on her mind. She wanted to be alone, but she had no control over anyone there. After realizing she wasn't going to talk, Kinshin spoke on. "Tomorrow you start your training with Itachi. And you'll learn how to link your mind with his." The conversation wasn't enough to draw out her voice. "You also have to kiss him." Tenten looked over at Kinshin with a glare, it made him laugh. "I was joking, but at least I got a reaction out of you."

Despite how they first met, Kinshin was nice. He was her guard, very helpful. He was better at talking to her than Itachi that was for sure. But she didn't want what he was trying to give. She didn't want to make friends, she wanted to leave and didn't want to be attached to anyone. "Anyone can see that your scared to go through with this." He tried a different approach, his voice was soft and non demanding. "Are you gonna be the next to tell me how important this was to my parents? How I need to do this for them. That im possibly selfish if I choose not to?" she wasn't yelling, her spirit in the matter had lost the battle. Her voice was even. "No, im going to tell you to do what you want is right. And not what everyone wants you to do. It's your life, your body and your mind. Do what you feel is the right path." Even though Kinishin way a few years older than her. When she spoke, she saw him become an older being for just a moment. Tenten moved around in her bed to where she was sitting up, looking at Kinshin. "Say I were to run away and hide. Would you tell on me?" she watched him cautiously as his eyes didn't flicker or blink. "I'd go with you." She was slightly surprised by his answer, she thought he would be strong for her to go through with what the village wanted. Her father being his idol and all. "Your parents gave me a mission that I have to see out till I die. And that's protect you, no matter what side you put yourself on."

Tenten nodded. Though she couldn't exactly trust him word for word, she had to decide for herself. "I want to sleep." Tenten said as she forced a yawn on herself. Kinishin gave a nod as he exited the room. Tenten pulled herself more onto the bed, slipping under the cover. Her decision was made, she was going to run away. After she learned everything she could, she was going to run away and warn Konohah. She couldn't let this happen. Neji was still waiting for her, even now. She couldn't let any other distraction get in the way. The true objective to her thoughts all along was to get back to Neji, she needed to be with him.

Ok so yes i admit, this if just light filler fluff. No action, but you'll get some in the next chapter. I promise not to make you wait years for it...Leave a review. Tenten has three potential love interests here, who would you choose? Her long lost love? The concerned bodyguard? Or the arrogant jerk that seems to appear in her life when she doesn't want him to. lol thats itachi. And oh oh, who is Ino pregnant by. To tell you the truth i almost have it be Kakashi as the one to meet Tenten at the grave, sitting and reading his books as always. But he'd be too distracted with his book to give any elderly advice. I hope my writing style doesn't suck. Want a preview for the next chapter? Check it out down below.

Exhausted was how she felt. All this training seemed utterly pointless, yet at the same time it was important. Everyone had gone, even Itachi. She was glad to be away from him, it wasn't easy for her to learn as fast as him. She didn't have a kekki genaki that could copy everything. It made her feel behind because he was advancing so quickly, he was a prodigy after all. She was just normal. She was still laying down in the patch of grass, her body trying to catch it's breath. A small hit the ground, she could feel it. Someone was trying to sneak up on her. Was it another test for Kiri, surely she wasn't going to come out and attack her again. She could feel the vibrations of the foot prints getting closer, she jumped up quickly and rolled to the side, grabbing the discarded Kunai from earlier and threw it. The pain of cry slightly shocked her when she saw who it came from. "Kinshin…what are you doing sneaking up on me?" She was more angry than anything else. She couldn't seem to shake him for more than a few hours. Just a few hours ago he had tried to kiss her, heat rushed to her face as she remembered felling his lips so close to hers. She pinched the side of her face then rubbed it, distracting her from feeling the tingling in her lips. "I was coming to get you…Kiri said you were taking too long to get back." Kinishin pulled at the Kunai, wincing from the pain.