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So sorry for the wait, school is becoming uncontrollable. I didn't think I'd like this chapter, but it turn out good in my opinion. Anyway, thanks to everyone who'd reviewed and on with the chapter.
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Summary- Tenten had a normal, boring life, till she met Neji and was thrown into the world of the gangs. It was a shock how quickly her life could change.
Pairings- Main-Neji X Tenten Minor- Naruto X Hinata, Ino X Sai, Temari X Itachi and Sakura X Sasuke
How Quickly Life Can Change!!
Chapter Nineteen!!
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For the past three weeks, Tenten had completely ignored Neji. She didn't really feel herself wanting to talk to him and he never really tried to make conversation himself. It was somewhat awkward, but the others had decided to ignore them. It was perhaps a childish argument, but Tenten didn't have anything to say to Neji. He'd lied to her which in her opinion made him untrustworthy.
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The corridors were dark as Itachi made his way down them, seeking the finally door where he'd been summoned to. For some reason Orochimaru wanted to see him and had called him in urgently, which meant bad news for him because he had to blow off Temari, which he'd done way to much lately and she was starting to get rather pissed off. Well, it wasn't his fault that taking over the family business seemed to be taking over his life. It was a nightmare, but he put up with it. He really didn't have any other choice. Life for Itachi had gotten really complicated lately and he knew it would all catch up to him soon enough. Either Orochimaru would find out about he's secrets and kill him, or Sai would, although Sai might not kill him. That was not in Sai's character. Which again lead Itachi to wish he hadn't chosen the path he had. What gave him the idea to join a gang with Orochimaru, then spy on Sai, when he should have joined Sai's gang in the first place. Sai's gang was way more of a family then Orochimaru's and he sincerely hated what he was doing to them.
Three knocks was all it took on the door before Orochimaru's deep voice answered with a 'come in'. So Itachi pushed open the door and entered the cold dark office.
"Itachi, take a seat," Orochimaru said, gesturing to the chair opposite him, which Itachi took.
"What could be so important that you had to ask me out here so quickly, Orochimaru-sama?" Itachi asked once seated in the chair.
"Well, it's about your absence the past few weeks. As I'm sure you are aware of, we'd had many important things to carry out and you've missed each and every one of them. I dear say you wasn't with a particular girl?" Itachi sighed; he had known that it would be about his 'absences' thought the past missions. Sure, he was with Temari some of the times, but he wouldn't admit that.
"Sorry Orochimaru-sama, but I had very important duties with my family; you know I'm taking over the family business soon." Orochimaru surveyed Itachi very careful and Itachi knew he was looking for a hint of him lying. Thankfully Itachi was very good at lying, or he would never have gotten this far.
"Well, that's acceptable. Anyway, we have a mission tomorrow and I expect you to be present."
"I'm sorry," Itachi quickly cut across. "But I have plans for tomorrow evening."
"What plans?" Orochimaru asked.
"Well, there's a dance at school and I'm going with Temari. I couldn't bail on her this late as we've been planning this for ages." This time Itachi knew he had to tell the truth.
"Fine, but this is unacceptable. Now leave," Itachi stood and bowed, before leaving. He knew Orochimaru was going to punish him, the look in this eye was the only thing he needed to see to know that, but how exactly would he punish him was the thing that Itachi questioned the most.
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"But I told Hinata to tell Neji I wasn't going tomorrow, so I have nothing to worry about." Tenten said as she ran to catch up to Temari.
"You didn't think Ino and Sakura would let that happen. No way. They've got everything planned and you being stupid aren't going to stop their plans going ahead." Temari replied. She was in a bad mood since Itachi had stood her up, again.
"I wasn't being stupid. Neji was keeping something very important from me about my own family."
"Well Sai didn't tell you either." Temari snapped.
"That's different; he was trying to protect me." Tenten said defensively.
"And what do you think Neji was trying to do?" Temari stopped walking and looked down at Tenten. "Listen, I know you're angry, but it's been three weeks and you should let it go. Knowing you like we all do, you would've probably ran off to find that Orochimaru dude the moment you found out, so maybe that's why Neji didn't tell you. You need to grow up Tenten, because you and Neji are crazy about each other and it drives everyone crazy when you two act so childish." She continued walking, but Tenten just stood watching her.
"Temari's so right," she muttered to herself as realization hit her. For three weeks she'd ignored Neji, although he was the only thing that went though her mind. "How childish am I? Letting my little angry get the best of me. I swear I'm way too stubborn for my own good."
"Tenten, are you talking to yourself?" Tenten froze at the familiar voice. She looked up to see the actual person she'd been talking to herself about. Neji was standing staring down at her with a confused expression on his face.
"Hey," she said, blushing.
"Hey," he replied, smirking. It was obvious to Tenten that he'd expected her to ignore him and continue walking.
"Were you going to my house?" she asked, trying to make a normal conversation.
"No, just leaving. I'm heading home. Me and Hinata have family over tonight." Tenten nodded, Hinata and mentioned that at school today.
"Well, I'm on my home, so I guess I'll be seeing you." She started walking past him, letting out a deep breath.
"Tenten," Neji called after her and she turned. He smiled one of the genuine smiles that he only gave out rarely. "See you tomorrow." Tenten felt herself smile.
"See you tomorrow." She replied, turning back and continued the walk to her house. Neji didn't hate her, which she'd actually expected after the treatment Tenten had given him. She actually was surprised that he even spoke to her. "I'm home," she called whilst walking through her door. She wondered into the living room, where Sai, Ino, Temari, Sasuke, Sakura and Naruto where. She went and slumped herself down next to Temari.
"Why are you all dazed?" Ino asked, her head on Sai's shoulder, who was absent mind idly stoking her hair.
"Let's just say, I've stopped acting childish. I just needed a yell in the right direction." After saying this, Tenten looked up and Temari who smiled at her.
"Guess you bumped into Neji then?" she said and Tenten only nodded, before looking down at her hands. She was suddenly not dreading tomorrow as much as she had been half an hour ago.
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Finally the day Tenten knew Ino and Sakura had been waiting for for ages had finally coming. Friday, Halloween and the night of the Halloween dance. It was only 4 at the moment, so Tenten was walking around her house on her own. The others were due to arrive within the next hour or so. The girls had decided to get ready at Tenten's and the boys were going to Naruto's, who's foster father actually worked at the school and would be out helping the school set up for the dance. They'd done this so it would be a surprise to see each other at the dance instead of seeing everyone getting ready. Tenten actually couldn't wait to see the boys in their costumes as she knew they didn't even know what their costumes where. It would definitely be funny seeing them in the outfits Ino and Sakura had chosen for them.
The doorbell rang and Tenten made her way to the door, expecting it to be Ino and Sakura, but instead found Temari.
"Not to early am I?" Temari asked jokingly, walking through the door and placing a bag down on the table which most probably held her dress.
"Of course not, I'm actually getting board of waiting." Tenten replied getting a drink for her friend.
"I presume that means Ino and Sakura aren't here yet?"
"No, you're the first." Tenten smirked, handing Temari her drink.
"Good, then I feel blessed." Temari said, before taking a long gulp of the drink.
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Hinata had left her house 10 minutes ago and was still making her way towards Tenten's house. They lived quite far apart, probably because they lived in different neighbourhoods. Hinata's was more for rich people, where as Tenten's was more average. Normal a driver would have driven her there, but she felt like walking today. It was a nice day and she thought, why not.
She turned the corner of a road, turning into Black Bell road, when she suddenly smacked into someone and fell on the floor. The fall hurt her, but she was more concerned about the person she'd hit. She didn't want to anger anyone.
"I'm so sorry," she said as she jumped back onto her feet, bowing.
"No need to worry, Hina-chan." She froze as the cruel evil voice rang though her ears. She slowly lifted her head, feeling herself shaking. It was the person she feared most in the whole world. Orochimaru.
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Not even ten minutes after Temari had arrived, Ino and Sakura arrived with a number of bag's.
"What are all these?" Tenten asked, staring down at them.
"Stuff to help us get ready," Ino replied.
"Like what?" Temari asked looking as confused as Tenten was.
"Oh, don't question us, let's just get a move on and start getting ready."
Reluctantly, Temari and Tenten followed Ino and Sakura into the living room, which they starting turning into a dressing room.
"You've both showed right?" Ino asked, whiles Sakura started getting out make up and face paints. Temari and Tenten shared a glance.
"I didn't know we were supposed to" Tenten muttered, which made Ino and Sakura glare at them as if they'd committed a crime.
"Well you do, so now we're in even more of a rush then we were before." Ino said. "Temari if Tenten doesn't mind, you go and have a shower first as you're having you hair funky, which will take some time. Tenten you find out where Hinata is, while I do Sakura's hair first." Temari and Tenten nodded and both ran up the stairs. They started talking the moment they were away from the living room.
"They haven't ever been here for 10 minutes and they're already bossing us around." Temari huffed. "I had a shower this morning, so I thought I was ok, but nooo." She went into a self rant, which Tenten found rather amusing.
"Finished?" she finally asked when Temari stopped talking to take a breath. The older girl nodded. "Good, now take a shower, use any tower from the cupboard in the bathroom, they're all clean." Temari nodded and went into the bathroom as they passed it. Tenten continued to the end of the hall, past Sai's door and the guest bedroom door, to the end of the corridor where her own bedroom was. She opened the door and entered, going over to sit on her bed. Her phone was on her bedside table, which she picked up and dialled Hinata's number.
"Hello, Hinata's phone, Naruto speaking," Naruto answered, sounding very happy.
"Hey Naruto, its Tenten. Is Hinata there?" Tenten asked, wondering why Naruto was answering Hinata's phone.
"No, she left about 25 minutes ago. I think she was heading home to get something's then going to yours, but she left her phone here. When she arrives will you tell her that I've got it."
"Yeah, sure, see you later." Tenten hung up the phone, sighing. She didn't feel like going back down to the evil wrath of the two beauty queens, but she didn't have a choice. So, she forced herself to stand and walk back down stairs to the living room/dressing room.
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Hinata's whole body was shaking as she stood face to face with Orochimaru. She didn't even notice the people behind him.
"Well, I swear you grow prettier every day, Hina-chan." Orochimaru drooled, walking over and rubbing his hand over Hinata's cheek. She bolted, turning to run back the way she'd come, but Orochimaru grabbed her arm, pulling her back. "You're not scared are you?" he smirked, pressing his face into Hinata's neck.
"W..what do you want?" Hinata stuttered as Orochimaru kissed her gently, which made a shudder run though her body. She felt dirty and disgusting, just like before.
"Nothing much, we just happened to bump into each other." Hinata could feel his cold lips kissing slowly down her neck. She hated it. She wanted to run. Wanted someone to save her.
"Please, don't." She sobbed. Again, just like before. Begged, but he didn't stop. He never did.
"Hinata, I've always liked you for some reason. You're different, which is why I made you mine. I think you should stay with me forever." Hinata was crying now. She didn't know what this monster was going to go to her.
"Please, don't kill me," she muttered, tears streaming down her face.
"Hina, I would never kill you. Actually, quite the opposite." He pulled out a small pen knife from his pocket and put it to the top of Hinata's arm. In a second he'd dug in into her skin and marked his mark into her skin. The blade stung and Hinata winced in pain. Blood started to gush from her arm but she ignored it. All she wanted was to escape.
Orochimaru turned Hinata around to face him once he'd finished 'marking' her. "I'll let you go now Hina, but first I wish for you to kiss me." Hinata shook her head, looking at her feet. "Hinata, I'll take you back to my base if you really wish it, but I'm not in the mood for sex now, so I'd rather you just kissed me." Hinata gulped, looking up to face him.
"Okay," she muttered. I'm sorry Naruto-kun, she thought. Please forgive me. Leaning forward she slowly pressed her warm lips against Orochimaru's ones, which were still cold. She felt sick and wanted to bite down as Orochimaru turned the kiss passionate, but she didn't want to be raped again. Kissing was something she could handle.
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"Where is Hinata-chan?" Ino bellowed the moment Tenten had come down the stairs after her shower. Temari was in the process of already having her hair done by Sakura.
"She's not here?" Tenten asked, rapping her dressing gown around her tightly.
"Well, can you she her?" Ino asked and Tenten frowned at her rudeness. Sakura's hair and makeup was already done. Her hair was down and curled and the bottom. Her makeup was just basic as she would be having a mask over her eyes anyway. Ino's hair was done and she was in the middle of doing her makeup. Her hair was completely curled and her makeup was very bright.
"I'll call her house phone," Tenten said, walking over to her own house phone. Just as she was dialling the number, the door bell went. "That's probably her," Tenten said, hanging up the phone and walking into the kitchen toward the front door. She opened it and gasped when she saw Hinata. She was standing, shaking as if it was cold, although the sun was still out. Her face was covered in tear, her lips red and she was clutching her arm, which seemed to be bleeding.
"Sorry I'm late," Hinata muttered, entering the house.
"Hinata, what the hell happened?" Tenten asked. Hinata looked at her and it seemed as if something clicked, because she started crying hard and leant her head on Tenten's chest. Tenten herself quickly rapped her arms around Hinata.
"I hate him Tenten," she muttered. "I hate myself. Why am I so weak?" Tenten blinked, having no idea what she was going on about.
"Who are you talking about?" she asked and Hinata looked up at her, her head still on her chest.
"Orochimaru." That one word sent sparks thought Tenten.
"Tenten, is it Hinata?" Ino asked walking into the kitchen, but froze when she saw the two girls hugging. Hinata crying and Tenten looking angry. "What's going on?"
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The girls had put everything on hold while Hinata explained what had happened. Tenten had cleaned her wound, which looked exactly like Orochimaru's mark. She'd bandaged it so Hinata couldn't see it. Tenten didn't want Hinata to see it till she had clam down a bit. She was pretty shaken up.
"Hinata, Naruto will completely understand," Sakura said as that was what Hinata was worried about most. "You had no choice."
"I know," Hinata muttered wiping her eyes with a tissue Ino handed.
"I call the guys and tell them to get over here." Temari said, reaching for phone.
"Why?" Hinata quickly asked. "There's no need, we need to get ready for tonight."
"We can't go now, not with what happened." Tenten said.
"But we all want to and we're all excited. We spend ages getting ready. And it'll take my mind on things." She smiled at them all, which didn't hide her sadness, but the others knew she wanted to get out. "Please," she added.
"Let's do it," Ino cheered, jumping up. "Hinata let me get you dressed up like a princess and we'll dance the night away. We'll tell the boys tomorrow." Hinata nodded, smiled brightened.
"Thank you,"
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The girls were ready just on time as the dance started at seven and they were ready by five to.
Ino was dressed as a 60's girl. She was dressed in a brightly coloured dress, which went down to the top of her thigh. She also had a hair band that matched and had big yellow high heeled boots on, which came up to her knee.
Temari was dressed and Dracula's mistress. She was wearing a long black and red dress, which was full length. It was very frilly and lacy. She had a collar around her neck, with a red flower on it. Her hair was back combed and sticking out everywhere, making her look very cool. And her makeup was dark and black.
Sakura was dressed as batgirl, in a batgirl costume which came down to her thigh. She also had big, knee length boots and was wearing a mask that covered her eyes. She had a black cap around her neck. All her material was leather.
Hinata was dressed as Aphrodite, goddess of love. She was wearing a white dress which tied around her neck and flowed down her body. There was a huge slit up one of the sides, coming up to the top of her thigh. She had a golden head band in her hair, which was pushed up, giving it height. Her makeup was also gold and very beautiful. Her shoes where gold as well and they had straps which entwined around her calves.
Tenten was dressed as Cinderella. She wore a beautiful white strapless dress, which was tight at the top and puffy at the bottom. She wore a sliver necklace around her neck and a tiara on her head. Her hair was straightened for once, although it did take Ino and Sakura a lot of convincing to let them do it. Her shoes where white heels, which matched the dress perfectly. All in all she looked beautiful.
"So, are we ready?" Ino asked and everyone nodded. "Let's get going then." They made their way out the front door and towards Temari's car, looking forward to the evening ahead.
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