The Good, The Evil and The Not Involved.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Summary: They moved to a new town, by force or by choice, no one is quite sure. All they know is they want them on side. SasuTen, NaruHina, ShikaTema.
Authors Note: Well, since my next exam isn't till... Monday... I am going to do another chapter. And I only have... one piece of coursework, and that would be my Geography one about Global Warming. I am so happy. It has gone from being hectic, to calm. I love it. I am going to use third person still, as I am cool like that?
I tried to be perfect,
But nothing was worth it,
I don't believe it makes me real.
I thought it'd be easy,
But no one believes me,
I meant all the things I said.
Pieces, Sum 41
The knock at the door sounded through the house. It had long since turned dark, and the adults of the house were soon to be in bed.
Puzzled at how they would have a visitor at such a late hour they got up and walked to the door.
Tenten knew this, because she heard the creaks of their footsteps.
She sat up and checked her clock, but they must have had a power cut, for it was simply flashing random numbers at her.
"Hinata!" Tenten heard her mother gasp. Tenten sat upright at the sound of her friends name. "Are you OK!"
Tenten strained to hear her friends reply, but her voice was too quiet.
"You seem awfully pale. Come in, you're getting wet in this rain!" Tenten smiled as she heard the door shut. "Let me go and get Tenten, I am surprised she hasn't already been caught trying to earwig."
Tenten frowned, but let the frown lift off of her face as she heard her mothers soft footfalls to her room.
"Tenten, Hinata is here. Can you get some clothes for her, then come through into the main room?" It wasn't a question, more like an instruction. Tenten nodded, and walked to her drawers, while her mum left the room, leaving the door open letting light into the dark room.
Tenten didn't really care what she grabbed, and she doubted Hinata cared what she gave her. The minute she had a pair of jeans and a T-shirt in hand, Tenten left the room at a hastened pace, jumping down the stairs.
Straightening her creased cotton pyjama's, Tenten walked into the living room, clothes in hand.
Hinata was stood in the centre of the room, dripping wet, hair sticking to her face.
Walking to the girl, Tenten outstretched her hand offering the clothes.
Hinata took the clothes with a sad smile.
"You know where the bathroom is," Tenten said. Hinata nodded meekly, and left the room. Trying to hide her impatience, Tenten went and sat on the sofa, and began to fiddle with her pyjama's.
"We are going to bed," Tenten's mother poked her head round the door. "You know where we are if you need us."
Tenten looked up from the material and her heads to nod politely at her mother. She didn't want to talk, in case she snapped.
Her mother left the room quietly.
Tenten was just glad her mum was understanding, and respected it was best if she spoke to Hinata alone.
Hinata quietly walked into the room, and instantly went to the window. She pulled up the blinds, and looked out of them. She stood there for a few moments, gazing intently out of the window before putting the blind down and facing Tenten.
"I thought you were joking," Tenten broke the silence, saving her friend the effort.
"So did I," Hinata sighed, and paced for a moment, before stopping. She looked Tenten in the eye, before shifting her gaze uncomfortably. "I was sat at home, and I thought about it. I weighed it all up. Running away was so easy, it was the answer I had been searching for. But I didn't have the guts... didn't until dinner. As I sat there, the bullying continued, the constant insults. And... and I couldn't deal with it any more, not now I had found a way out. I hope you don't mind."
"I have no problem. Shall I call my parents in. They know of your situation. It was my mum's idea for you too run away," Tenten said. Hinata nodded.
Getting up out of the seat, Tenten left the room, and walked up the stairs.
Reaching the room at the end of the corridor, Tenten knocked firmly on the door.
"Come in!" Her mother's musical voice sung to her. Tenten did not hesitate, and opened the door, standing proudly in the doorway.
"See, now this is what happens when you give people idea's," Tenten smiled, though she knew this may not be something to smile about... for Hinata anyway. To Tenten this was amazing, and exciting. Her friend had broken free from the prison, and maybe she could live together. Tenten had no idea what could be bad about this.
"She ran away!" Tenten's mum exclaimed. Her dad seemed to wake up at this, and sit up.
"Do you have any idea how serious this is?" Her dad asked her, Tenten just shrugged. That earned a sigh from both parents.
"I think we had best go downstairs and talk to you both," Tenten's mother said, getting out of bed. Her father followed suit.
Soon Tenten was trailing behind them as they made their way slowly down the stairs.
"Take a seat Hinata dear. I think we need to talk about this," Tenten's mother smiled. Hinata sat down, and everyone else soon followed.
"My dear," Tenten's dad said, starting the conversation. "Tenten has brought it too our attention you have runaway. Are you sure this is wise?"
"I don't know... right now I am a bit of a mess of emotions," Hinata looked between the parents, whom she looked at as family more so then her own. Taki, Tenten's mum, and Ren, Tenten's dad, had been like the parents she never had. Tenten and her family were like the silver lining of her life. "But I don't think I can handle it much longer. I get cold looks from my elders, and my cousins and sister find it fun to throw things at me, and trash my room. In that house I have no one to turn to. I know when I say it like that it sounds tame, but the only friend I have is Tenten. Her and yourselves are the only people who do not look down on me."
"I understand that Hinata, Tenten has often mentioned this," Taki smiled sympathetically. "But you are the heir, or shunned daughter, of the famous Hyuuga family. This cannot end well. They will not have it for the daughter of the head family to have run away. And surely if they find out you have taken hiding here, it puts my husband and I in a position which could be bad for our family."
"Taki, Ren, I left my house shortly after dinner, so around six o'clock and as of yet, they have not sent a search party, called my mobile or anything. I know they know I am missing, for at eight o'clock every night, I am summoned to my father's room, when I am often lectured on my behaviour," Hinata summoned all of her courage, she knew she was putting everyone on the spot right now. "Considering I am meant to be the heir to my family and it's business, that was until I was written out of my father's will, should I not have been enrolled into a private school? Which all my relatives are, and we all know money is not an object currently. Ever since my father decided I was too weak minded, and timid, to take over the family, he has consistently made it known he has a great dislike for me, which has been passed through my family. He also removed me from private education saying I wasn't worth the money. They will care not that I am gone. Maybe the young members will miss me, for now they have no one to prank."
"But, do you really think this is wise?" Taki asked. She seemed unsure on what to do. She was wrestling with heart and head.
"Running away will probably never be a wise thing to do, but people do it when they feel they have few alternatives, like me," Hinata replied. "And if you don't want me here then I understand. You have your own family to protect and I am a danger."
"I can't remember saying you couldn't stay. I just want to make sure you are sure about this. Of course you can stay with us," Ren nodded in agreement with his wife.
"Oh! Thankyou!" Hinata cried.
Tenten, who had been sat there quietly, jumped up hugged her parents. After she had suffocated them, she ran at her friend.
*
"Hinata!" A voice that was not female called. He was banging on the front door, his friend leaning cooly on the door frame beside him.
"Move," He said, shoving the blonde out of the way. "Oi! Tenten! Open the door!"
Upstairs, Tenten heard the words flowing through her window, and she sat up with a start.
One glance at the clock, won a string of curses and sent the girl flying out of her bed and into her friends room.
"Hinata! We are late!" Tenten shook the shocked girl, before running out of the room. She flew down the stairs, and fell into the front door.
She threw it open.
"Sorry, we overslept, help us out and make some toast. Mind the glass," Tenten puffed the instructions before running off again. "Thanks, love you!" She added as an after thought.
"The glass?" The boys looked at each other, but did as they were told.
They both walked into the kitchen together, and saw what Tenten meant. Near one of the draws in the middle of the back of the room, was a river of sparkling glass, stuck in a sticky pool of an unidentified substance.
Watching the glass, the boys shoved four slices of toast in the toaster, and found the butter. Next they hunted down the knives.
Just as the toast popped up, the girls emerged.
"Butter that, then we shall go," Tenten said, leaning against the wall. Tenten caught him looking at her. 'We will talk later' she mouthed at him. She wanted him to tell her more. She craved it. He remembered things she didn't.
Sasuke nodded at her, and hurriedly spread the yellow substance on the crispy toast.
"Lets go then!" The blonde called.
"Calm it Naruto," Tenten scolded him. "It's too early in the morning."
Naruto just frowned at Tenten, and skipped out of the room leaving the toast on the side. Sasuke followed him.
Walking over to the side, Tenten turned to Hinata.
"What's the matter? You never oversleep," Tenten said to her friend, passing her the toast.
"I had a dream," Hinata said. "Why do we keep remembering?"
"I don't know," Tenten sighed. "And I'm not sure if it's a blessing or a curse. What did you remember?"
"The day I ran away..." Hinata whispered.
"Cheer up chuck," Tenten said, flicking her under the cheek playfully. The last thing she needed was to be remembering that as well.
"But it's the second one. This one nicer then yesterdays..." Hinata muttered.
"Look, living in the past is not the way to make the future better," Tenten said, though she knew that's why she wanted to talk to Sasuke... so he could feed her memories of the past. Not knowing was eating her up.
*
"So what is it you want me too tell you," Sasuke said, walking beside the brunette.
Tenten remain silent for a few moments as they walked side by side.
"I don't know," She admitted. "What memories are you most vivid of the time our families spent together?"
"OK, well this one doesn't include our families till later. We were about eight, I think, and we were thirsty," He smirked, and began to tell his story.
The two children creeped into the kitchen. The lights were off, and no one was in the room. Their parents were 'getting merry' in the main room, and the children were bored.
And they had a plan.
They had seen the adults drinking the 'merry substance' all afternoon, and saw the effect it had on them. And they wanted to act like them too. It also looked yummy. They had also seen them mixing it with their fizzy drinks, so therefore, in their minds, it must be yummy.
The two youngsters decided not to switch on the light, and the had no need to. Though little light was entering the room through the open door, and the uncovered windows, they could still make out the outlines of the surfaces. And they had nothing to worry about, for they had their crayon map, on which they had clearly marked their destination.
Tip-toeing across the kitchen, though they doubted their parents would hear them over the sounds of their own laughter, they finally made their way to the merry juice.
"Now, I'm going to give you a boost, tell me when you get it, and I will slowly lower you down," Sasuke whispered, joining his hands, and kneeling down.
"I know, we only went over the plan a thousand times," Tenten whispered back, stepping on his hands. She outstretched her hands, reaching for the clear bottle. Sasuke slowly lifted her, till her heard her whisper the code.
Carefully, and painfully slowly he began to lower. But Tenten, being the girl she was, got bored quickly, and jumped of his hands, before running out of the kitchen, bottle in hand.
And she didn't stop running till she reached Sasuke and her shared room.
She hit the light switch and jumped on his bed, making herself comfortable.
Barely a moment later, Sasuke entered the room, coke bottle in hand.
"I think we should try it on its own first!" Tenten announced taking the lid of, and downing a mouthful off the stuff. "Ahh!"
"Is it nice?" Sasuke asked eagerly.
"NO!" Tenten exclaimed. "It burns your throat!"
She grabbed the coke bottle, and down a bit of it.
"Let me try!" Sasuke enthused, wanting to see if his friend was just over reacting. Tenten gladly handed over the bottle. "Ahh! I see what you mean!"
He stole the bottle of coke back, replacing it for the clear substance. He took a few mouthfuls, and smiled as it soothed his throat.
"What about together?" He asked, holding the coke to Tenten. She shrugged, and poured a fair amount in.
Taking it in turns, they drunk the mixture.
"I know see why they mix it!" Tenten giggled as she let Sasuke finish off the last bit.
"I don't want any more of that, lets go and get the canned stuff," Sasuke said. His stomach was feeling a bit weird, and his head felt light and giddy.
Tenten nodded, and they snuck back into the kitchen, replacing the clear liquid where the put it originally.
Once that was done, they went to the fridge, and fished for the cans they had seen Sasuke's dad with. Grabbing two, they ran cheerfully from the room.
When back in the room, they cracked open the cans.
"Bottoms up!" Tenten said, copying what her dad had once said. She sipped the frothing liquid, and frowned in concentration. The liquid was different to anything she had tried, and she was unsure if she liked it. So she drank from it again, and again, and again... till it was all gone.
"My belly feels funny, and my head feels light," Tenten complained, leaning against her friends back.
"Mine too!" Sasuke moaned, leaning also against his friend.
They both sat there, and suddenly they felt like giggling, so they did. Soon the giggles turned to laughter, and before they knew it, they were rolling on the bed releasing full bellied laughs.
"W-what arrre we l-laaughin-g at?" Tenten managed.
Rolling around, Tenten had the misfortune to find the edge of the bed, and much to her friends delight she toppled right off the edge.
"Y-yo-u!" He laughed, clutching his stomach. A tanned hand reached up, and pulled at the material of the boys shirt, with so much force that he came flying of his bed, in a similar manner as his friend; whom he landed on.
Sasuke slid of the girl, and they both laid there in the centre of the room on the floor, in fits of laughter.
"Right you two, bed!" Taki ordered the two giggling youngsters. "Wait, what's with you?"
She smiled at them, as they tried to stop laughing for long enough to tell her, but they failed.
"Wait, what's this on your bed?" Taki asked, walking over to the long forgotten cans. "Beer hmm?" The two children nodded, still laughing, though they knew they shouldn't be. "Well, too be this happy, you must have had more then that can. What else have you had?"
"It was clear," Tenten laughed, answering her mums question.
"Vodka," Taki told them. "Well, I think I had best leave you two to calm down. Go to bed when you feel you can. Have fun in the morning."
"You're not mad?" Sasuke choked out between his laughs.
"No, but you will see why in the morning," Taki replied, leaving the room.
She shut the door firmly behind her.
"I'm worried now," Tenten hiccuped when they had finally calmed down.
"Me too," Sasuke replied.
*
"Wakey wakey!" Taki called, walking in the room. She pulled the curtains wide open, letting the sunlight fall into the room. Tenten and Sasuke automatically pulled the covers over their heads, but were shocked to find their heads were in fact pounding.
"My head," Moaned Sasuke.
"Indeed," Taki said. "And we are going horse riding in a minute, then we are going to have a nice sport filled afternoon."
"No!" Moaned Tenten.
"Yes!" Grinned Taki.
"Your mum was very proud of herself," Sasuke laughed. "Lets just say we didn't drink again for a while, well until we were next offered anyway."
"Hmm, sounds like something my mum would do," Tenten smiled. She enjoyed listening to things she had done. "Was that house one of the places we went to once and never again?"
"No, we went there quiet a lot," Sasuke replied.
"Did we share a beige bedroom?" Tenten asked, deep in thought. "And one year didn't we jump on the beds, and brake them? Oh and we decided to try and climb the curtains, and we broke them... or maybe we were sliding down the curtains..."
"Yeh, that's the place," Sasuke laughed. "We always seemed to do something stupid every time we went there."
"Hmm, sounds like me," Tenten replied.
Neither of the spoke. Sasuke let the memories flow freely in his mind, while Tenten looked around happily.
They were sat on a quaint bench, one you expected to find by a cobble path by a little cottage, the type that had roses climbing the walls.
The grass around them was a luscious green, seemingly gleaming in the bright glare of the sun.
It reminded her of something long ago, but it was beyond her as to what.
She stood up suddenly, and walked over to the grass and sat down. Slowly she lowered herself down, so she was lying, with her hands folded neatly behind her back.
Sasuke got up and joined her.
"It's so pretty here," Tenten smiled.
"Yeh, you almost forget," Sasuke replied.
"Forget what?" Tenten asked.
"You are in the middle of a small, but grimy town," He answered, looking into the distance at the dark buildings.
"And that we should be getting back to school," Tenten said, standing up and offering her hand to Sasuke. "As much as I begrudge it."
"I also join you on that feeling," Sasuke said, taking her hand. "We will have no problem sneaking back in though. The teachers don't care."
"Let's be going then," Tenten smiled, grabbing his hand and skipping off.
*
"You know," Naruto said, turning to the girl behind him.
"Not until you tell me," Hinata laughed.
"I don't think you have ever bunked a lesson," Naruto said, turning and facing the girl.
"I have," Hinata said, defiant.
"Yeh, when?" Naruto probed.
"When Te-" Hinata started.
"And not for a reason that involves helping someone else," Naruto cut in. "I am on about just not going to a lesson because you don't feel like it."
"Well then," Hinata said. "No I haven't."
"SERIOUSLY!" Naruto exclaimed, stopping in front of her, and pointing in shock.
"Seriously," Hinata laughed, moving his hand and walking on.
"Well then, I think we have something on our agenda for the day," Naruto said, grabbing Hinata's hand in his own. "And that is for you to bunk your first lesson."
"Bunk what lesson," Came a voice from in front of the pair.
"Urrr no lesson!" Naruto quickly changed his story.
"Best not be," The male said. "And to make sure, I will walk you too your lesson."
"Awww, sir!" Naruto moaned, as he dropped Hinata's hand.
*
"Here through this window," Sasuke told her, holding it open. Tenten easily slid through it, and held it open for Sasuke to slip through. "See, told you it would be easy."
"Indeed you did," Tenten smiled, and closed the window. "What room are we-"
Tenten was cut off as Sasuke clamped his hand over her mouth.
"Shush!" He whispered in her ear. "Someone is coming."
He let go of her mouth, and the both ran and ducked under a covered table.
"You know, they are beginning to piss me off," A female voice complained.
"Only a bit!?" Another added.
"Time my dears," A male voice soothed. "They will understand why they should be our friends not enemies soon enough."
"I hope so," The female moaned. "I am bored of this. We need the numbers."
"That fact is one we already know," The male said. "Now lets go, we need to get everything ready."
They both sat their silent as they heard the door shut, and the lock click. Neither of them moved for a good minute, just in case.
"Who was that?" Tenten asked, first to break the silence.
"I don't know," Sasuke replied, crawling from under the table, and walking to the door. "Shit!"
"What?" Tenten questioned walking over.
"They locked it."
"Back out the window?" Tenten said, walking to said place.
"Leave it a while first, they may pass it," Sasuke pointed out.
Tenten nodded, and sat on top of a table. She had no idea where they were, but it was dusty. She ran her finger along the surface of the chapped wood, and brought it into her line of vision to examine briefly the grey film that had been formed there. She wrinkled her nose in disgust and jumped up, walking to the cloth and wiping her finger.
Bored and curious, Tenten began to wonder what was under the cloth. They knew for sure it was a table, but why was it covered?
Smirking she pulled back the greying cloth, and signed. It was just a table, nothing more. But it didn't answer her question as to why it was covered. But then again, did it really matter.
"Put it back as you found it," Sasuke said, walking to the window.
Tenten didn't bother to reply, but instead did as she was told.
"It's should be safe now," Sasuke said, opening the window and jumping out.
Tenten followed.
"So how does a free day sound?" Sasuke asked as he walked away from the school they had just left.
"Sounds like a good idea," Tenten smiled. "But we will have to pick them up at three."
*
"You know what," Tenten fumed.
"What!" Sasuke snapped.
"YOU WILL NOT WIN AGAIN!"
*
Tenten stormed out of his house.
She was fed up of losing. It was obvious he was cheating, but the how was what got her.
And anyway, it was almost time they finished school, and she didn't want to get in a car with that gloating bastard.
So she would walk to the school, drag Hinata the long way home, and not run into him.
It sounded like a good idea to her.
So she neared the school gates, and leant against the brick walls, cooly waiting the arrival of her friend. Whom she caught with one blonde annoyance.
"Hey, Hinata! Over here!" Tenten called. Her friend smiled at her and walked over cheerfully. "I want to go and see something on the way home, you coming?"
"Yes sure," Hinata replied. "See you on Monday Naruto!"
Tenten linked arms with her friends, and plastered a big smile on her face. She tried to disguise the hasty steps of hers.
"So what are you going to see?" Hinata asked.
"Well, nothing. I just wanted us to walk a new way home together," Tenten enthused, patting the pale girls hand.
"Now the truth?" Hinata said, sighing.
"Well, I kept losing at snakes and ladders, and he kept gloating, and you know what I am like for losing!" Tenten admitted.
"So we avoid them?" Hinata questioned.
"Do you have a better plan?" Tenten snapped.
Hinata just laughed at her friend, and enjoyed the scenic route Tenten had dragged them through.
*
"So what do you propose I do then?" Tenten asked as she jumped onto the sofa.
"Well, we both know about you and dice, so we had best keep them separate," Hinata commented.
"You know me too well," Tenten smirked.
"Twister," Hinata yelled.
"Genius!" Tenten jumped up, and ran to her room, where it seemed they kept all the board games. Tenten pulled open her cupboard, and scanned the pile of games. Standing on her toes, she reached for the one she required.
And she not only took that but five others, which when flying across the room.
Tenten shrugged, and shut the cupboard, running happily downstairs game in hand.
"Lets be going then!" Tenten cheered, grabbing her coat, and leaving the house.
*
"You have no idea how to get there do you?" Hinata noted, as they walked down another random road Tenten 'recognised'.
"In daylight I do," Tenten sulked, board game now swinging with her arms, no longer held proudly like earlier.
"What's the big difference?" Hinata asked.
"The house colours," Tenten announced.
Hinata just shook her head. Best to leave Tenten to her own logic.
"I have an idea," Tenten smirked.
"Oh god," Hinata remarked nervously, earning a scowl from Tenten.
"We go through the forest, then too the school, then too Sasuke's," Tenten seemed proud of herself.
"Why not go straight to the school," Hinata pointed out.
"Because this way is more fun," Tenten smiled.
"Take your word for it," Hinata sighed.
Tenten gained the spring in her step, and bounded down the pavements cheerfully, Hinata following dutifully by her side. Soon the forest was in sight.
"Plus this gives me more of a feel of the way I went earlier," Tenten added, entering the dense tree's.
"Aren't you slightly afraid?" Hinata asked, searching for her friends hand. The tree's blocked of any light from the stars, and so they were in the pitch black, silhouettes eating the area around them.
"What is there to be afraid of?" Tenten smiled, not that her friend could see that in this light. "Wait, don't answer that."
Hinata sighed, and banished the answers from her head. Tenten was right, as long as they were together, there was surely nothing to fear.
Tenten was an excellent fighter, and Hinata wasn't half bad herself. Between them they would be fine... right?
"You have your phone right?" Hinata asked, calmer.
"Urrr... no?" Tenten answered. Her mind flashed briefly to the house, and her phone waiting on the small table by the door. "Woopsies. Nothing we can do now though. Adds to the sense of danger!"
"Danger is not my thing," Hinata reminded her friend.
Tenten chose not to reply, for fear she may dig the hole deeper then it was.
Hinata hated the silence. It scared her, and so she clenched her friends hand tighter, and walked closer. She made sure to focus on the breath of her friend, and not what surrounded them in this dark place. Well not that there was anything to focus on, for the darkness hid everything.
"What was that!" Hinata squeaked. The further they walked, the more Hinata felt her nerves on edge, and she could have sworn she heard footsteps.
"It was me treading on a twig, calm down would you," Tenten said. She understood her friends worries, she was slightly on edge, but she liked the feeling of danger. But her friend was taking the fun away, and making her nervous.
"She was right to be nervous," A male's voice told them. You could hear the smirk in it. Tenten froze.
"Who are you?... and where are you?" Tenten asked, trying to hide her nerves.
"Behind you!" He growled. Tenten felt hands wrap themselves around the wrist that held Hinata's hand. On reflex, she let go.
"Hinata, run!" Tenten yelled, throwing the Twister box to the side.
She had no idea if her friend complied to the instruction, but the splat in the mud told her something had gone wrong.
Blindly Tenten spun, facing her masked opponent. Or so she hoped.
With her free hand, Tenten slashed randomly at the air around her, only hoping to find the flesh of her attacker.
Before she found him, he wrapped his arms around her waist, and ran slamming her into a tree. He held her there by her neck.
"Gah!" Tenten exclaimed kicking out.
And she caught him that time, though it did little to help.
"Nice to meet you Tenten," He sneered. "I have heard so much about you."
*
Hinata landed in the mud, which was still wet from the rainfall the day before. The sun had not been shining here in order to dry it out.
On her knees, Hinata crawled keeping on hand sweeping ahead, so to stop her bumping into any trees. But on their two feet they were quicker, and she found this through a sharp kick to the stomach. Hinata rolled to the side after the impact, ignoring the pain. She quickly scrambled to her feet, and ran blindly, trying to be as quiet as she could.
Only to find another hard body, but this one caught her before she hit the ground.
The figure held her tightly by the shoulder with one hand, why the other seemed to search for something.
"Hinata!" The person exclaimed, shining a torch in her eyes. Hinata blinked rapidly in the light, trying to adjust to the sudden glare. The person, who Hinata could now identify as male lowered the torch. "Sorry. What are you doing here?"
"Kiba?" Hinata asked. "We were... going to play a game."
Hinata realised how stupid that sounded.
"Right. Where's Tenten?" Kiba questioned, shaking his head.
"Tenten!" Hinata gasped. "I-I left her when they attacked us. If everyone with you?"
"They are here about. Who attacked?" He asked, letting go.
"I don't know. I just ran... like Tenten told me too," Hinata whispered, feeling ashamed.
"Let's find the others," Kiba said walking off.
*
"Ahh!" Someone exclaimed as they kicked a box.
They shone their torch down, revealing a twister box; flattened and mud covered, the words 'Property of Tenten' just visible.
