Title: Crisis Reverted: Another Side, Another Story.
Series: Naruto
Rating: T
Genres: Drama, sorta-angst, adventure, romance.
Warnings: Crack, swearing, shounen-ai, shojou-ai, het, time bending.
Verse: Canon Redeux.

DHC: And another side-chapter, I hope you all enjoy reading these as much as you enjoy reading the main storyline of Crisis Reverted.

Lee and Tenten were sparring in their training field, Tenten working on improving her speed and Taijutsu more as she trained hand-to-hand against Lee with Gai and Neji watching the two, Gai cheering them both on.

"That's the spirit, Tenten! Give him the good left-right!" Gai called gaily.

Tenten was tempted to roll her eyes but had no time to do as she ducked a kick aimed for her jaw and slammed her fist straight into Lee's back-calf, forcing the other to flip around in a round-house to recover momentum. She saw it coming and took the moment to jump away. Lee didn't let her get far, charging for her again in a barrage of swings and jabs. She was hard pressed to block them all, finding herself steadily backing up with each consecutive swing Lee threw at her.

She finally saw an opening in Lee's pattern and took a risk. She swung with all her might just as Lee swung and they both hit one another. Both went flying back from the respective punches and Tenten winced as she brought her hand up to rub her cheek. Lee jumped up and down. "You finally hit me, Tenten-chan!"

"That was absolutely beautiful! The clash, the speed and power! Magnificent!" Gai cried.

Neji snorted and rolled his eyes. "Your speed and power is improving, Tenten."

The girl blushed. "I'm really trying."

"It's paying off." Lee admonished.

"Would you help me with my speed, Neji-kun?" She asked hopefully.

Neji shook his head. "I can't right now," He said. "I've got to go meet Sakura and Hinata-sama to help train Hanabi."

"Oh..." She replied, looking crestfallen, a streak of jealousy running through her before she pushed a smile onto her face. "That's okay! I guess I'll just keep practicing here, then!" She replied.

"Good luck, Tenten." Neji replied before turning and beginning to walk away.

"I will train with you some more, Tenten!" Lee exclaimed.

The girl gave a tired smile to her teammate. "That's okay, Lee. I don't think I'm quite ready to train with you for a long time, I'm kind of worn out."

"You burn bright with the flames of youth, Tenten! Don't give up!" He encouraged, flashing her a bright smile before he began to leave as well. "Gai-sensei! Let us run five hundred laps around the village!"

"O-ho! That sounds fantastic, make it a thousand! Let us burst with the power of youth!" Gai replied loudly and the two began to run, all with Lee yelling that they should make it fifteen-hundred laps. Tenten rolled her eyes, smiling at their antics. It really was a wonder they didn't drop dead by the end of the day.

She trained by herself for another hour, but she was feeling like she wasn't getting anywhere. Finally deciding she needed some help, she made her way towards the Inuzuka's. Akamaru yipped a happy bark at her, wagging his tail when he saw her and she gave a smile at the little dog.

"Hey Tenten!" Kiba greeted.

She gave the other a smile. "Hi, Kiba-kun. Could you help me train some more? I'm improving in hand-to-hand, but my speed is still not where I'd like to be."

The Inuzuka boy scratched his chin before giving her a wolf-grin. "Sure! You up for some extra training, Akamaru?"

The puppy barked an affirmative and Kiba nodded. "Let's head out towards the forest training ground."

Tenten blinked. "Why there?"

"It's a natural obsticle course and provides good cover for sneak-attacks. This'll be a sure-fire way to build your speed if you're put into a situation where you must get out alive when being persued." Kiba replied.

"Oh," She replied before nodding. "I see. Let's do that."

Kiba had them jog all the way there to warm her legs up. When there, he put ten-pound weight-straps to her legs and arms.

"They may not feel like too much right now, but when you're pushing your body to its limit with running and the like, you're gonna feel it, and it's gonna hurt like a bitch, but it's how I got so fast so quick." Kiba explained.

She nodded seriously. "I'm ready. I want to become stronger."

Kiba gave her an encouraging grin. "Alright. Akamaru and I will go hide for a while and you start running around the forest. I'll start throwing kunai and shuriken at you to sharpen your reflexes as you do. Akamaru will try to attack you from time to time head on, okay?"

"Got it." Tenten replied. "Thanks, Kiba."

"Anything for a pretty girl, ne?" He replied with a wink before he jumped into the tree beside them. "Come on, Akamaru!"

The puppy barked and leaped off with his master, leaving Tenten behind blushing a little at his words before she snapped herself from the stupor and began to run, dodging around trees, jumping over fallen logs and avoiding brambles.

It was five minutes after she began her third lap that she was forced to skid to a stop and leap to the side as a hailstorm of kunai and shuriken rained down at her. She poured chakra to her legs as she jumped and dashed from side to side, weaving around the trees and did a couple of flips, feeling her muscles already beginning to protest weakly from the added weight and sudden movements.

A loud growl above her made her pause as she saw Akamaru leaping straight for her, canines bared and she cartwheeled to the side, mid-turn, she kicked out as Akamaru connected with her foot and sent the pup flying back towards the trees. She finished the turn and dove forward, sommersaulting to avoid a few more projectiles.

She was sweating heavily from just that, but she knew she had to push herself even harder. She jumped up and took off at top speed to get away. She could faintly hear Kiba's voice telling Akamaru something and could hear the pounding of his feet hitting and jumping from branch to branch as he chased after her and soon, she heard the kunai and shuriken whizzing through the air.

She dashed around behind a tree, hearing the weapons embed into the trunk of the tree and took a deep breath. Akamaru was a white blur of speed that she caught out of the corner of her left eye and was two seconds too late in trying to dodge and Akamaru sank his teeth into her arm as she raised it reflexively to block her neck, knowing that was where the pup was going to try and strike.

She cried out loudly and whipped around, throwing the puppy off and began to run again, hearing Kiba getting closer. She put her other hand over the bleeding wound, knowing now that they'd deliberately done it so that they could track her by smell. Like wolves to their prey.

Even though she knew this was an exercise, she was beginning to feel panicked. She ran blindly, feeling her body protesting even further and then she heard Kiba launch the next volley of projectiles.

If it wasn't for her survival instincts, she surely would have been hit because at the very last second, she'd just barely manage to twist away. But one got lucky and sank into the back of her thigh. She stumbled, reaching back and ripped it from her and dove behind a tree again for cover, panting heavily. She quickly unwrapped the bandage from around her other leg and tournequeted the wound before taking off again just as Akamaru caught up to her.

Lungs heaving, she began to earnestly run for what she felt like, her life. Desperation mode kicked on and she was like a frightened doe, zig-zagging in every direction in an attempt to get away. After fifteen minutes of running and dodging again, she collapsed to her knees in tears. "I can't!" She cried.

"I can't do it anymore! I give up!"

Kiba landed beside her in a minute, crouching beside her. "Hey, hey! It's okay. I'm really sorry, Tenten!" He apologized.

She was furiously trying to wipe her tears away, an embarrassed flush on her face. "I don't want to be so weak," She exclaimed. "But I can't do this."

"No, it's not your fault. I was pushing you too hard like my sister pushes me." Kiba replied, putting his hand on her shoulder. "Are you okay? That mark on your leg looks bad. C'mon, I'll take you to Sakura to heal you up."

She looked up at him and nodded weakly, allowing him to help her stand weakly. He took the weights off of her and pocketed them. Akamaru poked his head out of Kiba's jacket, sniffing at Tenten's arm where he bit her and licked it apologetically.

Tenten smiled watery-like at the pup. "It's okay, Akamaru." She pet the puppy before looking to Kiba. "Your sister pushes you like this?"

Kiba nodded. "Yeah, but I wear like, three times the weight and she's relentless." He replied as they walked slowly towards Team Seven's training ground where Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto should be training with Kakashi.

"I... How do you manage?"

"Endurance and stamina. You gotta learn to pace yourself and know when to run all out and when to conserve energy." The Inuzuka replied.

When they reached the field, Sakura smacked Kiba upside the head for his recklessness and healed Tenten up with a smile. "Careful next time, okay?"

Tenten nodded. "I just want to get stronger and faster."

"You will, but don't push yourself so far you get hurt." Sakura replied, before turning to Kiba. "And Kiba, she's not trained like you, go easier!"

Kiba looked ashamed for a second, nodding. "I will."

Tenten looked at Kiba and smiled. "I do appreciate the help. Maybe you can show me how you and your sister train?"

Kiba gave her a nod. "Sure, next time sis and I train, I'll invite you."

The girl nodded. "Okay! Well, I gotta go now, I'm hungry after all of this!"

Laughing, Kiba gave her a nod and a farewell and thanked Sakura again for healing Tenten before heading off back towards his home while Tenten began walking in the opposite direction.

Sakura watched, brow risen, before turning back to her teammates with a wry smile. "Shall we get back to training?"

Naruto spied her smile. "What's with that look. You know something!" He accused.

Sasuke snorted. "Only you would state the obvious, dobe."

"Shut up, teme!"

Sakura shook her head. "It's nothing. Just a woman's intuition." She replied airily with a wave of her hand.

Kakashi hummed at her, looking up from his book briefly, before chuckling. "Interesting," Was all he replied.

Sakura gave her sensei a nod. "Very."

"Am I missing something?" Naruto asked with a pout.

Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Idiot."

And the rest of the day passed by without another incident.

TBC

DHC: And there you have it. Dont'cha just love the insanity of my mind? lol