chapter 3 this is probably my darkest story yet and sorry if this one sux i wrote this pretty late lol enjoy :D
A team of seven Shinobi were traveling back to Konoha with Shikamaru and another man leading. "Oi! Takashi, look!" Shikamaru called, the two stopped and inspected several various weapons on the ground.
"There was a battle here, fairly recent, too," Takashi concluded, standing up. He was about as tall as Kakashi, with brown eyes like Tenten and hair that was just a lighter shade than Tenten's.
"What do you think we should do?"
"First off, you're the one who's supposed to come up with strategies," Takashi joked as their team caught up. "Second, I think you and I should take a bigger lead, just to make sure whoever was part of this battle isn't still around."
"Agreed."
They continued up the road, their pace slower than before, making sure there were no casualties along the way. "Hold up, Shikamaru, I think I see something." Takashi said, walking into the woods, away from the path.
He could have sworn he saw something in the grass, but where was it? He could see the figure of a woman lying on the ground, at first he simply expected a casualty, until he noticed one thing. Her long brown hair, he knew it anywhere. "No…" he whimpered rushing over to her.
There Tenten lay sprawled out on the ground, her hair spread out in the grass, her breathing was fast and uneven, her body was covered in bruises. Dried tear marks had stained her cheeks and her eyes seemed to dance beneath her eyelids. "Oi! What did you find?" Shikamaru called out, catching up to the Jounin. The sight shocked him.
"Shit!" Shikamaru cursed, turning back to see the other men about to enter the woods and see this. He raced over. "Stay here! Hiroto, c'mon! We need a medic!"
They rushed back to Takashi who was still trying to figure out exactly what happened the night before. "She's under Genjutsu," Takashi concluded, as Hiroto went to assess the damage.
He pulled out a syringe and a small bottle of clear liquid. "What happened last night is still playing in her mind right now thanks to the Genjutsu. She will most likely start thrashing around with her sudden new freedom," Hiroto explained, filling the syringe. "I need both of you to hold her down so that I can sedate her."
Shikamaru nodded, placing his hands on her arm, holding it in place, without pressing on the bruises. Takashi held down her shoulders, and his partner looked at him. "Don't worry, Takashi, I'm not looking," Shikamaru assured him. "Ready? Release!"
Tenten's eyes fluttered open, but weren't staring at her brother, they just looked at the sky as she took a deep breath and tears flooded out. Her scream came out as bloodcurdling shriek that caused the other Shinobi to jump. Takashi tried to get her attention, she kept thrashing and shrieking.
"Hold her down!" Hiroto ordered, injecting the sedative in her arm.
She began to calm down almost immediately. She managed to scream one last time before passing out again. Hiroto looked to an emotionally disturbed Takashi, then to the genius next to him. "I'm going to need to a quick physical on her, would you like to leave for a moment or stay?"
Takashi didn't answer he just stood up and walked over to a nearby tree, Shikamaru following him. "A goddamn rape kit," Takashi cursed hoarsely.
"Don't tell me you're blaming yourself," Shikamaru stated, with a sigh.
"How can I not?" Takashi replied. "We could have started returning home last night, but I decided against it…"
"Our men were exhausted from fighting the rebels in Tanzaku Gai, even if we had started to head out, surely at least one of them would have passed out," Shikamaru tried to assure him.
"I know, but still…"
"Takashi, this is not your fault. Your sister was obviously given a mission that proved to take a nasty turn," Shikamaru explained rationally. "As troublesome as it may seem, there was nothing we could do, even if we had left earlier. If we did, we may not have gotten here until now, anyway."
Takashi just sighed, guilt continuing to overwhelm him, against his better judgment. Hiroto approached the two quietly. "I gave her the blanket from my bag to cover her," he explained. "We're going to have to get back to the village soon, I'm not sure how long she'll stay sedated."
"What do you mean you don't know?" Shikamaru inquired.
"Genjutsu itself causes a great toll to the body physically and mentally, so in theory she should remain asleep for a while…"
"But in reality?" Takashi managed to ask.
"In reality, it's possible for the jutsu to keep playing in her head, causing nightmares, and it can rile her up to the point-"
"Where she wakes up before she can be properly treated at the hospital," Shikamaru finished, as the three nodded.
"Oi! Is everything okay?" one of the Shinobi waiting by the road shouted.
"Don't worry! We're just leaving!" Shikamaru replied, then turned back to the group. "We need to leave. Now. I'm sure Tsunade will want to talk to all of us when we get back."
Takashi wrapped the blanket around his sister and picked her up. "Let's go."
They met up with the other four who were waiting. One look at the girl in Takashi's arms changed the mood entirely. "Holy shi-" one of them breathed out, leaving the line to trail off.
"Takashi…" another added. "I'm so sorr-"
"Never mind that, we need to go," he replied, leading the group to the village.
Shikamaru now stood with his temporary team, minus Takashi, in front of Tsunade in a vacant room in the hospital. They had reached the village in record time, under an hour, and Tenten had already been evaluated by Tsunade herself. "I'm sure this goes without saying it, but what you all have witnessed today is completely confidential," the Hokage ordered. "Not a word of it is to be spoken."
"But, Tsunade-sama, what exactly happened?" one man asked, the Hokage sighed.
"Minoru, I think it's pretty obvious that this is Tenten and Takashi's business, you don't need to know," Tsunade scolded.
"Gomen."
"Minoru, just think about it for a minute and you can figure out what happened," Shikamaru said, rubbing his temple. Today had been a long day and it was no where near over.
"You mean-"
"Yes," Tsunade gave in, crossing her arms. "However, not a word of this is to be mentioned, especially not to Tenten. If you see her, act as clueless as possible. She went through a lot and her mind needs to heal."
"Hai," they all agreed.
"Shikamaru, I want you to write a mission report in place of Takashi. I doubt he'll be in the mood for that."
"Understood."
"Dismissed."
She was there, lying in dirt, while this bastard drilled into her like there was no tomorrow. She had been in this place before, this scene had been repeating itself for hours with minor differences. How much actually happened? She knew for sure she would be sore and possibly bruised but did he really rape her that many times? Or was this all the Genjutsu's doing? Whatever the case was, there was one thing she knew for sure, he was able to get inside her (no pun intended) and terrify her like no one had ever been able to do. And that scared her even more.
Tenten opened her eyes only to shut them again from the bright light. She opened them again slowly, trying to figure out exactly what happened. It wasn't until she started to sit up, did everything fall into place in her head, all because she felt sore in the one place she had never been in her life. She winced and looked to see where a certain voice had come from. "Tenten…" Tears welled up in her eyes.
"Takashi…" Her voice trailed off into a series of sobs.
Takashi jumped from his seat and ran to her side, engulfing her in his arms as she cried. He sat on the edge of the end, holding her tight, unable to believe what she had went through.
"Gomen nasai…gomen nasai, Takashi-Ni!" she sobbed over and over, drenching his shirt in tears.
Takashi's grip tighten slightly, as he stroked her hair. "No, Tenten, you did nothing wrong," he said soothingly.
"I failed, Takashi," she sniffled out the retort.
"The mission? Don't worry about the mission, you didn't fail it. The mission failed you."
"I'm so sorry, Takashi-Ni!" She curled herself into a ball and huddled into her brother's side.
Needless to say, Takashi swore deep in his very pissed off mind that whoever did this to his sister would die. Whoever it was had hurt more than one person in his acts, and in more ways than one.
Tsunade had another group she needed to speak with about the events of the night before. A group that at the same time should and should not know about this. They needed to know for future reference, but if they knew, they would be invading their good friend's privacy. In essence, it was a los-lose situation. "Tsunade-sama, what happened to Tenten?" Lee asked, sitting in between his sensei and other teammate.
Orders had been sent to the group to report to the hospital immediately. Once they reached the building they were escorted to a room, empty with the exception of a few stools and some spare equipment. They sat there for nearly an hour, twiddling their thumbs and contemplating everything that could have happened to their beloved Kunoichi.
Of course, the fears going through Neji's head were by far the worst. He knew she was given an S-rank mission, and a short one at that. He knew something bad happened the moment Tsunade's cup crack and shattered on the floor.
Tsunade sighed for a few seconds, then leaned back against the closed door. "Before I explain, first keep in mind the nature of Tenten's last mission," she started, crossing her arms and closing her eyes. "I have already explained it to Takashi, he is with her now. I gave Tenten a mission yesterday, a three day S-rank mission, to investigate the sightings of one or more rogue ninja…"
"Which one?" Lee asked, ignoring the fact of how short the mission was, and was cut even shorter.
"We don't know, however, Tenten did make contact with him. Her mission was to find out who it was, where he was hiding and to report it back to me and await further instructions. Her orders after that would be either to strike down the rogue immediately and return home with him captive or killed. Or to await back up…unfortunately…everything happened to fast."
Tsunade stood back up and paced herself over to the windows, gazing out to the village. "Things took a turn for the worse, while Tenten was writing her report to me, I believe the rogue attacked her. In the midst of battle, Tenten ended up breaking her ankle, causing her to fall and her enemy to overpower he. After that…a Genjutsu held her paralyzed as her attacker proceeded to rape her continuously…"
The room was silent. Everyone's jaw dropped slightly. Did they hear correctly?
"What?" Lee was the first to respond, his eyes even wider than usual.
"Will she…will she be alright?" Gai choked out. He knew that this was always a possibility, but never thought it would actually happen. Not to a Kunoichi on his own team.
Tsunade sighed again, turning back around and leaning against the window. "Physically? Yes, she'll be just fine, I personally healed her ankle and all her other injuries will heal soon. Physically she'd be ready to train again within a week, what I'm more concerned about is her mental stability. You should be concerned as well."
"What do you mean?" Lee asked, his teammate next to him was speechless.
"When it comes to cases like this, it is very common for the victim's state of mind to become a little clouded with memories of the event. In other words-"
"What happened last night will haunt her while she's asleep and awake…"Neji finished for the Hokage, barely registering that it was he who interrupted.
"That's correct, as well as the reason why you need to head my advice," Tsunade added sternly. "Refrain from any bodily contact and approach her with caution."
This caught the three unguarded. Approach with caution?
"Forgive me, Tsunade-sama, but how come?" Lee was just full of questions this morning, only none of them contained the word youth.
"Tenten will be afraid of you for a little while."
"Hokage-sama, we have been on the same team as her for nearly ten years. What reason would she have to fear us?" Neji inquired, folding his arms.
"He's right! Our youthful Tenten had no need to fear us!" Spoke too soon.
Tsunade sighed once again. "She won't fear any of you personally. She'll be in fear of your bodies…" The shocked looks on their faces plainly stated that she needed to elaborate. "You see, until now, gender has never really been too big a problem in your group. I've never seen you give her different treatment because she is a woman. Am I wrong?"
A shake of their heads was the given response. "After the incident last night, gender can no longer be overlooked in her eyes. A man did this to her, overpowered her and made her feel helpless as he used her. And you are all just that. Men. It's not something you can change about yourselves, but it's something that will live in her mind for some time."
The group was speechless. They had heard stories about Kunoichi and regular citizens being raped and the aftermath their loved ones went through, but it was a whole other ball game when it happened to you or best friend. The worst part for them. They couldn't do anything to comfort the girl. If they tried to help her as they normally would, a flashback could result.
"She's not…she's not…" Gai couldn't even finish his question, he was so rattled.
"Even with medical ninjutsu we won't know for about a week and a half," Tsunade replied, knowing exactly what he was referring to. "However, in the ninja academy in the Kunoichi class, a jutsu is taught to make sure that doesn't happen, even though it is only about 99% effective."
The group gave a small sigh of relief. A request soon came out of the Hyuga that no one expected. "Can we see her?"
Tsunade stood up again and walked over to the door. "I need to check on her anyway," she replied. "I'll ask her if she's up for any visitors ."
She had no clue how long she was able to keep up the flow of liquid coming from her eyes. After she finally cried until she could cry no more, she lay in her brother's arms. Finally, somewhere she was safe. Somewhere she couldn't get hurt. And with someone who wouldn't dare hurt her.
The door slid open and a busty woman walked in. She put on an empathetic smile and spoke in a soft voice. "Tenten, you're awake, huh?" Tsunade said, cautiously. "There are a few people outside who want to see you. Are you up for it?"
Tenten knew who was outside and why they wanted to see her, but the question was, could she face them? In the smallest voice she had ever spoken in since childhood, she responded, "No…"
Just as she said it, Neji caught a glimpse of her from the window on the door. Her hair was a mess and trailing down her neck was green bleeding into purple bruise. But what really shocked him were her eyes. Shock and fear coating them. Her body seemed to shake. She never shakes!
It was then he swore, very much like Takashi, that whoever did this to Tenten, gave her a complete personality change would pay. That's right, Hyuga Neji swore to personally kill whoever did this to her.
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