holy crap! i updated! lol ;p i should be updating a little more often since my ap exam is over lol (idk how well i did lol) but yeah those of you waiting for Dangerous Souls that will be updated next! i swear it! lol for now enjoy this warning for the next few chapters it's going to be mainly Tenten centric for reasons i'll explain at the end lol
"I understand," Tsunade replied to her response in a gentle and considerate tone. "I'll explain to them you aren't quite ready for visitors. Also, Shizune is going to come in later tonight to ask you about your mission."
"Isn't it a little too soon?" Takashi answered for the girl who was still curled up in his arms.
"With cases like this, it's best to get it out of the way, like ripping a Band-Aid off." The busty Hokage then turned on her heel to exit the room. "If we ask her about it after she starts to recover it will reopen these wounds…"
With that, she left.
"As I suspected, she's not ready for visitors," the blonde explained, after she closed the door. Her face had a sympathetic feature after a moment, motioning the group to follow her, making sure the occupants of the hospital room couldn't hear. "I doubt she'll be able to sleep tonight, we'll probably have to sedate her again. If you don't mind, you can visit her while she's sleeping, if you want."
"Arigato."
Later that night, just as Tsunade had suspected, Tenten had to be sedated, at which point Takashi had to leave reluctantly. Her team silently made their way in, not wanting to disturb her. The fitful sleep she endured could only be tolerated by the men for so long, knowing just what her dreams consisted. Neji was the last remain, his sensei and teammate leaving after ten minutes.
"I knew I should have left after you as soon as Tsunade's glass broke. I knew something was wrong," he whispered regrettably. He walked up to her, attempting to touch her hand, she cringed away before he even touched her.
He frowned and turned away, leaving. "I'm sorry…"
After another healing treatment from Sakura, Tenten's ankle was now healed, her bruises, however, had to heal on their own. She now sat on the edge of her bed, the Hokage standing in the middle of the room, giving her, her long overdo debriefing.
"Firstly, I would like to apologize to you, Tenten," Tsunade started, the young woman she was addressing stared out the window. "Had we known it was Uchiha Sasuke lurking there, I would never had sent you alone."
"I know, Tsunade, you wouldn't have sent me alone, because I'm not strong enough to defeat him-"
"That is not true!" the Hokage stated sternly, causing Tenten's head to snap toward her. "You are strong, Tenten, don't let anyone tell you otherwise."
The brunette's eyes widened at the blonde's words. With your skills they'll be unstoppable.
She shivered, looking down to the floor below her. "That doesn't matter anymore, what do we do, now? Before we find out the worst case scenario…"
"You said it yourself, you performed the contraceptive jutsu, as well as you just finished your period. Of course we'll still continue to monitor you for the next week, but I still think you have nothing to worry about."
Tenten sighed again, looking back out the window. "You still haven't answered my question…"
"Well, after the small psych evaluation Shizune gave you last night, I'm certain you will be released today, after you receive another evaluation. You're suspended from missions as well as training for the time being, I would also like you to come in once a week for a checkup with Shizune. These measures are only temporary, remember that."
"Hai."
Tsunade waited a moment in silence before she dropped the bombshell. "I have also taken the liberty of informing a very small list of people about what happened to you."
The brunette's eyes widened in surprise and fury. "Excuse me?"
"That's right, a small list of people know what happened to you, all of whom, know not to share this information with anyone and not to bring it up in front of you. Then there is an even smaller list of people who know who did this to you, all of which, I trust to keep this information as private as possible."
"I…I don't care, can I go home?" she pleaded, she really just wanted to get to the one place she was truly safe. Home. With her brother and friends able to protect her.
"Hai, I'll send Shizune in to release you." The blonde began to walk out of the room, stopping at the door. "One last thing, Tenten. If you need to talk to anyone about what happened to you, or if you want some guidance or assurance on anything, you can always talk to me, Shizune, Sakura, or even Natsuki, she can help you a great deal, with her being so close."
"Arigato, Tsunade…"
The blonde finally left, and her assistant walked in. She deemed the brunette stable enough to leave, and Tenten then changed into the clothes her sister-in-law packed for her. Tenten walked out of the room to find her brother waiting there. "Takashi-Ni…" she gasped, her brother smiled comfortingly.
"Ready to go home?" he asked softly.
Tenten nodded, walking next to her brother.
As they walked the streets of Konoha, strangers' shadows appeared, setting off an uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach. As much as she hated to admit her fear, she still found herself clutching her brother's arm. She mentally hit herself for her weakness.
Upon reaching their house, Tenten greeted the other members of her family, before she rushed upstairs, a hot shower awaiting her.
In her room, she looked at herself in the mirror, finally able to see the damage that was done. She stood in front of her full length mirror, devoid of clothing, analyzing each bruise she had gained. The green and purple bruises on her neck and shoulders, arms, thighs, waist, the bags under her eyes, but then something really shocked her.
Her eyes traveled down to her chest, her bruised and slightly swollen breasts, that didn't surprise her. What shocked her were the tiny scabs on her nipples that were in the shape of teeth marks. "H-how much was really Genjutsu?"
She grabbed her robe and rushed into the bathroom, turning on the shower, the hot water creating an enormous amount of steam. She scrubbed her head, body, everywhere, feeling as though she would never get clean. The scalding water turning her skin red and the scrubbing causing scratches, breaking open some of the scabs, causing mini flashbacks of that fateful night. She felt the ghosts of that bastard, Uchiha's hands on her
With the water starting to run cold, she rinsed off and dried, and dressed in comfy clothes, not caring that her hair was still wet. She grabbed a blanket and curled up on the couch, flicking the TV on.
A busty blonde woman sat at her desk, sipping sake. With the recent events, she really has earned a drink. Especially since she had been sober throughout the ordeal. She sighed, hoping she had been through the worst of this road. Then her door was busted open.
Thought too soon.
"What is the meaning of this, Tsunade!" an elderly woman demanded, storming in with an elderly man beside her.
"I should be asking you that, you are the one who broke open my door," Tsunade replied, her voice calm and tired.
"I just read the report! You allowed this to happen!" the woman screeched as Shizune closed the door.
"What I want to know is how you got your hands on that report! It's classified!" Tsunade retorted, sitting up.
"Tsunade, this is a serious issue. Something must be done immediately," the man calmly rationalized.
"With the current information, we can't exactly do anything."
"Tsunade! We cannot sit here and do nothing, if there is the potential of another Uchiha being born!" the older woman argued, clearly enraged.
"Koharu! What do you want me to do? We don't even know if she's pregnant!" Tsunade had stood up by now.
"The child must be aborted immediately!"
"What!"
"Tsunade, Koharu is right, we cannot just sit idly by…" Homura agreed.
"We can't try to abort something that may not even be there! Not without potentially causing harm to her!" Tsunade barked, pounding her fist on the table.
"We can't have another Uchiha running amuck either!"
"This is a decision to be made by her and her alone. I'll be damned before I allow you to make a decision like this for her! We don't even know if she's pregnant! It's her decision whether or not to keep the baby, not yours!" Tsunade screeched, jerking her finger toward the door. "You've wasted enough of my time. Leave. Now!"
"You little-"
"Thank you for your time, Tsunade, we'll keep in touch." With that, Homura dragged Koharu out of there, leaving the Hokage to sigh and fall back into her chair with a huff.
She poured another drink. "You've gotten yourself into a lot of trouble, you know," Shizune sighed, pacing over to the desk.
"What was I supposed to say? We can't exactly give Tenten an abortion if she's not even pregnant. Not only that, only Tenten can make that decision. Not Homura. Not Koharu, Not I. Nor you, or anyone else."
"Still, I have a bad feeling about this…"
Tsunade took a sip of her sake. "As do I." She filled the empty cup once more. "Shizune, I want you to go to Natsuki, explain what happened here. I don't think those two are going to try anything tonight, but in the near future, it is possible that they will try to do just as they wish. I refuse to have Tenten go through that without her consent."
"Hai."
She left the Hokage staring at her alcohol in thought. "Something's not quite right…"
"You need to calm down, Babe," a blue haired woman scolded calmly, as her husband sat at the dining room table, his mind trying to bury itself in paperwork.
"How can I, Natsuki?" the man argued weakly, rubbing his temples. "I mean, she was last person I ever expected this to happen to."
Natsuki wrapped her arms around his neck. "I know, Takashi-kun. I know. But sometimes bad things happen, certainly you know that," she replied, nuzzling her head into his neck.
"I know, but I hate seeing her like this. You have to talk to her, Natsu-chan." He ran a hand through her hair.
"Takashi, it's too soon. She just got home today, and hasn't attempted to approach me. I can't just barge in on her right now. She's your sister."
"That's just it! I can't go near her without her wanting to cry!" he whispered hoarsely, not wanting anyone to eavesdrop. "She thinks she's failed me, you have to talk to her."
She sighed, suddenly hearing the pattering of little feet run into the dining room. "Kaa-san! Mika-Nee and me did the dishes!" a little three year old boy called, running into the room.
Natsuki knelt down to her son's height. "Very good, Rikuto, now go get ready for bed, I'll be up there in a moment." She patted his head. He nodded, grabbing Mika's hand and rushing up stairs. Natsuki turned back to her husband. "You really do need to calm down. I mean, she only came back home this morning. Give her time, I'm sure if she sleeps in her own bed tonight, she'll be a little better in the morning. I'll confront her in another day or two. Okay?"
"Fine," Takashi finally agreed, receiving a kiss from his wife.
"Good, don't work yourself too hard." With that, she left.
She was cold. She had no clue where she was. She was aware of one thing. She was standing, but couldn't move. She under some sort of jutsu and at the mercy of the wielder. Something wasn't right. "Miss me?" a seductive growl rang through the air.
Her whole body stiffen. Dear God, no!
Her feeble attempts to run only disheartened her. She truly was at his mercy.
"What do you say? Another round? Just for the hell of it?" His red eyes pierced the darkness, frightening her more.
"No…" she managed to squeak, tears threatening to spill over.
"A little rougher this time? If you wish…" his evil tone reminded her of a demon. Although, she was sure there was no demon eviler than this man. It wasn't possible. "Let's have some fun-"
Tenten jumped. Her heart pounding and sweat beading down her forehead.
It was just a dream. Or was it a memory? She wasn't sure. It was dark out and she doubted that it was past 2:30 in the morning. She couldn't even remember if she screamed herself out of the dream.
No one came barging in, that was a good sign. She didn't disturb anyone's sleep.
Natsuki practically leaped out of bed, gasping for air. She calmed down after a minute, feeling her husband stir out of his sleep. "Natsuki?" he whispered sleepily. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, Takashi. Just go back to sleep," she replied sternly, her heart still pounding.
Takashi sat up, seeing the look on her face. "It was that dream again, wasn't it?"
"Don't worry about it. Just get some sleep." She tried to shake it off. Her husband already had enough to worry about.
He wrapped an arm around her, pulling her to him and lying back down with her in his arms. "Shouldn't I be saying that to you?"
"Probably," she smiled, her heart beat becoming normal again.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
"What's there to talk about? You already know what nightmare I had," she retorted, snuggling in.
"I know, but sometimes when you talk about your-" He looked down to see she had fallen asleep again. "At least you can fall asleep quicker now."
Tenten was still as remote as ever. She didn't want to burden her family, so she stayed out of the way as best she could. The next two days she kept to herself, gaining very little sleep, not leaving the house. The reason you knew she was still alive was because Mika was still cheerful.
Tenten sat on the couch, her hair wet and skin red from her shower. Another failed attempt to get clean. Huddled in a blanket she stayed silent, trying to focus on other things. It was hard. Natsuki was cleaning upstairs, Mika and Shun were at the academy, Takashi was at the Police Station, and Rikuto was with Sakura, who offered to watch the little boy for the morning.
She was alone downstairs. Her thoughts unconsciously going back to just a few days before. It kept haunting her. Surely this doesn't last forever, does it? "Tenten? You've been abnormally quiet the past few days," a woman's voice rang through the room. Tenten turned to see Natsuki standing behind the couch.
"Natsuki?" Tenten whispered. "I-I've had a lot on my mind lately."
"Do you want to talk about it?" She place a hand on the younger woman's shoulder. Feeling her tense up and shake her head a little too quickly, she shied away. "You went through something terrible. Something no girl should ever have to endure. But you must remember, there are many others who went through the same thing. Especially Kunoichi."
"Really? I haven't met any?" Tenten somehow scoffed. She was not in the mood for a spew about how this has happened to others. She already knew that and had yet anyone she was close to who dealt with this.
Until now.
"What about me?"
well that probably wasn't as surprising as when i came up with that in my head lmao anyway this story is truly going to focus on Tenten mainly because this story is different from other rape nejiten fanfics
1. Neji and Tenten are NOT together
2. They weren't on their way to getting together
3. Tenten doesn't live alone
4. Tenten needs a little time to heal ALONE and Neji knows that
so yes don't worry Neji will be back lol and there will be some moments as well as some twists until next time Jaa nee! :D