tenten turned the nob in the shower the warm water pourded down on her dry skin m,aking it wet she let the water run through her hair as she simply stood there for a long time after it started getting cold she washed her hair with shampoo and stood under the water again she felt the shampoo run down her back as she closed her eyes oon it was out and she added conditiner and cleaned herself off

one thing was running through the mind of the 17 year old ninja

hyuuga neji

she stepped out of the shower and wrapped a towl around herself she collected her things and walked out she passed by a mirror on her way out it was the hall mirror she dispised it knowing it laughed at her every time she walked by it she stopped and stared at the look-alike in the mirror it discusted her the way she looked the way her body curved and the many scars that littred her body

she had gotten those scars training she had her usual training sessions with neji and then went off and trained by hrself in secret not wanting anyone to know and forunatly no one did know she had to train she had to catch up to the imfomas hyuuga neji he was so much better then her so much stronger then she was and she hated it

she hated being weak the fact that neji and many others could kill her at any moment she had to catch up to him beat him and show him that she deserved his respect that she deserved to be treated like an equal like a human but then again hyuuga neji never treated anyone as an equal he thought of everyone as an inncect or somone he had to surpase because to hyuuga neji being strong was all that mattered

as she thought she started to hate the mirror more and more until she couldn't take it with all her might she punched the mirror shattering it sending tiny shards out that periced her flesh she fel back in shock and pain blood dripped from everywhere she wincced as many shrards were stuck in her body not wanting to move she pulled them out one by one her hatid filling every one finally they were all out she stood up and walked to her room stepping on glass shards on her way

she bled badly as she did her morning things not careing she figured they would heal she got dressed and did up her hair she collected her wepons and put on her forehead protecter she turned with a huff and walked out she walked yb the mirror it was shattered many peices were missing but in the corner she could see her broken reflection she frounded it looked more like her now then it did when the mirror wasn't broken

tenten frowned because like that relection she was broken she turned her attention back to the training session she had to meet neji she walked by the bathroom not noticing that she was bleeding from everywhere spots of blood were on her clothes and it dripped down staning the ground she walked on she didn't notice she walked towards the kitchen to get something top eat she grabbed some rice balls and stuck them in her mouth she headed towards the door but before she could get anywhere near it collasped from lack of blood

neji annoyed walked down towards tenten's street she was late and he had to get her she was doing this just to bug him his eyes showed no emotion as he walked up to her house the day was growing late as the sun just started to rise over the horizion the sky was colourerd with shades of orange and red as the darker shades of blue and puple started to disapear that was him the darker blue and purple colours was him running from the light

the light of tenten

it seemed the darkness was running from the light as the light chassed after it the wind blew softly and the aroma of last nights rain filled neji's nose but to him it didn't matter he was missing chaces to be stronger he walked up and knocked on her door no answer he knocked again still no answer he put his hand on the door nob as it eaisly opened neji wondered if he should go into tenten's home the feeling soon disapeared as he stepped in

it was quiet strangly quiet he walked in and saw the broken mirror he wincced as he saw tiny shards mixed with blood he walked into tenten's room only to find more blood on the ground there was more this time and he follwed the blood trail out of her room and into the kitchen he followed it even more and saw tenten's mangled body on the floor he couldn't move he was too afraid fear gripped at his heart and saddness and worry were in his eyes his head screamed at him to help her but his body was too much in shock to move finally he found he could move because his knees went weak and he fell to her side

his hands touched her face so delecetly that he started to tremble finally he picked her up and headed towards the hospital in a flash muttering the same thing over and over

"please dont die..please dont die"