Chapter 21: Chapter 21
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Author: Hello, sorry I didn't post lately, just been lacking motivation, like normal. I am going to try and get back to posting though so stay tuned!
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Tenten POV
As I slowly try and blink away the brightness that comes with waking up in a hospital I hear some people arguing. Wanting to know what they were arguing about without interrupting them I close my eyes and listen.
"Sakura, I know how you feel, I am a doctor too, but as a Hokage, I need to find out what happened."
"But Tsunade, she passed out hyperventilating, you could make her trauma worse by forcing her to remember!"
"Sakura! Who do you think taught you what you know! I fully understand but I am the Hokage and as a ninja, it is her duty to provide info. If it is truly as bad as you say, she'll need to take time off as a ninja anyway so I'll personally look over her to get her full recovery faster!"
"But-"
"It's an order!"
"Yes, Lord Tsunade."
"Good, now please get up Tenten, I know you're awake."
I opened one eye to try and peek at Tsunade. I couldn't believe what was happening, I was going to be in personal interaction with Tsunade, my idol. All it took was...
Breathing erratic, I tried to calm myself down with my new thoughts going haywire. All the thoughts about my bad experience and horrible captor. Thoughts running through my head like a jolly day on Christmas were not going to stop until I started to feel a warm sensation eliminating all the thoughts from my mind.
"I see, it truly is as bad as you say. As long as I can continue to use healing jutsu to ease the burden on her mind, I should be able to get the information. Otherwise, there is always the Yamanaka clan."
"Sakura, go and get some water."
Sakura quickly left the room leaving just me and Tsunade. I wanted to just sit there and get treated by Tsunade for all the time to come but I knew it wasn't going to happen. The thoughts coming back on what I have to tell her were eased by her jutsu but it still felt bad nonetheless.
"I know you probably don't want to share the information. I know how trauma feels, I've had my own trauma, and even though most of it is cured it still lingers. While I may not be able to cure all of your trauma I will be able to help you through it and heal. All you have to do is tell me the information, treat it like therapy. Spill everything, I will tell nobody of what you say, I know I would've loved the chance for it."
I was seriously contemplating what to do. I wanted to tell her everything, from the start to finish, but I was uncomfortable. I felt that I would be judged and shamed, a dumb feeling but that's how it feels. I was getting anxious, this is my idol, I should be able to tell her everything but at the same time, I don't want to tell her anything.
"It's okay, I'm here, I will listen to all your troubles, I will not judge anything because it isn't my right. I will not shame or pity anything because you don't deserve that upon yourself. You deserve me to just listen, and that is what I will do, so please, help yourself."
I looked into her eyes and see the pure emotion radiating off of her. It makes me want to spill everything but I know I can't say everything, it would be too shameful as a ninja. I instead start to think of what I can tell her. Things like how he used will herbs to create strong poison or his knowledge of the dagger that he had me create. I could tell her he raped me, but I won't tell her the details. That is too shameful for Lord Tsunade.
"I'm going to start at the beginning. It all started when our team was on a routine patrol around the village. We went a little farther than necessary because I had a bad feeling. Then he appeared."
Memories flood back to me of the time I first saw him. Of course, we had a rough sketch of him from his bounty papers but it was nothing like him. It wasn't the crazed, blood-lusting look, not until the battle. It was a calm and semi-hurried look, a look you don't see on many faces, a look that was absolutel-
"Sorry, I was lost in thought."
"It's okay Tenten, take your time."
I breathe in a deep breath and slowly exhale. A rather crude way of trying to calm my shaking nerves since I don't want to test calming them with chakra right now.
"He shot directly at Lee, I'm guessing he actually thought it through and decided to go for the weaker looking ones first. I've no doubt he would've gone for me instead if I was in the front instead of Lee. His blade was coated in some kind of poison that knocked out Lee and was later used on me after everything. In his battle with Neji, he was dominating. Neji couldn't even land a strike on him before he eventually exhausted out. Th-Then that's w-when h-he looked my direction and he said 'I-I-I-I-'."
"Calm down Tenten. Look into my eyes. Calm down."
Tsunade reached a hand out to me soothed my mind with her healing chakra. It was a definite refresher from my breakdown. I couldn't even say anything.
"I don't think I'm ready to repeat what he said just yet. But after that, my mind went blank, and dread filled me. I was so scared, I was too weak to help my team, and I paid for it."
Tears filled my vision as what happened after that started to flood the forefront of my mind.
"I was knocked unconscious and I woke up in a cave east from here. I panicked and tried to escape when he knocked me back and made me dizzy. He cut open my neck and I thought I was going to die. H-He started to drink my blood and I started to feel weak from blood loss. He used part of his shirt to stop the blood loss, I guess he didn't want me dead. Then, he got up and walked back a little before contemplating something."
I had to take a huge breath to calm my nerves which felt like they were on fire. Wiping my eyes with my shirt to clear my vision I let myself wander back into my memories.
"He started to walk back to me with a huge grin on his face. I-I've never felt more scared in my entire life. I knew what was going to happen, bu-but then he suddenly stopped and started to talk to me. He said 'I'm really sorry, the village said we were supposed to test how loyal our kunoichi would be in a dire situation,' I really did not believe him until he took out a leaf headband. For the first time since the battle, I felt hope, hope I can make it out. He held out his hand to me and he use it to s-scratch a line through the headband. At that moment, I gave up. I gave up hope, my life, everything."
At that moment, I became his.
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