This story takes place a 6 months before the chunin exams.

Story summary: Tenten comes to the training grounds early and hears what her teammate Neji hyuga truly thinks of her abilities rightfully mad she no longer trains with her teammate and decided to better herself placing herself thru grueling train tenten discovers her true potential with weaponry and diving further into her mind she discovers a seal she had never known existed and discovers a person and a being one who was long thought dead and the others mind being sealed with that person that helps her train and better herself with the promise to help him and the being escape from the prison that is her mind how will this pan out for our dear sweet tenten as she discovers true companionship and maybe even love.

Disclaimer: All right's go to who they go to I make no profit from this I do it because it's enjoyable.

A/N: Tenten and her team where all 15 when the chunin exams started but for the stories sake and to make it less pedophalipic i'm going to have her, Neji, and Lee start at 16 by the time the chunin exams start and Minato is going to be 20 I know that seems kinda young but originally he's 24 so i'm starting him off at 20 to give him and tenten less of an age gap deal with it. Also i'm not hating on neji he was an asshole before and during the chunin exams at least until naruto knocked some sense into him. I actually really like neji

Tenten stood in her room playing with her bangs they had been steadily growing and she had to come to a decision on the matter "Should I let them grow or cut them once again." Tugging lightly she shook her head she'd decide what to do with her hair later. Pulling her waist length hair up into two twin buns she grinned at her reflection. She enjoyed this hairstyle it was battle ready and yet she could keep her hair as long as she pleased unlike other konichi who over time cut they're hair she would never have to.

"I wonder are they at the training grounds yet." contemplating this while she slipped on her shoes she frowned at her clock that read 6:00a.m. "We're not suppose to meet up until 7." humming a bit to herself she opened the front door mumbled a small "goodbye" to the empty house before closing and locking the door behind her.

"I'll get in some extra training before the others arrive." she decided storing her keys away in one of her seals for safe keeping. Whistling a cheerful tune she waved happily to the old shop keep that ran the fruit stand in between her house and the training ground her team met at.

Once she arrived at her team training ground her mood did a 180 from happy to rightfully pissed off because there in the middle of their training ground stood her teammate and friend Neji hyuga putting down her and every konichi. "Why are women even aloud to be ninja they belong in the house or hospital not on the battlefield." Guy and Lee looked absolutely livid as they attempted to set him straight. "Neji that is absolutely not true the konichi of ninja villages do just as much as the shinobi." Neji snorted as if this fact was hilarious. "That's doubtable we don't need woman on teams and they shouldn't even be aloud sign up for the academy." Guy narrowed his eyes and hissed with clear disappointment in his voice. "Every young lotus flower deserves the opportunity to bloom." Neji looked away before mumbling under his breath. "Their all the same so why is Tenten on our team she's weak and useless in battle."

That she decided was the lasts straw marching forward Tenten spoke. "Since i'm so useless and weak then I guess I won't waste anymore time using my useless abilities to help you train and the next time your ass needs saving you can look elsewhere." turning towards Guy and Lee she smiles at them completely ignoring Neji. "I thought we weren't meeting for another hour?" Guy chuckled and pulled a good guy posse. "Lee and I have decided to begin early." Lee nodded enthusiastically. "Yush what bring you to the training ground early our vibrant lotus flower?" Tenten chuckled slightly. "I decided to get in some extra training." Guy and Lee both seemed to brighten at that and wished her well hugging each other and crying about how she's blossomed as she stalked off to find a proper training spot.

"Me useless that jerk oh I can't wait to give it to him." Taking out her scrolls she sighed and began her normal training exercises. Soon enough a full 4 hours had gone by and she was running low on chakra reserves huffing and puffing a bit before plopped down on her butt and began slowly breathing in and exhaling going into light meditation that slowly got deeper and deeper the longer she meditated. Soon she was at complete peace and one with the world around her. By now she would have been interrupted by something however today she was alone. Lee and Guy had ran off to find Guys rival Kakashi and challenge him to some form of a duel and Neji had ran off brooding when she had all but humiliated him in front of his sensei his words not hers.

Feeling some kind of invisible force in the back of her mind she pushed lightly at it and felt her conscience slip inside. Snapping her eyes open Tenten looked around her surroundings in almost panicked confusion ahead of her was a mold covered corridor of some kind and behind her a wall it seemed like the only way she could go was forward. It was almost pitch black and she could barely make out ceils with iron bars as she passed them. It felt as though she had been walking for hours when she came to the end. She stopped as she came to an iron door torches on each side to give it an ominous glow directly in the middle of the door sat an innocent piece of paper she immediately identified as a seal. "Why is there a seal in my mind?" frowning she walked up to it tearing it off without hesitation.

The doors creaked as they opened into a meadow. Rubbing her eyes to help them adjust to the sudden light she walked forward and into the meadow. Hearing the sound of kunai clashing she watched as a blonde haired man and red haired man duked it out. "Nice I have a blonde and redhead fighting in my mind." she stiffened when that thought was broad casted through the field. "Holy shit did that thought just…...I can hear what i'm thinking. Well ain't that just a bowl of sunflowers and look now blonde man and redhead man are looking at me in surprised go figure. Why are there men in my head anyway especially a blonde I mean a redhead i can understand I mean i've been attracted to redheads before but I don't think i've ever been attracted to a blonde have I." going over faces in her mind she watched in surprised as the faces began to appear in front of her.

"That's so freaking cool." looking up she noticed they were walking towards her and of course that was broadcasted as well. "Shit they're coming this way should I act like my thoughts aren't being broadcasted? Then again that's probably not a good idea considering the fact that everything I think they can hear so I should probably just try to keep my mind blank easier said than done."

They stopped in front of her and stared before the blonde asked. "How did you get here?" "Well don't you have a sexy voice. Shit. well that's not terrifying at all maybe going through that door wasn't such a good idea maybe I can make a break for it. Now they know my plan lovely although I could ask him the same question ahh that's what i'm going to do." All these thoughts drifted through the field in a matter of seconds and as she went to answer the redhead snorted. "Why don't you tell the lady how we got into her mind?" His voice was deep and growly. "If sex had a voice it would probably be his." The redhead glanced at her with an amused smile. "Really now." Tenten's face went ablaze. "Can you kill yourself in your mind." She contemplated this as it sounded through the field though both men seemed to ignore her fairly easily.

"It isn't my fault you fought the seal."

"That's something you should have been prepared for."

"I put it together last minute it was a last resort."

"Exactly and now we're stuck here." they both stopped arguing and looked toward Tenten who went from contemplating suicide to. "Is it bad that i'm totally shipping them right now I mean they sound like an old married couple and everything. Shit they're looking at me again what do I do. Shit they heard the shipping of something think ahh shit I got it the old. I can't help what I think bruh maybe you shouldn't listen. Nailed it. Then again the looks on Redhead and blonde mans faces say otherwise." they both sighed at the same time. "I'm kurama/Minato." They said at the same time making tenten grin. "Well ain't that adorable." Ignoring her minato began.

"Just think of a small box somewhere in the back of your mind and direct all your thoughts there." nodding Tenten thought over and over again. "Small box in the back of my mind where all my thoughts go." until finally she didn't hear her thoughts fill the field anymore. "Well that's a relief." she mumbled almost silently before looking at Minato and Kurama in suspicion. "So why are you in my mind or are you just something I made up."

Kurama snorted and looked away now that she wasn't worried about her thoughts anymore she actually studied them and her eyes widened when she noticed the tails swaying behind Kurama. Horror slowly filled her as she stood and began slowly backing away. "Your a tailed beast i have a tailed beast in my head." Kurama snapped his eyes towards her and narrowed them. "You are young how do you know of the tailed beasts?" Minato asked in suspicion he knew for a fact that only jonin and higher level ninja had access to such files. " Eight, nine, The nine tails." Tenten mumbled before turning and making a break for the door only to find the Blonde in front of her. Widening her eyes she glanced from Minato to Kurama and back again. "I didn't see him move." Ignoring her comment Minato spoke slowly. "You can't be harmed here it's you own mind. How is it you know of the Nine tails?" Sighing Tenten relaxed slightly but still Kept her guard up as A Table seemed to appear from nowhere and Minato justed to it silently before sitting down Kurama followed behind him obvious annoyance on his face when Tenten chose to sit as far from him as possible.

"Well I use to sneak into the jonin section in Konoha public library when i was younger the security there is seriously shit." Placing her elbow on the table then her head in her hand she hummed a bit. "Does having you sealed in my mind make me an jinchuriki?" Kurama snorted and Minato sighed. "No he is actually sealed in me but when i was in the process of sealing him he fought back and i ended up having to seal myself inside of you as a safety measure." Piecing it together Tenten stood immediately and bowed deeply. "Hokage-sama please forgive my lack of respect." Minato choked slightly and just stared at her in surprised. Kurama simply looked on in amusement. "She sure does know a lot for a genin." Looking at kurama in surprised she asked. "How did you know i was a genin?" a snort left him as he turned away slightly. "If you were anything more i would think the leaf has lost it's touch." huffing at him tenten turned back to minato and bowed once again after flipping kurama off.

"There really isn't any need for that." Minato mumbled blushing bashfully and covering his face with his hands. "Ok then." Tenten shrugged before plopping down in her seat. Minato sweatdropped but seemed to relax slightly. Looking between the two Tenten hummed to herself thoughtfully before frowning and looking off to the side. "How is it you ended up in my mind though?" She asked after a long thoughtful pause. "The seal shot off towards the village for some reason it honed in on you." Kurama supplied as Minato scratched his head and chuckled slightly.

"I need to tell lord third about this." She said seriously straightening her back and staring intently across the meadow with deadly eyes. "Wait a minute you.." Minato didn't get a chance to finish. "With all do respect lord fourth it is tressan to keep such things from the hokage as a ninja of the leaf village it is my duty to protect it and having the nine tailed fox and the fourth hokage within my mind is a breach of security unless the hokage knows of this information. I will not put the village in danger." Her glare turned on him and he visibly shivered. He went to speak but Tenten slowly faded away until she was gone from the meadow.

Kurama turned to minato and smirked. "You have always had a thing for assertive woman haven't you minato." Minato scolded and shifted away from the demon. "I don't know what you're talking about." Kurama's smirk seemed to grow into a foxy grin. "So that tent in your pants has nothing to do with our jailers assertive behavior?" Minato glared at him darkly. "I can say the same for you." Kurama shook his head slightly. "Her scent is pleasing." They watched in surprised as a screen seemed to appear showing a boy with white eye's and long hair. "It appears we can see what she's seeing now that she knows we're here." Kurama mumbled as minato nodded.

So the main reason i've created this is because their are little to none tenten/minato pairings and little to none tenten/kurama pairings. I personally love tenten and i hate that she didn't get more screen time in naruto, shippuden, or the movies. We never got her backstory so i made my own backstory for her. I hope y'all like my story and my pairings hopefully my story will inspire other writers to write the tenten/minato and tenten/kurama pairing cause there's so much potential and if not then i'll write the hell out of it.