She doesn't want a prince, or a hero, she says. She doesn't want to be saved all the time, she doesn't want to scream for help.

She pities them, she says. She pities the girls who need to be saved. Stupid, she thinks, and the thought is fleeting across the back of her mind. Those girls are the ones who are admired and loved, who people worship for their beauty. She is not one of those girls; she has never needed to be one of those girls. She is strong, she thinks and that is good enough for her. She says she pities them.

She doesn't feel regret, she says, when she knows nobody will desire her or worship her. It is a sacrifice she has made to be strong. No man desires a woman with scars all over her body. No man desires a woman with hard muscles. She is not desirable. She will never be lusted over, she knows. She says she doesn't feel regret.

She has never fallen in love, she says. She has never wanted someone to hold or someone to be with at night. She doesn't want to look at someone the way Sakura looks at Sasuke, because what can love cause but sadness? Sakura and Sasuke turned out badly; Naruto and Hinata never even began. She couldn't love knowing that she wouldn't be loved back, and it is a sacrifice she has made. She says she has never fallen in love.

She doesn't miss these things, she says.

She lies. She wants to be saved sometimes, to be more than just dependable Tenten (oh, you can take care of it, can't you?),she wants to be looked at with desire, to feel beautiful (Tenten? She's like a sister to me) she wants to love and be loved (Well, Tenten's a great kunoichi, but....).

The fact that she will never have these things breaks her heart sometimes, even though she made the chains herself. She set herself up, and she knows that when she is old, in an apartment with plain white walls and no friends or lovers she will look back on her life and wish that she had done things differently.

She says that she doesn't need help.

But she lies.


Well! That was rather angsty, wasn't it? It was just my thought on how Tenten, in wanting to be a great kunoichi, might trap herself by thinking that because she's a woman, being feminine might bring her down.

Was I okay? Was I in character? Is the format okay? Please review!!! Although... if you don't I'll understand. I'm pretty busy myself.