Hannah speaks: Okay, let me just say, do not take this seriously at all. I'm bored. The writing is atrocious, please don't judge me by this piece. I'm bored.
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Tenten scowled as she cast her gaze across the room, slamming her open palms against the polished oak table.
"I don't suppose you know why I've gathered you here today," she began, brow creasing as she eyed Naruto and Neji in particular.
The conference room in the Hokage Tower was currently occupied by none other than Uzumaki Naruto, Haruno Sakura, Akimichi Chouji, Rock Lee, Hyuuga Neji, Hyuuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, Aburame Shino, Yamanaka Ino, Nara Shikamaru, and Uchiha Sasuke. Yes, Tenten had somehow dragged the protesting self-proclaimed Avenger from Orochimaru's grasps. No one had enough time to marvel at the feat before they were locked into the conference room by a fuming kunoichi.
No one answered Tenten's mostly rhetorical question. Or was it a statement?
"Well, I'll tell you!" she growled, once again slamming her hands against the table. "Every freakin' person in this room has had a freakin' flashback except for me!"
She let her words sink in for a moment.
It was true. Naruto had experienced countless flashbacks, as had Neji and Lee. Sasuke was the reigning king of flashbacks, and even Shikamaru and Chouji had re-visited their younger years in the form of a grey-scale or tepia image. Sakura and Ino had remembered why they sort-of-kind-of-not-really hated each other during the Chuunin Exams in their genin days, and Kiba had recalled his very first meeting with Akamaru. Hinata had remembered something at some point, but it had been during a filler episode, so no one really cared.
One brave soul (It was later assumed that Kiba or Naruto had spoken) piped up, "Hey, what about Shino?"
Indeed, what about Shino?
Tenten scoffed. "Who cares? At least he has a last name. And a dad!"
Sasuke glared at her. "Not all of us have parents," he said cooly.
She rolled her eyes. "Shut up, stupid. We at least know you had parents. Naruto did too, Yondaime Hokage-sama was his dad, and we heard Sakura's mom talk waaaaay freakin' back. We've seen the Hyuugas, Ino's dad, Chouji's dad, Shikamaru's dad, Kiba's family, Shino's dad... Yeah! WHAT ABOUT MY PARENTS?!"
Lee raised a tentative hand. "Not to interrupt your exuberant speech, Tenten, but you seem to have forgotten that I myself am not sure of my parents' existence!"
She waved a dismissive hand. "No one cares, Lee."
His hand fell, and Lee slumped into his chair, inwardly sobbing.
Tenten stomped her feet in a very mature temper tantrum. How on Earth she managed to make a tantrum mature was a mystery.
"I don't have a last name, my parents are non-existent, I've never had a flashback, and my personality is comparable to cardboard!" she screeched (maturely), turning on her heel and stomping out of the room.
The rest of the Konoha 12 blinked and stared at the open door.
"There goesTenten, the entire anime's least-developed character," Kiba said solemnly, shaking his head.
Everyone nodded their agreement, and Naruto suddenly burst out, "Wait, her name was Tenten?! I've been calling her Tonton for years!"
And somewhere else in the expansive Hokage Tower, Tonton the pig sneezed.