Hello, reader-people! I've returned once again! This time, things may get hairy. I mean, scary. CoughHairyCough.
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Team Gai was a very odd team. Everybody knew that. When people pictured team Gai, they usually saw Lee and Gai running around like maniacs, screaming their heads off, and Neji and Tenten, the sane team members, somewhere in the backround.
If someone were to say that Team Gai was insane, someone else would correct them, saying that two members were sane.
This is not entirely true.
The so-called, "sane members" both have hairy, I mean scary, secrets. Well, actually, they are pretty hairy.
When Tenten was young, many people teased her about being a "bun-head". This was likely because she ALWAYS wore her hair in two buns, panda-style. When questioned, she always said she did it because it kept her hair "out of the way". Most people, knowing how tomboy-ish she was, simply left it at that. But when Lee asked why she didn't cut her hair short instead, since that would REALLY keep it out of the way, she seemed flustered, and stammered a bit. Then she froze for a moment and her eyes glazed over. Lee was pretty sure she was having a flashback. He was right.
-flashback-
A small Tenten ran in the grassy field, laughing. A young woman with brown hair in a tight bun sat on a stone bench under a large tree, smiling. There was a basket of flowers beside her, and a picnic basket at her feet. She called the little girl over. "Coming Mama!" the girl said, as she bent to pick something up. She ran to the woman who must have been her mother, her brown hair flowing behind her.
"Look Mama! I found a daisy!" The child announced, holding up her prize. The woman laughed.
"You certainly did. Why don't you put it in the basket?"
"Okay!" The girl fell gracefully to her knees and placed the tiny flower in with the other wildflowers.
"Tenten?" The woman seemed deep in thought.
"Yes Mama?" The girl looked up inquiringly.
"Do you know why I always wear my hair up? Why all the women in our clan do?"
"No, Mama. I thought you just liked it that way. Is it one of our Traditions?" She said 'traditions' like it was capitalized.
"Yes. But not exactly. You see, in our family, when a girl starts going to the academy- or when she turn 6, if she doesn't want to be a ninja- she starts to wear her hair up always."
"Why, Mama?"
"So we don't give all the men nosebleeds." The womans mouth twitched.
"Huh?"
"You'll understand when you're older. For the kunoichi in our clan, it's a secret weapon. If they're losing a fight, they let their hair down. The opponent is momentarily stunned, and it gives us clear shots."
"I'm still not sure I understand."
"You will."
"Mama, can I start practicing wearing my hair up now?"
"Yes. Come closer." The child scooted closer. The woman reached into the picnic basket and pulled out a bag. Out of the bag she took a hairbrush.
"I'll show you how to put up your hair."
-end flashback-
"Well, um, I that is- I forgot I have to do something right now-BYE!"
Lee stared after her. "And people say I'M crazy..."
TO BE CONTINUED...
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A/N:
Now, what about Neji? What's his hairy secret? I'm going to make this a two-part thing. I'll post the next chapter as soon as I'm done with it, I promise.
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