Once again, thanks goes out to BlueDragonGirl1 for proof reading this fic. And I promise, I do have a fic coming up that does have actual characters in it.
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Kunoichi
Men do not understand.
Girls of this age are more interested in love than ninjutsu
Men do not wonder why there are more male ninjas then female, even though the population between the two sexes is basically even. They assume that women are the weaker se. That the thought of what a ninja must do is too much for them to take, so they drop out while they still can. This is only partially true. It is not the work, or the thought of battle, or of killing that makes young Kunoichis' leave before they become Genins.
Young Kunoichi tend to take one of two paths while they are growing up.
Some throw themselves into the 'girl dream'. Living like they are normal young women, trying hard to find their first love and gain his affection. To go on dates and giggle with their friends.
Others try their hardest to become strong both physically and mental as soon as possible. But even these Kunoichi who throw their all into their training still have their eyes wandering to the ones that catch their fancy.
Men think that young girls are silly and foolish, to be chasing 'true love' when they have barely hit puberty.
But men do not understand, cannot understand why these young girls do what they do.
In a Kunoichi's world, sixteen is a scary number.
As female ninjas, we must not only be skilled in ninjutsu...but also possess a wide amount of knowledge and culture... if you cannot sneak into enemy territory and pass for a normal woman...Then being a spy will not be possible.
The year a class does their exams to become Genin, the female ninja's-to-be are often taken out of the classes, as in the years before, but these lessons are not in flower arranging or tea ceremonies. These lessons tell about the duty of a female ninja that goes beyond what the men have to do.
While not every Kunoichi is called, the fear that one day it might be their mission will always be there.
As soon as a Kunoichi hits sixteen their childhood is over, and at any time they can be called upon for missions that very few of the men even know women do. Because women do not speak of it, and the men who know of it, do not want to think about it.
A Kunoichi can be called in to become a man's lover in order to find out information.
A Kunoichi can be sent into enemy territory to become someone's wife in order to find out information.
A Kunoichi might have to have that man's child in order to keep the charade up.
If you cannot sneak into enemy territory and pass for a normal woman...Then being a spy will not be possible.
One day that Kunoichi may have to kill that lover or husband. One day that Kunoichi might have to face the possibility that the child they bore and cared for and, no matter how hard they tried not too, loved, must be killed for the mission.
All for the sake mission.
And so these young girls try to find love before they hit sixteen, even those who do concentrate more on training in order to become prepared for the burden.
Because they do not want there first to be with someone they do not love.
Because if they are called into one of these missions, they do not know if they will come out being able to love again.