A/N: Here is the prologue, or rather the appetizer/teaser, as I like to call it for, my new Nejiten AU fanfic A Sense of Duty.
I have turned the ninja world into a medieval world with kingdoms, kings, lords, knights, swordsmen, archers and so on. I was inspired by mostly role playing games and live-action role playing. I don't role play myself, but my brother does.
This is a love story between the swordsman Neji Hyuuga, a man of duty and the archer Tenten, a woman who is anything, but a damsel in distress.
The plot as well as the background of the characters will be explored throughout the story; some things may confuse you now, but as the story goes on everything will eventually make sense, hopefully.
Please keep in mind that the story takes place in a different era (No ninjas, no ninja powers, no tailed beasts), which has an effect on the characters' personality in some way, but I do try my best to stay true to the characters :)
Also, I have never learned anything about the medieval English, but I am trying my best to avoid using very modern word such as cool, awesome, amazing etc. Please bear with me if I use words that are not from the medieval era!
I apologize for any grammar errors /spelling mistakes there may or might be, I try my best to avoid as many as possible.
Main pairing: Nejiten
Side pairing(s): Naruhina and possible others
Warning(s): Possible OOCness, medieval era
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto!
A Sense of Duty
Prologue
17 years ago a large and powerful kingdom known as the Iwa Kingdom attacked the north-west side of the Konoha Kingdom. A war broke loose between the two kingdoms.
Many brave men sacrificed their lives on both sides, protecting their loved ones while following their duty; to serve their king and bring glory to them no matter the cost.
The war went on for over a year. No one wanted to give up. It was not until the king of Konoha grew weak because of age that someone decided to take a stand and stop this endless war.
This someone was a woman, a female, the opposite gender of a man, the lower gender, someone who was not a man. She took a stand.
The same woman, despite being a woman, was crowned as the first female ruler of Konoha. Not because she was the only living heir to the throne, but because she brought peace between the Iwa Kingdom and the Konoha Kingdom.
That is my goal in life. To be respected like her, despite my gender. This is why, I have promised myself that, no man shall ever look down upon me and live to see the morning light. I am my own superior.
That is a promise that I do not intend to break because I am-
"Miss Tenten, did you even hear a single word of what the Lord just said to you?" A clearly annoyed man asked. Tenten stood up straight with a grin playing on her lips.
"Of course, I heard, sir! Clear and yeah loudly ehehe" Tenten lied obviously while she nervously grinned and laughed at herself hoping he and the Lord would be fooled by her act.
"Sure, you did, like you always do," He mumbled sarcastically under his breath and turned to speak to the Lord, "My Lord, you cannot be serious about this? This…this girl is clearly a bad choice for such an important mission. She is going to be the downfall for all of us!" The man exclaimed while he pointed a finger at her.
"Do not insult me!" Tenten snarled after him.
"Insulting you? As if I would ever bring shame upon my Lord by discriminating you in his presence! I was merely pointing out your gender, Miss Tenten and please behave yourself then you are in front of the Lord" The man spoke with a calm, but arrogant voice.
"Do not tell me how I should or should not behave, you are not superior!" Tenten hissed at him angrily.
"But the Lord is and-" The man was cut off by Tenten, who smugly said:
"I'm sorry, but I serve no one, but myself!"
"Miss Tenten-"
"Please stop this ridicules argument, it is starting to get on my nerves!" The Lord finally spoke out.
"Yes, my Lord" They both automatically replied while they continued to send each other hateful glares.
"Good, now Miss Tenten, will you please explain why you were not listening to what I said to you?" The Lord asked calmly.
"Do not get me wrong, my Lord, I did listen to you. At least until you began talking about what I can and cannot do, which I could care less about since I do not like to follow orders from anyone, especially not when they are from a man," She looked him deeply in the eyes with fiercely brown eyes, " I do what I want and you cannot tell me otherwise" Tenten smiled smugly and began to walk away.
"Miss Tenten!" The Lord called out after her, but she did not stop walking.
"Come back, you ungrateful girl! The Lord has not allowed you to go yet! You cannot do as you wish and you can definitely not disobey the Lord that you serve! Miss Tenten!" The other man yelled demandingly after her in anger. She ignored him, just like she ignored her Lord.
When Tenten reached the gates, she stopped and turned her body a little to the side. With a sly smile on her lips she said in a low spoken voice:
"I do not serve a Lord, I only serve myself" With that she walked out of the gates and out to the real world to pursue her dream…
…To surpass men in everything.
A/N: Done with the prologue! I hope you liked it and that it makes you want to read more :D
If you have any suggestions/ideas to either events that could happen, characters that could appear or anything else, feel free to tell me! Every event and/or character has not been decided yet, so maybe I might use or draw inspiration from your suggestions/ideas ^^
Leave a review and tell me what you think, your opinion means a lot to me :)
P.S. Sadly you'll all have to wait a little long before the next chapter because I am going on vacation and will not be back until the end of July. I hope you all can bear with me! I'll update as soon as I'm home again!