A Kunoichi's Burden
Ch 2: Venting & Planning
"I can't believe them!" Ino screamed as she punched a hole in the ground. She actually had some difficultly pulling it out. They were at their secret training ground in the middle of the wood surrounding Konoha. Only kunoichi knew about it.
"They don't know Ino. It was our choice not to tell them." Hinata whispered, while sitting by the side of a nearby lake used for water training.
"Are you defending those bastards? Seriously Hina-chan, even if they don't know about kunoichi, they shouldn't call their own teammates weak. We asked for a 5 minute break after training with them nonstop for 5 hours!" Tenten almost yelled standing over Hinata's sitting form.
"I'm not defending them! I'm just saying they weren't aware that we had been training for 4 hours before that. And it was our choice not to tell them about what Kunoichi do. I'm just as mad as you, but I'm trying to see it from their point of view." Hinata said looking up at Tenten. "To be asking for a break after only 5 hours when you're a Jounin with the best of Konoha's ninja, it did make us look bad."
"Bet even if we were weak, which WE ARE NOT, they had no right to say that to us. Guys and girls are built differently, yes, but that doesn't mean one is better than the other!" Sakura said as she sent a tree flying with her strength.
"It's kind of ironic considering we were about to show them what we've been working on over the past year." Tenten said sitting in the middle of the grassy field.
"I just wanted to make sure I had enough chakra so I wouldn't lose control like last time. Next time I'll just fire away and hope they can avoid it. If not, 'oh well guess they were too weak'." Ino started laughing.
"I wonder what they would have said if they had waited until we showed them that we've been holding back this past year. You saw their reactions to our exit right?" Tenten asked smirking.
"They would have fainted from shock I'm sure." Sakura said rolling her eyes as she went and sat down opposite of Tenten where there was a little less grass.
"They might still be a little stronger, but they just can't count us out like that! We work twice as hard just to be able to keep up!" Ino screamed, getting angry again as she started punching a tree.
"Not to mention the other stuff we have to do. While they're off training we're on kunoichi mission or doing kunoichi-related things." Hinata said as she dipped her finger into the water.
"I've always hated being a kunoichi, but at least with Tsunade-sama here as Hokage making laws for us, it's not as bad as it was for Kurenai and Anko." Tenten said picking a blade of grass and putting it between their teeth.
"Seriously, it's like leading a double life or something from those books." Ino wined, jumping up into a tree onto the highest branch to lie down.
"Except we CHOOSE this and it's not the end of the world or a crappy lust relationship if they find out. I just don't want them to know what we have to do to stay ninja." Sakura said.
"Guys have it so easy. All they have to do is train to fight, why is this world so sexist and makes everything harder for us girls?" Tenten asked.
"I think it's because guys wouldn't be able to handle it." Hinata spoke softly.
"You're probably right. We know for a fact that bottling your emotions doesn't work with a kunoichi's situation." Sakura said.
"So what do we do? I'm not betraying Konoha after everything we've been through. Tsunade-sama needs us as much as all the other kunoichi." Tenten said.
"Just ignore them I guess. There's not much else we can do." Sakura shrugged.
"How about we just don't talk to them until they apologize?" Hinata asked.
"Works for me. I'm not going to go to training either. How about we just train here until the guys get smart?" Ino said.
Sakura snorted, "Like that will ever happen. They're guys, no wait, they're boys. It's, like, in their DNA to be dumb."
"I really can't imaging they'll apologize to us. The only way I can see that happening is if we tell them the truth or save their asses. And I refuse to let them know." Tenten said with Sakura nodding in agreement.
"Ugg! I'm going to meditate before I hurt someone." Ino said from up in the tree.
"Relax Ino. We'll always be here for you. We made a promise to always have each others backs no matter what, remember?" Tenten said. All the girls smiled and looked at each other.
"We'll meditate as well. We don't have enough chakra to train anyways." Sakura said.
Each girls sad cross-legged and closed their eyes. Each made their own unique hand symbol that they had discovered on their own, along with their own unique fighting style. Hinata's was a hand sign for water, Ino's for air, Tenten's for earth, and Sakura's for fire.
After a while Hinata started to hum, the others joined in. Tenten reached into her pocket and pulled out a small music player. She scrolled through with her eyes still closed & hit a button. The song they were humming started to play. As the intro came on they stood up and started to go through their positions for their style of fighting. It sort of looked like a dance as the kicked and turned to the beat of the music. Then they started to sing.
Sakura, Ino¸ Tenten, Hinata, ALL, Sakura&Ino, Tenten&Hinata
You're making a choice to live like this
In all of the noise I am silence
We already know how it ends tonight
You run in the dark through a firefight
And I would explode just to save your life
Yea I would explode
Let me light up the sky
Light it up for you
Let me tell you why
I would die for you
Let me light up the sky
I can't find a wall to pin this to
They're all coming down since I found you
I just wanna be where you are tonight
I'll run in the dark looking for some light
And how will we know if we just don't try
We won't ever know
Let me light up the sky
Light it up for you
Let me tell you why
I would die for you
Let me light up the sky
Light it up for you
Let me make this mine
I'll ignite for you
Let me light up the sky
Just for you tonight
Let me help you fly
'Cause you won't have time
To cover your eyes and get your disguise
They won't ask you why, they'll just watch you die
And it's still so hard to be who you are
So you play this part, and the show goes on
That you come this far with a broken heart
Yeah, you come this far and you're broken...
Let me light up the sky
Light it up for you
Let me tell you why
I would die for you
Let me light up the sky (Let me light up the sky)
Light it up for you (Light it up for you)
Let me make this mine (Let me make this mine)
I'll ignite for you, I'll ignite for you
Let me light up the sky (Let me light up the sky)
Light it up for you (Light it up for you)
Let me tell you why (Let me tell you why)
I would die for you (I would die for you)
And it's still so hard to be who you are
But you come this far with a broken heart
And it's still so hard to be who you are
But you come this far and you're broken
Light up the sky
Let me light up the sky
As the song faded out with the girls got out of their final poses.
"Well that was a good exercise." Ino said smiling as the girls got into a huddle, sitting on the ground.
"The one good thing to come out of being a Kunoichi." Tenten murmured. Sakura just snickered at her comment.
"We should be heading back, its almost completely dark out." Hinata said.
"Yea ok, let's just balance each other before leaving." Sakura said. They all nodded and took each others hands. The released their elemental chakra into each other & around them. When they finally were balanced, the center of their circle glowed white.
They all opened their eyes and smiled.
"I will never get used to how cool that is." Sakura smirked. They all laughed and left the clearing together.
"Just don't forget the plan." They all said at the same time before breaking out in giggles and parting ways. It would have been perfect except for the sadness in their eyes as they thought about what their 'teammates' had said to them on their way home.