Why Tenten wears her hair up

by: MikeJV37

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===3 Weeks Later, Late Afternoon, Wolf Claw Weapon Shop===

Ino picked up her scroll filled with new kunai, turned to leave, suddenly stopped and turned back to the counter slightly nervous. For her it was unusual, but considering what she was about to ask, who and where, she had a good reason as the other girl wasn't anyone she generally hung around with socially, they were more like acquaintances with mutual friends. "Can I ask you a personal question Tenten?"

Tenten raised her eyebrows slightly, she'd never really seen Ino Yamanaka nervous about saying anything. "Sure, I guess. Dad left about an hour ago so we're alone." Tenten said calmly, then noticed that actually seemed to make Ino more nervous.

"I know we've never been close friends, you were a year ahead of me at the Academy and even after graduation when we hung out with our teammates to eat, we didn't talk much, but with everything that's been happening the last couple months... Naruto and Hinata are dating seriously, then we find out Sakura and Sasuke have not only been dating for a month, but a week after that we find out Sasuke is really Saska... a girl... and now Sakura has come out as being a lesbian and is dating Saska... and two weeks ago I find out Choji is dating Ayame Ichiraku!"

Tenten flinched slightly. "Um, I was talking to Ayame yesterday and they've been... doing it for three weeks... so have Naruto and Hinata, and Sakura and Saska."

Ino's eyes got big as saucers. "They're all having... uh, can we go somewhere private and sit down? I don't think I can ask you this standing."

"Sure, I have my own apartment upstairs above the shop, dad gave it to me as a graduation gift." Tenten said then closed up and lead Ino through the back and up the hidden, spiral metal staircase in the back right corner of the stockroom.

Ino followed Tenten into her apartment and stopped at the top, just inside the room. her jaw hit the floor in awe. She was facing the front wall of what would be the shop downstairs, the back wall to her right was all windows looking out on the one acre lot behind the shop where Tenten trained and tested the weapons, the view was incredible and sunlight literally flooded the room. And it was big, 10' ceiling, open floor plan, and at what she figured to be 20' wide and 40' long. Across from her by the far wall was a reclining chair facing the windows, the first 15' of that wall was floor to ceiling built in shelves, filled with books. The floors were a polished, light, hardwood, the walls were a light purple-blue, the ceiling was a light blue, and spaced evenly along the ceiling were 3, large ceiling fans, each with 5 large, leaf-shaped, bamboo blades that moved the air very well and kept the room cool. In the middle of the left wall was a small kitchen with a breakfast bar facing her, right side, center, was a table she knew was the expandable type you added leaves to the center for large meals. Far end of the left side was a bachelor style bedroom, on the right side at about 10' wide by 14' long was what had to be the bathroom, as it was the only area walled in for privacy. The furniture was all stained wood, scattered around were small tables and shelves, all with several small statues, vases, etc... and everything was top of the line. "My house isn't this nice." Ino said after a brief stunned silence.

"Thank you... but you can't tell anyone this is here, no one knows about it but me, my parents and Hokage-sama. We can talk on my bed... would you like something to drink... water, soda, sake?" Tenten said.

"I'm not... sake? I thought you didn't drink." Ino said.

"There's a lot about me no one knows, I'm a private person. Outside this room or alone with my family, I'm a different person than everyone sees, I take being a kunoichi very seriously, so that's all I let anyone see of me." Tenten said in a calm, and more relaxed adult tone than she normally used when talking.

"Uh, soda... grape if you have it." Ino said and started across the room, admiring everything.

Tenten nodded, went to her kitchen, took out 2 sodas, a grape and an orange, then joined Ino and lead her to the bed. "You can look around later. So what did you want to ask me?"

"I forgot... oh, um... I had two questions actually, but now I have about a hundred more, but those can wait." Ino said and forced a laugh. "First, why do you wear your hair up in those buns? No offense, but you're one of the best looking girls in Konoha, and that's the hairstyle of an old woman. Second, you don't have a social life as far as anyone knows, I can't find a boy that's even gone on a bad date with you, or a girl that's even seen you out shopping or at a party. Pardon the bad pun, but you've never... well, let your hair down." Ino said.

Tenten took a drink of her soda and sat it on nightstand. "I've been expecting this since you guys graduated... if I tell you this Ino, you have to promise me you won't tell anyone, and I mean anyone." Tenten said seriously.

Ino thought for a moment, more nervous than before. "Hai, I promise."

"Before I answer, let me ask you something... you've heard the good old days stories from your dad right?" Tenten asked and Ino nodded with a small smirk. "Now that you're a kunoichi he let you hear the racier stories about the parties and things he did when he was single, right?" Ino nodded again, blushing. "Has he ever mentioned a masked kunoichi he went to the academy with, she lived her life with pure unbridled emotion and could of surpassed even the Sannin in status and power... her nickname was the Crimson Katana." Tenten said solemnly.

Ino's eyes got as big as saucers and her jaw quivered. "Your mom?" Ino asked very cautiously.

Tenten took a deep breath and sighed. "No... me. I'm not a Genin, I'm a former Elite Jonin. I was... in seclusion for ten years before I showed up as his sheltered daughter, that's why no one knows much about me before the Academy. They aren't my biological parents, they're my friends, but I am legally their daughter. I wear my hair like this as a reminder to never lose control of my emotions... compared to how I used to be... Anko Mitarashi is a sheltered virgin."

Ino's mind just shut down as she stared in stunned awe at Tenten a few moments, then her eyes rolled back in her head and she fainted.

"She took that better than I thought... I just hope she doesn't freak out when I tell her why I really invited her up here." Tenten said then smiled pervertedly as she rubbed her pussy through her pants.

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End Chapter 4