21. Domination

"Thanks for helping with my workout Tenten. You're much better for training than Sakura, she's way too light."

A vein throbbed in her forehead. "So I'm heavy."

"Yup." He paused, "I mean..."

"Festively plump?" she bit out.

He was very wary. "Uh. No. Not at all. You're super, Tenten."

"Super fat?" she spat.

He sighed. "What is it with women and their weight?"

Tenten shifted her pose on his upper back, swinging her legs round and crooking her knees to plant her feet flat on his butt. She leant back to dig her elbows into his shoulders. "It's an unreasonable expectation imposed by society that women should starve themselves to stay rake thin in order for men to find them attractive."

Kakashi was uncomfortable. "I'm almost done with my-"

"NO." Tenten barked, sharply slapping his right gluteal muscle with one foot, "500 more push ups in atonement for hurting a young girl's feelings!"

Kakashi redoubled his efforts, visible eye popping. Gai's female student was scary.


Together with a mission update to the Hokage was a personal note to Haruno Sakura.

Dear Sakura,

You said it couldn't be done. Well, I kicked Hatake Kakashi's butt yesterday. All by myself.

Tenten