Normalcy
Once in a while, Tenten wished that she had a normal team. One where Neji didn't almost beat his cousin to death, and one where Lee didn't think Gai-sensei was a god.
She wanted things to be normal, average, because she was a pretty average girl herself. Tenten didn't come from a well known clan, nor was she a master at taijutsu. She wasn't especially pretty, but she didn't really care about that, because there was no time to be pretty when you trained. She was smart, but not a genius…
Tenten was pretty average, except for the fact that she was a master at weapons. But, compared to the shinobi in her village, that wasn't much. Tenten wanted to be above average, a little less normal.
Maybe, someday, she would be more beautiful, and people would admire her not only for looks, but because of her skill with weapons. She'd be a dangerous, and good-looking. Like a rose. And people would admire her for being a such a hard worker, because with her looks, she didn't have to work hard for anything, least of all being a kunoichi, which wasn't a glamorous job.
Tenten bet if she took some time, she could be prettier. But, that was one thing she knew wasn't normal. Kunoichi, no matter how they looked, weren't supposed to care about looks. Only the missions mattered.
Tenten wished that her teammates would be normal. She wondered how Lee would be if he could use ninjutsu or genjutsu. Would he still have been a master of hard work? She wondered how Neji would be if his father had never died, or if his clan didn't have so many problems. He would still be a genius, but would he have been kinder? Or would he still think the same way? Either way, she wondered if they were normal, if they would be happier. Sometimes, it was better to be unique, right?
Tenten guesses she was a bit jealous, because like all girls, she compared her self to others. Neji and Lee were better fighters, those Ino and Sakura girls were prettier… It may not have been completely true, but to her it was. They weren't average. Tenten wanted to be noticed and seen more often, and have people tell her what a great kunoichi she was.
On the inside, she probably also wanted to be a little more average, because she had doubts of what she was training to be, (A great kunoichi.) was the right path for her. She had seen a lot of shinobi that weren't exactly "right in the head." Neji had almost killed his cousin. Lee had almost died because of that sand kid, Gaara. There had been a lot of close encounters with death for her, but she was a shinobi, that was normal.
Tenten wanted to be happy with herself, but she needed to become stronger, so she could be a good shinobi, a good kunoichi. But, she didn't want to get hurt, or die. She didn't want to see her friends get killed. She kind of wanted to be a normal, average girl, with the average desires of being prettier and smarter then all the other girls.
There's no such thing as being "normal," when you decide to become a shinobi.
Authors Note: I had a lot of fun with this one, because we really don't know a lot about Tenten, so I could really do whatever I wanted with her chapter. I still hope I did it okay, as this chapter wasn't really the same as the others. Next chapter is Temari.