A/N: Done for Naruto100's 'Something To Prove' challenge.
Great Expectations
She had always looked at her male team mates and cursed the things that made her feminine. She had breasts, so she bound them. She bled monthly, so she never made a fuss. She had full lips, so she kept them in a thin line. She had hips, so she covered them with loose clothing. She had small shoulders, so she squared them.
She did this because she was female. Because they were male. They were strong. And females were weak. She had been told this often. By her father, by her brothers, by her teachers, by her teammates. She was gruff, rough, because maybe if she proved herself, they would look upon her not as a young woman, but as a comrade, genderless in combat.
She was bound by her gender. Bound with hatred and bound by men's expectations. They expected her to be weak. They expected her to be simpering. They expected her to a woman. Well… she would show them, Tayuya would show them how women fought.