Mikomi: Fragments Through A Shattered Mirror
Title: 21 - Scar
Rating: T
Characters/Pairings: Lee, Tenten, Neji
Warnings: Rather emo and angsty, mentions sexual abuse
Words: 223
Written To: Nothing
Summary: They were all scarred, but not all of those wounds were so obvious
Every member of Team Gai held scars. Lee's hands, for instance, were absolutely covered in callouses and scars from endless kata. The way of a taijutsu – user was harsh, and even at Lee's young age, it showed. Tenten's back held a large zigzag from when she'd been learning how to use kusari – gama, and she'd misjudged her throw, not to mention the various nicks she'd gained over the years in training as a weapons user. Their third teammate, however, may look perfect, but in reality, he was carrying more scars than the other two combined. Countless tiny burn scars covered his body from practising Jyuuken against his uncle. And those were just the physical scars.
In a way, the genin of Team Gai were more alike than they themselves originally realised. All of them had been mentally scarred by events in their childhood. Neji had lost his mother to the Kyuubi attack, and then his father four years later, in an attempt to pacify Kumo. Tenten and Lee had never known their parents, as both had come from across the sea. Tenten had been repeatedly sexually assaulted until she was adopted by the Higurashi family. And Lee had never had anybody. Left to roam the streets, he had been beaten up more times than he cared to remember, for no reason at all.
All of them had scars, but each was unique in their own sad way.
AN: Wow... that's really sad... But then again, I think every character in Naruto has been damaged, it's just that you never see it. I'm on a roll with this writing thing. It's good to get back into the swing of things.