Short and Sweet

by fourthage

A collection of drabbles mostly written for challenges. Recently updated with a Hinata drabble.

14. Sign Language

Title: Sign Language
Words: 100
Challenge: None
Characters: Temari
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In the daimyo's court, women speak with their fans instead of their mouths. A flick here, a touch there, the snap open or close speaks volumes to one in the know. Temari is taught the language because a ninja never says no to a new way to eavesdrop. When she visits the court in person, she notices the women have a second, private language they use among themselves. Its movements are sharper and its vocabulary more extensive than that of the general court.

Temari takes back one line of this secret language to Suna. Just one, but it's a killer.