Tenten's greatest dream had always been to become a great medic nin, like Tsunade, her role model.
Now, Tsunade was back in Konoha as Hokage and Tenten was no longer as sure she wanted to be like her. Tsunade had a short temper and drank too much, and Tenten had heard rumors that the breaking apart of her old team, the Sannin, had broken her heart as well.
In short, it did not sound very fun to be Tsunade. Still, Tenten would have liked to be a medic nin, for healing people was a wonderful thing.
Which was why she was now seated with a dying fish in her lap, trying to put chakra into it to heal the minor scratch she had made on it with her kunai. Unfortunately, it was a complete failure. The fish didn't seem to want her chakra, her body didn't like releasing her chakra into the fish, and when she did pull some chakra towards the fish, it turned the scratch into a burn. Apparently her chakra wasn't the healing sort.
She flung the fish back into the water impatiently. Vaguely she wondered if it would be able to survive with the scratch that was now a burn. Not that she really cared that much about the stupid fish. More importantly, this just wasn't working.
She sighed and sat down on the grass.
"Tenten-san, is something wrong?"
She turned around to see, not one of her teammates, but Hinata. Well, it wasn't like this training ground, situated near a brook, was used only by her team. But it was still surprising.
"You could say that. Mostly it's just that I can't heal a fish."
Hinata's eyes widened. "Oh, no! Was it a friend of yours, Tenten-san?"
"Uh, no." Tenten wasn't really sure how a fish could be a friend. Maybe a pet, but a friend was stretching it. "I just was trying to practice healing. It's not working." She sighed again. "At this rate, I'll never be like Tsunade."
"Uh. Tenten-san? Are you sure you want to be like Tsunade?" Hinata looked a bit worried for Tenten's mental health.
Tenten shook her head. "No. Just…"
"You should get a new role model! Like, um, like Naruto! Yeah, you should try to be like Naruto!" Hinata declared.
Tenten had been aware of the other girl's crush, but wow, Hinata really was obsessed. She smiled lightly, to appease her. "I'll consider it."
"Okay then! I should be going, then. Bye, Tenten-san."
The pale eyed girl headed off to find a new training site. Yeah, that one was definitely shy.
Tenten, however, had no intention of becoming like Naruto. He always said he wanted to become Hokage, and she didn't want to become Hokage.
Wait, Tsunade was a Hokage too.
Tenten groaned and decided it didn't really matter. She headed towards the stream to catch some new fish. This time, she was going to cook them. Neji always did have a liking for fried fish, and it appeared she had a talent for killing fish more than healing them.