One-Shots

Sit Still, Look Pretty ~ Temari

Could dress up

To get love

But guess what?

I'm never gonna be that girl

Who's living in a Barbie world

Temari didn't understand why people urged her to settle down and actually act like a 'girl'.

The number of times people had come up to her and said useless things about how she could be so pretty if she only tried was ridiculous.

Could wake up

And make up

And play dumb

Pretending that I need a boy

Who's gonna treat me like a toy

She was the daughter of the Kazekage and she'd be damned if she was going to sit still, look pretty, and fuss over a man!

She was going to work her ass off to become a strong shinobi.

Not just a kunoichi, but a full-fledged shinobi!

She didn't need a pretty name to make things easier for herself!

And all the other girlies wanna wear expensive things

Like diamond rings

But I don't wanna be the puppet that you're playing on a string

This queen don't need a king~!

She had a family-- two little brothers-- who needed her!

Their mother had passed away and their father couldn't care less about his three children. He had turned his own son into a weapon for the village to use!

He may have given her whatever she asked for, whether it be a new fan or a new kimono, he handed it to her on a silver platter.

He gave her everything except the one thing she really wanted-- the love of her father.

Oh, I don't know what you've been told

But this gal right here's gonna rule the world

Yeah, that is where I'm gonna be because I wanna be

No, I don't wanna sit still, look pretty

You get off on your nine to five

Dream of picket fences and trophy wives

But no, I'm never gonna be 'cause I don't wanna be

No, I don't wanna sit still look pretty

She pretended that she didn't hear the way the elders talked about her and her brothers.

'Marry off the girl to secure an alliance, make the boy the next Kazekage, and have the third one as the village's weapon.'

They were children, not bartering chips!

She was willing to serve her village, and she would die for Sunagakure if it were asked of her. But she refused to be sold into marriage for the sake of an alliance.