This hasn't been proof ready yet...because I'm a moron who forgot to send it to my proof reader. I said I'd post it today, but I will upload a proofed version later.

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Missing Years

Life does not always turn out the way you want it to. Truthfully, hers is not as far off track as some might think.

One fine day she was sent on one of the more in-depth missions. She was able to sleep her way into the heavily guarded court and steal the item the client wanted, an item that was worth a small fortune, sooner then expected. Instead of reporting this and going home with the treasure, she decided she would rather travel around for a while.

Five years of traveling and counting.

Right now she is using the skills she learned from Konoha for her own benefit. She knows it is shameful, she just does not care.

She does have some things she misses from her home, but not enough to make her regret.

There was a boy she liked, and it just so happened he liked her back. They had been going out for a while and he had occasionally joked about getting married. She knew though that he was gauging her reaction on the subject. She never gave him the reaction he had hoped for.

Marriage would have just tied her down.

She was not an 'assassin' Kunoichi or the ever allusive 'fighting' Kunoichi. She was an untalented foundling and as such she was not trained more in the fighting aspect of being a ninja then necessary. After all, her womanly wiles where more then enough to deal with the missions she was sent on, and what fighting skills she had more then enough to deal with any trouble she may encounter.

They still were.

She also had friends back in her old village. They had been great when they were younger but at some point during growing up and training some of them had lost track of who they were and who they were suppose to pretend to be.

Males were lucky, she had often thought while growing up. They could always be themselves, but Kunoichi would have to develop different personalities throughout their lives. She had seen Kunoichi who never stopped pretending. Some had been on missions where they had to pretend for years and when they came back, they were not always sure who they had been before.

After missions Kunoichi always have the option of going for counseling, just like male ninjas could. Kunoichi needed it more often.

She sometimes wonders what the quack would have said about her actions.

That was five years ago, the day she decided not to go home. And now here she is in this nice bar with some helpful, handsome men serving her and wishing her a happy 21st birthday.

She had become a regular here in the month she had been in this rather bustling city.

Sipping her nice, tangy drink she wonders why she left.

A few glasses later she decides she really doesn't care.

She had taken all sorts of well-paid odd jobs since she's been on the run, and has stolen some interesting items throughout her life. Either to sell or, as she twirls a rather fetching necklace that dons her neck, to keep for herself.

She is a shame to both the ninja and Kunoichi way, and for some reason that makes her proud.

She has been careful not to let her name out or let people see her true face. She was always good at disguises. She would not be surprised if she was considered dead by now, that is if Konoha ever saw her as a big enough threat to seriously try to hunt down at all.

Now she is feeling safe and secure and well off and the alcohol is making her belly feel warm. The running life can get tiresome at times, but she is not ready to quite yet.

Maybe some day she will settle down in a nice, small, quite village. Buy a house, set up a shop, and maybe even get married. But that will not be happening for a while yet.

After all, she does not like being tied down.

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Another OC character. Could you see any of the originals fitting into this roll?

For some reason I rather like this OC...