The Little Ninja Girl
Saki, from birth was destined to be a ninja girl. Although this was not typical of her culture, she was special. Different than most girls, she bore the mark of leadership. From the early days she was known as a girl who would one day fight on behalf of mankind, to protect and embrace all of the hurting disinfranchised people of the world.Saki wrestled day in and day out with the desire to become a normal girl. All she ever wanted was some normalcy. There is comfort in being like everyone else. There were the people within her community who sought to make her like everyone else. The women who told her to shut up and make babies. The men who told her to find her seat on the sidelines or to go be hospitable somewhere. Yet her inner being screamed anytime someone tried to conform her. The paradoxy was ridiculous. Saki craved to be apart of the mainstream, but her spirit longed for freedom. There was always a battle.
The battles that occured everywhere were not with huge bloody fights, but more with the silent movements of men into head ninja positions. Meanwhile women, educated, talented, women sat. It was not necessarily right in front of her, but it was prevalent nonetheless. The battles were in the meetings where she sat alone feeling as if her voice had no weight and was not encouraged to speak, to share, to dream alongside the men.
Early on in her life, people directed, guided, and nurtured Saki into becoming the best little ninja girl that she could. They taught her how to fight, how to be crafty and precise, and above all else, to remember what she was fighting for. Saki, at times knew that the fight was worth it all, but other times she questioned. She wondered why knowone else was being trained as well, why she was different, and bore the weight of this responsibility. Wasn't there someone else? Couldn't she be like all of the other little girls with their quiet demeanor and sensible thinking?
She wanted desperately to fight but was tired of fighting. Tired of feeling like she had to be something that she wasn't. The ninja that she was trained to be, is not the ninja she dreamed to be. All of the battles, all of these years, came down to one final battle.
The battle with herself. All of the external battles lead her to develop the ability to fight the biggest battle of them all.
There is no certainity how the story ends for Saki is well aware of her opponent. She knows all of the inner sabotage, the tactics used to convince and persuade her to fight against the ninja-within her woman she is supposed to be.
In addition, fear keeps here from full-fledge war within her. For if she were to allow the ninja-within her to flow out, there would be more battles. The battles for which she is not prepared, and has no training for. No weapons, nada.
Maybe Saki will move to the suburbs and pop out a couple of kids.
posted by Kat @ 9:41 PM
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