[b][center]Sayuri Cho
Konohagakure Genin, Team Six[/b][/center]

[center][i]What does it mean to be a shinobi? What does it mean to be a kunoichi[/i][/center]

This question was racing in Sayuri´s mind since they finished their mission and Hiroshi-Sensei gave them the task to think about these words. Her first thought was that the difference was in the gender, but she scratched that quickly. She was laying on her back, staring at the cloudless sky above their house. She read a book about shinobi, and she found out something interesting - the word shinobi meant endure. Surely, they had to endure hard and sometimes grueling training regimes in order to become shinobi. As far as she noticed, the training had two results - not only did her physical abilities changed since she started her training, but according to her surroundings, her mindset changed as well. She thought about asking her aunt, but she was surely busy and Sayuri did not want to bother her with something so trivial - no, she wanted to figure out this one by herself. 

Shinobi means endure, and shinobi have to endure too. She thought back to the Forest of Death - they had to endure being surrounded by hostile territory, under hostile conditions, in a place where eerything wanted to eat them. And then, there was the spider-ka-bob. No, they had to endure something else there - that unpleasant, creeping feeling she felt without actually realizing it. And they somewhat endured and triumphed - a victory that allowed her to become an official kunoichi. Is it about enduring hardships? Maybe, she thought. Endure the reality that they had to kill, in order to protect the village and it´s interests, their friends, family and loved ones. Disliking the thought but unable to find a better answer, she laid the question to rest for a while. With a smile on her lips, she knew what to do. Standing up and streching a bit, she looked towards the village.

[center][b]" I know what to do! I will ask Chinatsu about it!"[/b][/center]