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1. Introduction

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1. Introduction

You ask me to introduce myself. And I hesitate. I know what you want to hear – name, age, looks, distinguishing marks, maybe current residence and facts about my family. But what would that tell you about me?
My name is Talee Hyro, I’m twelve years old, living in Konoha, Fire Country. I have long black hair and dark eyes, normal height – well, maybe a little smaller than others my age, I’m rather pale, I’m slim and I’m blind. My family, that’s mommy, daddy and my brother Lee.
So, do you know me now? Could you say now what kind of person I am?

Let me tell you what I think is important about me:
I’m quiet and hence often considered apathetic or even arrogant. As I’m blind, people furthermore usually feel uneasy around me. So I am seldomly going out, even if someone of my family’s accompanying me to help me finding my way around.
Those who know me closer know that I’m not at all apathetic or even less arrogant. Although some people think so, I’m not a loner or shy, either. I just prefer the quietness of nature around me over the mad rush of city life.
I was considered a talented student, back then at the academy. I could handle several jutsu already, and teachers said I was a child prodigy. It took me years to find out what a “child prodigy” is.
When I was eight years old, I lost my eyesight. I was playing in the woods behind our house when I happened to rub my eyes with my hand. But suddenly, my eyes started burning. I rubbed more, and it got worse.
Later, it turned out that I had touched a poisonous plant before. The poison destroyed part of my eyes, so I lost my vision. After that accident, I left the academy, unable to get along on my own in daily life anymore.
Apart from that, not much has really changed after that. I’m still being outdoors a lot, though I can’t be in the woods anymore. I have to stay in our garden. That’s the only thing making me sad about being blind – I miss the green roof of the trees above me, the murmuring of the brooks and the smell of resin.
I’m spending a lot of my time with my brother when he’s not off for missions or training. Lee and I get along very well although we are rather different. He’s loud while I’m quiet, he uses taijutsu while I have been a ninjutsu user before my accident, he’s determined and fights for his beliefs while I am easily made to feel insecure and give up quickly.
Other than that, there’s not much left to tell. I don’t think I’m a very interesting person.
Strong points… I’m a good listener, I guess. There’s not much else you can do but listen when you’re blind.
Bad habits… I’m kind of a chicken. I used to flinch at every noise around me as I never know what its cause is.
That should be all, I think. Oh, wait: If you know my brother, you may wonder why Lee and I have different surnames although we are siblings. The reason for that is that we’re only half siblings. Lee’s father died full six months before he was even born. Mommy then fell in love with my daddy, but they never married, so Lee kept his father’s name while I received the one of my father.
That’s all about me, Talee Hyro. I don’t expect you to like me – people are different and some of you may like the calm ones while others dislike them. That’s okay. Just please don’t harm me. Disliking someone doesn’t mean that you have to attack him, may it be physically or verbally. Thank you.

Yours,
Talee
1. Introduction
Submission for the :icon100themeschallenge:-club. Said club is allowed to post this fanfiction in their gallery.

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I wanted to do the 100 themes challenge for a long time already, but never had enough inspiration to start it, until Talee came to my mind. I have created her earlier and I noticed that many of the themes are perfect for stories about her and Lee. Of course, I was not challenged enough writing 100 stories, I had to lay down for myself that I would do the 100 themes in order and that all of them would be about Talee and Lee -.-

Btw, I tripped over rather a lot of bashing lately because characters were “Mary Sue”s. Not that I would truly care, but my opinion about Talee:
I can see that Talee seems like a Mary Sue at first sight. She’s Lee’s sister, she’s blind…
However, she’s not going to fall in love with someone (haven’t decided about the other way around yet), she’s not going to be the hero of the day by saving Konoha from Akatsuki or Orochimaru or whatever, she won’t develop any strong powers nor will she find a way to overcome her blindnes. She is sort of strong (as said, she was one of the best students at the academy), but I don’t plan making much use of that. Maybe in a flashback someday.
And a little note on her blindness: I didn’t make her blind so someone would feel sorry for her, but because I needed to. If she’s Lee’s sister, there needs to be some reason why she didn’t show up in the series, especially as she’s such a skilled ninja. As we’re at that theme: Making her a child prodigy simply adds to the depth of the story, plus I wanted her to be more a less the opposite of Lee – loser/taijutsu user contra child prodigy/ninjutsu user – but still being very close with him.
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MariaShade's avatar
wow very well written