First Rising Dragon

[heavenlykunai]

[The PCD turns on to show a young woman staring at the landscape around herself. She takes two steps back, and then takes them forward again. Tenten frowns and leaps into the air, twisting to land lightly on a rooftop.]

You’ve got to be kidding me. Konoha was restored!

[A rustling near the PCD draws her attention down by it, and shuriken slip

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[Voice]

[turn_a_blindeye]

Huh?...Konoha was restored?

[Voice]

[heavenlykunai]

Yes. It's been rebuilt, and everyone is back to normal, Kakashi-san.

[Voice]

[turn_a_blindeye]

[Private/Unhackable]

[She looks the right age for it. It would fit, wouldn't it? And yet she seems unsurprised to see Kakashi alive and well.]

This is ...after the man known as Pain attacked the village? Or is this a different time?

[Private//Unhackable//Voice]

[heavenlykunai]

This is after.

You're from before then, like Lee? Or...

[The significance of him asking details about that time sinks in. If he thinks, or knows something happened to him, then her news could be difficult but good. How to say it, though?]

He had another ability besides killing, Kakashi-san. He could bring back those he killed back to life.

Everyone is back to normal.

[That would be safe if he didn't know, too.]

[Private//Unhackable//Voice]

[turn_a_blindeye]

From before. Naruto hadn't yet returned to the village from training with Jiraiya.

[There is a long pause. He's not sure whether he likes or dislikes this information. His life seemed...desperate and hurried when he knew he was going to die, but it had ...direction. Things to do before he was gone. Living again, was he going to stagnate?]

... [He clears his throat.] I see. At least that all turned out well, hm?

[Private//Unhackable//Voice]

[heavenlykunai]

[Tenten hesitates. She doesn't really know Kakashi, so she doesn't know what the reaction meant. He always seemed odd, to her. That's why she hadn't given the full story. She knows Tsunade's coma and Danzo being Hokage are controversial. Tenten needs to speak to Gai-sensei first.]

...Of course, sir.

[Private//Unhackable//Voice]

[turn_a_blindeye]

[...Probably a good idea. Not that Gai-sensei will necessarily know anything when he arrives, though. But she probably doesn't even know he's not here yet, hm?]

Good.

Uh, Neji's bringing you back to the house, right? [Then, with amusement] After he fixes your...predicament, I assume.

[Private//Unhackable//Voice]

[heavenlykunai]

[She doesn't know yet, but she'll know soon. And then Tenten gets to feel just a little more lost.]

He said he's on his way here, so yes, sir. [There's a blush on her cheeks, and she's relieved this is voice.] ...Right. If I can't destroy the plant first.

[Private//Unhackable//Voice]

[turn_a_blindeye]

[Poor Tenten.]

Ah, good. [He'll get a kick out of having another Team Gai member to tease >D And you won't always be able to hide behind Voice Posts, Tenten!] Yeah, you go ahead and try...

[Private//Unhackable//Voice]

[heavenlykunai]

[She's strong, but she's been working under Gai for five about five years. It's a shock. And she's certainly going to try to hide behind them; she's not used to being teased.]

I have been. I will continue to. We're not trained to give up easily, sir.

[Private//Unhackable//Voice]

[turn_a_blindeye]

[Such prudes innocents Gai's team is! Kakashi will have to give you special teasing attention like he does Neji~]

No, I don't imagine you were. Your sensei would be proud of that ...determination, I'm sure.

[Private//Unhackable//Voice]

[heavenlykunai]

[Oh dear. And now Tenten is doomed.]

But if I don't manage to destroy the mistletoe, I'm not doing five hundred laps around the city, on my hands or my feet.

[Private//Unhackable//Voice]

[turn_a_blindeye]

[Only now she's doomed? I would have thought she was doomed as soon as she was assigned her boys (all three of them) for a team.]

[Chuckles] No, but if you don't, you are kissing Neji. I'd guess that's enough of a self-challenge in and of itself.

[Private//Unhackable//Voice]

[heavenlykunai]

[Her team doesn't tease her, and she doesn't mind hard work. Sure, she'll probably go deaf by the time she's fifty, maybe fourty or even thirty, but they're family.]

[There's a very long pause, and her voice isn't as confident as it had been.] Unless we figure something out. They're plants.