Leigh was not cryptic. Like her sensei and idol, Leigh was verbose and prone to metaphors along with some odd analogies. Nejiko had needed to teach her how to write a concise mission report many times, pointing out that the Hokage's office does not want paragraphs of prose describing the delicate dance of the implementation of perfect form ( Read more... )

[ooc: This doesn't fit into much of anything. ♥ So I'll say it's before the Hyuuga dramaz.]

( Or, what Leigh and Nejiko talk about when Tentsuke isn't around. )

( A gift box tied with green ribbon, and a note: ''Inspected by Hyuuga Nejiko'' )

ooc: takes place right after The Zelkova Incident

Tottering down the road, Tsurude made sure that he was far enough away from the brothel and the other shinobi before releasing the jutsu. Turning back to his normal twenty year old visage, Tsurude put a hand on a nearby wall and took in a few deep breaths, collecting himself ( Read more... )

( Team Gaia: Bringing youthfulness to a restaurant near you )

Leigh shook her head, again, as she thought about how careless Tentsuke was to eat ten-alarm chili without some sort of preparation. Now he was paying the price, and Leigh, because she loved him, would help. Having had Tentsuke play taste-tester before, she was quite familiar with afflictions of the tummy. And Sakurai-kun had been so graciously ( Read more... )

[happens before Sachiko goes on her mission]

( Sometimes, Leigh hated her body. )

Naruko dashed down the street, a bag of carefully packed ramen held so that the contents wouldn't be jostled too badly as she worked her way through the midday foot traffic. ( It was funny and kind of surprising how ingrained the route to Leigh-chan's house had become over the years )

( In Leigh's world, every friendly dog was considered to be a 'puppy', no matter how big they got. )

To say that Sakurai looked like hell would be an understatement. The boy was too pale, too skinny, even his normally bright pink hair had lost most of its shine. He looked very small in the hospital bed he was in, the white only making him look all the paler. And this was AFTER Tsurude's healing. He was only distantly aware of how much time had ( Read more... )