( Kureno watched her carefully, trying to evaluate the situation. On one hand, she still seemed angry at him; on the other hand, now she was eating. It didn’t take long before he decided to just skip the melodrama and chalk this up as progress. )

( In the brief time that took, Kureno's logic and reasoning came to a decision that only continued to become more unanimous as he gathered chakra without her noticing. 'When's the last time you got a decent night's sleep?' )

Kiba, by nature, was a terribly impatient person; quite frankly, she sucked at waiting. It was probably no surprise then, that while having to wait outside the Hyuuga compound for Hinaji, she was rarely still. There was a faint groove in the ground from where she had paced earlier, a path from where she'd gone close to the gates and walked back. ( Read more... )

( It seemed like forever ago almost (had it only been a few days?) since Kiba had broken his nose and they had fought. )

[[Takes place after this conversation, later in the same day.]]

It wasn't her business to get into other people's affairs. She might listen to the gossip that flew around the jounin breakroom (how could you not?), but that hardly meant she actively participated in ( Read more... )

Tsurude wondered if his bad luck in gambling leaked into his life. Bad luck seemed to follow him at every turn, every bend. When Leigh and Naruko went missing he did what any normal leader would do and sent a team after them. Then, Sakurai, who was on said team, goes missing and has stayed missing. Floods of information and worries seeped into him ( Read more... )

With every bad came a good, Izume supposed, as she lugged the last bit of her luggage over her free shoulder and bid her once-home adieu. True, she and Kotsuki had been through a lot in this apartment together, but she'd been feeling it was time for a change for a while now, and now thanks to Neko-chan, they had a reason ( Read more... )

He was dammed hungry ( Read more... )

[For your listening pleasure~ In the Sun] The morning of his sealing left a bad taste in Hinaji's mouth. He sat in his room, the sky still dark. He wasn't to receive the seal until the sun rose, a new life beginning with the kiss of light to the sky, and he hadn't been able to sleep at all. His thoughts kept racing and stopping, his mind a ( Read more... )

Kiba... hadn't expected talking with Hanato to go well. But she hadn't expected it to go as badly as it did. Her eyes still felt scratchy and her fist was sore from where she'd struck her brother in the face. It had gone all wrong and it felt all wrong and she felt like at hell ( Read more... )