Backdated to August, just after the Gala.

( There it was. Just sitting, waiting to defeat her once again, as it had many times in the past. )

Set a little after Nejiko accepts Yuugao's apology.

( It all starts with a little embroidery lesson... )

[happens immediately after Unexplained Weightloss]After taking her leave from Hiashiko, while Nejiko kept her course away from the buildings she checked her stride so she would look as if she were on some business, village or clan it mattered not so much as she appeared unapproachable save for a matter of importance. She would leave through the ( Read more... )

[Set two days after this.]

It had been three days of hell - or at least that was what Yuugao thought of it as. First tracking down Rumi (Hawk, she used to be Hawk) with the help of Kaori (Fox, always Fox in reference) only to find Chidori (poor little Horse) doing her best to restrain... He blinked away the awful images and tried to calm himself. ( Read more... )

[Set while Nejiko is still in the hospital.]When his teammates had asked what he was doing for the three day break they had Yuugao had just shrugged. "Nothing much" was the only thing they could get from him. In actuality, he had quite a few things planned. The biggest was another visit to see Nejiko. He'd dropped by twice since his first visit. ( Read more... )

set the day after Joke's on you, suckers

( Who likes what? )

[Scene: It is the day after Asuka's first fitting of her outfit for her date dinner with Kureno. Izume has been working some very long hours, and is tired, so she decides to take a break. Kotetsu, meanwhile is in the kitchen, doing the dishes and oblivious to everything before Izume can pounce! And by which I mean she sneaks up behind Kotetsu ( Read more... )

Hinaji was pacing near Kureno's home well before 6pm. He couldn't stop his nerves from snapping, and everytime he managed to remain still he was jolted into moving again. He hadn't even planned what he was going to say, what this conversation would really be about. You didn't just go up to your sensei and ask these kinds of things ( Read more... )

The day Kureno had officially been reinstated as a jounin - like, officially officially, not in-name-only - was the day Asuka had promised to take him out somewhere fancy. He'd named the place, and she'd made the reservation only a day or two later for a month in advance: the first Saturday of September. It was at a set time, a set day, a set place ( Read more... )

Teasing Asuka had given Kiba an idea. An awful, wonderful idea ( Read more... )