9th dream / canon update; [gap]

[ninjasecrets]

You had a bad dream. Fumbling around in the darkness, you lost Takumi.

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[callmelegion]

[ Is this child really this troubled over such a minor issue as whether to call himself a male or a female?

Nagato considers saying: You should be pleased you at least have a functional body. That is more than some. ]

If your body distresses you, you could always take another.

[necro_fantasia]

He's right, you know. Nagato-san here has both his default scowly man body and a delicious hot girl body.

[ninjasecrets]

Sure, I'll just run down to the convenience store and get one.

What the hell is wrong with you?!

[callmelegion]

Do not be ignorant. If you refuse to look into your options, that is not my fault.

If you are studying jutsu, then you ought to know that body shifting jutsu are entirely possible. For instance, Uzumaki Naruto has a jutsu which turns his body into that of a female.

[necro_fantasia]

Why the hell would your father want you to be a guy.

Having girl-parts is amazing. Plus we get better clothes.

[ninjasecrets]

He had his reasons. It's none of your business, anyway!

Girl clothes are stupid-looking and unfunctional. I don't get it at all.

[necro_fantasia]

They're cute. Sort of like you~

[ninjasecrets]

I AM NOT.

[eternalscorpion]

Hmm, admittedly women do have a natural tendency towards the overly emotional if such impulses are unchecked, but it seems as though your father chose a somewhat extreme method to quell them.

[He turns thoughtful.]

Being dissatisfied with the body that one was born with is, perhaps, something I can understand, however. After all, I refused to accept the limitations of my own and reshaped myself in order to move beyond my previous frail, human state.

[ninjasecrets]

[Wow, hello sexism. Akira makes a face. The sad thing is, this logic may have been part of his father's reasoning. Possibly.]

Reshaped yourself?

[eternalscorpion]

Yes

[ninjasecrets]

You made your body into art, is what you're saying.

That's... kind of cool. I think that's better than forcing other people to submit to your vision.

I've been experimenting a lot myself, too. Though nothing so drastic.

[Private to Akira]

[ground_breaker]

[You knew that Sakura would be commenting on this at some point, didn't you, Akira? Her big-sister instinct that crops up with you guarantees it.]

Did this really happen?

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[ninjasecrets]

[And Akira is looking horribly haunted, hugging himself.]

Yes.

I...

I think maybe I...

...No, it's stupid. It's not possible.

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[ground_breaker]

What is it?

[Her words are gentle, encouraging.]

This was after your friend died, right?

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[ninjasecrets]

Yes, but I...

I arrived right after he disappeared.

This isn't a memory I had before.

It's like I really went back there.

[ Private to Akira ]

[ura_no_ura]

[ He watches this quietly, and isn't sure whether or not to respond. Thinks maybe he shouldn't, maybe he still needs to place distance between himself and the world. But Akira doesn't have him in Konoha right now and even though Gai and Iruka and Sakura are there, as well as Minato, he wonders if any of them actually knew the truth besides Kakashi.

Well. Now they all do.

Akira must feel so... alone right now.

He's a little worried. Remembers the glint of metal, and Akira's resolve.

He hopes Akira wouldn't do anything stupid. ]

Akira-kun.

[ He says lightly. It's how he always seems to respond to him. ]

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[ninjasecrets]

Kakashi-san!

[Akira is awake, alert, but looking pale and nervous.]

Where the hell are you?

[A default answer. He knows where Kakashi isn't and that's what's important.]

[ Private to Akira ]

[ura_no_ura]

Mm, I'm in Fire Country. But I'm still training.

[ Kakashi answers rather lightly. Akira doesn't seem too upset, but he's always been good at hiding that very well. ]

I'll be back soon.

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[ninjasecrets]

Who cares when you'll be back, huh?

[Yeah, Akira's not upset at all. Nope.]