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The thing about having known someone since you were kids...

Aug 06, 2011 17:50

Characters: Hyuuga Neji, Rock Lee
Location: The park
Rating: Pg-13 for mentions of violence?
Time: December 4, morning
Description: A post-spar talk.

( ...is that they know you, too. )

rock lee, hyuuga neji

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heavenly_earth August 7 2011, 01:21:30 UTC

Hyuuga pride demanded that he slow his breathing, rearrange his hair, and pull himself back together. He gave it a shot for the sake of trying before exhaustion just overwhelmed his will to care. It was a grace he was sitting at all, rather than sprawled out on the grass like his teammate ( ... )

verdant_lotus August 7 2011, 02:04:22 UTC

Lee nodded into the grass, eyes drifting closed. He didn't have to see Neji to know his expression- he didn't have the Hyuuga's eyes, but five years as teammates and rivals had inscribed the careful calm behind his eyelids.

"We should do this, too," he mumbled into the grass. "We do not spar often enough."

After a minute of just appreciating the waves of pain through his heavy limbs, Lee propped himself up on one elbow and looked over at Neji. "How is training with Lain coming?"

heavenly_earth August 7 2011, 02:41:04 UTC

Neji dipped his head in a nod, pulling his gaze away from the city walls.

"Yes, there are few opponents I can spar with as freely, and I still have a lot of improvements to make while I'm without Jyuuken's full potential. Hanabi-san is fortunate." So is he, he knows, with Death City's equivalent to the Byakugan, and idly considered the potential of teaming up at some point ( ... )

verdant_lotus August 7 2011, 03:36:26 UTC

Lee nodded. "It is a good match," he said.

Neji and Lain's strengths were his and Gaara's weaknesses- Gaara accustomed to the sand for surveillance, Lee long used to Neji's eyes being more reliable than his own. And if they were anything, it was an offensive pair. "We should check the mission board," he said. "And if they do not have anything, we could see if there are one-team missions close together. We could take a few and do them all in a day."

He fell quiet, watching the empty blue sky. The endorphins were starting to wear off, leaving the dull, familiar throb of pain behind. "Do you think that we will ever go home?"

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