[[Memories]]

[truetensai]

[[*Has, since early afternoon, wandered away from Tenten and has been walking aimlessly around Konoha...around familiar places, places of interest, fond memories...such as the lake, the training grounds, the backstreet where Lin Ling was discovered...the back alleyway behind the tea shop, the dango shop...And now has returned to his apartment where

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*writing from Hogwarts*

[proudgreenauror]

*HEADDESK... knew he shouldn't have left him alone*

LEE!!!

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[proudgreenauror]

He did say that.

I still do not believe it.

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[truetensai]

...I never did believe it.

..But.

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[proudgreenauror]

Lee... Imagine this for a moment. What if the girl you are to meet in such a short time, the girl you know nothing about.... is the most beautiful woman in the world... a flower past compare, with every visible grace and virtue.... whom you still know nothing about...

..if you met her this way, what would you feel?

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[truetensai]

*silent for a long moment*

...It depends on who she is.

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[proudgreenauror]

Yes.

Imagine one thing more. Again, the girl whom you will meet is the most beautiful woman in the world. But there is something else....

..There is someone else in your heart.

And the girl does not know this. But still, she is the most beautiful girl in the world.

Would you tell her?

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[truetensai]

...

...What does beauty matter....when happiness is no guarantee, Gai-sensei...?

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[proudgreenauror]

Then I will ask you...

..what does fate matter either?

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[truetensai]

It matters because if I cannot alter it, why fight against it?

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[proudgreenauror]

*should be singing Into the Fire or something of equal mettle, but...*

Even if it has no more guarantee of happiness than such a fight could bring?

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[truetensai]

...Such a fight has only served to bring me anguish.

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[proudgreenauror]

There are times when anguish is an unavoidable part of life...

But not to fight... brings anguish unmeasurable... because then it is impossible to know whether you might have won through.....

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[truetensai]

...But Gai-sensei...*desperation in his voice*...I have never felt so defeated...

[[OOPS!! Disregard that! That was supposed to be for the OTHER entry (the one with the letter.) XD]]

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[proudgreenauror]

*slams fist into the table -- can't take this anymore*

No!! Until a person gives up, he is never defeated! This... this is a setback, it is true... but it is not defeat. It would not be defeat unless there was truly no way forward. But I fervently believe that there is... if only you and I have the courage to discover it.

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[truetensai]

*Straightens self up immediately...because Gai's word is word of gold.*

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[proudgreenauror]

*would have rejoiced to see this... but is not present, so can only stand there, hoping he said the right thing....*