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endless_scrolls) wrote2013-06-03 03:02 pm
endless_scrolls) wrote2013-06-03 03:02 pm
Insult to Injury
Title: Insult to Injury
Type: Fanfic
Fandom: Naruto
Theme: "Next time we should have a vote before you make stupid decisions.."
Character(s): Tenten; brief mentions of Rock Lee, Sabaku no Gaara, Hyuuga Neji, Zetsu, Hyuuga Hinata, Uzumaki Naruto
Pairing(s): None.
Warning(s): None.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but these words.
Note: Written as a reply to a Sentence-in-a-Story Meme request.
Dedicated to: Um... whoever made the request I suppose. Sorry it took so long. >_>;
Ask anyone in the village and they would all give the same answer: when it came to the matter of speed, there was no team faster. There was no team more dedicated or better equipped in holding that title. The function of Team Gai's fighting prowess, strategy, and skill-set rested primarily on speed. It was what gave Lee recognition during their first Chuunin Exam, managing to do what no other had managed up until and since then: battle past Gaara's self-sustaining sand shield. It was what gave power and prestige to Neji's brand of deadly palm strikes.
It was what gave Tenten the means and timing to massacre an entire platoon of Zetsu soldiers with just one panel of her scroll. Managing to swoop in and stop a rock from piercing completely through her teammate's chest was only a fringe benefit.
With a clean cut of her katana, the kunoichi lessened the spear's reach, just enough to give Lee time to shove all three shinobi - Neji, Hinata, and Naruto, collectively - safely out of the way while ensuring that his own body was cleared from the carnage as well. And with it, the fear that bubbled up and threatened to choke her into oblivion was washed away. At least for now.
Because as well-meaning and noble and simply typical as it was for Neji to willingly take the blow for Hinata, his life was not his own. And that had been too close for anyone's comfort.
Snapping her scroll shut, the kunoichi let one end drop to the ground, landing with a resounding boom from the weight and allowed that to speak volumes more than anything she could ever think to say. Still, as her eyes scanned over to her comrades and their state of confusion over what transpired, there was no helping the short quip from slipping from her eager and angered lips.
"Next time, we should have a vote before you make stupid decisions." And just to add insult to injury, the weapon mistress decidedly continued with a mocking quirk of her mouth, sharp tongue at the ready for any backlash the young Hyuuga might have. "If that's alright with you, Captain.."
Type: Fanfic
Fandom: Naruto
Theme: "Next time we should have a vote before you make stupid decisions.."
Character(s): Tenten; brief mentions of Rock Lee, Sabaku no Gaara, Hyuuga Neji, Zetsu, Hyuuga Hinata, Uzumaki Naruto
Pairing(s): None.
Warning(s): None.
Disclaimer: I own nothing but these words.
Note: Written as a reply to a Sentence-in-a-Story Meme request.
Dedicated to: Um... whoever made the request I suppose. Sorry it took so long. >_>;
Ask anyone in the village and they would all give the same answer: when it came to the matter of speed, there was no team faster. There was no team more dedicated or better equipped in holding that title. The function of Team Gai's fighting prowess, strategy, and skill-set rested primarily on speed. It was what gave Lee recognition during their first Chuunin Exam, managing to do what no other had managed up until and since then: battle past Gaara's self-sustaining sand shield. It was what gave power and prestige to Neji's brand of deadly palm strikes.
It was what gave Tenten the means and timing to massacre an entire platoon of Zetsu soldiers with just one panel of her scroll. Managing to swoop in and stop a rock from piercing completely through her teammate's chest was only a fringe benefit.
With a clean cut of her katana, the kunoichi lessened the spear's reach, just enough to give Lee time to shove all three shinobi - Neji, Hinata, and Naruto, collectively - safely out of the way while ensuring that his own body was cleared from the carnage as well. And with it, the fear that bubbled up and threatened to choke her into oblivion was washed away. At least for now.
Because as well-meaning and noble and simply typical as it was for Neji to willingly take the blow for Hinata, his life was not his own. And that had been too close for anyone's comfort.
Snapping her scroll shut, the kunoichi let one end drop to the ground, landing with a resounding boom from the weight and allowed that to speak volumes more than anything she could ever think to say. Still, as her eyes scanned over to her comrades and their state of confusion over what transpired, there was no helping the short quip from slipping from her eager and angered lips.
"Next time, we should have a vote before you make stupid decisions." And just to add insult to injury, the weapon mistress decidedly continued with a mocking quirk of her mouth, sharp tongue at the ready for any backlash the young Hyuuga might have. "If that's alright with you, Captain.."