On coming across an article entitled '10 Mind-Blowing Naruto Facts You Don’t Know'...

[kunoichi_dragon]

Are you seriously crying over something like that...




...Okay, yeah. That one hurt me too.

Sure, I mean, yeah. You might be a little bit biased about this. But, that's just not fair...

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[niceguypose]

Tenten!! Please, do not let this get you down! It cannot be true. This is a deception!

A-and no matter what... It does not make you any less of a ninja, comrade or beloved friend!!

[kunoichi_dragon]

It's alright, Lee. It... It just means I'm a better shinobi than most, that's all... yeah, we'll go with that

[niceguypose]

That - that is exactly what it must mean!! Your skill is so great, that if you appeared enough, there would be nothing left for anyone else to do! I believe that from the bottom of my heart...!

[kunoichi_dragon]

[ She... Actually meant the whole 'not being seen' part. But who is she to correct him when he's this supercharged? This smile? Is full of fondness for you, Lee. ]

Yeah. Exactly.

[ You just keep on believing, Lee. ]

Gotta leave some limelight for my team.

[niceguypose]

[He smiles warmly right back at her and gives her a thumbs up.]

That is very generous! Thank you so much, Tenten! You are a true living legend among ninjas. That is the truth!

[kunoichi_dragon]

Well.

I wouldn't go that far, Lee...

[ But still, it was a nice thing to say. ]

[niceguypose]

That is very well, Tenten! But as someone who strives to be a genius of hard work, I intend to always go as far as I possibly can!

[kunoichi_dragon]

Fair enough. I wouldn't call myself a living legend, though.

[ Beat. ]

Well. Not yet, at least.

[niceguypose]

Ah... Yes, perhaps not yet.

But if you keep on working hard and applying yourself in this springtime of your youth, I just know that you will achieve it for sure!

[kunoichi_dragon]

I hope you're right. I wouldn't mind being legendary if it meant that I made a difference.

[niceguypose]

You always make a difference, Tenten. Nothing would be the same without you!

[kunoichi_dragon]

[ Ah, words. Nice words that make her feel kinda embarrassed to hear them. ]

You always manage to find ways of making me feel better.

[niceguypose]

I am glad to help you, Tenten! After all, you are a belove comrade of mine.

[seebirdsfly]

[See this, Tenten? Neji is actually smiling. Careful - you might need to pick up the shattered pieces of his face.]

It doesn't make you any less important, Tenten.

[kunoichi_dragon]

[ She does not appreciate your smug attitude, mister, so put that smirk of yours away or she'll grind those shattered pieces of your face into dust. ]

And that doesn't make the sting any less annoying.

...But thank you.

[seebirdsfly]

[He's not trying to be too smug! The smirk does fade away though after her next comment.]

At least you can get more screen time.

You're welcome.

[kunoichi_dragon]

Ugh. [ Oh the eye roll. ] Don't even get me started on that...

[ It never happened. And she will deny it happened until the end of time. Especially now, on the anniversary of when that silly stupid chapter that never happened came out. ]

[seebirdsfly]

... I didn't mean for it to come out that way. [He ducks his head in half embarrassment.]

I apologize.

[There's something they can both agree on. Denying it happened, anyway. Neji's okay with the idea of denial - especially now.]

[kunoichi_dragon]

Don't even worry about it, Neji. My mun's got this thing called a... a... [ What's that word? ] ...Headcanon?

Headcanon.

She's got this thing called a headcanon.

[ A headcanon in which this thing never happened. ]

[seebirdsfly]

Ah. [There's a pause as he thinks about the word.]

My mun has that also. Far too much for some people ...

[Death never happening is a small part of this mun's headcanon.]

[kunoichi_dragon]

[ Headcanons are pretty snazzy. Tenten is certainly not complaining about all the attention and development she gets in them. ]

But not for our team, right? We go all or nothing. And my mun seems to be pretty proud of that. And of all of hers.

[ headcanons, that is. ]

It's gotten to a point where she has timelines and... AUs? And AUs of AUs.

[ which spill over into these things she calls fanfics. ]

It's kinda scary sometimes.

[seebirdsfly]

[Neji hasn't complained about any of his headcanon. Yet.]

That is what we are known to do and I don't think it's going to change.

[His mun has been doing plenty of fanfiction lately ...]

I was in an "AU" game at one point. It wasn't too terrible.

[kunoichi_dragon]

[ Fanfic hasn't been much of a team player these last year or so. All the same, Tenten's only complaint were the one or two times she died in these different timelines. Not cool, mun. Not cool. ]

They usually aren't. And at least they're somewhat familiar.

[ or at least had familiar faces. ]

But an AU game was the reason why she finally dusted me off after so many years. And I can honestly say, it wasn't too bad either.

Took me a while to get used to having Obito as Hokage, though...

[seebirdsfly]

[It seems to be the only thing that Neji's mun can write at the moment ... He has yet to die in any fanfiction, but other people have.]

The setting wasn't the most pleasurable, but it worked out fine.

[That makes him frown, his nose wrinkling as he raises an eyebrow.] Obito as Hokage ...

How did that one work out?

[kunoichi_dragon]

[ yeah. No more dying for Neji, plz. ]

Honestly, not too bad. The while team was there. Gai-sensei, included. [ fond smile ] I think we were the only matching set.

It was different though. Hinata was trained in the sword and on the same squad as Sasuke. Took some getting used to.