why can't I quit you? // looking around // goddammit

[obstinates]

Eheheh, can't get rid of me that easy.

Hey, but just 'cos you wanna find somewhere where I won't be as bored as I am in your head doesn't mean I'm not still pissed at you for takin' this long, y'know!

So you look over there and I'll do what I usually do when we're around here.

Stand here and--

--talk to random people, eh. This place is still weird as hell.








You owe me a crapload of ramen, y'know?

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[stitchandstone]

Tsk. You're owed a tongue-cutting.

[obstinates]

Ehhh, rather have the ramen, y'know. And lemme guess -- you're gonna give me the tongue-cutting, right?

[stitchandstone]

Hatake Kakashi might make the waste of a blade.

[obstinates]

Nobody's gonna want to hang 'round you when you say dark shit all the time.

[stitchandstone]

...says the dog who hunted me.

[obstinates]

Yeah, I learned how to tune out the stupid stuff you say.

[stitchandstone]

The 'things you don't want to hear.'

[obstinates]

'The stupid stuff.'

[stitchandstone]

Aaa. You'll be deaf long.

[obstinates]

S'fine. Iruka-sensei and the others are always sayin' I never pay attention or listen much, y'know.

Guess some things just never change.

[stitchandstone]

Leaves die with the season. Stone weakens with time. Konoha burns.

Everything can be changed.

[obstinates]

My nindo hasn't changed and it never will.

[beforethedarkness]

Guess you never really change no matter how old you get, dobe.

[Have a bitty best friend teammate, Naruto. Notice anything odd? Namely that thing he's wearing on his head...]

[obstinates]

[There's one brief moment of hesitation and surprise because yes, he's more used to the older, psychotic version. Still, he's been around some mini-Sauces here before, and the sight is a welcome one considering the thread above.

So have a big grin and a snicker.]

'Course not. If I changed any then I wouldn't be me, and I'm still me so I didn't change.

[Makes sense in his mind. Anyways, he's comparing height between them now with his hand.]

Actually I changed in one thing. You're the short one now, y'know.

[beforethedarkness]

[He twitches before scoffing and swatting at his hand.] That's only because you're older. I'm still taller in the future.

[Yeah, a whole 2 centimeters. Still, the mention of that pulls his lips down and he sighs, shaking his head. He still doesn't quite get just what made him leave even after harassing the people he's met to tell him, but that doesn't make it feel any less awkward to know that he's going to desert at some point.]

But you're still just as stubborn as before, from what I've heard.

[obstinates]

[Awkward maybe, but Naruto isn't fazed. He isn't thinking about all that right now because it isn't going to make anything easier for them at the moment.

All he's doing is proving Sasuke's point about his stubbornness.]

Yeah, well... I'm still taller right now.

[beforethedarkness]

Good to know that you won't still be a useless runt.

[obstinates]

Whatever! I'm way stronger now than ever, y'know. And I was never useless.

[beforethedarkness]

I'd be disappointed if you weren't stronger.

So your mun is trying to find somewhere to trap you?

[obstinates]

Well I'm way stronger.

And yeah I guess, though I don't really think it's being trapped. I'm already trapped in mun-dude's head, so anywhere else is sorta like freedom, y'know.

Used to be all sorts of places. I even went to space on a boat that flies to different stars, y'know. Did that for a whole year then we took a break for a long time.

[beforethedarkness]

... [No, he really has no words.]

Be glad it's not where I am. The place takes away your chakra and weapons.

[obstinates]

[Yeah man, if you'd seen half the shit he's seen...]

... What?

[beforethedarkness]

No chakra. No weapons, and even if you had them they're apparently illegal. The only way to fight and defend ourselves is with animals. They're like ninja animals and it looks like they're the only ones that can use anything even close to ninjutsu.

[fifth_kazekage]

[Gaara smirks a little, amused by the display.] Resilient, aren’t you. Similar to a scorpion.

Where will you be heading this time?

[obstinates]

Yeah, but I don't have a tail or those claw things.

And I dunno. Somewhere, anywhere -- bored outta my mind, y'know?