IC Contact - Soul Campaign

[heavenly_earth]

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Comments

[jutsu]

no way no way
that's getting saved for a special occasion

[heavenly_earth]

Because it's not instant?

[jutsu]

because it's a present

[heavenly_earth]

[Aw, how unexpectedly sentimental]

Well I hope it reminds you at least somewhat of Ichiraku's.

[jutsu]

i dunno about that


but maybe at this rate i should just open my own

[heavenly_earth]

Perhaps.

[sigh. deliberating whether or not to say good night and go back to sleep...]

Feeling better since yesterday?

[jutsu]

[ ugh the things he doesn't even wanna think about ]

you really saved my ass you know
i should be the one getting you ramen

[heavenly_earth]

[He's surprised Naruto really remembered that, as berserk as the other shinobi had been]

I'm just relieved all of us made it out of that encounter without significant injury.

[jutsu]

[ a significant portion of that is a massive blur, but he's gotten a decent play by play. it isn't very pretty. but all the same- ]

you protected my team [ they're so much more than that, and everyone knows it. but where could he even start. ]

if you weren't there
if they got hurt

[jutsu]

i guess its to be expected from a genius shinobi
you're a real hero

[heavenly_earth]

[Genius, Hero.

He guesses, given his death, that he'll be one of many carved into Konoha's memorial stone. The lead weight in his stomach is from the realization that he'd just seen that stone- a month ago? here, and before they left the village, back home. He hadn't known then, but now.. Well, his father's name is carved there, too.

It's because.. you told me.. that I was a genius.

He's always been called a genius, long before he ever really understood what that meant. And sometimes, he still stopped and wondered all over again, parsed it apart to better understand what he was expected to be. But now he really believes that a genius.. is just someone that never hesitates, and is driven to persevere no matter what.

People like Lee and Naruto.. and to some extent, himself as well. It's definitely not something measured by blood or really even talent, but rather a determination to break down every barrier that stands in one's way]

I can't take the credit for all of that, but.. somehow everything worked out in the end. Let's work together more in the future.

[jutsu]

[ maybe that's just what he should have expected. naruto leans back on the mess of blankets and stares up at the ceiling- communicator in his open palm. but neji's words sit there, in the pit of his stomach let's work together more in the future and in that moment- he knows.

they won't be together again, in konoha. not like this.
but maybe... that will be alright. ]

lets all have breakfast together tomorrow

[heavenly_earth]

[He expects a simple agreement, like he'd expected a simple answer after Naruto's health, but the invitation is different- something warmer, and he glances over to where Lee's asleep with a soft smile]

Sure. At training?

[jutsu]

at training



so get some sleep already who's even awake this late anyway

[heavenly_earth]

Good night.

[Do you feel that lineface, Naruto? There might as well have been an emote]