** ‵ UNCAGED !

                                   His attention now focused on his Uncle, a soft smile graced his whiskered features. It was as he was showing such a soft emotion that there was also an echo of discomfort within that softness - an afterimage of his mother reflected next to his side.  Those brilliant cerulean-colored eyes were shut and hands folded into his lap but not without clenching the marked one, tightly. ❛ Heh. Y-You don't need to worry so much about me. I'll be fine, 'ttebasa! ❜  A crack in his heart, shattering glass. There was absolutely no way he was going to say what really was bothering him.  The Young Lord loved his family deeply to worry them so much. It was his responisbility to make sure they were safe - it was his repsonisibility. . .that everyone he cared about stayed safe. A bad habit he picked up from his grandfather. To shoulder heavy burdens and obligations to protect those he loved. 

    𝘩𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝘩𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔𝘩 𝑡𝘩𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑝𝑡 𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛,     not needing prodigious sight to unearth the fact that boruto was keeping something presumably important to himself.    it does little to quell the tumult of worry raging within the genius,     though he ultimately decides to let it go.     everyone was entitled to a few secrets,     heaven knows he had more than his share at his nephew's age.     he lets trust speak louder than any words intent on pressing on the topic would     ⸻     comforted in the certainty that boruto would make the correct choices,     and that he would be there to catch him after any mistake.     

Neji [ KungFu ] - Intro Trailer

Naruto Mobile - Tencent Game

You know how I like to make teams into families? So if a team member has a sibiling that's the team's sibling now~

a collection of quotes, phrases, and sayings from the 2008 Rick Riordan novel, Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth. change & alter as needed.

"I didn't get your full name last December when you tried to kill me."

"You don't know how hard it's been. For years, I thought I was going crazy. I couldn't tell anybody."

"Such a pretty little blade. What a shame it stands between us."

"Poor dear, you don't even know what's happening, do you?"

"You are in so much trouble! And you still owe me an explanation!"

"You're going to call me and explain, okay? You owe me that."

"Usually, she says hello by trying to kill me."

"Well, I had my doubts, but you clean up nicely, [name]. I'll remember that."

"You can blame my ADHD. I tend to just blurt things out."

"You will learn differently as you get older."

"Everyone stay alert, but stay calm. This has happened before."

"It's a good thing she finds cowards attractive."

"Come on. Let's worry about how we're going to stay alive."

"He had a crush on a blueberry bush once."

"Hey, your life's in mortal danger. Sleep tight!"

"Great idea! I'll get the dynamite!"

"Assuming you return to us in one piece, we shall discuss what to do next."

"You have to get better. Please."

"There's no way out, [name]. No way out."

"I'm breaking the rules. But I don't know what else to do."

"Don't worry about it. We've had plenty of problems before, and we solved them."

"He killed the water fountain last night."

"Sometimes, it is better to have someone you mistrust close to you, so that you can keep an eye on him."

"You're in charge now, my dear. All the decisions are on your shoulders. That's what you wanted, isn't it?"

"You will have to make your choice sooner or later. And the choice may kill you."

"One bad choice can ruin your whole life. It can kill you and all your friends. But no pressure, [name]."

"Usually, when gods come looking for you, it's not out of the goodness of their hearts. It's because they want something."

"Didn't you try to kill him, like, a lot of times?"

"Getting something and having the wits to use it... those are two different things."

"I have postponed your day of choice. I have not prevented it. Soon, as [name] said, you will have to make a decision."

"I have nothing to offer. I have lost everything."

"In case you haven't noticed, [name] believes in you. He risked his life for you."

"Get some rest, everybody. We'll keep going in the morning."

"You made a cute guinea pig."

"I'm sorry, [name]. I'm just stressed."

"Put that away, [name]. I ain't gonna have my guests killing each other."

"That man is wearing three shirts."

"You'd be surprised how many people will pay for a flesh-eating horse."

"[Name] likes to disappear when things get difficult."

"Don't do me any favors, [name]! I don't want your help!"

"I know who you are. And I know what you want. And the answer is no."

"Well, that's too bad! But it's not my problem."

"I hope the dead like root beer."

"You have nothing to apologize for, [name]. I made my own choice. I don't regret it."

"You're mad because I died and left you alone. I'm sorry for that, [name]. I truly am."

"You should not fear power, [name]. Use it."

"The world is dying, [name]. Every day it gets worse."

"Pass the test, and you get to advance! Fail, and I get to eat you!"

"Well, then, if I didn't smash you to a pulp the first time we met, I suppose I won't have to do it now."

"There'd better be a good reason you're disturbing me."

"Believe me, [name], you can't trust others. All you can trust is the work of your own hands."

"Try to stay alive, will you?"

"Splitting up is a really, really bad idea."

"Do you really want me to explain the exact details of how I was born?"

"Rest and heal. No harm will come to you here."

"As long as you're up, you can help me plant these."

"My friends need me. I know how to help them now. I have to get back."

"You are the single most annoying person I have ever met!"

"What's going on with you two? Have you been fighting?"

"Aren't your parents going to be worried if you're out late?"

"I could be gone a week and they'd never notice."

"You people are crazy."

"You shouldn't have spared me, [last name]. Mercy has no place in this war."

"[Name]'s not usually like this. I don't know what her problem is."

"Hey, I'm usually about to die. Don't feel bad."

"So you do this every summer? Fight monsters? Save the world? Don't you ever get to do, just, you know, normal stuff?"

"I regret what I did, [name]. I was angry and bitter. But I cannot take it back."

"Jumping out a window five hundred feet aboveground isn't usually my idea of fun."

"I didn't want you to die. I mean, just because, you know, you owe me too many favors. How am I going to collect if you die?"

"They must stop waiting for me to save them. I cannot."

"You have found me. And now you must release me."

"I know what you have seen today. I know your doubts. But I give you this news: when the time comes, you will not be ruled by fear."

"Your time is coming. You will play a great role, though it may not be the role you imagined."

"You are the strongest and the bravest. Your heart is true."

"You have believed in me more than anyone ever has."

"I don't like to talk about my family. I didn't want you to know. I'm sorry."

"See you later, [full name]. Go save the world for me, okay?"

"If we are to survive this, we must trust each other."

"Well, [name] seems to be growing up."

"I was beginning to feel better, so I thought I would talk with you a bit. You always manage to annoy me."

"You did something nice. Why?"

"The people in my village laughed at me. They said I would never amount to anything. Look at me now. Sometimes, small things can become very large indeed."

"When the time comes, I think you'll know."

    ICECURSE  SAID:        “Even the greatest shinobis lose one day.” haku shifts, the frozen blade formed over their arm pressed against neji’s neck. “Today is your lucky day.” // TEAM GAI FOUGHT HAKU AND ZABUZA INSTEAD AU PLS    

       SKIN   NUMBS      instantly  where  the  frozen  blade  dents  his  neck;    loose  enough  that  he  may  yet  speak  but  pressed  so  flush  against  thin  skin  that  a  flick  of  the  wrist  would  draw  red.      it  smothers  the  arrogant  scoff  Haku’s  threat  evoked,   morphing  in  its  stead  a  meager  huff.      despite  the  chill  of  their  presence,    Neji’s  veins  boil  to  a  scorch  with  his  hate.     perhaps  the  simple   reminder  that   Haku’s  skill  rivaled,   matched,   and,  at  times,  far  outweighed  his  own  infuriated  him  more  than  the  reality  of  this  ambush  or   any  potential  attack  ever  could.

Haku’s  existence  negated  his  own.     a   great  disservice  had  been  done  to  them  the  moment  their  praises  had  first  been  sung,    snatching  from  their  small  palms  the  possibility  of  a  fruitful  collaboration  and  feeding  their  hearts  with  a  consuming  fixation  on  being  the  very  best.   

chagrined,    Neji  warms  his  fingertips  with  a  concentration  of  chakra.   it  feels  like  centuries  have  passed  them  in  this  position;    Haku  waiting  for  a  response,   any  excuse  to  sheathe  their  blade  into  marble  skin,   and  Neji  pretending  not  to  care  that  his  life  was  now  in  mortal  peril.   seconds   decay  and  just  as  he  feels  Haku’s  patience  waning,   Neji  throws  his  elbow  back  into  their  abdomen  and  takes  the  few  seconds  of  them  staggering  back  to  grip  their  weaponized  wrist  and  press  his  charged  digits  against the  length  of  it;   effectively  burning  shut  temporarily  the  tenketsu  therein.