@jeezraiya roared :
❝ I DON'T GET WHY he postponed the finals for three whole weeks. ❞ (upset about his father, at gai)
he doesn’t know since when he had stopped talking ; when their conversation had come to a sudden , && awkward , halt . all gai knew was he was staring down into the reflection in his green tea . ( which had gone cold a while ago ) his plate of dango left untouched . you’ll have to forgive him , even if neji is in them , even if he does love his other students dearly , gai couldn’t care less about the finals right now . lee was still unconsious . they told him he couldn’t feel anything , but as gai watched his son , he could see his face contorting , as if in pain , sometimes he moaned softly . i did this . the thought wouldn’t leave him since the second the medic had told him lee’d never fight again ; that it was a miracle lee could even move . it weren’t just his left arm and leg that were fractured severely , his spine was too . this is all my fault . lee’s going to hate me .
that thought alone was like a kunai twisting in his guts , and he was scared . terrified because he knew he had to face lee when he inevitably woke . his hands began to shake .
then asuma spoke , and gai looked up . yes , the sandaime said something about that yesterday , but gai , uncharacteristically , didn’t pay attention . it was true , though . anything above a week was unusual . though the young genin might be greateful , giving them more time to prepare for their battles . that poor uzumaki boy had to face neji . ❝ do you think it has anything to do with anko’s mysterious condition . ❞ gai looked down again , taking a sip of his cold tea . but he barely noticed the absence of the comforting heat of tea .
❝ she went into the forest of death and was found severly injured . i know the animals in that forest are tough , but to beat her down like this . a team of genin couldn’t have done that either . something happened during the second round . ❞
