Reet, here we go. I've started it again, eeh gads. It went kind of, like, BLAH. So I decided to do it aaaaall over, and I hope to gawd it'll be better. Eheh. Anywaaaay, read please.
Kurenai wasn't a proud person. Really, she wasn't. People would look at her, see her appearance, her talent, and ultimately think that she would be proud. The way she acted sometimes could be seen as haughty, but she didn't intend to do that. It was simply that she was a confident person. She didn't used to be, and now she was she liked to show it off. And there was nothing wrong with that, right? She wasn't on a high horse. High horses wanted nothing to do with her. Her life hadn't exactly been perfect. In fact, the complete opposite. She really disliked childhood more than she did anything else. She hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations. But she never looked back with regret. There were so many ways for things to get better.
Asuma, on the other hand, could be deemed as proud, but in a more cocky way. He had lived a fairly privileged life. What with being the Hokage's son and all; he was never short of money or possessions. He knew he was talented, knew he was strong, and was prone to boasting about it. Especially that goddamn bounty he had on his head - he was especially proud of that. People still liked him though, especially the women. He was charming, handsome, everything a girl could ever possibly want. Although, he wasn't that bothered about the majority of the women in Konoha. He did find it fun that they all fawned over him, but he wasn't romantically interested in any of them. What he wanted was love, the true kind, not a quick fling. Though, he didn't mind that on occasion.
The two of them just did not match, and formed a marked contrast. But they were inseperable. They loved each other. A strong love; a beautiful, unbreakable love. Together, they had been lucky. In so many ways. But sometimes... good luck turns into bad.
Yaaaays, I have an introduction.
Better than the original first chaptery thingy, I reckon - even though it's shorter.
So, in this one, I'm going to skip things like the chunin exams entirely - not even going to attempt to write about them. It's just bloody annoying, and I am focusing on these two. And these two alone. Well, I'll include a couple of other people. But mostly these two.