[Whisper] OldRamenMan: Sola Sola Sola
[Whisper to OldRamenMan] Tournesola: Ramen-san?
[Whisper] OldRamenMan: You're finally here! Whoohoo!
[Party] System: OldRamenMan has invited you to join his party. Type Y to accept, N to refuse
[Party] Tournesola: Y
[Party] System: Tournesola has joined the party
[Party] Tournesola: I'm sorry, we went out to celebrate a friend getting an internship and came back a bit late
[Party] OldRamenMan: Nah, you're fine, not super late.
[Party] OldRamenMan: Congrats to your friend though!
[Party] OldRamenMan: Did you get an internship too
[Party] Tournesola: No….
[Party] Tournesola: Actually….
[Party] OldRamenMan: ?
[Party] OldRamenMan: You can tell me
[Party] Tournesola: I ... ruined our last party by being sad about failing the same interview
[Party] Tournesola: So I didn't want to be the party pooper this time
[Party] OldRamenMan: Ah
[Party] OldRamenMan: You're a nice person, Sola
[Party] OldRamenMan: And interviews are hard!
[Party] OldRamenMan: You'll succeed eventually
[Party] Tournesola: Yeah :)
[Party] OldRamenMan: So anyways, what mission do you want to do today?
[Party] Tournesola: Shouldn't we wait for Wulf-san?
[Party] OldRamenMan: Nah, he's busy working on a big project that just came up
[Party] OldRamenMan: told me to say hi though
[Party] Tournesola: Oh, okay
[Party] Tournesola: Please give him my regards as well
In their dorm room at Konoha U, Naruto leaned over and punched Kiba on the arm. "Sola-chan sends her regards."
"Hey! I can't wait till we start interviews and you're finally busy," Kiba briefly stopped typing long enough to glare at him, "And I thought Sola was a guy?"
He'd already gone back to his screen, otherwise, he would've seen the slightly guilty look on Naruto's face. Instead, Kiba just heard Naruto say as he returned to his game, "Oh, right. His regards."
[Party] OldRamenMan: I have an idea for a mission, actually
[Party] OldRamenMan: It's an A-Rank
[Party] OldRamenMan: But with your bloodline limit, I think the two of us can do it
[Party] OldRamenMan: And you've been getting really good with your Byakugan!
[Party] Tournesola: I thought the highest we've done is B-Rank?
[Party] Tournesola: But if you think so, I'm willing to try.
[Party] OldRamenMan: Yosh!
[Party] OldRamenMan: Okay, all you have to do is find the bombs in the human bodies…
(o_O)?
Neji looked up when his alarm went off, five minutes before he and his… what did CL call it? Static? were due to meet for their regular mission time. He had to admit, while he wouldn't normally waste his time on games if it hadn't been for his plan to get evidence of Haruno's perfidy, this game wasn't as much of a waste of time as he had thought. It was quite entertaining, as far as frivolous activities went. In addition, it seemed like Haruno trusted him and considered him a friend now. His plan was proceeding quite nicely.
He frowned when he arrived at their designated meeting place and only saw CL there. Haruno wasn't there. Even CL seemed less exuberant than usual. He debated whether he should say something to CL, but before he could come up with an adequate response, Haruno arrived.
[Whisper to SpinFan96] SharpAndPointy: I'm here!
[Whisper to SpinFan96] SharpAndPointy: I'm not late, am I?
[Whisper] SpinFan96: Not materially
[Whisper] SpinFan96: CL does not seem like their normal upbeat self
[Whisper to SpinFan96] SharpAndPointy: I thought you found that annoying
[Whisper] SpinFan96: I find the lack more disconcerting
[Party] System: SpinFan96 has invited you to join his party. Type Y to accept, N to refuse
[Party] SharpAndPointy: Y
[Party] System: SharpAndPointy has joined the party
[Party] SharpAndPointy: Sorry I'm late! Internship celebration party went over time
[Party] SharpAndPointy: I'm gainfully employed for the summer!
[Party] SpinFan96: Congratulations
[Party] Chun_Lee: Wow, really!?
[Party] Chun_Lee: Congrats!
[Party] Chun_Lee: This calls for an in-game party too
[Party] Chun_Lee: I need something to celebrate these days, anyways
[Party] SharpAndPointy: Uh, sure I guess
[Party] SharpAndPointy: What happened?
[Party] Chun_Lee: Clan stuff
[Party] Chun_Lee: I'm worried about losing one of my oldest friends in this game
[Party] Chun_Lee: She quit my clan over some stupid drama
[Party] Chun_Lee: And… Iunno, I'm feeling a bit useless about it.
[Party] Chun_Lee: I couldn't stop her
[Party] SpinFan96: Sometimes, it's just time for some things to end, no matter what you do
[Party] SharpAndPointy: Don't feel too bad about it, CL
Elsewhere in the men's dorms at Konoha U, Neji's brows furrowed as he read the messages. He wondered if that applies to other areas of her life… or her work, if you can call compensated dating that. Then again, she hadn't received any large, suspect sums of money since he'd confronted her, so maybe she'd wised up... especially if she had a summer internship lined up. He'd better continue to monitor her, though. He didn't want her to be a bad influence.
What he didn't admit, even to himself, was that he was worried about Haruno's influence not only on his impressionable younger cousin but also on his peppy, unintentionally hilarious deskmate in History of Warfare. Instead, he redirected the conversation in chat.
[Party] SpinFan96: So how exactly does one throw a party in this game?
[Party] SharpAndPointy: I would like to know this too
[Whisper] SpinFan96: I can tell that you are mocking me
[Whisper to SpinFan96] SharpAndPointy: :)
[Party] Chun_Lee: Well, there's a couple silly, fun missions that we can do just for laughs
[Party] Chun_Lee: But I think we should do the Curry of Life one
[Party] Chun_Lee: See who's the biggest wimp
[Party] Chun_Lee: Believe it or not, it's an A-Rank mission and totally based on luck [Party] SharpAndPointy: Oh! Sounds fun
[Party] SharpAndPointy: I'm down
[Party] SpinFan96: I do not usually deal well with spice in the real world
[Party] SpinFan96: I hope my luck with this game is more advantageous
[Party] Chun_Lee: Don't worry, so long as one of us can finish the bowl we can pass the mission
[Party] Chun_Lee: We just need to dodge the flames.
[Party] SharpAndPointy: ?
(o_O)?
"Holy crap!" Tenten yelled, startling everyone else in the dorm from their deep concentration.
"Dammit Tenten!" Temari yelled back, looking up from her notebook, where her hand had skidded off the page and left a giant pencil slash behind.
"I-Is everything okay, Tenten-chan?"
"I just got roasted by someone eating curry!" She complained loudly, "Like, dead in five seconds roasted!"
"Oh, you guys are doing the Curry of Life mission?" Sakura smiled, looking up from her failed attempt at gathering rare materials, "Someone on your team must have no spicy resist at all."
"Who came up with these crazy missions, anyways?" Tenten complained, "I didn't even have time to dodge."
"I'll can send you a fire damage resist potion," Sakura offered.
"You're the best, Saku-chan! I think I'm going to need it, one of my team members actually passed out."
"Wh-which mission is it?"
"To successfully eat a whole bowl of super spicy curry in one sitting. It was an April Fools joke from way back when the game first started."
"Wait, I thought you guys were playing the same game," Temari interjected, looking from person to person.
"We're playing the same game but with internet strangers."
"What's the point of that? I thought the point was that you guys could play together."
"We hang out enough in person. Heck, we live together. Sometimes you just need a break and hang out with random strangers in-game."
"I-It's never a bad thing to have more friends," Hinata added with a smile.
"Or husbands," Tenten teased, throwing a glance at Sakura who'd refocused on her game.
"My husband's busy right now, so I'm just gathering advanced mats on my own," Sakura replied absentmindedly. Her words made the three of them turn to stare at her.
"Husband?!"
"S-Sakura-chan?"
Tenten snickered."You're actually calling him your husband now?"
Sakura blanked for a second, then felt her face go up in flames. Shannaro! I got too used to certain things in-game! Ahhh it's all Meister's fault with that nickname! "It's too long to keep saying "my in-game husband" and anyways, you guys know what I mean! I'm not married!"
"Of course not, he hasn't even taken us all out for dinner yet. I refuse to acknowledge your relationship until we get a free meal out of it!" Tenten declared self-righteously.
"That's a stupid superstition," Sakura glared at her.
"Hey, Shikamaru-senpai treated us to seafood, and Temari took his roommates out for dinner too. They're still together, aren't they?" Tenten retorted.
"Shikamaru-senpai has his own apartment! He doesn't have roommates," Sakura argued back.
"My point still stands."
"You need a larger sample size!"
"GUYS," Temari yelled, "You're getting off-topic! The point here is, Sakura-chan, is there really nothing between you and that guy?"
"No, nothing!"
Temari crossed her arms. "Really?"
"Really, really?" Tenten asked.
"Really, really, really -," Sakura cut herself off in exasperation when Tenten and Temari continued to give her a skeptical look. Even though Hinata had already turned back to her mission, the two of them were enough to make her feel incredibly awkward. "Just take the potions already and go back to your homework!" She snapped, finally turning her back on the two of them.
"You buy that?" Temari asked Tenten under her breath.
"Not at all."
"She hasn't said anything about Uchiha-senpai in months."
"Very suspicious."
"I can still HEAR YOU GUYS!"
(＃`Д´) ヽ(￣ω￣(。。 )
[Party] SpinFan96: Are you still there, Sharp?
[Party] SpinFan96: Sharp?
[Party] SpinFan96: ?
[Party] Chun_Lee: We don't have to finish this mission if you don't want to…
[Party] Chun_Lee: Sharp?
[Party] SharpandPointy: Sorry sorry sorry
[Party] SharpandPointy: Teasing one of my roommates about her crush
Neji furrowed his brow when he read that particular line of chat. Which roommate? Since he knew SharpandPointy was Haruno, and he was fairly certain that the blond one had a boyfriend, it must be either Hinata or his erstwhile deskmate. His frown got even deeper at the options presented. No, she must be wrong. Or a bad influence. Hmph!
[Party] SharpandPointy: Where were we?
[Party] Chun_Lee: Well I have very little tolerance and it looks like Spin has none at all
[Party] Chun_Lee: I don't think I've ever seen tolerance THAT bad since…
[Party] Chun_Lee: since…
[Party] SpinFan96: Shut up CL
[Party] Chun_Lee: hehe
[Party] Chun_Lee: So I think you need to do the eating
[Party] SharpandPointy: Will do!
[Party] SharpandPointy: I have fire damage resistance potions
[Party] Chun_Lee: Those'll come handy!
[Party] SharpandPointy: My roommate gave them to me
[Party] Chun_Lee: Hey these are nice potions!
[Party] Chun_Lee: wait your roommate?!
[Party] SharpandPointy: Yeah?
[Party] Chun_Lee: huh…
[Party] SpinFan96: Can we get started? I have a call to make
[Party] SharpandPointy: You can just drop off if you want
[Party] Chun_Lee: We understand, Spin!
[Party] SpinFan96: I apologize for my abruptness
[Party] System: SpinFan96 has left the party
[Party] Chun_Lee: Ok before we start
[Party] Chun_Lee: This is going to sound crazy
[Party] Chun_Lee: But you know Sakura-chan?!
[Party] SharpandPointy: ?
[Party] SharpandPointy: Yeah?
[Party] SharpandPointy: YOU know Sakura?
[Party] SharpandPointy: How?!
[Party] Chun_Lee: Yeah! We're in the same clan!
[Party] Chun_Lee: Player made items retain the maker's stamp
[Party] Chun_Lee: Or… I guess we were in the same clan
[Party] Chun_Lee: She was the friend who quit my clan
[Party] SharpandPointy: Oh…. that would explain why she was so angry last weekend
[Party] Chun_Lee: haha yeah…
[Party] Chun_Lee: I don't blame her for it
[Party] Chun_Lee: I just…
[Party] Chun_Lee: don't want to lose my friend, you know?
[Party] SharpandPointy: Yeah I understand
[Party] Chun_Lee: Anyways
[Party] Chun_Lee: Enough of me being maudlin
[Party] Chun_Lee: Let's eat some curry!
(´-ω-`( _ _ )
I really really hope my Chakra lasts… Hinata bit her lip, her eyes glued to her screen. They were so close to finishing their mission. I've never seen my Chakra this low, though, I wonder what happens when you totally exhaust it.
[Party] OldRamenMan: Sola-chan! Be careful, your chakra is super low!
[Party] OldRamenMan: You're going to faint and suffer a lot of physical damage if it runs out
Just a little bit more… She ignored Ramen-san's well-intentioned warning and pushed on. Just as she tagged the last zombie, though, her Chakra bar hit 0.
Before she could even brace for virtual impact, though, Ramen-san had somehow emoted and caught her avatar in-game. Instead of losing all her health and dying in-game, as she expected, he managed to catch her in his arm and still take out her last marked target with a powerful kick. Her health bar held steady at a quarter full.
"I-I didn't know he could do that…," Hinata murmured.
"Do what?" Sakura asked.
"Hm? O-Oh-" but before she could respond, her phone went off. Looking down, she saw she'd missed six text messages from her older male cousin.
It must be urgent. "H-Hello?" Hinata picked up with a trace of trepidation while she typed a quick message to Ramen-san letting him know she would be right back.
"Hinata-sama."
"N-Neji-nii-sama?"
"..." the awkward silence stretched taut.
"I-Is there something?"
"Has your father mentioned arranging an apartment for you for the summer?" her cousin finally asked.
"N-Not yet. B-But…" Hinata didn't want to admit to her cousin that despite all the resumes she'd sent out, she'd only gotten the one interview and failed it. Most of her classmates didn't have one yet, but still.
"If you intend to spend your summer on an internship, you should arrange it sooner rather than later. The clan owns a few other units in my building. If you intend to work in the technology sector, the apartment is a bus ride to that area."
Hinata bit her lip, "W-Would it be possible to get a larger unit? O-One of my roommates also has an internship in the area."
There was another pause on the other side of the line, "Which roommate?"
"T-Tenten-chan."
"... Yes, I believe that would be acceptable. I will speak to your father about it for you."
"Th-Thank you, Nii-sama."
"You're welcome. You understand you're not allowed any male roommates, right?"
"N-Nii-sama!"
"Will that be an issue?"
"N-No!"
"No… crushes?"
"N-No!" Hinata repeated even more emphatically. She felt her cheeks grow hot. "O-Of course not."
"Hmph." Maybe it was just her imagination, but it almost seemed like Nii-sama wanted to ask her something else. In the end, though, he just told her, "I will speak to your father, then. Goodbye, Hinata-sama."
"Goodbye Neji-nii-sama," Hinata looked back from her phone call to find all her roommates looking at her again.
"What about me?" Tenten asked.
"M-My family is going to arrange an apartment for me this summer. I-I asked if they would arrange a larger one, since I know you'll need to find off-campus housing for your internship, so…" Hinata realized something, "B-But if you don't want to live with me, I understand! I-I just-"
"Are you kidding me?! Of course I'll stay with you! If I can afford the rent, that is…"
"O-Oh, you don't need to pay rent… I would be living there anyways."
"No rent?! Score!" Tenten cheered.
"What else did your cousin ask you, Hina-chan?" Sakura frowned. She still remembered her last encounter with Hinata's asshole cousin. That last bit was a bit worrisome
Hinata still couldn't make heads or tails of it, "... something about a crush?"
(o_O)?
"Are you still playing, Sakura-chan? Hinata-chan and Tenten-chan have already logged off!" Temari asked her.
"I finished my homework, Mom," Sakura retorted.
"Rub it in, why don't you," Tenten grumbled. She and Hinata had both moved back to the big table in the middle and covered it with their notebooks.
Sakura stuck out her tongue at her, and then went back to the boss she was soloing. This was her fifth try and the damn burning steel hadn't dropped yet. At this point, she was about to just give up and place a market order for the material. Just as she was about to open up the chest she picked up, though, a message from Meister interrupted her.
[Couple] Sm1rkMeister: use the new skill to TP to me
[Couple] SakuraBlossom: ?
[Couple] Sm1rkMeister: revenge
[Couple] Sm1rkMeister: Quick
Still puzzled, Sakura did as he said anything and used the couple's skill that they just received to come to his side. When she loaded in, she found her avatar in a world boss kill zone where the boss had just been destroyed. Reading the map chat though, she suddenly understood why Meister had called her there.
[Map] System: UWUKasumiXX has received the [Polar Ice Steel] from subduing [Three-tails Isobu]!
If you're going to harass me with a fake accusation of stealing your kill rewards, I'm going to make it true. Sakura grinned evilly. She wasn't going to waste any effort on this idiot, but since the opportunity had presented itself…
[Map] System: SakuraBlossom has challenged UWUKasumiXX to a fight for the [Polar Ice Steel]. Players get ready in ten seconds!
[Map] Nuxalia: whoa what?
[Map] Nuxalia: Aren't they in the same clan?
[Map] Y00bin: Nah, SakuraBlossom quit last week
[Map] CanonFodder69: SakuraBlossom Come join our clan!
[Map] CanonFodder69: SakuraBlossom Come join our clan!
[Map] CanonFodder69: SakuraBlossom Come join our clan!
[Map] CanonFodder69: SakuraBlossom Come join our clan!
[Map] System: CanonFodder69 has been banned from chat for spamming
It was a pathetically easy fight since Kasumi obviously hadn't been expecting it. Sakura simply punched the ground to throw her off balance, then hit her with a one-two-three punch which wiped out half of Kasumi's hit bar.
Kasumi got back on her feet, and Sakura watched with a bit of contempt as she started putting together hand seals for a genjutsu cast. Too slow. And who uses Genjutsu against a Taijutsu main?
Sakura recognized her hand seals, so she let her opponent get most of the way there before she very deliberately smashed a charged punch right into one of Kasumi's main Chakra points, totally closing it while also interrupting her cast, stunning her and knocking her over for a solid 15 seconds. Sakura didn't even have to use a gap-closing move to reach her with enough time to slam a charged fist into Kasumi's head, knocking her out entirely.
[Map] System: SakuraBlossom has won the challenge! She has wrested the [Polar Ice Steel] from UWUKasumi's hands
[Map] System: Are there any travellers who want to challenge SakuraBlossom? The challenge window remains open for another 7 minutes
[Map] UWUKasumixx: I can't BELIEVE you, SakuraBlossom
[Map] UWUKasumixx: How DARE YOU?
[Map] SakuraBlossom: come and take it back if you can, then :)
[Map] Y00bin: Ooh shots fired
[Map] ForeverA10ne: *****
[Map] SakuraBlossom: I told you what the consequences of slandering me would be
[Map] SakuraBlossom: Don't tell me you forgot already
Well, I wasn't going to follow her around or anything, but since the opportunity presented itself...Sakura grinned a bit smugly as she watched the anger that the UWUKasumi and the rest of her family poured onto world chat. It amused her more than it infuriated, the way they accused her of being an unreasonable and petty bully without actually explaining why Sakura held a grudge against them. I bet that would've changed the reaction.
Since it was just a game, Sakura didn't care much about public opinion. I'll just release the chat log on the forums if it becomes too excessive. Since she'd stolen a rare material from another player though, she was stuck in this map to give other players the opportunity to steal it back; if she left, she'd forfeit the material back to UWUKasumi, and that she definitely didn't want to do. So she stuck around and amused herself in Chat.
[Map] UWUKasumixx: Are there any strong souls out there willing to help me avenge an injustice?
[Map] UWUKasumixx: I really need that [Polar Ice Steel]
[Map] UWUKasumixx: And SakuraBlossom is taking a misunderstanding way too seriously
[Map] MightyEbisu: SakuraBlossom don't be too offensive
[Map] MightyEbisu: Just give back the drop
[Map] SakuraBlossom: Come and take it back from me then
[Map] SakuraBlossom: If you can
[Map] SakuraBlossom: Hurry up, the challenge window is closing!
[Map] MightyEbisu: Don't think you're all that!
[Map] MightyEbisu: You're just a taijutsu main without any clan or couples bonuses
[Map] SakuraBlossom: I can still beat you with one hand
Taunting idiots is actually kind of fun. Sakura grinned. She got ready, just in case someone did decide to challenge, as she could see more of her ex-clanmates entering the area. The next few lines in chat, however, made her mouth drop in astonishment at UWUAmi's sheer cheek.
[Map] UWUAmixx: SakuraBlossom I know there's been some contradictions between us
[Map] UWUAmixx: Especially since you and Fries broke up because of me
[Map] UWUAmixx: Kasumi admits that she caused the misunderstanding a few days ago
[Map] UWUAmixx: I hope you can be the bigger person and forgive her
[Map] UWUAmixx: Move on from that little squabble
[Map] UWUAmixx: And give her back the material
[Map] FrieswithThat: She really needs it, and I know it's no use for Taijutsu mains
[Map] FrieswithThat: Please be reasonable
[Map] FrieswithThat: I'll buy it from you for twice the market price
[Map] ForeverA10ne: Goddess!
[Map] Gamermama: Yeah SakuraBlossom
[Map] Gamermama: You're a top 10 PVP, this is really just bullying someone
[Map] Gamermama: Just take the money and let this drop
Blah, blah-blah, blah-blah, she just won't stop. Sakura wanted to roll her eyes in the game. While UWUAmi seemed like she was trying to broker a compromise, Sakura knew if she didn't do exactly as they said, she'd seem narrow-minded and greedy. Everyone knew taking the Polar Ice Steel wasn't about money. Trust Fries to come up with a solution that doesn't solve anything.
If the UWU family really wanted to portray themselves as the bullied little bunnies who were so sincere yet so pitiful, Sakura would just go ahead and expose them. She went digging into her in-game mail messages to dig up the transcript she'd sent Meister last week, but before she could open the forums to post the transcript, a name she didn't recognize joined the fray.
[Map] YoungRiceGirl: AHHHH SakuraBlossom-nee-sama!
[Map] YoungRiceGirl: Senpai noticed me!
[Map] YoungRiceGirl: You avenged me!
[Map] YoungRiceGirl: I just knew you could!
[Map] YoungRiceGirl: Hah, now maybe this UWU Kitty whatever won't go around stealing n00bs drops!
[Map] UWUKasumixx: what the **** are you talking about?
[Map] UWUKasumixx: I've never stolen anyone's drop!
[Map] YoungRiceGirl: Oh yeah?
[Map] YoungRiceGirl: [Forum Video Link]
Confused, Sakura nevertheless clicked the link and followed it over to a new forum post, where a 15-second clip clearly showed UWUKasumi ruthlessly destroying this Young Rice Girl. It was a faster kill than even the one-two punch she'd given Kasumi. At least Kasumi had managed to attempt to return a blow.
[Map] Y00bin: OOOOO BURN
[Map] Y00bin: Who's being the unreasonable ***** now?!
[Map] Y00bin: So sanctimonious and hypocritical
[Map] Y00bin: You can't even measure up to SakuraBlossom's pinky!
[Map] TeaSpiller: Hey, isn't Ebisu married already?
[Map] TeaSpiller: He's being awful close to that UWUKasumi
[Map] CandyStriper: So does that mean stealing other women's husbands run in the UWU Family?
[Map] SakuraBlossom: I didn't want to say anything, but…
[Map] SakuraBlossom: She knows what she did
[Map] SakuraBlossom: The truth always comes out
[Map] SakuraBlossom: I feel very sad to be slandered in public like this
"Is there a saying like Husband, like wife?" Sakura muttered under her breath. Meister would've been more direct and poisonous, though. I really should study his poisonous tongue a bit more.
She didn't notice her quiet mutterings had drawn her roommates' attention.
"Say what?" Tenten demanded.
"Oh," Sakura didn't even turn around as she replied, engrossed as she was in the on-screen action, "Just dolling out some sweet, sweet karma."
Tenten and Temari looked at each other again. They could read the same thought in each other's glances. She's so in love.
Oblivious to their significant glances, Sakura continued to wait for the timer to run out as public opinion continued to mount against the UWU family, who were standing there but very obviously AFK. Then the last person she would've expected to interfere entered the fray on the world channel instead of the map channel.
[World] Sm1rkMeister: Permanently buying [Polar Ice Steel] for a high price
[World] CarryawaySeed: Woaaaah!
[World] Ratinger: Legend!
[World] BunnyG1rlSuit: GOAT!
[World] LuminaSparks: Omgomgomg I need a screenshot
[World] GamerMama: Who is this dude?
[World] YongLiNiu: A legend, bro. Pure legend
[World] XueNuanNuan: ahhhhhhhh
Was I more dignified when I met Meister for the first time? Sakura tried to remember, then…
Nevermind. I better not.
Instead, she messaged him privately
[Couple] SakuraBlossom: Is it your sockpuppet account?
[Couple] SakuraBlossom: The timing's a bit too perfect
[Couple] Sm1rkMeister: Old Man's
[Couple] Sm1rkMeister: He and RollOut made new accounts and stole her kills, so she retaliated
[Couple] SakuraBlossom: Ohh that explains why it was just showing the short fight
[Couple] SakuraBlossom: How devious and sneaky
[Couple] Sm1rkMeister: JKHDFnb
[Couple] Sm1rkMeister: It was my idea! They're innocent!
[Couple] SakuraBlossom: Oh
[Couple] SakuraBlossom: Meister you are too awesome!
Somewhere in the Konoha U male dorm, Naruto fell over when Sasuke shoved him aside to reclaim his keyboard.
"Your wife is biased!" Naruto complained loudly.
"She's my wife, who else should she be biased towards?" Sasuke replied. He ignored the spluttering Naruto, but a faint smirk quirked at the edge of his lips.
[World] Ratinger: Wait Meister, are you gathering [Polar Ice Steel] to craft a genjustu thing?
[World] BunnyG1rlSuit: weapon, armour or accessory?
[World] Sm1rkMeister: No
[World] LuminaSparks: ?
[World] MagnosAndSoda: Why then?
[World] Sm1rkMeister: To let my dear wife play with them
Somewhere in the Konoha U female dorms, Sakura could feel the hot blush slowly creep up her face as she stared, frozen, at the world chat. When she'd reached the last line, her brain exploded.
AN: Sasuke has a thing for strong, non-verbal shows of affection, neh? I dig!
This chapter does have a very special cameo for one of my very earliest of commenters - Thank you for your encouragement all along, and I hope you enjoyed the cameo! If you'd like to make a cameo, drop a line - I really hate coming up with social media/gaming handles when I'm writing (she says, as she writes two fics with heavy chat/social media elements), so it does help to have people come up with ideas for me, HAH. We're really getting into the brazen flirting part of online relationship where you're in love but it's not real so you can say anything you want - anyone ever been in one and know what I mean? That phase is so very special and transient, so y'all will just have to excuse me while I wantonly indulge (even if you may think it's a bit OOC), because EEEEEEEE my shipper heart. Anyways! This chapter is out a bit earlier than expected thanks to the excellent work of my Beta, Reglee, as always. Also thank you all for the lovely encouragement and understanding last chapter, I appreciate the heck out of all you. Things are... starting to clear up? We'll see how long it lasts though, lol. Also, I promise notes WILL make it onto Tumblr (for last chapter and this one), so check them out if that's your jam. As always, comments, reviews, kudos, favourites, bookmarks, follows, and little crabs carrying little signs always make my day. Thanks for stopping by, and see you soon!