Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Bonds of Beauty. Enjoy the 3100-word chapter. I do not own Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto, and a few others do.
Karin sighed and ran her fingers through her hair, perhaps it was just the fact she felt so drained of all her energy and relaxed. She wished to keep growing through life with sort of problems with it all for now and for good.
She did not even know what was going on, all she could tell was what was to become of it all… She could not feel anything at the end of the day.
"You look like you picked a fight with a tree," Souta said before he hummed. "What is a Kunoichi doing out here? I am not a match for anyone in my condition yet you do not look like you were assigned to kill me unless you are baiting me in which case, I would rather you just put a kunai in my throat and call it a day." Souta added.
It was not a joke, well… A full one, not entirely. She knew he probably was in disarray when push came to shove. He was not stupid or malicious and he was right. If she wanted him dead SO badly? All she needs to do is stab him and then move on.
Blood loss, the animals in the forest? Everything would take care of him for her and all she would need to do was let them do it for her… Perhaps it was just more than usual, a measure upon which they could not be fully judged.
It was odd, very odd, and yet she did not know him or her friends or anyone. She did not even see her friends anymore when push came to shove. All of them had different jobs, and different emotions, for now, to try and maneuver through which made it harder and harder.
She could only sigh, ready to try and figure something out, something about it all bothered him more and more unsure and uncertain of what to figure out.
He sighed once more as he clicked a finger against the roof of his mouth… Something that he could be able to try and see roll upon the next measure of mercy.
He was able to try and figure out when it came down to it all out. Karin was a veteran warrior who could cut him in half once more as she sighed and then yawned to himself,
He had a lot more to try and figure out as he looked downwards at the ground, something that would grow beyond it all for now. He had a lot more on his mind anyway.
Whatever could be done was a problem, something that cut through what had to be dealt with next. They had a LOT more to try and ensure and she sat next to him, nudging him with her arm as he sighed and laid away from her.
Was not like he could move, pain seemed to try and cut through it all. She was more terrified as she looked downwards at the ground, tapping her hands on her arms as she sighed, unsure and thrown off at the end of the day.
They had SO much more to see and try and fix that it would boggle one's brain to try and see it end any other way for now.
He had bigger problems, either way, to try and concern himself with and it was going to bother him very, very much for the time being.
Yes, so much more the better. So much better at the end of the day. All she would have and have not been going to be hard to figure out now as of now.
"Are you ok?" Souta asked before Karin sighed before she seemed to be able to yawn.
They had a continuing message that would sweep across the area as she sighed, too maddening for now, and yet she seemed to relax more and more at the time being… It was going to end as she ended it for now and for good.
Karin hummed to herself before she looked downwards at the ground, all of it seemed to be maddening for now and in a way that was not dealt with… She seemed to be able to relax, unsure and uncertain.
Yet? She seemed to yawn for now, there was a lot more to try and deal with for now, knowing that could try and figure it out as of now. Their issues were not going to be dealt with more and more as she sighed once again.
This was something else, something beyond the pale as she rubbed at her arms pondering what her options were against one another. This was not going to be something that he could relax upon now as she paused to keep looking downwards at the ground.
She sighed to keep looking for now and then seemed to be utterly unsure of what to try and figure something out.
There was just something to be done and dusted, and unsure of what needed to be done.
She paused to keep growing for now and then seemed to throw for now and then paused to keep growing.
"You, ok?" Shouta asked before he raised an eyebrow and then paused to keep growing for now.
She paused to keep growing for now, wanting to think for now and sighed as she drummed her fingers on her legs, thinking of what to try and deal with something for now and looking to the side.
She would not be utterly unsure of what would keep growing for now. She wished to keep relaxing, unsure of what would not be utterly done for now, and looked downwards at the ground.
She did not seem to keep growing and relaxing… Not wanting to pause to be utterly unsure of what to do next.
She looked at Shouta before she hummed and looked to the ground. She did not want to keep growing for now and then seemed to be tiring, paused to look downwards at now.
"You going to be, ok?" Karin questioned before she paused to look at him.
"I don't know," Karin stated before she sighed and then paused to look downwards before humming. "This won't be something I can deal with for now," Karin added.
"I don't know, I'm really tired," Shouta stated before he seemed to look downwards now.
"So am I," Karin stated before she sighed and leaned backward, kicking her feet in the air before she sighed. "So damn tired, and I'm not sure what will be done next and I don't care," Karin stated to which she sighed.
She wished to relax, she wanted to scream, utterly maddened for now. This would not be something to keep doing for now, she sighed to herself.
This would tire her, exhaust her, utterly maddened in the madness of it all. She wished only to let it all burn down around her and it could not be allowed to end and for good reason now.
It would not end the way it should have, not for a long shot to the end of the day… There was something that needed to die, chaos that he could not condone with all due haste.
Still? There were a lot of things that Karin was used to; she had been drifting apart slowly yet surely.
There was a lot of chaos for now as it came down to it as they crashed for now.
That sort of chaos on her mind was building up and it would crash eventually, the only answer was when and where it had been done and dusted for now and for good reason now.
There was a lot more to have to deal with for now as they came to the next thought of what was going on as she paused to think of what was going on.
She clicked her fingers and then looked to the side, pondering what was going on as she seemed to be thinking of it.
"You, ok?" Karin asked to which Souta nodded and looked to her side. "There is a lot more stuff at the moment," Karin stated before she seemed to be tired.
"I don't know how okay I even am," Souta stated before he paused to think for now what to even do. "I do not think I even know what is going on. There is not much to have been dealt with for now, too interested in what the next move is," Souta stated before he seemed to relax.
He seemed to be too interested to have been dealt with something for now as it came down to it. She rolled up her sleeves as she paused to look at her bites.
So many bites which reminded her to think of what to try and deal with for now and then looked to the ground, too interested for now as it came down to it before it came down to try and deal with.
This was something that Karin had dealt with for now, she had been too interested now.
She did not know what was going on before she did not know what was to have happened when it came down to it as of now… There was a LOT more on the mind, something which needed to be dealt with for now. There were a lot of things that needed to be dealt with.
All of it needed to be dealt with for now as he clicked his fingers for now and then looked to try and deal with for now. She knew at the end of the day what was going on and knew if anything. She would not be able to rest easy knowing what was going on before it was all said and done… What needed to be done was to fix it lest it all went tumbling down into the ravine.
Perhaps then he would not be able to deal with it for now. Such was life and life sucked to be able to relax. Whatever was done next annoyed Souta before he sighed, knowing what was to have done and dusted either way.
Such was life. Life was hard to try and fix for now and she knew him either way, she knew how to fix it… There was more to this than it could have been done with lest he fixes it the best he could have… There were a lot of things he needed to have to fix.
Perhaps he was not unable to have to fix it, he could not have fixed it… He could not have undone it.
No, not at all when push came to shove now. It had to be done, it would not be something to deal with before long, before it all ended, even then? This would not falter for now, something that it could end.
This all would be revealed, it had to be revealed sooner or later. Karin sighed, knowing what was going on, she had her own goals and her ideas, she could not let it be said and done easily… Whatever was going on? he could not allow it to get in the way.
Karin sighed and leaned on his shoulder, nursing her wounds in her way, she could tell that this was not something she wanted to deal with now or later.
To be fair? It was clear she did not much care if it helped… For as little that did? It helped enough, reminding her that she was not the only way it could end was something tearing it apart and tearing down what she had made.
And part of her? Part of her felt okay with that, knowing what was going on was just something else, something chaotic to begin with.
She was going to be dead eventually, she might as well die a shinobi… That and Sasuke seldom seemed to show up anymore. Granted, one would question her sanity on that crush considering she had been wounded by said man which had almost straight up killed her.
To be fair? There were a lot of things that would not end, could not, and would not when it came down to it anyway, that sort of life bothered her in its way… All such things were harder and harder to figure out.
All of it? All of it was harder and harder to deal with, knowing that did not help but it did make things more bearable with it all being said and done.
She sighed to herself, rubbing at her temples. This sort of chaos was something that she managed to relax as much as she could within.
The sort of chaos was something that needed to be dealt with now and for good reason.
All of it was going together clearly which he could not figure out at the end of the day. It was chaotic enough to figure it all out as push came to shove.
This sort of thing was chaotic enough to be dealt with now and for good reason. She had been through it now and she knew more now, knowing what was growing on her mind.
She was not stupid now and she knew that both she and Souta were on different ends of different errands, there were a lot of things that needed to be done.
She watched as he stared at her skin, not biting onto it once and she knew why. It was clear that such things were going to be beyond it all for now.
He had been too unable to try and figure it all out, all of it seemed to be done and dusted already, and there was nothing now to try and figure it out.
He had been able to try and understand it for the time being.
"You have been through a lot, I'm guessing?" Souta asked to which the girl rolled her eyes.
"Yeah, a lot. Bite unless you want to die for now." Karin stated as he looked at her.
"You sound like you need it more…. That or to get that Jutsu reset so you still have somewhere to bite." Souta said as Karin rolled her eyes.
She wanted to strangle the life out of him for that. Who was he to undermine how she was and what she had been through? What she was now was not his concern, it should not be if anything and she knew it.
Yet? She guessed he was trying to be pragmatic… And kind. She respected at least the gesture if not the idea of it.
The girl sighed as she looked to the side, rubbing at her arms before she looked to the side, pausing to let her anger come down from where it was.
She hummed and looked to the side with the same amusement she had been going through to the end of it. She could not deal with it at the end of time, not wanting the pity she had on her mind to exist past a certain point.
It hurt; it did hurt now but she could not do much about it besides scream at him for judging her. Still? It was not going to undo what had happened at the end of it once more, judging by something that needed to be dealt with.
Hopefully, it would be dealt with soon enough, or else she would go insane at it all in the time.
It was easier said than done, much easier than done at the time being, noting just how done with it all everything seemed to have been and for a good reason.
She could not blame Souta for how he felt. She was in no real condition to do much.
That and she was ready to collapse as well, fighting would only hasten how exhausted she would be later. The woman did not care much if she was in danger, she would drop dead from exhaustion at the time regardless and it would be as horrid then as now.
All of it became harder and harder to think, harder and harder to understand when it came down to it sooner or later. He held no such ideas as to how it would have been anyway.
Shouta did not know her; her friends did not know her… Nobody knew her as Karin paused to look at her scarred-up arms and realized she nor he had any real reason.
"You went from being all loud to being all quiet so quickly…. Are you sure you are good? Ok?" Souta asked as Karin nodded, resting her head in her arms.
"You sure you aren't all banged up at the moment?" Karin asked before she looked to the side. "There was nothing to deal with now rather than anything else," Karin stated.
She had been too interested in what was going on, she was tired and worn down at each way… All of it had been something to fight through for now.
She and he both turned and looked at one another with fascination or just plain boredom now and for good reason.
It did not help, not at all when it came down to it. All of it was odd enough to have inspected something too well known for it at the end of the day.
He sighed as she rested her hands all up and down her knees, too bored to think. Karin was fascinated as of now when she clicked her fingers.
She did not wish to let it end for now and for good reason as it seemed to be done and dusted.
Karin was eager to figure it all out and to try and deal with it once more, they had something else, something odder and for a tiresome reason, something that needed to be done and dusted at the end of the day and for a good reason now.
It was hard to understand. Granted? Perhaps she could and should believe he was going to be easier and easier to handle.
She did not know him but she wanted to… She wanted to try and figure it all out now.
Souta was silent, more fascinated with it than before. Something about it all just spoke to her differently. She wanted answers still… But she had NONE and she believed none would remain.
All of it was tossed away by the idea it would end for now.
Author Notes
Phew. Another chapter is done! I want to point out that the next chapter will be in 2-10 months and will be 900-6500 words and will be showing more of Karin and Souta bonding and more of their plans. Until then, Lighting Wolf is out!