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coprime_recs) wrote2006-06-05 11:16 pm
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Naruto: Juppon Buki by Istoria
Juppon Buki (Tenten | PG | 22,014 words): Ten stories about Tenten and her life, all connected through her weapons. This is a fantastic look at Tenten, a character who's got as much characterization as a cardboard box in canon. But this fleshes her out into a whole person, one with enough sense and compassion and fight to handle her teammates as well as being a ninja. The secondary characters in this -- Lee, Neji, and Gai especially -- all shine as well. The end result is a beautiful story about achieving what life has to offer.
Excerpt:
Apparently, our antics had so highly impressed the family members that they were all calling our contactor to tell him that. Needless to say, we had a nice tip waiting for us when we got home and a free dinner on Gai-sensei.
But the best surprise was having Neji come out with us.
The hospital had just cleared him and now he was trying to make a show of being okay. We didn't ask him how he was, because Neji would have hated that, so instead we related our misadventures as couriers over the course of our meal. Gai-sensei laughed openly and was quite impressed when he saw the nunchakus hanging at Lee's side. Neji was quiet for the most part, but that was normal for him and to expected after his long period of recovery.
Until Lee began demonstrating with the nunchaku and hit himself on the head again.
Neji smirked. Lee got mad. Then promptly challenged him to a duel. Gai-sensei laughed, I worried a bit about Neji's injuries, but didn't say anything out loud, settling for complaining that it would ruin dinner instead. Neji, of course, accepted and we had to move things outside.
As we made ready to leave the restaurant, Lee tapped my shoulder and winked. "I think I see what you mean about him," he said, before skipping outside to prepare for the fight.
I had to smile at that. Lee had picked up on the fact that Neji was still not over his near-death experience, and that he needed things to be back to normal.
So what better way for Lee to help than to challenge him to a fight like he always did?
Excerpt:
Apparently, our antics had so highly impressed the family members that they were all calling our contactor to tell him that. Needless to say, we had a nice tip waiting for us when we got home and a free dinner on Gai-sensei.
But the best surprise was having Neji come out with us.
The hospital had just cleared him and now he was trying to make a show of being okay. We didn't ask him how he was, because Neji would have hated that, so instead we related our misadventures as couriers over the course of our meal. Gai-sensei laughed openly and was quite impressed when he saw the nunchakus hanging at Lee's side. Neji was quiet for the most part, but that was normal for him and to expected after his long period of recovery.
Until Lee began demonstrating with the nunchaku and hit himself on the head again.
Neji smirked. Lee got mad. Then promptly challenged him to a duel. Gai-sensei laughed, I worried a bit about Neji's injuries, but didn't say anything out loud, settling for complaining that it would ruin dinner instead. Neji, of course, accepted and we had to move things outside.
As we made ready to leave the restaurant, Lee tapped my shoulder and winked. "I think I see what you mean about him," he said, before skipping outside to prepare for the fight.
I had to smile at that. Lee had picked up on the fact that Neji was still not over his near-death experience, and that he needed things to be back to normal.
So what better way for Lee to help than to challenge him to a fight like he always did?