Ain't no party like a ninja party

[usedswift]

Who: open to literally anyone in Blackthorn City who wanders into the ninja party + friends
Where: Blackthorn City (mainly hotsprings but also anywhere)
When: July 23rd
Summary: Sasuke gets a birthday party whether he wants one or not. Lucky for him, he has friends (in spite of his best efforts) who'll plan one.
Rating: G? PG for violence

[ooc; general mingle log for Blackthorn City/Sasuke's birthday. Most of it will probably take place at the hotsprings itself, though like the 'who' says, it's completely open to anyone just walking by and wondering what the big deal is, or someone who's already there and then has their pleasant soak interrupted by a bunch of dumb ninjas.]

Comments

[uncagedforjustamoment]

[Fear was a crude word, but to say he 'accepted' it was patently untrue. He was no longer ruled and chained by it the way he once was, and so 'fear' seemed appropriate.

He shakes his head.]

I'm sure Naruto is far too occupied entertaining himself and Sasuke. [Tenten has been the only one to notice so far. But he would hardly blame the others: many wouldn't know to look for it, and those who did would be likely to think he was simply main branch. The few who might notice it was missing had been busy.] ...Aside from that, I'm concerned he might attempt to foist further eggs on me in some misguided attempt at celebration.

[usedswift]

Well, it is Sasuke's birthday, so I guess that's to be expected...

[Seriously, that whole misunderstanding a few months back about Naruto and Sasuke and whether or not Naruto was competition? Good thing that's over.

But then she laughs, since hey, she's given him eggs too, and he doesn't seem to mind caring for Yosuzume too much.]

But I wouldn't worry about him giving you more eggs for the same reason. But Neji... [Her eyes drift back up to the seal, or lack thereof,] Can I ask? About how things are now with you and the Main Family...?

[uncagedforjustamoment]

[He isn't really sure what that's supposed to mean: Naruto needed no excuses to spend all of his time fixated on Sasuke now that the youth was in range and in the form that Team 7 would have remembered him.

He waves off her comment about the eggs dismissively. It is one fortunate thing that his birthday is so far away from other gift giving days. He needn't worry about more 'gifts' for quite some time.]

...We...understand one another better than previously. There were things I believed of them which were untrue. [There's a faint smile then.] And before I found myself here...things between myself and the Main Family were settled in a satisfactory way.

[usedswift]

You mentioned that, before we were attacked. By Sand and Sound, I mean. That Hyuuga Hiashi-san had come to talk to you about something with your father.

[She clasps her hands behind her back and glances up with another quick smile. The future and this place had been really kind to him, huh? No mark to worry about, and even his anger at the Main Family seemed to have eased.]

I'm really glad about that.

[uncagedforjustamoment]

[What good is death and an afterlife for if not to give a form of peace and a 'new' life, after all. Another faint and fond smile.]

Mm. That was the time he cleared up a misunderstanding I held over a certain matter with my father. In fact you could say that the matter just before arriving here was the conclusion of that conversation. In that way...the future is not entirely bleak.

[usedswift]

[Her smile only broadens as she looks to him again.]

That's great. I'm really glad you're here so I can know all of this, Neji, really. I mean, I'd see it in the future, but for now, this is a start.