sunshineverse | Briefly resting.

Where: Konohagakure, at the banks of Naka River in Training Ground D.

When: May 14th

Who: Adela Milani (

abileunaspada) & OPEN

Notes: Training just isn't happening, so instead Adela's just dipping her feet in the river and getting lost in thought over life in general. There's been so much happening, and although she's been keeping a low profile, how much longer can that last?

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The river water was still cold, even with spring shifting more and more into summer-like temperatures. The sweaty kunoichi just sighed as she looked to the sky, using her towel to wipe off her forehead and setting her shoes beside her before she let her feet rest in the river. That'd help her cool off, but she didn't feel right. It was weird, that training wasn't really clearing her head, but...

There were too many rumors floating about between shinobi for her to ignore anymore. Sasuke was in hospital for a while or outright not around, and she didn't know why (though she was partially sure it was mission related, there was likely a lot more to it than that). There had been kidnapping attempts in the village -- thankfully, those were thwarted but it still happened. Again. And the whispers of increasing defenses for Konoha, and political unrest in other regions... Maybe there really was war on the way.

Adela just sighed, her eyes on the sky. A war. She was probably lucky to have a moment to breathe like this, even if she was in Konoha. Her thoughts were interrupted when she picked up on someone approaching - even if she couldn't tell how she knew at the moment. That was when she sat up, looking around and calling out (though at that point not bothering to get to her feet just yet), "Someone there?"

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Lee allows her to talk and just listens. That's really what she needs right now, he thinks. Someone who can hear her words and accept them without prejudice or scorn. They were ninja, so the were expected to handle dangerous situations and the like, but war was something else entirely.

"It is strange," Lee agrees when she comes to a pause. "Private jobs are what we have lived for so far. The last war is not enough a thought in our minds. And while I have learned recently that the signs of unrest were showing, I did not expect it to escalate so quickly."

He turns his head, looking at her profile above a layer of grass. "We were too complacent. Or oblivious. But maybe we should have been more ready."

"Maybe we should... But is it so bad to hope that things would be peaceful forever?" Still, she knew what Lee was trying to say. Hearing him talk it over just made it more clear, and she knew that there would be no avoiding it forever. They had to be ready for war, and that was what they had signed up for when they all became ninja. They were the protectors, the soldiers, the aggressors and the peace-keepers. They had to do it all, and for what?

For the village... And for the people of the village.

"It really is surprising that things are escalating so quickly, but you're right about one thing - we do need to be ready. Otherwise, we'll lose lives that could have been saved."

"No, that is not a bad thing. It is dangerous to be stubborn, however, and not look beyond our noses." Not that he was criticizing her personally. They were all at fault. If only they had been a little more vigilant...

"I am not sure what to do to be more ready, honestly," Lee admitted, looking back up at the clouds in the sky. A breeze began to blow over his skin and he shivered. "Train more, run more patrols..."

"Hell if I know," A frown and she shook her head, her arms rising to rest on her knees and her chin resting on her arms. Just this situation had her blood running cold, in spite of the warmer weather. Talking with Naruto helped a little, but in all honesty she still couldn't keep her mind off of the war, and for what it meant.

"I wonder if it'll effect the alliances," The words were absent, but honestly she hoped they didn't -- at least not negatively. But, maybe that was too much to hope for, and she'd have to face him after all. Who even knew anymore.

"Oh, I am certain it will affect them in some way," Lee stated, pushing himself back up. He rubbed at his back, knocking off dust and bits of grass that had come up with him.

"I hope it means we will band together more tightly rather than avoid each other. It is numbers and trust that we all need the most right now."

"... I really hope you're right."

That someone felt someone the same way she did, even if it wasn't for the same reasons, was comforting. At last she looked to Lee, feeling a little more relaxed then as she looked over him up and down.

"I think I've rested enough, and you're supposed to be really good at Taijutsu right?"

Quietly, Lee prayed he was right as well. There was little they could do on the matter, really, except try to be there when the smoke cleared to forge a safe path for their village. Although the attacks were behind them Lee was sure they would not be the last.

He chuckled at her question, brushing fingers through his bowlcut to layer his hair back evenly. "I am not just good at it. Taijutsu is what I do."

She couldn't help it, she chuckled at the statement before she shifted into a fighting stance.

"Then show me what you can do. I'm more of a ninjutsu and kenjutsu specialist, and I could stand to brush up on hand to hand."

Briefly resting.

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