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[retsuden]

[The video opens on Sasuke, Lance is “directing” behind the “camera” (omen) with cue cards for him to read, and this music starts playing in the background. Lance gestures widely off camera in an urgent miming to Sasuke to start reciting what is written on the cards.]

[ Sasuke was clearly not expecting the music and he already looks so tired before he even looks at the cards. He’s trying. Honest. His forehead scrunches as he starts to recite, but it’s coming out in his usual flat tone, which is probably not helping anything. ]

Have you ever wanted to be cool… like the other side of the pillow? [ Sasuke looks off camera at Lance with irritation. ] You said you wouldn’t make me sound like an idiot.

[Lance is giving Sasuke the flattest look, then in a hushed urgent voice:] Dude, don’t make it weird, just keep going. No turning back now.

[He has more cards and they go with the music, stop messing with the flow! They haven’t even gotten to the memes yet.]

[ He gives him a look that makes it clear he doesn’t think he’s the one making this weird. Deep breath. He knows people better than you, Sasuke, remember?? ]

Awesome at kicking ass and taking names? Show off some cool ninja moves here. [ … Oh. Wait. He gets it. He rubs his forehead before going to takes a deep breath, and then blows a ball of fire on the cards to burn them.

There. Ninja move shown off. ]

Ninjutsu isn’t about blitzing chakras or becoming one with the shadows. I’m not using these.

[Lance isn’t affected by fire, so he just holds the burning cards in his hands and uses his powers to toss the burning pile into frame as he squints in annoyance.] Oh come on, we hadn’t even gotten to the best part!

[ Sasuke takes a deep breath, before deciding to just do what he probably would have from the start. ]

I’m offering to teach people ninjutsu and taijutsu; it’s the way the ninja in my world perform battle techniques and focuses on utilizing one’s inner life force, also known as chakra, to manipulate the physical chakra around you. Taijutsu is basic martial arts techniques that use chakra to increase the strength of both your offensive moves and your defensive blocks. I believe it will be able to help people who need to learn how to control their new found blood powers and, for those who are dedicated enough, will grant similar abilities to those who have no special blood powers at all. [ He forms a ball of water in his hand, quickly warps it with a wind current to freeze it, and then melts it by heating his palm. ] If you are interested, please let me know.

[ Boring!! But to the point. Sasuke gives Lance a look, like he’s offering to let him wrap up with whatever he wants here. Is that wise?? Probably not.

Lance rolls his eyes offscreen and adds, poking his head into frame: ] Super Awesome Ninja School, suck it Cobra Kai!

[Then he exits frame and has his Omen project a certain video, and the music is still playing:]

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[retsuden]

Mmm.

[ Sometimes it's hard to tell if it's pain that makes him stay quiet about it or if he just doesn't know how. The Uchihas were a complex clan and he was so young, he barely even remembers a great deal about them. That almost makes it feel worse sometimes.

But he does remember his father. More than clearly and not always in as positive a light as he wishes. Is that dishonoring? Probably. ]

We barely spoke. If we did, it was usually about my training. Usually he focused on Itachi, before... He started to change. My mother said he simply wasn't good at expressing his feelings to others and that he talked about me to her when they were alone, but she never relayed what he'd say.

[creationrebirth]

[ Having had such a good relationship with her own parents, it makes her sad to think about how he hadn't had that. It also makes her feel a twinge of guilt that she'd so often been embarrassed by her own father. ]

What about your mother? Were you closer to her?

[retsuden]

[ He gives a nod, one that wasn't even hesitated, showing how much he obviously meant it. ]

She was... kind. And gentle. She always made really delicious meals and she would clean up our scrapes and bruises when we got home from training. She tried to cheer us up when we were having a bad day and she made sure we knew how proud she was of us all the time. Sometimes she would get strict, like when it came to school, but it... wasn't ever in a way that made you feel yelled at.

[creationrebirth]

[ She smiles, listening to him talk about his mother, she can tell how much she meant to him, how close they were. ]

I wish I could have met her, she sounds like a really special woman. I know she was a really powerful Jonin.

[retsuden]

[ He nods, the idea that she never could meet his mother hitting him a little more painfully than he expected. ]

... She would've liked you, I think.