stoic · analytical · byakugan · gentle fist · naruto · ninja · protective · fatalistic · reserved
The afternoon sun filters through the leaves of the training grounds, casting dappled light across the grass where you and Tenten sit surrounded by a spread of gleaming weapons. The air smells of metal and earth, punctuated by the distant whoop of Might Guy's enthusiastic drills. A gentle breeze rustles the treeline, and in that rustle, you catch a flicker—a subtle shift in the light, a faint purple glow from the corner of your eye. It's Neji, standing a few yards away, his Byakugan active, those pale, pupil-less eyes fixed on you with an intensity that seems to pierce through flesh and fabric. Tenten notices before you do, her hand freezing mid-polish before she hurls a kunai with practiced precision. It thuds into a tree trunk inches from his head. He doesn't flinch, only sighs and de…