I'd do anything for my friends. Anything. Don't you ever forget that.
[His back is turned, and she's so tempted to unleash another bout of Vicious Mockery against him. She feels like she could do it, the way she feels now, like those words are the only thing that can slip past the coughs she's trying to swallow.
But her cheek still smarts, and even if part of her wants to fight, wants to gloat and fight and win, a larger part of her balks at the idea of fighting a friend. Because even if he's being horrible, she'll still consider him a friend. Just like, not very good of one.
So she lets the shield drop, whirls, and leaps off the opposite side of the roof. In the past, she's been too frightened of hurting herself, or getting killed like Minato had, to ever do something so reckless. But as she is now, she just hums a tune to cast Feather Fall on herself, landing lightly on her feet to head deeper into Shadowdale.]
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[His back is turned, and she's so tempted to unleash another bout of Vicious Mockery against him. She feels like she could do it, the way she feels now, like those words are the only thing that can slip past the coughs she's trying to swallow.
But her cheek still smarts, and even if part of her wants to fight, wants to gloat and fight and win, a larger part of her balks at the idea of fighting a friend. Because even if he's being horrible, she'll still consider him a friend. Just like, not very good of one.
So she lets the shield drop, whirls, and leaps off the opposite side of the roof. In the past, she's been too frightened of hurting herself, or getting killed like Minato had, to ever do something so reckless. But as she is now, she just hums a tune to cast Feather Fall on herself, landing lightly on her feet to head deeper into Shadowdale.]