Interjections
It wasn't arrogance. It was beauty, or fate, or luck of the draw. It was careful skill and deadly intention all rolled into one sharp movement; muscles tensing and flowing too fast for cognitive awareness. It was light glinting in narrowed eyes, gleaming across bare blades. Providence rolled the dice, and blithely ignored all responsibility in regards to the outcome, more than happy to sit back and watch the show.
Sasuke shifted, one foot scuffing across the ground in a deceptive bit of clumsy noise; giving away his position in an attempt to lure his prey close. Kunai held lightly in one hand, ready to be launched at the slightest provocation Sasuke balanced his weight on the balls of his feet and listened as much as looked for his foe.
Eyes whirling like lazy fractals, Sasuke waited.
And smiled as a flash of metal gave away his opponent’s location. Self assurance carried him across the small distance between the other and himself in one stunning burst of speed.
It wasn’t arrogance. Not when he actually was, be it due to some fluke or flaw in regards to cosmic accounting or the result of solid human tenacity, that good.
Sasuke shifted, one foot scuffing across the ground in a deceptive bit of clumsy noise; giving away his position in an attempt to lure his prey close. Kunai held lightly in one hand, ready to be launched at the slightest provocation Sasuke balanced his weight on the balls of his feet and listened as much as looked for his foe.
Eyes whirling like lazy fractals, Sasuke waited.
And smiled as a flash of metal gave away his opponent’s location. Self assurance carried him across the small distance between the other and himself in one stunning burst of speed.
It wasn’t arrogance. Not when he actually was, be it due to some fluke or flaw in regards to cosmic accounting or the result of solid human tenacity, that good.
