CnJ - Numb

I am in a state of numb
I cannot feel if I cannot feel you
I am in a state of numb
I cannot breathe if you will not breathe with me
I am in a state of numb
I cannot be alive here without remembering you

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The inspirational story/rp thing:

Dei sighed as he wandered around. He didn't know how to deal with what had happened earlier. That boy had been so . . . weird, almost dead looking. He forced the thought away as he looked for a place to either set up business or drink.
Aya was walking around Konoha with a bounce in her step, despite all the still fading bruises on her hips. The sun was shining, she was back in Ko-and there was Dei. She came up from behind and poked him on the back. "Neh? Dei-san, when did you get here?"
He froze, and turned to Aya. "A little while ago. I had a run in with an interesting boy." He tapped his wounded cheek in thought. "Really interesting kid."
"I see..." She touched a finger to his cheek, and started to burn out possible infection. "What was he like? Konoha, missing, other...is he even alive?"
"He wasn't wearing any type of insignia . . . but he was a nin, that was for sure." He shrugged. "Mute, short, red head with a choppy haircut."
This sounded oddly familiar. "Um...Dei-san...you sure it was a boy? Was this person have a flute or really bad in close range combat?"
"He only carried around kunai, shruiken and the like, no flute." He couldn't say for a fact that it was a boy seeing as he hadn't looked between the boy's legs. "But just like me, he wasn't too good in close range combat."
"Hmmm...." As the cut was mended, she slid her finger down his cheek, then away from his face. "It's possible that that was really a young woman named Tayuya...I hear she's real messed up right now."
"I'm fairly sure it was a boy, no woman could be that flat chested." He shook his head and touched his healed cheek. "And his figure wasn't curvy."
She chuckled, placing folding her arms over her chest. "The girls pretty flat chested. You'd be surprised...but I could be wrong."
"She missing an eye?" He asked, the patch was the one thing he had thought marred the boy's pretty face.
"She could be...I'm not sure, since I haven't seen her recently."
"Hmm . . . one thing that stood out to me was the way his hair was cut. His bangs were really long, but it looked as if he'd cut his hair with a kunai . . . weird kid."
"Hnnn. He does sound like a weird kid...." She shrugged, and peered up at him. "But it isn't important. You up to anything?"

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Also inspired by CnJ and Numb by Tapping the Vein.
This is Tayuya, the 'boy' who Dei's describing. u.u Does she really look that much like a boy?


My scanner's being really weird, so later on I might fix this up.

Last but not least:
Artwork © Kristen Gil de Rubio 2006
Naruto © Kishimoto