[It's a dual shame and benefit to him that she can't read him as accurately as his Tenten can. There are things he'd rather keep from her, and then there are things he'd rather she see through anyway. Still, he can only expect so much of someone who had only known the worst of him.
He frowns at he question and clicks his tongue before elaborating.]
When Sasuke Uchiha abandoned the village, Naruto gained the approval of the hokage to organize a rescue team to bring him home, under the misguided impression that he could reason with him and bring him back. Including Lee, who followed after the rest of us shortly after we left, there were six of us composing the squad. Rather than meet and reason with him, we were forced to reckon with his new-found allies. In the process each of us were critically--some of us near-fatally--injured. Without intervention from allies, none of us would have survived the encounters. Lee himself faced against an opponent he couldn't possibly defeat to give Naruto the opportunity to speak to Sasuke and attempt to reason with him.
[Is he painting a clear and grim enough picture, Tenten? Because he can go into detail of just how severe the injuries were and how close a call it was.
Instead, after an appropriate pause he simply added] Naruto's efforts were rewarded by Sasuke Uchiha savagely beating him and leaving him for dead. Should Kakashi Hatake not have arrived and found Naruto when he did, it's likely he would have perished as well. Again: is Sasuke more important to you than the welfare of each of your other comrades and teammates?
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He frowns at he question and clicks his tongue before elaborating.]
When Sasuke Uchiha abandoned the village, Naruto gained the approval of the hokage to organize a rescue team to bring him home, under the misguided impression that he could reason with him and bring him back. Including Lee, who followed after the rest of us shortly after we left, there were six of us composing the squad. Rather than meet and reason with him, we were forced to reckon with his new-found allies. In the process each of us were critically--some of us near-fatally--injured. Without intervention from allies, none of us would have survived the encounters. Lee himself faced against an opponent he couldn't possibly defeat to give Naruto the opportunity to speak to Sasuke and attempt to reason with him.
[Is he painting a clear and grim enough picture, Tenten? Because he can go into detail of just how severe the injuries were and how close a call it was.
Instead, after an appropriate pause he simply added] Naruto's efforts were rewarded by Sasuke Uchiha savagely beating him and leaving him for dead. Should Kakashi Hatake not have arrived and found Naruto when he did, it's likely he would have perished as well. Again: is Sasuke more important to you than the welfare of each of your other comrades and teammates?