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sunshineverse2014-07-14 12:03 am
notveryspecial) wrote in sunshineverse2014-07-14 12:03 am
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At what point does poking the Hokage with pointy things become treason? [Closed]
Who: Sakura Haruno and The Confusing Hokage
Where: Some training field not taken up by self-destructive ninja
When: July 4th, late morning
Notes: Sparring with the Hokage is probably its own special kind of punishment.
She'd spent some time the day and night before debating over whether she should show up at all. Even though it was clear by the time she left the Hokage office that his invitation wasn't expressly to knock her down from somewhere she wasn't, she didn't necessarily want to fail to meet an unreasonable expectation he had of her either.
She was also a little concerned over the talk of Jounin exams, given that she'd be obligated to prepare for those instead of doing...other...important things she would otherwise do (which mostly involved not whatever horrible genjutsu training Shisui would line up for her, or grueling kenjutsu programs Shirakumo-sensei would). Just not arriving would dissuade him of any ideas he had about that.
It was a distinct possibility she considered. But then, avoiding Pein just seemed to encourage him. If she just did her best and showed him her actual level of skill, it was probably a better deterrent than avoiding him completely.
...Besides that, there was the conversation she'd had with Shisui the night before. And...she couldn't think about that kind of thing before going to test her skills, but...if she didn't try her best at least this one time, she'd probably disappoint him. There weren't many people she cared all that much about disappointing, but he was one of those she did care about.
So. Keeping in mind the instructions on the note she'd received some time after the conversation with the Hokage (perhaps when he finally realized he hadn't given her any specific instructions on when and where), she made her way to the indicated training field slightly before the time he'd said to arrive.
Even if she arrived on time and he arrived early it would have been making the Hokage wait, so it seemed smarter to her to be there first. Opening up a day right after getting scolded for omitting information on reports by being rude was probably not the best idea.
In the end, it all made sense to her, even if she wondered whether she should have brought a weapon less sharp and potentially dangerous.
If he wanted to use some sort of training blade instead, then he could just bring them. He did, after all, have access to the entire armory of the village.
Where: Some training field not taken up by self-destructive ninja
When: July 4th, late morning
Notes: Sparring with the Hokage is probably its own special kind of punishment.
She'd spent some time the day and night before debating over whether she should show up at all. Even though it was clear by the time she left the Hokage office that his invitation wasn't expressly to knock her down from somewhere she wasn't, she didn't necessarily want to fail to meet an unreasonable expectation he had of her either.
She was also a little concerned over the talk of Jounin exams, given that she'd be obligated to prepare for those instead of doing...other...important things she would otherwise do (which mostly involved not whatever horrible genjutsu training Shisui would line up for her, or grueling kenjutsu programs Shirakumo-sensei would). Just not arriving would dissuade him of any ideas he had about that.
It was a distinct possibility she considered. But then, avoiding Pein just seemed to encourage him. If she just did her best and showed him her actual level of skill, it was probably a better deterrent than avoiding him completely.
...Besides that, there was the conversation she'd had with Shisui the night before. And...she couldn't think about that kind of thing before going to test her skills, but...if she didn't try her best at least this one time, she'd probably disappoint him. There weren't many people she cared all that much about disappointing, but he was one of those she did care about.
So. Keeping in mind the instructions on the note she'd received some time after the conversation with the Hokage (perhaps when he finally realized he hadn't given her any specific instructions on when and where), she made her way to the indicated training field slightly before the time he'd said to arrive.
Even if she arrived on time and he arrived early it would have been making the Hokage wait, so it seemed smarter to her to be there first. Opening up a day right after getting scolded for omitting information on reports by being rude was probably not the best idea.
In the end, it all made sense to her, even if she wondered whether she should have brought a weapon less sharp and potentially dangerous.
If he wanted to use some sort of training blade instead, then he could just bring them. He did, after all, have access to the entire armory of the village.