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sunshineverse2015-03-13 12:46 am
notveryspecial) wrote in sunshineverse2015-03-13 12:46 am
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Where: Somewhere in Konoha
When: March 8th
Notes: Sakura is injured and stuck in Konoha instead of getting to go out on missions or do things. It's bothersome.
She wasn't in the best of moods. In Ame, she couldn't really spend much time or focus on training, both because it would appear suspicious and because she was simply busy. When she'd returned to Konoha, once all the procedures were finished with making certain she wasn't compromised or anything like that, she'd gone to make up for the time lost training.
Maybe there wasn't a point to continue to train and push herself now that she'd made Jounin and there was nowhere further for her to go. She didn't know what else to fill her time with, though, and even if she passed the Jounin test, she still felt her abilities weren't what they could be.
She'd been experimenting with incorporating her summons into her style and jutsus, and exhausted herself more than she'd realized. Her injured leg was the result of that. It wasn't so bad that medical jutsu couldn't heal it at all...but it was enough to leave her stuck in the village unable to train properly and incapable of taking other missions for the better part of a month.
It was difficult to say whether it was a blessing that it was during her recovery that her two old teammates were assigned on a mission without her. After all, she could sulk over her injury and blame that, rather than face questions of whether she'd been split from her team completely now.
Making her a diplomat so that she could never go on missions with her old team again was far too much trouble. As much as the hokage enjoyed making her suffer, going that far out of his way was somewhat excessive when she'd done nothing personally against him to earn such ire. But if it weren't true, then it seemed just as likely she would have accompanied her teammates (where she belonged) on that mission if not for her leg.
What a bother.
She sighed and sat on a nearby bench along the road. It wasn't because she particularly wanted to enjoy the scenery or watch people move...but if she didn't take a break, she'd probably start to limp again, and that would only be more frustrating.
She wasn't really in a good mood at all this month.
When: March 8th
Notes: Sakura is injured and stuck in Konoha instead of getting to go out on missions or do things. It's bothersome.
She wasn't in the best of moods. In Ame, she couldn't really spend much time or focus on training, both because it would appear suspicious and because she was simply busy. When she'd returned to Konoha, once all the procedures were finished with making certain she wasn't compromised or anything like that, she'd gone to make up for the time lost training.
Maybe there wasn't a point to continue to train and push herself now that she'd made Jounin and there was nowhere further for her to go. She didn't know what else to fill her time with, though, and even if she passed the Jounin test, she still felt her abilities weren't what they could be.
She'd been experimenting with incorporating her summons into her style and jutsus, and exhausted herself more than she'd realized. Her injured leg was the result of that. It wasn't so bad that medical jutsu couldn't heal it at all...but it was enough to leave her stuck in the village unable to train properly and incapable of taking other missions for the better part of a month.
It was difficult to say whether it was a blessing that it was during her recovery that her two old teammates were assigned on a mission without her. After all, she could sulk over her injury and blame that, rather than face questions of whether she'd been split from her team completely now.
Making her a diplomat so that she could never go on missions with her old team again was far too much trouble. As much as the hokage enjoyed making her suffer, going that far out of his way was somewhat excessive when she'd done nothing personally against him to earn such ire. But if it weren't true, then it seemed just as likely she would have accompanied her teammates (where she belonged) on that mission if not for her leg.
What a bother.
She sighed and sat on a nearby bench along the road. It wasn't because she particularly wanted to enjoy the scenery or watch people move...but if she didn't take a break, she'd probably start to limp again, and that would only be more frustrating.
She wasn't really in a good mood at all this month.
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Thus, while it was no guarantee she would be right, she could only make one guess. At least if she offended an old teacher by incorrectly guessing it wouldn't be a political incident. That was a relief of a sort. "...Umino-sensei, perhaps?"
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At least she hadn't raked through a half dozen names first. He would have been horribly offended to be last pick if she'd done that and he knew it.
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Nor would she point out she couldn't remember which she called him. At least her forced diplomatic mission gave her some practice in interacting with village mates that she was...less familiar with. "It isn't already awkward to talk through someone else's mouth?"
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"It really does explain some things about his habits." He shook his head with a faint laugh. "So, all games aside now. What has you so upset?"
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She considered briefly whether his behavior might actually be explained by a strange energetic bloodline. Wouldn't Konoha have a history of ninja with behavior like his, though...? Maybe it could be researched.
But--she turned her attention from that quickly enough once he spoke. Was she obviously troubled? She...was failing somewhat as a ninja to display her emotions openly, even when she had no reason to believe she was being watched. Especially if she did so to such an extent that she had drawn an old teacher's concern.
She considered briefly what to say, under those circumstances. "...It's a disappointment to be injured and unable to take on missions for the rest of the month. Time moves slowly when there's little to do."
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Well, she could study more about combining earth and fire attributes to jutsu, but how much would Konoha's libraries have about that specifically?
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He was just watching her now, wondering when that part of her had stalled.
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And she'd proven herself twice over this month how much she'd yet to do that.
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It was a nice sentiment of his, though. "I apologize for disappointing you. There were many things I had to catch up on after graduating."
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...But her most recent notable project involved a level of genjutsu she wasn't readily willing to share with someone who might question where she'd learned such skill from.
Instead, she lifted her shoulder slightly. "I've been experimenting on picking up another chakra nature. Earth and fire don't easily combine."
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"Choosing an easy combination wouldn't allow for very much improvement..." An easy one wouldn't require her to improve her jutsu and abilities nearly as much as this.
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