Granted, neither one had been able to go all out in the match - to do so would have meant complete destruction of the training field that held so many memories and sentiment - but she had managed, at the very least, to show off a few new moves that he had yet to see. Tenten was strongest in Earth Nature, after all, and, in taking to the treeline, had done her best to keep him grounded in the open field. Upturned earth and deep treads in the dirt showed just how much she had improved.
Already in the process of picking up her weapons from the scattered mess, she paused and idly twirled the kunai in her hand as the young man approached. "...No. You're not interrupting anything, Lord Hokage. We were just finishing."
And while the kunoichi addressed the leader of their village with the usual level of respect, there was little denying a certain tone laced into her words. Because he wasn't just her leader, now. Not any more, officially, as of a few days prior. And like a child clinging to the only parent she had known since the death of her own father, Tenten found herself struggling to accept it.
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Already in the process of picking up her weapons from the scattered mess, she paused and idly twirled the kunai in her hand as the young man approached. "...No. You're not interrupting anything, Lord Hokage. We were just finishing."
And while the kunoichi addressed the leader of their village with the usual level of respect, there was little denying a certain tone laced into her words. Because he wasn't just her leader, now. Not any more, officially, as of a few days prior. And like a child clinging to the only parent she had known since the death of her own father, Tenten found herself struggling to accept it.