Heading back home, food and other necessities finally purchased, Ryoko paused to see Joseibi coming back home alongside one of the ninja chunin who handed her a scroll with markers she'd seen at the Academy.
Quietly, Ryoko stopped walking and leaped up to the roof of the apartment she was being provided and walked in through the roof access down to their place. She set the groceries on counter and put the perishables in the fridge before walking to the room she shared with her sister and changing out of her kimono for her black training gi.
She was out the window and leaping away just as Joseibi entered the apartment. The blonde Saotome saw the groceries still out on the counter and cursed quietly.
Joseibi sighed and walked to her sister's manga collection and flipping through them. Might as well have something to read while she waited. She settled on one and sat down irritably to read.
The sun was just coming down when she finally heard the door open and saw Ryoko walk in, training gi dusty and sweaty from her work out.
"You saw me coming in, didn't you?" Joseibi asked.
"Hai, Imouto-chan," Ryoko said. "You want to join the Academy here?"
"Hai, Oneesan," Joseibi said. "It's better than having Mom threaten to carve you and me up, isn't it?"
"Imouto-chan," Ryoko said, sighing. "She is not going to hit me with the sword."
"Then what else is she gonna do with it," Joseibi asked.
"S…she will g…g…give it to me," Ryoko said.
"So, because you're not what she wants, she'll give you a sword for punishment?" Joseibi asked. "What kind of sense does that make?"
"I….if you join the Leaf here, Joseibi-chan," Ryoko said quietly. "You do not need to w…w…worry about it."
"So, you're not mad?" the blonde girl asked.
"Iie," Ryoko said. "I am quite fine now. Shall I start dinner. I want to try a new recipe for egg-rolls."
"Ehh, whatever," Joseibi asked. "Where'd you go for the last few hours anyway?"
"Training," Ryoko said.
That was an interesting training ground, however, obviously meant for more people. She didn't get near the challenge out of it she would have if other people had been training on it at the same time. After all, she was usually no where near the traps she set off in her practice. As it stood, she was even able to start using the traps as weapons and tools against the field as a whole.
Whoever had set it up was a genius.
The next morning a certain newly graduated team was walking with their jonin-sensei to begin training.
"Now, I have personally set up this training ground as a trial to test the three of you to the utmost extent of your youth's potential," Might Guy said, the not even present yet sunlight glittering off of his unnaturally white teeth.
"Sensei," Tenten said as she came to the end of the path. "Is this the training ground?"
As the rest of her team topped the rise, Guy gasped in shock, eyes going wide in disbelief as he stared at the demolished training ground.
"It looks like it was hit by an obsessive compulsive tornado," Tenten continued as she pointed to the neatly stacked training dummies, organized in clear piles by, type, location gathered from and severity of structural damage.
"Ah…ah….ah," Guy said looking about.
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(Posted Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:20)
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