As Ryoko worked her way quietly through the crowd of parents and family congratulating the newly graduated, she heard a few muttered remarks.
"He's the only one that didn't graduate huh?" a woman was saying.
"Hmm, serves him right," another said. "Can you imagine him as a ninja?"
"Isn't…"
"Sumimasen," Ryoko said, interrupting. "W..why would Uzumaki-san not be a g…good ninja?"
"Don't you…" the woman stopped as she saw Ryoko and realized how old she was. "Oh, you wouldn't be old enough to know, just he's not someone you can trust."
"Tha…that is not very fair," Ryoko protested somehow managing to be firm despite the stuttering.
"You wouldn't understand girl," the other woman said as both started to walk away.
Ryoko bit her lip, though it didn't seem to be in nervousness this time, more like she was trying to keep herself from saying something. There was a slight difference in her normally skittish frame that seemed to imply an idea that wouldn't bend underneath somewhere.
She was about to follow when a hand on her shoulder stopped her.
"You can't convince them," the old Hokage said. "Only Naruto can do that."
Ryoko blinked in almost sheer awe as the old warrior smiled at her and then passed forward to call Iruka-sensei into the school for a moment.
"I wish I could do that," Hinata said, watching the scene with the women and Ryoko from around a corner. "I…I can't stand up for Naruto-kun like that."
When she turned back to watch Naruto some more, however, the blonde had already left somewhere.
The Hyuuga sighed in disappoint and then blinked as a yellow fox started skittering past her, low to the ground and weaving in and among people, trying to avoid being noticed.
"What…?" Hinata asked. "Isn't that one of the younger students' transformations….?"
Joseibi's efforts, however, were for not as her elder sister suddenly appeared in her path and bent down to scoop her up.
"WAI! Imouto-chan! You advanced! WAI! WAI!" Ryoko declared twirling around with the very embarrassed looking fox cutely before pulling her back in and starting a lecturing tone. "But we must talk about these grades. Your instructors tell me that you did not turn in that essay on hazardous plants for the survival course and I know that you wrote it because we went to the library for three days to research it…Now where can we find some hot water."
The lecturing continued as Ryoko started walking out the gate holding a mortified, if gently carried blonde fox.
"So…the Saotomes' morning training was ruined," Asuma said.
"And Team Guy got…extra training," Kakashi said.
"I think that's my bet," Kurenai said, smirking.
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(Posted Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:21)
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