Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-30269418-20161124192913/@comment-30269418-20161124195813

Rena's eyes flicked open. It wasn't because she was finished sleeping, no, but because she had a nightmare. She had intended on sleeping in, but unfortunately, because of said nightmares, she could not. Dog sat at the foot of her bed, whining and standing to traverse the covers simply to plop back down beside her. He was like a radiating heater; her hand brushed against his fur and for once, she stopped her blood from shifting temperature to keep her warm. She usually only maintained it for climate change, but this... she was doing this to feel cold. Dog was so warm that she wrapped her arms around him. Why would she...?

So many questions. She wanted to feel how others felt. She wanted to feel their pain, their cold, their fear. It was a strange wish but it made her feel more human than ever. Not that she wasn't human now, but she barely felt like it. Satoshi's expression when they first sparred, when she went overboard. He looked at her as if she were a monster. Like everyone else. The strange thing was... is that she didn't know where he lived. She never bothered to ask. They were too caught up in... Kano's death, to notice that they had no idea about anything regarding each other when it came to Konoha.

Would she see him again? Possibly, if they were on a team. But, their sensei was dead now. Where did that leave them? A team isn't a team without... She'd have to talk to Satoshi about it. Teamwork. They had failed immensely when it came time to actually perform teamwork. They needed to sort something out; who was the leader? Yes, there was a sensei, but who would lead the team in times of needing formation? Who would be the first/last to attack or the one to make plans? Who would direct them when it came to teamwork?

They needed to figure these things out. Even with their sensei gone, they needed to move on; they needed to be better in honor of their late sensei. Of course, when it came to topics like this, Rena's mind always snapped to 'their'. She assumed Satoshi thought the same as her; after all, what the toad had said regarding their sensei... that he wouldn't be happy to see them mourning...

She removed her hands from Dog, sliding out of bed and standing. As she got dressed, she turned back to look at him. "I'm going for a walk, but you need to stay here." In response, Dog whined, but she shook her head. Dawn hadn't broke through the sky yet, and it was still dark and early in the morning. Yet still, it was raining.

She hadn't bothered with an umbrella.

In fact, she found herself, after a couple minutes, staring at Kano's grave. She barely knew the guy. Hell, he hadn't been their sensei for even a day. And, yet...

This was the result.