Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-30269418-20161124192913/@comment-30269418-20161125152202

Satoshi was so backwards. She let out a laugh. Eating ramen when he somewhat disliked it; perhaps he was trying to switch up his everyday schedule, not that she'd know about what he did day-to-day. She had met him only two days ago and already it felt like they had faced the world and came out unscathed.

But that was a naive lie.

Umbrella; Satoshi didn't have one. She hated it when her hair got wet. Ah, well. It was already soaked. When he mentioned training outside of the village, she took the initiative. "Satoshi, I was already planning on doing some out-of-village training in the wilderness. If you want, I can make room for one more; there's a couple rules, though. We can't bring food or shelter; nothing but weapons. If we're gonna rough it, then we're gonna rough it. We could possibly be out there for an entire week."

And then he said that he wished he was like her, and she froze up. How could he possibly wish he was like her, who watched as her sensei died? How could he wish to be like someone who hesitated when they could have done something? Even if it was last minute, even if there was a slim chance, she still should have done something.

"Satoshi. You shouldn't wish to be like me. I'm not strong. Not yet, anyways. But I will be. I will get strong. Someone who is truly smart would have done something to save Kano, would have had formulated a plan in the first place. I'm not either of those things, not yet. But I won't let Kano's death have been in vain; it opened my eyes to a lot of things. We need to get stronger, Satoshi, and work together. Neither of us have any true strength, so why bother beating around the bush? Let's say it. We need teamwork. We need to become a unit with the same mindset; the ability to formulate a plan, stick to it, attack together, work together. If we go on this trip, then by the time we come back, I swear that we'll be able to work together." She said, the tension in the air massive. She didn't care; she wouldn't ignore Kano's death. It happened. Shit happens. As much as she didn't want to see her previous sensei's head rolling off of its shoulders whenever she closed her eyes, it happened anyways. If they kept avoiding this, kept dancing around it, nothing would change. So, she needed to push herself, and Satoshi, into the topic that they definetely didn't want to talk about. With anyone else, she wouldn't dare bring it up. She wouldn't even respond; she'd most likely walk away. But, with the only other person who was there and saw the ordeal, who experienced the same feeling that she did, there needed to be some sort of peace of mind between them. Otherwise, they'd be too distracted to get stronger.