Sakura
From Create Your Own Story
By the time you finally get outside the school grounds, you see Sakura sitting alone on a bench with her lunch in her lap.
You note that she seems a bit downcast.
You and Tsukio approach her with a lazy stroll.
"Oh! Hi Okami." The pinkette notices you.
"Hey," You greet idly.
Tsukio lets out an annoyed yip at your feet. He wasn't pleased to be ignored.
Sakura's face lights up when she sees the pup.
"What a cute puppy!" She gushes and sets her lunch to the side. "What's his name?"
"Tsukio, he's my partner." You tell her as she scratches behind Tsukio's ear.
You keep the majority of the info to yourself. Clan secrets were not given out lightly.
"Partner?" Sakura questions, nonplussed.
You knew all of the students in your class, but it didn't mean you were necessarily friends with them. You knew their names and some basic background information you'd picked up, but otherwise, you didn't know anymore than circulated rumors and what little could be revealed in spars. The same went for everyone in your class towards you.
"In my clan, our dogs are our partners in battle." You reveal as you tug your water bottle free from your jacket and take a sip.
"Wait, so... Tsukio can use chakra?" Sakura asked, stunned.
You nod as she moves to sit on the bench again.
"That's so cool!" She gushes again. "I've never seen an animal use chakra! What can he do?"
"Our dogs can do just about anything we can along the lines of chakra control and enhancement. They can't use style jutsu or jutsu like Escape and Clone, but my clan has a specialized jutsu made specifically so our partners can use it, too." You explain what you assume is harmless knowledge. You were teammates now, so she would've found out when she saw you and Tsukio fight, anyway.
"How interesting..." Sakura wonders aloud, taking her lunch back in her hands.
Tsukio places his front paws on her knee when she lifts a piece of meat with her chopsticks. She smiles and offers it to him. The pup takes it hungrily, reminding you of the wooden box containing yours and Tsukio's lunch swinging from a string attached to your pocket.
You take the box and sit down beside your new teammate. Tsukio rises to his back legs in begging posture.
You knew it wasn't for the food.
You smile and with a knock of your head, you tell him to "get up here."
Tsukio pounces up and sits snuggly in the space between you and Sakura. Sakura fawns over how adorable he is as you take out a lidded container filled with the pup's food.
You and Tsukio finish eating quickly, noting that Sakura seemed very lost in thought. You rise to your feet and stretch.
"Oh, are you done? I'm sorry! I'm... Spacing out a bit." The pinkette apologizes with a glance at her still half-eaten lunch.
"Don't worry about it," You shrug passively.
"I think I'm going to go for a walk. Tsukio?" You suggest with the decision to let Sakura space out on her own time.
The puppy barks and is already off and bounding down the street as Sakura nods with another apology for being so quiet. You wave it off and run after your partner.
You never did end up finding Naruto or Sasuke. You could pick up their scents, but they were pretty far off from where you and Tsukio were. Normally, that wouldn't be a problem for a shinobi, but you were kind of lazy after eating.
Back in class while you were waiting for your new Jonin instructor, however, the boys seemed pretty peeved. Sakura was a lot more reserved towards Sasuke. Naruto kept running off to the bathroom. And Sasuke was just Sasuke.
Currently though, Naruto was setting up a chalkboard eraser prank in the doorway.
"No good Jonin would ever fall for a stupid prank like that..." Sasuke mutters with his air of superiority.
As if on queue, the door opens and a head of spikey silver hair comes into view. The eraser falls directly on top of the Jonin's head, leaving a white puff of chalk dust in the sliver pikes. It didn't make much of a difference because of the color contrast, though.
You strangle a smirk at Sakura and Sasuke's faces of dismay and Naruto's triumphant gloating.
"My first impression of you guys..." The Jonin begins sickly sweet. "You're all stupid."
Burn...
Sakura went into 'apologize before it's too late' mode.
You sigh heavily.
And I'm going to have to deal with this for how many years?
| Status | ||
| Health | 100 | Equipment:
N/A |
| MP | 80 | |
| Level | Inuzuka | |
