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I am... I don't know. Nervous. Apprehensive. Both. Neither. Whatever. The point is, I don't want to go back to Otogakure, and I am dangerously close to pulling another year sabbatical without telling anyone. Because, let's face it, Orochimaru-sama isn't stupid, so sooner or later he's going to find out how stupid I was. Probably sooner. And then I will end up a bleeding corpse on the floor. Good thing Sound Village doesn't have a hunter-nin division, or else I'd probably already be dead. Not fun.
Anyway... there is something I've learned over the past several weeks. You can't really train a lynx, because they never listen to you. Here's a basic rundown of how my first training session with Janen went.
Me: Okay, cat, I don't like you and you don't like me-
Janen: *purrs and rubs against me*
Me: Okay, maybe you do like me, but that doesn't change the fact that you listen to me less than Tayuya does.
Janen: *proves this by crawling into my lap, circling three times, lying down and falling asleep*
Me: ... this isn't going to work.
When you get right down to it, after living three weeks in the woods with Janen, he still will eat anything that has the faintest smell of Sakon on it. However, he now brings back everything he kills, saving me the trouble of hunting, though I think this is because he prefers the taste of food cooked more than raw instead out of concern for my well-being. He isn't full grown yet, but considering I saw him kill a baby deer three days ago, it isn't going to be long before he's fully equipped to rip out my enemies' throats. At least he listens to me that much.
I say I will probably end up not returning to Otogakure for a while, but even as I write this I'm plotting the most efficient route back home. It doesn't really matter what I want in the end, I guess. For some reason, it feels like everything is about to go wrong, even more than it already has. I don't know how that's possible, but... I'm worried. I guess I'll just take whatever punishment Orochimaru-sama feels like dishing out and move on. I've missed out on too much already.
Anyway... there is something I've learned over the past several weeks. You can't really train a lynx, because they never listen to you. Here's a basic rundown of how my first training session with Janen went.
Me: Okay, cat, I don't like you and you don't like me-
Janen: *purrs and rubs against me*
Me: Okay, maybe you do like me, but that doesn't change the fact that you listen to me less than Tayuya does.
Janen: *proves this by crawling into my lap, circling three times, lying down and falling asleep*
Me: ... this isn't going to work.
When you get right down to it, after living three weeks in the woods with Janen, he still will eat anything that has the faintest smell of Sakon on it. However, he now brings back everything he kills, saving me the trouble of hunting, though I think this is because he prefers the taste of food cooked more than raw instead out of concern for my well-being. He isn't full grown yet, but considering I saw him kill a baby deer three days ago, it isn't going to be long before he's fully equipped to rip out my enemies' throats. At least he listens to me that much.
I say I will probably end up not returning to Otogakure for a while, but even as I write this I'm plotting the most efficient route back home. It doesn't really matter what I want in the end, I guess. For some reason, it feels like everything is about to go wrong, even more than it already has. I don't know how that's possible, but... I'm worried. I guess I'll just take whatever punishment Orochimaru-sama feels like dishing out and move on. I've missed out on too much already.