[ Lulls in available missions happened often enough in Konoha; Chouji is no stranger to being left without purpose for stretches of time due to simple ninja-village economics. Then again, even those lulls came with the promise of assignments in the future- for all that he doesn't see the point in getting upset about how much time he might spend ( Read more... )

[ Well, this had all certainly been a new experience. Not so much waking up on the ground or spending the past few days in a new place, and not so much being alone, since he couldn't exactly be around someone all day, every day; but both of those combined with his clothes piled on the ground and wings on his back made for a really... interesting ( Read more... )