six crows (朱) action

[yourhatred]

[Despite the appearance of the newly created battledome, there's a small child training with kunai outside of the barracks this morning. He's drawn targets on sheets of paper and stuck them to the practice dummies. Each time he throws one, it strikes the center of a target with deadly precision

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/snails in

[savethelastchip]

[ A ninja is still a ninja, huh? One of your babysitters is definitely hanging out nearby to keep an eye on you. A kid is a kid, right? ]

You're really good.

<3

[yourhatred]

[That seems to be the phrase of the day.]

Thank you. [Itachi stops. Bows.]

[savethelastchip]

[ Because it's just that cool, naturally. Have a grin and a little waving off of the manners thing. ]

I didn't train nearly this hard when I was your age. I was always kind of lazy back then. [ Whippersnapper. ]

[yourhatred]

I'm glad that you felt it wasn't necessary. [And he says this in all sincerity.]

[savethelastchip]

It was pretty nice. I probably still should have trained more back then, though. You have to be able to protect everything you wanna protect when it matters, right? [ Sincerity garners sincerity. ]

[yourhatred]

[Itachi nods, smiling a little.] You're a very amiable person, Chouji-san.

[savethelastchip]

I try to be. It's never been easy to try being anything else.

[yourhatred]

Why would you want to be anything else? Chouji-san is Chouji-san.

[savethelastchip]

Right. [ Children, always so likeable. ] So are you going to be out here all day?

[yourhatred]

No, probably not. I'll take a break in a little while, maybe do a little more this evening.

[savethelastchip]

That's good. Overworking yourself is never a good idea.

[yourhatred]

Yes. I have to pace myself.

...Was there something you needed?

[savethelastchip]

Huh? Nah. I'm just making sure you don't run into anything dangerous by yourself while you're out here. You never really know in Luceti...

[yourhatred]

I think I should be fine. There are plenty of others around if I run into trouble.

...But thank you. That's very considerate.

[savethelastchip]

It's no problem. We're from the same village and everything.

[ But he won't stick around and push the matter because he's Chouji. Getting up is a go. ] Call me or Shikamaru if you need anything, okay?

[yourhatred]

[Itachi nods with another small smile. He really is appreciative.]