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Dani jumped just slightly. She wasn't a good one for handling surprises, you see. She turned to Fade, at the moment a stranger, and looked at her with her own calculating expression, her chubby cheeks pressing her eyes into a squint. Kid? ... Since when is seventeen a kid in this culture? Whatever. "Ehm... Yeah, Genma's my instructor... Why d'ya ask?" Anyone showing interest in conversation with Dani generally just wanted to complain about the split personality shinobi on her team, or to poke fun at her weight. Since this didn't seem like either, Dani was curious.

"Neh... Who knows where Genma-sensei is. . He's not much of a hands on instructor." Dani stared dully to the side for a moment as she remembered what he'd said the day the last person on her team became a chuunin. Something about that being where his usefulness stopped... Bah it was more like where his laziness started.

Dani snapped back to reality when the second question was added. ".. Y..yeah, I am. Akimichi Dani.." Here comes the weight comments.. Well, Dani couldn't help think that, since that was how it seemed to always go. Maybe this would go nicer than that though. She could be hopeful. " .. Pocky?" Dani held out the box.

Dani was a bit surprised to hear that. An overlooked fact... if nothing else because the Akimichi preferred peace and actually did have rather nagging consciences sometimes. Power just wasn't their forte, so they didn't flaunt it. Rather akward to be praised rather than cut down, actually.

"Thanks.." Dani kind of snuck in, but tried to brush it to the next subject. "Yeah.. I am. Don't like that stuffy jacket though. Ranking doesn't matter much to me besides telling me what kind of missions I get." She held up the peice of paper in her other hand to sort of illustrate.

Shikamaru grumbled to himself as he walked out of his home. Since all of his classmates but Naruto had become Chuunins, you'd think it would give him more time to rest, but no. Today he had to go to and report to Tsunade-Sama about his last mission. It had been a while since he completed it, but decided to come home for a nap before he went and reported.

The first to have become a Chuunin out of all his year-mates, he was usually one of the first people called upon to lead missions. He always complained about it, as was his way, but really, he was glad that he didn't have to worry about his friends' lives being in the hands of some other idiot.

He finally arrived at the Hokage's residence. It had taken him longer than it should have to get there. He was walking slowly because he was sure that once he reported on his last mission he would be assigned yet another. His large Chuunin vest had a small tear on the left shoulder and he had a small scratch on his right cheek, but none of it was serious. He sighed slightly before entering the Hokage's office.

"Nara Shikamaru, here to report on my last mission, Hokage-Sama," Shikamaru said, bowing respectfully.