Thread: After The War [A Naruto RP (Yuna & Yajirobe's 1x1)]

Sakura Haruno RP PicsHarunoSakurazps692621c6.jpg RP PicsHarunoSakurazps692621c6.jpg Her head shook slowly as she inwardly scoffed herself upon realizing how stupid the question had sounded. Of course not everything had been completed .. but as he said, progress had still been made. And indeed, it would be a good start. She gave him a slow nod as he took his turn to ask on if the walk had helped out any. Yeah, it did. I stopped by Ino's shop to get some roses for them. She remembered perfectly how Shikamaru had reacted to Sasuke's return to Konoha ... but hell, he was heeding her then and there. She saw no reason to keep anything hidden away ... not if he would be generous and hear her out. Few within Konoha could even begin to do that ... though she couldn't overly blame some of them. Sometimes, the kunoichi did talk for too damn long. For a few moments, she had been confused on whom he was speaking of. But then ... the answer came to her Sai-kun. And suddenly, a new wave of guilt swept over her as she thought back to when Sasuke had returned. She had been so focused on the old Team Seven reforming ... that she hadn't dared to acknowledge Sai's presence. True, he hadn't been with Team Seven since day one ... but she and Naruto both accepted him pretty quickly after he had been introduced to them. He had come off as a very unusual individual with ... quite the revealing top. It was definitely not something seen on a male often, if ever. Her first impressions of him, now that she began to think on that day ... were rather unfair. She owed poor Sai a lot of apologies it seemed. In the end, he had been as loyal and devoted to Konoha as everyone else who aided out in the war. I must seem like the cruelest bitch here huh? She mused to herself, sighing lowly as the realization mentally slapped her. Some kunoichi I'm turning out to be .... A smile couldn't help but cross her lips, a low laugh soon following as she tried to imagine Sai dealing with the younger genin. ... Poor Sai. I wonder if he really understands what he just got into. Some of those kids can be quite the handful. Then again, I never had a blood sibling ... it's hard to try to guess when you've never had experience with the concept or field you speak of. When the task of assigning C and above missions were brought to her attention, she gave an affirmative and appreciative nod to him. ... Yeah, that was definitely the best course of action. Thanks though ... I almost don't know about sending anyone out. No one's really fully recovered from the war .... mentally or physically. But ... I'll see what can be done all the same. As Shikamaru went silent, her peripheral vision noted he was focusing solely on the clouds at this point. She hesitated, biting lightly on her lower lip even. As she let go, she finally mustered enough courage to speak up. ... What about you, Shik? You ... you and your mom doing okay? She, personally, had never had a family before. Her parents had probably died fighting the Kyuubi when it attacked Konoha so long ago many people's parents did, including Kurenai's she'd heard. It wouldn't astound her too much if hers were included in that death list as well. She'd just never bothered to attempt seeking the answer to that out. Still, Shikamaru had not been like that before. He probably wasn't used to being now mostly, nearly completely, alone. He'd had a sensei, father, mother. Now ... he was reduced to only having his mom and gods knew how she was coping with the loss. Hopefully well enough ... he didn't need anymore pain or suffering. He'd had more than enough hell everyone in Konoha had really.