Takani didn't talk. She just sat in the back of the classroom, staring off into space. No one paid any attention to her.
When she first started attending the ninja academy, Iruka had been worried, but he soon understood that he would not be able to coax her to speak. Nothing worked.
"Do you know the answer, Takani?" he would occasionally ask. She'd nod.
"Can you tell us?"
The class would laugh. She'd just stare into Iruka's eyes until he felt uncomfortable and looked away. It worked every time. He'd never heard her speak, never heard her voice. He doubted that anyone in the Village Hidden in the Leaves had.