A Daughter's Honor

Ministory #2

Ryu-ko and the Fishing Trip

Written by: Shiinji

Boredom.

The worst thing that could ever happen to a person.

Or so any 13-year-old person would think.

Ryu-ko sat under the tree in the shrine's yard, staring off into space. It was a fine summer day, but even that was lost to her while she thought about how bored she actually was.

Team 7 walks by, every one of them carrying fishing poles and supplies. She stared at them, thinking. "Hey guys!!" They look to her. "Where you headin' off to?"

"We're goin' fishin'!" Naruto answered with his trademark cheerfulness. Sakura was unnoticed, but she was giving the dark-haired girl a glare that could incinerate. "We have an extra pole. Wanna' come?"

Of course, Naruto would ask that. While Sakuya beat her fist in anger on Naruto's head, Ryu-ko thought about it. She's never been fishing before. It sounded to at least be a diversion.

"Sure." She said as she walked over to them. Sasuke gave her the extra pole he had been carrying, and she fell in beside him. "I wouldn't think that you would go." He said, keeping his eyes forward as they headed to the lake nearby.

"I'm that bored." She answered, and then gave him a side-long grin. "And who knows? Maybe we'll catch a lot of fish and have a great dinner."

Later that day...

The four genin sat on the edge of the dock, lines case and waiting for a bite. Ryu-ko watched the little fishies swim around in the waters, cursing silently whenever one decided not to bite her line or to just steal her bait. Evil fishies.

"Any luck yet?" Sasuke asked, shielding his eyes from the glaring sun that was starting to set. Having been there all day without even a bite, they were all tired. "Nope."

Suddenly, Naruto let out a whoop as his line begun up jerk and try to get away from him. He leaped to his feet, trying to reel in whatever he had hooked. There was a sudden huge jerk, and Naruto was pulled into the water head-first. Coming back to the surface, he saw that he had, in fact, caught Kakashi.

The soaking wet sensei glared at his three genin and Karma's student. "You know, all of you had training today."

They all look to one another, and realized that they had forgotten what day it was.

They were smart. They ran.

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A/N: Back again. This little ministory was a lot of fun to type, in my opinion. Now...I gotta' go help Kadiska-sama with Chapter Six. Later!