I've been hanging around the Nara clan's main house a lot lately. If it isn't Kinoko, it's Tonchiki, or Manuke, or Hema- those dumbasses always have some excuse, but I know it's just because they're too lazy and stupid to find their own salt licks back home, and too cowardly to risk the wrath of the boss ram. Thankfully, Shikaku-sama is pretty easygoing about the whole thing with our stupidest and most juvenile rams, and is always up for a rousing game of Shogi between beatdowns of the various rams.
He's also pretty understanding of me not being allowed to remove my veil or mask until I'm a jonin. I'm just glad I get to pick what color to use- red is my favorite, and it goes with my archery brace, so…
Shikamaru-chibi is just like Shikaku-sama. Except grumpier.
I was resting on their porch after a particularly head-cracking round with Manuke and Hema- I don't know why they've only just now considered teaming up, but Hana's Haimaru are much better at group fighting than either of those idiots. Well- Shikaku-sama went to get me some bandages from inside his house, and Shikamaru-chibi challenged me to a game of shogi.
He's short, and he sneers at me when he does it- which leads me to think… I guess watching me punch the stupid out of two medium size rams was enough to make him think I don't know how to play? Or maybe he just… legitimately thinks I'm stupid.
Just for that, I'm playing Go with him.
So, according to Shikaku-sama it's not nice to make his only son and heir have a minor hissy fit of frustration because he can't figure out the strategy I'm using to beat him at Go. Tch. It's not like putting my first piece in the center of the board is really that crazy.
Oh. Apparently it is.
So now I have to carry both rams back to the Fort.
Great.