At the Kato Bridge now. I was supposed to meet up with Temari at the border but her carriers tells me that there are some mix-ups at a Sand checkpoint. Troublesome. You'd think being the Kazekage's big sister would warrant instant clearance. Damn you, woman, for making me wait.
I hate waiting. Being alone makes me want...another smoke. I promised Ino I'd stop but times like these stress the hell out of me. I think about Asuma and Akatsuki and the whole thing pisses me off, about how quickly good things can just turn to shit, how in one split second your mentor ends up a corpse and his fiance a widow. It makes me want to say to hell with this shit, drop this ninja drama, and smoke myself to sleep. I mean, I've been trying to quit. Choji made me try gum for a month but I felt like a camel. Gave that up. I tried shogi, but no one close to me was as good as Asuma so that fell through. Hell, Ino even tried subliminal brainwashing me but that only ended up giving me a migraine. I'm fresh out of ideas.