iii.
Standing before another demanding blonde for a whole hour was excruciatingly painful. The Hokage was lenient, much more forgiving than the Raikage, but it didn't stop her from sentencing him six months of house arrest—two shinobi from the Konoha 11 were to 'look after' (or "babysit" as that stupid usoratonkachi referred to it) him, two years of D-ranked mission—not including the community service he had to serve for at least two hours a week, before he'd be accepted back to the village as a citizen and should he wish to do so, be reinstated to be a Konoha shinobi.
Not to mention, he would still need to take the Chunin exams and whatnot to rise above the ranks of Shinobi. He almost scoffed before her.
Tch, he thought smugly with a smirk, as if my skills aren't enough.
"I also suggest that he undergo psychoanalysis, shishou," for the first time since his arrival, his female teammate had spoken. Her voice had matured, if that was possible, within the eighteen months he last saw her.
It was a breath of fresh air to learn that to hear her speak. He was beginning to interpret her silence as 'muteness'—which was what he feared to be a cause from the current of Chidori he stabbed through her being during the war.
The content of her words made him frown though. Was she serious? She wanted him to undergo through psychoanalysis? Heck, there was no way he'd seat for at least an hour for a 'therapy session' and talk about his thoughts and…ugh.
Onyx eyes narrowed into a glare, in which he sent to the direction of the pink-haired girl (womanwomanwoman, his mind reminded him) who suggested the ridiculous idea, before addressing the Hokage.
"I believe there is no need for that," he gritted out, scowling. And there was no need for such unnecessary measures; there was nothing wrong with him.
The blonde woman narrowed her own hazel eyes, calculating, glancing between her apprentice and the black-haired boy before her.
She sighed.
"Sakura," she started, "if he is to undergo psychological evaluation, you'd be the one to supervise his therapy."
He stiffened, and next to him, he felt Sakura do the same.
"Very well then, shishou."
tbc.
there is a reason why Sakura recommended the psycho-thingy, and there will be a hint on the next chapter (kind of). and thanks a lot for the reviews! i love hearing your thoughts.
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