The Gym, Sunday Early Morning

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Ino was there before dawn, putting her body through first stretches and then going full out against enemies only seen in her mind. A kick here, darting here, spin and punch there...

She fell into the pattern gladly, and in the back of her mind made sure that a small part of her was keeping an eye out for Liir.

The rest of her though was entirely focused on her practice. And gladly so.

[Ino is waiting for Liir, but the gym is totally open for all of your Ino-ish or gym-ish needs.]

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"Fandom thing," Ino agreed, "the common belief that feeding solves all problems. Though, really, Liir'll feed anyone."

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"H-he mentioned something about that," Hinata admitted. "And a girl named Cassandra gave me a plate of nothing but dessert."

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"Best kind of plate there is!" Ino declared, then wrinkled her nose cheerfully. "As long as it's not, you know, too often."

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Hinata considered Ino at that. "F-father wouldn't approve," she said, "but I h-had it anyway."

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"Yeah? Good. This place is good for making your own choices."

She stretched.

"Especially since back home they only know what you tell them." Yeah. That was a major point right there.

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"A-ano," Hinata flushed a bit, "your Father mentioned that i-it'd be nice if you wrote home more often."

Well, actually, he'd said a great deal more than that. But she wasn't repeating it.

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"I think about it," Ino said dismissively. Yeah in, like, a million years.

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She nodded her head, knowing that tone and knowing she wouldn't be able to change Ino-san's mind. "He misses you," Hinata ventured cautiously.

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"This place isn't easy to translate," Ino said, glancing at Hinata and thinking of Kabuto, "I'll try to be better at it, I suppose. You've got to write reports I bet."

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Hinata ducked her head. "Y-yeah."

Unspoken was the fact that, yes, she'd have to include what she heard about Ino-san in them.

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"What a pain."

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She bit her lip and hoped Ino-san wasn't mad at her for that. It was under orders and, and, well...

There wasn't much she could do about it.

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"Oh, whatever," Ino sighed, sounding frustrated, "I'll deal I guess."