~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ 01/4/9 A.F. - Saturday - Year of the Monkey - July 2, 2013 I finally get to go home! It feels like it’s been //forever// since I got to see Mommy and Daddy. I was in the middle of sleeping when Mommy finally came to get me, and I fell asleep on the trip home, but when I woke up I was in my bed. I hope I get to see Tsiro-oniitan and Meruin-oniitan soon! ... Oh! I just got to see Meruin-oniitan! I was so excited to see him. //And// I got to give him his Christmas present! Mommy let me pick it out for him so I super duper excited. But he seems a little surprised when he got it though. Didn’t he expect a Christmas present? Who doesn’t like presents? He said that he had to go for a little while, and made me promise some things for him, but then he shared a secret with me and no one else. I made a pinky swear not to tell anyone else, not even Mommy. I wonder why he told me. Maybe I’m ‘cause I’m a good secret keeper. ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ 01/6/9 A.F. - Monday - Year of the Monkey - July 3, 2013 I met a new boy today. His name is Moto Kiyoshi. He looks a little older than me, and he just stared at me for a little, but then I asked if he wanted to play with the swing and he said that he would push me instead. He pushed me really high! It was fun! And... then when the swing came back down it ran him back and he landed on the ground. >.< I really didn’t mean to do that! I jumped out of my seat and apologized, but he was okay, so that’s good. I didn’t want him to hate me because of the swing. After that we tried to come up with something else to play, and I asked if he wanted to play swords, but then he acted funny and that it isn’t play, its serious business. That just doesn’t make sense though. So I shared some onigiri with him instead. ^_^ ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ 01/10/9 A.F. - Friday - Year of the Monkey - July 5, 2013 So much snow! There were so many kids making snowmen and throwing snowballs in the Boneyard Gardens today. And I tried my best to join in! Though... hm. This one snowball was thrown at me, and I used my Epigaea Dagger to cut through it without really thinking. And after that a group of boys started to gang up on me. I’m not sure what I did though. But just after that this boy with a scarf told me to run, so I ran. I guess they were playing something like a snowball war, and the boy tried to save me, but eventually we got separated and they started surrounding him. So I went back for him, and in the end snowballs were thrown at both of us, making us ‘out’. After that... the boy was upset at me... I still don’t understand why. I just didn’t want to leave him behind. ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ 01/14/9 A.F. - Tuesday - Year of the Monkey is July 7, 2013 New Year’s Festival! I get to dress up in my pretty kimono! And play all sorts of games, and even have all sorts of different deserts! I’m so excited! There were so many people there. Allot of them I didn’t know or recognize their faces, and I didn’t see Tsiro-oniitan or Meruin-oniitan or even Kiyoshi-tan... but it’s okay. I’m sure they were doing something fun too. I first tried to catch some goldfish with my hands, but I couldn’t manage to do that. It was fun though. And after that I ran to a food booth to get some sticky dongo! Bumped into a couple people though by accident. I apologized (I had to) and he gave me coins for the dongo. It was so yummy! This has to be the best time ever! ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ 02/25/9 A.F. - Tuesday - Year of the Monkey - July 28, 2013 I... kinda made Kiyoshi-tan fall down... Not on purpose though! He thought I was falling, but I was really just using Tree Walking to slide on the curve of the arena wall like a slide. And he jumped for me. I was really worried that he got hurt, but he seemed fine just after. Thank goodness! I made it up to him though and taught him about Tree Walking. After a little bit of practice, he’ll be a natural. I know it. ^_^ We got some water at my house after that, and Kiyoshi-tan got to meet Mommy for the first time. I could feel her curiosity at first, even a bit of surprise to find out that I hadn’t told him that I was the daughter of two Seven Swordsmen. But I didn’t want to tell him quickly. It’s hard for me to describe why though. It isn’t like I’m embarrassed or anything. I’m really proud of Mommy and Daddy actually. But... ... I don’t want to talk about it anymore... ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ 03/19/9 A.F. - Wednesday - Year of the Monkey - August 8, 2013 I got a chance to do my first mission today. ^_^ It's an E-rank mission, but it's still a mission, so it must be important to someone. Kiyoshi-tan did it with me too. Sort of. We had troubles from the beginning... even now I'm not sure why. What I do know is that Kiyoshi-tan was a grumpy-head at the start. I think he didn't want to do it, and he took off, leaving me behind with Baa-tan. I was a little disappointed that he left me behind... I would never do that with him. I took Baa-tan back to the restaurant so that I can get the grocery list. Do the mission myself. And when we got there (after more confusion) I saw Kiyoshi-tan got there ahead of us. It made me happy that he came back. ^_^ We manage to get back to the marketplace with the list, finish up the shopping and carry it back to the restaurant. And we also got the lunches that we were promised, and it was already nearing evening time by then. Hee hee. I took Kiyoshi-tan up to the cliff that overlooks all of Kirigakure. It was a pretty view. We did lots of talking while we ate our bento boxes. We made a promise to eat together like this on the cliff after all of our missions. I hope we can do more together. ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ 04/18/9 A.F. - Friday - Year of the Monkey - August 23, 2013 The Chuunin Exams are sooooo boring! The only thing there is to do right now is explore Konohagakure, since its so different from my village, and I've already done that. And right now everyone is just waiting around for the forest test thingie to finish up, then I hear it's supposed to get really good. That's when they do the one on one stuff in the arena. That should be much more fun than just waiting around. I found a lake earlier. I was starting to think I'll never see any water! But the boy that found me though, he looked really old. And didn't seem to mind 'playing' with me one bit. I was really proud of myself. I made him really //really// tired without even breaking a sweat! It would be fun to play with him again! ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ 04/24/9 A.F. - Thursday - Year of the Monkey - August 26, 2013 I found a garden in Konoha. Its really pretty. I also saw a spider there, and I thought that it might have been Meruin's since I only see them when he comes and visits me, but it wasn't. It was a boy named Sei. I've never met another Okumo before. He has a funny way of talking though. He can't speak like I can, so little spiders wiggle on a pad of paper to make words. Its funny to read. Hee hee. I didn't get a chance to talk much with him. He disappeared into the trees again as quick as he showed up. Okumo are kinda weird. ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ 06/3/9 A.F. - Tuesday - Year of the Monkey - September 15, 2013 Finally home again. And time for playing! I was having fun doing flips in the training grounds when Aishio-san kinda... well, stumbled in? I only knew her from class by name, and she always seemed to sneak out of class allot... and play with mean kids that make fun of me... Aishio-san doesn't seem mean though. Just talks allot. Not sure what happened in Konoha, but she also seemed more determined to get serious about playing. Which I guess is good. So I taught her how to tree walk! ^_^ Well we didn't use trees, but you get the idea. Hee hee. After that she challenged Sei-tan to a spar... and also dragged me into it. >< I don't mind, but since I've played with Sei before I knew that just going straight at him wouldn't work. Oh well. We played for a little while, and then Aishio passed out. >< Don't think Sei-tan did much damage, but we took her to the hospital just in case. ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ 08/10/9 A.F. - Sunday - Year of the Monkey - October 19, 2013 It was late at night when it happened. ...Or was it morning?... Pain. The only thing that existed was pain. It screamed at me through my head, through my thoughts through such a distance, but that distance didn't lessen the pain. Final moments of thoughts reached me before there was just silence. Then, nothing. My daddy... I could always hear his thoughts before, but now... the pain just echoes in my pain. Now there is nothing of his thoughts in me. Why... It hurts so much... and there's so much pain, it hurts to feel. Hurts to think. Why did daddy have to leave? And why doesn't anyone care? There was just so many cheering that day, when I walked out into the arena. I still couldn't think, and they were cheering... It made me so angry... So angry I didn't care about the test. Didn't care if I won or lost. I just wanted to kill. And I think I broke my promise to Kiyoshi because of it... Even after... my heart hurts so much... ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ 06/23/9 A.F. - Monday - Year of the Monkey - September 25, 2013 Its been a week... I can't stop crying... or cutting up trees. I feel bad for the three trees that have been cut down because of me... But I couldn't do anything else. I had to get it out somehow. I was doing good after the test until I saw Kiyoshi-kun... then, I felt weak all over. I couldn't stand any more. and Kiyoshi caught me before I fell to the ground. I just couldn't keep it inside anymore, and I cried into Kiyo's shirt. I don't think he minded this time. But even crying doesn't make me feel any better, even though I can't stop. I just miss Daddy so much. I want him to come home. I want him to play with me. I want to ride on his shoulders through the marketplace eating snacks... I can't do that anymore. //**I hate that.**// Kiyoshi carried me out of the Boneyard Gardens. I didn't know what he wanted to show me, but he brought me to the memorial on the cliff overlooking the village. He told me that my Daddy wouldn't want me to be sad, that he lost his brother too. And I realize that Kiyoshi-kun still misses his brother. It was something we shared. And somehow, that made me feel a little better. ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ 07/27/9 A.F. - Sunday - Year of the Monkey - October 12, 2013 I met a new friend today. At least, I //think// he's a new friend. I'm still confused on that part. Kiyoshi and I were in the gardens again, and it was a lazy day of practicing, and a boy darts through, jumping behind a tree right before a group of boys ran through. Chasing him probably. But when he went the opposite way that he came, they came back and saw him. They almost beat him up too, but I stepped in. And Kiyo kinda did too I guess. It didn't take much for the boys to leave. What's weird is that when I introduced us, I held out my hand for shaking, but he took it and kissed the back of my hand... No one's ever done that before. I wasn't sure what to do after that. Tokamou Hissori-kun. That was his name. He's a little quiet, but I'm glad that I can help someone. ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~ 07/31/9 A.F. - Sunday - Year of the Monkey - October 14, 2013 October 14, 2013 Chores are boring. I had to return books I borrowed from the academy. I was knocked over at the door.. By the bullies that were chasing Hissori a few days before. They soon left before they could do anything else to him. But we went inside to his bed in the barracks, and I didn't have to see it to know from the way he was holding his side that it was bruised. What's worse, his writing brush broke. Hissori looked like he was going to cry. I took a little bit of momma's bone from my Epigaea Dagger to fix his brush. And he made a picture of me in thanks. It was really pretty. I guess the bullies must be a regular problem, because Hissori-kun was hungry and didn't seem to want to go to the cafeteria. I couldn't blame him not wanting to, but he has to stand up for himself. Its the only thing bullies understand. So instead I took him home with me. He met Mommy and ate grilled fish and sushi with us. And after we had ice cream cones outside in the garden! ^_^ Oh. Hissori-kun is Mommy's student now too. I can't wait for sleepovers! Hee. ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~