on a certain lack of Team Gai members in route_29

[usedswift]

Look, alright, before I get started, let me say one thing -- I really appreciate how I've got upwards of forty Pokémon now. Beating Sasuke should be a snap!

But you know, with all these future-rookies coming in, it'd be pretty awesome to have, you know. My team?

Past, present, future, I don't care at this point, Mun-san. We've got pretty much all of Team Seven, so where's mine? Don't tell me the rookies are going to steal all the spotlight, are they?

Oi. Lee, Neji, Sensei, you're all late. Better get your butts in here before I end up too far ahead for you guys to even hope to catch up!

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[notchinese]

At least you still have people from your world.

[haiyaku]

Apparently my mun seems to agree that we need the rest of your team there.

[Why? He doesn't know.]

[medinin]

You're one of Gai's students?

[ She's assuming, anyway. It's weird to think about all these people with their own teams. ]

I wouldn't mind seeing him again, really.

[thecutetransfer]

Hi! Nice to meetchya! Are you really a ninja?

[itsjustdust]

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How did I not know Gai was your sensei?!

[usedswift]

Yeah, you're right...

But it's not the same. I mean, before Johto, all I knew were that these guys were just the rookies in the year below. Now they're three years in the future, and so much stuff has happened...

It's one thing to hear about what's happened to them from these guys, but it's not like actually hearing it from them, you know?

[usedswift]

Then your mun's pretty smart!

[Hang on...]

...Kakashi-sensei?!

[Why are you so small??]

[usedswift]

That's right. I mean, I never thought I would actually miss those five-hundred-laps-around-the-village, but...

[A beat.]

You know him? I'm sorry miss, I don't think we've met...

[haiyaku]

Or she just likes to torment me.

[Because he likes to put up a big fuss about competing with Gai but it's okay.]

I'm no one's sensei.

[usedswift]

Yeah! I'm a kunoichi of the Village Hidden in the Leaves, Konoha.

And you're...?

[usedswift]

...

...

You never asked? Wait, you didn't know him, did you?

[medinin]

That sounds like what I'd expect of him as a teacher. I'm glad he hasn't changed!

[ Ah, right. ]

I'm Rin. You're speaking to one of my teammates already - Kakashi? The other one will probably be here shortly.

[usedswift]

I think that's what muns are around for, if you ask me, sense--

[Or not. Huh...]

You must be from like, way back in the past, then. You're not on Obito-kun's team, are you?

[thecutetransfer]

Woah, that's really something! You seem cool!

I'm Shion Hibiki. I'm nobody special, really. Not like you.

[usedswift]

You're Rin?

[Don't mind her, she was expecting someone with silver hair. And looks kind of like Riku.]

...Huh. Nice to meet you. And I guess you've got my sympathies, too, because being on a team with Obito-kun? Sounds like a headache.

[usedswift]

Hibiki-san, is it...? It's nice to meet you!

I don't know about that. If there's one thing I've seen about this Johto-place, it's that people can think they're from nowhere interesting and then in comparison it's really weird!

In a good way, I mean.

[medinin]

Rin Nohara, yes.

[ NOPE, no silver hair here. Or Riku resemblances. ]

Nice to meet you, too. It's not really a headache, though. They're stubborn and difficult sometimes, but I wouldn't have them any other way.

[usedswift]

Rin-san, then...? [It feels a little weird to call her Nohara-san, what with having heard about her from Obito already. And having met the guy Obito named after her...]

I guess they're kind of like my teammates then too, huh? Headaches, but I definitely wouldn't have them any other way.

You'll be here in Johto soon too, right?

[medinin]

You can call me that if you like, or just Rin. Obito mentioned you.

I think all teammates are like that!

Hopefully, but that requires my mun to get in, doesn't it?

[thecutetransfer]

I don't like it when people call me by my surname. Just call me Shion.

Hmmm...maybe I'd like to go see this place, then! It's got Pokemon, right?

[usedswift]

He did? I bet whatever he said was totally wrong. If he called me -chan again...

[She'd mess him up, that's what.]

Anyway, I'm sure you'll be fine! Just got to have faith in your mun, and then you'll get your Pokémon!

Do you know what they picked for your starter yet?

[itsjustdust]

YES I know him, that jerk kept me from being a Chunin for months! [He scowled and then huffed.]

He's a classmate, even if he graduated before I did.

[medinin]

He just mentioned you as a friend and fellow ninja - he was telling me about the place and the people.

Um...I believe it's "Audino". A type with a lot of healing moves. I approve, since Kakashi's starter will be more offensively inclined...

And if I don't have chakra, I'll need summons with healing capabilities.

[usedswift]

Shion, then! [Easy enough.]

It does! I have forty-two of them now, which is... kind of a lot, actually. Most of my comrades have only got about twenty or so, but hey! A ninja's got to have as many different kinds of weapons as possible, don't you think?

You really should come, it's... well, it's hard to get used to not being home, but I think all these game things my mun talks about are. Everyone is really friendly, though, it helps a lot.

[usedswift]

What, seriously? How'd he do that? I mean, if he wasn't your sensei, there's no way he could hold you up from testing for the exams like we did...