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Motoko just followed the group, her cheeks flushed a deep red after Rose's 'lesson.'

"W-Well..that's e-enlightening.." Her cheeks remained a deep red color.

Rose slipped off her vest and opened the top of her uniform a bit as she was feeling slightly hot. With the vest gone the tattoos along the back of her neck were just a little visible. What could be seen could only be describe as the top of some sort of starry night-scape, which seemed to mesh nicely with the themes on her arms. She yawned loudly, "I might need to get another to mark this chapter of life."

Tatsuko checked through her gear quickly using her Byakugan. "Extra kunai and Shurikan.... check..... Ten extra tags in varieties including smoke, tranquilizer, Exploding tags.... check.... Smoke, Gas, and Light bombs.... check...... Food pills.... check.... Makibishi..... check..... Wire..... check.... Medic kit..... check..... Blood pills.... check.... Every thing's ready, it appears." She saw the expression on some of the faces and quickly defended herself. "There's nothing wrong with being careful! Besides.... Knowing people, somebody's going to forget something, and so it would be nice to know that I have everything."

"Maybe I'll join you, Rose."

Tadamasa scratched at his stomach as he stood. He was a portrait of calmness. The only thing that had changed about his appearance is that he had moved his Fuuma Shuriken out from his bag and it was now strapped to his backside, over his long white jacket.

Tatsuko stared Willo over carefully. She watched the girl getting a little antsy under her white, and empty eyes, before she nodded slowly. "I suppose so..." She said carefully, before quickly adding, "Because having our energy topped off before a battle is a wise idea." She glared as if to say, and that better be all your thinking! She carefully reached over, and took a piece, before quickly retracting and nibbling on it. After she quickly finished it, she paused, before reaching into her bag, and pulling out a food pill. She passed it to Willo before saying regally, "So you don't weaken during the battle. It would not benefit the mission should you fall." Quickly she turned, and looked away, thinking to herself, You, my girl, are getting too soft.....

Tatsuko snorted slightly, and continued to look away. After a few minutes she finally spoke. "I will have to admit... The only was I learned to direct my anger, was to fight... I had no one to teach me how to direct that anger, because no one cared.... Hinata-sama was really the only one to have the time to care, and she was not able to really take care of me, because she was Heir to the Head family, and I to the Branch... She was not allowed to care for me.... Rose might have, but she's a Jounin, and really didn't have the time, so I have no real anger for her..." She looked at Willo at the corner of her eye and continued slightly bitterly. "In the Hyuuga family, if you have no immediate siblings or parents who care, you have no one. The others are either too uptight to care, or they are not allowed to. If Hyuuga's have no immediate family, they are alone. They are not even really allowed to be open to their teammates, to keep the Hyuuga honorary appearances and all that..." She gave a cold smirk. "You could say that I am one of the few remaining rebels in that sense." She turned away again as she chose her words carefully. "That is also why I was so cold to you earlier... And.... I.. I apologize for that..." She turned again to Willo, white eyes burning with a dying flame. "I had almost forgiven the Uchiha for my sister's death, before I had even met her.... But I cannot forgive her for her weakness in not even attempting to gain strength to stop something like that from happening again. No child should have to go through what pain that I went through. That weakness is the one reason I cannot forgive her. If she at least became strong enough to prove her worth in my eyes, and is not the pathetic thing she is now, then, and only then, will I have finally forgiven her. Until then, that anger and resentment will most likely not fade." She faced forward again. Yes, Tatsuko.... You are getting too soft... Those blasted Shinobi's who won't give up.... Heh.... Curse you little one, you've made me soft....

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