Toko was just about to follow Asuka out of the restaurant in an attempt to comfort her through her flustered state. It would however appear that the girl, Shingetsu, beat him to it. After Mao-Sensei had appeared, the boy returned to his originally quiet demeanor, though broke it when Reiji spoke. "Couldn't manage the simplest jutsu, huh? If that's the case then you must have some impressive skill to have made it through the academy~" Toko returned a small smile in response and lowered his eyes to the table for a moment as he thought it over. 

"I have my area of focus, Reiji-San." He'd finally nod to the other boy. Getting through the academy for Toko was a chore, actually. While the teachers did give him some special treatment due to this bloodline limit's handicaps, his skills didn't always get a chance to shine. Oddly enough, they tried to force ninjutsu abilities out of him more often than he would deem it acceptable. They should have had all the information on him, which included information on the Ling bloodline. Sometimes he wondered if the teachers back at the academy even bothered to learn everything there was to know about each student's personal development. After all, a school was a highly individual place for everyone attending. "I am happy I managed to get through, it was rather difficult to manage." Instead of training him in his field of expertise and further helping him specialise in the only form of combat available to him, they put him in the same group as everyone else and called it a day. Needless to say, the academy needed an overhaul, starting with better teachers. 

Luckily, due to his skills in kenjutsu and taijutsu, his worthless grades in every other jutsu class were evened out. On paper however, Toko would appear to be a below average student. Hopefully Mao-Sensei would see Toko's limitations as a strength rather than a weakness and help him develop accordingly. "I hope I will be useful to the squad." He continued, the faint smile ever present across his lips as he spoke to Reiji, still waiting for the food to be served. It probably wouldn't until everyone else had arrived, though.