[color=b0e0e6][h2][centre][u]Hime Yuki[/u][/centre][/h2][/color]

Interaction: [@Reflection] Bumu Aka, the sullen fox.

The post-funeral blues over the next few weeks weren't really made better by the news that she hadn't passed the jonin exam, but she had in part expected it anyway, so instead of being crushed by metaphorical defeat she took the disappointment lightly. There were bigger things to worry about anyway, and if everyone was going to be so glum about things she'd have to be the cheerful one even more than before, just to compensate.

During that time Hime spent a few quiet minutes at her mother's grave every couple of days, if only to serve as a reminder that she didn't really have anyone to confide in with her troubles, so quietly thinking them over was the next best thing. [color=b0e0e6]"I didn't pass this time, but there's always the next exam, isn't that right mum?"[/color] There was a lingering silence afterwards, as if waiting for someone who was dead to respond. [color=b0e0e6]"Anyway, I'll be sure to visit again soon, don't get too lonely without me!"[/color]

With nothing else said the ice fairy was heading off again, meandering around the village, gradually she found herself outside the home of the once-proud Aka clan. Things had quickly changed since the news spread about who killed the Hokage, but there was still doubt in Hime's mind about that situation, he wouldn't just come back from the dead to kill someone that he was friends with, that was stupid.

Eyes locked on the fox that was the emblem of the family, Hime let out a light sigh of frustration. She couldn't really make heads or tails of it, her mother had always said she wasn't much of a thinker after all, she just did what felt appropriate. [color=b0e0e6]"It'd be nice if you were still around, mum, you'd be figuring this out in no time."[/color] With that she turned to walk back home and was greeted with the sight of the still severely sullen Bumu sat upon the roof on the other side of the street.

[color=b0e0e6]"What're you doing up there, foxy? Want to go eat something and talk about it? I'll pay."[/color] Like anyone else in Konohagakure, Hime knew that Bumu was more or less the biggest voice of those who claimed Aka lineage, the news was probably the worst for him with the pride he had about being Jaakuna's child. A trip to the ramen stand to eat would be akin to a distraction for him, probably.