Neko slurped down some ramen as she went over her study notes, her hands still throbbing from the training earlier today. As she ate, she circled things that she thought would be useful to come back to when she had more time. Genjutsu was getting easier and easier to understand, if she could work out her Ninjutsu to the same level she knew that would make her an easy pick for whatever path she decided.
The shop keep looked over to her and her notes, he slid some more fried pork belly into her bowl with a smirk.
"On me kid, you clearly need it."
"Oh thanks, I don't... okay" She smiled and started to dig back in excitedly. She was not about to turn down free food after all.
"So, have you put any thought into what branch you'll take Neko? just want to know if I'm gonna be serving a member of the ANBU soon."
She tilted her head with a mouth full of food, "Amboo?" The words jumbled by the pork that she was eating.
"You know, the masked shinobi that do the covert operations? Your notes have Genjustu all over them I just assumed that's where you were heading. I'm just a ramen guy I don't know much about it"
Neko looked up with a nod of understanding, "Well tell you what Mr. Tsuno, when I join them I'll let you in on all the secret I'm allowed to share then." She smiled and gave him a thumbs up.
"Alright kid, eat up then.. you'll need to be in tip top shape if that's the case."
Neko nodded and continued eating while writing in her journal. She wrote down Anbu in big bold letters before circling it and underlining it several times over. Maybe, just maybe, that was what she was missing this whole time, her path.