<span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: palatino;">Midori nodded, following her new friends out of the classroom, walking them to the door as she thought, perhaps, was polite. Or showed desperation for companionship. Either way, she smiled shyly and waved after them as they left, calling out a soft "Bye" as they did so. As she began to turn around, Choji hollered after her, and she felt a bit more encouraged. If there were two late starters, maybe Iruka-Sensei would be more willing to give more information, and let her catch up with the others.<br/><br/>She had noticed the adult and boy who had entered and walked past, he seemed much less nervous than she had felt just this morning, when Jinmi-sama had brought her to the classroom. He seemed to be very excited. Maybe they would not get along, as she hoped they might, as they were both new. Perhaps, he might be more like the energetic and mean children she had encountered before, in other villages while traveling with Otousan. It took her a moment to gather her bravery and re-enter the classroom. Just as she did, she caught the tail end of Iruka-sensei's conversation with the boy's father. Or guardian, as Midori remembered that she had been with Jinmi-sama earlier, who was definitely not Okaasan.<br/><br/>When Iruka-sensei seemed finished speaking with the boy and his guardian, Midori sidled up to him, standing off to the side, waiting quietly and unobtrusively to be noticed. It did not take long.<br/><br/>"Yes, Midori? Can I help you? Here, by the way, I had forgotten to give you this information to help you catch up" he handed her a packet of papers, which Midori gladly accepted.<br/><br/>"Iruka-sensei, I am sorry for interrupting you," she began politely, "I wanted to ask you to clarify some information about chakra theory? I do not understand how I am supposed to <em>feel</em> the chakra, especially in order to mix it properly in order to use it for jutsu? Can you explain what you meant to me in simpler terms? Or in more detail? I understand that I am behind, but I would like to catch up as quickly as possible, please." It was odd to feel so demanding of an adult, but Midori knew that sometimes, if she were not clear about what she was looking for, she might never get what it was she sought. <br/><br/>"Hmm..  I will have a session for you, and for Kitsu here, tomorrow after class, I have a staff meeting soon to get to this afternoon. Please, review the packet of information, it might explain what you are looking for, and in either case, we will work on this, and any other questions you have, tomorrow. Please let your guardian know about the delay so that she does not worry when you are late getting home tomorrow, okay?"<br/><br/>"Yes, Iruka-sensei. Thank you." Midori took the bunch of papers and, with a shy glance towards the new boy, slipped quietly out of the classroom and out of the school. Though, once she had exited, she sat at one of the abandoned lunch tables, just outside the school entrance, and began to flip through the packet, to see what sort of information had been left for her.<br/><br/>The math was easy, and something the girl ended up skimming over. As a merchant and trader, one of the things Otousan had focused on in his education of her had been basic and complex math concepts, as they were very important to his livelihood. She had gotten quite good at the math concepts that had been presented to her. The rest, though, was fascinating and rather new, though some had been gone over in the review earlier. It was definitely something she would want to go over in more detail at home.<br/><br/>Feeling better about her time in the classroom, and about tomorrow in general, Midori stood, intending to walk home now that she felt secure in the knowledge she had been given...<br/><br/></span>