"I've never used swords outside of the basics we leaned in the Academy. So you definitely have the advantage on me there."

"I'm almost entirely self-taught, so you have a advantage over me there."

She looks at Rian with wide eyes. "You're way better than me. I've seen you train at the Academy with them. You're really good!"

"Super intense too." She says teasingly.

"Thanks! I still don't have much experience against a live opponent... There's so many reflexes I just don't have."

"I can definitely train with you! Maybe Mama will even help out. Though she is very busy."

"Sensei should be able to help once we pass. Even if she's not a specialist, jounin are supposed to know all kinds of stuff."

"I wonder what kind of weird things Jiraiya taught her."

"No idea. Sealing, at the very least. Maybe summoning? Jiraiya and the Fourth were both known for that."

"I was more thinking about trashy novel writing, but also that. Maybe she has a cool toad summon... if toads can be cool?"

"Mama has her hawk summons, they're super cool! I hope I get to summon them too, eventually."

"There's a couple of summons associated with my clan. Not entirely sure where most got to, but I'd like to find them at some point. Especially the cat summons."

"I've never really seriously thought about it. It seems like a lot of responsibility." And also she has no family or anyone to pass any contracts down to her.

"What kind of animals are they? Other than cats."

"Hawks and ravens are the other two I know about."

"I think I'd like something scary looking, like a wolf. But also a bird would be way more practical."

"A wolf or something might be better for combat, though. Just depends on what you're doing with the summon, I suppose."

"I'd use hawks mostly for messages. But I know you can use them for scouting too."

"Messages and scouting sound useful, yeah. The ones contracted with my clan are large enough to ride. I saw one, once. Not very useful for anything requiring a small summons."

"Cool. I didn't even know birds got that big."

"Summons seem to come in giant a lot. Giant toads, giant hawks, giant bees..."

"Bees?" She laughs. "Which clan was that?"

"Um... Don't remember exactly. One of the big early Iwa clans."

"I'm pretty sure the Aburame can control bees. But they're not summons and I'm not sure if they could control giant sized non-summon bees... if they exist."

"Yeah. ...I wonder how people find new summons. All the contracts have to have come from somewhere."

"Don't all summon animals have a Great Sage that leads them? Maybe they make all the new contracts."