Nori knew that Nanami was trying to direct the conversation another way because she wanted to avoid talking about a future that didn’t involve them sticking together. She was trying to stay positive and have that mind set that they were going to get stronger and overcome all the obstacles that stood in their way. While, she, too, wanted to think that way and remain optimistic, she couldn’t help but fear that their efforts might not be enough for what laid ahead of them. Up to this point, they only had a taste of what the enemy was like and what they were capable of...Sigmund flashed in her mind at that moment...and what they could take away. She looked down at her food before she set it down to the side of her and laid back down on her back.

Nori folded her hands on top of her stomach and stared up at the ceiling of the tent. She wanted to believe that everything would turn out the way that it should. She wanted to believe that when it came to that final battle, that they would prevail and save their village and its people. She wanted to believe that should she ever have to face Sigmund again and make that choice, that she would be strong enough to user her head and not her heart. Want. Want. Want. She wanted all of these things, but could she make them a reality? If she wanted to, she had to make it happen. She had to strong in her resolve and in her determination to make all of this come to an end so no one else would suffer or get hurt. Nori knew she had to remember why she was here. Why she needed to get stronger. Why Sarada-sensei was pushing them all to realize their potential and grow stronger not just physically, but mentally. She had to remember her purpose. Nori closed her eyes and let out a small sigh. Exactly...what was her purpose?

Nori’s thoughts trailed off and soon she fell into a deep sleep. It was the sound of the birds chirping with the mixture of pots clanking outside the tent. Her eyes opened and she turned her head only to see that Nanami was gone. She must have already been up she at it already. Normally she would have no qualms about waking up at this early hour, but she somehow felt drained. Although, she knew she couldn’t stay laying her forever, she evtnsully heaved herself up off of the floor and stretched a little before she slipped out of her sleeping bag and dressed into something a little warmer. She could already feel the coldness fro, the outside seeping through the tent and she had a chill. She unzipped the tent and got out. Instantly a cold breeze hit her. She lightly hissed and folded her arms across her chest as she slipped on her shoes and stepped out of the tent. Nori looked around and noticed that no one was really up yet with the exception of Nanami and some of the crew from the ship. She didn’t want to disturb anyone, so she went to go and clean herself up a bit before breakfast was done.

The remainder of that day was a slow, but restful one for Nori. After breakfast was over, she went to explore the area but knew not to travel too far. This was still enemy territory, so she knew she had to be careful. She didn’t know what the others were going to do for the day, but as they needed to wait for the other team to arrive anyway, they really couldn’t do much. Sarada-sensei had seemed pretty lax that day and was going to let them do what they wanted. It seemed like the training from the previous day had taken its toll on everyone. However, that wasn’t going to stop Nori from doing her own bit of training. She just needed that time to herself to get out of her head and focus, so she found a place not too far from the shore and stayed there the majority of the day on her own until she was needed.

Sarada had spent the remainder of the evening by herself in her tent. Exhaustion washed over her and she fell fast asleep before she knew it. Because she was mentally exhausted from extensive use of her chakra and sharingan, she never actually emergered from her tent for the next 24 hours. However her mind had other plans. She dreamt a lot, covered in sweat, and would wake up quite frequently. Because she had reopened the past, the past decided it had its own plans for Sarada, making her relive every heartbreaking moment of it.

Every time she woke up, she was quiet about it though, panting from the nightmares of her past. She’d have small tears forming in her eyes and would wipe them away. By the end of the day, she finally emerged from her tent, cleaned up and had no visual evidence that anything ever happened but she knew they’d all catch on that something had to have been wrong since she remained in her tent all day.

It was the evening again, fresh snow across the shore and land of their encampment. She felt strong chakra presences heading to their location and she was familiar with the energy. She knew Team Komo was coming back after their mission and she knew what she had to do next. She eventually made her way to Nanami. ”Did I miss much? I apologize for my absence. I needed some time alone,” she explained quietly. ”Look. I need a favor,” she whispered. With tone of her voice, it sounded serious and she knew Nanami had a more level head to get the job done.

Nanami looked at Sarada "We all need alone time with what has happened after the last year. So it's ok, Sensei." She smiles. Nanami shakes her head "We have all been doing our own thing to day, and the other team has yet to return. I hope they are ok." Her mind drifts for a second, then back to Sarada when she asked for a favor "What do you need, Sensei?" She said with a bright smile.

While waiting for a response, she recalls the promise between her and Sakuya. Her eyes never left Sarada, even when she was lost in thought. In the back of her mind she really wanted to ask a few questions, but the timing was off. So she felt it was not approriate at this moment.
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Shiroma had slept outside that first night not caring for the cold that sleep was a bit of a stretch. She and her alter ego had both settled down letting her body and minds totally take a break and Shiroma dreamed. The dreams were dark and twisted as Shiroma faced off against a vicious enemy with glowing red eyes and dark arrows much like her own ice ones, though made of pure darkness.

Her body never stirred through the night though her minds woke dozens of times through the pale moon lit night. When the morning came Shiroma opened her dark blue eyes feeling the kiss of new fallen snow all over her body. She didn't move for a long time just enjoying the cool touch. She breathed out, her breath cool enough to pick up some of the flakes that rested on her lips. She slowly watched them fall and then smiled.

'I have an idea.'

'It's too early for an idea! need breakfast and tea!'

'You never have been a morning person.'

'How can I not be a morning person but you are? we are the same person!'

'Well mostly.'

Sigh 'What's your idea?'

'You won't like it.'

'Tell me.'

'Watch the pattern in the snowflakes.'

'What about it?'

'Mezmerizing isn't it?'

'I suppose...wait...No!'

'Oh come on we need to branch out some if we ever are going to be Jonin.'

'But...'

'No buts we are doing this!'

Sigh 'Fine. After breakfast!'

'Deal.'

The next day was spent refining her idea working through how to even go about it. She knew she would need help on it since she didn't have the slightest idea how to start and never had really.  Still that had never really slowed her down from trying anything even if she didn't succeed she would never stop trying and so would never fail.  Though she had to admit working on a micro scale with ice was rather different then on the macro scale like her bow and arrows.

Toward the evening she was laying in a small drift of snow near the camp just letting the cold chakra that ran through her body touch the flakes that lay against the parts of her that were exposed. She was half resting from her experimentation and half still experimenting trying to get a feel for the things she was trying to create. Her eyes fluttered open hearing Sarada and Nanami but not trying to listen in just noticing the sounds of their voices.

After a full day's run, the scenery changed from snowy plains, to snowy forests, and finally to snowy shoreline. Arriving at the clearing and seeing the grey, frigid seas normally wouldn't make anyone happy. In the case of Harusame Sakuya, it did. It meant they were near the appointed meeting point with Nanami and the others.

Sima and Sozui would feel a surge of newfound strength coming from the medic ninja, chakra allowing them to move with renewed vigor after their extended escape from the formerly occupied village. Coming at this point meant they have to be even more vigilant, Sigmund's men may already be aware he was missing and have sent someone to pursue them.

The Fuma Ronin had taken it upon herself to watch over the others as varying levels of exhaustion and sleep overtook them. Having rested between her little training session with Nanami and nightfall, Tsukiko was ever the silent one, keeping both an eye on her new friends and the surrounding environs. Thankfully, either the Snow was willing to part with a mercenary free of charge, or the several red herrings she'd set up were still in play. Seeing as how the Snow knew what sort of information she'd pilfered before her...'termination of employment', it was more likely the latter than the former.

Night passed into day, and the lazing red-haired woman seemed content to remain where she was. Occasionally shifting to accomplish this task or that - Mostly to check and double check her gear, scrolls at the pouch hanging from her belt, check the shinobi tools strapped to her thigh.

With the Jonin preoccupied with her team, and that very team busy with varying levels of pensivity, the Snow "Traitor" remained at her elevated spot, stretched out, simply watching. With the red-headed genin moving out of sight, she made no move to keep an eye on her, only note the direction she'd headed just in case a hasty movement was needed. Like, perhaps, new arrivals.

Tsukiko grasped the hilt of her katana, shifting so she could slide to her feet in a moment's notice. A low, quick whistle intended to alert their little camp emanated from the woman, though beyond that she didn't react. At this distance, she couldn't very well tell whether they were friend and foe - And the only one who could confirm either was Sarada.

Maybe the Genin, too, but it never hurt to have a 'professional' opinion.

The sight of water had never looked so good to him, and while it did remind him of the intense battle that had been fought when they got here it also told him that they were so close to heading home. He felt the added burst of energy from Sakuya which allowed him to keep pressing forward even though his body felt like it had been through the ringer, but he forced himself not to break his pace until they were with the other squad.

As they got closer to the shoreline, Sozui made sure that he was close enough to Sakuya to interpose himself in front of her should there be a trap in wait for them once they got to the beach. Slipping a pair of kunai out of his pouch, he wanted to be prepared for anything that might be happening. "Should we slow our pace down until we know for sure that the others are here, Sensei? Last time we came to this shore, there was a trap waiting for us."

In reply to Nara Nanami (msg # 325):

Sarada had watched around her before she answered. She was careful with her words, almost in a hushed tone at that to not bring attention. [Private to Nara Nanami: ”I’m sure you feel what I feel. That strong chakra presence. Aside from Master Fujii...” she started before leaning in a tad closer. ”They were successful. I need you to keep Nori away or at least calm. The presence of him might trigger irrational behavior. Just keep her in check please. Have Shiroma help you with this,” she instructed.] she sighed as things were quietly hushed before she felt more than one chakra presence. She then noticed the slight tense movement of their companion, Fuma. She exchanged eyes with her, giving her a nod, the confirmation that Fuma needed to kee her at ease.

She mouthed the words friends before she looked to her group. ”Looks like Master Fujii has returned with his squad. Once they settle in, we prepare to leave as soon as possible all right? But do not let your guard down. It was a pain settling here in the first time. I doubt they’ll let us leave in peace,” she announced before turning in the direction their allies were emerging from. She was glad to feel their chakra presence in safe harmony. It means they were successful in whatever mission was given to them and that nobody was harmed or injuries but from the looks of it, they looked exhausted. She knew Fuma’s little friends would pick up any foes that would be following pursuit but she hoped that wasn’t the case.

Nanami nods to Sarada... [Private to Uchiha Sarada: "I noticed it a while ago, part of the reason I am keeping busy. But the chakra signature doesn't feel like his, its feels far to weak." She then pauses thinking for a moment "Sigmund when he turned on that mission. His strength was on par with Kotatsu, minus the advanced form of the Sharingan. We may have to consider this is a trap, and be ready to counter a smaller, but stronger unit. But for now I will keep Nori occupied."  ]

After Nanami finishes conversing with Sarada. She takes a moment then walks over to Shiroma, and taps her shoulder "I need your help with something. The other team was successful, and we need to occupy Nori for a while." She would then walk along the beach until she spotted Nori. She seemed to be training. Nanami waited until it seemed like whatever Nori was practicing had stopped for a moment "Nori-chan." She ran up and through an arm around her hugging Nori. Then stepped back "We should train, the three of us. Sarada will notify us when the other team returns."

Nori has been occupied with doing her own self-training that she didn’t even know anyone else was around until she felt an arm around her neck. She swiftly turned her head back, grabbing the shuriken at her side before her green eyes took in the sight of Nanami’s face. For a moment there she had actually thought she was caught. “Oh, Nanami. It’s you. Sorry. I thought you were someone else,” she said as she loosened her grip on her shuriken and turned around to face both her and Shiroma that had approached her. She just looked into Nanami’s eyes, then Shiroma’s before she shifted her eyes back to Nanami. “I was actually just finishing up. I’m pretty exhausted. I was going to grab some fresh clothes and go wash up. But you two can join me if you want.” Nori placed her hands on her friends shoulders before she let go and brushed past them to walk in the direction of their tent.

Shiroma had heard nothing of the conversation and didn't care to anything she needed to know she would be told. Her sapphire blue eyes opened as she felt the touch on her shoulder melting some of the snow there before she stood up and nodded.  She walked with Nanami following her and not asking why just knowing she had gotten the orders from Sarada and just accepted it. As Nori brushed past her Shiroma slipped her hand gently on Noris and held it as she tried to brush on past. "Hey Nori, I um...I know we were kept busy with Sensei yesterday and we all kinda kept to ourselves today. Just had to think things through." She sighed softly "There are some things that I saw in the visions that Sensei showed me that I...was hoping to talk to you and Nanami about while we trained but I get your tired could we still talk..." she looked back at the camp. "Just us three?"

When Nori felt Shiroma take hold of her hand, she stopped in her tracks and looked down at their hands. By the tone of her voice, somehow she felt like she needed someone to talk to. People to talk to. Friends. She turned her head up and looked at her friend beside her looking at the camp. “Okay,” she said with a nod of her head and turned herself to face her. “I mean, if you need to talk, I’m not going to just walk away. We’re friends, aren’t we?” She gave Shiroma a small smile. “There are things I want to talk to you about, too. I kept myself a bit distant today because I needed to clear my head and think things through. I feel the most at ease when I’m alone and have space to myself, so I’m sorry if you felt like you couldn’t come to me sooner than now. That training just...it did a number on me.”

Nanami smiled and wrapped an arm around each of her friends shoulders "Aye, aye! We are best friends! Now lets go." She said with a bright smile that could melt even the most ice covered heart "I didn't see what you both saw, and I went through a very different training. I was a little worried, well maybe a lot worried." She said with a hint of melancholy "Anyways. I am always here for both of you."

With that being said. Nanami nudges them to start walking "Let's talk someplace more comfortable. Lets hit the ships galley.. I'll cook lunch, I know you both have to be hungry." She said enthusiastically. It was clear as the weather is grey, that she was happy to be with both of them again "I also have been working on several songs, one of them is for us to sing as a trio." Her intent was take their minds off of things. But none of the face she was fronting was faked. Everything she conveyed and said was genuine. Two things had happened on this trip, one of them allowed Nanami to ditch the fake smile she used to wear.

She would humm gently as they would begin to walk.

Their entire day consisted of them in continuous motion. While they did in fact leave tracks to their location, she knew his squad and Lady sarada’s could handle their own once again if something were to occur again. Sozui prepared himself, being on full alert, pointing out of where they were going wasn’t who they believed it was. He began to slow down as the other two followed him. ”You make a very good point,” he praised. ”However I want you to try to feel the chakra presences. It’s like finding that electrical current within your body, expect you’re expanding that feeling outside of your bodies,” he explained. There were lessons to be taught everywhere and Fujii took every single moment to do so.

”You too Sakuya,” he added. ”While you two are still rather young I can imagine you both only feel the chakra presences or those equal or weaker than you. Greater chakra presences are harder to detect,” he continued as he gripped Sogmund’s Unconscious body tighter. ”Sometimes it can take years or sometimes never at all,” he further explained as the shore became more visible. He was able to pinpoint the ship, Lady Sarada, her three female students, and someone else was ever around. He only guessed it was Lady Sarada’s “captive” of her mission. ”Tell me how many bodies you feel on the shore. Chakra is a life force,” he instructed.

Shiroma looked back at the ship and then nodded the idea seemed sound at least. The smile made Shiroma arch an eyebrow at Nanami as she was seeming to be rather more chipper then she needed to be. Shiroma smiled at Nori slipping her arm around her friend's waist and smiled. "Hey we both had things to think through I don't know about you but I wasn't even ready to talk to myself." She blinked and the laughed slightly. "That might mean something different with me actually."

Shiroma walked with Nori and Nanami toward the ship. "The food sounds wonderful Nanami and we might be able to talk about a song but I get a feeling we might need to talk a bit. All of us I mean because...well." She sighed and nodding toward the ship. "Come on we will talk inside I'm not sure I want to talk out here, because I still am not sure what it all means."

Using the same thought process for how he tapped into the electrical current before, Sozui tried to sense the chakra of those on the beach area. It took some doing on his part since he was tired and it was a new skill, but he felt as though he could at least sense one person on the beach. It wasn't a very confident feeling on his part, but it was better than not sensing a thing.

"While I assume that there is probably more, I'm only getting one chakra present. It could be that I am blending a few together. Guess I can add this to the list of skills that I need to practice on during the return trip," responded Sozui as he turned to Sakuya to see if she had better results.

"Hmm... Chakra presences...?" Sakuya asked as she kept her pace with the rest of the team. She was familiar with the feeling of her own chakra, especially when her bloodline limit would activate. Then there were moments when she would draw in chakra from others because of her special jutsu. Up to now she never thought of discerning the chakra she drew in. Would it be a similar concept to the sensations she had?

The medical kunoichi tested her senses, attempting to extend the range of awareness for chakra outside her body. It felt like groping in the dark at first, but she sort of felt a familiar tingling sense she would get when on the receiving end of her sensei's lightning-based jutsu. To her side was also a little smaller, but a detectable presence of chakra that was different from their sensei's presence.

"So... If following by the concepts of how different elements feel different, so do every person's chakra?" Sakuya ventured to ask as she tried to make sense of what she was experiencing.

When Nori saw just how chipper Nanami was about everything. Well, she was always that way, but she seemed to be much more in a good mood than her and Shiroma were. It seemed like she went through her own battle with the genjutsu training she received from Sarada. She didn’t know why, but it seemed like that genjutsu training took a lot more out of you than that of physical training. Mainly because it played more on the mental aspect instead of the physical. She wasn’t sure what either of her friends had to endure, but she was sure that it was a challenge to both of them. She wasn’t sure what Nanami took away from her training nor did she know what Shiroms took away from hers, but in the end, there was no doubt that it made them all start thinking about things a little bit differently than before. It made them question things. It made them want answers. It made them get a taste of what their limits were and what they would all need to inevitably face.

“No matter what may happen tomorrow, the day after, or the day after that. Thank you both for what you have done for me. For giving me your friendship and support. I know there are still a lot of challenges we are facing ahead of us, but I know we’ll get through them and support each other,” Nori told them both as they walked towards the wooden bridge that would lead them up onto the ship to get on board. “I hope at the end we all can-“ But then she stopped in her tracks. Something felt off and yet... Nori turned her head and looked off towards the shore. Something felt..,familiar. A presence. She felt it before. But what was... No. It couldn’t be. Why would he be here of all places? She placed a hand on top of her head and pushed it through her hair. “I must be crazy...” she muttered in a low voice.

Shiroma walked with her friends heading for the gangplank nodding at what Nori was saying. Was already on the wooden gangplank when Nori stopped mid-sentence and Shiroma frowned.  She thought she was the only one that talked to herself. She stepped back over to Nori closing the distance between the pair. "Hey? you alright? I know that the training did a number on me and I could swear I was still seeing things from it at times. I suppose thats what happens when you see old teammates that you miss in your mind," she sighed and her throat caught a bit.

'Need me to take over?'

'Yeah I think so.'

'Okay.'

Shiroma's eyes closed and she opened them again on her pale ice blue eyes rather then the dark sapphire ones they were a moment ago.

Upon hearing Shiroma’s voice speak to hear, Nori dropped her hand from her hair and looked back at her friend beside her, “Oh yeah. Uh, no. I’m fine. I just...thought I felt something. It was probably nothing,” she replied. Was she still feeling the after effects of what happened yesterday from their training, too? There was no way that he would actually be here, right? There was no knowing where he was after their last encounter with him, but that wasn’t even him, right? That genjutsu, too. That wasn’t him. Just an illusion of him. Yet right now his presence...felt so real. It made her wonder just what it was that Shiroma saw. She mentioned her teammates. But what about them? What kind of test did Sarada put her through? It really must have had an impact on her enough for her to seem so emotional when she mentioned them.  It was as she was thinking these things that she almost didn’t notice how Shiroma’s eyes changed from into a pale blue. “Ah...Shiroma. Your eyes...”

Shiroma nodded not picking anything up herself to take note of at least. She smiled and nodded slightly. "I have never been that good with chakra sensing so I don't know if I would be able to answer if you did or not." She smiled and knew her friend was lost in through for the moment as she stood there and was thinking of how to bring up what she wanted to talk about. Then Nori looked at her and said those two words "Your eyes."  Shiroma gasped and reached up to touch her eyes as she closed them. "Oh no whats wrong with them?" she blinked and they switched to dark sapphire again and then back to pale ice blue with another blink. "They aren't red are they? please tell me they aren't red!"

Fujii came to a hault to teach whenever the occasion arose. He kept quiet as they attempted to, Sozui admitting he only sensed one and Sakuya asking questions before she could get a grip on the skill. ”Yes, Sakuya. Exactly,” he confirmed. ”Like chakra elements, everyone has their own chakra aura. In Sozui’s case, he can’t split different people, so he feels an entire area that acts as one,”• he explained. ”It’s also because he hasn’t tapped into other elements so he’s limited on distinguishing other’s auras,” he further explained as he readjusted Sigmund’s unconscious body.

”Chakra is our life force and with that, strong shinobi give off a massive amount of a presence that carries around them. The stronger and skilled shinobi can hide their presence while others just radiate it. However anyone can learn to pick up on it. It’s a spiritual and mental ability that takes time to learn and master. You both are young and barely discovering other chakra elements within yourselves. I don’t expect either of you to give me an exact number of people over there just from feeling the wind per say,” he explained with a small smile. ”One day you’ll master this skill and get familiar with who’s a foe and who’s a friendly. Lady Sarada and her team are at the shore. However Sarada has mastered to hide hers so really that’s just guessing. The presence you feel Sozui is probably her squad of girls,” he added. ”They also have another presence around here, faint but seems friendly,” he commented before waking again. ”We shall train on this when we get back. It’s a necessity to learn this,” he explained before bolting off again and towards the shore, visible to Sarada and her squad.

Nanami noticed a brief change in Nori's body language. Then heard what she said. She felt it too but didn't show it. She did tone down her cheerfulness just a little. Hearing the exchange between them "We'll always be here for you Nori, we are sisters." She pauses "Which one of us is the oldest?" She posed the question. It was silly in some ways, but she wondered so she could give one of them the older sister moniker.

Then came the question about Shiroma's eyes "Why would your eyes become red?" This was something new, something that had not come up. She knew about the two different sides to Shiroma, but nothing that made her eyes glow red. Even when they were linked via the Sharingan when they first met, nothing like that came up or showed itself. Nanami's mind would shift back to the larger issue "Anyways, I can make pretty much anything involving eggs, potatoes, and various vegetables. I could use some of the dried meats to make a stock for a soup of some kind." She thinks "I bet the have basic noodles as well. Any thoughts on what you two would like to eat, taking the ingredients available into account?" She asked as they walked.

Nori blinked at Shiroma as she closed her eyes and then opened them again. They went from dark sapphire to a pale blue. “Oh, uh, no. Not at all. They were just changing a different color, that’s all,” she said. It wasn’t something she had seen before and she wasn’t sure why it happened, but why did it seem to scare Shiroma when she thought they would be red? Did that mean something? Could it have something to do with the other persons she had inside her? Nori brought up a hand and lightly placed it on top of Shiroma’s shoulder. “Hey. Don’t worry about it. It’s okay. You don’t need to be scared.”  She smiled softly before she looked over at Nanami.

“I’m 15, but I think we’re all around the same age, right? But you are a little younger, right, Shiroma?” Nori turned her head and looked back over to her. If she remembered correctly, she had been at least a year or two younger than them. “I think we should all eat something nutritious that will help get our energy up and keep us warm. It’s pretty cold out since we’re by the water. Hopefully we won’t be out here too much longer,” she said and then looked back over to Nanami. “I’m hoping the other team was successful in their mission so we can go back home.” It was as she was talking to her friend that she looked over her friend’s shoulder and could have sworn she felt that same familiar presence come back that she had felt moments ago. Nori dropped her hand from Shiroma’s shoulder and turned towards the direction that she felt the presence from. Why did it feel like... he was here? She took a few steps past them both and stopped. That’s when she saw figures in the distance approaching their encampment. Was it the other team? And what was one of them carrying? Her green eyes widened before she felt her feet start to pick up again into a walk and slowly began to progress into a run.

Sarada has kept to herself for the most part as the girls trailed off on their own, leaving her special request to Nanami. Not much time passed until Sarada noticed several chakra presences heading their way and they were all familiar to her. It wasn’t long before they completely came into view, Master Funii ahead and his squad shortly after him, carrying their “prisoner” per say.

But the moment she realized this, she witnessed movement from her own team. Nori has been emotionally attached to Sigmund and nobody knew their objective until now it seemed. She sighed, noticing Nori running towards whom she believed to be the person she needed to just be around. Sarada didn’t take long at all too terfere Nori’s path, grabbing her from behind with her arms with a stern look on her face. ”Stop. Control yourself,” she ordered. ”You need to learn to not allow your personal feelings interfere with official business, especially another squad,” she barked before tightening her grip.

”Get should of yourself, Nori...or I’ll have no choice,” she threatened. She looked toward Nanami and Shiroma. ”Take her away. Do what you have to. That’s an order,” she told them as she pleaded with the girls. She didn’t want to have to use force but if she had to, Sarada certainly would. Deep down she felt terrible and almost sorry for Nori but now wasn’t the time. She imagined having to choose between being professional or personal on many occasions, like the situation she is with Shiroma even now. However Sarada knew their duties were first before personal matters. Even now, it felt weird for Sarada to order around Shiroma but it had to be done. It was business first before pleasure. Sarada shot a glance to Fuma in case she needed to step in to to subdue Nori. She hoped this situation didn’t escalate.