"Well now wait a second... just because I'm a teacher doesn't mean I don't know high level jutsu. And just because something isn't big doesn't mean it isn't high level!" Saki exclaimed to Moeka, suddenly feeling insulted. After all, he'd spent months on end trying to perfect different jutsu. "I know difficult-to-master things as well. Maybe not the "100 foot-tall tree out of nowhere" kind of flashy jutsu... but powerful techniques nonetheless!"
Saki wasn't usually the kind of person to get peeved over something as petty as a simple compliment to someone else. Teachers got compared all the time, and, to the students, Saki was generally seen as "just the plant guy." Which was fine to him, usually. Everyone thought he was below the Taijutsu teacher, because the taijutsu teacher got to show them all new taijutsu. The ninjutsu teacher similarly was held above the poor botanist because he constantly taught them things as well. What did Saki teach? Elective classes that student's parents signed them up for. He didn't get to show off how to transform or make clones, or how to power up a kick with chakra. No, he taught people what they can and can't eat in the wild if you value having your stomach acid on the inside of your body.
So, when some random jonin came along and showed off the fact that he could make a giant tree (a PLANT), and it impressed people, perhaps Saki just felt a little... invaded? Not in the sexual way, you perverts. get your minds out of the gutter. Plants were his area of expertise, and suddenly the students thought they were cool. Besides that fact that he wasn't sure what Zo's M.O. was... something just seemed off, but he couldn't quite place it.
Maybe he's just a strange individual. Then again, there's also the possibility that this man is an ANBU black op. The ANBU are fairly discrete with their selection process. Of course, it could also be that I'm overthinking this all. Perhaps I am.
"I'd love to try," Saki said, as he mentally noted that Daisuke had created some of the painkilling ointment that he had shown him weeks ago in his first class. "I don't have anything with me, though. I would love to attempt making a reproducible flower that could had the same restorative properties that this tree has. It would work wonders for the medical department, I'm sure. The ability to passively heal patients would most likely be a significant step forward in hospital productivity; medical shinobi would save a lot of chakra with them at their disposal. That said, crafting a flower itself is not hard, I'm sure... it's the reproduction part that I'm concerned about. Perhaps if they were bred in a greenhouse..." he trailed off.
[MFT]
Saki wasn't usually the kind of person to get peeved over something as petty as a simple compliment to someone else. Teachers got compared all the time, and, to the students, Saki was generally seen as "just the plant guy." Which was fine to him, usually. Everyone thought he was below the Taijutsu teacher, because the taijutsu teacher got to show them all new taijutsu. The ninjutsu teacher similarly was held above the poor botanist because he constantly taught them things as well. What did Saki teach? Elective classes that student's parents signed them up for. He didn't get to show off how to transform or make clones, or how to power up a kick with chakra. No, he taught people what they can and can't eat in the wild if you value having your stomach acid on the inside of your body.
So, when some random jonin came along and showed off the fact that he could make a giant tree (a PLANT), and it impressed people, perhaps Saki just felt a little... invaded? Not in the sexual way, you perverts. get your minds out of the gutter. Plants were his area of expertise, and suddenly the students thought they were cool. Besides that fact that he wasn't sure what Zo's M.O. was... something just seemed off, but he couldn't quite place it.
Maybe he's just a strange individual. Then again, there's also the possibility that this man is an ANBU black op. The ANBU are fairly discrete with their selection process. Of course, it could also be that I'm overthinking this all. Perhaps I am.
"I'd love to try," Saki said, as he mentally noted that Daisuke had created some of the painkilling ointment that he had shown him weeks ago in his first class. "I don't have anything with me, though. I would love to attempt making a reproducible flower that could had the same restorative properties that this tree has. It would work wonders for the medical department, I'm sure. The ability to passively heal patients would most likely be a significant step forward in hospital productivity; medical shinobi would save a lot of chakra with them at their disposal. That said, crafting a flower itself is not hard, I'm sure... it's the reproduction part that I'm concerned about. Perhaps if they were bred in a greenhouse..." he trailed off.
[MFT]