troutpeoples said:
Iruka
Anko
Ayame Ichiraku
Iruka
1.) He was perhaps a little bit harder than usual on Uzumaki Naruto. It wasn't because of the Kyuubi- well, not mostly. It was because he was deeply, deeply jealous of the fact that the boy had been adopted in the aftermath of the disaster.
2.) Iruka had to admit though, that one prank with the smoke bombs, mints, and sushi was hysterical. He just wished he had thought of it first.
3.) He had felt bad after the clean up though, and so he treated the boy to ramen at a stand near the academy. This wound up having three net gains. First, he found that the boy was actually good company. Second, the daughter of the owner was quite attractive. Third, the ramen was REALLY good.
Anko
1.) She was never very bothered by how the villagers treated her. The Hokage knew the truth, and that was good enough for her. That's not to say she didn't enjoy scaring the piss out of the occasional fucker who looked at her wrong.
2.) Despite her wild-child style of dress, she's actually quite conservative when it comes to family- as much as a ninja can be. She'd only taken a handful of seduction missions, and had crushed on (and loved) the same man for almost 7 years. She knew that the cute academy teacher with the scar on his face had "made sure" that Yoroi left her alone after she rebuked the latter ninja's advances.
3.) She only accepted being a jounin-sensei with grave misgivings. But when she saw her teams make-up, she grinned. It seemed that she'd found someone worthy of passing along the ideals of the serpents: power and ambition wielded for a greater purpose.
Ayame
1.) She had tried to be a ninja, but had dropped out after her first year in the academy. She kept up her kunai skills though, rendering her one of the more dangerous civilian shopkeepers.
2.) What she lacked in native talent to be a ninja, she more than made up for in business sense. Her father would give her total control of their finances when she was just 15. The ramen stand had never done better.
3.) Her father agrees to add a small selection of dango to the menu, thinking that his daughters advice is merely steered by good business sense. While that's partially true- a more diverse menu would help attract customers- the reason Ayame suggests dango is so that the beautiful woman in the trenchcoat will come by more often.