The boy muttered something you couldn’t quite catch as you two walked in a forest. Shikamaru looked annoyed as usual, hands in pockets with a nonchalant attitude. You two had been assigned in a mission together, and you knew he wasn’t exactly pleased.

“Why do I have to do this with a kunoichi? What a drag”, he complained.

Usually you would just ignore it, but now that hit a nerve. A kunoichi? Why does he care if he gets assigned with a female ninja? That almost sounds sexist.