'This is such a drag, ' Ryoko sighed watching Izumi fuss over the dishes.

'You 're finally sounding like Shikaku-sama, ' Itachi snickered by her side.

'Hmpf. I just don 't see what 's the big deal here? As if no one has ever had a child before? Mother already had four. '

'This is a tradition, sister. To celebrate with family, so cheer up, ' for the first time in a long while she became a recipient of Itachi 's trademark poke to the forehead. Ryoko frowned. She, unfortunately, couldn't snap back because people started gathering at their home.

It wasn 't that big of an event. Only close family members like Izumi 's family, their cousins, father's sister, and a couple of decent elders of the clan. Ryoko found this whole affair boring and a waste of her time. She would rather spend the evening with Kakashi, but he was on a mission outside the village.