One day you 're celebrating a chunin promotion with your family and the next you 're sent off away to the war. That 's pretty much what Ryoko expected to happen. It didn 't. She had a sneaking suspicion that her father might have something to do with it.

She couldn 't fathom how the man physically managed to deal with everything on his plate. Fugaku not only led the police force in Konoha, not only took care of the whole clan and their family but somehow managed to go on regular deadly missions.

And that is not even taking into account her relentless pestering.

'But faaaaaatherrrr, pretty please! '

'No. '

'Gunbai is really coooool! '

'No. '

'But it 's traditional! '

'I said no, Ryoko, and that is final, ' Fugaku was a tough nut to crack. But she would wear him down ' Eventually. Her image could not be complete without a fan after all.