Fascination: Sequel

Fascination: Sequel: Part 6

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Fascination: Sequel

Part 6

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Ibiki stared off in the direction which Oriko had run in, making no obvious sign – at all – what he was thinking about; Riisuku too traced his eyes around to the small gap in the leaves where Oriko had just disappeared through. 

The taijutsu specialist shinobi sighed lightly, Oriko, although frankly terrible in her taijutsu (for his standard at least), she really had managed to give him one fierce kick.  Ibiki turned back to the shinobi and made a small gesture and the remaining two shinobi appeared momentarily by his side, their attention still rapt and bodies taught – were they to be a carefully aligned bow, even a slight poke the wrong way would earn the poor, curious soul, an extremely violent case of whiplash. 

Ibiki paused for a moment, stopping only to write down a few more notes in his small book, before fixing his eerie glare upon the taijutsu specialist who’d previously been fighting Oriko;

“Riisuku-san, please will you make your way hastily to the central tower and see if they are prepared? If so, please give them this note,” Ibiki ripped the small page out from his book and handed it to Riisuku who nodded slightly and gripped the paper tightly, “If you come across Oriko, do not intercept her, or allow her to become aware of you presence,” Pausing for only the briefest of moments, he nodded again shot off in a blur to rival Gai at top speed.

Waiting until the blonde had left (which, as a matter of fact, took only the time Ibiki required to turn around so as to face the remaining shinobi) Ibiki again opened his mouth to begin explaining what he wanted done by the two. 

Although the special Jounin took every care possible during the Chuunin exam to ensure that everything went just the way it should (so far as he deemed it so) and – as such – took pains to explain to his fellow examiners precisely how he wanted it to proceed –he was far less rigid with his Jounin examinations. 

Morino Ibiki could be a surprisingly off-the-wall individual when he felt like it – and not as a result of the horrors he’s suffered at the hands of other shinobi – but more that he tended to test, sometimes in accord with the rules and sometimes for the skills and potential he could see in fellow ninja. 

He was by no means biased more that for the individuals who deserved their rank – the truly special shinobi – they should be given a test tailored to them in such a way that even their very character is given a challenge. 

Of course, he still needed to test for a minimum of skills, but how the test – for the more extreme skills or qualities he was looking for – would play out, not even he could fully guess sometimes. 

He hadn’t intended Oriko to run away as she had from the fight although he could see her reasoning easily by his words and previous actions; but it still played well into the final part of the test he had constructed for her. 

In place of a second test, he was now able (everything seemed to fit in extremely well with his pre-arranged plans, although still radically different) to test a different set of skills but one which would still prove – if not more so – incredibly draining on the kuniochi. 

Ibiki smiled, to himself of course, at just how eager he was to see how well Oriko would face up to the challenges headed her way, and if she would still be on her feet by the end of it.

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Oriko dashed through the trees as fast as her aching chest and legs could carry – or cope – with as she attempted to get far enough away (as well as deflect anyone attempting to follow her).  Her ability to sense chakra proved its worth as she could feel Riisuku head into the Forest as well, although, strangely, he was nowhere near her nor was he making any attempt to get any closer – almost as though he had a different destination in mind.