"Sensei, what are we going to do today?" Shiori asked, looking up at her purple eyed teacher, "Am I finally going to learn a Jutsu that's not an academy one?"
Honestly, she was really bored. She had been going on and on for the past few months with her academy Jutsus, performing a henge to the point she could henge into an inanimate object, allowing herself to be able to substitute with an object as far as one hundred meters and manage to have up to a hundred clones. She was really bored as of now, so bored she contemplated on trying out some water clones she saw her teacher performing. Her teacher looked down at her, black hair brushing past his shoulders and purple eyes shining in amusement, "Well, shall we start some E-Ranked Jutsus?"
Shiori deadpanned, she prefers not to, really, but who was she to question her teacher. "Hai..."
"Well, I am going to teach you the Kakuremino no Jutsu(1)!" Katawara-sensei declared proudly. Shiori stilled, she stared at her deranged teacher and breathed, " Kakuremino no Jutsu ...? Isn't that just a piece of camouflaging with the use of a pre-prepared cloth and freely move about, all while blending in with our surroundings? We learned that when you asked me to break into someone's house to test my stealth."
"Oh right," Katawara-sensei stroked his chin, "How about Sennen Goroshi(2)-"
Shiori glared, she saw what that technique did when Jiraiya used it in a spar with her teacher. Katawara-sensei chuckled sheepishly, "Right, how about Nawanuke no Jutsu(3)?"
"I also learned that when you decide to tie me up and leave me dangling from a cliff." Shiori pointed out, annoyed. She had needed to rotate her wrists back and forth to stretch the rope and then start pulling on one strand with her teeth to loosen it. Then her teacher had turned up with a smile that would swoon ladies and chirped "You managed to master the Nawanuke no Jutsu! Congratulations!" Shiori barely managed to restrain herself from kicking her teacher in his family jewels.
Katawara-sensei sighed before humming, "Well, looks like you've learned all E-Ranked Jutsus available."
Shiori lit up in delight, of course, her face was still as passive as ever, but if you look into her eyes you could see them gleaming in excitement. Shiori could not wait to finally start learning things that would be useful, because honestly, which opponent would be fooled by a clone without a shadow. Utterly ridiculous.
"Well then," Katawara-sensei closed his eyes, lips curling up into a sadistic smile, "Let's start learning the Shushin no Jutsu(4), shall we?"
Shiori gave a nod.
Katawara-sensei placed his hands together, leaving only his index and middle finger out. Shiori realised immediately it was a Tiger hand seal and followed suit. Her teacher grinned, "Shushin no Jutsu!", before disappearing into a puff of smoke. Shiori stared at the spot for a moment before closing her eyes. Tiger. Chakra. Shushin. Leaves. Trees. Leaves. Trees. Branches!
Snapping her eyes open, the girl who had just turned six two months ago disappeared into a puff of smoke. Shiori found herself on top of a branch, covered by thick trees from all angles and at least ten meters away from where she originally stood. Grinning internally, Shiori felt happy she managed to get the Jutsu right, she had heard of a really famous person with shushin as trademark named Shushin no Shisui, she briefly wondered if she would have a trademark too.
She concentrated again and found herself back where she originally stood, "Katawara-sensei! I managed to get it."
"I know," Katawara-sensei said, appearing before her. He looked at her with a contemplating look before nodding to himself, "Well, let's check out what your affinity is."
