Perfection

Trickery

"W-what!?" Him, Ibiki Morino, lover of torture and pain, be a... sensei to a four year old girl?!
Not happening.
Impossible.
Incencivable.
If you were looking for a sensei Ibiki would have to be the very last person on your list and even then having him teach you would be ify at best. To a civilian, and some ninja, Ibiki was a demon with a heart made of ice and eyes like a hawk.

There were reasons why he liked torture missions best, and none of those reasons were especially suitable for children. There were reasons why they picked him to scare off all the genin in the chunin exams. There were reasons why he didn't like having the responsibility of taking care of someone else.
There were also reasons why he didn't like kids. They were hyper, loud and messy. Ibiki didn't do hyper, loud or messy in any kind of combination. He didn't care how quiet this girl seemed; she was still a kid and deep down, all kids were the same. They liked games like hopscotch and hid'n'seek while he liked to play games to see how fast he could make someone crack.

"Hokage-sama, are you serious?! I can't teach a kid!"Ibiki was on the verge of paniking as he said this. If he was ever going to have a personal crisis; well, now would be a really good time to do it. His leader was sitting there asking him to do the one thing he had no idea about!

"Ibiki calm down. I know that you do not deal with children often, or ever for that matter, but I need you to do this. You are the absolute best ninja I have ever seen in the field of torture and interrogation, your knowledge of the brain, its functions, and it's quirks is on a level all its own. If I want to have Hinata-chan ready in time for the genin exam I need to give her the best possible help I can; and Ibiki, whether you like it or not, you are the best." Sarutobi's carefree attitude was missing as he said this, replaced with a chilling, all-knowing calm that showed just how much the third hokage of Konoha had truely seen.

"But-," Ibiki tried to begin, but he was quickly interrupted.

"Ibiki, I don't want any arguments, no -ifs, -ands, or -buts, is that understood," and of course it was," the only thing I want to hear from you next is a simple yes or no, understand?."

Ibiki was torn. On one side he just wanted to yell no. Him actually take care of a child?, the thought was utterly laughable. But on the other-hand, here was his hokage calling him the best he had ever seen in the field of torture. He truly did not want to take care of a child, he did not want to be entrusted with this childs mental health. What if he couldn't deal with the kid? What if he screwed her up even more? As far as he knew he was no better at taking care of children than Haishi; and that was saying something considering Haishi could probably kill a pet rock. The hokage had faith in him though, he thought that Ibiki could do wonders for the child called Hinata, he thought that he could take better care of her than her own father currently was. While Ibiki's two sides battled inside his mind Hizuren was calmly waiting for his answer, knowing that this could very well change the man's life completly.

Eventually Ibiki came to a decision," Yes Hokage-sama. Yes, I will take Hinata Hyuuga as my apprentice."

"Thank you Ibiki, this means more than you could imagine," the hokage's carefree nature was returning as well as his age old smile that made him look like the kind old grandfather that he was. 'One problem down and one more to go. Although the second problem might be just a little bit harder to solve.'

It had been three days since Ibiki had answered 'yes' to the Hokage. Three days since Hizuren had first started thinking of ways he could get the Hyuuga patriarch to let his daughter get the help she so desperately needed, and three days of many, many dead end ideas.