[thread] The First Test [Sachiko, Kureno]

[yuuhi_kureno]

Kureno stood at the training grounds he met Sachiko at from time to time to help her with her mindwalking training. It was a bit unusual for him to be waiting for her, as he'd come to have a routine of letting her get warmed up before he showed. It had come to feel not so much like he was late, but that she had a responsibility to be ready for

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[yuuhi_kureno]

"I've written a time and date on the inside of this paper. Your objective is to retrieve it from me, and you can only use genjutsu to do it."

Kureno continued speaking as he tucked the origami back into the center pocket on his right. "It's come time to put your control training to the test, and until you can pass this one, I'm not advancing your training any further. I'm giving you a generous one week to accomplish this task. We'll meet here to start every day at this time and you'll have six hours to pass the test. The entire village is recognized as fair grounds, but no one is to be harmed in this test with the possible exception of you or I. Doujutsu are legal. Once the six hours have passed, all illusions placed are to be dispelled. If you cannot pass this test in a week, you will be put under more control training until I deem you ready to try again, but the next time you'll only get four days. Then two, then twelve hours, then you fail. I'd like to say you probably won't have to worry about failing, but I in turn will be defending myself with genjutsu, and I'm not looking to make this easy for you. If by chance you can catch me in an illusion long enough to get the information before I detect and dispel it, I'll recognize your control training as complete and move onto the next lesson."

A hand was brought up over the set of pockets on his right. "The information will not be moved from where you see me put it each day. Knowing for a certainty where to find it will be your one advantage in this test." Red eyes leveled with hers. "Any questions?"

Note to self: make smiling icon.

[redeyedavenger]

A test where she could only use genjutsu, and doujutsu was legal? ...It would help if she knew more about his doujutsu. Worry about that later. Right-center pocket was where the bunny was, and she had six hours of seven days to relieve him of it. It helped that the whole village was fair game--it meant that while he would be expecting an assault, he won't have a definitive idea of where it would come from, just a vague sense of when.

The fact it would be a genjutsu that would solely affect Kureno's mind made it both easier and harder at the same time. Easier because making a genjutsu to affect many minds took more time and energy. She wouldn't forget this was Kureno, however. At least it wasn't her sister. No, no, he didn't say it was to only affect his mind; he said that no one is to be harmed excepting himself and her.

Hmmm....

Now, now, don't be stupid, she chided herself. As much fun as it might be to imagine getting a little non-painful revenge on a few people, it wasn't worth the consequences of getting caught. Didn't mean she couldn't include what she wanted to do as a part of the genjutsu on Kureno though.

Black eyes stared back, a light smirk on her lips. My, wasn't she in a rare good mood today? Why shouldn't she be, though? She now had the chance to really test her skill with genjutsu, and have a little fun with illusion-creation. "Will the six hours start at the same time every day, or will you vary the starting time?" The flexibility would have both its advantages and disadvantages, but those she could ponder after receiving an answer.

...That was the best you had?

[yuuhi_kureno]

Well wasn't that an interesting look on her face. Kureno was looking forward to seeing if she'd be able to justify it.

"Ten a.m. to four p.m. for the next seven days, unless I specifically instruct otherwise at the end of the day. Your time begins as soon as you say you're ready to begin."

Sad but true. Sachiko has no happy icons. >>;

[redeyedavenger]

ooc: which is ironic, because I was having a devil of a time finding pics of the PB when she wasn't smiling. IronyFateOTP

So much for getting creative with shadows and the like. Ah, well.

She didn't have any other questions (the instructions were pretty straightforward, and extensive questioning left less wiggle room in case she needed it), so she simply nodded in acknowledgment of his response. "Understood," she said, lifting a hand to scratch an itch on her scalp. "How about we start when you dispel the bunshin?" Because why should she expend the energy to do it herself, she may need for something else?

I sometimes have that problem with Kureno too, come to think of it...

[yuuhi_kureno]

There may have been something that reminded one of a smile cross Kureno's expression, except no such muscle had even really twitched. It was just something in his eyes. ...Or the bushin's eyes anyway.

"How long have you known?"

Jared Leto ftw~~~

[redeyedavenger]

Her arm dropped back to her side. "When you started explaining the test in-depth. Chin-shadow's wrong." Aside from that, there really wasn't any difference. Kage bunshin were such as that they could cast their own shadows. Bunshin were actual, simple illusions. She should probably start practicing with her own bunshin more.

Can't argue with that. >>

[yuuhi_kureno]

And here he'd been wondering if this was even going to get interesting. However, she'd so far only proven she can detect illusions well, and any of his students were proficient in doing the same. Detecting and dispelling were basic genjutsu training, and while some of the old students had advanced techniques in doing so, very few had taken talent in casting illusions. While most of them could use taijutsu and ninjutsu at jounin-level, when it came to genjutsu, Kureno still stood leagues beyond them.

But this just might be fun. Sachiko was something of a genius after all, and it was only her track record keeping her held back. Kureno--the real Kureno who was watching from the branches of a tree some distance away, shrouded in another genjutsu of his own--felt the corner of his mouth lift. Below, his bushin did the same.

"Your test begins now," it said, and vanished.