Not-So-Rainy Days and Mondays [Asuka, Hinaji]

[asuka_sensei]

This took me so long to start, I'm so sorry Squeak -_-; In Naruko-time, this takes place the afternoon of the day after Meeting with AsukaIt was turning out to be a beautiful spring day. The sky a gorgeous blue, the clouds perfect for watching, the flowers coming out in bloom, birds singing merrily, etc etc

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[hyuuga_hinaji]

Hinaji rather enjoyed the wonderful weather. Taking Enka for walks was relaxing, especially when it was so warm out, and spring was always a great time. And for a day when he was meeting Asuka, he'd prefer a nice one to a bad one any day.

He found her on the bench later in the morning, and stood back hesitantly at first. Being tested shouldn't worry him, but it did. If his affinity came back as something that was impossible to work with kaiten, he didn't know what to do. But holding off on it helped nothing.

"Asuka-sensei," he greeted, a soft smile on his face as he came towards her. "Good morning."

[asuka_sensei]

"Is it still?" she asked with a touch of despair. She'd really rather hoped that more of the day had passed. If it was still morning that meant more hours than she estimated before the day was done. That was kind of depressing, actually.

But not important. Asuka put that aside and patted the park bench, offering the space beside her, and reached inside her vest to pull out a sheaf of testing papers. They weren't anything special - looked exactly like blank exploding or flash tags - but when used properly, would display what his elemental affinities were, both major and minor (if he had a minor, anyway). It was kind of silly, really, that you couldn't request these unless you were a jounin, since you couldn't exactly do anything interesting with them, but whatever. She'd gotten them for Hinaji, and with enough left over that she could test her team later, too.

"As promised," she said, and offered two of the papers to the chuunin beside her.

[hyuuga_hinaji]

He took them with a nod of thanks and held them loosely in his hands, staring down at them. The bench felt slightly uncomfortable suddenly, and he swallowed, his mouth dry.

"So...what do I have to do, exactly?" He ran his thumb over the top paper and crinkled it slightly. Once this was over he could go find Sachiko and tell her, and their real training could start. But his stomach flopped as he stared at the paper.

No matter how much he trained, if he was incompatible then the kaiten...

"I just channel some chakra into them?" He looked over at Asuka and smoothed out the crinkle he'd made.

[asuka_sensei]

"Mhmm," came the response. The jounin reached out to lightly tap the hand closest to her. "Hold one in your dominant hand - usually whichever one you write with most comfortably - and channel chakra into, charging it like you would an explosive tag. The paper will react, either by crinkling up, catching on fire, so on. That will show which element is, presumably, your dominant affinity. Then do the same with the other; if you get a different element, you have two affinities. If not, only one."