Show Me Your Moves (Tutor)

[Kairyuu]

The water was still this far out. Against the shore the breeze coming through was creating little waves lapping at the ground in a vain attempt to encroach upon land, but out here in the middle of things it was quite different. The water didn’t move, it didn’t appear to even be flowing. Pure, still water. Reflective water, anything in the depths well hidden down here. And Maki was standing on it waiting on his pupils to arrive.

Part of the job of leading the branch was to familiarize himself with those under him. He held little respect for the men who claimed leadership and yet did not know the first person outside of their immediate underlings. While one couldn’t be expected to know everyone, he needed at least a passing familiarity with most of the people in the ANBU. So he offered this private tutoring session to two very lucky, or unlucky, pupils.

Maki stood atop the lake in his full samurai getup. Red armoring over a red jacket over black shirt and pants. His katana were at his side, and he seemed to be focusing far more than he should be to be standing atop still water.

 

[Sazuki Nao]

So much had been happening for Izumi in the past that this tutor had come rather unexpected... He was recalled from his memory where he had heard that name but felt as if he had been left in the dark at some point...
Whatever lay ahead Izumi had brought his weapon with him, the bow was slowly outgrowing him, he had grown 2 centimeters as he used to be an academy student. For him, things didn't matter that much, but for his weapon is was only costing more and more.

So much thinking was done while he was making his way towards the place they were supposed to be meeting, the new head of the ANBU or so the rumors were told that this would be the man. As he slowly inched closer to the place he finally made it and made a stop close to the edge of the water. He quickly looked towards the male full in a get-up he was unknown with. It looked rather fascinating, it was strange and for that reason instantly cool for Izumi. Slowly he got up from his one knee again and looked if they were supposed to introduce ANBU style or not... seeing as there wasn't a mask he went with his own name. "Izumi, present." Talking... The one thing he still didn't fancy too much on doing so.

Even he started to look around where they were, trying to instantly remember spots that might have been of interest, it was after all the first time he was here.

 

[Kairyuu]

Maki looks up as one approached, but stops at the edge of the water. One eyebrow rises slightly as the young man gives his name and begins looking around. The Sennin grunts to catch their attention. ”Out here. On the water.” He motions with a finger, an act that gets a negative response from his pupil. Apparently, the kid was never taught to walk on water. The hell were they teaching kids at the academy nowadays?

”Alright, then we’re going to have to fix that. I can’t have someone in my branch unable to sneak around defenses like a simple moat. Can you walk on a tree? Good. Same idea. Focus your chakra on you feet, and step onto the water.” He stands, arms crossed, and waits for the kid to do it.

And most likely fail. After all, unlike a tree water was chaos under the surface and the chakra needed and the direct application of it would require far more finesse than a solid object.

 

[Sazuki Nao]

Once Izumi finally arrived he stayed on the land part instead of the water. He had taken the surrounding a bit to himself but a grunting sound caught his attention and he looked towards the man on the water. His white colored eyes observing him... When he was asked to get onto the water Izumi shook his head. "Sorry... I... never learned how to do that... I do know how to get on top of the tree... and stick to it even upside down for hours..." He mentioned and tilted his head a little with a small frown on it.

”Alright, then we’re going to have to fix that. I can’t have someone in my branch unable to sneak around defenses like a simple moat. Can you walk on a tree? Good. Same idea. Focus your chakra on your feet, and step onto the water.”

Something told Izumi... that, that was easier said than done at this rate. He looked to the water and nodded, giving himself a slow nod and a kick for his own behind mentally... he started to focus down the chakra on the bottoms of his feet as he placed them on the water. He wanted to just walk onto it like that... But of course, that wasn't going as smooth as it first went... He already noticed something. "Density..." He muttered as he had now wet feet.

It took Izumi a few tries, once getting his chakra completely wrong and a sudden dip in the water... But once that had happened and pulled himself up from the water... He got the amount of chakra right...

He sat in front of him emptying his shoes from the water. Not daring to look at the teacher as he had an embarrassing blush painting his face right now. After he had at least less... water dripping from him he stood up again, the chakra having at least more under control that he stayed on top of it. He forced himself right now to look up to his teacher. After all, he couldn't keep looking away, even these situations would pass.

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WC: 352
TWC: 610
Post: 2/?

 

[Kairyuu]

Maki watches as the boy does what he’s told, stepping onto the water. And immediately learned the first issue of water walking. Water wasn’t solid. It wasn’t simply a matter of grip as it was with walls or trees. You had to force yourself to stay up, you had to fight against the water itself. At one point the boy fell in, but Maki made no move to go help him. Indeed, he watched as the other righted himself, poured out as much of the water he could from his shoes, and tried again.

Once the other seemed to finally have it right, Maki walked until the distance between them was the same as it was before. ”Alright, I was intending another lesson, but we’ll work on this instead. I want you to reach me without going under the water. If your knees get wet, you fail and have to start back from the land.”

The Sennin stands still, arms crossed and waiting patiently for the other. Every few seconds, he’d whistle and send a gust of wind into the other. It began as a minor annoyance, but the closer the boy got the more it would begin to press him in various directions. Left, right, front, back, up, down. Every direction it could come from it would at some point.

 

[Sazuki Nao]

Once he let out a whelp and sunk fully below the water line. It was that moment that he felt like giving up for a second... coughing up the water that he had taken in with a surprise... Yet he knew something far too well right now... He couldn't dive too deep below or he wouldn't be able to get out the water at all... He was honestly a lost puppy in the water as he never had a swim class in his life.
Izumi started to empty his boots and thought more and more towards himself regarding a couple of things. A color had been tainting his cheeks as he was pondering about a million kind of things right now. When he started to look up towards the teacher he kept standing there and he nodded a little. He knew he had to do this on his own right now.

”Alright, I was intending another lesson, but we’ll work on this instead. I want you to reach me without going under the water. If your knees get wet, you fail and have to start back from the land.”

And on those words... Izumi had a sheepish grin on his face like he felt it was his blame. On the other hand, he hadn't this been taught by the academy.. Same... as swimming...

He swallowed once more and nodded to himself. He was going to do this... he was able to do this... And he stood back up and on the water... at first only the bottom of the shoes were in the water and on the next step he had been standing on top of that. A sigh of relieving left him... but now the fun had begun of course. He heard a whistle and he was a bit taken off guard by the soft gust of wind. He soon placed the link between them... The whistle made up a gust of wind... One that had him make a step back and have his shoo wet... "No..." He muttered to himself and knew this was a work around the clock... First, he thought about speed would do so... on which he did gave it an attempt and it failed horribly. he had a hip-deep dive and quickly got back up... He kept on his shoes and started to stretch a bit... different approach... slow and steady... Yet that went even worse as he couldn't keep his body right on the balance. He went under till his knee. "Pizza..." he scolded to himself as he made way for the side... The closer he was getting to Maki... the more wind was coming... A sigh left him and he tried with his Hawkeye to see wind directions, even tried to active his byakugan... but he kept puzzled. Ruffling his hairs roughly a few moments. "Hnnn-----" And with that, he took a moment to bite on the tip of his thumb... Thinking more and more... Then he took a third approach and got quite far on the last try, but that almost last gust had him off guard and made once more the error in the chakra amounts. "Almost...." He said and smacked the water. He was turning annoye.d.. almost but not yet... When he got to the side he started to think once more, his body shivering from the cold and thinking.