Classrooms used to be absolutely filled with new, bright eyed, hopeful baby shinobi. They would come in and sit down in their little chairs, wiggle around with barely concealed excitement and learn what it took to be a ninja!... from a textbook. It was the way things were done when Uxirusu had been a student, so many years ago. But slowly, the number of new babies being born dwindled and of those children, less and less were interested in becoming the new future shinobi. It was much easier to live in the huge nearby towns or work as a civilian in Arcadia. You made more money and you lived longer. Most classes had no more than 10-15 students per 'grade'. The oldest group was finally almost ready to graduate. Usually these students would be tested by their normal teacher and either promoted to genin through them or possibly do some group exam to prove who was the best and those who scored the highest were promoted. Now, in most cases, each student was evaluated one by one.
Uxi had been asked to see into testing some of these new and upcoming students to evaluate them over one or two tutoring style classes then test them himself. It was also suggested he think about taking on a team. He... wasn't so sure about that part... Nevertheless, he'd agreed to take two students under his wing for a few days and see what kind of balls they were brandishing and if they deserved to receive their headbands.
So there he sat, or lay rather, draped backward over a large rock in the academy yard near the entrance to the building. His brown hair was roughly hewn and short on the right side of his head, long and braided on the other. The ends of his braid were laying in the dirt. He had a large bruise on his left cheekbone that was just starting to heal so it was an ugly yellow color in the middle surrounded by a ring of greenish purple and his blue eyes were half closed. He watched from an upside down point of view as students of varying age approached the doors. Several walked slower as they noticed the man, curious who he was and why he was there and what the hell he was doing...but said nothing. The jounin was waiting for two boys. Mifune Ryujin and Kotoko Hofu. He knew their names and didn't know shit otherwise.
The students of the nearest graduating class had been informed a few weeks prior that this week was coming. They had all finished up their main testing and been brushing up on group practice work. They had been told they would be notified soon when it was their turn and that they would be taken for small group classes as the last part of their academy days. For the last 3-4 days students had been called out of class alone or in pairs and had not returned to the academy since. There were only 9 people left in Ryujin and Hofu's class.
On the front door was a big sign, written in red marker and terrible chickenscratch. It read.
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Uxi had been asked to see into testing some of these new and upcoming students to evaluate them over one or two tutoring style classes then test them himself. It was also suggested he think about taking on a team. He... wasn't so sure about that part... Nevertheless, he'd agreed to take two students under his wing for a few days and see what kind of balls they were brandishing and if they deserved to receive their headbands.
So there he sat, or lay rather, draped backward over a large rock in the academy yard near the entrance to the building. His brown hair was roughly hewn and short on the right side of his head, long and braided on the other. The ends of his braid were laying in the dirt. He had a large bruise on his left cheekbone that was just starting to heal so it was an ugly yellow color in the middle surrounded by a ring of greenish purple and his blue eyes were half closed. He watched from an upside down point of view as students of varying age approached the doors. Several walked slower as they noticed the man, curious who he was and why he was there and what the hell he was doing...but said nothing. The jounin was waiting for two boys. Mifune Ryujin and Kotoko Hofu. He knew their names and didn't know shit otherwise.
The students of the nearest graduating class had been informed a few weeks prior that this week was coming. They had all finished up their main testing and been brushing up on group practice work. They had been told they would be notified soon when it was their turn and that they would be taken for small group classes as the last part of their academy days. For the last 3-4 days students had been called out of class alone or in pairs and had not returned to the academy since. There were only 9 people left in Ryujin and Hofu's class.
On the front door was a big sign, written in red marker and terrible chickenscratch. It read.
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Mifune Ryujin
Kotoko Hofu
You are both required
to meet with your
private instructor. Do
not proceed to class.
He's on the rock
behind you.
└...................................┘
<COLOR color="#BF0000">Mifune Ryujin
Kotoko Hofu
You are both required
to meet with your
private instructor. Do
not proceed to class.
He's on the rock
behind you.
└...................................┘
mft