"Alright, seeing as I have no idea who any of you are, why don't we start off by introducing ourselves? I want to know your name, your most common jutsu, and one interesting fact about yourself that no one else would know. I will go first. I am your new sensai, Umuki Tamatsu. I am exceptional in taijutsu, but can use a little bit of ninjutsu. And one unknown fact about me is that I have a huge obsession with apples. They are just too amazingly delicious. Alright, enough about me; moving onto you..." Tamatsu pointed to the only girl on his team. From the markings on her face, and also on the guy beside her, Tamatsu could identify that they were both form the Reilna clan.
The girl smiled at her sensai. "Well, my name is Reilna Yuuki . I am more so a water ninjutsu user, but know some genjutsu." She laughed to herself as she tried to think of a interesting fact about herself. "I guess the only other thing I can say is that I love sunsets." She grinned.
The older male beside her rolled his similar emerald eyes - why did he have to be stuck with his own sister?
"Ah, sunsets." Tamatsu sighed. The memories that returned to his mind when the word arisen made him smile. Finally, he turned to the the one beside Yuuki with similar markings. "And you are...?"
The older male cleared his throat and sighed deeply, not really keen on the idea of spilling his purpose of life to two strangers.
"My name is Reilna Kaname . I'm this dub's older brother," He gestured toward Yuuki.
"Hey!" She growled.
He quickly hurried on. "I use only ninjutsu, also water-style, and I'm only so much older 'cause I had to hold myself back for her." He explained with another sigh.
"Not my fault! Besides, you're only two years late!" Yuuki pointed out, crossing her arms over her chest and blowing a piece of snow-white hair from her eyes.
Kaname rolled his eyes and looked back at his sensai. "That's it."
"Interesting." Tamatsu agreed, then nodded towards the lone male that sat on Yuuki's other side, but sat a fair distance from her.
"I'm called Red. Don't think I will be telling either of you my real name, so forget it. Call me Red, end of story. I use both genjutsu and taijutsu, and very limited ninjutsu. An interesting fact about me... I'm actually at jounin level, but due to... certain pressures, I've been left a genin. So now here I am, in a group with Yuuki and her older brother...and you." Red smirked sarcastically. "Fun."
Yuuki raised an eyebrow to Red. "You're kind of a jerk, aren't you?"
Kaname nudged Yuuki but she shrugged him off.
"It's true!" She hissed.
"Sure." Red shrugged.
Tamatsu quickly cut in before anything else could be said. "Well, I'm hoping that over time we can all grow closer together and work proficiently as a team, and not just individuals. To see how well you three can work together, I want you all to meet me at the pond at the back of the village." He said slowly before nodding his head and walking off.
Yuuki jumped to her feet with a grin. "This is gonna be epic!"
Kaname sighed and pulled himself to his feet, pulling out his sword and looking over the blade. "Wonder if it's sharp enough..." He mumbled.
"Epic is not the correct word." Red stated before turning his back. "And in case neither of you noticed, Tamatsu-sensai did not appoint a time for all of us to meet at the pond."
Yuuki narrowed her emerald eyes at Red. "Obviously he meant now, idiot!"
Kaname sighed. "Stop yelling, Yuuki."
"No!" She hissed again.
"Golden star for you, young girl." Red smirked, his back still facing his two team mates.
Yuuki clenched her fists, trying to restrain herself from strangling the older male. "Shut up." She muttered in irritation.
"Can we please just go?" Kaname mumbled, walking past Red and toward the pond.
"Yes, we should start to head over to the pond." Red agreed. As he walked past Yuuki he stuck out his hand and moved the piece of hair that fell in front of her face behind her ear. "Better keep that temper under control before the vultures get you." He whispered before continuing to walk.
Yuuki gasped as he walked passed her, shooting daggers at his retreating form. 'How dare he touch me!'
Kaname walked back and grabbed Yuuki's wrist, pulling her in the direction of the pond. "He'll probably show up later. Just come on."
"H-He touched me!" She growled.
Kaname raised an eyebrow to her. "I didn't see anything. Besides, had I seen him touch you, I would have warned him."
"B-But he did!" She shook her head.
Kaname rolled his eyes and dropped the subject as the siblings walked off in silence.
"I wouldn't have guessed Red to be a no-show type of guy." Tamatsu stated as he half sat half leaned against the giant rock with his arms crossed. Both Yuuki and Kaname had shown up twenty minutes earlier.
Yuuki shrugged. "Who cares? Can't we start without him?"
"As I stated before coming to the pond, I want to discover how well you work as a team, not individually." Tamatsu reminded Yuuki.
Yuuki huffed a sigh as she sat on the ground with her arms over her chest. "That's not fair."
"Fine we can start." Tamatsu said.
Yuuki's frown turned upside down as she jumped back up to her feet. "Alright, what do we do?"
"Review team work skills." Red stated as he walked up to stand beside Yuuki. "Don't you ever listen?"
Yuuki almost jumped out of her skin as she stepped back a bit from Red. "Wh-When d-did you...?"
Kaname smacked Yuuki over the head. "Shut up and listen!"
Yuuki pouted as she gripped where she had been hit. "That hurt Kaname..." She mumbled.
"Alright. So, the first test involves this..." Tamatsu brought out a rope of fair length from the bag beside the rock. I want Yuuki and Red to be on a team together, and using team work, you have to tie Kaname up without seriously injuring him in anyway."
Yuuki gulped and looked from Red to her brother - she had never been able to beat him at anything. Kaname shrugged and pushed his sword into the dirt, a fair distance from where the three would battle.
"H-How is this teamwork?" Yuuki asked her sensai, unsure as to how much she liked the idea of this challenge.
"You will see after." Tamatsu smiled before ushering them forward. "Begin when you like."
"Follow." Red whispered to Yuuki before running into the woods.
Yuuki sighed deeply, trying to shake her nervousness as she silently followed Red into the forest. Red stopped after a little bit of running into the woods before quickly turning around to face the oblivious Yuuki. She yelped as she bumped into Red, covering her mouth as her heart raced. "S-Sorry." She mumbled, her face turning red.
Red passed it off before quickly cutting to the chase. "You said you knew a little genjutsu. I know it's a little too early considering we have never really trained together, but I know of a few tricks in Genjutsu that you and I could use. How much genjutsu do you actually know, and what's the average length you can hold an illusion?" Red asked.
Yuuki was a bit taken aback at how Red shrugged off her embarrassing mistake, but she too, let it go as her face turned back to his normal shade. She twirled a piece of white hair between her fingers as she thought. "I know a fair amount. Kaname doesn't know any. He's actually quite weak against it. I can hold an illusion for a half an hour at most." She told him simply.
Red reached out to grab her wrist and pulled it away from twirling her hair. "Please, do not do that." Red closed his eyes as he thought. "You know genjutsu, and ninjutsu. I know genjutsu, taijutsu, and limited ninjutsu. My weakness becomes your strength, and your weakness becomes my strength, with mutual genjutsu that could possible strengthen the both of us with training. And your brother?"
Yuuki blinked at him and pulled her hand back. "Erm... Kaname is highly skilled in taijutsu, however, without his sword he is not much of a threat. He refuses to use it against anyone who is not an enemy. The only other thing he can do is that he's mastered all the clan ninjutsu my clan has. I know most, just not all." She explained, trying not to twirl her hair again.
Red thought for a moment before he pushed his hand through his hair and leaned against the tree. "Ninjutsu and ninjutsu. Genjutsu to taijutsu." Red sighed. "Alright, since Kaname is a taijutsu with no genjutsu, but he can also use ninjutsu, why don't we try this. I will set an illusion, but it won't be too strong, just enough for you to know what reality is. Meanwhile, while I'm setting the illusion, you go and distract Kaname. When the illusion is set, I'll come and join you. Kaname will be confused, allowing you to use minimal ninjutsu on him. I will take the rope and go for the kill - figuratively - but assuming your brother is no idiot, we will do a switch off. From here on you will get behind him, pass off one side of the rope to me, you duck and secure, I'll run and tie. If we need to do a few pass off's, then we will. Catch that?" Red smirked. "This shouldn't be too hard."
Yuuki blinked. "I-I think I got it..." She mumbled.
"Then get." Red stated, staring blankly at the obviously confused Yuuki standing before him. He was not wanting to repeat himself a second time. If the time arose to change plans on a whim, then they would have to.
Yuuki nodded and ran off to find her brother. It didn't take long for her to find him, however, she had to sigh. "What an idiot." She mumbled.
Kaname and his sensai had been talking since the other two ran off to plan.
"I'm gettin' bored." Kaname sighed.
"They're planning, I'm assuming. Which is good. Patience, and stand guard. Just because the enemy is taking a while to show themselves, doesn't mean you can let your guard down as if they had left." Tamatsu said.
Kaname nodded. "So, apples." He smirked. "Exactly, how obsessed are you with them?"
"Try one yourself, how can someone not fall in love with them?" Tamatsu laughed. "No, seriously, I can't stand to not have one at least twice a day." Tamatsu smirked before perking up. "Speaking of!" He reached into the bag he took the rope out of and pulled an apple out, rubbing it against his shirt to shine it before biting into it with a satisfied sigh.
Kaname just laughed.
Yuuki used the conversation to her advantage as she slowly moved from tree to tree in the shadows, making her way behind Kaname. Once she did, she formed several hand seals before whispering, "Water-style, water snake."
A small snake made of water slowly slithered over to Kaname and bit his foot. He yelled and Yuuki quickly moved back behind the tree before she could be seen. 'Enough to get his attention and not enough to really harm him.' She thought to herself.
"Looks like they're ready." Kaname smirked.
Red moved through the tree's silently until he was directly behind Kaname. He moved forward until he was at the tree's edge, but still hidden by the bush in front of the tree. He knelled down and closed his eyes as he focused his energy.
Yuuki could feel the illusion start instantly, something her brother would be oblivious to. 'He's kinda smart.' She thought with a small blush before shaking it off and focusing her mind back on the task at hand.
Kaname twirled a kunai around his finger as he inspected the area closely, looking for any type of movement.
Yuuki took in a breath before slowly letting it out. She quickly jumped out of the tree's coverage and threw a few kunai at Kaname, meant to miss. He quickly dodged the kunai and noticed she had disappeared once again.
"Your aim is getting worse, little sister." Kaname stated.
Red smirked and opened his eyes. Kaname, Kaname. 'Oh how easy you are.' Red stood quietly while moving forward quickly and around Kaname towards the rope that lay on the ground in front of Tamatsu. He picked it up and was about to turn run back when he caught a glimpse of Tamatsu's conflicted face. Red rolled his eyes, remembering Tamatsu's dilemma's in not knowing genjutsu. He reached out and placed the palm side of his hand to Tamatsu's face before pulling back. Confusion flashed across the sensai's face before he focused on Red. "Sorry." Red shrugged before running back to join Yuuki.
Yuuki looked to Red, looking for answers as she still hid behind the tree.
Red shook his head before quickly running to her side. "Take the rope, get close but without him noticing, I'll come up beside you take one end and run around him to tie him up." He reminded and handed her the rope.
Yuuki nodded, hoping she understood correctly. Slowly she emerged from the tree's camouflage and looked at her bother. He smirked and charged toward what he believed was her. Quickly she ran forward to what was actually his left side and crouched down at his side, the rope tightly in hand.
Red followed suit, and just as Yuuki ducked, Red was at her side, taking the rope and charging in circles around Kaname.
In Kaname's confusion, he tried to escape the rope that was wrapping around him. In his struggle the kunai that was tightly in his hand scrapped through Yuuki's shoulder. She, however, shrugged it off the best she could and waited for Red to finish running around her brother.
Red finally finished and tightened the rope around Kaname, pulling it tightly before breaking the illusion. "Game over." Red shrugged and turned to face Tamatsu. "Test of my life. Will Red cooperate with his team or rely on himself? I'm jounin level, not an idiot. I know the value of team work. I may not particularly like the concept, but in a team setting, I am capable."
Tamatsu walked over to stand with the group, Kaname still being tied up. "And you've passed. Congratulations."
Yuuki let go of the rope and stood up, wincing as she gripped her bleeding shoulder. "G-Good. C-Can I go now, sensai?"
"I-I'm sorry, Yuuki." Kaname frowned.
"Follow me." Red said as he grabbed Yuuki's wrist and pulled her into the woods.
Yuuki sighed. "Red, this is the second time you've dragged me into the woods. What could I possibly do about my wound out here?" She groaned, her wound beginning to sting.
Red looked at the wound on Yuuki's left shoulder before reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small vile. He placed it to her lips and tipped it forward.
"Drink." He said.
Yuuki didn't know how to react to his sudden actions, so she drank as she was told. She pushed his hand away and suddenly felt woozy. "D-Did you just d-drug me?" She slurred before her eyes shut and her body fell forward.
Red caught Yuuki up into his arms. He heard Kaname's inquiring voice and the sound of his foot steps, so he headed back to the main part of the village to where the Reilna clan resided. He opened the gate and walked in, receiving confused looks.
A tall female, resembling an older version of Yuuki approached Red. "What's wrong with my daughter?" She asked, her voice slightly harsh as her emerald eyes narrowed on Red.
"Absolutely nothing." Red smirked. "But if you would kindly direct me to her house, that would be very much appreciated."
The female raised an eyebrow before turning and gesturing with her hand for Red to follow. She lead him to one of the biggest homes in the area the clan resided. "Her bedroom is upstairs on the left." The woman said before walking off down the street.
Red took the directions and found what he assumed would be Yuuki's room. There were some photo's of her and her family on the night stand. The room itself didn't hold much colour, but there were many windows considering it was a single person room. It was very neat and tidy for a sixteen year old girl. She stirred slightly in his arms, groaning.
"N-No... P-Please d-don't..." She murmured, frustration and fear on her face even though she was knocked out.
"No what? Would you rather me leave you on the street where people could rob you?" Red rolled his eyes and laid her down on the bed.
Yuuki stirred on the bed as her eyes slowly opened. She looked confused as she looked around her room. When her eyes landed on Red, she jumped back in fear. "What the hell did you do to me!"
"Take a look at your shoulder, idiot." Red shook his head and motioned towards her fully healed shoulder; no scar remained from the wound.
Yuuki cautiously moved her gaze from Red to her shoulder, her eyes widening as she moved her hand to touch where the gash had been. "S-So you knocked m-me out to heal i-it?" She murmured, moving her gaze back to him.
"No...My healing remedy tends to knock you out. I've learned to fight the knock out side effects, but it still makes me drowzy. Haven't found a way to change it." Red shrugged.
Yuuki nodded slowly. "Okay, next thing... who the hell told you where I lived, and where my room is? No one is ever allowed in here, anyone!" Her eyes narrowed, unable to contain her sudden anger.
"First, I have no clue who anyone is in your clan, and second of all, I'm surprised myself that the woman who told me where your is allowed me to bring you to your room." Red rolled his eyes once again. "Apparentally there is no caution in this clan."
Yuuki clenched her jaw. "No, there isn't." She lowered her head and mumbled something Red could not catch.
At that moment Kaname ran upstairs and poked his head in. "Y-Yuuki I- Red? What the hell? Why are you here?" His face twisted in confusion.
Yuuki jumped to her feet, her eyes a shade of dark red as she glared at Kaname. "What the hell have I told you? Get out!"
Kaname's eyes widened as he hesitated for a moment before running off. Yuuki, now looking fatigued, plopped down on her bed gripping her head as her eyes faded back to emerald. She mururmed something once again that Red could not catch.
"Apparentally there isn't love either." Red widened his eyes and pursed his lips. "Anyways...an appreciation would be nice before I leave your sactioned space."
Yuuki lifted her head to look at Red. "Th-Thanks... I-I'll um..." She lowered her head again. "I'll see you tomorrow at training..."
Red nodded his head before leaving the room, passing Kaname along the way. "Your clan has some serious issues." He whispered to Kaname.
Kaname chuckled. "You have no idea. But, it's more so her. She's been hiding something for years. Even I cannot get her to tell me. And that temper..." He shook his head. "Nevermind... sorry. Thanks for ah, well, I have no idea what you did. But ah, I'll see you tomorrow I suppose." He said with a nervous laugh.
Red nodded once again before leaving the house. He looked around at the clan's members walking normally about, not questioning his prescence, especially at Yuuki and Kaname's house. Red shook his head and carried on. Once outside the clan's division, a short stalky male came up and stood still for a few moments infront of Red.
Red raised an eyebrow and tried to side step him, but the man stepped in front of him again.
"What?" Red growled.
"You know." The man said. He narrowed his eyes at Red before finally leaving.
Red rolled his eyes. "Thus why I tried ignoring you." Red murmured under his breath, running his hands through his hair and carrying on. "You can wait, though."