Prologue: Thoughts
Hokage-sama,
As per your request, a periodic update on the status of our genin teams. As you probably know, the current team I have taken charge of has since become one last genin. The rest have graduated to Chuunin-level, leaving Mizushin Junzo my sole charge until he is either reassigned to another team when a spot opens, or more members are placed under my charge, whichever happens.
I have little else to say about his abilities and skills. My brief outline of his abilities has been reported previously, and should easily be accessed in the files. To reiterate briefly, his abilities and ninja techniques as well as working personality is fully acceptable for a chuunin-level ninja. In the field, he is dependable and has thoroughly adequate abilities to fulfill any typical duties that may be required of him at chuunin level. However, the latter part of the report requirement has me to answer the question of what I feel my charge my charge is.
Who is Mizushin Junzo?
That is indeed a most curious question. It is certainly one that I believe would be hard to answer. Like most people of course, Junzo-kun has a wide variety of aspects in his personality that he shows to people.
At times he can be silent and rather brooding, but polite if though somewhat aloof nonetheless. He seems to be open-minded enough to listen to most anything people have to say, but with firm stances of his own that he will speak up to defend, but not argue. He can be boisterous and corny, senseless in humor. On occasion he might toe the line of decent topics, but mostly in jest, and he knows when to back off something. An amazing thing about him perhaps, is that he can rebound from most any problematic phase.
I have to apologize if what I have just said seems to be jumping around a bit, Hokage-sama. But while a touch disorganized, imagine that these words describes him best, if it is somewhat cluttered and vague.
From all this, you'd probably think he's quite the decent guy! And as I contemplate on this, he is I suppose. Nice enough and with a good heart, especially on the surface. This is not to say that his personality shown, being nice and concerned and all is not sincere. He is sincere about such things, in that I have no doubt.
But there are times, especially during his darker moments, which make you think twice about him. Not about his good phase, but I feel that there is quite a bit more to the teenaged student I have then I can perceive. He is quite adept at concealing his thoughts, despite the fact that his emotions are expressive enough. Personally, I think that it is a better shield then being expressionless at times. Or should I say, it is more delicate to handle. Going over this I know there is something more, but I cannot tell quite what it is, or how to deal with it.
A different air settles down on him in such moments. Most of us have, I think, many levels to our hearts. And in each level of it, we share different amounts of our feelings and thoughts. We have people with whom we share our innermost thoughts and desires. With him, I do not think he has shown any deeper part of himself with anyone. This might be understandable considering his circumstances. But this does not lessen my concern for him any. From what I can tell, the most of himself he has shown, I believe...even I have only seen but halfway through.
And it worries me. I am after all, his sensei. I would wish to make this report more extensive, but I feel that it should be enough at this point. I have the Chuunin Preliminaries to officiate now. I think I shall bring Junzo-kun with me. It would do him some good to see the new batch trying out for genin.
Yours truly,
Gekkou Hayate, Jounin
AN: Thanks to Authoress Pendragon for the first review. I was actually reading it over, about the "think" stuff. Changed it a bit to tone down on the I thinks. Well, I doubt anyone else would notice, as my entry is rather new as of now. But I do hope that I can finish this fic. I've only completed 1 ever. :) Ah, hopefully I can last. Well, on with the stories!