[Shimizu Asuka]

One breath in, and one deep breath out. Eyes closed in concentration, a shock of silvery white hair flowing like a curtain as the man moved through his stretches. Each movement was smooth, slow, and very clearly practiced. He did not stop, either, moving through the whole set before so much as glancing around him. He was hoping to make a good impression today, given that the genin he was meeting wasn’t any of his own team. It would more than likely help to already be ready, even though he was still relatively new to teaching.

For a jounin sensei, a year wasn’t necessarily a long time to have been teaching. He wanted to teach for a much longer time, even if many of his genin hardly got the chance to meet him before quitting altogether. One day, he wanted to have students that stuck around for more than a few weeks. Witnessing a student grow from a small genin under his care to their own person and shinobi was something he wanted to witness. It was just unfortunate that he hadn’t found that good team yet.

Well, even if he hadn’t found that team, he could still teach a genin something today, his own student or not. Kuronmeru Enyo was a name he wasn’t overly familiar with, but he’d never turn down a medic in the making if they wanted to learn. He hadn’t had a single medically inclined student to date, so it was pretty exciting to finally get to teach the main subject of his focus. He wondered what Enyo was like. Was the genin someone who wanted to learn how to heal more, or did he choose medical ninjutsu for the damage it could do? He could work with either, though Asuka had always personally preferred the healing aspect more than the damage he could cause if needed.

Kuronmeru Enyo

[Kuronmeru Enyo]

blood as black as the ocean

Enyo, although assigned Team One much to his own extreme chagrin, was given a task of meeting with another sensei today. Particularly because his new one - Sora - was not particularly well versed in medical arts. This one, apparently was. Of course the Kuronmeru clan was more than well-equipped to help him with it, but Enyo had been thrown every which way outside of the clan so that he could 'learn' to be better with others, it never really struck him as the reason. But, at least he might improve today.

He was, as always, dressed nicely. With a carefully tucked summer yukata in lilac. His hair in a high ponytail, everything about him was clean, and he did not even appear to have any scars or skin blemishes from training as many shinobi did from their hard work. He didn't like that sort of thing, scars reminded him of darker times when he was considered a horrible little disgrace. It was less bad nowadays, but on occasion he heard the whispers of it and it made his stomach sour.

He appeared in the training field, noticing the man with silver hair doing stretches. Strange, considering the medical arts did not require a great deal of movement to perform. At least what little Enyo knew how to perform. But, in his presumptuous manner, Enyo approached, having decided that this man was in fact the man that he needed to meet with.

"Are you..." He paused thinking of the name he had been given for the meeting. "Kimiru Asuna?" That was close enough, and if it wasn't he could correct him.

"I'm Kuronmeru Enyo. What are you going to teach me that requires stretching exercises?" He asked plainly, his head tilting a little bit, as he leveled quite a judgmental gaze upon the jounin. More experienced? Sure. But certainly not better than Enyo or any Kuronmeru for that matter.

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[Shimizu Asuka]

Asuka’s own outfit was not nearly so nice as the genin before him, but the silver-haired man was still clean and obviously took care of his own clothing. His outfit was in a simple dark navy, his obi turquoise to match the shimmering scales covering patches of his chest and arms. Seeing the genin approach him, he inwardly winced at the butchering of his name. ”Shimizu Asuka, of the Ama clan, at your service. Kuronmeru-kun, was it? Well, I wanted to see what you knew first, and then go over a new jutsu for you, and maybe end it in a spar to show you some of the ways a strong medic can use medical ninjutsu in combat. Is this amenable to you?”

He asked, studying the young man before him. The young man was quite obviously well dressed, clean, and as of yet unscarred by combat. Asuka wasn’t exactly scarred up much either due to his own proficiency with medical techniques, but almost every genin seemed to have at least a scar or two. Not that it was really any of his business. Maybe the kid had a good medic to tend to any wounds he’d had before now? It seemed likely enough.

If Enyo expressed his consent to the plan for today’s activities, Asuka would approach the young man to stand closer, where he’d be able to easily demonstrate whichever jutsu he ended up teaching the genin. ”If you please, would you mind listing off the medical techniques you already know? I’d prefer to work on something new with you, so I don’t want to accidentally pick something you’ve already got down. I won’t ask you to demonstrate, since we don’t really have an easy test subject out here except for ourselves.” Tilting his head, he awaited Enyo’s answer. He was really curious as to what the genin knew, not even just from the perspective of a teacher. He wanted to know what young medics these days were learning, so he could better supplement this genin’s medical knowledge.

Kuronmeru Enyo

[Kuronmeru Enyo]

blood as black as the ocean

Enyo was not really listening, he heard the man's name but hardly cared about whether or not he was of some kind of clan. There was no clan superior to the Kuronmeru clan. Kirigakure no Sato of course had many noble clans, but they were all inferior. Below those clans were the regular shinobi, however, and then the allies of Kiri. Beyond that the enemies. They were the lowest of the low and deserved the least amount of respect. Enyo had a pretty strict hierarchy, but even here it seemed he had no respect for those of another clan because it did not matter to him.

"Sure." Was all he said in response, it was not particularly exciting but at least it would be something in terms of getting more medical experience under his belt. Of course, he had only heard about half of what Asuka had actually said.

What Enyo did notice was that Asuka suddenly approached him, which was an unexpected turn of events. He took one step back, not wanting to be too close to the fish man - since he had clearly introduced himself as one of the fish people or belonging to that fishy clan - in case he smelled bad. Enyo also noted that they were more or less the same height, which was a strange thing since most of his teachers had been substantially taller than him. But his family had a propensity for being tall, they were all quite beautiful in this way.

"I only have three learned enough to perform: Shōshaku no Jutsu, Firuta no Jutsu, Chakura no Mesu."

It was not a lot but it was because his knowledge of the medical was not as good as he wanted it to be. Soon though he would learn more, maybe this fishy man could teach him plenty and he would be better than ever. After all learning medical without test subjects was difficult and apparently stealing dead bodies from hospitals was frowned upon - though Enyo had asked his father about it before - so he had to rely on whatever he was given, particularly scrolls and books.

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[Shimizu Asuka]

Enyo’s unenthusiastic responses had Asuka frowning for a moment, a little perturbed by the lack of energy. He pushed through it, though, pondering on which jutsu would be best for a moment before settling on one. ”Those are all good to know, and I’m glad you have at least a few techniques under your belt. Today, I will teach you what may well be one of the most important low-ranking jutsu a medic can know. Seimei Ken, or Life Bond. Based on the name, can you guess what it does?” He asked, giving the genin a subtle test on his actual medical knowledge beyond a few basic jutsu.

The jutsu was mainly used for chakra transfusions, but he wanted to see if Enyo actually knew that, given it’s similar nature to a jutsu he already knew. If the genin got it right, Asuka would praise his knowledge, but if he couldn’t or wouldn’t answer, the jounin would launch into a brief but thorough explanation. ”Seimei Ken is, at its core, mainly used as a means to conduct chakra transfusions. This is very important to know, as it is the main treatment used for patients with chakra exhaustion. Learn this jutsu well, and you may well save your teammate’s lives with it one day. May I demonstrate?” he queried, noting how Enyo had taken a step back.

This, too, made Asuka frown. He hardly cut an intimidating figure, so why had Enyo stepped back? He didn’t exactly have the time to analyze that at the moment, though. He needed to be focused on teaching this jutsu. Seimei Ken was incredibly useful, but it was all too easy to put too much chakra into the jutsu and give oneself chakra exhaustion instead. If he weren’t paying close attention to Enyo as he learned this technique, the young man could pay a price for it. No, he would teach this jutsu correctly. If he did well enough, he may even take charge of teaching the genin medical ninjutsu in the future. He wanted to do well with this.

Kuronmeru Enyo

[Kuronmeru Enyo]

blood as black as the ocean

Enyo was not enthusiastic, at least for the fact that he was being taught by someone who was not of his clan. It was giving him an unsavory feeling, the kind that lingered at the back of the throat, like nausea swirling. Though, in spite of his lack of enthusiasm he had read plenty of scrolls and books as he had been made to by his family. In other words, his theoretical knowledge was plentiful but his practical knowledge was still lacking. It was hard to have much practical medical knowledge working on a genin team. Some chose to go into the medical field, though with Enyo he was not so sure he wanted to do that. He had the kekkei genkai, which meant he no longer would be poorly relegated to the hospital. The Kuronmeru were among the best medics in the entire village, and yet being a pure medic came with some baggage. Baggage Enyo was not enthusiastic to carry.

"Chakra transfer, something like this?" He recalled it from one of his scrolls, but only vaguely. Either way it was likely a good thing that Asuka explained a little more even if Enyo was barely listening. It would subconsciously take root somewhere in the back of his mind for when he would later pull up the knowledge and make it his own.

Of course, Enyo had hardly a sliver of an idea of what the jounin meant when he had asked if he could demonstrate. He did not think meant he needed to be touched or that they would need to touch. Perhaps somewhere he realized it, but it was not at the forefront of his cerebral processes so he dully nodded giving the man permission to demonstrate, whilst folding his arms tucking onto into the sleeve of the other politely and pressing them close against his chest to quietly watch what was going to occur.

Now that the demonstration was about to unfold Enyo had focused his mind a little more, he did genuinely want to improve his medical ability so he did focus in now at the very least.

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[Shimizu Asuka]

serenity is not stillness.
● ● ● ●

but peace within a raging storm and the serendipity that can be found within the storm

Asuka approached Enyo slowly so as not to startle the genin, making sure to keep each of his movements perfectly visible. Much of the demonstration before actual practice would be felt more than seen from this point, so Enyo would have to be concentrating if he wanted to truly figure this out. So long as the genin didn’t move out of the way, Asuka would place his hand on Enyo’s shoulder, eyes closing in concentration for a minute as he worked to sync his chakra flow with the genin’s.

Moments later, his chakra would begin to flow into the genin, cool and tranquil like an undisturbed pond. Asuka did not linger in this, the whole thing taking less than a minute. As he went, he explained. ”You need to be touching your patient in order to properly transfer chakra. Don’t just transfer your chakra immediately though, if you don’t properly sync yours with that of your patient, you’ll cause more harm than good. Your chakra flow must match your patient’s to work properly, though I suppose you could also use it improperly on purpose if you aim to use such a thing in combat. It’s not a pretty way to die.”

He paused for a moment here, to let his words sink in for the genin. This jutsu was by far one of the most useful low ranking techniques a medic could know, but it was downright dangerous. That’s why Asuka was necessary to supervise Enyo’s learning of this technique. ”You will more than likely mess up, and you will do so more than once. I am experienced enough in this technique to correct any harm you do to me while practicing, so please do not hesitate in your attempts. We will go until you have either gotten the technique down, or you get too close to running out of chakra.”

Kuronmeru Enyo
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[Kuronmeru Enyo]

blood as black as the ocean

Enyo did in fact move back, fearing that his nostrils might be offended by the distinct fishy smell of a fishman. The Ama were all clearly rather stinky in his head. He almost reacted violently too when his shoulder was touched, visibly flinching back not in real fear or thinking that he was going to be hurt, but just genuine disgust. Soon though - even if his mind wanted to tell him otherwise - he realized that Asuka did not smell like a fish market which was full of nasty dead fish. He smelled like nothing that Enyo could pinpoint, which meant the Kuronmeru's shoulders lowered slowly releasing the tension. Still the look of disgust remained on his face, being touched like this.

Touching the patient seemed kind of gross, but of course a lot of the medical arts required some kind of contact. Not that Enyo was a fan of the practice, it felt rather unsanitary in reality. But he was feeling the demonstration, some chakra entering his body leaving him feel almost overfull but also more recharged than before like a generator being struck by lightning. A strange but very physical sensation.

Enyo pulled away from Asuka when he was given the opportunity to do so, he did not want to touch the jounin. But it seemed that he would not have a lot of choice and would in fact have to touch him to get anything done with this technique. A sigh left him just as he was given a light warning and that he could mess up if it was necessary and that he should not hesitate.

"Why would I hesitate?" It did not occur to Enyo that he should be careful with anyone, ever, in fact it seemed far more plain and simple to go all out, at all times. Even in a scenario that could be considered as quite dangerous. He waited for an answer only briefly before putting his hands down on Asuka's forearm beginning to focus chakra.

Shimizu Asuka

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[Shimizu Asuka]

serenity is not stillness.
● ● ● ●

but peace within a raging storm and the serendipity that can be found within the storm

While Asuka hadn’t necessarily known why Enyo was so unenthusiastic before, the genin’s expression of disgust at being touched certainly clued him in at least a little. The question required little focus to answer, the jounin instead directing most of his attention to Enyo’s hand on his arm. ”The medical specialty is a delicate balance. Hesitation can be fatal, but a little caution is always necessary. The human body is all too easy to break instead of heal if you aren’t careful, and I can demonstrate a few of the ways in how this can happen later. You already know at least one medical technique that can be quite deadly yourself,” he answered, brow furrowed in concentration as he carefully watched and waited for the moment in which Enyo would start the process of attempting to transfer chakra.

It would be easy enough for him to expel the foreign chakra should Enyo fail in the technique, but it still required some degree of concentration, for both of their sakes. ”When doing this technique, I want you to promise to keep an eye on your own chakra levels. If you feel your stores dropping below 10-20%, stop immediately. Anything lower than a tenth of your max stores could potentially be harmful to you as well, and then you’ll be the one being treated for chakra exhaustion.” The jounin said, still watching as Enyo gathered his chakra. Enyo was at least somewhat intelligent, so Asuka was sure he could figure that out on his own, but the warning was there regardless. If the genin passed out from preventable chakra exhaustion on his watch he’d never be able to look the other medics in the eye again.

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[Kuronmeru Enyo]

blood as black as the ocean

Enyo's face seemed to twitch a bit when Asuka mentioned that the human body was all to easy to break. What a delightful thing, indeed, the body breaking beneath him. Bones cracking, blood dripping and soaking into a battleground. The idea was splendid, but he had to focus now. There was no point in daydreaming about imaginary scenarios. There had been no battleground to speak of in many years, though he hoped he might participate in some battles in the future that would make being a shinobi worthwhile.

The genin listened, astutely for now. Not because he cared about what Asuka was saying, but because he wanted to show off. It was not a noble reason that he was listening, but getting Enyo to listen for any reason was a victory on its own. Asuka was not at all abrasive, and to Enyo it felt almost too easy to interact with him. Most would put up a fight at this junction, but he had not making Enyo's own behavior almost pleasant - even if that might be the furthest from the truth.

The shinobi kept himself grounded in the moment, focusing on the cultivation of chakra. It was clear that he possessed an impressive amount of chakra control for someone his rank because he clearly knew what he was doing as he started to process the actual technique. Once he could feel the chakra channel through his palms he started to expel it. The sensation was not smooth, not like a still pond. Asuka's had been practiced and impressive, in Enyo's case it was a bit more like jagged stone hitting his 'patients' flesh, but despite the sensation something was working and just on the precipice of too much Enyo stopped and pulled his soft well-cared for hands away.


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[Shimizu Asuka]

serenity is not stillness.
● ● ● ●

but peace within a raging storm and the serendipity that can be found within the storm

Enyo clearly had decent chakra control, Asuka noted, as the genin picked up on the basics of the technique pretty quickly. However, it wasn’t quite perfect, and his signature wasn’t completely aligned with Asuka’s. Wrestling the chakra under his own control when Enyo stepped back, the man looked at the genin contemplatively. ”A good first attempt, but your matching of my chakra signature wasn’t perfect. When doing this in the field, you’ll want to put a hand on either side of the patient’s head. In my case, you’ll be able to do it with just my arm, since I don’t need the extra stability, and this is just practice. Now, try again. This time, pay your full attention to matching my signature with your chakra. Once you’ve gotten the technique down, I’ll demonstrate what the higher levels of iryojutsu can look like, in a spar.”

Offering his arm to the genin once again, Asuka watched carefully. He’d transfer any and all chakra Enyo lost back to him at the end of this, of course, but for now he wanted the boy to struggle with the technique on his own for a bit. He was good, but the technique was dangerous for a reason, so he needed to be perfect before the technique was field ready. Asuka would make sure that Enyo could perfect the technique. He was sure that the boy would be a good iryo-nin one day though, though Enyo seemed more combat medic than full medical nin like Asuka himself was. The appeal of a spar might encourage him to do this well, he hoped.

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[Kuronmeru Enyo]

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Enyo sneered, his nose scrunching in annoyance at the idea of combat. Not because he did not like combat - he very much did - but because he was clearly focused on learning this technique enough to take it home with him and practice it some more so he could perfect it over time. These things were not built in an afternoon of diligent work, after all. Well, most things were not. Some things could be. Medical ninjutsu hardly ever was.

"I'm not interested in that, I just want to get this technique right." He responded, snidely before putting his hands back onto Asuka. This time he wasn't quite as delicate as he had been before. Moments ago he had been gingerly because he thought the man was an ugly fish man and fish were gross and smelly - except for consumption - but now he was bristled and annoyed that the man would suggest that they should distract the lesson away from the main purpose and have a sparring session. How idiotic.

Enyo was ambitious if nothing else, he had goals in mind for his life and general purpose. Something some genin did not already have. But he did, and that meant there was no space or time to distract away from a task at hand.

So, with his hands on Asuka he started to focus again cultivating the chakra in his body trying to match the vibrations on a surface level.

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