TotR Part 2: The First Students... (Goryo Tenzo)

Kiyoshi found in the scroll a small folded set of instructions just as the letter had said, and quickly unfolded the paper now anxious to see what the brass of Amegakure was up to now. The instructions included a list of names of the genin that were meeting here at his house for their first day of training and preparing to work as part of an actual team. The basic gist of the instructions was to run some sort of team building or training drill and begin to prepare them for actual field work outside of the village. Something small, manageable and simplistic for the young kids to follow but still something that would challenge them. But at the bottom in bold thrice underlined characters read, "TAKE IT SLOW!"

Kiyoshi placed his thumb over the bold print and turned his head to address the first of his ninja team to approach. Goryō Tenzō. Kiyoshi grinned at the corner of his mouth at the young and creepily tall boy. His features are rather apathetic and tired just as his reputation as the heir of the entire tenzo clan, but there is something peculiar. How could a five year old boy be tired and bored being assigned to his first team ever?

Before Kiyoshi can think anymore on the matter however, two more shinobi approach together down the road. Kiyoshi recognizes them from the list as well as two additional Tenzo clan members. The first is a boy in with a long tangled mess of dark hair that partially covers his face and a pair of blue eyes that reflect what they see clearly. The second is a young black girl, or at least Kiyoshi assumes as much from what little of her skin is seen underneath the full body wrapping articles of clothing. The first covers her from the stomach up to her shoulders and arms and stops just below her light blue eyes. The second from the waist down to even her shoe-less but wrapped feet.

The first introduces himself loudly like a small child and more to Kiyoshi's general assumption of anxiety and eagerness, "Hi boss! I'm Terekota and this here is Etsuko! We're ready to get to work! What are we doing? Assassination? Scouting?! SPYING?!?!" Thanks to the timely arrival of Etsuko's palm to the back of Terekota's head both Kiyoshi and Goryō are spared a long and unnecessary list. She then with a slight nod of her head greets Goryō as they all were likely students together in the Academy.

Kiyoshi looks down in his hands once more reviewing the names of the three to ensure that he had the right ninja mumbling their information quietly to himself. Names, ages (Terekota 6, Etsuko 7, Goryō 5), blood types, etc etc. A full team of Tenzo? It was unlikely that such a team just happened by crazy odds and this smelled of favors and strings being pulled to have a full Tenzo team under a Tenzo Jounin. It meant Tenzo kept to Tenzo and their higher standards but also that these children had parents that believed they would do well in this full Tenzo team. Likely parents would check in on the progress of their young protege's. Moving his thumb Kiyoshi glanced back at where the bold text had been written but there was nothing now but a small slowly burned whole through the paper.

He looked up at all of them with a straight serious face, "Come on." Kiyoshi turned on his heel and sprinted down the street fast enough for the young ninja to keep up at a nearly dead sprint racing further into the heart of Amegakure. Running towards the center of Amegakure, he realized that though they were Tenzo there was still a chance either their parents or their teacher had not taught them proper chakra control such as simple wall walking. To test this theory, when the streets became thicker he would run up and along a wall parallel to the road but continuing for the downtown district he glanced back to see whether his team was doing alright so far before continuing on to the very heart of the town, sliding down the wall and coming to a stop on the curbside. He looked up and around him at all the vast silver buildings that towered all around them in splendor before looking back as his students caught up and joined him on the curbside. He could think of no better place to train these students to survive outside the village than at the very heart of it.

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Terekota ( { [|] } ) Etsuko