Is this real...?
Filtered radiance illuminated the teenager's countenance through grey forenoon fabric above. How time had progressed. How the kunoichi had grown. How ironic Fate was.
Many years had passed; Yet, the Chuunin remembered her tutelages under the revered Instructor as clearly as yesterday. For her shinobi career and life, he'd become a prominent influential figure. And now, today...
"Were really going on a mission..."
Such was a day, she would have never imagined...
Traversing through the uncongested stone streets of Kumogakure's early morning, the kunoichi's heart nervously drummed. The duo's journey hadn't appeared too distant, despite its destination outside the city. Though, perhaps any journey within Lightening Country hardly seemed distant after one's return from Marshlands.
Despite her great anxiety, to say Siu wasn't enthusiastic to have an opportunity to participate in a mission alongside her long-unseen instructor would be a lie. This ranked as one of the most exciting opportunities in her entire shinobi career. Like that excited Genin receiving their first official mission assignment, Siu almost felt like a child again; It'd even been difficult to properly sleep the night before. The majority of the night had been spent preparing her equipment and ensuring she held adequate supplies for the assignment. One of the last things the Chuunin desired to become was a liability for the childhood role-model—the other was dead. This mission, she'd firmly resolved to perform her utmost best.
The kunoichi could feel her heart ready to leap from her chest, as the familiar village gates eventually came into clearer view ahead. In search of a familiar figure, dark eyes roved...
Filtered radiance illuminated the teenager's countenance through grey forenoon fabric above. How time had progressed. How the kunoichi had grown. How ironic Fate was.
Many years had passed; Yet, the Chuunin remembered her tutelages under the revered Instructor as clearly as yesterday. For her shinobi career and life, he'd become a prominent influential figure. And now, today...
"Were really going on a mission..."
Such was a day, she would have never imagined...
Traversing through the uncongested stone streets of Kumogakure's early morning, the kunoichi's heart nervously drummed. The duo's journey hadn't appeared too distant, despite its destination outside the city. Though, perhaps any journey within Lightening Country hardly seemed distant after one's return from Marshlands.
Despite her great anxiety, to say Siu wasn't enthusiastic to have an opportunity to participate in a mission alongside her long-unseen instructor would be a lie. This ranked as one of the most exciting opportunities in her entire shinobi career. Like that excited Genin receiving their first official mission assignment, Siu almost felt like a child again; It'd even been difficult to properly sleep the night before. The majority of the night had been spent preparing her equipment and ensuring she held adequate supplies for the assignment. One of the last things the Chuunin desired to become was a liability for the childhood role-model—the other was dead. This mission, she'd firmly resolved to perform her utmost best.
The kunoichi could feel her heart ready to leap from her chest, as the familiar village gates eventually came into clearer view ahead. In search of a familiar figure, dark eyes roved...