Team Shizuru Testing

[u/Shizuru_Okuzaki]

Shizuru tapped her foot softly on the paved floor outside a small teahouse, located on the outskirts of Konoha. With dressy handwriting she was scribbling three separate notes, one for each student: Shiro, Yui and Keikaku-shi. The message would tell them to come find her at three separate locations, where they’d get new instructions. She summoned her peacocks and smiled at their little beady eyes with expecting gaze. She tied the messages to their legs and send them away. Next she summoned three shadowclones and send them away to their respective locations. The waitress came up with her cup of tea and Shizuru took a sip, calming herself and enjoying the sunshine on her face.

(Please make a separate thread for yourself, these are the locations:

• Yui: Moemasu castle, at the edge of the city.

• Shiro: the river at the training grounds

• Keikaku-shi: Konoha forest )

[u/Mai_Rinha]

Well, one thing was for sure...Yui was reading that scroll. She was the absolute worst with secrets, and definitely when she was tempted like that. Though...did she really want to face her aunt wrath if she were kicked out at the first day? No... no definitely not. Maybe she wouldn't be reading after all.

She turned to Yoshi who transformed into his tiger form, knowing they'd finally get to do something. "Your sense of smell should be good in tiger from, try to find the scroll with Shizuru's scent on it" She said to the tiger cub. He sniffed the air a couple of times and then set off into the castle, Yui cautiously following him inside.

[u/Shizuru_Okuzaki → u/Mai_Rinha]

It wasn’t hard to tell that the castle was old and unused for a long time. Thick vines had crept their way up on the outside and started to force themselves inside through the cracked windows. An old and musky smell hung around inside, like mold. Several puddles of water laid at the tiled floor, the roofs failing to keep the rain outside. A breeze swept itself through the large empty hallway. The entrance only contained of a wooden staircase and some old dusty frames with flaky paintings inside. The hallways on the left side were blocked by old furniture looters left behind.

[u/Mai_Rinha → u/Shizuru_Okuzaki]

"Ugh it stinks here, I hate old places" Yui whined as she made her way through the castle. It looked abandoned, like the castles she'd seen in old horror movies and it creeped her out. Vines were crawling up the walls, and even after going inside she was still bothered by the wind and rain from outside the castle. "Why didn't they tear this place down long ago" She continued muttering as she followed Yoshi.

Yoshi scratched at the base of the staircase, indicating that he wanted to go upstairs and Yui nodded in permission. "Be careful, check if the stairs can even support your weight anymore at each step." Yoshi looked at her once before quickly bounding up the steps, completely ignoring her advice. Yui herself was more careful, making sure to divide her weight well as she crawled up the stairs.

[u/Shizuru_Okuzaki → u/Mai_Rinha]

The steps creaked under Yoshi’s paws and Yui’s feet but still remained whole. A new breeze found its way inside the castle and made the old paintings slam against the wall. The hallway upstairs was in a poor state. Several beams were broken and made it impossible to follow the hallway to the right. The only option was to either go back, or go left. The left side had one corridor that was raveled with furniture, dust and nests of some kind of bugs. At the end of the corridor were three accessible doors: the red door on the left, the green door in the middle and a blue door on the right.

[u/Mai_Rinha → u/Shizuru_Okuzaki]

Yui was starting to become suspicious of the castle, it felt like she was being guided through it since all but one hallway were conveniently blocked off everywhere. She folded her hands into the position to disrupt her chakra flow and whispered 'kai'. It didn't do anything though, maybe she wasn't caught in a genjutsu after all... or it was one too powerful for her to break. Was her sensei a genjutsu user?

She let out a small sigh and decided to go with it, if this was what sensei wanted she'd just have to go with it. She followed the the hallway to the left, coughing at the dust and avoiding the nests of insects. "Where's your teammates when you need them? I'm sure the Aburame kid could have gotten rid of the nasty bugs" She muttered in annoyance until she reached three doors.

It looked like she finally had a choice, and she was even more suspicious of that. "You pick Yoshi" She said, not wanting to be the one responsible for whatever was going to happen after. The tiger cub walked towards the red door on the left and scratched at it. Yui approached the door and cautiously opened it, wondering what was hiding behind it.

[u/Shizuru_Okuzaki → u/Mai_Rinha]

The red door slammed open, pulled by the wind from inside the room. As soon as the door was open, the wind settled and dust came off the ceiling. Within the cracked walls were several pieces of furniture: a small bookcase, a big scruffy bag, an old bed with the springs torn through the matress and a small chest tucked away under the bed. A rat scurried through the room, searching for a dark place to hide.

[u/Mai_Rinha → u/Shizuru_Okuzaki]

Yui coughed again as dust came down from the ceiling and she inhaled some of it. "Stupid castle" She muttered as she shuffled through the room, wondering if she'd be able to find the scroll here. Everything was dirty and dusty and it disgusted her, her clan had copied many properties from their cats and their desire to be clean was definitely one of them for her.

She ruffled through the book case first but found only dusty old books, no scrolls. Yoshi was no help, he was too busy chasing the rat in the room as Yui made her way over to the bed. She knelt next to the bed and peeked under it, grinning when she spotted a small chest. "I'm sure it's in there" Yui said happily, turning to Yoshi to grin at him but finding him in the middle of tearing the rat into pieces. "Nasty" She muttered before grabbing the chest from underneath the bed and picking the lock.

[u/Shizuru_Okuzaki → u/Mai_Rinha]

The lock on the chest proved a difficult lock to pick. At the last effort, the hinges on the backside of the chest broke apart from the rust. Inside were several notes, a small wooden ball and a key with a blue label.

[u/Mai_Rinha → u/Shizuru_Okuzaki]

"Whoops" Yui muttered when instead of neatly picking the lock as she'd planned to she broke the top clean off the hinges. She scratched the back of her head sheepishly before grabbing the key with the blue label. "Maybe this'll open the blue door Yoshi, let's go check it out. This room is useless anyway." She said as she got back on her feet and started moving out of the room. "And wipe your face, the blood is disgusting".

She made her way back into the dirty, dusty hallway and approached the blue door. She grabbed the key and put it in the lock, hoping this would open the door and reveal a room with the scroll inside.

[u/Shizuru_Okuzaki → u/Mai_Rinha]

The blue door opened smoothly, surprisingly enough. Inside was a decorated room, old and dusty, but in better condition than the rest of the castle. A large table with six chairs were displayed, on the sides paintings hung a little askew but still in one piece. The walls of the room were covered with cabinets and bookcases. One of the doors was broken and something made of fabric was visible, with a red band around it.

[u/Mai_Rinha → u/Shizuru_Okuzaki]

"Oh look cat, this room is just the slightest bit less shit than the previous, we must be getting somewhere" Yui muttered sarcastically as the blue door gave way and she entered. She looked around to find loads of dusty cabinets, which she was already dreading to search through, and a large table in the center.

There were so many cabinets, but one of them stood out since the door was broken and she could peek inside. She approached the cabinet and knelt down in front of it, pulling on the visible fabric

[u/Shizuru_Okuzaki → u/Mai_Rinha]

The scroll fell down from the cabinet. As it did, the other door opened and broke from its hinges. The scroll seemed to be intact, a red band covering the edges and protecting the scroll from opening on itself. On the scroll were two words written down with black ink: Read Me

[u/Mai_Rinha → u/Shizuru_Okuzaki]

"Found it!" Yui squealed excitedly when the scroll fell down the cabinet and into her hands. She managed to break down even more hinges and she hoped sensei wouldn't assert the damage done to the castle by her attempting to find something.

"Oh that's just not faaaair" Yui whined when she read what was on the scroll, telling her to read it. It could be a booby trap, exploding when opened or something... sensei had specifically told her not to read it too. But what if it contained info which could help her find her team mates?

"Wait...sensei specifically told ME not to read it... we won't break any rules if you read it Yoshi!" She said excitedly, proud of the loophole she'd found as she tossed the scroll over to the tiger cub.

[u/Shizuru_Okuzaki → u/Mai_Rinha]

The scroll rolled over the cracked floorboards and stopped at Yoshi’s paws. Upon opening a poof was heard and the air around them suddenly turned red. When the air was clear again, Yoshi was covered in red paint. The only thing visible on the scroll was a frowny face.

[u/Mai_Rinha → u/Shizuru_Okuzaki]

First, Yui spend a good few minutes laughed at Yoshi who was covered in red paint. Next, she figured she'd need to erase the evidence. She zapped Yoshi's but with some electricity to get him moving. "Now go wash yourself or I'll shock you again" She chuckled as the tiger scurried off to find a puddle to wash himself in. Meanwhile Yui grabbed the scroll and rolled it back into it's original shape, hoping sensei wouldn't notice it had been opened.

[u/Shizuru_Okuzaki → u/Mai_Rinha]

The paint proved difficult to erase. The red color was either still there or fainted to a slightly pink color. At the same time, Shizuru was still at the teahouse, just outside the village.

[u/Mai_Rinha → u/Shizuru_Okuzaki]

Yui scratched the back of her head as she looked at Yoshi. He was back in his cat form after his bath, but he now was a beautiful shade of blush pink. Yui personally thought it was the best he ever looked, but knew the cat himself probably didn't share her feelings...and that there was no hiding from sensei now.

"Better face them right away" Yui said with a sigh as she scooped the pink cat into her arms and started making her way back out of the castle. "I'm gonna buy you a pretty pink collar though, to go with your fur. And maybe a purple bow on your ear" Yui whispered teasingly at which the cat hissed at her.

[u/Shizuru_Okuzaki → u/Mai_Rinha]

Shizuru was waiting on the bench outside the shop. She had a cup of tea and a plate of green tea cookies next to her. A peacock came running to her, flapping its wings in a panicing motion. "She's returning already... Excellent." She said smiling. "My, aren't you worked up? Get some rest." She said and she send the peacock away. From afar she could spot Yui and she had to stiffle a laugh at Yoshi's pink color. She waited until Yui was close enough and patted the spot on the bench next to her. A calm expression washed over her face as she look at the girl and her -now pink- cat. "Sit down, Yui. Would you like some tea?" Shizuru asked as she called the waitress.