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Akiyama Rina (fallen_rina) wrote in fallen_leaves,
@ 2009-06-27 21:41:00

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Got That Mountain to Climb [Genma, Rina]
[Backdated: Takes place a little over four years ago, on March 19th, about a year and five months after the Kyuubi attack, and a week after Genma's rescue from the Iwagakure prisons.]

Rina tagged along behind Ito-sensei, her head spinning delightfully, clutching a spiral-bound notebook already a quarter-full with clipped notations, sprawling diagrams, and enthusiastic exclamation points. The just-completed burn-repair surgery had been absolutely fascinating to watch--seeing glowing blue chakra-channels spontaneously reform themselves within the carnage of twisted fingers and torn flesh--and she'd noticed that Ito-sensei had used one of the modified sterilization scrolls that had brought her to his attention in the first place.

See, and they'd complained that she hadn't followed the blueprints! Clearly Ito-sensei didn't mind. Rina had been in the Seal Division for more than a year now, and had been making seals for years before that--certainly she knew enough to substitute the more powerful tri-point pattern for a quad-point, even if it wasn't exactly what the design called for.

Actually, if the tri-point was good, what if she used the double-stabilized quint-pattern she'd seen downstairs, instead? ...Awesome. Fumbling through her notebook, she pulled her fountain pen out from behind her ear and drew herself a quick sketch, then had to half-run to catch up with Ito-sensei as he pushed through the door leading to their last patient of the day.

"Genma," she heard Ito-sensei call good-naturedly as she slid in behind him, "there's someone I'd like you to meet."

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fallen_senbon
2009-06-28 12:12 am UTC (link)

Genma could see her eyes flicking almost guiltily to his hands, then back to his face. Pale brown eyes, as light as his own, but greyer, cooler. Another visitor who saw destroyed anatomy, an interesting challenge, a shocking survival, and not the ninja behind them. He was used to that, after a week of it. Used to students and medics and specialists--they were easier to deal with than the psychiatrists and analysts and the quiet-voiced woman from Intel who wanted to know about the places inside him a Hyuuga's eyes and an x-ray camera couldn't see.

This one was young. His own age, maybe. Bright and sparkling, practically bouncing in place. Pretty, a little bookish, maybe. Eager to please.

He didn't have the heart for a smile. A shallow twitch of his head towards his shoulder, slightly raised eyebrows over bruised eyes, a bare hint of a tightening of chapped lips, was all she got. "Shiranui Genma." He couldn't even come up with a pleased to meet you.

"I'm going to leave Rina-san with you for a bit," Ito-sensei said. "She has a real talent for seals. She designed some of the chakra-retracing seals keeping the tissue in your hands alive."

Genma shut his eyes, took a quiet breath, and opened them to look at the girl again.

"If you have any questions, Rina, I'll be right around the corner, updating charts."

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