With this in mind she dressed herself in a simple training outfit, a sleeveless black bodysuit that clung tightly to her slender body. Her ocean blue hair was tied up off her shoulders while her bangs parted down the middle and covered her ears. A black-clothed forehead protector with the Kirigakure symbol helped keep the hair out of her soft yellow eyes. She approached one of the larger and more prestigious training grounds within the 1st ring, the center of the village where she had lived all of her life. The streets here were clean, the roads cobbled and pristine and even the mist was notably thinner than in the outer walls. The air felt crisp and fresh. There was no vagrants or crime to speak of in this region, all clan and main family members lived within this district, closed off to any commoners from the merchant class or even the run-of-the-mill shinobi that made up the bulk of Kirigakure’s forces. Perhaps if she wasn’t able to find suitable peers to train with she would resort to common shinobi, but her first choice was always to associate with only the best the village had to offer.
Entering the large, well-lit training facility she made her way to the main hallway that led to several different state-of-the-art training arenas. These rooms were created specifically to practice training in foreign environments to better prepare nobles for war. A desert room, a forest, a cold tundra, a mountainous terrain and even an ocean. Each room was about 50x50 meters wide and 30 meters high. The walls were reinforced with fuinjutsu, making them nearly impenetrable and each room was properly climate controlled and maintained.
Shigeko stood in the wide hallway, noticing a few other people and even some small groups forming up. Team matches were common here and there were even various leaderboards for tracking wins under various conditions and formats. Unfortunately, it had been years since Shigeko had been able to work together with her friends, and only recently had she been able to get out from under her mother’s thumb and start training publicly again. The thirteen-year-old Jouchaku girl looked about nervously as she felt some eyes upon her. How was she supposed to just walk up and find a group to join? She recognized a few people from the academy but there were none of her closer friends. What was she thinking not reaching out to her old Aisu rival or the boy from the Shiimu family that she used to get along with.
Breathing slowly to calm her nerves she flowed her chakra through her body. There was a way, maybe. She wasn’t sure if she quite had the fine level of control needed to differentiate heartbeats but if she focused she knew she could utilize her proficiency in Chiton and her aptitude as a sensory kunoichi to feel sources of blood around her. Maybe, if she focused hard enough she could determine how much blood was pumping through their hearts and determine if there was anyone else that was similarly nervous and feeling out of place. She had never been particularly good at reading body language and social cues, so it seemed the best option given her skillset. And it was a convenient way to train a little bit on honing her chakra control while she decided who she would challenge or if she could join a team match.
Jutsu UsedShow
[Sensory Style • Blood Sense]
C-rank Ninjutsu
The user will do a series of hand seals or channel chakra, releasing waves of chakra out of their hands. This chakra will interact with any blood sources within 50 meters of the user, no matter how faint. The user will be able to detect heartbeats within 25 meters with pinpoint precision and gain an awareness of any other sources of blood, able to distinguish between sources and determine their general direction and quantity. This awareness will last for 7 posts.
C-rank Ninjutsu
The user will do a series of hand seals or channel chakra, releasing waves of chakra out of their hands. This chakra will interact with any blood sources within 50 meters of the user, no matter how faint. The user will be able to detect heartbeats within 25 meters with pinpoint precision and gain an awareness of any other sources of blood, able to distinguish between sources and determine their general direction and quantity. This awareness will last for 7 posts.