The serenity of the eventide prior was one that had been untouched by the grisly news of the morning, and it was that serenity that one Senju, Kyo awoke with. Sunlight filtered through her bamboo blinds, dappling spots on her body with their rays, and this gentle push was all it took to awaken her from the peaceful slumber she had surrendered to. She had told herself that she would get up early so she could personally greet all of her new students - she preferred to be direct with them - and lay down the rules that they would live by under her tutelage. After getting up and getting dressed, she receieved the news of why she had been considered for tutelage arrived at her doorstep.

The idea that her tutelage had been called upon was odd. It existed in a strange dissonance between having been valuable enough to be called upon and yet the reasons for which it was called upon were for anything but its wisdom - and that thought was enough to snap Kyo out of the serene calm that she had woken with. Kirugetsu - someone she'd served with - had apparently snapped and killed two of his Genin before destroying all of his worldly possessions and killing himself, after declining a generous gift from Hosuka. Her cousin had asked her to step in to replace Kirugetsu, figuring that she was one of the few strong enough after the war... But that also meant that Iroh would be serving - if she was being considered for her strength, so was he.

"Fuckin' Iroh..." she muttered under her breath, before grabbing her breakfast for the day and getting dressed. It was a matter of ten minutes before she left the house, first stopping at the surgery of one Nara, Shio. With a simple stomp of her right foot, a single shoot of bamboo would grow up in the middle of the surgery, inscribed with the message that Kyo was going to be her new Sensei and that she was going to return in an hour to meet her in person. Kyo hoped that she was an early riser - if she wasn't, this experience would likely be terrifying and quite unpleasant. Even though she didn't know it yet, she was under Kyo's rules - and Kyo did not take kindly to lateness.

The process was repeated with both Kino and Kami, though Kino would be seen by both Kyo and Shio, and Kami by all three. Bamboo was grown where they lived, and inscribed with a message - if they had any wits about them, they'd soon realise just how much bamboo their teacher was going to use. She didn't achieve the title of 'Bamboo Sage' by [b]not[/b] using bamboo, after all.