[b]Shiō[/b]

Most mornings for Shiō were filled with routine. Like those before, since returning after the war, she sat at the table in her kitchen sipping on her tea choice for the morning, pouring through her old medical files. What would be different this morning, however, would be the early morning knock.

"Miss Shiō," called Yui's soft voice, "There is a message for you. From a Kyo. I found it in the surgery room. You have been assigned to a squad under her. You are to be at the training grounds by six thirty."

Shiō cursed under her breath. The village was incredibly disorganized, this was evidence of that. She had once been assigned to be a squad leader, now was placed under someone. It was understandable that the village would still need to find its feet after the issues it had been dealing with, but it frustrated Shiō to no end. Such things were not predictable and required deviation from her preferred patterns. The thought, for a brief moment, crossed her mind to ignore the message, but with the lack of early morning surgeries to deal with, there was no point in not showing.

Sighing, she closed her files and dismissed her assistant on the other side of the door. Grabbing her umbrella, she whistled as she stepped out, unfurling it swiftly. Hiyo landed on it a moment later, perched on the top of the umbrella. With that, Shiō headed towards her training ground, timing her arrival for exactly six twenty nine and some seconds to spare. She wanted to get this over as swiftly as possible and return to her normal patterns of things. Such disruptions were quite tiring.