[table][row][cell][color=orange]Eri Takeda[/color][/cell][cell][color=orange]“No matter what, someone is depending on you.”[/color][/cell][/row][row][cell][sup][color=#2E2C2C]_______________________________________________[/color][/sup]
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[b][color=pink]"My name's Uchiha Mikazuchi. Just call me Mika."[/color][/b] Said the boy, before making a bunch of strange faces at her. She supposed he was nervous, or trying to look tough, or something. Meanwhile, her students seemed to have worked themselves up into a frenzy. 

[b][color=pink]”So you're Eri-sensei, right?"[/color][/b] 

[b][color=orange]“Mhm.”[/color][/b] She replied, eyes watching the dusty tornado of punches and kicks. She hoped mister “Truth of the Uchiha” would follow her example. He’d missed the first part of the test, he couldn’t afford not to pay attention now. The two girls rose into the air, tumbled, delivered devastating blows. The talent and potential detailed in their files was made clear by their performance - both girls had been shaped to fight in ways well beyond the average student, or even the average Uchiha in Rina’s case. But while both had plenty of power to use, they had little regard for their own well-being. Lumika didn’t know her limits, and Rina simply ignored her physical state for as long as she needed to in order to win. Learning your limits was a hard lesson, and Eri would see that the two girls suffered that lesson in the coming days.

But right now, Rina was out for blood. Eri couldn't help but wince as Lumika landed with a sickening thud. She’d run this test dozens of times and it was true that sometimes, things could get bloody and personal. But that was fine, early on. Better to have your personality clashes out now than on the battlefield. She supposed it wasn't unexpected with someone like Rina. She'd read her file extensively and it would have been surprising if she didn't have personality issues, and Lumika was not the type to back down. This [i]was[/i] the right test for them. Yet still a small voice cried out in her, [b]’Save them! Protect them! They're just children!’[/b] Eri couldn't help but feel a smile come on, which she suppressed.

[b][color=orange]“Heh. I guess I do have motherly instincts after all.”[/color][/b] She murmured to herself. She crossed her arms and swallowed, her composure returned. She had work to do.

Standing with her arms folded, Eri looked over the battlefield and surveyed the results of her test. Lumika wasn’t getting up, and Rina had nothing left to fight with but her attitude. They were bruised and bloodied and angry, but they’d live. Kimi, on the other hand, got through the test without a scratch.  

It was a shame, thought Eri. For all Kimi’s outward attitude, she’d abdicated the fight almost immediately, making few moves and missing her biggest opportunities to win. Though Eri could see a powerful and adaptable ninja in the overlooked Uchiha, she was holding herself back and the results were clear.

[b][color=orange]“The battle is over.”[/color][/b] Eri declared loudly. She marched onto the dust-covered battlefield,  her military stride punctuated by heavy footsteps. When she stopped, her stance was remarkably straight.
 
[b][color=orange]“Rina and Kimi!”[/color][/b] She announced loudly. [b][color=orange]“Your objective was to subdue each other, not Lumika. Instead, both of you were distracted and let vital opportunities slip! Regardless of what happens, a ninja’s top priority is always their mission. You cannot let your enemies goad you into forgetting your duty, forgetting your teammates, your village, and your friends.”[/color][/b]

She paused a moment, letting her words sink in and observed her student’s reactions. But not for long.  

Just as quickly, Eri approached Lumika and knelt down beside her collapsed body. She narrowed her eyes over her and took a deep breath, flexing her arms and forming a tight fist with her her hands, her index and thumb finger pointed outwards like twin spikes. Then suddenly, Eri punched downwards onto Lumika’s back, eliciting a sickly cracking noise from her spine. A series of quick, short, and exacting strikes followed, as her hands punched along Lumika’s vertebrae and then her ribcage, causing more horrible bone-crunching noises. Despite how brutal it looked, Lumika’s body seemed to relax a little with each strike, and some of the color came back to her face. Eventually Eri stopped, looked over Lumika again, and stood back up, seemingly satisfied with her work.

[b][color=orange]“Lumika, you pass!”[/color][/b] She announced brightly. [b][color=orange]“Congratulations. But you pushed your limits, and it cost you. This is only your first exercise of the day, and it’s going to get much more difficult from here on.”[/color][/b] 

Then Eri clasped her hands together, looking up to address the rest of the team. 

[b][color=orange]“Now! If any of you are injured or otherwise unable to continue, now is the time to say so. Otherwise, I want to hear how your perceptions of your teammates have changed and what you’ve learned about each other. Strengths and weaknesses only!”[/color][/b] She said waiving her pointer finger at the team. [b][color=orange]“Starting with you, Mika.”[/color][/b]

She looked their newest teammate expectantly with a warm, but curt smile. The whole situation made her feel very clever.  Whatever Mika said, she was sure it would motivate the rest of the team one way or another. 






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