Board Thread:Konoha General RP/@comment-34754862-20170524025515/@comment-26021384-20170524232259

Shien Kidame

~Past~

Shien waved to Hayato as he was the next one to come in after them, and then to Taiki as they were the next to come in after. To say that he was nervous was an understatment. He busied himself with his doodles in his notebook until others came in. One girl in particular who always came up and poked him in the face in various manners while calling him little nicknames.

When his cheeks were poked, he leaned back a little in surprise and a little tinge of pink to his face, "O-oh! Hi Kideme. Thank you?" He was always intrigued with how she saw the world, and what it must look like to her. But she left something on his desk in front of him, as if it were some special occasion. He opened up the box and inside, found a preserved and petrified silk moth on a red silk cord.

It wasn't the most expected present, but from what he knew of Kideme, he was going to guess a dragonfly preserved in amber, so he wasn't too far off as he took out the red moth and tied it around his neck, giving an unsure smile to Kideme with heartfelt gratitude. "Thank you."

Hotaru then spoke up about the exams and explained what the rules were going to be. Just two jutsu, one of which was considered the hardest of the academy jutsu to get the hang of. What better way to figure out if they were ready than to test their mental fortitude with the transformation technique.

If no one else proposed a question, Shien would propose one first just in case, before he was carted off to the other room, "Wouldn't it be better to make the clone and then transform so our clone isn't a copy of the transformation?"

Whether he was answered or not, it was Shien's turn.

~Present~

In the other room, Shien looked around for a moment before his eyes fell on Hotaru and he took in a deep breath. First thing was to make the clones, so that he wouldn't be making copies of who he was changing in to. Ram > Snake > Tiger. The three hand seals were put together as he pictured an image of himself next to his body, and in a plume of smoke came two copies of himself on either side of his body, flickering a little as they solidified a moment later.

He then followed up, Dog > Boar > Ram. And in a larger plume of smoke, Shien attempted to mimic the appearance of someone he knew very well. His hair had grown down past his shoulders with a golden tinge on the ends of his follicles, Over his forehead was a metal protector that kept his bangs out of his eyes and a set of metal horns poking up through his head of hair. Over his right eye was an eyepatch with his clan's symbol on it. His legs were now clad in iron boots of black with gold trimming, red pants with gold lining up and down them going from his knees up to his waist. On his torso was black leather under armour met with gold plate on his arms going over his hands in the form of claw tipped gloves. Covering his stomach, chest and left arm was a white garb with faded red lining on the outside of it, complete with ink strokes of kanji that said Acuity, Intellect, Ingenuity. He had transformed into a copy of his father. Of course he wouldn't be able to hold it forever and would eventually change back, wondering if he had passed Hotaru's expectations.

-Shinra-

Meanwhile, on the way to Konohagakure, was someone that had been sent a long distance from Sunagakure. Clad in a tattered tan cloak and a large sedge hat covering the red bangs that hung out from underneath. It had been a few days of travel until this figure made it to Konohagakure. Of  course the figure was stopped outside of the gates. He only needed to lift his hat and show his face to the guards to be let inside. Who was it that just got passage into Konohagakure and was on their way to visit the academy? A shadow clone of Shinra Kidame himself. He was wearing rather basic clothing underneath so that he wouldn't stand out. He discarded the cloak, leaving himself in a white and black shirt, black long sleeves sticking out from the baggy white outer layer. Dark slate grey pants over his legs and open toed tabi on his feet.

He was coming by to visit, making his way and sweet time so that he would time his appearance with the announcements of graduation. He wanted to see his kids so bad, but couldn't leave his post in Sungakure, so a shadow clone that was sent such a far way from home was the next best thng that he could do. Granted he was still aware of the information, or would be when the clone dispersed. It would be some time (until Hotaru's next post) that Shinra would make his appearance and peek his head in, lifting the sedge hat he still wore to give Hotaru a look and see if she noticed him.