There were certain few in the village? That seemed...somewhat disturbing.
She understood why he urged her about it (though if she failed missions, then it only stood to prove she wasn't ready to advance yet), but then she never thought she could afford to fail a mission. A shinobi like her, if she started failing missions, what else would she have to offer the village? And if she was no use to the village or the teams she went on, of what use was she?
It was an odd request, and it sounded like he had some sort of advanced genjutsu practice planned for her, which must have relied on her not first being able to resist it. Or, and this was much less likely, he planned to use it on some frivolous thing to welcome her back. Or something like that. Still, she didn't question him (if he was going on about surprise, questioning him was pointless), and she didn't disobey him, either.
At first, when Shisui vanished, she assumed it was some sort of test of her perception, and continued after him in the same direction he'd been. When she didn't see him reappear though...this must have been as he'd implied: a genjutsu of some sort. The urge (and something like dread) that grew in her to immediately attempt to dispel it and escape was strong, but she held to his demand. Whatever he wanted her to experience, she wouldn't so easily let down his expectations as that.
She kept moving because the danger of remaining still exceeded the danger of continuing to move in the unnatural darkness of the forest. Whatever attacked, if she was meant not to dispel it immediately, would be something she could defend herself against better if she kept moving.
She finally did stumble to a stop in confusion once she spotted what had leapt in front of her.
A...rabbit...? She frowned down at it in confused, wary silence, waiting to see what it would do next. (And indeed what Shisui was trying to show her.)
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She understood why he urged her about it (though if she failed missions, then it only stood to prove she wasn't ready to advance yet), but then she never thought she could afford to fail a mission. A shinobi like her, if she started failing missions, what else would she have to offer the village? And if she was no use to the village or the teams she went on, of what use was she?
It was an odd request, and it sounded like he had some sort of advanced genjutsu practice planned for her, which must have relied on her not first being able to resist it. Or, and this was much less likely, he planned to use it on some frivolous thing to welcome her back. Or something like that. Still, she didn't question him (if he was going on about surprise, questioning him was pointless), and she didn't disobey him, either.
At first, when Shisui vanished, she assumed it was some sort of test of her perception, and continued after him in the same direction he'd been. When she didn't see him reappear though...this must have been as he'd implied: a genjutsu of some sort. The urge (and something like dread) that grew in her to immediately attempt to dispel it and escape was strong, but she held to his demand. Whatever he wanted her to experience, she wouldn't so easily let down his expectations as that.
She kept moving because the danger of remaining still exceeded the danger of continuing to move in the unnatural darkness of the forest. Whatever attacked, if she was meant not to dispel it immediately, would be something she could defend herself against better if she kept moving.
She finally did stumble to a stop in confusion once she spotted what had leapt in front of her.
A...rabbit...? She frowned down at it in confused, wary silence, waiting to see what it would do next. (And indeed what Shisui was trying to show her.)