1 The Cat and the Herb [Miko | NK] Fri Jan 26, 2018 6:12 pm
Senju Airi
D-rank
Konoha's nin had been busy lately in the forest. First there was the excess harvesting that had left the forest's biome vulnerable for imbalance caused by eager genin. For one reason or another, the Administration was in dire need of these herbs as the demand in soldier pills and herbal medicine had peaked to such height Airi had been quite befuddled at it all. It didn't make sense to her that people suddenly had found such interest into something she had been promoting for years, and it certainly hadn't changed when she had started to learn iryojutsu. Had Nanashi impacted Konoha's iryo-nin in such a way? It was possible, as the man had far more sway being an expert healer. Perhaps his methods had opened their eyes for the wonders of herbal knowledge. An amusing thought, but also one that was now threatening the balance of the forest through zealous harvesting. Well... She could teach them, of course, but she feared her words would not be enough to persuade them towards care.
In the beginning, Airi had tried to regrow the herbs through her mokuton channelling, but that seemingly only caused the Administration to harvest even more. So she had left it for what it was, which caused them to just rampage on. By now, her monitoring had revealed that whole areas were running short on the most basic herbal plants, causing the genin to run deeper into the woods and inch towards areas that were far too dangerous to venture forth alone. Even for a well-prepared ninja as her, with a vast amount of knowledge of Konoha's forest, it still caused problems. As such, the kunoichi had decided to spend most of her chakra in nourishing the area around her once more, hoping to spurt the growth of nature so as to keep the swarm of genin of her Village safe. Lightly annoyed, she could only wonder if this was truly supposed to happen to Gaia, however. Was she meant to force growth as this for the benefit of the Village? Probably not, no.
Still, the kunoichi would sit on her knees in an open clearing, surrounded by various trees, hands placed on the ground. Slowly but steadily, she allowed her clan's mokuton chakra to flow into the ground and stretch out. Tendrils of chakra flowing towards trees and the spots where the herbs had previously grown. If she did this carefully, she could probably hold out for quite some time, but there was no saying how much impact it would have. Even if her chakra control had considerably improved thanks to her iryojutsu training, she couldn't be certain how far her influence would reach and how many plants she would be able to regrow. All she knew was that she had to try.
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In the beginning, Airi had tried to regrow the herbs through her mokuton channelling, but that seemingly only caused the Administration to harvest even more. So she had left it for what it was, which caused them to just rampage on. By now, her monitoring had revealed that whole areas were running short on the most basic herbal plants, causing the genin to run deeper into the woods and inch towards areas that were far too dangerous to venture forth alone. Even for a well-prepared ninja as her, with a vast amount of knowledge of Konoha's forest, it still caused problems. As such, the kunoichi had decided to spend most of her chakra in nourishing the area around her once more, hoping to spurt the growth of nature so as to keep the swarm of genin of her Village safe. Lightly annoyed, she could only wonder if this was truly supposed to happen to Gaia, however. Was she meant to force growth as this for the benefit of the Village? Probably not, no.
Still, the kunoichi would sit on her knees in an open clearing, surrounded by various trees, hands placed on the ground. Slowly but steadily, she allowed her clan's mokuton chakra to flow into the ground and stretch out. Tendrils of chakra flowing towards trees and the spots where the herbs had previously grown. If she did this carefully, she could probably hold out for quite some time, but there was no saying how much impact it would have. Even if her chakra control had considerably improved thanks to her iryojutsu training, she couldn't be certain how far her influence would reach and how many plants she would be able to regrow. All she knew was that she had to try.
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