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Keiko

Keiko


D-rank
Tick … Tick … … Tick.

The irregular sounds of the clock sitting on the wall seems to deliberately pick at her nerves, the uneven beat making her cringe in irritation as the moments passed by. Keiko found herself glaring at the inanimate object - willing it to just function normally - as she waited idly for something, anything to happen. It had only been about thirty minutes since her arrival, yet it felt like hours, especially with the broken clock still hanging on to a single thread of life, disrupting the proper flow of time. She wasn't necessarily a control freak, or one that studied details obsessively, but without a doubt, the recently-made Chuunin was just about ready to help rid the place of a clock if it didn't stop completely or fix itself.

She was sitting in a sterile white waiting room in the emergency ward of Kirigakure's hospital, waiting for her first hand experience in what it was like to be a medical ninja. When the opportunity first arose, Keiko was all but ready to accept it, seconds away from declining it on the spot. With her headstrong and stubborn personality, medical ninjutsu had always been a symbol of weakness, of kunoichi who did nothing but hang back in battlefields to heal those who actually actively participated in the fighting. But such was a judgement that she had harboured since a young age, and recently, she was beginning to learn of the other uses of medical ninjutsu. It was without a doubt that apart from regular ninjutsu, she had an affinity towards medical ninjutsu … both of a healing and an offensive manner. All that she needed to be convinced of was to actually focus her time on training in this aspect and increase her abilities. And so, somehow, she found herself accepting the offer of shadowing a higher ranked shinobi doctor through the day in the emergency ward, with permission to take part in minor procedures. If she was deemed appropriate for the job, she could potentially earn a part-time job at the well-paying hospital with a looser rein in treating patients - also giving her the opportunity to train in her own medical techniques. It wasn't a bad offer if she thought about it … Especially if I'll be paid for this. So all she had to do was last through the day without a hitch.

Only, she couldn't exactly learn anything if there were no patients to treat. It had been quiet since she had arrived, not at all like the chaotic situation she had been expecting when it came to what was supposedly the "busiest" ward of the hospital. This was the first location any injured person would go to - whether they were regular citizens or trained shinobi. The place where immediate first aid is given, followed by near-immediate procedures required for severe situations. Anyone who was faced with some sort of wound or illness would go directly to the emergency ward if they seemed immediate attention, and shinobi injured in battle or on missions were also immediately transported in to the same location. But it appeared as though today, everyone was off eating ramen or drinking tea, as the large waiting room was deathly quiet - as terrible a word as that was to use in this particular location. Her supervisor was off in his own private office, leaving her to idle in the waiting room with the receptionists who were too preoccupied with chatting to each other to pay her much attention. Getting up from her chair, she paced for a moment before sitting back down, once again drawn to the irritating sounds of the broken clock.

Tick. … Tick.

The sound of the main doors flying open jerked her attention away, and she hopped to her feet as two teenaged boys ran in - one of them running properly as he dragged in the second boy, who was doing more stumbling than anything, leaving a bloody trail as he cradled his left shoulder. Where she was standing, she couldn't make out the extent of the damage, as blood as soaked through the boy's shirt, making everything a wave of crimson red and successfully shielding the wound from view.




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Keiko

Keiko


D-rank
Immediately, the receptionists straightened up, one of them immediately calling for the medic on duty - Keiko's supervisor - while the other two came around the desk to direct both boys straight into the empty treatment room. For a prolonged moment, Keiko simply stood there, unsure of what to do, completely unused to the immediate procedures required when it came to situations like these. Talk about … a lot of blood. She couldn't help but think that as she eventually trailed after the group of people into the treatment room, gingerly stepping around the trail of blood that decorated the path from the waiting room to the treatment room. She wasn't necessarily squeamish when it came to blood, but if she could avoid it, she would … which didn't help the fact that she already had her mind set that she didn't want to be too overly involved with medical ninjutsu. Letting out a sigh, she walked through the open door just as the receptionists and the uninjured boy were clearing out, one of them shooting her a dark, accusing look, as though judging her for her late arrival. Well excuseee me for not running up with everyone and attempting to all fit through the door together. Rolling her eyes, she entered the room, where her supervisor was already using basic hovering hands to stop the excessive blood flow.

"Keiko! Go grab and scalpel and help me get rid of his shirt, it's obstructing me!" Eyes widening at the order, Keiko quickly reached for the scalpel laying on one of the portable cart things, moving to stand on the other side of the table before hesitating, staring down at the bloody mess. The boy was still making muffled moans of pain, obviously still conscious despite the amount of pain he must've been under. Attempting to hide a grimace, she began working from the boy's collar, cutting through the cloth easily with the scalpel and tearing the entire strip of cloth away to reveal a small but deep gash right in the shoulder, likely made by a slim blade - perhaps a katana. "Sir … do you have anaesthetics or something that we can use?" She finally voiced out as the boy let out another whimper of pain - clearly the basic healing technique being used wasn't effective enough in terms of stopping the pain.

"We can't use that sparingly, and I don't have a technique that can resemble an anaesthetic." Came the reply, eliciting a sigh from Keiko. Can't use something like that sparingly, yet with no techniques to compensate. What a ridiculous situation. That could be fixed, if she was allowed to overstep boundaries. "I'm going to try something." She said bluntly, gauging her supervisor's reaction as she continued,"I have a technique that can help numb the area, at least to stop the pain." Surprisingly, he readily agreed, moving his hands momentarily to give her more room. Not that it was needed. Channelling her hyouton energy like an extra skin, she let it flow to the boy's body, concentrating on focusing the energy solely on his shoulder and arm, knowing that this technique - Fragmented Reality - was meant to be used on the whole body to numb an opponent completely, but that wasn't what she needed right now. After a few moments, the boy's soft whimpers faded, and instead of letting her supervisor take over, Keiko took the chance to move her hands over the wound. The blood flow had slowed, but had yet to come to a complete stop, something that she knew her basic Brisk Healing Touch, using her hyouton chakra to apply directly on the affected area, the cold aura slowly the blood flow until it was no longer flowing, as well as aiding in the completion of the flesh healing, closing up the remaining one inch. Satisfied with her work, she stepped back and tilted her head to meet her supervisor's gaze … only he wasn't looking at her, his eyes trained on the wound - now healed until it was no more than a scar. "What did you do? To have numbed him without doing anything, and then stopping the blood flow like that? It didn't feel like a regular healing technique." He asked after a moment's pause, looking up at her. But instead of letting her answer right away, he waved her to be silent as the patient stirred - apparently having fallen asleep somewhere towards the end. "Let's leave him here to rest, and we will discuss this in my office." Calling for a nurse, he led her out and into his small but organized room, gesturing for her to sit down. "Alright, now give me a brief description of what you were doing."

Blinking, Keiko shrugged, answering as simply as she could. "It was simply applying my clan's kekkei genkai into my medical techniques. Hyouton works well for numbing and constricting blood vessels to slow blood flow."

"Wait. Hyouton? You are an Aisu? The name given on the application I received was not one that I recognized." The doctor interjected, looking at her questioningly.

Keiko felt herself tense up, knowing that this was bound to happen, yet hating it all the same. "Yes, I am of the Aisu clan by birth and by blood, and thus I have inherited their kekkei genkai. The name given to you is the surname of my adopted family." She replied shortly, willing the conversation to end already. Of all things, what she really didn't want now was to go into the details of why she refused to go by the name of one of the most prestigious clans in the village. It would be terribly bothersome, especially now that she was slightly tired from using chakra under what she would consider a mildly stressful situation. To her relief, her supervising doctor simply nodded, moving on with a new subject. "Well, you performed well today, I am glad you took the initiative to help out. Seeing as it's rather quiet today, you may go now. Expect word from me soon regarding the future." She did well … ? Even though she was going to try and do things her way regardless of whether he had let her? But praise was praise, and Keiko simply nodded and murmured a quiet thank you before backing out, ready to head home.





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