Academy Obstacle Course (Closed)

Today was a warm day, surprisingly, in the village of Kirigakure. Not many clouds hung overhead like usual and the mist was thinner than usual. Short blades of yellow, decaying grass crunched under the many feet of the children who marched with their sensei onto a field where they had been told they were going to be spending today's lesson. Mizuni, like usually, had fallen back to the back of the line that continued marching, him having strayed and fallen back to take in as much as he could, the appearance of all the children, the number of children, who was not there that usually was, all this was taken into consideration by the information registering through Mizuni's strange eye, the one that others knew nothing about. After a minute or so of walking, they were halted, and had arrived. Mizuni stepped forward and up to the front of the line, taking note of the people he passed and the sight ahead. Behind his sensei lay a large and long obstacle course, many different structures and obstacles setup for the event to take place. Mizuni's sensei explained why they were out here and the task each of them were to accomplish, though Mizuni was only barely listening as he squinted, making out the sight past the obstacle course, being a road outside the field that led to Mizuni's house. After Mizuni's sensei had finished explaining, he called upon Mizuni and explained that he would go first, to show his own skill in front of the class. Mizuni simply nodded and slid one foot forward toward the path that went along the course. His sensei called him to start, and Mizuni began to run.

The first obstacles were simple hurdles, easy for one as nimble and flexible as Mizuni. He transferred from a full sprint shortly to a jump, thrusting his hands downward and grabbing the bar of the first hurdle. He then pushed forcefully, propelling himself again into the air and above the next two hurdles, the second of which he landed a toe on and pushed off again, flying once more and over the last hurdle to the next obstacle. The next obstacle was a row of rings setup next to each other, the objective of the obstacle to step in each and to the next obstacle quickly. Rapidly shooting his feet down in between each ring, Mizuni lost no momentum as he continued forward and jumped over the hurdle that lay in front of the ring obstacle. He continued to the next one, a small shack with an extensive length and a wooden kunai that lay on the roof. Mizuni jumped into the air and landed on the roof, in a seemingly long instant now being four feet higher than his previous position and grabbing up the kunai from the ground with his left hand, dashing on. Mizuni continued in a full sprint and cut at each dummy that stood on the roof, juggling the kunai between his hands as the dummies appeared in his sight at sides that changed at intervals of distance. He finally reached the edge of the roof and crouched, only to spring into the air and land on the grassy ground ahead a second later. Only barely could he hear the distant claps and yells of his sensei telling him he finished today's lesson as he ran along the road after running of the field and heading towards home.

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