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Hanbei nodded, "I would never attempt it then. But hypothetically, what if I had given you permission to put me in a scroll? Like, full consent? Would it work? What do you imagine it would be or feel like?" Hanbei paused and bowed to her, "Forgive me.. My curiosity is broad, and I simply wish to learn all I can..." He gave a kind smile, "I would appreciate anything else you could teach. Maybe sometime, you can tutor me in genjutsu~"

As he asked of the ramifications anyway, Akihana merely shook her head, her blonde ponytail swinging with the motion. He had much to learn about both chakra and resistance, active and passive. "Chakra is as involuntary as it is manipulated consciously by us shinobi," she explained patiently. "Suppose you were to give me your consent to hold your head underwater. Full consent. And even then if I were to comply, when you begin to run out of oxygen, you would fight to break the surface. I imagine trying to seal a living thing would be no different but I confess I have not tried it, nor do i plan to."

At his mention of learning something genjutsu related, the ANBU Operative winked slightly. "Well, this might be a bit premature but before you learn about genjutsu, how about learning how you break out of it. Its s simple as one hand seal." Bringing her hands up to demonstrate, the kunoichi formed the tiger seal, feeling the rush of chakra zinging through her bloodstream,.

"Just make the hand sign and focus on yourself, you should feel your blood rushing to your brain. This ensures that whatever genjutsu you're under breaks its hold on you."

Hanbei tilted his head in confusion for a moment, and nodded, "I see. I understand now. Thank you for explaining." he bowed to her and kept on listening, fidgeting with his hands in the meantime. After being instructed on how to break out of a genjutsu ability, he examined the hand sign and gave a determined nod. He raised his hand and formed the same exact sign, quietly focusing and gathering himself. Within a few seconds, his nose began to bleed. He stopped where he was and felt the wet trickle, "A-ah... I did it wrong, didn't I?" he asks dejectedly.

No sooner had the first trickle of blood slid down the boy's nose than Akihana's hands were glowing with green healing chakra, heading for the injury. It was as instinctive to her as protecting little children or smiling at those who looked like they had a rough day. Whenever the kunoichi saw an injury, the first instinct was to always heal.

"Its, alright Hanbei-kun," she soothed even as the chakra healed the capillaries in his nose. "The first time isn't supposed to be perfect but... it seems you have health conditions that might make this particular jutsu a little harmful to you. Why don't we stop here and we'll pick up next time?" she suggested kindly. Her glowing hands hadn't simply healed, they had given her an overall impression of the boy's physical condition, and though she hadn't intruded enough to get a full picture, the blonde could tell it wasn't good.

"How about we meet here next week and go over the basics of chakra and how it might affect different objects and people. It seems you'll need a deeper understanding of the nature of it before we can venture towards genjutsu."

Hanbei stared confusingly at Akihina. He couldn't remember a time when someone would care for his injuries. "..." He stares in silence as he feels the blood come to a stop. Hanbei snapped out of his silence and bowed before her, "Thank you. I would love to learn more from you, master.." He stood up and tapped his collar, "Master? Mistress? No, no. That sounds naughty, like adultery.. What is a female equivalent of a master...?" He sighs and shakes his head, "Nevermind. Thank you for your time, Akihina. I look forward to learning more from you~ Ooh! Sensei! That works." he then took the chance to make his way from the training ground, disappearing into an alleyway, in which he often found strays.

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The kunoichi blushed slightly as Hanbei debated the merits of a title to address her by. The blonde was not used to titles that implied she could do more than she believed she could. Even now, the medic felt  sense of hesitation creeping over her body every time she had to address herself as a member of the ANBU Black Ops, choosing most of the time to simply state her profession as that of the Raikage's secretary, a paper pusher at best. And then of course there was also the fact that Akihana genuinely believed her full time job was being a mom and everything else, medic, ANBU, secretary, came afterwords.

"Akihana is fine," she attempted but the teen was already off on a different vein before deciding on sensei and then vanishing just as quickly as he had appeared. Not deterred by his strange behavior at all, the kunoichi watched him go, knowing that despite his hyper attitude, the boy was in need of medical attention, something she might bring up the next time they met.

Deciding to take the short route back to her apartment to shower and change before she had to pick up Arata from his own private lessons with the Raikage, the kunoichi applied the slightest bit of chakra, making her body flicker across the training ground and all the way home.

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