Kurai's First Day of Training

Kisame was currently waiting in the Akatsuki Grounds, waiting for his apprentice to arrive.

Kurai walked towards Kisame, bowing when she stopped. "I'm here, Kisame-Sensei. Will we begin training now?"

"Yes. I think we'll work on your speed first. You see, Zabuza was a master of the Silent Killing style, killing people before they had a chance to blink. Your speed is going to be like that. In fact, in time, you could be just as fast as Itachi" he said with a grin.

She smirked and nodded, already showing a slightly similar attitude to her sensei.
"Right...Lets get started,"

"OK then. Now, first, before you can begin the technique of the Silent Killing Style, your going to need to learn to kill without seeing. So, I'm gonna train you to use your other senses besides your eyes. Hidden Mist Jutsu" he said as he made hand seals, causing a thick mist to appear. "Now, use your other senses to find me and tap any part of my body for this mist prevents you from seeing, even with Doujutsus like the Sharingan and the Byakugan" he told her from his position in the mist, his voice seemingly coming from all around her.

She nodded and shut her eyes, listening carefully for the sound of his voice or where it might be coming from. "...."

"Don't just listen for my voice Kurai as because some targets won't talk while in the mist. Sometimes, you have to listen for their feet moving on the ground or the sound of their breathing" he instructed her.

She nodded again and shut off anything that might distract her, concentrating solely on what she could hear that could help her locate Kisame

"Excellent. Now, sometimes, it helps improve your other senses if you give yourself a form of temporary blindness, like, for example, placing your forehead protector over your eyes. It helps to improve your other senses faster if you can't see anything" he instructed.

She lowered her leaf headband over her eyes and took a deep breath, keep her eyes shut under her headband for good measure

"Good. Now, normally, I would teach you to harness the chakra in your other senses to help improve your senses faster but I'm gonna teach you how to do it without the use of chakra. Now, I'm gonna stop talking. I have set a timer and your gonna have to find me and tap me before the time runs out because sometimes, you have a time limit on assassinating your target" he explained as everything went quiet.

"Hai!"
Was all she said before taking a few steps forward, keeping her own movements silent as she listened for Kisames.

The sound of Kisame's feet were making slight, almost unnoticeable noises on the ground as he moved through the Mist but he was breathing too quietly so she couldn't hear him.

She heard a shuffle coming from somewhere to the side of her and soundlessly stalked through the mist, keeping herself lower to the ground than normal.

Kisame already knew where she was but he kept moving around to avoid her.

"Henge.."
She mouth silently as she transformed into a vixen, choosing a fox for its sly movements. She moved through the mist, changing direction every now and again in case he figured out where she was.

Kisame no longer knew where she was and he grinned, puffing out his chest in pride.

She transformed back as she got nearer, making a clone which moved around to the front of him.

Kisame felt two presences in the mist now. One of them was obviously a clone but he didn't which one was the clone.

She nodded at the clone who moved back into deeper cover in the mist then jumped at Kisame from the side.

Kisame sensed someone jumping at him and he was caught by surprise.

When he was distracted by the clone, Kurai snuck up behind him and tapped him on the back.

Kisame canceled the Hidden Mist Jutsu and turned to her with a proud grin. "Very good my apprentice" he said.

She bowed.
"Thank you, Sensei...I hope i didn't take too long,"

"Nah, you completed the objective in time. Now, we will be working on your accuracy. The way they teach you to aim for body parts at the Konoha Ninja Academy is trash. In the Mist, they don't set up targets for you. You have to aim for the vital points to pass the exams. Now then, I'm gonna teach you to aim for the vital points until you can't possibly miss. Now, there approximately 10 vital points. They are the Larynx, Spine, Liver, Lungs, Jugular Vein, Sub-Cuticle Artery, Sub-Clavicle Vein, Brain, Kidneys and Heart. That's part of the Silent Killing Style, aiming for your opponent's vital points. I assume they teach you where the vital points are at the Ninja Academy?" he asked her.