[Solo] Camilla's Two Day Ninja Training

[Rikku Takanashi]

(Day 1)

The first thing Camilla did before she went back to her Dorm was visit Nurse Cricket again... This time she came out looking slightly more like a mummy then a Dormouse... what with all the bandages she had on her... The next thing she did was visit the library and spent a good hour gathering up all the books on Ninja she could find

When she finally did get back to her dorm after having a big dinner she went to work Camilla ended up spending the rest of the day reading then most of the making a few pieces of Ninja gear and training her six main minipets so they could help her train

The next mornning Camilla got up bright and early the warm glow of the pumpkin sun was just starting to filter over the Monster Dorm onto the forest and swamp below Camilla who had perched herself in the small space between her squarefoot garden and the window now was just stretching and yawning to wake up as she watched the sun rise "Ahhh It's time to train! Hopefully I'll pass that class today!" she says excitedly then gives one more big stretch before hopping over her garden and making for the kitchen all the while trying not to step on any of her Minis along the way

It was about two hours later that Camilla found herself standing at her door with a interesting cloth hanging on her arm and three Minis in toe she plus all her minis had eatten then she had gotten dressed and ready for the day now she was ready to begin her training! Now fully awake and eager to begin her training Camilla throws her door open, waits for her three minis to make there way out, then quickly closes and locks her door "Ok guys lets go!" she cheers maybe a mite too loudly for that early in the morning before the group makes their way out of the Monster Dorms and into the forest that surrounded the Dorms

Once they arrived at a spot in the forest that was pretty balenced in both denseness and openness Camilla sets her cloth down and turns to her three eagerly waiting minis before her was a purple Noise Bat a Cream colored Spring March Hare and a Chocolate bunny looking March Hare the one infact that she had gotten from Ms. Selene's class! Sense being with her he had grown significantly less nervous also the fact that he was no longer actually made of chocolate helped but he still smelled faintly like chocolate which is why Camilla needed him for her training "Ok VB your first! Lets practice my sense of hearing!" she says excitedly the purple Noise Bat chitters excitedly himself then takes to the air

VB hovers for a moment while Camilla closes her eyes then takes off into the surrounding forest before making a high pitch squeak to let her know he was hidden and on the move so she could open her eyes "Ok now where are you..." she says softly then perks her ears forward so she could catch the sound better as quietly as VB could fly his wings always made a slight humming sound due to their shape and it was now that humming sound that Camilla was listening for she listened intently until she though she had heard him "Ah hah!" she says excitedly then points to where she thought he was only to hear a dissapointed squeak from behind her "Huh? Hm... The book did warn me about that... I need to learn how to pick out different sounds..." she mutters to herself softly "Ok hide again!" she calls then after receiving a confirmation squeak she tries again and once again missed but she wasn't discouraged and continued to try again

They did this several more times until Camilla finally had centered herself by bundling her excitement within her to use later now without her excitement to distract her she was noticing things she hadn't before differences in the sounds that she was hearing and while she heard several hum like sounds she waited until she heard and pinpointed a very specific hum when she did sge released all her bundled excitement in a excited point to a tree "Your Behind that tree VB!" she says excitedly only to receive a happy squeak as he flies out from behind the tree he had been hoving behind "Yay! I found you!" she cheers as her minis do to it took a few minutes for them all to calm down enough to continue after which she had VB hide a few more times and every time she successfully found him!

Happy and excited Camilla prised her Noise Bat for the good job he did and received a joyous chitter in response he liked this game and while he knew it wasn't just simply a game it was more fun if thought of as a game and so he did but now it was another minis turn "Ok Coco your up!" she calls as VB flies to where the group of minis had been watching once VB was seated her Chocolate March Hare hops forwards "Heh ok you know what to do!" she says then turns her back as Coco nods then hops off into the forest then gives a confirmation squeak to let Camilla know he was hidden and on the move "Ok time to train my sense of smell" she mutters quietly before sniffing the air naturally her sense of smell was quiet strong maybe not dog monster strong or cat monster strong but her sense of smell was pretty strong regardless however she had never thought to train her sense of smell mostly because in her home infact in her society there often were lots of strong smells everywhere like rich foods, perfumes, flowers, etc so typically she only really used her smelling ability when she was adventuring and never truely realized it's importance until she was stuck as a rabbit in a strange world where being able to reconize friends by scent might be very useful also it could be useful for passing this class

And so here she was trying to find the faint scent of chocolate which was turning out to be harder then she thought the smell of chocolate blended surprisingly well with all the other earthy smells around her plus her excitement and eagerness had returned which wasn't helping and it was finally after several minutes that Camilla points to a nearby bush only to receive a dissapointed squeak frowning Camilla gave the go ahead for Coco to hide again but after a few minutes again failed but like with her hearing training she didn't give up and finally was successful! She had once again bundled her excitement within herself and was focusing more clearly on thing she had also began to really mentally catalogue all the smells she was smelling even taking the time to look at each thing while she may have lived in a forest all her life this forest wasn't her forest and she had never really taken the time before to really connect this smell with that object etc so finally she hit a smell that didn't belong in a forest like this... a chocolaty smell... "Ah hah! Your in that bush Coco!" she exclaims excitedly as she whirls around to point at a bush that was behind her she then hears the satisfying squeak of a happy March Hare before he hops out excitedly

"Yay!" she cheers excitedly then has Coco repeat the proccess until she was able to pick him out each time after this like before it took several minutes for them all to calm down "Heh heh ok now Cream your up!" she says to the small group of minis happily the cream colored March Hare hops up then nods and instead of waiting for Camilla to close her eyes or turn around just simply dashes off into the forest "Heh now its time to train my most important! Sense my sense of sight!" She says eagerly then begins to scan the area by this time the sun was getting pretty high in the sky so patches of sun were filtering through the forest canopy onto the ground below

The patches of sun kept catching her eye and even though she sometimes heard the sounds of pawsteps her eyes were moving fast enough to see Cream despite being light colored Cream was speedy and a master of hide 'n seek so seeing her was difficult in the best of times finally after several failed spottings and after Camilla once again bundled her excitement away she finally caught sight of Cream and points to behind a tree just as Cream gets there "Your behind that tree Cream!" she exclaims excitedly and was met with a happy squeak in return "Yay! Ok hide again we don't have much more time!" she says quickly they repeated the process a few more times till Camilla could find Cream each time at the last they spent a few minutes cheering before finally calming down

The sun now was getting pretty high and it was nearing noon Camilla looks dissapointedly at the cloth she had brought with her "I'll have to learn how to use this at class" she says quickly as she picks it up "Ok guys we need to get back I need a early lunch and a shower plus you guys need a special snack!" she says happily then quickly herds the excited yet slightly worn out minis back to her Dorm  

[Rikku Takanashi]

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