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Ayame approached the hospital, hoping she was in the right place. She had been told to give the piece of paper from the Mizukage to...Dr. Lothar. That's right. She glanced around, before entering the hospital, immediately being met with that one medical scent that nobody really seemed to like. Ayame let herself get used tot he scent before once again looking around, crystal blue eyes scanning over little details. Clipboards here and there, a crack in the wall, books stacked neatly on shelves. There were tons of things medical related, though she didn't expect any less. She moved around, stopping nurses here and there, always asking the same question. "I am here looking for Dr. Lothar...where is he?" She was slightly curious about what the Mizukage had said about him. He was a great teacher, but had a liking of unhealthy beverages. Did he mean sake? Perhaps. Such odd things plagued her mind as she patiently waited, hoping a nurse would find the doctor soon, before she got too bored. She even called his name herself a few times, just in case the nurses hadn't bothered to look for him.

Ayame's eyes widened as she jumped back, startled by the noise of the tile being broken in the corner. She watched, wondering what crazy idiot had decided to tunnel under the hospital. To her surprise, a strange looking doctor made his way out, the stench of alcohol and dirt filling the room almost immediately. Remembering the Mizukage's words, she slowly began to piece things together. Surely this wasn't Lothar...the Mizukage wouldn't put her with a looney, would he? Ayame glanced over to the nurse as she confirmed the dreaded feeling building up in her stomach. It was, indeed, her teacher.

After the doctor proclaimed his 'accomplishment' of proving the liquor cave reached the lobby, Ayame cleared her throat and cautiously moved forward, not getting to close. "Um, excuse me, Dr. Lothar?" she asked, voice confident even though she didn't feel easy in the slightest as she spoke to him. "I was sent by the Mizukage to request training in the Medical field from you...though heavens knows why," she said, muttering the last bit, hoping he didn't hear. She wasn't one to disrespect her teachers...but this guy just seemed to be nuts, and quite the alcoholic. Remembering the paper, she pulled it out of the pouch she had stored it in and showed it to him. The paper appeared blank to her, but she was sure that there must be something that identified it as the Mizukage's. "This was given to me by the Mizukage."

Ayame watched the doctor with a slightly unbelieving gaze as he rattled his many names off. She didn't care, of course, but she made it look like she was paying attention, hardly even listening to him. Once he saw the paper and finally stopped, she silently thanked the heavens. She couldn't stand being there listening to some silly name she wouldn't remember five minutes later. The paper did indeed bare the mark of the Mizukage, and she held it out to Dr. Lothar as he looked over it. Her face colored a bit at the name he called her, slightly annoyed. "I have a name, you know..." she muttered, reaching up with her right hand to trace the black star under her left eye, before she slid her hand down to her shoulder to cover the three stars that lay there. She had gotten the tattoos awhile back for no certain reason, though they did help identify her.

As the doctor moved forward, she carefully followed him. Ayame wasn't exactly trusting of the doctor, but unless she was trained by him, she most likely wouldn't get trained at all. She stopped when he did, looking up into the face of her teacher as he turned to her, resisting the urge to wave the alcoholic scent away. She watched carefully his hand seals as he put them together, head tilting some at the name of the jutsu. Soon, she learned it would be the first technique she would use. A mental sigh of relief went through her as she saw the dirt clear up some, noticing that he sobered some. "I see. Understandable that there would be a jutsu for such things. Let's see," she said lightly, slowly trying to focus her chakra into her hands. She hadn't had much experience with focusing chakra into certain parts of her body, but she was sure she could do it.

She decided to learn the hand seals first. She did the signs she remembered he had done, asking occasionally to see it again, before trying the seals again, looking to the doctor to see if she had gotten it right. After he gave her some sign of approval, and even if he didn't, she would then try to concentrate her chakra into her hands. She hadn't had the experience, as mentioned, but she could and would try. Her eyes closed, imagining the chakra going into her hands, instead of somewhere else. She kept that image, before opening her eyes, still trying to concentrate enough chakra into her hands in order to try and perform the jutsu.
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Ayame tilted her head a bit as she was told off by the doctor for doing it wrong. She gave a slight nod, acknowledging his words, before closing her eyes again, working on feeling the chakra from her core spread up through her upper back and into her shoulders, where it would then flow and circulate through her palms. She dispelled the feeling and once again tried, aiming to get the hang of this simple move before trying anything. The girl paid no attention to the alcoholic doctor as he pulled another beer out of thin air. She knew how to use chakra, just not how to channel it completely into one part of her body in order to perform jutsu. She was barely out of the academy after all.

After she felt like she had it down, she thought back to how the doctor had done the jutsu. The jutsu was meant to kill germs and cleanse the shinobi before doing any medical things so they didn't risk infection from the medic's hands and body. She once more slowly did the hand seals, memorizing them, before getting her chakra flowing once again. Once she did that, she quickly performed the seals. "Kiyomaru!" she called, feeling the chakra collect in her palms as he had told her to do. She checked her arms for any noticeable signs of bacteria killing, though she couldn't really see it, of course. But she felt...cleaner. She figured that she must have done it correctly.
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Ayame stepped a bit closer, giving the patient a sympathetic look. They must have been terrified of the doctor. He was a bit loony, after all. She turned her gaze to his hands as he performed the seals and checked the patient for injuries and problems. She stretched her hands out in front of her, getting her chakra back into her palms. She waited as her hands began to glow a light purple, the color of her chakra, before dispelling it and trying again. She was told to get the chakra back to her...which she wasn't sure how to do exactly, but she was sure it had something to do with knowing the feel of your chakra. After this, she worked on memorizing the seals, performing them quicker and quicker until she had it memorized. 'So far so good,' she thought, before moving over to the patient. Ayame gave the man a small smile, mentally apologizing since he had to be the one for her to test her jutsu on. She held her hands out over his chest, making the chakra go into her hands, before gently setting them on the man. Being a Genin, it would take her a couple more minutes than it would Lothar, but she still wasn't sure how to bring her chakra back to her so she glanced up at the doctor. She pulled her hands away, in order to ask her question. "Doctor, I know I have to pull the chakra back so I can read his diagnosis. But how do I do it?" she asked, feeling silly. But if she was going to learn, she had to know.
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