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    Onitoge
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    Onitoge had slept well. Many nights he tossed and turned in his sleep but last night had been unusually restful. It was a new day, his body felt refreshed, and for the first time in a long time there was absolutely nothing he had to do today. It'd been a while since he could just do whatever he wanted. Which, of course, was a problem for Onitoge because he didn't know what he wanted.

    He started the days by snagging some leftover ramen from the fridge. He used a minor fire jutsu to heat it up and then plopped down on the small couch before consuming his food and three swift bites. It wasn't a very large portion and after Chiyoko's cooking wasn't very tasty either.

    Next he had to decide what to do today. Obviously there would be training! It was really nice training with his team so he thought he might like to do that again. Besides, it would be beneficial to further get them ready for whatever missions lay in store for them. He didn't want to pressure them or interfere with whatever plans they had for today, though. Maybe save that for midafternoon or so then.

    In a flash Onitoge was showered, dressed, and out the door. First order of business was inviting Chiyoko and Inakamo to train again. It was before dawn so he was fairly certain neither of them were up yet. He first went to Chiyoko's because it was closer. He hand wrote a little note 'I was thinking maybe we could train again as a team if ya know you wanted to or something at the same spot I showed you yesterday at around 3:30 maybe so i'll be there if maybe you wanted to join me. Have a pleasant day. -Onitoge' before closing his eyes and producing one of his ivory kunai from under his cloak. He tied the note around the kunai and launched it through her open window to stick quietly out from the tabletop they had eaten at last night. He was sure she'd see it before going anywhere.

    It took him a short bit to get to Inakamo's. Once there the sun was just starting to rise on the horizon. He wrote another note identical to the one he did for Chiyoko and repeated the process of tieing it to a kunai and launching it through an open window. This one hit the fridge door because he wasn't sure where else he could put it that Inakamo would see.

    His invitations having been sent, he had the daunting task of figuring out what else to do today. It was many, many hours before the time of his invitation. Ultimately he narrowed it down to three options. Speak with Hara-sensei about his concerns, train with Kakashi-sensei if he wasn't busy with his new team (Naruto was certainly a handful that might require a lot of his time), or play some shogi with Shikamaru. He couldn't really decide what he wanted to do more. His solution, randomly look for all three and whomever he found first would hopefully provide the answer.



    ooc: yeah, yeah..... it's filler, I know. I just wanted to get him up and about on the next day too.

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    Okami, Chiyoko


    [Sakura Season - Naruto OST III]

    Chiyoko’s eyes slowly opened and blinked a few times, as she stared up at the ceiling. A few rays of sunshine spilled into her room from the window, notifying her that it was time to get ready for the day. Almost instantly, Chiyoko sat up and rubbed her eyes while releasing a small yawn.
    Getting to her feet, soon Chiyoko was dressed in her usual attire and had whipped herself up a small breakfast. Just as she knelt down about to eat, she heard a knock on the door. Confusion settled in her mind as she headed towards the door and opened it. There, standing in front of her… once again, was Naruto. Chiyoko instantly smiled and laughed openly, shaking her head at the blonde-haired Genin.
    “Are you just going to eat with me every time I cook in here?” She asked, as Naruto smiled brightly.
    “Well… it is handy that we live in the same complex!” He boasted, looking over and seeing Chiyoko’s food on the table.
    “You certainly aren’t modest…” Chiyoko said with a giggle, motioning him in and shutting the door. “But that’s okay, modesty is good in some places but not here!” She said with a cheer, instantly grabbing a bowl and handing it to Naruto. Chopsticks soon followed, and the two of them began to eat.
    “How is your team?” Naruto asked, tilting his head to the side.
    “My team is wonderful. I believe we’ll all get along really well…” Chiyoko said, blushing a bit with the thought of how wonderful the day had been yesterday. Absently, she began to wonder what they were going to do upon this day-
    “Hey, someone threw a kunai!” Naruto said, grabbing the kunai with the note attached. Grabbing it from Naruto, Chiyoko opened up the letter and read Onitoge’s note. She then smiled and placed it upon the table.
    “That was just a note from Onitoge-chan… asking to train later today.” She said before taking a bite, as Naruto nodded.
    “Do you think that maybe we could train sometime!? Sasuke and Sakura don’t… well, they aren’t as nice to train with some times.” Naruto said, his voice lowering for a minute as Chiyoko nodded. She felt bad for Naruto a bit- so many of the other students seemed to treat him as if he were an idiot or an outcast. Chiyoko really didn’t understand why at all.
    “Sure! Perhaps when I have a break from a mission!”
    “Okay!” Naruto enthusiastically replied and the two of them soon after finished breakfast. Waving goodbye to Naruto, Chiyoko stood outside her doorway.

    “So… I have early afternoon to do whatever I’d like.” Chiyoko thought for a moment, glancing about the area. She could do several things… such as collect some cooking ingredients, try to talk with others to improve friendly relations or she could simply explore in the village. Yet, a burning sensation suddenly cracked through her mind to give Chiyoko and idea.

    “I could train a bit…” Chiyoko thought, figuring some solitude time wouldn’t be a bad idea. She swiftly went into the forest near her home and found a nice clearing in the shadows. Sitting down, she sat her bag of things a ways from herself and folded her legs beneath her. Letting her hands fall down upon her legs, she closed her eyes and began to meditate. She had no idea how she came upon to realize the weird oddity within herself- some sort of power that she could draw upon. She figured she was tapping into a deeper part of her chakra- like chakra control, except she worked on releasing and harnessing the chakra. Or in her training cases, just feeling and acknowledging its existence. It took a great deal of concentration… but that was something she was good at.
    “Okami, Chiyoko… eh?” The unknown Ninja had said, staring down at her with a smirk upon his face. “You seem to have a natural talent for figuring out several different types of Ninjutsu… how odd…” he trailed off. “I figured you would only have specialized in that other type…”

    Those words came back to Chiyoko like a haunting message. She realized now that the familiar figure back in the Academy- Yukiso, Kakashi Yukiso was the man she had met the day before who said that to her. She wondered what he meant…that other type.

    Chiyoko continued to concentrate, until she suddenly felt a rush of a wave wash over her. Opening her eyes, she felt as if her back was on fire. Her arms were covered in a green-tainted chakra, causing Chiyoko to let out a yelp of surprise. As soon as she did that, her concentration was broken and the chakra slowly vanished. She had seen that chakra once before… but never with so much intensity.

    “I must be improving!” She said with glee, standing up shakily. She outstretched her hand upon a tree for support, grabbing her bag and slinging it around her shoulder. Blinking for a few moments, Chiyoko glanced about the clearance- feeling as if something had been watching her. However, she shrugged it off and soon went off to the river.

    She had been meditating for quite some time, and she was quite hungry after releasing such a thing. Using her water jutsu, Chiyoko began forming small blobs of water around fish that she concentrated upon… causing them to rise upwards from the river and hold steady- just in time for Chiyoko to spear them with a small eating stick. After gathering a bunch of fish, Chiyoko dashed between her house and a nice clearing area along side one of the roads. Soon she had her grill out with several tons of ingredients… and she began to cook madly. It was a great way for her to relax- and the contest between Takumi had revived her spirits.

    “I will be better than him!” She thought gleefully, as a few wondrous smells of fish and other tasty foods entered the air. In no time however, soon Neji, Raizen and Tenten showed up. They looked roughed up a bit- as if they had been training. Chiyoko then looked down at how much she cooked and realized that she had cooked way too much.

    “I can’t eat all of this…” She thought sheepishly, looking to the three Genin. They happily agreed to help her finish it down, and soon most of the food was gone. The three left, leaving Chiyoko to see that there was still a lot of food left.

    “Aiii! I can’t waste food!” Chiyoko said, realizing the time was drawing near to train with Inakamo and Onitoge. However, just as she said that it seemed that two Ninja appeared in a poof of smoke.

    [Rock Lee's Theme - Naruto OST III]
    “Ah… such youthful exuberance!” A loud, boisterous voice rang out. Blinking for a few moments, Chiyoko saw Gai and Rock Lee, standing before her in dramatic poses. Gai stood in the background as Lee and him posed in dramatic, mirroring stances. Both of them smiled brightly at Chiyoko, as Rock Lee stepped forward and very animatedly spoke.
    “We have been training hard all day!” Rock Lee proclaimed, “We are extremely hungry and will gladly eat this food for you!” He continued, giving Chiyoko a thumbs up as his grin seemed to gleam perfectly in the light. Chiyoko opened her mouth to speak, but Gai interupted.
    “With harsh training comes a good appetite!” Gai exclaimed, which seemed to get Rock Lee pumped up.
    “Of course Gai-sensei!” Rock Lee pumped his fists into the air.
    Chiyoko laughed out loud at the two in a cheerful manner, pointing at the food.
    “Please help yourselves!”
    “Thank you Chiyoko-chan!” Rock Lee exclaimed, as the two dug in.

    I really do love it here in Konoha… there is something different about the people’s smiles here then back at home. Chiyoko thought, leaning on the table against her hand as she watched to two Taijutsu Ninja eat as if they hadn’t ever seen food before.

    Everything was put back after the eating buffet in the afternoon, and Chiyoko wiped her forehead as she placed the dishes back in her sink. Looking outside, she realized it was time and she playfully leapt out her window. Swiftly running, she soon came to the spot that the three of her teammates were supposed to meet. She saw that Inakamo and Onitoge were already there.
    “Gomen! I had to carry some supplies back to my room…” She explained, reaching them and giving them a bright smile. “I’m excited to train with you two again today!”
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    Selekis Restun - The Silent One
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    Selekis sat quietly at the table, taking small bites out of his breakfast. His 'father', sat across him, not even looking up at his adopted son. Selekis shot a small glare in his direction before continueing to eat. They barely acknowledge their presence. They try to have as little contact with him as possible.

    They didn't trust him. They were afraid of him. Everyone was. To them, he was nothing but a lost demon child found wandering around outside the village.

    He had grown to despise these people for it. He often wondered if he may have been better off still wandering around in the unknown.

    He quietly pushed his bowl away, a gesture for "I'm done". His 'parents barely looked up, siply nodded a he rose from the table and left the room. He mentally cursed this village.

    --------------~*~--------------

    The white haired boy sat on an old stump just outside the village. His eyes ocused on the text in his hand. It was a standard textbook on Genjutsu, Selekis' specialty. He was never one for fighting, instead letting his illusions confuse and mentally cripple his enemies and using superior tactics instead of brute force.

    His ears perked up when he heard voices coming from the bushes behind him.

    "Is that him?"

    "Yeah."

    "He's a bit scrawnier then I expected."

    "Let's not do this ok. You heard of what he can do."

    "He doesn't look so tough."

    "Look at his eyes! Those aren't normal!"

    Selekis turned, glaring as three boys stepped out of the bushes. One looked afraid while the other two showed a bit of arrogence.

    "So, you're the famous devil kid huh?" the first one said sarcastically. Selekis' eyes narrowed.

    "You don't look so tough," the second said as the first two strolled up to him. The third wisely kept his distance.

    "You look like a little girl to me," the first laughed. Selekis glared as he pulled his notepad out and scribbled something down. He handed it to the first boy.

    Leave. Me. Alone.

    The boy just laughed.

    "O'h, I'm sorry," he mocked, "I can't seem to read. What did you want us to do?"

    Selekis snarled. These idiots just weren't going to leave.

    "Aww, look we're making him angry," the second laughed.

    "Seriously guys," the third spoke up, "let's just go. What if he calls out that, that demon. The first two just laughed.

    "Go ahead demon boy. Sic you're little demon on us!"

    Selekis' glare harshened as the area seemed to go a bit darker. They wanted a demon, they were going to get one. The boy stopped laughing when an omnious growl filled the air. The began to back away as a large, dark form began to appear behind Selekis.

    A loud, inhuman roar echoed throughout the area, followed briefly by three horrorfied shrieks of terror.

    A few moments later and Selekis was sitting alone, calmly reading his book as if nothing happened.
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    Inakamo Yakusha

    [ I Said I'm Naruto - Naruto OST I ]

    Inakamo slept in longer than usual due to his awakening in the middle of the night. He finally awoke around 10 in the morning. He walked downstairs and saw a note on the table. He picked it up and it read,

    Son,

    I've gone out to cut some more wood. This note came for you. See you later.

    -Dad


    He nodded and read the note, which told him about a prospective training session later in the day. He made a mental note to remember to go and he grabbed a quick bite of leftover ramen before heading out to the river to do some personal training of his own.

    It was well known that Inakamo's main method in battle was his Carnival Ball plus his other tools. However, Iruka-sensei had told him something very important in the weeks preceding his graduation. His words echoed in his head,
    Inakamo, you are a talented ninja, and your unique use of your ninja tools, while somewhat bizarre, have proven to be effective in your practice sessions. But bear this in mind - no ninja has ever been successful relying on just one jutsu, and in your case if your ball is rendered out of action, you're a sitting duck. Your reliance on ninja tools in battle is a huge weakness and you are no taijutsu or genjutsu specialist. Try at least improving your repertoire of ninjutsu. It could save your life one day.

    He had, in fact, been experimenting with Earth-style jutsu, for which he had an unexplainable attraction to and an equally unexplainable adeptness for. It had been a few weeks but he had finally got the basics of one he had never shown anyone before.
    "Earth-style! Ground Hunter Jutsu!"
    He thrust his left hand into the ground and it shot down into the ground. He then looked around and saw a small stone near the river. He concentrated and his hand shot up by the stone. He smiled and grabbed the stone, then skimmed it across the river. He pulled his hand from the ground. He looked at his hand and nodded.
    "This jutsu gives me a good element of surprise."
    He began thinking as he let his chakra restore to him. He wasn't built for close combat, instead specialising in long range attacks, and the ability to throw one's fists across the ground indeed would become a useful ability, especially if combined with an aerial assault in the form of his Carnival Ball. In fact, that gave him an idea.

    He set up a scarecrow he used for training and summoned his Carnival Ball. He plunged his left hand into the ground again and performed the Burrowing Jutsu, allowing his hand to resurface and grab the scarecrow. Now the tough part - he utilised the Chakra strings in his right hand and launched his Carnival Ball at the scarecrow at full speed.

    An explosion of straw flew into the air as the Carnival Ball ripped through the scarecrow, leaving only the stick it was wrapped around held tightly in his hand. He pulled his hand down and when he brought his hand out of the hole, the stick was still in his hand. He spun the stick in his hand a few times before throwing it into the air and using his chakra strings lodging it into a tree.

    He ended his practice to go join Onitoge and Chiyoko at the training clearing. He'd be sure to show them his now honed jutsu.
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    Before Masato could do anything the wall of water above them all came crashing down, drenching everything except for the kunai in their hands. Despair seemed to settle in the back of Masato’s mind as he came to the conclusion that perhaps the exercise itself was pointless. Just as he was about to see if there were any other great ideas from Raizen, Ushi suddenly exploded in front of them. At first Masato thought that this might have been an attempt at a substation jutsu but after realizing that it was now raining Ushi parts, it became frighteningly apartment that something was going terribly wrong. He just stared at Raizen who seemed to be flabbergasted at the moment, while stared at the scattered pieces of his former comrade he began to mumble a string of words un-becoming of a ninja.

    After a few seconds Yukiso appeared with a very much alive Ushi on top of his shoulders. Masato felt a little weak at seeing the two together which in a few minutes was about to turn into blood filled rage but was calmed when Ushi spoke: “I EXPLODED.”
    “Sorry about that…well not really…but the look on your faces….” Masato seemed to drift off as he realized that what he saw was an illusion again, Genjutsu had allowed him to be fooled again into believe a false reality. If he was ever going to hope to be a powerful enough ninja to avenge his parents he was going to have to learn to break free of such a powerful jutsu. He was brought back by hearing an audible twitch and saw Ushi move closer towards Raizen. “What is it with those two?” Masato asked as a wave of embarrassment seemed to hit him when looking at his two eccentric teammates.

    “Anyways, you failed in washing your kunai, luckily for you that wasn’t the real test anyway The test was to see if you could form into a team and rely on each other for your tasks. One of the most important things in being a Ninja is relying on your teammates. They come first and you have to work with them if you want to get any mission done. So you pass.<Musical montage: Naruto OST: Victory> Good job!” Yukiso immediately gave them a thumb up, his eye seeming gleam as the sun hit it as his eye gleamed. A sigh of relief washed over Masato as Yukiso continued “…Masato your hard work and out-of-the-box thinking will come in handy…Until then, you have the rest of the day off.” With the large expanse of time during the entire mission Masato soon asked:
    “Umm… but hasn’t like… weeks passed? Or was that an illusion too?” As if expecting the obvious to hit him from the sky, Yukiso gave another thumb up. “Yep, illusion. Really only a half an hour went by.” Masato groaned more out loud then he intended and as he watched Raizen groan as well, Ushi just seemed to become a giggle fest for some unknown reason, and with that their sensei disappeared into a cloud of thick smoke.

    Looking around everyone seemed to be going their separate ways from the forest clearing, Ushi playfully trailing off with Raizen, giving an exhausted “Goodbye,” as they headed back into town. Masato decided to wait around in the forest for a little while, ringing out his clothes and then moving a little bit deeper into the other side of the forest, keeping as far away from the river as possible for the time being. <Musical montage: Naruto OST: Morning> There he found his usual spot for his after hour exercises. Considering that in reality his first mission had only been half an hour, he physically still had a little left in him to exercise a little bit into his program. He started out with a hundred push ups, seventy five sit ups and eighty jumping jacks. After chasing a nearby squirrel for his speed training, Masato started his agility training by leaping onto a nearby branch and then another as he tried practicing his in air catches. After a few minutes he stopped, feeling a little bit disorientated he started his last bit of training. With the silence of the woods around him Masato sat quietly, slowly trying to slow the steady rhythm of his heart. Feeling as one with the woods he could feel the sun on top of him, the wind blow through his hair and the ground stay steady beneath him. And that was when Masato’s stomach broke him from his meditation. Realizing that he had skipped lunch, he decided that training was over for now.

    <Music: Afternoon of Konoha>

    Walking into a nearby convince store Masato bought some Onigiri and tea and headed for the nearest rooftop and enjoyed watching the people move from building to building. He was almost scared there, afraid he might not have passed his mission, for everything about it seemed far out of his league, if it hadn’t been for Ushi and Raizen there would have been no way for Masato to find a way to break free of the Genjutsu and was glad that he was part of their team. As he took a final sip of his tea, Masato was struck on the head with a broom.

    <Music: It’s the training!>

    “You lousy no good ninja students and your constantly boinging from roof top to roof top! This isn’t a forest, I actually live underneath where you’ve been sitting, I was trying to take an afternoon nap when I heard something land on my roof, now stay off my roof!” and with that the old woman swung the broom at Masato again who ducked just in time as he quickly apologized and landed back onto the street below and began his walk back home.

    “Well today was an interesting day, tomorrow since I have the day off I think I might want to ask Saruwatari sensei if he can help me hone my Taijutsu skills…” The moment he uttered that out loud Masato shivered…as if some unseen force was about to make him regret even thinking about that…

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    I don't care, I seriously need to write something relatively sane after... well, you all know what after so... up goes this filler whether PJBW is posting in the immediate future or not. xD;;

    Shodou Kukai/Team 14/F
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    Like the proverbial Ominous Wind of Doom, Shodou Kukai drifted into the threshold of the family shophouse. Hakuin, an overly enthusiastic part-timer whom Kukai wished was her brother so there would be no succession issue to worry about, was minding shop; her mother and grandmother were probably at the back. He saluted Kukai vigorously as she slouched past the counter towards the narrow set of stairs crouched comfortably in the far corner of the room. She'd parted ways with Haru at the garden, since he'd declined her offer of walking home together - she didn't mind, the boy was growing a visible backbone.

    Usually, Kukai liked sunny afternoons. Lunch had been free, too. She'd gotten hold of some good gossip. And official ninjahood had to count for something.

    Positive thinking wasn't working.

    Maybe it was PMS.

    She was going to have a bath. And a good long think.

    *

    Shodou Ryokan, who adhered strictly to the nine-to-five office hours rule at the Hokage's office and was, indeed, one of its firmest advocates, shuffled into the doorway of the shophouse at a quarter past five. He noted that someone was in the bathroom, figured that they'd be out in at the most thirty minutes and began drawing idly on a spare scrap of rice paper.

    A veritable masterpiece later (he'd managed to render the entire skyscape of Konohagakure in a most fetching scrawl of epic proportions, each window, lamppost and conceivable structure captured in breathtaking photorealism) Ryokan decided it was time enough, and rapped discreetly on the door of the bathroom with the knuckles of his right hand. "Little sister, you're going to turn into a human prune if you don't get out of the bath water within the next hour or so. If you're actually planning to get out, that is."

    A muffled voice answered from behind the door. "I can't remember the last time you called me little sister."

    Ryokan sighed inwardly, and tugged on a stray strand of auburn hair. "Is it PMS?"

    "No. I counted."

    "Okay then, boy trouble."

    There was a splash, and then nothing. Ah, thought Ryokan. "...You could say that."

    "Inuzuka?"

    A bubbly, muted sort of thump as the soap hit the door. Ryokan shuddered involuntarily as he thought of his very favourite lily-scented soap bar, maligned in such a brutal way by his sister... he'd be lucky if it hadn't already broken in half... he could smell it, he could feel its pain, the shrieks as the cold, hard tiles battered its fragile, slippery body...

    He said, very cautiously: "I take that as a yes."

    "I admit that it's trouble, and it IS trouble with a boy, and the boy in question does indeed belong to the Inuzuka family, but it does not involve any kind of puerile, romantic, 'puppy love' relationship and/or crush that you may be implying in that oh-so-smug tone of yours."

    "Also, little sister, I could make my point that you are being rather too defensive for it not to be." Ryokan could fight when he wanted to. And he wanted his bathroom time. And his lily-scented soap intact. It was a tough call. "However, I am now deciding to take your word for it, since you are, in general, truthful."

    "In normal circumstances, I do not resort to such crude methods of procuring silence from another, but. ...Shut up, Ryokan."

    "You know it's almost six?"

    "So what if it's almost six?"

    "I want to take a bath before Mother and Granny storm the toilet in all their paper-fiber-and-ink-covered glory, and you're in the bathroom, and you're using my best bar of floral soap that I had to save up for a month to buy."

    "Oh, fine."

    Kukai, wrapped in an outsize towel, was halfway to her room when her brother called out the only useful piece of advice he'd given to her for the past thirteen years.

    "There's always tomorrow!" Then a slam, and the sound of running water. And the awful sound of Ryokan singing. Apparently, it was part of a song.

    She muttered, "Yeah, and you'd be the best person to talk to about boy trouble," and slammed her own door in response.

    *

    The following dawn, Kukai woke up with a revelation.

    She was going to apologize to Inuzuka Hige. Not because she wanted to start off on the right path to becoming a great ninja, or because she.. liked him (perish the thought!), or because she acknowledged that she did, in fact, possess a washboard for a chest that rendered her unfit for marriage. It would make her feel better and less like that time of the month and it would stave off awkwardness for the next time they met each other, which promised to be soon and often.

    Most importantly, it was the right thing to do.

    Kukai smiled to herself in the mirror, and maybe it wasn't a very nice smile. Certainly nowhere near the guileless mirth of Ayame-san's.

    Well, that was okay.

    Kukai didn't think she was a very nice person, anyway.

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    * "There's always tomorrow" - by the Ulfuls
    ...and yes, I don't know how she does it, but Kukai can pronounce the "/" in "and/or".
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    Ushi silently placed his bowl of oatmeal in Chiyoko's sink, ignoring Lee and Gai who, like most people did when he was enjoying his favorite snack, totally failed to notice him. He always needed a good bowl of oatmeal after training…even if he had only been -watching- Raizen and his rather rude brother…he still got hungry. Letting himself out, Ushi strolled down the streets of Konoha, idly wondering where his feet thought they were going. Oh, Ushi thought nearly half and hour later as he gazed up at the broad, tall tree that sat in the middle of one of the ubiquous forests surrounding Konoha, that's where. The tree was ancient, dwarfing most those around it by several feet, its trunk almost three times as wide as Ushi. Its surface was marred with gouges, slices, and various other viscous looking marks. Ushi ran his hands down them, feeling their splintered edges like old friends. Laying his face against the old wood, Ushi let out a contented sigh and closed his eyes.

    "It's time to say goodbye old friend."

    Ushi supposed that this was a rite of passage of some sort.


    Ushi gasped for air, his sword arm hanging limply by his side, barely strong enough to hold his grip around the familiar hilt. Fresh slashes adorned the tree, leaking sap like viscous blood. Stumbling forward, Ushi laid his head against the tree, closing his eyes and giggling to himself.

    "You win again friend."

    Where had his strength gone? His memories of those years of wandering were fuzzy to say the best, lost somewhere in the fever of his loss and uncertainty, but he remembered a strength that had flowed through him, a strength that had let him survive those years in such a dangerous world. Sometimes he dreamt of himself back then, and when he awoke he would always come to the tree and try to recapture some of his fantasies. Ushi laughed, this time bitterly.

    "Keep dreaming..."



    "Don't mind if I do!"

    Ushi shoved away his flashback, perturbed slightly that it had distracted him such. Though he guessed it would lend some dramatic meaning to his next action. Patting the surface of the old tree fondly, he moved away from it, walking for nearly a minute until, when he turned back, the tree stood nearly a hundred feet away.

    "It's time to move on, time to leave behind these uncertainties of the past."

    (Cue J-E-N-O-V-A (AC version))

    Ushi placed his left hand on the hilt of his katana, gripping it so tightly that even his pale skin whitened noticeably around it. Bending his knees deeply, he slid his right foot ahead of him, settling into a gently balanced stance.

    "Uncertainty is why we lose; uncertainty is why we are afraid to try."

    Releasing his grip, Ushi continued to hold his hand over his blade, fingers curved and locked. His icy eyes, closed, his breathing relaxed and fell into rhythm, a silence fell around him. Glimmering blue chakra began to dance around Ushi, playing through his hair and twirling through the folds of his clothing. Ever so slowly, the silver of his hair began to overcome the red, lightening the ends of his hair to match the rest.

    “It is not enough to speak of your shinobi way, it is not enough to frantically try to prove it to yourself and others that you walk your own path.”

    Eyes opened slowly, focusing slowly on the tree. The carefree, almost whimsical smile shifted slightly to one of supreme confidence, one of assurance so defined that it was impossible to mistake for something else. Between attacker and target, the air began to shimmer, like the roofs of Konoha in the heat of the summer sometimes would, the chakra emanating from Ushi moving between the space to float like a field of blue fireflies. Ushi’s legs tensed, his gazed narrowed.

    “You have to know it! You have to deny anything that resists it! Mousetsu-tai no Jutsu! Shukuchi!”

    It was like watching the youth under a strobe light. Disappearing and appearing between even beat of the heart, the chakra at whatever point he manifested exploding outwards. Between sightings the only indication of Ushi’s presence was the soft dirt and foliage of the forest erupting under unseen footsteps. What was once nearly one hundred feet suddenly was fifty, twenty, ten. Whether Ushi was truly moving that fast or whether the tree had actually moved closer was insignificant to the result. Shouting out his defiance of what was possible, of limits that bound him to an everlasting struggle, Ushi’s hand met his sword. The pure note of the draw rang in the confines of the woods, the silver gleam of the sword highlighted by the filtering light as he slid past the tree. A trail of scattering dirt and brush followed him as he slowly halted his slide, his sword arm held straight behind him, his right hand steadying the sheathe. Sweat veritably poured from his face onto the ground, his breath ragged and labored. Straightening with effort, Ushi listened with internal glee as the sounds of the toppling tree assaulted his ears. Glancing to the right with his eyes, he watched the tree slam into the ground barely five feet away, sending up its own cloud of dirt.

    Ushi swung his blade, cleaning it of any debris that had clung to it, and quickly sheathed it. The youth turned to walk away, his back bowed from the fatigue that was wrapping it’s invisible hands around him already. As he made his way back to the village, his voice returned one last time, seeming to speak to the fallen tree behind him.

    “I believe, and my belief can change anything. That is my shinobi way.”

    Ushi walked away from his fallen foe; that was a doubt that he had no need for anymore. The future’s doubts were more important to him now. He doubted that he would return to this spot again, leaving his departing giggle the only evidence of his presence.

    That…..and the big tree that was now in two pieces. Ushi pondered the symbolism for a second before shrugging, it wasn’t important. What was important was finding where Raizen had run off to, his closet was far too cramped for Ushi’s tastes…such restrictions were just not acceptable.


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    THE FOUR SENSEI


    KURODA, MIHARU



    Miharu walked down the streets of Konoha, smiling to people as she did so. The wind seemed to beautifully play with her hair as she closed her eyes and breathed in the fresh day. An entire day and a half of relaxation had been nice… of course, Miharu had spent most of her days tending to her garden and staying in her house. Occasionally she had walked outside in the woods, collecting various herbs and a few rare plants for her to experiment with.
    In fact… usually on most nights, strange fogs and various hazes could be seen from Miharu’s house. A few of the Jounin would stop by to have conversations and usually some of her healing tea… which was also a relaxant. But still, her house could have been the ideal key spot to tell tales of spooky things. Having a dark house in the night except for one window that was illuminated in green was often quite ominous.
    But, today Miharu was pleasantly surprised to see she had gathered a mission for her team. Sure it wasn’t anything big… such was the life of the Genin. But it was a start, and that was all that mattered.
    “Time to notify the team!” She said pleasantly, stopping in the middle of the street. She quickly brought two fingers to her lips and gave a loud whistle, causing a few people to look at her strangely before returning to their duties. However, within a few moments a small falcon-like bird flew down from the sky, landing neatly upon a nearby post. Miharu walked towards the falcon, and from her side pocket she pulled out a scroll. Opening it, she wrote down a message upon it and then re-rolled it up. Making a sign with her hand, the scroll seemed to duplicate itself into a total of three scrolls. Smiling slightly, she gave the scrolls to the falcon.
    “Delivery time!” Miharu said happily, tilting her head to the side as the small bird took the scrolls in its talons. Strangely enough… upon touching the scrolls, they seemed to shrink so that the bird could carry all three.
    “Shodou Kukai, Kozue Haru and Inuzuka Hige.” Miharu said, and the bird gave a screech as it flapped its wings and took to the sky.

    “Mmm… you have a mission today as well, huh?” Miharu turned her head to see a wild-eyed Takumi leaning against the wall of a building. His wolfish gaze could only remind Miharu of Hige… for strangely enough, Takumi did have the Inuzuka look. It was logical though… being he was from the Hara branch.
    “Yes, I believe a lot of teams received missions today.” Kuroda said, walking away from Takumi. His eyes seemed to widen at that for a moment, as he quickly walked after her. He reached her side and continued to carry on the conversation.
    “I hope my team improves quickly… I rather dislike overseeing such minor missions.” He continued, as Miharu laughed softly.
    “yes… but they have to prove themselves before they can carry on such stronger missions.”
    “Oh come on Kuroda… you know that this year’s Genin are stronger than a normal year.”
    “Do I?... Or rather, do you? We’ve just come back from our travels.”
    Takumi grinned at her remark, giving a nod.
    “True… but it is what I’ve heard and they do seem impressive. You should see my team- passed the test right off the bat!”
    “Same with mine.” Kuroda responded, stopping for a moment as she looked at Takumi with a more stern gaze.
    “Is there a reason you are following me to my team’s gathering location?”
    Takumi seemed to sweatdrop for a moment, absently scratching behind his head.
    “Erm… well in truth, I was hoping that perhaps after today- this evening, we could drink some tea. I heard you have some excellent drinks… perhaps-”
    “I’m busy, Hara-chan.” Kuroda said slightly, giving him a teasing gaze.
    “But …” Takumi continued, transforming his voice into a more manly tone- well, what he was hoping would be a more convincing tone. “… my dearest Komoku-tenno…” He said in a lower tone, taking his hand and slowly brushing it along her shoulder. “… we used to have such great times when we would go for a nice tea break.”
    That was enough to trigger the inner power of Kuroda, as she suddenly took one sweeping motion with her fist. Bringing it around and upwards, she managed to knock Takumi right square in the jaw- sending him flying into a nearby stand. The act was so dramatic and surprising, it was enough to cause the nearby villagers to stare in awe and fear.
    “Maybe another time, H-a-r-a-chan!” Kuroda said teasingly, sticking her tongue out at him as she suddenly regained her composure and walked away.



    Soon, Miharu was waiting outside amongst the gardens near her home for her team. It wasn’t long until Haru, Hige and Kukai all arrived however. Kuroda sensed some strange energy between Hige and Kukai- as if something had happened before their arrival. Silently Miharu hoped that it wouldn’t cause any problems… but Miharu pushed that thought away.
    “Greetings my lovely Team 14. I am happy to announce that we have a mission. Now… before I tell you what it is, let me warn you that our missions are the lowest rank- since you all are new Ninja. So take these missions seriously and with pride in knowing that soon they’ll lead you up to newer and better missions.”
    The three nodded, as Kuroda continued.
    “So… our mission today is to rescue Ms. Taneko’s cat. She lost the cat… so we are to scout out to find the cat, retrieve it and bring it back to her before the end of today. Doesn’t that sound fun?” Kuroda smiled and clapped her hands together, as the three seemed to sweatdrop and fall down anime-style.




    SARUWATARI, KAZUKI



    Kazuki had muttered to himself as he had walked away from the cross-dressing Hiro and his not-as-disappointing sister. It had been impressive to see that his sister had done a semi-decent transformation technique, but it was not impressive that Hiro couldn’t think of anything better to transform into rather than his sister. Despite being rather cold to his students, he was hoping to improve them far beyond what they had currently shown him. They did show promise, although he would not admit it.
    Sitting upon a log, Kazuki waited for his own team to show up. He had sent them messages earlier that day… telling them that they were to have their very first mission. Of course, their mission was basic- help with a Konoha farm that was just out of the village. Nothing there to do other than basic work- but it was perfect for helping train their body. Saruwatari imagined it could help with their chakra control at least, since basic everyday motions could help with chakra control.

    Yesterday had proven a bit interesting… for one of Yukiso’s students had approached him. Masato was his name… from Kazuki’s memory, and the boy actually had enough guts to approach Kazuki while he was eating lunch at the river side. Kazuki had ignored the boy for several minutes. The boy was stubborn though… and had simply sat down next to Kazuki, waiting for him to acknowledge his presence.
    “What do you want?” Saruwatari had asked, eyeing the boy with a harsh glare. Masato seemed to hesitate with the glare, but he stood firm as he stood up and bowed low.
    “Saruwatari-sensei… I heard that you were a Taijutsu specialist and was hoping that you could train me!” He said rather loudly and swiftly, obviously nervous. Kazuki blinked for a moment, before going back to eating- ignoring Masato again. The boy stood there uncomfortably for a few minutes, and finally seemed to sigh and turn away. However, just as the boy had taken quite a few steps… Kazuki stood up and coughed loudly.
    “Fine, I’ll train you. Yukiso is talented, but as a Genjutsu master… he can’t help you greatly with Taijutsu like me.” With that, Kazuki gathered up his lunch and grabbed a piece of cloth that he had used as a rather picnic-like mat.
    “Here. For your first training, I want you to take this piece of cloth and cut down that tree with it.” Kazuki pointed at a rather large tree across the stream. Masato’s jaw seemed to drop for a second, as Saruwatari smirked and leapt into the air. He landed neatly upon a large boulder and he sat cross-legged.
    “What’s wrong? It isn’t that difficult.” Kazuki said with a smirk, grinning lightly.

    The next few hours consisted of Masato trying vainly, to cut the tree down with the pathetic piece of cloth with out much luck. After much amusement, Kazuki finally leapt up in front of Masato as he was about to try to strike the tree again.
    “Masato… Taijutsu comes from hard work, correct?”
    Masato nodded.
    “Well then… don’t be an idiot. If you work hard you’ll obtain great speed, strength and the basics of Taijutsu. However… a great Taijutsu ninja does not just rely on hard work… but also his talent. You do have some talent, correct?”
    Masato nodded again.
    “I hope so. Well then… don’t think of this cloth as a piece of cloth. Think of it as a tool- as something that has its own hidden talent and potential.”
    Swiftly, Kazuki grabbed the cloth and it seemed to glow light blue for a second before Kazuki made a striking motion towards the tree. The cloth extended outwards, glowing light blue and surprisingly taking a more flat-shape, as if it was lying on the ground but in the air. As it struck the tree, the cloth sliced right through the tree , causing it to fall backwards.
    “Everything around you has potential… you have to learn how to harness it with your own abilities. And you have to stop being an idiot.”
    Kazuki threw the piece of cloth back to Masato.
    “Once you can cut down a tree, come back to me and then you’ll truly be ready for my training. If you can’t do that, then you’re a waste of my time.”


    Kazuki withdrew a breath, still waiting on the log for his team to arrive. When they finally arrived, Kazuki gave them a nod.
    “Your on my team now. We have a mission now. There is a farm outside of Konoha that we have duties to perform for them. Don’t take this as an easy mission or you’ll pay for it in any way I deem proper. I want you to perform each task today while concentrating on your chakra.”
    Kazuki then grabbed a bag by his feet and shuffled it over his shoulder.
    “Let’s go.”



    HARA TAKUMI



    Hara-sensei rose slowly from the rubble that Kuroda-sensei’s wrath had sent him into. Rubbing his jaw absently, he grinned with a sparkling look in his eye.
    “Ah… she hasn’t changed a bit.” He said with a laugh, turning his gaze to see one of Yukiso’s Genin, Raizen, staring at him with a “oro?” look. The one known as Ushi was following him not too far behind… but Raizen didn’t seem to notice. Takumi flashed him a grin and slowly walked away, calling back to Raizen.
    “Hey Hyuuga boy, you might want to turn on your Byakugan.”

    After a few seconds later, Takumi laughed as he heard a very audible “DAMMIT USHI!” from a distant Raizen. He had liked that Kurama boy, especially after their little training session not to long ago. He had tried to teach the boy one of his more flamboyant Jutsu’s… but the kid seemed unable to master it. Yet, Takumi had the idea that the boy would eventually be able to do it…. Or at least something like it. For an odd reason, Hara-sensei had an idea that Ushi would make any Jutsu a little bit different from what it was originally meant to be. And he liked that. Quirks were an something that Takumi loved in others.


    Takumi finally had reached the bench where he had told all of his Team to meet. There was a washed out two on it, as if someone had tried to ruin is perfectly good bench marking. Of course, Takumi had paid Chiyoko, Onitoge and Inakamo each a personal visit to inform them of their mission that day. He had woken Inakamo up, staring over him rather strangely and then informing him of their mission. He had breakfast with Chiyoko and found it to be absolutely delicious. Then he had gone off to the forest to tell Onitoge… but Onitoge was watching wide-eyed as Hatake and Yukiso Kakashi were debating book ideas and then proceeded to have a book contest.
    The result was quite amusing. Still, Takumi managed to deliver his message.

    “Ah… now I’ll just take a nice nap here until my team arrives.” Takumi said lightly, sitting on the bench and closing his eyes and he took a little nap. He then would inform them of their mission – to go herb searching in the forest for the hospital and the research Nin. It was a beautiful day to do that too…



    KAKASHI YUKISO




    “So, what advancement do you get from reading that book, Hatake?” Yukiso had said, hanging upside down from a tree so that he was dangling above his older brother. Twitching slightly, Hatake glanced up and sighed slightly. Onitoge- Hara-sensei’s student, was reading as well.
    “It is very well written and inspiring.” Hatake said in retort, sticking his face back into the book. Yukiso wasn’t finished however, as he extended his arm downwards and poked Hatake in the head. The continued for quite some time… before finally Yukiso reached so far down as to push Hatake’s forehead protector over his right eye.
    “Yukiso!” Hatake bellowed, looking upwards angrily as he pushed his forehead protector back up to its usual angle. Onitoge seemed to sweatdrop.
    “Inspiring? For what?!” Yukiso laughed, holding his own book, “History at Its Best: The Black Warrior and the Naggas.”
    Hatake glared, standing up as Yukiso let himself flip downwards and land before is own brother.
    “It is… it just is!” Hatake said, rather flustered. This probably was the first time that Onitoge saw Hatake rather flustered, but Yukiso seemed to be able to draw out that side from his older brother.
    Silence settled between the two for a very long and dramatic pause, as rustling leaves seemed to swirl by after a while.

    “You read dirty old man books…” Yukiso said flatly, crossing his arms and gazing off to the side. This caused Hatake to glare further, twitching slightly.
    “You’re reading history that you already know about.” He retorted.
    “You’re reading a book that you’ve read a thousand times.”
    “It is a great read!”
    “It’s a dirty book! What is so great about it? Does it help you with your fantasies?”
    “O-oro? No! I don’t… need help…” He said, coughing slightly though his mask.
    “Really? I think you read the books because you dream that you’re the main character in the book, since you can’t seem to get a date yourself.”
    “I can too get a date… for your information-”
    “You have had plenty of dates… suuure. I remember them, back when I was 13. I’m talking about the past seven years…” Yukiso chimed in, as Hatake seemed to shake infuriated.
    “You-you…you haven’t had a date in-”
    “- a week? I know! Since I had to come here I wasn’t allowed to maintain my last relationship.”
    “You could be lying!”
    “I could be, but you wouldn’t know. However… lots of people talk about you around here. Some thing about copyright infringements…”
    Hatake sweatdropped, as did Onitoge and Takumi- who was apparently delivering a message to Onitoge.
    “Anyways, we should test our skills some time, brother. I haven’t seen you in a long time and I did miss you so much!” Yukiso said overly-cheerful, thrusting himself forward to give Hatake a hug. Hatake’s eyes seemed to bulge out for a moment in slight shock, disgruntlement and a ‘why me’ look of defeat.
    Yukiso soon waved goodbye and disappeared in a poof of smoke.


    Not too long after that, Yukiso was standing in the village of Konoha with his team fully assembled. Masato looked rather disgruntled, an odd piece of clothing protruded from one of his pockets. Yukiso guessed that it was from Kazuki… knowing his old friend’s habits. Raizen came in with Ushi, who almost seemed to be like Raizen’s shadow. Yukiso was pleasaed that his team seemed to be getting along.
    “Great, we’re all here. Sorry about the last-minute message… we just received a very important mission just for our team!”
    For the first time since Yukiso had met Raizen, he saw the Hyuuga boy actually get an excited look.
    “What is it sensei?” He asked, as Masato also seemed to grow eager.
    “Well… I managed to fight for this mission, although it was a really difficult one to get my hands on. However… the person who requested this mission was stressing the great importance of it.
    The team seemed to be very eager at this point.
    “Just tell us already!” Masato said, as Yukiso nodded.
    “Alright alright…” He said, holding up his hands. He then reached into his vest’s pocket and pulled out a tightly scrolled piece of paper.
    “Your mission… is to get THIS!” Dramatically, Yukiso held out an advertisement of a new book- “Advanced Particle Physics: What ScienceNins Won’t Tell You.” Raizen seemed confused as he reached into his pocket and pulled out that book.
    “But Kakashi-sensei… you loaned that book to me. I have it right here.” Raizen gave the book back to Yukiso, who paused for a moment as if startled.
    “Oh… umm… one moment.” Yukiso turned around, and scribbled something down on the paper. He then whirled around dramatically. “Yes… umm… what I meant to say was, your mission is THIS!” The piece of paper now said, “Advanced Particle Physics: What ScienceNins Won’t Tell You- Volume 2.”
    All three Genin seemed to fall down anime-style.

    “Are you serious…?” Masato asked, as Ushi giggled for some apparent reason.
    “Yeah… I mean, are we just doing this for you?” Raizen asked, narrowing his eyes.
    “Well… you see… I sort of got tied up trying to set up Kazuki in a Genjutsu this morning… and lost track of time. So… well… there weren’t any missions left. But that’s okay! I made a mission for you and submitted one myself… for myself- or rather, my own team!”
    All three Genin sweatdropped at that moment.
    “So… go get this book!” Yukiso said dramatically, throwing the paper at Raizen as he gave them all a brilliant thumbs up.



    [ Alright… you’ll get a uber cool mission after a bit. So what I want everyone to do is go through about three missions. This means that everyone on the team can post about one mission and how it goes. This will help the flow and such… so if some one has already posted about the mission I gave you, you can invent your own minor mission for everyone to partake. You guys have about two days to post for this and then I’ll continue and create a more important mission before the Chuunin exams start.

    Oh… and I’m slowly hinting at history between the four sensei. ^_~ ]

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    Default Re: +- Naruto: The Hidden Curse -+ ---[Starts!]

    Inuzuka Hige
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    On any other day, I would probably still be jumping for joy through the trees and howling my praises to the world. I mean I was a Genin (okay, a Genin again but this time permenently). Kukai's words had caught me off guard, especially in light of our recent success at working as a a team. The particular event she alluded to, or the "Washboard Incident" still burned fresh in my mind. I hadn't been able to go near a body of water for months after that.

    Sighing to myself I could feel Ginmaru's puzzlement and worry. He was oblivious to what had happened, having been absent at the time due to his biannual medical exam with Hana. I gave my partner a small grin as I scratched his head, setting his tail a wagging. No need to worry him about something in the past that. As we sat together on the balcony of my room, my ears once again twitched at a very familiar sound.

    "YAHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" From out of the trees burst Kiba and Akamaru landing perfectly on deck next to me. My cousin was grinning from ear to ear. "Heya Hige, home already?"

    "Yea. I take it you passed your 'final' test?"

    "Yep! With flying colors of course!" He smirked at me and Ginmaru. "You ain't home early cause you failed are ya?"

    "No, it's nothin' like dat."

    "Oh, I see. Got into a big fight with the Missus huh?"

    I gave him a hot glare. "How many times do I have to say it? There's nothin' goin' on 'tween me and Kukai!"

    "Yea yea Romeo, whatever." He and Akamaru shared a knowing look as I shook my head. "Hey how about we practice?"

    "Practice?"

    "Yea, ya know ta celebrate and get yer mind off your girl-"

    "SHE'S NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!" As angry as I was at Kiba, I had to admit that a nice practice session would probably help me feel better. "Still, that does sound like a good idea. I'll meet you in the regular place?"

    =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

    "Ready?"

    "Ready. On three. One...two..."

    I flourished the pair of drumsticks in hand before bringing them down on the cymbals, tapping out the time before moving on to the beat. They danced a top the drums in rhythmic falls and set the stage for the other instruments to build upon. Drumming was all about keeping a steady beat as the others wove the melody around it, keeping it in time and signaling a change in tone.

    Next to me, Kiba strummed along the guitar's strings before breaking into a short riff. His fingers, calloused not only from use, slid along its contours with the ease of a seasoned musician. Gin and Akamaru sat nearby, their heads bobbing somewhat to the music as we passed the time playing.

    Growing up together, it was inevitable for us to favor many of the same things. Among them was like for rock music and one day we'd gotten into our heads to attempt to become rockers. Years of rainy day practice sessions would follow and though our dreams of being rock stars had died, we still had a bit of passion for the music. We often held this impromptu sessions when we had nothing better to do or to get our minds off things. We might not be the best, but I like to think we were competent.

    The sound of clapping as we winded down made me look up in surprise to see Oyaji. He was built just as broadly as I was, but his narrow frame made him seem lankier than he actually was his. His hair once as black as his sister's was now streaked in grey, but his slitted eyes still shone with the same wild light as the rest of the clan. Repositiong his crutch, he hobbled over to us grinning.

    "You two are getting pretty good at that." He stopped next to me as he lay a hand on my shoulder. "So how was your first day as Genin?"

    "Well, if you believe our Jounin sensei, we were only Genin for a few hours." I grimaced slightly as the memory of my celebration returned.

    "They still administering those secret tests huh?" The old man chuckled slapping me on the back. "Don't worry about it. No Inuzuka has ever failed one of those exams!"

    "Our teams were also finalized. Kiba's in Team 8 with Aburame-san and Hyuuga-chan under Kurenai-sensei. I'm in Team 14 with-"

    "His wife and that quiet kid whose always scribbling in that book of his. 'tch almost as bad as that Selkis-yatsu."

    "OI! How many times do I have to tell you!?"

    "Calm down Hige, I'm sure your cousin didn't mean anything by it." My father placed a reasurring hand on my head.

    "Yea, but I don't think we'll be getting along very well..."

    "Well you have to remember Hige, your teammates are going to be the only thing you can rely on during your missions." He grinned at me. "Even if you can't stand either of them. I remember my first team, I was always butting heads with this one bastard."

    "What happened?"

    "Well after nearly getting each other killed because of our arguing we both agreed that it was better to put aside our differences and work together." His smiled turned slightly sad. "He became one of my best friends. If it wasn't for..."

    He trailed off looking down at his leg. I did as well. It was the injury that had cost my father his career as a shinobi, leaving him a crippled man. The first year had been crushing for my father, for the entire clan. He had been one of the foremost Jounin before his injury. I had to make up for what he could no longer do. I gave him a faint smile.

    "Don't worry Oyaji. I'll sort it out."

    =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

    The next morning I stood outside of the Shodou Clan shop. Ginmaru was laid out by my feet, a bit angry at me for interupting his sleep for what he considered a petty reason. But Oyaji was right. I didn't want this hanging over my head. We were going to be a team, whether I liked it or not and that meant we had to at least be on speaking terms.

    The bell above the door rang lightly and I looked up to see Kukai stepping out. She had an unusually determined look on her face and it just grew moreso as she looked at me. It was actually just a little scary. Swallowing past the lump forming in my throat, I opened my mouth to speak, "I-"

    "Gomen nasai."

    I blinked.

    "Na-na-"

    "I was out of line yesterday. I had no right to bring back such an obviously traumatic memory especially in light of our recent success as a team. I realize now that such an action may turn our relationship sour and impede any teamwork. I apologize for any 'damper' I may have placed upon your celebrations and hope that you can accept it."

    I blinked again.

    A bird winged its way above us and two scrolls fell from the sky. We caught them deftly and unrolled them. It was another message from Miharu-sensei, this time asking us to meet her back at her home for our first mission. Kukai rolled hers up and immediately set off down the street. She stopped after a few feet and turned to look at me. "Are you coming Inuzuka Hige-san?"

    "I..Uh...Yea..." I looked down at Ginmaru, who only shrugged and yipped Girls.

    Well I guess things were back to normal.

    "You think Kuroda-sensei would mind if we got some breakfast first?"

    "I do not believe she would hold it against us if we were to have a meal. Perhaps we could even get some free ramen from your little Ayame-san, HIiiiige-kun."

    "She's not my little Ayame-san! And stop doing that..."

    Yea...things were back to normal.


    *Singing* Ashita ga aru sa asu ga aru. Wakai boku ni wa yume ga aru. Itsu ka kitto! Itsu ka kitto! Wakatte kureru darou!
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    Onitoge
    ~~~~~~~~~

    Two most productive days in a row. The first of course he had become Genin, passing a test that truthfully he felt he failed but making friends with his new teammates and to a lesser extent Naruto who seemed to show up everytime Chiyoko cooked anything. Not to mention getting to train with Chiyoko and Inakamo as a team. The second, he sent invitations to his team to see if they'd like to train together again before sunrise then wandered around Konoha for an hour before he came across Shikamaru in the park. They played three quick games of Shogi (Onitoge actually made the third one very close even though he was still no match for Shikamaru in this kind of game) until lunchtime when he excused himself. He grabbed a quick bite to eat and then went to his hidden clearing two hours early. He got in some good stretching and warm-up exercises with his cloak off, putting it back on 35 minutes before the time of his invitation. He then sat quietly, eyes closed, meditating until Inakamo made a noisy fanfare of an entrance atop his carnival ball. Onitoge smiled as he opened his eyes, clapping in appreciation of the show. Chiyoko arrived within minutes of that and the three began training together again. It was great experience and great fun training together. They all got a feel for how they each moved and were starting to be able to get a sense for where each other would be without having to turn their heads. Once again training went almost till sunset and they all went to Chiyoko's for dinner. Naruto joined again which seemed to fluster Inakamo a bit. None of them stayed as long the second night, however, because they would be starting missions tomorrow. Or so they had been told.

    His third day as a Genin and Onitoge was up extra early. He was showered, dressed, and out the door an hour before sunrise. He had almost forgotten to thank Kakashi-sensei for the book so it was priority one before he had to leave on his mission. It took him 30 dedicated minutes of searching but he found Hatake Kakashi sitting quietly under a tree reading.

    "Kakashi-sensei, I wanted to thank you for the book you gave me. I have only finished the first three chapters but it is a most exciting read," he said as he bowed respectfully with a smile.

    "You're welcome. I thought you might enjoy it," Kakashi-sensei replied without looking up.

    "I was wondering if you would be willing to train me some before ....." Onitoge began eagerly.

    "I'm sorry, but not today. I have much to do today once I finish this book so I couldn't offer your training the focus it deserves. Perhaps we'll have more time another day. You are welcome to sit and read with me, however," Kakashi-sensei said, waving his hand at a soft patch of dirt near him.

    Onitoge nodded and took a seat, pulling out the book and starting to read. The next hour was very strange and mildly unsettling. He had never seen Kakashi-sensei so flustered as when the younger Kakashi-sensei arrived and started pestering him. Onitoge had to wonder if Yukiso Kakashi had even noticed his presence (even though he was sitting only 5 feet away) because he was so intently focused on annoying his brother. This, of course, is the moment Hara-sensei chose to hand deliver a note telling Onitoge the team was to meet at a park bench in two hours for their first mission.

    Onitoge spent an hour to finish reading a few more chapters in his new book before bidding goodbye to Kakashi-sensei who also seemed to be leaving to attend to his business. At 45 minutes early he was the second to arrive, finding Hara-sensei passed out and snoring rather unceremoniously in an obnoxiously loud fashion. He thought for a moment of waking him but decided better of it. Instead, he sat on the next bench and resumed reading.

    Chiyoko arrived about 6 minutes early with a bright smile. Onitoge promptly closed his book and tucked it into his gi. He bowed, smiling a bit in embarassment. He had been so caught up in the book he hadn't noticed her approach until she was two benches away.

    "Good morning Chiyoko. Thank you again for dinner last night....and the night before! You're cooking is very good," Onitoge smiled nervously.

    "That's alright. I really like cooking for everyone," Chiyoko smiled back.

    "Goooooooood morning!" Inakamo said loudly and with flare as he rolled inbetween them on his carnival ball before hopping off and sealing it in one of his summoning scrolls. "I interrupting something?"

    Inakamo said looking between them. Then his eyes caught wind of what must have been the most precious tempting thing he had ever seen. A completely dead to the world, snoring like the growl of a bear, Hara-sensei. What more perfect thing could there be in the world than a sensei completely vulnerable to prank attack?! Of course, just as Inakamo approached stealthily Takumi Hara's arm stuck straight up with a finger pointing at the sky.

    "Take one more step Inakamo and I will show you the hard way how to do what Ushi did a couple of days ago!" Hara-sensei said in an amused but warning tone.

    He then slowly slid to sitting up and then to standing. Takumi let out a bellowing roar of a yawn before rolling his head around to limber up his neck while cracking his nuckles. He quickly shook himself out a bit and then turned to his students smiling, wind blowing through his hair.

    "SO!!!! Who's read for taking on their first mission as Genin?" Hara-sensei said in a bold, daring voice with an edge of danger and wildness.

    "We're ready!" Chiyoko, Inakamo, and Onitoge said almost in perfect unison.

    "Excellent! I like that attitude. Now, for your first mission as Genin the hospital needs a fresh supply of herbs from the forest and you three are going to collect it for them. Here's a list of what you're looking for," he said handing Chiyoko a small scroll with illustrations. "Also, if you find any herbs that aren't on that list you are to collect them for research. Alright! So get to it and no slacking because I'll be watching!!"

    "So..... you're saying we should slack if you weren't watching?" Inakamo asked mischievously.

    "Oh......I'm always watching!" a devious smile spread across Hara-sensei's face that froze the three Genin in place for a second. "Now get moving!"

    The three were off quickly. As they made their way to the appropriate area of the forest they discussed their roles. It was decided that Onitoge would scout ahead for the herb locations and throw a kunai to mark the nearest tree to each grouping of herbs. Chiyoko was to carefully harvest the herbs without damaging them, handing them over to Inakamo who stored them in his carnival ball. All things told this set up ran pretty smoothly.

    Onitoge caught most of the herbs on his first pass through a section of the woods but every half hour or so Chiyoko or Inakamo would spot something he missed. After the first few hours they collectively decided to switch places. Chiyoko scouted ahead for a bit while Onitoge attempted to harvest the herbs. Unfortunately, Inakamo was still relegated to storing the herbs as he was the only one with control of the carnival ball. Soon after this change of pace they reverted back to the original assignments. Chiyoko had been about as good at spotting the herbs but Onitoge was a little clumsy harvesting them. Several got a little bruise and one that had thorns and scratched him got completely shredded to ribbons in his hand somehow. Onitoge had seemed a bit shaken when that happened but felt better once he was the one scouting again.

    By the end of the day they had gathered so many herbs that the carnival ball was full and their pockets and hands were brimming with various herbs. They had managed to collect an abundance of the listed herbs and identified and harvested a large sample of four unknown (to the three of them at least) new herbs for the hospital to research.

    After a long day of picking herbs the three just waved goodnight once they turned over the herbs to the hospital. Chiyoko gave a half-hearted invitation for dinner again but it was obvious they were all three pretty worn out. They hadn't seen Hara-sensei all day once they had started their mission but were sure he had been around for much of it. In any case, they were sure he'd no doubt try to find them a harder mission for tomorrow. Onitoge felt he seemed like the kind of sensei that liked pushing his students to test their limits.




    ooc: bleh.....not one of my best but it'll do for now till the serious stuff comes along. I'll have to break out my A, or at least B+, game for that.

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    ATARASHII JOOOUUUSHI WA FUUUUUUURANSU-JIN *gets hit by a stray kunai* ...ahem. I don't know. I JUST DON'T KNOW. This post is almost 100% pure crack. And dialogue. And I haven't even written anything about Tora-chan the Evil Demon Pet Cat yet.

    For anyone who's interested:
    Ashita ga aru sa video because the Ulfuls are LOL and the song can be really annoying if you sing it just the right way xD AKA what Hige sings.
    SUMMER DAYS - Do As Infinity. AKA what Kukai sings. Although I like to think that her Engrish is better than the lead singer of DAI.

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    Kukai's fingers stayed firmly rooted to their positions in her ears. It wasn't a bad song. She rather supposed she would have liked the song, if her brother hadn't been singing it in the bath, apparently in mocking disdain of her predicament yesterday. Unpleasant memories. That was it.

    "Ashiiiiita ga aru, ashiiiiiiiita ga aru, ashiiiiiita ga aaaaaaru sa!"

    And she'd be blowed if it wasn't just her brother, but also Mr Inuzuka Hige who liked this song...

    "Aru hi totsuzen kangaeta, doushite ore wa ganbatterun darou~"

    And he had to sing it as if the entire population of Konohagakure was deaf, too...

    "Kazoku no tame? Jibun no tame? Kotae wa kaze no naka!"

    Her temper, which she thought she'd had under check for as long as she could consciously remember, was beginning to fray at the edges. "You sound like my stupid older brother."

    Hige's response was to sing even louder, if at all possible. "ASHITA GA ARU! ASHIIIIITA GA ARU! ASHIIIITA GA AAAARU SA!"

    She knew it. This was payback for all the Ayame-san digs she'd dropped on him like personalized stink-bombs during breakfast. And she wasn't about to risk bringing up the Washboard Incident again, either. Well. Fine. If he wanted to turn them into Konohagakure's second mobile circus act, Yakusha Inakamo being the first, and prior to this only one, FINE.

    You can't beat 'em... join 'em.

    Kukai wasn't the greatest of singers, but she could at least carry a tune. "SUMMER DAYS! I CAN'T STAND THE SUMMER DAYS!"

    "ASHITA GA ARU SAAAASU GA ARU!"

    "FROZEN COCKTAILS AND NIGHT FIREWORKS! WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT THEM ANYWAY!"

    They reached Haru's house without much event. Needless to say, Haru was rather taken aback to find his best friend and his other teammate yodelling, at the tops of their voices, to the world at large, and each to a completely different tune, as Ginmaru howled along quite happily to the choruses of both songs.

    *

    The singing stopped out of deference to Haru - Kukai could see the smaller boy wince as she ground out "-GODDAMN SUMMER DAYS" to Hige's "WAKAI BOKU NI WA YUME GA ARU" - and sobriety slowly returned to her senses. "Ahaha. Today seems to be my day for apologizing. Without further ado I am deeply sorry indeed for subjecting my dear Haru-kun to that embarrassing display of temporary lunacy."

    Haru seemed to be thinking about something. Maybe it was just her, but Kukai got the feeling that his confidence in himself had improved, just a little. She'd have to find out. "N-no... the singing was okay..."

    "So does that mean I get t' continue?" said Hige, fangs bared in a grin.

    "NO," retorted Kukai, as an automatic reflex somewhere at the back of her brain kicked in. Then, quickly: "If you do you have to get Haru-kun to join in too. Because we're a team now. And - and we're going on our first mission today."

    Hige gave Kukai a funny look which said Yeah I know you're just so full of crap, but I'll play along with you, just this time anyway and received a STOP THE THEATRICS AND DO WHAT I TELL YOU TO DO INUZUKA HIGE glare in return. He grimaced, and proceeded to do what she wanted him to do, because he was a considerably nicer person (and also much more sensible) than his cousin Kiba, who had an ego the size of a fully-grown male African elephant. "Hey, Haru. Know any good songs?"

    "It's all right if you don't," Kukai chipped in. "Not ALL of us like to walk around Konohagakure advertising to the village that we're terminally insane."

    "I'd like to remind you that you were doing that less than five minutes ago."

    "Well, you started it."

    "You didn't have ta join in."

    "It was that, or go completely and utterly mad."

    "You mean yer not already raving nuts?"

    "Compared to your right honourable presence, Mr Inuzuka Hige, I consider my sanity to be less of an issue than your very dubious grasp on the facts of the world, and walking down main street in broad daylight singing 'There's always tomorrow' at the top of your admittedly large and powerful pair of respiratory organs is not something any person in their normal frame of mind would do, unless you were trying to impress your precious Ayame-san with a melodious serenade, Hiiiiige-kun -"

    "U-um..." Haru started. "G-guys? ..E-excuse me?"
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    Iokawa, Hiro
    ~*~*~*~*~ Late Afternoon ~*~*~*~*~

    Hikari and I sat on one of the many Konoha’s benches after spending the last two hours looking for Shiro or Selekis. They truly were the only two Ninjas that I really knew that I could introduce Hikari to. Although there was one girl in our class, Chiyaka… Chiyoko, who could be a good role model for Hikari. Yet it had been a fruitless search, and I was still with out any chores done, or a proper babysitter. Although I did manage to snag a long piece of pink cloth and a piece of rectangular metal. If I needed a going away gift I should at least indulge her and make her a fake headband.

    “Do you think your sensei is truly mad at us?” She asked, swinging her feet back and forth off the bench her blonde hair reflecting some of the rays of the sunlight. I could only frown a bit, sensei was tough and who knows what would happen if he found out I was unauthorized teaching my sister ninja techniques. “If he gets on to you I’ll beat him up.” She added confidently, before pulling off another piece of chocolate and sticking it in her mouth.

    I cast a sideway glance at her before letting out a chuckle. “Oh? How would you beat one of the toughest ninjas of Konoha?” I asked her.

    She puffed out her cheeks in annoyance, standing up and off the bench. “See I would start with this.” She announced making a fist and throwing it into a right upper cut. “Then see I would kick him like this, and go in for a punch.” She spun around swinging her leg into the air before coming around and punching with her left fist.

    I almost fell off my bench laughing, only to receive a strong glare from her. Calming myself I rose and walked around to her back side, pulling out one of my Kunai and placing it in her small little hands. She grasped it as I grabbed both of her arms. “Okay first you want to hold it like this.” I explained moving her arm to hold the Kunai close to her chest in a defensive manner.

    “And then you want to jab out.” I jerked her arm forward swinging around the very pointy and very dangerous knife. “Okay now I want you to keep practicing doing a defensive stance, always hold it with the pointy end going away from your pinky, it makes it easier to jab.”

    She nodded confidently for a second before her eyes lit up. “You mean I can keep this?”

    I could only smile and nod before messing up her golden hair. “I have plenty of others, and you might need it one day.” I said as she slipped the Kunai under her sash, pretending she was an actual ninja and whipping it out several times before putting it back. “Now if we could find that Chiyoko’s place…” I mumbled.

    We had only took a few steps before a orange clad ninja jumped down in front of us. “Did you say Chiyoko?” He asked in almost glee. “I’ll take you to her place, it’s almost dinner time anyway.” He spread his arms and took off running.

    “I guess we follow the orange guy.” I picked Hikari up sitting her on my shoulders, her legs swung around on each side of my neck. “And off we go..”

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    Inakamo Yakusha

    [ Afternoon of Konoha - Naruto OST II ]

    Inakamo was excited at the prospect of starting their first mission, even if it was something as mundane as collecting herbs. He didn't really mind that he had to hang back and collect the picked herbs in his Carnival Ball; while he wasn't as much of a slacker as Shikamaru, he did have an aversion to anything that might be considered 'work', thus if he was letting the two others rush ahead and do all the hard work, he could take ample time to enjoy himself.

    He caught up with Chiyoko who had just finished harvesting a set of herbs. Inakamo smiled.
    "Looks like we're about halfway there," he said. Chiyoko nodded. While Inakamo waited for Chiyoko to finish the harvesting, he saw one of Onitoge's strange kunai embedded in a tree. He walked over to it and yanked it out.
    "These weapons of Onitoge's are quite strange. They're white for a start - that's unusual, and this is coming from a guy who wears half a clown mask."
    Chiyoko stopped and walked over to look at it.
    "Maybe they're just a family thing? He keeps collecting them after he uses them, so maybe they have some value to him."
    "Maybe, but in that case, why would he be leaving them all over the forest now? It isn't like he could use ordinary kunai."
    Inakamo decided to inspect it closer.
    "In fact, if I didn't know better, I'd say these were made out of bone."
    Chiyoko looked slightly stunned by this revelation, but Inakamo didn't seem to be phased. He, of all people, understood that some people had peculiarities that they wished to keep to themselves.

    He threw the kunai back into the tree.
    "I think Hara-sensei is coming up on us. You'd better move onto the next patch, I'll collect this harvest here."
    Chiyoko replied,
    "What about Onitoge's kunai?"
    Inakamo frowned.
    "We're all entitled to privacy. He'd tell us if we needed to know."
    She nodded and headed to the next patch. Inakamo opened his Carnival Ball and began filling it up, although this bone weaponry that Onitoge kept producing was running through his mind.
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    Selekis
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    Selekis silently strolled back into the village. It had been a long day, doing work for that old farmer. Althought to him, it had seemed more like a training exercise than a mission.

    However, a small part of him was annoyed by all this. Not at the mission itself, but mainly because it involved him having to help others. A part of him felt he shouldn't bother helping them. All they ever did to him was avoid him like the plague and treat him like an invading insect.

    In fact, the only one who didn't treat him as such as Chiyoko.

    Hmm, I wonder how her first mission went?

    He was knocked out of his thoughts when he saw Naruto run past, followed by his teammate Hiro, and his sister Hikari.

    I wonder where they're going...

    Normally, he would have ignored them and just kept on his way. However, his sense of morbrid curiosity was particularly strong today.

    Silently, he leapted onto the roof of a nearby building, keeping out of sight and followed the trio.


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    Raizen, Ushi, and Masato strolled through Konoha, searching in vain for a book that Masato was almost sure Yukiso had just made up on the spot. The young Taijutsu specialist idly balanced on the edge of the street as he muttered softly to himself. Combined with the lighthearted humming emanating from Ushi, Raizen was finding it quite hard to concentrate. His head was pounding from the annoyance, his purple eyes twitching in tune with the upbeat tempo of Ushi’s hums. Finally, he had enough.

    “Stop it! Just. Stop. It! We’ve been wandering around this place for almost the entire day and the only books we’ve even caught a glimpse of are those hentai books that the other Kakashi-sensei reads all the time!”

    Masato crossed his arms in anger, gazing sullenly at a nearby slug that was inching its way fruitlessly down the street.

    “How is this even helping us grow stronger as ninja? There’s nothing to fight, nothing to hide from, nothing important to find…we’re full fledged Genin! Shouldn’t we be doing something more….I don’t know…important?!”

    Ushi chuckled happily to himself, his arms crossed in imitation of Masato.

    “Yukiso-sensei’s book –must- be important for him to be so concerned about getting it though!”

    Raizen stared at Ushi with his empty eyes, blinking every few seconds.

    “You really believe yourself don’t you?”

    Masato joined in Raizen’s staring, his eyes a bit more expressive of his disbelief.

    “Aren’t you older than us too? Shouldn’t you be more…mature?”

    Ushi sprang onto a nearby telephone pole, calling out joyously as he landed. Turning to look down at his teammates he winked at them both.

    “Probably! But I like to think that things can be solved in a much more…immature way.”

    Raizen turned to Masato and gave him a characteristic, “what the hell is he talking about?” look. For his part, Masato just stared at Ushi. It was a good thing he did too as the thick, heavy book falling from overhead would have likely crushed his skull had not his trained reflexes allowed him to grab it from the air. The two young Genin stared at the tome in Masato’s hands.

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    Raizen sputtered, quite audibly as was his way of expressing himself.

    “Where…how…when….kerspla?!”

    Ushi landed softly in front of his younger teammates, balancing delicately on his crossed feet.

    “Hatake-sensei has been following us since we left, putting disguise jutsus on all the books we’ve found. I think he is trying to annoy Yukiso-sensei….”

    Ushi turned and began walking back towards the forest. Raizen and Masato glanced around quickly, suddenly spotting Hatake standing atop the building behind them. Waving happily to the young Genin, the Copy Ninja disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving behind a rather large log that rolled of the building, crushing the slug Masato had been so interested in before. Ushi continued walking, once again humming his inane tune to himself. He halted however when Raizen’s voice called out from behind.

    “Ushi stop! How long have you had this?!”

    The grinning youth didn’t turn around but instead halted and held his hands out wide to either side, his brightly colored sleeves dangling loosely.

    “The bookseller stall we found coming back into the village had it. Disguise jutsus are the simplest of all Genjutsus…your Byakugan would have been able to see through, though why waste it on such an “unimportant” mission?”

    Ushi’s chuckle was the only response to Raizen’s sullen glare. After a moment the young Hyuga made to follow his teammate, muttering a muted curse against some primary branch or main twig or something of the sort. Sweatdropping, Masato followed, holding the book close to his chest as though afraid it too would turn into a random piece of forest.


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    Iokawa, Hiro
    ~*~*~*~*~ Nightcap ~*~*~*~*~

    I shut the door slowly, sliding it shut with only a whisper as I exited Hikari’s room. The whole dinner with Chiyoko along with getting help on her transformation technique from both Naruto and Chiyoko afterwards had exhausted her and I had to carry her back in my arms. Moving back into the kitchen I brought out the small sliver of metal and fished around for the cloth that would create the fake headband. I searched my first pocket, and then my other. “Oh don’t tell me.” I groaned, mentally slapping myself. I had placed the cloth under a pillow to hide it from Hikari while at Chiyoko’s.

    “I hope she is still up.” I whispered, rushing around the house and locking the doors before opening one of the windows and letting the night air in. I rushed to the sink and made a glass of water just incase Hikari woke up, and leapt out the window and onto the roof top of the near by building. “Maybe I can just sneak in and grab it…” I prayed, leaping from house to house, retracing my steps back to Chiyoko’s. Finally leaping into the open window to which I had left just a few hours before.

    “Hello?” I whispered, the lights of the room already on.

    “Hiro?” Chiyoko gulped, a glass of water in her hands as she wore a silk royal blue robe with a tank top and shorts peeking out underneath. “Did you leave something?” She asked, blinking a few times as my face warmed.

    It took me a few seconds to find my voice again before I finally opened my mouth. “I left a piece of cloth here, I wanted to make Hikari a headband before I left.” I explained and then gestured toward the pillow. She nodded and walked around, looking at the pillow curiously as I picked it up and picked up the pink cloth. “I’m sorry for any trouble.” I grinned walking toward the window as quickly as possible.

    She smiled back and turned, stopping for a second. “How do you plan to etch in the symbol?” She asked as I froze at the windowsill. I hadn’t really gotten that far except for thinking about using a Kunai and a bit of strength. “Here come in here, besides you will need a way to connect it to the cloth.”

    I slowly made my way back in as she brought out a pad of paper and quickly traced the Konoha symbol. “We need a base to work with so that it doesn’t look too crappy.” She explained, overlaying the paper with the metal.

    It took several times, but we finally got the symbol looking somewhat right, etching it in with a hot piece of metal that we heated over her stove. Once the symbol was drawn, and the metal had cooled we moved on to melding the metal into the cloth which took some time with her actually doing much of the crafting as I held it in place. “Ta-Da!” She held it up happily, the new dawn light reflecting off the metal as I turned around in shock.

    “It’s been all night.” My eyes going wide in shock.

    She turned looking at a clock on the wall and shrugged. “It was fun.”. I could only nod, taking the headband in my hand and thanking her for all the help. As I ran home I began to think if it was a blessing that I had accidentally left the cloth there. With out her help I would never had been able to make the headband in time.

    I leapt from roof top to roof top all the way home, the morning sun on my back, and a present for Hikari clutched in my hands.

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    Raizen’s minor mission


    “Wow,” Raizen thought to himself. “Not only was this a relatively pointless mission, but Ushi had the book with him the whole time…”

    It didn’t take them long to track down Kakashi sensei, who was quite excited to receive the new book. In fact upon receiving it he rushed them out of his place so fast Raizen wasn’t sure what had happened. Masato had managed to sputter out. “But sensei, don’t we get paid?”

    To which Yukiso responded by shoving three rice coupons into his hands while pushing them out the door. “Wow,” Raizen said out loud this time. “He didn’t even thank us for running his errands.”

    “Oh well, it was still a successful mission wasn’t it?” Ushi said in his ever positive and over energetic voice.

    “Eh, I guess. I’ll see you guys tomorrow for our next ‘mission’.” And Raizen set off to his home, hoping for a nice home cooked meal from mom.

    After a glorious dinner and some reading up on how to see through genjutsu, Raizen went to his room to get some sleep. Of course he found Ushi sitting on his bed. “Hi Raizen!”

    “Why are you here Ushi?”

    “Why shouldn’t I be?”

    “’Cause this is my room.”

    “So?”

    “At least get in the closet again…”

    “But Raizen I-” Ushi was cut off by Raizen picking him up and literally throwing him in the closet, then locking it. Raizen woke up however to find Ushi sleeping in his windowsill.

    “How did he do that?” Raizen asked himself. “And how does he keep getting in here for that matter. Oh well.” After some morning exercise and a shower Raizen went to breakfast, only to find Ushi already sitting at his table with some toast.

    “Look Raizen,” his mom said. “Your teammate Ushi stopped by to have breakfast with you.”

    “Hmm, yes, great.” Raizen said looking around for Neji, who he knew would kick Ushi out of the house for him. “Hey Mom, where’s Neji? I haven’t seen him today.”

    “Oh he left for a mission.”

    “Damn…” Just then there was a knock on the door. Raizen’s mom came back a moment later followed by Kakashi sensei. “Oh, um, good morning sensei.” Raizen said having just finished his eggs.

    “Hello Raizen, I’m here to collect you for our next mission. Oh, and Ushi is here too, that’s excellent.” He said closing his latest book. (Immunology: The other way to melt one’s mind.) Both Ushi and Raizen then had a flashback to their academy days.

    “Okay everyone.” Iruka sensei said. “Today is our first test on immunology jutsu’s.

    Raizen and Ushi- “AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!”

    Back to the present. “Is it a real mission this time?” Raizen asked, wincing slightly at the immunology memory.

    “It’s always a real mission Raizen.” Yukiso responded. “Now why don’t you two go get your gear and we’ll be off to find Masato.

    “Oh, won’t you have some breakfast before you go sensei?” Raizen’s mom asked as they boys left the room.

    “Hmm, sensei is eating breakfast in my house, that was unexpected.” Raizen mumbled to himself.

    “I wonder if he has to take of his mask to eat.” Ushi said as Raizen froze solid while rummaging around in his room. They both looked at each other in an understanding silence.

    Seconds later both genin burst into the kitchen. “Kakashi sensei!!” But the only one there was Raizen’s mom, with little hearts floating above her head. “Mom! Did he take of his mask to eat?!”

    “Yeeeeaaaahh.” She said with a dreamy look in her eyes.

    “Mom… Mom… Right… Where did he go?”

    “Oh, he’s waiting for you out…side…” And Raizen’s mom trailed off, staring at the wall.

    Not too long afterward they acquired Masato and headed off to farm where they would be-

    “Picking oranges?” Masato asked as they arrived. “When are we going to get to real missions?”

    “Now Masato, you guys are just genin,” Kakashi sensei said looking up from his book. “You have to prove yourselves and work your way up before we give you a C mission. Anyway, I like oranges. So, everyone let’s get to work.” Everyone, including Yukiso was handed a large basket and told to collect as many oranges as they could by sunset.

    A few hours into the day Masato was still grumbling about the mission while picking oranges atop his ladder. Though he was almost knocked of as something went whooshing by. After recovering, Masato looked up to see Yukiso dashing from tree to tree at a rapid rate collecting oranges with one hand and reading his book with the other. Another whoosh and Raizen dashed by. He could be heard yelling “Eight Trigrams!!” before speeding out of earshot. Ushi then ran by on the ground with a large basket catching all the oranges Raizen had knocked off.

    “So that’s how it’s going to be.” Masato muttered before giving up on the ladder and proceeding to boing from tree to tree kicking the falling oranges into Ushi’s basket with his taijutsu skills.

    At the end of the day Raizen, Ushi, and Masato had collected a serious mound of oranges, to which the farmer simply looked at with wide eyes. “Heh,” Raizen said, still breathing heavy. “I decided that if proving myself here is the path to good missions, I’ll just have to kick ass at the grunt work. Then Ushi came up with our idea.”

    “Well done you three.” Kakashi sensei said, standing next to his mountain of oranges. No one was quite sure how, but Yukiso had collected more oranges by himself than the other three combined. “Well, another successful mission!” He said opening up a new book and walking off, having finished the other one during the day. This one was entitled Citrus Fruits: Everything from picking to puréeing.

    “Wait sensei!” Masato called out. “You!... forgot to pay us again…” But Yukiso was already gone.
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    Chiyoko

    [ Swaying Necklace - Naruto OST III ]

    Team 13 had finished its mission of collecting herbs, and the sun was beginning to set over the horizon. The three of them had returned the herbs to the hospital, and it was there that they met Takumi.
    “Great job you three! You gathered more herbs that I expected! Meet at the same spot tomorrow, because I’ll have another mission for you. Also that is when I will give you pay for today’s mission.”
    Chiyoko blinked for a moment… she had forgotten that Ninja were paid for each mission they did. Silently she thought of all the wonderful cooking supplies she could get… and she did really want to buy a new table for her apartment. Many glamorous things went through Chiyoko’s mind before she was snapped back into reality as Takumi waved them off and the three of them were left alone.
    “Well, that was a fun mission today!” Inakamo said brightly, looking to Chiyoko and Onitoge. Chiyoko gave a smile as well, but one glance at Onitoge made her think about the odd looking kunai. She opened her mouth as he turned to head off, but shut it when she thought better. She didn’t really understand about people having secrets in their past, but she figured he knew what he was talking about.
    I wonder what secrets those two hold then… She thought, bringing a finger to her lips in wonder as she watched the two of them exchange a few words. Even though they had only been a team for a few days, she couldn’t help but feel a good connection with them. She had known Inakamo fairly well enough… but now she felt as if she knew them even better- especially Onitoge.
    Chiyoko smiled to herself, her crystalloid blue eyes glittering with an inner joy as she felt herself watch them. Onitoge… Inakamo… Chiyoko… Team 13… They had been students, but now they were good friends. Chiyoko couldn’t help but love that feeling… she had always wanted to make friends- ever since she had arrived in the village of Konoha.
    “Chiyoko?” A voice snapped Chiyoko out of her thoughts, as she gazed upwards and saw Inakamo and Onitoge looking at her oddly. She immediately smiled brightly and ran up to them, the sun setting ahead of them.
    “So, meeting tomorrow for the mission at the bench!” She said as she caught up to them, and the two nodded.
    “Yep. Great work today.” Onitoge said a bit confidently, making Inakamo smile brightly and nod as well.
    “Yeah! I think we’re doing great!”
    “With each mission, we’ll be even better with our teamwork!” Chiyoko added.

    After a bit more walking, the three parted ways and headed to their own homes. It wasn’t long until Chiyoko reached her house, feeling slightly exhausted. Undoing her hair from her headband, she hung it on a hook near her door and let her hair flow downwards. Her stomach instantly seemed to growl for a moment, and she realized how hungry she actually was. After going to her kitchen and preparing some supplies, Chiyoko heard a knock on the door.

    [ Naruto's Daily Life - Naruto OST II ]

    “Come in Na-ru-to!” Chiyoko called, instantly feeling she knew who the culprit was.

    To her surprise, Naruto burst through the door with two others behind him. One she recognized instantly as Iokawa, Hiro, but she did not know who the younger girl was with him. After a short pondering moment however, she made an educated guess that they were related.
    “Well… I didn’t expect to see you, Hiro.” Chiyoko said with a light tone, looking to the girl. “And is this your sister?”
    “I’m Hikari!” She said to Chiyoko, giving a light bow. Chiyoko smiled and nodded back to her. “Greetings Hikari, I’m Chiyoko.”

    After a few word exchanges, it was determined by Hikari that Chiyoko was going to make hamburgers. It wasn’t a dish that Chiyoko made often, but after a half an hour the four of them were eating delicious hamburgers with a few garnishes upon them. Naruto dug in, gobbling them up swiftly as Hiro and Hikari stared in awe at times. After they were finished eating, Chiyoko went to do the dishes. Hikari- surprisingly- offered to help.
    “But Hikari… I thought you wanted to learn a ninja technique before the end of tonight?” Hiro asked, as Hikari seemed to make a face at him.
    “It’s rude not to help after such a good meal!” She said brightly, as Chiyoko smiled bigger than ever at being complimented by a younger person.
    “I have an idea… how about we all teach her something? You and Naruto discuss what, and then when we’re done we can try to teach her some.”
    The three agreed it was a good idea, and soon Chiyoko and Hikari were washing dishes together as Naruto and Hiro discussed/argued over the technique.

    By the time dish washing was done, Hikari was prepared to perfect the transformation technique that Saruwatari-sensei had seen Hiro try to teach her earlier. Hikari jumped up and down with excitement, as Hiro had her transform again- but she continued to keep her clothes. Naruto stated that he had helped the Hokage’s grandson with a transformation technique before, and he began to give Hikari some tips. Chiyoko chimed in from time to time… until finally Hikari managed to transform not only into Hiro, but into Naruto as well. She tried to do Chiyoko… but she was tired after an already long night.
    “We’ll… we better be off.” Hiro said, as Hikari yawned and was picked up by her brother to head off.
    “It was a great dinner. Thanks for everything.” Hiro said, as Chiyoko nodded at the two exited. Naruto then decided to go to bed as well, but he turned around before heading out the door.

    [ Alone - Naruto OST II ]

    “Ano… Chiyoko-chan… thank you…”
    Chiyoko didn’t hesitate to smile and nod. “It wasn’t a problem Naruto!”
    “I mean… I realized today that I’ve eaten here a lot… and … well…” Naruto seemed to gaze off some where before abruptly continuing. “I think it is helping with my training a great deal! I hope you don’t mind if-”
    “You’re welcome here anytime.” Chiyoko said, as Naruto smiled brightly and nodded.
    “Night Chiyoko-chan!” He waved, as Chiyoko nodded and shut the door. That small exchange had been confusing for her- she hadn’t heard Naruto use the tone before, let alone seem… quiet or awkward. In any case, she could feel fatigue settle in on her body. Slipping off her regular attire, she casually slipped into a pair of small white shorts and a black tank top, and then slide on a silky blue robe over that and tied it about her waist. She went out towards her porch and opened the doors for a moment, resting upon the rail and letting her face feel the cool breeze of the night air brush past her face.

    Her mind wandered to the events of today… and how it felt good to have close friends like her teammates, Naruto-chan, Selekis-chan and now perhaps Hiro and his sister.
    “I hope I continue to make good friends with everyone in this village…” Chiyoko said, withdrawing a deep sigh. Thoughts of her own village… back in Hidden Cloud, seemed to play with her memory for a bit. She had friends there… but none of them had been close. They always had seemed a bit… distant, and while they would say hi and smile… it was different. Chiyoko hadn’t noticed back then because she hadn’t known any outside of her village. However now… she couldn’t help but notice that there was some thing different between the two villages. It felt warmer here… friendlier…
    “But… why…?” Chiyoko thought to herself, frowning for a moment before suddenly looking upwards towards her roof. She had a strange feeling, and with grace she leapt on top of the roof. Startled by her appearance, was Selekis.

    “Selekis! Why are you here?” She asked suddenly, to which Selekis quickly grabbed a piece of paper and wrote down that he was just wandering. Chiyoko nodded, feeling the wind blow against her robe and her skin- the cool summer breeze feeling like a great rush of relief. For some reason, even though there was no tone with his written words… Chiyoko sensed a bit of loneliness from Selekis. It was hard to place, but she silently wondered if perhaps she could do some thing to-
    “Hey! It is a bit late now… but how about tomorrow evening you join me by the bridge that crosses the small stream?” She said brightly, tilting her head to the side. “I think there are some good herbs growing there… and I was thinking that I could get some and then try to experiment to make some new tea! You could join me and have tea with me tomorrow evening!”
    Selekis nodded lightly, his mood seeming to be better as Chiyoko grinned- feeling happy about this decision.
    “Alright then! You should get going… I need to sleep tomorrow.” Chiyoko said, to which Selekis once again nodded and the two departed.

    However, it seemed that sleep was not on Chiyoko’s side. No sooner had she gone inside and grabbed a glass of water that a knock was upon her window. It was Hiro… and he had left a band to make a mock headband for his sister. Naturally being good-intentioned and wanting to help others, Chiyoko invited him in and soon the two of them were working on the headband together.
    Hikari had seemed like such a sweet girl… it had reminded Chiyoko of her when she was little- or at least, it reminded Chiyoko what she thought her younger self would have been like- had she remembered. But she got the idea that Hikari was a bit older than what she had appeared.
    “There!” Chiyoko had said happily, as the two admired the new headband they had spent the entire night on. She had barely noticed the time that had flown by… but she was happy at their accomplishment.
    Hiro soon had thanked her and dashed off, leaving Chiyoko watching him leave before shutting the apartment doors.
    Sleep was soon to weigh upon her eyelids… and Chiyoko crashed into her bed, falling asleep in her robe.



    Chiyoko opened her eyes to her alarm clock, and she sat up quickly and turned it off. Getting up and stretching, she could feel fatigue all over her body. The lack of sleep had its negativity to it, and Chiyoko knew that she had to do something so as not to disappoint her teammates on their next mission. She also did not want to look bad in front of her sensei.
    “Uber energy and fatigue remover drink, coming up!” Chiyoko said to herself as she quickly heated up some water on the stove and within a blink of an eye had opened up her cupboard and thrown many herbs and various liquids into the mixture. She then leapt onto her counter, reaching high up in the highest part of the cupboard to get a small glass jar filled with a strange purple herb- something she had very little of compared to the rest of her ingredients. She carefully grabbed on leaf and threw it into the mixture.
    Leaving it for a moment she swiftly got dressed, taking her headband and wrapping it into her hair. She then returned to the boiling mixture and stirred it, and then soon took it off the stove and poured it into a bowl. She then cooled it off after a series of minutes and chugged it down quickly.
    “Eek! Time to go!” She said, looking at the time and dashing out the door.


    Energy seemed to bubble over Chiyoko as she reached the bench, just as Takumi arrived as well. Onitoge and Inakamo were there, and Chiyoko was flushed in the face.
    “Today… we have an EXCELLENT mission!” Takumi said happily, clapping his hands together. The three of them instantly seemed eager… but then were informed that they were to go to a farm, in which they were planting rice plants in a field.

    The four of them in no time, had journeyed to the field and soon had been informed by the farmer that he needed them planted, but that they had to be wary of the leeches that were in the water. They didn’t latch onto your feet, but rather flew up and tried to latch onto your upper body.
    “Well… my foot hurts.” Takumi stated, reaching down and rubbing it absently. “I think I’ll watch to see how you progress.”

    [Fake - Naruto OST III ]

    With that, soon Onitoge, Chiyoko and Inakamo had three baskets of plants ready to be planted into the watery fields. Onitoge looked to Inakamo and all three of them nodded their heads.
    “A plan.” Chiyoko affirmed, and they began to discuss their course of action. They had tested the water, as Inakamo went out and found that soon flying leeches were everywhere- him giving a surprise yelp and making a very heated effort to dodge until he was back in the safety of land.
    “Definitely going to be a problem…” He huffed, as Chiyoko’s eyes seemed to widen at the sight.

    The group finally decided it would be the best if Chiyoko planted the rice plants- she seemed to have a natural ability in handling plants from her experience picking herbs. Plus, Onitoge’s speed would be an asset to react to the jumping leeches to protect Chiyoko. Inakamo would mirror Onitoge upon the other side of Chiyoko, using his own skills and his ball to combat the leeches as well.
    So the three journeyed out into the dreadful water… and Chiyoko marveled at her teammates as they swiftly defended her as she began to concentrate upon planting. Onitoge’s oddly colored kunai worked well in stabbing the leeches away occasionally, while sometimes he simply used a swift kick or punch to bat them away. (His cloak humorously also seemed to aid him, for they often leapt into it and Onitoge simply ignored them there.) Inakamo used his amazing chakra-string abilities to manipulate his ball, bashing it through the air with great speed to knock chunks of the flying leeches away. He then soon gained an idea that if he trapped them in his ball… they would run into less trouble.
    So soon, Onitoge and him worked on getting the leeches into his ball. Onitoge would bat them towards Inakamo, and he would seal them within his ball as swiftly as possible. Chiyoko in the meantime, worked swiftly in planting the rice plants quickly.

    Finishing before early evening, the group had worked up quite the sweat but had finished successfully. Not only that, but they had managed to rid the entire field of leeches… which the farmer was greatly appreciative of and added that he would pay extra for it.
    “Excellent job once again!” Takumi had roared, a twinkle in his eye. Little known to them… he had watched them a great deal- instead of sleeping, which they thought he had been doing (his mock snoring techniques were quite excellent). He had been impressed with their teamwork and strategy, and was hoping that with his report his Genin would soon be tackling more difficult matters.

    “Tomorrow we’ll be working on another mission…” Takumi said to them as they began to head back to the inner parts of Konoha. “I want you to stay prompt and energized!” he said, looking to Chiyoko with a smirk.
    “That means sleep… you can’t live off remedies forever.” Chiyoko’s eyes widened and she severely blushed, pondering how her sensei had noticed such an almost undetectable thing.
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    Default Re: +- Naruto: The Hidden Curse -+ ---[Starts!]

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    It had been another long day for the white haired boy. During last night, a couple of punks thought it funny if they put grafitti all over the cliffs overlooking the village. Thankfully, the boys had enough respect to avoid the Four Hokage, but it was still an eyesore.

    As a result, Team 12's mission was to clean it all off. However, Sensei Saruwatari thought it would be interesting to make them perform the mission without the use of harnesses or scafolding. In other words, they had to climb up the cliff face and wash the grafitti off. Not an easy task. It took them the whole day to get it done.

    On the plus side, Selekis discovered that the Mist Servant Technique had uses outside of battle, a fact that Selekis would want to remember.

    After they were done, Selekis had quickly retrieved his pay and left without a word. He never really felt like hanging around, he never did.

    Besides, he had more important matters to attend to, mainly his meeting with Chiyoko.

    He didn't really understand why he was looking forward to this. Normally he'd dread having to be around people. He normally wanted to be alone.

    Yet Chiyoko was a different story. He felt comfortable around her. He actually felt happy when she invited him to pick herbs and have tea with her. Mainly it was because she treated him like a human and not as a demon to be avoided unless you had no choice.

    Selekis narrowed his eyes at the thought. They were all the same, his 'family', the villagers, the Hokage, and even his own teammates. He knew they only spoke to him now was because he wa on their team. If that wasn't the case, they'd ignore him like everyone else.

    His mood perked up when he saw the bridge ahead of him. He couldn't See Chiyoko, but maybe she hadn't arrived yet.

    He sat down, legs hanging over the side. His eyes watched the stream flowing underneath him. He remembered retreating to places like this when he wanted to be alone.

    He found quite ironic now that he'd be here waiting for someone.

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    Iokawa, Hiro
    ~*~*~*~*~ Morning ~*~*~*~*~

    I ran threw the list of items, making a run to the fridge to make sure that the food for the rest of the day was prepared. I turned and rushed back to double check the windows and the door. “You know not to let in any intruders, do not turn on the oven.” I explained as Hikari leaned against the doorway to her room nodding. “I have asked Chiyoko to come over for a few hours tonight to check on you.” I added.

    Hikari’s eyes lit up as I took in a deep breath dropping the check list of everything I had to do into her hands. “Is Naruto coming too?” She asked in almost child like glee which had me worrying for a second if she had grown a friendship with the annoying guy in just the hours they were together last night.

    “Not this time.” I smiled, placing my hands on her shoulders and dropping down on a knee to look her into the eyes. “I do have a present for you.” I reached behind my back and brought out the head band that I had spent most of the night working on with Chiyoko. I brought it out and fashioned it around her head.

    “Is this?” She asked in shock running her fingers over the metal.

    “Its up to you to protect the house now that I am gone. I thought you could be a official Iokawa Ninja.” I grinned as she blushed before finally nodding. I moved over to the window and stopped, running back and embracing her tightly. “Just be careful.” I sighed, moving to the window one, and taking one last look at her before leaping away.

    It didn’t take long till I reached the front gate, finding Sensei and the rest already there by the time that I had came running up. My legs already exhausted from lack of sleep the night before. Sensei began to explain our mission, giving us a rundown of everything we had to do when a small noise in the bushes drew our attention. Sensei was the first to act, drawing a Kunai which was more to show than actual action as he only pointed it at the bushes. "Your luggage is here."

    Hikari stumbled out of the bushes, leaves clinging to her hair and clothes. "Uh oh..." She mumbled looking around at the rest of us, her cheeks turning several colors of red. As my eyes remained full of shock.

    Sensei peered forward much to Hikari's shock and ran a finger over her headband. "What is this..?" He asked as I quickly ran infront of him to distract his attention.

    "I will take her home, just give me a few seconds." I pleeded grabbing Hikari by the hand.

    "You will take her home and stay there, you are off this mission." He spun around on his heel and began to walk away from the Village leaving us standing there.

    The walk back home was one of a very somber tone, Hikari mumbling apologies every few steps. By the time I got back, all she could do was sob, I tried my best to tell her that everything was okay. Eventually I left the room, shutting the door slowly and collapsed on the couch. The sun already weighing low in the sky.

    It could have been minutes later, maybe hours when a knock came to the door. I remained on the couch, my head in my hands. A few minutes later the door opened and Chiyoko walked in, she moved to the couch silently, sitting down and placing a hand on my back. “What happened?” She asked softly.

    I remained quiet for a second and began to shake my head. “I can’t do this.. I can’t be a brother and a ninja at the same time.” I sighed closing my eyes and relaxing my head against the cushion. “She tried to tag along, and I lost the mission.” I turned to her tears, glistening in my eyes.

    “She’s the only thing I have, the only thing I care about… if I have to choose between her or being a ninja, I will have to give up my dream..”
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    Naruto: The Hidden Curse
    Proof of Mission Arc


    Beginning Intro
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    The Sensei: Special Collaboration Posty

    [ Afternoon of Konoha – Naruto OST I ]

    “That is in my domain…” Yukiso said, using a rare disgruntled tone as he sat upon the windowsill of the Hokage’s office. For once he was not reading a book, but instead had one knee raised upon the sill and his elbow rested upon it gently.

    “Yeah! And I would far be better suited for helping with the festival!” Takumi said loudly, crossing his arms as he gave a glance to Kazuki. “Besides… if some thing were to go wrong, I doubt Kakashi-san could handle it enough to protect poor Komoku-chan…”

    “HAR-A-SAN!” Miharu roared, demonic eyes rising forth from within as she swiftly rose her arm to take a massive swing at his head. She nailed him dead on, causing his large body to fly towards the wall. However, damage to the poor wall was prevented as Kazuki appeared, holding up a simple open palm to Hara-sensei’s torso. Such a gesture almost seemed to symbolize a wall, since Takumi’s body stopped instantly once he connected with Kazuki’s palm- instantly falling to the floor.

    “I don’t think the Hokage would appreciate remodeling.” Saruwatari said, flashing an annoyed glance at both Takumi and Miharu. Miharu seemed to be unphased however, as she marched over to Takumi and placed a firm foot on his head.

    “Hara-san… do NOT call me by that name again! I am Kur-o-da Mi-har-u! Besides, the missions are similar but they are not the same!”

    A cough was enough to get the four Sensei’s attention once again, to which they glanced up at the 3rd Hokage, who seemed to sweatdrop slightly.
    “As much as you like festivals Takumi… I have assigned that to Saruwatari and Kuroda’s teams. And for you Yukiso…” He looked at the slightly agitated Kakashi. “Your domain did consist of that Northern part, however this is a new site we just discovered… and this is just a basic C-ranked mission.” He sweatdropped, “It is geared more towards your students than yourselves. If I were to assign missions to each individual team based on preference all the time… I’d be doing it forever.”

    The four sensei remained silent, but Yukiso and Takumi seemed to begrudgingly understand.
    “I’ll have to pay a visit myself some time…” Yukiso murmured, as Takumi withdrew a similar sigh.
    Festival… Miharu-san…
    Kuroda flashed a mighty glare at Takumi, who instantly got back up off the floor and brushed himself off.

    “Well… to the mission!” He proclaimed, swiftly exploding into a blast of confetti as he disappeared. Kazuki simply sighed and shook his head, calmly walking out with his hands in his pockets. Yukiso seemed to fall out the window, for all he did was lean back and disappear. Kuroda started to walk out as well, before turning about and looking at the Hokage.

    “I heard a rumor… that many of the others were thinking of entering their teams into the Chuunin exams. Even the new teams… is that true?”
    The Hokage withdrew a sigh, giving a slow nod. “Mm… yes, it seems that many of them believe that their teams are advancing far beyond expectations.”
    Kuroda smiles, giving a nod. “Add me to that list as well.”
    She then walked out.





    Kakashi, Yukiso
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    [ Kakashi’s Theme – Naruto OST I ]

    Yukiso leaned against a pole, reading a book, “Latin: The Forgotten Language.” Around him two large wagon-looking devices, ready to be pulled by horses. A group of men were loading stuff into the wagons but it looked as if they were about done. Having sent the details of the mission to his students, Yukiso waited for their arrival. It would be about a day’s journey to the docking point which led to the Hidden Village of the Mist. Then they would help them unload the stuff onto the boat… bring it to the festival, and then stay for the remainder of the festival to help make sure things ran smoothly.

    In other words, a very boring c-ranked mission in Yukiso’s eyes… when he thought about the enticing and marvelous things he could discover from Takumi & Kazuki-chan’s mission. The idea that he did not obtain it was very gloomy for him.

    “Kakashi-sensei!” A happy voice cried out, causing him to turn to see a very smile-faced Ushi running towards him, with Raizen in tow. Raizen seemed a bit agitated, but Yukiso noted that it seemed the Hyuuga boy was getting used to the idea that he was stuck with Ushi. Soon after, Masato appeared as well and the three waited for the wagons to finish their packing.

    “We’re going on an adventure Raizen!” Ushi said gleefully, as he seemed to bounce up and down with excitement. Yukiso withdrew a sigh, seeing that all three had brought a backpack for extra clothes and supplies.

    “This is a C-ranked mission… so remember to do your best.” Yukiso commented, snapping his book shut as the wagons finally finished their loading. Only two men were staying with the wagons besides them- each one driving a different wagon by directing the horses.

    “Well… let’s go.” Yukiso said, as the wagons began to move. Masato asked if they were walking the whole way there, and Kakashi-sai nodded.
    “Of course… there isn’t enough room in the wagons for us. So I encourage that as we walk, you make use of your surroundings and practice concentrating on your chakra. Try to either take away the chakra from your legs to make it harder to walk… or try to slowly add more chakra to your legs to make it easier. You’ll either benefit by gaining more chakra control or by growing stronger.”

    Yukiso pulled out his book and placed one hand in his pocket as he continued to walk, some how managing to walk perfectly fine without ever glancing up from his book.





    Kuroda, Miharu
    [ Team 14 ]


    [ Tea Country – Naruto OST III ]

    Miharu placed her tea set neatly in her bag, checking to make sure that she had packed everything correctly. She even had packed a different kimono in her bag as well… just in case they’d have some time to enjoy the festival. Checking the time, she realized that it was nearly time to leave and this was also announced by a knock on the door. Grabbing her small pack, she opened the door to see all three of them ready to go. It seemed as if they had all arrived together… which was a very good thing in her eyes. Kuroda was confident in the three of them and their teamwork abilities.

    Their past few missions… although small and low-ranked, still showed great improvement and promise. The three had their differences but yet they seemed able to put them aside (for the most part) and had a good deal of strategy. This had pleased her greatly, for she deemed it to be the most important aspect of being a Ninja. She only hoped that the strange chemistry between Hige and Kukai would not form a rift between either them eventually, or Haru.

    “So… we’re all ready to go?” Miharu asked, to which the three Genin nodded their heads.
    She had informed them yesterday of their mission, explaining that it was a C-ranked mission and that they were to head to the Hidden Mist Village. While their job was still basic, it was more important than their past missions and allowed them to work with other villages as well. They were hired to help set up for their annual festival and then were allowed to participate, as long as they helped settle the peace in case anything should happen.

    “Then let us travel… we might run into Team 15, but while their mission is similar it is slightly different.” Miharu said absently, as she began to walk down the path that exited the village. The three followed as Kuroda started to hum to herself, believing that the mission they were to encounter would be a pleasant one.




    Hara, Takumi
    [ Team 13 ]

    [ It’s My Job – Naruto the Movie OST ]

    “Arrrgh…!” Takumi said gruffly, standing on top of the bench with a big bright “two” painted upon it. Onitoge, Inakamo and Chiyoko were both standing and staring up at their sensei who seemed to be bothered at the moment.
    “To think… THIS mission! Of all missions!” He continued, a sense of a rainy cloud appearing above his head.
    “Umm… but Hara-sensei, this mission seems like it’ll be fun!” Chiyoko commented, to which Inakamo nodded.
    “It is a higher rank! That means we’re getting better!”
    Takumi looked at the two and narrowed his eyes for a moment, before his expression loosened and he smiled for a moment with a sigh. “Yes… you’re right. This will be your first C-ranked mission and that is some thing important. Even if we are teaming up with Saruwatari’s team…” He stated. “… and no festival or Miharu… ahhh… my little Komoku-chan..
    “… excuse me Sensei.” Onitoge said, “But did you say we’re teaming up with Saruwatari’s team?”
    Takumi nodded, “In order to get more accomplish and increase our chance of finding artifacts and things of that nature… the employer wanted two teams.”
    The three Genin sweatdropped, all three imagining Saruwatari-sensei and his first impression back at the academy.

    “He-he… can’t be that bad, right?” Chiyoko said, smiling weakly.
    “He sure scared me.” Inakamo said, narrowing his eyes as Onitoge remained silent. Team 13 waited however, until Saruwatari appeared walking down the path, his three Genin following behind him.



    Saruwatari, Kazuki
    [ Team 12 ]

    [ Sasuke’s Theme – Naruto OST II ]

    “So, it appears we begin.” Saruwatari said plainly, as he reached Hara-sensei and his three Genin. Hiro seemed to cross his arms, slightly disgruntled as Selekis’s face brightened at seeing Chiyoko. Shiro just seemed confident, standing with a cool manner.
    “You never said we were joining with them…” Hiro stated, seeing Team 13 before them.
    “One detail not worth mentioning, since you’d find out soon enough.” Kazuki replied calmly.
    “Saruwatari… shall we go?” Hara-sai said with a grin, looking to his three Genin. He pondered if the true challenge was to tolerate Saruwatari and his team, rather than to find artifacts. He silently told himself that if they did survive Kazuki’s wrath… that his team truly was one to marvel at. He already respected the Genin of Kazuki already.
    Kazuki simply gave a nod to this, and the two Sensei and their team headed out of the village towards the North.

    At first it seemed as if the two teams would be divided some what- Team 13 following behind Hara as team 12 followed being Kazuki. Chiyoko was the first to break this trend however, as she went over to Hiro.
    “So, did it work?” She asked cheerfully, as Hiro gave a nod and smiled.
    “yeah… Shikumaru came by this morning.”

    Hiro had been distraught a few days ago when he was denied his first mission by his sensei. Chiyoko had felt bad for him- knowing it had to be tough raising a sister and trying to be a Ninja. However, she had come up with an idea that Hiro find a babysitter by making it a mission. Since it was rather basic, it wouldn’t cost too much… and with her last pay, Chiyoko even managed to chip in to help Hiro out. Ironically enough and through Hara-sensei, Chiyoko found out that it was Shikumaru’s team that received the mission.

    Giggling, Chiyoko nodded. “I bet he’ll make a wonderful babysitter.” Hiro grinned and laughed at the idea of it too.

    Noticing Selekis however, Chiyoko swiftly opened up her bag and held out a neatly decorated box before him. It was tied to make a slight basket with a piece of blue cloth, looking like a perfect lunch. “I’m sorry I didn’t leave it out on the porch today…” Chiyoko added, tilting her head to the side. “But I did bring you lunch like I promised!” She added, to which Hiro gave Selekis an odd look but Selekis seemed to ignore it and he took the lunch.

    That day they had met on the bridge- it was a few days ago, Chiyoko had found out that Selekis hardly ate. While gathering herbs it was easy to see that he was too thin to be healthy… to which she informed him that he couldn’t be a great Ninja without a proper diet. Selekis had refused to really eat anything, but Chiyoko had insisted.
    “I’m going to make lunch for you every day and leave it on the porch for you to pick up! If you don’t eat it or pick it up… then it’ll just go to waste! You wouldn’t want that, would you?” Chiyoko had said, grinning. “Besides… I promise it’ll taste great!”


    The two teams continued to walk, however Chiyoko and rejoined with Inakamo and Onitoge a bit- feeling Saruwatari’s invisible eyes behind his head upon her. However, all the while they walked… it seemed Hara-sai continued to make idle chat with Kazuki, mostly to annoy the Taijutsu master than anything.



    Ending Theme
    [ALIVE – Raiko]




    Alright… to help organize things, the missions go like this:

    Mission 1: Team 14 [ Hige, Kukai & Haru ]
    Mission 2: Team 15 [ Masato, Ushi, 7 Raizen ]
    Mission 3: Team 13 [ Onitoge, Inakamo, & Chiyoko ]
    Mission 4: Team 14 [ Hiro, Shiro & Selekis ]

    Mission 1 & 2 are teamed up, and Mission 3 & 4 are teamed up.

    Here is the synopsis of what each mission will turn out to be like:

    !*!*!*!*!*!*!*!

    Mission 1 & Mission 2:

    Both start of as basic C-rated missions. Both teams on the mission are hired on similar missions involving the Hidden Mist Village. The village is having a festival and Team 14 is hired to help keep rowdy people in check at the festival and are helping with pre-set up. Team 15 is aiding a shipment going from Konoha to the Hidden Mist village, that has supplies for the festival.

    However… just as Team 15 reaches the port that leads to the Hidden Mist Village, suddenly they hear a screaming woman. She is sobbing, informing them that a group of Ninja were helping her village with harvesting duties, when suddenly a group of other Ninja attacked. There were five of them, and they captured the group and killed the sensei and one other of the Genin. They’re threatening to kill the other two Genin unless the village gives all their money to the group.
    The only thing is… these Ninja are Konoha Ninja- Team 2’s Genin.
    Yukiso quickly informs one of the Genin in his group to go find Team 14 and tell them to aid them at Gyra Village (where this even is taking place).
    They now must get together and rescue the other two Genin from the 5 Nin group… before they too die.

    (Gyra Village is a nearby village that is right before the Hidden Mist Village. Your first posts (for both teams) will consist on traveling for that day. Those in Team 15 can post about meeting the screaming woman, and once you reach that part then I’ll post the next course of action. Team 14 can post the day’s journey… and when I post for Team 15’s continuation, I’ll then post to help lead you into your next action as well. )


    Mission 3 & Mission 4:

    There are apparently ‘ruins’ there which may hold some valuable historical information- although what it might hold is not revealed to the Genin. The teams are joined together, due to the fact that then finding rare artifacts and information at the site would be faster. The two teams reach the forested area that seems to harbor strange stones and ruins and start to investigate and collect things of old nature. (Coins, strange instruments… rocks… )
    The two sensei suddenly find an artifact that seems to make both of them grow seriously worried, and they inform their Genin to keep looking for more artifacts. The two then leave swiftly to Konoha, leaving their Genin to the seemingly harmless dig.
    However… suddenly a group of mysterious Ninja appear. It seems to almost be a team in itself… having an older looking Ninja in the head of the group, with four other Genin-looking ninja with him. They immediately claim that this dig site is theirs and for the other six to get lost. However… they soon decide that the group probably found too much information already and have to be killed. <hee… WHAT INFO?! Lol >
    It is up to the six young Genin to take on the four Genin… and one Jounin-level Ninja… in hopes that the sensei will return before it is too late.


    (Here, both teams can post about the travel and about looking for artifacts and such. You can post up to the point where the Sensei find some thing. I then will post them leaving and the intro of the other Ninja to help you move along. )

    !*!*!*!*!*!

    When it comes to battling time, I’ll give you more info on how to approach battles although it mainly is up to you. I’ll be making quick, make-shift bios on the Ninja both teams will be fighting to help you with your posts as well. ^_^ But that will come next time I post. ^_^;
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    Onitoge
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    Investigating ruins wasn't exactly high profile or exciting but it suited Onitoge just fine. It was good to sharpen the senses, searching through ruins to find something of value. Not to mention it was something that could be done well without having to fully exert one's potential. It seemed like a perfect fourth mission to Onitoge.

    Inakamo was less enthused about the mission but he put on a remarkably convincing front for Hara-sensei. Their sensei seemed to be taking the assignment roughly. Why they couldn't be fully sure but from his mumblings team 13 put it together that it had something to do with a woman by the name of Komoku whom they were not familiar. Or it could just be they were assigned along with Hara-sensei's polar opposite in Saruwatari-sensei. Kazuki seemed completely indifferent to the stiuation, though, so there was no way to be sure.

    For a great while both teams walked on in silence with the exception of Takumi's occasional attempts at goading Kazuki into an emotional response. The man was like a block of granite, however. Cold and impenetrable. It wasn't until Chiyoko stepped over to Hiro that the two teams of Genin interacted at all. Something to do with Hiro's sister and a babysitter assignment. Onitoge pictured Shikamaru in his head having to babysit and let out an uncharacteristic giggle. Everyone except the sensei froze in their tracks and looked at him. Chiyoko with a smile, Inakamo with stifled amusement, the other three as if he were some alien creature. None of them had ever heard Onitoge laugh before.

    "Ummm..... I just...... it was funny. Thinking of Shikamaru babysitting," they all continued staring. "Just, cause it'd be really weird for him.....u..unless she's an accomplished shogi player, I mean. But....I'm sure Chouji and Ino will be great with your sister."

    Onitoge tried to put in a bit of encouragement for Hiro, to not sound insensitive because he wasn't. He just never had anything like a sister before. Never had someone to protect. Feeling everyone's eyes still piercing into him he quietly slid to the other side of Inakamo from team 12, drawing his hood and cloak tightly about himself and drawing up the cloth mask he had fashioned after Kakashi-sensei. He drew back into himself so completely the only visible of his entire person was his eyes and they were shrouded in the shadow of his hood.

    Up ahead Kazuki let out a low sigh, so low that the Genin behind Takumi and him couldn't hear. He then stepped a bit closer and whispered so that the Genin would not be able to hear them.

    "You still haven't gotten him to remove that ridiculous encumbarance?" Kazuki chimed harshly.

    "He's not ready Kazuki!" Takumi replied being equally careful that the Genin didn't hear them.

    "If you and Hatake don't stop babying him and letting his 'skill' go untrained he's going to suffer through the same thing that happened when he started at the academy the second he's put in real danger. You're not doing him any favor by letting him hold everything back," Kazuki spoke in an agitated whisper.

    "Yeah, and if we push him too fast he'll fall into the same trap as his clan!!" Takumi chirped back angrily, almost letting his voice raise.

    "Something wrong sensei?" Inakamo spoke up from behind, having just realized that both Genin teams had fallen a ways behind their sensei while they were talking.

    "Noooo problem. Kazuki and I were just arguing over whose team was faster. How bout we settle this with a little race. Team 13 against team 12?" Takumi gave his wild-eyed grin and Kazuki gave him an accusatory glance before a barely noticeable knowing grimace appeared at the corner of his lips.

    "Alright. The ruins should only be 4 kilometers ahead. To judge which team is faster overall each place shall recieve points. 6 points for first place, 1 point for last. The team with the most points will be declared the winner. Takumi and I will carry all of your gear the rest of the way. Remove all unnecessary clothing and equipment and hand them to us," Kazuki spoke flatly.

    The six genin spent the next few minutes handing everything they were carrying over to their sensei and limbering up. They all started to line up but Kazuki grabbed Onitoge by the shoulder.

    "You're forgetting something. Hand me the cloak. Everyone is removing all unnecessary clothing," Kazuki looked fierce and resolute on the matter.

    Onitoge looked to his sensei but Takumi just gave a look that said he was sorry and a nod to do as he was being asked. He let out a mildly audible gulp and slid the cloak off his shoulders. He hugged it tight to his chest for a moment and then let it got. Kazuki quickly reached down to grab it before it could hit the ground. Almost completely imperceptible, a bead of sweat appeared on his brow as he caught the cloak just before it hit the ground.

    "There is only one rule. You may use your jutsu to aid you in the race but you may NOT use your jutsu against your opponents. This is a race to see who's fastest, not who's the most clever. Now line up!" Kazuki barked. "If I sense for a moment that any of you aren't doing your best to win this race I will personally request that you be stripped of your rank as Genin and sent back to the academy! Now, GO!"

    Onitoge took those words to heart. He couldn't go back to the academy now. He was just starting to make friends. He had to give everything to winning the race! So, the other Genin barely caught a glimpse of his back disappearing into the woods 100 feet ahead as they were lifting their heads from their starting positions.

    "Damn! Our mystery man really is a speed-demon!" Inakamo panted as he ran.

    None of them saw Onitoge again until they reached the ruins. One by one they arrived to find him sitting with his back to a rock, arms wrapped around his knees with his face buried. It was much harder to hide himself without the cloak but he was obviously trying. He had to hide his face from them. A strange expression that was equal parts joy, exhiliration, concern, and fear was shifting across it. He had never moved all out like that before and it woke something in him a little bit. A thirst he didn't know he had. A thirst for more; more challenge, more exhiliration, more......something. He kinda liked it but at the same time felt it might somehow be what he had been afraid of all along. When the sensei finally arrived about 5 minutes behind the last Genin they both took a quick look at Onitoge before asking to determine the winning team. Takumi with uncharacteristic concern and Kazuki with an uncharacteristic satisfied grin.



    ooc- I shall leave the race results to the rest of you to decide. Just note that Onitoge came in first by an unknown number of minutes and he didn't look up or acknowledge anyone until several minutes after the final tally was announced.

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    Selekis
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    Selekis was one of the last ones to reach the ruins. Running had never been his strong point. Afterall, speed and strength were never his forte, tactics and illusions were.

    After the sensei arrived and determined the winner, Sensei Takuma had declared a ten minute break for them. Although Sensei Saruwatari insisted they move on with the mission, he had been outvoted seven to one.

    Selekis got his jacket back from his Sensei, along with the lunch Chiyoko had given him. He figured now would be a good time to eat it, before it spoiled or he dropped it. He unwrapped the bloth and opened the box to find chicken teriyaki with rice inside. The girl had cooked chicken teriyaki for him!

    Selekis had grown to like Chiyoko more and more ever since they met at the bridge. And it was pretty clear she liked him. She made lunch for him for crying out loud! However, Selekis still felt a bit uneasy around her. Shyness maybe?

    He took a few bites before looking over at the girl in question. She was talking with Hiro and Inakamo not far from where he was sitting. Carefully wrapping up his lunch, he walked over to them. Chiyoko smilde when she noticed him.

    "Hey Selekis," she said, "how's the lunch?"

    Selekis scribbled down on his pan "It's very nice. Thank you very much."

    Chiyoko beamed as Selekis wrote something else. "You want some?" Chiyoko shook her head.

    "It's all for you," she said, smiling.

    "Can I have some?" Inakamo asked, reaching for the lunch, only to have it swatted away by Chiyoko.

    "It's for Selekis only."

    Selekis chuckled softly before turning to head back where he was sitting. Well, he would if Chiyoko didn't grab his arm.

    "You're staying here so I can make sure you eat every bite of it," she said, grinning.

    Selekis blushed slightly. She had been mohterly on the night she sarted making lunch for him. When they had gotten back and were having tea, she made him sit down while she cooked something for him. He told her he didn't want to be a problem, but she insisted.

    Selekis resigned to his fate. He sat down along with the other three and continued on with his lunch.
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    WARNING: Long-ish post ahead.

    Shodou Kukai/Team 14/F
    63. Endless Clouds
    in which I wax lyrical about the excellent and clearly superior qualities of demon children
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    By the end of the week Kukai was about eighty-five percent absolutely convinced that Miharu-sensei was inhuman. Or, more precisely, inhumanly demure, gentle and relentlessly cheerful in all circumstances up to and including gratuitous torture of the three members of her Genin team.

    All right, so she was exaggerating. But how else could Miharu-sensei just sit sipping tea calmly in a convenient pavilion in the garden of the mansion, occasionally waving encouragement while Team 14 struggled valiantly to control the diabolical endeavours of seven misbegotten demon children to murder one Shodou Kukai, one Inuzuka Hige and one Kozue Haru - oops, she meant the seven angelic sons and daughters of the Land of Fire's daimyo, who were just the teensiest bit troublesome, and not in any way getting on her nerves. Oh no. Not at all.

    One of the brats in question, deep in disagreement with Hige about the quantities of ice cream it was allowed to reasonably eat in one afternoon, had kicked the Inuzuka in the floppy bits and then proceeded to wail about how the "scary evil ninja with the triangles on his face" had subjected it to severe sexual abuse by arguing in such a way that it - Kukai was pretty certain she should stop referring mentally to all these perfect examples of oni changelings as it, but it pained her to acknowledge any one of them as real boys or girls, which would mean that they had souls - had been forced to reply in the purely defensive action of a swift kick to the crotch of the offender, and thus, its previously unsullied foot had now been stained with the touch of so vile an appendage. Kukai twitched, fascinated by the twisted logic. Crude as the demon-child's language was ("HE MADE ME DO IT HE DID OOOOO HE DID I'M GONNA TELL MOOOOOOOM!!"), its rationale was crookedly adequate. It even made a rather sick bit of sense. Generations of Shodou applauded the sheer ingenious brilliancy of the daimyo's buck-toothed, ice-cream-craving demon-child.

    Back to events happening in realtime, three of the demon children were tormenting Haru; one was dangling his pencil just out of his reach, another was curled in a headlock trying to smother the poor Genin to death, and yet another was attempting to yank his beloved notebook out of his hands. Haru managed to disengage the demon-child clutching at the book, Kawarimi-no-Jutsu'd away from the one giving him a headlock, and resumed chasing the one with the pencil with relative ease. He was handling himself quite well, considering. Subtly laced about the boy's being was a newfound feeling of competence.

    Not so Hige, but Kukai had to deal with her own personal demon children first, and did so by deftly stuffing a lollipop each into the mouths of the twins that were plaguing her at the moment. Kukai had no moral inhibitions on the amount of sugar that should or should not be ingested by young children; her reasoning was something along the lines of whatever the hell it takes to keep myself sane and bugger all if they ALL get diabetes. The last demon-child, a babe barely six months old, was squalling its head off in its crib. Mere noise: that she could live with.

    Ignoring the Satan spawn that was now cleaning out a two-litre tub of orange sherbet, Kukai advanced on Hige, who was glowering vengefully in the direction of the child. Ginmaru was barking angrily - if this hadn't been a mission the dog would likely have bitten the little devil already. "Hey, Mr Inuzuka Hige. Look here."

    "What. Is the matter." He looked anyway, eyebrows still knotted in a frown.

    "Going to perform a small and easily managed trick that is nevertheless guaranteed to satisfy. Sit still, thank you very much." She focused, and wrote a word with the tip of her index finger in swift sure strokes on his forehead. Senkotoba no Jutsu didn't require hand seals to execute, being solely dependent on the user's own proficiency and understanding of the Words. It also needed a certain amount of chakra control, the user having to be adept enough that his or her chakra could seep into the other's with little trouble, although naturally such minor uses as the one she had just employed could be done without much hassle.

    "Thought ya needed a brush to do that," grumbled Hige, getting up from his crouching position and stretching, as a dog would. He seemed less tense than a moment ago.

    "Well, if you want me to try that some time with my very large, very effective brush that has the hog-bristle tip..." The threat hung in the air, nebulous. There was an unvoiced understanding between them that it could be a very real option should Hige desire to bring something up on par with The Washboard Incident again.

    Hige changed the subject. "What did ya write on my head, anyway?"

    "Patience - I may know next to nothing about medical jutsu, but I think I could sideline as a shrink."

    "Yeah, ya'd like that, ya'd talk for hours at a time and people'd listen and pay ya money to talk."

    Kukai decided to ignore the slight jab (since it was true, and accurately observed, after all).

    In the end they were all saved by Haru's storytelling jutsu, Iki ta Monogatari, which rendered the seven demonic tots frozen in mesmerized amazement, gaping at the images that appeared to come right out of the walls. Haru spun a bewitching tale about seven gods of disease and war, wreaking havoc and unrest in an unnamed land, overturning all efforts to contain them and eventually triumphing in a thrilling crescendo of blood and gore. Despite her penchant for disliking genjutsu in any form, Kukai appreciated the dreariness of the imagery, the bleakness of the prose, and the over-the-top grand guignol scenes that resembled some of the stock pieces acted in the local theatre, generally marked 'STRICTLY FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY'.

    Hige was heard to mutter something that sounded suspiciously like "Kids these days" while standing watch in a far corner, Ginmaru at his feet.

    Under the beautifully glazed tile roof of the garden pavilion, Miharu-sensei took another sip of her seemingly everlasting rosebud tea, and smiled.

    *

    Later that evening, as they exited the outer courtyard of the mansion to enthusiastic praise from the daimyo that he had never seen his children enjoy themselves so much with any other babysitters, and doubtlessly he would of course engage only the miracle-working Genin Team 14 to watch his children should the need arise again, Miharu-sensei clapped her lovely hands together and called the three to attention.

    Kukai stopped massaging her temples, Haru switched his attention from sharpening his much-used pencil to his teacher, and Hige ceased examining Ginmaru for any signs of damage caused by stray demon children. Miharu-sensei beamed.

    "My dear Team 14, it is with the greatest pleasure that I inform you now that we have finally progressed up along the ranks to be assigned a C-rank mission!"

    All three Genin's ears (and Ginmaru's) pricked up visibly at the mention of 'C-rank mission'.

    "Not babysitting for some nob higher up'n the daimyo, Miharu-sensei, I hope?" Hige asked.

    "Or Tora-chan," added Kukai. "I heard from Team 7's Naruto that locating Tora-chan was actually an A-rank mission purposefully downgraded to D-rank so that, I quote, 'experts like ME could teach Sasuke-asshole how to handle the really big ones in front of Sakura-chan!', though the truth of that statement is highly debatable."

    Haru fiddled with the cover of his notebook, eyes not leaving Miharu-sensei even for the slightest moment.

    "No, no," said Miharu-sensei, still smiling, though now with more amusement than had previously been the case. "This mission will take us to Kirigakure in the Land of Water, where we will be helping with their annual festivities by ascertaining that there is no roughhousing in the crowd, and to help with set up of the festival lanterns, streamers and such. The client, the Kirigakure City Council, also adds in a postscript that we are free to enjoy the sights of the Mist-clearing Festival as long as we accomplish the set task."

    "So it's like a holiday? YEEEEEEAH! HOOOLIIIIIIIIDAAAAAY!!" Hige.

    "S-sounds fun..." Haru.

    "This is a wonderful opportunity to experience in first-hand the cultures and customs of a society foreign to the Fire Country." ...And Kukai.

    "However, since it is still an official mission, remember to pack only the essentials, and behave professionally in all cases," reminded Miharu-sensei - and then, taking on a completely different expression, green eyes disappearing into happy, upward curves: "Hmm, I believe it's prudent and insightful to bring a summer yukata along for the festival, don't you think?"

    *

    The scene: Shodou Clan Shophouse. Kukai's room. A late-night family roundtable discussion.

    The players:

    Shodou Kukai, member of Genin Team 14. "Can all you people cease and desist from rummaging through my backpack! This is a breach of privacy!"
    Shodou Nanami, formerly of the Haruno merchant clan before she married into the Shodou, mother of two. "Ah, Kukai, I noticed you forgot to put in the dainty yukata with the delicate murasaki print, along with the matching obi, so I'm going to add it to your luggage now so you don't leave without it!"
    Shodou Ryokan, rank Chuunin, salaryman and freelance artist. "You're NOT taking ANY of my soap hostage to Kirigakure."
    Shodou Basho, clan matriarch. "Remember what I've told you about having foreign boyfriends..."

    *

    Next morning dawned bright and clear, the sky moderately filled with clouds. A Shikamaru day, as Chouji and Ino would have put it. They didn't run into Team 15.

    And the morning after that was overcast, with a bit of sun peeking through cloud. They ran into Team 15.

    The port was bustling with activity, and they were booked for passage to the island that was the Land of Water on a passenger ferry that was right next to the ship that was carrying the load of supplies guarded by the worthy Genin of Team 15, and their Jounin sensei Kakashi Yukiso. Miharu-sensei, recognizing the mop-like black hair and the studious book ('Esoteric Rites of the Bashi-Bazouk') almost instantly, waved to them, smiling pleasantly. Kakashi-sensei waved somewhat less energetically back.

    Kurama Ushi, with his distinctive red-tipped white hair and multicoloured clothing, bounced up and down defying gravity on the deck of the neighbouring ship waving madly. "HEEEEEEEEEEEY THEEEEEEEEERE! HEEEEELLOOOOOO! Here Raizen say hello too!!!! It's Team 14!!!"

    Hyuuga Raizen, somewhat put out, rolled his eyes and waved, if only to shut his teammate up for a few seconds. The last of the Genin trio, Kazuma Masato, waved politely as well.

    "Ah, so your ship won't be leaving until later in the afternoon, then? Ours is sailing in perhaps twenty minutes." Miharu-sensei struck up a mostly one-sided conversation with Kakashi-sensei.

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    I do not intentionally write filler pseudo-drabble, and enjoy writing it as well. *nose grows about a foot longer* all post titles until the end of the 'First Important Mission" arc are yanked from the ballad Enrai, by Do As Infinity.
    I'm saving The Boat Journey for later (Arnen or PJBW can do it if they want to ), because tis bad for interaction, and this post would be about 700 words (or more) longer if I tacked it on to the end of all that :x
    The kanji meaning 'patience'. I'm not clear on how that's said in Japanese, but written above it is the Mandarin Chinese pinyin.
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    Ushi leaned against the cart, sweating profusely. For the last half day or so he had been trying to take Kakashi-sensei’s advice, in between bouts of joyous skipping and wondrous gazing at the luscious forests and rich fields they had been passing through since they had left. The scattered lakes and almost ubiquous fog of the Land of Water wouldn’t be seen until tomorrow. For now however, Ushi let the slowly moving cart support him as he waited for the burning in his legs to disappear. He didn’t understand, Raizen and Masato had been adding weight to their legs through the removal of their chakra since they had left and, at worse, looked like they were getting a wonderful workout. In comparison, Ushi had been forced to release his chakra at least half a dozen times since then. It wasn’t the weight he was inspiring in his legs that was tiring him, it was simply the fact that he could not mentally hold his chakra as he wished for as long as he needed to. Sighing, Ushi straightened only to find Kakashi-sensei, now walking backwards, bending over and, peering at the youth over his book, Molecular Crystalline Sub-Orbital Physics For Dummies. The sensei spoke kindly, “Having trouble Ushi?”

    Ushi struggled to remain standing, he didn’t want to look bad in front of his Sensei, or his teammates for that matter, “A bit sensei…I just can’t seem to hold the chakra back without draining myself too much!”

    Yukiso’s eyes narrowed as he looked at the young Kurama, reverse stepping over a pothole in the road as he did so, “Well, if I had to guess I would have to say that you’re trying to use your Mousetsu-tai no Jutsu to move your chakra, am I right?”

    Ushi nodded, his steps a bit surer now as he regained his breath. A light breeze added to his relief as he looked up at his sensei, “Yes sensei, is that not correct?”

    Yukiso might have smiled, it was hard to tell with the mask, but his eyes certainly narrowed a bit, amusement present within them, “The Mousetsu-tai no Jutsu is a powerful technique Ushi, it lets you do remarkable things already and you will only grow better at it as you grow…but using it to manipulate your chakra in such a simple way would be like my brother using his Lightning Blade to cut hair…”

    Ushi heard Masato’s chuckle and couldn’t resist smiling himself. Not because his sensei’s joke had been funny, just because he was Ushi and he hadn’t smiled for the last three minutes or so.

    Yukiso stood straight, still looking down at his student and still idly reading his book, “You can’t always force things Ushi, sometimes you have to be subtle in order to get what you want. Direct the chakra, don’t shove it along and you’ll get the results you’re looking for. Precise chakra control is important for Genjutsu users like us, so practice hard at it alright?”

    Ushi’s eyes narrowed as his smile widened, “Yes sensei! Takumi-sensei told me the same thing the other day!”



    Yukiso seemed mildly interested, “Did he now? And why did he say that?”

    Ushi seemed to concentrate for a moment, looking deep within his past to that time a few days ago. The details were murky, such ancient events tended to be, but he managed to drag out the reason, “Oh yes, he was teaching me one of his favorite techniques and was telling me that in order to get the proper dispersion of paper that I had to precisely control the directions in which my chakra went during the explosion.”

    The book snapped shut with a muted noise, even as Masato and Raizen turned at the sound of the word explosion. Seeing Ushi and connecting the word to him, they both took several steps away from the young Genin. Yukiso for his part sighed, “He taught you that did he?”

    Beaming, Ushi brought his hands in front of him, pressing his palms together and bending back his splayed out fingers in a seal reminiscent of a blooming flower. Yukiso took a quick hop backwards as Ushi’s voice rang out, “Ushi-bakuha no Jutsu!”

    There was an ear-deafening crack and a plume of smoke that erupted from Ushi’s position. Coughing, Yukiso took another step back even as Raizen and Masato did their best to ignore the situation. Their attention was grabbed however as a gaggle of giggling voices emerged from the cloud. As the dust settled, the dozens of tiny figures began to be revealed. Each barely a fraction of the height of the original, the multitude of tiny Ushis seemed incredibly pleased with themselves. His eyes devoid of color, and rather circular, Yukiso stared at the army of miniscule Ushis. Masato tripped over a nearby pothole in his distraction, falling heavily on the road and crushing an innocently crossing beetle. Raizen stopped dead in his tracks and began squeaking incoherently, his face a mask of pure terror.

    “It’s not exactly what Takumi-sensei was trying to teach me, but I think I improved on the method!”

    His eyes shifting to stare at the tiny Ushi clone sitting on his shoulder, Yukiso’s voice was monotone, “You see changing a simple teleportation Jutsu that created a bunch of confetti into splitting yourself into an army of tiny replicas as an improvement?”

    The tiny Ushi rocked back and forth joyously, “Yep!”

    Yukiso lazily flicked the Ushi clone off of his shoulder, sending it flying into the forest with a final gleeful yelp. Taking one last shuddering glance at the tiny Ushis who were now begin to pile up on each other, the Jonin turned and buried his face back into his book. With a, much smaller, puff of smoke the mini-Ushi pile transformed back into the full sized version, a final Ushi running in from the forest and leaping onto the youth’s face to reform a missing ear. Ignoring his stunned friends, Ushi began to walk again, his expression one of concentration as he began to gently manipulate his chakra from his legs, guiding its way as best and as gently as he could.


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    Default Re: +- Naruto: The Hidden Curse -+ ---[Starts!]

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    “So we finally have an actual mission.” Raizen thought to himself as he walked next to the wagon. “I hope something happens though. This may be a C-mission but walking isn’t very interesting. Although Sensei said that we should mess around with our chakra. That’s right, channel the chakra into my legs to increase control, and remove chakra to increase leg strength.”

    Raizen looked around at Ushi and Masato. Ushi seemed to be having a seriously hard time removing his chakra. Raizen thought it odd that a genjutsu specialist would have minor chakra control. “Then again, I don’t really practice genjutsu myself, so who am I to say anything about it.” Masato looked to be having an easier time of chakra removal. “Makes sense,” Raizen thought. “He’s probably done this before, being a taijutsu specialist. Well let’s see what I can do.”

    Raizen took a moment to concentrate and began to channel his chakra out of his legs. Immediately they began to feel heavy, as though invisible weights had been attached. He took a step. “Wow, this is tough.” Raizen said out loud this time as he caught up to the rest of them.

    “Yup, feel the burn Raizen.” Masato said in an overly macho voice.

    “Yeah,” Raizen thought. “He’s definitely done this before.” After about twenty minutes of this Raizen began to get used to the chakra reduced walking, and thusly began to get bored again. He didn’t even have Ushi’s craziness to avoid as the marginally insane genin was concentrating on his own chakra. It was then that Raizen got an idea. He smiled to himself, ran ahead of the party and sat down in the middle of the road.

    “Raizen.” Yukiso said. “What are you doing?”

    “I have an idea to increase my leg training past normal chakra reduction.” Raizen then looked down at his legs. “Byakugan!” The veins around his eyes swelled and his pupils finally appeared. “Hmm, I can see the chakra in my legs.” He tried to remove it and watched as the blue colored chakra swirled and began to concentrate in his abdomen instead of his legs. “Excellent.” He said as he watched the chakra flow back. “Now…” Raizen squinted at his legs and began striking them at specific points. He finished just as the others caught up to him. “There.” He said wobbling severely as he got help from Kakashi sensei to stand up. “I’ve blocked the chakra points in my legs.” Yukiso raised an eyebrow and Masato’s eyed widened, Ushi was too far back to hear. “Heh, I haven’t just decreased the chakra in my legs. Actually for the next couple hours I won’t have any chakra in my legs at all.” Raizen said taking a step and almost falling over. He could tell instantly that this may have been a bit too much. He put on a slightly convincing “this isn’t so bad” face and started walking. It was going to take everything he had just to move at the group’s pace.
    “Very clever Raizen.” Yukiso said glancing up from his book. “With absolutely no chakra in your legs you’ve got nothing but pure muscle to rely on. Training like that will actually be more effective that weight training. You’re going to be fast, but you may want to back of a bit next time.” He said with what was probably a smile under the mask. “After a few hours of this, you won’t even be able to stand.” And with that Yukiso went back to his book. The title this time being in a language that Raizen couldn’t understand.
    ***

    “Yeah, Sensei was right.” Raizen thought to himself about three hours later as Yukiso stopped to have a chat with Ushi. He looked down at his legs, they were shaking violently. “Byakugan!” It looked like some of the chakra was starting to trickle back in. “I’m going to be useless at this rate.” Raizen thought. “I better call it a day.” He collapsed by a tree and began striking points on his legs again. In mere seconds he saw, and felt, the chakra rush back into his legs. “There we go.” He stood up again and walked over to the others. It wasn’t nearly as hard as before, but his legs still burned from the chakraless training.

    It was then that he saw Ushi explode into dozens of tiny versions of himself. “Gah! What the… So… many… Ushi’s.” He watched on in awe as they ran around in all directions for a while. About five or so actually climbed up Raizen who was too tired to resist and started pulling his face into odd contortions before clambering back into the mass that eventually turned back into the full-sized Ushi. “That… was just wrong.” Raizen thought to himself as everyone began walking again. “Ugh, I really hope something interesting happens tomorrow.”
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    Default Re: +- Naruto: The Hidden Curse -+ ---[Starts!]

    ooc: Where's all the love for the ruins mission? Come on people!!

    Onitoge
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    After the race leading to their arrival the afternoon was largely uneventful. There was a break for lunch. There was lots of randomly picking through rubble. There was finding a whole heaping lot of nothing. At least, nothing of notable interest. Inakamo, Hiro, and Shiro all found some ancient eating utensils and kitchen ware. Onitoge found some sort of archaic compass. The others found various mundane items which Onitoge didn't readily recognize from a distance as he wasn't close enough to get a proper look before they were 'tagged and bagged' as Hara-sensei had put it. Hara-sensei had at least been much cheerier since arriving, likely due to the fact that his team had won the race. All in all the afternoon had been completely uneventful.

    The light began to fade slowly as the afternoon wore on. Most of the genin had resigned to the conclusion that they were not going to find anything extraordinary or valuable. They would be mostly right as none of the genin found anything of great significance on this day. Kazuki, on the other hand, found a strange ornate box a little larger than a shoebox. He handled it with unusual care and he and Takumi both grew very silent and pale when they peaked inside. They immediately closed it before any of the genin could risk a peek and called everyone over.

    "Something has arisen that requires our immediate attention. Takumi and I have to return immediately," Kazuki said sharply.

    "We'll be back soon, however so just keep looking for artifacts while you have the light," Takumi chimed in.

    "When the sun has set, continue looking for artifacts by trying to use your chakra to feel them out. Our absence is no excuse to slack off on your duties or your training," Kazuki said even more sharply as if in rebuttle to Takumi.

    "Set up camp and make sure to get sufficient rest for tomorrow. We went you fully charged for the rest of the mission. We'll return as soon as we can," Takumi said as his eyes shot sparks at Kazuki.

    The pair of sensei stared at each other for a moment before nodding. First a quick nod of acknowledgement to each other and then a reassuring nod of temporary farewell to the genin. The two then promptly disappeared into the trees.

    "I wonder what that was all about," Inakamo was the first to speak up, his voice dripping with suspicion.

    "I'm sure it's nothing," Chiyoko replied, obviously trying to infuse cheer into her voice.

    "Right..... I'm sure if it were really important they would've had us come with them instead of leaving and coming right back," Hiro offered, trying to give some reassurance.

    "Yeah. I'm sure we're perfectly safe otherwise they wouldn't have left us alone," Shiro added in.

    "So, we keep working then?!" Onitoge quietly asked although he sounded as if he was answering his own question.

    Three of the genin continued searching for more artifacts. The other three began setting up camp. It was probably going to be a long night with the genin out here without supervision so it was important they set up camp early. If someone didn't start now they'd likely never set up camp. Most of these genin were liable to keep searching till they dropped.



    ooc: pleeeaaaaaase someone else on this mission post?

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    The boat ride to the village was relatively uneventful, except for perhaps for a small bout of seasickness on Hige's part. He had never gotten use to boats or maybe it was because he feared being near large bodies of water around Kukai. Though perhaps a bit paranoid, everytime he neared the railing he swore he saw an evil smirk light up the debate-loving kunoichi's face.

    The Genin had heard stories of Kirigakure, of its deadly nin and bloody practices within its borders. The ever present mists that gave the village its name gave the area a strong sense of foreboding and dannger - as if the mists themselves would drag them into their dark depths. So to say they were shocked to find Kirigakure lit up like a Christmas tree and filled with a cheerful atmosphere was a bit of an understatement. Their guide soon explained that this year's Tanabata festival also coincided with one one of the few times of the year that the skies were clear, marking it as a doubly joyous occasion.

    Team 14 was soon put to work. Hige and Ginmaru wove through the rooftops, stringing up lanterns and decorations. Kukai put her familial skills to work creating signs and charms for the villagers. She and her sensei made for frighteningly effective motivators - those who found themselves laying about were subjected to the bittersweet guilt of Miharu-sensei or the razor sharp tongue of the Shoudou Clan woman. As for Haru, the quiet nin helped in designing and placement, his signature Genjutsu aiding decorators in bringing their visions to life.

    =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=

    Hige gritted his teeth as he labored to hold up one end of a rather large wooden sign that proclaimed a 'special all you can eat buffet' for the festival. Ginmaru was at the other end, having been Jujin Bunshined into an exact copy of his master, and just as strained as he held up his half of the burden. The two were at the mercy of Kukai as she directed where the sign was to go. The Inuzuka boy wondered idly if she was intentionally torturing him as this was their last job before the wild boy and his partner got a break.

    "To the left Inuzuka Hige-san! The left! Is it really so difficult to move a piece of wood in the right direction?"

    "WHY DON'T YOU UP COME HERE AND DO IT THEN!?"

    "I'm shocked Inuzuka Hige-san." The Shodou girl smirked up at the struggling Genin. "Was it not you this very morning who said to 'leave the heavy lifting to us men'? Are you so weak-willed as to go back on your word? Honestly Inuzuka Hige-san I thought you had more pr-"

    Her words had the desired effect, igniting a fire within Hige. "That's not what I meant and you know that!" His gripped tightened on the sign as he moved it, all the while growling back at his teammate. "How's that!"

    "Just a little to the right no-"

    "OH YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME!"

    As the two continued to banter back and forth, Haru was helping some of the younger villagers write wishes on sheets of paper to be hung on the bamboo. One of child, fingers stained with ink, tugged on his shirt lightly. "Ne, ne, Haru-ni? Why are Inu-nii and Shodou-nee always fightin'?"

    The Genin writer thought about it for a moment before answering. "Kukai-san and Hige-san...disagree with each other...a lot."

    "Do they hate each other?"

    "Not at all...in fact," Haru said holding up his left hand and sticking out his pinky finger.* "You could say they're like this."

    "OI HARU-TEME!" Hige's roar of anger surprised Haru so that he leapt a foot in the air. "WHAT THE HELL IS THAT SUPPOSE TO MEAN!?"

    From his vantage point on the roof, Hige had seen Haru hold up his pinky while his keen ears caught the last bit of his conversation. Unfortunately, Shodou Kukai did not. "INUZUKA HIGE-SAN! HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU NOT TO BULLY HARU-KUN!"

    "Bu-bu-but he's talking behind our backs!"

    "Haru-kun would never do something like that! It's just not in his nature!"

    "THAT'S WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO THINK!"

    "Now Inuzuka Hige-san, just because your angry at me does not mean you should take it out on poor Haru-kun! If you are feeling frustrated over your inability to finish your task in a manner that would satisfy me, then please vent them on me rather than an innocent bystander. "

    As Hige worked up for an angry retort, Haru quickly returned his attention to his charges just smiling at the thought of his teammates.


    *In Japan, if you hold up your pinky while referring to two people, it means they're in a relationship.
    If Haru or Kukai were OOC, I blame my sleep addled brain and Box's forcing me to wear a maid costume....
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    Default Re: +- Naruto: The Hidden Curse -+ ---[Starts!]

    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
    Saruwatari & Hara-sensei
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

    [ An Old Dance - Naruto Movie OST ]


    Takumi had been having a greater time of fun than he had originally planned. Of course, nothing would beat spending a fantastic time with his lovely Miharu-kun at a festival… but annoying Saruwatari-chan was second on his list. He never was able to annoy the younger Kakashi… which aggravated Takumi slightly.
    “So… Saruwatari…” Takumi began as he rummaged through the dirt like the rest of the Genin absently. Kazuki seemed to grit his teeth together as he snapped a look at Takumi.
    “If you have something worthwhile on your breath… say it. Otherwise stay to the task at hand!” He snapped like an angry turtle, only filling Takumi with greater satisfaction. Most would say Kazuki was acting out of hand, if this hadn’t been the tenth time Takumi had spoken about nothing of much importance.
    “… hmm… well I think it is of great importance.”
    “Then what is it?” Kazuki absently punched the ground out of slight agitation, causing it to form a miniature crater- exposing more artifacts, but now half-broken. Kazuki grew more angry at this, as Takumi chuckled.
    “Effective… but I believe our artifacts were supposed to be whole!”
    Kazuki was about to open his mouth and probably scream, however suddenly Takumi seemed to spot something on the ground and he bent over to pick it up. His cheerful face suddenly transformed into that of deep contemplation, and he quickly beckoned Kazuki over. The two sensei conversed about the artifact.
    “This is exactly what we were hoping wasn’t here…” Takumi confirmed, as Kazuki nodded. “It is just as I said when I was scouting the southern regions.”
    “Well… then I’ll report this to the Hokage immediately.” Kazuki said, taking the object from Takumi’s hands, but Takumi frowned and shook his head.
    “Oh no… you, ahem… have a tendency of wording things in a rather… well…” Takumi tried to find the words for it, finding himself staring into the glare of Kazuki.
    “And I suppose your carefree attitude would best serve the information to Hokage? You cannot make light of this situation…”
    “And you’d make it seem as if we were going to war.” Takumi huffed back, as the two crossed their arms. They both knew how important and pivotal this information was going to be… and neither wanted it to end how the other viewed it to be ‘badly’.

    Whirling around, Takumi looked at the six Genin. The area wasn’t dangerous… this was just a basic mission to begin with. He was sure that six capable Genin could handle it by themselves until they quickly delivered such news of their findings together. Takumi gave them all orders, explaining how Kazuki and himself had to deliver an artifact and would be back shortly. They seemed to understand but he could see the confusion in their faces. He noticed that Onitoge and Chiyoko seemed a bit more keen on sensing some wavering notes in his face, but he added a smile to seal the deal.
    “Let us go Kazuki-chan…” Takumi said gruffly, Kazuki giving a solemn nod as the two darted off and seemed to vanish before the Genin’s eyes.


    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

    [ Evil - Naruto OST II ]

    The two teams of Kazuki and Takumi had been working for several hours, doing the laborious work that their sensei had told them continue. The two had not been back for quite some time however… and there was something unsettling in the air. The group had decided to take a short break, all six genin sweating heavily from the heat. Things had gotten a bit hotter… and for some reason, the air became unsettling.
    Onitoge seemed to be the first to noticed, as he looked up at the canyon-like walls that surrounded them on one side and the forest that was upon the other side. Chiyoko took notice to Onitoge’s uneasiness and asked him about it. However… it was Selekis who suddenly made dramatic gestures at the forest- for he was sitting closest to it. Hiro gave out a shout, as a kunai landed right before the large group.

    Before their eyes, swiftly five dark figures appeared. All five were clad in black, one of the ninja seeming to be wearing a more feminine black garb. Four of them seemed a bit younger as they surrounded the fifth one, who stood proudly and his exposed face showed his ripe age. A grin was upon his face, as he pointed at the six Genin.
    “You’re all tresspasssss’n on some ssserious groundsss… You ssee, thesse are our ruinnssss! Ssso get lossst!!” His voice hissed as he spoke, his eyes narrowing as the other four figures around him seemed to get ready for battle.
    “Yeah, get off our turf.” One of the black-clothed Genin said, narrowing his eyes.
    “I’m sorry… we can’t do that.” Shiro stated, his confidence spitting through is words as Onitoge and Inakamo swiftly backed him up.
    “Yeah… last time I checked, your name wasn’t on here.” Inakamo crossed his arms, as all six seemed to ready themselves for battle too.
    “Onitoge…” Chiyoko whispered nervously to her teammate. “They don’t have headbands… we don’t even know where they’re from.”
    “I know…” Onitoge responded, “Which is why this could be very dangerous.”

    “Who are you?” Chiyoko called out, but the leader shook his head.
    “You will know nothing. You don’t dessserve to know. But sssince you won’t leave… we’ll make you!”
    With that, he motioned forward and the four other ninja leapt into action.

    CUE [ A Crisis After Another - Naruto OST II ]




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    Kakashi (Yukiso) & Kuroda Sensei
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    [ Daylight of Konoha - Naruto OST II ]

    Yukiso and his team were preparing to leave- having waited for their boat to arrive for nearly an hour. Miharu’s team by that time no doubt was already there and working on their mission… which for some reason, was irking Raizen.
    “I like this relaxing time!” Ushi proclaimed, pulling on Raizen’s ear who just seemed to twitch more.
    “I like to be DOING something instead of waiting… we’re useless right now.” Raizen comments, as Masato lifted the boxes they were to deliver from one side of the port to the other continuously.
    “Umm… Masato-chan… is there a reason you’re doing that?” Ushi asked, suddenly appearing cross-legged on the box Masato at that moment was trying to lift. He looked absolutely puzzled.
    “Ermm… well, I WAS training my muscles.” Masato said, sweatdropping as he now carried a large box AND Ushi.
    “Yay! I can help!” Ushi said, suddenly standing on the box and jumping as Masato grunted with each jump Ushi made. This was enough to make Raizen smirk.

    Yukiso simply leaned against one of the towers of boxes, reading his book until suddenly he raised an eyebrow as a sobbing woman came running in their direction. Slightly confused, Yukiso snapped his book shut and approached the woman as the three Genin watched him.

    [ Confrontment - Naruto OST II ]

    “Oh… oh…! It’s horrible!” She wailed, as she covered her face and sobbed upon reaching Yukiso.
    “Kind sir… you’re from Konoha, correct?” She sobbed, rubbing her eyes as tears flowed freely from them. Yukiso nodded, as she continued to cry. She then explained (rather loudly, so that the other three could hear) that a few ninja had attacked her village not too far from the port. There had been a team of Ninja helping the village out, and the team was captured by the other ninja.
    “Do you know anything else?” Yukiso questioned, but the female shook her head.
    “Only that I think the ninja were from the mist village! Please help!” The lady cried, and Yukiso withdrew a breath.
    “how many Ninja were there?”
    “Maybe two?”

    Yukiso looked at Ushi, Masato and Raizen hard before swiftly approaching them.
    “This is a serious situation. If those Ninja are from the Hidden Mist village… then Kuroda-chan’s team could be in danger. While Konoha hasn’t been hostile with the Mist village last time I checked… still…” Yukiso seemed to think hard for a moment, as if purposefully withholding some information about the Mist village.
    “Who knows water jutsu?”
    The team was dead silent. Yukiso withdrew a sigh… as if he were making a very hard decision.
    “Alright… it looks like I’ll have to go check on Kuroda-san’s team. You three follow the lady to her village… and be stealthy as soon as you see the village. I want you to observe and gather information- do NOT engage. Even if there are only two Ninja, they must have some talent to capture another Ninja team. I will return with Kuroda’s team.”
    With that, Yukiso seemed to disappear- leaving only a ripple of water past the shore where his foot once had tapped it.



    Meanwhile…

    [ Konomaharu's Theme - Naruto OST I ]

    “Oh darn!” Miharu said absently, wearing her kimono already in preparation for the festival as she inspected some tea ingredients. “It seems you are short!” She declared in front of the seller, shaking her head.
    “I swear… I ordered more supplies! They should be coming in any moment now!” The man said, sweatdropping. Miharu shook her head, looking to her right to see Hige fall from a ledge- perhaps because he was trying to hang something to heavy?
    “Oh my Hige dear… you have to be more careful. Here, I have something for all of you to do that is less… strenuous.”
    She clapped her hands politely and soon found Haru, Hige and Kukai standing around her. She grinned delightfully at them, seeming to just beam with a strange inner joy at helping the festivities.
    “The shipment that Team 15 was supposed to bring in about… oh, twenty minutes ago has not yet arrived. I worry that something happened… perhaps they dropped it in the water and are fishing for it? In any case, there is a boat here… so please, go back and help them with the remaining supplies. That way things will get here quicker and the festival may begin sooner!” She said cheerfully, and soon her young Genin were sent out on a boat.
    (It might be noted that if one were to look back, most importantly Hige- he would see Miharu seemingly effortlessly putting the sign into place in a comical manner.)

    It was a long boat ride back, but about three-forths of the way there, it could be noted that the team seemed to sense someone pass them on the water. Foot-like circles of rippling water, until suddenly Yukiso appeared before them, standing outside of the boat on the water.
    “Oye! Where is Kuroda-san?” Yukiso questioned, to which Kukai informed him precisely on where they last left Kuroda and then informed him why they were on the boat heading back in the first place without her. Yukiso nodded… and then quickly informed them of the latest predicament.
    “My team might need help… and I must speak with your sensei. So go to the neighboring village, intersect with my team and look at the situation and aid them. Whatever you do though… do not engage the enemy Ninja.”
    With that, Yukiso vanished.




    [ Alright…

    Mission 3 & 4 ers

    The four black Ninja are attacking you. I’m guessing it’ll be a two on one battle… except two of you are going to have to take one Ninja. I’m already predicting that (and this might make it easier for you to organize) that Onitoge will fight by himself, along with perhaps Hiro or Selekis (since Shiro is NPC right now.) It’ll be a first-come first-bases as to who teams up with who… so pay attention to others posts! You can defeat the four Genin… but they’re a bit more advanced then regular Genin, so it’ll be a work out and tough. The Jounin will be extremely tough, so when you get to the point of the Jounin he’ll beat on you guys for a bit before the Sensei show up. ^_^
    Here are some bios to help give your ‘enemy’ some character. Pick who you’d like.

    NINJA GENIN 1:
    Name: Den
    Gender: Male
    Appearance: Wears a long sleeved black shirt, long sleeved black pants. Has black scruffy hair that is too short to drape over his eyes. Has black gloves and shoes and covers half of his face with a black face mask.
    Jutsu/Moves: Seems to mainly use Taijutsu, like to throw Kunai a lot.

    NINJA GENIN 2
    Name: Ryuga
    Gender: Male
    Appearance: Wears black shorts and no shirt. Has fish-net armor over his entire upper body all the way to his hands. He has bandages around his face so that only one eye is exposed. His hair is short and scruffy as well, but it hangs over where his other bandaged eyes is supposed to be. His one eye is green and seems to have a scar over it.
    Jutsu/Moves: Likes to use seals, seems to use a weird guitar-violin link instrument to create waves in the air to do his attack.

    NINJA GENIN 3:
    Name: Yugar
    Gender: Male
    Appearance: See Ninja Genin 2- exact same, given that their brothers. Only difference is his eye is blue.
    Jutsu/Moves: Same as his brother, except he uses seal tags that are more explosive.

    NINJA GENIN 4:
    Name: Choya
    Gender: Female
    Appearance: Wears a black skirt with black shorts underneath that. Her top is black and sleeveless, although she wears long slender black gloves. Her hair is white and tied up into a pony tail with a few bangs hanging in her eyes. She has very pale skin and coal-black eyes.
    Jutsu/Moves: She’s extremely fast and uses her voice to do sound damage.

    NINJA JOUNIN
    Name: ???? (They call him Sensei)
    Gender: Male
    Appearance: Seems old, about thirties. His face is clearly visible and he has a scar across his forehead. He wears a choker collar around his neck. His hair is medium length, whisping about his ears slightly. He wears a form-fitting sleeveless shirt of black, along with black gloves. His pants are a mixture of black and lighter black, making a camo-like design. He wears regular ninja shoes however.
    Jutsu/Moves: Seems to use Taijutsu in a combination with sound waves that resonate from his gloves. Hmm…



    [ Mission 1 & 2 ers… ]

    I’m sorry Team 15, but you’re going to screw up and get the attention of 5 ninja. It might be noted that you think there are only two from what you’ve heard… but the other three will show up. Two of them are Jounin, three are Genin. They’ll think it is humorous that you’ve shown up and have the Genin battle you. They’re tough… (a higher level than you, a Chuunin level perhaps in Konoha standards.) Then, Team 14 will show up and give you back up. (So you’ll divide into teams of two and take on the three Genin.) Once you defeat those Genin, the two Jounin will be annoyed and try to kill you. ^_^ Just post surviving… lol, and the Sensei will show up by that time.
    I’m tired… so here are the basics for the Ninja.
    There are three boy Genin, who all are generic. Think short brown hair, typical Ninjutsu users. Strangely they use sound jutsu… all from windpipe instruments. The one girl Genin uses both water jutsu and sound jutsu- think bubble pipe! xD
    The two Jounin are both male and female (I mean… one is male and one is female.) They seem to be twins though, both having long blonde hair into ponytails and having green eyes. The only difference is one wears a male gi and the other a more female-ish one. ^_^ Black of course in color!! ^_^ )



    If I left out any details on the enemy Ninja… feel free to add personality and little things ‘here or there’ at your own pleasure. If you need to work out teams and who is taking who, use the OOC topic! (don’t use this one!!) I encourage AIM too. ^_^;;
    I’m giving you all ‘till Wednesday (maybe Thursday depending) and then I’m moving this forward! So yah got a week! ^_^

    I'll be posting for Chiyoko during that time too. ^_^
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    Shodou Kukai/Team 14/F
    69. Cicada Rain
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    boat journey I

    Kukai paced the length of the boat the entire journey, citing natural busybodiness.

    Inuzuka Hige appeared not to like boats. Or maybe it was a fear of the open sea. Staying resolutely in the middle of the boat, he made infrequent forays to the sides only at the beginning and end of the trip, and even then darted back to the middle every time Kukai made an offhand remark about the sky, the water, random dolphins, anything.

    Haru sat with Miharu-sensei in the bow of the boat, and wrote a story about the sea and little fishes.

    Miharu-sensei made a very pretty picture, stirring tea leaves in a bowl on her portable lacquer table. When questioned she said that oolong was at its best when prepared under such conditions. The boatmen accepted the pink muslin teabags she gave them with much blushing and shuffling of feet. Miharu-sensei paid the heavily discounted fare they gave her with a genteel smile.


    the killing fields

    There is a slight drizzle as their boat pulls into the sizeable harbour. The harbour and surrounding bay is the only official entrance to the island called the Land of Water. All around are treacherous cliffs, clinging fog, hidden reefs that tear the bottom out of a ship as easily as wolves rip the shrieking life out of a rabbit's throat.

    Kukai doesn't feel her skin prickle the way it does when it is monsoon season in Konohagakure. There it is moisture everywhere, hidden in the pores of paper, curling the corners; evaporated water lurking in the beams of houses, wood warping through constant contact. And it was hot. Humid. Sweat dripping off the ends of her hair, plastered to the back of her neck, an unbearable weight. Monsoon season is when she takes several baths a day. Strange that in the heart of water country the air is so much drier than what she is used to at home. The water here knows its place.

    Obediently the drizzle clears up. They walk into the village, where countless massacres have happened, where doubtless more will happen, and written all over the tired faces of the villagers of the Mist is a united determined resolve: to enjoy these days of their year that are labeled festival.


    matsuri

    Colourful streamers hung from the roofs of every building in Kirigakure. To Kukai they looked rather like some odd species of jellyfish: she had helped to make a goodly amount of them, those outrageously shimmering jellyfish. She had also succeeded in haranguing a number of craftsmen into completing their work in the space of a few hours instead of two days, the original estimated time. She did not understand how Miharu-sensei managed, with only the mildest arching of eyebrows and quizzical pursing of mouth, to achieve a similar effect.

    There was no mist today, and according to a villager, there would be no mist for a week. At night people would gather to look at the stars, it being the only time of the year when the sky was clearly visible from Kirigakure. Wishes would be written on papers tied onto bamboos, and dedicated to their respective stars.

    Also, the villager said, it was a festival for lovers, for when the skies cleared the heavenly weaver (a star) and the cowherd (another star) would reunite with each other on a bridge of magpies, and the Milky Way itself shone brighter in celebration of their union.

    Kukai noted that it was an interesting story, yet devoid of logic, as all such stories invariably were.


    yubikiri, or the first recorded appearance of Haru's sense of humour

    Kukai had her back to Haru, and her attention elsewhere, and that was why she did not notice the quiet boy's reference to yubikiri.

    She hadn't expected such a problem to occur with Inuzuka Hige. She'd thought she'd known him well enough not to expect anything of the sort from his like. In a way it was a betrayal.

    Through much of her acquaintance with Haru, Kukai had spoken up for him for more times than was humanly possible to keep track of - and so it was second nature for her to snap a reprimand back at the Inuzuka boy when he shouted, for (it seemed at the time) no reason at all, in the direction of her friend.

    The ensuing argument resulted in a slip of footing, a crash, Ginmaru losing human shape and falling off the roof to land, with perfect comic timing, on top of his master.

    After the dust cleared Kukai told Hige to look at her again, and wrote Patience, in a somewhat sheepish hand, on his forehead.


    boat journey II

    "...So now we're messengers. Boooring."

    "Well you must look on the bright side, at least it's not going to be possible for you to drop any more signs all over the place this way -"

    "- how d'ya manage to squeeze all those words into a single breath? -"

    "- Mr Manly Man Inuzuka Hige."

    "WHAT?! YOU SHOULD BE GRATEFUL I OFFERED TO DO ALL THE HEAVY LIFTING!"

    "Of course, I respect your stand that men should do all the heavy lifting. As such, thank you."

    "...You're welcome."

    "But did you see Miharu-sensei...?"

    "YES I DID NOW SHUT UP."

    "Save your breath for paddling, Mr Inuzuka Hige."

    "It's not ME who's cramming an average of thirty-four words into one sentence."

    "Oh, you counted? With proper chakra management keeping my end up in paddling is but an elementary matter."

    (Here there was an untranscribable growling sound.)

    "L-look, there's Kakashi-sensei."

    "Yes, and he's walking on water."

    "Ya know, I just realized none of us know any water jutsu."

    "Genius, Mr Inuzuka Hige, pure genius - a truly excellent observation, given that you and I are both currently holding a wooden oar each, we three are currently sitting in a boat, and that it is currently our principal mode of advancement."

    "SHUT UP."

    "Um, that could potentially be a b-bad thing..."

    "Arf!"

    "YOU TOO, GINMARU."

    Kakashi-sensei neared the dinghy, a slightly worried look clouding what little could be seen of his face. “Oye! Where is Kuroda-san?”


    the replacement killers

    -to be written
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    Drabbleposting a la mode. Might edit/repost later to add in battle scene
    ...and they are not on the regular boat because... I had already written everything out till I checked Kalah's post again this way is funnier. :x
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    Name: Chishio Soen of the Chishio clan
    Gender: M
    Age: 10
    Appearance: A little small for his age. Soen has black, short hair that falls slightly onto his face. His cold, blue eyes stand out. He wears a black T-shirt which has a deep V-neck. A fishnet is worn under this and is visible in the V-neck. Over this he wears a crimson vest (like Jiraiya's) but it is cut short around the middle of the back. The Kanji for 'cage' is on a white circle on the back(image). Under this vest are his daggers that hang upside down(see ability section). Soen wears a black pants that has bandages around the bottom, which go into his crimson ninja shoes. He tied his head protector onto his belt (crimson color) on his left side. The belt also holds up his bag that contains shuriken, kunai, scrolls,...
    Personality: Somewhat of a loner, gets along with his teammates but thats the most of it. This is mostly to blame because of his history. Is strong headed and won't easily give up. Through his though training, he acts more mature then his appearance would indicate
    History: Born as the first of the next generation of the Chishio clan, Soen was pushed early in the live of the shinobi. The Chishio clan is one of the strongest clans in Konoha that does not posses a bloodline limit. Each shinobi that was born into this clan has made it to at least jounin rank and some excelled as top ANBU members. Around the age of 3, lessons started for Soen. Because of this reason, he places high value on the success of the missions. Managing to graduate as one of the top students from the academy at 9 years old, he was taught in the clans Shikon technique (fang technique, more on that in the abilities part). Since the clan wants Soen to have high succes he has led a lonely live, knowing only his fellow clan members.
    Main Jutsu: Mostly TaiJutsu and NinJutsu, not a single trace of GenJutsu talent or interest
    Special Abilities:
    * Shikon Technique(Fang Technique)
    A dual-dagger fighting style(dagger image). Using the knowledge on TaiJutsu, the user moves swiftly and aims for the muscles to cut them to immobilize the opponent. The daggers are forged only for and by the Chishio clan
    * Shikon Shuurai no Jutsu (fang lightning strike technique)
    The user clashes the tip of the 2 daggers togheter. A spark is formed and maintained by the users chakra. An increase in the chakra will make the spark grow and a lightning bolt is shot towards the opponent.
    Hobbies: Training mostly to master the Shikon Technique (Fang technique)
    Relations: teammate of Yoshikuni Kaito
    Other: Goals is to become a top ANBU member, and possible ANBU leader. Has always been interested in birds


    ~~~***~~~***~~~


    Emi….

    Daku…

    Why?

    When our team was formed, I knew neither Emi or Kaito. Daku was mentioned in our clan a couple of times as a strong shinobi. Emi was that kind of girl that just couldn’t see a bad side. She always wore her brown hair in a knot and had a smile that went up to her eyes.

    Daku was strict but fair. He was just as interested in us as in our abilities and after we graduated from our genin test he declared that his goal was to make us strong shinobi and strong people. Daku had a dark skin tone and short black hair. He clad himself in a white-striped uniform under his flak jacket.

    On that unfaithful day, two shinobi attacked us. They never declared their intentions or motivation. It seemed they just wanted to pick a fight. Daku-sensei fought off the jounin while the three of us, me, Kaito and Emi, focused on his genin student. We managed to force their retreat, but less then an hour later, while we were resting and attending to our wounds, the two shinobi struck again. This time they had back-up. Another jounin and 2 genin had joined them. While Daku fended off the two jounins, we had our hands full with the genins. Daku split off with us so we wouldn’t get caught up in his fight and we made way for a clearing

    After a tiring fight, Emi used the Bushin no Jutsu to distract our genin enemies so me and Kaito could knock them out. That glowing smile appeared on Emi’s face again. A smile that would forever be on her face as two needles flow through her heart, killing her instantly.

    It seemed that the two jounin managed to overpower our sensei and me and Kaito feared the worst. We couldn’t match the two stronger ninja and we were caught before Emi’s body even hit the ground.

    Afterwards, what remained of Team 2 was dragged into a nearby cave and held there.

    I moved my hand, but it wouldn’t budge a lot. The itch on my nose was annoying but in the situation where I was in, I couldn’t really scratch it. My hands were cuffed in an iron chain. A nail had hammered it in the rocky surface behind me, forcing me to keep my arms up all of the time. I scanned through the room again. It was just an ordinary cave with a door. I did see my companion, Yoshikuni Kaito.

    “So how long do you think we are in here?” I asked him.

    “I have no idea, their GenJutsu makes it hard to focus on little things such as time.”

    “You know what bothers me the most?”, Kaito suddenly said , “The fact that we can’t see the sky.”

    ~~~***~~~***~~~

    Hi all, just to clear things up. I'm a LSU (approved by bulbasaur4 in secret) and most of you will have figured out the situation my character is in.

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    Name: Yoshikuni Kaito
    Gender: Male
    Age: 14
    Appearance: He wears clothes that matches his interest of his love of the sky. He even died his hair light blue to match his clothes. He wears his black hand band on his head tied right above his eyes. It is rumored that he might dyed the black material blue but that is all speculation.
    Personality: He is a very friendly person, but can be competitive when it comes to certain subjects. He doesn’t give up that easily. He hates that when he tries to perform a certain technique, others can do it better than him.
    History: He comes from a family whose techniques involve very powerful wind jutsus. Rumors of there is a wind jutsu that would allow you to fly but not even Hara has found any sign of one. (He has even looked in every book.)
    Main Jutsu: Ninjustu (Illusion Techniques)
    Special Abilities: Wind Release: Drilling Air Bullet:
    Hobbies: He looks up the sky wishing that he could fly.
    Relations: His teammate is Chishio Soen
    Other: He is on a journey to find the legendary wind jutsu that allows one to feel like they can fly.

    ------------------------------------------------------------------------

    Life

    Was it really fair at all?

    I remember back when our group was formed. Emi was a nice girl. She couldn't find a bad fault in anyone which was not such a bad thing. She did have a nice personality. Chishio was a strong character with interesting techniques. At first he was a loner but I got to know him a little better.

    Then there was our Sensei, Daku. He was tough at first, but I understood why. He wanted to see the best in all of us. I guess that's what any sensei would do. We were an incredible group. But why did they have to die? What did life every do to them. As I looked at my team member all battered and bruised, I look up and sigh. This was a depressing place. I wish I could see the sky. I wish I could at least feel a bit of wind blowing through the cave. I first remember when we first met as a team.

    It was a peaceful day unlike this situation. We ordered to meet somewhere near the forest to meet our new sensei. Emi was being quite cheerful and Chishio was being quiet. We arrived the place and waited. Hopefully, these new sensei wasn’t going to be late. I heard rumors about senseis arriving late just to mess with their pupil’s minds … but that was only just a rumor. Then he showed up. I heard all about he was a strong shinobi and just looking at him I could feel how strong he was. Daku had a dark skin tone and short black hair. He clad himself in a white-striped uniform under his flak jacket.

    We shared about our hobbies. I learned much about my new team including Chishio. Of course, I rambled on about how I was on a search for the legendary wind Jutsu ... but I kept it at that. I didn't want them to make fun of me if I told them it was a wind jutsu that allowed one to really fly. Maybe they would understand. Maybe they wouldn't. True, Daku's test to see if we were worthy was tricky but like I said before, but all senseis have to see what their pupils are capable of.

    Now they were dead. I didn't even understand why. One minute we were on a mission and these two shinobi attacked us. It was all a flash. Daku fought to save us and Emi helped but looked where that ended them ... dead. And we couldn't do a thing since we chained, battered and bruised. I started to cry. Why is life so fair?
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    Prue: Inspector, actually.
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    Andy: Yeah, my focus is mainly homicide, robbery.
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    ~*~*~*~*~ Battle ~*~*~*~*~

    My ears picked up, the sound of objects traveling at high speeds through the air whistled in my ears. The objects moving this way, at a direction that would carry them close to Chiyoko and the others. “Look out!” I shouted, jumping to the side, narrowly missing several Kunai that dug deep into the Earth as they hit it right where I had been standing. I glanced at the others, noticing that none of them were hurt as our attackers made themselves known. We had been ambushed which meant that we were already at a disadvantage.

    My mind ran through the three pillars of ninjitsu, Stealth, Speed, Strength. We had lost the Stealth advantage, but the other two were still viable. The rest of the group began to talk back and forth with our attackers, something that was wasting valuable time as they analyzed us. That is if they were true ninjas. I made a move to the forest only to see a white haired female glance in my direction… well that was out. I shot a grin back at her, matching her black eyes with my own eyes.

    It only took a second and I knew, she blinked, and that was when I knew the attack came. She disappeared in the blink of a eye, her movements almost as fast as Sensei’s. Yet I hadn’t spent my time off from the previous mission doing nothing. Wind was my element, and her feet were creating just that. Wind tickled the hairs on the back of my neck, and I leapt away, grabbing a Kunai as a fist traveled past my shoulder.

    I swung my kunai and fist around expecting to connect with flesh, only for her to be gone. I fulfilled the spin, coming right around in a three sixty circle to find her fist connecting with my jaw. The power sent me sprawling backwards, I dropped into a roll coming up in a crouch. She opened her mouth and a earsplitting scream traveled forth, uprooting ground and rocks as it traveled in a ever widening path. I had enough time to bring my arms up in a block, my arms moving back and forth creating a field of wind between them, creating a windshield of sorts.

    The voice wave hit, I dug my heals into the ground trying my best not to be taken by it. It quickly dissipated as fast as it had came and, she had disappeared again. I relaxed the shield and took note that I was getting further and further away from the main fight. I only had one friend I could truly count on to help me in this fight. “Chiyoko” I screamed out breaking into a all out run toward her.

    Chiyoko’s head whipped around, our eyes matched only for a second before a black flash appeared between us. I didn’t even have a chance to stop running. She opened her mouth in a ear piercing scream and I felt myself being lifted off the ground, thrown to and fro like a rag doll until the wave began to dissipate, sending me rolling onto the ground. I coughed up a bit of blood and rose to my feet.

    I had lost the Speed Advantage, I had lose the Strength Advantage, I had lost the Stealth Advantage. Yet there was one thing that Konoha ninja excelled at, and that was Willpower. I grabbed a Kunai and closed my eyes, letting myself feel the wind. I was never going to reach Chiyoko with this woman’s Speed Advantage. So it looks as if I were all alone. This was going to be tougher than I thought.

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    Arguably of lackluster quality, but I've been rather out of practice. Avoided unnecessary character interaction as I tend to stray OOC...

    Yagyu Shiro – Team 12
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    I don’t like these ninja.

    Shiro brushed away his thick bangs, scowling at their opposition as a bony hand reached the kunai tucked inside his belt. He noticed other members of the team preparing for other actions, among them a small discussion of strategies…

    Selekis’ writing implement was heard, scratching against a coarse piece of parchment, and he could see out of the corner of his eye that it was now held up for the other members of the teams to view. He glanced at it briefly, didn’t bother assimilating the eloquent words or its meaning, instead his fingers curled around the ring-shaped loop of his kunai, hooking a finger inside it and whipping it forward, quickly strafing to the side as he did so.

    A scruffy haired member of the assailants quickly stepped forward, deft fingers whipping forward and lashing out at the kunai, his own fingers finding the loop and returning it from whence it came.

    A member of Shiro’s party deflected this with an ivory shuriken – who, Shiro did not bother to look. He scowled at the opposition who had so skillfully intercepted his projectile.

    Oh damn, I’ll show you Scruffy.

    Shiro grinned with slight malice as he unearthed two more kunai, now concealed by a decent amount of shrubbery and foliage. He saw his colleagues finally buzzing into motion, ignoring their actions, instead hurling both kunai forward, each tinged with the hissing of wind; Shiro grimaced at the extraordinary chakra loss that came from such techniques, though he was rather impressed by the speed of the projectiles. However, this time a fishnet-clad individual stepped forward, an odd instrument in his hand. He grinned, and skilled fingers wove throughout the strings, sound waves buzzing out and deflecting the projectiles with ease, sending them thudding into trees. The rocker’s teammate – labeled Scruffy, nodded in acknowledgement, before finally returning Shiro’s attacks with a trio of gleaming daggers.

    What the hell? He found me? Must have…

    The daggers hissed barely past him, and Shiro quickly tumbled out of his indecent hiding place, his gi rumpled, with one of the sleeves slightly torn from a kunai barely scraping him, the other sleeve held intact by the forehead protector casually wrapped around it, though the durable metal now bore a scratch. Yagyu Shiro now glanced at the said blemish, and he frowned.

    “Hey,” he roared at the attacker. “I just polished this you—”

    Another flurry sped forward, and a curse flew as the Genin tumbled away to avoid the blow, hair whipping into his eyes as he did so. Scruffy was smirking now, and Shiro rose to his feet, drawing the dagger he had brought along for his mission.

    “Keep laughing, Scruffy,” Shiro muttered to himself. His legs were suddenly a flurry of motion, and he drew back a muscled arm, the blade of his dagger gleaming in the sunlight as he thrust it forward. Scruffy sidestepped the blow, drawing a kunai – notably less durable then Shiro’s own utensil – and slashing back in retort. Parrying the blow, the Konoha Genin slammed a fist into Scruffy’s stomach with his free arm before somersaulting backward. The assailant fell to the ground, but quickly rose, bearing only small signs that such a blow had ever occurred. He tossed his kunai aside and beckoned Shiro forward with a cocky motion of his fingers; at this, Shiro angrily sheathed his own weapon and replied, “Bring it on.”

    Unfortunately for the Genin, the assailant complied, racing forward and performing two lightning quick blows in rapid succession, fists slamming like thunder into Shiro’s chest. Shiro stumbled, bearing the pain as he kicked downward with his feet, flipping away to avoid another strike from his opponent. Unfazed, Scruffy tore forward in pursuit, this time performing a half-handstand, one arm carrying his weight as he lashed outward with his feet. His arms bearing the brunt of the blows, Shiro returned the attack by seizing one of the furiously striking legs, twisting it (which incited a cry of pain from Scruffy) before tossing his opponent aside, retreating with several steps, pausing only to let his assailant rise once more.

    “You’re pretty good,” Shiro remarked as he raced forward. Scruffy parried all three strikes from Shiro, deftly catching the blows before returning them with several quick jabs followed by an uppercut. A hand on his jaw as Shiro fell to the earth, he grimaced at the pain, tasting blood in his mouth.

    “I wouldn’t say the same about you,” Scruffy remarked.

    “What’s with the face mask anyway?” Shiro remarked as he rose to his feet, backing up several steps. “You’re no Kakashi or…”

    A hammer like blow connected with Shiro’s stomach, and he flew back, managing to plant a hand on the earth, several feet later, flipping forward to land once more on his feet.

    “That was rude, you know.” The Konoha Genin snapped, wiping blood from his mouth. If Scruffy cared, he showed no signs of said emotion, instead launching several more Kunai forward as Shiro recovered. They were repelled with Shiro’s own throwing knives, and he leapt into the air, several more jet black daggers raining down on Scruffy, thudding into the earth in rapid succession. Two had sunken into the Shinobi’s left arm, and he plucked them out with only a slight twitch of pain, tossing them aside and ignoring the blood trickling from the wounds.

    “Oh you’re tough,” Shiro taunted with a grin. He landed beside his distracted opponent, who was still looking up, thrusting a palm into a bony side, two swift kicks rapidly following the blow. Skidding back only slightly, Scruffy retaliated with several jabs; these Shiro easily dodged.

    “Gotta do better than that, Scruffy.” Shiro grinned.

    Slight annoyance permeated Scruffy’s features, and he smashed a fist into Shiro’s shoulder blade, who tumbled back in turn, but quickly regained his footing.

    “My name’s Den,” the assailant finally snapped.

    “Well that only took ten minutes to say.” Shiro sneered.

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    Onitoge
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    These four Genin were a tough looking bunch. There was no doubt in that. Still, the reall threat was their sensei. How could they hope to take on a jounin level shinobi by themselves? For the moment Onitoge put it to the back of his mind as only the strange Genin were on the move.

    Hiro drew the girl off immediately as Shiro was the first of their group to go on the offensive throwing a kunai at the scruffy haired Genin. It was caught with unbelievable grace and fired back unexpectedly. Onitoge responded instantly and an ivory shuriken flew to knock it off target. Shiro's response of sending several projectiles was countered by the bandaged Genin with the guitar. The sound waves alone from it deflected all of the kunai at once. He would be trouble for all of them if he was left alone in back to support their assailants. Onitoge shot a sideways glance at Inakamo and his teammate nodded agreement.

    "I gotcha. Right, you and Chiyoko take musical mummy and Selekis and I will wrap up his twin.....wrap up....hehehe I KILL ME!!!!!" Inakamo cackled insanely as he launched into action, his carnival ball appearing out of nowhere swinging wildly through the air.

    Onitoge and Chiyoko ceased hesitating and charged forward towards the Genin with the guitar. Chiyoko made a quick sign and a ball of water launched from her palms at him. Onitoge sent several ivory shuriken as well from a different angle as they moved to flank him. They were still both from a frontal angle so the musical mummy strummed the strings of his instrument a wave of sound whipped through the air, wide but short to knock both their assaults down. As he did it he drew back swiftly to keep them at range. He seemed to specialize in range.

    They circled and came in from opposing angles. Onitoge was greeted by a wave of sound that snatched him mid jump and slammed him backwards so hard he barely managed to plant his feet before it could push him into a large tree. Chiyoko managed to get a short round of her water blasts off but the clever Genin was fast enough to get out of the way as he focused the sound of his instrument the other way. He was proving to be most skillfull.

    "Ssstop playing with them Ryuga. Thissss is ssserious!" the jounin shouted impatiently.

    "Yes sensei," the bandaged Genin answered promptly before turning back to them, a mean sour look in his eye.

    With speed and grace he hadn't shown before he leapt up onto a high tree branch while rapidly strumming out several chords with his instrument. Still wearing his cloak he wasn't fast enough to get out of the way so Onitoge held his arms up to block the assault. He was most surprised that all he felt was a rapid gust of wind all around him blowing downward. He looked to his feet to see that a rune had been carved on the ground by the blasts of sound. He tried to move but found himself unable, sealed in place with a strange humming rising in his ears.

    "hmph. Melodic Seal Jutsu! It traps an opponent in a cage constructed of pure vibration where the slightest sound reverberates and continues bounces off every sound until it cancels out all vibration within the seal, effectively paralyzing the target. One down! Your turn girlie!" Ryuga chuckled to himself until he turned to find Chiyoko nowhere in sight. "Where'd you go?"

    "Right here!" Chiyoko shouted as three of her suddenly appeared directly above him, all firing a sphere of clear blue water at him.

    He managed to strike one chord but it wasn't wide enough. The wound wave intercepted one Chiyoko and water blast but the water dispersed and the Chiyoko clone poofed out of existance. It caught a second one which turned into a log via a substitution jutsu. The third disappeared just in time for the logs momentum to smack Ryuga in the face. Chiyoko suddenly appeared right behind him, swinging with her kunai only to hit air as he leapt away with sudden speed again.

    She quickly jumped back and tried striking the air around Onitoge to try and shatter the seal of sound he was trapped in but it her kunai just bounced off. She thought furiously for a second before she had an idea. She fired a sphere of water at the ground where the seal had been carved. The hard packed dirt smeared into mud from the blast and the seal was broken.

    "Chiyoko!!" Hiro's voice suddenly grabbed her attention.

    Chiyoko looked in his direction and caught his eyes for a moment before the female assailant blocked her view. At the same time the bandaged Genin reappeared and he looked serious. Onitoge looked in Hiro's direction and then at Chiyoko. He could see the concern in her eyes and he let out a sigh of resignation.

    "Go help him. I'll handle this!" he said in a quiet but firm voice.

    Chiyoko hesitated for a moment but something in his voice told her Onitoge would be alright for now. She smiled to say thank you as she took off in Hiro's direction. Onitoge turned towards Ryuga and they fixed eyes on each other.

    "You'll handle this? Is that supposed to scare me? You're not fast enough to avoid my jutsu!" Ryuga barked with a sly cocky voice.

    "That wasn't supposed to scare you," Onitoge's voice was low and even as he replied, unfastening his cloak.

    He carefully slid the cloak off his shoulders and let it drop. It hit the ground with a thunderous boom that caught everyone's attention for a moment. The impact kicked up a cloud of dust that completely shrouded Onitoge for a few seconds. When the dust cleared Ryuga saw Onitoge standing there boldly, his cloak on the ground behind him in a crater a foot deep.

    "That was!" Onitoge said sharply in a low voice.

    Faster than he could blink Ryuga saw Onitoge right in front of him. He barely had time to pluck a single string on his instrument as he leapt back and the resulting blast slashed wide from his frantic evasion. Suddenly, Onitoge didn't seem too slow to him at all!

    Ryuga began playing his instrument feverishly as he leapt from branch to ground to branch again. Waves of sound flew randomly in all directions as Onitoge dodged around him with blazing speed. No matter how fast his playing the sound waves never reached their target before Onitoge had moved on. Onitoge wove in closer and closer with each wave of sound until he finally appeared right next to Ryuga, kunai in hand. With one swift motion, faster than Ryuga could play one last chord, Onitoge sliced every string on Ryuga's guitar. A lightning fast series of taijutsu strikes later and Ryuga was slammed backwards into a tree. Ryuga tried to struggle to his feet but collapsed to the ground.

    One of the enemy Genin down and Onitoge took a second to scan the battlefield. Everyone seemed to be holding their own. Shiro was matching the scruffy looking Genin move for move and blow for blow. Hiro and Chiyoko were quickly turning the tides against the femal Genin working together. Likewise Inakamo and Selekis were starting to put the other bandaged Genin on their heals. That left, of course, the real threat. Their sensei.

    Onitoge fixed his eyes on the intimidating snake tongued man just in time to see him uncross his arms and spring into motion. He was moving towards one of his Genin to aid them. There was no way any of them could handle one of these Genin and a sensei at the same time. He had to get there first. Fortunately he was really fast.

    "You have to go through me first!" Onitoge's voice almost trembled as he said it, jumping directly into the path of the advancing Jounin.

    He prayed someone else would break free from their battle soon because there was no telling how long he could hold out against a Jounin level ninja by himself. Onitoge silently gulped as the Jounin simply smirked and kept charging. Onitoge had the feeling it he couldn't last very long.

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    Careful what you wish for Raizen.

    It had been quite some time since Raizen’s leg training and he was feeling nice and rested. The entire team was now sitting in their boat, waiting to cast of. “And still nothing interesting has happened.” Raizen muttered to himself. It was then that a hysterical woman ran up to Kakashi sensei and explained about her town being attacked by two ninja.

    “Go investigate.” Yukiso said before dashing off across the water to find Mahiro. “And do not, I repeat do not, engage the enemy.” He looked at Ushi who was still poking Raizen. “… Use stealth.” And he was gone in a flash.

    A grin full of confidence slid on to Raizen’s face. “Finally. Guys,” He said looking around. “Let’s go.” And all three genin, having assured the woman that they could handle anything, dashed of down the road.

    “You know this could get dangerous.” Masato said as they ran toward the village. “These guys sound violent.”

    “We didn’t go through all that training for nothing Masato.” Raizen said with his small grin still in place. “We are ninja. Right Ushi?”

    Ushi, who was smiling and humming idly to himself, glanced over. “Hmm? Oh sorry Raizen, I wasn’t paying attention. What are we talking about?”

    “Ugh. How we’re ninja and even if we are discovered, which we won’t be, we can handle this.” Raizen said with a sigh. “Look, there’s the village in the distance, let’s slow down and get off the road.”

    It took about ten minutes of army crawling, dashing between trees, and silence before the genin notice two ninja, both of them boys looking a few years older than themselves exiting the village. They were both dressed all in black and carrying windpipe instruments. “Ok, we found them. Now what?” Ushi whispered.

    “Well,” Raizen whispered. “I think we just- wait… Why is that one smiling… Oh shit they’re looking right at us.”

    A twig snaps.

    “Guys,” Masato said as the two ninja smiled even broader. “I think we’re surrounded.”

    “But the lady said there were only two ninja.” Ushi whispered.

    “Byakugan!” Raizen whispered as his veins swelled. “No, Masato’s right. In addition to the two you can see we’ve got three more ninja at three, five, and nine o’clock. And they’re all chuckling.”

    A small barrage of kunai forced Team 15 out of the trees and into the main street where all five of the enemy ninja confronted them. Two looked much older than the rest, probably their sensei. The female called out in a mocking none. “You Konoha kiddies shouldn’t have come here. Now you have to die.”

    “Oh but let’s have some fun with them.” The male jounin said. “Why don’t we watch as Rin, Soren, and Ganju destroy them?”

    At this all three of the younger enemies launched into an attack, one ninja for each member of team 15. Raizen immediately dashed to his left so as not to get his fight mixed with the others. He drew two kunai and threw them with deadly accuracy at the boy who had attacked him. But the boy whose head perked at the name Ganju deflected the kunai with ease having drawn what looked to be an ordinary piccolo.

    “So, Ganju is it? Do you really think that a musical instrument will help you in a figh-” But the boy began to play and Raizen had to clap his hand to his ears. The sound coming from that thing was at such a high pitch Raizen was surprised to find his ears weren’t bleeding. “What so you’re going to play bad music to defeat me?” Raizen muttered as he looked to where Ganju used to be. “Crap, where did he go?”

    “No!” Ganju called out. “That was meant to keep your hands…”

    “Byakugan! He’s behind!” Raizen went to crouch down but the attack had already started.

    “On your ears!” Ganju yelled just as he struck Raizen in the back of the head with his foot, sending the Konohanin sprawling into a tree.

    “Okay,” Raizen thought to himself as he stood up and felt blood trickle down his neck. “No more underestimating. It’s going to be tough fighting under the handicap from his piccolo. I’ll have to get rid of it!”

    It didn't seem that the enemy genin had any specific talent other than his terrible sound jutsu. The two of them began a taijutsu battle. Both genin seemed to be at a disadvantage, Raizen because of the sound, and Ganju because he needed at least one hand on his piccolo. It was then that Ganju made a big mistake.

    He tried to catch Raizen off guard by stopping the sound momentarily and attacking using the piccolo as a blunt object. Though this was excactly what Raizen was looking for. The lapse in screeching allowed him to fight to his full potential. Dodging the piccolo swipe Raizen put everything he had into a two handed empty palm strike, hitting Ganju directly in the lungs before jumping backward.

    "Ha! I've damaged the chakra network around your lungs." Raizen said with a grin. "You won't be able to play your little piccolo continuously anymore!"

    "That may be true," Ganju sputtered as he gasped for breath. "But I still have this." He said more to himself than anyone else. With what looked like intense pain he took a deep breath and played a new note that was far more extreme than any previously.

    Raizen clapped his hands to his ears again. But it wasn't enough, after Ganju stopped playing he took his hands away only to see blood in his palms. Then his balance started to go and he crouched to one knee. "This is bad Raizen thought, this hearing damage probably isn't permanent... but I'm having a hard time standing. It will be very interesting to fight without much balance." Ganju then coughed up a little blood. "Hmm, at least he injured himself a little more in the process."

    "Well here we go." He said standing up and wobbeling a little.



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    Selekis
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    Selekis had to admit, while Inakamo looked like a deranged lunatic, he had some interesting abilities.

    His ball shot out towards the genin at high speed. Unfortunately, the enemy saw it coming, leaping over it with ease, causing the ball to slam harmlessly into a wall, kicking up a lot of dust.

    Of course, Selekis was going to use this to his advantage. He stepped back into the shadows as the sky grew darker, his eyes almost as if they were glowing.

    The genin was almost about to launch an attack when an omnious growling came from behind him.

    As the dust cleared, it launched itself at him.

    It's body was long, like a serpants, as you couldn't even see the other ends of it. It's head was covered in a horifying, demonic mask, and had some small bits of rather maccabre-ish armour on it's elbows and large, sharp claws. Part of it's body was covered with bloody bandages, but everything else gave the impression that the beast was skinless.

    It howled with an inhuman shriek as it swung a claw at him.

    The Genin managed to dodge it, but the fear was apparent in his eyes. He was not going to fight this thing!

    He jumped up to higher ground, trying to avoid it, but the beast pursued. He threw explosive seals at it, hoping to destroy it, but with an almost insane speed the beast avoided them, coming ever closer.

    He ran as fast as he can to get away of it. He knew however that he'd have to stay and fight.

    He spun around, firing a sonic blast at it, only to find it hit nothing but air.

    The beast was gone.

    "What the...?" The genin muttered to himself, before noticing the kunai being thrown at him from behind.

    He dove to the side, just managing to avoid them, although getting a scratch on one arm from one of them.

    He breathed a small sigh of relief, just as Inakamo's carnival ball struck the wall just to the right of him. Although the ball missed him, it w enough to set him off balance.

    Out of sight, Selekis smirked. How he missed sing his nightmare beast to terrify others. He melted back into the shadows, moving to a new vantage point and to prepare.
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    Chiyoko

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    Chiyoko gave Onitoge a nod, appreciating that he let her go aid Hiro. It wasn’t that she wasn’t loyal to her own teammate… in truth, it was more at the fact that she wasn’t sure if Hiro could last against the girl by himself. As Onitoge threw off his cloak, Chiyoko was sure that her teammate could handle the opponent by himself- especially now that his sealing technique was revealed. Onitoge wouldn’t fall for the same trap twice, and now with his cloak gone Chiyoko knew that his speed would be too much for the mysterious ninja to handle.
    But this girl that was fighting Hiro… she seemed dangerous.

    Chiyoko started running towards Hiro, but within an instant the girl had placed herself between Hiro and Chiyoko and let loose another scream into the air, causing him to go flying backwards.
    “She sure has some lungs…” Chiyoko thought, as the girl turned around to look at Chiyoko. Within a blink of an eye, the girl seemed to reappear next to Chiyoko and she let loose another scream- sending Chiyoko flying. Luckily for Chiyoko, she fell into the ground… having really nothing to keep her from flying backwards. The female nin soon forgot about Chiyoko however, and was going back at Hiro, Hiro threw a kunai at her helplessly… but the girl simply moved out of the way.
    “I gotta help Hiro!” Chiyoko thought, getting to her feet and swiftly running towards her. Her hands came in front of her as she quickly formed a few hand motions. Chiyoko continued to run as she formed them, until the girl turned her head to look at Chiyoko with a big smirk on her face. Chiyoko narrowed her eyes, figuring her opponent though she was going to try to aim a strike. The girl was cocky- all the nins they were fighting seemed to be, and she stood there- as if taunting Chiyoko to try to get a hit.
    Hiro gave out a shout as if to warn Chiyoko not to get too close, but Chiyoko turned her determined expression around as she suddenly smirked. The black-clothed female nin’s expression turned to confusion, as Chiyoko suddenly stopped running several feet away from the girl.
    Ganjigarame no Jutsu!” Chiyoko yelled, finishing her final hand motion. The girl figured it was better to move at this point, and she seemed to make a notion to move. However, the girl’s body was completely paralyzed… and panic leaked into her facial expressions. Hiro rose to his feet, as Chiyoko called out to him.
    “Quickly! She can’t move!”

    Hiro nodded, running straight towards the girl as he pulled back his fist and wind seemed to start swirling around his fist. The girl’s eyes couldn’t even widen with fright as Hiro ran at her and then managed to punch her straight in the gut. The girl let out a scream as the jutsu of Chiyoko was removed and the girl flew backwards, crashing into a nearby rock. A few audible cracks from the attack were heard… causing Chiyoko to wince for the girl. The female nin didn’t rise for a bit, giving Chiyoko time to join up with Hiro.

    “That was handy…” He said with a weak smile, breathing heavily from the beating he took. Chiyoko smiled lightly, giving a nod. He grasped his hand, and Chiyoko noticed heavy bruising beginning to appear.
    “Is your hand okay?” She asked, and he looked at it and winced.
    “I think it is broken…”
    Chiyoko gave a nod, as the screaming girl rose shakily to her feet- clutching her abdomen. Taking out her kunai, blood trickled down her lips as she struggled to breath.
    “I think her breath has been taken away… so screaming will be painful for her.” Chiyoko whispered as Hiro nodded, both taking attacking stances. The girl threw kunai at the two of them, and Chiyoko quickly dodged some as did Hiro. Frustrated, the sound nin suddenly took a strong stance and took in a forceful and obviously painful looking breath. She then let out a tremendous scream, causing Chiyoko to wince as sound waves tore up the ground in front of them. Chiyoko looked to Hiro and could tell he wasn’t going to be able to dodge it. Swiftly Chiyoko formed another jutsu, and soon five clothes and gathered in front of Hiro in a straight line directly in front of him.
    The sound wave hit, causing the clones to explode one by one until finally it came to the sixth figure of Chiyoko, which was in fact Chiyoko herself. She held up her arms in a cris-cross pattern, biting her lip absently as cuts formed upon her arms and tore at her torso, causing her to bleed. As the sound wave passed, the cut up Chiyoko looked at Hiro and saw that he was unharmed. He had braced himself and closed his eyes, and seemed surprised to see Chiyoko in front of him. Chiyoko could feel the sting within her arms and upon her abdomen, blood trickling from the open wounds.

    “Chiyoko are you…” Hiro began, but Chiyoko smiled and shook her head.
    “Look!”
    The female nin was clutching her abdomen and coughing greatly, obviously extremely weakened by the attack. Chiyoko put her hands together and began another jutsu- feeling herself drained.
    “Let’s finish this.” She whispered, as Hiro stood up by her side and began to form a jutsu as well.
    Chiyoko unleashed a blast of water straight at the girl, just as Hiro released several ball-shaped blasts of wind. One of them missed the girl as she barely avoided it, but the water blast and the remaining wind blasts hit her dead on. A cry of pain escaped her lips, but soon she fell and Chiyoko felt that she wouldn’t be getting up any time soon.

    Breathing heavily, Hiro opened his mouth to speak again but a large cry was heard. It seemed everyone had finished their battles with the four nins… but their leader had suddenly joined in with rage. Onitoge had been trying to battle him, but he was sent sprawling with a swift punch to the gut.
    “Onitoge!” Chiyoko cried, rushing to him but the Jounin swiftly eyed her and narrowed his eyes. Within a blink of an eye, he had throw kunai at Chiyoko. Seeing them, her eyes widened and she leapt out of the way- only to find the leader greeting her as she landed. He rose his leg and gave her a swift punch to the abdomen, and Chiyoko felt a roaring pain swim over her body- adding to her old injuries. Chiyoko lost her voice as she was sent flying into a tree, hitting it hard. Before Chiyoko could grasp the severity of the situation… she felt herself lose consciousness.
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    Ushi faced down his opponent, Rin he believed, giggling softly to himself. The older ninja had pulled out what appeared to be a rather nasty looking flute and was placing it against his lips. Seeing this, Ushi beamed.

    “You play the flute too?! So do I!”

    Reaching into his belt, Ushi produced his own flute, its warm brown surface marred only by soft green symbols in the language of the Land of Fire. Rin eyed the flute warily, knowing himself the trouble that such a normal instrument could produce. Quickly, the darkly clothed Genin began playing. Ushi cringed at the first notes; the music had no harmony at all, no recognizable melody. It was just sound, sound with no purpose other than to cause pain in the hearer. Ushi couldn’t stand it. He needed to show this upstart what music was.

    Ushi began to play, feeling the gentle flows of the world around him guiding him as always, only the screeching of Rin’s musical blasphemy disrupting the graceful harmony Ushi produced. As the music built, Ushi began sending out his chakra with it, wrapping it around Rin as it flowed along the song, pushing into the other youth’s mind. The music sent only one message: sleep.

    Rin’s eyes began to droop, even as Ushi’s twitched in pain. The two began walking towards one another, their music increasing in power and effect as they did. By the time they were within arms distance of each other both were reeling. Ushi's music was still soft, though the urgency of its power had reached a fevered pitch. Rin's sound was a screech if impossible frequency and noise. Rin’s eyes closed only to snap open moments later as he fought the effects of Ushi’s genjutsu. Blood dripped from Ushi’s ears, the pain causing his hands to shiver as he attempted to keep playing. It was a test of endurance, one that Ushi lost as, with a muffled cry, his song cut off with a sharp squawk and his head bent in intense pain.

    Rin shook his head, banishing the hypnotic effects of Ushi’s music from his mind and grinned with satisfaction down at his foe.

    “No one can match our ability with Sound little Leaf Ninja, you were foolish to try.”

    Ushi’s returning voice was strained, both of the hands gripping his flute white knuckled.

    “Oh I wasn’t trying to match your Sound. I just wanted to show everyone that your strength in sound doesn’t make your Music any less horrible.”

    Rin’s eyes narrowed in anger, immediately before widening in shock. The flute beneath Ushi’s hand was…glowing?

    No…it wasn’t the flute, it was the writing on the flute. Rin knew that writing, he had seen it before in his training…he’d even used it once or twice.

    “Weapon…summoning? Oh shi…!”

    With a sibilant ring, a shining blade erupted from the end of Ushi’s flute. At the same time Ushi straightened, driving his arms forward in a straight thrust. Rin jerked his face back, driving his head away from the blade. He cried out however as the blade cut a deep rift through his cheek, blood dripping rapidly from the wound, even through the hand that the enemy shinobi placed over it. Leaping backwards, Rin glared at Ushi through his pain. Ushi straightened, wiping away the blood that had pooled in his ears with his free hand. His eyes were still full of humor, though now that humor had an edge, and edge matched by the sardonic grin on the young Genin’s face.

    “Direct force isn’t always the best option. Sometimes you have to be subtle to get what you want.”

    Rin sneered at Ushi, despite the pain it caused him. He removed his hand from his cheek, ignoring the blood that began to drip anew from the wound.

    “Get that from a fortune cookie or something?”

    Ushi’s grin widened.

    “No, from someone who probably would already be picking his teeth with what little spine you have by now.”

    Rin’s sneer turned from mocking to angry, one hand reaching to his belt to remove a kunai. The enemy shinobi fell into a fighting stance, one hand holding the flute at his side, the other also at the side with a kunai in a reverse grip.

    “You annoy me.”

    Ignoring the cry of “get used to it!” from Raizen, Ushi too fell into a fighting stance. Turning to stand perpendicular to Rin, Ushi held his flute in his right hand, the blade parallel to the ground and in front of his face. His left hand reached down to hold the hilt of his sheathed katana in a loose grip, the First Form of Mugentou. His smile remained constant, supremely confident despite his inner realization of Rin’s ability. This shinobi was powerful, stronger than Ushi in almost every possible way. All Ushi could do was hope...and believe that -some- opportunity would arise.
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    Iokawa, Hiro
    ~*~*~*~*~ Post Battle for Hiro ~*~*~*~*~

    My left arm was cradled by my right, my head rang over and over again with the pain left by the woman who Chiyoko helped me defeat. My body screamed out from every bone to rest, for medical attention. I knelt down next to Chiyoko, watching the battle with ‘sensei’ as the enemy ninjas called him began to take apart our group one by one. His fists firing sound waves from his gloves. I withdrew a Kunai and began to think of what was happening. We were going up against a ninja that had to be Jounin rank. Our only chance would be for most of our group to run, and for one or two of us to stay behind and sacrifice ourselves for the group.

    I flexed my right hand, testing to see if I could even make it into a fist. I wouldn’t last ten minutes in a fight against him. Yet ten minutes could be enough for the others to get away. I rose and took a few steps toward the battle, only to stop cold in my tracks. I couldn’t stop thinking of Hikari, how she would find out about my death if I went into battle, how she would be alone most of the time from now on. How she would lose a brother.

    I stepped back and sank to my knees, crouching right next to the unconscious Chiyoko. “You are going to hate me for this.” I whispered to her, keeping my eyes on the battle. “Hikari may even hate me for this, but I’m scared, I’m exhausted, and I don’t think I can defeat him, so I am going to stay next to you, and if I do get killed here, I want you to take care of Hikari.” I whispered to her not knowing if she could hear me or not.

    The battle began to turn even worse and even I had to look away. “Just pretend like you are dead Chiyoko, what ever you do don’t wake up, please.” I placed my good hand on her cheek, stroking a lock of hair away before looking back at the battle. If they thought Chiyoko was dead, then maybe one of us would survive.

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