Naruto RPG: Rise of the New Generation

[Lesli]

Saki Yamanaka

Saki smiled at Kaname as she was glad to see that her best friend was oke and able toncontinue on. While listening to Kaname, Saki was keeping a eye on the puppets. Thinking why he had captured Lilia and not of them was also something that was spooking a bit through the mind of the Yamanaka. While Kaname was probably right Saki let out a little giggle. "Maybe he captured her because she has way more energy then us, but your right." Saki thought about Kaname's plan but wasn't sure if it would work.

Kaname was more skilled and talented and could take down the Saki puppet, but would she be able to neutralize the Kaname puppet? She didn't tell her best friend her worried thoughts but nodded and flashed a smile. "Lets do this! We will show him who is boss!"

Before she took of she threw a smoke bomb towards Naoki, in order to create a opening for them to attack. Then she ran up the Kaname puppet and pulled out a kunai with a wire. Trying to infuse the kunai with chakra she threw the weapon to cut one or if she was lucky, more, chakra string. While she ran and held the wire ready in her left hand, to try to ensnare the puppet, Saki mumbled some words.

"Sorry Naoki, I know you love your puppets, but," Saki quickly grabbed a explosive tag out of her pouch and narrowed her eyes, trying to focus as good as she could. "I can't let Kaname fight this match all alone."

She was close to the puppet and bite her lower lip, hoping her attack was good enough to maybe surprise him a little.

[Fieryfly]

Naomi Hanamoto

Unfornately Genmyou's fate had been sealed as soon as he had dodged the blade. The senbon's were, after all, not aimed at the Raikage, but at her own just thrown blade. Heavy Air was a particulary intersting technique with which one should work carefully. It condensed the air in the space around the sword, the same sword that was now flying directly above Gemyou. However decompressed air has explosive properties and one little spark could set the whole thing of like a Chinese firecracker. One little spark could create an explosion that the person in the epicentre surely would not survive. And that little spark would now be created when the blade flew over the Raikage's head. Naomi prepared herself. Her umbrella would not be able to shield against the complete blast so she would end up hurt as well, but that was okay.

Naomi's senbon collided with the thrown blade and created a spark as metal smashed into metal.

The air cracked and an explosion engulfed the room, blowing all the people inside from their feet, smacking them against the wall. The centre of the explosion was just above Genmyou as the senbon had hit before the Raikage could have finished any of his techniques. Naomi was also blown away. Her umbrella protected her well as she pumped a great deal of chakra in it. Still she pushed against the wall with a painful smack. She winced, but knew that there was no way that someone inside that explosion could have lived.

Midori Sato

As soon as she had opened her eyes Midori had known this day was going to be awesome. The most awesome team of Kumogakure finally got another teammember. There wasn't even time to wait for Gakuko. Last time she had gone there and it had taken ages to get back so now she would just search for her teammember on her own and wait there until Gakuko arrived. She was rather sure that Gakuko wouldn't mind. At least she would forgive her if she minded, Gakuko always forgave her after all.

So now she was skipping to the training area where she knew her teammember would be. She had been so bored. Ever since Nobushige had gone on a mission they hadn't done much. Sure they had sung awesome songs on the top roof of the highest building of Kumogakure, but that was already a week ago and still Nobushige wasn't back. Where was her sensei? With him around it was so much more fun. Luckily she had Hibiki, but well she couldn't stay with him all the time. Even he had to sleep at some point. No, a new teammember was just perfect.

She entered the training area and noticed to her delight that there already was someone. She sprinted towards him just as he finished throwing his kunai. "Are you Deidara?" She asked, jumping before his face. "You must be. So then you are my new teammember. I am Midori. Midori Sato. Nice to meet you. What is your last name? You are pretty good with those kunai. When did you graduate? I am still a Genin too. But I'm going to be a Chuunin soon. Gakuko is our other teammember. She is already a Chuunin. Our sensei isn't here right now. Do you know Nobushige-sensei? He is really cool, but he also hurts us a lot. Still he thought me to shoot lightning bolts. What is your chakra nature? Mine is lightning. And I have a tummy monster. Did you know that the Hachibi likes puppies? Pretty weird huh? Where do you live?

[Little Alice]

Sitting in the puppet and still insulting Naoki sensei, Lilia was bored and thought back when she met mister Usagi, her summoning.

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Six months before current event.
A Collab between :
-Evil Fiery
-A Sad Gero
-Little Alice

After some days of travelling, they finally had arrived in Kumogakure. It was because Zakito had to check on something and for the fun Lilia had ''asked'' if she could come along. Normally he did this alone, as he found it way faster and liked the silence.....With Lilia, who just jumped on his back and said he had to, it wasn't that quiet, but he didn't mind that she would come along. It was almost fun if she wasn't that active.
After they had arrived, Zakito had his usual attitude as he held his hands in the pockets of pants and looked with a calm and friendly look to his little niece. ''Oke, stay here nearby and don't wander of, okay? I must take care of something fast and then we will go back. If you behave then we will fly back.'' He nodded and turned his back to her while slowly walking away to take care of why he had come to Kumogakure.

Lilia nodded and then bounced from one feet to another. ''You promise, Uncle Z? Awesome...Wait, where are you going? Come back here! Hey, I am the Hokage! Listen to me, punk! It's not nice to ignore a Hokage!'' She looked angry while she pulled the mask on and shoved her headband, to imitate Zakito's look. With a sigh she looked around.

Kumogakure was very different from Konohagakure. For a moment she wanted to run around, but she had to stay put...But what evil could it do to just run and explore a bit? If she would beat Zakito soon then she would have to conquer Kumogakure as well. And then she had to know the place. And Uncle Z wasn't nearby, so he couldn't know that she was off to explore for a bit.

She skipped around and ran to every shop she saw funny or interesting stuff. Kumogakure wasn't that bad! It would serve nicely as a second base once she had conquered Konohagakure and made everyone there slave- her own. Then she smelled something strange. Something burning.
Turning around she began to follow her nose and came in an alley. Not caring if she would lost her way, Uncle Z always found her no matter where she was, he was that awesome, she continued to follow her nose. Suddenly she saw a little rabbit in a cage. Lilia let out a little cry and became angry. Who would put a sweet little rabbit in a cage in a weird smelling alley?

''Hey little one...Are you okay? Why are you in the cage?'' She asked him worried.
The rabbit looked up with a sad look and answered with just one sentence : ''What's up, doc?''

Lilia was surprised. A rabbit that could speak human language? How cool was that! Well, for the little genin it was awesome as she only had met Aeromar, the big flying hawk of Uncle Z. She almost bounced again but controlled herself. ''So, why are you here...Mister....?''

The rabbit snorted and crossed his arms in front of his chest as he looked the other way. ''Because they are going to serve me as a stupid meal. Me...Mister Usagi! The best rabbit in whole of Kumogakure!''
Lilia was worried. He looked like a nice rabbit to her, but didn't they all? But he could talk! She looked at the lock and wondered. Maybe she could ask Uncle...No, he would be angry she didn't listened to him. She had to look for...Other help.

She turned to the rabbit and waved at him. ''Stay there, I am going to get some help! I will!'' The little girl ran out of the alley and looked around, not hearing the response of Mister Usagi, saying he even couldn't go anywhere. Lilia was a bit worried who she could ask for help in this hour of need. She scratched the back of her head while looking worried around.

Luckily (or some might call it unlucky) it was Midori Sato who walked through the street in which Lilia was searching for help. She had just visited Hibiki and played with his dog and was now returning home to get some lunch. After that she was going to visit Gakuko and well... She would figure that out later. Mulling over these thoughts she noticed the worried looking kunoichi before her. She tilted her head slightly. She didn't think she had seen the girl before and she pretty much knew all the young shinobi in the village. Bouncing on her left foot she called out. "Hey! I have never seen you before? Who are you? Why do you look so worried? Is there something wrong? If so maybe I can help you. Where do you come from? You are not a Kumogakure shinobi, right? Is that a Leaf symbol? Are you a Konoha ninja, if so do you know Ryo? He is a Konoha ninja as well."

Lilia turned to the stranger, a girl like herself. When the other start to ask her, Lilia wanted to answer the question and explain it, but the other was talking...Way too fast! It was almost like a jutsu! How awesome was that? One that could defeat you with talking only. Could Uncle Z even withstand such a thing? Lilia was now highly curious and her energy pumped through her body.
''I am Lilia, the true Hokage of Konoha! And Ryo? Sounds...Euhm...Not sure..Is that your friend? Must be awesome to have friends in other villages. Wait, I need help, can you help me with something.....'' She leaned a bit forward and pulled the mask down with her left hand while holding her right hand close to her mouth. ''I am on a dangerous S ranked mission...I must save Mister Usagi from the evil kitchen of Dooooooommmm!''
Lilia looked with a utter serious look on her face as she waited for the respons.

Midori stared to the girl. "A dangerous S mission?" She practically shouted. She inched closer to the girl. "You get S missions already? That is awesome! I have never done a S mission before. I'll totally help you! Gakuko will be so jealous when I tell her that I have done a S rank mission. Those are supposed to be really really hard right? So who is Mister Usagi? That is a weird name. Who is called Mister Usagi? Is that his real name? Is it Jiyaru-sensei's kitchen? He loves cooking so that could be. Why is he even going to a kitchen of Doom, that is rather silly of him isn't it?"

Lilia pondered about the questions and how to answer them. Who was this Gakukuo? And this Jiyaru-sensei? Maybe they were friends of this friendly, but yet very talkative girl? Lilia put her mask back on and answered the questions, or at least tried to answer as many as possible.
''I am not sure if it is his real name. Maybe he is a undercover agent who got caught? I only need to rescue him before they cook, slice him and such evil things. Can I count on you...Euhm...What is your name?''
Lilia suddenly realized she hadn't asked it yet and was glad Hiron or Uncle Z weren''t around. They would have been a bit angry that she didn't showed any manners like that.

"Undercover agent?" This whole S mission got Midori more and more fired up. It just sounded so cool. Maybe she should wait and get Gakuko? But then again... maybe this Mister Usagi died when she got her teammember. It was probably better that she just did it now. "My name is Midori Sato. What is yours?" She asked the girl. "Are you really the true Hokage of Konoha? That is amazing. So where do we need to save Mister Usagi? Is it far away?"

Lilia answered with great joy the questions. ''My name is Lilia Hon and nice to meet you Midori! And I think we need to get to move right now. No time to stand around and wait here. And yes.'' She giggled. Then she pointed to how she weared her headband and the mask that covered the lower part of her face. ''You don't know how the infamous Hon Hokage look like? No worries, but let's go. Follow me!''
She turned around and was skipping to the alley, turning around to see if Midori was following her.

"I have never seen the Hokage before I think... Maybe from far away during the Chuuin exam so I had no idea what the Hokage looked like. Midori said as she jogged next to Lilia. "If you are Hokage you are like super strong right? Do you have awesome techniques? Like shooting lightning bolts and spewing fire? I can shoot lightning bolts! Sensei learned me that."

Lilia nodded and answered seriously her question. ''I can form lighting in my hands, but my Uncle is
waaaaaaaaay better then me. He is in secret my butler, you know! Everyone thinks he is the real Hokage, but secretly he serves me. But don't tell it to anybody, oke?''

When she saw the cage, she couldn't see mister Usagi any where. Lilia looked around and called his name, but didn't heard a response. Frustrated she turned to Midori while looking mad. ''I swear I had seen him here, just two minutes ago! Where could he be? He was in a cage..It was very sad!''
This girl was very cool, Midori decided. She had a butler. Who could say that they had a butler now a days. She wished that she had a butler. She nodded. "I won't tell it." She said. Keeping secrets however was not Midori's strongest point and knowing her Gakuko would know it the next day. Still she would try to keep it secret.

The cage was empty. That was a disappointment. Midori had really hoped she could have seen this 'Mister Usagi'.
The cage was rather small though. "There was a mister in here?" She asked surprised. "That was a very small mister then. He was even smaller then me and I am small, or so my mother says. But even I couldn't fit in this cage. It would be funny if the Hachibi was in this cage. Or maybe he is... After all my tummy is not that big..." She pondered about this for a moment before looking back up to Lilia. "So what did he look like?"

Lilia thought on how she could describe the rabbit. ''He just looked like a normal rabbit, but one who could talk. Would be kind of awesome if he had worn a suit, don't you think? I think that would be both cute as super awesome!''
She was really starting to like Midori, though she kind of talked really much, but she was nice. Lilia was glad she had met Midori and almost found it sad that they weren't living in the same village. That would be sooooooo awesome!
''But are you a sensor? Uncle Z has some cool tricks to track people down. He can always track me down or use his gigantic hawk to track people down. But...euhm...He isn't here.''

"Mister Usagi is a rabbit? Midori was totally intrigued now. There had been a rabbit in her village that called himself 'Mister Usagi' and she had never known! That was just not cool.
"And no, I am not a sensor. I don't know if the Hachibi is though. May be he is. But he is not very nice so. We could go and look for evil kitchens. Or we could go and look for your butler. He sounds totally awesome. I really want to meet him.

Lilia was bit sad, that Midori wasn't a sensor. That could have been great, but then she mentioned the Habichi. Wasn't that not a myth? Very curious she inspected suddenly Midori. ''You have the Eight Tailed Beast? Where? Can I see it? Oh wait...Mister Usagi! Right! Focus....''

Then they heard some loud curses, too worse to even write them down, and Lilia turned her head. That sounded like mister Usagi! Calling over her shoulder to Midori while running in the direction : ''Oh that is him! Come, lets go and save him from the kitchens of Doooooooooom!''

"Yes, he is in my tummy." The Jinchūriki said happily as she ran along with Lilia. "But you can't see it because it is in my tummy and I can't open my tummy nor can I let anyone in. Besides the Hachibi yells a lot and that isn't very nice. Together they sprinted through the alley towards the sound.

They arrived at a strange building. A strange smell could be smelled and Lilia looked around. Almost nobody to be seen. She sneaked to the door and looked at Midori while pushing a indexfinger to her mouth. They had to be sneaky...Like ninja's!
Waiting for Midori to be ready, she would slam the door open and then charge in. Hearing the screams, it was clear Mister Usagi was in grave trouble!

Midori had never been one for signals of silence since she was not that good at being silent. "He is in here?" She asked, though it was in a whisper. She didn't wait for the girl, but with one move kicked the door open. "MISTER USAGI!" She shouted. "We are here to rescue you!"

Lilia looked surprised at Midori. ''Why you....'' Suddenly Lilia jumped next to Midori and began to shout as well. ''Yeah, let him go...The building is surrounded! No way to escape! Surrender or feel our wrath!''
She looked around and saw a fat and hairy man with strange big eyes looking at them, confused, while he tried to drown mister Usagi in a pot of hot water.
Lilia cursed and thought quickly of what they could do. Was Uncle Z here! He always knew something! But she was now with Midori, that was also good enough! Maybe even better!
''Drop the rabbit or else....''

''What ya want? I want to cook rabbit! You two leave...Naow!''
The cook turned around and threw several spoons at them while cursing the two girls, who wanted to disrupt his meal. '''Gregory is smarter! Gregory is stronger! You can't defeat him! Gregory is smarter!''

"Give mister Usagi back!!!!" Midori shouted as she dodged the spoons and charged at the fat man. Lightning channeled in her hands as she tried to punch the man in his fat stomach.

Lilia followed Midori and parried the flying spoons with a kunai and decided to flank the fat crazy cook. Once in position she readied herself to support Midori as she attacked him directly.

The fat cook screamed and took out a frying pan to block the punch. He pushed Midori back and grabbed a big spoon and started to walk towards the girl. [b]''Gregory mad! He is mad! You made mad! You will be pain! Pain will be you!''[/color] He swooped from the right, wanting to slam the spoon against her head.

Suddenly two hands grabbed the arm and Lilia grunted. With everything she had, she was trying to slow the arm down or even trying to stop him from hitting her new friend. ''No! Midori is waay too cool to be slammed with a spoon..Freak!''
She started to pull back the arm, hoping she had created a opening for Midori to strike the weird cook.

Being pushed back Midori stumbled and almost toppled over. She however found her bearings and she dodged the blow by ducking under it. The lightning around her hands was still activated and she punched forward several times with both hands releasing various small bolts of lightning. "Midori Lightning Shot!" She shouted.

Lilia saw Midori attacking the fat cook and weaved fifteen handseals. She smiled and ran to join her friend. ''Chidori!!!!....Or was it Rabiri?'' She ran up and slammed a ball of lighting in the shoulder of the crazy cook, hoping together with Midori's attack he would be knocked out.

The attacks were too much for the great and brilliant Gregory as he fell backwards. ''In motherland...You don't fall on ground...The ground will fall on you!'' He passed out.

That was the awesome flashback of how the cool Midori and Lilia saved mister Usagi!

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End of flashback

Lilia giggled as she thought back of it, while keep insulting Noaki Sensei.

[Mr Nim]

Deidara finished throwing his kunai when a girl jumped in front of him. She appeared to be younger than him, not by too much, and asked him if he was Deidara. He started to open his mouth but nothing came out as the girl kept talking, both asking him questions and tell him things. He learned that she was one of his new teammates. His new team leader was called Nobushige, the girl in front of him was called Midori and his other teammate was called Gakuku. And he took a step back in surprise when Midori said she had a tummy monster, followed by a sentence which included the Hachibi. This girl had the eight tails inside her? It seemed very surprising to him, but he figured they live in a world that is full of surprises.

“Hey.” Deidara said when she stopped talking, which was a surprise for him, as it appeared like she didn’t need to take any breathes while talking and that she could go on for a long time. He then tried to go over all the questions she asked him in his head “I am Deidara, that you got right.” He said and gave her a smile “Full name is Deidara Yukiho. I live near here, around 15 minutes of walk from here. I can show you once if you’d like.” He told her and looked at the log with the target. He managed to hit the log with 4 kunai and 5 kunai were inside the target. That was good enough for him for now.

He went to pick up his kunai as he thought about what other questions she asked him “Well… I graduated in the last genin test, which was fairly recently. After failing it several times I say it’s about time.” He said, keeping his smile on him. He decided that he will only tell her and his other teammates about his kekkei genkai if he either uses it in front of them or once he trusts them enough, not to mention he could barely use it yet. The Weak Mist Shield was fairly weak, and it was an attack that hurts everyone around him, which made him want to follow his father's orders regarding it. “My chakra nature is water, and I do not know Nobushige-sensei, but I guess I will meet him since he is going to be my sensei.” He said, and placed all of his kunai in his pouch. He turned to face Midori again “So you’re the Hachibi’s jinchuriki? That’s a lot of power. Remind me to never tease you too much.” He said and laughed.

Deidara thought that the girl is slightly weird if she asks the Hachibi if it likes puppies, but he has seen weirder people, although those people didn’t have a huge monster with eight tails sealed in them. He stopped laughing and gave her another smile, hoping his second teammate would arrive soon. He wanted to meet everyone in his team, and he couldn’t wait.

[Arkay]

Tsubasa Kokoro

Tsubasa was watched Matsuri and Kensuke as was they leapt underwater. Thinking quickly, Tsubasa started weaving the same hand signs again, but as the reach the second to last hand sign, he saw a tentacle coming his away. It was too close to out maneuver it and blocking it without his great sword would be insane. Two jets burst out from the top of his feet and shot him down, deep into the water. As the tentacle flew over him, he noticed the two were still heading toward the bottom of the large squid. Tsubasa’s eyes turned to his right and he noticed his great sword at the bottom of the water, with Matsuri’s sleeves floating above attached to the hilt. Tsubasa quickly swam over and grabbed the top of the floating sleeve and swam toward the surface. Once at the top, Tsubasa quickly got a proper footing and gave a good yank on the sleeve, before continuing to weave hand signs. He used Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique and peppered the squid with several fireballs and then continued to pull his great sword out of the water. The giant squid quickly responded and brought one of his tentacles down in a slamming motion. Tsubasa got his hands on the hilt as it neared him.
Tsubasa quickly brought the large blade up with a jet burst and sliced a section in the tentacle where he could fit in. Tsubasa turned the blade sideways and burst another jets, making it cleave through the rest of the tentacle. Two jets burst on the back of his boots and Tsubasa quickly rushed out of the wound as he flipped his great sword on his back. Hopefully, the squid would continue to pay attention to him. To make sure, he continued to weave hand signs.

[Ganryu]

Matsuri Hyuga, the Inside Story

As Matsuri was grabbed, things generally went to her plan....except how strong the tentacle was. She struggled to keep from losing her breathe as he cheeks puffed up from it crushing down on her chest.

Nothing like in the books! This does not feel good!

As it's mouth came into view, she struggled enough to get her hands free as it's beak came into view.

....and.... NOW!

She slammed her hands to the sides at the beak, using Eight Trigrams: Vaccuum Palm to push the beak away, causing her to slide down the throat of the squid without much harm, except maybe to her dignity. It felt gross as she slid through it.

I need a shower......And make sure no one hears of this....

The stomach pressed against her as she slid into it, making her skin tingle from it's juices. Matsuri flinched a bit, the closed presence reminding her of Kaija's box.... but she focused herself, and activated Byakugan.

Can't thinking about that..... Now...it can't defend its insides.

Heart... heart.... where was it, and how close was it to the stomach..... Matsuri noticed a chakra pathway leading from where she was, straight from the stomach to heart. Her breathe was starting to run out.... she needed to do whatever she was going to do quickly.She tried moving her palm back to hit it, but found that she was pressed tight enough to make moving it difficult.

I really should have thought this out better..

She used a bit of her time, and air thinking, before she realized what she had to do, she was slower than normal, as she kept having to push out thoughts of small spaces.

Gentle Fist: One Body Art Blow!

Every chakra point around her shot out chakra to expand, and likely rip the stomach from sheer impact.

Here!

With the stomach expanded, she slammed her palm forward at the squid's chakra pathway, inserting her own chakra through it to travel along hurting organs nearby.....and she had one big organ to hurt.... the heart.

[Roran Hawkins]

Yumi unleashed!
A collab between Roran and Lesli



3 months ago...
Music

The rain was being carried by a heavy wind as it poured down over Konohagakure. Kensuke rubbed his hands together to generate some heat before breaking the 2 chopsticks apart to start eating his meal. He had just bought a steaming hot boil of ramen in the Ichiraku ramen shop, and couldn't wait to taste the hot food in his empty stomach. He passed some ryo over the counter and was about to take the first bite when he spilled some of his food to the girl next to him. Unlucky for him, it was nobody less then Yumi. Yumi slowly looked in his direction and raised an eyebrow. Kensuke apologised immediately, and rubbed his hands some more.

"Oh, sorry! Cold hands!" He said with a faint smile.

''Outside..Now, bitch.'' She said, while putting the money down for her meal. She was now really pissed and walked outside the shop. If he wouldn't come, then he would likely bring true hell on him.

"W...What?" He managed to say, completely surprised by the turn of events. The ramen shop owner looked at him with clear amusement. He seemed to know what was going on. With an evil grin he encouraged Kensuke to leave the small shop. Kensuke took a look outside, still holding the hot bowl to warm his hands, when a crystal shuriken flew past his head. Yumi looked with an neutral look, one without emotion, at him. Speaking with a chilly tone in her voice she said : ''Training fields....Five minutes...Else I am going to make sure everybody knows you're a damn chicken. Don't be late...'' She turned around and walked in the direction of the training fields.

Kensuke jumped back, spilling his divine bowl of ramen on the floor while turning pale from surprise. The shop owner started laughing mercilessly while the strane girl walked away after having brought her message.

"What the...? You knew this was coming? Thanks for warning me!" Kensuke said, looking at the shards of the broken bowl on the ground. "I'd go apologise at that training field if I were you!" The man said, while wiping the food of the floor. "Uh... Okay... But I'd like to have this refunded one day, or something..." He said to the now annoyed shopkeeper. "Fine..."

He left the shop and followed the girl, still confusd by the sudden turn of events. What had seemed like a normal cold day had turned into... Something...


When he arrived at the trainingfields, the training field number twelve was nothing more then a grassy plain. Raising his shoulders he continued on the way. The feisty girl was nowhere to be found, and he was about to leave when he heard a sound behind him.

''Think fast...''
Yumi stood behind him and already had finished the handsigns as she fired one of her feared Crystal Release jutsu. Crystal Release: Growing Crystal Thorns. A large mass of spikey crystal rushed to Kensuke, but the mean thing was, it could expand in any way Yumi wanted. With a little smirk she watched how he would try to evade it.

Kensuke quickly realised what was going on. It had been a while since he had done a serious fight. He rolled his head over his shoulders and stretched his fingers. "Ah, here you are!" He said, before quickly dodging to the right. He noticed a mass of crystals moving quickly in his direction, and jumped backwards even more when he noticed the large crystal formation growing into his direction even further, all sharp spikes aimed in his direction. "Interesting! The famed Crystal release!" He said while he drew his katana and started parrying and dodging the spikes, gracefully escaping impalement time over time.

Yumi shook her head and formed two handseals, making the crystal attack keeping following Kensuke. She watched him and then made a Crystal Clone. While standing still, the Crystal clone took a position to the right of where Kensuke was and was waiting for what Yumi had in mind for him. Kensuke just had to get in the right position and then he would got to know why it wasn't smart to mess with her.

Kensuke noticed a clone of the girl running at his right. Upon landing he used one of his signature jutsu, the Falcon Wing technique at the clone. The large gale of wind hit the clone head on, as it dodged it with diving to the left and went back to it's position. He dodged another mass of spikes growing towards him, and started positioning himself to attack the real girl. The next time he landed he used his Falcon Leap technique to dash towards the girl, out of immediate range of both the crystal formation and the clone following him.

Yumi made a few handseals and softly whispered. Crystal Release: Crimson Fruit Crystal began to materalize around her as it created a protective dome around her. She looked amused at Kensuke and the Crystal clone now came in action. Rushing towards him, a crystal blade began to form around it's right arm, ready to block any attack as Yumi now saw how fast he was.

Kensuke was slightly annoyed when he yanked his blade out of the hastily formed crystal dome, which the girl had created in the nick of time. He cursed the speed of the girl's last move, as the dome had been just strong enough at the moment he hit to stop the blade from reaching her. he turned around the dome and noticed the clone now rapidly moving into position to attack him, when he noticed the girl smiling. Something was wrong with that clone, or the dome. Suddenly remembering the characteristics of the crystal release he jumped backwards, creating some distance between the protective crystal dome to avoid being impaled by spikes groing out of it, left an explosive tag falling down where he was standing, making it explode with the snake-seal while retreating. To take advantage of the explosion's smoke and distractive abilities he used the Falcon Leap attack once more upon landing in an attempt to impale the clone. As soon as the attack would've landed, he'd yank out his blade, and charge the dome again.

The real Yumi almost laughed, but noticed the explosive tag. What a..... The explosive shook the dome and in a reflex she brought her hands to protect her face, but her dome was still standing. She cursed him as he was too far now what she had in plan, but noticed his stupid mistake. When the smoke was gone, she saw how he had closed the distance and had impaled her Crystal clone. Yumi laughed and Kensuke would now why,

The moment he had ''destroyed' it, it shattered and every where needles of razor sharp crystal flew around. Yumi shook her head and almost had pity with him..Almost.


A cold wave of shock travelled throguh his body as the clone lost the appearance of the girl, and appeared to be one big lump of crystal, and exploded into thousands of small shards. His rather tough armour protected him from most of the needles, but he still suffered some painful cuts over his arms, with which he had protected his face instinctively. He was also thrown backwards by the sheer amount of needles moving in his direction. He realised while rolling over the ground that if he hadn't had the strong armour he was wearing they would have to scrape his remains of the training field. Using that fact he stayed down on the ground when he stopped rolling, barely moving, and making some pitiful noises. The second she'd come closer he would leap towards her, and send her flying with his Falcon Wing attack. That was the first step of his combination attack.

Yumi saw much to her content how he was blown away and then proceed with her next attack. She made the rat seal and the dome falled apart. While the crystal shards were about to fall down, Yumi jumped out of the dome and weaved the handsigns for her next attack. Crystal Release : Crystal Rain.
The crystals were suddenly fired up high and were about to fall down in the postion Kensuke was laying. Yumi didn't stop her attack as she now was weaving handsigns for her next move.


When he heard her activate ehr next jutsu he cursed and rolled on his back, seeing the large spear-like projectiles rapdily descend towards him. While jumping to his feet he tossed a smoke bomb between his' and the girl's position to hide what he was going to do, while he started running and dodging the needles one by one, using his dojutsu to quickly calculate where they were falling. When a single spear crashed into the ground right next to him a funny thought popped up while he saw shis face reflected in the crystal. If I get hit by one of those, I'll finally know what it is like to be barbecue sate!

As soon as he had escaped from the area of impact, he leped through the smoke screen, expecting a trap of sorts. The second he saw what was ahead of him he sighed.

"Are you fucking ki-" He said before crashing face first into the smooth crystal barrier. For a moment he slid down the smooth shield like rain of a window, before stepping back, somewhat confused and surprised by the strange occurance.

Seeing he used a smoke bomb, Yumi stopped her handseals and just made some distance. It wasn't time yet for what she was planning to do, but instead made a half dome in front of her, to make sure he wouldn't be able to charge her from the smoke. While the smoke was up, she made a Crystal clone, who also stood by her side. Knowing the fact the smoke would be block the sight of him as her, he wouldn't be see who was the real one.

Yumi let out a laughter when he crashed down the barrier and looked amused.
''This is going to hurt you more then it will hurt me.....'' She said while forming the seal to make the barrier crush and shatter. The Crystal clone protected the real Yumi as the shards started to fly in all directions. Luckily the Crystal Clone was made of Crystal, so it was durable enough to witsthand the sharp pieces.


Kensuke noticed the barrier shatter and fall over him as a tsunami engulfed a ship at sea, he jumped forwards instead of backwards, and landed next to the 2 girls. While the crystal crashed down, creating a small cloud of crystal dust when it shattered, he quickly identified the real girl using the clone as cover from the many shards now flying around. Luckily most of his vulnerable bodyparts were now fully covered by his back, where the armour did its job and protected him from most of the shards. Amused he noticed while standing up how one or two larger shards sticked out of his back like a porcupine.

He activated the Falcon Wing jutsu while standing right next to the clone and the girl, sending both flying backwards if they hadn't noticed him fast enough, or reacted fast enough. The second he saw them be hit by his attack, he sent chakra to his feet and leapt forwards as in the Falcon Leap technique, and landed there where the girl would land, ignoring the crystal clone crashing down somewhere else.

He used another Falcon Wing jutsu to send the flying girl skywards, straight into the air, and created 2 shadow clones which helped him jump up just a little higher than the girl. Half of his combination attack was done now. While he flew past the girl who was slowly slowing down in the air, reaching just to where he was hanging now, some 50 meters high, he used another Falcon Wing jutsu to send her down to the eart again, creating another shadow clone to help him speed downwards again. The second the girl crashed on the ground, he also hit her with a Falcon Blade attack, but stopped his sword a hair's lenght from the girl's face, making sure not to kill her.

Yumi cursed and now the real hell was about to start. Turning herself to the ground she saw she was speeding down and didn't did anything to slow herself down. She narrowed her eyes as she made handsigns, as her life was depended on it. A crystal dome just surrounded her as she came crashing down, likely blowing him away or even crushing a limb if he wasn't reacting fast to the crashing crystal meteor. The moment she had impacted the earth, crystal shards were send in every direction as she calmly rose up and looked around. When she spotted him, he would see her displeased expression. Now it was for real. She made handsigns and crystal shuriken began to form around her. A little moment they just hang in the air as she spoke to him. ''You are going to pay for that....'' The shuriken began to speed in his direction, but some were flying in other ways, making it hard for him to evade her attack. She continued to throw them at him, but her right arm was bleeding as he had hit her there. Knowing the adreline was holding back the pain, she had to make her attack fast or else she would feel it soon.

He cursed as he saw how crystal formed around the girl, and he chanegd the properties of the attack he was preparing. His clones were already surrounding the place where the girl would crash down, making sure to stay ata safe distance to avoid any shards from destroying them. He used the Falcon Wing jutsu to send all crystal shards flying in his direction back towards the girl, or at least stop them or destroy them.

Seeing his reaction she laughed suddenly. While being pissed of, it was such a fun seeing him returning the shuriken. She pretended it was some smart move as she jumped to the right , but felt the pain in her body began to surface. It was clear. She was going to make sure he would pay. As the shuriken flew past she made some handseals. Three to be excact. The shuriken turned around and began to fly in his direction. While she was catching her breath she closed her right eye. The pain was a bitch, but the pain reminded her of how much pain she wanted to give him back.

Making two Crystal Clones, she was standing still, guarded by one while the other one ran to the left. It was time to end him.

Kensuke landed, using chakra as well as his body's strenght to soften the landing. He cursed out loud when he saw a large fan of crystal shuriken fly in his general direction, and started dodging backwards, using his sword to parry the projectiles. He had noticed that destroying them would merely create a heap of equally lethal splinters. Surprised by the fast counterattack he saw his clones already attack the girl and her crystal clones, while he wiped some sweat of his head, and pulled 2 shuriken out of his chest, where they had penetrated his armour. He didn't feel much pain now, but he would soon. He had learned from the chuunin exams that even though letting the shuriken stay in place would stop the wounds from bleeding too much, they could also mean his end, especially since they were made out of crystal.

"Damnit... I almost had her..."


Standing out of combat for a moment, he took note of the situation, and tried to find a new plan on how to end this fight.

Noticing the shadow clones, the guarding Crystal Clone ran up to them with forming a crystal kunai. Suddenly right in front of them, she exploded, destroying the shadow clones with the shards. The real Yumi ran up to Kensuke and a crystal blade formed around her right arm. Narrowing her eyes she tried to ignore the annoying pain as she was about to make him pay.


Kensuke saw the angry girl now run towards him and smiled. She was equally annoyed as he was. He had never expected his shadow clones to last long, but he created 2 more clones to deal with the second crystal clone that was moving on his right side. Kensuke kept standing where he was, holding his katana ready to strike, and the secong she came in range, he attacked in the traditional samura way.

"Rupture!"

Yumi smirked and quickly glided underneath the attack. She was agile enough for the move and moved her head back, while keeping her eyes for a moment locked with the his. ''Stupid.... She jumped on her feet and grabbed him by the shoulder, while pushing the crystal blade to his sword, holding it down. Time to make him suffer. With a quick step forward she planted her knee in his crotch and slammed a fist against his cheek as he would probably be in too much pain to ignore her crutch attack. IF he would be able to be still standing.....Then she knew she was fighting a girl.

Kensuke noticed how she reacted with his dojutsu before she even dodged, and caught her hand before she was able to grab his shoulder. He parried her own attack and stepped backwards, and noticed that he was just in time with that move, as a low blow grazed his pants. He frowned and moved closer to continue the fight.

"Hey, play fair! I'm not grabbing your boobs either, am I? That's a low blow!" He yelled with a grin, while parrying another attack.

Wrong move. She trusted the blade forward and directed him in the direction she wanted. She saw how the Crystal clone was holding her own barely against the two shadow clones. She smirked and faked she tripped. ''Auw...'Suddenly the Crystal clone exploded in big shards and flew around. She held her hands over her head to make sure she wouldn't get hurt to bad as they were close to the crystal clone. It was a close distance and she was sure that now with his back to the sudden attack, he wouldn't be able to counter it. Only negative thing was she had to get up by her feet.

Kensuke noticed the small smirk when she tripped, and heard the crystal clone explode pretty nearby, and instantly turned around and used his Falcon Wing attack to shield him from the shards. The negative part was that he also shielded the girl with this attack. He did a blind kick to where the girl had taken cover, and turned around to face her again.

Yumi jumped up and while jumping up she brought her feet up and because he was standing with his back to her, she could kick him in the crotch. Not giving him much breathing space she went to grab his hair and looked him in the face. ''Night time!'' She gave him a punch and spit on him. ''Next time I won't be nice...Lay down and stay down or else...'' She threw a deadly glare in his direction.

Kensuke flinched and froze in place, almost dropping his katana while he dropped on his knees when he felt her knee mercileslly crush the soft area between his legs. He stayed upright because she held him by his hairs, and delivered him a punch in his face and spat on him as well. When she released him he sank forwards on the ground. He was completely annoyed by now, and cursed the pain which had turned exactly this single spot on the training field into a muddy mess. Gritting his teeth he got up, still holding the targeted area, and stood up

"R...r..remind me not to be this nice to girls anymore... He said, with a higher pitched voice as usually. Now the fight was over and the adrenaline started to wear off he felt the slightly 2 bleeding wounds in his belly again, where the shuriken had hit him. They felt like no more than simple scratches compared to the burning pain below. He picked up his katana and sheathed it, after which he removed the mud from his face.

"And before you go! You owe me a cup of ramen!"

She was just about to walk away as she was disgusted by him, till she heard his words. Slowly turning her body a bit to the right she glanced with her right eye to him. Saying nothing she walked back and crouched to get close by him, so he could see her eyes and the emotion in it, clearly.

''You owe me a new match....Till next time.'' She rose up and then waited. She didn't had his name yet. ''What is your name....And better stand up, before I am going to finish your miserable life here....''

Kensuke gritted his teeth when she crouched infront of him, treating him like a todler. He rose somewhat awkwardly while holding the afflicted area, and followed her. He had been angry, but now he was furious. Angrily hobbling behind her he remained silent, denying her his name.

Suddenly she lashed out with a fist, striking at his face. She looked with an emotionless expression on her face and asked him again.''What is your name....Don't let me say it again...''

He saw the punch coming with his dojutsu again, and knew he had no chance at all in his current state to dodge it, and took it straight in his face again. He ignored the pain, and while more blood flowed out of his nouse and mouth. "What is yours." He said. He had never felt so angry before since... Since he fought Igakure. Although this time it was different. He didn't want to kill the girl, but he wanted to prove he wasn't a douche. Inside himself he laughted at himself for his strange motives. He had always thought that he didn't acre about what others thought of him. While he waited for her to answer, he saw a random person stare at the 2 of them.

Yumi raised her fist again, wanting to land another blow on the boy. ''Go away...Kanajiro....Sama...I want to beat the living crap out of him.'' She threw a angry glance at her mentor, who she held in great respect, but her anger got the better of her. Even now she wanted to make sure

He immediately reacted in an angry way, almost inetrrupting the girl. "My crap isn't alive! And thereby, I'm not done with you yet!" He said, gritting his teeth. He now recognised the man as Kanajiro, the best friend of the Hokage, or at least it was said they were. He knew he shouldn't act like this infront of someone this important, but he frankly couldn't care less, he noticed, even surprising himself with that. He wanted to push her in the mud, punch her in the face, make her feel as he did right now. The only reason he didn't attack now was that he had noticed the girl speaking to him as her sensei. If he was her sensei he would have to watch out.

She turned her face, hearing Kanajiro not saying anything. She didn't punched him, but turned around to walk to her sensei, while shouting over her shoulder at Kensuke.
''My name is Yumi....Yumi Hasewaga....'' She turned her head again and walked away with Kanajiro.


Kensuke watched her as she left. With a high pitched voice he yelled back. "My name is Kensuke Nimatsu!" He didn't have to say that they'd settle this one day. They both knew that.


Hobbling back to the ramen shop he angrily muttered in himself. He was still hungry, he was colder than ever, completely soaked, and he could barely walk from the pain. When he arrived back where it all begun, he saw the shop closed.

A frustrated cry was heard throughout Konoha.


















Somewhere a ramen shopkeeper was laughing, cruelly laughing.

[Lesli]

Aftermath of the previous post

Kanajiro Hanamoto and Yumi Hasewaga

In ''The bonding of two powers.''

“Can't say that's how I would've settled that.. but that was a good fight none the less. We need to work on your close ranged powers more, but.. you have the idea of combat tactics down. More than me, I suppose. Good work.” He smiled at her and tilted his head somewhat. In the back of his head he felt sympathy for that Kensuke kid, but if you anger Crystal then you have to stand for the consequences .. he had once found out about that himself.


Yumi said nothing as she just walked beside Kanajiro. Still feeling the smothering feeling of her rage, she listened to him and calmed down a bit. Maybe she had been a bit harsh for that Kensuke boy, but she wanted to give one clear message : to not anger her and think to get away with just sorry. Still, she didn't wanted to be angry with Kanajiro around. She sighed and tried to sound polite, though it was clear she was failing at it.


''Sorry sensei....My anger got the better of me.''


She bit her lower lip and couldn't bear it to look at it him. Self control and focus were important and she had just lost in a fit of rage about those two.


“That's quite alright Crystal. Did I ever tell you about me and Zakito's adventures? I probably have, but one of the stories had a valuable lesson in it. Me and Zakito were fighting a large group of chunin and jonin, the fourtieth advanced recon squad if I recall correctly. Anyway, the crazy genin squad of Konoha was on it's own against them and we had little remaining troops. Well, of the twelve or ten that left the village, only five were in the immediate area as we all got seperated. And of those five, two were lost in the woods after a kamikaze attack. They went to the right, me and Zakito and a girl called Yumi, coincidentally, went left. Either way, we ended up fighting over twenty men.


Long story short, Zakito went and left me and Yumi behind to find the others. We trusted each other, you know? I knew he was coming back and he knew I would back him up if we were done. So it was just me and Yumi versus the twenty of them.Then they somehow managed to corner Yumi and finish her off. I'm talking brutally murder her in front of me. Before I could react they had all vanished.”


He took a short pause before continuing, the story obviously making him quite emotional. “Yumi, I was going to marry that girl. She died and I couldn't help her. When they vanished I ran over there but she was already gone, dead. I can't remember what happened but when I awoke several days later I was back in the group again.


Zakito said to me that I shouldn't worry, everything was fine. I somehow managed to track them down and kill them all save one. He was supposed to bring the news to the Kazekage. I wonder if the news ever got there. Anyway.. without emotions we wouldn't be shinobi. The rules say stuff about no emotions and such. I say that is a big fat lie. Emotions is what makes us into shinobi.”


Yumi heard what Kanajiro said and was just silent. The fact that the girl's name was Yumi, touched her. Some questions popped up in her head, but she waited till he was done talking and would give her a opening. However, when he began about the rule, she thought about it and looked down.

''I am sorry...Should have known that..It is just...I want to be...It is just silly, sensei.'' She glanced at him, but there were no tears, no sad faces, just her cold and stern look. ''You know...There is this boy I like, but I have no idea how I can...Every time I want to do something nice, people shun me. I know it is likely because of the Crystal release, but I just wanted to be like the others. Is it that hard to just accepted, even when you can do something rare?'' She asked him with a serious tone. For a moment she was afraid he would shun her as well, but if she didn't asked then she would never know what he would think about her.



Kanajiro slowed down his walk to a more relaxed pace, so he could take the time coming up with an answer. He was silent for a minute or two before answering. “Grab your chances before you end up like me.” This was a remark to his secret hatred to Zakito, but that was a secret so nobody was supposed to know. He resented himself for hating him but there was no other way. He had everything he wanted to get since that war, and he was left with a broken heart and nothing to live for. The will of fire was just a heap of bullcrap to tie the village together more. “People will always shun you. You just have to make them accept you. Do you know Ikuei? Everyone hated him because he's the jinchuuriki of the Nine tailed fox. Now look at him, he's grown up to be a wonderful kid that everyone loves despite his constant jokes. Matsuri used to be a pretty timid girl, but she has opened up ever since.

Kensuke used to be an outsider like you, now he's leading his own squad. Even if you don't like him you have to admit his rate of growth is amazing.

And Kaname grew from an orphan to the perfect medical nin. It's all about surrounding yourself with the right people. Something I failed to do but atleast I can make sure you accomplish at that. I give you my word on that.”


Yumi looked surprised. End up like him? She was confused, what did that meant? He was a great shinobi and sensei, why wouldn't she want to end like him? She heard about the stories, but felt more sick. He had forgot about that other kid, Ryo, she had heard about. And then some other, she forgot the name of.

''Sensei...May I ask you a question?'' She asked while not looking in his direction but just continued to walk beside him.



The question she had in mind was quite personal, but he sounded like he wanted to help her, something that confused and made her grow wary, so she had to ask it.



“I see no reason why you couldn't ask me a question, so go ahead.”


Taking a deep breath and mustering her courage she asked her question. For a moment she looked in his direction and asked the question she had in mind.

''Do you also have this hatred for somebody? I mean...To be honest...I hate and despise my mother. She acts like the Crystal Release is something freaks use....I ...It just makes my blood boil with hatred and anger. I am so sorry if I sound like a retard, but I want to proof her that she is wrong I want to become stronger and show her that the Crystal release is something that everybody, but freaks use.''

She clenched her fists as she spoke and tried to surpress her anger and hatred.


That was a strange question for someone her age, although it didn't surprise Kanajiro it came from Yumi specifically. “Yes, I hate someone. I suppose you could say that it isn't the one you would expect me to hate. But.. on the other hand I am also hated. By my sister.. you probably know her, she's the hokage's assistant namely Naomi. She used to be a sweet girl, but after I got back from being a political prisoner she .. changed. I don't know, I think she blames me for never being there for her. I know now that she was bullied by my brothers and then married into a family that I can honestly not say of that I like them. I would do anything to get back the relationship we used to have.. but I think it's too late for that. Speaking of which.. I haven't seen her or Zakito in a few days. Wonder what's keeping them, usually political meetings are done in an hour or two.”


Yumi felt strangely a bit calmer. Kanajiro had this effect on her, like he truly could understand how she felt like. She tried to smile as best as she could while speaking her thought out loud. Being honest to Kanajiro was something she always wanted to do. ''Kanajiro-sama....Thank you...I know I am not great this talking stuff, but I really am glad you are my sensei. I trully am gratefull I can be part of your team.''


For the first time in a long period, she blushed as she felt rather a fool for speaking such things. Normally she would rather beat the crap out of somebody instead of speaking her thought out loud.

Yumi wavered and then decided to ask him a rather rude question. ''I know it's probably a stupid thing to ask, but...Euhm...I don't have somebod- I mean something to do with Christmas and there is kind of..Well, there is this Christmas market. Would you like to come along? '' She asked.

First she wanted to asked one of her team mates, but Kanajiro accepted her and her team members? Iroh was nice, but cocky. And the Uchiha? He was a Uchiha and she hated the Uchiha with their damn eyes. It was more that they thought they were soooo good with those bloody things. Yumi despised them all.


“I suppose I could come along.. not like I have anything better to do. So let's go?''

''T-t-thanks...Sensei...''

The end of the flashback

[Gerontis]

Chase Iruzaki and Jinkama Moto

''Just taking a bet in Kumogakure.''
A collab between J8cob and Gerontis

Chase looked around and was bored. The hike was just...Boring...Kumogakure, his old home, was still the same...Boring.
He sighed and scratched the back of his head. It was clear he didn't know what to say to express that he was truly bored, but glanced at his partner. Letting out a loud sigh, he just stood there and waited for him to come up with a plan.
Probably they would have to seek first for some information about their target before they could make a move.

Jinkama stood still and simply scanned with his head. Naturally, the best method to find somebody was to use your eyes. But unfortunately, this attempt was vain and he knew it. There were so many people in the square, and not a signle one looked remotely similar to the target. Simply looking around wasn't going to work. Kumogakure is too large to find somebody with only your eyes. "It seems that he isn't right here," he spoke to his partner, not looking at him but still scanning the crowd. "We're gonna have to ask around. We need to find him without making ourselves known. Perhaps places he frequents often." With this, Jinkama looked at Chase, his eyes a purple color like before. His expression was more inquisitive, like probing to see if his partner had any good ideas floating around.

Chase listened to Jinkama and nodded. Jinkama was right and Chase responded. ''Your right....Hhmm, want to bet I can get the information from somebody in thirty seconds.'' He looked around and waited to see if Jinkama would take this bet with him and a little smile appeared on the face of the serious man. He liked to have a little wager with his old friend.
''Of course...If you are scared to lose, then just say it. No shame in it.'' He glanced at Jinkama and showed him a little cheeky smile.

Jinkama smirked when Chase suggested a bet. "Ha! Thirty seconds, no fights. I'll give you fifty if ya do it," he joked, putting his hand in his pocket and withdrawing a small wad of money. "And if you're a second longer I'll take fifty from you." He looked over the crowd and couldn't put together somebody who would know the target personally, but Jinkama knew Chase probably could get it quick. Thirty seconds was just a stretch. "Prove it."

Chase chuckled, but was cursing in his mind. No fights..Well, he would find a way. Looking for a easy target and saw a young man, who walked like he was something real. He nodded and walked to the male. Jinkama was probably now counting. Chase walked past the man and locked his gaze with the arrogant person. The man just wanted to say something and Chase spit in his face and ran away. Fifteen seconds. Running in an alley he looked back and smiled. The man was following him and he could see Jinkama watching them. Nobody else...Good. Chase turned around and made five lightning clones. The man stopped and waved, stopping his curses. twenty five seconds.

Chase his clones ran up via the wall to jump and close the way of the man, he was trapped. Chase walked to him and spoke with a calm voice. [b]''Where is Jinyaru, the cooking nin?'' Thirty seconds. Chase cursed in his mind as he was running out of time. It would be a lot easier if he could just beat the crap out of him, but before the man answered Chase made a few handseals as lightning chakra started to sparkle around them. ''You die if you don't answer me quickly. The man began to stutter, which annoyed Chase. Fourty seconds. Chase walked to the man and pulled out a kunai.

''I heard he is on a mission! Don't...Please...Don't...I have a-''[/color]

Chase dismissed the clones and sighed. Fourty eight seconds. He would have lost fifty if he had kept the thirty seconds. Walking past the man, who went on his knees, begging for mercy, Chase walked to Jinkama.
''Seems I have won.....Fourty eight seconds...He is on a mission...Heh, you know what...If you can find some way to also find information in the same time and condition, then I will try and we will continue until one of us losses...Okay?'' He offered Jinkama.

Jinkama started counting the moment Chase took off walking. By the time he returned, Jinkama had counted forty nine seconds, but the difference was negligible. He smirked goofy as Chase walked up, which was a strange look for a man such as himself. And when Chase began to speak, Jinkama simply burst out laughing. [firebrick]"Oh... That's great..."[/color] he spoke, having to pause to catch his breath. Undoubtedly, passerby stared at him funny while this transpired. "Okay. Yes, I'll take that bet." He regained his composure and looked around. Nothing immediately stuck out to him. He pulled out a cigarette and lit it with a match quickly before he saw a passing Kumo nin. He looked back at Chase with a wicked smirk, before walking straight towards the man.

If Chase started counting from when Jinkama began walking, it took five seconds to catch up with the nin. He seemed young, probably a Chuunin going home or maybe even to a mission. Regardless, Jinkama knew this kid was going to be a gold mine. "Hey kid," he said once he was alongside the young shinobi, catching his attention. "Yeah?" he responded, giving Jinkama a quizzical look. "I'm looking for a friend of mine. Jinyaru-sama. I heard he was on a mission, but nobody told me where. It's really important I see him soon," Jinkama explained, pulling off the old friend mannerisms perfectly. The kid thought for a second, and Jinkama realized this was too easy. At twelve seconds, the kid spoke up.

"I don't know you. Are you from here?" he responded, draining the enthusiasm from Jinkama instantly. This kid knew, but was suspicious for some reason. The older man immediately switched gears. He knew Chase was watching, but he decided to delve into the same grey area that Chase had moments ago. As the two passed a nearby alley, the same one where Chase had gone into (though the other man was long gone now), Jinkama acted quickly. He grabbed the kid by his arm and swung it behind his back, essentially turning him captive. The kid instinctively tried to use his free arm to draw a kunai from a pouch on his leg, but Jinkama kicked the back of his knee and put him face-first on the ground. Twenty seconds. "Listen here. I asked you a question. Where is Jinyaru? I'm sure you will tell me..." As he spoke those last words, Jinkama used his own free hand to withdraw a sword hidden in his overcoat and draw it near the young man menacingly. He began to struggle violently, but it was of no use. Jinkama was a significantly larger man this kid, and had more than one upper hand. Twenty five seconds. "Five seconds... Four... Three... Two... O-" he began counting down, conveniently within his own time limit.

The kid cracked. "Okay okay!" I'll tell you!". Thirty seconds. Damnit, Jinkama thought. The kid didn't shout the answer immediately. But regardless, he was willing to answer. "He's in Kirigakure... His team is looking to find some missing-nin... A swordsman I think. Please!" Thirty seven seconds. Jinkama remained silent, but released his grip on the young man. Of course, the kid jumped up and got into fighting stance, but Jinkama expected the sort. Without waiting to give him a fair chance, Jinkama punched the kid in the temple with a hard right. He was out. Jinkama walked back to Chase pissed. He didn't cut it either. "He's in Kiri." That was all he said, because he knew that anything else he'd say would open himself up to humiliation as well.

Chase frowned. ''You used violence....I thought the bet didn't included that.'' He smirked and crossed his arms. ''Heh....So, how we are going to solve this? You actually lost the bet by using violence...But I will be fair..You may try again.'' The young man tilted his head and smiled. ''Unless you want to pay now instead of later.

He held a laughter in as he offered the second chance to Jinkama.

Jinkama frowned. As much as he'd like to prove Chase wrong again, he knew it was stupid. He stowed his blade back in its hidden sheath and pulled out the money again. "Take your money and you keep searching," he said, not quite looking Chase in the eye while he handed out the spoils. It wasn't a total victory for his comrade, but it was still a loss to Jinkama. He reached for his cigarette, then realized it must've fallen out of his mouth earlier. Irritated already, he somewhat angrily withdrew another smoke and match and continued to smoke. "He's not even in town anyways. We'll have to wait or leave too." The fun mood he was in a moment ago is gone now. His eyes were now a noticeable red color. After all, he did fail his own bet.

Chase chuckled and they went walking down the market, ''searching'' for more information about their target, before making a final decision on their next action.

[Gerontis]

Mia Inuzaka and Hiron Hon

A collab between Maria and Gerontis.

Hiron walked angry over the streets. That Ikeui kid.. The freaking nerve! Breaking his house, rampaging in it! Hiron was pissed of and was now looking for something to vent his anger on, but passed without realizing it, Mia's house and stopped. Suddenly he calmed more down and was pondering on a thought.

After two minutes of thinking, he sighed and walked to the door, knocking on it and hoped Mia was home and also willing to talk with him. Hiron stepped back from the door and putted his hands in the pocket of his pants while he waited for her to open the door.

Mia was enjoying her ramen and was mentally planning what she should do afterwards. She never liked staying in one place for very long even if it was her own house, somehow it made her feel uneasy. She was always automatically alert so it rears for her to be caught off Guard.

She got up and filled a kettle with water just as her two ninja dogs began to sniff around. As if on cue the door bell rang and she cocked her head to the side slightly, wondering who on earth it could be. She doubted any of he comrades knew where she lived except from her Sensei, and she never really talked to her neigboughs. She walked to the door and unlocked it before opening it. To her surprise it was her ninja teacher Hiron Hon. "erm...hi Hiron Sensei..what are you doing here?" She questions rather surprised.

Hiron smiled and responded. ''Hey kid. Was just taking a walk and wanted to know if you were doing alright. Also, you did pretty well during the mission today. Great work kid. Think you will be doing great once we will set out on the true mission.'' He kept his smile, but his eyes scanned her quickly. He was worried about Mia. The first time they met, she had been such a nice and sweet girl, but the war had changed her.

It was not a strange thing, war was terrible. Hiron knew the little girl had seen things that she shouldn't have seen and was angry that he couldn't protected her from it, but while he felt a bit angry again, he kept the smile on his face.
''Anyways, are you doing something at the moment?'' He asked her politely.

Mia just stared at her teacher for a moment, thinking that this was more than a little awkward. Smiling she said "well I'm glad I did good in the mission. I just hope I can prove my worth to the rest of our team." She continued to smile but saw the way he scanned her, she was no fool she hard learned to notice small things like that in order to survive in bad situations.

Hearing a small growl from her ninja dog Kiba who had come to the door she rolled her eyes at him before answering Hiron Hon "not really, I'm just eating ramen......why..did something happen.." She was still curious and a little confused as to why he was here, she would understand if it was an urgent mission, or the hokage wanted to see her. But it seemed as though it was none of those things. "Did you want to come in? I have water boiling in the kettle..." She offers

Hiron smiled and nodded. ''I would be honoured, Mia-chan.'' It would give her likely a alarm, as he didn't often used chan or kun behind a name, only when he was either annoyed or bothered with something. In this case, he was just worried. But he would play fair with her.
''To be honest, I was hoping I could have a talk with you...Regarding your attitude. Nothing bad, so don't worry.'' He smiled while following her. Glancing at the dogs, he didn't moved too fast and wouldn't let show he was afraid, which he wasn't.

''You need some help with cooking? I am a bad cook, but if you need some, I wouldn't mind to help you.''

Mia was beginning to notice that Hiron Hon was acting a little weird, he had neve called her Mia-chan before witch unnerved her a a little, and when she heard him say that her eyes narrowed at him. Ushering him inside she closed the door and led the way to the kitchen. She got town cups out and put them by the kettle "Tea? Coffee?" she asked as she looked over her shoulder at him, all the while she waswondering what he ment by her attitude.

Hiron responded friendly : ''Some coffee would be fine, thank you.'' He took a seat and began to think he would began about what he wanted to discuss with her. He didn't think he was good in this talking stuff, but he cared for Mia. Seeing her like a little sister and respected her for always trying to do her best. Even while he was sure things were bothering her, he never heard a complaint of her.
It was something that reminded him much of himself and that was also worried him a bit. As kid he didn't had much friend as he was always training and trying to become stronger...If he could just reverse time.


Mia made her Sensei a coffee and placed it in front of him with a small pot of sugar, she then made herself some tea, added three sugars and no milk. She looked a Hiron Hon and said "so...what is it? And are you sure your okay, your acting a little odd today..."
Hiron tried to keep smiling, but couldn't hold it up anymore and sighed. ''Well, I suppose I must play open card...Like always. I suck at this talking stuff, but sit down.'' He waited till she sat down and then started to choose his words carefully, like he was looking if they were good enough to use and would give the right effect of what he wanted to say.

''Mia, do you remember the first time we met?''

It was just a normal question and he took a sip of his coffee while waiting for her reply.

She sat down and watched him as thought. It was weird seeing the smile slip from his face, it reminded her of the war "yeah I think so....why?" She didn't see much importance in it and didn't see how it was connected to her attitude. She glanced out a window before returning her gaze to the table and taking a sip of her tea "how is this related to what you wanted to talk about?" She asked, she was getting a little impatient and the awkward silence between them seemed to last forever. plus she didn't like remaining still, an odd thing people noticed about her was that in missions she would be as patient as needed bit outside of missions she got impatient rather quickly.

Hiron thought about how to answer her question and then know how. ''Well...You were such a little and polite child. You are still a good kid, don't get me wrong, but Mia,'' He looked at her and with a serious expression on his face. '', remember...You did a great job and the past is the past. I am not saying you should simply forget about everything or anybody, but remember who you truly are. Heh, becoming distant with people isn't a great thing you know.'' He paused for a moment. ''You know, there are people that still care about you. And with people, I also mean animals.'' He smiled while he was refering to her ninken.

Mia looked away from him at that moment, not wanting to hear his words. Mia knew that he was right but even so it wasnt easy for her to make friends, she has a short temper and it often gets the better of her so she tends to watch others from afar. "But I don't want to be noticed, all I want it to become a worthy ninja." She didn't want to admire it bit she was lonely and did want friends but didn't feel like she could talk to others of her own age. Besides most of the other girls gossiped about who the liked and who they didn't when she really couldn't care less. She jut didn't know how to approach others really the one thing she knew was that she could fight. "as sad as this may sound,....ninken are far more easy to understand than other people and...I fear they are my only friends.."

Hiron listened to her and saw how she reacted. Scratching the back of his head he was thinking about what was to say now. The first thing was asking if she would fancy a training match, but somehow that didn't feel right to ask at this moment. Then he thought more and think he had it. ''I am not sure why you don't want to be noticed. You have some good potential and how do you want to be worthy and not being noticed? Heh, you confuse me a bit kid.'' He said and then realized he needed to say something nice. What would be best to say? He quickly thought about it. ''Besides, that isn't true...I am both your sensei as your friend. You do know that if you are ever in need of help, you can ask me to help you...Right? Besides, I wouldn't be your sensei if I didn't wanted to help you kids out.'' For a moment he was glad he was a sensei after all and made a mental note to thank Zakito later for it. Even while he didn't liked the idea when it was proposed to him, somehow this kid and the others had changed him.

Made him softer..Without making him hate it.
''But don't get me wrong...Some people are kind of strange. I sometimes wish I had a summoning, but hea, don't forget my words, okay?''

She spoke, not needing to think about her replie "I agree it mig not make much sense but I just want to be recognised a great ninja, I have no desire to be popular or show off to others I'd rather just sit in a corner unnoticed by all. What reason do people have to notice an orphan like me anyway, I'm not needed nor am I wanted." her eyes narrowed at him as her temper began to rise "not many know what it's like to slowly loose your family..!" She took a shaky breath in as tear crept down her face and onto the table. "I understand your trying to help and are worried but its no easy trying to move on past that..." she fought back the tears as she took a gulp of hot tea, burning her mouth in the process and faning her moutwisting her hand. How embarriseing... she thinks to her self.

Hiron rose up and sighed. Walking towards her he suddenly hugged her. ''There there..It is okay...I know how it feels...In a way..Crying isn't a bad thing, you know. It is one of the things that you know you are alive and have emotions. Real ones.'' He thought about his own past and could compare it a bit with hers. ''Besides, if you think you had a rough past...There are others who also are struggeling with that of their own.'' He let her go a bit and leanded back while smiling. ''Heh, and I am not speaking about myself. There are many of other people who have become great shinobi while they lost everything. Look at the Hokage. He lost his family, siblings and many friends while he was younger then you. And still he became the Hokage at my age. I know that he is called a genius, but do you want to know why I think he succeeded?'' He asked her friendly.

Mia's body stiffened at the sudden and very odd gesture of a hug from her Sensei. No one had hugged her since, well she couldnt remember when. Whe she finally relaxed though, and actually listened to what he said she gradually began to stop crying. She looked up Him smiling face "maybe because he believes in his self and others and because he knows the value of friendship..?" She as aid in a question like tone.

Hiron wavered. ''You know...I don't have a clue.....But, I think it is important to believe in yourself...And in others. We are part of a team, Mia. While it may not look like it sometimes, I bet the others wouldn't want to see you hurt. Like today, you worked together and that is why I think we can take down even a A ranked mission.'' He ruffled a bit through her hair and smiled. ''Besides, fighting alone is just as bad as don't want to get noticed...If it helps, I must be honest...I admire you Mia. You never complain and always do your best. I think you will surprass me one day and you know what? I will be happy when that day will come.''

Mia couldn't help bit laugh at that As it wasn't the answer she was expecting, and her mood had lightened as a result. She smiled and said "I nightly doubt that and even if I do surpass you it will take me a couple of years." Silently in her head she vows to at least try to make friends with others, although she believes she will still prefer her solitude. At that moment with a cheeky grin on her face she say "Hiron Sensei, your creepy when your nice....you know that...right." she says as she laughs.

Than Kiba and Mist enter the kitchen wondering what all the laughter was about. Mia looked at them al serious for a moment before she burst out laughing again
"er..is something s funny?" asks Mist confused as he had just woken up.

Hiron was a bit startled. He tried to be nice and then he was creepy? He didn't know what to say and then saw her laugh. He laughed a bit himself and spoke to her. ''Haha, that was a mean one, Mia...'' He saw Mist, one of the dogs, entering the kitchen and Hiron shook his head. [color=red''Nothing..Seems I am creepy. Anyways, I think I should go. I need to finish something.''[/color] He rose up and ruffled again through her hair. ''Kid...I think you will become one hell of a great kuniochi. And the day that you will surprass will come, just keep working and believing in yourself and start to have a little more faith in others...Okay?''

She nodded. "Yes Hiron Sensei.." She said as she scowled at him a little for messing hip her hair. "Well I guess I'll see arounds Sensei." she said as he got and she walked him to the door. "I've got to go do some training in a bit anyway. She kind of hoped that there were other students training there so she could put her silent vow into action.

Hiron walked of the door and turned around. ''Remember what I have told you Mia...Then just be yourself and don't mind what others tell you. I am proud of you, know that. Oh...Don't forget. Tonight, I am going to pick you up to celebrate Christmas at the home of Zakito and the others. See you later, Mia.'' He weaved a few handsigns and disappeared, using the body flicker technique to travel away.

She nodded at her Sensei as he he left. Grabbing her house keys. Calling Mist and Kithe she set off to the training grounds, she need to improve how she works with Mist. They needed to be in sync for apprised attacks to be perfectly syincronised. She would train for a few hours, even training her ninjas sofa in order to increase their speed and endurence.