Natusumi Yuki
Dew Islet

So far Natsume was only interested in one thing, Ryu. Which mean she didn't hate him. This next one, Jizo didn't seem to stand out in any particular way except for his teeth. And the Jonin that finally decided to grace them with his presence was already acting like a piece of work. He wanted an introduction, that wasn't exactly too much to ask for but the way he asked concerned Natsume. He had most likely been there for at least half of the sparing match so he clearly wanted something a kin to personal details. The likes of Which Natsume wasn't apt to give. A simple rank wasnt enough to earn respect to her, and it sure as heck wasnt anything that earned anyone trust, esspecially hers. Natsume Yuki, 13 was all she volunteered.

Kato Daiki – “Uh…what just happened”

Terrible intentions raced through Kato’s mind as he charged towards Satoshi against his will. His body was doing one thing while his mind was doing another. His mind at this point was fighting as best as it could to fight off the images of Genkei and the illusion that always seemed to be following him and appearing out of nowhere. It wasn’t until Kato was mere inches away from the first genin who jumped in front of him that he actually snapped out of it. ”Huh? What” the young ninja quickly let out as the image of an attacking genin appeared in front of him.

Before he was able to say much or see anything more Kato’s arm was twisted and his sensei was behind him holding it firmly in place not letting him move. Now that he was fully aware of the world again he decided now would be the best time to drop the kunai that seemed to magically appear in his hand. Kato loosened his muscles and attempted to look back and see who his sensei was. His attempt was a failure as Satoshi had been standing behind him at a weird angle while preventing him from turning much in any direction.

It was then that he heard an oddly familiar voice. This honestly couldn’t be who he thought it was could it? Satoshi then continued to speak, this time to the other genin. Kato was certain at this point. His sensei would of course be the stranger from the march. That was probably the last thing Kato needed in a trainer, someone who already hated him. On top of the prior experiences between the two Kato just added another one, basically attacking Satoshi the second he saw him, although in his defense he didn’t know who the individual behind Genkei’s face was.

”What do you mean illusions? I was just trying to test my teammate’s reflexes. That was it…” a terrible lie escaped Kato’s mouth. He knew it was pointless to try to fool Satoshi but perhaps there was still hope of his team-mates still thinking he was normal. To make matters worse, Kato didn’t think of a way to explain why he said Genkei’s name. He just hoped that none of them were paying attention. ”It seems that you all good here. Keep up the good work” he tried to laugh it off but it seemed as if Satoshi wasn’t having any of it.

His new sensei and old friend (if one could call him that) progressed with shoving him forward and releasing his arm at the same time. ”Yeah I guess we might as well head out now. Hopefully we don’t end up doing a dumb introductory fight like all my past senseis have had me do. At this point I just find them dumb and repetitive.” he wasn’t trying to be disrespectful, just honest. All his previous senseis starting out the whole meet and greet and then went straight to a fight. If this was going to be a continuing trend then Kato would rather refuse to fight or make it look like he obviously has no intention of putting forth effort during the fight.

Then again, it would probably only be repetitive for him. Not many genin end up have 2 previous teams that all seem to crumble.

Chou Minori

Letting out a small smile as their sensei scolded Rai for what she also considered to be an idiotic question, she heard the final instructions from her sensei and begun following her. Chou already figured that anything she might ask or say will be pointless in her sensei's eyes, so she decided to simply wait until they reach their destination, where she could once again show to her teammates and her sensei that she does not relay on any of them.

She also noticed they were heading in a different direction on the island and not to any dock nearby or such, making her slightly more relieved, as if they needed to travel by sea then they would need to spend more time together, which in her eyes meant bond with each, something that made Chou feel slightly sick, but she was also glad because she had a bit of sea sickness, and would've most likely spent any trip on a boat on the tip of the boat, trying to avoid throwing up with ll she had. But seeing that was not the case, she let out a small sigh of relief as she kept following her sensei to where ever they were heading.

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Yoshikuni Sadako

A Living Forest. Kuni nearly broke into laughter in front of Eiji and Shiro, but managed to hold it back and only let a smile slip onto her face "Eiji-sensei, don't tell me you believe what you just said." She said after they reached the edge of the forest. She saw her teammate dropping behind Eiji and following him, which was what she also did, only running a bit to reach Eiji's side before she looked around as she felt the temperature change, making her sneeze but she figured it wasn't something serious and that she had nothing to worry about.

After a bit of moving forward, while keeping up with Eiji's pace, she decided to poke her sensei's back with her finger to get his attention "Could you explain a bit further what we are going to do, I mean how will we train, so me and Shiro would be more prepared and so we could also start to train faster once we reach our destination." She said, giving both Eiji and Shiro a smile, thinking that this time her question was a much better one.

Sakamoto Senju

"Sorry for being late, Hisoka, I had to make sure Mayumi is well and asleep before I left, as it took a bit longer than expected for the nanny to come." Sakamoto explained to Hisoka before giving a nod to each of his fellow ANBU as those made their departure. He then listened to the latest mission his old friend and superior had just given him, making him want to reply something about wishing to say within the Fire country borders, but then Hisoka added that Meisa is fine with it. While he understood this was an important mission which he could accomplish within a bit of time, he was also still worried about his daughter. She was still so young, and he figured that he and Meisa should be spending as much time with her as they could, and not be away from her.

"Excuse me if I say that hearing you say Meisa is fine with doesn't please me too much. I know you are Mayumi's godfather, but I still want to hear Meisa tell it to me. I will do the mission regardless, as it is my duty towards you and Konohagakure, but excuse me if I will take a few more moments to find Meisa and ask her personally." Sakamoto said and took the sheet from Hisoka's hand. He placed it within his pouch before glancing in Hisoka's direction "Any idea where I can find her, so my departure from the village will be quicker?" He asked the man before taking a step towards the door and then turning around to look at Hisoka once again.

Shizuka Nadra
| Kumogakure |

It was an interesting way to meet the third of her team— that much was for sure as Shizuka Nadra kept her arms crossed firmly as her eyes kept focused on him. What poised interesting however was how this unintroduced member tried to brush out his intent as an exercise for the team? It was true that it would be rather practical of him to make such an action but she felt doubts as she watched his movements and gestures as he spoke. She found it peculiar how he was saying one thing entirely different then what he truthfully believed as she frowned, her eyes narrowing as they walked to the nearest training field. As they did this, the unnamed genin spoke of how fighting one-another was tired and boring to him, which lacked the complete nervousness of before. The grayish-brown eyes of the thirteen year old girl blinked as she decided to speak to this… interesting... teammate of hers that piqued her curiosity.

“What’s your name?” She spoke for the first time since his attack, blankly and matter-of-factly.

It was the polite thing to do, though she was half-tempted to follow-up with an inquiry of why he was lying. She decided not to, remember what he grandfather had spoken about ‘social etiquette’.

Mia Inuzuka - Team 9

"Shikaroku be careful the turtle may have some tricks under, its er...shell.." she says before telling him "Me and my ninkun are gonna move in slowly, we're gonna try and push him back towards land so that he doesn't gain an advantage." Meanwhile Mia signals for her ninkun to move forward at a reasonable pace with a slightly aggressive stance. Both the ninkun were growling a bearing their teeth.

"Masami have you got any ideas?"

Satoshi Jun,
Kumogakure Specialized Jounin | Team 3

Satoshi didn't buy the lies of Kato, but neither did he showed any reaction or spoke against him. As it seemed the boy had regained his senses, the young man saw no further need to talk abut it. He would write a letter and request that some particular things would be wiped out of Kato's mind. Seemed that he had gained something that wasn't quite healthy. However, Kato spoke again, telling that the fighting introduction were stupid and what not. Satoshi frowned.

''If you would be on time, you would have been part of the introduction we had earlier. There was no fighting, but simply some talk. Maybe less exciting than a fighting introduction. Then again, you seem to find those dull and dumb, so not sure if you would've like the talk either.'' Satoshi replied with a polite tone. He wasn't bending on being too sarcastic as it may seemed, but he would likely make a point. His students were free to ask him things or request, as he was simply their sensei. It was his job after all to try to keep them safe and guide them at his best. However, he didn't see it as his job to hearing what they preferred. But Satoshi wouldn't dwell or bring that up. Would be a waste of breath and effort.

''Though you may find this dull, Kato, I still need to be sure what each of you is capable. Your profiles already told me a great deal, but I need to see you all in action. That said, I want you to perform this training. Each of you has to show me your best.'' Satoshi instructed themm. Making a shadow clone, who started to create some distance, Satoshi nodded to his clone. ''You need to show me how you would take out the clone. See it as a real opponent. However, don't rush it. My shadow clone will take it easy. One by one... So... who is willing to go first?'' He asked, eyeing his students with a curious look while his shadow clone prepares a defensive stance.

(Permission to control the shadow control is allowed.)

Hiron Hon,
Konohagakure Jounin | Team 9

Hiron watched as his team operated. The turtle was not enjoying the fact that his students were slowly working together. It was still lacking, but it seemed the base was there. Mia was holding back and Hiron frowned. She wasn't going easy to let the others work harder? That was not only against the policy of the team, of giving it your all and no mercy, but also quite foolish. He had briefed them that the opponent had tricked a whole team of chuunins. Sighing, Hiron stayed quiet. For now he would just take mental notes and would lecture his students after this mission.

The big turtle noticed the fact that his foes were on more than one side. He scoffed as he seemed to prepare himself. Suddenly he withdraw himself in his shell. The only limb that wasn't out was the tail. It started to sweep around, causing mud to be swept up in the air. But it also started to push the turtle towards the water, as well making it harder to get near it. It caused a smirk on the lips of the jounin.

Lets see how they cover that....

Kensuke Nimatsu
Team 7

Nodding as his students introduced themselves he turned his attention to the Hyuga boy. Ezuri was his name. "So, you are proficient at kenjutsu eh? That's interesting. A Hyuga with kenjutsu. I think I can recall a relative of yours, who died some years ago, who did the same." He said, before turning around, pointing at the hill on the trainingfield. The hillside was dotted by lonely trees and bushes, but at the top, there was a large oak. The massive tree was a surprising sight on this plain trainingfield, as usually trainingfield not located in the enormous and dense forests around Konoha were quickly deforested by battle damage. This tree hadn't got a single scratch on it. "You see that oak? It's a fine, tall oak. The test is to cut that tree down at all costs. I will try to stop you from doing so, and the test keeps going untill you are incapable of combat or the tree is destroyed. Ready? Go."

Raion Torikumu
Kumogakure Genin
Team 5

Raion couldn't help but to stand there slightly dumbfounded, and a little bit insulted, as he was called stupid by the youngest member of their team. He continued to stand there, arms still slightly out-stretched as the child went storming off, only turning slightly in time to be disoriented by a sudden and violent flash of light. So intense was it that he had no earthly idea what was going on until the dust had settled and Kumori was left backside-first on the ground, rubbing his head. This brought a notable smile to Raion's face.

Then came his instructions and, oh he liked them very much. His smile turned into a grin. He didn't even acknowledge much else as he set off at a blaring pace, this time successfully avoiding the wooden beam. Raion's sheer sprinting speed was pretty scary considering his age, bolting past both his teammates in a matter of seconds and besetting his sensei shortly after. However, instead of just haphazardly trying to strike his teacher from behind, Raion actually ran ahead of the man, stopping dead in his tracks all of a sudden and flinging his right foot backwards in a sharp upward motion quickly, hoping to deliver a lightning blow. Dust was kicked up as Raion's foot went hurtling toward Nori. His grin was wider than ever. And his confidence was so much that he even shouted out; "TAG!"

Satoshi Jun,
Kumogakure Specialized Jounin | Team 3

Satoshi watched how Tahekiko first stepped up. Simply nodding as the genin went to attack the clone, Satoshi was wondering about several things. It was clear the boy was focused on taijutsu and close combat, seeing he hadn't take the decision to attack the clone from a distance with a jutsu or a weapon. His speed was good enough for a genin, as Satoshi noticed that his reflexes were good enough to catch and use the attack of the clone. Even while the shadow clone hadn't even try it best, it was something that Satoshi made a mental note of. When Tahekiko said he should take him out quicker, Satoshi showed no sign of what his thoughts were about that. In his own opinion he would form that the boy would be a decent close ranged fighter. Only he would need to keep his ego and surrounding in check. Maybe something with weapons or such training would go well with the boy's skills.

With that thought out, Satoshi formed another Shadow clone, who took the same position and stance of where the last one had begun. ''You did it well enough, Tahekiko. Please stand back as somebody else now may take their turn.'' Satoshi politely instructed, waiting for which of his other students would now step up. He wondered about if he should pay extra attentiont to make sure Kato wouldn't get in another silly rush of state, but the young man decided to not over think the situation. So far, it seemed that everything was fine and in order.

Masami Hyuuga
Konohagakure Genin, Team 9

Their teamwork was working! Not as much as Masami hoped it will work, but it was the first time they went on a mission. Masami had her doubts over certain aspects of it, bud decided to keep them for herself. There was time to discuss them after the mission. Narrowly dodging a stream of water from the turtle, Masami landed. She was warned by her Byakugan but the speed of the technique surprised her - this was indeed one hell of a big turtle. And weird. She was really tempted to ask Hiron-Sensei about the whereabouts of this turtle after the mission, but first things first. Stopping the turtle first - asking questions later. Something told her the answer would be ... either weird or funny. Or the combination of both. Smiling a bit, she focused on the turtle and she had an idea.

But the turtle had an idea as well and it executed it faster. Pulling back most of its body into the shell, it started spraying mud all around - and gaining quite a momentum as it approached the lake. Frowning a bit as the first projectiles of mud approached her, she realized she could deal with them using her Gentle Fist, but that was not going to stop it. A plan formulated in her mind, a bold one - and she immediately shared it via the communicator." Yes! Shikaroku, Mia - we need to make it stick out that large head of it again! Either make it angry or something! I think I will be able to land a Bottom Palm from under! Any better ideas?!" It was difficult to talk and defend at the same time, but her training routines payed off. And to prove it further, she slowly started to approach the turtle, confident in her teammates doing their share of the job.

Shikaroku Nara
Konoha Team 9
Mission Time: Taking down the Turtle

Shikaroku cursed inwardly as the turtle fought against his shadow imitation and began spinning rapidly. As the chunks of mud shot outwards towards the three of them, Shikaroku heard Masami call out her plan through the communicator. Moving his body slightly to avoid the first projectile, Shikaroku noticed a much larger chunk of mud heading directly for him. Instead of breaking his Shadow Imitation by dodging, he instead extended his shadow to cover his own body as well, creating a shadow shield which would block the mud from hitting him directly.

Glad that someone else had come up with the idea, Shikaroku set his sights on controlling the turtle's movement once again. This time he used his Shadow Neck Binding technique to increase his hold on the turtle. As the shadows wrapped themselves around the turtle, its movement began to slow. Shikaroku's brow furrowed with concentration as he focused on stopping the beast's spinning. He could feel the dull throb starting in his head and shrugged it off. He wasn't going to let it get the better of him. Not today.

"I will hold the beast in place! Mia, see if you can draw his head out so that Masami can use her technique to bring this thing down!" Shikaroku spoke through the communicator. He increased the amount of shadows covering the turtle and was rewarded with its spin slowing to a halt. Shikaroku felt dizzy and involuntarily dropped to one knee. Still, his shadow held. The turtle was not moving, and Shikaroku had done his part to help complete the plan. He only hoped that his team would be alright with the rest, if not, well... he wasn't sure how much he had left before the migraine came back and significantly reduced his effectiveness. From what he had seen so far of his teammates however, he did not doubt that they would be able to handle their tasks. A small smile touched Shikaroku's face despite the growing pain in his head. He liked his team.

Ryoku Samidare
The Amekage

When nobody reacted to his inquire to enter, Ryoku sighed. Good thing he had the file prepared. It was designed for two Anbu operatives working in The Fang Country. One of the operatives will approach the government of the country on an official level. He will offer a treaty of "mutually beneficial cooperation" for the both villages, which will effectively place The Fang Country into a vassal position. That is when the second operative will either join in or quit. If the agreement will be accepted, the first operative will carry a scroll that contains the necessary documents in a sealed form. The Anbu knows how to unseal it and make the treaty official. All wind end well and Amegakure will be able to grow. A growth that will benefit both villages.

If the offer will be refused, the mission starts for the second operative. He will roam the underworld of the Country in search of any possible dissidents who would like to have the country in a cooperation with Amegakure. Not his way of doing things, but if his village was no longer to be ignored, he had to show the world they are ready to expand their interests. And that they can take care of them by themselves. Walking to the doors, he leaned down and pressed the file under the door for the operatives to find it. With a small smirk on his face, he returned to his desk to check some documents before going to meet Lady Hoshi.

Suzume Hanamoto
Team 6

Nodding as he spoke she placed her plank on the water too, dragging the others towards the puddle as she went. Ofcourse. Teamwork, she could've guessed that by looking at the two squirts accompagnying her. What else would they test when getting to know eachother? She waited a moment untill the plank stabilized and then gracefully stepped on it without a moment's hesitation, and stand on it upright. It was hard to hide the smile that almost naturally formed on her face. Living in the Court of the Land of Iron had learned her a lot of things. How to look like she was paying attention while she was in fact partially asleep, how to nod and smile while you in fact wanted to stab the other person's eyes with a bent and unsharpened spoon, ... A lot of things, mostly useless when not at the court. But all of those things combined did teach her interesting abilities. Sitting straight or standing in the same gracefully elegant position for hours required a level of only equalled in monasteries, and a resistance against unecessary movements such as scratching, twitching or anything else that could disturb that delicate balance.

This excercise was a piece of cake for her. Unless her teammates would make her day sour by dragging her under. No, she didn't trust the others for a bit. Teamwork was one thing, but a team was only as strong as the weakest link. And in no way she was intending to get soaked with muddy water because some clumsy teammate of hers would be unable to balance on a ridiculous plank in a laughably small pond.

Kato Daiki – My Turn

Satoshi’s response to Kato’s thoughts on meet-and-greet fighting was basically what he thought it would be. He basically teased him for being late but then went on to say something he wasn’t expecting; there wasn’t any fighting. The walk to the training field seemed like an eternity. It was all silent excluding the moment where the only female member of the team spoke to him and asked him about his name. ”My name is Kato.” He responded simply, not bothering to mention his family name. Kato gave a friendly smile to the girl and then offered her a question. “You look a lot like you’re from the Shizuka clan. I worked with a few of them when we helped clean up the town after…well, you know.” He obviously was talking about the events leading up to the march. “Would I be correct in guessing that?” he finally got to his question and waited for a response.

Eventually the group made their way to the training field and the silence was quickly broken by Satoshi. Although Kato didn’t physically do it, mentally he rolled his eyes at the mention of having to fight a clone to showcase their individual skills. At least they weren’t fighting it other, Satoshi was kind of changing it up a bit, but only slightly. Kato was nearly about to volunteer when Satoshi asked who would be the first to fight the clone. The only thing that stopped him was the other male genin’s eagerness to step forward first. ”I’ll think of another one soon, don’t worry” he responded as the young man looked back and talked to him.

Kato watched as the young individual charged at the shadow clone, not something Kato would do without laying a trap first but still a viable tactic. While all this was going down Kato was already hard at work preparing for his turn. With Kato’s arms crossed watching the fight he secretly fed chakra into the ground. This would allow his Earth Snare jutsu to be executed extremely fast. By the time the other genin was half way through with his fight Kato already had the roots positioned right under where Satoshi spawned the last clone. The roots sat millimeters underneath the grassy surface, waiting to strike. If Kato fed his chakra through the ground in large enough spurts the roots should be able to shoot out fast enough to be effective.

Then it was his turn. ”I guess I’m next” Kato stepped forward, chakra being fed into the ground each time his foot hit the ground after a step. He was prepare for the strike. Kato began running forward towards the clone who after lifting their left foot quickly found that a thick root has wrapped itself around them. The clone’s left foot was basically the same story. Kato was unable to continuously feed large amounts of chakra through the ground with each step now which meant the roots would not spread any further up the clones leg (right now they reached the clones bottom portion of their ankle) this meant that Satoshi’s clone was only constrained from the ankle and below.

As he charged forward Kato formed his hand signs which ended with dirt particles quickly forming around his left arm, eventually encasing his whole arm in a wall of solid dirt. This was his Fist Rock Technique. Before his left arm was completely encased Kato managed to take his shield off his back and firmly into his right hand. With a dirt covered arm on his left and his faithful shield on his right Kato was ready to kick some tail. The clone responded with throwing a good amount of kunai in his direction. He swatted away a few with his shield to the right, and blocked the others with his arm on the left, these kunai now simply sticking out of the thick layer of dirt.

Then the unexpected happened. The clone created a large wall made out of Earth. This was obviously a type of Earth Release jutsu. The wall shot up in front of Satoshi, making Kato’s charge nearly worthless. Why the clone didn’t use it under himself and rip out the roots was a mystery. Kato’s charge would not become a waste, it couldn’t, not at this point. Kato charged straight towards the wall, swung his left arm back and punched right into the giant barricade of dirt. Without even skipping a beat Kato knew was he was going to do next. His dirt cast of his left arm was now stuck directly into the wall, hanging out freely after Kato expanded the dirt a bit to allow his left arm to be free.

Kato jerked his left arm back, completely freeing it from the dirt cast and actually used the cast somewhat as a stepping stool. He jumped up, briefly landing on the cast of his left arm stuck in the wall and then jumped up once more. This offered him a shorter distance between the top of the wall and himself. Landing on top of the wall wasn’t even a goal. After jumping straight up and rolling over the top of the roll he went into for the downward kick. The roll progressed until he was ready to strike after falling down the opposite side of the wall. Obvious momentum was put solely into this kick directed right at the clone.

When the time came the kick landed successfully, but not directly on Satoshi’s head. It landed directly on the clone’s right shoulder, obviously dislocating it to the point that anyone could see it from several feet away. As the clone gripped its right shoulder Kato landed on the ground. He didn’t have any momentum built up but he did still have his shield. The final blow that the clone would see is Kato’s shield being swung and bashing it on the left side of the head, obviously ending the fight.

”So…” he huffed a little bit from the intense fight. Kato made his way slowly to his new team. ”I think it is Nadra’s turn. You might wanna get that wall out of the way too” again he let out another huff. The fight was honestly quite fun, it wasn’t really what he expected.

Eiji Emiya

"I do believe in unseen things." Eiji replied to Kuni as they kept moving. "After all, I still have my faith in god which is something you cannot see. However, no I don't quite believe that those stories are true. But who knows, we might see some interesting stuff."

What was true however was that the air drastically changed. The trees blocked out the rain, but gave them heavy air that almost begged fora downpour. The humid settled in his clothes and on his brow. Luckily he was used to heath. There had been a couple of heathwaves in Iwagakure when he had visited his dad. He hadn't seen the city since it was destroyed though, and didn't feel like going back. There was no longer something there that drew him back.

The Genin moved behind him,, but soon Kuni poked him in the back, impatient and with questions as always. Her questions had changed though. "Yes, I can do that." He said. "You see-"

Before he could finish, or properly start, his sentence the ground under his feet shifted and an explosion occured that send Eiji spiraling away from the path into the darkness. More explosions occured, making it rain dust everywhere, as walls of earth rose up that would separate Kuni and Shiro from their just lost sensei. Then there was a sudden silence.