[center][b]Shikaroku Nara
Konoha Team 9
Mission Time: Taking down the Turtle[/b][/center]

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.

[b]"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!"[/b] 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.