Yoshikuni Sadako

Seeing her technique worked and the walls of earth came down, she prepared herself to whatever might happen. But nothing happened. As the dust settled, all she saw was the forest around her, and soon enough her clone came back to the surface, and after shaking it's head she released it. Kuni was slightly worried, but more curious. Was this forest truly alive? Impossible. Or maybe... Nah. Figuring it was probably a trap set by her sensei, she turned to look at her teammate.

"I think that we should keep going, but look carefully around. There's no way this forest is alive, so there might be someone who is waiting for us. If you hear even a leaf being stepped on then stop me and let me know. We should both have a weapon ready, just in case. Do you think that's okay?" Kuni said and took out a kunai, waiting to see if he would agree with her, or if he had a different kind of plan in his head. She was ready to listen to anything at this point, but she also felt like staying in the same place for too long would be a very bad move.

Kato Daiki – “Move over Shikamaru!”

Kato watched on as the final teammate went through and destroyed Satoshi’s clone. She did fairly well and he had to give her props for not fighting as directly as both Tahekiko and he had. Once the fight was over Satoshi spent no time in jumping to the next training session, of course through in another tease at Kato’s obvious distaste for repetitive training practices such as 1v1 fights on the first day.

It seems simple enough, formulate a ambush and possible execute it. The only downside was Kato had no idea how the enemy (Satoshi) would be traveling if they indeed had to act upon there ambush. He never really intended to be the first to give a command but it was just something that happened. ”Alright you heard him, lets go!” and with that Kato was rushing off to the nearby wooded area, constantly looking back to see if the other two genin were following behind him. Time was limited but staying on budget wouldn’t be the hardest part, it would be dividing the time between tasks. Already Kato was making a mental check list of what he gathered from the two fights he witnessed. He gathered that Nadra was more prone to keeping her distance, additionally she had the ability to produce clones of her own and effectively use substitution jutsu. Tahekiko on the other hand was probably the fastest of the bunch when it came to reflexes. Sadly that was really all Kato could gather from the two fights he saw, in all honestly they didn’t do any more then run and punch, Kato’s fight as slightly different in the aspect that he had additional obstacles he had to overcome to reach his target, mainly a wall shooting out of the ground.

After Kato (and hopefully the group) was decently far enough from Satoshi, he began giving simple commands, thinking of what to next at the same time. What I’ve gathered is the fact we are all used to hand-to-hand.” He started off stating the obvious, hopefully getting the ball rolling for any of his other teammates if they were thinking of plans as well. ”There are three of us meaning our best options would be to cover three different viewpoints.” The plan was starting to come together in Kato’s mind. ”Nadra since you’ve displayed a decent amount of skill with clones I think it’d be best if you cover the skies and high ground in the trees. I recommend you produce 3 clones. One would look for an aerial approach, two will scan through the leafs in the trees in case he tries to jump us where we can see him, and then you scan the rear through the trees in case he plans on flanking us.” The view of the trees were closing in on the trio.

His attention that was seconds ago on Nadra was now sent over towards Tahekiko. ”Your gonna be on the ground with me. That root that you saw reach out from the ground is gonna make a return.” Kato strategy didn’t seem as stupid as he himself thought it would be at this point. ”We’re going to hide in the brush, any foliage thick enough really. I’m going to take the right side, and you’re going to be on left. Your quick hands, feet, and even eyes are going to be key on this.” he paused for a second to let it all sink in to Tahekiko’s mind. ”Im going to have a pile of loose dirt right next to me. I can perform a jutsu that basically will create a thick fog of dirt right on Satoshi’s position. The only downside is, while I can still see through it, you probably won’t be able to. This is where your quick eyes come into play. You must know exactly where Satoshi is before you rush into my cloud of dirt. If you miss his position completely then he is likely to get through. Once again he paused for a second. ”Basically the second you see my dirt fog appear, rush in and go for the attack, stay extremely close to him because once he is gone you will likely not be able to find him in the cloud. While you are attacking I will trigger my earthly snare, attempt to wrap his legs and then run in and help you attack him.” Kato then moved his focus towards Nadra’s position again. ”Nadra. Once we begin fighting I want you to only join in and fight with us after he comes into focus. Additionally I want two of your clones to stay where they are and look out for any of Satoshi’s clones if he tries to trick us with the first enemy. I don’t expect him to use any more then another clone since this is just a training session so if those two clones end up seeing another Satoshi, have them instantly attack him (the clone) as soon as they can.” for the most part that was the plan, he only had a few finer details to discuss.

Kato now turned his head once more and focused on the forest up ahead. ”Now we don’t want to announce our attack since this is still an ambush so I have an idea. When we are ready to attack I will produce a bird call, however I don’t want anyone to execute the actual plan until exactly 3 seconds after the bird call, it may keep Satoshi guessing a little bit more. Keep in mind that this bird call will come from a simple clone I will have positioned in the trees since it will be very suspicious to hear a bird call from the ground. Now don’t depend on my clone staying in for the fight, once that call is made that clone is gone.” It wasn’t the most extensive plan but it was the quickest he could think of within the short run from point A to point B. ”I know it’s a lot to take it so quickly but does everyone know what we’re doing? Once we hide, we can’t make any sounds until the plan is put into action.” Kato reached the wooded area and quickly began scanning an area.

He couldn’t spend a lot of time looking for a spot so he took a spot that looked like it received the most traffic. Kato pointed his finger at a bush on the left side of a small trail, indicating to Tahekiko that this would be a good spot for him to hide. He did the same for Nadra, this time pointing up in the trees and even silently suggesting a few points (once again with his finger) where she could position her clones. Once they were all hidden Kato did a small spot check and then produced an extremely weak clone which ran quietly into the trees, not going anywhere near Nadra though. Once the clone was gone Kato retreated into a bush where he would quickly begin digging into the ground with a kunai, producing a pile of loose dirt. Once the pile of dirt was complete he seethed the kunai and got to work feeding chakra into the ground and position his roots under the trail.

Kato made sure to put his roots into position as soon as he could and then made sure to weaken the chakra output as much as he could until the attack. Hopefully this would prevent Satoshi from detecting any chakra underground. He wasn’t sure if Satoshi could see chakra or not but he did know that most jounin at the very least can detect the use of chakra.

Something else hit Kato just that second, it was a memory from a year and a half ago. Satoshi...could basically become….invisible! Kato had forgotten all about that and now would quickly have to rework his plan but not too much that it would confuse his teammates who he couldn’t talk to due to them hiding. An idea then popped into his head. If he managed to cover Satoshi in enough dirt then maybe seeing the extremely fast ninja would easy in the case he did become virtually invisible. It was settled, if Kato detected that Satoshi was being unfair and going invisible he would have to somehow cover him in dirt, perhaps while he was covered in the dirt swarm jutsu.

Sho Deshuga

The rain was still beating down on him when his teammembers arived, but after spending a lot of weeks training in the rain, because where the fuck else should he go, he didn't even notice it anymore. Actually he enjoyed it. It gave a shell of protection that he could wear like a coat. And besides that it was very useful for a water release user as himself.

The second to arrive on the field - he was first after all - was a girl who was very well dressed against the rain. Sho gave her a look and rolled his eyes when she spoke to him. "Yes I am here for the team. Why else would I wait here? I'd have better things to do with my time." He said. Well, at least she was not a wimp, he thought. She looked like someone that could actually fight, which was what he needed in a team if he was ever going to get stronger. You got no where without strong opponents. Now there was only the hope that his second teammember would be at least as compe-

His thought were interupted by the arrival of said second teammember. Another girl. Sho couldn't care less if he had to best girls or guys, but really? With disdain he looked upon her with mud covered face. She stammered something, or at least tried to produce something that might resemble sound in some way, but that couldn't even escape her own mouth. Well, this girl was obviously a waste of time. If she couldn't even speak for herself and come up to him normally, then she was not worth his time. His eyes barely gazed over her before turning back to the entrance of the field. He was pretty sure Ryoku should be arriving any second. He hoped he did because he didn't want to converse with these two new people and he didn't want to waste more of this day either.

Kira Sami

The red-haired kid certainly had a mouth to him. Kira was caught off guard by his smartass remark, but she quickly began to fume. Who does he think he is talking to ME like that? Kira thought to herself. After a comfortably brief pause, she came up with a witty retort of her own to put her new squadmate in his place. "You could be working on your attitude. Seems like you need that more," she snorted, making it look like a casual comeback. However, she noticed another girl arrive. She looked... unclean already, and appeared to try and converse with Kira and Sho but failed to do so. If anything she seemed almost afraid of them. A social anxiety type, perhaps? Regardless, this team was already shaping up to be something of bad luck. Kira let out a sigh and shook her head, before entirely turning her back to her squadmates. This team is already doomed.

Kiyomi Sato-Hon,
Konohagakure Jounin and Hokage Apprentice,

Team 2.
Arrival!

It took the three of Team 2 to arrive at the location. The small village on the horizon was the location they were needed to travel to. At least, Kiyomi was. She landed on a branch and looked over her shoulder, to her students. This was it then. ''Listen up. Here we split up. I will travel towards the village and check the situation there. I want you both to head west from here. There should be a small lake. Check the surroundings and stick together. We'll try to keep contact. Move out.'' Kiyomi suddenly vanished as she went away in a high speed, towards the small village.

For now it would just be Leo and Hayate that would need to work together on fulfilling their given order.

Mika Hayashi
Kirigakure Jounin,

Team 14

Watching her students, the bandits were taken quite some hits. So far, the three genin were coming hard and fast on them. Though Mika never had told them to work together, they worked quite in sync. From her point of view. A fresh team of Genin, moving in together like that was rare. Certainly with the current personalities of Team 14. But Mika wasn't complaining.

Her gaze went to Chou, who went in against a bandit and managed defeat one on her own. In a way that almost made Mika node. Haruhi's technique gave opening that both Chou and Rai could harm and eventually kill three bandits. There were a few more left, that were a bit surprised by the brutal ambush. But they had to fight either now or risk dead. Mika just watched all this time, from a distance. Maybe this team wouldn't disappoint Mika too much? But it was still early to be positive about them.

Haruhi Suzumori
Kirigakure Genin,

Team 14

Haruhi's eyes widened as her teammate Rai brutally ended a few bandits right before her eyes. She noticed a different look in his eyes that terrified her more than those of the bandits they were told were their enemies. As he went to assist Minori-san, Haru felt a soft thud against her back, and then a poof. When she turned she saw a bandit had tried to stab her from behind, but that her clone had come to her rescue instead. She immediately dropped down and spun her leg out, making the bandit's fly out from under him and as he fell, she tried to stand, but he had clutched her ankle firmly. She tried to pull herself free but with a hard enough yank, he was able to bring her to the ground as well.

She fell with a small squeal of fright and reached into her kunai holster to grab one. As he pulled her closer to him she quickly gritted her teeth together and stabbed his arm, pushing the kunai through and to the ground. She jumped as he screamed in pain, but as soon as his grip loosened, she scrambled away and left him there. As her heart thundered in her chest she stood and had to quickly dodge a flurry of shuriken that was thrown her way. It was then she saw one running at her full speed. With a quick hand sign she summoned two clones. As he approached her, she slid under and between his legs while her clones grabbed onto both of his arms and pulled them out wide. Using her hands to propel herself back up she quickly jumped above him and kicked him between his shoulder blades. Using both feet and all her weight, she was not surprised to hear two distinct pops and a crack as his shoulders were dislocated from his body, and his arms bent at an awkward angle.

As he fell to the ground Haru knelt on his back, having pulled out another kunai. She held the kunai to the bandits neck, ready to end his life...

Except, she wasent ready.

I can do this...I can do this. I can do this. she chanted to herself in her head. In her heart she knew she couldn't, so she didn't make a move, she hesitated. Which, given the situation, was not a very smart thing to do.

Kumori Yotsuki
Kumogakure Genin
Team 5

"Aye aye cap'n!" Kumori flipped himself upright and saluted Raion. The white-haired boy pulled out a handful of explosive tags and a kunai. He stuck one tag to the side of the blade, a second opposite on its end, the third he used to blast a chunk of wood off from the tree that he had crashed into, and the fourth he tossed onto the ground. Kumori stuck the chunk of wood below his feet and detonated the explosive tag below, sending him flying into the air and completely obliterating the chunk of wood he'd been standing on.

As he reached the apex of his skyward arc, Kumori spotted Nori below. He created a water clone, which he handed off the explosive kunai to and then used as a springboard to launch himself downward and slightly to the left of his target and teacher. As he fell towards the ground, the boy threw three more not explosive kunai, the idea being that the different directions of approach would throw Nori off. Since he was busy throwing kinai around, Kumori didn't realize how close he'd gotten to the treeline until it smacked him in the face. Trees must have something against him, he thought.

The water clone, thrown backwards from Kumori's jump, landed on the ground and immediately started running through the trees towards Nori. As soon as it had a line of sight, it threw the tagged kunai directly at the man's head. Once it covered half of the distance, the tag on the blade would go off, knocking the kunai off course and sending it spinning. Then the second would go off, righting it again and sending the kunai back at its target. The water clone collapsed into a puddle as Kumori's chakra control failed him. Smacking into trees one to many times tended to have that side effect.

Satoshi Jun
Kumogakure Specialized Jounin | Team 3

With the three students away in hiding, some distance away, Satoshi took it very easy. Waiting, he would give them some time to consider some plan or at least attempt to make a plan together. It was important they would make a bond together or at least show some co-operation. Though he could make them face him in a bell test, he already thought about Kato's distaste against that kind of test. Then again, this wasn't really different, but the boy hadn't seem to notice that. Which did amused Satoshi to some degree. But it was time to act now.

Slowly he used his sensory technique. With them in range, he could notice their position and bit of chakra. Seemed that they were planning their ambush already and one of them already started to make a move or something. Maybe a trap? Though he was an experienced sensor, he wasn't an elite. But never the less, how was he going to tackle this problem?

The first thought was to use his sensory jutsu and the Hiding in Camouflage technique. But that wouldn't be fair. He wanted to create a real like ambush situation. So that meant he wouldn't be possibly be able to react with such advanced techniques. It was a tough decision on what he should do, but the waiting and pondering was something he did on purpose.

They would also need to show patience. After all, training would require a certain patience to it. The ones who would be most impatient would be noted down for some other training. Satoshi did made a shadow clone as he decided to hide away. It always could be that his students would decide to ambush him while he would try to make them wait. At least, that would work out as well, but for now Satoshi didn't expect such a move on their side. But for now it was just waiting what would happen.

????
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Forging plans, in the dark?!

The dark hall was silent as the group said nothing. All of them wore dark masks, sitting in a stone seat at a long stone table. Nobody sat currently at the head of the table as it remained quiet. Then one of the masked people rose up and spoke. His voice was masculine and deep. The black hood and cape didn't show the features of his body or clothing, but it was clear he was kind of a broad person. Not somebody you would like to arm wrestle with.

''The plans is done. The preparations should be soon ready too. At least, I have ordered my agents and men to stand ready. If given the word, we will do our share. Within a week.'' He said. The silence returned as the man sat down. It lasted a moment before another at the table rose up to speak.
The voice was more feminine as she was much shorter than the man who had spoken. Not to mention, slimmer, so far the cloak and hood allowed that to be seen.

''I think we need to focus on the plan to weaken the opposition. Else they will just cause our plans to fail again.'' The woman was barely done with talking or one of the masked people, a man, quickly rose up. By the tone of his voice, he was clearly annoyed. ''Don't go there now. Everybody knows that it would have worked if Koi hadn't became greedy or that the Elders wouldn't have distrust each other!'' Slowly a discussion started between the masked people before they all suddenly became quiet and sat down.

Then one of them rose up again. ''I propose this. We will carry out the Operation of Baring Fangs at full speed. Then we will shall see if we can set the other operation at motion.'' The man who had spoken had a polite manner of speaking and the others nodded, simply once. However, one of them rose up again. ''Though I believe Operation Baring Fangs will be a success, the subjects 5 and 6 are a trouble. We have managed to keep them calm, but there is a big risk when we place them together. What will we do about that?'' The person asked to the others.

''We will just endure the risks. We won't lose too much if those two subjects will fail us. As long they are out of the possession of the enemy, we won't suffer too much. We can only gain from this. I say,

Lets bring Operation : Baring Fangs, to work!''

Aiko Cho-Hon,

Konohagakure Jounin, leader of Team 8.

They finally had arrived. With a smile and raising her right hand, to protect her eyes against the sun light, she saw the village in the distance. ''Seems we are nearby. Everybody still alive?'' She asked, looking over her shoulders to her two students. Both of them hadn't been a bother. Not that she had expected that. But both had managed to easily to keep up with her. Not really surprising. Both Koike and Mamoru were experienced genins already. Turning back to look at the town up head, Aiko raised her hand into the air.

''Let's go. We need to do a job.'' She said cheerfully. Afterwards she began to sing a cheerful song, a bit soft, but still with a rather cheerful song. As if this was a mere field trip. But fact was that the woman was still keeping watch over her surroundings and being very seriously about what they were going to do.

Takeshi Shun
Kiri Jounin - Team 2

Staring at the silent crowd in front of him Takeshi let out an exasperated sigh. Pinching the bridge of his nose he slowly shook his head. "Great start Takeshi... great start." He muttered quietly to himself. Looking back at the three in front of him he made a decision. At least one member of his team had responded to him... if you could really call it that. Pointing at the two boys, Takeshi spoke, "You two are needed back at the academy for a mission. I will speak with you afterwards." He was lying of course, but they didn't need to know that. He just didn't feel like dealing with three silent students all at once. Turning back to Natsume he paused. He could feel right away that it was going to take a lot to drag the girl out of the shell she'd put herself in. "You, Natsume, are with me. We have a mission to complete." With that he turned and began moving. He did not set out at a very fast pace. But he would give Natsume enough time to catch up with him.

Natsume Yuki

Kiri Team 2

Natsume followed behind Takeshi. She was very skeptical of the fact that she broke the team up. At least a dozen dark th9oughts ran through her head as she followed behind him. Perhaps he wasnt actually who he said he was and was going to kill her. maybe he was who he said he was and was planing on taking advantage of her. maybe it was the boys who were in trouble. What ever it was, breaking up a freshly formed team was extremely sketchy. This put her on edge, so she kept a safe distance and kept a close on takeshi. What ever was going on, even if he was telling the truth, she would stay at a safe different. If it was an actual mission then so be it.

Takeshi Shun
Kiri Jounin - Team 2

Noticing Natsume beginning to follow, Takeshi picked up the pace a bit. As they moved through the forest he realized that she was staying back just a little further than necessary. After some time Takeshi turned his head to look back at the girl. He spoke softly as he realized that Natsume was probably confused as to why he'd singled her out. "I'm not your enemy you know." He looked forwards again and made sure that they were following the right course. "I suppose I should explain why I left those two behind back there. I owe you that much at least."

Takeshi turned his once again and glanced back at Natsume. Giving her a reassuring smile he continued, "I know it's not normal practice for a sensei to split up his team on their first meeting, but you'll find that I'm not really a 'normal' teacher. I believe that a team is only as strong as its weakest link. In order to find out where that link is, however, one must study the links independently. That is why I chose to split you three up. I chose you first Natsume because you seemed to be the most observant of the three and, to be honest, I'm curious to see what you can do. The mission that we are going on is a simple one. It should not prove too challenging, even for a team of two." Takeshi reached up and absently scratched the back of his neck. He wasn't quite sure how to get through to this girl, but he wasn't going to just give up on getting her to talk. "If you have any questions for me Natsume, about this mission or anything really, please don't feel like you can't ask me." With that Takeshi continued forwards, waiting to see if the girl would reply.

Natsume Yuki
Kiri team 2

Natsume followed him at the same distance and remained silent and skeptical. There wasnt anything for her to say, nothing she wanted to say. She knew better than to believe him at his word. examining each link doesn't do much when you can only tell their worth when they are strung together. It was a clever little lie but one Natsume refused to believe. she would need much more proof though, if it was a legit mission she might believe him. but trust, as always, was another matter entirely.

He may have admitted to not being 'normal' and sensei's were allowed to lead their team however they chose to, within reason. it wasn't necessarily impossible that what he was saying was true. It was just that natusme herself was trusted no one. Everyone, in her book, was out to get her.

Takeshi Shun
Kiri Jounin - Team 2

They were nearing their objective now. Takeshi slowed his pace, coming to a stop near the edge of the forest. Turning to face Natsume he waited for her to close in a little bit before speaking. "Our destination lies just beyond this forest. An old farmer is having difficulty with some of the wildlife attacking his prized animals. He has asked for help in dealing with the predators. That is why we are here. Do you have any questions before we head out?" Takeshi scratched the back of his neck with one hand again, staring at Natsume. He assumed that she wouldn't reply, but he wanted to at least give her a chance to ask any questions she might have. As it was, Takeshi thought the mission would be a very simple one, and he was confident that they wouldn't need any added help.

Kimi
Kirigakure ANBU,

Rika's Personal Spymaster.

Kimi looked over the town. It had costed some days, but it had worked. Erasing any potential troublemaker, the Kirigakure shinobi were in full control of the capital. Already they had sent word to Kirigakure that the country was now an official vassal of Kirigakure. Kimi wondered how that would be received in Kumogakure. Though she was glad with her recent victory, she was aware that it would bring the borders of the Cloud and Mist closer. But so far they had done nothing that could be seen as an act of aggression towards the Cloud.

''Ma'am?'' A masked shinobi appeared behind her, on her knees and his head lowered. Kimi looked over her shoulder. The mask was on the side of her face as her cold eyes glared at the man behind her. It stayed silent for several moments. Looking back to the town, Kimi thought about it.

''Send the Mizukage-sama the message that we have covered the situation and found success in her name.''

The Mist ANBU behind her nodded briefly. ''Yes, ma'am. Are there any other orders?'' Kimi thought about it. With some control over the Wolf Country, they would be needing to set up forces to make sure that they would keep it under their control. Though Kirigakure wasn't receiving any tribute now from them, the Mist could grow stronger with it. Losing thus their gained ground wouldn't be that positive. Certainly not for Kimi, who had proven herself to be a true asset for her Mizukage.

''For now, make sure the population knows for who they work. And that their security is highly on our agenda.'' Kimi ordered. With the order given, the Mist ANBU behind her went away to carry it out. Looking back at the town, Kimi wondered about something.