Hayate Hyūzu and Kiyomi Sato-Hon
Konohagakure: Team 2 - Completing the Mission!
An hour had passed and Kiyomi wasn't sure if they had received her message. Putting her left hand on her earphone communicator, she tried it again. ''Team? Reply if possible.'' Kiyomi asked, becoming silent again. She wasn't worried that something really bad would have happened. If that would be the case, both Leo and Hayate knew better than not to warn her. Deciding to wait for a minute before moving to another position, Kiyomi hoped they were or would soon come in range that they could communicate with each other.
"This is Hayate, I read you loud and clear Kiyomi-sama. Sorry, I think we may have dropped out of range there for a bit. Leo and I have been separated for a little while now. Have you heard from him yet?" Hayate paused and scanned his surroundings once again. Where could the other boy have gotten to where the communicator wasn't working. For a moment Hayate was worried that perhaps Leo had gotten himself into some trouble, but if that were the case he would have radioed for help right away. Not seeing Leo, Hayate continued on his path, waiting for Kiomi's response. Maybe she had heard from the other boy.
An answer, finally! ''I haven't received any word from him. But with you in range, we need to gather up. Of course without giving too much attention away. The locals reported in that the nearby lake held a big monster. I am unsure what it is as the reports are vague. Hhmm..'' Kiyomi thought about it. Firing a fireball, to act as a flare into the air was in her opinion a bit too dangerous. Not that she was too afraid for hostile contact, but seeing the overal experience and training, she oughted her team to be too well drilled to slack on missions. Even those who were C ranked.
''Listen up. I got an idea. Keep me updated of where you are and go. Lets for now head both south, towards the lake. Lets see if we can get any landmark in sight and regroup there.'' Kiyomi suggested, making two shadow clones who went the other way. Though she would focus to end the mission with Hayate, she wouldn't let Leo wander around.
"Copy that. If you get close before I do and it is necessary to remain hidden I can travel beneath the earth, though that may cause us to lose radio contact. If the path is clear then I shall meet you there Kiyomi-sama." Turning south Hayate did another quick scan for his teammate before heading towards the lake. Traveling with speed, Hayate still remained as hidden as possible. He had no intention of alerting anything to his presence before he and Kiymoi had had a chance to see what they were up against.
Since they had separated, Hayate had lost track of Kiyomi, though if she had continued in the same direction he had a rough estimate of where she should be. If his estimate was correct then that meant that he was a little closer to the lake then she was and would probably arrive first. As he drew closer to his destination, Hayate kept watch for any landmarks that they could meet up at. Noticing a small thicket of bushes and trees he spotted an old wooden boat that had been left there. Age had evidently worn down the wood to the point where it was rotted and filled with holes. It was still clearly visible against the bushes and Hayate thought it as good a place as any to meet up with his sensei. "I have found a spot where we could meet Kiyomi-sama. There is an old wooden boat next to a group of bushes, I will be waiting here." When he had finished broadcasting that to her, Hayate decided to give the boat a closer inspection.
Heading southwards, towards the lake, she heard the words of her student. ''Good, I will be there soon. Don't interact with any possible hostiles in the area.'' Kiyomi ordered as she picked up her pace. It didn't take that long before she noticed the lake. That was at least positive. But the not so positive side was that she noticed she wasn't even near Hayate's position. A bit annoyed, Kiyomi looked around before speaking up. ''Seems that we're not that close yet. Lets see.'' She walked to the edge of the water, trying to get a better view. The bandaged sword shivered for a brief moment as Kiyomi glanced at the water. ''Fancy a swim?'' Kiyomi asked Hayate as she took a few steps back from the water, her hand slowly moving towards the hilt of the bandaged greatsword.
Upon hearing Kiyomi's question Hayate smiled. "If you need me to come closer to the water I cetainly can." Hayate's search of the boat hadn't uncovered anything incredibly interesting, just a lot of mold and some hungry insects. Had it been a metal boat well... Hayate smiled once again. "Any idea how deep this lake is Kiymoi-sama?"
''I think deep enough..'' He would hear a low growling sound. Kiyomi saw slowly a big head coming out of the water. Frowning, she noticed it was a crocodile. Quite a large one. Twice as large of the size Ger was. Readying Samehada, she noticed that the giant creature tried to smash her with one of his front limbs. With a quick jump to the side, she managed to avoid getting smashed under the weight and strength of the hostile creature. ''Think I also found a landmark. Can you spot it?''[/font] Kiyomi asked, skidding over the water to a halt.
Hayate approached the water's edge and noticed a large commotion a ways down. [b]"I take it that's you then? Getting yourself in trouble again Kiyomi-sama?" Hayate set off sprinting towards the scene of the fight, already preparing several kunai. As he drew nearer to Kiyomi, Hayate could finally see what she was fighting. "Is that... what I think it is?" Without pausing he raced forwards, throwing several overcharged kunai towards the massive beast, hoping to draw its attention away from Kiyomi.
The giant creature turned around as he kept growling. Hearing Hayate's voice over the communicator, Kiyomi wanted to make an annoyed reaction back at him, but the tail of the giant creature was sweeping around. Trying to stay on the water, as the tail created some big waves, Kiyomi managed to reply back. ''Again? Don't start now!'' She replied, managing to stay on the surface and avoiding most of the waves with short jumps. The kunai of Hayate did attracted the beast as he turned his head towards Hayate's direction. It made Kiyomi aware of something.
''Seems external damage won't really do it. Bet that those scales are too hard. Meaning we have to slice or immobilize him.'' She said, trying to back away, to get both out of range of the beast as well getting closer to Hayate's side.
The scales of the crocodile did indeed seem to be near-impenetrable. It reminded Hayate of Kuromu's scales. Seeing that he had attracted the attention of the beast long enough for Kiyomi to get out of its immediate range. "What about underneath of it? Perhaps its scales are weaker there?" Hayate had to leap to avoid the large waves that the creature was creating. He threw two more overcharged kunai towards the beast, aming for its eye this time. At the very least it might temporarily blind the crocodile and allow Hayate to meet back up with Kiyomi.
''Sounds good, but are you're going to swim underneath a predator like that? Have fun!'' Kiyomi reacted as she thought about it. Hayate would likely pick up she wasn't in the best of mood. But focusing on the task ahead, she noticed Hayate managed to blind the crocodile. The massive beast started to trash around, angry and blind. But left them with a breathing pause. ''Okay, let's do it like this. I will try to paralyze him. Try to blow up some kunai or something at his right. We might be able to force him to be pushed over. Then we wouldn't need to swim underwater or such.'' Kiyomi proposed as she kept watch of their foe. It seemed he was slowly getting his vision bac as he stared with a lethal glare to the two Leaf shinobi, before charging at them.
Hayate nodded in response. Prepping a few more of his throwing weapons he split from Kiyomi and ran to the right. Leaping, Hayate threw several shuriken towards the beast's right side. Before he landed, he threw two charged kunai into the water at the crocodile's side, hoping that he would be able to create a wave from the blast. Perhaps one large enough to push the beast over. Hayate continued his push to the right, waiting for Kiyomi to make the next move.
With Hayate moving in with his attack, Kiyomi ran towards the incoming threat. Preparing Samehada, she let lightning chakra gather at the sentient blade, that shivered in excitment. With having the attention of their giant foe, the crocodile failed to noticed the charged kunai of Hayate creating a big wave. Seeing the size, Kiyomi doubted it would be enough, but maybe in conjuction with her attack. As the distance was almost closed in and the beast opened his mouth to try to devour the young jounin, the latter slammed Samehada at the water surface. ''Keep up the push, Hayate!'' Kiyomi ordered as she channelled the lightning into the water.
The crocodile froze before it growled, clearly showing signs that Kiyomi's plan was having some effect. Even the wave managed to almost push the beast over. They would just some more before the crocodile would be laying on his back.
Their two pronged attack seemed to be working. Hayate ran towards the beast charging even more shuriken. He launched them all towards the water at the beasts side. It might be overkill this time but judging by the crocodile's size Hayate wasn't going to take any chances. As he ran closer, Hayate began covering himself in his metal armour. If their plan failed, Hayate had a backup, but it was gonna be messy.
Noticing he was sending more than that was needed, Kiyomi smirked as she let go of Samehad, placing both her hands against the surface of the water. ''Can't not goof aound, can I?''[b] She mumbled to herself before unleashing even a more fierce stream of lightning towards the crocodile, to give Hayate more chance to launch his attack. The shuriken caused a big enough wave to cause the crocodile to topple over on his back. With that done, Kiyomi nodded. Step one was done. Now they had to restrain the beast. [b]''Good, lets make sure we capture it. I don't see any reason to kill it. You?''
"Copy." Was all Hayate said as he landed on top of the beast's stomach. Now that it was flipped he began spreading metal across its body. If he could spread enough he could block the beast from moving its limbs, but it was going to take a large amount of concentration on Hayate's part. Kneeling, he placed his hands on the croc's scaly stomach. Metal shot out across it and began spreading towards its limbs. Not only would this lock it from moving, it would also make the creature more succeptible to Kiyomi's future attacks. Grunting from the effort of covering the massive crocodile in metal Hayate spoke through the communicator. "Got any plan as to how we're going to move this thing?"
With the crocodile immobilized, Kiyomi picked Samehada up and placed it back in the special sheath. Thinking about the question, Kiyomi shrugged. ''Not really. I am used to seal tools into scrolls. I thought a second team would take care of it. Best would be me leaving a shadow clone behind. Are you alright over there?'' Kiyomi asked on a relaxed manner. The mission was a success, but she hadn't expect any other result. It was a shame Leo couldn't be here. His Crystal Release would have made it easier for them, with such quanties of water nearby.
When the metal finished covering the crocodile, Hayate stood. He was surprised at the level of energy he still felt. It wasn't that long ago that the same effort would have drained him. Looked like the training was working. Looking towards Kyomi, Hayate allowed his metal armour to recede. "I am fine thanks. You?" He approached the edge of the massive beast and jumped. The fall was a surprisingly far one and Hayate prepped himseld, landing gracefully on the surface of the water; a feat he would not have been capable of not long ago. Walking towards Kiyomi he couldn't stop a small grin from growing on his face. It was fun to be back on a mission again. As he grinned Hayate thought back to Leo, and his face fell. "Now that we have finished here I suppose we should go and find Leo-san." Hayate wondered where the other boy had managed to run off to. He hoped that nothing bad had happened to him. Turning Hayate began to move. Hoping that Kiyomi would soon follow.