[IC] NARUTO: Road to Ninja [ARC 3] Buy it now and get a second punt free!

[Savato]

Aoi Don Maquia

Chocobo of Cocoon!

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Akio responded to Aoi's first inquiry, and much to her dismay she realized how low on food stocks she was when counting everything in her fridge. A couple of bottles of orange juice and leftover pasta she made a day ago. That wouldn't be nearly as much for a satisfying dinner, though she could always make Akio do groceries as a punishment for losing their spar. But that didn't seem right for some reason, and Aoi drifted in thought when seriously contemplating her options here. But then the concept of swimming came back to her mind, and was refreshed by Akio's consent on the idea of going there. Aoi nodded at the girl's concern about having a decent swimsuit, at least for her bottom. Luckily she didn't ask for a top, considering they likely had a visible difference in rack size, Aoi being rather tiny in that level.

They were nearing Aoi's house by then and Akio could see the somewhat humble looking mobile home in comparison to the many mansions and lakehouses nearby. She'd suddenly hop on the roof of her modest home and made a couple of twirls before taking on an over the top, yet grandiose pose to present her home in all its grandeur.

"Welcome to Aoi's fun house of... Fun! It's open by the way~"

Her door was always open for some reason, but it was usually because she kept goo traps at the entrance which she just disabled to let her guest in. However the clown would be a little more creative as to how she'd get in: The little hatch at the roof of her house was carefully concealed behind tiles and she was supposed to be the only one to know about this. Though when she'd be inside, she'd get a strange feeling that some things were moved and someone was there. That idea quickly vanished when her attention was, quite easily, taken away by the issues she had in the first place: Food. But the, a wave of genius breezed through her simple mind.

"Hey Akio! You like hunting right?~ How about... You hunt for the big fish hidden in the lake?! See it as a chore for losing our spar! I'll make a super good dish in exchange~"

She bargained, risking to waste perfectly good fish with her lousy cooking skills, but it was a practical way to avoid making a fool of herself in front of a girl she was obviously trying to impress for reasons she didn't even quite understand. She suddenly jumped on one of her closets, once again ignoring the signs that someone broke in as if she was the most oblivious shinobi in the world, and pulled a wooden lid off a drawer in order to reveal her real set of clothes. Multiple pairs of panties were being thrown out until she found a bikini set she'd throw right at Akio's face.

"There ya' go! You're all set for some fun and hunting gurl~"

Aoi herself pulled out a bikini as well, unfolding the light piece of bathing clothes before stripping naked herself in the middle of her house without warning. It didn't bother her one bit, no sighs of bashfulness to be seen while evidently acknowledging Akio in the room. To her, it felt like a girls' locker room scenario, they'd get naked no matter what and it wasn't with guys or anything, so it didn't bother her one bit. She got on her combination and swiftly darted out of her house.

"Better nab those fish before I gotta go grocery shopping~"

Before she'd speed through the forest behind her house, she stopped in her tracks and approached her friend real quick. She'd then randomly kiss the taller girl on the cheek once more, this time with a more provocative look. It started to amuse her when Akio would get all nervous, and she knew for a fact this would make her red. She then ran off toward the lake, aiming to dive in the fresh water at the first occasion.

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Princess Miyaka

Hisoka

Miyaka's left eye twitched when she acknowledged everything she had just heard. She couldn't believe they were actually being serious, calling her a cunt or addressing her as if she were nothing. Well Jaakuna and Takeshi sure had to go at this point, there was no other viable option for them. However Tsukiko's toying of Daiki's being may as well be preserved at this point. The positive side would be that none of them actually tried to lay a finger on her, though if they did they'd likely be killed soon after the event.

'I need someone to die today, this is insane. It's like talentless morons priding themselves over baking a couple of potatoes. How can they think they're worth something in these conditions?!'

"Yellow~ I'll take back all I've said if you rip off Green's tongue! I'll even drop the terrorist charges..."

She looked back at the explosive that broke a part of her balcony. If anyone got hit by the falling rock, she could easily accuse them of performing such a heinous act and have them arrested for terrorism. Considering it'd be an era of peace, the punishment would often be severe enough to attempt to deter other people with the same idea to exact their actions.

She slowly slide a pair of scissors between Jaakuna's fingers so he'd have a fun weapon to utilize against Takeshi. She seemed to have boiling rage directed to those two teens in particular. She didn't care if they died, unlike Daiki who had just begun to experience what she envisioned for him.

"Black. When you're done screwing with Red here, half a million if you make of these two idiots disappear. I changed my mind about going non-lethal."

She added before heading back to the couch she was sitting on previously and simply watched the same channels she did before. All the commotion and risk she'd go through by sticking around to carelessly were quite large, but as usual she seemed completely immune to that kind of hazard.

[Raijinslayer]

Akio Tendou

“I’d say you’re going to get robbed doing that, but something tells me break in’s aren’t too common an occurance around here.” Akio said with a chuckled as she walked into her Aoi’s home, giving a low whistle of approval as she did so. It was a quaint little place and had anything anyone could ever need. When the petite harlequin offered up the idea to go hunting for fish in the lake, a feral grin spread over the Tendou girl’s features at the thought of it.

“Hunting, a chore? I’ve spent so much time around Tsukiko-nee that that’s basically one of my favorite past times,” It kinda had to be since she liked to use me as bait more often than not. The memories of those particular hunts sent a shiver of fear up Akio, spine. Before she could dwell long on the horror that was hunting with Tsukiko, however, she was taken out of her head by a pair of bikini bottom hitting her in the face. Taking off the offending article with a slightly begrudging ‘Thanks’, she would see Aoi strip down and change into her bikini. The sight didn’t bother her too much, they were both girls after all, but the events at the park made it just the slightest bit awkward for the platinum blonde. She quickly shook the feeling off and got changed herself, shedding her baggy clothes and underwear, and putting on the spares Aoi had given her.

Once she was full changed, she was clothed in nothing but her bindings and the bikini bottoms, which were digging into her but a little given that they were a bit too small. Not enough that they were overly uncomfortable, but enough that it was noticeable. She took a few moments to stretch her muscular frame, before turning to follow Aoi out the door, only for the girl to come up and kiss her on the cheek again. The action indeed came as quite the shock to Akio, a quick blush appearing on her face that only deepened as she saw the look on Aoi’s face. It took a few seconds for her to recover, but as soon as she did, she tore after the clown girl, her face still red and embarrassed.

Goddammit, I don’t know what to make of anything this girl does! I don’t know if she’s teasing me, toying with me, or if this just how she is with people? My god, has this been a confusing and stressful day.

Quickly catching up, to the mischievous clown, quickly closed the distance between them just as they we approaching the lakeshore, aiming to tackle Aoi into the lake. After the following twirling ended, Akio would surface with a flip of her hair and a grin on her face. That was her little bit of revenge for the girl’s teasing ways, and once she was sure Aoi was okay, she dive down into the water, eyes scanning the lake bed for prey. Once she found a fish, she’d forma small version of her thunder bow in one hand, containing the electrical energy until just the right moment, before firing it off at the target. Once struck, she’d pump him with just enough juice to fry their brain near instantly, then reel them in towards her, whee she’’d surface and toss them to shore.

She had to be careful with this method, however, as the only reason she wasn’t getting shocked was because she was separating the electricity and the water by using a thin veil of chakra. It took a good amount of chakra control and focus to do, and while it wouldn’t kill her if she got distracted, it was a low amount of energy, so it would only hurt. It’d hurt a hell of a lot than a normal shock, but still, it wouldn’t do any lasting damage to either Akio or Aoi. She’d continue doing this for a little while, then take a break to get a breath of fresh air and just relax and enjoy the late afternoon breeze.

@Savato

[AlteredTundra]

Jaakuna Sawada, Sundance Kid

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"Having a change of heart, are we?" Jaakuna commented in response to Miyaka's new proposal. All Jaakuna would have to do was rip Takeshi's tongue out. Sounded easy enough.

Jaakuna looked at his devious teammate with a grin on his face. In his mind, he was deciding what to do. Sure, he could just as easily take the spoiled brat on her offer and do as she commanded, but then that would mean that he was just like Tsukiko. Granted, Jaakuna would love to shut Takeshi up once and for all and even the possibility of the terrorist charges was a good motivator for Jaakuna to do as she said. However, there was still that little voice in Jaakuna's head that was telling him to continue with what he was doing and fuck everything what Miyaka said. He has done a great job of doing that thus far, so why would he stop now? For the slight glimmer of hope that the cunt might actually grow a decent bone at the last minute? Jaakuna was unsure there.

Jaakuna turned to Miyaka briefly, "You know I don't trust you one bit. I still think you're a spoiled little cunt who doesn't deserve to have anybody at your beckon call, but..." Jaakuna paused, smiling, "I don't care at the moment. I'm going to let everything you said about my family slide for the moment because right now, Takeshi is pissing me off for actually trying to blow up my leg just a minute ago." It seemed that Jaakuna had made up his mind.

Leaping off his good leg, Jaakuna went forth to Takeshi as he would be airborne to the left of Takeshi, his right arm going forth towards the tongue of his classmate. Jaakuna wanted to get it on the first go.

[Akashi Mayhiro]

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Takeshi....Ruzuzaki?

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"Good Golly!" Takeshi praised the kid for escaping the explosion "Well done, seems like you actually want to live!" he smirked darkly at Jaak. He watched the blonde haired teen talk to Phia quickly before turning back to him "Well, can't be help. I did try to blow your leg up." Taking out his Bailsong knives he spun it in the centre of his hands before pointing it at Sawada "But nevertheless, a fight is a fight. Let's see what you've got kid!" A Jaak leaped towards Takeshi on his left side. The green haired ninja turned to face him "By the why, 'Phia' or whatever your name is. You've sent Jaak to his death by doing this!"

Takeshi face grew small before a more Maniacal expression appeared on his face

Hider

"Come on Jaaky-boy!" As Jaakuna right arm reached for Takeshi tongue, he opened his mouth wide and watched at his fingers entered his mouth before:

*CHOMP!*

As Takeshi teeth bit into Jaak's fingers her could feel his blood oozing into his mouth, he made sure that Jaak couldn't easily, judging from his action he was definitely a righty as he placed his free foot on Jaak's good feet. "As i was saying" he swallowed Jaak's blood with a grin "You train and travel with Tsukiko-sensei enough, and her 'Attitude' might just rub off on you!" while saying that Takeshi took his right knife and placed the tip right in front of his chest, where his heart would be. "Jaak, i'm all up for you taking my tongue and shit, but have you ever been stabbed in the heart?" he grinned madly as he placed a millimeter on the knife into Jaak's skin. "It does seem like a good trade, don't you think?"

In this Close situation, Jaak could take his tongue while Takeshi could react accordingly and stab him in the heart. Regardless of what Tsukiko and Phia said. No one told him what to do, only he decided.

[Crimmy]

Ueno Haruka

"Placing traps in her room proper sounds risky," commented Haruka, speaking for the first time since their arrival at the Capital. "It may endanger her and the servants."

One of the problems that being a ninja entailed was that it was dangerous easy to fail to account for the abilities that civilians lacked but they possessed. What could have been a mere nuisance to them meant something far different to those whose lifestyles differed from theirs. Even the simplest of traps could be lethal, and their indiscriminate nature made them somewhat of an undue risk to bring on a mission to bodyguard important figures in the Land of Fire's government. While ensuring maximum protection for the eldest daughter of Minister Yoshimura was a good idea, one had to realise how traps could interfere with the day to day life of the residents of the manor.

"I do recommend you assign yourself to somebody who ... isn't female," added the green-haired chunin, an undertone of dry disapproval evident in his voice. "Your lecherousness has already come into play, and I would rather have the reputation of Konohagakure not be impugned upon in the house of a major supporter of our forces."

He glanced up at the bruises and bloody remnants present on Kakiyama's face.

Unsaid was an order to clean up.

He returned his attentions to Yamato and Giichi, awaiting the latter ninja's reply. He too was quite curious upon how well the young genin's tactical capabilities had developed. It was best to take note of those who would serve as the future of the village. It had been surprising, having his authority immediately usurped, but the Minamoru scion served as a far better face to their assemblage of ninja than he did. Haruka was, after all, lacking in charisma and drive that the younger chunin possessed.

Still, it didn't particularly matter as long as the mission was a success.

[AgentFallenSoul]

Chihiro Hyūga

Upon opening the door, there were stairs and they stood waiting on the steps. She closed the door behind her and she looked up at the ten men standing there. They stood motionless for a moment, before the one that stood closest before her, jump kicked at her. Moving to the side, she watch the girl fly past her and she grabbed her neck at the last second. Slamming her into the ground, crushing her throat. The others quickly roared and rushed her, she met them, running up the stairs. Meeting the first one, she slashed his knee, making him fall into her rising knee. Punching his face, moving on the next, he went to kick her, to which she caught his foot and pulled him downward, making him do a split on the stairs and breaking something in his body. Stepping down, she narrowly missed being stabbed by a knife that went into the wall. Looking up at the girl, who made eye contact with Chihiro, she pulled the girls legs out from under her and her head hit the stairs.

Making her way up the others had quickly retreated to the top and started throwing knives at her "Eight Trigrams: Vacuum Palm!" she aimed it at the man in front of the three that stood at the top. Sending the knives back, they hit first man, the others using him like a shield. Chihiro took the diversion, and skipped steps, meeting the men at the top. Ducking under a blind jab from on fo the them, she sent an astonishing four finger jabs into the mans body, before ducking under another punch and sending another four snake like jabs into the mans chest, making him hall. Turning, she caught the mans kick, and using his momentum, spun him in to the wall. Making him bounce off, she used "Gentle Fist: Palm Bottom" and pushed her palm into the mans body that had bounced back. Turning, she threw out a kunai that hit the flying knife aimed towards her face. Running inside, she jumped over a sliding table that was kicked towards her. Using it as a stepping stole of sorts, she stepped off it, and jumped into the air above the man that kicked it. Landing on his chest, he fell to the ground and slid, her riding him like a skateboard.

Sliding into the next target, she jumped up and kicked the man in the chest with both feet, before landing on her back and kicking up. Grabbing the falling man's hand, she used him as a shield as ninja stars quickly imbedded themselves into his body. Kicking him towards the last two, they used a flanking maneuver, moving to the side of the body and coming at her from the left and right. Turning, she waited until they were right upon her, before acting. Moving under the slash of the sword, she hit the mans wrist and he dropped the sword. Pulling his arm forward, the women rushing her, lunged forward with her knife. Chihiro pulled the man in front, and caught the sword, slashing the women and dropping the sword all at once. She stepped back as the two fell and she breathed out "five minutes...not bad..." her transformation jutsu bursted into clouds as she returned to normal. Walking over unconscious and dead bodies, she walked down the stairs and out into the main restaurant to see that Momoi was still fighting "Oh, she's gunna be in for a real treat this time, making bets she knows she's gunna lose" she laughed to herself with her arms crossed waiting.

[Masaki Haruna]

Just when Rin is about to land a hit to the Owl Lady, the Archer Pirate shoot the kunai off of Rin's hand, saving her comrade by the bell, just in time, making a distance off to strike again. The two argued for a while, arguing the fact that she could have been killed or could have taken care of the Ice Minx herself. She told her archer crew mate to back off but due to Captain's orders they must work together. "Fine then, you take the right and I'll take the left." The Owl Lady said, she commanded her owl to attack Rin but just before it could land on her, Mia out of the blue sucker punches the owl with her flaming fist. "Wherever Rin-Rin goes, I follow. Questions are not important right now; we'll do later, you got a match to settle with that Owl bitch."

The Owl Lady was slightly upset as her pet got taken down. "Damn you.... you Uchihas just keep swarming like cockroaches." She cursed as one Uchiha is already troublesome and two just makes it disgusting as it is. "Disappear with the flight of the owl!" She rushes to Rin, wasting no time and transforms her hands into claws engaging her in taijutsu. "So you think your ice can beat me. Think again, let's put that to the test, damned kekkei genkai brat!"

Mia fights the archer pirate, the archer pirate launches her arrows, Mia uses uchiha style wires+shurikenjutsu to alter the direction of the arrows. "Katon: Bakufu Ranbu!" The archer girl evades it. The young Uchiha engages her in a battle of shurikenjutsu vs arrow spam.

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Cutting to Sentou and Shin. The Pirate Captain engages Shin in combat. "Yes, you Maru's are genuinely handsome but weaklings should be in the trash." The captain slices with her sword through Shin's defenses and kicks him off above, opening space for the teleporter girl to catch him. The teleporter pirate does her usual surprise which isn't surprising anymore; to put her to rest, Sentou surprises her with her speed. "Like hell I would let you! 雷遁: ねじれ虎 ！" Raiton: Nejire Tora/Lightning Release: Twisting Tiger.

Name: Twisting Tiger
Rank: D
Type: Taijutsu
Description: By focusing chakra on the user's arms, the user is described; "fast enough to catch mosquitoes without thought". It is done in a fast motion like a tiger, and it's noticeable feature is turning the user's nails into lethal "claws." Sentou created this technique by catching a mosquito with chopsticks.

Catching the teleporter girl like a chopstick to a fly, Sentou applied lightning chakra to her technique, adding the Lightning Style part to it. It's basically twisting tiger plus lightning chakra. In a quick exchange, Sentou hits the teleporter girl with 3 hits, 2 clawed hit, a backhand, and uppercut with the kick being the last blow. "Shin now!"

The Pirate Captain Arisa is surprised to see what just happened. "No one can compete with Mira like that..." But still she remained calm and sat back to her piano set, willing to play her sound genjutsu once more.

[Renny]

D A I K I.

Kingdom of Predators

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It was beyond frustrating to know Takeshi was drawing near and being incapable of doing anything to stop him. The green-haired boy shoved a pill down his throat, ordered him to digest it, and told him that it would give him a fighting chance. If he had been well enough, he would have denied the offer, spat it out, and continued with his own strength.

But he wasn't. His body felt like lumber in a firepit. It had only taken a few moves but every inch of him stung. Each movement was made with inhuman effort. He felt like he was going to collapse back to the floor any minute. It didn't help that his energy was literally spilling out of him.

His vision wobbled and the energy that the pill gave him became useless. Still, he held his ground, braced himself and took on Tsukiko's assault.

Tsukiko rushed him mercilessly. It was expected. However, the pain that came was not. Her foot sunk into his chest, his eyes bulged as he puked up his breakfast. Pain exploded from his gut and dropped him onto the ground, where his will pushed his arm out and barely managed to catch him. Slowly, he raised lack-luster eyes onto the Jonin.

He tried to think of a way out but his mind was fogged with agony. While he attempted to clear it away, bursts of pain rocked his face. His eyes, nose, and temples were struck with enough force that each blow felt like a hammer.

Near the end of it, his back and neck was limp, his body leaning back on weak knees and strewn about legs. Soft, weak groans slid from his lips. What was he trying to say? What the hell was his mind attempting to comprehend? He chucked it up to the wrath that pierced every fiber of his being.

“I-I … W-Wil...”

His head bobbed back and forth, denying his want to look Tsukiko in the face. “N-Not … Yet!”

The ceiling that leaped in and out of his vision became consumed by a bright, blinding light. All thought ceased a second later. A shallow breath left him as his remaining vestiges of his consciousness faded and his body remained in the embarrassing, ugly position that Tsukiko pounded him into.

Several, long seconds ticked away then his finger twitched and his head snapped up to face his beater. His—pale white—body was covered in blood; it streamed down his face like minuscule rivers, his eyes were closed and purple. “Be better,” he muttered before falling backwards.

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G I I C H I

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Giichi stared at the Naruto figurine in his hand with a slight annoyance. He should have known he'd run into his ancestor. It may have been childish but he even went so far as to stare accusingly at the model. Though, the more he stared at it, the more a great admiration for his ancestor's action overcame him. It made him want to do better and it put him into a business frame-of-mind.

Yamato's question caught him off guard for a moment. He hadn't expected to actually be involved. With all his determination, he still had to overcome his anxiety about making the wrong decision. There was a long pause before Giichi gathered himself and answered.

“I'll leave the minister and the youngest brother to one of you guys. One of the other siblings might be a option for kidnapping. Send me there and I'll make sure to protect them. My blonde hair and blue eyes is a eyesore when it comes to surveillance, they'll spot me from a mile away.” he joked with a quiet laugh.

[Savato]

Aoi Don Maquia

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Reaching the end of the forest, Aoi would feel Akio's body pushing her down into the fresh lake and she'd inevitably crash down into the aquatic abyss head first. The clown's eyes had a hard time to adapt to the water as she kept them open during the whole ordeal, but quickly she'd almost 'fuse' with the water using her ninjutsu hiding in water technique. She simply used it to move around with more fluidity while remaining concealed as Akio went on with her hunt. While her friend focused on the large prey they could generously eat, the harlequin found more interest in the schools of little fish of various colors swimming around. She'd try to poke on the fish, causing only the pack to completely dismantle before reforming like some kind of shape alternating between forms. She found this particularly amusing, enough to last her for most of Akio's predatory challenge.

When the Tendou would emerged from what seemed to be her final go, Aoi would conceal herself once more and wait for the female to toss her captured goods before jumping Akio from behind. She swiftly wrapped her arms around the taller girl's neck, though she'd press them down to her neck collar in order to avoid chocking. Now that that was done, he'd use her fingers as paddles to splash Akio's face with waves of drops of water just to bug her. Added to this mischievous act, the clown also wrapped her legs around the Tendou's abdomen so they she couldn't just escape in the deep trenches of the lake. At one point she'd stop, even after taking a few dives so she would lie her head on Akio's shoulder.

"Why are you so nervous when I..."

She whispered softly, her break cooling the water splashed all over Akio's face before smooching that same spot just as she did before. Though she kissed a little closer to the jawline this time around. Aoi was genuine curious while being a tease, considering Akio reacted in such ways that even boys wouldn't go as far when kissed on the cheek. Girls hanging out with Aoi would often experience these little pecks when they'd make her feel happy in some way. She giggled.

"Teehee~ If you kiss my nose I'll stop~"

She'd say before pecking her friend on her cheek and neck continuously to make her uncomfortable just so she could have what she requested. She had a thing for being kissed at the tip of her nose, something she'd demand to her past boyfriends whenever possible, often putting them in positions where they wouldn't have much of a choice in the matter. When she'd eventually have her desired action accomplished, she'd free Akio entirely and swim on her back toward the shore. Nearing the spot Akio had thrown her caught prey, she could smell the somewhat fried fish already and proceeded to inspect the dead critters. The smell was making her hungry, and she knew that Akio would be as well, especially after all she'd been put through. Aoi giggled once more at the though.

"Hey Akio! Let's go home so we can eat~ I'm staaaarving!"

She'd pick up a couple of fish, leaving the rest to be taken by Akio as she headed toward her house. In the meantime, she plotted on show she could make this dish edible without destroying her small kitchen. It was going to be a difficult task for our harlequin friend.

[AlteredTundra]

Jaakuna Sawada, The Sundance Kid

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When Jaakuna’s balled up fist went into Takeshi’s mouth, Jaakuna, for that instant, felt a feeling of sudden relief as he thought he had Takeshi’s tongue right in the first go. However, as he would soon find out, that would not be the case.

“OUCH!” Jaakuna yelled out in flesh-ripping agony.

He felt the surprising sharpness of Takeshi’s pearly whites. He felt Takeshi biting down into the bone of his fingers, blood was slowly dripping from each finger. Jaakuna tried to pull his hand away, but Takeshi had a surprisingly strong grip on them, preventing Jaakuna from going anywhere.

When Takeshi started speaking, Jaakuna somehow felt a little off hearing his words. Call it a gut feeling, but Jaakuna definitely felt something. It could just be the pain that Jaakuna was feeling from his almost-snapped-in-half fingers, but there was a definite ominous feeling that he was getting. On the mention of Jaakuna getting stabbed in the heart, The Sundance Kid arched an eyebrow. He did not want to become the next victim in some kind of murder spree. So, Jaakuna had to react fast or he could say goodbye to life.

“You present a valid point, but hell to the no,” Jaakuna said.

Taking rather precise and quick action, Jaakuna pulled his body away from Takeshi’s, shredding some of his skin on his hand, but that was nothing compared to the injuries he surely faced in this prolonged fight. Five paces away from Takeshi, Jaakuna looked back at the green-haired freak with cautious eyes. He didn’t know if he should go in for an attack again of wait for Takeshi to do so. He had two parts of his body that were slightly injured and with Takeshi entering some kind of murderer persona, the thoughts of more of his limbs getting injured seemed to be at the forefront of Jaakuna’s mind.

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Rin Reikan, Ice Minx

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“What the fuck are you doing here Mia?” Rin asked annoyed.

Obviously not the first thing that most people would say to someone that just saved their lives, but Rin wasn’t most people and Mia wasn’t either. Not like Rin was complaining. Mia saved her life and it was definitely appreciated, but it still confused her as to why the uchiha was in Yukigakure in the first place.

Rin wouldn’t have that much time to chit-chat with Mia as the owl lady came in for round two, this time it was a round of Taijutsu.

When she came in with transformed claw hands, Rin dodged each strike, darting to left and then the right, ducking when needed and jumping above when the opportunity presented itself. When the owl lady went in for another round, Rin repeated her actions, but when the second hand came in, Rin caught it with her left arm, grabbing that specific claw arm by the wrist. Rin would then assume a judo manuver as she use gravity by pulling the owl lady down and planting her right foot into the owl lady’s gut, and by allowing the momentum to control he movements, Rin flipped the lady overhead with a gentle push of chakra out from the soles of her feet, and sent the lady flying in the opposite direction.

[Masaki Haruna]

Waking the demon

Rin vs Owl Lady

Impossible, how could a Genin like Rin put the owl lady in place?!

The Owl Rider faced such humiliation after being countered by Rin, she is thrown in the opposite direction and set off balance as the surrounding of the ice mortally wounded her. Wounds that are so severe that she nearly can't recuperate from the wounds received from Rin counter. She got up, not without cause, scathed and her beauty was tarnish by the Ice Minx. Owl Lady still tried to keep her cool but the frenzy she's feeling is rage right now. "Damn you... Kekkei Genkai users are just merely blessed freaks that cheats everything with their genes, you, Uchihas, and everyone. Won't you just die already? You're making me look bad." She curses Rin, and an immense chakra coming from the owl lady emits, it is intense and sinister. A transformation occurs at the owl lady, her heavy breathing reeks of intent to kill the Ice Minx, the sensation she feels drives insanity.

TRANSFORM

The black marks from her body covers her entirely, renewing her appearance. Transforming into a monstrous being and as she continues to transform... she is now an owl monster. "I underestimated you brat. That ice release, a Reikan.. who knew that ants like the Reikan, Marus and bastard Uchihas would be in the same group." A temple emerges from their feet, it's nothing like other temples as it emits chakra like as if it is alive. Ice Temple
Mia vs Archer Pirate

As Mia fights the archer pirate. The advantage is clear as a day on her side. "What will you do? You do realize, you're bound to fail because you are facing an Uchiha. I need not need my sharingan--" Mia notices that she is bleeding. "... since.. when.." It is none other than an arrow. She's struck by an arrow right through her right abdomen and she's on her knees.

Archer Pirate Transforms

"You Uchihas are always a bunch of blessed arrogant, terrible, wretched, and self praising fools. Perhaps it is time that this coming of age and generation that Uchihas this and Uchihas that should be gone. You and your overrated clan like trash should be in the abyss to where the Shinobi World will never remember you. The archer never misses its prey, more so with the eye of the eagle.." The Archer berates the Uchiha and Mia, proclaiming her superiority.

Mia activates her sharingan in her helplessness. "...."

[Raijinslayer]

Akio Tendou

"Hey, stop that!" Akio cried out as Aoi jumped on her back, bombarding Akio's face with a barrage of water droplets. She tried to shake the petite girl of of her, but she was locked on like a leech, even going so far as to wrap her legs around the platinum blonde waist to stay attached. When Aoi finally stopped, Akio was about to give a breath of relief, only to feel Aoi's breath on the nape of her neck as she rested her head on Akio's shoulder, sending a slight shiver down her spine. The small blush that had formed when Aoi had first latched on to again grew by a large margin as the small girl kissed her cheek.

"'cause it's embarrassing," Was Akio's answer to Aoi's question, and she might of said more if it wasn't for the girl following request, which made her face a startling shade of crimson. Before she could voice her opposition to the idea, Aoi began to kiss her again, focusing on her cheek and neck. This made her blush further, and the kisses on her neck sent small bolts of lightning through her body. When she couldn't take anymore, she turned arund in clown girl's arms and gave her a small peck on her nose, looking somewhat nervous as she did so. Even if she knew nobody was watching, it still felt weird to do this kinda thing out in the open for her.

As the mischievous harlequin let her go and went to shore, Akio took a minute to calm herself down, taking a few dives under the water to cool her head so to speak. Once she came back onto dry land, she took to collecting the fish that Aoi had lef tbehind, her stomach growling rather loudly in response to the thought of the meal awaiting her when they got back. The thought off food taking her mind of the previos event, she called out to Aoi as she ran up to meet her.

"You and me both, and if you want, I could clean and gut the fish for you, or would you prefer them filleted. I'm partial to the ladder myself, but as the host and cook, it's your call."

@Savato

[Savato]

Aoi Don Maquia

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The two were returning to Aoi's humble home, fish in their arms and ready to cook themselves some good ol' seafood dinner. Jumping this time through her slightly opened window, revealing that the glass itself was just mucus concealed as solid glass. She fazed through it without a care in the world, tossing her newly acquired fish in the sink of her small house. She pondered the options given by Akio, how she would prepare the fish for the grand feast they were going to have tonight. For a moment she stood still in the middle of the single room house, unsure as to what were the differences between the styles of preparation Akio had just suggested, but she wanted to appear as though she knew what she was doing, and as such she replied what her gut told her to.

"I'd like them filleted please~ If you can help me get the kitchen ready as I prepare the movie, that'd be great!~"

She told her friend, finally cutting herself some slack as she rushed toward the bed she'd usually sleep in, the one on the left from the perspective of the entrance. The bed would seem to be facing a small TV glued to a wall that held the bathroom behind it. They could lie down and watch a movie from there, but Aoi had a better idea: She'd pull the mechanism under her bed so it would fold itself into the form of a couch, like modern beds bought at a rather cheap price. But then she thought as to how consistent that really was. Upon further inspection, it was obvious that they could just lay down and be just as comfortable but with more space. Realizing this, she released the furniture once more, this time stretching it back to the form it had previously.

Satisfied with her apparent lack of productivity, she jumped to grab the dvd box on the head of the TV so she could inspect if the disc was still there. "My Helper Hamiro" was the film she had suddenly decided to watch. It was from the same director they had seen, so this would give a glimpse as to what Akio would see in Aoi's favorite movie. She inserted the dvd in the integrated player and watched the TV screen slowly activate. It wasn't old, but it surely wasn't one of those new HD ones. The options menu popped up on the screen, indicating that everything was ready. Excited, she hopped over to the kitchen in order to have a few things ready.

"Tututu~ When you're done Akio, can you put 'em on the frying pan? We'll let 'em fry while watching the movie!"

She proposed, however she'd completely forget to grease the metalware, making this an already inevitable disaster. She hopped on her bed, though for one person, if one didn't hog the center it'd be more than enough for two. She of course scooted to leave place for her friend who would likely be confronted to the reality of Aoi's cooking beforehand. She selected various options so they'd have the entire movie, uncut, and have it last probably for at least three hours. She just liked her movies that way. In the process, she opened a bag of Gonba-Prize-winning-chips they could she as appetizers while the fish cooked.

"Hey, move! The movie is gonna start!"

She'd boss her friend around, knowing full well the kitchen was a lost cause. She just wanted to watch the movie and laze around after such an exhausting day. That and maybe have a little fun teasing her friend, though this was a movie session. She wasn't expecting the same thing as with a boy, but some how the idea wasn't too far fetched the more she thought of it.

[j8cob]

Tsukiko Umene, Honeybadger

As expected, Daiki was down for the count. While Tsukiko wasn't in the best condition for combat, her initial strike that had wounded him stole any chance the boy would've had at defending himself. Had she not slashed him in her rage he could've probably put up a good fight, given she couldn't effectively use her left arm. But now he was unconscious, bloody and beaten on the floor. "Let that serve as a lesson," Tsukiko told him, unsure if he would hear her words or not. Not particularly caring about the potential backlash, Tsukiko withdrew her gutting knife and began cutting some fabric off the side of a nearby couch.

After a sufficient amount was gathered in such a fashion, she used it as a makeshift gauze to stop Daiki's bleeding. It wouldn't serve well to let him bleed to death, after all. She wasn't about to sew him shut or take him to a hospital, at least not right now, so stopping the bleeding was the next best thing. With Daiki somewhat stabilized, Tsukiko directed her attention to the other two teenagers that were causing a commotion. This has gotten out of control, Tsukiko thought, walking over by Miyaka and looking down on Takeshi and Jaakuna menacingly.

"Boys," she announced, her voice low and ominous. "If you don't sit down and shut up you will be joining your friend over there in Unconscious Land." Then her gaze went down to the actress next to her. "I'm not killing them for money." Tsukiko's eyes didn't relent, as if she was staring into Miyaka's soul. "I kill my subordinates as punishment. Any other reason would be robbing the village of assets." The smaller woman may have been watching television and seemingly uncaring, but Tsukiko knew she was paying attention and would care. "But I will, however, settle them down." Now she looked back to the teenage boys. "You two. One get me a beer and the other get me a snack. Then get Miy-... Phia another beer."

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Shin Maru, Topaz

The captain lady was strong enough, being able to overpower Shin and push him back. This gave the teleporting girl an opportunity to attack him, but Sentou was prepared and countered her. "Nice save," Shin complimented, before turning his attention to the girl. "You won't get out of my prison this time!" His hands formed the ram handseal, prompting the Jade Crystal Prison to form again. Just like the first time it grew from the woman's feet and quickly encased her in a solid, transparent orange crystal. Shin left no space around her head to allow conversation this time. She was to be completely trapped.

With her out of the way, Shin looked back to the captain. "Now to beat you into submission..." He felt a bit guilty talking so tough to a woman like that, but he knew she was the enemy. Treating her like such is only appropriate. The Jade Crystal Blades on his arms shattered into fine dust as Shin made a new string of handseals. He pulled his right hand back as he lunged towards the captain. "Crystal Lance!" The orange crystal rapidly formed over his right forearm, stretching forward to make a large, thick lance that spanned several meters in length. As it finished forming he thrust his arm forward. While the piercing power was useful, Shin anticipated that this pirate captain would dodge the attack instead of block it. And that is where Sentou better come in...

[AlteredTundra]

Jaakuna Sawada, The Sundance Kid

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The air on the balcony was intense. Anyone watching would be able to feel the focus between the two shinobi looking at each other as they waited for one or the other to make the next move. One had the look of bloodlust and had the intent to maim and kill. The other had the intent to only survive and reserve his clan's safety from the evil princess. Yet, as they both stared at each other with different emotions and motivations, there was one thing that they had in common. Their focus was unmoving and resolve unbreakable.

The Sundance Kid willed his golden aura to expand, the golden particles taking up a three-foot circumference all around. The amount of chakra that Jaakuna had in reserve even after getting quite a beating was remarkable. Jaakuna's pride as a Sawada was stronger than ever and he wanted to make sure that whatever the Princess From Hell claimed to do would stop at the balcony.

Just as he was about to take off in another dash and his hands building up massive amounts of Star Chakra, Jaakuna was suddenly stopped by a tone of voice so low that it shook Jaakuna right down to his core. The very nature of it wasn't loud or in a boasting-like tone, but at the same time, the teen felt a fear in his body so vivid and so real that the hairs on his arms and legs were standing up.

It took a minute for Jaakuna to snap out of the frozen fear he was feeling. When he did, he took a step into the hotel. As he did, his Meteor faded into the golden chakra particles and was gone from existence.

Jaakuna's eyes went to Takeshi for a moment, "Not like we were serious right?" Jaakuna said cautiously. He didn't know if Takeshi was still in his sadistic phase or not.

Limping inside the Hotel, Jaakuna would speak, "I got the snack for Tsukiko. You get the beers, Takeshi." Jaakuna said, going over to the mini-refrigerator and grabbing a stick of Beef Jerky for Tsukiko. He handed it to her and would take a seat on the ground as if like a behaved dog.

[Masaki Haruna]

Sentou Uchiha

The teleporter girl is trapped this time for good. Inside the crystal it was so dark; Sentou deduced that Mira needed light to know where she's going and teleport. Deducing that fact, it all makes sense considering Mira the Pirate Teleporter always look up above on the ship and desire her spot, her power is instantaneous teleportation and it was difficult to deal with but its flaw was light, if there is no source of light she is completely useless and her ability is no longer a problem. Sentou is smiling, "Right." This time it is different. They will take down the pirate captain no matter what. Numerous Chidori Gungnir emerged from the ground. Pirate Captain dodges it along with Shin's attack and Sentou quickly appears behind the pirate but she was strangled. Sentou couldn't breathe properly and then she died. "You ninja always have a tendency of underestimating people."

Cutting to Mia, "Well, you people should thank us Uchiha for establishing the first ninja village. Without us, the world will not be in order because other villages followed the system. Plus, I already know your defeat. To me you've been defeated for centuries." Mia gets up and traps the pirate girl into a dreadful illusion with her sharingan. It was a sharingan coercion that overpowers the pirate archer and Mia ends her with a combined attack with her cat. "Let's do this!" Wind is summoned through the cat's wings, "Katon: Ryuuenhouka no jutsu!" Powered by the wind, ginormous big dragon flames devour the pirate archer and her body was burned and defeated.

"No matter how good a shinobi is they will always be a 3rd rate in the eyes of the Uchiha. Don't ever underestimate an Uchiha!"

Collab with Tundra

Rin Reikan, Ice Minx

“And to think I thought you couldn’t get any uglier,” Rin said, her disrespectful tone at an all-time high.

She was not impressed one bit by the Owl Lady’s transformation. For one, there wasn’t anything flattering about the way she looked. Owls were by far the ugliest of the bird family and even more so in all of the animal kingdom. And the appearance that Owl Lady took when her cursed seal took complete control made her even less attractive than she already was. Even Rin thought that wasn’t possible, and yet here she was proven wrong.

As Rin poised herself for an attack, she felt the ground beneath her shake and some kind of Ice Temple rose from the ground. Rin was more annoyed by the sudden shift in the ground than she was from the appearance of the temple. It was made of ice, so at least Rin was in her element with the temple. ”You just signed your own death warrant, hag.”.” Rin smirked as her legs took off to a sprint, her little, lean body gaining footage as she closed the gap between her and Owl Lady. Rin stepped from her left foot and drove her right knee into the Owl Lady’s gut. The sudden force would cause a bending over motion, in which Rin took advantage of with a straight right jab to the nose. The amount of force would send her backwards a few paces.

"Nice try kid." She didn't feel any pain, but same old as always, her feet is enlarged so as her wings, the owl lady waved her wings as she release raw winds from it. It would send the ice girl backwards. "GGRROOOAAHHH!!!" She releases a soundwave of scream from her mouth, which shatters the rocks around her but it did nothing to the mysterious ice as the mysterious ice is still left the same.

Rin was in trouble. Being so close to the Owl Lady when she unleashed a sound wave sent Rin flipping backwards away from Owl Lady. By the time her body flipped three times, Rin found herself skidding on the ground, the cold ice of the temple slicing some parts of her right knee as she did so. Not wasting any time, Rin ran back towards Owl Lady as she weaved hand signs. She then took a jump into the air, chakra propelling her higher than a normal jump would. “Water Release: Water Clone Jutsu!” Rin shouted as a clone appeared beside her.

As they were both midair, they darted in opposite directions of each other, landing on the ground only three paces away from the Owl Lady. Each of them gathered chakra into their mouth and inhaled as they quickly weaved four hand signs.

“Water Release: Water Gun Jutsu” The Water Clone yelled as a stream of chakra-infused water was shot from her mouth.

“Wind Release: Great Breakthrough Jutsu!” the Original Rin shouted as a gust of wind came from her mouth.

The combination of the two attacks coming from both sides would prove to be a difficult situation for the Owl Lady as both were coming in pretty fast. Even she wouldn’t be able to dodge both of them.

"Hahaha. Normal ninjutsu like that have no effect on me brat!" She flaps her wings faster than before and repel the Ice Minx attack. "NOW THEN! HOW ABOUT I GIVE YOU A SCREAM!" She flaps her wings in the same pace and releases an excruciating soundwave from her beak. It is like listening to malfunctioning tunes.

Normal ninjutsu huh? Fine, let’s try something else.

When Rin’s attack was deflected and the Water Clone she had summoned had been destroyed, the Owl Lady went on to produce an ear-piercing scream. Just before it would reach Rin, however, she started to weave hand signs. “Ice Release: Jagged Ice Wall!” Rin yelled as she slammed her hands on the ground and up came a wall of ice with spikes at all points. The wall deflected Rin’s ears from the scream, rendering the attack useless.

As Rin would scale the five-foot wall she created, she would weave even more hand signs. Her head was pointed down and she would use another jutsu, “Ice Release: Shards of Ice!” She shouted as she placed her hands on the wall, which was overflowing with ice chakra. Before she knew it, Rin’s hands were covered extensively with Ice chakra. As she pointed them at the Owl Lady, Rin shot a seemingly endless supply of ice shards at her. Based on how many were firing per minute, Rin would be able to keep the pace up as long as the wall of ice stood, which would be a while if Rin could keep the Owl Lady away . Each time Owl Lady would try to fly, Rin’s hands would follow her. Rin wouldn’t let her get any form of offense going without shards of ice keeping her company.

Owl Lady constantly flies but as the ice hits her, she laughs it off. "Hahaahahaha! I already told you, ninjutsu doesn't work on me. Ice? You seriously think ice is gonna stop me?!" She flew towards the ice minx with her feather spam to counter what ice techniques Rin will throw. "GRROOOAAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!" She releases her scream towards her.

Even the ice wasn’t working. Rin really was exhausting her own chakra supply running through ideas of what to do that could harm the Owl Lady. First she tried her futon and suiton techniques, but they didn’t have effect on her. Then, Rin tried her Kekkei Genkai and that didn’t work. Even Taijutsu didn’t seem to have any effect anymore. Rin really was running out of options and it was getting to her, even as she saw Owl Lady come at her with that Feather Spam.

“Fuck it,” Rin said.

Throwing all caution into the wind, Rin ran along the wall, getting to at least the side of the wall and jumped off the side of it, completely cutting her ice shard jutsu off when she left the wall. Then, without any notice or warning, Rin threw a kunai knife with a paper bomb attached to the bottom at the Owl Lady. It was a great move on Rin’s part since, even if the Owl Lady would be able to deflect it or notice it, the position Owl Lady was in, she would be caught in at least some part of the blast radius. At least that’s what Rin hoped would happen.

The owl lady didn't have much time to react to the Kunai and pretty much it is bright as a day, her senses aren't made for the day because owls are for the night. The kunai exploded and the mysterious as well. After that blast, wounds were visible as well as blood from the owl lady. "OH YOU THINK THAT HURT!" She soar fast and releases her usual scream. "It is futile brat! Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, whatever jutsu won't work on me! FUCK GENJUTSU if you can't even CATCH YOUR PREY! GGRROAAAHHHH!!" She screams one more time.

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At that moment, Sentou breaks free from the Pirate Captain's illusion, shattering the very image that looks like her death. "WHAT?! Impossible, she crushed her eyes?!" The Pirate Captain can't fathom what have just happened, which leads to her defeat.

Sentou snaps her fingers which in thin air releases lightning infused coins. "There's more." Pirate Captain dodges it but still got electrocuted and her leg got pierced by coins but evaded it at the last minute. Sentou continuously snap her fingers which manipulates the lightning release infused coins and rains a barrage of them. Afterimages are also spawned and she runs with her eyes close as she follows the sound of her phone rigged underneath the captain's foothold which is the basement, Sentou successfully follows the sound. "Here. Chidori." Right to the chest but Sentou have avoided the Pirate Captain's vital organs. The Captain is defeated.

She opened her eyes but it is still hurting, she could barely see. "Shin, let's go help Rin." Even with her condition, she still insist on helping others.

[Akashi Mayhiro]

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Takeshi....Ruzuzaki?

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Takeshi was ready to fight and kill, spinning his blade in the palm of his hand. He stared directly as Jaakuna as he starting charging up his Chakra, The green haired ninja started breathing in and out. Forcing out all the unnecessary distractions around as he solely focused on his opponent "One will stand and the other shall for, kinda poor for a place for this, huh Jaak?" Takeshi spoke as he grinned with his bloody teeth before pointing his blade at him.

Charginging towards the blonde Ninja, Takeshi grinned madly as he readied himself to attack. However the stern voice of the teacher had cut of the fight short as she order the two boys to do her bidding. Jaak had turn to him and joked about fighting. "Yeah, you're right: We're only testing out pressure, i'll grab the snacks then." Letting of the bloodlust and fighting spirit. Takeshi pocketed the knives before looking at Daiki "They don't pay enough to do this shit..." walking over to the fallen red head, he picked him up and slung him over his shoulder. He paused for a second before patting his pockets before finding his wallet. Taking it out he looked for any notes he had. "Tch, fucking broke ass Pleb...." he cursed before jumping on to the rails once more. "I'm taking him with me for snack finding, be back in 10 minutes. I'll patch the fucker up." Jumping down to the ground he landed safely before breaking on into a quick jog to the best place a person could get snacks from.

"Hidden leaf's Dango and sweet shop, here i come!" he grinned as the broke into a run, The body of Daiki flailing behind him like a rag doll. He would patch Daiki up near the shore then get some sweet for the both of them before return back. "Dude better be thankful..."

[Partisan]

Saburo Uchiha, “Kimyōna”

@Assassin

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With a gentle step to his left, Saburo moved out of the way, but only barely so. This was done on purpose as the 'gentle fist' style that Saburo had managed to mimick near perfectly required one to be very close. That, plus the fact that Shouken had a drawn blade at the ready, meant that if Saburo wanted to avoid the weapon, he'd have to stay close and make sure that even if Shouken swung the weapon, Saburo was close enough to render the weapon ineffective. All this went through Saburo's mind analytically as he stepped to the left - in a matter of seconds he had devised his next 50 steps.

The second that Shouken landed Saburo sent forwards his right open palm, aiming specifically for the side of the boy. If he had guessed correctly, Shouken would be ready, but he wasn't sure how long Shouken would take to dodge or block the strike. As such, this attack wasn't meant to harm or take down the opponent.. more so, a probing strike to see how quick Shouken could react. It probably wouldn't be an accurate reading since Shouken had been training - in Saburo's mind, this was not a fair fight. But when was a shinobi fight ever fair?

The open palm strike was aimed at the lower right side of Shouken's body, slightly below the ribs. If it did hit the boy, there would be no tenketsu blockage. After all, Saburo could not see the chakra paths or the tenketsu - it was virtually impossible for him to block tenketsu. Rather the 'gentle fist mimick' was a style that Saburo copied from a Hyuga, but that maintained the taijutsu standard of knocking an opponent out with hard blows. And as such upon connecting the attack, Shouken would feel a ripple of pain go through his side, and possibly have some air blown out of his lungs as a result. Then again.. Shouken might be fast enough to block it. As soon as the attack had been done with, Saburo would gently pull back his hand, but quick enough to avoid any attempts to grab it, before stepping back two steps and making some distance again, dropping his arms to his side. “Excuse me, Shouken-senpai. I'm sure you have more than a simple attempt to attack like that. Shouken-senpai, please, come again, denoting I wish you to attack me again.” The boys mannerisms had stayed, but his figure of speech had become more calm and his face didn't follow what he said anymore, instead completely focused on Shouken. Even if this was a sparring match, he was still going to try his best to win.

He took a second more to look at Shouken calmly before sliding back his left foot and raising both hands in an open position, one in front of his solar plexus, the other extended in front of his torso. He was making ready for his final move - the game ender - and while Shouken was likely still convinced that the fight was going to go on a bit more, Saburo had devised a plan earlier. His face remained the same, not betraying his plans, but in his head the wheels were turning as he anticipated the attack.

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Yamato Minamoru, “Young Master”

@Renny@FallenTrinity@Crimmy

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Yamato glanced at Giichi as he answered Yamato, before he looked back at the map in front of him. Slowly he nodded to himself before looking back at Giichi, nodding at him now as well. “You are right. I doubt we'll find many with blonde eyes and blue hair here, let alone those with a Konoha headband. Even if you were to take it off.. I doubt people would not notice you always hanging around the minister.” he said calmly before looking back at the map. Taking a moment, calmly which was unlike Yamato, he thought it true once more and then nodded once more. “Place your mark at the hallway, where the three rooms of the siblings connect. Do periodic checks inside the rooms, and be alert. Find out a way to be vigilant at all times. I leave the rest to you, Giichi.” he said, before turning his attention to Gin. The boy was spouting nonsense mostly, and Yamato was about to cuss him out and kick his ass, but Haruka intervened timely. And without knowing it, Haruka probably saved Gin a trip to the hospital because of that.. tsk.

But Yamato didn't feel like agreeing with Haruka, not today anyway. “Gin, you'll be on guard with Giichi. There's a problem with putting 1 person in charge of 3 people, and that is that 3 people likely don't stay in the same spot constantly. You'll accompany any of the 3 siblings that leaves their rooms. Yes, that includes the oldest daughter.” Yamato gritted his teeth as he looked at the map, knowing now that he'd regret this later. Well, not himself personally. Haruka would get the blame. But it'd be a personal loss if Gin messed up, and so measures had to be taken. Later, though, not now.

“My father knows the minister quite well. I'll go with him. I won't bother with sneaky tactics and hiding in plain sight. Having a Konoha shinobi nearby will deter anyone wishing to make a move. That leaves you, Haruka. And we need someone to figure out who these people are.” he said with a condescending tone. Slowly Yamato got up and walked to a nearby bed, slinging his dufflebag onto it and then turning around, leaning against the bed and looking at Haruka. “Knowing we had to track people down and defend a target, I really wonder what kind of team leader doesn't take a sensor nin with them.. unless you happen to know sensory techniques, Haruka?” He was indicating with his walking away, as well as calling Haruka the team leader, that Yamato was handing the baton back to Haruka. He was now the acting leader again - even if he had never coordinated this change of leadership.

Once Haruka, as well as Giichi and Gin, had had their say again, Yamato would walk towards the door and open it, stepping aside for the rest and indicating to them that they should get to their posts - Gin and Giichi together in the hallway, Haruka where ever he wished to start the investigation, or whatever he was going to do. Yamato didn't even care at this point. But as the people would move past him Yamato would grab Giichi's shoulder softly and pull him aside a moment before closing the door again. He made sure to seem imposing on the boy, authoritarian even. If anything, Giichi would think he was getting a beating for messing up. That was not the case however.

“Giichi, good work on the station choice,” Yamato opened the conversation, and although the words themselves may of been friendly, he was frowning rather heavily in anger although not directly at Giichi. The words sounded norse and not really meant too, although Yamato was honestly surprised at Giichi's capabilities of logic. It seemed Giichi had improved since their last mission, or perhaps the calmth of the room allowed Giichi time to think about his actions and words. “I bet you're wondering why I pulled you aside, as you should be. I put Gin with you because I'm not sure if I can trust him. Both in general regards, and in regards to the eldest daughter. I'd check him myself but the minister needs protection too, and since I know him it might be best if I guarded him.”

Yamato released Giichi's shoulder now and stood straight, looking Giichi straight in the eyes now with an imposing glare. “Keep him in your eyes, too. Keep him in check. I'm placing you in charge of this.. situation. Don't dissapoint me, Giichi. Don't dissapoint your clan.” Yamato's words sounded a bit manipulative if you couldn't read his minds, but he genuinely felt like the Uzumaki clan honor was at stake here. The times of Naruto Uzumaki, the brat that became Hokage.. those times were over. There was more at stake now than a simple boy named Naruto, there were now things such as clan honour and valor in play. Giichi, although likely not aware of this yet, would best become aware soon. And what better way to become aware than though Yamato, someone who held these values in high regard. With the conversation over (Yamato didn't really expect an answer besides 'yes, Yamato') he opened the door again and walked out, walking past whomever was outside that door. He headed straight for the ministers room, to check if he was there, and otherwise check where he was.

[Raijinslayer]

Akio Tendou

"Okay then," Akio stated, walking into the kitchen andgetting ready to start filleting the fish, only to see the state of affairs of Aoi's kitchen. While no star chef, Akio could tell when a kitchen has seen proper use, and when it's been neglected. Aoi's statement about leaving the finish frying while they watched the movie also showed that the gurl's cooking skills were not the best. Instead of putting them on the unprepared grill, Akio took the fish, which she had decided to fillet anyways, put them in several plastic baggies, and put them in the freezer.

Maybe I could help her cook them after the movie. Aoi thought as she washed herself clean of as much fish blood as she could, tossing the guts and stuff into a trash bag, which she stuffed in another trashbag to prevent leaking. Her hoodie had been ruined, however, so,she took it off and set it to the side for now. Walking over to the bed, she fell down backwards on to it with a flop right next to Aoi.

"I'll cook the fish tomorrow in the morning, Aoi, so if you want to eat, mind calling us up a pizza? Now then, with that being said, let's see if this movie lives up to its hype." Akio rolled over so she was on her elbows, her hands under her chinmas she watched the film with expectant, slightly critical eyes.

@Savato

[FallenTrinity]

He couldn't help but smirk under his mask at Yamato's frustration towards him. At first Yamato was plain annoying but more or less he had started to become a bit comical when he became agitated or furious at Gin. 'Might do this more often'

With the plan in place Gin walked out of the room for a second to stretch. He didn't go far, just outside of the door but soon enough he wished he was a bit further away. "...Keep him in your eyes, too. Keep him in check. I'm placing you in charge of this.. situation. Don't ....."

He quickly shifted himself away from the doorway and continued to stretch. Soon enough Gin saw Yamato walk out and he sent him the biggest eye smile he could that borderline creepy before Yamato turned away and with his back turned to Gin, he flipped him the one-finger salute. Gin proceeded back into the room with Giichi, Gin with stars in his eyes. "This is gonna be great, Giichi! I'll now be able to show you how to swoon a woman of high class! Though... I suppose that won't be necessary considering who you are.....I got an idea! How about we make a bet? The first one to get kissed by the eldest daughter gets treated to lunch by the loser when this is done." He wrapped his arms around Giichi's shoulder and brought him in close. "I'm only kidding....partially." The happiness and perversion slowly left him as he released Giichi. "But in all serious Giichi we need to have a game plan if shit goes down. Now I'm not one to usually make a plan but I would like to get one set up...." There was a bit of a pause in Gin's speech before he turned to the doorway, remembering what Yamato had said. "Last thing I want to do is make you responsible for me doing something stupid. I know Yamato would leave you alone about it. Or he would, considering how high and almighty he thinks of himself he probably would assume that if you can't do something simple, no Uzumaki can. Which I find bullshit."

Gin moved over to the doorway and opened it, gesturing for Giichi to come along. "I think it's time we start at least checking these rooms. We'll talk more while we check." Gin once again, eye smiling Giichi.