Squad 13 Bell Test - The Battle Begins!
A collaboration between OneWayOut and Dawkins
After a few minutes of walking behind their Sensei, the group ended in a very large clearing that was surrounded by large trees to one side and large boulders to the other. Nori crossed his arms, eyeing his surroundings then looking back to Kyoko as she spoke.
"That was a far walk, wasn't it?" Nori didn't answer during her brief pause, as she started to speak again.
"I'll be administering the test here in this area. Should be plenty of space for us to play, yeah?" Their Sensei spread out her arms wide, streching them out.
"Well, the rules are simple. You three have to fight me." she stated.
"Though, there just a bit more to it than that." Nori cocked an eyebrow at his Sensei as she pulled out two bells and twirled them in her hand, continuing to speak as she did. She went over the basic rules of the test, explaining how the students were to try and take the bells from her, the catch however was that only two of the students could pass the test as their were only two bells.
"Time limit is sundown. So you have quite some time to try and get a bell. If none of you manage to get one then... well, I suppose the Uchiha, Inuzuka, and Onoda produced an incompetent shinobi. In which case, you three will probably end up disgracing your clans. I've done it, it's not so bad. Just the constant feeling of never being good enough nags at you." Kyoko seemed to be taunting them, trying to get a rise out of one of the genin. Nori knew better than to fall for one of her tricks, one of the first lessons he learned in the academy was never let the enemy get in your head. Nori smirked while bending down to Mame and petting him on his head.
"The worst thing you can do here in underestimate me. I'm going to be piecing you three back together if you don't come at me with the intent to kill. And, I'll admit, my medical skills aren't good enough to reattach full limbs." Nori listened to these words carefully, some advice was given in that sentence while she continued to also taunt the genin.
"When you're ready, you may begin." Those were the last words she said as she reached down to the handle of her sword, ready for any attack that was going to be thrown her way.
Nori reached into his pouch, pulling out a couple shruikens while he whispered to Mame.
"Listen I think I have a plan, I need you to cooperate for it to work, think you can do that?" Mame gave out a little bark, as Nori started filling him in on the plan.
"I will distract her from above while you go for the bells, you got that buddy?" Mame gave out another bark, as Nori then sprinted off towards Kyoko. Nori eyed down his Sensei as he jumped into the air, only a few meters away from her. Nori threw both his shruikens at Kyoko, while Mame jumped towards her trying to get the bells that were around her neck.
Kyoko watched silently, waiting for one of the Genin to make a move, her left hand tightening around the handle of her sword a few times. She was unsure how good these three were, and knew it would be a mistake to underestimate them. Finally, when one of them moved, the Inuzuka boy, she smiled.
"Right, show me what you got." she said.
A well timed attack was what it was. Kyoko's eyes moved between Nori and his companion, wondering who was going to make the first move, and when Nori jumped into the air, she immediately took a step back. She heard the sound of shuriken wizzing through the air, and at the same time, his dog was charging her head on. Quickly, she weaved some handseals, her movements all but a blur, and in a split second, her right hand would erupt into a spark of purple lightning chakra.
"Chidori Senbon!"Making a slashing movement with her hand, from the purple sparks a flurry of senbon shaped chakra flew out towards the two. The shuriken were easily deflected, and Kyoko imagined the dog would be in a bit of a pinch if he didn't move out of the way quickly.
A moment later, the sparks around her hand faded, and a smile formed on her face. So, the Genin was at least using his head. That was a good sign. Tactics always prevail over brute force.
"Nice try. If I was a fellow Genin, that attacked might have worked on me. But keep in mind, I've been doing this for years. You're going to need to think outside of the box. Do something I've never seen before and catch my by surprise." she would say, offering some advice. She figured she could make this more than a test and actually teach the boys something.
Again her left hand went to her sword as she waited for the next move. Though she kept her eyes on the Inuzuka boy and his dog, she hadn't forgotten the presence of the other two observing Genin.
Nori was still in the air as Kyoko knocked away both his shurikens effortlessly, one of the shurikens seemed to be making a line for Mame.
"Mame, Watch out!" The dog instantly obeyed the command, which was a rare occurence between the two. Mame jumped to the right of Kyoko, a few meters away from her. Nori landed infront of Kyoko only a couple paces away from her, She said right to him, offering some advice on how to get to her. Nori jumped back a couple meters before looking to Mame, and giving him a little nod. Nori got down on the ground, blue chakra seemed to go over his entire body.
"Four-Legs Technique!Nori's teeth and nails grew in length, as he took off toward Kyoko. Mame folllowed up on the attack by jumping towards Kyoko as well, attempting to grab the bells again as Nori tried to face Kyoko head on. Nori threw a quick claw down on top of Kyoko, attempting to hit her across the chest. Mame jumped on over the claw in another attempt to grab the bells.
Kyoko was expecting another well timed attacked between the boy and his dog, but what she wasn't prepared for was the speed with which Nori had rushed her. The distance between them being small, she had little time to react. Her first instict was to draw her sword, but that would do little if she couldn't completely get it out of its sheath in time. With no time to think of anything else, Kyoko decided she'd just have to dodge and counter with an attack and move positions.
Leaning backwards as Nori made a slash at her chest, she quickly brought her hands together and created a clone to her right. Kyoko allowed herself fo fall back on to the grass to avoid the attack and let her clone do the work of countering. It gathered chakra in it hand as it made a fist and lashed out, punching the boy in the side of his face. It released the chakra stored in its hand at that moment, making the punch hurt that much more, but not enough to cause much damage. The goal was to show him that if he left himself open, he'd be hit with a surprisingly powerful attack. If he were to continue his attacks using quick taijutsu, he'd have to think a few steps ahead.
Rolling to the side, Kyoko drew her sword out as her clone vanished in a puff of smoke. She'd just narrowly missed the attack of his dog who was still trying to charge at her, and she wondered if Nori's dog was one that simply followed orders, or one that attacked on its own. If it was the latter, she'd have to be quicker on her feet. Momentarily she glanced at the other two Genin, a bit wary as to why they hadn't stepped in yet.
"Nice. Even better than the first one since you managed to surprise me enough to hesitate. That's good. Now do it again." she told him, her tone of voice was serious, though there was genuine praise in it.
Nori was surprised by the strength of the punch he recieved. The punch sent Nori back a couple feet, landing down on the ground hard. Nori put his hand over his cheek, a instant reaction from the strength put into it. Going into a sitting postition, Nori looked at Mame try to grab the bells only to be dodged as Kyoko stepped back to dodge him. Mame gave up on the bell chase and walked back over to his owner. Still a little dizzy from the punch, Nori put his other hand on Mame and started to pet him on the head.
"Thanks for finally listening to me boy. You have been doing good so far." Nori smiled to his dog for a bit, before looking back to Kyoko.
But I believe we will need to try harder if we are going to get those bells.
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