Red Fox

Naruto : The Rise of The New Generations

Suzaku Uzumaki
Leaf ANBU, codename Fox

A wide, spinning slash followed up by a kick, but it was dodged. Suzaku Uzumaki was in the middle of a fight with his own Shadow Clone. In one of his hands, he held Fūjin in a reverse grip, while in his other, he was holding a fully formed Rasengan. His clone ducked the kick and made his return with a wide, upward slash - one of his favorite moves. Suzaku dodged the blow by leaning backwards. Using the momentum from the lean, he completed it into a back flip and landed only on his sword using hand. Landing back on his feet, the clone was already standing right in front of him, bringing down the blade in an overhead slash. Spotting this opening, Suzaku used the leftover momentum from his back flip and turned it into a spinning motion. His blade slashed a wide arc, cutting the clone square in the chest. It dispersed in a puff of smoke, and Suzaku immediately gained the combat experience from the clone. he knew the cause of the opening and considered several possibilities on fixing it.

As he was pondering on ways to remove the opening, he was approached by a messenger."Suzaku-sama, Lady Meisa sent for you. The details are not clear but it looks like you are needed by Hokage-sama. You are to report immediately." Suzaku nodded and dispelled his Rasengan without any further words. He pulled away his mask from his face, there will be no need for it once he reports. Using The Body Flicker technique two times, he was approaching the building where Hisoka-sama was residing. He knew it was a mission, the only question was what kind of mission. Using the Body Flicker for one last time, he reappeared a few seconds later in the office of the Hokake. Dropping to one knee, he raised his head.

"You called for me, Hokage-sama?"

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Nariko Jun
Kumogakure ANBU, code name Rakurai.

Orders reached Nariko faster than he would anticipate, but then again he was an ANBU operative. He had to be prepared to carry out orders at a moments notice, and so he prepared his equipment every day. And today, orders reached him - he was to travel to The Snow Country and propose an alliance to them. The orders came directly from Takeru-Senpai, so they had to be important in more than one way. He thanked the man and gave him the message that he is heading out within an hour and will contact Takeru via his messenger summon as soon as he arrives in The Snow Country. He thanked the man for delivering the message and turned to finish his routine chakra molding exercise. In order to keep his Nin-kenjutsu skills at top shape, he did this regularly. The sun was already shining over the village and gave it a golden like appearance. With a last deep breath, he finished his exercise and started to prepare for immediate departure.

As his things were prepared already, he had to do very little preparations by now. He only grabbed some currency and a small pack for of rations enough for one day. He will head to the north for a port. There, he will take a ship through the Gaikotsu bay and he will be in The Snow Country in no time. He donned his ANBU uniform and equipment, strapped his blade to his back. He decided to travel without his mask, but still carried it with himself - he strapped it to his belt. At last, he donned his cloak and pulled up the cowl and left his place. Within minutes, he was out of the village and heading north, towards the coasts of the Lightning Country. If he can keep up his pace, he will reach it within a day or two and can catch a ship to The Snow Country. There, he will carry out the mission to the best of his capabilities.

For the sake of sake.

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Masami Hyuuga

How high can The Rising Star rise?

Masami was finishing her morning routine exercise that lasted from a ninety minute training session focused on all aspects of her combat arsenal. Stretching, molding chakra, training her Byakugan and most importantly, a thirty minute practice with the Gentle Fist style. The last ten minutes consisted of a meditation, to call herself down and let the exercise sink in to her body. She felt better and better after each of her training sessions, but today was something special for another reason as well. She was to start taking on missions again, though she was no longer assigned to Zakito-Sensei, All she knew about her new Sensei was that he is a relative to both Zakito-sama and Hiro-sama as well. She was quite excited to meet another Hon - so far, she was amazed by most of them. Shinobi with great individual skill as well as warm and bright personalities. A great source of inspiration for her. Finishing her meditation, she was ready to head out - which she did immediately.

She used the roofs this time to get a little bit of extra exercise, and she was glad to avoid the stress of the streets. Leaping from roof to roof, she felt great - she felt in shape, ready for missions, to meet new people. She made it to the training fields in no time and already spotted two person present. One of them was a younger girl, the other a seriously looking older man - definitely their Sensei." Good day to You all. I am Masami Hyuuga and I was assigned to your team, with a note to meet you here. I do look forward to work with both of you, completing missions and training a lot together!"

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Hiroshi Hon, Sensei of Team 6

Hiroshi was still meditating together with Hirudora when he heard the first steps of somebody approaching. He turned towards the newcomer with a warm smile on his face. The girl was cleanly in a hurry from the village and he could not blame her. Well, he could not blame anybody for being late to this meeting - the Hokage Momunemt was quite some distance. But regardless, he was glad she made it here so early." Good day to you as well, Shinkō-chan. I see you are well informed about your future team - that is a good sign. We shall now wait for the rest of our team to arrive before we start our first exercise. You can sit down in front of me while we wait." with that, he gestured her but before anything could happen, he heard another voice approaching the Hokage monument. It looked like Team Six was gathering after all. He turned to the newcomer as well and greeted him with an equally warm smile - a sincere, warm smile as all of his smiles were.

Shizumi Uchiha, the second member of his team, a member of the Uchiha Clan. Hiroshi heard several rumors about Uchiha shinobi being considered to be some of the best The Leaf has to offer. He had no doubts the boy has the potential, he just needed guidance. Something Hiroshi was glad to offer."Good day to you as well, Shizumi-chan. My name is Hiroshi Hon and starting today, I am your Sensei. I am glad you made it in such a short notice. Your teammate, Shinkō-chan is already here. I suggest you sit down next to her while we wait for the last member of our team. Then, we can start with our first exercise." With Shinkō and Shizumi arriving, Hiroshi continued to observe the village from atop the Monument. It was bathing in the rays of sun ... and as always, a marvelous place to behold.

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Shinri Rai

Rai was interrupted by their sensei - he knew Jounins were fast, but she was way faster than he imagined. He listened to critique about his swung and pulled away his hand from her grasp and sheathed his blade, listening to her instructions.Mika Hayashi, he though for himself, she sure knows how to move. It is expected. After all she is a Jounin. Looks like a skilled assassin, too. If she wouldn´t intervene, I would teach that girl how to attack. Though, just in case ... I better be careful with her. He ignored most of her instructions as he though - he did not come here for chit chatting. Why was he even there in the first place? Because some instructor at the Academy finally assigned him after his trials? Whatever the reason, he did not care. He just wanted to progress his own ends.

He then listened to that Haru girl and he realized he can have sympathies with her goal - after all, Rai´s goal was almost the same. He aimed to surpass both of his parents in certain ways. Neither of them were what he expected his parents to be. Rai was an assassin, and he knew it. Anyway, he decided he had to know Haru better. As for the reasons, they escaped even him. Then, the other girl, Chou started to talk, but she stopped. Rai raised his eyebrows in curiosity and looked at her. Seeing she would not continue, he took his turn." My name is Shinri Rai. As Haru, I want to work to improve my skills and abilities - especially my ... assassination skills. I have no other motivation - maybe if to keep living at the expense of my enemies. Bloody or bloodless, I don´t care.I do look forward to working with all of you."

He then gave Hayashi a questioning look as if asking if she was satisfied with the answer. One way or another, that was all Rai felt like telling them.

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A nice meeting - Rai is making new friends.

Rai noticed the kunai the moment they appeared from the crown of a tree - and thanks to keeping his body tense, he could react in a matter of second. With the corner of his eye, he also noticed an older woman - definitely their sensei, watching from afar. If this was some sort of test, Rai was all in for it. Leaping in an instant, he landed on the trunk of the tree, maybe a bit harder as he cracked it with his feet. Within another second, he was running up in it, his hand reaching for the katana on his back. He already spotted - her ? A girl, hurling kunai with explosive tags at him at first sight? That was a bit strange for Rai. None the less, as soon as he was in reach, he swung down his blade as hard as he could. Even if he failed to cut the branch off as it was too thick, he aimed for at least knocking her down from the branch. To make sure he succeeds, he used his free hand and reached out for hers, pulling as hard as he could.

"I have you now!"

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Forgive me for being late, Sensei ...

Rai was making his way to the training ground where he was to meet his new team members and Sensei. The prospect of working in a team was not too tempting for him. Not that he had done so much of anything in his life but when it mattered, he was counting only on himself. But as he thought about it, surviving several years in the streets of Kirigakure was something. His attitude and skills were great for that - with his detached, almost uncaring personality he had a lot easier job making his way in the harsh streets. And his mastery over the katana and wakizashi were quite impressive for his age. And he still had his deadliest surprise hidden in his sleeve. And he was about to test its credibility against his new teammates.

As he approached the training ground, he spotted there were people present already - undoubtedly, his team. Sighing, he made his way through the gate, his hand prepared to reach for either his wakizashi or katana. Every muscle on his body was tense and prepared to act. Every one of his senses was working on overdrive. He was prepared to react in a matter of a second. He only needed an opening to react.

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Mamoru Senju meets a new friend ?

Mamoru gladly accepted the tea invitation and was sipping his favorite green tea together with Aiko-sama. They had a friendly conversation, and Mamoru felt just like during the months of training. And Aiko-sama was right about one thing - he was even more worked up to start doing missions. Just as he thought about that, he was interrupted by an introduction. Mamoru turned towards Koike and was surprised to see his extended hand, but returned the handshake immediately. Not too strong, not too weak - with a healthy, firm grasp."Nice to meet you, Koike. My name is Mamoru, Mamoru Senju. I hope we will get along ... and, I look forward to working with you in one team." He studied Koike for a while - something told him that he and Koike could become good friends, given enough time and opportunities to work together as one team. He could not resist his curiosity though as he noticed the blade on Koike´s back.

" You are a kenjutsu user as well, right? If so ... I hope we can learn a lot from each other and help each other ... as good team members."

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Accepted by me as well.

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" They should arrive any minute now, Hirudora ... what do you think. Will the next generation truly replace us faster than we replaced the previous generation?"

Hirudora took some time to reply, cleanly thinking about an answer. Hiroshi always respected the wisdom and thus the opinions of his long time companion, especially in recent times - times of change." That is difficult to say, Hiroshi. The potential of each new generation is increased by the knowledge accumulated by the previous generation, that is passed down. Just as the knowledge has been passed onto you. Hiroshi smiled at the reply and nodded. They were sitting atop the Hokage Monument, a place he picked for the first meeting with his new team. Masami Hyuuga remained in Team Six, so she was the only member he already knew - and fought with. As for her other two teammates, he could only wait to meet them and learn about them." And as knowledge has been passed to me, I will pass my knowledge on. I just ... I am afraid that the next generation will have to pay for the mistakes we made ... for the convictions we betrayed. Can we make it up to them, Hirudora?"

This time, Hirudora took longer to reply." Yes, you can, Hiroshi. All of you ... by moving forward. Learning from your mistakes and keeping your convictions. Just like you had in the last year." In response, Hiroshi bowed down to his companion."I respect your opinion and your wisdom, Hirudora." The tiger bowed in response as well and the duo continued to sit atop the monument in silence. Hiroshi left a note to all members of his team a week ago with instruction to meet him today atop the Hokage Monument for the first meeting of their team. Masami already confirmed her attendance and knowing her, she will arrive the first. So he continued to watch over the village and enjoying the soft breeze atop the Monument as he always did. He waited patiently for his team to arrive, and was already preparing for the first day with them. He brought everything he wanted - a seal containing a large amount of sealed water, four wooden planks and a rather long rope. It looked strange, but Hiroshi hoped to teach his team an important lesson.