Shinobi

[Jedi_Man]

Sam picked up his bowl of Ramen, scarfing it down quickly. It wasn't Konoha Ramen Shop quality, but after a day of running at super human speeds it was delicious.

[SkywalkerRules]

Asuka sat down on the ground, and she too took a bowl of ramen. As she used her special chopsticks her mother gave her before she died, the young girl ate quietly, thinking about how the journey would go so far.

 

If she encounter any of the Ogawa, the fight was on. But for right now, they had to rest. At night, though, Asuka stayed cautious with her surroundings. It may look peaceful, but it was still dangerous.

 

"How many days do we reach this Shinobi?" she asked, breaking the silence.

[Chevron 7 locke]

Karela took a sniff of the bowl of ramen that the weird guy had summoned

 

It smells funny, nothing like the wonderful ramen I know and love from the village...I might as well use up one of my instant ramen packs.

 

Karela was soon munching her way through a delicous container of ramen

 

"So, how tough are these "Ogawa"? Should we expect heavy resistance?"

 

Karela finished off the last of the ramen and stared at the big Jonin

 

"And finally, why do you flex your muscles when you introduce yourself? It makes you look really really strange"

[CommanderQ]

Akagi looked at the ramen as well. And his stomach grumbled.

 

But it wasn't a grumble of hunger.

 

"Oh....I should not have had that ramen earlier..." Akagi said as he remembered the numberous bowls he had had not long before.

 

He held his stomach and sat down, taking out two small glass cups and a smaller flask.

 

He then poured a little bit of clear liquid into each.

 

"Sake anyone? I find it helps a restless stomach..."Akagi said aloud.

 

Because it forces everything in your stomach out, He thought to himself.

[DrPhil2501]

"How many days do we reach this Shinobi?"

 

Kaneda just finished eating his rather tasty bowl of Ramen. He set it down, and put on his usual bored expression, and looked over at Asuke.

 

"Well'p, we should arrive there tommorow morning if we keep on schedual..."

 

"So, how tough are these "Ogawa"? Should we expect heavy resistance?"

 

Tategami put down his bowl of ramen to answer. "We've been through this before: we have dont know that much about them. We have no idea how many there are at this moment, nor the type of firepower they wield. What we do know for certain is that they mean to illegally harvest the vegetation within that temple."

 

"And finally, why do you flex your muscles when you introduce yourself? It makes you look really really strange"

 

"My arms get sore at times. But hey: its not as strange as someone sleeping on a tree branch throughout the day when she has more important stuff to attend to."

 

"If I may ask a few questions myself. I recall you added something after he end of that sentence back at Konoha. When we were talking about summoning as part of your profession, you said "you're skilled at something else." Kaneda sat on the grass and layed on the log, staring at Tategami. "What did you mean by that?"

 

Tategami looked into the fire, a sad expression spread across his face. "Its something I dont prefer talking about. Children like yourselves wouldnt understand..."

[Chevron 7 locke]

Karela's eyes and voice turned to ice at the word "Strange"

 

"Excuse me?"

 

Don't get angry, I hate it when you get angry, It means that I have to put up with all sorts of weird thoughts in your head.

 

Shut up for a second.

 

"You are calling me strange?"

 

Karela stared daggers at the big Jonin

 

I had to deal with enough of this kind of talk when you were sealed inside me.

 

Just take a walk...cool off...Don't let the annoying Jonin get to you...

 

I am not going to be called strange again! When I was a girl, people always stared at me, they made fun of me behind my back...I will not have that start again!

 

"I'm going to take a walk."

 

Karela slowly got up off the ground and walked off into the forest.

 

You do know the way to the land of waterfalls right?

 

Yes...

 

Good, cause that's where we're going, We're going to beat that annoying Jonin to the land of waterfalls.

 

Fine, I'll go along with this. Just don't blame me when we get in trouble again.

 

Fine, I won't

[DrPhil2501]

Kaneda glanced as Karela left the camp angrily. He sighed. She'll be back... he thought.

 

"Well I certainly hope so!' Tategami spoke to Kaneda. "If she hopes she can make it to the Land of the Waterfals before me, she is bound to get lost."

 

Kaneda gave him an severely confused look to the point where his jaw dropped. "How did- I dont recall saying that outloud... HOW THE HELL DO YOU DO THAT?!?"

 

Tategami seemed to be some type of mind reader. But... thats impossible! he thought. Tategami watched him calmly.

 

"Your lack of faith in the phenominon amuses me, Kaneda Yamagato."

 

"STOP DOING THAT!" Kaneda snapped. "What are you some kind of psycick?" calming down and sitting on the log.

 

"Hardly. My methods of reading peoples minds are not quite what people may assume to be psycick. Its more like a heightened sensory of anaylising an individuals internal body movement. Its complicated to explain how it functions." he looked into the fire. "A discussion for later..."

 

Tategami suddenly raised his head, as if disturbed. He looked at everyone. "We've got company!"

[CommanderQ]

Akagi sealed the canister of sake' quickly, and stood in a flash of a second. He drew out his larger wakizashi blade and dropped into a defensive stance, looking around their encampment carefully.

 

"Karela has moved off alone. I will bring her back to the group, we must stick together."

 

He jumped forward and moved in leaps in the direction of Karela.

[Chevron 7 locke]

Karela was making great progress toward the land of waterfalls, she had already covered nearly seven miles

 

In under twenty minutes

 

Thanks for lending me the extra chakra, it's really helping.

 

As long as we get there first, that Jonin really ticks me off, I just want to see the expression on his face when he sees us waiting for him

 

It'll be great! Teach him to call me strange...

 

Hold on. Do you sense something?

 

No. Why? Is someone after us?

 

No..I think something's ahead of us...it feels almost like another sealed beast...

 

How can you tell if it's sealed or not?

 

I just can. Now be quiet, I need to focus.

 

Karela jumped to another branch and then another.

 

I think...That's strange, whatever it was it's gone now.

 

Whatever, let's keep going.

 

I think we should hurry...I can't be sure, but I think whatever it was was heading toward the Land of Waterfalls.

 

You think whatever it was was allied with the Ogawa?

 

I don't know...It almost didn't feel real...

 

Your right, we should hurry.

 

Let me take control, I can get us there alot faster.

 

Fine, just don't get too carried away.

 

I never do.

 

Karela landed on a tree branch and made a series of handsigns.

 

"Seal Release!"

 

Karela watched as a green aura surrounded her body and two tails appeared near her back.

 

Ahhhh...Much better! It feels good to stretch my legs once in awhile!

 

The two-tailed Karela took off toward the Land of Waterfalls at a much greater speed then before.

[SkywalkerRules]

After listening to the conversation quietly, Asuka could see that Tategami looked alarmed by something. She couldn't sense any danger. But she felt that something was to happen.

 

"We've got company!"

 

The young girl stood up quickly, and placed her hand on her katana's hilt. "You sure? I mean... if there is danger here, we'll be ready!" She then glanced at Akagi, who stood as well.

 

"Karela has moved off alone. I will bring her back to the group, we must stick together."

 

Asuka nodded. "Good idea." After he left, her eyes glanced around cautiously, waiting for anything to pop out with her hand readied on her katana's hilt.

[DrPhil2501]

"You sure? I mean... if there is danger here, we'll be ready!"

 

"I can smell it...." Tategami muttered. He looked at the logs surrounding the fireplace. This gave him an idea for preperation. "They aren't far off."

 

Kaneda pulled out his sword and took a defensive stance. He examined his environment: nothing unusual as of this moment... Then suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he saw something small and white walk towards them.

 

He turned to it and saw that it was a small white dog walking towards them. As it got closer, Kaneda's vision scanned the coat of the dog... made of clay?

 

Kaneda knealt down to look at the clay dog. It stared up at him and wagged its tail.

"KANEDAA! GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Tategami moved forward to grab him. But before he did, Kaneda noticed some sort of parchment hanging from its ribbon collar... Kaneda's eyes widened. An Explosive Tag!

 

He was grabbed by Tategami as the dog exploded. The large Jonin scowled at him. "You could have been killed!" Kaneda was speechless. Then he looked around him and saw more clay puppies surrounding the area.

 

"Now we're in trouble..."

[Jedi_Man]

Sam performed his Ice Release mirrors kekkei genkai, and surrounded three of the clay dogs, while his speed was not that of Haku's, his strength was one better. He leaped out of the mirrors, slashing and cutting, then to only dissapear in the next mirror. Sam pulled out his Large Sword, his Takai-Tenshi.

" Don't fail me now" Sam muttered, and a voice resonated with in his head.

No problems.

Sam nodded and ran at the dogs and slashed them up, but for every one down, there was at least two more appearing.

[CommanderQ]

Akagi ran faster, but right in time to see Karela almost disappear as she moved.

 

"My day can only get harder, can it?"

 

Akagi began sprinting, he knew he only he ahd so much time.

 

"KARELA!! SLOW DOWN!"

[Chevron 7 locke]

Karela whipper her head around as she heard Akagi shout at her.

 

Sorry Big guy, I've got something a bit more important to deal with.

 

"I'm tracking a sealed beast! Tell the annoying Jonin that there's a sealed beast heading for the land of Waterfalls! I think it's allied with the Ogawa."

 

We need to move, whatever it is, it's fast, extremely fast, I can barely keep up with it.

 

What do you propse we do?

 

I think we need to go up to the four tails stage.

 

This is gonna hurt isn't it?

 

It will, but I promise you, It'll stop hurting after awhile.

 

Alright...I'm trusting you...

 

I'm sorry, but we need to catch that thing, whatever it is, it's possibly even stronger then me.

 

Karela quickly stopped and made another series of handsigns

 

"Seal release! Four tails!"

 

Karela arched her head back in pain as a massive surge of Chakra flooded her body and a green flash lit up the forest and the night sky for miles around.

[Jedi_Man]

Sam stopped his assault, and signed Hitsuji, Mii, Tora ( I studied the handsigns), and several Shadow Clones appeared, they all pulled out their Takai-Tenshi. But some used the Rasengan, but witehr way the dogs were falling, but there seemed to be no end to the enemy.

[SkywalkerRules]

"Okay! These little annoying punks are goin' down!!" Asuka cried out angrily.

 

Using her jutsu techinque of Water Release, Asuka began to create a spiral of water in the palm of her hands. The Tearing Torrent, which was called, was thrown at the clay puppies in highspeed. At last, some at which she threw the water at successfully damaged the little pests.

 

As she kept throwing her spiraled waters at the clay puppies, Asuka shouted out, "Where are they coming from? And who's the fool that's sending them?!"

[CommanderQ]

Akagi saw a bright green light, and suddenly, he lost sight of Karela, no where to be found.

 

He cursed to himself, now he wouldn't be able to find her.

 

He drew his sword and ran back towards the camp, his friends still needed him, and they were still reachable. He ran as fast as he could, using his sword to sweep the enemies creatures, slicing them easily.

[Chevron 7 locke]

Why are my teeth longer?

 

Your more of a part of me now...your taking on more of my apperance then you usally do.

 

That explains why my hair is a bit longer huh?

 

Enough talk, that thing...I can feel it getting closer now. When you changed, you attracted it's attention. This thing is growing in power, it's nearly as strong as us now.

 

What tactics do you suggest in dealing with this thing?

 

Hit it, just keep on hitting it. Don't stop attacking it.

Got it.

 

Karela turned herself toward the direction the thing was coming from and ran.

[DrPhil2501]

Tategami kept a good distance away from the explosive clay dogs. He raised his hands and performed the necasary handseals.

 

Snake, Ram, Monkey, Boar, Horse, Tiger

 

As he formed the Tiger, Tategami took a deep breath and utilises his fire chakra. "Katon: Gōkakyu no Jutsu (Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu)" he exhaled and blew out a large fireball, swarming towards a group of walking clay dogs. They all exploded as the fire combind with the explosive tags.

 

Kaneda mean while was surrounded by many clay dogs, slowly crawling towards him. He launched himself in the air and glanced down. He raised his fists performed his handseals and halted on the bird seal. "Wind release: Flying Kunai Attack"

 

His hand was engulfed with an aura of wind chakra energy. He swung the arm around, forming a trail of wind chakra. On his command: the aura formed into dagger-like kunai weapons. He released them, and one by one they hit the clay dogs surrounding him. His area was clear. "There cant be that many left!"

[SkywalkerRules]

While using her Tearing Torrent technique, she began to see that the area was clearing up a little. "Good. We need less clay dogs!" Asuka pointed out.

 

Sliding away from the clay dogs, she then used the hand seals of Boar, Dog, Ram. After performing the hand seal, which was Waterfall Basin technique, a large amount of water emerged from the ground, and waved towards some remaining clay dogs. They exploded with the wave of the water.

 

Asuka smiled, watching the little pests washed away and exploding. "This is why I love challenges."

[CommanderQ]

Akagi swung his blade quickly across the neck of one of the clay dogs, decapitating it.

 

He looked to Asuka,"What are these, Asuka? These creatures must be controlled by something? Do you have an idea?"

 

Akagi did not know this land well, so he'd have to rely greatly on his friend's opinions.

 

A clay dog leaped quickly towards Asuka's back, Akagi acted quickly, decapitating it as well. He swung his blade behind him, finishing off more of the annoying hounds.

[SkywalkerRules]

What are these, Asuka? These creatures must be controlled by something? Do you have an idea?"

 

"Have no idea, Akagi! But whoever sent them is gonna pay big time!" When Akagi suddenly decapitated one of the clay dogs, Asuka pushed her friend out of the way. "Get down!" she yelled. The clay dog exploded.

 

The young girl looked back at the destroyed thing while on the ground. Then she smiled at Akagi. "Not bad for a first day of a mission, huh?" she asked.

[CommanderQ]

Akagi chuckled as he stood,"Indeed, I must say, it is most enjoyable."

 

Akagi smiled, and wielded his sword again, listening carefully for any other attackers. He could spot none at the moment, but he did not trust that.

 

"Have you run into these..things before?"

 

Akagi nudged one of the pieces of debris with his foot.

[Chevron 7 locke]

Karela watched as the mysterious thing ran at her.

 

I have no clue what that thing is, I can't get a good look at it!

 

Right now, it's as strong as we are and it's chakra aura just keeps growing, we need to take this thing out now!

 

Your right.

 

Before Karela could even bring up her hands to form a Jutsu, the shadowy beast lunged at her.

 

Whoah! That thing is fast!

 

Dodge it!

 

I'm trying!

 

Karela dodged left and right but the thing seemed to be three moves ahead of her.

 

It's way to fast!

 

Karela staggered as the beast managed to land a glancing blow on the left side of her head.

 

"Shadow Clone Justu!"

 

Nearly fifteen shadow clones appeared in various puffs of smoke in front of the beast.

 

The beast paused and then reared back it's head and unleashed a scream that nearly shattered Karela's ears. The clones, unable to withstand the sheer force of the sonic attack vanished as quickly as they had appeared.

 

W-What is this thing?

 

We need to leave, this thing is nearly as powerful as the Nine-Tailed Demon fox now...

 

Karela was about to respond when the beast struck at her legs, Karela couldn't help but scream in pain.

 

I can't move! My legs...I think it busted my legs!

 

The beast arched it's head back and unleashed another scream. Then it turned around and ran back toward the Land Of Waterfalls.

 

No!

 

Karela screamed as she was sent flying into a large grouping of trees, and then she saw no more as her vision went dark.

[Jedi_Man]

Sam heard the scream, It was loud and piercing.

Thats her, find her. the voice said.

Sam nodded, and said " I guess thats me..." to the group as he ran into the woods. Takai, can you trace Karela or something, otherwise I'm running blind out here!

There was silence, then what sounded like a sigh. You expect me to do everything, huh? Yeah, I can follow her Chakra trail, not that hard when you use as much chakra as she has. Sam ran even faster, what ever the reason she's using so much chakra, it can't be good.