Ssm the daggers and the dregs

[Kaitos10]

It was a new morning and Nozomi had just woken up, she gets dressed like usual in her usual armor and grabs her remaining gear Along with her weapons. Then goes down, stairs waving or bowing politely to most family members that she saw on her way out whether she bowed or waved depended on the family member. She would then head outside to begin training, after thinking a bit trying to decide what jutsu to train. She eventually decided to work on her poison jutsu, so she would get permission to head to the untouchables district If she needed it. Then would immediately after run to the Untouchables district where she would begin her training.

Since Mondai family had moved away from that district as far as she was aware there was no people there anymore. So could use all the other things living there as target practice, once Nozomi got there she would quickly begin practicing her poison jutsu on the creatures there. As she kept working away at training like usual this time she was at the untouchables district practicing on then residents there. Though to save chakra she limited herself to control speed and strength of 10 in case there were any people around here.

After all while she knew everyone had different strengths but as far as she was aware all the people in this area couldn’t use chakra. In addition to that her father said all people would at least be able to avoid something of that level or at least survive it. So plus she didn’t want to deprive Kirigakure of any people on top of that she figured Yuuto would be happier if she didn’t kill any.

After a while of practicing she would create multiple shadow clones that she would then have each begin practicing jutsu on the trash creatures. She was hoping that with the abilities of shadow clones she would be able to learn jutsu a lot faster. She tried many different jutsu ideas, one was a jutsu that shot an arrow at the trash and when it hit would destroy them from the inside destroying there chakra and life force. Another was a jutsu that caused the Trash to go crazy and seem to see things As well as a few other jutsu. She would keep practicing jutsu and perfecting them until she had just enough chakra together in all her clones that she could still defend herself if she was attacked she would then when done practicing take a break and rest to recover chakra while the two clones guarded her just in case.

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[King of Cats]

Early in the misty morning of Kirigakure, Renji Kaguya was wide eyed and bushy tailed. He was drinking his usual glass of orange juice, it was his favorite drink in the morning, and contemplating what he would do on his day off. Renji was wearing his white tunic and black denim jeans, he was already ready for an eventful day. As he sat there he considered what he might get his fingers into, sipping on the juice slowly. Renji couldn't ingest too much liquids at once without running the risk of catching pneumonia. The Kaguya was special among his clan. When he was born with the terrible ossification disease he was treated by the Kaguya clan in a very special way. Though he was saved, Renji's stomach turned into sensitive bones that could store the spiritual data of demons. He could not eat, he didn't need to. Renji sustained his life on spirits. He didn't need to eat every day, and today was a usual day for him. As he thought about it all, reminiscing on his life, Renji was suddenly struck with a reminder.

When Renji joined the Seven Swordsman of the Mist as a dagger under Kozan he arranged for several criteria to be met by him weekly. One of those criteria was to patrol the Untouchables area in Kirigakure. As a Dagger Renji was left with limited responsibilities, but one of them was making sure that there was a firm military presence among the untouchables. No one of civilized status in Kirigakure wanted to deal with unruly heathens, and the Seven Swordsman of the Mist agreed to serve the village in this way. Renji figured today would be as good a day as any to begin his patrolling, and he got up from his dining room table and walked over to his budoire. Inside of the storage chest Renji kept several of his ninja tools. He began storing them in his pockets, eager to begin his work as a Seven Swordsman.

Once Renji was stocked dup on Kunai and shuriken, the ninja left his home. He locked his door with a special key made out of bone and headed off into the mist. Renji lived quite some ways from the Untouchables district and it would be a good forty minute long walk until he even got on the outskirts of the despicable territory. Renji could tell he was close to the area where he was supposed to patrol by the way it smelled. The Momiji district was filled with garbage on the streets and rats were roaming everywhere you looked. It was a nasty place but there were a few people living there and with that came a string of petty crime. Renji was determined to stop it though, when he made it to the Momiji district he jumped up on the roofs and began patroling from above. He was running at his maximum speed and really putting a good work out in.

After making ten laps around and through the Momiji district, Renji decided to take a short break and catch his breath. The Kaguya was absolutely worn out from constantly guarding the streets. Besides running at top speed he had to remain ever vigilant to see what was going on around him, the process was tiring and he deserved a rest. Renji perched himself next to a gargoyle, atop a church. He sat on the ledge and pulled out a cigarette. Using a flick lighter he lit the smoke and took a deep inhale. As he let out the smoke Renji noticed the sight of someone performing the shadow clone jutsu. Suddenly there were a few of the person running around beating up trash creatures. Renji was curious and with his cigarette still in his hand he leaped down from the church building to get a closer look at who was training in the Intouchables District.

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[Kaitos10]

As she practiced her various jutsu in the Untouchables district, she would notice that Kozan’s dagger was patrolling most likely looking for crime. While she was here she didn’t exactly see any crimes happening, or evidence of any but she also wasn’t really looking that hard. So she couldn’t say for sure so figured it was better to just avoid offering her opinion on the status of this area. But she would wave politely at him to make sure he knew she wasn’t ignoring him then would, go back to practicing her jutsu when a thought occurred to her.

Between the multiple usage of clones and the clones practicing jutsu along with her she was hoping to increase her Chakra reserves as well as learn new jutsu. it certainly would be nice if she could boost her chakra reserves, it would help a lot. So after she was done practicing her jutsu she would take a break to regain chakra and begin meditating hopefully by meditating while resting she could recover chakra faster and even increase her total chakra. After a while of meditating while her clones kept watch when she was finally finished. Resting and had regained enough chakra she would go back to practicing various jutsu ideas. As well as trying to train her chakra, to increase, she would this time make two more clones, and have one clone meditate to try to regain chakra while the other kept Guard on them and if the clone managed to spot crime in the process that would just be icing on the cake.

Once the first clone had recovered all spent chakra they would switch with the other clone for guard duties. Meanwhile Nozomi and one other clone would be practicing a new jutsu, while the last clone would be practicing the same arrow based Jutsu. Nozomi and the clone practicing various jutsu with her would try various effects on the Trash Creatures from something called small pox to some strange poisons and diseases that didn’t even exist yet. Such as one that freeze the blood in peoples vain’s as well as one that makes people do what ever you want.

After a hour or more of training, she would get another idea, she figured would try having the two clones rest with her as well. Maybe she could have the experience and chakra growth from them carry over to herself. If multiple versions of her all increased there chakra at once hopefully, she could build up a good amount of chakra reserves. While the two clones and her rested the first two clones who were full on chakra from alternating resting this whole time stood guard. Meanwhile bodies of the trash Creatures littered the floors as Nozomi and her clones rested in the trees. Away from the filth, when she finally regained her chakra along with the clones they stood up and Nozomi made 1 shadow clone while the clones each made two. They would then begin to move to a new area making sure to leave at least half the trash creatures in the untouchables district alive.

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[King of Cats]

Down on the ground Renji could clearly see what the lady was doing. She was using her expertise with shadow clones to practice jutsu on the Untouchables. Renji wasn't surprised. It was common for shinobi to terrorize the lowliest caste of Kirigakure. He personally didn't see the need for such barbaric practices. Renji practiced his swordsmanship on beast's typically. It wasn't uncommon for him to go out of his way to hunt mudcrabs for the clan.

Oftentimes in the spring, when the first rainfall washed though, the Kaguya clan would send a group of ninja to hunt mudcrabs. Mudcrabs were giant, three hundred pounds crabs with a nearly unbreakable carapace. They were highly treasured for their strong shell, but the Kaguya clan also made a wicked soup out of their meat. Three or four ninjas would annually go on a hunt for the clan, and Renji was recently hand chosen by the clan elder as a hunter. It was a great honor and Renji took it very seriously. He traveled with two other Kaguya, both much older than him, and tracked down one of the crabs.

Laying in the mud it was hard to recognize the mudcrab. It's greyish-brown carapace blended in with the mud around the Kireton River, a large river on the smallest island south of Kirigakure's main island. Renji was fortunate to be a Sensor ninja though and he could clearly see the beast with his Chakra Vision. It was enormous. The group of hunters all formed various bone weapons to fight the crab. Killing it was a delicate procedure. You had to be careful not to decimate it's flesh by beating on the carapace, while avoiding it's claws, which were swift and deadly. To kill it was a special one shot tchnique to the face. Only the KAguya of Kirigakure could produce weapons strong enough to kill these mud crabs, but even then it took the best of the best to pull it off.

Renji charged forward. The hunters had the advantage. The crab was resting in the mud, but it was facing away from Renji. The young ninja leapt onto it's back with his hand on his sword. The crab swung it's claw quickly around it's back and beat Renji off of it. Renji went flying into the river. One of the other hunterss, equipped with a spinal whip, swung his weapon out and grabbed the mudcrab by the claw. He jerked it and the crab went flying into the river bank. The other hunter, a woman, called out, "Be careful not to bruise it!" The hunter with the whip lost control of the crab as it tumbled and let go of his whip. The crab flipped over and lunged at the hunter, it's menacing claws aiming to bisect young Shemlin in half. That was when Renji jumped out of the water with his sword in hand. He dashed forward and cut into the mudcrabs face, intercepting it on it's way to Shemlin. The crab fell instantly, and Renji was marked a hero.

Of course e not everyone had such natural means of perfecting their arts. It seemed this lady, who Renji recognized from his work in the Seven Swordsman of the Mist, was more preferential to live targets. She was quite a monster to Renji, but that didn't bother him. Plenty of people he knew were monsters, in fact by many he could be considered one. Renji too was a cold blooded killer, he just was more selective than this girl. After watching her for a while Renji decided to talk with her.

Walking toward Nozomi, Renji was surrounded by a pool of blood. She had killed many untouchables and the blood bath was intense. Renji wasn't bothered by a little gore though, he walked casually up to Nozomi. "Hey, you look familiar." Renji gave her a bow.

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[Kaitos10]

While she was meditating she reviewed what she previously learned, remembering everything that she had learned. As well as various past experiences, she remembered how when she was in the academy she would spend most of her time studying and experimenting with various poisons. As well as the symptoms to different sickness’s in the books. When she wasn’t studying for the academy her training with her mother she would be reading medical journals as well as reading about various poisons and other toxins. After learning about the various districts in kirigakure so got the idea to practice jutsu on them after hearing how they weren’t really people. This only was confirmed when she asked her family about it. First she practiced on stray animals and anything else she was allowed to kill or people that volunteered to be test subjects for what ever reason.

Once she had enough practice on the various creatures around kirigakure. She would start using them in sparring matches. After that she would start going hunting in the areas around Kirigakure. Finally after graduating she would then begin to practice the ideas for poison jutsu on residents of Untouchable district. Since they were so dirty and use to disease they were the perfect test subjects. She needed a live subject to see how her jutsu would affect the victims so the fact there were so many live subjects she could test on here was convenient. She would then go through everything she learned during those times until she finally regained her chakra and start making clones again.

By now there were the two guard clones, then the 2 clones that came after the ones performing guard duty. Finally now there were five more clones, four of them were created by the second set of clones or I guess you cold call them second generation clones. The last one was made by Nozomi that meant all together there were 7 shadow clones now practicing jutsu with Nozomi and two clones guarding them making sure they weren’t attacked while practicing or resting.

Making for a total of 9 clones, but just as they were about to begin training again the dagger from before came over and started talking to her. She would then hear him mention how she looked familiar and would say, “I am the 5th swords dagger, can I help you with something?” She was curious why he was here. If he didn’t know her that well why was he talking to her? Was this some trick? She doubted such a high ranking dagger would take such a round about method but you never knew for sure. So while she waited for his response she would stay on guard just in case. Depending on what he said next she would keep talking to him. While her two guard clones stayed nearby just in she needed help, the two clones that just made two clones of their own would proceed to meditate to recover chakra while they waited. Just in case they would be several meters away from where Nozomi and the other two clones currently were.

The other five clones that were recently created would proceed to look around the surrounding area for more targets to practice on since they were currently full on chakra so had no reason to rest and meditate to recover and there was no reason for all of them to stick around to talk.

Like usual they would drastically reduce there output to 10 control in case there were people around. Plus it helped save chakra which allowed for training more ideas.

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[King of Cats]

Had he been a typically friendly gentleman, Renji would have smiled to give off some sort of air of friendliness. Renji, however, was not that kind of guy. He bowed and that was enough for him to continue a civilized conversation. He stood with his arms folded in front of him, hands clasped together gently. Renji didn't mean no harm, he was simply curious what might have brought this woman to the untouchables district. He had given Nozomi a deep bow, pointing his face at the ground, surely she would trust him!

Speaking softly, Renji had a deep voice for a young man. It was a little gravelly but he didn't sound too much older than he was. "Very interesting. I am Renji Kaguya, Kozan's dagger." Renji stretched his arms upward, almost as if he were to yawn. "What's got you in this area, stranger?" Renji found it odd the lady didn't give her name. He suspected that she didn't trust him. Of course, to Renji, her serial killing in the Untouchables District probably had her on edge. Even if these people were trash, they were people. They had love and fear in their hearts.

As Renji was standing there, looking at Nozomi, he saw out of the corner of his eye that someone was hiding. The person was scrambling from a trashcan, behind Nozomi's back. They were probably terrified of Nozomi. Renji wondered if they had fear sitting in their gut like he did when Kozan was around. The Kaguya didn't make any inclination of the Untouchable hiding from Nozomi, he simply let them hide for the time being.

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[Kaitos10]

After he introduced himself she would then do a slight courtsy then afterwards saying while he was yawning. Wanting to avoid being rude to a higher ranking sword she would say “I am Karagata Nozomi, nice to meet you, im here practicing my jutsu it usually doesn’t have an effect except against living thing and half the time doesn’t even work on trees and other plants. Much easier also to see the Effects it has on something resembling a person so can use it more effectively.” She would then pause for a second or two then say “Though I’m surprised to see such a high ranking swords dagger around here. is there a reason you came instead of a lower ranking dagger? “ she would look on curiously waiting for his reply, it was certainly and odd situation. Because of this she was a little wary of why he was here but could genuinely just want to talk. So would proceed like normal and keep the two shadow clones available as a precaution.

The two resting could also be used later if problems occurred. Mean while during the time she waited for his reply while having the conversation the five shadow clones were still going around training there chakra reserves while checking the viability of various dokuton jutsu. If the poison idea didn’t seem useful she would mark that idea off the list if it was useful then she would remember for later and try to rate it in terms of how useful it was to determine how soon she should focus on training it compared to other jutsu. She was kind of curious about a few fuuton jutsu but could save that for later when training against trees or something else. Worst case she could always come back to train it later if she had to.

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[King of Cats]

Renji stood standing straight up. His posture was perfect and he stood like a soldier, his shoulders were outstretched and his feet were at width apart. Renji looked to be a high ranking Dagger of the Seven Swordsman of the Mist, and he was. Of course he was a humble young man who didn't hold much regard for arbitrary titles. To be the first or last dagger didn't matter to him. As Kozan said, Renji's target of prey were the swords. Renji wished to become a sword and that was all that he had on his mind. Nozomi was safe. Renji didn't care if she used her jutsu on innocent folks, at least he didn't care enough to stop her. He thought it was barbaric, but perhaps necessary. When Renji became a dagger he was told some details of various members of the organization. Little things mostly, but it was enough to give him a sense of each members dedication to the seven Swordsman of the Mist. Without experience to stick this knowledge to, however, Renji simply didn't comprehend most of what he was told about the ninja he would be working with. He was in the dark when it came to Nozomi's introduction, but he didn't show it. Renji nodded and listened to her politely.

Renji quietly spoke to Nozomi, careful not to spook the fleeing villagers. "I am here to patrol the Untouchables. I'm serving as a police force. Somewhere down the line us Swordsman of the Mist have to pay for your sort of debauchery Nozomi," Renji almost smiled, he had the faint markings of a grin on his face as he spoke. A sort of condescending smirk, but it was barely there. "I'm just serving the village, as is my duty. I'm also getting in a bit of training myself." Renji held out a finger and formed a bullet at it's tip. The white bone glistened with a black ichor, the Devil's Snare venom coating it was thick and dangerous. Renji casually flicked the bullet into the ground.

"That's most a most curious training requirement, Nozomi. What kind of jutsu are you practicing?" Renji asked the Dagger. He didn't recognize her casting from atop the church, whatever she was doing was foreign to him. The Kaguya wondered what kind of talent was hidden inside of Nozomi's bones.

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[Kaitos10]

She looked on confused and curiously she knew he was a higher ranked dagger than her so didn’t mind the condescension. She would then say in a confused tone “what is debauchery? Also why would the other swordsman have to pay for it?” She kept thinking about it carefully she didn’t want to make any big mistakes that would affect the seven swordsman or kirigakure so was worried about what he said. Though as she was thinking he said something else interesting.

“I wasn’t aware that the village even cared about this area? They never did in the past and even mentioned so in the ninja academy. Do you know what changed? “ after she asked and possibly after they talked about that subject for a bit she heard him ask what jutsu she was using so would say “Dokuton its basically a ninjutsu that can manipulate the chakra into poison instead of fire, or water or the other main elements.”

After she was done explaining that she would think for a bit and says “so if your also here for training does that mean your also practicing on the trash creatures?” She wondered about all the things he was saying, it was definitely interesting to learn all these things. But considering he was still a Kaguya that meant there’s a chance he was still messing with her. But for now she would keep a open mind.

Meanwhile the clones had already killed hundreds of the residents with various experimental poison jutsu and hundreds more were alive after getting hit with a dud but badly injured or even dying. She wasn’t using any area of effect jutsu effects and was currently only using single target attacks. But considering how many there were here here Nozomi figured they had plenty of time. So would keep going for now and if she ran out of ideas for Dokuton there was still a fuuton jutsu she thought of that could be useful to practice here. The second one though could most likely be practiced on other plants. But for now the clones would hop from tree to tree occasionally even using buildings when there was no trees nearby to use as they continued to widdle down the population with their practice. Nozomi was really looking forward to what sort of new things she could learn once the clones that have been practicing go poof. She also wondered if the remaining one quater of population would die before they ran out of chakra to use.

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