Jingle Bells Jingle Bells

Eisbrecher · Post by **Eisbrecher** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:37 pm

A breeze rolled through the forest of Konoha and the air was thick with the smell of morning dew as the sun was rising. Yoshi had risen early this morning for one reason: his Genin's first training. He walked along humming to himself cheerfully with two bells jingling by his side. He had sent scrolls to his students the previous day telling them to skip breakfast and head straight to the training area to meet him for training at sunrise.

As he approached three logs he grinned, it brought back memories of him doing this exact same exercise many years ago as a fresh Genin from the academy. He sat himself down, pulling food out of his rucksack and beginning to eat, he would need all the energy he could get. "I can see these guys giving me a good challenge here, they have very good jutsus, however I know their strengths and weaknesses, giving me the upper hand." he thought grinning slightly

Yoshi continued to hum as he awaited his students if they'd come at such an early time in the morning and starving.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 2:51 pm

Strolling towards their second meeting place, Kaito muttered and grumbled about having to skip breakfast. His sensei had the nerve to demand that they skip such an important meal, and his father had the nerve to shove it in his face. "Of all the days to make bacon for breakfast, it had to be this one... thanks Yuri, you're the best," he whispered before listening to his stomach growl. His fixed glare instantly flew towards the awkward sound coming from inside his body, cursing at it for reminding him of the hunger that had yet to be satiated. The only method he had to getting his mind off the accursed feeling was by thinking about what this training session was going to be.

As Kaito arrived on the scene, he took note of food his sensei had been eating. Shaking his head was the initial reaction he had, remembering the pointless deal they had at their first meeting. They discussed a grand total of nothing while they sat around and ate, which seemed to be where this day was headed except for the fact that they were in a training area. The thought almost made the genin stop in confusion, wondering why in the world would they have a picnic in a training area instead of training? He didn't really have adequate information about how his sensei's mind worked, so he couldn't draw any conclusions, but in Kaito's mind Yoshi-sensei was still a bumbling idiot.

Idiot Proof · Post by **Idiot Proof** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 3:25 pm

It was a nice and brisk morning, and the distance from Kowai’s home to the training site, was nothing more than a nice walk. For Kowai, it was a hellish hike through an endless desert. He used a branch as some kind of walking stick as he treaded down the path, letting out false pained pants. His eyes filled with tears and he looked up into the unforgiving sky, "Why?!" He questioned, coming to a full stop to take in the mocking glare of the sun. He looked down and he was able to see both Kaito and Yoshi-Sensei rather clearly, but due to his nature the space between them grew in his mind.

He gulped, "What kind of monster did I get for a jounin?" He questioned as he continued to drag himself. Whatever this was, it needed to be damn well important, S-Rank important or there was going to be some serious hell to pay. He shaded his eyes in the imaginary heavy duty glaring of sun and looked over to Yoshi; who was eating? The word spun for a moment, and returned to the literal shape and form it took for normal human beings. Kowai growled and threw his stick behind him, approaching with great haste.

Kowai entered a bit of a flashback, could hear his own father laughing at him in the early morning. His crass and heavy voice echoing through his mind, he imagined the simple omelet in his hand, being snatched away by his mother, and the soft and warm features of her face warping and transforming into something nightmarish and demon like. A loud and snake like hiss left her mouth, "No Kowai~ Remember what the scroll said. If you want to be a good ninja like your father, respect your teacher's wishes!" She said in a booming voice of death itself. Behind her the stove, the fridge, the other fridge mocked Kowai with their hideous and high pitched laughter and he was pulled out of his house by giant chicken…

It was then he realized that flashbacks weren’t always accurate, and his hunger was getting the best of him already.

Eisbrecher · Post by **Eisbrecher** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 3:59 pm

As his students approach Yoshi stands up. "Morning lads, now you may be wondering why I asked you here today, well the reason is: training," He says holding up two bells. "Your task is to retrieve a bell each by noon, you can use your Jutsus and weapons against me as long as you get a bell by noon, if you don't, you'll be tied to one of those posts and you can watch me eat my lunch, you retrieve a bell then you get lunch, simple as" he says clipping the bells to his waist.

Yoshi grins at his students, "START!" he shouts watching both Genin closely.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Sat Dec 26, 2009 6:09 pm

Almost immediately after Kaito had arrived at the training grounds, Kowai had shown up at about the same time. He would've given him an awkward glance or two, but almost immediately their Jounin-sensei had bombarded them with a list of instructions or rules or something of the sort that Kaito didn't really comprehend at all. Auditory senses took a backseat to his visual ones as he began to understand what his teacher was asking them, concerning bells, lunch and tree stumps. It wasn't until the actual words began ringing in his head that he fully grasped the concept and not only glared at Yoshi, but began some barbaric rant about how the cruelty of this specific training exercise was.

"Are you kidding me?!" He began, leaning forward but keeping his feet firmly placed. Blood flowed into his face, adding the reddish color to his paled tan face. With eyes widened he continued with, "You have the nerve to force us here without a meal, which by the way was noodles with a side of bacon and eggs, seasoned perfectly with enough spice to add a heat but not act as a weak Katon." He had to pause within his tangent in order to take a few deeper breaths before berating Yoshi with some more words. "You force us here, tell us to get some ridiculous bell and then inform us that if we fail, we get to get tied to a tree truck and watch you eat?! Unacceptable!" he finished with veins protruding and eyes nearly bloodshot. He had half the mind to actually attempt to kill his sensei, but knew that it would get him nowhere.

Not meaning to keep his aggressive glare, he looked at his peer, awaiting and almost expected another enraged reaction.

Idiot Proof · Post by **Idiot Proof** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 9:10 am

A million thoughts ran through Kowai's mind. His eyes darkened as he glared into Yoshi’s soul. He growled a low and bellowing growl. Mainly he was thinking; he an inexperienced genin was to snatch away a bell from a seasoned jounin? ‘Impossible’ he thought, ready to corrupt the this concept of training, ‘This man just wants to tie to starving kids up and mock us as he enjoys the hell out of his picnic, right in front of us...’ The boy thought as be showed his teeth like an enraged simian. He shook his head, ‘No.’ He bluntly thought, Kowai wasn’t going to let this 'Sick bastard' get away with this. He balled his fist and shook it at the air, as he was ready to speak his mind.

‘This sick son of a bitch! Who does he think he is!?’

Though he didn’t need to, as he soon as he was about to let loose all hell, Kaito stepped in. And each time Kowai was about to bring up a point, Kaito brought it up, around the same time Kowai was thinking it. In this time that Kaito voiced. So Kowai simply nodded, but when Kaito sent the glare his way, he shuttered for a moment, having lost his train of thought. He froze up and pointed over to Kaito,"What he said! Multiplied by two." He said in a rushed tone with a bit of an angered undertone, being a little upset that he lost his own hungered speech. One thing quickly came to Kowai’s mind,“But only I would have had tamagoyaki.” He quickly added, thinking that what he would have had for breakfast was one of the most important points.

Eisbrecher · Post by **Eisbrecher** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:34 am

Yoshi sighed once his Genin had finished with their rant, "shouting at me isn't going to get you a bell unless you can somehow use sound waves to get them," he chuckled "I was hoping you'd see the lack of breakfast as an incentive to complete the task, evidently not, although that meal you mentioned Kaito did sound rather scrumptious, you must bring me some one day." He folded his arms and carried on looking at his students, "I'm going to make this harder for you two, I decided, now you only have one bell to get, so one of you WILL be tied to a post at noon," he smiled at himself and put on of the bells at the bottom of his rucksack before standing back in position and awaited his students moves, "one bell, two students, let's see if they work out what they need to do" he thinks folding his arms again.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 12:09 pm

Already infuriated at his sensei's complete and total disregard to their stomachs, Kaito almost began charging at the Jounin and giving him a swift punch to the face. Then he remembered that his hand to hand fighting was completely horrible and would've probably ended up with his swing missing and his next meal being some wonderful dirt. However, the prospect of only one of them eating was definitely a seed of betrayal being implanted into both of their heads. His eyes wandered back to the Akimichi, knowing that eating was probably one of Kowai's favorite things from what he had heard about the clan in general. Truth be told, Kaito had gone longer without eating since occasionally his father would forget groceries, but that hadn't happened in a while.

Not really having a plan of aggressive action, since Kaito's talents really didn't extend past capturing an opponent, he knew the best chance of getting a bell was if they both worked together. Was that even against the rules? Were there even any set rules in this idiotic challenges? Questions ran through Kaito's head faster than answers could even be conceived so he did was his instincts told him and began forming hand seals. The quick string ended after three had been completed and he muttered something before expelling that large amount of water from his mouth once more. This time he had began the base of the water at Kaito and Kowai's feet and extended towards his Jounin-sensei, though he added one more component to the jutsu.

Hoping that everyone would still be on the water at the end of the jutsu, Kaito performed a few more seals and softly touched the water beneath him, whispering, "Anticipate," and hoping to get a reading.

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Jutsu UsedShow

† Nisei Komen [False Lake Surface]
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
By performing the few needed hand seals, they will expel water from their gullet that covers about ten square meters. The water is imbued with chakra so that it doesn’t get absorbed naturally by dirt, sand or any other organic materials so it lies atop the surface of the ground. This gives the illusion that the user has created a small lake to fight upon. No chakra is required to walk upon the water, but for those who attempt to walk upon the water will slip and slide.

* Sakinjiru [Anticipate]
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
The user does the needed hand seals, then touches a body of water. For everyone that they can see that are touching the body of water, they are able to instantly know the chakra affinities of those touching the water.[/i][/i]

Idiot Proof · Post by **Idiot Proof** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:06 pm

Kowai gridded his teeth in rage as the second bell was taken way, and they would having only one bell to get. He loosened his fist and looked over to the gleaming bell. He thought over the situation, thinking about how to get through it with the least amount of hiccups as possible; he wasn’t the more intelligent of the two genin, but he was up to par with normal genin, so he wasn’t a complete and total fool. He blinked looking over to Kaito, ‘If I suck it in, I might be able to break the rope when I exhale, then I might be able to grab a few bites...' He thought to himself, though the plan was rather foolish it was the only plan he had to work with.

He crossed his arms and pondered a bit more, 'I'll help Kai-' He began to think before he was caught off guard by the fact he was standing on the surface of water, not seeing it being expelled from his ally’s mouth. He shook his head as he tried to get his mind in the game, “Okay. Okay.” He muttered under his breath. He gulped, '~I won’t get in the way of Kaito.’ Was the best idea, seeing as Kaito was the man with the ideas. But Kowai wasn't going to sit around and do nothing. Thinking that he was caught in a moment of cartoon physics, he promptly loaded up the bottom of his feet with chakra. He would soon find that standing on top the surface of the water was a bit of a chore, much like someone trying to get their during their first time going ice skating, he was able to loosely find his footing. He realized that he might be able to use this impracticality to his advantage. With a hefty step forward he slipped a bit as he began to glide a bit on the surface. While this was a bit sloppy, he was still charging in with a few more of these steps, with a speed a bit greater than his running speed, rushing towards Yoshi.

SpoilerShow

*Suimen Hokou no Waza [Act of Water Surface Walking]
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
A variation on the Kinobori no Waza (Act of Tree Climbing), the art of water surface walking allows a ninja to walk on water as if it was a solid surface. Focusing an even amount of chakra out of the soles of their feet, they can balance themselves on the very surface of the water.

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Eisbrecher · Post by **Eisbrecher** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 2:48 pm

Yoshi looks at the incoming Akimichi, "so he's noticed Kaito's lake, time to put them to the test I suppose" he thinks forming hand seals and staring directly at Kowai. "Kokuangyou no Jutsu" he says calmly trying to get Kowai to make eye contact with him, for now ignoring Kaito's lake, he'd see what Kaito's moves were before leaving the lake. "Let's see how this works out" he thinks still standing calmly looking at Kowai.

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Jutsu usedShow

*Kokuangyou no Jutsu [Journey into Black Darkness Technique]
A-Ranked Genjutsu
Kokuangyou no Jutsu is a Genjutsu technique which causes the ninja's opponent to be enveloped in total darkness after making direct eye contact and forming the needed hand seals. While in the black void, the ninja will be unable to see any incoming attack or threat. This lasts for 4 posts.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 3:10 pm

Holding his breath and awaiting the success of his technique, Kaito watched as his comrade had literally thrown himself towards their teacher, utilizing the slippery side-effects of the lake surface. As soon as the young genin's fingers touched the water, he could instantly see the chakra affinities that both Kowai and Yoshi possessed. He let out a brief chuckle, learning that his partner in this exercise had a Doton affinity, which Yoshi-sensei also had, but coupled with a Raiton affinity as well. However, Kaito's smirk disappeared as he realized that not only did water conduct electricity, but Doton was naturally strong against his Suiton prowess.

Attempting to think on his feet, Kaito leaped into the air and saw that something relatively big was going to happen from the fact that Yoshi had been forming seals. His eyes scanned the watery surface beneath him and saw that he ended up almost seventy degrees to his sensei and began quickly formulating a plan, as well as some seals. From above he spewed another liquid, this one much denser than the other and falling slighter faster than a normal liquid would. His position at the peak of his jump would play in a little bit, giving both Kowai and Yoshi to act before Kaito's own feet touched the ground. 'Take this you breakfast-depriving bastard,' he thought to himself as he performed the jutsu, sneering with his eyes.

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Jutsu UsedShow

* Suiton • Mizuame Nabara [Starch Syrup Capture Field]
C-ranked Ninjutsu
Suiton • Mizuame Nabara is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Water Element. After forming the needed handseals, Saito will expel a sticky liquid from his gullet. This liquid can cover approximately 20 square meters. If the target runs on top of the liquid, their feet will become glued to its sticky surface. If the ninja focuses chakra to their feet before touching the surface, they can hover above and move over it without hindrance. This allows Saito or a comrade to charge and attack without fear of becoming bogged down as well.

Idiot Proof · Post by **Idiot Proof** » Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:34 pm

While he attempted to aim up his palm strike, he made the mistake of keeping eye contact with his teacher. Not paying attention, Kowai didn’t notice that Yoshi was making several hand signs. This would have been a killer mistake in a more serious situation. For now, he’d live, but he’d suffer for his mistake. Quickly Kowai was isolated from the world, surrounded by darkness. He had no choice but to break his stance, "Dwaaaaaaaaaaaah!?!"He shouted in despair as reality crumbled around him.

He started to stumble around; everything was pitch black, "Oh crap!"He shouted in frustration in confusion. Luckily for him he had stumbled away from the stickiness that was Kaito’s next move. He walked around wildly. He covered his ears and spun around, trying to find some way out of the void. At the time, he thought it was ninjutsu, not being one who knew the full extent of genjutsu. He was scared and confused, he was feeling the full effects of a high level genjutsu. Kowai was panicking, he was trapped. He let out a howl of terror which was followed by the panicked war cry of, “Crap, crap, crap, crap, crap...!" As he stumbled around in circles, constantly repeating the word with every step he took.

Eisbrecher · Post by **Eisbrecher** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 8:44 am

With Kowai out the way for now, Yoshi turns his attention to Kaito and his next Jutsu and carefully examines the liquid pouring out of his gullet, "it's falling quicker than water and it looks to be denser, best to avoid this I reckon" he thinks jumping away and pulling a Kunai out of his armour and electrifies it before throwing it towards Kaito's left arm and watching Kowai out of the corner of his eye, "just because he can't see doesn't mean he can't still nab the bell from me" he thinks folding his arms again.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 9:15 am

Kaito would've attempted to move out of the way of the projectile flying at him, but he didn't have the necessary prowess to attempting anything as complicated as dodging in mid-air. Nevertheless, his shoulder shifted inward and allowed the chakra-imbued kunai to shallowly cut just above his left tricep. A shocking feeling ran through his body momentarily as the ground neared his feet. Quickly, as to not get caught in his own technique, he shifted some chakra to the soles of his feet and took a single step in order to help brace himself. Before his brain could screen anything that he said, the frustrated genin blurted out, "What the hell are you trying to do, kill me?!"

Then his attention transferred over to his blinded teammate who had been running in circles on the surface of water. Almost stopping the heated adrenaline flowing through him, Kaito asked, "Oi, you alright over there Kowai?" He scanned the Akimichi to see what was the problem, remembering the seals that his sensei performed earlier. It was then when he slipped back into his furious frenzy as he pulled a two kunai from his leg holster and attached two explosive tags to both of them. He wasn't concerned with stealth as he was hoping that his concocted plan would work.

Tossing the two kunai up into the air, estimating that they would land about ten feet short of actually getting to Yoshi, but still within the confines of the stickier of the two fields. Then, he quickly shot out three senbon towards his Jounin-sensei, two aimed towards each leg while one went for the bell. It wasn't much of a plan, but it would have to do for now since neither genin was in an advantageous position.
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Jutsu UsedShow

*Suimen Hokou no Waza [Act of Water Surface Walking]
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
A variation on the Kinobori no Waza (Act of Tree Climbing), the art of water surface walking allows a ninja to walk on water as if it was a solid surface. Focusing an even amount of chakra out of the soles of their feet, they can balance themselves on the very surface of the water.

Idiot Proof · Post by **Idiot Proof** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 11:06 am

Kowai was still blocked off, he was able to hear everything that was going on, but he wasn’t able to see. He continued to stumble around, cut off from the rest of the world. He shook his head in fear, “I can’t see anything!” He replied to Kaito, trying to keep his already lost cool. He wasn’t aware of the actions that went around him, only able to identify a few sounds. He stopped in his track and blindly looked around, “Can you see an exit!?” He questioned hoping that Kaito would see some kind of end to what he thought was a ninjutsu trap. Kowai let out a confused groan, “Does this darkness end? Or is it some cloud that’s surrounding me or something!?!” He asked Kaito once more, as he slipped further and further into a panicked rage.

He didn’t wait for an answer, he realized there was a task at hand and he got ready to do it. They had to get their hands on that bell, they needed that food, they needed to win. Kowai made a set of familiar hand seals, “Multi-Size Technique!” He bluntly stated as his torso blew up a like balloon. He didn’t waste any time, he quickly blasted himself into the air as if he was about to come down to perform Human Bullet Tank, but just as quickly as he went up, he came down and slammed into the ground as he shouted,. “Heaaaaaaaaaaaaaavy! Droooooooooooooop!” Only moments before he hit the ground, after landing he listened out for the faint sound of the bell ringing.

SpoilerShow

~Baika no Jutsu (Multi-Size Technique)
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
Baika no Jutsu is a Taijutsu techinque used by the Akimichi clan. Using this technique the clan member can alter the size of their body. Highly skilled clan members can alter the size of their body to a large scale with little trouble. When the clan member changes the size of their body, it uses up body calories. Because of that the clan members will usually be seen eating high calorie diets.

† [Heavy Drop]
Type: D-Ranked Taijutsu
Range: Short
Pre-requisite: Multi-Size Technique in use.

If the opponent in relatively close, Kowai can cut out a step from Human Bullet Tank, for a quicker and less defensive move. After using Multi-Size Technique, Kowai will jump in the air, using the same blast of Chakra to propel himself into the air, he’ll just allow himself to come crashing back down onto the foe.

Eisbrecher · Post by **Eisbrecher** » Mon Dec 28, 2009 2:15 pm

Yoshi jumped back cautiously upon seeing the two Kunai, clasping his hand over the bell to silence any noise from it, at that moment the Senbon hit him right on target, Yoshi flinches slightly but regains his composure after a few seconds. He then looked at Kaito and smirking, "I'm not trying to kill you Kaito, just trying to get you to understand the aim of this exercise which you haven't grasped yet." he says picking up a stick from the ground and holding it up for Kaito to see. "Oh by the way Kaito, see this stick? You know you want it" he adds throwing the stick into the bushes. "That should keep him occupied long enough to make my next move" Yoshi thinks forming more hand seals and creating 7 clones.

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Jutsu usedShow

*Maronoumaro Ketsubousoro no Jutsu You Know You Want It Technique
A-rank Genjutsu
Yet another genjutsu started by a word call, by holding up an item and saying, "You know you want it....", the target will fall in a 4 post obsession over that item. They item will appear extremely rare and valuable, even if it is just a blade of grass. They will do everything in their power to obtain the item, possibly causing them to waste chakra. After the 4 posts has end, any value the person found in the item will completely vanish, leaving them wondering what exactly they saw it in.

*Kage Bunshin no Jutsu [Shadow Clone Technique]
B-Ranked Ninjutsu
After forming the needed handseals, the user proceeds to create a number of clones of themselves (maximum is equal to the user's stamina). Unlike the Clone Technique, these clones are actual copies, not illusions. The user's chakra is evenly distributed among every clone, giving each clone an equal fraction of the user's overall power. The clones are capable of performing jutsu on their own and can even bleed, but will usually disperse after one or two solid blows. The clones will be created in roughly the same condition as the original and any experience the clones gain during their existence is transferred to the user once they are dispersed.

EDIT/OCC: Thanks for pointing out the Senbon thing Dai, I must've forgotten about it.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Tue Dec 29, 2009 9:41 am

Reverting his attention back to hefty ally, Kaito listened as the incessant babbling rang throughout the training grounds and provided the genin who wasn't visually impaired with a slight headache. Nevertheless, the only way they were going to succeed in the challenge was if they worked cohesively as a group, which led him to wonder where in the world that Kunoichi was. Shaking his head, he quickly called out to Kowai, "There's no physical substance that I can see impeding your vision! It could be genjutsu!" His oftentimes witty brain couldn’t think of a better solution, nor could it think of a better plan at the moment.

It didn’t help that Yoshi had called his attention with that obnoxiously friendly voice and condescending tone that came along with it. His eyes followed the stick momentarily while his sensei had been saying something about the true point of the lesson. He had begun shouting something along the lines of, “You can shove that stupid stick,” when the Jounin’s genjutsu hit. The nonexistent fixation became a crazed obsession as Kaito flew through the air towards the bushes that possessed the stick. How horribly embarrassing it was for him to chase the stick around like some common mutt. No matter how much he wanted to beat his sensei senseless, that stick was more important than the bell, and the incredible hunger that he had built up thus far.

Somehow in the middle of it all, he missed the fact that Yoshi created several clones of himself.

Idiot Proof · Post by **Idiot Proof** » Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:34 am

Being incapacitated was a very hard hindrance to overcome. While Kai would have been a good idea to dispel this, he was still panicking and thus he was fumbling and he wasn’t able to dispel the genjutsu. His breath became heavy as he wasted time on trying to figure out the hand seals for Kai in his panicked fury.

He didn’t hear the bell go off so he stood frozen as he began to panic even more. He was in a rather tough spot, there wasn’t any way out and he was surly doomed. He quickly dispelled his own multi sized technique and focused on hearing the battlefield at hand, there were several mentions to a stick, and then crazed sounds after a single smacking sound against the nearby bushes, as if something had been thrown into them. Hearing a rustle follow the smacking sound he was able to deduce that it was too large to be a small animal, and too small to be a large animal, or even an adult. While Kowai wasn’t willing to believe that Kaito had gone insane over a stick, but this was a Jounin they were up against, anything was possible. So rather than blindly attack, he rushed to bush hoping that it would mean a bit of a regroup.

Not even asking to see if it was Kaito, Kowai shook his head, “Got any bright ideas?” He questioned.

Eisbrecher · Post by **Eisbrecher** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 2:10 am

Yoshi watches as his students head towards the bushes, "Hmmm they're starting to grasp the point of the task now" he thinks leaping into a nearby tree leaving his shadow clones on the ground, "lets see how they react to this" he mutters quietly so Kaito and Kowai can't hear him

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 7:28 am

"Where's that damn stick? I need that stick. Where in the hell could he have thrown the damn thing?!" Kaito crazily muttered under his breath. His hands flung away various branches from his sight, fumbling through foliage in his attempt to find object of his desire. Kowai almost went unnoticed until he had found himself in front of Kaito. A vague sense of purpose flashed in the young genin's head, as if finding the stick wasn't the most important thing at hand. The thought evoked a response from his stomach, grumbling once more, but he disregarded it when he realized that the other genin asked for ideas.

"I need to find that stick. We need to get that stick. Where is the stick Kowai?" He spouted out in a single breath with almost complete disregard to the original question. Knowing that Kowai probably wouldn't leave his search alone until he got an answer, Kaito tried to think up a suitable response. He tried to recall all the events that had happened to far and if there was any way to get the bell, but all he could think about was the damned stick. 'Two gigantic bodies of water cover the majority of the training grounds with two of my kunai and explosive tags placed in the Starch Capture Field. Yoshi-sensei got hit with the senbon... I think. Kowai is blind and none of this is helping me find the stick!' he thought to himself, quickly peering out of the leaves towards where he remembered their sensei being.

With wide eyes, Kaito turned back to Kowai. Trying to sound as calm as possible Kaito whispered, "Don't panic... but there are seven Yoshi clones out there, and I don't know how to deal with that." Kaito paused for a moment before asking his own question. "For real though, where's that stick?"

Idiot Proof · Post by **Idiot Proof** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 10:03 am

Perhaps Kowai was better off wandering around on the battlefield with his sensei. He couldn’t help but feel uncomfortable in the bushes, with Kaito, and his obsession with some kind of stick. While keeping his mind off of a gay joke, he simply shrugged, “That stick thing was legit?” He questioned, finding it hard to believe that such a cheap trick worked, whatever kind of sick trick it was. Though there was no time for nonsense, they had pressing matters to attended to such, such as getting the bell and getting some grub.

Kowai himself felt something pricking him in the side, at first he didn’t think anything of it, but then the rambling about the stick came back to his mind. But before he was able to alert Kaito, he had chimed in with the bad news, the appearance of clones. “Wia-Eeeeaaaaaaaah-t!?” Kowai screeched in terror. Poking his head out the wrong side of the bushes he looked around at nothing, “Are they those normal clones? That can’t do anything? Or are they one of those freaky elemental clones?” He asked, not stopping to think and realize that Kaito had just learned about these clones himself. Though he was still a bit incapacitated he began to formulate a bit of a plan, “I can get big again, and charge out there with Human Bullet Tank, and make trouble for the clones, while you some sneaking in all slow like, while I roll around… And while I got them distracted by running them over, you find the real one and get that get the bell.” Kowai suggested, not thinking the plan through one bit.

Haven forgotten the stick he wiggled around until he heard a snap under him, “…Was that it?” He asked Kaito in a shaky tone.

Eisbrecher · Post by **Eisbrecher** » Thu Dec 31, 2009 3:52 pm

Yoshi stayed in the tree, he knew Kaito would still be bumbling around for the stick and even if Kowai managed to beat his shadow clones he was hidden enough to keep them searching till noon when time would be up.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Fri Jan 01, 2010 6:23 pm

Kowai's nearly incoherent babbling was difficult to decipher along with the added distraction of his wooden obsession, making Kaito's already baffled mind even more scrambled. Question after question Kaito attempted to follow his partner's train of thought until he lost any attention he had and began his never-ending quest for the stick. Every so often he would bother to pay attention to a word or two, or even a phrase of what Kowai had said, but never really retained the information for longer than a few moments. It wasn't until he heard a swift and sharp snapping sound that he turned his full attention to the bulkier of the two and gave that ever-popular glare he loved. Those three short words that followed soon after were immediately ingrained into the now furious genin's head.

"Are you serious?" he said, straining each word with extended emphasis. He repeated again, steadily increasing the volume. "Are you freaking serious right now?!" Although his exterior was a flaming wall of hatred and anger, somewhere inside made him relieved to see such a trivial object be destroyed. No matter how much he truly knew inside that chasing after the stick was some sort of illusion, his mind wouldn't allow that thought to fully register and the aggravation only increased with the latest stunt. Clenched teeth and fists were present on the genin, though he took a few deep breaths in order to calm himself down. He needed to get over the fact that the object of his desire had been destroyed by some blind buffoon, and thinking was one of the only ways he knew of to keep a cool and collected head.

"Okay, here's what we're going to do. If I remember correctly, Yoshi was hit with my senbon in his legs somewhere. Most likely he's not going to want to jump around amazingly crazy. That will discern him from the others." Already he had begun to speak more focused, but his mind was still half-crazed on the broken stick. "Also, do you know any clone techniques? Regular bunshin won't work, but elemental ones will. Should those clones out there be real, the clones that we create will be demolished, but that will give us information, got it?" He finished, already performing his own seals. A quiet whisper later, a watery clone formed in front of the two, crouching so that their positions were still somewhat concealed. "Make only one. Making more makes it obvious that we're still in the bushes. One each makes it look like we're attempting the offensive."

Knowing that his clone knew exactly what the plan was, he awaited to see if Kowai knew any cloning techniques before sending his own off. If Kowai didn't know any, then they would have to think of a different plan, but at least they already had a decoy.

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*Suiton • Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu [Water Element • Water Clone Technique]
C-ranked Ninjutsu
Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu is a Ninjutsu technique that utilizes water to create a Bunshin clone. Unlike a normal Bunshin, the Mizu Bunshin has the ability to interact more with the environment due to it having physical substance. This allows the clone to carry out limited attacks on its target. The range of the clone is limited however, it can not travel very far from the original body. If the Mizu Bunshin is injured, the clone will usually revert back into its natural water state. The user distributes a sufficient amount of chakra equally amongst their Mizu Bunshin clones. The clones can use Suiton [Water Element] Ninjutsu depending on the rank of the user.

Genin: E-Ranked Jutsu.
Chuunin: E, D, and C-Ranked (One) Jutsu.
Jounin: E, D, C, and B-Ranked (One) Jutsu.

Idiot Proof · Post by **Idiot Proof** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:44 pm

(I've been dealing with school work all week, and I haven't made the time to post. I'm sorry for any inconvenience I may have caused.)

Kowai wasn’t one who was easy to push to the edge of anger. Though after the crack which rang a bell signaling thousands of years of doom, Kowai’s eyes widedened as Kaito came to realize what had happened. While he just heard the change in voice at the start. This burst of strange negative emotion blinded Kowai for a moment as he had his buttons pushed a bit. His eyes popped a bit in show of his rage as he replied with a moronic outburst, “Am I serious!? I’m as serious as… a… an… an upset hungry bear, and you’re a silly salmon!” He stuttered, trying to think of something to say, which only made his appear less and less serious every moment.

As Kowai was trying to conjure up a silly quip, he hadn’t realized that the darkness that had surrounded him had been lifted. His eyes lit up and he grinned ear to ear, “I can see! Holy crap!” He loudly exclaimed as he was filled with joy with the return of his precious ability of sight. Kowai didn’t think he was a hindrance anymore, he wasn’t the blind being led by the insane, he was just a fool being led by the insane.

Though now the insane was formulating a plan, a plan that was just stupid enough to work, rather than get Kaito and maybe himself killed. Kowai nodded, still a bit raged. He didn’t understand half the words that were coming out of Kaito’s mouth, all he understood was that needed to get a clone out. During his time in the academy, he learned a bit about doton, and he decided that the clones used by the doton affinity were perfect for use in taijutsu, they were heavy and durable, perfect for dual combos. With smirk he did a set hand seals, “Earth Clone Technique…” He muttered on the final hand seal.

The ground to the side of him rose a bit, twisting forming into a stone copy of Kowai. Due to his lack of mastery in the field of Chakra control, this twisted clone was bit of an abomination, with a squared face, having only a carved nose and eyebrow. Due to its weight it sunk a bit as it leaned down in the soil. Kowai just pat the stone abomination on the back and gave Kaito, a thumbs up.

SpoilerShow

*Doton • Doton Bunshin no Jutsu [Earth Element • Earth Clone Technique]
D-Rank Ninjutsu
With this jutsu, the user creates a clone from the ground around them. Since this clone is made of rock, it is quite strong and durable, but it lacks speed greatly.

Eisbrecher · Post by **Eisbrecher** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 2:02 pm

Yoshi watched his clones from the tree he'd hidden himself in, they were talking amongst themselves in a happy manner, he winced slightly but didn't make a sound as he put weight on one of his legs. He knew he wasn't going to be doing any world class gymnastics any time soon, he needed to stay hidden and one step ahead of his students until noon struck.

Dai · Post by **Dai** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 6:11 pm

Feeling the effects of the genjutsu waning a little bit, Kaito summoned what mental energy he could process and sent his bunshin towards the area where he had placed the two kunai that had still rested there. From out of the bushes burst the clone while Kaito signaled to move to a different set of shrubbery. His hopes were to do this covertly, but his knees caught one of the branches for a quick moment and caused them to shift and create some noise. Not only that, but his stomach decided it was the most opportune time to let out an extended howl and rumble. They might as have had a gigantic pyrotechnic show that said, "Here we are, come and get us!" Their only real hopes were that the kage bunshin were mental, and the bunshin that they put up were enough to attract their attention.

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