Beku Loku Nya

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:35 pm

It was a rainy day today. All raining and absolutely no sun. Everything was so gray, just like life's events. It was rather depressing, but the rain felt rather good to Koujaku, Makoto as it washed everything away from the road, leaving a clean one behind. Of course, she wasn't really out in the rain. She was just in front of the Hokage's office, wondering how she should bother him. Makoto was in her usual clothes and seemed more childish and boyish then usual. Now then... How to sneak up all the way to the Baka-kage's room?

Nah, just barging in was more fun. So this was precisely why Makoto was climbing up the stairs with all the pride in the world. A white sash with red Konoha symbol was tied around her waist. This might reason with how no one bothered to stop the hyperactive kunoichi. Or they just simply didn't bother to notice her. Makoto was eating a pineapple lollipop at the moment.

Now then, here was the entrance to the Kage's office. How should she enter now? The answer was so obviously simple that she had to sigh at it. But then, it wasn't a good idea to simply just barge in. That was why she had a box of almond macaroons as she barged into the office. Hopefully no one was there but the Kage.

"Baka-kage-sama~" She cheerfuly proclaimed as she opened the door by kicking it with her leg. "Guess whatt?" She was bored, doh. Makoto held a slightly devious expression, a sign for obvious trouble.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 3:55 pm

Say one thing about Umezawa Tousha, say he was a man who enjoyed a mid-noon nap. And this was a particularly good nap because he had fallen asleep knowing that all of his paper work for the day was finally done, meaning it was guilt-free relaxation. It had taken the combined efforts of himself and three kage bunshins, but he was finally caught up on all of his work and all of his meetings had been taken care of.

Finally... he could rest.

"GAH!" he screamed as the sound of his door being kicked open caused him to jump involuntarily, which then caused his awesome laz-e boy recliner/spinning chair to twist around and throw him to the floor. And THEN the vibrations caused by the Hokage's body thudding against the floor caused a large stack of neatly organized paperwork to fall from his desk and land right on top of him.

A few stray pieces of paper fluttered around the room as Tousha's muffled voice came from under the mountain of papers concealing his lifeless body. "Why good day, Mako. Is there something I can help you with?"

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 4:06 pm

"Oh." She blinked for a bit, then the stupid smile was back on her face. "Did I interrupt something?" She said in a rather sweet voice. A voice that could very well be used to ask for a favor or two. She didn't seem at all guilty about it, rather she looked as if she was having fun. The fact that she was holding back a laugh didn't help.

"Got you some macaroons." She grinned, a normal one this time, as she held the package. "Hope you aren't allergic to almond." She made her way to the mountain of paper and dangled the package above it. She seemed rather amused and rather hyper. Slightly.

She had been bored, but now it was nothing but amusement. Seriously, the poor Hokage just about died by a mountain of paper. Who couldn't laugh at that? Okay, there were some serious people that couldn't, but still. It was amusing and she couldn't help but to laugh for a bit. She was ridiculously normal today. Childish and a bit hyper, but still normal. Kind of.

Okay, she was unstable. But she was stable enough. Hopefully. Even so she was smiling in a normal way and talking in a normal way. Normal as it can be for Makoto anyways. The one who did not flinch at the sight of kami and drove too many people insane and unbalanced in the head, that was Koujaku, Makoto. Yet now, she seemed like she was a teenager that was rather hyper on everything and high on air. Kind of, at least she was containing her energy this time.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 4:39 pm

Tousha's shaking hand emerged from the pile of paperwork and grabbed onto the bag of macaroons Mako was holding. The Hokage himself managed to get to his feet, allowing the papers that were covering his body to fall to the floor in an even more unorganized mess. Though he was covered in a few annoyingly painful paper cuts and felt like crying because now he was going to have to completely re-organize that entire stack of what he liked to call "boring, pain in the ass work," he was relatively unharmed.

He immediately opened the bag and began munching on the almondy goodness inside, smiling like a child locked in a candy store. "Mmmmhmmm..." Tousha murmured as he popped another macaroon into his mouth. "Delicious. You humble me with your presence as always, Mako." Though he said "presence" one could think that the Hokage was making a clever play on words by meaning "presents." Because Mako's dessert related gifts always seemed to cheer Tousha up as well as fill his almost-always hungry stomach.

Her gift was almost worth being nearly crushed and cut to death by rogue pieces of paper. Almost.

The Hokage returned to his swivel chair and motioned for Mako to take a seat on the other side of the desk. Once he sat down, Tousha pushed his feet against the floor and spun his chair around several times before slowly coming to a halt in the opposite direction he had meant to stop. Clearly he needed more practice in order to master the art of dramatic chair spinning for his meetings.

"So, Mako, as I was saying." he said as he awkwardly spun his chair 180 degrees to face the jounin. "What can I do you for? Or are you just dropping by to throw off my diet yet again?"

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 2:21 pm

She had to laugh as the Hokage spun on his chair. He was either in need of practice or out of it. Really, it was a rather nice idea to have come to visit the Hokage today. Amusement already, unlike certain individuals that bored her dreadfully.

Makoto grinned lightly, then seemed to seriously think about why exactly she was here. "Hmm... Good question." She smiled childishly. "I am probably here to throw off your diet though." She grinned once more. It was a devilish childish one this time. She was smiling a lot today. Perhaps too much? "I should have brought more, ne?" Makoto nodded at the near empty bag.

"Anyways~" She cheerfully continued regardless of the Hokage's reply. "I was boredd!" She pouted lightly. "So I thought I could bother you?" Another smile. Another one of those childish innocent smile that one knew better then to trust it. She was here to cause trouble, again. It was just so obvious. She didn't know what kind of trouble to cause, but she would end up causing one anyways. So why bother kicking her now? That was what her smile told.

She was like some kind of a witch who must have something when she was bored. By now, the Kage should have known about that. She could be pushy and all persuading if she wanted to. So kicking her out now would probably worsen whatever trouble she was going to cause. Makoto was bored, so bored. Which explained about that suspicious smile upon her grinning face.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 3:05 pm

"I was bored." Why did that not surprise the Hokage? Who else but Mako could pull off storming into his office with that kind of excuse? No one, really. If anyone else but her, and maybe Sin, tried something like that, the kage would have no choice but to hurl said person out of the nearest (and preferably highest) window available.

But instead of chucking her out into empty space to her death, Tousha simply flashed a pleasant smile at the jounin and said, "I think you've already accomplished your goal." After saying this me waved a hand at the pile of loose paperwork littering his office's floor. "With flying colors, I may add."

Then the kage placed his elbows on his desk and raised his inter wound hands up to his lips as he held Mako's gaze. "But I am curious to how you plan to bother me further. So, my dearest Mako, what did you have in mind?"

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:07 pm

Makoto had been all grins as she attentively, or as close as it can possibly get with her, listened to the Kage. Then she actually seemed serious as she spoke in a near monotonous business voice. "We-ll," She started out carefully, "I just thought it might be fun to dance in the rain." She grinned, breaking the entire seriousness of her expression from before. "No one wants to spar with me lately," She complained as she pouted, "Andd!" A grin. Uh oh. "My genjutsu is getting all rusty and using it on animals to train isn't fun!"

She made so much sense today. Valuing animals over the Kage... Either way, it was probably because she trusted him and not because she believed that animal abuse was more horrid then bothering a kage. Probably. She wasn't feeling even the tiniest bit guilty about what she said as well. Nope, she felt nothing of it. Okay, perhaps just a bit.

"And I will bake you triple chocolate cake with raspberry drizzle as the price." Such an innocent grin. Makoto was just ridiculous today. The boredom must have drove her crazy to the point of being incoherent. Probably. The poor thing.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:25 pm

Gone. They were all gone. He didn't even remember eating them that quickly, but as Tousha looked into the bag of macaroons he realized that it was, in fact, no longer a bag of macaroons. It was now just a worthless, empty bag that had no meaning to him whatsoever.

"What did she say?" Tousha asked himself as he tipped the bag into the air and caught the crumbs at the bottom in his gaping mouth. "I heard something about cake and got all excited."

She wants to spar with you, "oh great leader." Twilight's booming voice erupted in both Mako and Tousha's minds. Though the kami didn't reveal herself, her presence was definitely felt by both of the shinobi. The cake's just your reward for doing so."

Tousha slammed his open palms against the wooden desk before him and rose to his full height. He placed his hands on his hips, giving the Hokage a very heroic appearance, and said, "I accept your challenge, Mako. But I won't do it for the glory, or for the thrill of combat, or even for the cake. I will do this for the children."

What children? Twilight asked, her tone highly doubtful.

"You know... the children. I'm sure there's some kid somewhere that benefits from this."

That isn't likely.

"What about an elderly person, at least?"

You'll probably do more harm to anyone around you than good.

Tousha scoffed said, "Fine, I'll do it for the cake. Let's go."

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Tue Jan 12, 2010 4:33 pm

"Yahhh~" If Makoto was startled by the voice, she didn't show it. Instead, for that loud moment, she seemed as if she was simply letting it flow by her as if she was meditating. "Hello Twilight-sama!" She smiled lightly as the kami lectured the poor Hokage.

She had to laugh. She really did. She just couldn't help but to laugh and almost die laughing as the Kami lectured the Hokage and contrasted him on every word. Then she just about died as the Hokage finally admitted that he would spar for the sake of the cake. Then there was a problem. She couldn't breath.

Makoto chocked on her on laughter for a while and finally managed to regain her composer. She was still giggling, but she wasn't dying or anything. "Let's go out side somewhere!" She suggested. "I never tried using genjutsu in rain before, so it'd be a pleasant practice for me." Then she smiled. "And I won't be burned by fireballs." Her expression held an obvious 'you still owe me that hospital fee' look as she said that. Somehow, she made it seem cheerful, which in turn had a very negative effect and made her look creepy.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 11:45 am

Tousha threw open the large window behind his desk and walked out into the balcony, which was shielded from the pouring rain by the roof overhead. The Hokage removed his large, round hat and tossed it back into the room. It landed on the space where the massive stack of paperwork had been lying with a hollow thud. Next the kage unzipped his olive green Konoha flack jacket and tossed it expertly over the back of his large, swiveling chair.

He stood on the balcony with his back turned to Mako and breathed deeply, enjoying the smell of fresh rainfall. Now all the Hokage had on was a dark blue, skin tight undershirt, his father's old waist sash (which he very rarely parted with), his black shinobi pants, and his toeless ninja sandals. "No point in ruining good clothes, right?" he said with a crooked grin as he turned and looked at the jounin over his shoulder.

"What are you waiting for? Let's get going." With that the kage jumped onto the balcony's railing and then swung himself towards the building. Focusing a little chakra into his feet, Tousha's sandals smacked against the rain drenched tower and held firmly. The Hokage then proceeded to run down the tower, dodging and jumping past windows and other balconies that hindered his path.

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 2:07 pm

"NEYA!" Makoto complained loudly. "THAT IS JUST NOT FAIR!" There was a reason why this wasn't fair to Makoto. One, she wasn't really good at clinging onto slippery surfaces and two, she had a barely average stamina. Okay, two reasons, but does it really matter? Regardless, Makoto slipped her goggles down to cover her eyes and followed after the Kage. And slipped.

"NYAAA!" Makoto yelped as she was falling, however she quickly manipulated her wires as to catch onto the railing above. After a single second of dangling, she managed to regain her footing and cling onto the surface. Lucky for her, as that moment, the hastily thrown wire slipped off. There was no way she could possibly get down without falling. So then, why not just fall?

Her method was crude compared to the Kage's. Makoto simply dropped herself, clinging onto the railings and the likes with her wires if she decided that her falling speed was too dangerous. Of course, it was more of testing one's luck then 'safe' descending, but then, who cares? She was having fun.

Her arm hurt from being tugged on in an urgent stop for so many times. But at least this was fun. She wasn't even paying attention to the Kage anymore. At the last 10 feet or so, she grabbed a rail on a balcony, she nearly slipped and her arm felt like it would pop out, and shifted her weight as to cling onto it in a much more efficient manner. She then pushed off from the balcony with her legs and performed a rather slow back flip in the air. The landing was rather smooth, however she had misjudged the strength to push off from the railing as she ended up slipping and falling flat on the ground.

"See? Not fair." She was laughing though. Laughing as a child would and laughing for real this time. It wasn't hyper nor hysterical. It wasn't up for a show either. Then she hiccuped from laughing so much. With that she went back to pouting.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 9:45 am

"All's fair in love and war." Tousha said, standing over Mako with a grin stretching from ear to ear on his face. The Hokage's long, black hair was already soaking wet, causing long strands to cling to his face and neck. Without any reason to speak of, Tousha started laughing too. It was a sort of care free laugh that he hadn't heard since he was a young, aspiring shinobi without a care in the world.

He folded his arms across his chest and flashed a smug half grin at the pouting kunoichi. "I was worried for a second, there. I'm not sure if I could have caught you if you fell. I can see it now: Konoha's elite Guardian dies after slipping from the Hokage Tower's balcony. Truly, an honorable death if I've ever seen one." As he spoke he raised a hand into the air as if reading a newspaper's headline. It was clear that the kage was enjoying himself a little too much.

But, after he got his teasing out of the way, Tousha leaned down and offered Mako one of his scarred hands. "Now get up, grasshopper. We've got work to do."

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 1:34 pm

"I don't care." Makoto complained. "What isn't fair isn't fair." She pouted and pouted and pouted. Even so, she ended up laughing along with the Kage again. Ah now, wasn't this kind of fun? Of course, she was all muddy now and her hair would require quite a bit of care, even so she didn't mind that at all at this moment.

"An honorable death indeed!" She proclaimed sarcastically. After a moment or two, she sighed. She didn't feel like biting back at the Kage anymore. Not now and not with the words. Even so, the Kage was having too much fun with this. Oh well, she was having fun too, so she'll let it pass for today. She smiled lightly for a few seconds before coming back to pouting once more.

She took the Kage's hand and used it to pull herself up. Only when she was standing did she make a bitter remark. "Why a grasshopper? I'm not that lazy you know." She then stretched lightly before commenting once more. "And I don't look nor resemble an insect." She stuck her tongue out at the kage.

The scarred hand was rather rough against Makoto's skin. It reminded her of touching an old brick or perhaps an old piece of wood. It was a rather interesting feel, she didn't dislike it, it was just that she felt that he needed to get some hand lotion. There was another thing, but Makoto stuffed the thought back in the corner of her mind. "Right here?" She tilted her head slightly. Sparring in front of the tower wasn't a positive thing to do. For all one knows, there might have been an intruder and etc. etc. People nowadays watched too much action movies and dramas. Yes, way to much dramas.

OOC: When Makoto is referring to the grasshopper being lazy, she is referring to the Aesop's fables in which the lazy grasshopper died during winter due to not working during summer unlike an ant.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 3:52 pm

Tousha looked around the general area, scratching his head and still grinning like a fool as he tried to think of a suitable battlefield. Fighting right in front of the Hokage Tower was probably not the best idea, considering the shinobi constantly guarding the tower and the Hokage himself could see their leader attacking another ninja and assume he was in danger. Though it would be a simple matter to explain the situation, Tousha didn't enjoy having his spars interrupted for any reason.

After a few contemplative moments Tousha pointed a finger eastward and said, "We could try the Academy Grounds. With all of this rain I doubt they'll be outside today, and maybe we could teach them a thing or two."

Say one thing about Tousha Umezawa, say he enjoys showing off his skills. It had been a few weeks since he'd paid the Academy a visit, which made Tousha feel a little guilty. It was his duty to pay visit to all of the young, aspiring shinobi in his village to share stories of combat and give insight that could very well save their lives one day. Tousha may be a spazz and a sucker for tea cake, but he knew when it was time to get serious.

What about that time you started a food fight in the cafeteria yourself. Twilight asked skeptically, only allowing Tousha to hear its booming voice in fear of completely confusing the kunoichi who could not read the Hokage's rather insane thoughts.

"Hey, one of those kids was coming at me with a spork. That was self defense!"

Was it self defense when you pushed one of their faces into their own birthday cake?

"Ok, that one was for me. But everything else was absolutely necessary for my survival."

The kami didn't reply, but Tousha somehow had the feeling that it wasn't convinced of his "good intentions."

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 4:03 pm

Makoto thought about it for a long time as the Kage too stayed silent. Makoto guessed that the Kage was having a mental yelling contest with the Kami-sama, but ne. She didn't care about that for a while. So then, the academy grounds. Well, since she was sparring with the Hokage, she wouldn't have to pay for the damages, right? If so, then all was good for her. Not that she could damage things other then mentality anyways. The only thing she could really shatter was sanity.

"It's not like they are going to learn anything, especially," Makoto sighed as she spoke in the most 'obviously' voice anyone could possibly do. "Since I am going to be using genjutsu." She then raised her eyebrow, it was hidden by her goggles, and wagged her finger at the Hokage. "And I believe it to be a bad idea to use a high ranked genjutsu on a child."

The last sparring had been fun. Until the kid came along. The thought was obvious on the kunoichi's face as she smiled in a very troubling way. Troubling for the Hokage, not for her.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:08 pm

Tousha arched a single brow across his forehead and smiled slyly at the kunoichi. "Is that so? Because I seem to recall a certain someone nailing a kid with a high ranked genjutsu not so long ago. And it sure as hell wasn't me."

For once. Twilight's thunderous voice rang throughout both of the shinobis' minds.

Tousha pointed up in the air at nothing in particular and said, "See? If that tight wad agrees with me you know I'm right." Then Tousha paused, realizing that the kami had just indirectly insulted him. "Hey wait a minute, what do you mean "for once?!" I'm not the bad guy here."

For once.

Tousha scoffed and folded his arms across his chest like a little kid who'd been told he couldn't have the last cookie in the jar. "Whatever. Let's just go, I'm tired of just sitting around." With that the Hokage darted towards the direction of the academy, traveling at a fraction of his full speed so he wouldn't leave Mako behind. As he neared the wall surrounding the Hokage Tower's courtyard Tousha leaped high into the air and planted his foot on top of the wall. He then pushed off as hard as he could, propelling his body through the air like a rock hurled from a prankster's slingshot.

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 5:50 pm

"Is that so? Because I seem to recall a certain someone nailing a kid with a high ranked genjutsu not so long ago. And it sure as hell wasn't me."
At that, Makoto puffed her cheeks and glared at the Kage in a slight anger. It was a childish fit that was rather uncommon in her list of childish expressions of emotions. "AS I said." She spoke in a slightly low dangerous tone. "I BELIEVE that it's a bad idea to use genjutsu on kids." She then stuck her tongue out. "I never said I wouldn't USE it on the kids."

She didn't reply for the rest, but stayed in her pouting, angered mode. She was seriously pouting this time. How childish of her... So she just simply stuck her tongue out before getting ready to leave. 'Cept the Hokage had already taken the led. Oh, she wasn't a fool. She knew she would never catch up, so she just ran at a normal pace. She couldn't jump that high either, so she just simply walked through the gate way.

Life was so much easier when one knew their own limits. So she just took short cuts over short cuts. Cutting the time between traveling from point a to point b and at the same time, reserving energy. Fun, fun.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Thu Jan 14, 2010 6:18 pm

As the Hokage's feet pattered almost soundlessly, the exception being the slight splash that resulted from his sandaled feet slapping against the wet tiles, along the path of rooftops leading towards Konoha's ninja academy. He knew this route like the back of his hand considering he'd stepped foot on literally every roof in the village hidden in the leaves over his lifetime. He laughed with mirth as he reached his favorite part along his path, remembering the maneuver fondly from his youth.

Tousha leaped into open space, appearing as though he was attempting to jump from one roof to another. But there was only one problem: The nearest roof was about fifty feet away and Tousha was no where near making it. The kage plummeted towards the ground for a moment or two, but then, at the last moment, his hands caught on to the nearly invisible wire stretchig from building to building high above the street. This relatively secret length of metal wire was used to hang decorations for various holidays celebrated in the streets of Konoha, but today it would be used as Tousha's person express lane.

With the balance and grace of a ballroom dancer, Tousha nimbly ran along the metal wire. People on the streets below gasped in shock and pointed at the kage as he seemingly ran upon the air itself. Tousha couldn't help but grin devilishly down at them, suddenly remembering exactly why he enjoyed using these wires for transportation.

In a matter of moments Tousha found himself high above the academy grounds, though the rain was so thick he could barely see down into the yard from this height. He tossed himself over the side of the wire only to grab onto it again with one of his hands. The kage then positioned himself directly over a small lake that resided on one of the academy yard's four corners, and let go.

A mighty splash erupted into the air as the Hokage hit the water, only to surface a second later laughing like a fool.

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 2:32 pm

"Oh my." Makoto watched with a rather complicated expression. "I believe that I now officially fear for the future of Konohagakure's shinobies." She wasn't joking about it either. She seriously feared for it. As much of competent as Tousha was, at the same time, he was a douche bag. It was sad, really...

Even so, Makoto simply shrugged her shoulders and allowed another sigh to end the pity. "So, Bakakage-sama, shall I start?" She spoke in a rather nonchalant voice. Oh, but she was taking this seriously this time. She just didn't look like she was.

ooc: Gah, crappy post. Sorry. ><

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 3:08 pm

Tousha quickly swam to the small lake's shore and trudged out of the water, now completely and utterly drenched in water. At least he didn't have to worry about the rain any more, it's not like he could get any more soaked. The kage twisted his clothing in an attempt to get as much water out of them as he could, but it was a futile effort considering how hard it was raining.

He looked over at Mako, who appeared to be unamused by his incredibly awesome means of reaching the academy. Oh well, sometimes there was no pleasing some people. "What kind of gentleman would I be if I started this show?" Tousha asked rhetorically with his usual crooked grin stretched across his lips. "Ladies first, Mako. Show me what you've got."

Having fought Makoto only a couple of weeks prior, Tousha was fully aware of the jounin's genjutsu capabilities. He was also aware that the genjutsu techniques she had used in their previous spar were mostly sight based, so the kage was making a point not to stare directly into the kunoichi's discolored eyes.

Unfortunately for Mako, she had just seen the peak of the iceberg that was Tousha's capabilities when they last fought.

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 3:31 pm

"Since when was I a lady." Makoto made a point of statement as she sighed. This was going to be rather difficult. She could only use sight based genjutsus in this environment. She had her lollipop genjutsu, however that wouldn't work well. Nope, it would just end up being a waste of chakra. Makoto exaggerated a sigh. So now then, what should she start with?

"Eh, you already know that I have a disadvantage with the sight genjutsus making up most of my skills." She rolled her eyes. It couldn't be seen underneath her goggles although the way she shrugged suggested it. So maybe she will be using taijutsus now? How bothersome. She sighed as she took out two scrolls. "You will be giving me time for preparation, right?" She spoke with a sigh once more.

She summoned five coils of wires and ten 6.5cm kunais. Then with rather deft movements of her fingers, she tied the ends of the wires to the ends of the kunais. She was rather used to doing this as it took her mere seconds. Her fingers felt slightly numb from the rain, but it would be okay. Or so she hoped.

"Anyways, here I come?" She seemed to be almost pouting as she packaged the scrolls. She then, with another noticeable sigh, simply threw, her motion seemed like a toss, one of the small kunais at the Kage. The wire attatched to it was almost invisible due to the rain.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:36 am

The kage knew better than to take the kunoichi's attack lightly. Underestimating Makoto was like playing Russian roulette, you only lose once. As the wire rigged kunai flew through the air towards Tousha, the kage flooded his legs with chakra and disappeared in a burst of speed. He darted right to avoid the kunai, and then zeroed in on the kunoichi standing about fifteen feet away.

Clearing the distance in a little over a second, Tousha pivoted on his left heel and spun his body around while simultaneously extending his right leg. His sweeping kick was aimed for the back of Mako's knees, attempting to knock her to the ground.

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:54 am

Makoto only needed to blink once and the Hokage was gone within the distance and practically right in front of her. No matter, she was planning on closing in the distance anyways, just not so soon. He was fast, she knew that. There was no way she could catch up with him either nor could she use her genjutsu in this state. So she didn't even bother trying to dodge the kick.

It hurt. Even so, she just simply followed along with the kick, causing the pain to be a lot less then it should have been. She then, using her right hand as a support, shot her left leg up, aiming for the Kage's hip bone. If it connected, she would press down on it with her leg and use it as another support for another kick. For this one, she would jump with the left leg supporting her and use her right leg to perform an ax kick aimed at the kage's shoulder. Makoto didn't have much of strength, however with her weight and the gravity pulling down, she just might manage to dislocate the kage's shoulder if the attack connected.

If the attack didn't connect, she would simply throw up another wire rigged kunai aimed at the stomach. When the kage managed to dodge that, she would pull the trigger for the senbon darts on her left arm. It would be aimed at the Kage's knee. She would also then pull on the wires and lower as in an attempt to slice the back of the Kage's right foot in order to disable him.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 8:44 am

Tousha was surprised when he felt his leg connect with the back of Makoto's legs, but he realized with wide eyed surprised that the kunoichi had intentionally taken the blow and was now unleashing a counter attack of her own. His first instinct was to distance himself from the jounin and distract her with either a kage bunshin or a raiton clone, but the fact that Mako was at a huge disadvantage in this fight made Tousha resist the urge to use jutsu in order to make the spar more fair. Sure, he could use his entire arsenal of ninjutsu techniques and end the fight quickly. But what would that teach her?

With blurring speed Tousha blocked the first incoming kick with his forearm, which hurt to a certain degree but saved the kage's hip from harm. He felt the jounin push off of his arm and use her left leg to support herself as she flipped through the air and extended her left leg, aiming her flying drop kick at his exposed shoulder.

If Tousha had been any slower, Mako's brutal kick would have crushed his collar bone like a dried twig. But the kage managed to spin out of the way just in time to see the kunoichi's leg miss his face and torso by mere inches.

"Crap...!" Tousha muttered as he watched a second kunai fly through the air towards him. She was really going all out against him, which caused a roguish grin to spread across his lips despite the fact that she was trying to stab him with sharp, point, metal things.

Thinking quickly, the kage slid his middle finger through the ringed end of the first kunai resting in the holster strapped to his right thigh, whipped out the small knife, and slashed forward in one smooth motion. Sparks kicked up into the air as his steel met Mako's, which diverted the wire rigged kunai's path directly into the moist earth below.

Because of the downpour of rain the kage failed to hear the sound of Mako's senbon shooting contraption firing, but luckily he did move the leg she had been aiming at backward in order to get a more stable footing which caused the senbon to miss its mark and simply slice through Tousha's thigh muscle. The wound was only a small knick, but Tousha could still feel the slightest bit of warmth run down his leg from a single drop of blood escaping his body.

"First blood goes to you." he said with a crooked grin still plastered on his face, his eyes narrowed and sharp from the intensity of their battle. Without another word Tousha hurled the kunai at Mako's right shoulder from only five strides away. After doing so the kage jumped backwards and whipped out the defensive jitte wedged under his belt and held it in a reverse fashion, ready for whatever Mako had in store for him.

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 9:19 am

"Tch." Makoto seem to pout at that. Perhaps she was expecting to do better or she was just simply disappointed that the Kage was obviously holding back? She then held up her small kunai and deflected the attack with some difficulty due to the distance. Half by luck and half by skill, she managed to deflect the kunai to the side. However she had misjudged it slightly.

Now this was getting fun. There was an obvious grin on Makoto's face as the goggle slid off and fell to the ground along with few strands of hair. The kunai had sliced the goggle's strap when she had awkwardly tried to deflect it. Ah, she was having so much fun. Now then, she was fairly limited in the array of attacks. The only thing she could count one was counter and reflect. She would start with tease and a bait then counter the main attack.

Of course, this was fairly risky. Especially compared to the level of skill and speed, she was at a rather unfair disadvantage. It didn't matter though, now did it? Makoto took a deep breath as she stepped back. She would summon the katana, however she didn't want too many weapons holding her down.

Now then, she had two wires going array and three wires in which she still held coiled around her hand. She then, wit a rather fast flick of her wrist, wrapped the three wires around her left arm, over the cloth. However she still left enough room as to prevent the senbon from not being able to be fired.

Makoto held one of the small kunai in her mouth and pulled at the wire with her right hand that now held only one small kunai. The kunai held in her mouth was attatched to the wire that ended on the earth fairly close to the kage. Closer then the other anyways. With the ring protecting her against from the wire cutting into her skin, she pulled it to the side, causing the kunai to be dislodged from the earth.

Makoto then dropped down into a rather defensive stance, however her point of gravity wasn't centered nor to the back leg, it was forward. Then she dashed towards the kage. As she dashed, she was painfully aware that she was slower then the kage, she used the wire to slash at the kage. It was a horizontal slash in which would go from the kage's left shoulder to the waist. She expected the Kage to block that.

If the kage blocked it on the spot with the jitte, she would taunt on the wire as to cause it to wrap around the jitte. She would then pull it out from his grasp or leave it at a stand point. If at a stand point, she would pull herself with the wire and attempt a low spin kick on the ground aimed at the ankles. She expected that to miss as well. When missed, she would once more fire the senbon aimed at the kage's thighs. If she didn't miss, she would follow it up with another ax kick.

However if she pulled the jitte out of the grasp, she would release it somewhere far off and at the same time, fire another senbon. It would be aimed at the right shoulder once more. She would then follow up with the second kunai in which the end was attached some distance away. It would be aimed more towards the ground and miss the Kage, however she would tug at it right before it struck the ground and cause it to slice the kage's foot.

If the kage simply dodged, she use manipulate the wire to change its direction quickly and aim at the location in which the kage would be at. She would then change her direction with a light skid. Afterwards, she would attempt a back kick, changing her from in front of the kage to the left side of the kage. She would then, regardless of if the attack connected or not, move to the back of the Kage and attempt to lodge the six kunais, which dangled from her left arm, to the kage's back. Then, once more regardless of if it connected or not, would step back as to put some distance.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 11:51 am

"Interesting." Tousha thought to himself as he watched mako charge forward, swinging her wire rigged kunai at him as she did. Having access to the kunoichi's rather detailed file, Tousha was more than impressed by the jounin's taijutsu capabilities and was surprised to find that her skills surpassed the description in said file. He made a mental note to have one of his secretaries change that particular section of the kunoichi's file.

Instead of simply blocking the kunai swiping through the air towards him, Tousha fell to the ground in a crouched position with his free hand supporting his weight as Mako's attack swung by overhead. His feeling of accomplishment from dodging this attack was short lived, however, as the wire attached to the kunai snapped suddenly and diverted the razor sharp projectile right back at him. To make matters worse, Mako was now within striking range and was attempting to kick him squarely in the face.

Feeling the need to protect his roguishly handsome features from Mako's less than forgiving foot, Tousha pushed off of the ground and spun through the air rapidly. He managed to leap over Mako's low, spinning kick as well as reach his hand out and deflect the kunoichi's renegade kunai with the jitte in his hands.

This maneuver put Tousha in an awkward position as Mako stabbed forward with six, small kunai in one hand. Since he was now at the height of his jump, he would be unable to simply avoid the kunoichi's final strike. So he reckoned it was time to get aggressive. As Mako's hand swung downward towards his back the kage extended his left arm and caught the kunoichi's wrist in his free hand. Using the momentum of his spin, the kage practically threw Mako's arm into the ground and then planted his feet back onto the muddy ground with a splash. He then watched as Mako put some distance between him and herself, which was basically a calling card for Tousha to charge forward. He was happy to oblige.

Tousha didn't waste any time in closing the gap between himself and the kunoichi once more, this time slashing forward with the sharpened tip of the jitte. The kage's arms blurred with lightning speed as he stabbed and slashed at the kunoichi's non vital points, such as her arms, shoulders, and legs.

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 12:28 pm

Makoto struggled to regain her balance as quickly as possible. It was kind of difficult saying how she was practically thrown to the ground. Her arm throbbed where the Kage had grabbed her. She then spat the kunai out and pulled on the other one and replaced it in her mouth.

She wasn't used to the long wires, it took too long for them to change its movements. She couldn't really hold on to it either, explaining about how she bit on the kunai. She pushed the earth back with her foot as she saw the kage charging. This wasn't good. She bit down hard on the kunai as she embraced for it.

The jitte slashed her left arm and she nearly yelped at the sudden contact of the metal and skin. However, thankfully, the wires wrapped around her arm prevented the cut from being more then a simple scratch. Perhaps a bit deeper, but still not much of a wound. Then there was another particularly sharp blow to her left shoulder and she felt the blade sink in slightly. She could barely see the movement, however managed to block a blow to her legs with her left arm, drawing even more blood but a wound less then it would have been if it had connected with her legs. It hurt, of course it hurt. The blood was seeping onto her wet clothing and spreading as if a mere cloth dye. Then a rock.

She hissed out a cuss word as she tripped over it and fell back wards, avoiding a stab from the Kage and earning a thin slash on her neck. The wound dripped blood, however it was just a scratch. However her body still shuddered at it. Even without the help of the shudder, she was completely awkward on her balance and had a bit of difficulty in using her right arm to regain balance on the ground. She then whipped her wires out and attempted to wrap the wires around the kage's legs. If she missed, she would make sure that she at least drew blood.

At this proximity, she probably could have used genjutsu. She should have used it. But no, it was a lot more fun this way. Painful, certainly, but more fun. There was a grin on her face although now, light red stained her face from the splattering blood due to the rain.

She triggered her senbon dart once more. It was aimed at the kage's knee and following up with it would be a rather hasty movement of her using wires once more. She would summon the sword, however she wasn't a sword user. A non-sword user against a sword user usually went wrong and horrible. She mainly used wires, thus she would use a wire.

She released the wires from her rings and made a hasty movement as to wrap it around the kage's arms and to tug it down. These wires were slightly faster due to the length being more controllable. Once wrapped around, she would pull it down. If it doesn't wrap around the kage's limbs, she would just simple sweep the wires on the ground in an attempt to put distance between her and the kage.

It hasn't been long since the fight started, however Makoto felt the heart beats rise slightly. Some might be due to the excitement of the fight, however some were due to her running out. Running out already. It wasn't that she used a lot of jutsus or anything, it was just the rapid combination of movements that tired her out slightly. Also doing that in rain caused her to be even more precise as to not slip on anything. Thus, it was stretching her limits slightly.

She felt a fool for not using a genjutsu and instead sticking with taijutsu. No matter, it was just more fun this way. Makoto almost sighed at the thought of how foolish she was. Longing only for the enjoyment without the care for her own dear life and body. She soon found and excuse out of it, it was a sparring match. A match for pure amusement. At least for her anyways.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Tue Jan 19, 2010 3:54 pm

Tousha grunted in frustration as he watched Mako's wires loop around his body, threatening to entangle his legs and leave him vulnerable to attack. He respected Mako's ability to manipulate these wires with such accuracy, but he had to admit that they were really starting to piss him off. Just as the wires closed in around the kage he attempted to jump backwards, but it was too little too late. The wires entangled his legs and caused him to nearly stumble backwards onto his ass, which would have been both embarrassing and dangerous during a spar.

Mako's next two attacks, the senbon fired from the contraption on her arm and the wires that were supposed to wrap around his arms, hit their marks exactly as planned. Then, as Mako pulled down on the wires attached to his arms, the Hokage face planted into the muddy ground before the jounin.

If the kunoichi celebrated because she managed to drag the leader of the village hidden in the leaves to the ground, it would be short lived. Suddenly Tousha's body disappeared into a cloud of grey smoke, leaving behind a small, wooden swing that had been hanging from a nearby tree only moments before.

"Whew! That was a close one." Tousha said from the tree he had borrowed the swing from. He spun the jitte on his index finger and flashed a crooked grin at the jounin as he asked, "Where were all of these fancy tricks hiding the last time we fought?" After saying this the black haired shinobi sheathed the defensive jitte and whipped out the straight edged katana strapped to his hip. He held the weapon in front of himself and motioned towards himself with it, beckoning the jounin to take her best shot at him.

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Sat Jan 23, 2010 9:09 am

Makoto seemed to have gained a new ability called 'expressing an entire sentence with facial expression'. She now had a face on that effectively screamed; 'I can't use most genjutsu in this down pour of rain, doh.' She had some she could use, but she'd rather not get on the bad side of the Kami due to it having negative effect on the kage. That would be rather horrid. "I would use some, but I think you'd prefer not to get your mentality to stay healthy." She then amended the sentence rather quickly. "As healthy as it is at the moment."

She bit rather hard on the lollipop and crushed the candy in her mouth. She then took the stick out, wrapped it in the wax paper, and shoved it in her pocket. She then proceeded to draw the third scroll and summon a katana from it. She wasn't a sword user, however she knew its blade enough to use it in different ways.

The only problem was that of her own body. The blood was making her slightly dizzy with its intoxicating smell. The rain prevented the wounds from closing quickly, thus resulting in a rather horrid flow of blood. She felt the pain with each and every movement of heart. Even so, she embraced the pain as to clear her head. Now then, what to do, what to do.

She took a rather dizzy step backwards, her balance clearly off and her center of gravity shifting. It was ridiculous. She couldn't even step back without feeling the effect of the blood. A slow grin spread across Makoto's face as she leaned on the katana for a second or so. She then drew the katana, revealing a rather fine blade, and seemed to disappear.

It was the most basic ninjutsu and as much as she was in not being a fan of ninjutsu, this one worked pretty well. She would appear in front of the Kage and not from the sides nor in the front as many would usually do. Makoto hardly ever played by the book, so it was a rather strange movement. She held her sword with its tip pointing at the kage. Seemingly, she held many weak points and opening, however she would use her wires to cover it.

The tip was aimed at the kage's shin and if it connected, she would proceed with putting some distance between her and the kage by jumping in the air. She would then proceed to put chakra into her leg and jump in the midair once more. The second jump would be low and its direction would be a rather sharp movement to her back. If the kage followed, she would use her katana to defend the close range while using wires to defend from the mid range and so forth. However if the stab missed, she would use her wires in the ring to wrap around the katana and use it as to quickly switch the direction of the blade. She wouldn't use just her wires though, she would hold onto the blade while the wires changed the direction. She was just too horrid at swords.

Jutsus UsedShow

*Ninpou • Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Chouzou [Ninja Arts • Spiritualism Technique: Storage]
C-Ranked Ninjutsu
A jutsu used to store various inanimate objects inside scrolls such as weapons, food, etc. The items can then be summoned at the users need by opening the scroll.

*Shunshin no Jutsu [Body Flicker Technique]
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
Shunshin no Jutsu is a basic Ninjutsu technique. The ninja will appear and disappear in an instant, allowing them to retreat or attack suddenly. To facilitate the movement the ninja will often use nearby elements such as mist, sand or leaves to mask their appearance or disappearance.

*Bai Chouyaku [Doubled Leap]
D-Ranked Ninjutsu
By channeling chakra into her feet and releasing it in a short burst in the middle of a jump, Koujaku is able to, "jump again", increasing the range and height of their leaps. They can also use this to change direction in mid-air.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 2:04 pm

Tousha's eyes narrowed as Mako summoned what appeared to be an average looking katana, but the kage knew better than to underestimate simple weaponry. A simple kunai could kill anyone if used properly. He'd seen way too many of his friends die because they had underestimated their opponents; Tousha refused to suffer the same fate.

Despite the fact that Mako and himself were locked in the heat of combat, Tousha couldn't help but feel a small pang of concern well up inside of him as he watched the kunoichi stumble because of her injuries. Her cuts weren't that deep, and they definitely weren't life threatening, but the constant downpour of rain was stopping the wounds from healing quickly. To make matters worse, the rain water was causing her blood to streak down her body and clothes as if her wounds were far more severe than they actually were. The kage looked down at his leg and gingerly ran his finger along his thigh where the kunoichi's senbon had torn through his skin. It was hardly bleeding at all, but it still stung a little. He had to admire Mako's determination at that moment, realizing that she was fighting through pain far beyond what Tousha was going through.

He knew he hadn't made a mistake when he'd asked Mako to join the Guardians.

With lightning fast reflexes that could only be achieved through years of training, Tousha batted away Mako's katana as it jabbed at his lower leg. The sound of metal clashing against metal rang out across the training ground's courtyard as Mako jumped backwards, and then jumped through the air once more in order to put a good amount of distance between herself and her foe. As she landed about twelve strides away Tousha lowered his sword and stared into the kunoichi's off colored eyes.

"You're good, Mako. I dare say you've even improved since our last match... but let me show you a glimpse of what it means to be the best." As he said this Tousha slowly slid his own katana back into the sheath hanging from his belt, but instead of releasing his grip from the hilt his fingers remained tightly wrapped around the weapon's grip. The kage's left foot slid across the muddy ground as his right knee bent, all the while his bright green eyes remained fixed on Mako's own pair.

As Tousha's free hand gripped the top of his sheathe, the kage disappeared in a burst of speed so intense that the water falling around him was forcefully pushed back from all directions. Tousha saw a glimpse of his target as he passed by Mako at blinding speeds, but the rest of the world was blurred and unrecognizable. The kage unsheathed his blade and slashed horizontally across Mako's neck in one, smooth motion. He only intended to leave a small cut that would barely even bleed if he managed to land the blow at all.

"Raiku Dageki." Tousha muttered as he appeared behind the kunoichi, his sword held parallel across the ground and his free hand still holding the base of the sheathe hanging from the left side his belt.

SpoilerShow

Name: Raiku Dageki [Lightning strike]
Rank: C-rank
Prerequisites: Raikou wake, Douteki Sochi, and a speed of at least 5
Description: A technique named after it’s lethal speed and accuracy. After entering the Hekireki’s initial stance, the user will dart forward and draw their sword from their hip at the same time. He or she will then slash once, horizontally across their target’s body. If done correctly the user appears to disappear from sight, re appears as a blur upon impact, and then will completely appear once more behind their target, sword held parallel to the ground or already sheathed once more.

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:04 pm

Makoto was about to mutter a rather dark pessimistic reply while trying to think of another way to use the sword as not using it as a sword. Then the Kage disappeared. No, disappearing isn't the correct word to say it, it was more of... Out of focus to the point in which he couldn't be seen. Yes, that was it. Then there was a rush of cold wet air to her throat as she could finally make out the blurred form of the Kage. Dead. She thought in a rather bitter tone as she felt a light touch on her neck.

Then the kage was behind her. She gritted her teeth, not in anger but in a rather harsh disappointment. She knew that she couldn't beat the kage, but still... She sighed and she turned back. "If I were the best, I would be the kage." She spoke in a rather obvious tone. However, for once, her eyes were honest with her true conflicting emotions. She held so many thoughts and conflicting tones within her mind. Yet as raging as they were, none were of anger and such malevolent and spontaneous emotions.

For once her facial expression was honest with itself. It held a slightly disappointed and annoyed expression. No shame, no embarrassment, naught of that. It was of simply disappointment in herself in how she couldn't push on further. "One day, just one day, I am going to surpass you." She stuck her lips out as she spoke seriously. Then the entire thing was shattered with a rather giant grin. "And you are going to have to teach me that."

She was hyper. Why was she hyper? She was injured and bleeding all over the place. Heck, it hurt quite a bit, but she was still freakin' jumping all over the place. "You are going to have to teach me how to use the swords." She looked up with huge begging eyes. It was so childish and yet so adorable that one had to fall for it or will forever feel guilty about it. "Please? Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease?" She stuck her lips out, adding on to the effect of the cuteness.

All this while blood splattered all around the place due to it being diluted with too much water. She was a sight. Bloody figure that was hyperactive regardless of the pain, etc. etc. Heck, Makoto was always a sight.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Mon Jan 25, 2010 3:38 pm

Tousha held Mako's steady gaze by looking over his shoulder with one of his bright green eyes. As she explained that one day she would surpass him the kage sheathed his katana and turned to face the kunoichi, a serious expression plastered on his face. He could tell by Mako's tone that her claim was not an empty one; she would push herself to the limits in order to reach and overcome his own skills. And one day, possibly, she would achieve her goal. But it wouldn't be today, or tomorrow. But one day, maybe.

But the kage's expression softened slightly as the kunoichi's mood changed from cold hard seriousness to her usual hyper attitude. He scratched the back of his head and grinned as Mako begged him to teach her how to wield swords more effectively. "I'd be happy to, Mako. You name the time and the place, and I'll be there." Tousha said with his usual crooked grin as he walked over to the bleeding kunoichi and began inspecting her injuries. He reached into his ninja pouch and produced a completely drenched roll of medical tape.

"Well... at least you aren't covered in burns this time right?" Tousha said cheerfully as he placed the ruined medical tape back into his pouch and grinned like a fool. "Come one, let's get you to the hospital."

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:29 pm

Makoto tilted her head to her right. Then to her left. Then to the right, left, right, left, repeat. She then stopped and smiled. "Right now?" She grinned. "I'm still not dead yet and I think the indoor training area might be open." It was true. Her wound would close up as soon as it met dry air and then it wouldn't be much. Okay, just a check up at the hospital, but still not much in overall general. She wasn't going to die anytime soon.

"And I don't feel like explaining why in the world did I challenge you in a sparring match." She spoke after a momentary pause. She did make a convincing excuse as she was certainly a sight. Her once white shirt was now stained in dulled pink from the blood and although her small cuts stopped bleeding, the larger cuts didn't. "Sooo, now?" She smiled. "And I can also bake the cake in the school kitchen." Then a pause. "Actually, then I'd have to bake like over 500 of them... Or so." She was seriously pondering about this. Yes she was.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:42 am

500... cakes...

Tousha's eyes grew wide and blank at the image of cakes raining down around him, followed by bottles of raspberry tea sprouting from the ground below. A quiet gurgling noise escaped the kage's lips as he became completely engrossed in his daydream.

You'll have to excuse him, Dear. Twilight's booming voice rang out in both of the shinobi's minds, though Tousha seemed oblivious to anything and everything around him. He's an idiot.

"Training! Of course!" Tousha exclaimed, finally snapping out of his cake-induced trance. "Besides, hospitals are so overrated. Now Academy kitchens! They are to die for." With that the age marched over to the academy's front entrance and flung the door open before disappearing into the building and making a beeline for the indoor training grounds.

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:58 pm

"Well, by now, that itself is fairly obvious." Makoto giggled. "I feel for you Twilight-sama, it must be hard in trying to not get infected such idiocy." She was honest about this. As much as the Kage was brilliant, he was an idiot. He could do his work well, but he was still an idiot. Either way, he was an idiot and that was that.

"Now, wasn't that easy?" She mumbled to herself as she laughed lightly in an awkward way. It was too easy. No, it was just like pucking a ripe berry out of a bush. That was beyond easy. This made her slightly uneasy, but she didn't mind. As long as she got her training, she wouldn't mind. Her shoulder throbbed lightly though.

"Well, I am going to get my self patched up slightly, so I'll meet you there soon." Makoto shouted the words at the Kage that was rather far into the distance of the hallway. With a sigh, she made it for the health office. Now, wasn't this nostalgic? The very hallway in which she used to rig traps in and the very classrooms in which she studied. No, not studied, experimented with traps more like.

The curious students peeked at the bloody kunoichi now and then along with disapproving teachers. However she was met with no obstacles as she made it to the health office. There, she found none to be guarding the stock, so she just helped herself. She did get injured frequently, thus she was very knowledgeable in patching herself up. Such as which brand of disinfectant did its work and didn't sting her skin for as long and such as which bandages were easier to move it. Those things, she knew better then the nurses. Probably.

Either way, she patched herself up rather quickly and hastily. She applied some medication to her throat and other small cut areas before putting the white bandages around it. She tied off the end in a neat microscopic knot with a rather expert hand movement. Now, the big wounds. She flinched lightly as she applied a rather hefty amount of disinfectants to those wounds. These wounds have been drenched and had more chance of infection then anything else. After the pain settled in and she could move without flinching much, she applied the medicine and simply wrapped it up once more.

She seemed fairly clean now. The blood drips were all gone and she was a lot drier then before. The clean white bandages seemed to proclaim the pink shirt as it being pink shirt and not being stained by blood. Her wet hair stuck to her face now as she no longer had the goggles to keep it up, so she simply took her headband and tied it around her forehead. Now she looked like one of those genins.

With a light sigh and still throbbing wounds, she made her way to the indoor area. She was no longer such a sight and no longer dripping water and blood everywhere, thus she gained less stares on her way to the indoor training area. She knew that the training area would be slightly dry as it was forced to be like such in order to keep some of the equipments from being rusty. Or did that change? Hmm... By the time she made it to the doors of the area, she was spaced out.

"Jah, jah," She shook her head lightly as she opened the door, "Too many thoughts, too much thinking." She sighed out the words almost silently.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:09 pm

Unlike Mako, who managed to slip through the school relatively unnoticed, Tousha was having a bit of a problem walking through the crowd of people swarming around him. The minute some loud mouthed kid screamed something about the Hokage being in their school it seemed like the entire school was excused for "get in Hokage-sama's way time."

"Move please, yes that means you. What don't you understand about move kid??" Tousha tried to yell over the collective voices of everyone around him. This was the last thing he wanted right now. All he wanted to do was find the indoor training facility and teach Makoto a thing or two about swords so he could get some goddamn tea cake. Was that really so much to ask for?

Finally, after several minutes of screaming but only inches of forward motion, Tousha pointed at the hallway behind him and screamed, "WHO LET THAT NAKED LADY IN THE BUILDING?!" Even Tousha was surprised by the time it took for literally everyone in the crowd to look where he was pointing. Needless to say, there wasn't much of a time gap to speak of.

Using this brilliant distraction to its fullest, Tousha quickly formed a single hand seal and replaced himself with a kage bunshin before slipping seamlessly through the crowd of students and faculty and making a break for it. Luckily he managed to slip into a nearby hallway as the males of the crowd began punching and kicking at his kage bunshin for lying to them about the nude woman. They were surprised, however, when their leader disappeared into a cloud of grey smoke.

Tousha flashed a smug grin as he quietly opened the training room's doors and walked inside, looking over his shoulder to make sure no one had followed him. Unfortunately for the kage, he failed to notice the dozens upon dozens of students sparring in the training area at that moment. When he did finally notice he was already about fifteen strides into the massive gymnasium.

"Extra credit for anyone who can land a hit on Hokage-sama!" the jounin instructor yelled out, pointing at the wide, blank eyed kage as he did so.

"Oh you are so fired!!" Tousha screamed as he shook his fist at the man who had proposed such a ridiculous idea. But before the black haired bannin could object to their sensei's proposition, a wave of academy students surged forward mercilessly. Soon enough the kage was completely engulfed in small children, all of them punching and kicking at his body.

"This isn't - ow! - fair!" Tousha cried out from under the mound of students he was currently buried in. "I can't - yeoowch! - fight these - watch the hair! - kids!!"

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:24 pm

Makoto sighed. Why did they have such an idiotic Kage? Hmm? She stood by the doorway for a while before slowly making herself to the mess. She was seriously ticked off and her true nature showed a bit. Who would have known that such a hyperactive jounin was capable of such blood thirst? The willingness and lust for a kill spread like a cloak around her as she slowly walked. A delighted smile was upon her face, adding more on to the effect. Did Makoto know about this and was doing this on purpose? No, she was just seriously ticked off.

"Whoever doesn't get off the Baka-Kage within the count of three seconds will," She spoke in a low hissing tone, "either die a very unlucky death or be sent to the asylum due to a genjutsu accident." She then laughed lightly, "Kukuku, of course, I really don't mind twisting anyone of your minds to the point of no return." The radiating blood lust was enough to send the jounin instructor on guard in fear for both his life and the students'.

"Of course, my dearies, I could always make you suffer a nightmare," Another laughter, "small enough to have no treatment for it and yet large enough for you to suffer." She licked her lips delightfully as if she truly enjoyed the idea, in which she actually did. "Now then, shall we start the count?" Makoto clapped her hands delightfully. "Of course, I'd prefer that all of you don't move." She giggled again, the blood lust spreading. "Then I'll get to twist all of your little minds." The genjutsu user seemed to have went completely insane. Crazed, fallen apart.

Yet Makoto was sane. Somewhat. She was just extremely ticked off and meant nothing of what she said. No, at the moment, she was just speaking what might get the training to start faster. She had no time to waste, none, nada. She was just irritated, that was all. Irritated to the point in which she could murder everyone and everything if they didn't scurry on. The glint in her eyes told that yes, she would gladly do the things she threatened on them. Such a cold blaze of blood lust was around the usually happy jounin. Perhaps this made the blood lust seem greater then it was.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:56 pm

Literally everyone in the room's face went stark white as Mako threatened the lives of the academy students that were currently doing their best to beat the crap out of their village's leader. Mako didn't even need to start counting before the jounin in charge of the students blew his whistle loudly and screamed, "Ok, that's enough for today! Everyone... go... just get out of here!" And with that everyone bolted for the doors as if unimaginable treasures lied beyond them, though one wouldn't think people would be screaming in terror as they did so. Oh well, the world's full of strange people.

As the room cleared Tousha's twitching form was revealed on the gymnasium's floor, his body littered with bruises from the academy students who had managed to earn their extra credit. "You really have a way with kids." Tousha said jokingly as he got to his feet and brushed his clothing off with either of his scarred hands. "Thanks for that, by the way. Another few extra credit points and I would have been a gonner for sure!"

Jeviherei · Post by **Jeviherei** » Fri Feb 12, 2010 8:07 am

Makoto sighed as the area cleared. Really, just because she was capable of blood thirst didn't really mean that those people had to run off somewhere as if she was a monster. Well, maybe she was, but ne, she didn't want to think about that at the moment. Nope, didn't want to think about that at the moment. For now, she was lightly ticked off and that was that. The facial expression seemed to melt away from her as she plopped down on the ground and sighed. Now then, to erase all of that blood lust...

She found it slightly difficult due to her anger directed mostly at the kage. Now it wasn't much of blood thirst anymore. It was more of pure anger. Anger in which she found hard to subdue. With such a blank face and with such anger radiating, Makoto must have looked rather... insane. Yet after a moment has passed, Makoto went back to her hyperactive self again.

"Ne, ne." She pouted. "They couldn't have thought that I was really serious..." She paused for a while and continued with teary innocent eyes, "Did they really think I was that serious?" Makoto seemed as if she was going to burst into tears and start bawling everywhere. "I just wanted to give them a light scare." She was on the verge of crying waterfalls. "That was all."

It was hard to believe how fast the jounin changed her personality. Before it was insanity then anger, now it was innocence. Was it all of her masks? I'd hope so as otherwise, she might be the one in need of visiting a certain place. Well, the poor kage was beaten up by the kids and now he may suffer a death of drowning in tears if he didn't do something soon about Mako's tears. The jounin looked like a complete child with watery eyes. A child that was rejected of her favorite toy or perhaps candy.

Toshi · Post by **Toshi** » Sun Feb 14, 2010 3:31 pm

Tousha couldn't help but arch a single brow high across his forehead as he watched Mako change from pissed off genjutsu user (which is easily one of the most horrifying things you will ever see) to an innocent little girl with big, teary eyes. "What's your game, Mako...?" the kage silently asked himself as he tried to get an understanding grasp on what Mako was going through inside of that unstable head of hers.

"No... they didn't think you were serious, Mako." Tousha said cheerfully, trying to calm Makoto down in order to avoid an outburst of massive proportions. If the kunoichi were to break out into tears the Hokage knew she wouldn't stop until the entire gymnasium was waist high in tears. That also meant she wouldn't be willing to bake any cakes, and that simply wasn't an option.

He sat cross legged in front of the teary eyed kunoichi and grinned widely. "Look at you. How am I going to teach you anything about swordsmanship when you're like this?" he asked rhetorically. "First rule of using a sword: Don't cry before your sensei starts teaching or you'll miss something important."