<div class="floatleft">(http://images4.fanpop.com/image/polls/535000/535536_1283929197177_full.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Karin Isako<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Konohagakure, Outside the arena =>  On the way to Kirigakure<br/><strong>Doing:</strong>Learning about her team;  Explaining a little as to what she could do<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio<br/><strong>Warning:</strong>A little flirting;  Being judgmental;  Unconsciously taking control in her mind.<br/><hr/><br/>No sooner had she finished speaking did the cute, little blonde, the Uzumaki girl, introduce herself.  She made a cute little bow, the girl's bust bouncing, to which Karin paid close attention to.  It was instinct, after all, to keep tabs on every detail of someone who may be competition.  Karin was not used to sharing with people and she certainly wasn't ready to start now, even though there wasn't anyone to share,<em>'At least not yet.'</em><br/><br/>Still, Karin knew to, at least for now, stay on her good side and play nice.  She didn't miss how the girl sent some unlucky guy flying with a single punch.  Karin, even at her peak, didn't have the Taijutsu skill to match that.  Still, with strength like that, she'd be a good ally to have, especially as Karin used mostly long-range offenses.  Besides, the girl would be useful to keep any creeps from getting too close to her in a battle.  Already Karin was drawing up battle plans for formations, but she held back a little because she had yet to find out the girl's true capabilities yet.<br/><br/>She then shifted her focus on the other guy.  Where the Uchiha was like an enigma, mysterious and solemn, this guy was like some rock.<em><strong>"Chishio, Takeshi. I hail from Kirigakure. May your strength bloom, and the weeds wither in your wake,"</strong></em>he said, revealing even less about himself than she did about herself.  Karin resisted the urge to voice her disgust at her failed attempt to get more out of him and forced a pleasant smile, nodding her welcome.  She had noticed the stained bandages and was intrigued, but for all she knew, that was his clan's initiation process where they dipped bandages into the blood of a deer or something.<br/><br/>That left the Jonin who was to be their team's leader.  As she discussed their travel plans, Karin internally groaned again.  Really, why couldn't they have a Jonin from Otogakure or Iwagakure instead?  Hell, why couldn't they stay in Konohagakure or even go back home to her village?  It was bad enough that, at most, she had to keep dust and sand from building up in her Puppets' mechanisms, but all that water in the air was going to be extremely annoying to deal with!  She knew she should have paid more attention to the water-extraction technique back home!  Still, she was interested as, it seemed that she was a member of one of the seven legendary swords.  That was interesting in it of itself as there was never a point in the history of her village that one of the blades had ever entered her village.<br/><br/>As they started their journey to the village, Tsuneo, surprisingly, started talking,<em><strong>"While we make the journey, we should take the opportunity to tell each other about our jutsu seeing as we are going to be teamed up for a while."</strong></em>While Karin had to agree that his point was sound, she was still stunned that he'd be the one to suggest it.  She figured that the bubbly Uzumaki girl,<em>'What was her name again?'</em>, or the Jonin would suggest something like that.  Still, Karin was very interested in what this guy could do as all Uchiha were said to have a gift in all forms of Jutsu.<br/><br/>Tsuneo spoke in an almost timid tone, or something like that.  Karin figured he wasn't used to bragging, which, from what she had heard about many Uchiha, was pretty accurate,<em><strong>"I'm not sure if you all know this but the Uchiha are largely a clan that uses jutsu with the Fire Nature. I fall into this category, so my primary nature is Fire. I also have a secondary nature in Lightning, one of the few Uchiha that do."</strong></em>She nodded, moving a little away from the other guy and the Jonin and closer to the other two.  Karin knew most of that, but was surprised when he said that few Uchiha could utilize Lightning nature chakra,<strong>"Really?  I've heard that Lightning Nature was something that was standard in all Uchiha, just like your specialty with Fire Jutsu."</strong>For once, Karin wasn't being manipulative, as she really was curious.  That was the story most often heard in her village, but few Uchiha ever came to Sunagakure and those that did were part of Task Forces and rarely socialized with anyone outside of their teams.<br/><br/>He continued on, speaking of his primary distance he used in battle,<em><strong>"I specialize in medium to short-ranged ninjutsu and only have a couple of long-ranged ninjutsu. Genjutsu is a close second as members of the Uchiha are encouraged to learn Genjutsu outside of their Sharingan abilities and my aptitude in Taijutsu is satisfactory."</strong></em>Karin made note that he seemed, as she suspected, to be very well-rounded in battle.  This was good because, if she pegged the Uzumaki girl right as a melee-range combatant and Karin herself was a distance fighter, the he would make a good glue to reinforce if one of them was being overwhelmed.  Already, a mental combat map was forming where the Uzumaki,<em>'Nanase! That's her name!'</em>, was in the front and Karin was in the back with her puppets at various distances.  Tsuneo was between them, holding the center.  Judging by the fact that their Jonin, Azura-Sensei, had that giant sword, she was likely a melee fighter as well, so Karin put her up front with Nanase in her mental picture.  That left the other guy.....and she had no idea where he'd be placed.  Not that that mattered in the end.  After all, Karin could take the slack he'd likely bring.<br/><br/>When he started to talk about his family lineage, Karin blocked that out.  Yeah, his family was divided like that Hyuuga Clan and separated by ability and skill, but that didn't concern her.  She did note when he said that he could sense chakra and would try to find out later.  His equipment that he carried was boring really, besides that katana, but it was a replica, so it was of lesser importance to her.  He finished with,<em><strong>"I believe that is all. My hope is that by learning about each other and our jutsu, we can build a strong team by knowing where our strong points and where our weak points lie.  So, who wants to share next?"</strong></em>Karin waited a moment and when no one spoke up, she rolled her eyes and started talking,<strong>"Well, since no one else wants to speak up, let me go ahead and say what needs to be said.  Tsuneo-kun's got it right.  We do need to figure out where our strengths and weaknesses lay so that we can effectively take out anyone who may oppose us."</strong>From the start, Karin's voice changed to one that was rather authoritative rather quickly, indicating that she was her team's leader out of the Genin she was originally teamed with when the leader wasn't around.<br/><br/><strong>"To start off, I am Isako Karin from Sunagakure, in case you didn't pay attention before.  I specialize in ranged styles of fighting, with an emphasis on Ninjutsu.  I am not as skilled in Taijutsu, but I was trained to use it to escape melee-ranged opponents and put distance between them and myself.  I know next to nothing about Genjutsu, but my techniques are usually keeping any users from getting into range."</strong>She paused for a moment, letting that sink in before continuing,<strong>"I have only found out in the last couple of years that my chakra nature is Wind, but I am certain that you know that that is the most common nature of those who come from Sunagakure.  I have not yet mastered everything and am still learning in that regard."</strong><br/><br/>She took a deep breath and explained,<strong>"I am the granddaughter of Kankuro, one of the Sand Siblings and one of the elders of my village.  While you put two and two together, I'll let you know that I use Puppet Jutsu.  I have my grandfather's talent and have surpassed him in the maximum number of puppets I can use at once."</strong>She didn't tell them how many, but her next action let on to the number that she could use.  Before that, if any of them knew anything about Kankuro, they knew that he could only use four puppets at most.<br/><br/>Karin then rolled up her sleeve to her elbows and showed her teammates the summoning marks on her arms.  She really didn't want to do that, but she figured she might as well show them now.  They were still close enough to the village, even though they've been on the move for at least an hour now, that no rogue ninja was going to ambush or spy on them.  Once they had a good look of the marks, six in total, three on each arm and each almost complete.  All it needs is a line of blood across any of the centers of each mark to summon whatever she was going to summon.  In kanji above each summoning mark were the names of the puppets she could summon:<em>Kame (Tortoise), Taranchura (Tarantula), and Suzumebachi (Hornet)</em>were on her right arm.<em>Futagoza (Gemini), Bōrudā (Boulder), and Osuushi (Bull)</em>were on her left arm.<br/><br/><strong>"Had a good look?  Good, because that's all I'm showing you for now,"</strong>she shook down her sleeves as she spoke, covering the marks.  It was unlikely any of them would have seen any of the names in the brief moment she showed them her summoning marks, but someone observant would likely have seen one or two.  If they had good memory, one of them could have noted all their names.  Of course, the names could give an idea as to what they might be capable of, but without seeing the puppets themselves, they could only assume as to their capabilities.  Karin, however, kept talking as she finished up,<strong>"That's about that.  Like Tsuneo-kun, I have a scroll of basic equipment, repair tools, and medicines."</strong>She failed to inform them of the vast number of poisons and antidotes she kept, if only because she wanted to keep some cards to herself.<br/><br/>Karin looked at the other two Chunin, figuring that the Jonin would likely speak later,<strong>"That's about that.  Any questions?"</strong>