<div class="floatleft">(http://41.media.tumblr.com/8608be2bf18ddfe5f3dbfb915d94666d/tumblr_n3eugdMNvL1tx8ce6o5_1280.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>Karin Isako<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Waterfall Canyon;  Halfway to Kirigakure<br/><strong>Doing:</strong>Going from defense to offense in a flash<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio; Ninja Ten<br/><strong>Warning:</strong>This is not good!<br/><hr/><br/>Karin was kneeling, breathing a little more heavily that she expected as the last of the attacking ninja fell to her teammates.  She nodded as Nana-chan, Tsuneo-san, and Takashi-san stepped closer around her.  As the did, the ninja with a big 10 on his mask stepped forward and used his chain-whip to strike the bridge.  Distracted for a moment, ready to leap out of the way if he attempted to attack, she failed to notice the mists around them seem to move.  Her attention, however, was on the ninja in front of her.  The way he moved showed that he was very confident and it didn't take a genius to realize that this guy was much stronger than the others.<br/><br/><em><strong>"You may kill me, I may kill you, but the fact remains that none of you worms will leave this bridge alive,"</strong></em>declared Ten before he whipped his whip-chain at them in a arch.  As he whipped his weapon around, icy needles formed in the air and shot at the group en-mass, leaving them with little time to defend themselves!  At the moment, Karin was still gathering her strength, so she was unable to dodge, leaving only one thing left:  Bōrudā.<br/><br/>Karin flexed two of her fingers, causing Bōrudā to roll in front of her, shielding her and Taranchura from the deadly spray of needles.<br/><br/>Thuck!  Thuckthuckthuckthuckthuckthuckthuckthuckthuckthuck!<br/><br/>The needles were sharp enough to penetrate the outer, wooden shell of Bōrudā with ease, but they barely even scratched the inner, metal shell that protected the internal components of the massive puppet.  There wasn't time to get the others to hide behind Bōrudā's bulk, so she hoped that everyone managed to escape harm.  She made Bōrudā roll to the side and reconvert back into it's humanoid form, the giant puppet rising to it's full eight foot height.<br/><br/>The first of her teammates spoke,<em><strong>"You're right about one thing: I will kill you. Don't underestimate us."</strong></em>It was Tsuneo-san!  Karin glanced at him, noting the large cobras that encircled him.  They certainly looked vicious to her, but she wondered just how effective they would be.<br/><br/><em><strong>"So... any plans?"</strong></em>asked Nana-chan.  The change in her voice surprised Karin and when she saw the girl's eyes, she knew that something had changed.  The sound of groaning from the unconscious ninja answered the unsaid question of 'why?' that was in her mind.<br/><br/><em>'That ignorant girl,'</em>thought Karin,<em>'Why did she have to protect those two?  They were our enemy and would have let us die if our places were swapped.'</em>She liked Nana-chan and considered her someone she could trust, but her mercy would get her killed!  There was no time for that, though.  This was life and death and there was no time to worry about that sort of thing.  Before she could speak, Chishio-san spoke,<strong>"Listen to me carefully. Stay hidden and when he attacks get underneath the bridge. That should get you out of the barrier. I'll replicate you three with a cloning technique at that moment, so he believes you are still trapped. Ambush him."</strong><br/><br/>Karin looked at her friend and ally and said,<strong>"You call that a plan?  That would take too much time.  We have no idea what that other Ninja is doing and until we defeat this guy, we can't hope to get at him.  We attack directly.  He won't expect that."</strong><br/><br/>No sooner than Karin spoke than she twitched her fingers, causing Bōrudā to run at Ninja Ten, changing into it's spherical shape mid-step and rolling like an unstoppable....well....boulder, sans the spikes.  In seconds, it reached it's full speed as it barreled down at Ten, who stood there nonchalantly.....<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Ten stood there, watching as the little ninja defended themselves.  He was not surprised when all four of them survived.  The attack, while very fast and quite lethal, was simple to defend against.  He would have been much more surprised if one of them did actually die.  No, this attack was to see how they would defend themselves on short notice.  The girl with the puppets rolled the giant one between her and the needles like a giant shield.  The other girl used Kage Bushins as shields.  Judging by the blonde hair and that technique, he surmised that she was an Uzumaki.  He would need to keep a close eye on that one.  However, behind his mask, his eyebrows raised slightly as the girl sent a couple of the Kage Bushins to defend the fallen ninja as well.  How interesting.....<br/><br/>The two boys provided some more interesting information.  The dark-eyed one summoned two snakes and bound himself in their coils.  The needles mostly bounced off their scales, but a couple got through.  Sadly, none were mortal wounds, but they should slow them down just a fraction.  It was the last one that made Ten frown.  That one ducked down below the majority of the needles, but allowed a few to strike him.  Few ninja would willingly allow themselves to be hit, but this one did so anyway.  That meant he was part of that clan.....<br/><br/>He ignored the dark-eyed one's petty comment, waiting for them to make their move.  Soon, that move came with the one girl sending her giant puppet at him.  Ten stood there as the large puppet charged him down.  At the last moment, he dodged with surprising speed and let the puppet pass by.  Seconds after he dodged, the large puppet hit the barrier and instantly came to a halt, floating a couple of inches above the bridge, still spinning.  Then, without warning, the puppet shot back where it came from even faster than before.<br/><br/>Ten watched to see what would happen next.  They had just seconds to react and it was likely that one of them would die....<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Karin watched in horror as Bōrudā suddenly was charging back at her!  It's mass and speed made it seem like stopping was impossible and Karin couldn't slow it down enough.  However, there was one thing she could do.  Taranchura, which had disappeared when Bōrudā charged, was at an angle where it could shoot four more threads at Bōrudā, slowing it's motion just enough for Karin to halt it just a few feet in front of her.<br/><br/>With that settled, she exclaimed,<strong>"The hell was that?!  What kind of Jutsu did that asshole use?"</strong>It was obvious that she was pissed off, but now that she knew about that barrier, she was going to find some way to use that to her advantage.  Unfortunately, Bōrudā was the wrong puppet for such close quarters....