Chunin Chronicles - Water Country
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				Title: <strong>Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>07-06-2011, 20:52:31</strong>
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				<em>An archipelago of islands make up the Water Country, an area usually covered in thick mists of varying humidity. In between the islands on which villagers, merchants and farmers all live, are series of lakes and swamps. Croaking frogs and toads usually form the background noise. Criminal activity was at an unusual all-time low before the Mist Civil War broke out, and now, just over a week into the conflict, the islands outside the Mist village remain eerily quiet. This would be also in part due to the fact that many civilians have for their own reasons gone into the Mist village in order to support one faction or the other. <br>Some villagers remain, however, tucked up in their island homes, afraid that the war may soon come to claim them. There have been reports of pockets of fighting spilling out of the Mist village and reaching these islands...but the vision-reducing mist makes it hard to spy any combat from a distance.</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>aya</strong> on <strong>30-06-2011, 18:27:31</strong>
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				Vision, on the edge of Water Country.<br><hr>Chiharu came to a stop with the other team members; they had just crossed the border into the Water Country. It had been a brief jaunt leaving Konoha, only having stopped briefly for a brief rest or food. Now they were in foreign country, although not yet arrived at the battle zone. The blue haired girl looked at their leader, not saying much, but hoping for a longer rest. They would need all their strength soon, and rest, more than the brief stops they had in Konoha. Besides, Akigo's clone had not yet told them of Shout's progress, meaning they couldn't proceed anyway.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>04-08-2011, 00:19:06</strong>
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				As Chiraru scanned behind her for her team, waiting for them to catch up...a mist descended.<br><br>Thick, cloying, and almost definately suspicious, it fell within a minute and reduced all visibility to immediately in front of one's face.<br><br>As the blue-haired kunoichi and no doubt her comrades looked about in confusion, murderous little <em>whirrings</em> became audible, the menacing and unmistakable (to a ninja, at least) sound of shuriken being thrown nearby. Yelps were audible, but to Chiraru, it wasn't clear whether they were shouts of pain or battlecries, warnings, threats...all that was sure was that Vision was under some form of attack.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>07-09-2011, 02:49:26</strong>
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				Akigo had nearly exhausted himself (and probably his teammates too) getting to the coordinates where his clone had last been. <br><br>It was night time now, and a blanket of darkness was draped over the water country, just as a blanket of mist had been draped over it only a few hours before in daylight. <br><br>The messy-haired jounin slowed his approach, panting in the night air, eyes searching for anything that might give them a clue. He didn't need to tell his chunin teammates to be using any skills they had to locate any team members from Vision, or any signs of battle, which was fortunate. Right now Akigo was too out of breath to say <em>anything</em>.<br>&nbsp;<br>Akigo didn't like to think what anything <em>else</em> they might find, but it jumped to mind too easily.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>SomeGuy</strong> on <strong>08-09-2011, 00:19:07</strong>
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				Katashi stopped a bit behind Akigo, exhausted after doing his best to keep up with Akigo. Hopefully the cause of whatever happened to Vision wasn't waiting around for them, or was willing to do the polite thing and let them rest up. That seemed somewhat unlikely though.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kitakaze</strong> on <strong>08-09-2011, 05:03:25</strong>
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				Kegawa and Hairomaru did their best to keep pace with Akigo, but his chakra contoll and speed were better, and that aside the two of them had more stamina than anything. They caught up a few moments after the other two stopped, though slightly less winded. Kegawa immediately took the chance to channel chakra to his nose and scan the area. Immediately he felt the hair on the back of his neck stand up just as Haiiromaru's own hackles raised.<br><br>"Oi, Taichou... I <em>think</em> I smell blood out there, but there's a lot of residual chakra fouling the smell up... Haiiromaru can't tell for sure either. Out to the north-northwest, maybe another three klicks away... Do we move out or what?" He instinctively kept his hands curled into claws as he looked quickly to their leader with concern. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>mainsnoires</strong> on <strong>12-09-2011, 15:00:11</strong>
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				Being in last position, Kyosuke had all the the time to observe his newly made friends stepping from branches to branches through the forest surrounding the Hidden City of Konoha. The silhouettes of the members of Team Vision seemed to fade before Kyosuke's eyes, and then reappear in the distance, ahead of him, as they evolved within this Deep Forest. Landing on one branch, and making it tremble under their weight, each Shinobi of team Vision was focused on their goal and silent.<br><br>They were well coordinated, following the orders of Kayo, the Hyuuga heiress, moving swiftly and undetected. <br><br>Kayo and her Byakugan protected them from any people approaching of their position, and even if none of them were discussing during their journey, Kyosuke could feel how they had started to bond together. The one proof of this bond was how Shimura and Chiharu, the chuunin he considered to be the most isolated, even individualist, were becoming friend quickly.<br><br>They had just entered the Country of Water when all of Kyosuke beliefs and his confidence were shattered.<br><br>From behind, he saw the mist appearing at the very last moment. As if it was falling from the sky and upon them.. this mist was everything but a natural event. The way it was summoned, so close to the member of their team in first position, and exactly on their course so that all would literally jump into it one after the other, made immediately Kyosuke think they were under attack.<br><br>As Chiharu who was just in front of him disappeared inside the mist, Kyosuke frowned and grabbed one Kunai in each hand. He didn't slow down and entered inside the newly created fog.<br><br>Immediately, moist plastered his hair on his face. He found it more difficult to breathe inside the mist and all sound seemed to be attenuated, he could only hear whispers in the distance. <br>Kyosuke called them all, one after the other, his eyes scanning through the mist to try to see his companions. His head was turning on his left and right, but he could not locate them. He heard several screams and the sound of metal against metal.<br><br>"Damn !!!" Kyosuke said, before calling out once more his friends. He finally heard a voice, a whisper, a murmur which was being more audible as he was approaching. His name was called, it was Kayo or Chihura...a feminine voice. Wait, the voice was echoing now all around Kyosuke, making it impossible to find where it was coming from. And it was not Kayo, nor Chihura...who ?<br><br>"Who is this ??" yelled Kyosuke. Anger made his voice tremble, as well as a growing worry for his friends. "Who are you ??"<br><br>Kyosuke will never know. He stepped onto something. He crouched and searched with the point of his Kunai on the ground. Finally he found what his foot moved onto. It was a headband, with the metal piece ornamented by the symbol of Konoha. Drops of blood were visible on the metal.<br><br>Next thing he felt was two hands wrapping around his throat from behind, choking him to death. Kyosuke's hands opened, and the Kunais he was holding fell to the ground. He tried to grab the wrists of his attacker, but the pressure on his neck was incredible and he only writhe under the pain. He was lifted in the air, his feet barely touching the ground.<br><br>In an incredible effort of concentration, Kyosuke brought his hands together, palm against palm, he murmured a few words : "Kagemane No Jutsu...". <br>Kyosuke called onto his Chakra and his shadow melted with his opponent's. Kyosuke, still trembling, tried to force his enemy to open his hands, by opening his own.<br><br>The same feminine voice would speak into Kyosuke's ear, mocking him :<br><br>"It's no use...I am too strong to submit to your technique and you are already half-dead.."<br><br>It was right. Kyosuke's vision was blurry and he would soon lose consciousness. He re-united his hands, and called onto the last bit of energy he had within to burn his chakra one last time.<br><br>"Kage Nui.."<br><br>Finally he heard her scream, and he was released. Only to fall unmoving to the ground.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>aya</strong> on <strong>16-09-2011, 04:01:50</strong>
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				Chiharu had almost no time to react to the mist, despite being a chuunin. She most certainly felt the foreign chakra descending upon her, but her team wasn't that far behind. Or so she thought. The screams and pings of battle reached her ears almost instantaneously, causing the blue haired ninja to spin around. Kicking off with her foot, Chiharu attempted to head towards the battle before falling to the ground; a hand had grasped firmly around her ankle, rooting her in place. As she fell and became slightly winded, the enemy rose from the ground in front of her.<br><br>The Konoha ninja formed a hand seal, but the enemy was faster. Before she knew it, Chiharu found herself losing consciousness, lying on the ground with her long blue hair draped over her face.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kitakaze</strong> on <strong>19-09-2011, 02:40:04</strong>
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				Haiiromaru suddenly growled, his ears flat back, and took off at full speed. <em>'This way! Five or six humans and definitely blood!'</em> Kegawa gritted his teeth and made a short series of hand signs, activating the two-way link between Haiiromaru's chakra and his own, speeding off after his partner. “He says there's only six smells mobile, and blood for sure! Let's go!”<br><br>Taking again to the trees, Kegawa didn't wait for a response from his other team mates. Admittedly, the feral chakra that he was getting now from his companion was affecting his already shaky impulse control. Fortunately for everyone involved, his run speed was mostly unaffected, and he wouldn't&nbsp; be able to get too far ahead.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>19-09-2011, 12:08:06</strong>
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				Akigo's head whipped around as Kegawa piped up.<br><br>Beckoning to Katashi, he knew he needn't say anything as himself and the chunin tailed Kegawa and Hairomaru (no pun intended). <br><br><em>Knew that nose would come in handy, kid. Now let's hope it's leading us to something useful and not another trap like Vision seemed to have wondered into...</em><br><br>Catching up with Kegawa, Akigo kept his voice down.<br><br>"Six? We'll need to be careful..."<br><br>The jounin's caution would be rewarded. After another moment of following Kegawa and his ninken, Akigo's eyes widened in shock. Clamping a hand down on Kegawa's shoulder to slow him, he also threw a look towards Katashi behind him, too. Stopping Shout exactly where they were, Akigo pointed across to his right.<br><br>In the vague direction that Kegawa had been leading, except a little more to the right, was a small clearing around a pool. No trees around, as the thicker, moss-covered trees in Water country were less populous than the ones in the Fire country. There were, however, small rocky outcrops, which came upto the average person's waist.<br><br>It was behind one of these rocks that Akigo spotted a patch of blue hair.<br><br>Bringing Shout to a halt, it didn't take him long to also spot the ninja guarding Chiharu. As Akigo pointed silently to Kegawa and Katashi, he also counted numbers.<br><br><em>Four. A Mist hunter-nin team.</em><br><br>Akigo knew Mist's team structures and didn't need telling that these four would be fairly high-level. It also went without saying that they got the drop on Vision seemingly without issue. Although...<br><br>Akigo bought the other two (and Hairomaru) close to him in a huddle, and spoke very quietly, his eyes never leaving the group of Mist ninja.<br><br>"That's the team that captured Vision. They're Misties, and apparantly quite high-level, as well. They're not wearing any strange Tengu clothing, though...I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. Whatever the reason, they've got Kyosuke and Chiharu. If we can get to them we can even out the numbers, as right now it would be three against four."<br><br>Akigo nodded his head at the ninken.<br><br>"Alright, three and a half against four. But at least two of those guys are jounin. We need to get to the other two. They're still breathing, so I assume this hunter-team are taking captives back to Mist. But also, look..."<br><br>Akigo pointed a bandage-covered hand to a distant rock, in front of which sat a female Mist ninja, covered in blood.<br><br>"She took a wound in the battle. Those multiple wounds, with the lack of kunai on the ground...I'm betting it was a shadow-sewing technique myself. But that's just me. The other three need to be distracted so that one of us can get to the Visionaries."<br><br>Akigo looked between the three, then dug around in his various pouches.<br><br>"Here."<br><br>Akigo passed out several chalky revivers, tablets that needed to be broken under a ninja's nose to force them back to consciousness.<br><br>"Now...they got the drop on Vision, but we've got the drop on them. I've got a plan...but I'm open to any ideas, first."<br><br>The hunter-nin team, although not in "tengu" attire as was the rumour, were wearing blue flak jackets, with rounded demon-masks that obscured their faces, as was the custom for the Mist hunter-nin teams. One of them had a white demon mask, and two had dark blue demon masks, one would guess that these two were the jounin. The girl who had taken Kyosuke's Kage Nui technique and was recovering was wearing a white demon mask and is sat down, facing away from both her comrades and where Shout is hidden.<br><br>One of the other white demon-masks is watching over the unconscious Kyosuke and Chiharu, while the two blue-demon-masks are deep in conversation a couple of feet away, maybe in a casual argument. <br><br>There is a large rock on which Chiharu and Kyosuke are propped up, amongst other smaller rocks scattered around the clearing. The day is overcast-greyish, but then most days are in the Water country.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kitakaze</strong> on <strong>26-09-2011, 04:28:04</strong>
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				Kegawa stopped quickly and hunkered down when he felt Akigo's hand on his shoulder, and sent a thought to Haiiromaru, who followed suit. Controlling his breathing to remain silent, he flicked his gaze to the direction Akigo pointed. He scowled slightly at how much the chakra-laden mist had fouled up his tracking; twenty degrees off was life or death, as this situation illustrated pointedly. He nodded in understanding when the Jonin signaled the number of enemies, which he confirmed by scent and tapped his nose in agreement.<br><br>Spotting the injured Kunoichi, Kegawa felt at least slightly better knowing that a significant amount of the blood he smelled would not be his concern. Reluctantly he took the tablet with his nose wrinkled, “Ugh, even unbroken this thing reeks...” He stowed it in a vest pocket and brushed his hand off on his pants. “Ok, I say we chuck smoke bombs and blast right into them...” Haiiromaru growled at him and Kegawa shut his eyes for a moment with a sigh of resignation. “But what what's your idea, Taichou?”
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>26-09-2011, 23:34:12</strong>
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				"My idea is...you've got claws."<br><br>Akigo grinned at his companion and the ninken in turn.<br><br>"I'll get a wind-jutsu to blow off this mist. I'll keep it active for as long as possible, distracting them and hopefully leading them towards me. They'll probably leave one member guarding Vision, but that's where the <em>two</em> of you come in. I imagine you can go toe-to-toe for long enough that Hairo can chew through their bonds. Or vice-versa. Or something."<br><br>Akigo was already prepping shuriken and mentally going over jutsu.<br><br>"Smoke bombs aren't a bad idea, but if you're going to use one, I'd say use one localised over Vision's position once you've got to them. No sense in throwing them all over the place and getting lost ourselves as we try and find our pals, eh?"<br><br>"Well, you've got a bunch of choices, Kegawa, and I'm sure you can make the right ones. We need to act now, before they detect us, it won't take them too much longer."<br><br>Akigo stood up in his hiding place, taking a deep breath and at the same time smashing hand seals together with rapidity. His chest heaved, and from his mouth spewed awind wave technique (http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Powerful_Wind_Wave) which sent powerful rippling gusts from his hiding place towards the Mist ninja, throwing clouds of dust in their face, moving smaller rocks and generally putting the standing ninja off-balance for a crucial few seconds, even knocking one of the blue-demon-masked jounin to the ground, sending the surprised ninja skidding on his elbows into a large rock. Akigo would be relying on his wind techniques to prevent the Mist-nin from using their infamous mist techniques, like the one that blinded and defeated Vision.<br><br>Of couse, Akigo would need to remain alive to perform his wind techniques.<br><br>Hopefully, he wouldn't need to suffer the attentions of the Mist ninja for too long...Kegawa and his furry friend were no doubt accelerating this very second towards where Chiharu and Kyosuke lay, to revive them and back up Akigo if necessary.<br><br>Akigo hoped. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kitakaze</strong> on <strong>28-09-2011, 05:58:23</strong>
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				Kegawa grinned at Akigo and cracked his knuckles in agreement “Yessir! Just try not to kill anybody, heh!” He checked his pocket and signaled to Haiiromaru before forming the appropriate hand-seals and muttering, “Beast Clone Jutsu (http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Beast_Human_Clone)!” Before the Jounin even finished drawing in his breath, both versions of Kegawa were off at full speed to flank the captives and remaining enemy.<br><br>Both of them wove through the terrain on all fours, hidden from view by the rocks, and they were able to get within just a few meters by the time the three other Mist-Nin had taken the bait and made for Akigo, leaving the injured hunter to guard the unconscious prisoners. Kegawa suddenly vaulted over the rock where they were propped up, leading with his claws. The surprise attack hit her squarely in the shoulder, but somehow she spun away from him and jumped back, minimizing the impact. Without giving her enough time to counter-attack, Haiiromaru dove forward from the other side, slashing and snarling, to push her back with almost exaggerated aggression.<br><br>Usually Kegawa would feel bad about attacking a wounded opponent, but two factors overrode that qualm. First of all, his fellow Konoha shinobi were injured, possibly seriously; secondly, the intensified bestial energy of the Shikyaku no Jutsu (http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Four_Legs_Technique) had an effect similar to an adrenaline high, making him more aggressive than usual.<br><br>As soon as he was certain that their opponent was distracted he hurriedly scrambled back to the two downed Chuunin. Using his now elongated, sharpened claws he sliced through the ropes binding the two and thanked his good luck that it hadn't been done with wire. He then brought forth the reviver, held his breath, and snapped it in half, holding part under each nin's nose.<br><br>He waited for them to stir before tossing away the reeking things and patted each of them on the cheek to speed up their recovery... Perhaps a little harder for Kyosuke than Chiharu. “Oi! C'mon, wake up you two! If you can move, we need to go!”<br><br>Before he could get a real response from them he heard and smelled the bloodied enemy rushing toward them again. He scowled and whipped around to face her; apparently she had pushed past Haiiromaru with some jutsu, as he was trying to catch up to her with an enraged look. Mid-stride she flung a brace of senbon at them, which Kegawa charged into, deflecting what he could to cover his recovering comrades.<br><br>Using a rushing elbow strike, he managed to intercept her before she could start forming more hand-seals. He leaped back and landed on all-fours, growling, and used his teeth to yank a senbon he had missed from his shoulder, and spat it on the ground. “What, you're injured and still won't use poison? Cocky bitch, aren'cha?”<br><br>“Shut up! Fool, you're all intruders here, I could kill you if-” Her words were cut off as Haiiromaru caught up and went into the spin of a Tsuuga (http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Passing_Fang), catching her from behind. As she was knocked into the air, Kegawa launched into the Gatsuuga combo, smashing her back and forth to land a significant distance away in the dirt.<br><br>Holding his defensive stance side by side with Haiiromaru, Kegawa scowled as he saw the Kunoiichi manage to pick herself up slowly, despite the reopened wounds all over her. “Shit! What is she, some kind of monster?” He took a moment to glance back hoping that the others were coming to, as this was a case where escaping would be preferable considering the difference in manpower.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>aya</strong> on <strong>03-10-2011, 18:17:50</strong>
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				Chiharu's face twisted into a frown, subconsciously turning away from the foul smelling branch and groaning. Her body felt sore all over, and her head felt like something was using it as a drum. <em>What happened..?</em> the girl thought hazily, her thoughts as blurry as her vision. The vague sounds of battle sounded in her ears, as though far away. The feral voice of the Inazuka boy rang in her head, agitating her headache. <em>Ugh, that damn dog boy. Thank god he won't be in my team-</em> Chiharu's thoughts were cut short as her memory came rushing back to her. Shocking herself awake, she finally awoke, opening her eyes to survey the battle. <br><br>Struggling to get up, it took her a few seconds to regain her balance. Focusing on regulating her chakra flow, Chiharu stood still for a moment, before finally being back into shape. It would take more than whatever they did to keep a Leaf ninja down. In a flash (http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Body_Flicker_Technique), the blue-haired girl appeared next to Kegawa. "What's the plan?" she asked, hoping he would know the situation a lot better than her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>mainsnoires</strong> on <strong>05-10-2011, 22:48:07</strong>
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				It was as if he was drowning. The ninja which attacked him the moment he entered the myst that formed ahead of Team Vision upon their entry inside the Water Country, almost chocked him to death.<br>Unconscious, after such an attack, Kyosuke's spirit was resuming the very last moment he lived before falling unconscious, under the shape of a nightmare.<br>He was numb, too tired to move his arms, his legs or even his head. He was floating on a dark sea, with nothing around him. It was night and a cold rain was starting to fall onto him.<br>Waves after waves, the water was covering his face and making him drown. He needed to use all what was left of his strength to maintain his body floating.<br>Until he could not anymore. There was a sharp pain around his throat that was not disappearing, and finally Kyosuke just let go.<br>His body was heavy, almost made of lead. <br>He sank, and coughed. His eyes closed, and he waited for the end to come, but then he felt something on his cheek.<br>He coughed more strongly, and suddenly his lungs filled with oxygen. It was such a shock that his eyes opened wide.<br><br>Oh, he was not drowning or lost at sea. He was laying on the ground and breathing. Although weak, he was alive. It required a few instant to understand what was happening. <br>Team shout came at their rescue, he could recognize the dog and the Shinobi although he didn't remember their names. At that point it didn't matter much. He stood on his feet with difficulties, and moved the back of his hand over his chin. He noticed Chiharu's presence with relief. She was alive !<br>And he could see, finally, the ninja that attacked him. He would recognize her voice from many others, and her presence lit anger into Kyosuke's soul. Were there more survivors of Team Vision ? where was the rest of Team Shout ? Where was Akigo ? these were questions that needed an answer.<br><br>This shinobi from the water country had such answers.<br><br>From where he was standing, Kyosuke heard Chiharu's question but didn't look at her, nor at Kegawa. <br><br>"She's mine..we need her alive.." he simply said. Calling onto what was left of his Chakra he described a unique seal with both hands. Palm against palm, Kyosuke's shadow started to extend to meet the shadow of the injured ninja that Kegawa had attacked. <br>"Kage Mane No Jutsu..." he said with a hoarse voice.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>06-10-2011, 00:08:33</strong>
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				Akigo grinned ruefully at noticing Kegawa completing his objective. Mentally he made a note to reward the Inuzuka, with...dog biscuits or whatever Inuzuka ninja liked.<br><br>Of course, there was a small problem to solve, first. Or rather, three.<br><br>The first jounin to react had sped with unnerving speed right upto where Akigo was hidden, still spurting his wind technique. The ninja had engaged him in close combat, Akigo having to break his wind jutsu to fend off desperate kunai-blows. Seeing the second jounin hurtle at him from his left flank, Akigo had quickly summoned two shadow clones, the limit of his shadow-clone capability. Even then, one was instantly <em>poofed</em> by a flurry of shuriken hurled by the white-masked chuunin, apparantly in a support position, covering her superior's attack on Akigo. <br><br>Desperate to gain distance, he used his remaining shadow clone to give him an alley-oop jump, flinging himself into the air, using his wind wave technique to keep him soaring upwards through the air, slinging shuriken back down at the pursuing Mist ninja, desperate to keep them on his trail and away from Kegawa whilst he freed the other two. <br><br>Recognising the hand-seals performed by one of the jounin, Akigo quickly countered the mist-jutsu with another wind-wave, blowing away the thick mist as it began to form. Satisfied, he heard a curse from his opponent, but then another was right on him, landing another flurry of blows in close combat, duelling with Akigo in mid-air as they began to fall. <br><br>Only having downward momentum, Akigo's shadow-clone scattered senbon onto the floor where the duelling pair would land. Although his comrade gave a warning shout, it was too late to prevent the mist-nin landing on the senbon, his feet pierced with sharp metal stars. Akigo landed on his shadow clone, then safely piggy-backed across the tiny minefield before the second mist-nin took out the clone underneath him with a water-dragon technique.<br><br><em>Damn. They're fast. Countering my every move and they've only just started on high-level jutsu.</em><br><br>Flying backwards, Akigo heard those same seals being chanted again and quickly blasted off yet another wind wave, once again blowing away the thick mist as it began to form. This relentless use of jutsu would put even the Senju-clan Akigo out of chakra if the battlefield wasn't equalled up, soon.<br><br>Sliding backwards just short of his own senbon-field, Akigo picked himself up and reassessed the situation. <br><br><em>Alright. I've managed to wound one jounin, although that will only slow his movements, he can still use medium-to-long-range jutsu. The other jounin is right in front of me, and desperate to finish me, with another water-dragon by the looks of those hand-signals. That leaves-</em><br><br>The white-masked chuunin whom had been in a support position was suddenly in a <em>very</em> close-combat position, Akigo barely moving in time to avoid being sliced through with a kunai, a wisp of his dark messy hair dropping to the ground where the small knife cut through it.<br><br><em>Too close!</em><br><br>Although he had evaded, that left him next to no time to avoid the incoming water dragon from the mist-jounin. Falling back on his kawarimi replacement technique <em>gutted that I'm using that so soon in this fight!</em> Akigo re-<em>poofed</em> a few feet away from where the water-vortex had blasted the kawarimi target to pieces.<br><br>Panting, desperately trying to regain his breath, Akigo's eyes flicked about the situation, trying to keep an eye on all his opponents at once...but with three to one it was impossible, even for Konoha's Cockerel. The Senju wondered if the few seconds that had gone by were enough for Kegawa to have freed the others from Vision, because time was about to run out for him.<br><br>The two active mist-nin swapped places, the white-masked chuunin flinging another barrage of shuriken at him, forcing him to leap out of the way, only to have the jounin appear at his back, with two chakra-claws humming with fatal intent. Blocking, parrying, dodging, Akigo was soon fighting a desperate retreat.<br><br>If only he had time to notice that his original ruse had worked, and that the now-conscious Kyosuke and Chiharu, backed up by Kegawa and Hairomaru, had gone unnoticed by the three mist-nin.<br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kitakaze</strong> on <strong>07-10-2011, 15:54:00</strong>
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				“The plan is don't get killed. other than that, go for it.” Kegawa grinned broadly as Chiharu and Kyosuke rejoined the fight. He glanced briefly at Kyosuke as he spoke and nodded in agreement. “Yeah, Akigo-Taichou needs backup anyway. Don't forget, alive doesn't have to mean healthy.” He gave a thumbs-up as the shadow-jutsu took effect, and whistled to Haiiromaru, who was still in “Kegawa form,” before tearing off after the rest of the combatants without a second look back.<br><br>The fight had gotten all the way over to the other side of the clearing by now, and Kegawa had enough time and space, even at full speed, to flank around to give himself that little extra cover. Things were not looking good, even though Akigo was a Jounin, he was newly promoted, and it did not look as though the two Kirigakure shinobi held the same handicap. Never the less, Kegawa plowed straight on into their midst with a tremendous howl as he again used the Tsuuga. It startled them enough to break their concentration on any jutsu they had been forming, and forced one of the Jounin to leap back to avoid being struck full-on.<br><br>He skidded to a stop beside Akigo, hunched over in his feral stance and grinning madly. “Oi! You thought you were gonna keep all the fun to yerselves? You like fancy Jutsu? Try this one, assholes!” Kegawa then began forming hand-seals at a tremendous speed, the complexity was beyond what any Chuunin should know, and the masked enemies all quickly moved away into defensive positions.<br><br>What they didn't know was that Haiiromaru was silently approaching from behind, again using the low boulders as cover, and just as the un-injured Jounin raised his hands, presumably to counter whatever was coming, Kegawa grinned toothily and slapped a hand down onto the crook of his opposite arm, and extended his middle finger. “Fuck you, dumbass! no jutsu!” This was bizarre enough that the other man paused in confusion just long enough for Haiiromaru to slam into him from behind with another Tsuuga.<br><br>Cackling madly at his own “clever” distraction, Kegawa launched himself forward to join his partner's attack. He had held back slightly on the first opponent because of his orders not to kill, but considering how much tougher this one would likely be, he put everything he had into this one, claws, teeth, and all. The two of them doubled back on the man several times each, throwing him every-which-way, only ending the attack when they stopped getting clean hits in, and let him fall to the ground with a thump just like the last one.<br><br>In tandem, they landed beside Akigo, though Haiiromaru had to return to his normal form, looking pleased with themselves. “This would be a lot easier if we weren't expected to leave them alive, y'know, Taichou?”
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>aya</strong> on <strong>12-10-2011, 20:54:38</strong>
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				Chiharu moved speedily to land beside her leaf comrades, her combat potential still not restored to its previous level yet. They had a slight advantage in the current battle, but the four of them were still in enemy territory with two of them wounded. Before long, more mist-nin would arrive, and the situation would definitely turn for the worse. She shot Akigo a glance, her eyes conveying that they should retreat while they had their enemies on the back foot. Chiharu's head still had a pounding headache, and there was only so much her on-the-fly treatment could do for her. <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ramael</strong> on <strong>27-10-2011, 14:33:25</strong>
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				The Mist jounin whom had apparantly been battered around by Kegawa's ferocious Tsuuga attacks poofed...and squelched. The dissolving of the clone and its telltale <em>sploosh</em> of water would be evident to all over as a water clone.<br><br>Still, Kegawa's attack had forced the original into cover to assess the newcomer's strength. The dark-blue demon masked jounin stepped out from behind a tree and eyed Chiharu carefully as she made a casual gesture to the weary Akigo.<br><br>"Did the bestial one say...leaving <em>us</em> alive?"<br><br>The white-masked chuunin, on orders from his superior, hesitated also, looking between the two blue-masked jounin as the battlefield suddenly evened out and dialogue between the two teams was opened.<br><br>"Why...that's our orders as well. Intercept and incapacitate any reinforcements for the Tengu, or any outsider interlopers. No fatalities. How odd."<br><br>The wounded Mist jounin, who had now bandaged and salved his bleeding foot, cursed loudly over at his colleague. <br><br>"Kisiji! Shut up, fool! You're compromising the mission!"<br><br>The jounin apparantly called Kisiji shook his head. "No, Abara. You knew it was strange us being sent out here when we were needed in the village. I never really suspected that rebellion headquarters needed to fear Konoha. Something's amiss, and we should have properly assessed this team before we attacked. That was <em>your</em> idea, as I recall."<br><br>The two mist jounin were facing each other now, leaving only the white-masked chunin confusedly keeping an eye on the Konoha ninja, apparantly the only one still fearing an attack. He spoke up nervously.<br><br>"Kisiji-Sensei! The wounded are recovering and have been rescued by the Leaf ninja! Orders please!"<br><br>Kisiji looked at his teammate, then over to where Akigo, Kegawa and Chiharu stood.<br><br>"You weren't coming to the Water country to help Mizukage Garuda stamp out the rebellion, were you? In fact, I doubt you know very much about the rebellion at all, do you?"<br><br>Akigo blinked, panting, putting his hands on Kegawa and Chiharu's shoulders to help him stand, his tiredness evident. If the Mist team wanted to talk, it seemed fine with the Leaf jounin. It seemed as if there was new intel, as well. <br><br>"...could use...more information...to be...honest..."<br><br>Akigo's hands squeezed Kegawa and Chiharu's shoulders, indicating that they should keep talking, finding out what they could from the confusing Mist ninja.<br><br>The Cockerel wheezed. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>kitakaze</strong> on <strong>04-11-2011, 19:15:49</strong>
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				Kegawa was far from surprised when the target of his attack dissolved into nothing, this guy was an experienced Jounin after all, but it still ticked him off. He scowled darkly as the masked man addressed them so casually, as though the Inuzuka's attack hadn't even happened, but Kegawa managed to hold himself in check per Akigo's signal.<br><br>He liked being ignored even less than being outmanuvered, but he did straighten his posture as he listened to the two Mist nin argue briefly. He tensed slightly when the other Chuunin spoke up, but gave a signal to Haiiromaru to back up when he felt Akigo's hand on his shoulder.<br><br>After giving him a sidelong glance, Kegawa huffed out a resigned sigh. "Our intel on the situation only really tells us for sure that there are civilians getting caught up in... whatever it is that's going on. We're just supposed to be helping them out. We weren't expecting to have our people get ambushed for that."<br><br>Kegawa spat on the ground and frowned, "I mean yeah, <em>for me</em> there was hope for a fight, but if Konoha wanted to help crush somebody, don't you think we'd have sent some ANBU, for fucksake?" Haiiromaru barked in reply, though it was unclear whether he was agreeing with Kegawa or telling him to watch himself.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Chunin Chronicles - Water Country</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>aya</strong> on <strong>22-11-2011, 20:19:17</strong>
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				Chiharu kept her silence, supporting Akigo instead. Reaching into one of her pockets, the blue haired nin pulled out a small round pill and slipped into his mouth for the pain. His chakra flow was still fine; he was just a little tired and beat up, so there was no need for a medical nin just yet. The odds were still not in their favor, and as much as she wanted to run, this was probably the only chance they'd get at recovering any information and saving the mission.<br><br>"What rebellion? Nobody knows what's going on here." Chiharu asked calmly, her body ready just in case another attack was coming.<br><br>
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