Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]
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				Title: <strong>Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>17-09-2014, 02:14:11</strong>
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				<div align="center">(http://justdaydreaming.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/naruto-fire-country-hidden-leaf-village-01.jpg)</div><br>Konohagakure, one of the five main ninja villages and easily the largest, it seems to have had a history of being destroyed and rebuilt many times, a testimate to the village's strength.&nbsp; As of now, the village stands inside a deep crater caused by a member of the Akatsuki nearly 100 years ago.&nbsp; The most notable feature is the huge cliff-side monument showing the heads of the past and present Hokage, a symbol of them watching the village now and forever.&nbsp; Many consider this village, hidden in the Land of Fire, to be the strongest, possessing elite shinobi of the highest caliber.&nbsp; However, it's peaceful nature, even in times of war, overshadow that strength greatly. As of now, it is home to some of the strongest clans of the known ninja world.&nbsp; <br><br>Years after the most recent Great War, Naruto took over as the Hokage after Tsunade passed.&nbsp; Five years of debates followed between the great nations and Gaara, Kazekage at the time, suggested a way to promote peace and help prevent war.&nbsp; It took almost ten years, but the other Kages finally agreed that a Task Force was needed.&nbsp; So, now, every five years, Chunin are hand-selected in each village and sent to one of the villages for a team selection ceremony.&nbsp; Each Chunin is chosen for various reasons, the most common being skill, blood, and influence.&nbsp; In order to make things fair and so that no teams will have stacked decks, it was decided that only two members of the team, at most, could be from the same village.&nbsp; <br><br>Fast forward to the present day, the day that the Ceremony takes place in Konohagakure once again.&nbsp; This year, 150 Jonin and Chunin have been chosen to be split up into their teams.&nbsp; This story begins on the morning on the Ceremony following a a small group that may just have potential to be one of the greatest Task Force teams to have ever been created.......if they can survive each other and the trials ahead......<br><br><div align="center">~ * * * ~</div><br><br><div class="floatright">(http://media.animevice.com/uploads/0/4479/234663-amazonlily_5.png)</div><strong>Time:</strong>&nbsp; 10:45 AM<br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; The New Chunin Exams Arena<br><br><br>Due to the crater that was formed by Pain, many things had to be redesigned, including the arena where the Chunin Exams were held.&nbsp; Thus, they took the damage and used it to their advantage, rebuilding a powerful, larger arena.&nbsp; The new arena was easily twice as large as it was originally and the open design allowed for a more entertaining battle.&nbsp; However, the Chunin Exams were over for at least another year.&nbsp; So, why was the arena packed with 120 Chunin and 30 Jonin from the five great Ninja Villages this early in the morning?&nbsp; The reason was that the Task Force Team selections have been chosen!<br><br>In the very center of the stage, the 120 Chunin stood, all facing the spot where the Hokage was standing.&nbsp; On the stage in front of the Chunin stood the 30 Jonin who would be the leaders of the teams.&nbsp; Five Jonin came from each village, but the number of Chunin sent by each village varied wildly.&nbsp; <br><br><div class="floatleft">(http://blog.draggle.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/last_exile_18_4.png)</div>Above everyone stood the current Hokage, who took over after Naruto retired and Konohamaru was unable to due to injuries he had received many years ago.&nbsp; Hokage Shintaro Makasuno stood out, arms raised above his head, <em><strong>"Welcome, everyone, to a new Task Force Ceremony!&nbsp; Many of you have traveled far in order to come here, so I hope that the week you had to rest here at this village has prepared you for your journeys ahead.&nbsp; This year, we have added a Fifth Task Force team to every village in due to the sheer number of able applicants that we, the Kages of each village, have chosen.&nbsp; Before we begin, I wish to remind each and every one of you that, while some of you may not return to your homes for many years, you must take pride that you have been chosen for your skills, your potential, your bloodlines, and, most of all, your heart!"</strong></em><br><br>The 47 year old man took a deep breath before continuing, <em><strong>"Now, as you may have noted earlier today, you were each handed a special seal and told to focus a small amount of your Chakra into it.&nbsp; There was a purpose for this and it was suggested and created by the combined efforts of the Tsuchikage and Raikage almost thirty years ago as a method by which the teams would be chosen without bias by the villages.&nbsp; After we collected your seals, we set them all in a room and undid them.&nbsp; From there, the chakras of every seal started to search for balance and so, the teams were formed as each set of seals changed color, which we were able to match."</strong></em><br><br><em><strong>"Now, I shall call upon your names and as I do, you will stand between the two groups gathered at the arena.&nbsp; After I have called the four Chunin who will be on a team, I will give the name of your Jonin instructor and leader.&nbsp; You may then leave the arena and, if your Jonin instructor comes from a village other than Konoha, you will begin to make your way there.&nbsp; That is why I gave instructions to come here today with everything that you will need for your journeys to your new homes."</strong></em><br><br>From there, the Hokage reached into a box and pulled a bundle of five seals out, indicating the first team, Team One, "<em><strong>Team One will consist of, Hyuuga Ame, Gaara the Second, Uchiha Natsuki, and Michuri Saibaki."</strong></em>&nbsp; As the names were called, two girls and two guys stepped forward, each from Konohagakure, Sunagakure, Otogakure, and&nbsp; Iwagakure respectively.&nbsp; There were some murmurs in the crowd at the name of Gaara, grandson of the great Kazekage himself, as well as the name of Uchiha and Hyuuga.&nbsp; They were then told that they were to be led by a young, petite woman from Otogakure.&nbsp; She wasn't an Uchiha, but her icy stare and false smile seemed to freeze the crowd as she called them forward for the journey back home.<br><br>This continued for many minutes until they reached Team 13, <em><strong>"Team Thirteen will consist of, Uchiha Tsuneo, Chishio Takeshi, Uzumaki Nanase, and Isako Karin.&nbsp; They will be led by Terumi Azura."</strong></em>&nbsp; As they stepped forward, the remaining members started muttering even more than they did with Team One.&nbsp; After all, an Uzumaki and an Uchiha on the same team, by itself, was extremely formidable.&nbsp; As usual, when the Jonin stepped forward, they moved out of the arena and outside.&nbsp; There were a handful of Teams outside as well, some laughing, some talking as if having a debate, and others that were ignoring everyone and holding a private conversation.&nbsp; Only five of the twelve teams before them remained outside, one of them finishing their talks and leaving heading out of the village......
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AidenWhite</strong> on <strong>17-09-2014, 07:37:38</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/be/Rsz_noctis_lucis_caelum_by_milady666-d5078as.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Tsuneo Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konohagakure, Outside the arena<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Conversing with new teammates<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki, Karin Isako, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Tsuneo is a dangerous man<br><hr><br>The journey was relatively long from Otogakure. Six cloaked ninja made the ruthless journey across the dense forest between the two villages. The air around these ninja was dense and full of danger and, as such, any and all wildlife avoided the group, fearing the killing intent irradiating from the group. Most of this killing intent came from the young ninja that was leading the group, Tsuneo Uchiha. Albeit a Chuunin, Tsuneo could've risen to the ranks of Jonin shortly after Sasuke had passed away, but he felt that without his Sharingan, he was not worthy of any title higher than Chuunin. Still, anyone in the village that recognized the young ninja respected him. Well-mannered, intelligent, and trained by Sasuke himself, Tsuneo is considered to be the ninja to lead the Uchiha to new heights for years to come just like another predecessor of the Uchiha, Madara. The group was headed towards Konohagakure for the sole purpose of attending the Task Force Ceremony where ninja from every village are selected to participate in a five-man task force, complete with four Chuunin and a single Jonin leader. <br><br>As they were moving quickly from tree to tree, Tsuneo spoke to a female Uchiha that was chosen by Sasuke just like the other Uchiha that made the trek, <strong>"Natsuki-chan, do you think you'll get paired with strong people?"</strong> She let out a light laugh, <strong><em>"I can only hope, but after being in a team with you for so long, I think my definition of strong is a little skewed."</em></strong> The other Uchiha that was in Tsuneo's usual team wholeheartedly agreed with her sentiment. A non-Uchiha Jonin was in their group, Tsuneo thought that the group that gets paired up with that Jonin was going to be interesting. Natsuki asked him the same question, <strong><em>"What about you, think you're going to get strong people?"</em></strong> Tsuneo replied with a serious tone, <strong>"I sure hope so, otherwise the entire point of participating is null."</strong> She giggled in amusement and the group focused on getting to the village.<br><br>Finally, the group stood before the giant open doors of Konohagakure. Tsuneo lead the group once more inside the village. They were all still cloaked, but the air around them was still heavy, the group was garnering lots of attention from the villagers. Murmurs and whispers were heard, and questions were asked. <em>Who are they? They seem dangerous. Are they here for the ceremony? I sure hope so, those guys look like bad news. What village do you think they're from? Dunno, but does it matter? Konohagakure is home to the strongest ninja in the world!"</em> This last comment brought a smirk to Tsuneo's face and he started reminiscing his Chuunin exams. The majority of the ninja participating came from Konohagakure that year since it was based there. Tsuneo's team conquered the exams and brought shame to all the ninja that participated, refreshing the terror and awe that occurred when the name 'Uchiha' was uttered. Tsuneo spoke to the rest of the group, <strong>"We're going to take a slight detour."</strong> The rest of the ninja in the group nodded and followed the young man. <br><br>Tsuneo stood in the middle of a bustling street filled with commerce and looked up at the sky. <em>This is where the old Uchiha clan was set up... where Sasuke-shishou was born... where the massacre took place...</em> The other members looked at Tsuneo, knowing that he did this the last time they came five years before during the Chuunin Exams. The area was reconstructed, of course, after Pain destroyed the entire village but the young ninja could feel this is where the clan lived, where Sasuke lived. Tsuneo kneeled down and picked up a handful of dirt, looked at it in his palm and then dropped it slowly, watching the grains of dirt formed a pile on the floor. Konohagakure said they were going to forgive Sasuke and the Uchiha as a whole, but it was just a lie, a farce created by the higher ups. Tsuneo wasn't after revenge, but he was going to make Konohagakure regret for not increasing their battle strength by allowing the Uchiha back. He stood up and turned around, heading towards their original destination, the new Chuunin Exams Arena, <strong>"Let's go, we're going to the arena."</strong><br><br>Finally, they arrived at the arena and they were surrounded by ninja from everywhere. Everyone was waiting for the introduction and Tsuneo just looked around, seeing if there was anyone in particular that stood out. Eyes were on them however, the ninja were able to tell that they were dangerous. Natsuki grinned, <strong><em>"Should we just stop this charade and show them all who we are?"</em></strong> Tsuneo shrugged, not caring either way, but he had to admit, it would be amusing to see the reactions from everyone. In unison, all of them had removed their cloaks and tossed them in the air, then a male Uchiha from their group weaved handsigns and burned the cloaks in the air for an amazing display. Tsuneo scoffed, these charades did not impress him but it left an impression on some ninja around the arena. More importantly, the Uchiha symbols on the back of each of their jackets clearly showed who they were. Some recognized Tsuneo from the Chuunin exams. Whispers and shocked voices could be heard around. Tsuneo ignored this and paid attention to the Hokage who finally started the introductory speech. He listened with a stoic expression and a straight posture with crossed arms, proudly revealing that he was an Uchiha.<br><br>Tsuneo nodded towards Natsuki as she left towards her own group, not looking too overzealous having to return all the way back to the village. <em>A Hyuuga and Gaara's grandson, huh? Omoshiroi.. And Saibaki-san..</em> His fist tightened as he waited for his own name and team to be called. He wanted the Hokage to call his name so he could start going on missions and search for the experience that will release the heavy lock on his unawakened Sharingan. The young ninja took a deep breath and calmed down. Finally, the 13th squad, his name was called. His teammates were a member from the infamous Chishio clan from Kirigakure, an Uzumaki which might prove to be interesting, and someone he never heard of. Isako... the name didn't come up in Tsuneo's vastly informed data bank in his mind. But, a possibly interesting person was leading the group, Terumi Azura, a member of the Seven Swordsmen if he recalled correctly, though it was only recently that this happened, but he found out this piece of information during a B-ranked mission that took place around Kirigakure. This choice of Jonin appealed to him, not because of the person herself, but because of the destination. There were things bubbling in Kirigakure, danger could pop up at any corner and take them by surprise. He let an amused scoff out, ignoring everyone's excitement over an Uchiha and an Uzumaki being on the same team. It was a pleasant coincidence, or maybe it was destiny. Tsuneo saw Azura take a step forward and then head towards the exit to which he promptly followed her.<br><br>When he caught up with the Jonin, he noticed the others as well. Tsuneo spoke confidently, <strong>"Hello, let me introduce myself properly. I am Uchiha Tsuneo of the First Family. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu."</strong> His face remained rather emotionless and stoic as he spoke. <strong>"I will be looking forward to working with you all. As teammates."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>19-09-2014, 15:30:11</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images4.fanpop.com/image/polls/535000/535536_1283929197177_full.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Karin Isako<br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; Konohagakure, Outside the arena<br><strong>Doing:</strong>&nbsp; Figuring out her team<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio<br><strong>Warning:</strong>&nbsp; Just being Karin<br><hr><br>The journey from Sunagakure to Konohagakure, while one of the shorter distances between the villages, took longer than Karin would have preferred.&nbsp; They could have easily have taken three days to get to the village and that would have given them seven days to relax!&nbsp; However, the Jonin who was leading the group to the village said that it would be best to conserve energy and take an extra couple of days to get there.&nbsp; Karin just wanted to scream in frustration, she wanted to wipe that stupid expression off of his face.&nbsp; Seriously, why couldn't they just take the quickest route possible?&nbsp; Was it too much to ask to be allowed to sleep a few more days in an actual bed in an actual room instead of sleeping in a tree or on the ground?<br><br>Five days ago, the Kazekage had sent for Karen as well as five Jonin and seven other Chunin.&nbsp; That was about the same number of Chunin that the Sand sent to the Ceremony.&nbsp; No need to send too many and dilute the skill that Sunagakure represented.&nbsp; Less than a day later, the group had gathered at the gates of the village and set off.&nbsp; Karin hadn't been surprised by the Kazekage's choices.&nbsp; After all, Gaara the Second (grandson of the legendary Gaara), Kenji Hirako (grandson of the legendary Temari), and her (granddaughter of the legendary Kankuro), were all directly descended from the Sand Siblings, widely considered to be three of the most powerful shinobi that Sunagakure had ever produced.&nbsp; Along with them were a few other promising Chunin:&nbsp; Two puppet users, one who only used a single puppet, mastering it and had the skill to beat puppeteers who used many more.&nbsp; The other one was someone who used exceedingly simple puppets, mostly as kamikaze devices filled with explosives, poison gasses, and blades.&nbsp; He kept a huge scroll and was able to summon up to ten of his 100 puppets at any one time.&nbsp; While he could connect and control 10 puppets at once, their simple designs and expendable nature meant that they were usually quickly destroyed.&nbsp; It didn't matter to him as all he needed to so was send them en-masse at the target.&nbsp; Both were brothers who favored Quality and Quantity.&nbsp; Karin didn't know, nor care much about the other three as they were each below her gaze.&nbsp; Besides, they weren't even that strong looking.<br><br>The Jonin, on the other hand, were all five very powerful.&nbsp; The leader of the group was known as the <em>Dragon of the Sand</em> because he was able to control the largest puppet in the history of the Village.&nbsp; Beside him was a woman who carried a huge fan and was a member of the 'Ferret Clan' because every member could summon Wind Ferrets as allies in battle.&nbsp; There was an older man who had survived, barely, an ambush in his younger years who was effectively 45% puppet himself.&nbsp; He was a living weapon in all forms of the word.&nbsp; Not to mention that Karin found his false eye extremely unnerving.&nbsp; Another woman in the group could ball up a handful of sand and release chakra into it, hardening it into a stone that could explode on impact, a technique that she created and has refused to reveal secrets to.&nbsp; The fifth man was a mystery as he wore a mask and refused to speak to anyone.<br><br>Finally, after five long days of travel, the group made it to the village gates.&nbsp; As usual when outsiders appeared, there were whispers and murmurs, but no one questioned who they were.&nbsp; The group wore the standard uniforms of ninja from the Sand and, while they made an intimidating presence, they also had that mysterious quality about them.&nbsp; Ninja from the sand have always been a very common sight in Konohagakure after the war.&nbsp; Still, they were given a wide berth as they entered the village.&nbsp; From there, the Jonin and Chunin split up, one group going to meet the Hokage and the other to look for lodgings for the next few days.&nbsp; The three descendants of the Sand Siblings roomed together as that was a personal habit.&nbsp; Karin neither knew nor really cared as to if the others ever found lodging or if they slept on the streets.<br><br>The next few days went by too slowly for Karin as she complained about everything in the village, from their lack of decent-looking clothes to the fact that the numerous trees blocked the view of the sun to the way that many boys of the village followed her around like she was a goddess.&nbsp; Eventually, the day finally came and they all gathered at the Chunin Exams arena.&nbsp; Karin noted with a smile that they somehow fixed the part of the arena that was shattered in the last round's battle between her and that nameless weakling she fought.&nbsp; Just before the ceremony started, a bunch of people in cloaks appeared and tried to dazzle them with a display of flames.&nbsp; Karin rolled her eyes at the scene.&nbsp; Really, were they that shallow that the needed to put on a show?&nbsp; She snorted and turned up her head at the display....until she saw that they were Uchiha.&nbsp; That got her attention as she studied the faces of each one, <em>'Nope, too ugly.&nbsp; She's a bitch.&nbsp; Nah, looks like someone hit him too hard, likely brain damage.&nbsp; Woah, now that's a man!'</em>&nbsp; It was typical of Karin to judge the group by their looks as she instantly was taken in by the one guy in the back of the crowd who looked like he thought his teammates' display was childish, which it was of course.<br><br>Eventually, she, like everyone else, listened to the Hokage's speech, though Karin was only half listening.&nbsp; The old man looked boring and she hated boring people.&nbsp; So, she looked around at the group gathered there.&nbsp; As it was, it was obvious that Konoha represented the largest portion of the ninja gathered.&nbsp; As the Hokage spoke of the teams, Karin finally gave him her full attention, watching as Gaara left with a Hyuuga and an Uchiha as well as a couple of people she never heard of.&nbsp; The look on Gaara's face told her that he really wasn't looking forward to going to the land of Sound and Karin didn't blame him.&nbsp; No sooner than the group left the stage did the Hokage start calling down another team.....then another team.....and another.&nbsp; It was almost more boring than the guy's speech!<br><br>It was at the thirteenth squad that her name was called.&nbsp; Karin instantly perked up and walked down to the center where she was joined by an Uzumaki girl who looked pretty cute, but Karin wasn't totally impressed, some guy from Kirigakure who looked decent enough and......&nbsp; Karin had to hold in a gasp as that <em>man</em> from the Uchiha group stepped up with them.&nbsp; Karin couldn't help by smirk.&nbsp; Their leader was some scary looking woman that she'd never heard of either, but was apparently from the Mist.&nbsp; She wasn't too pleased to hear her destination as all that water in the air was going to be hell for her to maintain her puppets to prevent swelling and rust.<br><br>As with the other teams, they made their way outside where the Uchiha started speaking, <em><strong>"Hello, let me introduce myself properly. I am Uchiha Tsuneo of the First Family. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.&nbsp; I will be looking forward to working with you all. As teammates."</strong></em><br><br>Her smile brightened as she introduced herself, <strong>"Hai!&nbsp; I am Isako Karin from Sunagakure!&nbsp; I look forward to teaming up with you too!"</strong>&nbsp; Karin's hands were clasped just under her chest as she presented herself as nicely as possible, hoping that her open and friendly attitude would lower any defenses the others might have.&nbsp; Karin purposely didn't reveal much of anything about herself just yet.&nbsp; After all, a good ninja of the Sand keeps at least a few cards to themselves until they can trust someone.&nbsp; She had an idea as to what the Uchiha could do as every one of them could use fire jutsu and had that scary Sharigan.&nbsp; She knew a little of the Uzumakis because everyone knew of Naruto.&nbsp; That left the two Mist Ninja as Karin had no idea who they were or what they might do, but she assumed they had Water Chakra due to their origins.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>20-09-2014, 08:19:15</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Uzumaki%20Nanase%20Avatars/nanase_02_zps6056029a.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=213655.msg10499475#msg10499475)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konohagakure, Outside the arena<br><strong>Doing:</strong> teaming up!<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Terumi and Takeshi<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Nanase isn't a dangerous woman<br><hr><br>The Task Force Ceremony! Nanase waited so much for it! It was the chance she pursued, the first step to become a legend in her village and finally achieve the Hokage title. Then, she would be finally admired for her skills and bravery only, not because she was the granddaughter of the mighty hero, Naruto. As hard as it was, the girl was determined to escape from under her granddad's shadow.<br><br>She was waiting in her kunoichi attire for the Hokage to finish that tiring speech. Her cousin, Eiji, was at her side, maybe as anxious as the girl herself. He liked Nanase like a sister, even if you take in account his perverted pranks and his relentless attempts to see her naked. <br><br><em><strong>"Can't believe even a hopeless ninja like you would join a Task Force!"</strong></em><br><br>Yes, Eiji had the habit of making the worst and misplaced comments ever. Nanase looked at him, an eyebrow raised. <strong>"What do you mean by hopeless? I'm one of the best kunoichi in Konoha, dattebane!"</strong><br><br><em><strong>"Hai, hai, Nee-san,"</strong></em> agreed the boy, scratching the back of his head, <em><strong>"it's just... you didn't pick that many high ranked missions, right? I thought they would take that into account."</strong></em><br><br><strong>"It's not about how high ranked are the missions you take,"</strong> asserted Nanase, full of confidence, <strong>"it's about how well you perform them!"</strong><br><br>But Eiji had a point. By her family's influence or just bad luck, she really didn't completed so many high classed missions. She never completed an A rank and just got two B ranks in which she didn't had such a good performance. That was one of the reasons why she had to get an outstanding performance in a Task Force. And Nanase thought she was ready for that.<br><br><em><strong>"Team Thirteen will consist of, Uchiha Tsuneo, Chishio Takeshi, Uzumaki Nanase, and Isako Karin.&nbsp; They will be led by Terumi Azura."</strong></em><br><br>Nanase felt a slap on her behind. She turned to her pervert cousin, the only one who could've made that.<br><br><strong>"Way to go, Nee-san!"</strong> said Eiji with a thumbs up, totally oblivious to the red angry face Nanase got. <strong>"BAAAKA!"</strong> screamed Nanase, punching him a few yards ahead. The other ninjas nearby looked at her, surprised and confused at such gratuitous display of strength. Nanase, ashamed, scratched her head and gave a weak laugh.<br><br><strong>"Ano... I'll meet my team, Eiji. You wait here!"</strong><br><br>Well, she hadn't punch him with that much force, he would be ok. Eiji had gone worse under her fist. So, the blonde quickly ran away from that scene, joining her teammates at the center of the arena. Nanase hadn't much time to take a look at them, besides she was still ashamed of the attention she got by hitting Eiji.<br><br>Soon the group made their way outside the arena, and the members began to introduce themselves, one by one. Nanase looked at the young Uchiha, as he said: <em><strong>"Hello, let me introduce myself properly. I am Uchiha Tsuneo of the First Family. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu.&nbsp; I will be looking forward to working with you all. As teammates."</strong></em><br><br><em>Hm, this one is hot. But serious. Why every Uchiha I know had to have this look on their faces? Like they were carrying all the weight of the world in their shoulders and...</em><br><br><em><strong>"Hai!&nbsp; I am Isako Karin from Sunagakure!&nbsp; I look forward to teaming up with you too!"</strong></em> said the blue-haired girl.<br><br><em>Oh, she's cute. And she's the less scaring look around here. Maybe we can be friends. At least it would be easier than be friends with our scary team leader or that hot Uchiha guy or that quiet other one, I think... Hmm... Why they're looking at me?</em><br><br>It looked like it was Nanase's time to introduce herself. So she did. Waving a hand, she said in a cheerful tone:<br><br><strong>"Hi! I'm Nanase Uzumaki from Konohagakure. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!"</strong> <br><br>The blonde politely bowed to them, making her breasts bounce in response. She was really curious to find more about her teammates, mainly about how strong they were.<br><br><hr><span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size">Yoroshiku onegai shimasu: Please take good of me (a polite way to say nice to meet you in japanese).</span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kimera</strong> on <strong>22-09-2014, 17:03:35</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121014202010/betterbleachfanfiction/images/9/96/Tia_halibel_arc.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Azura Terumi<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konohagakure, Outside the arena<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Gathering her team and get their voyage started.<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Nanase and Takeshi<br><strong>Warning:</strong><br><hr><br>Like all the other Jonin, Azura stood on the stage in front of the chonin, awaited to be appointed a team. When they reached number 13, it was her turn. Once she and her members were announced, Azura stepped forward to the 4 chonin and then proceeded to guide her four charges out of the arena. Once outside, she guided them a little distance away from the main building so they would have a more quiet place to talk. Even so, she could hear the drak haired Uchiha speak up to begin introductions. <em><strong>"Hello, let me introduce myself properly. I am Uchiha Tsuneo of the First Family. Yoroshiku onegaishimasu. I will be looking forward to working with you all. As teammates."</strong></em> <br><br>Soon after, her other charges followed <em><strong>"Hai! I am Isako Karin from Sunagakure!&nbsp; I look forward to teaming up with you too!" </strong> </em> The girl from Sunagakure said and then <em><strong>"Hi! I'm Nanase Uzumaki from Konohagakure. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu!"</strong></em> the little blonde added.<br><br>Azura halted, then turned around to face them. <strong>"Nice to meet you all. I am Azura Terumi and I'm looking forward to work with the four of you."</strong> She said while casting her eyes on each of them in turn for a moment. <strong>"As you know, we will be heading for my home village Kirigakure"</strong> The dark skinned woman said while retrieving a little map and showing it to the four chonin gathered around in front of her. On it, Azura had already marked the route they would take, which included a 7-8 day walk and a 1day voyage using a small raft. <strong>"As you can see, we have quite a journey ahead before we even get there so I suggest we don't waste anytime here and get on the road."</strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br><br><br><br><div align="center">(http://img4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110114161251/naruto/images/thumb/3/3e/Naruto_World_Map.svg/1024px-Naruto_World_Map.svg.png)</div>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>22-09-2014, 18:23:10</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://IMG URL HERE)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Chishio Juro Takeshi<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konohagakure, Outside the arena<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Meeting his fellow Team members <br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Nanase and Azura<br><strong>Warning:</strong> None<br><hr><br>Members of the Chishio clan were easy to distinguish as they had traditional deep midnight blue with black as the trim. However it was the white bandages along the arms and legs that were more telling as they were speckled with marks of blood of varying degrees. Really it all depends on how much they consciously let flow from their veins. His eyes of dusk brown settled upon those whom attended the ceremony and procedures. He knew whom he was going to be paired with in advance at least in terms of Azura Terumi since he had traveled with her and had been assigned to her before hand. However he had to attend this ceremony out of sheer procedure. It made an excellent time to scout out potential in his opinion. <br><br>However it was not to last for the time came for when he was called up and paired with his Jounin once more. However now there were three others, each from a different village and each carrying a different burden upon him. As for what he carried with him, was simple put a rite of passage. Earning the right to pass on his name and legacy, to continue existing as Chishio. Cutthroat yes but it was the way to keep the blood strong within their family. It had been accepted in its ways long ago and has not changed since the founding. A spot of blood was being rubbed between the tips of his fingers from a small cut that had been made out of boredom from waiting so long to be selected again. <br><br>As he listened to each introduction he made analytical notes of them. The first of which was the one whom was most obvious with her gifts, this one whom bore the famed family name of Uzumaki. She introduced herself as Nanase and whilst a bit positive with energy, however naive, there was no denying the hidden strengths behind her. Not just from the obvious display of strength but from the potential that her name alone brings. The same can be said for the name of Uchiha. For when it was revealed that Tsuneo had the same brand of legacy it also took notice. The nature of their inherent technique is insidiously powerful and rightfully one to be wary of. He would make note of those potentials. However the one that concerns him most is Isako Karin. Not because of power but because of the lack of knowledge regarding her. The unknown is rightly feared because it is impossible to predict someone then. Fortunately in this case&nbsp; he was sure to learn more about these new individuals as they went along with their tasks. When it came time to introduce himself he would do so. <strong>"Chishio, Takeshi. I hail from Kirigakure. May your strength bloom, and the weeds wither in your wake."</strong> It was a common greeting amongst the Chishio and one of respect. His arms were folded over as he glanced from person to person, then listened to their Jounin as she laid out their traveling plan.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AidenWhite</strong> on <strong>23-09-2014, 04:43:26</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/be/Rsz_noctis_lucis_caelum_by_milady666-d5078as.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Tsuneo Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konohagakure, Outside the arena<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Conversing with new teammates<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki, Karin Isako, Azura Terumi, Takeshi Chishio<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Tsuneo is a dangerous man<br><hr><br>As each of his teammates introduced themselves, Tsuneo paid attention towards their body language, manner of speaking, and little idiosyncrasies that he could detect easily. The cheery Nanase already showed one of her talents, albeit a bit roughly, as she previously punched another ninja with great power. The young ninja made a mental note that she was probably well-versed in Taijutsu and therefore more suited to close-quarters combat. Tsuneo glanced over at Karin, her introduction was simple enough, probably to make the others feel comfortable around her, but his instincts told him that she was extremely intelligent. Her type of jutsu was still unknown, but that fact would reveal itself eventually so Tsuneo was not worried. The only thing he knew about their Jonin leader was that she had Samehada, one of the seven legendary swords of the Hidden Mist Village, she seemed strict, but regarding ninja who reside in the Mist, who isn't strict? Then there was Takeshi, a bit withdrawn and by the way he was crossing his arms, Tsuneo determined that he kept to himself and wasn't a conversationalist. Tsuneo wasn't much of a conversationalist either, but he'd have to deal with telling the others about his capabilities, his jutsu, and his specialities. Though, he was always going to keep the fact that he doesn't have a Sharingan yet away from the others. <br><br>Tsuneo looked at the map that Azuna procured and examined it. He had been around the area a few times so he knew the dangers that infested this route, but they were all capable ninja and a few violent ninja weren't going to get in their way, he hoped at least. Tsuneo responded to Azura, <strong>"Hai, I agree that it is best if we continue speaking as we get going. The journey is indeed long."</strong> As the group started to leave the village, Tsuneo tried to sound engaged as he spoke but probably always came out sounding solemn, <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> Somewhat hesitating, since he never spoke about himself much, he was usually known by the others in the village so he never had to say anything about himself. Tsuneo informed the others about his capabilities, <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> He paused after saying that, thinking he unintentionally bragged about himself, though his true intention was to teach the others about the Uchiha. The young ninja continued, <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> Tsuneo let those pieces of information soak in before continuing, <strong>"If you all recall, I said I was part of the First Family. Basically the Uchiha is divided into eight Families, each one with it's own responsibilities. Those in the First Family are the most powerful and we share our lineage with Karin Uzumaki. As a result, some Uchiha that are linked to the First Family are sensitive to chakra and can sense chakra, I am one of those few individuals. Only the females in the First Family, however, have the ability to heal themselves or others when bitten. It is an oddity, I suppose."</strong> <br><br>Tsuneo tried to think of anything else to say about himself before remember to speak about his equipment, <strong>"My equipment consists of a single weapon scroll containing a katana modelled after the one Sasuke Uchiha used, an assortment of kunai and shuriken, and basic first aid tools like gauze."</strong> Then he was sure he finished, <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."</strong> Tsuneo wasn't a stranger to taking the lead in various endeavors, but he had to remember that he wasn't the boss, Azura was, so he would have to concede all decision making to her, but he felt like he could try to advise. He exhaled as he wasn't used to talking for so long and probably won't talk a quarter as much from now on, hopefully. Tsuneo hoped that Karin and Nanase would be the talkative ones and he could just nod or add whenever he needed to. Tsuneo then said, <strong>"So, who wants to share next?"</strong> To be honest, he was interested into what Karin used, so he would listen intentively whenever she wanted to share.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>24-09-2014, 12:47:24</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images4.fanpop.com/image/polls/535000/535536_1283929197177_full.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Karin Isako<br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; Konohagakure, Outside the arena =&gt;&nbsp; On the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong>&nbsp; Learning about her team;&nbsp; Explaining a little as to what she could do<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio<br><strong>Warning:</strong>&nbsp; A little flirting;&nbsp; Being judgmental;&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; She made a cute little bow, the girl's bust bouncing, to which Karin paid close attention to.&nbsp; It was instinct, after all, to keep tabs on every detail of someone who may be competition.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; She didn't miss how the girl sent some unlucky guy flying with a single punch.&nbsp; Karin, even at her peak, didn't have the Taijutsu skill to match that.&nbsp; Still, with strength like that, she'd be a good ally to have, especially as Karin used mostly long-range offenses.&nbsp; Besides, the girl would be useful to keep any creeps from getting too close to her in a battle.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Where the Uchiha was like an enigma, mysterious and solemn, this guy was like some rock.&nbsp; <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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; As she discussed their travel plans, Karin internally groaned again.&nbsp; Really, why couldn't they have a Jonin from Otogakure or Iwagakure instead?&nbsp; Hell, why couldn't they stay in Konohagakure or even go back home to her village?&nbsp; 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!&nbsp; She knew she should have paid more attention to the water-extraction technique back home!&nbsp; Still, she was interested as, it seemed that she was a member of one of the seven legendary swords.&nbsp; 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>&nbsp; While Karin had to agree that his point was sound, she was still stunned that he'd be the one to suggest it.&nbsp; She figured that the bubbly Uzumaki girl, <em>'What was her name again?'</em>, or the Jonin would suggest something like that.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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>&nbsp; She nodded, moving a little away from the other guy and the Jonin and closer to the other two.&nbsp; Karin knew most of that, but was surprised when he said that few Uchiha could utilize Lightning nature chakra, <strong>"Really?&nbsp; I've heard that Lightning Nature was something that was standard in all Uchiha, just like your specialty with Fire Jutsu."</strong>&nbsp; For once, Karin wasn't being manipulative, as she really was curious.&nbsp; 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>&nbsp; Karin made note that he seemed, as she suspected, to be very well-rounded in battle.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Tsuneo was between them, holding the center.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; That left the other guy.....and she had no idea where he'd be placed.&nbsp; Not that that mattered in the end.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Yeah, his family was divided like that Hyuuga Clan and separated by ability and skill, but that didn't concern her.&nbsp; She did note when he said that he could sense chakra and would try to find out later.&nbsp; His equipment that he carried was boring really, besides that katana, but it was a replica, so it was of lesser importance to her.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; So, who wants to share next?"</strong></em>&nbsp; Karin waited a moment and when no one spoke up, she rolled her eyes and started talking,&nbsp; <strong>"Well, since no one else wants to speak up, let me go ahead and say what needs to be said.&nbsp; Tsuneo-kun's got it right.&nbsp; 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>&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; <br><br><strong>"To start off, I am Isako Karin from Sunagakure, in case you didn't pay attention before.&nbsp; I specialize in ranged styles of fighting, with an emphasis on Ninjutsu.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; I know next to nothing about Genjutsu, but my techniques are usually keeping any users from getting into range."</strong>&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; While you put two and two together, I'll let you know that I use Puppet Jutsu.&nbsp; I have my grandfather's talent and have surpassed him in the maximum number of puppets I can use at once."</strong>&nbsp; She didn't tell them how many, but her next action let on to the number that she could use.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; She really didn't want to do that, but she figured she might as well show them now.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Once they had a good look of the marks, six in total, three on each arm and each almost complete.&nbsp; All it needs is a line of blood across any of the centers of each mark to summon whatever she was going to summon.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; <em>Futagoza (Gemini), Bōrudā (Boulder), and Osuushi (Bull)</em> were on her left arm.<br><br><strong>"Had a good look?&nbsp; Good, because that's all I'm showing you for now,"</strong> she shook down her sleeves as she spoke, covering the marks.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; If they had good memory, one of them could have noted all their names.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Karin, however, kept talking as she finished up, <strong>"That's about that.&nbsp; Like Tsuneo-kun, I have a scroll of basic equipment, repair tools, and medicines."</strong>&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; <br><br>Karin looked at the other two Chunin, figuring that the Jonin would likely speak later, <strong>"That's about that.&nbsp; Any questions?"</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>27-09-2014, 07:22:41</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Uzumaki%20Nanase%20Avatars/Nanase22_zps5c96892d.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=213655.msg10499475#msg10499475)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konohagakure, Outside the arena =&gt;&nbsp; On the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Observing teammates, explaining her skills<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Azura and Takeshi<br><strong>Warning:</strong> hiding some skills<br><hr><br>Takeshi was the next one to introduce himself. While doing so, Nanase noticed how formal and serious he was. That was bad, she thought. It looked like everyone in her team was all business like, stern, no fun at all. Only Karin looked like the exception there. Nanase hoped she was wrong. <br><br>Azura, their team leader, finally spoke and she only confirmed what Nanase was thinking. Getting already to business, she showed a map of the route they were supposed to follow and she didn't want to waste time there. Well, as much as she hated to admit, Nanase knew she had a point. The jorney was, indeed, long.<br><br>So, the team set afoot to Kirigakure. Tsuneo was the first to talk, suggesting they would share their skills, so they could think in the best formation in a case of a battle. He shared some of his skills, which Nanase took note. But what really got her attention, though, was the fact he had Uzumaki blood. He was, like, a very distant cousin. Nanase enjoyed to think in that way, it seemed like he wasn't a complete stranger.<br><br>Then, in sequence, Karin spoke, commenting about her own skills in agreement with Tsuneo's suggestion. She seemed to be pretty skilled, Nana thought. So far, so good, she had the luck to be in a capable team. Thought, while she was talking about what she was capable to do, Nanase noticed a bit of self-assertion on her tone. That made the blonde change her initial thoughts about Karin. She hoped the girl was just trying to ensure her place in the team.<br><br>After she asked if they had any questions, Nanase waited a bit. Then, since no one asked a thing, she thought it was her time to share her skills. <br><br><strong>"Eto... I think it's my turn, so lemme share a bit what I know. If you need a good taijutsu user, then I'm your person, dattebane! Most of my jutsus works only in a close combat. But since you're good at long distance battles, I think we have a good balance here,"</strong> she said, cheerfully. <strong>"Oh, and Jiji thaught me the Kage Bushin no jutsu, so I can be a good scout if needed be."</strong> A bit embarrassed, she added: <strong>"Ano... I guess that's all."</strong> <br><br>Nanase expected they wouldn't think she was that much limited. But something was bothering her until now. They were only curious about each other skills. It looked like they were mere tools for each other. Nanase decided to change that, to give and get something that would make them know a bit more of each other. <br><br><strong>"Ano... There's another thing!"</strong> she said, waiting to gather everyone's attention, <strong>"I love ramen! And... I hate to wake up early."</strong> Nanase had a bright smile on her face. <strong>"You two didn't say a thing you like and hate. It could help to... hmm... to not annoy someone else and... ano... keep a good relationship among ourselves,"</strong> she added as an excuse.&nbsp; Nanase turned to Azura and Takeshi. <strong>"The same applies to you two!"</strong><br><br><hr><span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size">Jiji = granddad (childish way to say it).</span><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kimera</strong> on <strong>30-09-2014, 10:48:47</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121014202010/betterbleachfanfiction/images/9/96/Tia_halibel_arc.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Azura Terumi<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konohagakure, Outside the arena<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Gathering her team and get their voyage started.<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Nanase and Takeshi<br><strong>Warning:</strong><br><hr><br>After the introductions, Azura guided her team out of the city and onto the road leading towards their first camping site. As they walked, she could hear her group beginning to chatter. The uchiha Tsuneo took initiative and began to explain his skills and abilities to the others in the hope to learn more about them in return. Azura could only applaud to this inwardly as she didn't want to interupt the initial group bonding between her pupils. Soon the others followed. While the chonin chatted, it gave her the chance to better observe and reflect upon them.<br><br>Tsuneo initially seemed a bit of the silent and brooding type, but now he was being open and getting into conversation with the girls. <br><br>Karin appeared to be the strong willed and perhaps even bossy type. There was some attitude to be sure and Azura took note of it. At this point it was fine, but she would surely step in if it would ever escalate.<br><br>Then there was Nanase, who looked like nothing could ever ruin her good mood. The most playfull of the bunch, she was also the first to turn the conversation from business and into more social topics like what they liked and disliked and she even addressed the ones that had not yet spoken, including herself. In response, Azura turned her head to look at the four and then began to explain.<br><br><strong>"As all Jonin, I am required to have a decent skill in all 3 schools of jutsu, although I'm mostly trained in Taijutsu and Ninjutsu. From my title you might have gathered that I've focused my style around swordsplay and my personal equipments offcourse includes Samehada" She said while pointing at eh huge bandaged blade upon her back</strong> &nbsp;She explains in a rather business like voice. Hearing its name, the blade Samehada wiggles for an instant before returning motionless again. She didn't mention any of her 3 elemental affinities just yet as she didn't want to overshadow the group in one go.<br><br>Then Azura's tone changed slightly and she became more warm and openly.<br><br><strong>"...As to what I like, well there is nothing I love more then to spend some time at the onsen after a hard day of work. Soaking and relaxing in the warm, steamy water with a nice cup of sake to lift my mood." </strong> &nbsp;<br><br>Given her love for onsen, carefull observers might now also note that the travelling route Azura had planned out actually contains a half day detour so it would include a visit to a rather famous hot spring within the land of fire. <br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>30-09-2014, 18:31:57</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-1635205895.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Chishio Juro Takeshi<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konohagakure, Outside the arena =&gt; On the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Listening, Learning and Informing.<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Nanase and Azura<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Blood<br><hr><br>Takeshi did listen of course to what was being said as they journeyed back to his home. In truth he would be glad to head back home so soon. After all it was vibrant with life all it's own and it could be quite beautiful… Even in the most delay to moments of course. The puppet master he knew he would have a considerably hard time dealing with if it ever came to it much less anyone whom masters such a craft. He would have to take into account these things if he wanted to be worthy of a place in his own family.<br><br>Going over each of them he easily made note of Karin's abilities seeing as how they were the antithesis of one such as him but were very good in support and long range. Nanase seemed like the one whom could easily work things over blow by blow, considering how absurd her strength was. Possibly charka induce and it was clear she's a heavy hitter, despite her chipper attitude. It seems they had quite the number of taijutsu users and not much in the ways of genjutsu. Save for Tsuneo of course as his clan had it innately tied to them and by his own admission. The description he gave showed that Ninjutsu was something he considered himself to be much stronger in using. It was all about how the three basic trees were applied that gave them their individual traits.<br><br>As he assessed, they had an abundance of close combat. Which brought his thoughts back to his own as he was the only one to have not talked about things as they walked. He felt that it would be best to demonstrate a touch rather than simply talk of it. Let his actions speak for themselves as it were. The words that Nanase used about them being socially stunted were not lost upon her and thus Takeshi decided to humor the request. <strong>"Celery, baby carrots all diced up in chicken stock. Noodles cooked separately with a single breast stripped down vertically to help give color and texture. Combine when ready to serve."</strong> Takeshi said revealing he had a small penchant for cooking at least and as such just described how he'd cook ramen in his idealistic matter. <br><br>As they walked, his eyes caught something within his peripheral vision. It was faint but it was there and as he walked along side the trees, it struck. A quick flash of fangs attached to a fairly large snake with a diamond like head. The young ninja managed to catch the creature with his hand. Chishio had the snake by the head, gripping it firmly in hand as it squirms about around his forearm. Holding it firmly he then runs his thumb over the back of the head and the snake swiftly begins to relax slowly until it begins to look like it has curled up for a nap. The snakes fangs were being milked of it's venom with a vial and cork. There was nothing really after that as he walks along with this "large" snake firmly wrapped around him. How he got it to sleep he would explain. <strong>"This serpent is at the moment in a state of hibernation. No different from what it would do during the colder seasons. This is done by controlling it's blood gradually until it sleeps. A mere hunting trick amongst the younger genin of Chishio. But also innate..."</strong> He said as he then places the now deeply asleep snake in the grass off the beaten path before catching up with the group.<br><br>Once along side them he would make a small cut with the kunai along his thumb. Didn't even flinch as if he had done this to himself so many times he's completely numb to it. He cuts just enough so that it <em>should</em> have drawn blood however the blood is not coming out. It's there but it isn't coming out. His eyes glance over to the others for the moment before he would then speak up once more. <strong>"Blood is my strength and is my enemies weakness."</strong> He said giving one of the most prominent sayings of the Chishio and leaves it at that. They were clever enough in his mind to draw the proper conclusions of what that could possibly entail. How he could control not just his own but anthers as well.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AidenWhite</strong> on <strong>03-10-2014, 07:20:05</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/be/Rsz_noctis_lucis_caelum_by_milady666-d5078as.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Tsuneo Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> On the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Conversing with new teammates<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki, Karin Isako, Azura Terumi, Takeshi Chishio<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Tsuneo is amused<br><hr><br>The young Uchiha answered Karin's question about the Uchiha before she started her own talk about her own techniques, <strong>"It's true that many of the Uchiha have the capability and means to learn the Lightning Nature, however, few have the aptitude to do so. If you understand what I mean."</strong> That's how it was in life many times, the talented were separated from the hard-workers. Even if the hard-workers matched up to the talented, the hard-working talented were another insurmountable wall to climb. <strong>"Those other Uchiha would take decades to master the Lightning Nature, most of them would rather spend time developing their Fire Style further. There are a few however that take the long path to learning the Lightning Style."</strong> Then Karin spoke after no one else volunteered themselves to go.<br><br>Tsuneo listened intently to Karin's capabilities and jutsu. She was apparently a puppet user, like Kankuro of the Sand which also happened to be a relative of hers. He kept a mental note of that. She also declared confidently that she had surpassed Kankuro in the amount of puppets he could use at once, which if Tsuneo could recall correctly was four. That was impressive of her, controlling more than four puppets took a very organized mind and a very meticulous application of the Puppet Jutsu. Her ability to do this was very admirable indeed. She exposed her arms for a short amount of time before pulling down her sleeves. It seemed she was aware that there could be spies at any time watching them as they left the city. Tsuneo was correct in thinking that Karin was a clever woman, another facet of hers that was admirable. His quick eyes picked up six symbols on her arms, the amount of puppets she could use presumably. He was only able to make out two on the right arm, the one closest to him, and one on the left. <em>Kame, Taranchura and Kaeru</em> were the ones that stuck out to him. <em>Kame</em> was probably a shield puppet of some sort, <em>Taranchura</em> was probably a multi-armed puppet armed with poison, and he couldn't even begin to guess what <em>Kaeru</em> did. A jumping puppet? Or perhaps it was an allusion towards the tongue of a frog, something came out of its mouth and attached to an opponent, most likely coated with poison. She might have had others stashed away on her person, keeping that a secret from any potential spies. Or perhaps those on her arms were all of them. Still, six puppets, that was amazing. This thought wasn't outwardly expressed besides an instance of his eyebrows being raised when she showed her arms. She finished by saying that she kept the same type of tools as he did, bar the repair tools and other things for her puppets, but this bothered Tsuneo. Didn't she also need to replace the poison in her puppets? Or perhaps she didn't use poison. This had the young Uchiha thinking for a while. He decided to drop it, believing that she had a reason for not indulging that fact to the rest of them. He replied to her, <strong>"No questions from me."</strong><br><br>Next came Nanase, of whom Tsuneo was already familiar with her origins and presumed already that she was exclusively a taijutsu user just like her grandfather. Her own comments reinforced this thought as she also revealed that Naruto taught her the Kage Bushin no Jutsu. If he went so far as to teach her that, maybe he also started to teach her the Rasengan? That would be a useful technique to have in the group, paired up with his own Chidori. Nanase revealed herself in a more personal light, saying that she loved ramen and hated to wake up early. Tsuneo lightly chuckled after Nanase suggested that they should be more personal with each other than just treating everyone like tools to be used. She had a point, however, since they were going to be together for a long time, everyone should be more open about themselves. It couldn't be helped, in the end, all of these people will know him just as if they were a member of the Uchiha clan. He did not know how to feel about that. The young Uchiha let Azura and Takeshi speak before indulging Nanase's request.<br><br>Azura's specialties didn't come as a surprise to Tsuneo, seeing as she was a Jonin, of course she would be well versed in all three types of Jutsu, but she had a preference towards Tai- and Ninjutsu. She showed the others her special sword, Samehada, of which Tsuneo already knew she had. She stopped there in describing her abilities, but the young ninja already knew from the Uchiha intel that Azura had an affinity to Earth, Fire, and Water, possessing the Kekkei-Genkai of Lava-Release and Boil-Release. This was a high-level ninja leading them. Azura mentioned that she loved going to the hot springs, drinking sake, which was a side of her that he didn't expect. Actually, it threw him for a loop, as he almost lost footing before seamlessly regaining his balance. Such a serious-looking woman actually liked to relax like that. At least that proved to him that she was still human.<br><br>Then Takeshi spoke and from the moment he started to speak to the moment he stopped speaking, Tsuneo was thrown even more for a loop as what Takeshi said made little to no sense to him. First he spoke about cooking which sounded nice and all, like he memorized it from a cookbook or something, then he caught a snake, killing it and extracting its venom, and finally he cut himself, showing that he does not bleed and said something that sounded like a catch phrase. Tsuneo looked to the side away from everyone and a hopeless look appeared on his face. <em>That's nice and all, but what about your jutsu and your capabilities? Hell, you didn't even listen to Nanase about revealing something you like and something you hate.</em> All Tsuneo gathered from that, combined with his previous knowledge about his clan, was that he can control blood pretty well, especially his own. But that still didn't tell everyone if he was a close distance fighter or otherwise. Tsuneo could tell that he was capable, but could the others? Communication was important and he was being all sorts of vague. He can cook, but so can every ninja to a certain level. Survival techniques were taught to him since he was able to walk. Tsuneo was the designated cook in his group in the Uchiha, so perhaps he'll have to do that here with this group as well. His attention came back to the group as he saw that he had nothing to add for sure.<br><br>Tsuneo scratched his head, <strong>"Uh.. okay. Alright then, something I like, huh? Hmm."</strong> He thought about it and came up with something he liked more than anything, <strong>"I like it when sun starts to set and the clouds and sky turn into a mixture of blue and orange. Now.. something I hate.."</strong> The first thing that came to his mind was Konohagakure, but he couldn't bring himself to say that, he had a little more tact than that. He then finished the statement, <strong>"I hate being misunderstood. I tend to be blunt and that rubs people the wrong way, in ways I certainly didn't intend to, but that comes from talking little and being too straightforward whenever I do talk."</strong> Then he looked at Karin, wondering what she might say. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>10-10-2014, 18:54:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images4.fanpop.com/image/polls/535000/535536_1283929197177_full.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Karin Isako<br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; On the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong>&nbsp; Trying to be nice and welcoming<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio<br><strong>Warning:</strong>&nbsp; Blah, blah, blah, come on, I'm bored!<br><hr><br>Tsuneo-kun explained her question about the Uchiha's chakra rather promptly, <em><strong>"It's true that many of the Uchiha have the capability and means to learn the Lightning Nature, however, few have the aptitude to do so. If you understand what I mean.&nbsp; Those other Uchiha would take decades to master the Lightning Nature, most of them would rather spend time developing their Fire Style further. There are a few however that take the long path to learning the Lightning Style."</strong></em>&nbsp; Karin nodded that she understood, <strong>"Makes sense.&nbsp; Wind and Earth natures are the most common in Sunagakure, but my family is almost solely wind with a few rare fire natures."</strong><br><br>After Karin had finished explaining herself to the group and rolled down her sleeves, Tsuneo said he didn't have any questions, which left Nanase-chan the chance to pipe up.&nbsp; She was a rather cute girl, she'd give her that.&nbsp; As Nanase-chan spoke, she confirmed Karin's suspicions that the girl was a Taijutsu user, and a flipping good one too.&nbsp; At the very least, better than she was.&nbsp; Karin wasn't surprised by the admittance that she could do Kage Bushin no jutsu since the girl was a descendant of Naruto.&nbsp; She cocked her head to the side as she spoke up, <strong>"How many clones can you do?&nbsp; I've dabbled in that technique, but it took about five years for me to make one solid clone, which is my limits in that technique, I guess.&nbsp; I don't really like using it as I don't have extraordinarily massive Chakra reserves, but it helps when I need to use all my puppets all at once for long periods of time."</strong><br><br>Moments later, almost as if it were an afterthought, Nanase-chan spoke of loving Ramen and hating to wake up early.&nbsp; Karin could respect the latter part as she also hated getting up too early.&nbsp; Still, as much as she hated to admit it, the girl was right.&nbsp; They couldn't really function as a team until they had revealed a little something about themselves.&nbsp; Karin opened her mouth to speak, but quickly shut it as Terumi-Sensei started speaking, revealing what Karin had thought to be correct.&nbsp; As a member of the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist, she was a capable Taijutsu user, but admitted to being more heavily focused in Taijutsu and Ninjutsu rather than Genjutsu.&nbsp; Looks like Karin would be playing a big part in their battle strategies since she was their longest-ranged fighter.&nbsp; Still, it surprised her a little when Terumi-Sensei said she enjoyed Sake and Hot Springs.&nbsp; Karin supposed that she shouldn't have been surprised, but she was anyway.<br><br>Soon after that, the other guy, Takeshi-kun (he wasn't deserving of being called by his first name anyway in her eyes) did some sort of strange trick with a snake and spoke as if he were reading something he had spent weeks rehearsing on.&nbsp; That was so boring!&nbsp; Seriously, she'd had classes back at the academy that were less boring than that.....well, the snake was interesting, but he was being cryptic!&nbsp; <em>'Come on, you dumbass, tell us your skills or something.&nbsp; Can't work with you if you work against us by not saying anything.&nbsp; I mean, you keep yammering on about blood this and blood that.&nbsp; Really, any ninja worth her salt could have subdued a viper with her eyes closed.&nbsp; Show us something that you can do that we can't.'</em>&nbsp; Despite her fuming on the inside, she put a polite smile on her face and nodded as if she was impressed, which she wasn't at all.<br><br>Luckily, Tsuneo-kun started speaking again, removing her attention from that frustrating guy back to him.&nbsp; She had to agree that sunsets were nice, but most days in the village were orange, but she did enjoy the occasional clear, blue days.&nbsp; As for his admittance of being blunt, Karin could understand that as well.&nbsp; Uchiha tended to be rather blunt and to the point from her understanding and so did she.&nbsp; Why bother beating around a rock when you could just as easily go through it?&nbsp; When he stopped talking, she waited a moment before rolling her eyes, <strong>"Okay, okay, let's see......I am not a fan of sneaking around and like to just do things, be it missions, boys, or having fun.&nbsp; Sure there are missions where sneaking is needed and I am find with that, but it's not my favorite thing to do.&nbsp; I do like crushed ice, which is a rare treat back at the village, and I absolutely love fruits, especially oranges.&nbsp; I guess you can say I like taking charge, but only because no one's ever stepped up to do anything unless they were higher ranks."</strong>&nbsp; Karin glanced pointedly at Terumi-Sensei at the last remark before continuing, <strong>"Other than that, I do enjoy quiet times where I can work on my puppets.&nbsp; I don't mind my teammates, which means you, asking questions, so long as you expect me to ask you questions.&nbsp; I don't go revealing personal things unless you all&nbsp; are revealing just as much."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>15-10-2014, 17:23:18</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Uzumaki%20Nanase%20Avatars/Nanase19_zpsa87ff58e.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=213655.msg10499475#msg10499475)<br><strong>Location:</strong> On the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Observing teammates, explaining her skills<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Azura and Takeshi<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Oh, now we could see each other as friends!<br><hr><br><em><strong>"How many clones can you do?&nbsp; I've dabbled in that technique, but it took about five years for me to make one solid clone, which is my limits in that technique, I guess.&nbsp; I don't really like using it as I don't have extraordinarily massive Chakra reserves, but it helps when I need to use all my puppets all at once for long periods of time,"</strong></em> asked Karin to Nanase. The blonde put a finger on her chin, thinking about a proper answer. <br><br><strong>"Ano... eight. Yeah, that's all. Jiji could summon hundreds, but he have Kurama to fuel him up, so it's not fair!"</strong> she said, excusing herself and trying to avoid any comparisons with her granddad. Funny, since she was the one who made the first comparison. Nanase checked once her limit of clones. She could summon fifteen at most, but that would leave her depleted and unable of fight, so it was useless. When she summoned ten, she could retain energy and skill to keep fighting, so that was her practical limit. But Nanase always avoided to summon that many, trying to use that technique in a more strategic way. So, the best way to let her comrades know how she uses it was to inform a smaller number as her limit for clones.<br><br>When their jounin began to speak and stated all of her specialties in the battle field, Nanase looked at her a bit disappointed. She didn't even thought about the impressive set of skills of their leader. Azura simply ignored her request! <br><br>And, while Nana was wondering if their jounin leader was really a cold bastard, she heard Azura speaking once again, in a way softer tone: <strong><em>"...As to what I like, well there is nothing I love more then to spend some time at the onsen after a hard day of work. Soaking and relaxing in the warm, steamy water with a nice cup of sake to lift my mood."</em></strong><br><br>Nanase smiled and nodded at her. So, she was just making a bit of mystery, right? Nana almost fell for that. But, more importantly, the jounin accepted her suggestion and talked about herself, so she must be a nice person, right? The others would follow her lead now. <br><br>The next person to speak, and the last one to state his skills was the mysterious Takeshi. First, he began to recite a recipe for a ramen.<strong> "Oh, sounds delicious! Can you cook?"</strong> asked Nanase. If he was a good cook, they would get along well, for sure. Eating was along the things Nana loved to do. She was really lucky to being able to retain her weight despite the amount of food she could eat.<br><br>Right after, the boy took a snake and put it to sleep. He said it was a common trick from his clan, something related to controlling the blood from the other living being. But Nana could only imagine how strong that technique was, since that was all he showed about himself. If they were in a real fight, would it help him to make their enemies bleed? Or it didn't matter to him (which could make his skill really scary)? Nanase made a mental note to ask him that later, it would be handful. <br><br>Next one to speak was Tsuneo. He scratched his head thinking about what he would list as something he would like and then he finally said: <strong><em>"I like it when sun starts to set and the clouds and sky turn into a mixture of blue and orange. Now.. something I hate.. I hate being misunderstood. I tend to be blunt and that rubs people the wrong way, in ways I certainly didn't intend to, but that comes from talking little and being too straightforward whenever I do talk."</em></strong><br><br><strong>"I'll keep that in mind, Uchiha-san! I promise to not get annoyed by your bluntness,"</strong> exclaimed the blonde with a warm smile, ignoring she could be the one being blunt right now, <strong>"and about the sunset, I agree with you. It's beautiful!"</strong><br><br>Nanase was starting to like that conversation. It was like they could be more that just team mates. They could be friends, why not? The next one to speak was Karin:<br><br><em><strong>"Okay, okay, let's see......I am not a fan of sneaking around and like to just do things, be it missions, boys, or having fun.&nbsp; Sure there are missions where sneaking is needed and I am fine with that, but it's not my favorite thing to do.&nbsp; I do like crushed ice, which is a rare treat back at the village, and I absolutely love fruits, especially oranges.&nbsp; I guess you can say I like taking charge, but only because no one's ever stepped up to do anything unless they were higher ranks. Other than that, I do enjoy quiet times where I can work on my puppets.&nbsp; I don't mind my teammates, which means you, asking questions, so long as you expect me to ask you questions.&nbsp; I don't go revealing personal things unless you all&nbsp; are revealing just as much."</strong></em><br><br>Nana listened to her and took note of all things she liked and hated. Just for the sake of being supportive, she said: <strong>"Ano... Well, if you want to ask more questions about me, Isako-san, feel free to do so."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>03-11-2014, 09:28:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-1635205895.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Chishio Juro Takeshi<br><strong>Location:</strong> Konohagakure, Outside the arena =&gt; On the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Listening, Learning and Informing.<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Nanase and Azura<br><strong>Warning:</strong> None<br><hr><br>Seeing the looks upon some of the faces they did not seemingly take the hint so if this was the case he'll spell this out as basic as he could. Blood would start pooling into his hand as if it was bleeding profusely from the cut. <strong>"My clan is Chishio… and it creed is depicting the strength of our own unique bloodline, and the weaknesses all Ninja have when they face us. Your very heart pumps the very weapon we wield. Chakra runs through all living beings down to their life giving heart. Our clan discovered early on we have an innate gift to control this Chakra. Not just in ourselves but in others as well."</strong> He said as they walked with his eyes upon each of them by staying upon the very right of them. Meanwhile the blood began to form into a perfect orb that began to turn along the fingers of Juri <strong>"Legends and existing ninja of my clan each have impressive feats and made advancement to our techniques. One such feat is to make the blood from an opponent flee it's body… by any route available."</strong> <br><br>He would then go on to exposit on something else. <strong>"And not all born into the clan remain so. Only those worthy can remain within it and carry on their bloodline. A way to keep the clan at peak strength and allow it to thrive. It is merely the same as any rite of passage into adulthood. Thus is why I am here. To earn that right."</strong> He said simply enough and if they could not decipher that then tho might be a lost cause. Either way he would have their respect if nothing else. The blood would retreat back into the hand and then he would explain one last thing. <strong>"Though I may be of the Hidden Village of Mist I am also of fire. Ninjistu and Taijutsu are worked in unison to create the style of the Chishio clan. And yes… stealth is something that is prioritized within the clan. If you have questions on other specifics then ask."</strong> He would then continue on without much left to discuss. <br><br>However he did mention one thing concerning Nanase since her question came up. <strong>"Yes I do. It is quite relaxing and I enjoy the reactions people have when they sample my food."</strong> He would elaborate on this further. <strong>"Perhaps if you would care for it, I'll prepare some ramen for you. It's not much but I can make it work for a suitable meal with some seasoned breads for dipping."</strong> He would make preparations in this regard though only within his mind. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kimera</strong> on <strong>09-11-2014, 11:03:31</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121014202010/betterbleachfanfiction/images/9/96/Tia_halibel_arc.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Azura Terumi<br><strong>Location:</strong> On the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Guiding her team to first camp spot<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Nanase and Takeshi<br><strong>Warning:</strong><br><hr><br>Azura let the rest of the group have their little chat while she returned her attention back on the road and the map. After an hour or so, the group was walking along a trail curving around a hill to the left, while giving a rather splendid view of a serene valley below. The jonin stopped to take a look and enjoy the scenery before pointing down.<br><br><strong>"That seems like a good spot to set up camp for the day"</strong> Azura remarked, her finger pointing towards a clearing between the trees of the valley right next to a little stream. A campste next to fresh water would be handy and if they were lucky, there might be some fish for them to catch. After giving everyone some time to have a good view, Azura guided them into the valley and after another hour and a half, they finally reached their first resting spot.<br><br>Dumping her small backpack on the ground, Azura stretched herself for a moment before speaking up <strong>"Well here we are!"</strong> She announced before continuing <strong>"Lets set up camp first. Set up the tents, gather some firewood and perhaps catch some fish"</strong>. Azura gave no further instructions, allowing the chonin to divide the chores on their own to encourage team building. Although giving a bit of a passive attitude, this did not mean she wouldn't help in the chores themselves...or step in if the chonin got into an argument...or worse.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AidenWhite</strong> on <strong>09-11-2014, 19:30:02</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/be/Rsz_noctis_lucis_caelum_by_milady666-d5078as.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Tsuneo Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Camp, on the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> About to go Fishing<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki, Karin Isako, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Tsuneo is lost in thought<br><hr><br>Tsuneo rolled his eyes after Takeshi explained his abilities finally without the confusion. Takeshi would have to know that there wasn't much on his clan in the way of information whereas even the most common of commoners knew about the Uchiha and the Sharingan, plus there were all those stories from the elderly that fought alongside Naruto and Sasuke. The Uchiha garnered mixed receptions as some blamed the Uchiha for the whole mess while others saw it as a few bad apples trying to spoil the lot. Tsuneo returned his attention to the road before him and eventually they came to a curving trail that led them around a hill which exposed view of the valley below. <br><br>Tsuneo stopped as Azura remarked that the clearing she pointed at would make a good camping spot. Tsuneo agreed, then look out over the valley, taking a deep breath and then exhaling. Then he continued his walk with the rest of the group while still looking off to the side. There was a river passing through nearby the clearing so there was the water and food. The area was also somewhat secure, so there would only need to be one lookout. This scenery brought back memories of his own missions with his usual Uchiha group. But after seeing something like this, there was always an ambush sooner or later. It was bittersweet, viewing this remarkable scene but suspecting there will be danger afterwards. Tsuneo looked forward, thinking, <em>Perhaps not this time.</em><br><br>Eventually, they arrived to the campsite. Tsuneo dropped his backpack on the floor. It was time to distribute tasks, so the young Uchiha spoke, <strong>"I'll go fishing, so everyone give me their water containers, I'll go fill them up while I'm fishing."</strong> 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>12-11-2014, 00:49:29</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images4.fanpop.com/image/polls/535000/535536_1283929197177_full.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Karin Isako<br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; First stop on the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong>&nbsp; Setting up camp, trying to get the competition on her side<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio<br><strong>Warning:</strong>&nbsp; Showing her kind side a little, but not too much<br><hr><br>Karin rolled her eyes at Takeshi-kun's further attempts at explaining things, <em>'Yeah?&nbsp; And how does that explain things?&nbsp; You have to give us something more than that.&nbsp; I've never even heard of your clan before and judging by Tsuneo-kun's and Nanase-chan's looks, they don't know either.&nbsp; I mean, everyone knows everything about the Uzumakis, the Uchihas, the Seven Swordsmen, and the Puppeteers, but not knowing anything about you other than your vague explanations is so unfair!'</em><br><br>All while that went through her head, Karin smiled and nodded at him as if she understood anything he just said.&nbsp; Soon though, Azura-Sensei had them stop where she pointed out a small clearing near some water, <em><strong>"That seems like a good spot to set up camp for the day."</strong></em>&nbsp; Karin looked at the place, thinking in terms of defensive positions, traps, and ambushes.&nbsp; They had already traveled quite a ways and the sun was starting to go down.&nbsp; It would be night in a few short hours and they may as well start setting up camp.&nbsp; <br><br>As soon as they reached the little clearing, Karin dropped her bag as Tsuneo-kun volunteered to fish and get water.&nbsp; She couldn't think of a viable reason to follow him so she just tossed her container as well as a small vial of clear liquid, <strong>"That's Essence of Dragon's Tongue, a flower that only grows back at my village.&nbsp; Just put a drop of it in each container after you've filled them and the water should be purified in about half an hour."</strong>&nbsp; With that done, she moved closer to Nanase-chan and crouched down over her bag, opening it to pull out a small roll of bedding.&nbsp; Karin wasn't too trusting of Takashi-kun and figured that Tsuneo-kun was the kind of guy that slept away from the group, so that left Nanase-chan.&nbsp; Might as well try to get to know the girl.<br><br><strong>"So, do you mind if I sleep here, Nanase-chan?"</strong>&nbsp; She didn't give her time to answer as she unfurled her bedding beside her.&nbsp; One way or another, Karin was going to make her her second around here.&nbsp; The girl was strong but seemed like she was the kind of girl that needed someone to give direction, which was where Karin came in.&nbsp; Besides, she had a feeling that the two of them could work pretty well together, given their strengths.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>14-11-2014, 18:41:58</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Uzumaki%20Nanase%20Avatars/Nanase16_zpsaee327a8.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=213655.msg10499475#msg10499475)<br><strong>Location:</strong> First stop on the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Setting up camp, fetching woods.<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Azura and Takeshi<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Camp time!<br><hr><br>Nanase heard Takeshi's explanation about his skills, but he still kept a bit of mystery. However, he did say his techniques could force the blood of a person to abandon their body, given they had a route. <em>So, I need to cut enemies to help him</em>, thought Nanase, at once. She wasn't so concerned about what else he could do, he would open himself more with time, she hoped. When Takeshi said he was a cooker and offered himself to make a ramen for her, Nanase smiled and nodded. <strong>"I would like to taste it, sure!"</strong> agreed the girl, emphatically. <br><br>Their leader stopped for a moment and pointed down a clearing among the trees, nearby a little stream. She said it was a good place for a camp, and Nanase agreed in silence. Though she wasn't tired, the day would give place for the night in an hour, so it was a good idea to settle down.<br><br>Azura told them to set up the camp, distributing some tasks. Tsuneo volunteered to fish and grab water to everyone. Nanase threw her container after Karin, and then announced she would fetch the wood. The girl summoned two kage bushins. <strong>"Alright, you know what to do! Don't take forever, we're counting on you!"</strong> she said to her copies. The two other blondies agreed and ran away towards the forest. <strong>"Right, that should do it!"</strong> said Nanase, cheerful, with a clenched first.<br><br><em><strong>"So, do you mind if I sleep here, Nanase-chan?" </strong></em><br><br>Karin was at her side, unfurling her bedding. Nanase smiled, with a thumbs up. <strong>"Of course not, Karin-chan!"</strong> She put her bag down and took a sleeping bag, carefully placing it on the floor. <strong>"It looks like we have a nice group here, right?"</strong> she asked, just to start a conversation.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kimera</strong> on <strong>23-11-2014, 15:48:45</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121014202010/betterbleachfanfiction/images/9/96/Tia_halibel_arc.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Azura Terumi<br><strong>Location:</strong> First Camp on the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Guiding her team to first camp spot<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Nanase and Takeshi<br><strong>Warning:</strong><br><hr><br>After stating the chores, Azura remained at the center of their little encampment while her chonin burst into action. Tsuneo Uchiha took initiative by volunteering to fish and fill everyones water containers. The two girls began to set up their bedrolls after Nanase had summoned two copies of herself to gather wood for the campfire. Normally, Azura would have given Nanase a little scolding for using kage bushins for such a menial task, but decided to let it slip just this once.<br><br>It was as good a time to start and get to know her pupils a bit better. With Tsuneo gone fishing and Chishio out of sight, she decided to start with the two girls. Approaching the two, she kneeled besides them, starting some small talk. <strong>"So girls, enjoying the experience so far? Anyone been to Kirigakure before?"</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AidenWhite</strong> on <strong>26-11-2014, 07:11:55</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/be/Rsz_noctis_lucis_caelum_by_milady666-d5078as.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Tsuneo Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Camp, on the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Fishing<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki, Karin Isako, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Tsuneo is lost in thought<br><hr><br>With everyone's containers of water in his possession, Tsuneo headed towards the river with the intention to start fishing. As he walked towards the river, his mind was deep in thought yet somehow still aware of his surroundings. Tsuneo began to wonder if he'd ever get the chance he needed to wake up his Sharingan. His abilities as a ninja are already held in high regard, that coupled with his 100% mission success rate, the young Uchiha was already in contention to take over the helm of the clan but the elders believed that while he was useful, he still needed time to grow into the person he wanted to be. They said that they didn't need a half-assed clan leader. If he was going to be a violent leader who sought to expand his territory or if he wanted peace or some other ambition, so be it as long as he was sure that it was he wanted. It was in Sasuke's will that Tsuneo was to inherit his eyes once he was ready, so it was as if the throne was for his taking, but the young ninja wasn't so foolish as to think that it was a sure thing. He still needed to pull his weight and do his side of the work as well. Tsuneo believed that this included waking up his Sharingan, his impatience towards this was uncharacteristic of him since he was usually a calculative, yet also decisive person. <br><br>But day after day, night after night, he wonder if he'd ever meet someone as strong or stronger than him to really push his limits. Out of his teammates, he believed that Takeshi would be the most troublesome to fight against, but genjutsu and long-ranged tactics would probably do the trick. As for the Uzumaki girl, while close-combat is her forte, she seems to be a bit naive and would lose at a battle of wits. Karin was dangerous, but perhaps once he got past her puppets, she'd be a sitting duck. Then the Jonin, with her kekkei genkai, it would be interesting and could not be determined by just simulation, but he believed that fight would be less worrisome than the one if he and Takeshi were to fight. Tsuneo was content with having people of their abilities on his side since it was better not to have to fight them.<br><br>He finally arrived at the river and removed his shirt and shoes, stepping into the river. The young ninja closed his eyes and emptied his minds, forming a metaphysical sphere around his body with his hands. As soon as a fish entered the sphere he formed with his mind, he scooped the fish and tossed it next to his clothes. The young ninja would continue this until he got enough fish for everybody. All the fish he caught were placed on his shirt and tied up then slung over his shoulder.<br><br>Once he returned to the camp, Tsuneo saw that Azura, Karin and Nanase were all talking. He paid little attention to them, figuring it was natural for women to bond with one another. He muttered, <strong>"I'm back with the fish."</strong> The young ninja laid on the ground, using his rolled up sleeping bag as a pillow, and he looked up at the sky, waiting for the firewood to return.&nbsp; &nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>15-01-2015, 06:13:02</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-1635205895.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Chishio Juro Takeshi<br><strong>Location:</strong> Camp =&gt; On the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Keeping the others at an arms length; Cooking<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Nanase and Azura<br><strong>Warning:</strong> None<br><hr><br>Since a majority have decided to show the same suspicion he showed them, then he saw no reason to go further on the matter. This mission would be a success and he would see to it that the outcome was favorable. It had to be if he wanted to have any place within his own clan. In either case Takeshi had come back from his task of finding wood, namely from the ground of fallen twigs, sticks and branches he could more or less easily snap off. No need to bother making the extra reach in both any relation with his team members or the effort bringing back back wood from high up the tree. All he needed was enough wood to last the night and thats all. No more and no less. Upon his return he had an ample supply of firewood and also began sharpening sticks for skewering fish meat with one of the kunai.<br><br>Whilst one fishes another was currently rummaging through his pack for a cast iron pot, a small packet of rice and makes use of the water given unto him to start making some rice. Granted it wasn't the ramen like Nanase might hope for but it was something to fill her belly and at the very least it would sustain her. Takeshi went to the gory task of butchering the fish away from the group camp after retrieving them from Uchiha. He soon came back with the meat but not the guts as he had buried them in a small hole to make sure the stretch didn't carry over or lure predators to their woods. It was a methodical approach that allowed him to let the right cook in the iron pot. Skewering the meat so that it was certain not to fall into the fire itself he would stick it into the ground just over the flames so that both could cook proper. Yes he could go fancy with the cooking though but why bother? Only a bit of salt would be what he gave the fish and maybe some crushed herb to help add to any flavor that could be acquired.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>16-01-2015, 06:15:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://images4.fanpop.com/image/polls/535000/535536_1283929197177_full.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Karin Isako<br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; First stop on the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong>&nbsp; Setting up camp and making nice with Nanase, trying to get her strength on her side, just in case.<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio<br><strong>Warning:</strong>&nbsp; Pretending to be kinder than normal, less manipulative.<br><hr><br><em><strong>"Of course not, Karin-chan!&nbsp; It looks like we have a nice group here, right?"</strong></em> said Nanase-chan with a goofy smile on her face and giving her a thumbs up.&nbsp; Karin just smiled as warmly as she could, <strong>"Thank you, Nanase-chan.&nbsp; It does indeed look like we have a nice, little team here.&nbsp; I do wonder about the boys though.&nbsp; I mean, they seem so.....so.... ~"</strong> She paused as if she were searching for a word to describe them before waving her hand, <strong>"~ The seem so dull, you know?&nbsp; It's not like I don't like a brooding guy, but they seem to be more brooding than the norm, no?"</strong>&nbsp; Karin finished setting up her little bedding and was about to say something more when Terumi-sensei appeared&nbsp; behind them!&nbsp; Although Karin didn't reveal any outward signs of surprise other than a slight widening of her eyes, she was still questioning how she missed her appearing.<br><br><em><strong>"So girls, enjoying the experience so far? Anyone been to Kirigakure before?"</strong></em> asked Terumi-sensei, making some small talk now that both the boys were out of sight and earshot.&nbsp; This left Karin with a slight dilemma as she could certainly answer the first question easily and truthfully, but the second question was a little harder to answer.&nbsp; She and her team had done a mission close to the village before, but never crossed the border.&nbsp; It was one of their last missions before they became chosen to be part of the Task Force program and they had to chase down a villager from their village who was trying to take stolen data across boarders.&nbsp; It had been a very near thing, barely a half a kilometer from the edge of Kirigakure's country's boarder.<br><br>So, with barely a second's pause, Karin answered confidently, <strong>"I have to say that I have so far,&nbsp; It's been rather quiet, but I'm not complaining.&nbsp; I do crave some action to keep myself on my toes and my skills sharp, but not if it means putting my team in danger."</strong>&nbsp; All that she said was truth as, although Karin was a manipulative bitch at times, she wasn't the kind to put anyone on her team in danger.&nbsp; Her fighting style mirrored that as she ambushed foes with her multitude of puppets while playing defense with her singular defensive puppet, which could double as a safe place to tend to a wounded teammate.&nbsp; Karin continued, <strong>"As for ever being to Kirigakure, I've never been.&nbsp; I've never even been in the land of the Mist, let alone the village.&nbsp; This will be a first for me, actually."</strong><br><br>As they continued talking, Karin noted that Tsuneo-kun had returned with the fish, which he set on the ground, wrapped in his shirt, before he lay down to look at the sky.&nbsp; Karin didn't hear what he said as he had muttered something, but she rather wished he'd at least be a little more friendly to them.&nbsp; Though, she could tell that he was far more open than Chishio-kun.&nbsp; Speaking of, he seemed to have returned minutes after Tsuneo-kun and started preparing the fish.&nbsp; He set up the fire and disappeared for a few moments outside the camp before returning with the fish.&nbsp; For all of her issues with him, she had to admit that he was decent at cooking, something of which she wasn't very good at.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>21-01-2015, 01:40:41</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Uzumaki%20Nanase%20Avatars/Nanase16_zpsaee327a8.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=213655.msg10499475#msg10499475)<br><strong>Location:</strong> First stop on the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Returning with the firewoods (shadow clones), chatting a little.<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Azura and Takeshi<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Camp time!<br><hr><br>While finishing to set up her bed, Karin answered Nanase: <em><strong>"Thank you, Nanase-chan.&nbsp; It does indeed look like we have a nice, little team here.&nbsp; I do wonder about the boys though.&nbsp; I mean, they seem so.....so.... The seem so dull, you know?&nbsp; It's not like I don't like a brooding guy, but they seem to be more brooding than the norm, no?"</strong></em><br><br>Nanase chuckled. The girl had a point, but the blonde was more optimistic: <strong>"I guess they just need more time, that's all. And maybe a little help from us, girls. Some boys are too shy to talk with us, if we don't show'em we don't bite, dattebane."</strong><br><br>Terumi-sensei joined them:<em><strong> "So girls, enjoying the experience so far? Anyone been to Kirigakure before?"</strong></em><br><br>Karin answered first, showing she was craving for some action. Nana, on the other hand, was more interested in creating new bonds. She answered Terumi-sensei's question with both arms crossed behind her head: <strong>"Hai, sensei! Everything is fine! Me and Karin were discussing how to make the boys a little more... eto... more talkative, you know? Would be good for the team, I guess."</strong> <br><br>Karin said she was never on Kirigakure. <strong>"Me too,"</strong> said Nana, <strong>"I'm excited to meet the place!"</strong> <br><br>By the time Nana finished that sentence, her clones came back carrying the firewood. <strong>"Mission complete!" </strong>announced one of them. Both clones put the firewood near the camp fire set up by Chishio. <strong>"Excuse me,"</strong> said Nana to the women, before walking towards the shadow clones. She praised their hard word and then released them. When the memories of the clones came to her mind, Nana took the opportunity to find out if any of them found any signals of enemies in the surroundings. It wasn't likely they found anything, since they carried the mission to the end, but this was an habit for Nanase. Confirming her thoughts, the clones find nothing. <br><br>Since she was close enough to Chishio, it wouldn't hurt to talk a bit. Smiling, she crouched nearby the iron pot and asked in a playful tone: <strong>"Soooo, are you making that ramen?"</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>30-01-2015, 06:46:28</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-1635205895.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Chishio Juro Takeshi<br><strong>Location:</strong> Camp<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Slowly being eased into a conversation with Nanase; Cooking<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Nanase<br><strong>Warning:</strong> None<br><hr><br>Takeshi was currently invested in his cooking and noticed Nanase approaching. As she knelt down next to him to ask the pivotal question about the ramen he was certain she might be a touch disappointed with what they were eating instead. Hopefully though he could sell her on it well enough because oddly enough she wasn't insufferable to be around. He might have a couple of choice words had he heard more private conversations but that was neither here nor there. Collecting his thoughts, he began to speak. <strong>"Well currently we have some seasoned fish cooked over open flame along with some freshly cooked rice.&nbsp; Small bit of soft butter for the rice so it has a nice smooth flavor and some pepper. Just some simple fare. Unfortunately the ramen won't be on for tonight. I need better choice of ingredients to make that dish be what it should be. After all, you don't just want them with a weak broth. Right?"</strong> His eyes glance over to her to gauge her reaction to what it was he was saying.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>02-02-2015, 05:03:22</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Uzumaki%20Nanase%20Avatars/Nanase16_zpsaee327a8.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=213655.msg10499475#msg10499475)<br><strong>Location:</strong> First stop on the way to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Chatting a little.<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Takeshi (mainly), all others.<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Hungry!<br><hr><br><em><strong>"Well currently we have some seasoned fish cooked over open flame along with some freshly cooked rice.&nbsp; Small bit of soft butter for the rice so it has a nice smooth flavor and some pepper. Just some simple fare. Unfortunately the ramen won't be on for tonight. I need better choice of ingredients to make that dish be what it should be. After all, you don't just want them with a weak broth. Right?"</strong></em><br><br><strong>"Right, I can wait a little longer for the ramen,"</strong> Nana agreed, keeping her friendly smile. She leaned a bit closer to the pot and breathed in the smell coming from it. <strong>"Hmm, it smells good,"</strong> she praised, surprised. Just the smell coming from it was enough to make her hungry. <br><br>Nanase didn't know a ninja that kept such a interesting hobby. Most of them, including herself, were more busy with sharpening their own ninja skills, and only them. Sitting above her heels, she crossed arms and said in a serious tone: <strong>"I admire your skills, Takeshi-san. I'm a disaster as a cook, I can imagine how hard it is to master these abilities."</strong> The blonde nodded to emphasize her words.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>04-02-2015, 22:30:38</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-1635205895.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Chishio Juro Takeshi<br><strong>Location:</strong> Camp<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Slowly being eased into a conversation with Nanase; Cooking<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Nanase<br><strong>Warning:</strong> None<br><hr><br><strong>"Its therapeutic for me. Helps me relax, helps me focus."</strong> He said feeling the need to explain why he does cook now. The admiration she spoke of was not lost on him and his eyes glanced over to her as she breathed in the smell of the rice.&nbsp; Either way the rice was done and fish cooked through so it was ready to be served up. Taking the skewers off one by one he sets it atop a small metal bowl and carefully gripped the pot by the handle before he placed it down upon a flat rock. The lid was removed now and he began setting up portions for the group. Each of which was in a bowl. <strong>"Gives me something to do with myself."</strong> Serving it up as was it would make a more practical meal rather than something fancy. <strong>"Perhaps because it gives me some measure of tranquility that I enjoy it. It's just me and whatever I wish to do rather than what is demanded of me, what is expected from me."</strong>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>06-02-2015, 18:06:32</strong>
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				<em>Three Days Later......</em><br><br>The road to Kirigakure was long and tedious, but they managed to cover a lot of ground over those days.&nbsp; They passed various people, mostly civilians and traveling salesmen and women as well as small families.&nbsp; More people seemed to be heading away from the village though.&nbsp; Less than a quarter of the people they passed seemed to be heading the same direction they were, but at a much slower pace.&nbsp; On the third day since they left Konohagakure, they stayed at a small hotel in a very small town, but left early the next morning.&nbsp; As they moved further into the territory of Kirigakure, they came across the seven major bridges that connected the village to the rest of the land.&nbsp; The bridges became large and longer the closer they came to the the village.<br><br>The largest bridge, the central bridge that connected a deep, wide crevice surrounded by huge waterfalls was where the group was heading to now.&nbsp; The huge waterfalls created massive mists that cut vision by about thirty perfect on clear days and almost seventy percent on the worst days.&nbsp; Waterfall Canyon, while a naturally beautiful place, was also a perfect spot to stage an ambush with hundreds of places to hide and the mists obscuring the vision of everyone that walked it's path.&nbsp; The bridge was a little over a half mile in length and was wide enough for up to ten people to walk side-by-side comfortably.&nbsp; The structure was solid and very sound, able to take immense amounts of weight with ease.&nbsp; It has been said that Waterfall Bridge was designed to hold the massive weight of the Six-Tails, Saiken.<br><br>As the situation regarding the divide in Kirigakure slowly comes to a head, reports of attacks on traveling people start to become more common.&nbsp; Deaths are uncommon, however, but there have been rumors of various ninja from various villages going missing near Kirigakure, but no one is certain.&nbsp; This explained the ten cloaked, masked figures that were hidden in the mists around the bridge, keeping watch over everyone that crossed it.&nbsp; They had been waiting in that same spot for two weeks, reporting everyone that seemed suspicious to their leader in the Village.<br><br><div align="center">~ * * * Now * * * ~</div><br><div class="floatleft">(http://41.media.tumblr.com/8608be2bf18ddfe5f3dbfb915d94666d/tumblr_n3eugdMNvL1tx8ce6o5_1280.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Karin Isako<br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; Waterfall Canyon;&nbsp; Halfway to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong>&nbsp; Chatting =&gt; On guard<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio;&nbsp; NPC Attackers<br><strong>Warning:</strong>&nbsp; She's not happy;&nbsp; Better run for the hills!<br><hr><br>After Karin woke up at the small town where they rested for the night, she was feeling pretty awesome.&nbsp; Sleeping in a bed was so much better than sleeping on the ground, which was very uncomfortable.&nbsp; Still, it wasn't that she couldn't sleep on the ground, but a girl's got to sleep on a bed sometimes, right?&nbsp; Before they left the town, the stopped by a local shop and had some breakfast before they set off.&nbsp; <br><br>This was the farthest she'd ever been in the land of the Mist and she wasn't quite sure she was comfortable with the place just yet.&nbsp; For one thing, the air was much too moist and that meant that the humidity was annoying.&nbsp; She'd take dry sands any day over this place.&nbsp; The mists were also disturbing to her, especially as they moved deeper into the lands.&nbsp; They hid figures and blurred images even more than sandstorms back home.&nbsp; At least in a sandstorm her puppets could function perfectly.&nbsp; Here, she had to watch and make sure that none of the joints, hinges, or mechanisms swelled or rusted in the air.&nbsp; A mechanism that wouldn't work could mean life or death in this place, so she'd have to be careful about which puppet she summons, how long it stays out in this air, and also make sure she that any water that got into her puppets was removed as soon as she could.<br><br>Before they left, she spent a little money to send a message by bird back to her village.&nbsp; The message was simple, <em>'Prepare for Water Damages.'</em>&nbsp; Her father would know what that meant and would begin upgrading her puppets, one-by-one so the wood and metals were waterproofed.&nbsp; It would take about a week for the bird to reach her father and each puppet would take about two days to upgrade.&nbsp; With the summoner's ink, she would know when a puppet was being updated and be unusable as soon as the ink fades slightly.&nbsp; For now, she'd work with what she had and keep her puppets maintained.<br><br>Waterfall Canyon was about a five hour walk from the town at a walking pace and the trip there was uneventful.&nbsp; As the reached the massive bridge, the mists thickened, cutting their vision by about a quarter.&nbsp; Karin gasped at the sheer size of the bridge, the canyon, and the massive waterfalls.&nbsp; The noise of the falling water was surprisingly loud, but no so much that she couldn't hear anyone talking.&nbsp; Karin nudged Nanase-chan, having become close enough to the girl to call her 'Nana-chan' now, <strong>"Can you see this, Nana-chan?&nbsp; I've never seen this much water before!&nbsp; It's almost unnatural!"</strong><br><br>As the group made it to the halfway point on the bridge, ten shadows received a signal and all leaped out of the mists, surrounding the group on all sides.&nbsp; All the figures were cloaked, wearing white masks with blood-red numbers on their faces, 1-10.&nbsp; The leader, with a 1 on his face, stepped forward and demanded them to halt and explain what they were doing here on the bridge.&nbsp; He knew who they were, obviously, but he wanted to hear what they had to say for himself.&nbsp; As soon as he heard a reply, he signaled for the rest of the group to attack.<br><br>Ninjas 2 and 7 converged on Nanase.&nbsp; They were the biggest of the group and most physically imposing.&nbsp; Two pulled a huge, curved blade from a sheath on his back.&nbsp; Seven pulled the arms of his cloak back to reveal two gauntlets that could focus Chakra in order to deliver devastating punches.&nbsp; Ninjas 5 and 4 charged at Tsuneo, Five wielding two long, thin blades and Four using a technique to surround himself with a thick ring of water from the waterfall itself.&nbsp; Ninjas 8 and 3 moved towards Chishio, both revealing wicked, sharp, metal gauntlets that dripped a clear liquid that was likely poison.&nbsp; Ninjas 6 and 9 chose Karin as their target, Nine summoning a strange, human-sized lizard-like creature and Six extending a collapsible spear with a spinning tip.&nbsp; The ninja designated with the number One laughed and moved to a position near Azura, his voice dripping with contempt, <em><strong>"You're outnumbered, woman.&nbsp; You had your chance to join the Bloody Mist, but ignoring that signed your death warrant.&nbsp; None of you will make it off this bridge alive."</strong></em>&nbsp; When he finished, he used some technique to form a giant serpent made entirely out of water.&nbsp; Ninja 10 moved next to One and pulled out a long chain with very sharp blades on each end and began to twirl one end in a circle, holding the other end in his hand, the largest part of the chain wrapped around his wrist.&nbsp; Though Ten wasn't as strong as One, his skill with the chain more than made up for it.&nbsp; It was obvious that Ten and One worked well together.<br><br>Karin tensed up, looking at the two ninja before her, not needing to glance around her to see that the team had been split apart from one another.&nbsp; Each of the ninja they were facing were strong, but the one with a One on his face was another league ahead of them.&nbsp; What she didn't know was that the leader of the ambushers was a former Black Ops from Kirigakure.&nbsp; The others were roughly equal to the rest of the team in strength.&nbsp; Karin was the first to make a move, yelling out to her team, <strong>"All of you, stay back!&nbsp; This is going to get messy!"</strong><br><br>As she finished speaking, she moved her arms and touched two markings, Taranchura and Bōrudā, summoning the two puppets between her and the two ninja and summoned creature she was facing.&nbsp; Bōrudā was a tall, round puppet, covered with hundreds of small holes.&nbsp; It was about 12 feet tall and almost as wide.&nbsp; Taranchura was a giant spider-looking puppet that stood on six legs and was about three feet tall, but with a leg-span nearly twice as wide.&nbsp; With a roar, Karin caused Bōrudā to to charge forward, it's heavy body making loud footsteps.&nbsp; As the ninja watched the giant puppet charge forward, the smaller Taranchura seemed to just disappear.<br><br>As Karin attacked, the other ninja sprang into motion.&nbsp; This was going to be a wild battle and no mercy was to be expected from the attackers.....
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AidenWhite</strong> on <strong>18-02-2015, 08:57:06</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/be/Rsz_noctis_lucis_caelum_by_milady666-d5078as.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Tsuneo Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Waterfall Canyon; Halfway to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Fighting<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki, Karin Isako, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio; NPC Attackers<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Tsuneo is a dangerous man<br><hr><br>Not much had happened these few days. Tsuneo hadn't conversed much and only talked when needed, but he felt like he might have to change that since there was already a quiet one that kept to themselves in their group, Takeshi. Since Tsuneo was in the upper echelons of the Uchiha, he had to volunteer in order to join the covert task force for the Uchiha Clan called the Haou and he did so very early in his life. As a result of that, he was exposed to being able to mold his personality at a young age. To be truthful, even Tsuneo could not remember how he used to act and behave like before they trained him. Sasuke did not know how he felt about Tsuneo putting himself into dangerous situations at such a young age, as he expressed towards him many times, but Sasuke was also reminded of his own brother Itachi that was similar and of his own sensei Kakashi as well. Perhaps it was a necessary experience to mold Tsuneo into the strong ninja he was today, but some felt that he could've probably gone about it a different way. After some years, Sasuke forcibly took him out of the Haou and began to train Tsuneo himself. Tsuneo adopted a neutral personality and expressions to go with that personality so he could mold it easily. Currently, Tsuneo was in the process of creating himself and it wouldn't take long before he'd cement his own role into the group. <br><br>The group spent most of their time walking and then camping out. It had seemed that the girls were able to get along with each other in a short time but no such progress occurred between the two young men. It wasn't wise to rush into these sort of things, Tsuneo collected this belief through his own experiences, and decided to just let matters settle themselves in this case. At night when everyone else slept, Tsuneo was usually wide-awake, thinking about his village and remembering his past as he stared up at the starry night sky. He'd get up and take short walks, returning in time just so he could get a few hours of rest in. <br><br>Eventually, the group was able to secure themselves a proper lodging and sleep on actual beds. Where Tsuneo slept did not matter much to him, sleep was precious and a ninja involved in many missions couldn't be too picky on where or when he slept, but he had to admit that sleeping comfortably was much better than sleeping uncomfortably. As they got closer and closer to Kirigakure, the moisture in the air continued to increase and the mist started to become dense. The team were going to have to get used to this weather. After they rested and ate breakfast the morning after, they left the town and started to head towards Waterfall Canyon. As the group got closer and closer, the mist thickened almost eerily. <br><br>They finally reached a massive bridge called the Waterfall Bridge. Tsuneo heard a few stories behind this bridge and was quite familiar with it already. Karin exclaimed at the amount of water and Tsuneo had to agree. Even though this was not the first time that he came to this giant bridge, he couldn't help but marvel at its construction at the colossal waterfall. However, something felt off. As if... they were being watched. Tsuneo looked around, sensing faint chakra coming from ten individuals. A trap, Tsuneo wondered. He kept his guard up as they managed to walk all the way to the halfway point of the bridge before being assaulted by the ten ninja that Tsuneo had sense. Everything happened quickly and a pair of ninja attacked each member of their group.<br><br>Each ninja wore a white mask with blood red numbers, Tsuneo was apparently chosen by numbers four and five. Four was using water jutsu to surround himself in water, and Five was a swordsman wielding two long, thin blades. These two looked like trouble and, as Karin shouted out to the team to stay back, Tsuneo took it upon himself to drag the two he was responsible for away from the main group. Five and Four charged at him and Tsuneo moved easily past them and continued running towards an unoccupied part of the bridge further down. He turned back to see if they were still targeting him and they were. After a long enough distance, Tsuneo stopped and turned around, reaching into his pouch for four shuriken and throwing it at the two approaching ninja. It seemed that the two coordinated quite well as the one with the long swords moved in front and deflected all four. Now Tsuneo knew more or less how the two operated.<br><br>After Five blocked his shuriken, Four jumped above Five and shot water bullets from his mouth at Tsuneo. Evading using multiple backflips, Tsuneo eventually stopped but Five appeared in front of him and lunged forward with his two swords. Quickly thinking, Tsuneo dropped himself on his back, flat on the floor, and spun around to kick Five's legs to knock him off balance. Five evaded and jumped backwards and Four attacked from behind Five with a water stream attack in the shape of a snake and Tsuneo countered quickly with a few handsigns and a basic fire stream attack, causing a dense mist to appear in their immediate area. Five and Four laughed among themselves, thanking Tsuneo for giving them the upper hand, they were from Kirigakure after all. Five charged towards Tsuneo while Four waited outside the dense mist. With the young ninja in his sights, Five aimed his blades at Tsuneo yelling, <strong><em>"You're mine now, idiot!"</em></strong> And right before the blades made contact with him, an electrically charged palm penetrated Five's chest and heart all the way through his back, Tsuneo calmly saying, <strong>"Chidori. Rest in peace to the sound of birds."</strong> Five coughed up a large amount of blood before falling limp over his shoulder. Tsuneo removed his now blood soaked hand and laid Five on his back. He removed his mask and closed the now dead man's eyelids with one slow moment of his palm. Five wasn't much older than he was, it was such a tragedy. <br><br>Like a demon emerging from Hell, Tsuneo left the mist and threw Five's mask at Four and asked, <strong>"I left your comrade's body on the bridge. You can either fight me and die, or&nbsp; give your friend a proper burial."</strong> Four kicked Five's mask off the bridge, clearly showing his feelings and launched several water snakes at Tsuneo. The young man sighed and ran towards Four, evading all the water snakes. Tsuneo jumped over Four, and he bit his own thumb while in the air, <strong>"It seems you like snakes, let me show you some real ones."</strong> When he landed, his palm smacked the bridge and four seven-foot long constrictors were summoned, <strong>"Hana, Hibi, Hyubo, Hiji, you guys know what to do."</strong> The four constrictor snakes all scattered and went underneath the bridge. Four looked around waiting for the snakes to appear but they never came and he looked at Tsuneo, <strong><em>"I guess they're not too fond of you if they just ran away! Here goes, Water Spear Barrage Jutsu!"</em></strong> Using more water from the waterfall, Four launched a wide attack of spear-shaped water projectiles at him, seemingly impossible to block. A water spear pierced into Tsuneo's chest and then the rest of them hit, causing Four to exalt himself for his achievement. While he was celebrating, the four constrictors moved on all four sides of Four and wrapped around him, leaving only his face uncovered as his mask fell off. Four's eyes went wide when he saw what was supposed to be Tsuneo's body collapse into hundreds of small snakes that slithered away. Tsuneo appeared from underneath the bridge and approached Four as he was being strangled to death. He barely gave him a glance before saying while walking away, <strong>"You guys can do whatever you want with him when he is dead."</strong> The four constrictors hissed in happiness and soon one wrapped around his neck and a snap echoed. Tsuneo said in a somber, almost sad, tone, <strong>"I guess even you guys were not able to give me the experience I was looking for..."</strong> <br><br>Tsuneo, unharmed and untouched in his fight, walked back to the rest of his team in order to assist if necessary.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kimera</strong> on <strong>01-03-2015, 11:40:08</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20121014202010/betterbleachfanfiction/images/9/96/Tia_halibel_arc.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Azura Terumi<br><strong>Location:</strong> Waterfall Canyon; Halfway to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Guiding her team<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Karin, Tsuneo, Nanase and Takeshi<br><strong>Warning:</strong><br><hr><br>After breaking up camp, they had a relatively peacefull 3-days of traveling, ending the last in some comfort of a local inn. During those 3-days, Azura had taken the time to get to know her pupils a bit better, taking each one aside to have a little chat. She would demonstrate some of her water jutsu in return for getting to know their capabilities a bit better. This allowed her to evaluate each of them.<br><br>As they were approaching the Waterfall Bridge, she heard Karin speak up to Nanase, <strong><em>"Can you see this, Nana-chan?&nbsp; I've never seen this much water before!&nbsp; It's almost unnatural!"</em></strong> The girl exclaimed in awe to her friend.&nbsp; Azura stepped up, joining the two. <strong>"Yes, it is quite impressive isn't it..."</strong> she said, laying a hand on each shoulder. <strong>"...you know they build the mighty bridges so that they could even hold the weight of the mighty Saiken"</strong> She said, trying to teach the girls a little bit of lore from her homeland.<br><br>Then, Azura sensed something was off. Someone not of these parts might have missed it but normally, this time of year, the canyon would be filled with the chittering of the local birds that nest in the steep canyon walls, eagerly calling out for a mate. However, now it was dead quiet, except for the thundering roars of the waterfall. With this in mind, Azura tuned her senses and detected the vague chackra of nearly a dozen people hiding within the veils of the mist. From what she could sense, she was confident her team could handle it if something were to happen. <br><br>Azura suspected the girls might have missed this detail, but glancing over her shoulder, she believed at least Tsuneo also had noticed something was wrong. She decided not to say anything and simple observe, hoping her students were just as aware of their surroundings as she was. It would prove a good test. <br><br>As they continued their way across the bridge, once they reached the halfway point, they were suddenly ambushed by a a group of masked men. While everyone was moving and taking positions, Azura remained calm and standing still with her arms crossed, staring at the man with a big red number one painted on his mask. <em><strong>"You're outnumbered, woman.&nbsp; You had your chance to join the Bloody Mist, but ignoring that signed your death warrant.&nbsp; None of you will make it off this bridge alive."</strong></em> He said full of contempt. Ignoring the man, Azura spoke up, adressing her students. <strong>"Alright, I'm confident you four can handle the situation. Consider this a test and I'll be observing your performance, individually and as a team. Make me proud."</strong><br><br>Then Azura moved. It looked like she was only taking a single step, but in a blurr, she ended up directly behind number one, her back facing towards him. Silently, she spoke up only for him to hear.<strong> "You know, be glad I wasn't weilding my blade or you would be toppled in half by now...but that would unfortunatly desecrate this proud and ancient bridge with your filth. Praise yourself lucky I deem you unworthy of my blade. As for numbers..I'm afraid it is you who is outnumbered"</strong> She said. At this point, the gurgling sound of blood could be heard as Tsuneo had already finished one of his opponents. Azura then continued <strong>"So be smart...and retreat...or don't"</strong> With that said, she took anoter step and disappeared in the mist.<br><br>Azura landed on the top of a mighty rock column emerging from the canyon roughly 20 meters left of the bridge. Partially hidden in the mist, it gave her a good observing point to check on her pupils. It would also give her a chance to intercept, should something unexpected go wrong and she would need to step in regardless. <br>&nbsp;
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>06-03-2015, 12:54:07</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-1635205895.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Chishio Juro Takeshi<br><strong>Location:</strong> Waterfall Canyon;&nbsp; Halfway to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Engaging the Enemy<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Karin Isako; NPC Attackers<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Bloodletting<br><hr><br>Waking up was not always soothing he looked forward to. There was always the stillness that he felt when waking up, the kind of entropy that requested him to stay in that warm cocoon for just a bit longer. Thats probably why he didn't enjoy a bed sometimes. It was too easy to let your guard completely drop then and thus one can pay a heavy price for it. Also it gave him far too much time to think and let his mind wander and stew. Getting up to his feet he took whatever prep he could to make himself decent for the public in such a short amount of time and then joined the others for breakfast. For him it was just rice and a bit of beef as he wanted to keep light and the energy would work well.<br><br>It felt odd the the first steps of their journey were leading him back towards his home. Honestly he didn't expect to catch the fine scent of mist in the air once more. Plenty of water to saturate the skin in a thin layer of moisture. For him this was a place that he could safely be familiar with. He was about to make a small comment about the abundance of water, however it was put on hold. All of that nostalgia was shattered the moment they were half way across the bridge. An ambush spurred the Ninja into a readied posture his eyes looking and darting to each opposing force around the group. Here was where the test of teamwork, was going to truly begin. The order to attack came as expected as he doubted very much that ten ninjas would care to parley for very long.<br><br>Noticing he was being singled out by the eight and three, each with a clear poison smeared weapon of hand to hand left Takeshi on the defensive moving fluidly backwards in a display of dodging. He wanted a read on his opponents and wanted to keep his distance. However one lands a clean hit upon Takeshi spilling a good amount of his blood from a brutal wound as blood splash from the... log. A traditional substitution jutsu to be sure but there was a twist to it as an explosive tag was on the log. It bursts with thunderous impact scattering slivers of wood about though more distracting than anything else. Nothing like that would put this pair down so easily. So where was the blood spilling ninja located? Underneath the pair. Blood soaked bandages slipped throughout the boards of the bridge pulling one of the ninjas down trying to suffocate him. The metal gauntlets however saved them from it as it was cut free. Eight would suddenly punch right through the board to try and get at Takeshi whom was quickly backpedaling from the poisoned gauntlets now smashing through the wood. <br><br>Flipping through one of the holes made in the bridge now he was once again visible to the pair. Throwing several kunai at Takeshi prompted him to match them with it making them clash and clatter into the bridge. They were closing the distance now trying to flat out overwhelm him with close quarters combat. Good, thats what he was hoping for… His eyes narrowed as more of his bandages upon his arms unravel revealing they were stained with his own blood with multitude of thin cuts upon them. The bandages began to animate now as blood makes them fluid and responsive to his will. All the while dodging their attacks, small cuts were placed upon their arms as he uses the bandages as a means of defense now. The frustration was setting in and one decides to get creative and uses a poisonous smoke bomb to try and break the stalemate. Immediately Takeshi gets out of there as quick as he can whilst the other two remain inside it since they were wearing regulator masks to make sure they couldn't suck any of that toxic cloud in.<br><br>Takeshi starts coughing up some blood and drops to a knee. Seeing the poison start to take hold the two come out ready to finish off the young ninja however halfway there one of them began to clutch at their chest and then starts writhing in pain giving a hideous scream. Panicked, his partner turns to have a look but pays the price as well as Takeshi's bandages wrap around the neck, the sides digging into the skin. Twisting the blood soaked wrapping tighter he tosses the thrilled partner off the bridge and then the bandages go completely rigid and the sharp sound of a snapped neck is heard. In the meantime the remaining one then arches up as blood began bubbling out of his mouth. More specially Takeshi's blood, the same blood that had been used to create the ruse of the substitution's true purpose. To get his blood on them, and then their poison onto his bandages. That way he had more than one option to kill them. Since he can control his own blood without fail he weaponized it so that the blood can seep into even the smallest of cuts, and even if it didn't work the poison would still be in their bloodstream. As for the spot of Takeshi coughing up his own blood, that was also thanks to his natural ability. Pulling the corpse of eight back up onto the bridge he tossed it onto the now dying three, whom was suffering from blood filled lungs.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>10-03-2015, 09:04:43</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Uzumaki%20Nanase%20Avatars/nanase_07_zps1cef2a60.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=213655.msg10499475#msg10499475)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Waterfall Canyon;&nbsp; Halfway to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Chatting a little =&gt; fighting and being awesome.<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Ninja 2 and 7 (mainly), all others.<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Kage Bushin no Jutsu-ing!!<br><hr><br>Nana woke up more cheerful than usual. After all, sleeping in a real bed after those three days hitting the road surely made a huge difference at the mood of anyone. The group reached a small town after the tedious travel. It was even funny how pretty much nothing happened these days, Nana wondered. At least she was now closer to Karin. The boys, bleh, they were still not much open to conversations. Terumi-sensei had that enigmatic aura around her, but at least she reserved some time to chat with her pupils, to know them more. Nana was starting to like her.<br><br>After a modest breakfast at a local shop, the group was on the road again. This was the part Nana had more fun. She never traveled so far into Kirigakure, and it was delightful to meet new places. It was with a childlike excitement that she walked past the set of bridges that connected the village to the rest of the land. When they reached the last one, Karin nudged her and asked: <em><strong>"Can you see this, Nana-chan?&nbsp; I've never seen this much water before!&nbsp; It's almost unnatural!"</strong></em><br><br><strong>"It's amazing!"</strong> that was all that the blonde could say, marveled. Terumi-sensei joined them and made a comment: <em><strong>"Yes, it is quite impressive isn't it... you know they build the mighty bridges so that they could even hold the weight of the mighty Saiken."</strong></em><br><br>Nana looked at her with widen eyes: <strong>"Really? It's good to know that. At least we know there's no way this bridge would colapse under our feet. I mean... This is very old, no?"</strong><br><br>When the blonde finished her comment, ten cloaked figure emerged form the mists. Their faces covered by masks with numbers written in red caught Nana's attention. The ninjas numbered 7 and 2 surrounded the girl. Number 2 had a huge and deadly sword and Number 7 had some sort of gauntlets, probably capable to focus chakra to enhance his strength. Nana fought against enemies who used this sort of weapon. And they didn't win. She heard one of the cloaked figures threatening Terumi-sensei:&nbsp; <em><strong>"You're outnumbered, woman.&nbsp; You had your chance to join the Bloody Mist, but ignoring that signed your death warrant.&nbsp; None of you will make it off this bridge alive."</strong></em><br><br>Terumi-sensei shouted at her students: <em><strong>"Alright, I'm confident you four can handle the situation. Consider this a test and I'll be observing your performance, individually and as a team. Make me proud."</strong></em><br><br>Exactly what Nana wanted to hear. Number 2 and 7 advanced to attack her. The blonde threw a smoke bomb down. Her two enemies didn't stop or changed tactics, as they were close enough to successfully attack Nana. It didn't matter how fast she was, she couldn't evade their blows, coming from each side. <br><br><strong>"Kage Bushin no Jutsu!"</strong><br><br>That was all that they heard, just in the nick of time before the blade of Number 2 and the fists from Number 7 reached the place covered in smoke where Nana was standing a second ago. Their attacks connected, but something was wrong. Number 2 had his sword stopped and he couldn't move it anymore. Number 3 had the sensation of punching a solid rock. When the smoke faded, they grunted in surprise.<br><br>There were two Nanas now. One was holding the blade of Number 2 with the palm of her hands. The other Nana had her fist bumping Number 7' gauntlet. It looked like she punched him with the same strength, exactly on his fist. <em><strong>"H-How?"</strong></em> that was all what he could mutter. Both Nanas smirked. The one facing Number 7 said: <strong>"Above you."</strong><br><br><em><strong>"Careful!!"</strong></em> said Number 2, acknowledging her plan.<br><br>The cloaked ninja with the number 7 looked up and before he could evade, the Nana facing him took advantage of his distraction and got a hold of his arm, pushing him towards her and exposing his back for the upcoming attack. Coming from above, another Nanase was ready to finish him off with a glowing ball of pure energy on her right hand.<br><br><strong>"RASENGAN!!"</strong><br><br>Naruto's most famous attack hit the cloaked ninja on his back. The man got pinned against the floor by the strength of the technique, even creating a small crater around him. But Nana made sure she wouldn't use so much chakra on that Rasengan. The man was just knocked out. <br><br>One down, one left.<br><br>While Number 2 looked at the tragic end of his accomplice, the Nana holding his sword put the blade aside and advanced to attack him with a punch. But he wasn't caught off guard completely, and avoided her, putting some distance between them. Quickly, the other two Nanas joined the fight. Now he had to fight against three heavy taijutsu users. Nonetheless, he just gave a mockering laugh. <br><br><em><strong>"Come on. I fought much more than three little girls at once."</strong></em><br><br><strong>"SHANNAROOO!!" </strong><br><br>The three blondes advanced at him with full power. Soon Number 2 realized he asked for much more he could endure. Nana's chakra was split between her clones and so was her strength, since it came from her control of chakra. But her taijutsu level had tripled. She had a level of synchronization and coordination between her attacks and the ones from her clones that easily surpassed groups of ninjas whom spent an entire lifetime fighting together. All of the Nanas knew exactly what to do, where to attack, as they were just a single mind. And indeed they were. They all were Uzumaki Nanase.<br><br>After put a good fight, Number 2 got cornered, and finally defeated. He used a jutsu to create a wider area of attack with his sword, but one of the shadow clones sacrificed herself to finally separate the man from his sword. From there, Nana easily knocked him out. With the man unconscious beneath her feet, Nana bumped fists with her clone: <strong>"We're awesome, dattebane!"</strong> <br><br>Nonetheless, the blonde didn't forget about her teammates. She glanced around, trying to see past the mist. Tsuneo and Takeshi seemed to be ok. She looked for Karin-chan, getting ready to come for her aid if needed be.<br><br><hr><span style="font-size: 8pt;" class="bbc_size">Shannaro: A word Sakura from Naruto always shouts out when she's pissed or extremely excited. Could be used as "Alright, damnit!" or "F*ck yeah!"&nbsp; </span>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>09-04-2015, 02:07:13</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://41.media.tumblr.com/8608be2bf18ddfe5f3dbfb915d94666d/tumblr_n3eugdMNvL1tx8ce6o5_1280.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Karin Isako<br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; Waterfall Canyon;&nbsp; Halfway to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong>&nbsp; In Battle with her opponents<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio;&nbsp; NPC Attackers (Specifically Ninja Attackers 6 &amp; 9)<br><strong>Warning:</strong>&nbsp; Get out of the way;&nbsp; Squish<br><hr><br>Thud!!&nbsp; Thud!!&nbsp; Thud!!&nbsp; Thud!!<br><br>That was the sound of Bōrudā's footsteps as it ran towards the ninja that were in front of Karin.&nbsp; As expected, the ninja timed it just right and dodged the slow-moving puppet before it crushed them underneath it's massive weight.&nbsp; Six dodged to the right, twirling his spear rapidly to increase his jump range slightly.&nbsp; Nine and his summoned creature dodged left before splitting apart.&nbsp; They judged her to be defenseless, which was partially true.&nbsp; The two attacking ninja used rapid hand signals to coordinate their assault as Karin maneuvered Bōrudā in a wide arc to bring it back down on Six.&nbsp; Again, Six dodged the slow-moving puppet easily, cartwheeling until he was beside Nine.&nbsp; Six sneered at the young girl from behind his mask, believing her to be a reckless ninja who had great power, but no skill at using it.&nbsp; He was confident that he could take her down easily and motioned for Nine to go help Two and Seven.&nbsp; Nine, being the more analytical of the two, refused as he tried to figure out where the other puppet went.&nbsp; He'd lost sight of it when he was forced to dodge the bigger one and now couldn't sense it.&nbsp; Neither of them had any experience with puppet masters other than the fact that they were near defenseless up close and apart from their puppets.<br><br>As Bōrudā thundered towards them, Six and Nine exchanged more rapid-paced hand signals for their plan to attack.&nbsp; They knew that the big puppet was slow and required a very wide arc before it could be used against them a second time.&nbsp; Nine's plan was for Six and his summoned lizard monster to pin her from two directions while he came up from behind and take her down.&nbsp; After that, they could turn on the girl who just took down Two and Seven, the big brutes who had no brains.&nbsp; However, their time for planning was over as the giant puppet came onto their position again.&nbsp; Again, they dodged at the last moment, the three splitting up and surrounding Karin in what might have been a killing formation.&nbsp; <br><br>The Lizard creature extended it's claws and leaped forward, it's intention was to rip her eyes from their sockets.&nbsp; Six came up from behind, the spinning spear tip whirring loudly in a high-pitched whine as he charged her back.&nbsp; He would make sure that no matter how she dodged, backwards, left, or right, his spear would pierce her through.&nbsp; Nine, having leaped up, pulled a short blade from it's sheath, the gleam indicating that it was extremely sharp and well made, a dangerous weapon indeed.&nbsp; He would make sure that even if she leaped up, she would be unable to defend against the blade.&nbsp; There was no way that she would duck as doing so would put her at risk of being killed by Six or the lizard.&nbsp; <br><br>It was a foolproof plan, one that had taken many lives and the lives of ninja who were much more well defended than a girl who's only weapon was in the middle of it's wide turning arc.&nbsp; Of course, this would only work once, but they could see that it wouldn't work on the others anyway for various reasons.&nbsp; This girl was the best target to do this coordinated assault.&nbsp; From an outside point of view, it seemed that Karin was doomed to be skewered or ripped to shreds and there was no way out.&nbsp; <br><br>Six reached Karin first and pushed his spear through her back, over a foot of it ripping out of her chest and spewing green blood everywhere.&nbsp; Time seemed to slow as Nine, who was nearly fifteen feet above them, saw the green blood.&nbsp; Green blood?&nbsp; It should be red, right?&nbsp; What is going on?<br><br>Seconds later, a huge explosion of smoke where Karin stood happened and the lizard creature appeared where she was.&nbsp; Seconds after that, the lizard creature that was lunging towards them also exploded into smoke, but instead of Karin like Nine had expected, a huge, rolling, spike-covered ball of destruction rumbling towards the impaled and dying lizard and Six.&nbsp; Six had no time to react other than to raise his eyebrows before both him and the lizard disappeared underneath nearly a thousand pounds of Puppet before shredded chunks were spat out behind it.&nbsp; What remained was two very flattened, blood-splattered stains that have been pierced hundreds of times by the puppets spikes.<br><br>Nine turned his head to look at the giant puppet that he had thought was too far away to be of any harm and was in time to see it explode into smoke, revealing Karin with a smug smile on her face.&nbsp; He saw her lips move in one word, <em><strong>"Checkmate."</strong></em>&nbsp; <br><br>Despite that, such a substitution took a LOT out of her mentally.&nbsp; Substituting twice isn't a problem, but substituting with Bōrudā was very difficult to do, especially when it was in motion.&nbsp; Nine seemed to see this and landed lightly before running towards her, the blade swinging upwards.&nbsp; However, the blade didn't even come close before it was snatched out of his hands by some unknown force and thrown nearly two hundred feet where it embedded itself into the bridge.&nbsp; At that moment, Nine was too surprised and already too close to react when Karen focused some chakra into her fist and slammed it into the chest of Nine.&nbsp; It wasn't anywhere near as bad nor as strong as something that Nana-chan could have done, but it was impressive nonetheless.&nbsp; Nine flew backwards and landed on his back after bouncing and rolling for a few meters.&nbsp; Before he could get up, Taranchura leaped from it's hiding spot and landed atop of him, two of its legs piercing Nine's arms and two piercing his legs.&nbsp; Taranchura then lowered it's razor sharp mandibles down over Nine's neck and beheaded his head cleanly.<br><br>Karin was kneeling, fighting the slight headache that came from such a complicated technique, but was still able to fight.&nbsp; This was a good thing as eight of the ten ninja had fallen in almost ten minutes.<br><br><hr><br>While this was happening, Ninja One watched in disbelieve as mere children killed his best warriors.&nbsp; Never in his forty years had he ever seen such a pathetic display!&nbsp; Once his masters heard about this, it would be his funeral.&nbsp; However, if he could kill the brats himself, there might be retribution in his favor.&nbsp; Hell, if he killed that witch with the sword, he may even be allowed on the counsel.&nbsp; <br><br>One started to make symbols with his hands, ready to unleash a frightening jutsu that he had invented nearly a year ago.&nbsp; It's only downside was how long it took to prepare.&nbsp; As he continued to focus his chakra and ready every symbol in the right order, Ten threw his chain whip at the center of the bridge.&nbsp; Upon impact, the mist around the four ninja solidified in a combination of Ninjutsu and Genjutsu, creating a high-level barrier with him at the center.&nbsp; It wasn't a physical barrier, but it may have well been.&nbsp; Any technique fired at the barrier would be reflected back with thirty percent more force.&nbsp; It required a lot of focus, but once it was up, it wouldn't go down until the caster was dead.....at least in theory.&nbsp; The barrier would remain after his death for another five minutes afterwards.&nbsp; <br><br>Ten stood and looked at each of the brats in the barrier, <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>&nbsp; As he said this, he whipped his chain blade in a wide arc, sending a spray of needle-sharp blades of water in every direction, an almost impossible technique to dodge.**&nbsp; Still, it was a distraction that would allow him to fill the barrier with a thick mist, making seeing all but impossible.&nbsp; After that, the real fun would begin.&nbsp; Ten was much stronger than the weaklings they fought before and One was even stronger than that.<br><br><hr><br><em>**The needle attack will kill the two ninja that Nanase spared unless they are somehow saved by one of the group.</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>AidenWhite</strong> on <strong>26-04-2015, 06:40:44</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(https://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/b/be/Rsz_noctis_lucis_caelum_by_milady666-d5078as.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Tsuneo Uchiha<br><strong>Location:</strong> Waterfall Canyon; Halfway to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Fighting<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki, Karin Isako, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio; NPC Attackers<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Tsuneo is a dangerous man<br><hr><br>Tsuneo watched as his capable teammates dispatched their opponents in their own ways. Takeshi's and Karin's manner of taking them down was much like his own: death. Takeshi probably used his clan's interesting abilities to dispatch his enemies. Fighting him or anyone from his clan was something Tsuneo wanted to avoid, if possible. There's no way someone can come out unscathed from abilities like those even with a Sharingan, making allies or at least a non-aggression pact would be most prudent for the Uchiha clan and Tsuneo made a mental note of that. He was able to catch Karin using her cunning and puppets to defeat her adversaries. Her ability with puppets was impressive and the substitution with that giant puppet of hers must've taken a lot from her. And although he wasn't able to catch the entirety of Nanase's fight, he saw that she spared the two ninja. Was it naivety the reason or perhaps she had a use for them? Either way, she kept them alive for her own reasons. <br><br>The battle looked to have been over, Tsuneo believed for a short while that their team leader had already taken care of the two other ambushers but that was not the case. Instead she had been observing them, her previous message to them about leaving it to them fell on deaf ears when it came to Tsuneo since he had been already focused on those that had attacked him. He didn't mind much, it only meant that there were two more to defeat but since they were now facing the leader, it was sure to be troublesome. Tsuneo began to wonder what One might do. Also, he felt that Ten was different from the others as well. Were their numbers just for show?<br><br>However, he wasn't allowed to wonder for long as One and Ten made their moves. One had started to make hand signs and Ten smashed his whip down against the bridge and the mist around them started to build up even more, causing his line of sight to worsen. Tsuneo started thinking that if he had his Sharingan then this mist and the two ninja would be no issue at all. Was it foolish to think that way? Tsuneo had begun to shift his head left and right, trying to spot even the slightest of movements in the mist. <em>Is this Genjutsu? Or Ninjutsu? Not having Sharingan is really hurting right now.</em> It seemed that there was also some sort of barrier and what it did was unknown, so Tsuneo did not want to be the one to test it so the only thing they could do was take out Ten before focusing on One. Fire jutsu would just create more mist and add smoke, harming the bridge, so he had to rely on his Lightning jutsu and his Summoning jutsu. <br><br>In response to Ten's needle attack, Tsuneo's hands quickly formed signs and his hands came down onto the ground, summoning two large twelve foot jet black cobras. Both of them wrapped around Tsuneo to protect him from the attack. Their tough hide harmlessly caught the needles with no problem. He wasn't close enough to the two incapacitated ninja to help them out so one of the others would had to have protected them. The two black cobras uncoiled and rested on either side of Tsuneo, their torsos stood straight. Tsuneo then responded to Ten's declaration, <strong>"You're right about one thing: I will kill you. Don't underestimate us."</strong> <br><br>At the moment, the cobras could only guess at where Ten was, but if he moved ever so slightly, the cobras would strike like lightning. Their jaws were powerful and could crush bone easily but their most potent weapon was their poison that could kill large animals within seconds. Tsuneo did not want to carelessly attack the enemy, but doing nothing was also bad. Just what was One doing? He could only leave it in the hands of his teammates and his cobras.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Annie</strong> on <strong>25-05-2015, 07:56:13</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://i1358.photobucket.com/albums/q774/anniemaccloud/Uzumaki%20Nanase%20Avatars/nanase_07_zps1cef2a60.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=213655.msg10499475#msg10499475)<br><strong>Location:</strong> Waterfall Canyon;&nbsp; Halfway to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Defending herself and the unconscious baddies. Getting ready to join a bigger fight.<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Team 13 and Number 10.<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Number 10 is doing something unforgivable! <br><hr><br>Nanase and her clone got near Karin, only to see what she did to the ones who attacked her. The Uzumaki girl couldn't help to feel a bit uncomfortable to witness how quick her team mates were to take a life. Nanase knew how harsh a ninja's life can be and she knew sometimes to kill another one could be the only choice. But, as long as she could avoid to take that choice, she wouldn't take anyone's life. That was what her Jiji taught,&nbsp; that was her ninja way.<br><br>But it wasn't time to think about these matters. Yes, Karin was fine and that was good, but Number 10 and 1 were still alive and well and they seemed to be enemies of a superior level, capable to handle all of them at once. The real fight was about to start. When Nanase laid eyes on 10, he already threw his chain sword at the bridge, creating some sort of barrier that trapped all of them inside.<br><br><em>All better, he cannot run when I get closer enough to beat the piss out of him, dattebane!</em><br><br>But before the blonde would try any move against Number 10, he attacked first. He whipped his chain and then countless sharp needles of water came out in every direction. There was no way to dodge, so she had to hide behind her clone to shield herself against the damage. Her teammates could avoid it? Karin, yes, so Tsuneo and Takeshi. But... Number 2 and 7! They were unconscious and they were in the way of the attack!<br><br>Thinking and acting as fast as she could, Nanase summoned more three Kage Bushins. She got two with herself and ran towards Number 2, hiding him and herself behind the two spare clones. The other three got closer to Number 7, in time to protect him from the needles. When the needles reached them, Nanase could see one of the clones blow up in smoke. She quickly glanced at Number 7. There was still one clone with him, after the attack. The other must had exploded after sustaining the damage.<br><br><strong>"Get him and protect them with her help!" </strong> quickly said the blonde.<br><br>The clone in front of her nodded and grabbed the unconscious man to join the other bushin protecting Number 7. The two Nanases got both men as close as possible to the edge of the barrier and stood there, ready to protect them.<br><br><em><strong>"You're right about one thing: I will kill you. Don't underestimate us,"</strong></em> said Tsuneo, sending two cobras to attack Ten. Nanase got the chance to regroup with her team mates. <strong>"So... any plans?"</strong> She was changed. The all cheery Nanase was deadly serious, a cold look was in her face. What Number 10 tried to do... It was inexcusable! Anyone who tried to kill his own comrades are lower than trash. Nanase would surely teach him a lesson!
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Laughing Hyena</strong> on <strong>06-06-2015, 17:11:36</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://moe.animecharactersdatabase.com/uploads/chars/5688-1635205895.jpg)</div><strong>Name:</strong> Chishio Juro Takeshi<br><strong>Location:</strong> Waterfall Canyon;&nbsp; Halfway to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong> Assessing the Situation<br><strong>Tagging:</strong> Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Karin Isako; Ten<br><strong>Warning:</strong> Experimenting<br><hr><br>As for how Takeshi avoided the dreaded needles it was via the use of his blood chakra within his bandages, animating them to swat the water needles aside however several did make contact with his flesh letting more blood stain the bridge. Still it was not fatal though it does sting like hell and he would endure. Still he was curious about the barrier and that thick mist would certainly be a problem. Blood was visibly spilt upon the bridge behind and around the ninja and he had stayed low to minimize the amount of needles that could conceivably hurt him. He did however try and fling a simple kunai at Ten however the mark was off as the mist managed to obscure him. He knew this technique the Mist<br><br>Takeshi was satisfied with what had transpired with his teammates and he was glad that they were so very competent. A majority of the opposition had been decimated though he had to wonder why Uzumaki had not killed two of them. They were still breathing. Granted it could have been just because of a practical sense but she didn't strike him as the type. However the fact that she had gone quite serious had made him take notice. <br><br>In response to her question of a plan Takeshi had an idea however they were going to have to trust some of his judgements. Mentally he deliberated within himself trying to figure out certain advantages. <em>"Poison on my bandages… my blood running along the bridge. An impregnable mist keeping us blind… a barrier that as of yet I have no true idea on what it does. However it is familiar in some aspects. Either way I cannot ascertain it without experimentation."</em> Takeshi would soon speak up however with a quiet tone since he didn't wish for Ten to hear them. <strong>"Hidden Mist Justu with a combination of an unknown barrier, possibly an Ice Release and those blasted Water Needles. Wait a minute..."</strong> Takeshi had a small realization on how to escape the barrier and dupe Ten into dropping his guard. <br><br>Forming several hand sigils he readies the Water Clone Jutsu. <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> The plan was simplistic in nature. They cut a hole in the bridge, or use a technique to get under the bridge, he uses the Water Clone Technique to replicate the three of them and then they ambush him. He doubts that barrier is on both sides of the bridge. Then they can ambush him. He knew what this also meant for him as it meant he would be taking significant risks to make sure they stay alive long enough to best Ten. He doesn't bring this up as he knew at the very least Nanase would raise an objection to such an idea of him being a pawn.
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				Title: <strong>Re: Naruto:  Task Force [IC Thread]</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>King Serperior</strong> on <strong>18-08-2015, 02:01:39</strong>
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				<div class="floatleft">(http://41.media.tumblr.com/8608be2bf18ddfe5f3dbfb915d94666d/tumblr_n3eugdMNvL1tx8ce6o5_1280.png)</div><strong>Name:</strong>&nbsp; Karin Isako<br><strong>Location:</strong>&nbsp; Waterfall Canyon;&nbsp; Halfway to Kirigakure<br><strong>Doing:</strong>&nbsp; Going from defense to offense in a flash<br><strong>Tagging:</strong>&nbsp; Nanase Uzumaki, Tsuneo Uchiha, Terumi Azura, Takeshi Chishio; Ninja Ten<br><strong>Warning:</strong>&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; She nodded as Nana-chan, Tsuneo-san, and Takashi-san stepped closer around her.&nbsp; As the did, the ninja with a big 10 on his mask stepped forward and used his chain-whip to strike the bridge.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Her attention, however, was on the ninja in front of her.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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!&nbsp; At the moment, Karin was still gathering her strength, so she was unable to dodge, leaving only one thing left:&nbsp; 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!&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; There wasn't time to get the others to hide behind Bōrudā's bulk, so she hoped that everyone managed to escape harm.&nbsp; 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>&nbsp; It was Tsuneo-san!&nbsp; Karin glanced at him, noting the large cobras that encircled him.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; The change in her voice surprised Karin and when she saw the girl's eyes, she knew that something had changed.&nbsp; 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?&nbsp; They were our enemy and would have let us die if our places were swapped.'</em>&nbsp; She liked Nana-chan and considered her someone she could trust, but her mercy would get her killed!&nbsp; There was no time for that, though.&nbsp; This was life and death and there was no time to worry about that sort of thing.&nbsp; 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?&nbsp; That would take too much time.&nbsp; We have no idea what that other Ninja is doing and until we defeat this guy, we can't hope to get at him.&nbsp; We attack directly.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; He was not surprised when all four of them survived.&nbsp; The attack, while very fast and quite lethal, was simple to defend against.&nbsp; He would have been much more surprised if one of them did actually die.&nbsp; No, this attack was to see how they would defend themselves on short notice.&nbsp; The girl with the puppets rolled the giant one between her and the needles like a giant shield.&nbsp; The other girl used Kage Bushins as shields.&nbsp; Judging by the blonde hair and that technique, he surmised that she was an Uzumaki.&nbsp; He would need to keep a close eye on that one.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; How interesting.....<br><br>The two boys provided some more interesting information.&nbsp; The dark-eyed one summoned two snakes and bound himself in their coils.&nbsp; The needles mostly bounced off their scales, but a couple got through.&nbsp; Sadly, none were mortal wounds, but they should slow them down just a fraction.&nbsp; It was the last one that made Ten frown.&nbsp; That one ducked down below the majority of the needles, but allowed a few to strike him.&nbsp; Few ninja would willingly allow themselves to be hit, but this one did so anyway.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Soon, that move came with the one girl sending her giant puppet at him.&nbsp; Ten stood there as the large puppet charged him down.&nbsp; At the last moment, he dodged with surprising speed and let the puppet pass by.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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!&nbsp; It's mass and speed made it seem like stopping was impossible and Karin couldn't slow it down enough.&nbsp; However, there was one thing she could do.&nbsp; 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?!&nbsp; What kind of Jutsu did that asshole use?"</strong>&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; Unfortunately, Bōrudā was the wrong puppet for such close quarters....
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