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2012 Jounin Exam Final Round
« on: June 08, 2012, 03:07:06 PM »

Atsudoushi Shrine

A large shrine located near the peak of a large mountain. Being near The Forest of Demons, the shrine serves as a type of gate between the human and demonic realms. It is also said that within the deepest chambers of the shrine, The Dragon Maiden trains without rest among demonic spirits.


Nara Eric presumes that the setting was set and laid out for them... After all, were there no better places to travel than in places unknown? He and his team had travelled quite the distance in search of treasure, or in his case, in search of treasure. Unwittingly his comrades followed, not realizing that they were on a treasure hunt, not in the next match of the jounin exams. Of course, that's precisely why they were there, but Eric reasoned a little side-trackedness never hurt anyone. Nara Eric garbed in standard jounin attire, save for the darker coloration of his clothing and green camouflage pants, his sword strapped to his back, somewhat hidden underneath a backpack. His headband upon his forehead, it hid signs of previous  damages, where it had saved his life on many the occasion. His brown eyes matched well with his dark brown hair, and the emblem of his clan embrazened on the collar of his flak jacket and upon its back. "This way team!" He shouts, gesturing towards the mountain as they travelled down a beaten, yet not all that trodden it seemed path, with grass as their outline, a few rocks and hills along the way, dotted with boulders ranging from their size to more than four times their size. The path was only somewhat windy, and the four man team easily traversed it. After all, they had all been through worse.

Shortly behind was the first chunnin among them, Raisan, staying relatively close behind Eric, a large pack matched Eric's save for the somewhat larger size. The chunin flak jacket and pants were almost covered in pockets, presumably only half of them at best filled with things by appearance; this would make it seem baggy, but they were actually quite fluid in movement. Black, spikey hair complimented a small, healed scar on his left cheek. While tan skinned, his stout stature of about 5'8 made Eric seem only a bit tall, although they were only about four inches difference in height. He fumbles with his gloves, each with a metallic plates upon them. The shinobi had a smile of relief upon his face as he groaned, "At least it is relatively cool... The wind is blowing, but at least it's cool air."

"You said it!" a dark kunoichi cheerfully stated, "Not only that, our next opponent this time won't be so dune happy!" A black cloak covered her completely standard chunin attire, hiding the very tips of her jet black hair, nigh shoulder length. She has two bangs framing the front of her face. She seems absent of her headband, the only indication of it ever being present was a slight indention, the only flaw on her face, her silver eyes drawing most of the attention in that area. She walked with a bit of a bounce in her step, keeping her distance between her teamates. "Just stay focused, because Renna, I don't think we know where we are,"

A tall kunoichi with a much older appearance warned. Her face was a mix of playfulness and deathly seriousness, immediately drawing to reason why she was the one carrying up the rear instead of the other two chunin. At 6'2, she was two inches taller than Eric, giving her a somewhat dominant stature over the group, although it was a weak assertion with her being relatively far from their jounin leader. Wearing the standard chunin attire, save for shin, arm, and even face guards, the last framing her face much like that of a forehead protector styled face guard. Her chestnut brown hair, almost silky in appearance, could hardly be noticed with the tight ponytail that she kept it in, likely skilled in the field of hair doing as well as being a ninja.

"Don't worry Makata, we're almost to that mountain, in case you were wondering where our final destination was," Eric commented, not bothering to look back, "and besides, I doubt our enemy can sneak up on all four of us." "Wouldn't be the first time, Captain, that you were wrong if they do," Makata retorts, "I wonder about you sometimes." "And I wonder why you're so dang young," Eric mutters to himself, out of earshot of any of his comrade. She was too young for him to handle... At least without a sentence. Or was that just for civilian minors... Ah well, he'll look it up later.


Immortal Guardian Shadowfire laughed quite boredly. He and his squad remained sitting at the front of the Shrine. The mountain offered a great battlefield, but before him was a massive field. The grass stretched far into the distance where a ring of rocks broke just before the end of the trail. A small path led into the field, which splashed in great contrast to the orange walls of the Shrine behind the four man squad. Standing in the lax posture as he was, Shadow's onyx colored hair gently fell to his back in straight waves. His eyes, a bright and unerringly piercing golden color, watched the field. The barriers surrounding the mountain were studiously being breached, and thus warned as the incoming squad moved closer, and closer to the position of Shadow and his squad. He was clothed in a black robe, with a twisting red dragon upon its back. A black sheathed sword sat across the small of his lower back, the handle poking out at his right hip, over a white sheathed blade. He had one pouch at his back left hip, where he contained his scrolls. Upon his wrists, hidden within the sleeves, were two wrist-guards with summoning Kanji upon them. Obviously meant for the projectile weapons that all shinobi carried. A gentle breeze caused his hair to flutter slightly to the left where another shinobi stood.


The man, Lathasa by name, stood stoicly. His eyes swept back and forth. He had shoulder length black hair, having let it grow out since he last battled. He had no clue as to what he wanted to do. A sword was strapped to his back, and red symbols were written down his right and left arms. A headband was strapped to his forehead, the traditional four diagonal squiggly lines dictating that he was from Kirigakure, shined brightly in the sunlight. Lathasa fingered his hair. He was dressed in the flak jacket, blue in color. He had two pouches, one on each leg, within easy reach of his fingers and hands. Lathasa turned his head slightly to the right. "Thorn... You ready for this?" The kunoichi he spoke to was a frail looking female.

She was dressed in a simple shirt and jeans, though they were altered to allow her to move with her amazing agility. Acrobatics were something she prided herself on. Underneath that she wore a thin sheet of armor, strong enough to deflect most kunai, shuriken, and senbon strikes, but thin and comfortable enough so as not to reduce her movement. Long blond hair fell in wavy waves to the middle of her shoulder blades, and bright green eyes appraised the situation with a practiced eye. She seemed bored as she sat on the steps of the shrine. She cast her gaze back to Lathasa and smiles. "What do you take me for? Of course I'm ready. But at the rate this team is going I'll have grown a beard. Oh what a sight that would be!" She laughs rather hysterically.

Another Kunoicihi scoffed. She was dressed the same as Lathasa, a blue flak jacket hugging her body tightly. Her hair, red in color, fell to her jawline. She had cut, and dyed it, since she was last seen. It was to her character, nonetheless, to remain as unknown as she could, thus changing her appearance as often as she could. She ran a hand through her hair, a small braid falling beside her right eye, and hanging there. She was laying down on the ground in a lax position, tracing designs in the dirt. When she spoke, it was soft, and firm at the same time. "Would you two shut up? They're almost here..." The Kunai she was using flipped up, and was flung at a tree, indicating the path the incoming shinobi would come through. All of them turned to look at the kunoichi except Shadow.

Immortal Guardian Shadowfire turned to look in the direction the kunai was quivering. It was right. The last barrier was breached as the Shinobi were less than fifty meters away. Shadow remained lax, but the others slowly rose to their feet. True to their words, they were all looking forward to the battle. It was the final of the Jounin exams, and Shadow had enjoyed everything else thus far... so this battle should prove another fun game to play. A gusting wind yanked at Shadow's hair and robe, and caused them to thrash violently in the winds. Shadow's golden gaze spotted the incoming team easily enough. The mountain path broke at the fields, and everybody would be easy enough prey for Shadow's and his team's eyes. With a flick, all his team rose to greet the incomers. "Took them long enough." Thorn laughed softly. "I thought you didn't care!" Shadow rolls his eyes, and Lathasa laughs. "You girls are incorrigible." Shadow chuckles his agreement. "Look alive, folks. We are throwing a party, remember? And our guests have finally arrived." Shadow and his squad started forward to meet Eric and his halfway into the field.
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« Reply #1 on: June 08, 2012, 03:56:47 PM »

Nara Eric was, as the group's leader, the very first to spot the other team. Inside he groaned, as he actually did come here for treasure hunting personally, and didn't like the prospect that he was still going to have to fight anyways. Last time he had ended up nearly unconscious just from the effort it took to beat down their last opponent. While their old strategy had had plenty of perks, it had been flawed, and he had been doing some tweaks to ensure that they don't fall prey to their time consuming mistake again. Besides, he didn't want to have to call on his mount, like last time. He surely wasn't ashamed to call on her for help, but he preferred a fight where that wasn't necessary. Course, history proved that it was unlikely that they'd defeat the jounin without her. It was hard to tell who was the jounin, though, as all four of them bore the resemblance of equally footed shinobi. A good thing? Only time would tell. It already seemed as if the team was much more energetic and participative than the last, their fight mostly being with the jounin, his chunin mostly nuisances. Eric sensed that things would be different this time, without a doubt.

Raisan spotted the opposing team, scouring over them, searching for any signs of who was the most combat capable of them. The one with the golden eyes, at least to him, stuck out as the leader, for his appearance alone distinguished him from the others. With a perceptive flare, he also paid attention to the way they seemed to greet them. They apparently were not surprised of their appearance, meaning that, unlike last time, their enemy had been waiting on them. Well... Enemy was such a strong word... Yet, that is what they in essence, since lives would be at stake most likely. They hadn't lost anyone last time.

Renna didn't want that to change. Already she could see that as far as male/female rations went, they seemed to be on similar terms. In their own group, however, it would become painfully obvious who the team leader was, as his flak jacket color reflected his status as jounin. Of course Makata could questionably be the leader, but with her bringing up the rear, Renna didn't figure that the other team would think that. They were, after all, walking in a straight line with little deterrence.

Makata smiled, quickly walking up as she spotted the opposing team. She had overheard laughter, and as she caught up to Eric, her height compared to his was noticeable. She whispered, breaking their team silence,
"Seems we have some eye candy to face this time."

Eric didn't need a nudging to see at least what he thought she was talking about, the red head appealing to his visuals. "I don't know about you, but I am more concerned with the fact that they are Mist ninja..." Eric whispered back, their team near the halfway point, "Keep an eye on your surroundings, and most importantly, don't lose each other." "You still have the kunai, yes?" "We all do, don't worry about that." "I can't help but wonder about your paranoia with Mist ninja Captain," Renna interrupted, appearing between the two, "I mean, they're mortal just like us.

"Well, he did fight against them in a war. Perhaps that is where it stems from?" Raisan offered, keeping the now rearmost position. "You all know how I fight, and understand why I don't like facing Mist ninja," Eric firmly stated, now within earshot of their opponents, "now be mindful, and don't forget each other." They all nodded in relative agreement, and then, as they reached the halfway line, lined up, almost perfectly horizontal, in the following order, almost from tallest to shortest in a odd way; Makata on the outer left, then, going to the right, Renna, Raisan, then Eric. Eric glanced at Raisan, who, with an "oh" took a single step back, now a slight T shape made.

Now that they were in some sort of order, Eric exclaimed,
"Well, it's a pleasant surprise to see that you all came in such a timely manner... Last time we had a fellow who preferred to liquefy his dang body for half the battle. Quite the nuisance, I hope you don't know him by any chance. Anyways, representing Konohagakure in the final round of the Chunin... errr, Jounin Exams is Team Eric. I'm sure you've figured out who is Eric by now, and would like to say, welcome, or better yet, we are welcome here as your most intrigued guests! Of course we came not to treasure hunt, but to carry out the final portions of the exams, so that at long last we may all lay this rest, claim our consolation or grand prizes, and go on home. As our hosts, I hope you have refreshments available for after the show." Makata gave Eric a murderous look. Refreshments? Who in the heck was going to have time or even the interest... "Woohoo, we get to eat right afterwards this time!" Renna shouted in apparent joy, a bright smile lit upon her face. Having at least an idea of what Makata was thinking, Raisan couldn't help but attempt to stifle a chuckle, hoping deep down himself there was food and drink nearby.
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« Reply #2 on: June 08, 2012, 04:18:43 PM »

Immortal Guardian Shadowfire spoke to the team as they neared the others. "Remember the plans... and be careful. I do hope we can make it out of this one much like we did the others..." He chuckled, and stopped. When Eric spoke about the refreshments, Shadow and his team let out a soft laugh. Shadow would take a small step forward, and offer his hand to the one called Eric. "It is a pleasure to meet you. I'm Shadow, this is Lathasa," He gestures to the male, "Thorn," He gestures to the blond "and of course Kara." He gestures to the redhead. He left his hand to shake Eric's, seemingly acting the cordial host. "Refreshments would be nice, no? I think I will do just that..."

He smiles and looks back at the shrine.
"Oh yes! We're the team representing Kirigakure no Sato..." He smiles rather warmly. Lathasa eyed the incoming team, more particularly the females, however when the leader, Eric he presumed, spoke, he cast his gaze to examine the man. Keeping track of a few rather random notes, like the man's hair color, clothing, and type of footwear (among other innocuous details), he would return his gaze to the females. If he had learned one thing, it was that though females appeared "weak" in stature, they could be the most devastating members of any team. He smirked, remembering his first encounter with Thorn and Kara. Seemingly without thought he reaches up to rub the top of his head. Lathasa held a very serious air about him, and if it weren't for Shadow announcing his leadership, Lathasa could very well have taken the mantle. As it was, he remained nearly stoic as he examined the opposing team.

Thorn on the other hand let out a beaming smile. The effect could be quite killer with her golden locks, and perfectly white teeth. However, hidden beneath her benign behavior was that of an analytic mind. She ran a hand through her locks as Shadow spoke her name, seemingly completely relaxed. Thorn leaned over and in an exaggerated whisper to Lathasa said,
"They look afraid of us. Do you think it's because we're drop dead gorgeous." She and Lathasa chuckled, and Lathasa shook his head at her. "You can be so childish sometimes, Thorn."

The redhead, Kara by name, shook her head and pinched the bridge of her nose. Her demeanor was seemingly bored already. She noticed Eric's original glance, and offered a small smile in response, before going about fixing her hair and clothing. She reached up to tuck the braid behind her ear, before returning her scorching green oculars up to gaze at the opposing team. She and Thorn stood slightly back, She closer to Shadow. Without much to say, she gazed about. This female wasn't very verbose to begin with, which made it ever more important what she had to say when she spoke. She fingered the braid again, bored all ready by the exchange. Her eyes fell on Eric and raked him with a look, seemingly checking the male out.

Shadow returned to the forefront of the conversation.
"So... You seem to have the need to unload... Which makes me wonder what your true original purpose for this trip was..." Shadow smirks softly,shaking his head. "Who cares? We should help them unload..." She would wink at the nameless male in the group rather conspicuously. This would cause a bit of laughter from Shadow's crew, the most musical laughter coming from the leader himself. Shadow rolled his eyes. "Just ignore her. We all do." He chuckles and rolls his eyes again as thorn stick her tongue out at him. Lathasa shakes his head in mock disappointment. "What is our world coming to when we tease our opponents before we engage them. Oh woe is me." The male pouted in mock distress. Kara quirked a brow, and stiffed a rather rare laugh. Nonetheless, the team would greet the opponents with an open warmth, born of years of camaraderie.

They were all wary of their opponents, yet none of them would commit to reaching out to deliver the first strike. Rather, they waited, already having the nearly thirty set plans in place and ready in their minds. They did remain vigilant of any infinitesimal, or innocuous movements for attack by their enemies.
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« Reply #3 on: June 08, 2012, 04:33:58 PM »

Nara Eric smiled and called out, "If you want me to really 'unload', you should..." "Captain!" Makata interrupted, "we are not here for a picnic!" "Bah! This scenery would be perfect..." "Come on Cap, let's get this started, seeing as they are not taking the initiative!" Grumbling somewhat irritably, he mutters, "Can't treasure hunt can't even have a bit of fun... Killjoys these kids are nowadays."

After a slightly awkward silence amongst the group, they looked towards each other. "Well... Since I'm in the middle here, I guess I"ll call it..." "No need, we already know what we're doing first, we went over that already before we got here. I'm just making sure you all know I"m focused." What he was focused on, though, was what Renna had been worried about, rather than the fact that he wasn't focused at all.

Eric nodded to the ones down the line, and after yet another pause, a slight breeze blew. A deep breathe was taken by all members present before the front three began a series of handsigns.Upon completing his set, Eric exhaled what seemed to be air, suggesting a futon attack; however, as their opponents would find out later rather than sooner, he actually exhaled a highly flammable gas. This was towards a "center" point, a foot in front of Renna, meaning that Eric was launching his attack at an angle.
(Katon: Kasumi Enbu no Jutsu; Fire Release: Mist Blaze Dance Technique)

The reasoning behind this would not become quite evident until Makata released from her hand a wave of electricty, to come into contact with the gas. Upon first inspection that would only send the flame veering off in some off direction, far from their their opponents
(Lightning Release: Electromagnetic Murder; Raiton: Jibashi)

Renna, the attacks beginning to emerge in front of her; before they do, however, Renna exhales a powerful gust of wind straight forward, straight towards their opponents
(Futon: Kamikaze; Wind Release: Divine Wind). The result and timing of this combination would create powerful combination attack that, as the three streamed it, would send a large, bright yellow stream of fire towards their opponents, the infusion of Katon, Futon, and Raition reducing the odds that the opposing team could, individually at least, stop the attack by countering it with its symbolic elemental weakness, water.

As an onwards, which their enemies would likely be unaware, the jutsu was targeted to land right at the center of their positioning. Upon coming into contact with something, the ground their target, it would explode, sending flames and light sparks of raiton within a five meter raduis. Enhanced and slightly modified version
[Raika Horai no Jutsu; Coming of the Lightning Fire Phoenix Technique]

Since the threat of their own team being harmed by the attack was evident, Raisan slammed his palms upon the ground in preperation to put up a defense of sorts.
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« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2012, 04:46:27 PM »

Immortal Guardian Shadowfire was not one to wait idly. At the first shift of their muscle tension, he barked the order "Get back!" The entire team threw themselves back, and slid across the ground, ripping up the grass and casting dust into the air.

As they did, Shadow would have already formed seals. Exuding his chakra, he called forth the water from the area around them, forcing them to combine together and bend to his will. IN less than three seconds, about the time it would take Eric to finish the seals and begin exhaling the mist, A five meter length, six meter tall wall of water separated the two teams. Furthermore, the dust would begin to clog the air as Kara dropped to the ground under cover of the dust, and water wall, to slam her palms into the ground.

A slight tremor would be felt as she spoke only for the purpose of her own ears.
"Doton: Chikyu domu." By now the others would have converged upon Kara's position. as a massive dome of Earthen material covered them and thus obscured them from the view of their new opponents. They would not be deemed enemies for this was only a competition to Shadow. Only a fun game, and thus they were merely opponents.

Moving as one unit, the four members of the squad each created a clone. This clone was then strategically enamored with a number of seal tags. These tags contained already stored chakra, as well as a fuinjutsu that would attempt to fool the Byakugan, should any of the opponents possess such a dojutsu, by giving the appearance of a circulatory network. This was even known to have fooled some of the best Hyuuga's in the land. Nevertheless, the shinobi made their copies and endowed them with the seals.

At this time the wall of water would be hit by the flames, and steam would fill the air with the dust, further obfuscating the Mist Shinobi. it was hardly enough to defeat an incoming technique but it was never meant to. Kara had created the necessary tunnel that would lead the originals away. SO hidden by the earth, Kara's doton abilities, and the dust and what not, they made their escape to lay the traps.

The clones would depart the clone almost immediately, dashing outside the radius of the oncoming combo attack. (keep in mind the following exploits are due to the clones) Lathasa separated from the squad, and activated the seals on his arms. As he did they would vanish from the arms, and appear upon the three foot blade he drew from its sheath. He slid to a halt, and sung his blade up, sending a bolt of red energy at his opponent. It wasn't a high powered attack, just one to get their attention, and possibly stun if it struck. The opponent he aimed for was the second male, Raisan.

Shadow danced to the left, and flung forth a senbon. Using the well known clone technique, he created thirty from the one senbon he threw. his target was the whole of the other squad. Thorn fell back, taking a step away from the battle. She made no move to really jump into the battle, but instead seemed to be waiting.

Kara stood beside Thorn, holding two daggers in her hands, a third seemingly floating on air currents before her, creating a horizontal figure eight pattern. These were her three fabled blades: Kathara, a red handled blade with flickering flames etched into the yellowish colored blade; Lathasa, a blue handled blade with a nearly clear colored blade. A seemingly endless frozen mist seems to fall from the handle. The blade forming the pattern before her was green in color with a purple blade. She remained motionless as she watched the incoming opponents.
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« Reply #5 on: June 08, 2012, 05:24:21 PM »

"Status report!" Eric would shout after they finished delivering their attack, it's explosion quite bright in fact. The water barrier, due to the heat of the technique, would offer little resistance to the attack; but as the attack had been already set to a destination, it burst, sending calcine flames and raiton sparks all over. At the same while, the grass along the sides would quickly alight, the fires suddenly and quickly spreading in the forward direction the futon had initially directed them.

Eric observed this, along with the flames spreading in their own direction as well. As the team's sensory ninja, Renna would focus, extending her chakra outwards over the general area. She detected the falling back opposing team. However, it also seemed as if two were making a stand... Renna quickly deduced that she was overcounting in fact, and that at least each one of them likely created a clone, their chakra signatures present at least twice each. The obvious problem now was who was real and who wasn't.

"Our enemy has created shadow clones, meaning they've split their chakra... This also means that they don't plan on using that earthen barrier for very long..." "Then we should wipe out anything in sight to make sure that their clones are taken out as well as them!" Makata suggested, "It would certainly give us the advantage..." "But it would be a waste if chakra if all they left behind were clones," Eric cut off quickly, "not to mention we've already practically unveiled all of our elements..."

"Incoming!" Renna shouted as the senbon and energy ball came into view. His nerves completely prepared for this, Raisan noted that, due to the dust, and mist, their enemy likely did not attack from there... Forget it, finding the enemy was not his task! "Doton: Doryuheki; Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!" Raisan shouted as he channeled his chakra into the ground at long last, a tall earthen wall emerging in front of his team, the thickness being nearly two feet. The wall was wide enough to stretch across to block both the energy ball and the senbon.

As the senbon bounced off the walls and the energy ball impacted, Eric took a few steps back, his two point comrades following his lead. The energy ball wouldn't go through, although it would leave a very noticeable impact mark.
"However they plan on things, we can't spend chakra like this the entire match!"  Raisan chastised as he rose, "We aren't out of chakra yet, collectively I hope, but..." "We're well aware of our personal limits Raisan," Makata sharply cut off, "If our enemy is backing off, shouldn't we pursue?" "Or their clones are doing the backing off and their fighting..." "If everyone would be quiet for a moment I'll tell you what I think they are doing."

Silence yet again. "Ahead is a shrine; what is past that seems to be a forest of sorts. Once in there we'll be on more familiar terrain. Since the fire is spreading that way, it's only a matter of time before they are forced to emerge anyways. Besides, we have four threats to deal with immanently, clone or not." "Agreed... But we should be conservative. We have enough chakra pills for all four of us to get replenished twice each. Hopefully we won't need to press our luck and get that far. Anyways, our enemy is probably drawing back to formulate a battle plan, and maybe set up traps. With the fire going from the lack of ground moisture, it isn't going to take long for things to start getting hot around here. The weather also will start getting thunderstorm-ish if we give it time." "That's a good thing right?" Makata offered.

"We're facing Mist ninja; I don't want it to also start raining too," Eric worriedly states, "We don't want to give their water an edge." "So what is the plan of attack?" Eric smiled, thinking for a few moments. "There is a mountain beyond the forest. If the fire gets into the forest,, then they'll be pushed in that direction..." "And the attackers?" Eric snickered, saying, "I'll take care of them. You guys get ready for the next phase."

Eric figured that by now their enemy would have been given the chance, most certainly, to consider their own strategy. He takes out two kunai with explosive tags and shunshins to a rock to the left of the barrier and such. He peeks from the rock, observing the now cleared battlefield.
"Well, in that case, here's what I think he has in mind..." Makata started, gathering the remaining behind the earthen wall.
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« Reply #6 on: June 08, 2012, 05:47:58 PM »

The attack was stopped easily enough, and the dust would settle quickly. The air was becoming noticeably warmer due to the flames. Shadow smirked. If that continued the two conflicting fronts would cause a massive thunderstorm. However that would take too long for his plans. Instead, Shadow turned to eye Thorn, Kara, and Lathasa. He nodded. That was the signal. As the other team planned, Shadow formed a long string of seals necessary for his most infamous jutsu.

It was something well known in Kirigakure, and a good amount of other shinobi. He smiled at the last seal
"Suiton: Chakura Hakai Ame!" Suddenly dark clouds would roll over the area. The clouds would blanket the skies, and thus darken the field. A moment later a roar would be heard as rain poured from the clouds. Of course, this was no ordinary rain. No. This was Shadow's Chakra Destruction Rain Technique... With an initial burst of Shadow's chakra, the rain would take on a special property. Small, however the sheer number of drops would give a good trickle of chakra being stolen nearly constantly. Eric's team wouldn't be the only one effected. Shadow's team would also loose chakra in the same way, with the exception alone of Shadow himself, who remained unaffected by the technique.

Lathasa, knowing the technique would come quickly dashed forth followed by Thorn and Kara. Lathasa and Kara dropped back as they neared the wall. the reason became apparent a second later when Thorn propelled herself slightly in the air. Swinging her fist back, she infused it with a precise amount of chakra. This would be the point that Eric moved to his spot. Thorn slammed her fist into the wall, releasing the chakra in a burst with precise piercing power. It would be enough to cause the wall to splinter, and shatter inwards sending large chunks at the opposing team huddled behind it.

Lathasa, after falling back, had formed the necessary seals for his technique. Thorn flipped backwards multiple times, and threw herself above Lathasa and Kara. As soon as she was out of the clear, Lathasa grinned, releasing his technique.
"Kazekiri no Jutsu." He swung his blade in an arc, releasing a wave of highly powered wind. This wind would gouge the earth, and seemingly split the particles of the world itself as it rushed forth. At the release of such a powerful technique (super bolstered at Lathasa's whim) a tag on his arm would disintegrate under his clothes. However the effect would be a draining in the chakra nimbus he possessed (level with the amount said technique would normally take.

"We need to back up!" Kara spoke softly, as her three daggers now all floated in intricate patterns about her. She would form a set of seals, and grab the red handled blade. A semicircle of yellow flames would surround them, giving them a seeming protective field for them to dash back. Meanwhile Shadow remained in his stoic position. His rain quickly putting out the original flames, and then the summoned flames of Kara. The other three returned to Shadow, As he formed the seals necessary for a jutsu. Following the same principle of the earth dome, Shadow dropped and slammed his palm into the ground. "Suiton: Mizu no domu..." In response, thefalling water would coalesce into a protective sphere around Shadow and his team, cutting off the rain's power about them, and thus effectively protecting Shadow's team from the effects of his rain. The dome remained clear, giving the clones a view of the landscape now ravaged by the battle, and their opponents. <----------- (actions of the clones)

(Actions of reals) --------->
Shadow's team had finished the first set of the necessary placements. Kara had run the wires, chains, and other lines masterfully about the arena. The fire was extinguished, and they were now huddled out of sight, and out of reach of the rain. Lathasa was watching the battle for Shadow's team, and reporting it to Shadow as he stood drawing the design in the dirt. "It will be simple from here." Kara, Lathasa, and Thorn looked up, and gave a nod before all scattering.

Shadow, knowing there was a sensor in the group of opponents, had no choice but to bump up their plans. He would position himself atop the shrine, holding his white blade in hand. Lathasa, Kara, and Thorn all positioned themselves in their proper places, using the nearby cover to keep the rain off themselves. Rain Pelted Shadow in his position, as a wind tugged his robe and hair out to the left. The opposing team would (most likely) only notice Shadow after they dealt with the incoming attack, and by then it would be far too late.

He remained stoic, watching their clones function perfectly, and battling the plan as they were meant to. It would only take so long, and already they had each lost one tag. Which put them each down to seven apiece. Not that it mattered much. If Shadow's team was lucky, and if the plan worked... it was possible this next technique could end the battle. They hoped it would be without any losses for either side, however.
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« Reply #7 on: June 08, 2012, 05:57:27 PM »

Renna had been plotting the movements of particularly the clones for quite the bit; and upon realizing that the Mist rain technique was in usage, she said to her teamates, "Our enemy plans on at the very least draining us down for chakra. Currently they are inbound." "Then let's show them a thing or two!"[/color=lightgreen] Makata exclaimed, but was stopped by Renna. "Time to regroup."

As the team motioned to follow Eric, the earthen barrier was struck. Eric noticed the changing elements of the battlefield, he quickly hurls the two explosive kunai across the field, to the other side in fact; they would detonate within moments of reaching a bouldered area. Once that was done, he would also take out a black kunai, a set of kanji set within the hilt. He threw that also in succession, as his next plan of attack would require a bit of crafty work. This kunai would reach the newly created hole in the ground that would be created. The hole would become later described.

Realizing that yet another attack was inbound, Makata ducked as three kunai flew by her, almost striking her. She caught a glimpse of the color of the last one, and realized what Eric now intended on doing. She takes the head as all three shunshin to Eric's position. Promptly Eric becomes the center of a trioed triangle, and upon kneeling, he whispers,
"Kage Ido; Shadow Migration!" The entire group seemingly sinks into the ground, giving the illusion that they had vanished into the ground via a doton technique.

The slicing wind wave would completely rape their former places, practically taking out former positions. Meanwhile, in the cave-like hole created, the first explosion had effectively gouged out a hole in the ground, the second one deepening it to the point where it was a shallow tunnel within the ground. The black kunai thudded inside the tunnel, seconds before Eric and his team reemerged at the kunai, who's shadow was well merged with that of the tunnel's.
"I gotta take a breather..." Eric exclaimed, his normally cheap technique actually somewhat draining. It was probably because he was transporting three people who did not have the shadow seal via the gate of shadows.

Staying in the intermediate zone would have been beneficial, but Eric knew that, while they were temporarily covered from the rain and thus detection via that or chakra drain, and that the black kunai was likely not noticed, the explosions probably were. Raisan nodded, then, using his doton chakra, began tunneling, backtracking and falling back from their previous position. Upon his teamates following, he would collapse parts of the tunnel behind them, making it seem like they were attempting to bunker underground. Eric had taken his kunai with him, as he did not want it to fall into rival hands, and as the formerly black kunai (having returned to its normal gray color) was put away, Eric silently contemplated a counterstrike strategy.

Their eyes, at least for now, was going to have to be Renna. Renna maintained a nervous eye, being underground never one of her forte's. Makata didn't like the underground either, but she reasoned that their enemy wouldn't likely try to flood them out. Their tunnelling would be nigh noiseless, and at least for a little while, it would be good, and wise for that matter, to be out of the rain. Besides, they were no further down than six feet below the surface, so returning to the surface shouldn't pose a laborious task.
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« Reply #8 on: June 08, 2012, 06:18:28 PM »

(Clones actions) Kara flicked her eyes about, watching the detonation, of two explosively packed Kunai. A glimpse, almost like a shadow would land in the same area next. Or so she thought. Twisting slightly, she cast her gaze in that direction as if searching for whatever created the shadow. She turned back. "Shadow. I can't see, but it looks like they went over there..." Shadow, who had already noticed the explosions, forced energy into his eyes. Half a moment later, the veins about his eyes became more prominent, and the golden eyes turned an almost white pale gold. "Byakugan!"

His gaze scoured the ground just in time to find the last retreating figure disappear into a collapsing tunnel. Shadow smirks.
"It seems they are playing smart... but we need to flush them out. The water dome will only be sustained for thirty -two seconds more. Then we move to the next phase. Kara... You know what to do..." Kara eyed Shadow, and smirked. "Of course."

Kara turned and formed a set of seals in quick succession. Twisting, she utilized the Shunshin no jutsu to cast herself forth, appearing near the tunnel entrance. She would slam her palm into the ground,
"Doton: Doryu Taiga!" Spreading forth from her palm and following the path of the tunnel, the earth would seem to liquefy into a mud slide. This would, effectively, destroy the tunnel, and create a mud wave roaring towards where Eric's team was located underground.

A half second later, Thorn appeared high above the ground, near the back side of the tunnel, and where it would be stopped. She used the trailing mud to pinpoint her target. She dropped from the air, and swung her right fist forward, slamming it into the ground with enough force to shatter a crater with a diameter of five meters in every direction, and a depth of three meters. The crumbling ground would force the team out, and would also begin to collect the mud wave.

Thorn righted herself then swung her left leg up, and brought her heel down. She infused the kick with chakra, and released the chakra in a shifting style, sending it into the ground in a multitude of wave forms, and directions. The shifting chakra would cause the earth around to tremble slightly. This would, hopefully, throw the opposing team off balance.

Kara steadied herself as the shaking began. Two second later she and Thorn shunshined back to the others.

Lathasa swung his sword to the left. As he did, the first red symbol would light up upon his blade. His red chakra would cause a red coloring. He would grip his bicep with his left hand, then jump forward out of the water dome. Targeting the opposing squad, He would land upon the ground in a form that flowed. Swinging his arm in an underhand stroke, he would bring his arm forward, and slice it into the air, releasing a destructive wave of red energy. This energy, infused with wind chakra, would travel at exponential speeds at the opponents. Furthermore, it's destructive power would be that much more, and such it would tear the ground. His target was the center of the formation of Shinobi. His goal? To hopefully separate at least one from the rest of the squad.
He would follow up the first slash with a horizontal slash of pure wind blades. Almost like a distraction, the first attack would be meant to keep the opponents attention as the second, nearly invisible wind slashes would be meant to hit, and thus damage the opponents. The first attack carried the lethal potential to sever the enemies in half, and could cause exponential damage, but the secret second attack is what the target point was.

Lanthasa would hop back into the water dome and escape the draining rain as a second, and half a third tag vanished from him. Shadow sighed.
"We're running out of these chakra seals too fast. We need to be more conservative with the attack styles we do. Granted the originals still contain power, we need to wear the opponents down more..."

Shadow tapped the two wrist guards, and summoned forth a dozen Shuriken. He would jump, just high enough to clear and stand upon the dome. With practiced movements he would throw the shuriken, then summon more and toss them, and more, until he had thrown nearly one hundred shuriken and nearly exhausted his supply. The black projectiles would be somewhat hidden by the darkness cast from the clouds above, and the rain would continue to thunder down upon the ground, hopefully draining more chakra from the opponents. Shadow remained atop the sphere.

(actions of the originals). Shadow and his squad remained in their positions as the clones maneuvered the field, and the opponents into the necessary areas. Though it would be mighty hard for their opponents to figure out the strategy Shadow's team had in action, He would wait for the signal. His eyes scanned, and watched the battle rage below, listening to the earpiece he had plugged in.

Kara smiled, and depressed the transceiver button.
"We're ready... The plan is set. All that remains is for you to give the signal and the go ahead." Shadow nodded, and responded to the team "You'll know the signal. When it comes, jump to the three spots... Remember your job. If all goes well... We shall end this battle with one fell swoop." "Hell yeah..." "About damn time. This is already getting boring. I swear they have no strategist on their team. I mean look at them scrambling about!" "Thorn. Head in the game. Stop worrying about their strategist, and more about the strategist on your team who you don't want to piss off."

Thorn scoffs, and adjusts the bracelet on her left wrist. She knew Shadow was right, but she hated to admit it. She turned her eyes to the clones from her secluded and sheltered spot. None of the originals were getting touched by the rain. Previous planning on Shadow's part. Which meant they wouldn't be loosing chakra like the clones (excluding Shadow's clone, and the original Shadow) and the opposing team would be. It was the only reason Shadow had the position on the shrine. The rain didn't effect him, and he was nearly hidden in the darkness of the rain. Though the opposing team would notice him soon. Of that she was sure. Their tracker was good enough to hold with the best.

Lathasa hunkered down, digging his feet in. It wouldn't take long now. Once the opponents noticed the real Shadow they would be able to join the fight. A drop of water landed on his shoulder and sapped a bit of chakra from him. He examined it, shook his head, shifted from the area to reduce the possibility of any more touching him, and cast his gaze back at the opponents and clones. Thorn shifted from foot to foot, awaiting the signal. A gust of wind tore at Shadow's hair and robe as lightning flashed in the clouds above. The rain continued to fall in a steady downpour. If they didn't win the battle by the plan they had set, this rain would do it for them... or so he hoped.

The clone had sacrificed a full chakra seal for it... so it was more powerful than normal... Either way... the time would be soon. Shadow waited, and watched in tense anticipation.
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« Reply #9 on: June 08, 2012, 06:50:22 PM »

Renna registered the oncoming enemies quickly, warning "They might try to trap us underground... Prepare for a doton defense!" "Do better than that!" Eric growled, clasping his hands together, a blue aura of futon chakra and air surrounding his form. "No time for that!" Makata shouted as she reared to the rear of the tunnel. While the specific style of doton was not clear, it was clear that doton was going to be used against them, in the tunnel area behind them.

With little hesitation she channeled some raiton chakra into her hand, not an incredible amount as she knew raiton's strength over Doton. As she touched the tunnel, she directed the raiton inadvertently towards the oncoming mudslide attack through conduction, intent on shocking the user of the technique, as they likely would have had their hands on the ground at the start of the attack.
(Lightning Release: Wave of Inspiration; Raiton: Kangekiha).

Raisan realized through his intuition and doton technique that somehow, their enemy had quickly uncovered where they had retreated to. As a result, they likely were going to attempt to stop them with yet another doton technique... Since Makata's raiton chakra was covering their rear, it was improbable that she would also be able to stop a forward attack also. As a result, only one option, he feared, made sense. With speed of the essence, knowing that his team would follow suit shortly, he channelled Doton chakra all around his body, and with great speed, began tunneling downwards; not straight downwards, nor in a constant direction, swerving and changing directions, quickly lengthening and deepening the tunnel's length. At the rate he was going, it wouldn't be long before he created a large sinkhole beneath the entire area that so far they had been combating, though it would take some time. His goal, however, was to create an underground tunnel system, to reduce the chance that their enemy would predict their next move, and to allow more air into the passageways.

Eric, with the blue aura still surrounding him, reached into his weapons pouch, pulling out a single shuriken, each of its pointed stars having wrapped around it an explosive tag, four in all. Although this would reduce the shuriken's aerodynamic nature ever so slightly, Eric knew what he was going to do next to make up for that.
Knowing what came next, Renna clasped her hands together, somewhat surprised that the uncompleted beast armor was holding so well under its conditions. She compressed air from further tunneling and her own futon chakra, up to the point that they were rather set upon by the upward roof being stricken.

Eric tossed the shuriken somewhat into the air as some debris began coming down, the built up pressure he knew about to be released, he clasped his hands together, and as his wind armor flickered for a moment, the next event was bound to surprise their opponents. As the single shuriken was thrown, it suddenly became thousands, suddenly spawning from what seemed nowhere.
(Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu; Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu).

The team knew that the rain would completely reduce chakra-based attacks and whittle them, were they nothing but pure chakra. However, as the force Renna had been using to hold the air was removed from the equation, even released upon her will, the thousand, quadruple explosive tagged shuriken would suddenly burst out. The resulting release of air, shuriken, dirt, and earthen materials in general would sound like a volcano bursting. The shuriken would swiftly take to the air, almost blanketing the air with the projectiles.

Eric clasped his hands, detonating almost all of them at once, once they had sufficiently spread throughout the air. Renna and Eric retreated into the tunnel seconds after the command had been sent out, although it wasn't entirely by choice, as the force from the many explosions, more than enough to devastate their opponents were they caught within it, forced them downwards into the tunnel complex that Raisan had created, some of the closer to the surface tunnels closing in. The few explosive tags that Eric did not detonate were the ones closest to the ground as, after all, were they detonated, they would be nigh finished themselves.

The resulting explosion, however, covered sufficient grounds even encompassing as far as the shrine in its climatic and nigh apocalyptic fury. Makata had stopped the mudslide attack; she was on her way, heading down the tunnel when the bright light filled the tunnel, and the shaking began. She prepared for the worst, not sticking around to see what Eric and Renna had had in mind, but instead quickly moved through the tunnels, intent on linking back up with Raisian, not interested in having either him or her getting separated from the group too long.

* realizes he forgot the wind wave, and adds that the release of air and the resulting explosions would affect the wave. :/
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« Reply #10 on: June 08, 2012, 07:29:01 PM »

(actions for the clones) Kara let out a howl as the lightning struck her, and disrupted the chakra network illusion. Not only that, but it burned out three of her chakra seals before she ripped her self away from the technique...

Thorn ran towards the bloodied Kara, forming seals along the way. Having created the crater, and the trembling earth, her concern was for her teammate now. However she would be interrupted by an eruption from the earth. She had only enough time to register the detonation before her and Kara vanished in a puff of smoke. The attack was powerful enough to completely and utterly destroy the clones, and their chakra seals.

Lathasa, uncharacteristically let out a curse, as he and Shadow braced themselves within the sphere of water. The incoming blast rumbled, and hit the sphere, causing it to ripple, but to remain there. A second seal burned off Shadow's body. Lathasa, not having seen the enemies emerge from the ground, had not attacked. However, he knew the circumstances well. Thorn and Kara had just been destroyed by the massive blast created from thousands of detonating Shuriken. He also knew that the technique, as simple as it was, would have needed a substantial amount of chakra to be used on such a wide scale. That alone made it so it was the fault of the other teams jounin. At least, that was his conclusion. It looked as if Shadow himself came to the same conclusion a moment later.

Shadow rose to his feet, and jumped through the barrier above to land atop it. The rain still came down, but it was slowly loosing it's sapping powers. Shadow knew that if he didn't feed it, it would simply turn into a normal rain.... Either way he still held the advantage. However... Committing half a seal to it, he re-powered the jutsu and remained above. His Byakugan still active, he scoured the arena. He found none of the enemies, until he turned his gaze downwards. The tunnel system the they had created made it easier for shadow to track them, even with the dense packed earth in the way. He smirked.
"Lathasa. They've gone underground. What say we give them a nice surprise?"

Lathasa quirked a brow as Shadow Shunshined to the great gaping hole, and to the beginning of the deeper tunnel system they had forgotten to cover. Releasing his water dome, as he needed his undivided attention, he slammed his palms together. Dredging up a massive amount of enough to deplete a majority of his remaining chakra seals, leaving him with only one, and the illusion seal, he would call the water forth from the falling rain, the ground, and even converting his chakra into water itself.
"Let's see how you handle this one, Eric. Lathasa... Get to higher ground. I'm going to change the playing field a bit..." he smirks slightly then releases one of the most powerful jutsu in his collection.

"Suiton: Bakusui Shoha!" As he said this, a torrent of water would create a fountain below him, and lift him into the air.The fountain of water would spread out quickly, soon creating a massive tsunami that Shadow floated atop of. With a crouch, and a jump back, he flipped towards the highest tree at the edge of the forest. As he did, the wave would crash down, and flood the arena they were fighting within. At the same time, it would flood down the tunnels towards the now trapped team below. it would also fill the area with a depth of twelve meters of water. The opposing team would need a miracle to avoid this one.

Lathasa, upon hearing Shadow's order, turned and ran like a bat out of hell. He knew what was coming as soon as he watched all the Seals vanish off the clone. He knew better than to even attempt to disobey an order when such an attack was coming. The roar of the crashing wave would fill the air, and would urge lighter, and faster steps from him. Once he reached the edge of the forest, he scaled a tree without even breaking a step, or his current rhythm. Once he reached the top, he spun, and dashed from tree top to tree top, only breaking three of them, and having to catch himself. Finally he landed in the tree next to the stoic Shadow.

Shadow nodded at Lathasa.
"When they come out... hit them with all you've got... I want you to produce the most powerful with chakra blade you can.... This needs to end now... Otherwise we'll need to change strategies." Shadow eyed the field with a bit of contempt. They had already lost Kara and Thorn's clones... Shadow and Lathasa were the only two remaining clones, and Lathasa had only four seals left, and Shadow one. If they should run out, then the strategy would be in peril unless the crew could finish before that happened.

(Actions of the originals) Shadow's eyes widened in disbelief at the raging detonation of the shuriken. Such a power was uncommon. He didn't have a lot of time to react, but it was enough for him to form the seal necessary. He would hop back to the exact center of the shrine's roof, and press his palms together. Thrusting his hand out, he created a claw like form with his hand, and twisted to the right. In response, the rain would gather around him with alarming speed to create a sphere of dense water. "Suiro no Jutsu..."

Though normally meant for offense and to trap an opponent, Shadow had adapted this technique for defense as well. Reinforcing it with Chakra, the water became nearly impenetrable. As a result, the blast would only be effective enough to cause Shadow to slide back a few feet, and the shrine to shake. As the explosion ended, he keyed his team."Report..." "Fine. I found cover from the attack..." "Fine as well. Only sustained a few minor burns on my legs. it seems the blast of the wind knocked it towards yours and my positions, sir. Was that by accident?" "I'm fine. The blast didn't even move far into my direction. I only needed move a few feet away from my target point." "Good. Everyone---" he paused as he noted the clones. "Move into a higher point, and prepare to quickly reestablish your positions. Don't go far. If you can, build a barrier rather than move. Even with chakra if you have too. Things are going to get very wet, very fast." "The colliding wave, sir?" "Yes. Now move." "SIR!" They would answer in unison, and then move to accomplish the tasks as the tsunami began, and the Earth was covered in  water.

It brushed the sides of the shrine, and topped about halfway to it's zenith. Shadow spotted the clones at the edge of the forest across the way. He smirked. With a flick of his arm, he grabbed the hilt of his white blade, and lifted it up, and from it's sheath. Brandishing it over his head, the light would catch slightly on the blade, making it seem iridescent. The clouds overhead continued to belch rain. The clone Lathasa, Lathasa, Thorn, and Kara would now be loosing chakra, though it was understated for the originals due to them being in the covers they had quickly established.

"Sir. Back in position, and under cover. Is there a way we can let up this rain? it's dangerous for all of us." "Back in position! I second Lathasa's request." "Consider it with a third back up. I am back in position as well." Shadow sighed. It was probably best... and he could use the chakra back. He pressed his hands together, and smiled. "Release..."

The collected chakra would flood back into Shadow, and the Shadow clone. Any excess that they could not absorb was then converted into the clouds to keep the rain going. Though that would soon dissipate. The rain would still continue to pour down, however, though without it's special ability now. This was the cause of the two fronts from earlier. The rain, normal as it was, still provided a great advantage to Shadow. He slowly walked forth to the edge of the shrine's roof, and reversed his grip on the hilt of the blade, pointing it towards the ground now. He held it before him, and waited to see his opponents rise. The moment they did, he would finally put his plan into action.
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« Reply #11 on: June 08, 2012, 07:46:50 PM »

Raisan eventually ended his tunnelling as the explosions began dying down. He popped his head, for the first time, from the surface, wincing slightly as the rain began sapping at his chakra. He exitted the tunnel swiftly, only to realize that he was far closer to the shrine than he had wanted to be. The shrine was almost directly in front of him, and behind him a forest. Knowing very well that he had crossed into the forest of potential death, as he had lost track of his enemies awhile back without Renna directing them on it.

Makata, as the shaking stopped, began crawling up a tunnel, only to find Raisan staring towards something in awe. She appeared next to him, her head barely appearing above the entrance. She soon saw that he was staring at the shrine. She removed herself from the tunnel, suddenly feeling a familiar tingling of her person. As the explosions began dying down, Eric near well collapsed, panting, the blue aura surrounding him dissipating as it shielded him from his unpleasant face plant. He rises, shaking his head, as the ringing in his ears coincides with the end of the explosions. knowing that he still had explosive shuriken left, he looked for Renna.

Renna was already over to him, a look of hysteria on her face.
"Wha..." Eric started, Until Renna pulled out a single kunai, a three ponged tool of sorts with a kanji written paper along the hilt. Renna had sensed the sudden peace, and the collection of water that was beginning to gather towards one of the chakra presences uncomfortably close to their position. She wrapped one arm around Eric, then channelled chakra into the kunai. In a poof of smoke the two would vanish, as a large torrent of water would suddenly overtake the area they had been.

The explosive tagged shuriken that had not been set to explode, the ones closest to the ground, were swept into the tunnels, their tags ever still effective even as they were swept below ground into the tunnel system.
(Kuchiyose Ido) Makata, the tingling ever familiar, stepped to the side, as her two teamates were practically reverse summoned to her left and right, Renna and Eric respectively. Raisan quickly recognized the signs of fatigue, and with a swift motion reached into his backpack and brought out two chakra pills. Wordlessly Raisan handed them over, to which Eric and Renna obliged by catching their respective pills with their mouths. Raisan popped one in his own mouth, and then offered one to Makata. Makata shook her head in refusal, the main lookout for the team ever watchful for movement of some sort.

Slightly bitter, acknowledging that they were slowly being worn down, Eric muttered,
"Our opponents are good... Here in the forest, there are few places that rain can get at us. However, I"m concerned that they may attack before we are ready... Renna, how much chakra left?" "I haven't used mine quite as much as yours, but I hope you don't ask for a hurricane." A nervous chuckle went through the group, the brief, very brief respite only somewhat chippering the group. Each prepared for the next fork in the road.
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« Reply #12 on: June 08, 2012, 08:16:54 PM »

(Actions of the remaining clones.) Lathasa jumped forth atop the surface of the water. His job was easy now.... Easy enough to make him hate it. Running forth, he approached the back of the team while creating seals. Though it would only take so long for him to approach, he knew it would cause the others, especially the sensor in the group to notice him, and thus warn the others of his approach. Finishing his seals, he would come to a stop atop the water, looking at the opposing team.

They were slightly warn down. but he watched them pass chakra pills to each other. Making a note, he reported back to the clone Shadow about this, as his hands fell to his sides. A half second later, the red symbols would appear on his arms, and begin to glow with a blinding red light.
"Saigo no sutoraiku: Bunshin Bakuhatsu!" the clone Lathasa would then vanish in a flash, before an outpouring of chakra and wind blasted across the field. the detonation was enough only to distract the opponent in a light show. However the cutting wind could cause them damage. The clone shadow appeared at his mark.

(actions of the originals, and remaining Shadow clone.) Shadow smiled lightly, as the detonation began. He would release the blade he held. It would plummet with suprising speed to the surface of the water. When it hit, it would stop, point in the water, a ringing filling the air. Suddenly, around the team of Eric, Raisan, Renna, and Makata a circle would appear white in color. In less than a second, that circle would shoot off a dozen lights, each connecting to another circle. From there it would extend again, until there was a full spider web of light surrounding the team. That hovered in the center of a pentagram.

Suddenly the clone Shadow would appear at one point of the pentagram. At the next one Lathasa would appear, then Kara, then Thorn. Finally, Shadow appeared at the point his blade had struck to activate the jutsu. Each of the team members would have their hands before them in a specific pattern. Their right hands were all vertical, the fore and middle finger extended towards the sky while the rest were curled. Their palms were facing towards their bodies. Their left hands were horizontal, palms facing away from their bodies. The middle and forefinger were extended, the rest curled in, pointing at the elbow of their right arms. Both their elbows were bent at ninety degree angles.

All the people on Shadow's squad remained thus, while Eric's squad was in the center of the formation. The white light would shoot upwards, and into the earth, creating a massive sphere. The circle that Eric's team stood within making the smallest, then the next circle slightly larger, and so on. the lines each continued to glow as the largest barrier was created in the form of a pentagram itself. This would extend underground, and into the sky. Finally it solidified completely, making a nearly impregnable barrier. The multilayer would make it exceedingly hard for someone to get in, or out. Shadow would smile.
"Completed... Himitsu no ato! Saigo no shiare you : Pentasupaidabaria no jutsu!" This jutsu was one he himself had perfected for the use of the Kirigakure ANBU Black Ops. it was the greatest trap jutsu he had ever created.

Shadow would smile at the team within. Forming seals, he would place one hand on the point. Following Shadow's lead, she would place a hand on the point she stood before. She was happy to have been able to help pull off this spectacle of a jutsu. And it took under five second to be completely made. It was insane, and probably the best jutsu they could use as a team... It was amazing. And quite frankly, scary as hell. it took a lot of chakra from each person, and she had felt the drain. She had one chakra pill, like the whole of Shadow's team. If they didn't win with this, they would have to move on to another strategy, probably involving them eating the pills, and draining their chakra. Worst comes to worse, Shadow would do the direct assault plan.

She cringed, as she turned her attention back to the barrier. Lathasa reached up to place his hand on the barrier, huffing. Shadow would pull this one. He knew the plan, but that didn't mean he liked it. If the team didn't give up, or find a way out of this jutsu, they could very well end up dead. Not that Shadow, or any of this team would like to kill their opponents. This was merely for fun, and a competition after all... but still. This was hard enough. Thorn reached up to press her hand to the barrier. She knew her job. Should they not give up, and Shadow unleashed the seal, and attack that came with it, she would have to rush in to see if it was possible to help the other team after.

Shadow's clone touched the barrier at his point, merely awaiting orders. Shadow smiled, and spoke to Eric's team in a warm manner.
"You should feel honored. This is the first time I have deemed to use this strategy in these exams. But now you have a choice to make. This seal has a very intricate attack, and destructive sealing power, thanks to my Hyuugan blood, as I'm sure you've guessed from my clone's using the Byakugan. You can either choose to forfeit now... or try and escape and take the attack. I can pretty much guarantee you will not make it out of this barrier unscathed... or at all for that matter. Being an ANBU technique... you can guess how powerful it is, after all. You have one minute to give your decision. If I don't hear the one I like, I will attack with full force."

Shadow examined the team within the seal. The whole barrier spanned over fifteen meters. It would be a stretch for them to break the barriers, and then escape the attack... Shadow wouldn't underestimate them... but even he felt that they would be hard pressed to escape it... if at all they could.
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Re: 2012 Jounin Exam Final Round [Read Only]
« Reply #13 on: June 08, 2012, 08:27:48 PM »

The serene scene ended quickly as one of the members of the group shot her head up. It was Renna. Renna, knowing that attack was imminent, recognized that it would take too long to verball alarm her teamates too soon to be attacker, (the clone). The sword dropping would be the least of her worries as she performs a set of handsigns, air suddenly beginning to surround the small group in the form of a sphere, futon chakra even churning the ground beneath them a foot or two. The soon to be barrier would begin taking on a blue aura, similar to the technique that Eric had been attempting to start earlier. Without further hesitation, the alert team began their own operations.

Eric made a quick decision, knowing that his team needed more time to be fully replenished on chakra, save for Makata, as she had hardly used any of her techniques and thus didn't need the time. He extended his own chakra to cause the barrier to form faster, it quickly forming an almost perfect blue sphere around the ground.
Raisan touched his palms to the ground, about prepared for doton, when Eric shouted,
"Shadow!" Raisan switched initiatives and instead formed a single kata, the group, including the sphere, sank into the ground as lights suddenly began shining around their group. Far from where their opponents were likely looking, within the lake, nigh at the bottom, a single black kunai, which had been nearly blasted deeper into the earth, and then washed downward with many of the shuriken towards the bottom, gave off a slight tinge as a sphere of air suddenly appeared nigh directly overhead it.

Eric, the air "bubble" at this point being their shield, performed a kata, and the various shuriken at the bottom detonated, propelling the already less dense and moving upward bubble high yet faster; a portion of the lake would suddenly erupt with water, along with Eric's team. The futon "bubble" did not dissipate, however, and instead maneuvered towards what Renna and now Eric knew would be land, almost thirty whole meters from the shrine itself. As the team made a rough landing upon the ground, the opposing technique would be their guide as to where they had just came from, since it had quite the shining of lights. Once again on solid ground, the team quickly began retreating from the water, with their starting formation almost reversed.

Makata now was on point, as they merely backed away from the site rather than turned their whole backs, with the other three "behind" her. Eric frowned, as he knew that, although their enemy might be mildly surprised by what they did, by the time they landed, once again they would be on them, with the light of at least parts of their jutsu remaining. As team captain, he needed to find out a plan of attack, or counterattack more like it, that would work against these grim odds.
(Kage Ido; Shadow Migration)
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« Reply #14 on: June 08, 2012, 08:41:36 PM »

Immortal Guardian Shadowfire saw the bubble, and blinked as it vanished. With minimal chakra loss, he would end his contribution, causing the entire technique to collapse in upon itself. The clone, looked up, and pointed towards the lake. The byakugan still active, he had been easily able to track the chakra. Half a second later, the clone would vanish, returning the lost chakra (from the rain technique) to Shadowfire. With a signal, his entire team would appear atop the shrine, watching the bubble of energy, shadow would signal, creating a set of numbers on one hand with his fingers. As he did this, he would point forward. The silent communication was all it took. The fastest chuunin, Lathasa, was left for the main part.

Lathasa jumped forth, needing little prodding. He already expected the attack plan. He, utilizing a series of Shunshin, put himself relatively near where the team would land, though with nearly twelve and a half meters between him and the squad. Lathasa would activate two blood red symbols on his blade. Channeling his chakra, he would slash forward four times, aiming for the areas the team would land, and thus hopefully catch them off guard.

At the same time, Thorn would finally appear upon the lake before the floating ball, closer to the shrine. She would pull her hand back, and thrust her fist forth, sending a wave of green energy at the ball. But not truly at the ball, rather the water under it, and the land it was aimed for to land upon. As the wave struck, it would cause an indentation, and crater to form, just as the opponent's ball was releasing them to the ground. At the same time, it would cause a small wave of water to splash the opponents. This would be Lathasa's attack hit.

Shadow would appear behind the opponents as they were distracted by the other technique. The wave of water, though small, would be able to substantially wet the opponents. Shadow formed a set of seals, and gathered chakra upon his right palm. As he did, he forced the nature into Raiton, his second favorite type to use next to suiton.
"Raiton: Raikiri..." However, rather then dash forward, he would instead smirk, and form a seal with his opposite hand. Swinging his arm above his head, he would coalesce more chakra, then swing his arm forward. "Raiju Hashiri no Jutsu."

Upon swinging his arm down, the raikiri would leap from his palm, and form into that of a wolf like creature, made completely of lightning. A small stream of raiton connected it to Shadow's palm, as it dashed forward towards the opposing team. If Lathasa separated the team effectively, he would target the closet to where he was, which would be directly opposite Thorn. If not, he would send it into the group to hit whomever it was possible.

Kara would appear near Shadow, though in the cover of trees. She wasn't as fast as the others, and only Lathasa matched Shadow's speed, though her job wasn't to directly engage the opponents, but rather use the earth, and her ability to sense those upon it, to track the opponents. This would allow her to relay information to Shadow and the rest of the squad. She leaned down to press her hand to the Earth and await further commands. She trusted the others would be able to do what they needed to, and the cover of her current position gave her a sufficient "hideout" from the opposing team's line of sight.
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