Board Thread:Kōgakure Missions/@comment-34754862-20170502042019/@comment-34754862-20170506040633

Up Above

Takahiro was quick, he easily adjusted to the situation the moment the mist covered the vicinity. This was mostly thanks to his visual prowess, he was able to respond by quickly telling obelisk about the situation. Though the moment he did he caught the glimpse of the hawks in coming and fast. It seemed they were coming to not allow the air team to help the ground team, it being a form of distraction in a sense. Takahiro was quick to respond to the Kunai’s incoming yelling before it reached them. The Ninja who stood on the hawk noticed how Takahiro vanished, instantly he wasted no time and utilized the sensing jutsu, doing this he attempted to pinpoint exactly where Takahiro was going to come from. It seemed he had also sent the eagle downwards as it attempted to utilize its wings to create a gust to push the mist out of the vicinity. Though in the eyes of these enemies it was going to be much harder than that. Obelisk had also evaded the attack by leaping off the hawk by dispelling the genjutsu quickly. The moment Takahiro reappeared directly in front of the enemy, he would already sense his presence there. Takahiro was fast, but this man had experience as he literally was second in command from the group of bandits attacking. His abdomen covered with earth spear before the Tanto landed. Due to his eyes locking on Taka’s body, specifically he was able to avoid the eye contact for now as he was focused on what attack was coming once Taka’s position was discovered. Taka’s attack would be blocked by the earth spear utilized on his stomach. Using earth spear once more and infusing his right fist, he swung it forward aiming directly for Taka’s stomach. Had this landed successfully it would send him off the hawk flying down free falling. Taka should expect as much, after all this was an A rank mission so something that easy wouldn’t work off the bat. Had the fist connected successfully, it would air Taka out entirely possibly causing him to throw up in the process from how much force was behind the punch. This man was not a game, and if Taka paid attention he would be able to tell off the bat judging by these actions that he indeed was more skilled than he may of anticipated.

As for Obelisk who was free falling during this time he would follow up by summoning his own summoning, the 2nd enemy which was flying on the hawk would smirk as he noticed Obelisk attempting to come back, but with a jutsu to follow up. The moment Obelisk utilized his Jutsu, the man on the hawk de-summoned his hawk and began free falling himself. Now Obelisk might think to himself, why would he do something like that, simple he did this to increase his speed on his free fall by adjusting his weight to leave his previous position. While he fell Obelisk’s bat had attempted his sound Jutsu the man falling would wait until he reached the perfect angle below Obelisk and his bat, to be exact about 10 feet away, he weaved the hand seals Snake → Ram → Monkey → Boar → Horse → Tiger. The moment he did he kneaded the chakra in his stomach and released it shortly after, the flame bullet travelling upwards attempting to slam into Arkham and Obelisk from below. After he finished attempting this, the man revealed his wrist and bit into his finger pressing it against the kanji on his wrist and summoned the hawk once more. He would then land safely about 10 feet in the sky from the ground. Had the flame bullet successfully hit, it would burn Arkham and Obelisk as well, more than likely disposing of the summoning in the process. Things were going according to plan as it seemed Taka and Obelisk were both occupied. (This intercepting Arkham from getting close to the mist to dispel it)

Below

As for down below Hotaru would pretty much be the most skilled for the situation, she easily dispelled the sound genjutsu as it only intrigued the two shinobi’s hiding in the mist. As for Takahiro’s eagle, they hadn’t forgotten about him as they were able to sense it easily. The moment it closed in and prepared to flap its wings and disperse the mist. One of the shinobi’s followed accordingly she was the leader as she told the other to take care of the people in the mist, the other shinobi nodding to this easily. The leader was more skilled than everyone combined, though it should be noted that each of these Individuals who were on this team of bandits had a specialty. Excluding the boss of course, the boss utilized body flicker to appear behind, yet below the eagle before it flapped it's wings. She then pulled 3 shurikens and launched them upwards, she then followed by weaving the hand seals Ox → Dog → Dragon → Rat → Dog → Boar → Snake → Tiger. The moment she did this the shurikens multiplied into about 30 and rushed forward attempting to stab into the eagle and dispose of it. It would be able to flap its wings about once, but that was about it before it would find itself being targeted by the leader. This would result in a good portion of the mist being dissipated making it less dense. That is if this shinobi’s attack landed successfully to stop the eagle from blowing it away.

As for the shinobi who was on the ground, he followed by performing the hand seals Ram-Tiger. The moment he did he infused his stomach with chakra and spilled it outwards towards the ground, this technique being syrup capturing field.. He would spill it far enough so that he could manipulate its position and slowly have it inch it's way towards the enemy. Hotaru had a choice, either keep her position or chase the other shinobi attempting to stop her from taking the eagle down. Though if she did that she would leave Tsu and Shouka completely open, as Shouka was strong, but not strong enough to take on enemies of this caliber. Teamwork was essential in this position and she needed to be wise about her next move. Shouka would not be able to break the Genjutsu alone, as it was much more potent against someone of his caliber, and the same could be said for Tsu. Had the eagle been taken down the mist would still be around, but it would be much less dense than before. But had it survived somehow, then Hotaru, Tsu, and Shouka would be cleared from the mist and from the genjutsu. Though it depended as the leader had attacked specifically with the eagle was attacking. What would happen in this turn of events? The heat of battle had truly begun!