Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-24937485-20160402135549/@comment-24937485-20160402135610

*It was midday in the land of fire. The sky was clear with not a cloud in sight and a gentle breeze rolled over the land causing trees to sway in a gentle rhythm. The land always looked stunning on days like today. To put it simply it was peaceful. Right now Fuuka Tobu was freer than anyone could ever hope to be as she soared high above the land. Well, not her specifically, as per usual when scouting she had performed a technique of her clan that allowed her to enter the mind of her loyal wedge tailed eagle Horus. She could see through his eyes, flicking from normal vision to infrared and even to ultraviolet as she saw fit, she could command his movements, leading him to wherever she pleased. Right now she was circling Konoha, at 5,900ft in the air the large eagle would still seem abnormal large considering its 20ft wingspan, something that was unnaturally large even for this kind of bird, its circling patter also seemed deliberate, as if it was searching for something, in reality Fuuka was gathering intelligence, while she hated being away from Sunagakure right now she knew it was necessary, her priority right now was discovering why Konoha had not come to aid them in their time of need, worst of all, when she wasn’t back home she felt useless, bad things seemed to happen when she wasn’t around and the thought of the next time leaving nothing left to save horrified her, but still this job was given to her by Eidel himself which meant she would complete it no matter what. The eagle screeched, asserting dominance of the skies and scaring away other small birds. Horus was a powerful creature, a Wedge Tailed Eagle raised by the Tobu clan, he was bigger and would only keep growing as the years rolled passed, from time to time he would dip low and soar a mere thousand feet from the ground. This continued for a few hours before it pointed itself East and began to travel in that direction at a lazy pace, often looping back around over the area. Through Horus’ eyes Fuuka had seen everything, the village seemed to be in good shape, at least when compared to what was in her memory and the streets had been busy. She had played close attention on the academy, spending a good hour watching before moving her attention elsewhere. She enjoyed the land of fires green fields, mountainous regions and crystal blue lakes, it was a nice change from the sands around home, and there was variety as well instead of the same looking sand dunes. The bird seemed to be lowering its altitude gradually as it travelled, it seemed to be approaching a large forest of sorts, again it circled the area, a magnificent beast that was rivaled by nothing in the sky*





Standing in the center of Konoha’s training grounds was an unusual Genin who had seen the beginnings of a change of heart in recent days. He was dressed in a long black robe with a high collar that stopped just over his chin. The sleeves of this mysterious piece of clothing ere long enough to fully hide his hands from view as his arms loosely hung by his sides like the two chokuto (Thinner, lighter, than a regular katana and lacking a guard while retaining the same overall sword length) that were strapped to his lower back by a white sash that kept his robe closed. Then suddenly, a large shadow swooped over his form causing him to look up to find out what had just flown overhead. Looking up in the skies he couldn’t see anything clearly until he saw something in the distance, a winged creature, but he was unable to make out any clear details. Thus he leaned forth and ran off with his hands coming up behind him as if to symbolize the wings of a bird in mid-dive. His open toed shinobi boots planting themselves against various surfaces with skillful positioning as seen when he jumped off a broken tree-trunk to the branch of a large tree that served like a launching pad for him to jump off the far and; bending the branch a little so it acted like a trampoline and helped his following jump. He flew through the air and latched his hands onto a horizontal tree limb which he swung around like an acrobat before letting himself go when his feet were aimed up at the air; slinging himself up at high speeds. He shot out of the roof of trees that covered most of the land of fire, out into the clear open air above, and came down in a swooping arc before landing on top of a high tree. He could see it more clearly now as his expressionless visage gazed up at the figure in the sky which revealed to be; –An eagle.- And Kei then activated his sharingan for clarity in perception as the beast began to lower towards a specific area in the distance. Now the boy didn’t much care for going out of his way without reason but it was too suspicious for even him to ignore why this eagle had been circling around the leaf and surrounding areas. “Who does this summon belong to?” He found himself whispering out loud before the Sharingan de-activated and his black hues reflected the bright sky. A snake was summoned and given a piece of paper by the Genin, detailing where he had gone to and why, and the snake would return to Konoha to hand it over to an ANBU members. Five minutes later Kei was seen running fast over the forest floor while chasing the slowly descending lord of the sky; figuring the eagle would lead him to its summoned.





*The Eagle descended on an area of the forest where the trees didn’t grow. There was a small rock with a flat surface surrounded by thick green grass. The clearing itself was almost 20 meters wide all around. Upon the rock sat a woman, cross legged with her hands on her knees. Her eyes were completely rolled to the back of her head and she sat motionless. The large bird landed, its wings causing the trees to bend as he pushed the wind away. There was silence for a moment as the bird just stood behind the woman like an eternal guardian. Then the duo shivered. The woman’s eyes rolled back around revealing their piercing blue colour, the bird also shook his head, stretching his wings as his mind returned. The woman stretched and stood up. She was short, only 5ft 6 and of slender build. She wore a hakama and long pants with standard ninja shoes, a tank top with a metal shoulder guard and a pair of goggles on her forehead. Her long red hair was swept to the left causing it to drape over and cover the Sunagakure symbol tattooed on the side of her neck. Two large quivers were tied to her back, each full of twenty-five arrows, she had a few flash bombs and smoke bombs in her pockets as well as a pair of kunai. Her most notable item however, was the large decorative black bow, white designs circled the wood. She held the bow in her left hand in such a way that in a moment’s notice she could be ready to fire. Fuuka Tobu approached Horus and began to scratch the huge bird on the back of its neck; she made humming noises to the creature, and nodded from time to time as if having a conversation. It was nice to be able to talk to Horus without speaking, it made it easy to hear if people were sneaking up on her, being in what could be considered hostile territory always had its risks*



<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">He saw the clearing in the forest from a distance as he slowed his run down to a stealthy jog; quietly moving through the bushes with small steps that avoided things like a loose twig. But even from where he then hid behind a brush, ten yards away from the clearing, in a slight crouch, he would feel the powerful winds blowing past his form with enough power to force him to dig his heels into the dirt in order to avoid being blown back. The power of this majestic beast was fear-inspiring but this particular youth was unfazed by notions such as fear and other emotions. His blank eyes staring through a small opening in the bushes that hid him; allowing him to see a single female who was as tall as he was. She carried a bow in her hand and quivers on her back with the prepared guise of an experienced shinobi. It was hard to make out clearly but from what it looked like she was conversing with her, what he believed to be, summoned creature. The Genin knew that he couldn’t rush in heedlessly, as this was a new and unexpected situation he couldn’t have prepared much for apart from what he could do now. And so he placed his hand onto the ground after biting his thumb in order to summon a 3 yard long black cobra that kept its head low and quietly hissed while slithering around Kei’s feet. The boy motioned for it to go forth at which the snake narrowed its ominous eyes and moved out. For a normal person it would be hard to make out the long fast snake that rushed through the grass; sticking on the ground so he couldn’t be really seen clearly from any angle. Its body was as thick as a baseball bat and slithered across to where the unknown woman stood. Then, out of nowhere, a gaping fanged mouth shot up out of the grass, jaws dislocated, as the cobra stretched out to aim and bite its poisonous fangs down into the woman’s arm; the one that was not raised to pet the bird and as such an easier to get-to target for the serpentine. Meanwhile Kei remained in hiding and carefully observed what would transpire with a cold look in his eyes.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">|KF| -It was just another normal day in Konoha or so Keldran thought. Today instead of buckling down and getting some training done, right from awakening around 9 am he got dressed in his normal casual outfit. A two-toned white and blue long sleeve shirt, standards issue shinobi black pants and standard shinobi sandals. Before leaving his room however he strapped the leather strap diagonally across his body which carried on his back his black steel claymore which he forged himself also brought along was his own self-forged black steel katana which rested on his right thigh. Once done with these small preparations he now walked into his father’s forge/shop and put on an apron and immediately began to fan the flames. They both exchanged short greetings and well wishes before he started to work by fanning the flames via the leather pump, trying to keep the temperature at and exact 1400 Fahrenheit so the metal could be tampered with and worked easily before being water and oil treated. (Fast 2 hours of repeating this process every ten or so minutes) While doing his last pump for the flames he noticed in a small crack in the wall to his right side, it hadn’t been patched in years but a small snake crawled through it and began to move up the wall but it seemed like it was trying to conceal itself. Also to boot Keldran noticed the piece of parchment in his mouth, meaning he was more than likely a courier for something and instinctually he jumped off his feet and gripped the snake directly by the head no fear in his mind. Quickly he took the message out of his mouth and read it while holding the snake to his left side. “…. This was for the Anbu. Holy this must be serious.” After closer inspection he sees that it is inscribed with a particular area of the village which the hit squad obviously would come to once they received the message. The Fuma manor was fairly close to the academy so he wouldn’t have to run very far to get there. He placed the paper back into the snake’s mouth and began to run out his father’s shop yelling back to him before he hopped over the manor wall. “Shinobi business dad, seeya!” He threw the snake as hard as he could into the direction of the Hokage building and then took off himself to the location he had it memorized at this point. Rushing through the streets he was weaving through people and some even blatantly charging and bumping into them. He apologizing for a few but he didn’t have too much time to make it up at the moment. He took a side street the exact one which lead to Hanzaki cave which was due south of where the place was supposed to be so hopefully he could get the jump on whoever was in the clearing. He reached the fence off area and climbed through the hole and headed north (Her south) for about another 5 minutes until he reached the clearing. Keldran was moving quietly on foot and eventually he spotted the woman he began slowly trail on the left side as he continued to walk forward he was known for brash and foolhardiness so he approached her like if he wasn’t even close to having his life on the line. Keldran’s right hand went in a octopus like stance around the hilt just in case he needed a quick draw and he exclaimed out to her once seeing the Sungakure tattoo. “Oi lady, you might want to go back where you came from. Keldran is here now.” He would have a bright and cheerful expression as his baggy clothes whipped against the breeze and his blue and white hair gleamed against the sunlight. He now awaited a response of any kind. Keldran keeping tabs on the overly large bird but he showed no fear in expression or body language.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">*Horus was aware of the presence of the approaching snake quite quickly. It wouldn’t matter how skilled this person was at concealing their chakra for it wasn’t the chakra he saw. No he saw the infrared, he had the eyes of a predator, even from thousands of feet in the air eagles could pin point the smallest of prey. Horus warned Fuuka who seemed to make no reaction to the new information and merely waited for the right moment. She was now becoming increasingly aware of approaching figures. She mumbled something to Horus who seemed to make an annoyed movement but otherwise remained impassive. She felt him tense up as the snake reared its head and with a swift movement she clocked the snake with her bow, slapping Horus’ chest with her spare hand “Under attack” she said in a cold, quiet tone. The bird launched itself from the ground as a boy stepped forward, giving her demands. She stifled a laugh and shook her head “Not my boss” she said simply as if it was so matter of fact anyone would know, her hand moved swiftly, pulling two long arrows out of the quiver and knocking them in a single, swift movement. Her skill with the bow was clearly on a different level. She wouldn’t seem very old and her height may even make her seem like a genin but she held herself with a cold confidence. Horus circled above, screeching from time to time. In reality he was relaying information to her, the positions of foes and if more were on the way. She tilted her head as she looked at the bow, slowly drawing the string back “Only you, leaf boy?” she shook her head “More” the string of the bow was pulled so tight the tension was almost audible. The muscles in her exposed arms were so strained they stood out from under her skin, yet she showed no discomfort or any sort of struggle to hold the string back “Far from home, you shouldn’t be out of the village” once again she spoke as if it was a fact “Illegal” She wouldn’t fire just yet, she had to know who else was nearby, the snake didn’t necessarily mean another ninja was around, it could belong to this boy or even have just been wild*

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">The small serpentine in konoha was flung into a wall and flattened before slowly un-sticking itself from the wall like a poster and floating through the air like a paper plane; thickening into its regular shape as it hit the ground with swirly eyes and made its way towards the Hokage building. Meanwhile, in the forest outside Konoha, another serpentine, a black cobra, was hit by a wooden bow which caused its body to naturally curve around the ranged weapon which made it easy for the cobra to coil around the weapon, dragging its entire body off the ground in the process as the rear end of the snake aimed to take hold of the weapon while the head end reached out to aim and wrap around the opponents forearm before trying to sink its teeth into her bicep. If the attempt was a success then poison would begin to spread through her muscle, slowly trying to paralyze it before spreading through her entire upper arm. Kei was still in hiding as he saw that another boy, from the leaf no less, had entered the fray; the eagle now casting a shadow from above due to its impressive wingspan. Realizing that it would only be a matter of time before the bird of prey found him, Kei stealthily moved behind a tree to that its large trunk stood between him and the others. –Perhaps the sack of bones will provide ample distraction.- The thought crossed his mind as he contemplated waiting for the other Genin to die and deal as much damage as possible before revealing himself. After all, in Kei’s eyes, a life didn’t matter as much as results. Running up the side of the tree he jumped out of the leaves and up in the clear air amidst several leaves that came up with him. His left hand was resting on the hilt of his chokuto that stuck out behind the left side of his back as he then made landing on top of a tree; standing 15 yards above the ground, 10 yards away from the open clearing in the opposite direction that the other Konoha genin had arrived from. From what it looked like the Genin made himself a free target to the eagle although he would turn around while maintaining balance on top of the high tree in order continue to face the feathered bird of prey at all times while it flew around.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">|KF| -Looking at her is eyes would slant downwards into a more serious undertone for a good few seconds and then she began to speak. She was being quite defiant she even had the balls to say only me, die for the leaf. And the serious tone he had turned into a gut splitting laugh. His hand was still tightly on the hilt mind you but he began to burst out into loud laughter. “Bahahahahaha.” Some small tears would form in his eyes and he continued to laugh even harder his stomach contorting on itself from how hard it was laughing the sound of his voice ringing in the hair and before long he would take a long exhale and wipe his eyes just slightly. Gave another little laugh or two before speaking. “People like you, remind me of those guys in the academy.” A short pause would fill the air as he noticed the snake crook on her arm. “How can you expect to defeat me when you can’t even defend yourself against a snake? Only me is all you can handle female.” The word female being said with a snarky over-bite to it and with that he began to slowly walk forward showing no fear even though her bow arm was completely extended out and arm pulling it to a near extreme he didn’t care no was there any fear in his eyes he gave her direct eye contact as he slowly closed the distance gap between herself and him. “If only you’d been nicer, we could’ve been friends.” Followed by a small sigh she spoke weirdly and he could obvious see the shadow of the bird circling the area so any movement he did that wasn’t nearly unseeable would be detected the moment he did it. But the bird seemed to be somewhat distracted so hopefully is someone else was out there he could give Keldran an just opening to attack her without fault. It was time for the Fuma to show his true skill.- |KF|

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">*Fuuka kept her demeanor even as she became aware of the snake that was coiling around her arm. She frowned and let the tension fade. In a swift movement she brought her arms closer to her face and clamped her teeth down around the cobra’s neck just behind its skull, she bit down tightly and shook her head forcing the snake to let go. When it was finally off her arm she spat it out, dead or alive she didn’t care “Leaf cannot be friends. The Kage is all who matters” Fuuka brought her hands to the tiger hand seal and her body vanished in a gust of wind. She had performed the body flicker technique; she seemed to reappear a few meters back from the leaf boy. Horus was also updating her on the position of the second ninja who seemed to just be watching instead of helping whichever side he was on. With the new distance between her and the boy and the snake no longer an issue she drew the string back, knocking the two arrows and firing upwards into the air. They would arc at their panicle point before going in separate directions, one headed towards the boy in the tree and the other towards the boy on the ground. The moment she fired the arrows she clipped the bow to the quivers. Fuuka focused chakra to her finger tips before channeling wind natured chakra into them performing the Blade of Wind Technique. This technique resulted in near invisible weapons, the added wind nature adding tremendous cutting power. The range of the ‘blades’ was about a meter at most on both hands, the ground could even be seen being sliced up by the wind blades. Horus circled the boy in the tree, the buffeting winds from his wings would easily cause him to lose his balance if he wasn’t paying attention, and Horus however, seemed to make no move to attack and was simply waiting for an order. Fuuka lifted her arms, if the blades were visible they would be making an ‘X’ like form in front of her as she waited. She didn’t seem to be the kind to rush in on her targets opting instead to wait for them to make the first move “Seem nervous” she stated in that cold, quiet tone*

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">Managing his balance sure wasn’t easy thanks to the beating of the eagles impressive wings that made the treetop sway back and forward but Kei managed to stick onto it thanks to the layer of chakra covering the soles of his feet. But due to being distracted he didn’t notice the falling arrow because the winds made it impossible for him to hear it yet luckily slightly drove the arrow off course as it cut a superficial cut down the length of his back. The pain was nothing he couldn’tignore. With nobody to see him here atop the tree, there was nothing to hold Kei back from using his family’s unique dojutsu, the Sharingan, which took form in the shape of crimson hues that each features two tomoe. He had been following the circling trajectory with his normal eyes but now that the Sharingan ha activated his clarity of perception had advanced to the point where he could easily follow the speed at which the large bird flew which in its own might not seem like that big a deal but it allowed Kei to do something else as seen when he threw two small scrolls up from his sleeves and made the seal of confrontation to unseal their contents that were temporarily hidden under a white mist. However said mist was quickly dispelled as Kei clapped his hands together and in doing so sent out a fierce thrust of howling winds that blasted into the shuriken in order to send them flying out at immense speeds. However, Kei had timed his attack in such a meticulous way that the eagle would be flying straight into half of the projectiles while being under direct attempt of the other half; due to Kei having directed his shuriken into the predicted trajectory of the winged foe. Regardless of whether he hit, or not, Kei then  jumped off the tree and flew as close to the bird as he could before softly uttering <span style="font-family:Andalus,serif;">“ <span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">Magen: Kasegui no Jutsu” at which an unseen influx of chakra sped through the air at near instantaneous speed, invisible, and aimed to infiltrate and control the eagle’s cerebral nervous system. Upon a successful invasion of the senses the eagle would find itself trapped in an illusionary world where the clouds were red and the sky dark gray; its body pierced by two spikes that’d partially paralyze the creature while the sensation of being spiked would make the animal feel excruciating pain.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">|KF| -Keldran would just watch her cock and shoot the area at this point he had no care about what she was saying nor what she planned to do. At this point all she was, was an enemy and they needed to be killed. He could unleash his full potential like this so he reached into his right back pouch and pulled out a medium sized scroll from there he ripped it all the way open and held it from both ends, now once the arrow got within a decent enough arc range where it was a good 3-4 seconds from hitting it had to be a pretty large arc to hit from this distance. Suddenly Keldran would flash the woman a smile and he kept note of which arm see used to draw and knock the arrows and he disappeared from the spot he was standing and a log lumped and fell to the ground in his place. Now directly 5 ft above her he descended downwards with the open scroll still in hand he tilted downwards to her and he was behind her on the side which she didn’t fire and knock arrows with and from that small blind spot he would launch his attack. Unsealing technique, he unleashed all the sealed materials in his scroll which included 2 paper bombs attached to 2 random kunai, 3 more regular kunai in total 5. And the famous Fuma shuriken made of all black steel. They fired all at around 25mph so if it was to work in his favor and she didn’t notice or didn’t have enough time to react she’d be impaled and blown up by 5 kunai and a large Fuma shuriken if all hit on the spot and worked in conjunction the initial double explosion would do enough damage to leave her wavering and the rest would just seal the fate. Keldran felt her had her outmatched hopefully.- |KF|

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">*Everything in battle happened in split seconds; one had to be aware of everything from all angles at all times if they had any hope of surviving. At this point Horus was watching everything from up above, the boy in the tree and the boy on the ground were his focus. The first thing he reacted to was the boy in the trees; numerous sharp objects were traveling his way, an easy enough trick to dodge. With a single powerful beating of his wings Horus’ movement halted in spot and he travelled upwards using the wind currents to lift his body higher and higher into the sky, Horus had been drifting at some point between 20 – 25 yards off the ground but his altitude rose to 30 yards in a short time frame, though he had dodged the shrapenel coming his way, he had been too focused on warning Fuuka of the ground boy’s new location to notice his own opponent travelling towards him, the skies went red and pain engulfed his wings. On the ground Fuuka had been made aware of the disappearing boy immediately before Horus had cut his mental connection with her, this worried an infuriated Fuuka. With the new knowledge of the boy’s position she began to take a deep breath, filling her lungs with air and mingling it with chakra, her fingers moved into the positions of Rat then snake followed by horse and lastly dog. With her lungs full she spun in a circle as she exhaled, compressing the released air with wind natured chakra sending blades of wind around her, due to the circular motion and the way she gradually lifted her head the wind blades would pulse outwards in a dome like shape protecting her from all sides except directly below, the wind would be enough to knock away the summoned tools if they weren’t sliced up at the very least. The boy would also have a hard time avoiding the extremely dangerous and more than likely deadly blades of wind infused chakra. She debated how fast she wanted this to end and if it was worth toying around or going all out to make an example. Fuuka made a noise of annoyance, this was meant to be a simple recon mission, now she had to spill blood and without Horus’ eyes in the sky it would be a tad more difficult than before*

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">“Checkmate.” Whispered the boy in mid-air as he drew one of the chokuto from behind his back, into his left hand, and flew towards the bird that was paralyzed in both mind and body which had caused it to fall down. With the bird dropping from about 30 yards and Kei being about 23 yards high, and rising, their movements, which were set in trajectory before the genjutsu, were set to collide at about 25 yards off the ground. The Genjutsu would remain in effect up until the exact moment where Kei aimed to cleave his blade through the bird’s right wing, flowing wind chakra through his sword, in order to disable the imposing creature in one clean swoop; leaving its bleeding body to fall down amidst the trees while he continued to fly down through the air, rapidly approaching a thick trunk. But by turning his body so that his feet would hit first, he managed to avoid slamming his face onto the bark and instead made a hard landing that cracked the wood under the soles of his boots which were covered by a layer of chakra. The force of the landing forced him to crouch through his knees as he was positioned horizontally against the vertical trunk; his long robe draping down over his body as his ponytail fell over his shoulder. Kei then looked up, unaffected by anything that had transpired, and flicked the blood off his sword before sheathing the blade. After the clink of metal locking in place he pushed off hard to launch himself back into the opening; approaching from the left of the adversary and landing just outside the tree line, coming to a grinding halt 5 yards away from her.

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">|KF| - Keldran would launch the attack only for a large spherical of wind to be made clashing around her and it made all of his tools meaningless though an explosion or two went off it could set her maybe a slight off balance. He saw some more blades of wind coming for him and instead of running it was time to face this shit head on. No more holding back he was going for a killing blow. Once the tools ran their course he flung forward his leather strap so he could unsheathe his black steel clay-more. And now charging a lot of chakra into his both of his hands and sword alike and he began a flurry of attacks. Weaving them in and out of a arc moon fashion “CRESENT MOON BEHEADING COMBO!” A large flurry of raw chakra was crashing down one after another on the same exact spat of the wind sphere after probably 3 or 4 slashes it would probably open up and from there he went a full speed and began slashing the combo. The heaviness of the slashes only getting bigger and bigger from each slash to the next. It was the boy’s deadliest move and for good reason if she didn’t move from the vicinity everything around her including her barrier was going to be blown apart. Each slash hitting the ground sending an explosion of energy and wind currents wiping through the open plains. The intensity could be seen in Keldran’s eyes as he yelled out.- |KF|

<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">There was a screeching sound as the blade cleaved through Horus’ wing. He was a big boy however and a wound like that wouldn’t keep him out of the game entirely, he flailed a bit though, unable to fly and soon rejoined his mind with Fuuka, making her aware of the situation. She frowned and she spun she caught glimpse of the second shinobi as he stopped only a few feet from her. The boy above had changed his tactics, now slamming a chakra infused blade into the increasing waves of wind chakra, it was only a matter of time before he broke through and she was running out of breath. She also needed to get closer to Horus, she was annoyed that she had to go to such lengths but sometimes things happen. She put her hands together performing a series of hand seals; Tiger – Boar – Ox – Dog –Snake. Her hands were fast, difficult for the standard eye to see and just as her barrier of spreading chakra waves faltered there was a puff of smoke and wind as log of wood was left in her place to be destroyed by the boy’s wild strikes. Fuuka reappeared a few feet behind the boy with dark hair and was already off at a run. The konoha ninja were proving to be a pain, but she also wasn’t much of a fighter, she scouted and assassinated but she rarely went toe to toe. No doubt it would appear she was running away, retreating from the undeniable might of these two genin. She was incredible quick, running like a gust of wind. She was already moving her hands again performing hand seals as she closed the gap between her and Horus. She stopped as she stood in front of the giant injured bird “Tobu Style: Tengu” A puff of smoke engulfed them both as their bodies and chakras merged leaving a figure that stood about 6ft tall or more. It seemed mostly human with the exception of its arms which had become wing like, and its head which was now that of her Eagle. The figure still wore a hakama but her top was replaced by a series of bandages that covered her up. She crouched low spreading her arms to the side, It was time to attack directly now, no more avoiding strikes like she had been before, she would be going in hard. The tengu creature shrieked and focused wind natured chakra into the elongated feathers on its ‘wings’ causing them to harden and become unimaginably sharp, obviously not ideal for flight, these feathers were clearly more useful in combat. It stood waiting, no doubt the two genin would have followed it in some manner.*

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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Meiryo,sans-serif;background:rgb(242,242,242);">Her hands were fast indeed, too fast for normal eyes, but normal eyes he did not have. After her first three handseals, and given her current predicament, he could predict the jutsu she was going to use and this allowed him to focus on what she’d do next. But doing so wasn’t easy as a throbbing pain was pounding through his head from the usage of his eyes. The earlier Genjutsu had taken a bigger toll than he expected but never did he let the pain stop him from following her movements as she replaced herself with a log. Yet when he moved his hands together in preparation of a jutsu intended to intercept her, the pain in his head grew beyond containment and shocked him out of focus just long enough for her to make her getaway. She was fast, much faster than either of them, and Kei could only watch after the trail of motion that she left behind while running into the village. The headaches subsided as the dojutsu was now de-activated and the Uchiha boy, aged fourteen, walked off in the direction she had escaped too; walking right past the other Konoha nin. Whether the other followed or not, the dark figure of Kei continued to walk out of the clearing and entered the forest. It was unusual how he walked so calmly and kept level-headed in the face of such a powerful foe. Even now his eyes were as lifeless as ever as he moved deeper and deeper into the woods while looking at the floor to follow the footsteps that she left behind. He made sure to look up and around, every now and then, sporadically, so that he would not be caught off-guard until he finally spotted her in the distance had she not acted on seeing him first. “Worthless filth.”. He came to a stop and stabbed both his chokuto into the ground before throwing his robe off to the side. Then, taking a hilt in each hand, he began walking again… and then started to jog… faster and faster until the jog turned into a run, his torso lowering more and more as speed continued to build up and he started sprinting, full speed, kicking up the dirt beneath his feet as he zig-zagged through the trees and moved around her in a wide circle, keeping 5 yards between them, as long as she continued to stand still. If he managed to get to her rear-side then he’d stop and turn around before rapidly dashing over the ground in a straight line, the tips of his swords carving lines in the dirt behind him as he was now half-way through reaching her; 2.5 yards away from her and still in forward motion as his body just hid out of sight behind a tree.