Board Thread:Konoha Missions/@comment-34754862-20170109033450/@comment-34754862-20170115215856

Everything was going according to plan, the boss had thrown his kunai during the period he skidded against the ground. After that he followed by leaping into the air and weaved hand seals. Though during that time Riku seemed a step ahead as he jumped out of the smoke and responded with his own jutsu. Wild water wave to be exact, it simply flew threw the sky and closed in on the boss which was still in mid air finishing his last hand seal. The water wave would slam into him, but he would still push the wind chakra which would expel and push Nanalu inside, but Riku’s attack was successful and powerful enough to send him into the distance crashing into trees as a result of the force his attack possessed. The boss was caught unexpectedly as he was out of range from where the enemies were located. Instead of Riku suffering damage from smashing into a wall the boss received it instead by slamming into a tree from Riku’s counter, the damage sustained would be manageable as he had obtained two rib cage fractures.

Nanalu would be pushed back a bit, but with her quick thinking and agile mind quickly formulated a plan to move the recon team. She had followed by telling the weaker individuals who could still move to assist and help transport the sick and injured individuals. They nodded and assisted her moving out of the tunnel during the opportunity they had since the boss was away thanks to Riku. Nanalu would leave them in the forest, far enough to be safe from the battle occurring. She gave them water and left returning back to the battlefield to assist Takahiro and Riku.

Riku would have just finished his wild water wave jutsu as the boss was beginning to stand up and prepare for more fighting. If Riku thought this would be enough to keep the man down, he was gravely mistaken. In fact, Riku had given him the chance to prepare for such a situation, maybe prepare his own trap. The boss easily channelled chakra underneath his feet which would shift the earth like structure underneath his feet into fine sand. This allowed him to submerge and go underground, making it hard to be sensed in general as he travelled underneath the ground and reached the place where Riku was specifically located to be exact. Being about 6 feet underground and 8 feet in front of Riku position (the boss is underground). He weaved the hand seals Ram → Monkey → Horse → Ram. Doing this he utilized his chakra and pushed it into the earth, doing this he easily formed 2 more rock clones from underground which would rip from the ground and seemed like one of them was original all together. The rock clone from earlier would be defeated by Takahiro as he ran towards Riku and backed him up by attempting to stand back to back with Riku. As for Nanalu she would eventually reach the team as they were faced with two rock clones which stood side by side and watched the 3 carefully. The boss being underground would use the clones to test his opponents as he was not aware of what their full potential would be. So far he knew the boy who he was fighting used Water release, the question now was what could Nanalu and Takahiro actually do? Takahiro had beaten the clone without using his sharingan or using his elemental nature as he defeated him by normal means of using an explosive tag and tagging the opponents clone to defeat it.

With Riku running low on chakra the team needed to make a  plan to defeat the boss now. Takahiro would talk to Nanalu and Riku “Keep your guards up at all times, judging by his attacks… he has to be at least Chuunin level to hold two natures. Be careful his elements are balanced above all.” He gave them a warning and waited to see what they would do after. One of the clones stood there patiently and calmly and spoke as if he was the real Boss “I will give you that waterboy. I hope you are ready for round 2.” He said in an excited fashion as he was personally happy to fight such strong opponents. Though he made it his priority to still defeat them and keep his foundation strong. While the two rock clones stood in place and distracted Riku, Takahiro, and Nanalu. The real boss which was underground would begin to use a special move known as the sensing technique, using this to pinpoint the location of the recon team through the weak chakra signals the weakened ones emitted.

 

Dynamic decision for the team:  Defeat the Rock clones as fast as possible and pinpoint where the boss is.

Formulate a diversion and escape the fight with the recon team somehow, with the possibility of being followed.