Board Thread:Konoha Logs/@comment-24937485-20160326012559/@comment-24937485-20160326012619

The shrieking of crows echoed through the deep forest as they fled from their homes, the cascade of ebony feathers drifting to the ground. A pale hand reached out, grabbing one. A set of onyx eyes glared at the feather before shifting up watching the birds fly far away. “Why..” she murmured as her body shifted slightly. The young child had a bruise present upon her face, one a deep purple. Slowly the female turned, her snow white locks swaying with her body. Yet a pair of dark eyes watched her, observing her every move. “It’s you...” she murmured as she took a step forwards, her hand reaching out towards the beast. The large birds head twitched as it stared her down, it’d turn its head to the side to watch her hand. Yasu’s brows furrowed as a light sniffle left her lips, slowly she fell to her knees and looked up to the bird. The crow merely hopped a few feet off a wooden stump infront of her, its eyes blinking at the childs behavior. For Yasu, it felt like the creature understood her pain. The childs eyes looked to the bird who offered nothing in return, just a gaze. The small Hatake ran away from home that afternoon, a bag packed and everything. Things began to weigh heavy on the small child and she was afraid. There were rumors floating around that her teammate died, one that she actually became found of…and just like that he was gone, taken away from this world. The hands of death seemed unforgiving. Truly that child was destined for greatness. Slowly, Yasu rested her hand on the crows head, petting it gently. For once the creature allowed her to touch him, his eyes closing as he tilted his head downwards. “Will..Will it get better?” she questioned softly, her eyes closing tightly. The crow simply bumped the child’s shoulder with its beak, which caused her to jump slightly. Yasu stared at the creature, confused. As she gazed at the onyx creature, it provided her with a sense of relief. It was as if the simple bump would shake Yasu from her thoughts. “Hai…You’re right.” She whispered, her lips curling into a smile. Once those words left her lips, the crow flew away leaving the small Hatake alone in the deep forest. With a light yawns she scooted and sat on the tree stump, her eyes shifting to the targets in the trees. Today the child thought about practicing her kunai aim. With exams coming up, she needed to be on top of her game.





“Again.” A blur of motion moved through the air before coming to a temporary halt and flickering, then after moving forward a few more yards, the blur stopped completely to reveal the figure of a teenage boy, quite small for his age, who held his hands clasped together in the tiger seal. His black bangs swaying forth from the previous motion as he sighed and closed his eyes, re-activating the technique known as bodyflicker, while channeling chakra through his physical body as he was accustomed to from his melee exercises. This technique, however, proved more difficult as his body moved between spaces without him taking a single step; moving his body like a vessel; very fitting, as he saw himself as nothing more. A vase meant to hold no rose, merely empty water waiting to be defiled by contaminated air. There was a certain sense of melancholy about him even though he held no emotion in his lifeless eyes and looked like he was uninterested in life itself. The pain of his past hadn’t made him bitter, it just made him aware of what he had to do, and that he had to break all chains linking him to the child he once was. Now he was cold, calculating, and reaching closer to his destiny with every passing day which led him to wonder for a second. –What comes after?- And in his mind there was only one clear answer. He simply had to embrace what he had made of himself; a ruthless knife without emotion. Back to the technique; his lips parted, but only slightly, as he exhaled and again he rushed through the air, his eyes flashing red as he had become but a vague trail. He had noticed a weakness in the technique during his earlier attempt, several, but one in particular. While accelerating he couldn’t keep proper track of his surroundings and was blindly travelling between point A and B with several inceptions, or a premature halt, due to him not having mastered the technique yet. This time, however, he could see some clear shapes in the tunnel vision around him but again found himself stopped early as his chakra seemed to shock, as if out of balance. He had to improve his chakra control to achieve success, he knew that much, and he was going to accomplish it today. Now, for the first time in a while, he actually looked around at his surroundings to pinpoint his locations and found that he was in a deeper part of the forest where he hadn’t explored before. So before deciding to head back, Kei strode deeper into the forest;; his long black robe swaying with each calculated step of his open toed boots. Even the sword in his waist-sash bounced along smoothly as he blankly stared ahead until he saw something stand out from the corner of his eyes; which immediately turned back to black. There was a girl, alone, this far from the village. But where one would normally wonder why the girl was alone with a sad air around her,  Kei walked past her, no more than 4 yards away, moving in and out of the cover of trees that caused long shadows to dance over his face, and completely ignored her while walking on; readying himself to try the body flicker again.



: The young Hatake was lost in her own thoughts, enough hadn’t noticed the unfamiliar presence around her. From her ninja pouch she pulled out a eight kunai. Each one sat in-between her fingers as she held her arms at her sides. The onyx hues shifted, looking over the targets once more as she stood up on the tree stump. ‘Eight targets. Eight…Kunai.’ She repeated in her head a few times as she closed her eyes, allowing a soft exhale to leave her lips. The female concentrated chakra to her feet before jumping high into the air. With a shift of weight, the female was upside down. Her arms crossed infront of her chest before she threw one hand of the kunai. The soared through the air, and as young as the female was…she listened carefully attempting to find their location. Once she was sure of where they had been she’d throw the kunai from her other hand. They kinked against the already soaring kunai, and forced their locations to change. Almost every one of the kunai had hit..all but two. A frustrated sigh left Yasu’s lips as she landed on her feet. ‘6’ she counted as she opened her eyes, the onyx hues looking over the targets. One kunai landed in the bark of the tree, the other soaring far into the woods. (Past the male.) Yasu hadn’t even been aware of where that one had went, but with a heavy sigh she began to collect each of them to attempt to begin again. ‘Lets not miss this time..’



A sudden presence of steel cut past the bang that drifted in front of Kei’s nose; peacefully brushing from side to side until the tip of the hairs were sliced off by the sharp side of a Kunai. He then stopped walking in that instance, making sure not to walk into the blade that had approached from his right side, and then caught the Kunai in his left hand before it was out of reach in a display of meticulous reflexes. The small hairs drifted down onto the ground with all their innocence as their owner turned to face the girl he had seen just a moment ago. He didn’t look angry, shocked, nor upset. He wasn’t surprised either yet he had not expected such a bold challenge in these parts. Two seconds later, the Kunai was flying back on a straight path; aiming to land in the girl’s shoulder, and Kei was nowhere to be seen. Then, from the branch of a tree 5 yards away from her, his hands were already seen in the tiger seal as he exhaled a large amount of fire like a flamethrower. After he had thrown the Kunai he used the body-flicker technique over a short distance to get in front of a tree. He had wanted to elevate himself up to the branch during said body flicker but his lack of skill with the technique stopped him from doing so. His intellect, however, showed more than calculating as he had figured his limits when it came to the new jutsu and stayed within these limits instead of trying to push them as was seen when he channeled chakra to the bottom of his feet to run up the tree, meanwhile weaving the handseals for the great fireball technique, and then crouched on a branch which sat 7 yards off the ground; now looking down at her as if she was just one of the targets around her. The fire spread through the air in an invigorating manner as its heat and orange glow brought the grim forest to life in a haunting fashion. The wave of flames spread four yards wide and two yards high, with her at its center, as it bore down upon her without mercy and aimed to envelop her whole.





The sound of a kunai traveling through the air made the child’s body move on its own, throwing Yasu out of the way. The child hit the ground with a thud, her eyes looking around in shock. As she laid on her back, her eyes stared at the man. Quickly she forged the ram hand sign to use her own body flicker technique once he attacked with a fire release. Now the child appeared about fifteen feet away from the blast of fire. With heavy breathing she began to sprint, her breaths cautious as she tried to avoid inhaling any smoke from the fire. ‘What the hell.’ She questioned internally as she came to a clearing. ‘Shit…now what?’. Yasu turned around and began to back up, her eyes shifting in attempts to locate her attacker. She listened carefully, but the sound of the fire drowned out a lot of the noise. Quickly, the child ran up a tree and hid in it for cover, looking for any sign of this male. ‘What is his issue..My kunai…It didn’t hit him did it?’ she wondered, her brows furrowing in frustration. ‘I was careless…’ Yasu pulled a kunai from her hand, holding it securely in her hand. From her pouch she pulled a explosive tag and tied it to the kunai. ‘Maybe I will have the upper hand now..’ The small Hatake’s heart raced with every moment that passed. In a way the child feared for her life, but her facial expression would show nothing. The child relied on stealth at this present moment.





A shadow stepped forth from the smoke while tongues of fire lashed around in the background. He was completely unfazed as his eyes followed her running away from him to take up refuge in a tree while tendrils of smoke reached for the back of his feet as if in some dying attempt to draw him into the flame. Then, while she was hiding herself from sight and thus also unable to clearly see him, a screech sounded through his cerebral nerves, not only audible but felt through his entire form; the sound of all the string of a violin being played in a single high pitch sound of horror. And with that, his eyes turned red, displaying one tomoe, as the sharingan spun into activation. He leaned his head down a bit, on purpose, to cover his eyes with his bangs while also giving off a sinister impression as he continued to slowly walk towards the tree she was hiding in; never looking in its direction. It seemed like he never even saw her, as he simply walked past, and at one point would vanish from her view due to the tree trunk being between them; giving the illusion that he merely walked on in search of her. In that moment he stopped walking, his side facing the tree so he was fully hidden behind it, as he placed his left hand against the tree. Something stirred underneath the wide black sleeve that hid his arm and then four writing creatures slithered forth; snakes. Forked tongued creatures who immediately knew where she was due to the row of heat pits that are located on the lips in crevices called supralabial pits. This allowed them to see her heat signature, but not only that, they felt the rapid beating of her heart in their inner ears. It spurred them on with primal instinct as they rushed up past the rough bark and, quiet as a mouse, sneaked around the branch she sat on. They wouldn’t make a sound until all four of them rose up around her with their heads in a square-like formation; all staring at her. And then she’d hear it, the hissing, as the snakes aimed to wrap around her from all directions to aim and constrict her.





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<p class="MsoNormal">As the male walked past her, Yasu offered a quiet exhale. The child thought she was in the clear until the sound of hissing surrounded her. Yasu’s eyes widen as she saw the snake around her. The creatures startled her, causing her to fall of the branch onto the ground. The female landed on her rear which caused a hiss of pain to escape her lips. Slowly, she stood up and began to back away. The child’s heart races feverishly now. Yasu was terrified. Normally the child kept calm and collected around other genin, but she knew this male wasn’t one. In all honesty she had no idea what he was…who he was…He just wanted to hurt her, badly. Quickly the female pivoted on her feet and threw the explosive kunai in her hand towards the tree the snakes had been in. Upon impact the tag would combust before causing a large explosion. Yasu continued running towards a body of water, her breathing heavy as she approached it. As she came into contact with it, chakra moved to her feet to keep her upright on the surface. The child would pivot again, looking back to see what had become of the male. She watched the settling dust.

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<p class="MsoNormal">With a pseudo thunderous bang the snakes were seen vanishing amidst an expansion of smoke underneath the black smoke which came from her explosive tag. The branch she sat on now aflame as she ran away. He had come from behind the tree to saw her back moving further and further away while the burning branch fell began to crack, snapped, and fell down on the ground beside him. Embers and burning pieces of wood spat up and almost touched his untarnished form before falling through mere air. He was now running, and running fast, as he actually caught up to her, and was about 10 yards behind her when she walked upon the surface of water. His black locks dancing around his face as he de-activated the sharingan while she turned around to see him a stunning 5 yards away. He then kicked it up a notch by pushing off hard and dashing off the ground in a rapid jump towards her. While in mid-air he then spun 360 degrees and kicked out with his left leg, aiming to hit her mouth with his forefoot to primarily distract her as he then continued his spinning form to turn another 180 degrees and aimed to slam his heel into the side of her face; possibly sending her stumbling away from the impact that although lacking a lot of physical strength, carried a lot of motion. His robe had opened throughout the artistic display in taijutsu to further hide his movements and now fell down around him like a nightmarish cloak as he landed on the surface of water, facing her general direction, with a layer of chakra around the soles of his feet.

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<p class="MsoNormal">: As Yasu spun she took notice of the man and her eyes opened wide in shock. ‘Shit he’s fast..’ As the male jumped Yasu ducked from his first kick. When the second one came, Yasu crossed her wrists infront of her face. The force sent the child flying backwards, her body rolling upon the surface of the water. Slowly, she began to sink but she’d right herself. Her onyx eyes glared at the male, and for the first time she’d speak. “Why are you attacking me!?” She called out with annoyance, she hid her fear…After all it would make her pitiful. With a light exhale the female charged forwards, keeping low. As she came closer to him, she’d skid and attempt to force a wave of water to coat the male. Yasu jumped up, allowing the chakra in her feet to push her up, and once more she’d shift her weight so that she’d perform a backflip, leaving a distance of ten feet between them. ‘This isn’t good’ the female swallowed hard, her hands pulling out a smoke bomb. She’d throw it at a rock near him, which caused a mass amount of smoke to filter through the area. The smoke itself was very dense. Now Yasu charged at him, her body weight shifting back as she attempted to slide under him, once behind him she’d spin on her hands attempting to deliver a fierce kick to his side. If the male managed to block that she’d swing her body back the other way and twist her spine to perform a back handspring.

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<p class="MsoNormal">A sleeve was raised in front of his eyes to shield himself from the upheaval of water as she had made clever use of her surroundings. Due to this he couldn’t see the smokebomb land and upon lowering his arm found himself engulfed by a thick cloud that barred him from seeing her. However, by that same logic it stopped her from seeing him. He knew that in order for her to attack him that she had to run through the smoke; this gave him the advantage. After biting his index finger and sliding it up the sleeve of his other arm, touching the summoning tattoo, he summoned a snake that was known to water and swam just below the surface where he had placed his hand as he crouched down. Its slimy head then emerged, looking slightly confused, at which the cold-blooded Kei placed an explosive tag on the creature’s nose and quickly dashed back out of the smoke; his boots skidding over the water as him robe blew around him. Because of his fast movements he had opened the cloud of smoke where he retreated from. This allowed him to see her just as she broke through the veil, expecting to find him, but instead she found nobody and saw Kei a few yards away. Unless she had very good eyes in which case she could see the head of the snake through the thin layer of smoke that crawled over the water and around her feet. But even if she did, it would be too late, as Kei’s hands made the snake seal as soon as she came in sight; detonating the paper tag he left behind on the serpentine companion in a merciless attempt to knock her out with explosive force. The shockwave sent a large ripple through the surface that pressed up against Kei’s feet as he stood with his hands still in the snake seal, eyes calm as ever, as he’d answer her question without a shred of empathy. “Because that is what we’re born to do.” The answer was simple, and clear, as Kei pocketed his hands and made ready to walk away without as much as a goodbye.

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<p class="MsoNormal">Yasu wouldn’t see the snake, or any inkling that the man had vanished. However what she would see is the spark of an explosion. The child had almost no reaction time, she could only brace herself by placing her hands in front of her chest. When the explosion went off it sent the child flying, her body landing against the hard earth with a loud thud. Her arms were severely burned, but she still struggled to stand. Yasu panted heavily as she pulled a kunai from her pocket. The female took slow steps, her eye sight fuzzy from being knocked around so frivolously. The male’s words were true, and in that case her giving up after such an assault wasn’t even acceptable. With chakra concentrated in her hand she whipped the kunai at the males back, attempting to hit him in the shoulder. The sudden motion caused the child to fall to her knees, a light whimper escaping her lips from the burns on her arms. “D-Damn it..” she muttered, her eyes watering from the pain. This was going to set her back a few days, she knew that. “D-Don’t walk away. We aren’t done!” she called out to the male, her body shaking as she struggled to stand. The child wasn’t going to return home like this, she intended on being placed in the hospital before that. If she were to return with such injuries, she would meet the same fate she had before leaving. At this moment the bruise on her face began to ache, causing a hiss of displeasure to leave her lips. ‘So…pathetic..’ Even with her training she still wasn’t good enough. How was she going to pass the exams with being so weak?

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<p class="MsoNormal">With one swift motion the fourteen year old turned around and grabbed the Kunai out of the air; the bladed section in his hand. He then clenched his hand so that the sharp edges cut into his skin and blood began to trail down the Kunai and drip onto the floor as he looked up at her with dead eyes. “Vanish… pest.” The word fell from his barely parted lips like curses as he gazed at her with disgust. His eyelids narrowed just enough for him to show her that he didn’t even view her as a human being. A gust of wind then blew the obsidian locks from his face as he threw the Kunai off to his side; causing it to skid over the water before drowning with a splash. And upon that sound erupting Kei already had his hands forming the tiger-seal as he stomped his foot down on the water to raise a curtain of droplets around him before vanishing from the scene by means of the body flicker technique.