Board Thread:Konoha Missions/@comment-34754862-20170623232259/@comment-26510601-20170626012903

It was a relief to see that Tiatsu was well, gratifying as Shien even pointed it out to help cheer Ren a little bit. However, it wasn't enough to snap Ren from his current state of mind. Whenever Tiatsu approached Ren and so nonchalantly said that the inn was his doing before ruffling the young Senju's hair, Ren didn't know how to react. In fact, he couldn't believe it. Instead Ren just gave Tiatsu a bit of a confused look, not really approving of what he thought as just a insensitive joke.

It almost even seemed as if it were true, the way Tiatsu so quickly moved on explaining where they would be heading to next and the way they would all need to approach it. Stealth wasn't really Ren's strong suit, but he did have basic ability using Academy jutsu which he has made use of in a past mission. He took off when Tiatsu did, trailing behind him as they made their way towards the fortress.

Ren's mood balanced out as they traveled ahead, not taking notice of the fact they were under some sort of genjutsu until Tiatsu and Shien took note of the strange circumstances they were under. As soon as Tiatsu mentioned this, Ren clasped his hands together gathering his chakra before disrupting his flow. This should've been enough to cancel a relatively plain genjutsu, especially considering that there was nothing preventing him from doing this. So when Tiatsu turned to suggest that they did the same as he did, Ren was already a step ahead.

Ren followed behind Tiatsu, gesturing for Shien to do the same if he wasn't already. However it caught him off guard when Tiatsu simply disappeared and became one with the shadows, a strange technique which Ren had never seen before. He continued on reaching into the treeline of the forest and away from the road. Ren dropped down low into a crouch behind a tree where no one ahead could see them.

Ren would wait behind this tree if it were large like the ones back in Konoha for Shien to come by. Once they were together and since they weren't trying to make noise, by simple reasoning they should have been able to hear the entourage making their way around from an unseen turn in the road patrolling the area. If Ren heard the passing group he'd look to Shien as if to affirm his suspicions before he put his hands together again before concentrating to make use of the sensory technique.

With this, Ren awakened his 'sixth sense' and could gain the information necessary about the 5 people who were walking down near them. Making note of how many people there were, Ren would put his hands together in the Ram seal before disappearing in a blur darting down in an unseeable line down further into the forest. Even if they were close all the group would hear would be a slight rustle that could have come from any ordinary woodland critter while Ren was at least 20 ft. further away, obscured from sight as he took a hiding spot behind any other tree or nearby shrubbery.

Hopefully Shien would follow up and they'd be safe from any immediate danger. Ren remained crouched waiting to see the group pass by until they themselves were out of sight by momentarily peeking from the side of his tree. Once the coast was finally clear, Ren would crawl up one of the many trees in the forest attempting to reach the very top until he could bring his head out of the top of the tree to see just how close they were to the fortress so he could get visual reference (DM needed). Because only the top half of his head was poking out, he probably wouldn't be seen by anybody especially if they were more than 50 or so meters away from the fortress. However if they were immediately close, Ren would quickly get back down before telling Shien about it.

Keeping everything in mind, they could safely walk from the forest towards the fortress until they safely reached a distance where they could see the fortress even in the forest. From there Ren would drop down to the ground using the cover of the forest while observing the area.

"What'd you suppose we should do now?"

Ren didn't have much experience and didn't know where to go, maybe Shien had an idea of how to put the simple genin to the best of his abilities.