A monk or wait assassin, no sorry, Merc v Chuunin Trio

[Takeo]

Kokuun

Takeo

"Knowledge and awareness are vague, and perhaps better called illusions."

Takeo, Itsuki, and Akimoto had been hiking in the mountains of Kaminari no Kuni for a few days now. The trio had decided to take time away from Tenkaigakure, and connect themselves with nature. Today they had set up camp early at the base of a treacherous mountain and were spending the day trekking up it. Takeo had sealed most of his ninja tools into his kimono before heading out. The weather in Kaminari no Kuni was everything except nice considering the first day they got there it rained, freezing rain. At the current moment it was also raining, that's practically all it had done for the past four days. Despite the weather, the trio was determined to hike and experience an environment unlike the forests of Hi no Kuni. Takeo's usual attire, white kimono, was accompanied by a black hoodie underneath shielding his hair from the rain. Continually, he was still wearing his black bodysuit that kept in his body heat. Hiking through Kaminari no Kuni had proven difficult, but it had been incredibly refreshing.

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[LmnDrp]

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178# ♦ Shinichi no Kotonashi

Shinichi had been traveling for days through trecherous terrain. He was located in Tsuchi no Kuni, of all places, when he got saw the bounty on the heads of these three specific Tenkaigakure chuunin. It was a really big ticket, once he got the paper work he was off to find them, hunting them down as they always tended to make a big splash wherever they went. Again in an unusual location, though, he finally tracked them down to the harsh wilderness of Kaminari no Kuni, to which he was much too accustomed to. He hardly rested, per usual as he was trained to be extremely hardy, and so he made what would have taken him 2 weeks to hunt them into a matter of 4 days. He was currently hot on their trail, across a valley a few hours previously he had caught a glimpse of them as they traveled through a path. He had followed that path, and their tracks, and in a few minutes he would be upon them.

► kaigra ◄

[LmnDrp]

Itsuki and his pals had decided to take a vacation, and a much deserved one at that. They had done a LOT for the village at this point, from taking down the Kyuubi to fending off roaving nukenning, and everything in between! Itsuki exhaled a deep breath of relief as he got over quite a large boulder, three Itsuki's and one Akimoto tall in total, if he had to guess. "Not much to grab onto there, haha!" he called out to his friends. He was fitted with a maroon button-up rain jacket with his hoodie up to protect from the rain, as well as black pants tightened at the ankles, and black combat boots with a purple trim and laces. "About how much longer do you guys think until we hit the peak of this thing?" he stared up as he pulled out and hit the one hitter in his pocket. Holding it in, and then exhaling after a few moments, and then passing the tool, lighter, and container down to his friends to fight amongst. "Marco. Polo. Yada, yada, whoever catches it gets the smoke first guys!"

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[Sakuga]

Akimoto barely managed to catch Itsuki's one-hitter.  He was hiking just behind itsuki.  He had a black cloak draped over his normal clothes to keep the rain off his skin.  The trail was steep but he managed to continue along with the others just fine.  His fusion sword hung from its harness on his back dangling rapidly in the wind that passed.  He continued up the path until he found a break in the path where he could light up the one-hitter.  He inhaled the smoke and continued once more, before throwing the one-hitter and associated tools to Takeo.  "Your hit."  Akimoto couldn't help thinking to himself.  This is an awfully intense hike, shouldn't we be on a mission or participating in some RR?  I guess this is supposed to be RR.  A clearing came before the group, but it was blocked by a particularly dense group of trees.  "Step back."  Akimoto heaved his sword and chopped down the group of trees in a single strike.

In the clearing the mountainous forest floor was what looked like an old pond that froze over.

[Takeo]

Kokuun

Takeo

"Knowledge and awareness are vague, and perhaps better called illusions."

Takeo was often known to be incredibly agile and accurate, yet for some reason when the one-hitter was thrown to him the chuunin didn't even see it. The device flew over the mountainside somewhere in the distance, and Takeo only managed to catch the other tools thrown at him. "Ermm, well Itsuki you could at least find that one-hitter if you tried really hard," replied Takeo in embarrassment. When the trio came upon forestry in the mountain opposed to moving around it or over it Akimoto quite literally slashed through it. Takeo was quite stunned by the immediately removal of trees followed by a loud crash. Takeo could not make out anything noticeable the rain; moreover, he seemed to be over some sort of frozen body of water. Upon stepping in the clearing Takeo could feel the temperature noticeably drop. Odd, he pondered to himself. Takeo rested his hand on Gaikotsu and readied for the worst which was typical of a shinobi.

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[LmnDrp]

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120# ♦ Shinichi no Kotonashi

He was hot on the trail of the trio of shinobi he had noticed a fair bounty for while he was traveling through the village known as Getsugakure. Though they are young, they have quite the reputation and quite the catalog of known qualities about them, my research has given me a good bit of information on them, he continued to hike. He rushed up the mountainside behind the trio as they entered a clearing, he was about 15 meters behind them. Just then, he entered into the clearing with the aweinspiring center of a frozen lake. Shinichi made a swift sweeping kick motion and tried to knock the trio off balance or entirely off their feet by utilizing Aori.

► kaigra ◄

[LmnDrp]

As Akimoto created a pathway through the trees for the group to walkthrough, Itsuki couldn't help but be simply bewildered at the anomalous yet immense failure of Takeo Kokuun losing his one-hitter. "You fuck face, I swear to God I'l--" before he could finish barrading his teammate and contemplating killing him, his feet were taken out from beneath him inexplicably. Finding himself parallel to the earth, his body slammed into the ground as the thick ice of the frozen lake cracked slightly beneath the weight and force. He rubbed his head and got to his feet, turning around, "what the fuck?" He turned to face a white haired samurai.

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[Sakuga]

Akimoto walked forward a bit unto the clearing.  The water cracked slightly under his feet.  "Woah."  He looked down at the Ice before getting swept by someone from behind.  "I know that was you Itsu-"  Akimoto face planted into the ice pond.  The ice shattered and he fell into the water.  Panic ensued Akimoto was bewildered everything happened too fast.  His arms and legs flailed like crazy under the water.  He eventually swam back up to the hole he fell through and looked up stealthily with the intent of revenge.  He could see who actually knocked him over and it wasn't Itsuki.  "Oh shittttt who the fuck is that." he whispered under his icy breath.  It appeared to be a white haired samurai.  Oh great he's got white hair, that means he's just as jaded as Itsuki probably is.  Akimoto climbed out of the ice he was freezing cold and shivering.  "I know what will ww-w-w-w-warm me up.  Fucking killing you."

With a thwamp Akimoto drew his big ass sword and was ready to fight.

[Takeo]

Kokuun

Takeo

"Knowledge and awareness are vague, and perhaps better called illusions."

Takeo's ear was focused on Itsuki's utter rage at the lose of his one-hitter when he was swept at his feet. Takeo watched as the trio was simultaneously swept by a gust of wind. Itsuki hit the ice first breaking it some, and Takeo quickly clapped his hands before Akimoto could crash into the ice. He used Fuuton: Reppuushou to launch a gust of wind into the icy body of water. This jutsu saved Takeo blasting him into the air where he did a flip into a nearby tree. Takeo turned to face a white haired stranger, and then the chuunin looked down at his flailing friend. The rain began to pick up and push into the small shielded clearing on the mountain. The storm was breaking into the clearing from behind the strange man. Akimoto had finally managed to pull himself from the frigid water and seemed quite angry. Takeo did not want to give the attacker a moment to breathe, so he removed his Gunbai from his back and activated his Sharingan. With his enhanced accuracy Takeo used Fuuton: Kazekiri no Jutsu to launch three blades of wind at the attacker. Two were aimed at his mid-section while the other was aimed at his legs. The chuunin made use of this c-rank jutsu to gauge the stranger's physical abilities. The trio was attacked from behind, so all Takeo could really do about that was speculate.

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[LmnDrp]

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207# ♦ Shinichi no Kotonashi

As his attack unfurled unto his trio of targets, Shinichi stood his ground to watch what happened next. He watched as the series of events occured; the white haired one fell first but quickly got to his feet gracefully and pivoted to face Shinichi, the dark haired one reacted quickly and performed a jutsu to escape the icy waters of the lake, and the blonde one was unable to have the same luxuries as the other two. As they addressed him, one of the three swung his war fan and released wind based jutsu in his direction. Shinichi, weapons still sheathed, simply manuevered his hands in such a way that they elegantly flowed between one another and performed Gyakuten. This sent all of the oncoming blades of wind back between his opponents. He proceeded to rush forward, his speed causing him to travel not much slower than the returned wind attacks themselves, attempting to not give them much room to breath. Ironically, that was what he figured they intended for him. As he blitzed the notorious team he performed another jutsu, Renpatsu, enveloping his fists in wind release chakra and sending them flying at the shinobi with the large sword and blonde hair from a close range.

► kaigra ◄

[LmnDrp]

As his head thudded on the thick rock-solid ice his vision went dark for a split second, but he immediately caught his own consciousness before it drifted away from him. "WILL POWER!" he yelled out as he spun on the ground to regain his footing, just in time to be able to jump away from the collapse of that section of the lake. He slid and scrambled on the impossibly sliperry ice surface, before unevenly gaining footing. He retrieved half of his collection of Ishuu, preferring to keep the rest safe for a rainy day or oncoming assailant whichever came first. As he finished this series of events, he watched as their opponent and his ally Takeo launched a volley of attacks at one another, or rather their opponent simply resend Takeo's volley. The returning wind blasts came soaring at his teammates, one for each, and Itsuki braced himself for impact. He spun rapidly as the jutsu came into contact with his body, dispersing the oncoming force greatly and reducing it to a strong wind. Though, as he did this it left him only a few moments to react to the speed of Shinichi's blitz, he was lucky Shinichi hadn't targeted him instead of Akimoto! Though, he now had to suffer worrying about his friend and frantically struggling to save him. He pondered, as quickly as he could, and tried to foresee the tide of battle. This guy is strong... and he's not talking. I'm not getting the vibe that he wants us to leave this place or reason in anyway, so he's probably been sent here to kill us specifically or at the least he considers us mortal enemies at the moment... alright! His contemplations led him to making the conclusion of summoning Tochitama using Kuchiyose no Jutsu! "Guys! I think we'd better stay on the defensive, this dude clearly means business!" Though, despite this, he was charging at Shinichi. He couldn't simply let him attack his ally without at least coming in to get him while he's vulnerable!

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[Sakuga]

Still shivering, Akimoto watched as the others managed to create a whole ass fight scene.  Wind was blowing everywhere Akimoto couldn't really keep track with his normal human eyes.  He focused on the one with the wind coming out of his fist.  He deflected the attacks from Takeo, and the breaking ice managed to make Itsuki flee, then Shinichi was coming after him! 

A blade of wind soared through the air at Akimoto.  He simple held up his massive sword and braced for impact.  The air dispersed.  The samurai approached nonchalantly despite blasting wind from his fist.  Akimoto held still bracing for the attack his dug his feet against the ice, and held his sword in front of him.  Like he had practiced millions of times before, he bent his knees, and leaped into the air flipping slowly as he reached the apex of his flight, 勇敢な-Yūkan'na - Braver Akimoto slammed down with his sword on Shinichi.  The ice started to shatter below him from the impact.  As it started to shatter he would attempt to leap off the ice once more with a secondary 勇敢な-Yūkan'na - Braver but slamming his sword into one of the trees nearby. 

He hangs from his sword slightly elevated from the fight, and ready to engage.

[Takeo]

Kokuun

Takeo

"Knowledge and awareness are vague, and perhaps better called illusions."

There was a booming clap of thunder that permeated the battlefield; continually, the rain had become an all out downpour. The plain-faced man was quick to figure out Takeo's crow jutsu, and he ran away from them opposed to trying to destroy them. The Jinchūriki leapt from the tree he was perched in; Takeo avoided the cold body of water and made his way towards Itsuki. Their attacker dashed at the duo with Takeo's swarm of crows close on his tail. These crows aren't going to provide us with much aid anymore, considered Takeo as his comrade got in his unique fighting stance. His murder of crows all disappeared in a large poof of smoke. Takeo's Sharingan was amazed as all of Itsuki's wild movements were blocked by the stranger. Following this, Itsuki was knocked to the ground by a swift strike of a sword's hilt. The chuunin was quick to form the snake hand seal using Shakuton: Atsui Soyokaze which filled the clearing with a warm wind. When the gentle breeze enveloped the stranger Takeo then used Magen: Atsusaoujou. He was using the gentle wind as a catalyst to induce one of his most debilitating genjutsu. This illusion would have Shinichi bound by kunai in a dream-like state while a large sun drove down on him.

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[LmnDrp]

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460# ♦ Shinichi no Kotonashi

Shinichi noticed everything in the environment that occured around him by his attentative eye and peripheral vision; he paid attention to Akimoto bracing for impact and to Itsuki summoning a turtle and kept Takeo in mind as he collided with Akimoto's blade. Getting around such a large blade's defenses... it's almost like a shield, he thought to himself as he sent the shinobi sliding back at their clash, sparks filling the air. Suddenly, the one he struck launched into the air and nearly came crashing down onto Shinichi, but he was on high alert and accustomed to combat in the harsh winters of Kaminari no Kuni. He hopped back just out of range of the slash; his footing off-put slightly by the crashing of Akimoto's blade and the breaking of the ice, he missed his following swing of the blade as the blonde man shot back into the air and onto a nearby tree. He flipped backward three times, narrowly escaping the waters below. The integrity of this lake's icy surface is waning as we progress... he contemplated for a moment before Takeo's hand movements caught his eye. He barely had any time to jump into the air as the wind came crashing into the air, shattering a very large chunk of the surface, less than half of it now remains. Shinichi had nothing to land on, but he focused his chakra at the soles of his feet and landed on the uneven water's surface. That was close, he thought, as he leaped back onto the ice to face the trio. Just as he did, he was engulfed in a swarm of crows from nowhere. Shinichi, flustered, began to center himself. He recognized the crows as an annoyance rather than a threat and paused for a moment to find his balance, then he began unleashing extremely calculated slices and cuts that were decimating the crows before him. Though, he noticed, this began to simply create more to obscure his vision. He stood there for a moment to think of a way to counteract this, and then an idea struck him. All he needed to do was outrun the flock, then he'd be able to pin them down well enough. He broke into an immediate sprint to the left, the flock broke after him, then he immediately snapped back the other direction while running towards Takeo and Itsuki, this rapid zig-zag formation gave him the breathing room he needed to spot the two's exact location and gain on them, at the cost of a bit of speed. They're clever, but so am I As he drew near the two he appeared to be on the offensive, but in reality, he expected heavy opposition and was on what he considered aggressive defense.

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[LmnDrp]

He watched the man dash all over the battlefield like some sort of one many platoon, he could tell he was used to traveling far and eliminating persons of interest. "MAN! Who IS this guy, geez!" As Shinichi came rushing towards Itsuki and Takeo, with a murder of crows on his tail, Itsuki stepped forward to face him. "Tochitama get my back! This dude can't be all that with just that one blade!" Itsuki equipped all 10 of his Ishuu and stood in a typical atypical Ishuu no Mai combat stance. As Shinichi and him came into contact with each other, Itsuki came at him like a razor-sharp spinning top. He put the samurai on the defensive, at first, pushing him back a few feet and back into the clutches of the crows as he managed to deflect each one of the oncoming Ishuu. How'd I not even land a single cut?! he thought to himself in astonishment. Though, quickly Shinichi gained the upperhand as he sent Itsuki flying back and landing on his ass with a powerful and calculated slam of his blades hilt into the Chuunin's chest. His opponent gave Itsuki no time to breath as he came at him in the same zig-zag motion. Itsuki scrambled to his feet at the sides of Tochitama and Takeo. "Fuck me! Saiboutate Henka: Yoroi! Chi no Yoroi!" he yelled this out as he continued to prepare for another engagement.

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