Rust District [O]

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Some time after he had exited the Rain Shadow's tower, Ryuuji managed to flit across the village towards the dilapidated Rust district. There had been few, if any, store fronts still operating in this vicinity, so the amount of bodies moving around here had been little to none. With the hood from his black cloak thrown over his head, the genin moved silently through the area; and he went on to avoid eye contact with any person had he come across one...



After wandering around the Rust district, Ryuu came across a building that looked as if though it were able to crumble and collapse at any given moment. He smirked, raising his gaze skyward as the rain came down on his exposed face; this tall and lonely looking building seemed to be the ideal training spot for the reclusive low-ninja.. he vanished inside of the opened doorway and began to climb the stairs speedily. The weight of the shuriken and kunai in his Ame flak jacket did not seem to slow him down at all as he leapt up the stair way towards the top of the ruinous tower. His katana and polearm were left back at his home, as he had no need for those weapons in this pursuit of training.

Hopefully no one would find him in this part of Amegakure that was otherwise left uninhabited by shinobi of his ranking.......

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Observation
Rank: "E"
Skill: Skill
Effect: This skill focuses certain powers of observation - sight, smell, hearing, and touch.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Can be learned by an Animal. A failed check indicates that the character is oblivious until the thing is pointed out to him. This skill is important for ferreting out advancing enemies or ambushes, generally real-time events and actions occurring, versus scrutiny, which covers static objects or areas. A Game Master may roll an Observation skill check for a Character any time there is an NPC, monster, event or happening that a character might notice, even if he did not specifically state that he is monitoring his surroundings. Characters are capable of noticing any event within their perception. Observation reveals only facts, not motivation. If user has 25 or more Ranks in Evidence Analysis user gains a Synergy Bonus +10 to Observation. Each time learned user gets 1 die roll to increase the skill.
Limit: ---

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Unskilled

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In all directions, rain poured plentifully across the landscape of Ame no Kuni. Everywhere the low-nin turned his head, he could see but only the dark and grey clouds of the sky, and a village of towering skyscrapers. In contrast, it vaguely reminded Ryuuji of the mountain spires of the Land of Dragons, but he knew the mundane from man made. He closed his eyes a moment as the memories began to flood over him back to a time where he was younger....


Across the stark skies of the Land of Dragons, mighty winged beasts flapped their reptilian wings and tore across the blue plains; mountains as tall as the world surrounded Ryuuji on all sides and he welcomed the embrace of the hardy land. As a child at the age of five, the zeal of life shined brightly in his steely blue eyes, which was evident at the awe and wonder he expressed upon seeing the dragons taking flight amongst the clouds. Despite being young, he still had an incredible eye for detail; he could see small lizards creeping into crevices from meters away, and would try to sneak up on the swift reptiles, only to have them outrun him before he could catch them in his grasp. There were times when he did succeed in capturing the oh so elusive wingless dragons, and he noted the natural colors of them: yellowish, with hints of green; or mottled red with black bodies. 

The smell of smoke rushed his nostrils in the high mountains as he watched his Banjin clan elders partaking in combat or friendly sparring bouts. Katon seemed to be innate to almost all of the savage men, where as the women found the element of wind as their natural affinity. There had been one man, his uncle, Ryuuzaki, that seemed to impress Ryuuji the most, almost more so than his own father. The man's long and unkempt mane of gray hair moved like the tail of a dragon as he rushed towards his opponent or ducked underneath one of their blows; it was Ryuuzaki who had first taught his nephew the art of hand-to-hand combat----

----But as the thoughts of his uncle began to surface in his memory, Ryuuji tore himself from the nostalgia, having feared that those memories of that one fateful day would come rushing in before he could stop them. His keen eyes snapped back open just in time to witness a strike of lightning hit a rod on some building far off in the distance. The Tatsu survivor then inhaled deeply as the smell of mold and rain filled his nostrils, vying to overcome his flashback with the present. In the darkness that naturally hung over Ame no Kuni, his eyes shone a bit lighter than normal due to the blood of dragons coursing through his veins. Even in this dreary environment, the teen could still scry the land before him with some acuity. He looked down to the empty streets beneath him and saw a pack of dogs chasing a man who fearfully ran for his life. Ryuuji shrugged the sight off and turned his back to the ledge of the building that he stood on. 

Someone had been standing there; Ryuu grit his teeth. Had he been followed???

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same skill; unskilled

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The kunoichi that stood at the opposite end of Ryuuji remained silent as the patter of rain filled the silent void between them. He could gauge that she possessed crimson hair in this dark territory of Ame kuni, and also noted her svelte frame.

"What do you want?" he called out over the downpour, curious as to who she had been and what's more, her purpose. The continued silence only irked the genin; he was sure he had spoken loud enough for her to hear him over the rain.... "That's it," he murmured as he stepped backward away from the female figure.

In a flash, her form was upon him. She had arced behind him using a body flicker and the quick movement made him freeze in his tracks. She had been so close to Ryuu that he could feel her warm breath on his neck in the unpleasantly chilled rainfall. "Tag. You're it." the female ninja teased as she tapped his shoulder, then vanished once again by way of Shunshin.

The Dragon ninja sharply turned his body to see where she had darted off to and noticed that she took to the side of the 30 meter building. Using the art of tree climbing, he too rushed down the slippery side of the deteriorating construct in hope of catching up to this mysterious kunoichi...

[Cacophony]

+10 TP

11 Total SP

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Nimble Moves
Rank: "C"
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User can move across a single obstacle with ease.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Whenever the user moves, they move through 2 meters of difficult terrain each round as if it were normal terrain. This technique allows the user to take a 2-meter step into difficult terrain.
Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous.

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As the two bodies flickered down the side of the building, thoughts rushed through Ryuuji's head. Who could this woman have been... and how did she find him? He could assume that perhaps she was a Sensor ninja, or just some nuisance that was there to interrupt his training. But still, he gave chase; her speed amused him just enough for him to decide to play along in her game of cat-and-mouse. While running along the vertical wall of the ruinous building, Ryuu managed to effortlessly jump more than a meter past an exposed aperture in the body of the cement tower. His keen eyes fixed on the woman, he witnessed her make a sharp turn around the building's edge and then leap over to another building several meters away.

The genin could only hope to achieve such a feat. He went on to jump anyway, a length of two meters into the air situated about Amegakure; but his leap hadn't been so nimble as the feline's before him. Gravity took hold of his body and the hood of his cloak blew off of his head as he went sailing down towards the ground; he would re-position himself in midair so that his body seemed to nosedive as he dove obliquely towards the building that the woman still sped down. This would actually save him some running time as he began to close in on his target.

"I've got you...!" he promised, his right hand now stretched forward, inches away from the woman. But before he could land a hand on her, she would flicker away; Ryuuji went crashing through a window pane of the building and had to roll in order to prevent further damage to himself. He spat and cursed as his drenched body began to dampen the dry interior of the second building. On one knee, he thought for a moment, in an effort to try to gauge the cause, speed and purpose of the unknown red-headed kunoichi. If he stayed here and just left her flee, would she return? Or would they encounter one another again in the future to continue their game of tag?... He lifted his body and sprang back out into the raining trenches of Rust district, hoping to at least catch a glimpse of his target. 

With cool grace, he moved down the side of the building until finally he reached flat and solid ground. He turned his head this way and that, but no trace of the woman.... Where could she have disappeared to?

Having found no clue as of yet of her current whereabouts, Ryuu speedily dashed down an alleyway that seemed very plausible for her to saunter down through.

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The Dragon youth had been stumped on where to find the crimson haired kunoichi. He spat onto the ground, somewhat agitated by his lacking skills of speed and tracking, and then turned to leave the crumbling district of the raining Hidden village....


He tossed his hood back over his head and disappeared into the surrounding shadows of Amegakure no Sato.

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Exit

[Skulking Shinzu]

+10 TP.