Mission from beyond 2x

[KoKoKo]

Name: Defend the Gates!
Rank: B
IIC Length: 1 day - miss two iic and you're out (others will not be penalized)
Difficulty: Medium - Hard
Minimum Participants: 3 or 2 if 1 is chuunin
Objective: The undead have risen, and their forces are gathering around village gates, focusing in on the largest populace of the living. The walls and gates around the villages are doing their jobs and defending those inside from most of the onslaught, but they won't be for long. Several 10 feet tall, Hulk of undead figures have appeared, ready to batter and destroy the gate ahead of them. Take out the brutes and the squadron of undead 'healing' and protecting them, save the village and prevent any from getting through the gates.
Reward: 40,000 per participant, 2x B rank credit

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Kuma Tsume - Kessai Kyouda (Bear Claw – Clearing Swipe)
Rank: “B”
Skill: Taijutsu
Effect: The user will swipe their shield around in front of them with great force. This may knock back several foes or clear a field of incoming projectiles.
Special: The user’s shield must be slung on their arm.
Drawback: Cannot be performed in rapid succession; projectiles not all hit at the same time will bypass this technique. Leaves the user vulnerable afterward with their extended arm.
Description: Presumably beginning from the Bear Claw Stance (though this is not necessary), the user will swing their arm to their inward side, coiling in on themselves, and then with this extension will throw their arm in the opposite direction, creating a massive swipe capable of knocking a small field of projectiles, a single, close enemy or multiple attacking enemies away. This attack affects almost 180º of space in front of the user, though it weakens as it nears its end. Only the line of projectiles within this arc will be cleared; projectiles traveling at different speeds are capable of bypassing this technique. The user will be left vulnerable for a moment after executing this attack due to over-extension.
Limit: “Bear Claw Stance”, “Bear Claw - Block” for “D”, “Bear Claw - Weighted Paw”.

Post: 1 - Tp: 0/40

The wolf skin cloak with a total of 25 potential slots to fill was on the back of the barechested poacher. His golden locks hidden mostly by the wolf's head hood attached to the cloak while several scars were visible upon his body. Three-quarter length trousers were on his legs and a pair of basic shoes on his feet, on his back a light shield with a couple of dents and slightly battered but still in overall good nick, had the Kusa sigil upon it while on his right arm a clear light shield with no identifying marks was secured. On his left wrist, a pistol crossbow was secured ready for quick release action equipped with a magazine holding 15 standard bolts. In his cloak a second magazine holding a further fifteen bolts was stored along with fifteen other loose bolts ready for him to reload. In a separate pocket, 6 sets of Spanish nuts were hidden and securely put away so not to lose them.

Having arrived back in Kusa, Mitsu found that the same undead rising was happening in his land too. With a sigh, he looked around spotting a dangerously large set of brutes heading towards the gates and several of the younger shinobi who had apparently been put back to deal with any smaller speedy units which might have made it past the defenses. The group of brutes was occupied for the most part by the defending shinobi, but one of the brutish ogres caught sight of the weaker prey and the gates ahead. With a large club in hand, a sudden swing knocked aside several ninjas and along with a small battalion of undead it charged towards the gates.

With the shadow clone he had summoned on his travels over, Mitsu charged through the army of undead managing to get ahead of the brute rushing the gate. The brute though wasn't the immediate issue. Instead, it was the volley of projectiles coming their way. A flurry of arrows, kunai and rocks were thrown towards the gates, getting to the kids in time he turned on his heels with the clone giving it a boost up while it turned in the air swinging the shield around to knock away and collide with a majority of the oncoming projectiles protecting those behind it.

A few of the oncoming air born weapons were lagging behind and missed the shield, so acting swiftly he moved his shield in a 180-degree swing up barely knocking the weapons up and over the clones head so they bounced harmlessly off the walls. Taking a leap off of the wall, his shadow clone would soar higher until it landed on top of the gate wall. Once up top, the clone performed a set of hand signs and spat out a golden bow and arrow with a thin thread attached to it coming from his mouth.

The clone fired the arrow straight down, knowing that the original would have the same plan. The plan required perfect timing. It drilled through the air and as it would get to approximately a meter off the floor the original Mitsu would lash out with his shield in a 180-degree swing, collide with the metal webbed arrow and launch it forward forcing a 90-degree change of direction, so it was parallel to the floor.

The arrow didn't need the guidance of the clones thread anymore, so it severed before drilling through the leg of the brute slowing it down and causing it to tumble over to the floor slowing its charge. Half of the oncoming minions surrounding the brute stopped their charging and aimed to help it up while the rest charged Mitsu. The clone prepped another arrow and fired it down towards the brute; it's aim was to take out the big one while the original focused on the smaller foot soldiers.

Down came the swing of many swords hoping to overpower him but having learned how to parry and stop attacks in the past with his shield he would use what he had been perfecting with his swing to knock away the attacks coming at him. The smash and loud clangs of all the weapons reverberated around, and the weapons knocked out of most of their hands leaving only two still holding weapons.

The clone looked around only to be distracted by a new arrival. The original could easily hold his own in a fight so a few minutes wouldn't hurt without the aerial support. Not spotting who it was at first the clone used his bow to point at the new oncomer and then point directly at the brute trying to get up off the floor with a hole in it's leg. It was clear that it was a command to aim for the big guy.

[Anri of the Grass]

Keen Sight
Rank: "C" (Special, See Description)
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: While the Byakugan remains active, the user gains an insight bonus to Observation checks.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must have the Byakugan active. May learn up to 6 times.
Description: Each time learned the user gains +5 insight bonus to their Observation and Sense Motive checks so long as the Byakugan remains active. When the user learns this technique the 1st 2 times they train it as a regular "C" Rank Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 2nd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +10 Training Points. When the user learns this technique the 3rd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +20 Training Points.
Limit: Must be in the Hyūga clan. Must know Byakugan.

0-30 TP

[Enter]

Still wearing his Kusakage Robes and hat, the two bows and his back quiver with 3 slots of arrows, and his katana on his left hand side. Anri checked his pockets on his vest under the robes for all his shuriken. Once he knew he had everything he looked up to notice absolute chaos happening right before his eyes. First thing he saw was what seemed to be a Kusagakure ninja, aim a crossbow at him before they both turned and Anri first noticed the group humongous monsters that were threatening his village. "Shit. When did this happen?" Anri said in panic towards the clone.

In a hurry he quickly formed his hand signs and his eyes snapped white. His veins on his temples had been protruding and this proved his byakugan was activate. He slowly scanned the enemies, allies and battlefield in general with his powerful eyes. Anri began to observe the mongoloid creatures at a very safe distance, but he would have had no idea their motive, other than the obvious fact that they were throwing stuff at the gates of Kusagakure. "Oh the lords of the land are not gunna like reading about this later." Anri said as he already could imagine the piles of paper work he would have to do.  Anri then looked at the clone, and could instantly tell this wasn't the original. "Hey, clone, tell the real you that I'm the Kage here. He's gunna have to debrief me more later!" Anri said as he pulled out his bow and knocked an arrow against the bow.

Trying to concentrate as much of his very finite source of chakra as he could into what he considered to be blessed eyes, he began trying to figure out the entire situation as he aimed his arrow at his enemies. The wood of the bow bent backwards as Anri pulled the flax string back as far as he could. Adjusting his footing and body position in an open stance, Anri let the arrow go as far as it could. The truly untrained marksmen had failed utterly to reach the giants threatening the lively hood of the village. "Seriously? Looks like I'm going to have to just be your extra set of eyes for now." He said again towards the clone once again as he focused his eyes even more now. Greeted by a feeling of light headedness his eyes began to work a little better for him now.

Once again surveying the enemies, Anri could now get a good feel for what each one was about to do when they started. Watching a smaller one pick up a massive rock with his hand and feel the weight of it. "The smaller one on the left is gunna try to throw that towards the gate!" Anri warned the clone and hopefully the original too of the incoming projectile attack. As far as how much this would actually help? Probably wasn't helping at all... In fact it was more distracting to most people than it would be to him. Realizing this when one of his own guards asked him to shut the hell up rather rudely, Anri decided to keep his thoughts to himself for now.

Without much combat powers for this situation, Anri was more of a target than a means of defense. His head ached already from light use of his native eye? This could be a horrible sign for him already, but he continued to observe them and guess their very obvious attack patters. While he focused at the other two or three, he realized that this was just the front line of the massive assault on Kusagakure. That's when Anri realized that his job wasn't to run the village till he dies, it was to PROTECT the village even if he dies. With an immediate epiphany that helped clear his mind immensely, curing his headache and helping him see better. It seemed to be apparent to him now that he would have to change himself, to unlock his true potential.

Unlike the movies, his epiphany hadn't been instantaneous in his mind, it had been slow, and made him look like an utter dumbass. Stuff like this was not his strong suit, but his eyes had been working out better for him now, so he had to right his so many immediate wrongs. "These few... Aren't the only ones." He said to the few troops that now rallied around him. "Don't protect me, protect the village." Anri said angrily as it seemed that they took a defensive position around him. He began giving a few of his ANBU troops around him orders based on the situation that had seemed to be developing.

"Split into three teams of three. One team is going to have to charge the enemies from their right. One will stay back trying to counter the projectiles with strong ranged attacks. Finally the third group will rush as soon as team one has their attention, including me. I'll point out what I can see when I can see it. From there we'll have to wait on this guy to try to take them out with his crossbow thing or his shield." Anri said as fast as he could, while checking each of his 9 AnBU troop's chakra levels individually. He would then group the ones with the most chakra left on the ranged team and the rest would split off based off of combat knowledge.

Hopefully with his plan he can open a huge hole in the enemy position. As big as the creatures were, they should surely fall with proper strategy, which was something Anri had been studying profusely. As the first team began to take them from the side Anri kept checking his enemies movement. Calling out for the ranged team when they had to deflect some ranged attacks from the enemies. "I can see that the troops are seemingly being sent in waves. We may just have to out survive them." He said to his make shift squad. He had known nothing about any ninja here, but he did know he believed in them.

[KoKoKo]

Post: 2 - 0/40

The clone listened to the plan that the new person gave, he rolled his eyes a little when he realized the Kagé had changed which meant his loyalty to the kagé had too. It now belonged to this new one. A golden arrow spawned from his mouth but without a thread attached to this time and after taking it to the bow he had made the clone knocked it to the bowstring and let it lose down onto the minions trying to help the brute up. The impact left a small crater a meter across and curved down as a perfect half sphere with undead body parts left and a golden arrow in the middle. The clone used the bow and highlighted the minions trying to help the brute up again - he wasn't sure if the kagé was aware he couldn't talk or not so the clone stuck to just simple command gestures. Going from the Kagé's reaction Mitsu's clone guessed that he was not well informed of the situation.

On the ground, the first Mitsu was holding his own. The foot soldiers, most of whom were missing an arm, were still trying to strike Mitsu down. Gripping the inner strap while the shield was on his right arm he swung out again smashing into the skeletons and weakened zombies hitting him. The swing made it's way around in a 180-degree manner opening up Mitsu's body, a weakness he needed to remember but the swing had enough force that all the attacking minions would fall apart and turn into dust.

While the minions were being taken out, the big brute had managed to rise to its feet and stumble towards Mitsu with its club in hand. A jagged swing of the club down onto Mitsu with a poor form allowing him to recover and pull the shield into cover his body and counter the swing but without enough time to gather proper footing Mitsu barely parried the swing let alone countered it. The beast stumbled back with the parry of its attack only to surprisingly quickly regain its composure. The second swing had more oomph to it, but Mitsu managed to set his body into the Bear Claw stance and gain solid footing and with impeccable timing, Mitsu's shield connected with the club, taking the momentum, pushing it over and forcing its momentum to tip the beast over.

The brute tumbled and collided with the floor. Leaping up against the wall to dodge the brutes thick body, Mitsu would suddenly dismount landing with a spin in front of the fallen undead's head and without losing his spinning momentum he combined his Clearing Swipe into the assault once more. A solid expanding swing of 180-degrees coupled with the momentum of his dismounted turn caused the defensive attack to land a critical blow beheading the brute causing it to turn to dust. He needed to keep the village as well protected as possible, or any finances that he could gain for his work would be put onto restoring the village.... and he needed the money.

[Anri of the Grass]

Keen Sight
Rank: "C" (Special, See Description)
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: While the Byakugan remains active, the user gains an insight bonus to Observation checks.
Special: ---
Drawback: Must have the Byakugan active. May learn up to 6 times.
Description: Each time learned the user gains +5 insight bonus to their Observation and Sense Motive checks so long as the Byakugan remains active. When the user learns this technique the 1st 2 times they train it as a regular "C" Rank Jutsu. When the user learns this technique the 2nd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +10 Training Points. When the user learns this technique the 3rd 2 times they train it as a "C" Rank Jutsu +20 Training Points.
Limit: Must be in the Hyūga clan. Must know Byakugan.

?-30 TP Post 2

Finally commanding a few units in an actual combat scenario, Anri was having a blast with his diplomatic powers. The battle had only just begun as the first squad was doing its best to lure the front lines of the enemy troops away from the inevitable back up they had coming. As they got closer to their target, team one was successful at keeping some of the front lines distracted. It had seemed that Mitsu had been doing something similar, but had been actually holding his own very well. Anri hadn't actually known who he was, or even which one of the two Mitsu was real and which was fake. With the front lines distracted, Anri had been able to see much more than before.

Now as a Hyuuga, Anri was very weak. As a ninja too really, and a ninja without actual proper knowledge on most subjects of chakra. Yet he was still able to use chakra, just not very well. Which led into a problem with his plan. While he weaved hand signs to increase his optical abilities, he began to feel sick. His eyes were displaying way too much information for him to honestly understand fast enough. The Byakugan had basically been assisting his intuition. For example he knew a split second before hand when an enemy was throwing a punch or kick. It would tell him which enemies were targeting the group, and which ones targeting Mitsu.

Although he had not been able to register it all, many very skilled family members of his would consider what he can currently see to be "Child's Play". While suffering from a massive head ache Anri pushed forward since it was time for him and his squad to move forward as much as they could. He snapped out of his trance like state of supposed illness and began approaching the other team to group up quickly. When they finally grouped up Anri knew ranged defense would now be up to team three entirely. The Hyuuga ended up very close to the mangled body of what he thought was a dead man, that had been less dead than he assumed. "Little shit." Anri said as he drew his katana and sliced the head of the thing right off.

Slow troops of the undead had already surrounded the group and they would have to cut their way through. "Hate to interrupt you over there. We could use some help." Anri said as he held his katana in hand ready to slash at any approaching foes. Although he had not been trained with the sword, he still could at the very least, use it like a bat and hope it works. His enemies slowly approaching to be stopped by a blinding light. It had seemed that the ranged defense team had saved their hides since the enemy force now had a whole for the group to walk right out of... Unscathed. Anri sighed as he put his sword back into the scabbard on his side. "Lets try to separate a little bit guys." Anri said to the group of 9 kusa-ninja, who could have all been taken out in one quick attack.

[Father 'Suke]

Grading

Ko - 12+16 = 28
Anri - 16+14 = 30, learned

[KoKoKo]

Post: 3 - TP: 28/40

Using basic hand signals to his clone Mitsu would rush forward, the plan of knocking the arrow through the leg worked well last time but now he was going to divert it through both. To make his way to the next oncoming brute he had to rush through several other minions, making sure his shield was secured while he ran Mitsu lashed out with his shield striking away all those soldiers in front of him. They were getting weaker; he hoped that the ordeal would soon be over. The swing of his shield left him open to an attack coming towards his chest but with an emergency shunshin up and out the way he evaded the oncoming arrow aimed for his heart.

While in the air Mitsu slid his shield off of his arm and launched it down, throwing it, so it bounced off of the enemies before returning to his arm while he landed with a roll. Upon landing, he was approximately five meters to the side of the brute which was currently trying to destroy a blockade. With a nod to his clone, a golden arrow was loosed directly towards Mitsu. Making sure he had a firm stance, and his shield held appropriately; Mitsu swung out with his shield colliding with the golden arrow releasing a loud clanging noise. Following the momentum of his, swing Mitsu turned to see the golden arrow fire through one leg and then through the second causing them to weaken severely.

Charging towards the legs, Mitsu bashed into the first leg with his shield extended out from his body. The force of the bash came from him swinging out his shield from his chest to smash the bone, breaking the already weakened leg. With a twist and slide, he repeated the maneuver to bring his shield out from his chest in an arc to break the other leg bringing the brute down to its knees. When he arrested his momentum, Mitsu ran forward and smashed the rim of his shield down onto the creature's neck severing the head and causing it to disintegrate into dust. His eyes barely managed to catch the view from a volley of arrows fired into the sky aimed at the kagé who stood barely twenty meters from him.

A pair of well-timed shunshin landed him directly behind the Kagé and with his shield raised and his stance solidified turning him into an immovable rock Mitsu lashed out with his shield one more time. The arrows collided with his shield and other bits of broken arrows which had already impacted the metal. His crossbow slid forth on his left wrist and in a flurry of multiple shots (4) bolts soared out slicing through the air and into the skulls of several attacking marksmen. The bolts shattered the skeleton's heads and caused the rest of the bones to turn to dust like the brute before. Mitsu let out an annoyed grunt towards the Kagé, a clear warning about watching his flank - Mitsu not knowing the the Kagé was a hyuuga at this point.

[Anri of the Grass]

Just the mission for me now

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After Mitsu protected his flank Anri gave him a quick "Thank you" through just a quick head nod. Although he was a Hyuuga he had no idea how to use his eyes in the 360 degree fashion that the Hyuuga are known for.  So far the mission had been running smoother than expected, the mission was to save Kusagakure from the brute attacks. His group, now freed from the circle of undead minions, was finally spreading out and fighting like they had nothing to lose. If only they reall had nothing to lose, but if they failed here, the village would cease to exists. Without warning, Anri noticed an enemy attack heading right for him. For an undead warrior holding a sword, it moved relatively fast towards the Hyuuga.

Drawing his sword and blocking the strike, Anri had at least been able to defend himself from here on out. "Okay, team one and two. Follow his lead." Arni said motioning towards Mitsu. It was an odd feeling, working with someone who he hadn't known the name of. He was normally very polite and offered a proper introduction, but this time it was very possible that they both could die without knowing each others names. Anri was going to try his damnedest to at the very least, to learn this man in the wolf pelt's name. Dodging strikes and arrows and jutsus alike, Anri began weaving closer and closer through enemy forces, striking the low ranked units down as if they were flies stuck to the wall.

Bones flew and guts dropped to the ground from open stomach wounds of the undead army. For a man with very little combat experience, it seemed that once he snapped, he was an entirely different person. Unable to actually understand what was going on, Anri watched as if from a third person view while he slaughtered enemies left and right. His mind had seemed to take him away from the fact that he was fighting not only for his life but for his villagers lives too. This had been a very dangerous thing for the Kusakage, since he was moving as fast as he could in a very dangerous situation to begin with. One thing could move the way he didn't think it would and he would be dead right then and there.

Anri finally snapped out of his trance like state once he heard the lurching of wood and metal. Lurching so loud that it had to be from something of a massive scale. As he snapped back to reality he could see the back lines of the enemy forces were wheeling out a massive catapult. If they tore down the wall and gates then the village would surely fall, and Anri would go down as the worst Kage of all time. 

[KoKoKo]

Mitsu was a bit taken back by being put in charge, he didn't like people nor did he like being in charge of them unless he had to. Begrudgingly though he took the lead because it was the kagé's request. Pointing to the first team, he sent them with a single swift command he sent them over towards the two giant beasts on the right of them, and the second team to the two monsters on the left-hand side. Mitsu stayed with the kagé watching as he weaved and dived through the different undead and their onslaught striking each one down as he went through. Slightly impressed with the kagés performance, Mitsu gave a little nod and turned to face the single brute which wasn't being targeted by the two teams.

With his shield secured to his arm, Mitsu charged towards the brute leaping into the air and giving a sudden shunshin to get behind the brutes head. Turning mid-air Mitsu would smash his shield into the back of the brutes head allowing the momentum to take himself out of the way and roll down the monsters back in time to avoid the big hand about to strike where he struck; like squatting a mosquito. As Mitsu came down to the floor, he launched his shield out towards the undead behind the kage where it would ricochet around before returning to him. Before the shields return, the pistol crossbow ejected from his wrist into his hand, before several bolts fired out into the beasts leg muscles.

The bolts crippled the beasts leg muscles causing it to crumble down to the floor. Coating his feet in chakra, Mitsu would glide over the ground and around to the front of the beast catching his shield on its return and in one swift move provide a final and fatal blow to the beast causing it to go back to dust on the floor. Looking around it appeared that the other teams were working their way through the brutish monsters that each team had been set against. Once Mitsu was satisfied with the teams work he returned to the kagé and stood behind him in a guard like fashion only to notice the catapult ahead of them both. With a sigh he knew the kagé had spotted it to... he just wanted to get back to hunting for herbs and animals... maybe a rare item or two.

[Anri of the Grass]

With the catapult in sight, and Mitsu in charge of the ground units, Anri had at least felt somewhat comfortable with the devastating situation. Constant noises of combat had been messing with his ability to pay attention to the full picture. "Shit, this just got worse." Anri said as he pulled his blade out of the gut of his prior foe. Without much of a plan to go by the Hyuuga Kage tried his hardest to dispatch as many of the undead ground troops by himself. Hoping that Mitsu had also noticed the war machine slowly approaching through the thickets of enemy troops. If he had assumed that he did, there was the very slight chance that he was wrong, so he looked towards Mitsu to begin to speak but stopped. He noticed that the hunter was already looking right at the siege weapon the enemies had.

Thoughts of failure sped through his head as he tried to think confidently. He would not let the village fall no matter what, and this was a promise he made to all those who reigned before him, and to those who would take his place. Nobility was not a common train for this Hyuuga, one who had been let down, and left to die time and time again. Just the odds of him getting the job he had wanted was enough to give him a morale boost and a second wind. A few skeleton soldiers, armed to the teeth, literally, approached Anri from his 4 "Cardinal" directions. Raising his blade above his head, as he had seen many of those who were actually trained with a sword do, he prepared to take on the one facing his front first.

In a surprisingly... adept stance for someone who had no idea how actual swordsmanship had worked, Anri charge the first foe to thrust his sword through the spine of the undead corpse. As the skeleton was split in two, the two on his two sides rushed him while the one behind him stood back. With his Byakuugan, this situation would be a cake walk. Especially if it was as strong as his father's was. Nothing was ever able to flank him, Anri thought to himself as he swiped at the legs of one skeleton and ended with his katana ripping the rib cage of the other one clean off. Turning to the one at his flank had caused it to rush him angrily. Although it was dead, there was some sort of expression on the bare boned face of the monster.

Trying to be a cocky shithead, Anri sheathed his sword as he noticed the beast approaching. As it got within swinging range, Anri swiped out the legs of his foe and finished him off by dismembering his opponent. "Okay, on to the death machine." Anri sighed as he ran straight towards his next objective.

[KoKoKo]

One of the catapults launched a flaming ball of destruction towards the gates and with a quick reaction the first Mitsu whistled with a finger in mouth catching his clones attention. With a speedy response, a golden arrow formed out of the clones mouth and was placed into the bow, drawing back on the spider silk string he timed the shot perfectly as he loosed the string to launch the arrow forward. The projectile spun through the air colliding with the oncoming assault causing both the arrow and the flaming ball to erupt and fall to the floor without harming the gates.

The clone took charge of the archers making sure half of the long range users above the gates would keep their eyes out and focus on taking out the oncoming range from catapults while the rest worked on supporting the ground teams. The field teams had each taken down one of the two brutes each and had begun to attack the remaining brutes. Half of the team focused on the big guys while the rest took out the foot soldiers and healers with help from the long range squadron. Turning his attention back to the kagé and the catapults he noticed as the kagé, who to his eyes appeared inexperienced with a sword but also, in general, was at least holding his own and protecting himself and his village instead of just hiding away. The kagé's attitude gave Mitsu at least some respect for him, Anri wasn't a wimp and stood up for those who couldn't stand up for themselves.

After having a couple of seconds to breathe Mitsu would charge towards the catapults, he placed his shield out in front of him and forced all of his into the shield. His body rammed anything in front of him out the way, breaking it apart if already weakened until he clashed with the catapult. Upon colliding with the catapult, Mitsu would release the charge and all the momentum built into a single and focused strike into the catapult causing it to fall apart because of the wooden support beams snapping. Turning on his heels, Mitsu launched his shield off of his arm so it would ricochet off several enemies breaking them apart before returning back to his arm. In an almost theatrical manner, he caught the shield and turned away walking back towards the kage as the catapult's guards and operators turned to dust.

[Madame Loki]

learned Ko

[Anri of the Grass]

Anri had been pleasantly surprised, although he was certain he could die at any given second, he was holding his own weight in combat. This exact situation was the reason he became a ninja in the first place. The thrill of combat, the allure of death, protecting those weaker than yourself, just because you think that it's the right thing to do. As all these thought flew by in his head, Anri remembered that he was still actually in combat and had to finish this all off quickly. Holding his head high, he noticed Mitsu charging the catapult as if it was a thing to do.  "This guy sure has guts." Anri said as he watched what he considered to be a suicidal move unfold.

With his sword on his side, and bows and arrows on his back, Anri had very little means to stop the construct of war. He had even less to stop the giant flaming projectile that was definitely going to open the gate of Kusagakure for the enemies. Momentarily it had seemed as if he was in a slowed down reality, as he heard Mitsu whistle for some reason. The almost deafening whistle slowed Anri down since it had hurt his ears a little, when he crouched to cover his ears, he looked up to see Mitsu's clone's arrow pierce the projectile and cause it to explode in mid air. Drawing his own bow, Anri's muscles tensed as he remembered what happened the last time he drew his bow in this situation. This time he was at the very least, close enough to strike any enemy nearby.

As he heard his bow bend and contort under the pressure of drawing the string back, Anri activated his Byakuugan one more time to hopefully assist in aiming. As his eyes turned pure white he could see his enemies formations and even slightly tell what they could potentially do. With knowledge of basic battlefield strategies, this had given Anri a sure fire way to survive. As he loaded an arrow into the bow, he was approached by a skeleton slowly wobbling towards him. He took his time to aim up his shot and finally let the bow string go with an audible "Pop". Anri watched as the head of the skeleton flew clean off the spinal cord and laughed. He then noticed Mitsu had made very quick work of the catapult and was walking towards him like a badass