I heard it from a little birdie...

[[Kasumi || Michi]]

Enter.

After leaving the gates, Kaito was sure he was not being followed, he hoped it would stay that way. Content with the speed at which the bird was currently flying, his attention was on the fact that he now had to do something with the girl. He knew nothing of her except the fact that she was willing to go as far as traveling to a foreign country, going to prison there, and knocking herself out all at his whim. A smirk would rise to his face at these thoughts.

Having only one place he could think of to collect his thoughts, he would have to take her with him. They were both enemies of the Yuki and Mizu countries now, they might as well be in it together. She was sleeping peacefully as he watched her, and so he would allow her to stay, she would need her energy for their journey after all. Kaito's thoughts were rudely interupted by a familiar wind, they were close to the Mizu border, the ocean was near. It would only take a short amount of time before he could taste the salt in the air as the bird would take them over the ocean.

Looking down, there were fish jumping, from their altitude it would seem as though they were water ants doing acrobatics. The waves were calm today, Kaito always did pay great attention to the ocean, it being the only thing aside from rainfall and mist that would prove to calm him in the same way. It would take a good half a day of flight before they would reach the Fire country, upon reaching it he would have to rest. The last thing they needed was for him to fall asleep and both of them to fall to their graves.

It did still linger on his mind if they were being followed, but Kaito also realized he was just paranoid as usual. He also considered his paranoia useful, as it kept him on his toes. Their arrival to the Fire country would prove simple, landing in the middle of a forest. After jumping from the bird and releasing his hand seal, he would catch the girl and hide her, making his own hidden bed near hers. They would both rest a while, their strength would need to be at it's peak for what may lie ahead in their travels...

[hotaru]

[moved to fire]

[[Kasumi || Michi]]

Deido Nohara no Jutsu (Mud Field)
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Causes the area (10m x 10m) around the user, given that it is some sort of sand, dust, dirt, or weak stone, to become mud.
Special: Rat, Dog, Boar
Drawback: It does not work in certain environments, such as tile and metallic floors.
Description: After the hand signs are performed, the user slams his/her hands into the ground. If the environment allows it, the area around the user will become a thick and heavy mud. No chakra is required to maintain the state of the area.
Limit: Earth Release, Water Release

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Waking from his rest, Kaito would notice Shigara still resting. He would leave her, but only a little ways away; as to be able to train without disturbing her, yet still keep a eye on her. Upon standing, he would lunge up and onto a tree limb, where he would leap from limb to limb until reaching about fifty yards from their camp.

Feeling the risk of waking his partner had diminished, he would begin. Having decided on what to do before leaving camp, he thought some sort of way to change the environment to better suit him was in order. Where better to start than with the ground they all walk on, seeing as he had just started learning to control the Earth, it made all the more sense to give it a try.

But in which way should I mold the ground? he wondered to himself. It came to him, mud. He would need to use water as well as the ground itself, and change it to something that would make it harder for the opponent(s) to move around on the ground. His first attempt, making three quick hand seals, he would slam his hands onto the ground, sending his chakra into the Earth.

After a moment of nothing happening, he would grow angry and stomp his foot on the ground. What the hell? Kaito questioned in silence. It would seem he had used the incorrect hand seals, or the wrong amount of chakra, as the ground had in fact grown harder! Slightly puzzled, he would give it a second try.

Using the same hand seals, but in a slightly different order, he would once again slam his hands onto the ground. After sending out more of his chakra, and nothing happening, he would once again stand and stomp the ground to test it's density. Slight progress, this time the ground was almost like it was to start with. Maybe another try would prove profitable.

For the third time, third being the charm, he would make the set of hand seals in the last possible combination before slamming his hands on the ground. This time would truly pay off, several rocks would slide around as a very thin top layer would become moist. A thought would occur to Keito, why not use water to make this conversion simpler.

Using his chakra to make water in the air, he would also make small cracks in the ground. Sending water into the cracks as he made hand seals, slamming his hands onto the ground, this time he would push more chakra throughout the Earth's layers. Progress! Though the layer was thin, he had managed to make a great deal of the area into mud. His next objective would be to increase the depth.

He was getting a little tired, as in training he always used more chakra than necessary to make sure he got the techniques down. But he would try once more. Making the hand seals, he would slap the ground that was already muddy. Sending his chakra into the Earth, he would increase the depth and radius of the mud. Another job well done... Keito would assume to himself. It was good enough for today if nothing else.

Content with himself, Keito would head back to the camp, and rest again to regain himself. Hoping this time, Shigara would be awake when he opened his eyes.

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[Tenkai]

Learned.
Add it.

[shaen]

I awoke some time later, in a daze. I came upon the image of Kaito, training in the moonlight. Sweat shone on his forehead as he summoned forth water, making a large field of mud. A strong man, but even so, I knew that this was not the path I sought. No longer would I accompany him, not for a while anyway. There were other things I had to attend to, and something was calling me. Something back towards home. I knew not what it was, but I hastened to it anyway. Destiny guiding my footsteps.

[exit.]

[[Kasumi || Michi]]

Awaking, his eyes would move a bit slower than his other senses. His gaze would only befall the place where his comrade had once laid her head. Slowly moving from where he himself had laid, to a standing position, it would seem a trip back to the base would have to wait.

"Such a unnecessary hindrance of a perfectly ordered plan..." Kaito thought out loud. Shaking all meaningless thoughts from his mind, travel would ensue. Her footsteps laid in the ground, her chakra in the midst of her scent that still lingered. This wouldn't be a challenge. A simple motion of the foot and he would once again launch from limb to limb of the trees that were in his path.

"The trail would seem to lead in such a radical change in direction...where could she be heading like this?" once again he had to shake the meaningless thoughts out of his mind. Kaito would even refrain from the sights of the birds, the other wildlife, and even the travelers he would pass over from time to time. The world was changing around him, and he had plans for these changes.

One thought Kaito did not have to shake off as he felt his companion drawing nearer, was that she had better had a damn good reason for leaving him in such a manner. No one became a member of Genshu Nori and simply walked away. Treason is a forbidden sin well acquainted with death in this group. Kaito would simply hope such a beneficial alliance would not be ended so easily.

Keeping pace he would soon no longer need to run in the trees. As the tree's would begin to thin he would land on the ground to continue the run. A glare of intent drew across his face...

[Exit.]

[matto]

-Moved to Claw-