The Hideout.

[Chuunin Examiner]

Here are several tents (five) of the sort, which are made out of deer skin, and sticks. Not much can be expected from the inside, except a sleeping bag, and a blanket. Away from these tents, roughly 15 yards away is a bar, which looks closed down, and kind of empty. But, eh, there is a reason for it being there.

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[daisy]

"After all that... What a dump. They could at least give us somewhere to bathe! What if they don't have nice food..." The kunoichi was muttering to herself as she entered the camp. Her dark eyes roamed the area, finding barely a thing of interest. It truly was a little disappointing. Peering inside a tent, Shiki groaned.
"It's a little obvious how comfortable that is gonna be..." She complained.

But, of course, they were not here to enjoy luxury. They were here to... well, fight to the death, she supposed. Hands on her slender hips, she waited, apparently the first one here. The kunoichi could scarcely be bothered preparing any defences. Would people really be as annoying as to attack her when they arrived? Yawning, she held the Serpent handseal, ten meters of flowers blossoming all around her, while her ever-present butterflies danced about her small frame.

"Come out, come out whereever you arrre~" She sang spookily, already bored waiting.

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Kiseki Youshoku ( Miracle Cultivation )
Rank: B
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates Hanakora clan flowers without seeds at the cost of extra chakra.
Special: Refer to Puranto Ninpou : Haeru
Drawback: ---
Description: Having mastered the Hanakora clan arts, the user gains the penultimate ability of the clan; the power to create the Hanakora flowers without seeds. In order to do this, extra chakra must be expended. By using a “D” rank amount of chakra along with Puranto Ninpou: Haeru, the Hanakora is able to create a field of flowers 5 meters in radius without first planting seeds. More chakra can be used to create a larger field, however, the size of the meadow can only be 25 m in radius maximum. These can be used for any and all Hanakora jutsu based around flowers.
Limit: Hanakora Clan. Puranto Ninpou: Haeru. When the user gains 500 TP into Hanakora jutsu, this is gained automatically.

Puranto Ninpou : Haeru
Rank: E
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: A basic technique of the Hanakora, where the user molds a certain type of chakra to feed it to the clan’s special seeds and make them sprout into flowers. With other techniques, the seeds can grow into different kinds of plants.
Drawback: ---
Special: Handseal: Serpent
Description: This is the first clan technique for the members of Hanakora to learn, since it’s needed for many other techniques. The user spreads the needed amount of seeds in the desired area and uses then the Serpent seal to make the seeds sprout into flowers instantly – almost as soon as the seal has been formed, the flowers are ready for use. The seeds will always respond to Haeru chakra, no matter where the seeds are when the technique is used: One bag of the Hanakora seeds can become a full-sized, flower filled meadow even in sand and snow, or while floating on water. The basic form of Haeru creates red, blue, white and yellow daisies, but by molding their chakra in a slightly different way, the user can also create other kinds of flowers.
Limit: Hanakora technique

[// One]

Walking into the small opening with very few tents Kyatsuki stopped moving, his byakugan taking in every detail, as well as the contents of the tents if he was allowed the luxury. His hand steadily balanced itself against the fabric of his blade's hilt. To him, it looked like a camp set up for them. His path had taken him directly to this spot, which meant others would be showing up soon. Not wanting to approach any tent Kyatsuki merely stood still, he most likely knew the contents so approaching them would be a waste of time. And not being a drinker he had few reasons to visit the bar.

His large stature remained motionless, facing the camp from the path he had come from. The steel of his blade still metaphorically wet. He had slaughtered one of the nin who was in the exams himself, and he knew they would have allies. He came to notice one girl frolicking around at once side of the camp for a while before the flowers around blossomed. He remained quiet and continued to watch from afar.

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[Kusa's Vine]

Issac followed at Kyatsuki's heels as they made their way to the makeshift campground. He didn't have his gourd anymore but the water around his feet serves as some forme of defense. He did still have all his items in his pouches and vest, all covered by his cloak which at this point was a bit worse for wear. As he took off the knot and began to take it off his shoulders he looked around form the tents to the bar to the girl, thinking to himself. "Well those look promising, not much worse then just sleeping on the ground which isn't to bad sometimes, and hey there's a bar? Hmm some sake would be nice right now but I don't think indulging in that vice would be smart at this point in time. Not exactly a time to relax. Although it does make sleeping on the floor a whole lot easier...What?" It felt as if Issacs heart was going to stop. Just as the two men entered the grounds the Kunoichi that was already there was in the middle of a technique. It was Hanakora, the girl had the most uncanny resemblance to Issacs former Kusakage. Although he wasn't telling his body to move it took two steps towards her. His lips parted "Kage-sama" It would probably be loud enough for Kyatsuki to hear but he wasn't sure if the whisper would travel as far as the female ninja's ears.

Almost violently being taken out of the trance it was the voice in his head again. "She is dead! And good riddance what are you doing you're acting as if you cared for her." "What are you implying that I didn't care about my Kage? She lead our village for as long as I could remember" "Yes and what exactly is your earliest memory. Who was kage when it all happened." Issac world almost collapsed. Had it been Hotaru, was she the one that had allowed the massacre to happen. His Kage, he did so much for her. How could she have done this. The blood in Issacs body began to boil. He couldn't find a sound reason not to believe the voice the girls resemblance to his Kage and the stress from the exams was beginning to overtake him. He hadn't seen much combat before the exams aside from the fight with the traitor he had gotten into with that uchiha. He had killed a man. Taken a life. It was so...easy... He could do it again. The boy in the woods was nothing a fly on the wall. The bastard had attacked him first and he didn't even get a hit in Kyatsuki had taken him out before he could get a hold on him. But this girl, she was so full of life. So ready to be plucked like the flower she was pretending to be.

"Do it."

Issacs body moved without him. He took a step his eyes seeming to glow a deep violet. His pupils were hard to see pinpoints as his vision tunneled only the violet hue could be discerned.

"DO IT!"

The voice screamed at him. Would this really make things right would he really feel like anything had been done for his clan simply slaughtering this girl whom had nothing to do with it. But she looked just like her. To anyone else they probably wouldn't see it. Issac probably wouldn't see it if it wasn't for the blood lust that had been growing within him. He felt as if his mind was going through a change.

"Do it and let me out!"

Another step would be taken. Issac was fighting a losing battle. He wanted to hurt this girl he wanted to make her pay for what happened to his family. But it wasn't her fault. Would killing her and hurting another family really help him? Issacs body would stop moving. He was about six or seven paces in front of Kyatsuki at this point. To anyone else it would look as if he had just slowly walked ahead looking at the girl before stopping not being able to see the mental struggle going on within his own subconscious. It was as if the light had been turned back on. Issacs pupils would dilate suddenly the black pushing back the violet. As soon as Issac got control back over his body he would look away. Just looking at the girl mad his blood run. This wouldn't be good he had to go on the rest of the exams with this kunoichi right in front of him. He couldn't tell his Kage he would probably think the exam was to much for him. But he had to finish he had to pass the exam and become Chuunin. It had to happen. Issac would look at Kyatsuki "Hey be my eyes for a minute I need to rest those damn bugs really worked a number on me." Heading over and placing his hand against the tree. It would seem like he was just resting his hand upon it but the vines would implant themselves into the tree and begin to suck the chakra out of it. He wouldn't do enough to kill the tree but to give him a little boost. He needed a moment to clear his head.

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-Chakra sucker
-Suiton no tate still active.

[Loki]

The young shinobi would be covered in blood of his two companions who had died in the mission at hand. He felt sick to his stomach that his own dog had to face so much against these winds. The young shinobi would take a rag and wipe his face of any red ooze that had been on him from the get go. His other two animals waited in the distance as the Kaguya would take care of himself. Of course they had already made it to the camp site. He had already faced a great deal of difficulty with the exams with himself almost dying at it all. He continued to make himself known. He would sit back inthe back of the tent that he had drown up with some needed supplies and begin to take care of himself.

He needed to get prepared for anything that would come. Whether or not it was needed was not the point. Instead, he wanted to make sure that he could take enough of his ability and put it to where i was neeeded. He stood in his tent looking down on the ground and breathed in and out. He was unsure of what would come of the area but he was rue to make anything and everything his bitch in terms. He would not fail this exam and would make his house of the Inuzuka and the sand village proud of his accomplishment... For Granburu and Herugaa.

[ladymia]

E N T E R

It had been tough, her previous fight against enemy who exelled with taijutsu shouldn't have been difficult, especially with 6 others backing her up. However, without chakra, most of those who helped her died. Including her fellow villager - Kenji, who was only 10. She felt horrible for not being able to protect them, however. She had passed, proving her hard work and training alone had payed off. Despite this, her morale fell somewhat, in knowing that what she had passed - was merely a pathway to the first part of the exam. And by all accounts, there were three parts. Upon arrival at what was supposed to be a camp, were five ragged and barely standing pieces of - presumably; deer skin, held up by sticks. Kitsuné was rather angry at the sight, she had worked so hard in getting here, and all she wanted to do was put her feet up for a while, but apparently, in these conditions - that would be impossible.

So far, only four others had arrived. Two were quite obviously from Kusagakure, meaning they were paired, allies. The other was Shiki, the rain ninja who so greatly helped her during the Path getting here. The last was a Sand ninja, who looked particulary looked bad. Blood staining his own clothes. Kitsuné merely had a hole in her purple legging, where an arrow once was, along with slightly ruffled hair. All of her weapons were back in collection, and her chakra was more or less full. Although very physically tired, she did wish to prepare herself, in case any of these enemies tried anything funny. After all, she was the only Konoha shinobi, even Shiki could turn on her. Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer, a phrase which quite fitted the situation.

Himara was out delivering Kenjis body, and she should have done so a while ago. If things got tricky, she was always able to rely on her...

[Takeuchi]

How dull, a pretty uneventful walk, except for the exploding corpse and all that. Really though, no fighting, no enemies, just the Ninja whom he had allied himself with. With luck the other was still up for their alliance but walking into the hideout a lot seemed going on. A slender young woman surrounded by flowers, a fishy looking fellow with his hand on the hilt of a sword, and some schizo looking freak who was stepping towards the woman. Of course there was also his partner and his two remaining pets, and then there was me.

Short light brown hair half covered one steady eye, warrior's eyes gazing on the scenario waiting for a fight to break out. I simply waited, just outside the flower field, in my tight black outfit with the immense shield upon my back as though it were weightless, waiting for a fight to break out to act. Busting some heads might provide me with the entertainment I had been seeking.

[kininata]

Kininata kept his distance somewhat as they approached the hideout, which was little more than a collection of primitive tents. He would examine the others that were here, and see that the numbers had indeed thinned out compared to when they began, but it seemed their group had taken the brunt of the thinning process. He was head over to where Shiki was to check on her, but realised that she had survived the whole ordeal without a single scratch on her. Either I'm getting rusty, or she is luckier than me. He mused to himself, and placed his pack on the ground.

He carefully took off his haori and opened his shirt enough to see the rest of the arrow in his shoulder from earlier, looking around it to see what kind it was; it had not penetrated too deeply, thankfully, but it was going to hurt when he took it out. 'Why is it always the left shoulder.' He murmured to himself and he took a firm grip on the arrow head's last couple of inches, and carefully twisted the arrow as he pulled. Within a few moments it was out of his body, and the flow of blood started again - a trickle, which was a good sign; no critical injuries, nothing serious enough to ruin his ability to survive. He took some water from his pack, tore some clean cloth from one of his spare shirts, and wiped down the would before tearing off yet more cloth to bind the wound as best as he could.

'So,' he started loudly, trying to socialise with everyone, 'how was everyone's walk up here? Anything interesting happen?' He doubted he would get much of a response, but it was worth a try. Just because they were competing against one another didn't mean that they had to be enemies, after all.

[Chuunin Examiner 3]

Intermission Time !

Yay.
Now go make the purchases you need, the training that needs to get done, and anything else. Hurry back, and reply when you're ready.

[Kusa's Vine]

Issac energy was slowly starting to come back to him. It looked like everyone had assembled they dropped the number of combatants by almost have which was pretty good considering. It gave Issac and Kyatsuki a chance to narrow out the competition. Now the second round. There was really no way of knowing what was going to happen. Issac just thought that whatever it was it went by fast. As he rested his arm against the tree it just wasn't enough he didn't want to actually kill anything but he did need the strength. He would sit on the floor at the base of the tree his arms resting on his knees as his knees were together infront of him. The vines from his feet would burrow slightly finding the roots of the other trees and slowly sap away their chakra. With his water shield still in effect this would also help to counteract the chakra drain that would be occurring from having his shield active. He had to keep his eyes down though which he didn't like he didn't want to catch anyone elses eyes and not be able to control himself. For now though he would sit and re energize getting ready for the second round. He would take his time to redo the bandages around his arms and adjusting the ones under his vest so that they wouldn't get in the way if need be. Issac was ready he just wanted this to be done with.

[Kusa READY to rock and roll]

[kininata]

Kininata was calm, so much more so than the last time he went to a Chuunin Exam over two years ago. After everything he had seen and experienced, the only thing he knew for certain - and didn't worry him - was that this was more lethal, more taxing, and more likely to shape the survivors than last time. Yet the fear that death was a probability was quenched with the words of his promise to his heart, with the confidence that he experience granted him, and the plans that his mind was developing as he sat there watching the other examinees as they made their preparations.

He would open the small pouch he acquired from Shigure, double checking what he had now added to his arsenal; already he had plans forming to add them into his tactics, adjusting formations and stratagems to make full use of what he was now carrying. The wound to his shoulder no longer hurt, as he was finding his body recovering from such a minor injury was at a more normal rate than it had been in the past; he was as ready as he was going to be for this now. So he carried on watching, his hands now holding the head bands of his dead friends - and now Shigure's added to the collection.

[Ready and Waiting]

[ladymia]

She was now at full health. All depleted energy had returned, and thus she could continue doing the practicalities of the exam. Though, she still remained rather shocked . Indeed she entered the exams to achieve, however - she thought her previous fight would've been the end of her. Somehow though, she lived, and without any of her precious jutsu too. In being the weakest member of Team Omoi for some time, she had certainly become far stronger than any of her teammates would've imagined. Her sensei, would've been impressed too. But they were all long gone, and as much as her heart saw them, her mind knew otherwise. New friends lay on the horizon, new achievements, new experiences. Those friends may well watch her as she progresses as a ninja, but no longer could she rely on them. She could only rely on her confidence and ability as a ninja.

Those who stood around her, were all aiming for victory. But few could succeed. No doubt they'd be fighting to kill, Kitsuné needed an urge of bloodlust to induce that killing nature, that which her persona could not provide. Instead, she'd merely keep an eye out. For anything funny they may do. She may not have had any unique Eye jutsu, but to say she was a keen observer, would be an understatement...

[Kitsuné Yumi - Ready to Rock'n Roll!]

[Takeuchi]

Damn, how boring. A boring hike now a boring wait until shit went down. Why couldn't they just start things already? Finding a spot near the tent I moved my shield from my back to my side where I could easily access it and waited for everything to begin.

[Let's just get on with it]

[Loki]

The Kaguya would not move an inch as the rest of the squad would either leave or stay with the examiner. It would appear that items were of no use to him at the present point in time and the whole exam would be paced for the Kaguya who waited aimlessly. He sat down with his two remaining pets by his side. Hopefully the match would start soon.

-Ready-

[Chuunin Examiner 2]

Waiting on

• Daisy

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[daisy]

well it's not like there was a time limit. ~3~

Her beautiful lion now accompanying her, Shiki yawned as her hand trailed lazily through his shaggy mane. He seemed content to lay amongst the flowers surrounding her, and the kunoichi knelt beside him as she awaited the progression of the exams. A written test now, wasn't it? A pain. Not that she was particularly looking forward to the inevitable brawl between contestants. She sighed, scratching Shishi's fur as she tried not to think too hard.

"Let's hang in there." She murmured, mostly to herself.

ready ♥

[// One]

Kyatsuki stood, waiting for something interesting to happen. Despite the new additions to the little camping ground, few did nothing to spark his interest. Yawning to himself for a quick moment he leaned against a tree which Issac now sat against. His sword still swaying silently at his hip. The white eyes searched through the remnants of the tents for anything interesting, and upon coming nothing he rolled his eyes. Really with nothing of interest to do he waited patiently.

[OOC: Post was deleted. Ready, again. Lazy post.]

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[Chuunin Examiner 3]

The man's lithe frame would rise from the earth, stretching as he rose. It was apparent that he had been awaiting the arrival of the shinobi, for his facade was upheld with irritation. Dark eyes cast judgment upon the surviving genin, who had blatantly decreases in number. Though he knew that some were likely dead, he showed no apathy. Likely a believer of dwarnism; an ideology of survival of the fittest. A slight chuckle would stem from his lips as he looked upon the children. He saw the different air about them, which was likely a result of going through hell. But it only got more difficult.

"I see some of you were able to make it... such a shame. I was hoping none of you would survive. But I guess since you made it, I should tell you where the exams will take you next.

There's a abandoned city to the north that has a gate that hasn't been opened in centuries. Word is that a guardian keeps the gate of the north closed. To continue your quest you all will need to get past the north gate... heed my warning. You must defeat the guardian before the gate can be opened. Don't expect a kind fairy to be guarding it either.

Eh, who am i kidding, you'll all die anyways."

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[daisy]

Did he have to just appear like that? Shiki gave a small start as the man apparently in charge of the exams appeared out of nowhere, armed with new instructions, it seemed. But wait... Had they really just gone to all that effort to make it to the camp, only to be sent to some god forsaken city? Well, that was a pain. Tossing her hair in that so perfected adolescent way, suggesting utter contemption and disregard in that one casual movement, Shiki rose to her feet, her lion rising at her side.

"Let's hope not. ♥" Was all the little kunoichi said in regards to his confidence in their demise, before she turned on her heel and wandered out of the camp, this mysterious new destination in her mind, and determination in her eyes.

/exit ♥

[ladymia]

[OOC: Confused on posting order, but what the hell]

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