Lightning Meeting Ground Chuunin Exams

[Chuunin Examiner]

Lightning Meeting Ground Chuunin Exams

[N A T S U M I]

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[atrb=width,450px,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][bg=000000] Chuunin, here we come!~ Anxiety, excitement and fear cloud my mind as I follow my escort at a lengthy distance. Emerald optics study the tall figure before me, wondering if he was completely oblivious to my scrutiny. I am somewhat concerned with where he is taking me, but I hope that he is not the one that my comrades and myself are to fight. I mean, look at him! Toska pads silently to my right, keeping at my pace and keeping a watchful eye on his surroundings, particularly our escort. I believed that everyone's anxiety levels are pretty high, and I don't blame them. I have come fully prepared for what has to come, because dying at the age of twenty one is not what I plan on doing. I not only come with my weaponry strapped tightly to my body, but my abilities as a proud Shinobi of Kumogakure are within that package. I am wearing my tightly wrapped black Kimono with the dark blue laced belt. The trim of my Kimono is the same color as that of my lace belt, but from at a distance; the entire costume appears jet black. I like to look hidden because I do not wish to draw attention upon myself, but this costume does bring out my perfect curves and slim figure. Hidden within the V neck of my Kimono, lay my fishnet overalls which covers my entire torso and chest. My short skirt trails down to just four inches above my knees while fishnet stockings trail down from the beginning of my thighs, down to my ankles where my black leather sandals remain tightly strapped to my feet. My Kumogakure headband has been polished thoroughly and is shining brilliantly under the sunlight towering overhead. I proudly wear it strapped to my left tricep. As a Senbon Taitokue Tatsujin, I possess gloves fully loaded with senbon as well. My long chocolate colored hair has been straightened and tied high upon my head and weaved together into a tight plat. And as a Shinobi, I come equipped with my weapons at all times. Even when within my home village of Kumogakure. My butt-bag is strapped tightly to my waist, sitting on the side of my right buttocks. Within this bag I carry: ten Kunai Knives, two Knives, fifty seven Senbon Needles, and a simple Wireless Radio for contact with my teammates. However, this time, my wireless radio has been removed from the bag and is currently strapped to my right ear. No doubt I will be needing it through out this exam. However, the simple butt-bag is not the only source of weaponry that I have brought along with me. I am also in possession of a Small Field Pack, which is strapped to my back. This pack consists of: twenty four Blood Clot Pills, one Binocular, and three Solider Pills. But my main weapon of all would be my most trusted friend and companion: my Siberian Husky, Toska.

Technique's|Jutsus Used:
Tatsuta-hime's Jutsus:

SPOILER: Click to show

Passives:

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Odoriko Onchou (Dancers Grace) (B)
Heightened Perception (C)
Krav Maga Fighter Mentality (C)[/size][/spoiler]

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MEETING
"Man I'm so freaking excited!!"

Miyuki was a not the type of girl who liked to wait for anything and this, the chunin exams to be exact was definately one of those things she did not like to wait for. Ever since the day she became a genin she trained hard in order to reach this moment, the guards had escorted them to a clearing in which contained a very large amount of guards, a table and a large and rather loud speaker in the distance somewhere although she was unaware where it was she did hear an old man speaking from it. Not fussed or really phased at all by the chunin exams like almost everyone seemed to the girl had a massive smile on her face with her arms behind her head as she walked in a rather relaxed manner.

Her appearance was of a rather relaxed manner too, she wore her head band on her left arm to the upper most part with it tied perfectly so that it couldn't come loose or iritate her in any way. The girl wore a black shorts or tights rather in which she wore a belt over the top of the hip on them. She wore these because they were extremely practical for moving around in and same with her almost standard issue sandals that almost every ninja wore. The heel being a little bit higher than average to add to the appearance although provided no practical benefit other than pivoting on the spot. The belt held two things, a small butt bag on the back of the waist with a wireless radio in it which accompanied two soldier pills and four blood clot pills. The other item that the belt held up was five guardless katanas on each side, left and right which totals up to be ten.

Worn on the torso was a loosely fitting light green shirt that even though was quite loose was tight in certain parts such as around the bottom of the fabric and around the chest. The long sleaves ending with white cuffs that added to it's appearance quite nicely. Her hair was let down in such a way that it seemed to breaze fluently in the wind like waves in water, in her ears like usual were a large variety of studs and piecings that suited quite well with her rather tomboyish personality. Over her hair and sitting just above her fringe was a pair of thermal vision goggles in which if needed could easily be brought down onto her beautiful blue eyes.

Miyuki spotted the large amounts of beverages and bottles of water, excited to walk on over she noticed quite a few things on the table. An assortment of snacks flooded her eyes. Not conspicuously or anything of the sort the girl would lean in and outstretch her arm grabbing ahold of an averagely sized packet of crackers that were unopened she stuffed them into her butt bag in case of emergencies. As she leant in to grab some more supplies she grabbed two small bottles of water, checking to make sure bottle hadn't been opened before incase she grabbed someone elses bottle she had checked the plastic ring attached to the cap. Making sure the bottle was unopened before she placed it gently into the butt bag with the crackers. Miyuki looked around to see if anyone important was around, not a guard of sorts in which she would ask what kind of beverages were in the cups placed on the table next to the water and snacks.

[N A T S U M I]

[atrb=width,450px,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][bg=000000] Chuunin, here we come!~ Approaching the scene alongside Sita and Toska, it appeared as if I was not the first one to arrive after all. The guard had moved well out of the way and had positioned himself several feet away from a large table loaded with what appeared to be food and drinks. A young woman with blonde hair was also at the table, collecting food and storing it within her bag. I smile at the woman finding her intentions smart and approaches casually. While Sita scurried over to collect food for herself along with a drink of water. I notice that once the raven haired woman picked it up, I approach her to take one of the bottles from her hand. I unscrew the lid, listening for the plastic ring to rip due to never being opened, and brings the bottle up to my lips. But after I finish taking a good drink, I remove my Field Pack and opens it before putting the bottle inside. No doubt Sita will store food in there so I put it on the table and stands beside it, watching the female. “I don't think I've seen you before.” I begin saying, eying the blonde woman carefully. I immediately spot the Kumogakure headband strapped to her left arm, in the same position as mine. “I'm Tatsuta-hime Akiyama. And this is Sita Kazeraikou and my Siberian Husky, Toska.” I introduce everyone with a kind smile and an offered hand. I guarantee that I am the eldest person here. Sita being second, because this woman before me looked to be in her mid to late teens. She was quite attractive too despite how heavily armed she was. What was that, ten swords?!

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MEETING
"Tatsuta-hime and Sita huh?"

Miyuki had filled up her pack with food and drink that would keep her body in at least working form for the exams, she wasn't sure how long they were going to go for although she didn't expect the exams to go on for more than a few days. Yawning loudly as if signalling to everyone else she was tired of waiting she was approached by an older yet rather beautiful woman. Rather than looking at the woman's equipment like she had done to her she actually looked more so at her body, her eyes peeking down lower with a smile crossing her face. Leaning back a bit she was glad to be approached by such a beauty, in fact both of the women that were near the blonde were beautiful. Miyuki's mind went off into dirty thoughts, the silence between the time Tatsuta had spoken and the time in which Miyuki was going to would surely be awkward at this point.

"Nice to meet you Tatsuta, Sita and ofcourse the puppy Toska. My name is Miyuki Kanemitsu of cloud, but I see that you too are from the very same village. I'm pretty excited for the exams, be pretty fun to go in there and let loose my skills." The girl thought for a moment while she now leaned against the table with her hands resting ontop of the katana's handles in a rather relaxed and calm manner. "Speaking of skills, I must ask what kind of fighter you are. Do you use ninjutsu or primarily taijutsu? That sort of thing. Personally I'm a swordswoman who uses primarily Santoryu, multiple sword style in other words." All the while she said this it was obvious in her tone and manner that she was not phased by entering the exams at all, death was not a theme that had crossed her mind because she believed in her skills that much.

[N A T S U M I]

[atrb=width,450px,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][bg=000000] Chuunin, here we come!~ When I introduced myself along with my two companions, the blonde teen before me appeared somewhat... different. Her long silence and the way she stared at me was a little discomforting. Sita seemed to acknowledge the new Shinobi with her odd behavior, which to me, was completely normal since we spend quite a lot of time together. It's the thing about best friends; they accept the other for who they are. However, when the teen-aged woman began speaking, her voice was not what I had expected. The raven haired woman took my water bottle out of my bag and took a drink from it herself. See my point about her being odd? I glance at her for a moment, slightly surprised by her groase feat, and peered into my bag to find snacks and a few more bottles within it already. I glance at Sita again and smile, shaking my head. Toska had stood up to approach the blonde in an attempt at investigating her, as well as gathering up the knowledge of her scent. It is always a good chance that the group could be separated in battle, so I ensure that Toska has the scent of all my comrades upon meeting them. The moment she called Toska a puppy, my Husky raised his head and growled at her. I stifle a giggle at the remark and listens as she introduces herself as Myuiki Kanemitsu. Quite a nice name, and all Japanese like mine. Sita and Toska are the odd ones out in this round. Miyuki seemed somewhat excited about the exams and seemed unbothered by the fact that she could die in them too. I am deeply intrigued by the young woman already and no doubt she is a hard worker. I can see this just by looking at her. Her posture had changed again as she now leaned against the table. The request to know of our abilities had caused me to blink. I was already aware that she knew a great deal within the art of Taijutsu. Her posture, weaponry and the size of her body clearly indicated that she knows a great deal within combat. That is something I sorely lack and is not proud of. Sita steps forward this time and explains her specialties. Sita is mainly range and deals within the art of Fuuton. “I am Kumogakure's second best Medic and a mid to close range fighter. My abilities in Taijutsu are not as good as I would like them to be, but I have Toska for that for the time being.” I pause. “Toska here, is like you, a close range fighter and is a bit of a brawler.” I explain briefly, not bothering to give out my masteries. Everyone will do doubt find out that in due time. However, after explaining myself, I turn to close my bag before strapping it back onto my back once again.

[Chuunin Examiner]

(Sorry for the late reply. I wanted everyone to get along and communicate with one another and try to Start a little roleplay if you hadn't started as a team. Now that people have gotten their formalities taken care of we can move onto the needy gritty.

Anything grabbed within the refreshment area I'll allow.)

"Test test," the voice over the loud speaker spoke again. "Is this thing on?" the old raspy voice continued. "Ah, good, greetings ninjas of various Villages. It is a pleasure. My name is honestly not important but what I have to say is. Look to your left, and to your right, the people that came with you are part of your team. Ain't that grand? I hope all villages sent more than 1 person or else this could honestly be a little...troublesome" he spoke in a calculating form. "This Chuunin Exams will be a simple one, an easy one of sorts if you like to believe. There will be no tournament, no written exams, no pesky chakra shielding floors or seals. It will be a 1 test, 1 simple retrieval mission. Behind those walls, behind that door is a temple, inside the temple is a very special herb. Anyone who comes back with that herb will be eligible to become a Chuunin for your respected Village. That's it. Simple no? That's all you need to do. Go in this lovely little forest, reach the temple, find this special herb that is about a foot high with rainbow colored pedals, and bring it back. I know what you are all thinking, easy right? Of course it is. You see we don't want to make things very difficult for everyone. We understand how hard and difficult it is to be a Ninja and we just want to make sure it is as simple as humanly possible. We hope to see you soon. Oh, and to know what's going on we set up security cameras throughout the forest and temples just so we can know where you are all at, at all times."

There was a moment of pause for a few seconds before the old man spoke once more. "Oh you may start when those doors open, just give a minute and we'll open the gates, and you can go right on in and scamper off. Have fun kiddies." he said before finishing with a hardy laugh.

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MEETING
"This exam sounds so boring!"

Miyuki looked at Sita, she just like this other woman was really quite beautiful. Her gaze diverted from her face to down below while she spoke, the blonde looked away as her cheeks filled with a rosey red. The blonde looked back towards her as she spoke, with all of her willpower she focused her eyes onto Sita's. She hadn't want to be on bad terms with her team mates from the beginning, she liked this woman's voice as the soothing yet calming mood of her voice relaxed her. After listening to the woman speak she felt it necessary to divert her attention over to Tatsuta. Before she knew it the husky came up to her and smelled her, the dog obviously getting her scent she went in to stroke it's head. If she was successful she would giggle lightly and comment on how soft his fur was.

The blonde woman then began to listen to Tatsuta who was of equa beauty to Sita, dressed in a similar way which was another one of their similar features. Unlike the other woman Tatsuta's voice sounded proud at certain moments like when she commented about being a medic. Then when she continued to speak it was if she was hiding a rather normal amount of fear behind each word, Miyuki had learnt to analyze things at all times. In battle she used this in order to dodge and attack respectively however in conversation she did it simply to understand people.

"So we have a team of three awesome women, a woman who uses a variety of ranged attacks, one who can heal our wounds and fight at medium sort of ranged and then there is me and that adorable puppy, the close ranged fighters. Sounds like we have an awesome team already." Showing more interest in Sita as she talked Miyuki then continued; "If you don't mind my asking, what kind of kekkei genkai do you actually have and what does it do? It mind help for us to understand our abillities a little bit more. I like you heavily rely on something Sita and that is my swords, I need at minimum seven in order to fight at full capability." The blonde paused for a moment before getting off the table, a smile on her face that looked like it would never disapear.

As the old man behind the speaker had begun to spoke Miyuki focused carefully on what was being said, the objective was a simple retrieval? Miyuki thought something was odd, traps and guards would be a likely scenario and the speaker had reminded her of something. "Also I have to ask, did you two girls get the complimentary communication device from the Shinobi Roster? Some woman handed me one when I went in, it's right here..." She said reaching into her butt bag and holding it out for them to see. The small device then would make it's way to her ear if they had said yes, the girl then jumping off the table regardless and landing in front a meter away.

Reaching right next to the gate she would look back at her teammates with a smile that showed a completely sincere emotion; excitement. The girl had her hands in the front pocket of her top, waiting at the door, waiting for it to open she shouted out irritated. "Open up the damn door I wanna become chunin now!!" She would kick the door with a sign of anger although it was obvious that she just wanted to get into the exam. For the other two women it would most likely be seen as childish behaviour, something Miyuki had been commonly been called her entire life not that she really gave a damn.

[N A T S U M I]

[atrb=width,450px,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][bg=000000] Chuunin, here we come!~ Upon meeting Sita, Miyuki actually blushed when she listened to the raven haired woman talk. I felt my eyebrow raise slightly at the most absurd thought that entered my mind: was this woman gay? Toska's head would raise up to be cupped by the blonde's hand and rubbed slightly. Affection is something Toska enjoys, and a good scratch behind the ears is always welcome. The moment Miyuki did that, the Husky began wagging his tail and lolled happily. “Ah, it seems as if Toska likes you, that's a first.” I say with a kind smile. Once my canine approached my side again, Miyuki had began talking to Sita, inquiring about her kekkei genkai. I smile, already having my fair share of experience with Sita's Ryuugan in battle. While I listen to my friend explain her abilities and personality, I glance over toward the large gate and at the guard. Why is he here anyway? Just then, Sita's attention was drawn to me as she began explaining how much of a change I have made on her life. How pleasing to know that I am capable of changing a person without even knowing about it. My reply was a soft smile and a squeeze to Sita's left shoulder. “No problem. Also, I'll get around to paying you back as soon as I get some Ryo.” I say softly before Miyuki mentioned something about receiving communication devices upon registering at Kumogakure. My head turns to the right slightly to show her that my device is already attached to my ear. I had done that upon registering at the exams. “Every Kumogakure Shinobi receives the devices when they register. The previous Raikage, Kana had instructed it to be so. That was before Sky, ah, I mean Lord Raikage took the responsibility of the village.” I say, blushing at the mention of my beloved, Sky. He is one of the main reasons why I am here right now. The rank doesn't matter if it's not for him. “And about my personality, mine is not split like Sita-chan's is, but I am usually the one who takes charge despite Sita's power classification is much higher than that of my own and yours. But I'm not the type that likes to jump into battle, but I will if I am forced to.” That was all that I said. Nothing else needed to be said after that anyway. But when the loud speaker crackled back to life, and the Male's voice began speaking up again, a smiled at the silly few words before he eventually got serious. A simple retrieval objective? Nah, there's got to be more to it. But even when he was still speaking, a egar Miyuki stomped over toward the gates and aggressively kicked at it so it could open. Someone seemed pumped for the task. I turn to smile at Toska then. “Care to sniff this out, my darling?” I ask the Siberian Husky before giving Sita a good nod. “Ladies, I'm on channel zero point four.” I then say before approaching the gate where an impatient Miyuki stood. Let's get down to business.

[Chuunin Examiner]

There could be times where a team may meet up with another team. You'll find out when this happens. Short post, after this, you'll have individual Examiners.

When stating where you're going, help us out by stating where you are going. North, South, East, West, and etc.)[/ul]

Here we go. Good Luck Everyone.

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EXAMINATIONS
Sorry for late post, having to write this post more than once really killed my muse.

Before she was even able to make her way over to the gate the two women told Miyuki about themselves. She was interested by Sita's odd personality and the fact that she went into so much detail about herself to a complete stranger. She suspected the reason she trusted her with such information was because she too was a cloud shinobi. The woman listened quite intentively, looking both of them in the eyes and nodding as they spoke although it was difficult. It was difficult because while Miyuki is both quite a good ninja and had a rather calm personality she found it hard to listen to others or not speak in situations such as this.

After the medic with the wolf or dog (as it is a Husky) had finished speaking the blonde felt somewhat uncomfortable and thought it was necessary for her to explain herself too for the sake of the team. "Alright well, my personality is a little different to both of you. I am rather hyperactive, a tomboy to say the least and I have a love for battle and swords. I guess I'm not really good with any stealth based things or anything like a shinobi usually would in fact I'm more like a samurai than anything else. I would like to bring to your attention that I don't have a kekkei genkai but I do make up for that with the fact I am able to use the Chakra Gates in order to exponentially increase my strength and speed within combat although only briefly. By now Miyuki was beginning to grow bored of talking but she continued anyway.

My brutal amount of strength in close combat will be a valuable asset in combat. Also I would like to ask you a quick question Tatsuta, how do you know she's of a higher power classification than I am?" As the blonde had said this, a very serious look on her face had appeared, her eyes locked with Tatsuta's. She wondered how she got this information or if she was just making an assumption, the girl rested her arms on her blades as she asked this question. Regardless of the answer the woman had turned around and attacked the gate in order to hopefully force someone to open the door. Although loud her voice would most likely no travel very far, the doors had finally opened after a second or so of waiting, this was a rather pleasing display and as a result Miyuki began to start smiling once again.

As the group exited the gate Miyuki followed closely behind, her eyes searching ever possible angle, she was not phased at all by the worried expressions of the guards at all. "Those guards are such losers, afraid of a forest with some monsters and traps in it I bet, sounds more like fun to me." She said this before Sita began to form seals, surprised by the fact that she was already using chakra so early on in the exam. 'A plant each huh? Sounds like the smartest damn idea I've heard all day.' The girl then looked at Sita, her smile would hopefully fill her with a sense of security even if it was just temporary. "I completely agree, if we are going to get these herbs we're gonna need to get at least one each. I don't want just one of us passing haha. Also, I wonder if I should use my thermal vision goggles. It would give me one hell of an edge in this dark forest as I'll be able to see in the darkest of areas and see through the trees. Hell I'll be able to see other ninja that may enter the exam so that we may avoid or even trap and kill them.

Miyuki was far from a tactition however by the words she had said it was obvious that she had no fear of these exams nor was she phased by taking a life. Looking over at the dog for a moment she thought, 'maybe that dog can help us with noticing traps.' The blonde looked at Tatsuta and began to speak once again, an action in which Miyuki was very good at. "Your wolf or dog, whatever it is. How good is his sense of smell and hearing? We could use Toska's nose and ears in locating traps or creatures as we search for the temple. With that kekkei genkai Sita has, my thermal goggles and your puppy we should be able to avoid danger and locate that temple pretty easily eh?" Miyuki's mind was working more than she had ever used it, the fact was she wanted to become a chunin more than anything. She wanted the title so that people would be able to recognise her power with such a title.

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[atrb=width,450px,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][bg=000000] Chuunin, here we come!~ Miyuki had briefly described her own personality at this point, while showing a intent interest in Sita's Ryuugan. I also got the feeling as if Miyuki was unnerved by any of the tension within the air and seemed excited by the fact that we have a oncoming adventure ahead of us. Miyuki then drew her attention back toward me and wondered about my knowing of her power classification. My body turns rigid at the question and my eyes dart toward the blond's blue hues. “Merely a assumption, dear. If I insulted you, then I apologize.” I say calmly with a wary smile. The old man's voice droned out of existence and a loud beeping noise soon filled the area. A loud crackling noise of the gates began to echo around me as they raised to allow my two comrades, canine, and myself passage into what looked like a giant, impenetrable looking forest. An eerie feeling swept over me just then as Sita was the first to venture out into the wilderness. Toska's head lowers slightly before following her. The guards appeared skittish at their surroundings and Miyuki could not help but to notice. I rolled my eyes heavenward at the remark and grinned. While Sita performed handseals, presumably activating her Ryuugan, my eyes scan my surroundings carefully. I believed that it was too early to be using chakra at this point, so the need to conserve it would be best. Besides if the situation should come to when I am required to use my abilities as a Medic, I will be using a lot of chakra for the procedures so I simply relied on my own senses as well as my Husky's. Sita's short speech regarding the search for the herb had intrigued me at this point. She made perfect sense. “Doesn't sound like a bad idea. I shall keep that in mind.” I say absentmindedly and closed my eyes into slits in an attempt in seeing what was in front of me. Miyuki also spoke upon agreeing with Sita and had mentioned about her goggles and Toska. Toska's head raised at the mentioning of his name, but the question was obviously meant for me. “Your goggles will indeed come in handy, Miyuki-chan. And Toska is already searching for any scents that are nearby. If only we had a part of the herb on us. That way, Toska would be able to locate it more effectively.” I explain moments before Sita spoke again. My raven haired friend was evidently concerned by her surroundings and had stated that she couldn't smell anything. She was right there; I couldn't smell anything either with my current nose. I glance toward Toska who had been looking at me for a moment before he raised his nose to sniff the air. If the Husky did detect something within the air then a howl like bark will escape from his muzzle. I would then translate his answer to my comrades and further investigation will occur. If not, then he will whimper slightly and continue with his tracking. It was only a matter of time that something will happen. But I wondered who will be the first to speak up on locating a clue.

Technique's|Jutsus Used:
Tatsuta-hime's Jutsus:

SPOILER: Click to show

Passive and forever active:

Odoriko Onchou (Dancers Grace) B
Heightened Perception C
Krav Maga Fighter Mentality C

[Chuunin Examiner 2]

[Glad to see you all here. I'll be the examiner in charge of this group, so if you have any questions, comments, problems, or concerns, PM me with them. If you think you'll miss the IIC for some reason, let me know and I'll make a comment. I want to keep a strict posting round here due to the length of previous exams. That being said, here we go!]

As the group of Cloud Villagers left the gates, they would see nothing but trees all around them. It was surely a hard thing to see at this point, but that was all. The husky would smell the scents of various creatures, but they were too sporadic for him to be able to pinpoint their location. With nothing showing them a direction to go, they would have to trust their instincts and find the tower on their own. The gates behind them remained open, awaiting their hopefully victorious return.

[Note: Please be sure to state which direction you are going in. North, South, West, East, as well as the directions in between. I also ask that any jutsu you use is quoted or put in spoilers. Forgive me for not wanting to hunt through your bios to figure out which technique you are using]

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, bpx-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #522635; -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #522635; -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #522635; width: 500px; background: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/2uz592v.jpg); border-radius: 30px 0px 30px 30px; height: 600px;] The blonde swordswoman had glanced over to the dog that had been just like her master had said, sniffing around for scents. Miyuki had found it to be rather remarkable how well a dog could track scents and event store such scents into it's mind for later. The fact that the dog was a rather beautiful animal added to how much she liked Toska. The fur coat was perfectly looked after for an obviously combat orientated animal, Miyuki was a little intrigued. She diverted her attention to Sita once again, the woman spoke differently than before and even called her dearie. This annoyed her a little bit although she didn't let it show to her teammates. "Yeah these goggles see the heat of objects allowing me to see in black and white in all situations and even through some objects." As this was said the blonde grabbed the goggles that she had and put them onto her eyes. By pressing a button on the side of the goggles she was able to switch to thermal sight. She then looked back at Sita once again who was now a featureless white body in her eyes. "I'm quite happy to take the lead if you truly wish for me to, I guess it probably does make sense as I'm the dominant one when it comes down to close quarters combat. If you ask me it would probably be a good idea for Toska to be at the very back so that the defences are strong in close quarters from back to front. That's just incase we get attacked from behind." As Sita had continued talking Miyuki contemplated the ideas that the woman had addressed. "I have a horrible sense of direction but I can go east if you are to point me in the right direction. As for climbing the tree that's easy, I'll use some chakra and put it at the bottom my feet to climb. Easier than actually pulling myself up because unlike you two I imagine as you said you rely on a kekkei genkai and you're a medic I don't use chakra at all to fight unless I enter the gates. Leave it to me and we'll be heading towards that temple in no time." Just like she had said she would the woman applied chakra to the bottom of her feet and began to climb. Before just simply walking up the tree the girl checked every possible angle for traps or anything else that may be hostile such as animals. If anything was other than average wood in any shape or form the woman would see it differently, if wire was in any part of her path that she had taken she would see it. The heat radiating off it would magnify the thickness of said wire. Not before long she would end up atop of the tree. The girl pulled herself up to the tip, holding on while she stood on a branch almost at the very top she was above all the trees. The tree larger than most in the surrounding area had allowed her to be able to see over the top of the foliage. Because of the nature of the thermal images that Miyuki was seeing she was able to spot any abnormalities in the leaves if there was a path visible underneith or something of the sort. If the temple was sticking out or in a clearing of any sort she would be able to see it and because of how thin the leaves on the trees were she would be able to see through most of the areas, quite a neat little trick. If she was to spot something she would then report to her teammates by activating the communications device found on her ear.

[N A T S U M I]

[atrb=width,450px,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][bg=000000] Chuunin, here we come!~ Sita was no doubt taking charge in this section of the exams. Taking the lead and giving out suggestions in a somewhat order-like way. My lightly pink colored lips smile at this as it is not like Sita to be the one giving out advice, suggestions or orders for that matter. She is usually quiet, and sticks to being unnoticed. Well at least someone was doing something. I, on the other hand seemed completely stuck at all this and had chosen to remain silent. Giving out the wrong order or suggestion could quite easily put the entire team into jeopardy. After being asked to try locating any nearby scents, a soft whimper escaped from the canines mouth, indicating that too many animals were in the forest, giving off scents that cloud any unfamiliar ones. The closest scent he received was one from a squirrel, but other than that, nothing else was detected. “Sorry guys, Toska smells nothing.” I say evenly, calling Toska to my side to pet him gently. My eyes scan the areas to my side while Toska's medium sized figure dropped it's pace to linger around the back. At Miyuki's mention of the two members of the team being more experienced in the art of Taijutsu, guard the back of the small squad seemed like a good idea. So while Miyuki traveled to the front of the group, Sita remained second while I took the third with Toska being the anchor. Each member was separated by a good five feet in distance, enough for the other to see the outline of each figure. And since the direction of the gates was to the west, Sita had mentioned that we travel east toward the temple. No objections were made so everyone had seemed cooperative with it. However, the communication's device that was strapped to my right ear had crackled slightly to my gaze went further on ahead the moment Sita asked Miyuki to travel up a tree. What will she see from up there? Will the thickened branches allow her to squeeze through to sneak a peak? Or will they be that impenetrable that the blonde tai master be shoved back down to the soft terrene below?

OOC: Sorry for the cruddy post, I'm drawing a bit of a blank. Dead weight walking!

[Chuunin Examiner 2]

[Forgive me, the description was a bit incorrect. Your gate was facing west, meaning you would be going west into the area. Going East would take you back to your gate. I'll pretend you stated west instead of east. The description was worded a little strangely]

As the Cloud Shinobi made their way through the forest, they had a sound plan of taking to the tree tops. That is... The plan would be sound if the trees weren't interwoven in such a way that prevented them from making it to the top without actually breaking the branches. It seemed that this was made in a way that gave a bit of a challenge. After all, just obtaining an herb was simple enough, so the path to get there had to be a little bit difficult. The trees seemed to continue forward endlessly, but a small ray of light could be seen in the far distance, to the North-West and also to the South-West. Going straight west seemed to continue the trees. Despite the darkness in the trees, it would penetrate through. Perhaps that was their opening? Would they be able to get out of the thick trees to see a little better?

The dog, continuously sniffing would notice a strange scent in the trees among the various animal life. It was very faint, indicating that it had been awhile since it had passed through but the scent was that of goblins. Perhaps they weren't alone in here after all, aside from the other examinees. No wires would be seen by the goggles, so no traps would be realized just yet. Perhaps there were none at all? Or they were more hidden then they would expect. Only by traveling forward would they be able to see what lie ahead.

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, bpx-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #522635; -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #522635; -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #522635; width: 500px; background: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/2uz592v.jpg); border-radius: 30px 0px 30px 30px; height: 600px;] [ Please could you be more descriptive in your posts CE2? See in my opinion what's happening to us is that because we don't know what our characters see or hear (or at least we do in a very, very vague sense) we are being disadvantaged. Also what is posted below is not metagaming it is because of a lack of description from before that I would have climbed the tree, upon looking at something so tightly weaved together in the trees it would rather easily be seen as difficult to climb in the first place. ] Contrary to what her teammate had thought the girl believed it was not best to climb the tree. She had believed this because as she looked up and peered at the trees and the heat they were giving off she was able to tell that not only were each tree somehow and rather unrealistically weaved together but it would take quite a lot of effort to climb in the first place. She could tell this by looking through the her goggles, the heat signatures that were being shown allowed her to see only through the first few rows of leaves and branches. The thickness of the wood and how tightly it was weaved together would show to her that it would be a very hard task to climb altogether. Miyuki responded to the ideas of the girl Sita with a solemn tone "I don't think we can actually climb those trees, if you look carefully it's like a wall of branches and leaves. It would be easy to climb if I cut it up however that could cause the trees to become unbalanced or I might disturb some animals that may even attack our group. That and the most important aspect would be that I would probably end of up wasting stamina and chakra by climbing up." The blonde had searched the area one more time by this point searching for a path or anything else that max stick out in the distance. Miyuki would spot something not too far away as she was sure that her teammates would have spotted it easily as well. It was a slightly more illuminated area, Miyuki could barely tell in the goggles but the area seemed to be warmer and thus was showing up somewhat stronger in comparison to rest of the forest. The girl had thought about it for a moment, it could of been a variety of things, an opening in the trees, people, creatures perhaps and may also just be a place in which the area heated up. With the enhanced vision of the ryuugan in play it was likely Sita would notice it rather easily at this point too provided she was able to see the slight illumination of the sun's bright light. The blonde would adjust herself before explaining what she would have seen ahead. "I saw something ahead with my goggles to be truly honest with you, it looks like some sort of light probably but I can't be one hundred per cent sure because I'm only viewing heat. We might as well check it out, surprised you hadn't seen it before with that enhanced senses crap you said you had." Miyuki would yawn before acting according to what the group would decide. If Sita or Tatsuta-hime had performed some technique to go forth and seek out the light or if they decided to go as a group, it turned out that Sita had performed a string of handseals while the blonde was not looking. She noticed as the squirrel had been created from the ground and had run away off into the distance. "I take it you're taking care of the light source?" She would ask Sita in a playful tone, actually teasing her a little bit because she seemed to act all high and mighty before when talknig about her kekkei genkai. [ If you're going to take this out of context even though it would be the true actions of my character if the area had been described more the paragraph below explains the actions I would use. Thanks. ] Miyuki would climb down from the tree like she had originally climbed up, making sure not to set off any unknown traps or disturb any animals at this point. The girl would then land next to her teammates as barely any chakra or stamina had actually been used. The blonde would adjust herself and notice as the squirrel made out of god knows what ran off towards the light. Miyuki would giggle a bit before saying, "looks like those enahnced senses of your just noticed that light over there. Yeah I just saw it myself actually, tell me what your squirrel sees or hears or whatever and we'll go over and check it out if we need to."

[N A T S U M I]

[atrb=width,450px,true][atrb=border,0,true][atrb=cellSpacing,0,true][atrb=cellPadding,0,true][bg=000000] Chuunin, here we come!~ As Toska continued to search the terrene for any scents that lingered nearby, my Emerald eyes would curiously watch the way Miyuki's body climb the trunk of the tree. The young woman was in a distance to where I could easily see the movement of her muscles while she moved up, but what I had thought earlier on had simply been confirmed; she wasn't getting anywhere. While Miyuki explained that, my expressions changed to a slightly irritated appearance. However, my look would not gain the attention of the other females within the group. But what concerned me the most was the talking. At this volume, there could be the possibility of a nearby organism catching up on our position and that was the last thing I wanted. However, Toska's soft growl would break the short silence between the Kumogakure team. The Husky had evidently picked up on a nearby scent, but judging from his growl and a howl-like bark, the scent seemed very faint, but there was something within this forest besides Shinobi. The scent Toska picked up was filthy, mixing in between swamp like and decay. But what kind of being would possess such a disgusting scent? “A dirty scent you say, boy?” I say curiously. Toska lowered his head slightly and barked. His entire body turned rigid and his tail stopped wagging. His nose would return to the ground for a moment again only to result in another growl. Yes. “How close is it?” I ask, ignoring my comrades for a few moments. Any questions that they have will be answered when I find out. Toska gave out a low whimper, indicating that the scent was too faint for him to determine where the creature's current position is. I sigh and turns my attention to my two female comrades. While Sita's hands burst into a series of handseals, a earthly creature would begin to take form. But for what? I had obviously not noticed anything nearby, but before anyone got a word in, I began speaking. “Toska had smelt a dirty scent. Like a scent of a creature of some kind. However, we don't know where it is; only that it was once in this area and could quite possibly still be around.” I say briefly, glancing toward Toska who had gone back to his attempt at finding a more recent, strong scent. “Now I want everyone to push their senses to their maxes, listen to any type of movement or sound. And feel the air around you.” I say sternly, my voice now giving off a tone of pure authority. Right now I didn't care what either female thought. But I don't want to end up being ambushed by these dirty smelling creatures, but the thought of Toska detecting a faint, old scent nearby worried me. I wanted to smell this scent myself, actually. A small amount of chakra would be focused toward my nostrils, coating every hair within. Once the hairs were infested, I would sniff experimentally and grimace as many scents from the forest alone entered my nose. This was completely normal, and all I needed to do was to focus on one particular scent. My head arches upward toward the woven tree tops and I'd inhale deeply again. Will Toska's detected scent fill my own nose? However, both females would begin speaking about a light in the distance. I glance down toward the direction where the ladies were looking in only to find a faint source of light. But I say nothing else on the matter. As the group would travel toward that area, I wondered what was on the other end of the light....

Technique's|Jutsus Used:
Tatsuta-hime's Jutsus:

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Ikimono Supîchi (Animal Speech)
Rank: "C" Rank
Skill: Skill/NinJutsu
Effect: A Shinobi, or a warrior is capable, gaining the ability to speak as well as to understand the language between a type of family of creatures. This type of technique can be used to where they can accuratly speak, and concise in a normal like speech pattern to where the animal will understand the user, and the user will understand the animal.
Special: ---
Drawback: The user is only capable of going into this depending on what type of animal helper they have.
Description: ---
Limit: This technique must be known multiple times. The user however must have a Helper that is according to the correct speech. What this means is if the user has an animal Helper of the Canine breed, then they are capable of communicating within a speech form towards that type. If the user has a Helper of the Birds of Prey Breed, then they are capable of communicating within a speech form towards that type. Must have completed all basis of the Animal Helper performance. Must learn Animal Friendship, Control, Understanding, and Teamwork. Must also have at least have fifty training points with the partner Past that of the Friendship, Understanding, and Teamwork before learning.

Ikimono Kaori (Animal Scent)
Rank: "C"
Skill: Skill/NinJutsu
Effect: A Shinobi, or a warrior is capable of gaining the capability of that of the animal kind when it comes to the sudden sense of smell. The scent of smell is quite different as the user must be with the animal kind in question for a period amount of time before this is capable of occuring. The user concentrates their chakra along the tips of their nose, along the hair folicles of their nose to where the smell becomes quite accute. The smell becomes strong depending on the animal companion that they have. If they have a Canine, they are capable of smelling a drop of blood within five quarts of water.
Special: ---
Drawback: The user is only capable of going into this depending on what type of animal helper they have. If the animal companion has a strong sense of smell, then that means that foul odors occur, their sense of smell reacts to a sudden action to where they may become incompacitated.
Description: ---
Limit: This technique must be known multiple times. The user however must have a Helper that is according to the correct scent of smell. What this means is if the user has an animal Helper of the Canine breed, then they are capable of having the sense of smell in similar form towards that type. Must learn Animal Friendship, Control, Understanding, and Teamwork. Must also have at least have fifty training points with the partner Past that of the Friendship, Understanding, and Teamwork before learning.

[Chuunin Examiner 2]

[Forgive me for the massive delay. I did not intend to make you guys wait this long. I'll speed things up a little with this post to hopefully make up for lost time. Should you not wish to follow the path I'm making for you, then choose what you want to do and I'll speed it up another way. You are not, by any means, bound by this path. Feel free to choose a different way should you wish. But this will explain things along the way.]

The earth squirrel created by Sita would make its way toward the light. As it would reach the lighted area, it would notice that it opened into a wide expanse, at least... In front of it. There were still trees directly west of the group's position. (You didn't state a path for the squirrel to go. For the sake of this, I went with the South West path, at least... First I did)

The wide plain seemed to open up in a "V" path in front of the squirrel. Nothing could be seen other than trees and the grassy plain. There was also a rock formation in the distance that could prove to find something of value. But as soon as it would be seen, the rock formation would be destroyed. Red tendril like entities were destroying it from the opposite side. Being that the squirrel was so small, and so far away, whatever had destroyed it would not see the squirrel or the group.

Should the squirrel check the other path to be sure of what lie beyond there, another formation would be seen as well. But could it easily be targeted like the other? It was hard to say. Finally, toward the other group of trees to the west, the squirrel would be able to see what looked like a building. It was hard to tell with the trees blocking most of the view, but there was some sort of wall in the middle of the trees. Perhaps they had reached the tower already? Or maybe it had a clue as to where the tower was?

With the knowledge that there were other examinees here in the area with them, and after witnessing the rock formation get destroyed, it would be clear to the Cloud Shinobi that they would have to be extremely careful. Meanwhile, Tatsuta would soon pick out the same dirty scent that Toska had smelled. It was just as faint as when the dog smelled it, but as they would continue forward, they would noticed it was barely getting stronger. It would be hard to pinpoint exactly where it was coming from, but it looked as though it was coming from the south west, the same direction that the rock formation had been destroyed.

The choice now was up to them. What would they do and where would they go?

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[atrb=border,0,true][atrb=style, bpx-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #522635; -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #522635; -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #522635; width: 500px; background: url(http://i41.tinypic.com/2uz592v.jpg); border-radius: 30px 0px 30px 30px; height: 600px;] [ I'm really sorry but some things happened and people killed my muse, I hope to have achieved muse once I am able to start rp'ing soon so bear with me and this horrible post. ] Miyuki would adjust herself accordingly, hand on a sword as she would follow Sita and her every move. With the thermal vision goggles the girl would continue to scan the area making sure nothing could surprise them, with each sweep of the area she would be able to notice just about any creatures that may be near by. With her sword ready she would attack or defend against anything that may attack the group of women.