Finding the Daimyo's Son (M|Shigure, Phyre)

[Thunder Over the Falls]

Name: Chasing the Daimyo's Young Son
Rank: C
IIC Length: 2 Days
Difficulty: Moderate
Objective: Find the brat, and keep him safe until you get him back to his tutor.
Description: Seeing as the Daimyo can't keep his cat under watch and in the house, why should the case be any different with his young son? The boy has gotten out of the mansion to avoid lessons from his crotchety tutor, and the tutor does not wish to look for the brat out in the forest. So the Daimyo is paying for a ninja to go out and find the young boy. He is much smarter than a cat, surprisingly, so will he be a bit tougher to find. Be careful though, as bandits may try to beat you to the punch. Being the Daimyo's son makes for a hefty price on your head, and a hefty ransom to get the boy back.
Reward: 1,500 Ryo for a Non-Ninja. 3,000 Ryo for a Ninja.

Hiroki wasted no time in heading toward the mission destination after he had left and led his team away from the Takikage’s tower. It was good to know that Rosie was safe, though her change was…different, to say the least. That wasn’t really important. What was important was that they were on a mission and needed to have some semblance of teamwork. Mentally, the boy was going over every single one of the weapons that he carried with him, along with mental notes about his few lightning release techniques. He had come far in a very short time, and it showed…at least it would if the three genin ended up having to fight something. He hoped that they wouldn’t have to, but that was probably too much to ask.

He carried six weapons scrolls, which depending on who you asked was either way too many or not enough. Hiroki was fine with the number, just wished that he had them full. Around two-hundred shuriken and it still wasn’t enough, not to mention the fifty or so knives and hundred and fifty arrows in the quiver at his hip. His bow was stowed away in one of the scrolls as well. If he ran out of weapons, there was definitely something very wrong.

Hiroki stopped, and placed the radio that he received as a gift onto his ear. He turned around, hoping that Shigure and Phyre had at the very least kept up. The forest that he had led them into was supposedly where the Daimyo’s son had gone to avoid his tutor. Oddly enough though he was silent for now, which Shigure would know as odd for the young boy. He’d been trying to keep an ear open, attempting to see if he would be able to hear any sign of someone moving through the woods other than the three of them.

[Image In the Falls]

[Enter]


Shigure quickly went out of the Takikage's Tower, grabbing the stupid ear piece from Phyre as they exited and placed it on his ear. With all of the commotion, the young genin didnt even manage to see whatever Rosie-sama had done to herself or whatever happened to her. It would be a surprise at a later date. Much to his dismay, Shigure went along with the mission that Hiroki had picked for them, hopefully something happened that wouldn't bore him to death. But recovery missions rarely had any problems.

Catching up to his Cousin, Shigure began picking through his gear, it seemed to become an OCD habit as of late. Of course his Umbrella was first, medium in sized, armored, and holding 3 slots worth of senbon. A Senbon Bracelet on his left wrist holding 1 slots worth of them, as well as the extra slot of Senbon as well as a slot of makibishi located in the double-sized scroll holster on his right leg. His butt bag held a various sort, three smoke grenades, two incendiary grenades, ten kunai, three slots of makibishi, a slot of fake exploding tags, and 1 slot of real exploding tags. Not to mention his new Cape on his back, holding just a single flash pouch. He, like his cousin, was a walking arsenal.

Stopping as Hiroki did, he'd glance around the area, gathering all the scenery, the sun's position, shadows creeping in certain directions, the wind's movements, and the temperature. Shigure was at all times overly thorough when it came to the environment, like a normal Genjutsu user would be. He hoped he wouldn't have to spoil his surprise of showing the team his Genjutsu abilities at a later date.

The boy would finish his assessment by looking around for Phyre, as well as Hiroki. Though when his eyes met his Cousin, his eyebrows furrowed. Hiroki was quiet, a little too quiet for the motor mouth. Maybe the boy was still a little hurt by the bullying, but who cared. They were shinobi after all.

[Lava Beneath the Falls]

(Enter)

Phyre had willfully handed Shigure his headset, as she attempted to get hers over her ear and attached to herself. She walked back to her tree for some supplies since she had no idea she be whisked away on some mission while all she wanted was to get some more food.

As she approached her tree, she grabbed her butt bag which contained ten kunai, thirty shurken, six smoke grenades, two of which she kept on the belt where the butt bag sat on, along with a hundred and sixty fake exploding tags which were kept in the bag. Aside from the smoke grenades showing, her dual sais were the only other weapon visibly showing she had on her. Just by sheer looking at a cover she was the only one in the team that had the lightest pack on her. She had no idea how many weapons Hiroki had on him, but she did take notice to the scrolls he had when she caught back up to them. Shigure too had an arsenal of weaponry. Course Phy didn't necessarily let the she felt slightly useless thought cross her mind. She just kept to herself once more, with her unlit doku pot somehow attached to the back of her belt.

She would also bring a lock picking kit and notes on basic healing. Phy had her ninjutsu skills of which she had yet to put them to combat sense with her which made it easy not to have too many weapons with her. She stood in the back behind the two boys not saying anything, while her torn cloak fluttered slightly to the gentle breeze in the air.

[yoshinee]

(( Enjoy your journey! ))

The day was one of the warmest they had had in Taki for a while. Everywhere the cold grasp of winter had been shrugged off. Spring had finally come, with everything this season had to offer. The sky was a clear light shade of blue with only a few clouds covering from the sun's merciless baking. The almost obnoxious chipping of birds was constant, giving little room for silence and deep thoughts. All around the little group, the scent of flowers breaking out in bloom was indicating of an absolutely fantastic day. Fan-tas-tic day!
Spring had arrived, love was in the air, and there was every reason in the world for the Daimyo's son to not sit inside and be bored to death. Who could honestly blame him for going on a minor adventure on such a beautiful day?... Even before they began, the group had a choice to make. They had an immediate question; Where would a spring-struck boy be going, where should they start their search for him?

The Forests offered time to be alone and experience the full beauty and power of the new spring. It would be the ideal place if one wished to be alone, and flee from the reality of being the Daimyo's son. The vast woods would make it hard to track him down if he had gone here. Then again, if they did manage to find a track, there'd not be much else interfering with following it to its source.

The Marketplace offered the chance to meet friends or other contacts that might have had something to share with you. It offered the chance to go shopping, get oneself a meal and get lost in the complete crowd of people. Finding him and pinpointing his location in a crowd would definitively be a challenge, but if spotted he would have a hard time of getting away.

...So where would the group venture in their search for the Daimyo's son?

[Thunder Over the Falls]

Hiroki closed his eyes as he listened, trying to hear anyone else in the woods. It was…peaceful (he quite enjoyed the semi-obnoxious chirping of birds). Even with the other two genin close behind him for a brief moment he blocked them out in an attempt to get himself centered and focus on what needed to be done. He took a deep, calming breath in and exhaled slowly as he opened his eyes. The fact that he had been picked on earlier in the day meant nothing. The seasons were changing, death was turning to life. The young shinobi figured that he may as well try to change too. It was, after all, his ‘duty’ to lead the squad according to his cousin.

After another few moments of silence he finally spoke up. ”I know we don’t really know where he might be, but from what the mission said his tutor thought that the kid might have run off to the forest.” Hiroki reached behind him into his butt-bag, and pulled out the only scroll with dark green ends. He unfurled it to reveal some of the writing and placed it midair while making a single handseal, using his scroll charming technique to make it float. Hiro placed his hand on the paper and in a puff of smoke, his bow appeared from the scroll. ”I would suggest we be prepared. I know there shouldn’t be much battle…but if it’s a mission for us, then others might know about it too.” As he spoke, Hiro placed the bow around his torso, and pulled the scroll out of the air. He wrapped the scroll back up and returned it to his bag.

”Let’s start with this area” he told his comrades, still not knowing Phyre’s name. It wasn’t even really on his mind right now, since he was focused on the mission. The boy turned, and jumped up into one of the trees to get a better view from higher ground to look around.

[Image In the Falls]

As they came to the crossroads of their journey, Shigure lay silent for a good while after they had grouped. It wasn't that he didnt have anything to say, though, unknown to the others, the young Genin was weighin out the options in his head. One would be towards the forest, an easy place for a younger version of himself would be seen roaming. It was he, at that age, that fled from his village to attempt to be his own person. But this scenario was a little different.

Where would the boy have traveled if his mind wasn't on running away forever, but just running away for the day? Even if that was the boys thought process, what would stop him from going to try the best cuisine, or stare at toys and costumes all day? This mission did seem to be rather easy, but this section of it was the hardest. If only they knew more about the boy's personality... then they could make a safer assumption.

As Shigure heard Hiroki's explanation, it looked as though his cousin had thought about this as well, and actually chose a place to start. This was a C ranked mission though, and there was still a high chance of failure. What if they had chose wrong and someone beat them to the punch? They needed a win with this mission, it was their first as well as a mission to help make the team function together.

-Which will it be Shigure? Follow Hiroki and risk someone taking our reward, or separate myself from the group and we search separately, while hindering our growth as a unit?-

This thought continued to be a nuisance for Shigure. If anyone were to be watching, the boy's right hand would be fumbling with his wavy bangs, attempting to situate them perfectly. He only did this when something was overpowering his train of thought. Finally giving up on his complicated thinking, Shigure would turn to face Hiroki's back, watching him jump into the tree. "I'll follow your lead then..."

Which that comment, the young Genin began to walk into the woods, his right hand keeping stride with his right hip. He was prepared for a quick offense with this stance. Continuing to walk, Shigure's head would turn ever so slightly to the more populated choice of the streets. Regretting his decision would only hinder their teamwork, hopefully trusting his cousin was the right path.

[Lava Beneath the Falls]

As Phy remembered what the mission entailed she didn't put much thought into where exactly the kid would go. She was following the so called leader. Well not exactly following just wondering behind him. She caught notice to the trees and wanted to go that way. It was then that Hiroki beat her to that idea. "Damn Mouse...." she mumbled. Trees were her thing least that's how she thought. That no one else could possibly do that, only her.

As she walked crossed the branches she started to say a few words. "Forests are where people go that don't ever wish to be found....again. I..know..." she says cutting herself off and not going into further detail as to what she meant by knowing that type of info.

[yoshinee]

It didn't take them many steps before they found the footsteps of a young boy. They were paced slightly apart, as if he had been skipping happily through the woods. Another set of tracks were apparent aswell. Three people of good size had stopped here to investigate the tracks. Perhaps the boy was being followed. Perhaps someone had planned for him to come this way, and was now waiting for his capture..? Perhaps another group of people searching for him had come upon the tracks first, and had already secured the son?...
...Was this even the right tracks?

Many options. They had found the track, but it had gotten more complicated. Up ahead, the spacing of the boys tracks were increasing, as if he had suddenly started to run. How would the group approach this newly found information?

[Thunder Over the Falls]

From his vantage point in the trees Hiroki spotted something peculiar, but something not unfamiliar to one who regularly hunted game in these woods: tracks. ”Shigure don’t take another step!” he called down to his cousin, who had nearly stepped on them in his venturing on the forest floor. With a single step backward, Hiro fell from the branch but grabbed onto it and swung back down to the ground with the practiced ease of someone who had done that many times. He looked down at his hands for a moment, making a note to get some gloves if he was going to do that more often. As he moved off of the tree he caught Phyre’s comment about the forest, but for the moment paid it no mind. Now wasn’t the time for random musings.

The hunter walked up to the tracks and knelt down to examine them. He compared his own foot next to them, noticing that they looked like they might be from someone about their age and with any luck the tracks were those of their mission objective. ”Guys look,” he told them clearly, pointing out where the tracks were. Hiro stood up, and started following them, careful not to lose sight of them while he moved. When he noticed the other set of tracks he stopped abruptly.

”Uh oh.” He paused while he counted the different sets of them - now seeing four. Those of the kid’s and then the three who seemed to have started chasing him were what he could place. ”Either someone else is looking for him on the same mission, or the Daimyo’s kid is in trouble.” That was at the very least, the cursory comment that came to Hiro’s mind. ”I think…we should definitely hurry” he told the other two, loud enough for Phy to hear in the trees. He walked a bit further and saw that the boy’s steps had gotten more and more spaced out and deeper - like he was running. ”Yeah. We should definitely get going!”

Hoping that the other two had been following him while he moved to follow tracks, the young genin started nearly running while he kept a close eye on where the tracks were to follow the path. Hopefully they wouldn’t be too late.

[Image In the Falls]

As Shigure moved through the forest, it was like something in his mind shifted to years ago, when he was ran away from his families house to Konohagakure. It seemed eerily familiar, well except the mercenaries that were on his tail. Jus then he noticed the same footprints as Hiroki. The young genin stopped moving immediately, his eyes wide and too the ground. One small footprint now became a group. Too familiar.

At the same time as he noticed Hiroki jump from the branch down to Shigure's level, he would finally come to the realization that He had become the mercenaries that tracked him down all those years ago. This thought immediately made Shigure want to leave the mission. Why would he stop this boy's chance at freedom if he himself did the same thing?

Listening to Hiroki's explanation, all Shigure heard was the word trouble. Would these people just be in it for the reward, would they care about the kid? Could they possibly want to hold him for ransom? These questions gave the boy the motivation to move on and find the kid. Once they did find him, Shigure had a plan, a simple question for the kid. One that would decide his own success or failure on this mission.

Shigure left along with Hiroki, and hopefully Phyre as well. While Hiroki studied the tracks, the young genin could atleast be on the lookout for anything suspicious ahead of them. Noticing a small puddle of water from the melting snow, he spoke. "Hiroki... be my eyes for a little while." Even though Shigure could use his sense of sound and smell, he still wanted Hiroki to keep a watchful eye. With this, Shigure filed himself right behind his younger cousin, performing a few hand-seals. "Suiton: Mizume no Jutsu (Eye of Water Technique)."

Just then, Shigure molded the chakra and sent it into the puddle. From its shallow depths came a small ball of pure water. Its final form being that of an Eyeball. This secret technique from Takigakure was this boys only Suiton jutsu, but one of his favorites. The eye of water drifted sharply skyward, up above the treetops, and followed along with Shigure as they ran. If anyone were to look back, it would seem as though Shigure had became blind, his eyes misting over so that he was able to see out of his jutsu. The eye spanned the area quite far, looking around for anything out of the ordinary. Traps, people, and hidden buildings were that the young Genin would be searching for. Hopefully this use of Chakra wasn't in vain.

As they moved, Shigure kept his ear to Hiroki, counting the boy's strides and speed, even attempting to dodge low lying branches or vines in their way.


Technique's used:
Suiton: Mizume no Jutsu (Eye of Water Technique)
Rank: “C”
Type: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates a third eye of water that the user can see through.
Special: Goat, Tiger
Drawback: The user can only see through this eye. That means they can only see what the eye can see, and there is only one eye.
Description: The user creates an eye of water that levitates high into the air. The user can see through this eye at the expense of losing the ability to see out of his own two eyes. Used to direct the lightning strikes from the Me no Shippuu technique.
Limit: Hidden Village of Waterfall

[Lava Beneath the Falls]

Phy slowly walked about some tree branches as she realized her comments she had finally chosen to make seemed to have been ignored, least to her thinking as no response was made. She had no idea that they were heard even, but Phy wasn't exactly bothered with that notion, she didn't have a great knack for making friends even if she wanted to. Small talk wasn't exactly her forte'.

She stopped short when she heard Hiroki see something of what appeared to be on the ground. Phy wasn't able to make out what exactly he was looking at, she squinted and could only assume it was some sort of identifying tracks or piece of clothing, blood was a possibility too. She didn't necessarily need to hear 'We better get going.' as she was already taking off in the same direction they had been at. She stuck to the trees even if seeing small details on the ground weren't always a strong suit to her. She could see objects as far as humans and animals went at least, she aint that blind.

Phyre was aiming to be ahead of the group and didn't even stop to notice that Shigure had done some sort of jutsu. This might actually be interesting when Phyre takes notice to it. 'What on Earth am I going to do if I find this kid first?' she thought. As she too had a runaway from where she used to live. Course she has no idea if anyone even cared to track her down, for as mad as the whole village seemed upset with her. Blaming Phyre for her sister's death, thus Phy's secret vow to never trust anyone. 'What am I even doing here?....' Yet the kuinoichi kept moving forward, though the sense of actually having to fight, probably was driving her motivation the most.

[yoshinee]

Phyre, who had decided to venture forth of her group, was immediately punished for her recklessness. Stepping into a pile of leaves that was lying across a branch, a bear trap snapped with a clunky sound of metal. Luckily for Phyre, only a single of the metal-teeth dug into her flesh. Piercing into the ankle of the young kunoichi, she should deem herself lucky. If she had stepped centerly on the trap, her whole foot might've been chopped right off. From now on, she'd be moving slower and more troubled... maybe she had even given away their position to the bandits waiting ahead..?

At least it was certain, they had expected to be followed. Placing traps in the trees, and likely on the ground aswell.

Shigure's technique however paid off big-time. In the distance he could see a white smoke rising from the trees, from someone who had decided to settle down and create a little camp. While Shigure could see no traps, it was likely that they had secured the perimeter with more than just the bear-trap Phyre had so clumsily walked into. In one of the trees, he could see a boy hanging with his head downwards, tied by his legs. Not exactly a treatment one would give if they were trying to rescue the boy. Hostiles were ahead.

[Thunder Over the Falls]

”Yeah, will do Shigure” was the response to being Shigure’s eyes. He made certain to be extra perceptive for his cousin. As the two of them moved forward, Hiroki watched as their third member darted ahead of them through the trees. He was tempted to call after her and have them stick together, but then maybe someone scouting ahead was a good idea.

As they moved ahead and followed the tracks, he noticed that hidden under piles of leaves (in fact one he nearly stepped on) were some hunting traps. Hiro stopped suddenly and looked head into the trees, trying to scan the branches for the girl of their team. He saw her farther ahead through the mask of branches and leaves and was about to call out for her to stop before he heard the metallic ‘snap’ of the bear trap and winced only imagining what that might feel like.

”Shigure…we definitely need to be prepared now.” He left his bow hanging on his torso and reached behind him into his butt-bag. He withdrew a somewhat large scroll and flicked it slightly so that it was open one roll in his hand, just in case. ”I hope that the trap I just heard wasn’t because that girl stepped in it” he stated, since he still didn’t know her name. ”What do you see?”

[Image In the Falls]

As the eye moved towards the sky, the scope of sight for Shigure became vast. The tree tops spanned for some time, until a little clearing came into view, only noticeable by a small tower of smoke that whisked its way to the heavens. Zeroing in on the area, Shigure had been able to make out only one person, a small child that dangled by its legs from a nearby tree. While the young genin couldn't see anyone else at the moment, it seemed that they had to be nearby. Why would bandits leave their paycheck without at least one person guarding it?

Shigure's calm nature left the boy momentarily as he kept his eye on the young boy. Even if this was similar to his own venture out into freedom, he was never in this predicament. Anger seethed its way through Shigure, coursing through his veins. This mission had to be a success... there was no other option. Just as soon as the young boy began to create scenarios in his mind to rescue the kid, Shigure was stunned by a loud snap in the distance ahead of him.

Cancelling the technique, Shigure's eyes became focused once more, the deep green eyes immediately scanning the area. It seemed Phyre wasn't with them anymore, the way Hiroki had spoke and withdrew his weapons made that clear. Hopefully that snap wasn't Phyre... but it more than likely was. "Why was Phyre ahead of us? I thought she was watching my back?" It seemed they as a group still lacked some teamwork.

As Hiroki became prepared, so did Shigure. Though no weapons from him were drawn, his right hand hovered slightly over his left wrist, directly on top of his Senbon bracelet. "Lets go.. be careful though. I'm pretty sure there are Bandits ahead. I found the Daimyo's son, hes nearby, but the Bandits I couldn't see. We're gonna use this as an advantage, hopefully we can set up traps for them as they have for us. Ill lead for now, we need to find Phyre first." Shigure stated this just after Hiroki asked for the information.

As Shigure spoke, he'd speed up gaining the lead from Hiroki. With his cousin's long range abilities, Hiroki would be better off guarding the back of the group anyways. Shigure can once again provide support at mid range, and hopefully Phyre would be okay enough to handle the close range. Shigure hadn't forgot about the girl's Sais, which was why she more than likely went out in front anyways, she wouldn't be prepared enough to guard the back of the pack. Shes more of a headliner.

Shigure moved towards the snapping sound in hopes to find his new teammate. All the while checking the branches, treetops, and ground for any traps.

[Lava Beneath the Falls]

Phyre was feeling the wind past by her as she cut right through it ninja style running along the branches. She was having a blast up until she came a crossed some branches that were hidden within leaves. Little did she think any traps would be hidden under them she would continue her way forward. Determine to prove to the guys that she was just that skilled. Just then as her foot graced the leaves something snapped, Phy's eyes opened wide as she came to a dead halt. A small shriek of a scream came forth, it only sounded off for a second before she caught it to muffle the rest of it.

The bear trap that was up in the trees had dug into Phy's left ankle badly, knocking her off balance from being up in the trees to be slammed into the grassy field below. Dazed slightly and breathing hard with some metal weight attached to her she looked about wide eyed looking around for any predators lurking about. "Son of a...." she muttered looking down at her ankle, she would draw out her sai wedging it between the jaws of the trap to try to loosen it to let go of her. "Great....this is just what I needed..." she would say as she ripped off part of her cloak after taking off her boot she would put the torn fabric tightly around her ankle.

Hopefully it would be enough to stop the gushing blood that had come forth, until an actual medical ninja could take a look at it. Phyre would attempt to get up and walk to a nearby tree, stepping only on her toes on her left foot to try to not put too much pressure on her ankle. With every step came excruciating pain, she bit her tongue to not scream, and clinched onto the very thing that had done the damage. "Vengeance.....will be mine..." she would say pissed she succumbed to such an injury. She leaned against the tree deciding to make it look like she was waiting for Hirkoki and Shigure to catch up to her. She had an excuse already for the trap in her hand.

She would do her best to hide she was ever injured and pin the blood that stained the trap now on something else.

[yoshinee]

Phyre's scream echoed loud enough for the boys to hear, even at a distance. Surely, the bandits must've heard aswell? A rummaging sound was heard as a raspy and deep voice called "I'll check it ou' fellas."[/color]

In the distance, they could see a humongous bandit moving out. His legs were relativel small, but his torso and arms more than made up for it, almost making him seem like a cartoonish viking. His shirt was on the wrong way, indicating that he might not be the smartest of the three. Holding a club over his shoulder, he was headed towards Phyre. Since she couldn't move too well, the boys would have to come to her aid. That, or the bandit might smash her head with his club.

The two other bandits were happily chilling back at the camp. One of them kept poking the boy, making him swing slightly back and forth while he was giggling. The other was busy eating the meat off of a chicken leg.

[Thunder Over the Falls]

"I don't think we're gonna have the time to do this stealthy, not after that" Hiro said softly as he gripped the weapon scroll in his hand tightly as he started to move toward Phy's position. It was easy, the muted scream gave them a direction to go in. He started off that way and as they approached saw the giant of a bandit. Hiro's knuckles turned white as he gripped the paper of his scroll. He wasn't close enough yet to lob a knife effectively.

He was quiet as he ran toward Phy and the bandit, hoping to get there before he could swing the club. Hiro wasn't sure, but he knew he couldn't let that club get used - at least not on the girl who by now couldn't walk well with her leg injury.

Yelling out toward them to try and get the single bandit's attention would be a bad idea, it would only alert the thugs to the presence of more people. As he moved, he started to unfurl the weapon scroll a bit more, so that now it flowed behind him like a ribbon in the wind. He flipped through a set of handseals with his scroll between his hands. When he finished, a blue glow flashed down the length of the scroll. It was ready to be used in the scroll whip

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[Image In the Falls]

Hiroki was right, they didn't have time to be stealthy anymore, plus the added problem with such a beastly man looming down on their third member meant they knew they were there. It seemed the young Genin needed to think up another plan of action. Since Shigure had moved out in front of his cousin, he was the closest to Phyre. Hearing Hiroki unleash a scroll from his bag and open it, it seemed the leader of the team was going on the offensive.

Though he was just barely in Range, Shigure became aware that he was going to be the rescue man out of the duo. Hiroki can deal with the behemoth while Shigure protected the girl. Summoning up enough Chakra for one of his most used techniques, the boy ran through the handseals with ease. Maybe his Sensei was right that he was better off protecting and supporting than being the offense.

"Fuuton: Meimei Hei!" Suddenly, Shigure pressed his hands forward, creating a large wall of Wind Chakra in between the bandit and Phyre. Without hesitating, the boy moved towards Phyre, putting himself between her and the opponent, just in case the barrier didnt hold, or Hiroki wasn't quick enough. "Move." he'd state, yelling at Phyre to move back so she was out of range. He didn't know how back the girl was hurt, he didnt have time to look and assess her at the moment. He really did need to learn her name soon.

Tech's Used:

SPOILER: Click to show

Futon: Meimei Hei 30/30 (learned)
Rank: C
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Creates an invisible wall of high pressure air anywhere on the battlefield. Multiples ones can be placed creating for an extremely good defense and a confusing time for opponents who keep running into walls.
Special: Handseals
Drawback: Can be seen through by Byakuugen and Sharingan.
Description: The user creates the bird handseal and pushes outward creating the wall. This is useful for a quick defense when an opponent is running towards you or to scatter around the battlefield to trap or confuse then opponent.
Limit: Must have wind release.

[Lava Beneath the Falls]

As Phyre leaned up against a tree waiting for the boys to catch up which was her excuse to attempt to hide her injury she would hear a few twigs snap. Phy's eye-sight might not be one hundred percent most times, but her hearing definitely worked. Something told her this wasn't the boy's coming, for it sounded to come from the opposite direction she came from. Course what also sunk in was falling from the tree could have disoriented her sense of which direction she was headed in the first place.

The feeling that this wasn't the boys overwrote that sense of it could be. She slightly turned her head, her eye's were curious to slightly freaked out, her first battle it would be. Death could fall upon either one of them or both for that matter. All these thoughts were running through her head. 'I survived a horrible boating accident where my sister didn't....I can do this...' she thought as her look became more determined. She had no idea the boys even knew she was in any kind of danger. Though with her injury to her ankle fighting is gonna be more of a challenge than a walk in the park.

She would clinch the bear trap in her hand thinking of a plan, wishing she hadn't run so far ahead of the boys. 'Maybe I really need to work with a team to become stronger...this is so pathetic of me right now...' she thought. She considered the list of jutsus she knew currently trying to think which would be a good idea if she needed to use one. Course she then remembered she had a radio on her head. 'Why haven't they even tried to contact me?' She didn't know much about how these things worked but she decided to start clicking the talk button to get some static of noise to go through, maybe this would get them to try to talk to her, since she was not planning on talking back. In hopes they would she tossed the headset a few feet from her so that maybe the guy with the club would go near any possible voices there or just the sound of rustling.

Phy had a plan of distraction, sure she was injured but if she could buy some time to hobble over to an enemy and perform a blow to them would be good. Though just as she was going to make her move setting down the bear trap opened once more as something to fall back on if she needed to. A giant gust of wind blew her hair about, and just then one of her teamates stepped in, being Shigure. She looked about trying to see if Hirkoki was somewhere as well. She was slightly aw-struck by the heroism that took place, until Shigure told Phy to move. Then she was pretty pissed off again. "Moving is considered running away. I...don't want to do that today...I could have taken him on myself!" she yelled at him though she knew she would have struggled and wanted them with her just a few moments ago. Her pride of an ego, her front that she wanted to always look tough would always be her voice regardless if she truly felt that way.

She would however refuse to move from Shigure, instead she held onto the bear trap , that still dripped with blood, in her right hand and reached for her left sai with the other. Getting into a fighting stance prepared for battled, course with having most her weight on her right foot, keeping pressure off her left. As the pain tried to be a nuisance once more she sighed knowing she had to work with the team, more so because her speed was not on her side at the moment."Come on...let's do this!" she would say in more a team spirited way.

[yoshinee]

Coming through the trees, the bandit spotted the wounded Phyre. Realising that she was a wounded kunoichi and likely a good bounty, the rather largely-unintelligent brute rushed towards her. Unfortunately for him, a wall of wind had appeared out of nowhere. Running head-first into it, the first bandit out of three had collapsed and was now lying on the forrest floor, rather incapable of doing anything.

The massive commotion had brought the other two bandits closer. One of them was holding two knives. His size wasn't excruciatingly big, yet he appeared to be the most cunning out of the bunch. As he was looking to his fellow comrade that had knocked himself out, the minor bandit could only shake his head and let out a muffled. "Idiot.. Anyway, which one of you intend to entertain me?"
On his left shoulder, a dog-tag esque title was embroderied into his shirt. 'Goldtooth.' That must've been his name, huh?

The last bandit was medium sized and appeared to be their leader. Standing with his back against the tree, he was holding a knife towards the throat of the Daimyo's son, clearly letting the group know that they could play with the minor bandit as much as they wanted to - but one wrong movement and the son would have a deep cut inserted into his throat.. What were they going to do? If they moved wrongly, the Daimyo's son would be executed immediately!