Squad One's first assignment (mission/open)

[Tetsu]

Amira hated when people did things that deprived her of anything. All of the mind affecting Mumbo jumbo really ground her gears all the same, the impending mist suddenly appeared in her overall darkness as she stepped foot outside. The Kunai blade in her hand would have to do, she thought as he began to focus chakra down into the blade. The kunai blade began to become engulfed by a rapidly flowing blue chakra. The chakra extended from the blade a foot as the fog approached. Taking her blade backward and slashing downward with her now extended blade, Amira attempted to redirect the cloud and its tendrils back from which it came. The pure, raw chakra extended a total of ten feet from the blade as it swung in a wide defensive arc. Taking the kunai in the same moment, she swung It across horizontally as well to continue to urge the cloud back. She dashed forward with the cloud about ten meters before slashing again In an attempt to continuously redirect the cloud backwards. She repeated this process once again. Preforming the two slashes before advancing another 10 meters finishing with a final horizontal slash as the chakra began to fade back from the blade. When se reached her final destination she quickly drew an explosive tag from we Breast scroll pocket and began to look for anything other than the void and the fog.

Amira's clone was well used up at this point. The wooden constructed Amira quickly began to fail as it attempted to save the team members, but instead fell to the ground a wooden husk.
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Movements used: 8/8 m8
Handseals used: 0/30
Raging thunder uses left: 2/3

Quick Draw
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: User has learned how to draw their weapon without taking up a movement.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user can draw a weapon without a movement. The user can draw a hidden weapon (With Sleight of Hand) without taking a movement. A user who has this technique may draw a throwing weapon and hurl the weapon within 1 movement. Without this technique, the user may draw a weapon as a movement.
Limit: Must be a Throwing Specialist.

Raijingu Sandaa (Raging Thunder!)
Rank: A-rank. C-rank variation.
Skill: Ninjutsu.
Effect: User summons a massive amount of chakra into their sword, making a clearly visible aura of blue swirling chakra, to be used for offensive and defensive attacks.
Special: The technique can only reach up to a span of ten meters from the tip of the sword. Timing is short so make it count, the total time for this technique to be active is six seconds (one round). Meaning The user can only block and attack up to the either, the amount of movements they have left or the number of additional variations they have trained into. Each variation takes up one movement, meaing if the user has mastered this technique, each arc made (3 max) takes up a movement.
Drawback: Can only be used three times a day, before user depletes all their chakra. Can only be trained into three times, allowing for only three arcs. Cannot be moving while using this technqiue.
Description: User summons a massive amount of chakra into their sword, making a clearly visible aura of blue swirling chakra, engulfing the entire blade. The blade is than swung in a wide arc like motion, allowing the chakra to lash forth in a whip like motion, either to attack or defend. If attacking, the chakra will crash into an object with such force that it will almost always break bones and shred skin. The force of this technique is equal to that of a person being hit by a car. If used for defensive abilities, the technique will simply push any B-rank or lower technique out of the way, redirecting it away from the user, however, the technique cannot be redirected to were it first came. The C rank variations simply allow the user of this technique to make more arcs with the blade, further allowing the whip to make more attacks at one time.
Limit: Ninjutsu Specialist or above.

[Kamehameha]

Kusanagi was ready for whatever the unknown attacker had planned to throw at them. He had a feeling that the coloured needles were not the only trick the attacker had up his sleeves. A large bang sounded, as soon as he heard the sound, the two birds on top of his head immediately flew towards the position where the bang had happened. Immediately after he had sent his clay birds towards the position where the bang was heard, he saw more coloured weapons coming at them. He knew if he activated birds, they would also get caught in the explosion, but in order to stop the incoming weapons, he had to to it. With his right hand still holding the seal, he concentrated on the chakra he had applied to his birds and yelled "Katsu" . His birds blew up simultaneously, releasing a violent wind, which would send the incoming shuriken away. The power of the blast was so strong that it swept Kusa off his, sending him flying back to land on his back.

After the blast, he would get up from the ground, take his left palm into his pouch to consume 1 slot of clay.
"You think we should go out?" he asked Ramses. His mouth would begin chewing, as he waited for Ramses to reply. His dove would fly from the ground, and land back on his right shoulder.


-incendiary blast (still active)

Jutsu used
Concussion bomb
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Powerful wind released from a clay
bomb
Special: Refer to "Katsu" consumes 1 slot, for
one mouth (maximum size: small size
creature) (maximum amount: 2 creatures for
one slot)
Drawback: Time and preparation. Does not
harm.
Description: after molding and infusing a piece
of clay the user may form any creature they
wish (spider, birds, etc. Small size). This clay
creation moves about fulfilling the users
desires. Upon command, this clay creature
burst violently, but in a non-lethal fashion
from the burst of the clay creature, a powerful
wind is released instead of an explosion. This
wind covers a radius of 10 meters, and can
knock down any unsafely secured items, sway
trees about and kick up little debris. When
contact is made with an enemy, the burst may
knock them off balance, or feel equivalent of a
hard punch (if used correctly). Anything
beyond 10 meters will just feel the strong wind
Limit: Must know "Katsu", "mouth control" at
least once, C-ranked "clay infusion" and C-
ranked "clay life"

“Katsu”
Rank: "E"
Skill: Special handseal.
Effect:---
Special:---
Drawback: If the user performs "Katsu" for
detonation, their is no way to stop the
detonation. The Bomb will explode no matter
what (Though Certain bombs may be the
exception to this rule, stated by the jutsu
itself ).
If the user uses "Katsu" to enlarge a clay
creature, that said clay creature Cannot revert
back to its minuter version. The clay creature
enlarges no matter what (Though Certain
bombs may be the exception to this rule,
stated by the jutsu itself).
Description: A special handseal. This seal
denotes "Concentration". A sankuchi uses this
sign for a variety of purposes; whether it is to
alter the size of certain creations, cause a
creation to detonate or give a special effect
stated by a certain jutsu/clay creation. The
handseal is one of the users hand head
upward, his/her index and middle finger held
upward, while his/her thumb, ring finger and
pinky held inwards the palm. The user may
also hold both index and middle fingers of
both there hands together, crossing there
pinky and ring finger, with there thumb
meeting as well. (either way gives the same
effect, no being superior to the other). Katsu is
used in a majority of the Sankuchi jutsus, and
its effects are constant unless otherwise
stated.
"Katsu" detonates any bomb the user selects,
but detonate, all of the same bombs for the
same set. For example, if the user creates 2
clay spiders for "Tagging bomb" and 2 clay
birds for "Grenade", the user may choose to
detonate the clay birds used for "Grenade" and
not the spider used for "Tagging bomb".
However, the user detonates all the clay birds
at the same time and not one after another. In
the case above, once the user decides to
detonates the 2 clay birds used in "Grenade",
they are both destroyed at the same time.
(some jutsus may be the exception to this
rule, stated by the jutsu itself).
Limit: Only useful to the Sankuchi. Anyone
may learn this, but why?

In preparation
Concussion bomb
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Powerful wind released from a clay
bomb
Special: Refer to "Katsu" consumes 1 slot, for
one mouth (maximum size: small size
creature) (maximum amount: 2 creatures for
one slot)
Drawback: Time and preparation. Does not
harm.
Description: after molding and infusing a piece
of clay the user may form any creature they
wish (spider, birds, etc. Small size). This clay
creation moves about fulfilling the users
desires. Upon command, this clay creature
burst violently, but in a non-lethal fashion
from the burst of the clay creature, a powerful
wind is released instead of an explosion. This
wind covers a radius of 10 meters, and can
knock down any unsafely secured items, sway
trees about and kick up little debris. When
contact is made with an enemy, the burst may
knock them off balance, or feel equivalent of a
hard punch (if used correctly). Anything
beyond 10 meters will just feel the strong wind
Limit: Must know "Katsu", "mouth control" at
least once, C-ranked "clay infusion" and C-
ranked "clay life"

4|60 clay shit

[✘ ra]

Everything happened so quickly and everything blurred past him. But it was no time to be startled and it was no time to be useless. It was time to react. As soon as the giant hexagonal shurikens flew through the shelter walls Ramses knew that he had to do something or his shinobi career would be ending right there and then. He unleashed a set of handseals and quickly dug his way into the ground. He sank intot he ground and swam through the earth dodging whatever projectile that came his way. He then swam over to the position of Kusanagi who would have hopefully dismantled the projectiles that came at him. Ramses would peep half of his body overtop of the ground to see if Kusa was okay and was safe. If not he would sink back and wait. If he did Ramses would pop up right beside him and hear what he would say.

"Yes. We must help the Kazekage. Besides the shelter has been compromised so standing here would just make us useless. " Ramses would then run over to where the Kazekage was hopefull safe.

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-Underground Fish Projection Used

[N A T S U M I]

Amira:

Ramses and Kusanagi:

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Jutsu used:

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Shoton: Weapon Creation: 15 shurken

[Tetsu]

Amira only had a few seconds to process and act upon what she now planned to do. The instant her chakra infused blades swiped at the ominous fog, It began to retreat as if it had been injured. This retreat was the opening that Amira needed just as the light from the tag revealed her opponent. Sweetness she thought as her blades blue glow began to fade and she used her footwork mentality to change directions towards the opponent while keeping her lower half free of the now approaching fog with a sense of haste. Amira's light sense of movement made it easier to maneuver closer to her target that had been two meters away not even a second ago when the flash of the tag had revealed to her the night hidden assassin. The young Kazekage now played on the last location she had seen the odd outline of her opponent that now lay within the night as she inevitably stood right in front of her opponent as the sound of moving hands alerted her to the possible attack that might now ensue. 

"Shit..." Amira muttered under her breath as she used her feet to position herself around the opponent that now sent a storm of sharp objects at the location that she had once been standing. The whoosh of the blades as they flew past her arched body to the right told Amira that she had narrowly avoided death. She had curved herself around her target's left shoulder (Amira's right side.) to avoid the attack as best she could without compromising her current attacking position. As her feet landed at her opponent's back side, Amira quickly began to switch the direction of her own momentum. As her lead right foot landed on the ground, She bent her knee to spring herself back into the air. Using her legs to create a spinning momentum, Amira quickly drew a second blade into her hand pre-leap as she began to again force her charka into her kunai blades to combat two of the problems at once. The sharp chakra began to engulf the blade as she rotated around the unknown target in another mid-air leap. She sent herself upside down in the rotation and quickly sliced with her kunai in a scissor like fashion three times. The first slice targeted the general lower back of the target. The second strike targeted the opponent's shoulder blade as Her spinning rotation began to send her right side up again, And her third strike was to the opponent's left flank Just as she landed. Each strike was infused with the blue raging thunder chakra that made each strike much more deadly. He chakra was extended a foot from the blade so as to ward away the mist like creature that seemed to dislike the sharp and rapid nature of the chakra that now surrounded the blades and lit up her opponent back side and hopefully would help her squad mates locate her. 

She now landed on the ground after her rapid assault. Taking that momentum of landing, She again redirected her efforts. Taking as much strength as she could muster into her right arm as she pushed herself put on her tippy toes and slammed with full force to her right chakra infused blade downward towards the ground and at her opponent's exposed left flank. She again extended her blade's length as she followed through with the strike to strike the fog that would probably again come after her as she fought both the mist and the person that now.  threatened her mission's success. If her opponent happened to be Slammed down to the ground, Amira would use the chance to make a wide swipe with her kunai directed towards the mist again as she threw her other kunai blade and made a downward arc with the extended blade down towards her enemy and to send the chakra infused blade towards the mist that seemed to find the raging thunder disagreeable. If her opponent was grounded, She would slam downward towards her/his/it's rib cage in hopes of ending the fight then and there while using the slashes of the raging thunder to keep the mist at bay. 

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Movements used: 8/8
Handseals used: 0/30
Raging Thunder Uses left: 1/3

Techs Used:

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Cat’s Horns: Second Step: Dodge
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A pivot allowing the user to sway around an opponent to get behind them in a blink of an instant.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User must get extremely close to the opponent: they must be within arm's length. As soon as the user is close enough they bend their back backwards while pivoting their lower body around the legs of the opponent. This technique allows the opponent to keep an eye on the user's upper body while the lower body moves the user. This is great against evading attacks.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Meimei Undoushinkei (Divine Reflexes) Style. Must know Cat’s Horns: Silent Feet.

Cat’s Horns: Silent Feet
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A way of walking to make the user more flexible and faster to react while performing the later techniques within the Demon Horns Stance: Cat.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User starts walking only on their toes and the ends of their feet. User slightly glides over the ground while walking.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Meimei Undoushinkei (Divine Reflexes) Style. Must know Demon Horns Stance: Cat.

Turtle Claw: Abyss Scissors; Triple Slash
(80TP)
Rank: "B"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A series of Turtle Claw #5; Abyss Scissors while adding a spinning movement.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user gives out a small spinning movement with their legs while jumping in the air. While the user spins they quickly perform Turtle Claw: Abyss Scissors 3 times. All 3 strikes take up 1 movement. If 1 attack makes contact it equals to "B" Rank worth of damage. If 2 attacks make contact it equals to "A" Rank worth of damage. If all 3 attacks make contact it equals to "S" Rank worth of damage.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Meimei Undoushinkei (Divine Reflexes) Style. Must know Turtle Claw: Abyss Scissors.

Turtle Claw: Chakura Slam
(30TP)
(Starter)
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A strong attack used to knock the opponent down to the ground.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A powerful slam where the user slams one of their "Sidearm" weapon into the opponent capable of knocking them down, or fly off into the distance of up to 15 meters. If the opponent does not have some sort of defense this attack is capable of crushing the ribcage.
Limit: Must learn from a Master of Meimei Undoushinkei (Divine Reflexes) Style. Must know Demon Claw Stance: Turtle.

Footwork
Rank: "D"
Skill: TaiJutsu
Effect: A simple technique in which is needed to know in order to keep the boxer moving keeping them light on their toes against opponents.
Special: ---
Drawback: Get caught flat-footed and you will be vulnerable to counterpunches.
Description: Keep your weight balanced on both feet. Stay on the balls of your feet so you can attack, spin or retreat quickly to safety. Practice moving side to side or in a circular motion around your opponent. Shift and shuffle your feet quickly, but keep them close to the ground so you have a solid base under you. Switch stances often when training. This means you'll change which foot is in front. Work your calf muscles by jumping rope, biking and doing bag drills while moving constantly. Good footwork requires training with an integrated approach to movement, strategy, punches thrown and balance. It all has to work together, so you should always be thinking about your footwork.
Limit: Must learn in a gym that teaches Bokushingu (Boxing), Must know Upright Stance or Semi-Crouch

Quick Draw
Rank: "C"
Skill: TaiJutsu/Supplementary
Effect: User has learned how to draw their weapon without taking up a movement.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: The user can draw a weapon without a movement. The user can draw a hidden weapon (With Sleight of Hand) without taking a movement. A user who has this technique may draw a throwing weapon and hurl the weapon within 1 movement. Without this technique, the user may draw a weapon as a movement.
Limit: Must be a Throwing Specialist.

Raijingu Sandaa (Raging Thunder!)
Rank: A-rank. C-rank variation.
Skill: Ninjutsu.
Effect: User summons a massive amount of chakra into their sword, making a clearly visible aura of blue swirling chakra, to be used for offensive and defensive attacks.
Special: The technique can only reach up to a span of ten meters from the tip of the sword. Timing is short so make it count, the total time for this technique to be active is six seconds (one round). Meaning The user can only block and attack up to the either, the amount of movements they have left or the number of additional variations they have trained into. Each variation takes up one movement, meaing if the user has mastered this technique, each arc made (3 max) takes up a movement.
Drawback: Can only be used three times a day, before user depletes all their chakra. Can only be trained into three times, allowing for only three arcs. Cannot be moving while using this technqiue.
Description: User summons a massive amount of chakra into their sword, making a clearly visible aura of blue swirling chakra, engulfing the entire blade. The blade is than swung in a wide arc like motion, allowing the chakra to lash forth in a whip like motion, either to attack or defend. If attacking, the chakra will crash into an object with such force that it will almost always break bones and shred skin. The force of this technique is equal to that of a person being hit by a car. If used for defensive abilities, the technique will simply push any B-rank or lower technique out of the way, redirecting it away from the user, however, the technique cannot be redirected to were it first came. The C rank variations simply allow the user of this technique to make more arcs with the blade, further allowing the whip to make more attacks at one time.
Limit: Ninjutsu Specialist or above.

[Kamehameha]

Running out of the crushed house with his teammate, Kusanagi would applying finishing touches to his creatures as two more birds emerged from his mouth. He was hoping to find their leader outside, but instead would find a foggy thingy moving towards him and his teammate. He quickly held the seal needed to enlarge his creatures, and increased their size. When his two new birds had acquired bird properties, he would send them to me the fog. "Take cover," he said to Ramses warning him about the move he was about to use. Still holding the seal with his right hand, his birds would fly at their top speed. As soon as his birds met with the fog, the concentrated on them and released a violent wind from their explosion. He had made sure to keep his legs evenly balanced to prevent getting knocked down by his own blast.

After the explosion, his left hand would go down into his pouch again to take in more clay. This time he consumed two slots attempting to create a different creature. After seconds of chewing, he produced a lizard from his mouth. Holding the lizard in his left palm, he held the same handsign as before and increased the size of his lizard into a normal size of a fully matured lizard. With his clay bird still on his shoulder and his new lizard in his palm, he moved his eyes all over the place hoping to locate their leader.

-Incendiaries bird ( still active)
Jutsu used
Concussion bomb
Rank: D
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: Powerful wind released from a clay
bomb
Special: Refer to "Katsu" consumes 1 slot, for
one mouth (maximum size: small size
creature) (maximum amount: 2 creatures for
one slot)
Drawback: Time and preparation. Does not
harm.
Description: after molding and infusing a piece
of clay the user may form any creature they
wish (spider, birds, etc. Small size). This clay
creation moves about fulfilling the users
desires. Upon command, this clay creature
burst violently, but in a non-lethal fashion
from the burst of the clay creature, a powerful
wind is released instead of an explosion. This
wind covers a radius of 10 meters, and can
knock down any unsafely secured items, sway
trees about and kick up little debris. When
contact is made with an enemy, the burst may
knock them off balance, or feel equivalent of a
hard punch (if used correctly). Anything
beyond 10 meters will just feel the strong wind
Limit: Must know "Katsu", "mouth control" at
least once, C-ranked "clay infusion" and C-
ranked "clay life"

“Katsu” (used 3x)
Rank: "E"
Skill: Special handseal.
Effect:---
Special:---
Drawback: If the user performs "Katsu" for
detonation, their is no way to stop the
detonation. The Bomb will explode no matter
what (Though Certain bombs may be the
exception to this rule, stated by the jutsu
itself ).
If the user uses "Katsu" to enlarge a clay
creature, that said clay creature Cannot revert
back to its minuter version. The clay creature
enlarges no matter what (Though Certain
bombs may be the exception to this rule,
stated by the jutsu itself).
Description: A special handseal. This seal
denotes "Concentration". A sankuchi uses this
sign for a variety of purposes; whether it is to
alter the size of certain creations, cause a
creation to detonate or give a special effect
stated by a certain jutsu/clay creation. The
handseal is one of the users hand head
upward, his/her index and middle finger held
upward, while his/her thumb, ring finger and
pinky held inwards the palm. The user may
also hold both index and middle fingers of
both there hands together, crossing there
pinky and ring finger, with there thumb
meeting as well. (either way gives the same
effect, no being superior to the other). Katsu is
used in a majority of the Sankuchi jutsus, and
its effects are constant unless otherwise
stated.
"Katsu" detonates any bomb the user selects,
but detonate, all of the same bombs for the
same set. For example, if the user creates 2
clay spiders for "Tagging bomb" and 2 clay
birds for "Grenade", the user may choose to
detonate the clay birds used for "Grenade" and
not the spider used for "Tagging bomb".
However, the user detonates all the clay birds
at the same time and not one after another. In
the case above, once the user decides to
detonates the 2 clay birds used in "Grenade",
they are both destroyed at the same time.
(some jutsus may be the exception to this
rule, stated by the jutsu itself).
Limit: Only useful to the Sankuchi. Anyone
may learn this, but why?

“LandMine”
Rank: C-ranked
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: A clay bombs that acts like a mine,
exploding only with proper contact.
Special: Refer to “Katsu”
Consumes 2 slots for one mouth.
(Maximum size: small sized creature)
(Maximum amount: 2 creatures for two slots
used)
Drawback: Time and preparation. Does not
distinguish from friend and foe. Cannot be
used in certain areas that prevent burrowing
(building, tiled floors, etc).
(see more below)
Description: After molding and infusing a
piece of clay, the user forms a clay creature
(Non-flying types only; usually spiders,
insects, etc. Small size). This clay creation
moves about upon the user command; it will
burrow and implant itself in the floor when
commanded to do so. From here on out, this
creature does not follow have to follow the
commands of the user. Katsu does not have
to make it to explode, and it can act
independently from the user. The creature
burrows into the dirt roughly 1-2 feet down,
and waits for any contact from above. If an
individual were to walk on the burrowed clay
creation, it will detonating itself a second
later; exploding upward .The blast radius is
only 1 meter around, 3 feet high from the
floor. This blast can leave serious (2nd-3rd
degree) burns if used correctly. If the blast
fails to explode in time, and does catch its
target; very small debris from the grounds up
turning may harm the intended target very
little there after. After 1 minute, the user
chakra dissipates, leaving harmless clay in the
ground when left unexploded
Limit: Must know "Katsu", Kuchisaki Seichuu
(Mouth Control) at least once, C-ranked
"Touji Hyu-zu" (Clay Infusion) and C-ranked
"Touji Itonami "(Clay Life)

6|60 clay slots

[✘ ra]

Walking out of the crushed building, the fog began to surround Kusanagi and Ramses which was really annoying. They needed to find the Kazekage and re-group. Ramses had no doubt that the Kazekage wasable to handle herself but they were stronger a s a group. If they get picked off one by on then they would be at a disadvantage. Then Kusanagi was able to create the concussion bomb once again and as soon as that occurred the fog would have hopefully blown the fog away. Ramses created a string of handseals and suddenly clones would appear out of the sand that he had accumulated. 5 clones of him appeared and then he ordered them to spread out and search the area. Maybe they can find someone or something in the vicinity to help.

He began to search the area and tried to find the Kazekage. He began to string another set of handseals and more sand began to accumulate under his foot. He would then create a cloud that would lift him a couple of inches off the ground. Once they had eyes on the Kazekage he would then begin to execute his plan.

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- Sand Clones Used
- Nimbus Used

[N A T S U M I]

OOC: Tetsu, Kamehameha & ✘ ra; I am terribly sorry for my horrible activity! Decided to do my assignment right at the last minute (do not do that, guys EVER!) and ended up not having time to come online to reply to all my threads. Also, Ramses, I see your using the signature my sister made you :3 loving it!

[Tetsu]

"Well...that was intense." Amira said as she placed her Kunai blades back into the back slots of her vest. The storm that surrounded them seems to settling around them. The haze of combat slowly came to the settling quiet. Before her lay a woman that had just been beaten in the ground. The bloody nature of the scene that lay before her just showed how easily she could get carried away. She was not going to let anything bring harm upon her team if she could at all help it. Looking over 4 meters at Kusanagi and Ramses, she was not sure what to say. They probably just witnessed their leader kill somebody. She sat in awe of how she felt 20 years older than she actually felt. "You all alright?" She asked flashing a slight smile as she began to look over the body that had been laid out before them. She didn't see any headband, which proved to her that this person was not an enemy sent here deliberately. Turning her head back to her teammates, she quickly waves her squad mates over to the still bleeding form.

"Guys, we have a few options here." She said looking down at the wounds that she had created in her fury of combat. "We can keep going on to complete the mission." She said in a serious tone as she refused to look up at her teammates as she tried to reason what it was that this person had wanted with them. "we can go back home now, I completely understand if you're too scared to take on such an intense mission." She said kneeling down next to the body as she began to search for any gear that she might have been carrying. "Or we can investigate here...as the Kazekage, I am not opposed to issuing us a new mission for an investigation." She said as she continued to focus on the body before her. "I'm leaving this one up to you guys, however just know that the location of the stone village is of the utmost importance." She said now turning to look at her companions. "Not to mention it would mean that our first mission would be a success." She added as she finished going over the body as best she could. "Just know that whatever you decide, I won't let anything happen you." She said awaiting their response as she stood up feeling her lack of chakra more than ever. She would need some rest before she could be that effective in battle again.

If she happened to find any gear upon the body, she wouldn't be opposed to taking it. And if they decided that they would gladly continue on with the mission, Amira would lead them on to the land of earth with a sense of haste after a bit of rest of course. Otherwise, she would have to find a new way to subtly get their mission back on track.
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Sense Motive: 47/125

Friendly hand trait for if Ramses or Kusanagi want to do any checks

OCC: it's okay Natsy, I completely understand. Thanks for getting us back on track. As always you rock!

[Kamehameha]

The darkness surrounding the area began to disperse. "Is it over? Did the Cap get attacker?" he asked, his eyes scanning the area. He spotted their leader 4 meters to their left. He released the lizard from his mouth, ordered it to follow him as he walked towards the Kazekage. As he move towards their captain, his eyes spotted a body on the ground next to Amira. He could tell by the expression of her face that she had killed the attacker. "We're alright. Are you?" he asked, putting on a smile. His eyes moved from Amira to the body laying on the ground. It was his first time seeing a dead person. He could only imagine what was going on through Amira's head.

His thoughts were disturbed by Amira, who gave them options to choose. They had to choose between going home or completing this mission. He really wanted to go home, but going back home would all their travel was for nothing. Scared? yes, being attacked had scared him, but he was not going to let that stop the team from completing what they were supposed to. "I say we continue searching for the location of Stone Village, we didn't go through all trouble just to quit." He was glad to know their leader would do anything to save their lives.

[✘ ra]

The attack had ceased and the fog had cleared. Infornt of them was a body that the captain had taken out. Ramses clenched his mouth. He felt very useless at the moment. He didn't really know what to do. He began to deactive his jutsu and all the sand from the area seeped into his gourd. The Kazekage would search the body and ask what they wanted to do, whether to complete the mission or not. Kusa was the first to answer and he was still very much intrigued in finding this place. So Ramses said "Yes. Let's continue Amira-sama. I will follow where you go. Though it's strange that this person attacked us. Has she been following us since we arrived in the Land of Stone?"

[N A T S U M I]

Sense Motive was successful. Amira would find that the female had been targeting the group from a distance as she had a pair of binoculars sitting inside her butt bag along with 10 slots worth of kunai knives. A single photo consisting of Amira and her team had been taken from the outside of Kaze no Kuni as they headed out of the country and into a neighbouring one. What could this possibly mean? An attempted assassination of the new Kage? Or just a merchant looking to stir up trouble within the countries?

Feel free to continue traveling toward stone.

[Tetsu]

Amira sighed as she held the picture of her squad in her little hand. "I should have expected as much..." She said pulling the buttbag from the dead assassin woman's belt. "Welp, it looks like we are going to be pushing on to the land of earth." She said taking the butt bag and clipping the straps onto her own belt so that it hung just on her waist under her vest adding the slots of kunai and the binoculars to her inventory. She looked at the picture and smiled a bit realizing that what she held in her hand was not only evidence of something bigger, but was also the first picture taken of her squad as a group. Taking the picture and folding it into her left breast scroll pocket, Amira stood up leaving the now depraved woman behind. The rain still fell upon them as she turned to travel on to the land of earth if her companions didn't have any argument.

*body looted*
-move to land of earth if no issues occur-

[Kamehameha]

With the enemy taken care of, they were ready to continue their mission of locating the Stone village. While he waited for the Kazekage was busy with the picture that she had found in the attacker's pocket, Kusanagi's mind was busy trying to figure why someone would try to assassinate them. Did the Kazekage have enemies outside the village? Now what am I gonna do with these? he asked himself, looking at his clay lizard. He couldn't leave it behind, because it would be wasting. He gently picked his clay lizard up, carried it with both hands, and followed his leader as they journey continued. His clay bird still remained on his shoulder.

[Tetsu]

OCC: ✘ ra has missed the two day ICC of two days, N A T S U M I you may call this how you see fit. If Ramses responds before that point (which I hope he does) then all will be good I supposed. Sorry to request this being enforced, however this mission needs to be moving along XD

[N A T S U M I]

Request accepted. Moving thread to Tsuchi no Kuni. Loot Accepted.
Tetsu gains the following to add to the village treasury:

SPOILER: Click to show

Butt Bag Type 1 (Overview) x1
Rank: "C"
Type: Main, Tailor, Slot Holder, Holds 15 Slots (15 for Items of Scroll Length), Bag
Effect: A waist pack worn with the pouch in back.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: Picture A pack worn at the back along a belt at the waist. Water repellent collar with drawstring pack with quick release closures attached to 1 inch cinch straps and a top carry handle. It has a vented bottom with keeper clips to attach to the belt, or straps to wrap around a belt. The compartment has the dimensions Height of 10.25 inches Width of 10.5 inches and Depth of 7 inches. The interior holds 15 slots of scroll length as well as main objects that fit in the same dimensions. Normally extra clothes is held in this spot as well as other non combative supplies.
Limit: These type of items may be bought inside any Tailor Shop.
Cost: 1,700 Ryo

Kunai (Overview) x10 [2 slots]
Rank: "C" Rank
Type: Secondary, 2 per Slot, Piercing/Slashing, Knife
Effect: A kunai is a tool derived from the masonry trowel.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: A Light Weapon. These weapons do +4 Amour Points of Damage. The Range Increment of this weapon is 5 meters. A kunai has a blade that is about less than 1 foot in length. The user gains a +10 bonus on Sleight of Hand Skill to conceal a knife on their body.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Weapon Shop.
Cost: 1,000 Ryo per Slot, or 500 Ryo Each.

Binocular x1
Rank: "B"
Type: Secondary, 1 per Slot, Gadget, Surveillance, Spectacles
Effect: A hand-held device consisting of a series of lenses and prisms, used to magnify objects so that they can be better seen from a distance, and looked at through both eyes.
Special: ---
Drawback: May hold up to 8 kinds of Surveillance Vision.
Description: Binocular telescopes, or binoculars, (also known as field glasses) are two identical or mirror-symmetrical telescopes mounted side-by-side and aligned to point accurately in the same direction, allowing the viewer to use both eyes (binocular vision) when viewing distant objects. If a Binocular has a zoom of 5 it brings objects 5 times closer through vision. The basic vision before adding a Zooming Vision capability is 5. When adding the basic Zooming Vision, it will bring it up to 10. Binoculars have enough carrying capacity for 8 types of Surveillance Vision. Does not fit in Scroll size Slots.
Limit: These items may be bought inside any Gadget Shop.
Cost: 3,000 Ryo Each

One Photo of the team in Kaze no Kuni.

No further interruptions for now.

[Tetsu]

Amira was glad that she and her team had finally arrived to the land of earth. This was where the village resided after all. With that jovial thought in mind, Amira began to think of how they would both deliver the message and gain the location of the village. They were not called hidden villages for no reason after all. The danger and peril excited the young Kazekage as she continued along with Kusanagi. "So...what to you think of going to the embassy?" Amira asked her compatriot as they walked along now without the hidden stones home territory. "We will go and deliver the letter as a group before we go and scout out the village" she said calmly. throwing a thumb gesture back at Ramses, who had remained silent the whole trip after the attack, she quickly added "oh and make sure to keep him alive".

As they continued on, Amira decided that she would use the world map that marked each capital city to decipher where to go. She opened up her scroll pouch that held the map and opened it up as they walked along. She looked at the path they had taken through the land of stone, and followed the main southern path up all the way to the capital city. "Alright, we should just keep north and we will be there in no time." Amira said as she lead her group with a new found cheer. Her chakra was still fairly low, but was regenerating slowly as the continued along. "Oh and when we get to the capital, we are going to spend a night in some actual beds." She said with a yawn as the long day continued on.
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Handseals: 0/30
Movements: 1/8
Chakra left: 38% (+8% gained during travel if that's acceptable)

[Kamehameha]

Finally! we're here, he sighed. He was excited to be in a new land with less sand , and couldn't wait to discover what the Land of Earth had in store. " I think going to the embassy is great idea," he replied to Amira's question. To Kusa, going to the library was a wise thing to do, because he thought there was a chance of finding a shinobi from the village they were to search for. Kusanagi felt more excited when he heard Amira mention scouting out the village. Scouting always sounded fun, because there were always new things to discover and new people to meet. He nodded silently with a smile. He was very happy to hear that they were gonna spend the night in a real house with actual beds. After all that long walk and giant projectiles dodging, Kusa really needed a time out. He would put on a smile and continue walking alongside his teammates with his clay lizard safe in his arm.

[N A T S U M I]

Keep posting guys. I’ll throw in another encounter on your way back to Kaze no Kuni. No reason to have an encounter now that you’re in the country you need to be. I’ll monitor the thread and post when necessary!

[Tetsu]

Amira was now feeling less enthused as her team was approaching the outskirts of the capital. Their trip so far had been fairly plain up to the point where they now were. She was however dutifully ready to complete the mission. She wondered what the city would measure up to. This was in fact the Kazekage's first trip to the land of earth, which had always been on edge with the sand village in their conflicts with Konoha being so prevalently fought out in the land of stone and rain. Amira wanted to deliver this letter as quickly as possible as they began to see the large expanses of the city. "When we get to the city, we will be delivering this letter before anything else alright?" She asked affirmatively as they continued towards the city in hopes of completing their mission. The dry path had been harsher than previously expected; however it would lead them to where they need to be soon enough.

(OCC: we can go ahead and move this thread to the capital of earth after Kusanagi's post. Thanks Natsy)