Senpū Dojo [T|C|Invite]

[Flower]

6. [??/90 tp]

Valerys wasn't quite sure how she was going to master this kunai, knowing that the seal placed on it had been created to keep her out. Every time her chakra ran through the metal, it seemed to respond by causing pain to her psyche and causing her body to grow weaker. Running chakra through her body and mind, Valerys reached forward to grab the kunai one more time and stayed as strong as possible. She could feel the seal trying to penetrate her chakra barrier, but Valerys closed her eyes and went deep inside of her mind -- a training technique that she was fond of using for only her most difficult techniques. She knew that she had to replicate the appearance of a good alignment, that her chakra would not be enough in this case. For the first time (ever) Valerys mind began to wonder toward the realm of "good." It was a strange experience as her normally evil personality started to look at ethics in a completely different way, and her chakra responded accordingly.

[Flower]

7. [??/90 tp]

The sound of children laughing, happily, and insects buzzing in the air. The smell of home-cooked meals and comfortable living spaces. The feeling of protecting someone you love. Valerys felt it all for a moment, her multi-faceted mind seeming to split in an entirely new direction and as well her chakra -- which seemed to mimic the quality of a good alignment. All of a sudden it seemed to take on a different hue and flooded through the metal kunai, activating the seal and enabling her to gain strength from the weapon. Valerys let out a deep breath as her chakra stabilized and she held the weapon, but after a short time it started to fade away. She picked up the kunai that was attuned to her own evil alignment and started to radiate the same type of chakra, the dirty-seeming chakra that she associated with "the good." All of a sudden she felt weaker as she held the evil dagger. Meanwhile Omoi looked on with curiosity and agreed that Valerys had completed the assignment. "You're progressing quite rapidly," Omoi said, "but we have a few more stages yet to go. Are you ready to continue?"

[Flower]

8. [??/90 tp]

"Of course!" Valerys said, ready to move on with her training, and Omoi seemed unsurprised.

"Now you have started to be able to sense the chakra in these various chakra devices, and through this type of knowledge you can do a lot. It will take many different weapons, tools, and uses before you have fully mastered all chakra devices. However, there are a few other tricks you must know as well if you wish to be a true master of chakra items." Then he took her to one of his bookshelves and took down a scroll that had been curled up and tied with a ribbon. "You must memorize all of these seals and techniques associated with chakra items," Omoi explained, "and be able to call upon the information at will when you study the tools in my office." Valerys took the scroll and agreed to the challenge, sitting down at a table to begin combing over the contents. Although it wasn't like with the kunai before, Valerys knew that this was a different type of training and that she would need to know all that she could before appropriately using a chakra device. The scroll opened up and immediately Valerys was looking upon several different types of seals, and her studying began.

[Flower]

9. [??/90 tp]

The seals were different kinds of tricks and traits that could be applied to chakra devices, which Valerys was expected to memorize for when she went to use them on her own weapons. There were so many of them that it took her hours to remember each one and all of the possible activation words. But after this, the scroll had a section on the history of chakra devices and went into horribly long details about the past of these special items. Valerys found the reading dull but she continued until she had read all of it and committed it to memory, then she returned to Omoi and told him that she had completed his task. Omoi brought down a javelin from the wall and put it into Valerys' hands. She could look over it and see several different types of runes and seals, telling her that it was a special sort of chakra device. "What can you sense from this item?" Omoi asked and waited for her response to his test.

[Flower]

10. [??/90 tp]

Valerys looked over the spear and suddenly all seemed to be clear to her due to all the studying she had done before. There was a seal on the hilt of the javelin that she knew right away was for the Ashen enhancement. She was also able to tell that it was a masterwork weapon of very high quality and imbued with extra power for attack -- seeing as how sharp and clean the blade had been kept. There seemed to be a Cold Burst and perhaps another cold enhancement built into the weapon. Valerys told all of this to Omoi and he said that she was right, but also took care to show her a few more things about the weapon: such as the strange cut along the inner hilt that had been made during a terrible duel with a taijutsu master. There was also a few runes dedicated to one of the first masters of chakra devices, whose names Valerys had forgotten from the history section of the scrolls. But Omoi had found her assessment of the device good enough for now and brought her out into one of the dojos for the rest of their training session.

[Flower]

11. [??/90 tp]

Inside of the dojo, Omoi pulled out a sword that he said was made out of dragon scales and could only be wielded by a creature of that species. He passed the weapon to Valerys and told her that she'd have to figure out how to use it. Relying on the information she already had about altering her alignment, Valerys began to run chakra throughout her body and reached out to take the sword. But as she did so, the sword seemed to reject her and burned Valerys' hand as she tried to touch it. "Damn it," she muttered and began to run the chakra through her body again. This time, however, she concentrated on making her chakra into that of a dragon or lizard type creature before touching the sword. She had to close her eyes like last time and look deep within herself, finding those things about the reptilian species that were particular. Their diet and how they lived, the difference in being a cold-blooded organism, it all washed over her. Her chakra reacted, like with the alignment training, and suddenly began to shift its vibration -- becoming much more similar to a reptile than a human. She reached out to touch the sword and found that, although it still put off a bit of heat, it did not burn her hand.

[Flower]

12. [??/90 tp]

Although she could now hold the sword, Valerys found that it more difficult to keep a hold of it and try to use it in battle. When she tried to run toward one of the dummies, the dragon-scale blade rejected her as she lost concentration of her chakra and mimicking the correct qualities. She would feel a quick, burning sensation in her palm and immediately drop the weapon and use her mind to cast a new, protective layer of draconic energy around her body. She found that appearing like a different race was starting to become easier each time she had to do this. She picked up the sword again and kept her mind as steady as possible, running forward with the blade to finally make a cut into the dummy. She kept her grasp on the sword and found that her chakra cycled around her, continually making it seem as if she were a draconic or reptilian creature capable of using the blade. When she had proven that she could fight with the weapon, Omoi drew the sword away from her and explained that there was another trick that he wanted to teach her with the sword.

[Flower]

13. [??/90 tp]

Omoi showed her a seal on the base of the sword and asked her if she knew what it was. Of course she did, after all of her studies in his office with the scroll, and knew that it was a fire seal that would do fire damage if one were able to get past the race requirement. She had fulfilled the requirement by altering her chakra, but now Omoi said that there was something else he wanted her to do. He kept the sword at his side and then in a moment blasted out an enormous ball of fire toward one of the dummies -- setting it ablaze and destroying it. "This is called Fast Activation," Omoi explained, "and it is a part of using a chakra device that only masters are capable of learning. Normally this would have taken an entire six seconds, but you can see that I've done it in far less time. You must do the same." Valerys took the sword in her hand, altering her chakra to be similar to a reptile like before, and started moving her chakra into the seal to activate it as she held the sword down. She swung it up in a fast motion and... nothing. The seal was still preparing to be released.

[Flower]

14. [??/90 tp]

Turning the blast from the sword into a weaving movement that could be activated in a fraction of the time was a daunting task, but Valerys knew that there was no way to properly use chakra devices until this skill was mastered. She held the sword down at her side and let the chakra run throughout her arms. In a moment she slung the sword upwards and shot all of her chakra through the hilt, causing it to blast through the seal and burn the inner flames that had been crafted to the item. Doing all of this was also manipulating her race was quite difficult, but she was concentrating as much as she possibly could and focused her mind. As the sword was raised, it still took a couple of seconds for the technique to bloom and a great ball of fire to shoot out toward the opposing wall. Valerys was not proud of herself for letting the technique fall flat once again and moved into position to try once more. She closed her eyes this time as she let the dragon scale sword drop down by her side, infusing with the chakra that ran down her arms and into the handle.

[Flower]

15. [??/90 tp]

The seal seemed to respond quite readily to Valerys' chakra and as soon as her hands were raised, carrying the sword through the air, a blast of fire started to form around the tip and then shot outwards after a moment. Finally she had succeeded in the fast activation and Omoi nodded approvingly, proud of his student for having made it this far. "You have been able to conquer a lot in this training session," Omoi said, "but there is still more that needs to be done for the art of using chakra devices is not a simple one." He was about to take Valerys to a different dojo when she asked him to hold on, saying that she wanted helping learning how to use all the functions of the spear that Shiki Senri had given her named Bitter Mercy. It was a red and purple, bladed javelin with a red scarf twisted under the head. There were several runes and seals on it which Valerys was now beginning to understand. She looked at how the Skull of Strength had been carved into the base of the device and admired it, making mental notes for the crystals that she would need to infuse and work with later.

[Flower]

16. [??/90 tp]

Among the seals on Bitter Mercy, Valerys could now tell that there was a Loyalty mark that had been fashioned for the previous Kazekage -- it seemed that Shiki had not even fully trusted her. She noted all sorts of other abilities, and held up the spear in her hands letting her chakra run throughout and prepare to set off an attack. Omoi took Valerys to the new dojo and she saw a chakra barrier on one side of the room. Her master watched as she assessed the weapons abilities and then moved to use the seals -- trying to activate them with their specific words and thought patterns. At first she ran her chakra to form an energy ray at the tip of the blade, rapidly turning into acid the more chakra that she created. Soon there was a big ball of acid at the tip of the spear, which Valerys fired off in a ray type attack. It went toward the chakra barrier and made a pretty big smash, but the barrier remained in tact. She realized that she could only use this ability once per day as she tried to run her chakra through the device again and it did not work. She speculated on this new information about chakra devices, and the attack she had just made, and started looking over the other aspects of her weapon.

[Flower]

17. [??/90 tp]

After figuring out a bit about her own spear, Valerys fired off some of the effects and asked Omoi what he thought about the device. He told her all the details and how to examine the metal, the signs, and everything about the weapon -- down to its own personality and soul. Omoi was confident that all chakra devices had souls. Valerys didn't question him and put the spear back on to her back when they were done examining it, happy that she had found out a little bit more about how to examine and understand the strange oddities that were chakra devices. Omoi then led her to the next step in her training which involved the chakra barrier. Omoi told Valerys that there was a very specific requirement in order to bypass the chakra barrier, and that she would need to figure it out using her chakra device skills. She found this odd, but soon realized that even the barrier was just a type of chakra device and she put out her hand to touch it. As soon as she did, she saw it waver and felt an enormous resistance against her hand. There were a few sparks as she was thrown back a short distance and experienced a quick pain. "Well damn," she said and Omoi looked interested in what she'd decide to do.

[Flower]

18. [??/90 tp]

Valerys walked up to the barrier once more and had to think about how she would sense it without touching it. The answer was obvious and she began to send her chakra toward the barrier. Even this was not easy but she somehow managed with a high-level of concentration, trying to assess the qualities of the chakra barrier that were blocking her from passing through. It took her a long time, and a lot of focus, just to determine that one of the requirements was a good alignment. She had to search even further to figure out that there was a second restriction on the chakra barrier, and that one had to be a type of canine in order to pass through as well. Valerys was a bit shocked at the complicated restrictions of the chakra barrier, but summoned all of her chakra into her body and started shifting its signature -- making the vibration of her own energy move at a much different speed. All of her chakra started to mimic that of a good-aligned canine and coursed throughout her body as she reached her arm up to touch the barrier one more time. As her had touched the blue aura, there were no sparks or shaking like last time. Her hand simply passed through.

[Hoarfrost Imp]

-That thing is mastered!

[Flower]

[exit.]

[Flower]

Name: Special Mission! Train with the Kazekage
Rank: "C"
IIC Length: 3 days
Difficulty: Easy
Objective: Train with the Kazekage and demonstrate that you could be a capable student.
Description: Meet with the Kazekage at the Senpu Dojo in the Land of Wind and train up to 50 tp worth of techniques under her leadership. Demonstrate that you are capable of becoming a student with your efforts, and learn something about what it means to be a Sand shinobi. Students that are determined to have potential will be given more advanced missions to develop their skills.
Reward: 37,500 ryo

[enter.]

Shihana walked back into the Senpu Dojo and looked at the fallen gates, which no one had taken the time yet to rebuild, and breathed in the dry, hot air of the desert. She had been gone for a while, but now it felt good to be back. She wore her usual black dress with white edges, although today had left her Kazekage cloak back at the tower. She had bandages wrapped around her left forearm, and a black sleeve on her right. White ribbons had been tied around her back and held an average polearm. She had left Bitter Mercy in her bedroom. She had on black boots and black nailpolish, and her long, white hair had been put up into a ponytail that blew in the breeze. A strand of black hair fell along her left side, as did the strap of her messenger pack.

Inside was a jar with five, good-quality quartz crystals, a jar with five, good-quality lapis lazuli, and her personal copy of Grimoire Illusionatus. A belt was strapped around her dress with five utility pouches, one of which held a Healer's Gem, a Ghost Gem, and a Coleman's Traveling Stone. Her Sand Village headband hung like a necklace around her throat, knotted firmly in the back. 

She didn't go inside Senpu Dojo yet but stood outside the broken gates, looking out into the desert winds. Shihana was expecting someone -- a girl who was definitely starting to peak her curiosity. Although normally she liked to play nice with the newcomers in Sand, Valerys had taken a particular interest in Kanna Sankuchi. Shihana laid down against one of the walls, her white hair falling in a pool around her shoulders and into the sand, as she leaned back and gazed off into the distance. She had a feeling that this meeting was going to be interesting, and maybe even Valerys would want to come out for a change. It had been so long... 

But, right now, inside her mind it was quiet. A rare thing that she wanted to take advantage of. And so she relaxed as much as she could allow, feeling the sun on the portions of her arms that were not wrapped. 

[💥Havoc💥]

[Enter]

-prologue-

Two weeks had passed over slowly for the young girl. Her mind had been running over countless thoughts that found themselves running aimlessly in her head. The outside world fell short on Kanna's attention span for countless days because of this dilemma. The Kazekage shook her up a little during that meeting.

She was in a tug-o-war on how to go about this next interaction. How should she act in front of Shihana? What would be the most beneficial way of getting results? How could she manipulate things to tip in her favor? Surely there is a way to one up this woman, who for the most part seems to just be stringing her along out of amusement and minimal intrigue.

The feelings that would make her heart pump a tad bit harder based on the thoughts in her head, were the real walls that blocked her path. Her legs and feet treaded along the sandy path almost hoping to get a little lost on the way to this dojo or whatever.

What was it even called again? Seppuku? No no, that's a suicide technique. Uh...Senpu? Yeah that is the one. "Senpu Dojo" was her destination. Venturing through the windy terrain of Kaze no Kuni to reach a specified destination once again. This reminded her of the long, draining walking she had to endure when she first got smuggled into the country. This place from the start was not kind to her. Her creamy white skin with peachy colored overtones here and there had a hard time adjusting to the sun's harsh rays.

She was luckily screened from its effects, but that only invited heat and a desperate need to keep up with water consumption. She remembers that sickly feeling of something going wrong as she followed some shady looking stranger through a foreign land. Kanna has been unnaturally lucky throughout her life honestly. History in some shape or form tries to repeat itself, and in way or another Kanna somehow defies and shifts its course changing the flow of the future entirely.

Today...Today has that same feeling. The kage was taking somewhere away from the village, and as far as she can tell away from prying eyes and listening ears. Alone time. Kanna isn't very comfortable around others. She never has been. Wrongfully misjudging people is her specialty after all. Her creativity isn't as vivid when its applied to a real life canvas. Her art in living is weak. But maybe..maybe Shihana may actually help her break that weakness? After all...she is a shinobi now right? No...not yet. She hasn't managed to fully understand what that means yet.

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-Intro-

Kanna Sankuchi eventually approached the gates in a surprisingly timely fashion after the Kazekage had first arrived on the premises. She was dressed in a considerably differently style than the last time Kanna met up with the kage. Her chosen attire would be in a style that had a completely different characteristic than what seems "normal" for Kanna. Which is pretty much 100% correct given her history let alone her current body language. Still its obvious this was done more in some sort of attempt to look the part, and so now that she has finally arrived Shihana would be able to see the young Kunoichi dressed in the following uniform.

Starting from the top Kanna's hair was done up in a style that compliments her outfit, and reveals her gentle young face in a far different light than most are used to. Instead of her wild child look, she is now sporting a more refined and controlled style, with most of her decently lengthy hair wrapped into two congruent buns. The remaining parts of her green locks were left to dangle freely in front of her shoulders.

The next bit would be uniquely designed uniform that took over most of her form in varying ways. The top and bottom half of her body being covered and revealed with much more flair, while also remaining differently designed. The two parts were separated by black and golden colored sash tied to hug her waist snuggly with a single black string. Her torso would be decorated with a green vest like top piece connected in the middle by fishnet layering which showed her upper half off more in a sensually stylistic sense than anything else. Her abdomen would be left bare as the fishnet layers were purposely left only to compliment the chest region while leaving the midriff and upper abdomen exposed completely.

On the bottom end this was done much more simply while still holding an odd approach. Her Kanna's outfit would flow into a tights with dark green floral patterns on it which covered 3/4ths of her lower body. Mainly around the right side of the hips there would be a section of pure fishnet layers, until completely stopping where her right thigh would begin, leaving her whole right leg bare. The only other pieces added to this outfit besides the pack of equipment she had available; would be the stylized shin guards and padding strapped to standard ninja sandals. As well as similarly styled forearm pads with black leather gloves that left only the ring and pinky fingers exposed ending at the knuckles.

This whole uniform was tailored specifically to fit Kanna's figure in every way let alone, depict her as some sort of green themed kunoichi which more or less is appropriate. Kanna personally wasn't too thrilled. She'd pass through the broken gates with a somewhat quickened stride as soon as she caught a glance of the Kazekage. Her feet carved into the sandy terrain with each step, until eventually stopping right in front of the woman, Kanna's multicolored eyes directly off the side already. From this distance it was clear that the girl was a little peeved, or perhaps embarrassed? Either way she had her arms hugged around herself tucked underneath her modest bust. Her face colored slightly red around the cheeks as she felt silly and stupid dressed like this.

"So annoying..." She'd huff underneath her breath finally looking at Shihana now.

"None of this was my idea. My "master" wanted me to showcase his own: "grand skill and artwork" for you personally...ugh. He made this himself for this occasion specifically. Said he hopes you like it, and will maybe consider his work someday. I uh...have his stupid business cards to give you. Please; don't ask me where they are. I'm already uncomfortable enough as it is." she'd explain while clearly flustered about it. Her voice was noticeably different. Specifically in a...softer, or perhaps more: "proper" tone by someone else's standards.

Something that coming from her sounded forcibly rehearsed; which most likely is also a result that came along with the outfit. She didn't exactly agree to being turned into a set piece for some person's clothing line, or maybe its some weird fetish she doesn't know about. Regardless it wasn't cool and she would be just as irritated if it was a woman putting her up to this mess. Kanna Sankuchi does not like being made a fool of.

The Kunoichi Outfit:

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[Flower]

Intensify Fears
Rank: "C"
Skill: GenJutsu
Effect: A user gains the ability to intensify the fears of another, regardless as to whether they are the source of those fears.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: As a single movement, the user can charge the condition of any Shaken creature within 20 meters radius to Frightened. The creature remains Frightened for the remaining duration of the fear effect. this ability does not extend a fear effect's duration. A target of this ability must make a successful save of (10 + 2 per Class Level + Impeccable Will) to avoid becoming Frightened, but it remains Shaken.
Limit: Universal GenJutsu Technique.

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As the kunoichi approached, and stood in front of Shihana, she let her speak her words and then stood up. Shihana looked over the uniform, wondering if this was the artwork that she was talking about. Suddenly she found herself looking away quickly, as Valerys said something indecent, and looked to the side. "Don't worry, I'm not interested in the business card. But you seem to pull it off, I suppose." It seemed as if Shihana were trying to feign disinterest. But then she swiveled back to face Kanna. She looked at those multi-colored eyes with her own lilac pupils and said, "But I'm not interested in your clothes. I'm interested in seeing what you can do. And making sure that you understand what it means to be a Sand shinobi." As she said this, Shihana reached behind her back and pulled down the zipper on her dress. The top opened up slightly as Shihana leaned forward, and suddenly the skin on her back began to bubble.

In a couple of seconds another person began to step out of Shihana's body. It appeared to be a young girl, no older than thirteen, who stood up to about Kanna and Shihana's chests. The girl took a few steps on the ground, as if to make sure she was on solid footing, and then tossed back her blonde hair that was up in a white ribbon. She wore a black dress that covered her body and went down to her knees. The number 02 was tattooed on her left arm in red, looking almost like blood in the wrong lighting. 

"Oh, feels strange to be walking around~" she chimed as she hopped from one foot to the other. 

Shihana looked at the creation with a hint of glee. "This is Sachi," she told Kanna, "You could say that she is a part of me. I'm interested to see what you've got, so why don't you go up against her? Don't worry about beating her down -- she won't take it personally." Sachi perked up at the mention of it. As she used this technique, Shihana also wondered how much fear she could summon with her aura and started working on the atmosphere around her soul. Each statement, each action, was contributing to her overall element of fear that she wanted to train. If all went well, then an aura of terror would just seem to linger around her body and threatened to intimidate the shaken even further.

"Yeah. That's if you can," Sachi baited and looked at Kanna with a cool smile. The young girl seemed to have the mental acuity and presence of one much older. Suddenly the Sankuchi would note that Sachi's skin was twisting into odd patterns. Her outer forearms was beginning to stretch and ripple, and soon fangs were protruding from the skin like a garbled maw. Spit flung out of the lips as if from a hungry creature. If the mouth wasn't so menacing, it may have looked like a larger version of Kanna's own additional mouths on her hand(s). Each of the vicious mouths on Sachi's arms would stretch until they were about two feet long. 

"If you can defeat my child," Shihana said, and Sachi raised her arm letting the fangs bite at the arm, "then I'll admit that you're better than I thought. But if you lose, I'll get to say I told you so." Even as she said it, the air seemed to hold some sort of chill -- as if the same energy that normally fueled her Phantasm genjutsu was making its way into the air around her. Shihana waited to see Kanna's response, and how she would deal with the dilemma. It might tell her a lot about the kunoichi's approach to combat. Sachi stepped forward just a little bit, the maws on her forearm still continuing to chomp aggressively at empty space. 

"I'm ready whenever you are, Sweetie," Sachi said and blew her a swift kiss with her left hand. Then she started walking out of the gate and into the open desert immediately outside of the entrance -- a place where students were known to spar -- and stood with her hands on her hips, ready to begin.

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#02 -- Sachi Maindou~ōkā
100 AP
Movements: 14

Sachi's Techniques: 

Unknown Tech #1

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Iron Will
Rank: "C" Always 20 Training Points
Skill: Supplementary
Effect: User is more resistant to mental effects.
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: User gets a +2 bonus on all Will Saves.
Limit: Must learn from Universal Miscellaneous.

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The young artist was already uncomfortable as it is, and soon enough the first elapsing seconds of their new encounter was going to prey on that sensation. Kanna was sure that Shihana did care about anything in regards to clothing and how the kunoichi wore them. She tried telling her "master" that back home, but they insisted that she keep quiet and follow orders. She always hated that about them. They never seem to listen to better judgement. At this point Kanna is convinced her "master" made her wear this out of spite more than anything in regards to his fading career as a tailor.

On to more pressing matters, the green haired kunoichi kept her eyes and ears open for details. She wanted to be clear on everything that she is supposed to be doing here. And well, for the time being she was simply standing there watching as Shihana adjusted herself. This would be the very first look into the capabilities of the Kazekage, which she was going to be taking notes on mentally. At least she'd try, but its rather distracting to be seeing and hearing a weird bubbling going on behind the kage, only to be followed up by the emergence of an whole person from the older woman's body.

A whole person...just came out of the Kazekage's back. What kind of jutsu was that?? It surely couldn't be something anyone could learn right? She looked entirely different from the Kazekage. Younger and everything. Her demeanor more or less seemed different too. It was amazing actually. Kanna was more or less intrigued than creeped out. After all she comes from a clan of people with bomb making mouth hands, so something like this isn't too weird for her. Although it certainly is a start into the weird side of things thus far.

Kanna simply stood here with her fingers gently rubbing her palms for no reason in particular, while staring at the two of them individually. Sachi huh? Shihana was way too nonchalant about this whole beating down thing to be normal. Her view on the situation must be different than the average person. This lady is a whole different breed of mysterious now. Kanna's multicolored eyes blinked a few times before she'd actually react, realizing her brow had unknowingly raised in question of what she was seeing from this Sachi person.

Her own demeanor must be looking a little uncontrolled by now. Which is not what she wanted to portray, but something...was making her will to get rid of her shaken feelings harder to initiate. A gnawing feeling, began to creep on her as her subconscious seemed to be trying to warn her of something. And yet, she felt beckoned by something else. Something she shouldn't be beckoned by...

[💥Havoc💥]

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The exposition of her current situation was morphing into something much less normal than one could be comfortable with. Kanna has seen a lot of things, but her grip on fear isn't all that strong as much as she wish it could be. She often tries using humor, and other tricks to combat the frightening sensations she tends to get riddled with in certain circumstance. This one in particular went from unclear to objectively worse by the second. Fears of getting slaughtered out in the middle of nowhere and forgotten about were now creeping into ideas of Shihana just out right taking her time with the young girl. Or maybe even worse.

Her multicolor eyes shifted between Sachi and Shihana a few times as she began to be nervous about the two of them. One her own, she hardly had to deal with confrontation like this. It was either she gets a job done, and ignores whoever it is she may or may not have to talk to. Or she enjoys the time she has to be free, and explore her surroundings trying to train and improve her art. She was used to being alone, and having to make her own rules in order to survive. And now... Now she had no such power of freedom. Now she is trapped with Shihana knowing where she lives, and knowing that its a long way to walk if she wants to escape again.

Kanna wanted to say something, but her lips instead stopped themselves and instead retracted back. Her plush pink bottom lip, now was being bitten slightly out of nervousness. What the hell was going on? What the hell is this sudden fear creeping all over her senses? Kanna couldn't understand it. Her left foot, pivoted to a diagonal angle a little, making a soft -skkr- sound in the sand as her sandal dragged the sand across itself. Was it...too late to turn around? Maybe she could just settle being a poor shinobi? No...that wouldn't do. Shihana wouldn't let her go off that easy. She doesn't have to.

Besides...if she was going to do that. She wouldn't have passed that damn test with such a high score. She wanted this. At least she thought she did, but watching these two just stand there staring at her while talking in such a way. It wasn't reassuring she made a good choice at all. Kanna watched as Sachi's arms transformed somewhat to make some kind of monster maw on the sides. The hell does she need those for?! After seeing that she couldn't give Sachi any more benefit of the doubt. She was 100% freaky! And this damn Shihana with her eyes staring at her like that. Almost as to challenge Kanna to do something about it. This was so messed up!

Still she couldn't let fear thwart her now. She's steel her spine up, and get through this mess one way or another. Her nervousness was clear as day, but she would settle for the embarrassment as long as she proves herself later. They wanted her to fight? She'll fight then.

"That's...no problem." she'd say even though she wasn't sure she should be saying anything right now. And with Sachi seeming so eager saying that could very well be a bad move. Still it was too late to back out now, and despite the fear radiating from her very soul, she wouldn't back down either. She'd simply get over it. And shake the fears off only a little bit she could get some movement in her body which was shaking for a second or two. Get it together girl, you're losing it! She scolded herself while taking one last look at Shihana almost spitefully. She was sure she had something to do with this, but it wouldn't be worth poking ideas about it now. She had a fight to win...

So the green haired kunoichi would turn herself around, and meet Sachi out in the sandy field would be used for their spar? No no...battle. (1) However before doing anything else she'd put her backpack down, and open it up retrieve a special light brown pouch that her clan is fond of using. It was small, and similar to the buttpacks ninja like to use. (2) Kanna would holster the pouch using a thin utility belt that would wrap around her hips, leaving the pouch to hug her left side with its top flap now unclipped. (3) From here she'd leave the rest of her items in the backpack, and put the backpack back on, although not before leaving it slightly unzipped for some eased access.

All her ninja tools and equipment such as: explosive tags, knives, kunai, senbon, shuriken, marbles, and caltrops were in there. However her main weapon. Was already sitting right in her head as she began to think of a strategy.

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(All three movements, used to basically put on equipment lol. Fight officially starts now I suppose.)