Hunting (Open/Training)

[Beautiful Rogue]

[---/110]

Naomi moved through the final footsteps of fire country, traveling through waterfall had been her given choice, the route was shorter, and less troublesome, as she had heard very little of waterfall, and supposed that it was a very small, mostly neutral country. Not like it really mattered, all she knew was that it was on the way, but she highly doubted she would manage to locate it, after all, hidden villages were just that, hidden, meaning she had very little chance of finding it, if any. It annoyed her a little, but she found herself caring less and less as she traveled through the forest of fire country. The kamyuja did however, want to test out this new technique she had been reading about, as it intrigued her immensely, an assassination technique that was pretty much infallible with the right chakra control.

On humans it would be fairly difficult if they knew how to mold chakra, as the fact that the combatant forced their own chakra into the air passage of that of another, thereby creating a battle between the two chakras. As strong as naomi was, in a battle with someone of her rank, and if they specialized in ninjutsu or genjutsu, even if they were a medic, it would be extraordinarily hard for her to kill them, since her chakra control was not phenomenal, and the only reason she had lately been able to pull off techniques as she had was because of her rather large chakra pool that came from having so much training with things in general, of course things like the Kage bunshin helped, but in itself, she had a smaller chakra pool because of little practice in it.

As she walked, avoiding various trees, she opened her palm and swelled her chakra there, the technique would only need a small ball of chakra that would be enough to block an air passage, and the reason the technique was ranked so high was because of the killing potential that came with the technique along with the immense chakra control one needed to possess when it came to having he technique, since having poor control meant that the user could not actually form the ball of chakra in the throats of their enemies, thus rendering the technique useless, however, she would try as hard as possible to stop anyone from defeating her, especially when they were lacking any oxygen, and it would be very difficult for them to fight back for long. Debilitating, and very dangerous. She had suffered suffocation, and it was not pleasant.

A small ball of chakra flickered into existence, on top of her extended fingers, it was there for a moment, a ball of blue light, alive and moving for a moment. Then, with a quick explosion, it evaporated in the air, the chakra floating away, small strands which had made the technique dispersing. It made no difference to her really, since she knew it was never going to happen straight away, since it was a very difficult technique, and she was not practiced in it yet. No matter, she had time, and she wanted targets first. Then again, learning how to suffocate someone would only be so useful if she knew how to actually do it. Practice was needed, and as soon as she found her next target, all the way in bear country, she would kill him with it, or at least try, as it could not hurt to try.

[goliath764]

+20

Moved to Waterfall

[Beautiful Rogue]

[-20/110]

Naomi tore through some underbrush, feeling the dew on the foliage fall on her skin, the cool touch of it making her shiver a little. But she kept her pace, as there was no time to dawdle, and dawdle she did not. Her pace was fast, and she was thinking the entire time she was walking, which was not very smart considering the fact that she was getting whacked with all sorts of passing tree branches and the likes. If it were not for her thick skin and her KAmyuja toughness, and of course, the second sense technique, which allowed her to move between things without missing a beat. All this allowed her to concentrate on her technique so it would be ready by he time she met Vincent, or at least, in working order, as she wanted to kill him with it. If anything, it was a plan, and she could work it as she went, as regardless, she would get lots of practice using it on him at least.

The four hand seals of the technique were easy, although she did not doubt that soon enough she would need to learn them one handed, just to make thing more under the impression of ANBU, as it would be quicker and it would be more impressive. Oh well, as of now she was not trying to learn single anded seals, merely kill people, and if she had to use both her hands to do so, then so be it, she would make the little extra effort to strangle the life out of them. In fact, the way she saw things was, if it took that little extra effort, then she would feel all the better about going that extra mile. The more effort that was put into something, the greater the reward, sure, it may not be a monetary reward, or at least an increased one, but the satisfaction would be there, the satisfaction of mastering an S-ranked ANBU technique.

Putting her hands through the seals, she practiced molding her chakra so that it would create the small ball of chakra into her palm, but in bitter defeat she realized that it was a lot more difficult than she had first imagined, as the chakra had to become a solidified object to block air passages, and to create a solid object out of something that was, well, not solid, but an afluent material that was normally molded in fashions that was less solid and more moldable, a malleable material that could be dispersed at any given time, and molding it into something that would invade and block a passageway, thereby causing asphyxiation, well, it was a whole new ball game, like turning water into wine. Which she would need to look into, just in case it was possible.

As the small ball of chakra levitated over her palm, she tried to condense it, as it was much larger than what would be used to strangle someone, and at this rate, would not even fit in the mouth of even the largest of people. So, it would be her will to size the ball up and make sure that it could be used to strangle, meanwhile maintaining a constant drain of chakra, and then battling anothers. In the end, it was a hard technique to perform when all the elements of it were added together, but, like most techniques of its rank, it was very useful in the hands of the right person, and she was fairly certain that she was the right person. Although she did need someone to practice on, it could wait for now, she would concentrate on actually doing the technique in the manner that was required of it.

[roko]

+10
violence!

[Beautiful Rogue]

[30/110]

Naomi had already spanned most of waterfall within a few hours, not a large country, and a woman with almost unlimited endurance, it was simple math. However, she had stopped for some time to hunt down some prey, and eat a bit too, since she had found a wonderful little camp site where she had managed to find, not only some training inspiration, but some food and drink. Alas, there had been a few bumps on the way, such as the eradication of all ten people who had resided in the camp at the time, although, thankfully for her conscience, they had all been bandits and had captured some women and children which she had freed after murdering the bastards in the camp. In fact, she was still a little tired from it all, but she would recover soon enough, as it had been at least three hours since she had performed the technique as many times as she had.

The encampment was filled with voices, most of them womens voices, screaming for their release, or for their children to be released. It was rather horrific, but none of the rowdy drunken men headed their pleas, all of them laughing and waving their genitalia in front of the women, threats of rape and the likes being yelled at them while others laughed at the antics. It made Naomi feel physically ill, she wanted to tear in there and destroy them all, but no, she would make them suffer instead of giving them a swift and painful death, so she would test out her next technique, the assassination technique a slow and painful death for those who died in its claws, and each one of these ten would do so.

At first she simply ran over the hand seals in her head, then as one man moved to the gates of one of the cages containing three naked women, all crying, screaming as the male stumbled to them. He reached for the cage and tore it open, all three women cried out and forced themselves backwards, trying to get as far away from the male as possible, but he was very drunk, very determined, and very horny. No matter how much the women kicked and screamed, it did not deter the bastard, and Naomi had had enough of his lecherous actions, and she snapped, forming the hand seals, then projecting her chakra. As she could not yet project chakra to the location instantly, she formed it in her hand, then with careful control, began to mold it and make it smaller.

As the small ball contracted in her hand, she crushed the chakra, hoping to get it small enough. The men were completely hammered, as far as she could see, not one of them was sober enough to locate a small ball of chakra floating around, as it would as she forced it with her own chakra to move towards the man at the cage, as the women were still fighting him off, she had time to kill him still. Unfortuneately, the ball of chakra dispersed in the air halfway there, and she felt herself growing desperate, and really wanted to perform the technique so that she could kill these fools and move on. This atrocity could not continue, to allow it to do so would be a crime to her gender, and to her own heart. No, again she would attempt the technique and she would succesfully perform it.

Shaking her head, Naomi looked about he area, the lush vibrant trees and the rampant waterfalls and moist landscape had vanished giving way to massive caverns and craggy landscape. She had found Earth country, it was rather bleak, but she figured that this place would hold a fair few secrets anyway. Well, she would find out as she traveled through, maybe she would meet some new people, or maybe she would just continue on through bear and keep training. Sighing she looked onwards, this was a lot of traveling and a lot of work, so hopefully it would pay off in the end. Whatever, it was training, she was going to get stronger from all of this regardless.

[▐Shibu]

+10 -- 40 | 110... and moving.

[Beautiful Rogue]

[40/110]

Naomi pressed onwards through Earth country, as she was so close to her target all the way in bear country. So close she could taste it. However, she was not ready with her ANBU technique yet, which deterred her slightly, but she knew that she could still train it on Vincent Allegero, but she really would rather perform it on him rather than simply attempt to train, because training implied a possibility of failure. Naomi would not fail, there was no room for failure, Dray had said it himself, failure meant death to her, and she would not put it past him to kill her over something so foolish. He was powerful, very powerful, and as sure as she was that she could out power him, his speed and his eyes worried her, he would kill her, no doubt about that.

No doubt about it, the technique was very hard to control, but Naomi would not falter, those fools needed to die, the man in the cage had his hands wrapped around one of the women, a shorter girl, who could not be a day over sixteen, barely a woman yet, which infuriated the Kamyuja, however, she would not let her rage take over, she needed to master this technique, and she would do so. Her hands fired through each seal again, and with each seal, the ball of chakra that had spawned into life before her eyes began to glow and move in the air, her concentration intense so that she could actually cast the jutsu. The ball grew to a rather unproportioned height, too large to kill as it was meant.

However, she began to compact the chakra ball so it was more formulated for her cause, and as her chakra charged through it, and it began to compact, glowing and crackling as it did so, high volumes of chakra collapsing in on itself, much like a black whole, an object of massive volume being forced into a small space. In itself, it was hard to control just being there, however, that was only one part, she needed to master the next part more so than this one, as this was something she was becoming accustomed too. Concentrating with all of her might, she used her chakra to move the ball, concentrating on moving it straight at the man, who had succeeded in pulling the younger girl from the cage, how he managed it with his pants down she did not understand.

The ball of chakra was much like a sprite, or perhaps a fairy, something quite mythical. The slight glow from chakra ball lit up a tiny area around it, but no, the drunken idiots in the rowdy circle and the bastard who was attempting to rape the young girl, the ball would be unnoticed by the fools as it was guided towards them, or, more specifically, the man without his pants, as he was so close to the other girl now, that if Naomi failed this time, she would be raped, and then, Naomi would snap, and that could not happen, this training, it was important, very important. Not only would it progress her, she would save innocents instead of murdering them this time, she would not allow her rage to harm those who had not wronged.

It would not have occurred to her how she had managed to make it through Earth without any problems, as she had been thinking the entire time, not really paying attention to what she was doing, but either way, it was pleasing. Soon, her second target would be dead, and his head dropped off in the village in snow country, and she would be again paid, and another step closer to her target of becoming a Shirai-Ryu assassin, and from there, well, she would see, but now, onwards. Bear country and Vincent Allegero awaited his cold death, and she awaited his soul. Again, the technique would need to be learned fully before she could fully apply it, but there was no promises, the technique was S-ranked, and it was not expected to be easy. She sighed. Bear country was in sight.

[Elgar]

+10

Moved to Bear

[Beautiful Rogue]

[50/110]

Bear country was a lot nicer than she would have imagined, the trees were filling the area, thick pine trees covered the land, and from her position atop the valley top, she could see everything from here, although there was not too many large cities in sight, in fact, there was one, off on the horizon, which was, undoubtedly Mitsubachi, the largest collection of people in bear country, and possibly the place that Vincent Allagero was located, although that was not a cert, so she would stay rather covert, if she could not find the man, then she would just stay over for supplies and other likes, and she needed to promise herself that she would not practice the technique on anyone there, cause that would certainly draw attention to herself, attention she did not want.

The orb hit its mark, the man, in the middle of his attempt to force himself onto the girl, began to cough and splutter, as drunk as he was, even he would know something was up, as when your windpipe is being blocked by something solid, that you just cannot spit out, then you would know that something is up. However, no matter how much he coughed and hacked, he could not get it out of his throat. The woman, seizing her chance, tore off, only to be caught in the arms of another of the drunken fucks that littered the area, again, she screamed, punching and kicking to get away, but he was too strong, and smacked her in the side of the head, knocking her down, silenced for now, since she had been knocked out cold.

All of the other males there noticed at least, that the man was suffocating, and were now making their way over there laughingly, as though 'Tron' had been an idiot and was choking on his own tongue or something equally dumb. Naomi was satisfied in the knowledge that it was she that was causing the torment he was going through. She watched as the others struck his back, trying to make him unswallow his tongue, and then as they started to look nervous as his face stained red, the lack of oxygen and then, as they all moved back as his life death throes took hold of him and he flopped to the earth like a fish out of water. His last hopeless attempt at life was him straining his body and trying desperately for one last breath, and when none was given, his body went limp, and he died.

The others looked at each other in their drunken stupors, what had happened? They found no traces of blockages in his throat, so what they did not understand is why he suffocated in the manner he did. Naomi, however, knew exactly what happened and would continue to do so, the ball of chakra already moving to its next target, one of the older men that stood around the corpse. By now, a group of drunken men, worried at the random death of one of their friends would be rather paranoid at the fact that he had just died mysteriously, so, naturally they would be looking out for strange things, such as a floating ball of chakra that was haunting the area.

Training on random people made her feel kind of bad, but really, those men had deserved it, and even thinking of them made her feel mad, since they had done unspeakable things, and stopping them as she had, well, it had made the world a little less offensive. However, even after all of those kills of the foolish assholes, she still had not managed to master it properly, so finding Vincent would allow her to complete it and then get onto mastering it fully before she could move on with her life and learn more to do with her taijutsu. It was a shame this was so damned hard, otherwise the technique was handy outside its intense difficulty. Well, he would go visit the Honey city, capital of bear, see if she could locate her target.

[exit]

[goliath764]

+10

Sexy!

[Beautiful Rogue]

[60/110]

Naomi pressed the bridge of her nose with her index and thumb, pinching her nose in irritation. She had searched for quite a while and she had not seen the man at all, which was annoying enough in its own, however, she had also caught onto the scent of someone familiar, Karina was here somewhere. That was less of an anger thing and more of an exhasperation, sure, she would be pleased to see the girl, but what if she had been followed or something. Well, that was unlikely, but the more annoying thing was what she was doing back here instead of the lion summon business they had agreed for in sand. Oh well, she had not seen her yet, only smelled her presence, and she was not that bothered anyway, that guy had been a crackpot. Her hands clenched a little as she passed a short male in the crowd, same features as another...

The shortest man in the group, but obviously the least drunk had pulled out his blade and was brandishing it warily, he, like the rest of the crew, was scared and confused at what was causing such death to befall everyone, and with only five men remaining, he was too scared to try and run for fear of landing smack dab in the middle of something bad, as he could never know where she was attacking from, making her advantage even greater. Another man fell as her chakra suffocated him. That left four, four fools left to destroy, and she was enjoying herself, even if it was a massacre, these kinds of people deserved it. The other three, the taller males, one with only one shoe on, all of them just took off into the forest, risking meeting their maker rather than waiting and dieing.

The last male stood in front of his spoils, choosing to die more so than to let the women go. This infuriated her, and seeing as there was only one left, she figured it was time to be sporting and allow him to see who was to end his life. The bush was easily moved out of her way, and she was on the clearing before he could raise his sword or even realize what had happened. She stared at him as he came to acknowledge her presence. He pulled his sword up tighter to his body, unsure of what to do as she stared into his eyes, her cold dead eyes staring at him, the pitless abyssess sucking his soul from his body, she saw his body shudder under her glare, and felt his need to run, but he also felt death grasping him with her cold hands.

Fight or flight, he was dead, he knew it, she knew it, everyone watching knew it, her presence was just too suffocating for any regular human to stand. Her hands were completed the seals before he knew what had happened, her chakra was inside his asophagus, and he was spluttering, trying to catch his breath, however, he could not, and everytime he tried to inhale his coughing grew more intense until he was on his knees, his face red and his eyes bloody. His end had arrived, and as he slumped onto the ground, his body lifeless, the Kamyuja female turned her attention to the women in the cage, who had watched the scene unfold in silence, unsure of who the woman was, but so glad that she had saved them. The cage was broken, and Naomi swiftly dissapeared from the area, her work here complete, even if the technique was not quite prepared yet.

Her eyes closed as she took in a deep breath. Where was Vincent, he needed to die so she could get the fuck out of here and get to her next pay, which, unfortunately for her, was all the way in snow country, gah, why did this bastard give her so much trouble? Oh well, she would find him and kill the hell out of him and leave. Oh, and pick up Athene wherever the heck she had vanished to, as her scent was still around, but well, screw it, the other girl could find her, since she was riding a two storey dog, it was not likely that hard to spot her.

[goliath764]

+10

[athene]

Katon no Jutsu (Fire Release Skill)
Rank: "C"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: ---
Special: ---
Drawback: ---
Description: With this skill, or release, the user is now capable of using, and performing techniques that deal with the element of Fire. This means that any NinJutsu or specialized TaiJutsu that deals the Fire Release will need this in order to be performed correctly.
Limit: ---
Heat Mastery, when a user reaches to a point where they gain the full potential and understanding of fire and Heat the user is capable of many things. A technique such as this is a mastery of all Fire Techniques to where they do not have to worry about Minor Burns.

<sub>{0/20}

{Enter}

Good, it seemed she lost those few males from near the river appeared to be long gone. Running through the forest naked wasn't something she was too comfortable doing. But, her clothes were too wet to really wear, so she had to take the risk of scurrying about in the nude. By now though, her clothes were dry, so she could once again wear them. She didn't have a clue as to where she was though, but at least it was far away from the Wind country.

Karina had escaped the thick part of the forest, coming more towards an area inhabited by people. At this time though, there was no need to play around with their vision or hearing, as no one probably recognized her around her. She was amazed she was still alive after this whole time of being missing; she was sure someone would've killed her by now. It was a good thing Naomi was around, and didn't know she left her country; she had to give her partner some credit for her being alive now.

Well, she couldn't keep running forever, she needed to train too. However, she wanted to master something totally new. She felt restricted to just be harnessing lightning and wind. It was about time to start controlling another element. It wouldn't be easy though, starting with nothing.

She decided to start training in the Fire release, but before she could start hurling fireballs, she needed to understand the basics first. She would need to control her chakra so that she could contain the fire, and not burn herself with it. Just like lightning, it was a dangerous thing, and even when Karina was beginning to learn the Raiton release, she often shocked herself until she could control it better.

Within the crowd of people was Naomi and her dog. Well, that was pretty convenient! She didn't expect to see her companion here. of all places. Although, would Naomi want to see her? She was supposed to be getting those lions, but she couldn't stand being alone in the Wind country. With a bit of a smile, Karina made her way towards Naomi.

"Fancy meeting you again."

She spoke, with a nod. Now that she thought about it, maybe Naomi knew how to control fire. It would be helpful if she could learn from someone, otherwise she might burn herself. Well, it was worth to ask.

"Might be a strange question, but... Can you control fire?"

Karina questioned, a bit sheepishly. So, they just met up again and she asks about the Fire release. Hopefully Naomi wouldn't mind showing her. After all, from what Karina knew, the female was talented in many aspects. She already let her learn the Kage Bunshin, so learning the Fire release wouldn't be asking for much, right?</sub>

[roko]

+10~

[Beautiful Rogue]

[70/110]

Naomi did not react to the question straight away, nor did she react to the girl at all really, since she had already known the presence was there. However, she was a tad surprised at the females want to learn Katon release. It was a specialty of hers, not that she had mastered it or anything, but she was capable with the techniques and she was certain that she could master it pretty easily if she tried. Although it was unusual for the girl to want to know anything more of her techniques other than the Kage Bunshin which she had already learned. Fire release though, that was different, that was on no scrolls to read, it was more of a personal thing, but since she had asked, Naomi did not suppose there would be too much difficulty in explaining it to her.

"Fire...Is like water...To control it...You need to understand its...Nature...As a raw element...It can be manipulated..."

Not as fluent in words as she was in actions, she held out her hand, spinning the chakra into a small, ball, which, unbeknownst to the girl, would be her own training coming to fruition, part of the assassination tactic, which would be the small ball, which she spawned in the palm of her hand, clinching the ball tightly, leaving very little room for mistakes here, but considering she had been creating them for a while now, it was not too much trouble, what was trouble, was fighting the urge to send the small ball of chakra down the throat of the white-haired kunoichi, not out of malice or anything, but because of the influence of the technique, as it was, after all, a technique made to kill.

The small ball of chakra held in her palm floated there for a slight moment, then, as her katon chakra coursed though the small ball of chakra, it became a tiny flame, burning in the midst of her palm. It floated over top, not touching the skin, just a small fire in the air, burning magically. The representation was simple, as long as there was chakra there, and air to be burned and be used as a medium for the flame, the fire would burn, and the user would not need to use wood or anything like that. All chakra induced fire needed was the ability to burn oxygen, and a supply of chara that could be ignited, using the chakra as an ignition as well as a source, as she had done in the palm of her hand, using an incredible amount of chakra though, as it had been the beginning of her S-ranked technique.

The small fire burned brightly, an extortionate amount of chakra in her palm to burn, however, instead of watching it burn, as it would have for a long time, since she had so much chakra in it. The ball floated into the air, where it began to expand, releasing the huge amount of chakra into something more stable that would not explode as it burned out. The ball reached quite the magnificent size as it became easier to control, burning at about three meters in diameter, a massive ball of flame that licked the heavens above, huge gouts of flames leaping from it. Naomi clenched her hand, drawing all the chakra inwards into the tiny ball again, and she launched the ball of flame at a tree, which, on contact, exploded, taking the entire tree out, included the roots, all that was left was a massive flaming crater.

"That....Was a little...More intense than I'd...Imagined..."

[▐Shibu]

+10 -- 80 | 110

[athene]

<sub>{10/20}

Karina watched with interest as Naomi began to manipulate her chakra into the condense ball. When a flame began to envelop the ball, the female's eyes widened. So really, to control fire meant she would have to understand its nature and work her chakra. It didn't seem all that difficult. As Naomi made the ball of chakra expand to a much larger sphere, she was able to shrink it down, and cause the tree to explode when the chakra was thrown and exploded against it. It was obvious her companion had great control with her chakra and fire, so she was glad she asked for her help.

Now, it was her turn to give this a try. Karina held a palm out, focusing chakra in the centre of it. She thought over the basics of fire in her mind as a small sphere of chakra began to swirl in her hand. Fire essentially needed oxygen to thrive, otherwise, it would smolder and burn out quickly. It appeared that by controlling chakra, one didn't need wood, paper, or any medium to let the fire burn.

A small flame was brought to live, hungry for air. It licked at the oxygen, burning a brilliant orange. Karina's eyes lit up at the sight of the flame in her hand, as it was genuine; she could feel the heat radiate off it. Although, getting too excited, the flame suddenly exploded, burning Karina's palm a bit. She cringed as she retreated her hand, swatting it around a bit until the burning sensation died down. Well, one thing was certain, she shouldn't play with fire...

That wasn't bad for her first attempt, but she needed to control it a bit better. She couldn't afford to burn herself while using more intense techniques, as that would leave more painful consequences. She held out her hand again, letting some chakra swell up in her palm. A small flame came to live again, but Karina kept her focus solely on it. She watched it burn a bit, then tried to increase its size a bit. It expanded slightly without a fuss, not burning her hand as it effortlessly floated above it.

With a sigh of satisfaction, she killed the flame with her own control, not letting it get out of hand and burn her again. Perhaps now she could expand her knowledge of Katon techniques, however, that would have to wait. She was uncertain as to what plans Naomi had, and maybe now wasn't the time to train. She would ask the female what they were going to do now, but those questions didn't seem to get answered. So, she would await the words of Naomi to find out what was happening next. And, if she could train, that would be a bonus.

"Thanks for teaching me that... It's much appreciated."</sub>

[Matsu]

+10

[Beautiful Rogue]

Naomi smelled the air again, she could smell the death before her, she knew he was about somewhere, all she needed to do was find him and rend his flesh from his bones. Alas, she did not know his scent, she was just going on the anticipation she could feel in the air, it was tense, she just knew she was going to obliterate the bastard, she had waited this long, and now it was time for her to get him and move on, she was expecting her payment. Now that the other girl had done her little flame in her palm, she figured they were ready to move on and search for the the man, Vincent Allegero. She had practiced enough for a while, and now it was time for her to concentrate on her mission, and now that Karina was here, it would be a little easier, or perhaps, the man had alluded her thus far, she was unsure how much help the other girl would be.

Oh well, motioning her hand, she signalled for the girl to move along with her, walking through the area, looking out for people. Sure, the girl did not know who they were looking for, but it did not matter, Naomi was certain of her own skills.

[athene]

Karina began to follow Naomi, but a feeling of uncertainty began to consume her. Although the female had saved her many times, and taught her some handy techniques, the Ryuugan felt that perhaps following the other female around wasn't such a good idea. It also seemed she was just a shadow, constantly following behind Naomi. Her companion was nice, but maybe now was the time to strike...

She had contemplated doing this for some of the time she spent with Naomi, although she never let it surface while she trained. Naomi possessed great strength, and she could kill Karina in an instant. Although, the female felt safe around her, so if she followed through with her plans, she would no longer have someone to protect her. Karina felt she had gained much strength though, so being alone wouldn't be the worst.

Naomi's back was turned to her now, giving her ample opportunities to strike. That's it, she was going to kill Naomi. It seemed completely out of her nature, but Karina feared that her companion would turn around and kill her first. Her family wouldn't have been proud if they were alive, but, it needed to be done. She felt like a hindrance to Naomi and that eventually she would be murdered anyways, as her partner appeared to be ruthless at times.

Karina only had one chance to strike, and if it failed, she could guarantee that Naomi would turn around and end her life without hesitation. She could always just run away and let Naomi be, but her partner could also her down and kill her just for abandoning her. Karina was even worried that if she left Naomi alive, she would eventually find out she was a missing ninja, and that would give her yet another excuse to kill her.

"..."

It was hard for Karina to muster the courage to attempt this murder, as she had grown a bit attached to Naomi. But no, it had to be done, for her own safety. What she would do after this, she didn't know. She would run until her legs couldn't carry her no more, and probably meet her demise along the way. There were many reasons for herself to be dead, and killing Naomi would add to the list.

The sun was high in the sky, casting shadows everywhere. Her hands began to form a few hand seals, and she finished by holding the Rat hand seal. Her shadow was behind her, but now it began to creep beside her, under her control. Naomi's shadow was behind her as well, so it would be easy to connect the shadows and make Naomi follow her movements. Karina carefully moved her shadow towards Naomi's, hoping they would lock before the female could figure out what she was doing.

As her shadow had nearly reached Naomi's, she began to take in a deep breath, molding chakra within her. Her head was tilted so she was looking straight at the back of Naomi's head. Karina released all the air in her lungs through her mouth as soon as she saw the shadows meet. The surging wind drill glided towards Naomi rapidly, aimed for her head. If this didn't work, then Karina was as good as dead herself.

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Kagemane no Jutsu, ‰e^Ž—‚̏p (Shadow Imitation Technique)
Rank: "C" x5, "B", "A" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: The signature move of the Nara family, this jutsu allows the user to control their own shadow and merge it with their opponent's shadow, combining them. This links the movements of the user with the target; the target is subsequently forced to make any movement the user makes. It is an extremely versatile technique, as the user can contract and change the shape of their shadow, potentially grabbing multiple targets at once. The degree to which the user's shadow can be stretched is limited by its total surface area.
Special: "Hanseals"
Drawback: Must Be Learned Multiple times in order to truly achieve something grand. Must hold Rat hand seal until the technique connects with the targets shadow.
Description: Using the shadows of other objects, the user can extend their shadow beyond its normal range. The amount of time for which an opponent can be held is limited by the user's chakra, since the user must constantly maintain the jutsu. The jutsu is also more difficult to maintain at greater ranges or for multiple opponents, since the user's shadow must be stretched constantly. At closer ranges, it requires considerably less effort on the user's part. Additionally, the target can force their way free with enough effort, though the amount of effort required to do so is considerable. There are two tables or understandings for this technique that consists of the Difficulty class of the User as well as the Opponent, and as to how far the user is capable of using this technique. When first learned the user is only capable of using this technique at a distance of Ten meters. Each higher Rank archived, the user is capable of extending the shadow another five meters. The user must first however, learn each rank a certain amount of times before then next rank is obtainable. The C rank version must be learned five times total. At which point the ditance is upgraded to "B" Rank training and now extends ten meters each time trained. This version must be learned 3 times total. The "A" Rank version, extends the range to Seventy meters, and every additional "A" Rank training extends it another ten meters. This technique caps out at 100 meters. The user is capable of making their shadow split and by doing so takes up the distance of the total form of the original technique. This means that if a user has this technique to where they can use thirty meters and wishes to make this technique split to three shadows the maximum distance is ten meters per shadow.

Difficulty on Escaping: Escaping the Kagemane is a tricky art for some, easier for others. Depending on your Stamina and Difficulty class depends on how well the opponent can escape the Kagemane. The Kagemane is held for a Certain time frame depending on Rank of the technique learned. "C" Rank can be held for 18 seconds before it breaks no matter what. "B" Rank 36 seconds, "A" Rank 54 Seconds. For every difficulty class the user is above the opponent, add another five seconds. If the opponent for every difficulty class above th user, subtract five seconds. If the Opponent captured is a Taimaster, subtract 15 seconds additionally. If the opponent is a Tai specialist, subtract 5 additional seconds. If the opponent is a Taijutsu No specialist, leave it as is. After doing the math, the amount of turns held will be apparent.
Limit: Nara Clan Technique

Kaze Kiri no Jutsu (Wind Drill Technique)
Rank: "B"
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: User is capable of breathing inwards and exerting outwards a large like arrow to pierce into the opponent's body as it drills inwards increasing the damage.
Special: User takes in a deep breathe filling their lungs with air.
Drawback: ---
Description: The user molds chakra and breathes in. He or she then blows out and an arrow made of wind is shot from the user’s mouth as the arrow is shaped into a drill. This arrow may be blocked as it is just a large consumption of wind, however it can not be deflected away. This means that the object must be large in size enough to defend from one against the wind, however due to the fact that it is a drill it is capable of drilling through hard rock, and wood in order to hit into the opponent, or make a hole in order to allow the user to attack with another technique. The size of the arrow is the size of the opponent's mouth with the length of three feet as it can travel up to the distance of twenty meters. This technique is used for short range to steer an opponent away from the user. Once this technique hits the ground it quickly dispels.
Limit: Must have the Wind Release, Must know Kaze Ya no Jutsu (Wind Arrow Technique)