Mission! Team Work Exercise - Heavenly Training!

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Aiyoku's cheer could go only so far. She was frustrated. She had been everywhere in search of genins to join her in a mission, and what was there to show for it? Nothing. The Master-level Kaishin had even gone so far as to put up notices in some of the village's shinbi 'hotspots' like the local ramen stand. And now she paced before the fountain in the village square.

The square was notably empty, as the hour was late. This, naturally, meant also a deficit in possible comrades. Unsheathing her songsword, Kiba no Shouta, from the only scabbard that possessed a blade. She lifted the mouthpeice that was its pommel to her lips, and she began to play. Always the same that tune, a haunting melody with visions of the past.

Her song completed, Aiyoku felt better. Grinning, she resheathed her blade and resumed observing. After a minute, she once more was...bored. In a motion so fluid as to humble a gymnast, she inveerted her position to one standing upon her palms, gravity dragging the hem of her robe towards her chest, immodestly revealing her lacking attire. Effectively blinded, she used her arms to lower her head to the cobbled stone, and then to her original position. This she repeated several times, untill her arms began to burn with the effort, and with impossible grace she righted herself once more.

She would wait patiently.

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Lulu walked down the misty streets, the hour late and the air chilled. In hand she carried an interesting flier--an unprofessional one, but interesting at that. "Genin needed for a mission! Meet at the square fountain!" it read. Ever since her graduation at the academy, Lulu has been rather inactive when it came to Shinobi activities. She figured she would take up this chance to make a small contribution to the village before returning home.

She was one hundred feet away from the fountain upon hearing the whistling of a flute. It was a slow-going melody, low and soft. "It's...so sad..." she muttered. Looking ahead toward the fountain, she spotted the musician: a beautiful girl, from what she could tell, with blue hair and pale skin. Perhaps she needed a closer view, however, due to the mist... One thing she was sure of, though, was the lack of a Mist headband. Is this the person? she wondered.

"Excuse me," she pardoned, approaching the girl after she performed a few handstands of sorts. "I was wondering...are you the one who made the fliers?" she asked, holding the flier up to the girl with a polite smile.

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Excuse me, I was wondering...are you the one who made the fliers?"

Aiyouku turned to the source of the sound, and 'lo! Around the red-maned kunoichi's neck was a mist headband. The Kaishin didn't often wear hers; she knew many of her...extracurricular activities...weren't ideal behavior to bring honor and glory to the Bloody Mist's name, and so chose to don it only when the pride of her home demanded it.

"Oh! A person! Sweet! Awesome! Yes!" She cheered. Only one more to go! Flipping once more to her arms, she spun a pirouette on one finger before landing face-to face with with her guest. With her sword arm behind her back, she rummaged through the pouch there until her fingers grased what they saught. Her off-hand extended in greeting, she held up her forehead protector to identify her as a kunoichi herself.

"Aiyoku Kaishin, good to meet you. Yep, that's mine alright. We need one more though. Greatest mission ever. Soon as a third shows up I'll spill the details when we go get it, but the basics are we train. Yes, the same old same old - but we get PAID for it!"

She glanced around, hoping she haden't clued in anyone who might stear her bounty away from her, and checked to be sure she haden't completely bewildered her new aquaitence. And she was indeed new, Aiyoku had no recollection of this girl from her - extensive - time in the academy, and she liked to think she knew everyone. Correction, all of the boys. Or well, most of them anyway. So where had this kunoichi cropped up from? Aiyoku examined her as discreetly as she could, which was admittedly not very. But nor was it obvious!

She dressed mainly in black, warmer clothes than Aiyoku. Then again, the Kaishin girl wasn't much bothered by the cold - who would have guessed? She seemed to share a similar taste for hair ornaments, a golden bird of fire holding her scarlet bun in place. Fire...come to think of it, this girl was hot! Literally! Aiyoku could feel the aura of heat the newcomer radiated and was suddenly less comfortable. Cold may not have bothered her, and nor did heat overmuch, but rapid temperature change in either direction left her very disturbed for a moment, and the clashing radiations of heat and cold did indeed cause the temperature around the two to fluctuate vastly.

Her infectious grin slightly strained now, she asked the question. Or questions, depending on ones oppinion.

"So who are you, and are you in?"

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"Oh! A person! Sweet! Awesome! Yes!" What a spunky attitude. Lulu giggled at the stranger's cheery energy, watching as she shifted through one of her pouches. She pulled out that absent headband.

"Aiyoku Kaishin, good to meet you. Yep, that's mine alright. We need one more though. Greatest mission ever. Soon as a third shows up I'll spill the details when we go get it, but the basics are we train. Yes, the same old same old - but we get PAID for it!" Huh? Paid...to train? She thought about the...slightly embarrassing aspect of that. Did this village have to bribe its Shinobi to train more? Well, come to think of it, Lulu hasn't been training at all since her graduation, either... She took a glance at her watch. It's doable...

"So who are you, and are you in?" Aiyoku asked. Lulu widened her smile.

"My name's Lulu! And, yeah, I think I'm definitely up for it! Pleased to meet you!" She hoped she didn't sound too friendly. "What's our training on, anyway?"

[haiku]

[/i]...eh?[/b]"
with a scratch of the forehead.[/right]Totally unaware to the fact that my position was merely a few meters from the meeting location, I strained my eyes to look at the writing upon the flier. Who could have written such atrocious writing? Well, I was in the location, but a team? I was more of the solo type who didn't need anyone's help to cause trouble; of course, we'd be causing trouble, no? Regardless, I was curious as to whom this letter referred to. Actually, the fountain was quite visible from my position, but the mist made those near it no more than a shadow.

I approached the location, and soon my eyes were met with two ghost figures. I paused for a moment, attempting to listen in on their conversation. One was rather loud, or, enthusiastic about whatever she was discussing with the other figure; at this time, I was unaware as to what sex the other was. I never introduced myself in the formal way, unless approached by another first, so there was no surprise I'd follow through with the following; such a troublemaker. Digits dancing along each other to form the Zodiac.

"Fukuwajutsu"
seals successfully created.
"Are you sure you'll last?"
words bouncing off the fountain.

My position remained hidden by the curtain of mist camouflauging my visage from their eyes, for I did not remain in the same position I was previously in. No, Shunshin no Jutsu granted me the most hasty means of disappearing from my position, into the nearby trees. No longer masked, or visually impaired, by the mist, I could see them both perfectly. Two women? This would prove more interesting than I thought. A devious, yet, familiar grin would grow upon my face; what was I thinking at this moment?

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Fukuwajutsu (Ventriloquism)
Rank: "D" Rank
Skill: NinJutsu
Effect: A technique where the user throws their voice off in a different direction so then opponents or those who wish to hear coming from the user wont be capable of hearing.
Special: "Hand signs" and "Hold with Ram"
Drawback: Can not throw more then six words at a time. Maximum distance of this technique is fifty meters in radius.
Description: The user concentrates on the chakra within, and along the mouth. As they do this the user transmits a few words and uses their sound release to where the sound does not come forth. As the user does this the words are "thrown" out. This allows them throw their voice or move any sounds they can make with their mouth to any location without the sound fading. If by chance the user is capable of noticing or knowing the exact location of an ear, the user is capable of whispering the message into their ear.
Limit: Sound Release

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"Are you sure you'll last?"

Rude. here was no way Aiyoku could locate the source of the sound with it bouncing from place to place, and the surrounding mist was getting irksome.

"Well, of course! What do you take me for, an Onigami?" She yelled boistrously to nowhere in particular. "Now if you're a genin and interested, you can show yourself." She continued in a self-directed whisper "Or...I can force you into the open. Hope you don't value your hearing much."

To the hot kunoichi, that sounds like so much more than it is she mentally chuckled, she gave a directive to stand as close as possible. "The nearer to the source you are, the less effective this will be."

It wasn't a technique per se, but it was certainly a devious little trick. She unsheathed Kiba no Shouta and brought the pommel gently to her lips. A deep breath, very deep. And then her "attack" was launched.

A piercing shrill blasted from the fluted hilt, emanating from the two kunoichi and growing fiercer as it travelled before dissipating at the squares edge. Anyone in that range outside of a foot's radius would have their ears ringing harshly, at the very least. A twirl, and the songsword was returned to its scabbard.

[haiku]

[/i], that was threatening.[/b]"
sarcasm at its fullest.
"...might not be the only thing you're good at."
grinning.[/right]I always made statements that left people saying 'what is he talking about anyways?'. Never unclear, but never too subtle either, my words came off as riddles at times; though nothing far out had been said yet. I looked at both of them, my eyes looking them up and down, but my head still. I held out my flier, the hood over my head, shades covering my eyes to keep from revealing a trump card; poker pun, if you were unaware. Like a crane of some sort, my arm swung towards the girl on my left, initiator of this meeting.

"Need a third on your team, no?"
my devious grin in effect.

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Her ears...hurt. "Oww," she quietly moaned after the screeching flute finally halted. But then she looked up to see the newcomer, a cute guy with quite a few piercings and tattoos patterned on him, and her slight pain suddenly vanished. "Oh, erm... Hi!" She was already blushing.

"Need a third on your team, no?" he said. Lulu was getting more and more excited about this mission. She nodded, cheerful, looking toward Aiyoku. She tried to transfer the begging message through her eyes--screaming "Say yes! Say yes!" What an interesting mission this would be, if she could be with these two remarkable people.

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"Oww." Was the first sound Aiyoku heard as the keening wail faded.

"Sorry," she apologised as the boy she intended to knock senseless strode as casually as one could after suffering such a blast to the kunoichis' sides. She didn't recognize him either. What a night this was turning out to be. Entertaining strangers, at the least. She examined him as he spoke.

"Well, that was threatening."

He was...cute she supposed. Too many piercings for her taste in a steady relationship, but when had she ever wanted more than a one-or-two-night stand? The leather jacket was a nice touch anyway.

"...might not be the only thing you're good at." If only he knew, she mused with a slight shudder. There was somrthing about his voice that made her want to prove it. In multiple ways, several times over. And then his arm impacted lightly across her back, and she could swear his aim was lower than it should be. She practically purred, he was so forward, yet hidden under a veil of pleasanty. It was difficult to muster the will not to wriggle a bit. She was feeling 'mischeivous' already.

"Need a third on your team, no?"

"Need a third for our team, yes!" She answered, her fingers dancing along his arm as she drew away for a more introductorily appropriate handshake. "Aiyoku Kaishin. A pleasure. This is Lulu. Didn't give a surname, and I've not seen her around. Come to think, I haven't seen you either. Who are you?"

[haiku]

[/b]"
as if she should know.
"Some call me Mujina, however, my name is Fuji."[/right]My attention had been grasped, for I sensed the slightest attraction from both female counterparts. I played it off as if I knew no better, my facial expression the same, but less obvious. I crossed both arms, my right foot slightly tapping as I looked at both girls. I sort of awaited the other girl's words, since I had failed to capture anything from her, even before I approached the two. No matter, I was fine with bursting that bubble; and quicker than expected.

"I doubt you've seen me around anyways, but you..."
leaning in close to the red-head.
"I've seen you before, no?"

I didn't say it in the nicest tone, yet, I didn't say it as if I was angry either; more curious if anything. I looked at her a bit more, my head tilting to the side for a brief moment before allowing her her space once more; I smiled. I looked back to the other girl, and then uncrossed both arms. Balling up the paper and tossing it into the fountain, almost as if I didn't care about littering in my own village, I quickly pulled both girls in by the shoulders. I held them close to me now.

"No matter, I'll remember sooner or later."
holding them in my embrace still.
"Ladies...whats our mission?"

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So Fuji is his name... she smiled, being yanked into his arms. "I've seen you before, no?" Fuji asked her. Lulu didn't think she's ever seen him, but she wondered if he was checking her out at times...? Probably not, she sighed, too embarrassed to answer.

"No matter, I'll remember sooner or later... Ladies...whats our mission?" That's right, even Lulu didn't know what they were doing. She turned to Aiyoku with Fuji, awaiting the details on this rather arbitrary mission...

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He drew her close. Well, them close, but regardless.


"...Ladies...whats our mission?"

"Well," Aiyoku began, "Bare bones of it is we train, just as always. Except we get paid." She gave a moment to let the fact register in whatever implication the two other genin would choose.

"First glance, I don't think it's as much a bribe to train as something else. Or I'd be doing it myself. Buuuut that's not allowed. It forces us to be three or more, all genin. I'm thinking they wanna see what we've got, and how we do in a group. I mean, we are the nation's future rulers. Anyhow I just thought it looked like a good gig. A thousand ryo each for the equivalent training of a fresh-off-the-academy genin learning a new C-level move. Not bad eh?"

She backed away once more, a subtle taunt she doubted her female companion would catch, innocent as she seemed, in the sway of her hips.

"So...you in?"

[haiku]

[/b] prove to me, especially when I was already in the process of learning my very first S rank. Maybe they underestimated me, for I was far from a Genin fresh out of the Academy; that was obvious by looking at me, no?

"Ugh well umm...miss."
putting my hand out to her out of respect.
"I'm already learning a new S-ranked Genjutsu."

I assumed this would have some sort of impact on the two, due to the fact I was far from these childhood missions. I meant no disrespect to either of them by presenting to them the truth, however, I had no intentions of learning a C rank when I was in the process of something much greater. I still held onto the other girl who hadn't yet said anything. The problem right now was that I failed to catch either of their names. As apposed to just asking, I'd wait a bit, for I was curious as to what they had to say about this mission.[/ul][/blockquote][/blockquote][/size]

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Aiyoku stared at the newcomer, Fuji, as though he were stupid. Which he did seem. Why are the good-looking ones always so empty-headed?

"Your point is? Just do that. You might not finish, but it's enough to satisfy the mission. Hell I could try for an A-rank if I felt like it, and I might, but that's hardly the point now is it? The point is we're gonna strut our stuff for the people in charge, and they're gonna give us money. Who cares what kind of fancy move anyone might pick up, the idea is that we do it."

It might not be an obvious facet of her persona, but the Master-level Kaishin had low tolerance for posturing, which she considered one of the higher forms of stupididty.

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"Umm..." she noised timidly. She's never been held so close to a guy like this--well, besides her brother. Still, she thought she might actually like this goofy, weird, unmannerly stranger. How odd, too; usually she wants nothing to do with guys like him, the obvious heart-breaker type. There was something about this guy, however, that kept her hold.

"Umm...it sounds like a great idea!" she finished, realizing both were staring at her as she dozed off. She looked up to Fuji, a little too close to her face. "Aiyoku's right, you should do this with us!" Was she too obvious? "Come on, it'll be fun!" she added.

[haiku]

[/b]"
nodding with a smile.
"Fine, I will help you with this mission."[/right]I pushed off the girl in my arms, and skipped towards the fountain. With the grace and skill of a ninja, I leapt up onto the fountain's edge, turning around with my hands spread out; I guess I'm just a big kid. I looked towards the girl playing leader, and thought of her possible potential. She obviously seemed feisty, and I liked that in a woman. However, I liked a woman that seemed slightly shy; so my eyes seemed to split between the two. Well, I figured they would find no interest in my thoughts on that subject, so...

"When do we get started—"
struck with enthusiasm.
"how about we get started right now?!"

I took the hood off of my head, to reveal my rather outrageous hairstyle in the making. I kept the shades on, simply because I liked the way they looked. My hands pressed against the sides of my head, each digit coming through my loose black hair. I wondered though, would it be wise for me to test such a Genjutsu on one of these girls? Surely the effects could be worse if I were to make the wrong beat pattern. I didn't show it, but I was worried about that little issue in the matter; though it shouldn't be one.[/ul][/blockquote][/blockquote][/size]

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Aiyoku raised an eye at Fuji's antics. More so at his hair. Her replay came slow at first, as she thought how rediculous it sounded, but she picked up speed as logic for once took hold. "Well see, I can't actually get the thing unless theres three of us, which now there are. I'm assuming I'll need some kind of proof. I can go grab it now if you like, and we'll do it either then or whenever. It is a bit late, so I'll leave it to you two."

With that she darted off toward the Mizukage's tower, calling a playful "Play nice!" over her shoulder. She had a feeling she'd see them either still here when she returned or sometime in the near future.

[exito]

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[re-entry, +1 mission slip]

"I got it!" Aiyoku called as she dashed back to her 'teammates', waving over her head the mission slip. She had moved as fast as she could, even calling upon a little help from her bloodline arts, and so not much had occured in her absence, but she was now rather short of breath. What would the others decide to do with this? She could only wonder. Perhaps an immediate start. Perhaps not.

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Things were a bit awkward while Aiyoku was away. Lulu kept her stare at the ground, glancing up, meeting eyes with Fuji every few seconds before blushing and turning away. She wondered what kind of impression she was leaving on him--probably not something attractive. She tapped her foot nervously as she awaited Aiyoku's return, anxious to get out of that awkward moment.

"So..." she started, trying to break the weirdness. "You--"

"I got it!" Aiyoku interrupted, holding a missions scroll. Lulu sighed, relieved.

"Oh, good!" she smiled, hopping and clapping once. "I'm all set. What should we train?"

[haiku]

[/b]"
taking shades off
"That will be good training myself."[/right]Unbeknownced to them, this training would play as a front, as I practiced the true technique I had been wanting to study. I would, however, practice with the girls while I did this technique, which was so obvious to most who see it coming; its nature being a Genjutsu. Slipping my hand into my jacket pocket, I retrieved a kunai, and began to dig between the cracks of my finger nails with it. I walked away from the fountain and turned around to face both girls. I was curious as to what type of techniques they would be training today.

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to be trained:

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Ketteiteki Sentou (Final Fight)
Rank: “S” Rank
Skill: Gen (Shadow Perception)
Effect: Trapping the target within this illusion will make them believe they are fighting against the worst enemy they have ever faced. The more the target fights the more stress they put on their body, which will lead the opponent to have a heart-attack. The physical damage that is dealt while fighting against this phantom will began to manifest since the brain believes the pain is actually real.
Special: This GenJutsu can be controlled by either the person who created it, the Gm or the person they are most afraid of. That means if a person who is under the influence of this technique is afraid of an actually pc that person may come in and fight for the user as the phantom. Of course they would have to perform the actions of the users will and not cheat. Also if the user wishes they may ask a GM to role play the phantom for them. Of course these requests are optional and may be turn down. Must know Beat-boxing Basics in order to use this technique.
Drawback: None
Description: By performing a series of synchronize beats, the target trapped within this technique becomes unaware of their surroundings and eventually blacks out. When finally coming too, they will notice they are all alone in a fog of mist. Upon investigating what is going on, something emerges from the mist in the former of their worst nightmare. This may vary from person to person since they may be afraid of certain things. But one thing is clear; the person who emerges from the mist is an opponent they have faced before. It will appear to them as the person they fear, hate or remorse about since they have defeated them before in combat or simply because they are afraid of that person. When the opponent engages in combat with the phantom they will begin to notice they are unable to touch their enemy. This will cause great stress on the person as their heart rate accelerates. In the even they person caught in this jutsu experiences physical damage from the phantom, they will believe it to be true, causing physical damage to the person. If the person who is ensnared by this technique is unable to break free within the next five rounds will die from a heart attack.
Limit: Must be a Hyoushi member, and know Beat-boxing Basics in order to use this technique

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