Magnificent.. [OPEN]

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Several ponds scatter around one immense lake. All of the surfaces of the water glimmer in the Summer's hot sun rays. Only a few trees can be spotted but they are an average distance away. The rest looks like a regular plain, the plant life flourishing and the accustomed animals wander around. Not anything seems to be out of sight. The steady acorns dropping down to knock a few squirrels over the head. An obviously developed habitat, one's look through the crystal blue water would reveal a whole other community of underwater creatures, thriving themselves.

A boy awakes from the barely illuminated tree trunk. Not outfitted for the wilderness, this boy, looking no more than thirteen or fourteen sports an unfitting, formal suit. He realized he's just slept in the wilderness, a foolish mistake. He rummages through his backpack and pouch momentarily, checking to see if any contents were somehow missing. He grits his teeth, patting over his pockets a few times before letting out a sigh of relief and a childish giggle. He leans his head over, staring at his feet as he walks towards the lake. A step before the lake, he raises up both hands to his torso, forming a hand sign. He shuts both eyes briefly and a blue aura begins to surround the bottom of his shoes. He shutters his eyes back open and peeks down, smirking at the success of the technique. The boy continues to walk on the water, making his way to the very center of the enormous lake. He suddenly stops there, removing a senbon from his pouch. He raises it up in his hand, holding it with the tips of his index finger and thumb in a throwing position. Positioning it down towards the surface of the water, he eyes a group of fish, grunting.

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Why walk when one can simply dig there way around the Fire Country? You dont' end up dealing with pesky trackers and it's virtually risk free until you hit a rock, thought the young, clever shinobi that dug through the ground like a mole. It was model for him to do so; after all, he was a shinobi. Being sneaky and clever is what made shinobi, and Hachirou dug foward, putting most withdrawn thoughts away. However digging a path wasn't always easy underground. At some point, you had to go up, and at this point it just wasn't Hachirou's day for any lucky.

Looking around, Hachirou felt pretty safe about getting out of the ground. Until, of course, he realised he could see a boy staring into a lake. Of all the rotton chances to not be seen by someone, he thought, climbing out of the hole. Dusting himself off, he left his hood down.

Hachirou hoped he had been quiet enough when he came up from the down under. He was already a bit angry and his brain was flaming at the situation at hand. But he had to figure out how to deal with this situation. Worst of all, on top of that, the boy was standing on the water. If he was a shinobi, the most he could be was mainly a genin unless, his looks were decieving. At this point, one needs to take a chance and reveal themselves, he thought.

Taking a deep breath, his purple eyes steely moved to watch the target as his lips moved, "Greetings." Any reaction that could happen would mostly be unexpected, but Hachirou needed to be prepared for any reaction that could possibly come from a boy. Now, your reaction is vital to my next move, as a direct attack from you, I'll be forced to lock you into a genjutsu and be forced to study your movements to counter, he thought carefully.

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"Concentration.. at last.." The thought moving through Luwaru's mind right before he was rudely interrupted. Unaware of the figure behind him, he wiggles his ears in an attempt to hear what was going on. The figure probably stood still, talking to me for some reason, what the fuck does he want? Lue, trying to ignore the distraction shakes it off and sends in the senbon flying, tip first into the lake. A small plop can be heard, the senbon penetrating through the surface and into a fish. The weak-hearted struggle of the fish to get away can be heard. Luwaru sends his hand back even further. Turns out the senbon was tied to a small string that now lay in Lue's palm. He turns rather slowly, noticing the rather Genin-like attire the older boy has on.

Raising his other hand to his mouth, he coughs abruptly into it as he analyzes the other boy further, noticing the Genin-like attire. His eyes widen and he bites his lip as the scratch upon the forehead protector is seen "Uhhh, you're... you're a... missing one?" He quickly reaches behind his back to tuck his own headband back into his pocket. Also taking notice of the chakra that is being wasted standing on the water, he slowly moves to step off, stepping towards the boy.

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A senbon. Such a deadly weapon, I like it, but he's using it to fish., Hachirou thought. He kept his arms, limp and motionless at his side. Hachirou heard the senbon breach the water's surface, and the struggle that came with the fish being impaled by the weapon of choice. And it seems he was smart enough to tie a string to it, he contemplated on that factor. Surely, this boy must've had some talent, or else he wouldn't be found out here alone, he thought.

And then the other boy spoke. Of course, it was only after an abrupt cough that he did so. "Yes, I can be considered a missing nnja, not a deadly one however...", he trailed off, left his right hand and pointing at the boy. "You bear no forehead protector from any village, and yet you possess a weapon used by shinobi.", he said carefully, watching the boy with his eyes.

"Either way, what's a young boy like you doing out here?", he asked the boy, as the boy approched. "I could, persay, take any ryo you have off your hand if your a simple civilian, but if your a shinobi...", he said, feeling a calm breeze over him. "Maybe you should introduce yourself.", he stated firmly.

He stood for a few seconds, letting his hand drop. "I am Hachirou, native to the Rice Field Country, and I also lived in Amegakure before I left it.", he said. "You don't dress like a ninja, more like a fancy, rich person.", he said. "I really don't see that being you, am I right?", Hachirou asked the boy, left hand on his waist.

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Reaching down to his waist, he places the string through his empty belt loop. He then ties a knot around the belt loop with the string, keeping it in place. The fish seemed to have finally been killed, stopping it's resistance. Luwaru then raises both hands up in front of his chest. He forms his hands into the hand sign of dog, following up with boar and ending with the ram hand sign. As the chakra flows through his body, a small burst of smoke emits from him, covering him for a few brief seconds.

As the smoke clears out, a visible transformation technique has been executed by Luwaru, he takes the appearance of the older boy himself. He brushes his nose with smirk, then looks himself down. "Does this answer your question?" With a slight chuckle, he continues to move towards the boy. The minor blue glow of the chakra around his feet disappears as he steps onto land. Continuing on land, the fish is eventually dragged into it, already lifeless. Luwaru turns and crouches down to the fish with a groan. "Anyways.. I'm.. Lue." He says while tugging at the senbon impaled in the fish. It comes out with a few pulls, and Luwaru wipes it over the grass, removing the intestines and what-not that were caught on the senbon inside the fish.

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Hachirou watched without a spoken word. Lue reaching to his waist and placing the string through his belt's loop and tieing it into a knot round the belt, keeping the string in place. Interesting choice of tactics, he thought, looking to the fish. The sorry specimen's struggle had ended, and the resistance was clearly finished. Whether the fish would float to the surface or sink down depended on many things Hachirou didn't care about in this time.

The handseals of dog, followed by boar then ram, can only mean the transformation technique..., he thought as the smoke cleared to reveal some "mirror mania". "Yes, it does answer my question that your a ninja with at least the basic concept of ninjutsu, also, I'm flattered.", he said, commenting on Lue's choice of, disguise.

"That poor fish, I'm guessing you plan on cooking and eating it then Lue?", Hachirou stated, examining the fish being drug onto the land. He watched Lue, pull the senbon out after a few attempts at it. The thought of food wasn't something Hachirou needed, as he had recently ate.

That led Hachirou to think about what he ate. Sushi, traditional food. Raw seafood wrapped in seaweed. Not the best meal I've ever had but it was good enough, Hachirou contemplated. But it was enough to merely think about food.

He then focused back on Lue. "You know, imitation is a form of flattery so don't be transforming into me.", he let out of his lips, mouthing a word prior to moving a hand to his shoulder. He was rubbing his shoulder, before yawning. He let his hands fall back to his sides.

"So, what now?", Hachirou asked Lue.

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"Now..." Luwaru begins to chuckle more silently himself, his shoulders moving in rhythm. He grabs a hold of the fish, chucking it over his shoulder. It soars through the sky as Luwaru releases it. A good fifteen feet up was it's high point and it all went down from there, ending with a loud splash into the center of the lake. "Now we see if the family wants to eat a relative."

"Ahh, I crack myself up." He begins to relax his humoroous self by leaning back until his back hits the floor in which then he positions his arms behind his head as a cushion as he stares up at the sky. "So you think of me as a simple-minded ninja? Is that it?" Luwaru pulls out one of his arms under his head and strokes his jaw, "You must be just as simple-minded to think that."

"Say... have you ever heard of the Yuki clan?" He pulls himself up onto his ass, in a sitting position. "Not that I would expect someone as simple-minded as you to have heard of 'em." He quickly lifts himself up from the ground, turning to look at Hachirou with a wide grin.

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The shinobi watched as the spitting image of himself, grabbed onto the fish and sent it soaring over his shoulders and into the sky. "Interesting, I see we're testing gravity today.", he said, making a pun out of it as he heard the loud splash in the lake. You want to see if other fish will eat it, he asked himself. "Well, sure, in time if there was a lack of food fish would eat other fish, but right now I doubt that.", he said.

Pfft, if he finds himself funny then, I find him increasing, as dull as a butterknife, he thought as he looked at Lue. Watching as the spitting image once again did something, this surprised Hachirou. Oh god, there's going to be blood everywhere, he thought, only to see the boy slam up against the ground to get comfortable.

"Now now, let's see here.", he said, after Lue spoke. "In no way did I say I consider you as simple-minded as you look.", he stated firmly. "You'd be an idiot to underestimate someone, I'd rather persay, persausively manipulate you into working with me.", he said with a small chuckle. "But things like that can come later if your interested.", he ended.

"The Yuki clan...well, I can't say I have, I lived in the Rice Field Country most of my life, and I'm well used to being around farms, so I can't say I have heard of them, but Yuki, isn't the a Hidden Village in the Snow, or Yukigakure?", Hachirou asked with a sigh. "But then again, you brought it up, so why don't you explain them to me?", he asked. He was starting to get impaitent with the boy. "Your in good hands with me around, Im' not one to try and maim a fellow Nukenin on the first meeting.", he stated with a sickly smile.

"But then again, you came from a family didn't you?", he asked Lue. Family was taken away and I was left to fend for myself, to survive, but yet compassion for others remains, like, a need I can't fight, he thought. "I'd envy you if you did, as my family is long dead, and I have no surname to say if there are more relatives for me.", he state firmly.

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Rather annoyed by the other kid's attempt at making humor, he turns to a blank expression as he rises up, maintaining it as he faces him. He silently grunts, thinking to himself why is he even socializing with him. It's obvious that he doesn't realize my strength, he's at a weak point right now.... And what's this about manipulating me? "Let me actually show you what the Yuki clan specializes in." Luwaru says as he turns towards the lake again, his open blazer swaying in the light wind.

Casually stepping toward the lake, he stands at the very edge, dropping down to his knees. He slouches forward towards the water, extending his hands to it. He dives his hands underwater, withdrawing it after with a handful of water. He then cups his hands together in front of his chest, forming them into a tiger hand sign with the water still held between both of his palms. As he un-cups both hands and returns them to his side, a swarm of thin and icey birds emerging from the water dropped from his hands.

Luwaru remains still as the birds continue swarming above him, flying in a continuous circle. "He's not expecting an onslaught.. I know he isn't.." He mumbles silently to himself, the wind around him increasing in power from the excessive flight of the swallows. He leans forward again, picking up another handful of water, but this time he splashes it on his face with a sigh of relief. Keeping in mind he acknowledged all of Hachirou's questions but still has yet to answer them, he smiles. "Toying with people seems fun, he's probably already sick of me by now...," He thinks to himself.

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Hachirou watched as Lue stood up, with a blank image smeared all over his face. Hachirou hid the disgust he had with this boy, as patient as he tried to be it was rather annoying to watch yourself do pointless and idiotic things. Largely, this was because this boy really didn't seem to give a damn about the world around him. I wonder just what could be running through his mind and working it's way to that mouth, Hachirou thought. Ah, the moment Hachirou had waited for. He had assumed that, this boy either knew a great deal on the Yuki clan or, was a member of it. Either was his guess, but he had chosen that Lue was a member, and based on the fact he wanted to show Hachirou just what they could do, it explained it clearly.

Hachirou watched as the boy walked in no hurry, not too slow, but at just the right pace for Hachirou to yawn. Standing at the edge was the boy and he could only help but let out a sharp smile behind his back. Hachirou turned away to look up at the beaming sun, and looked back when he heard the water splashing. Lue had put his hands into the water and pulled out water. Real...interesting, the Yuki clan seemed a bit more interesting that merely using water, he thought, but that was the understatement of the hour as soon enough, small shadows appeared above Hachirou.

Ice based attacks that he can manipulate, the attacks would be very effective in most situations but I do use fire-based ninjutsu, he contemplated. It was only ideal that Hachirou keep an eye on both the ninjutsu used and the user, as any nukenin is viable to betray one another. Survival of the fittest, he thought. "Yes, very interesting...", he started with, trailed off as a hand met his hip for the third time. "Clearly the Yuki are skilled shinobi and kunoichi, but they are still far greater clans from what I've learned as a farmer.", Hachirou finished, taking a step back.

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"Ugh..." Luwaru slowly turns from side to side. The swallows above him begin to largely increase in speed, their flight almost being a blur to the human eye. Lue takes a look up, smiling slightly from the speed that is being created. He stares back down to the water, dipping his hand down through the surface. He tightens his fingers into a fist, a light blue shade of chakra is invisible to the two boys as it's underwater around his hand. Luwaru begins to breathe heavily and loudly, concentrating his chakra into his hand in a steady flow.

The chakra seems to mold the water around his hand into a handle, continuing to the blade. As Luwaru slowly lifts his hand out of the water, he begins to stand, in a bending over position as he tries to keep the sword out of sight until he's fully standing. He then pulls of the sword, a small amount of water splashing onto the dirt. The sword is visually in the form of a liquid but is physically solid, with great cutting power. Turning, he stands motionless as he stares at the older boy. Raising his sword up slowly, pointing the tip of it at him, he proceeds to sprint towards towards.

Kicking up the dirt behind him as his feet continuously pounds his feet against the floor while running, the swallows begin to follow behind at a fast pace. At a good distance apart from him, he curls his wrist, continuing his way towards him, swinging the sword towards him. The swallows follow behind, amounting at about 10, 5 attempt to strike their sharp wings against each side of Hachirou.

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It was all too kind for such an attitude. Even Hachirou was prepared to deal with any fight he may be forced into. Of course, today was just not a day for words, and Hachirou would soon realise that people aren't always looking to socialize with others.

I'm not stupid, at this point in time I know that he must use the ice element, he thought, staring at the boy. Hachirou was careful enough to pause and prepare. Hachirou could hear his breathing and knew that this wouldn't end well at all.

A sword formed of water, now he is serious, and this proves that he can utilise the water element, Hachirou thought as he moved his hands, holding a handseal. He had little time to prepare anything before the boy himself swung the sword through Hachirou's body. The swallows followed, cutting up what seemed to be petals.

Hachirou sighed as he sat behind a bush. That was close, if I hadn't of prepared that genjutsu, I'd be dead by now, he thought, snickering as he made more handseals. If he wants to fight dirty then, I'll play it his way, he thought, as several clones appeared. Life-like, Hachirou managed to dig his way underground afterwards.

Those clones are pure genjutsu, helpful I guess, but he can't physically harm them and vice-versa, he thought, meanwhile as the clones, at least 5, approched Lue from behind, aiming to use basic hand-to-hand combat. As that took place, Hachirou decided it was time to leave, and slowly, started to dig away

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"Darn it.." Luwaru turns his body towards the enemies approaching from behind. He just used two jutsu simultaneously, those pedals that made him disappear and the clones.. Luwaru thought while reinforcing himself, bringing the sword up in front of himself, placing both hands onto the handle.

The swallows, immediately after missing their target, changed direction to the clones appearing behind them, flipping upside down and making their flight back to the clones. Luwaru follows after them, slicing his sword through everything that comes in field of his vision.

Genjutsu boys... come out, come out..., he smirks, continuing his onslaught of the clones. Finishing through all five, he turns back only to see them double from the last time. His eyes widen, clenching the handle of his hand-formed sword tighter in his palms.

With a slight nudge of his head, the swallows instantly are en-route towards the clones again, their sharp, icy wings glistening in the sunlight. Luwaru steps back, leaning onto the trunk of a nearby tree, looking to the swallow's flight as he stares around for any nearby clones that would be nearing him. Fortunately, there was none, Luwaru managing to get a moment's rest.

The swallows dash quickly through the clones, they drop helplessly, not able to keep up with the speed of the constant attack of the birds. But, yet they rise up again from the ground, continuing to fight.

Luwaru talks out loud to himself, seeming worried, "Underestimated.. His genjutsu is going to be a problem. The never-ending clones it seems, that's the least of my worries. My birds can hold them off. Maybe he will run out of chakra by the time-.. no... I can't hope for things, I need to plan.. plan.."

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