Fun and Games(Closed)

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The morning was cool; winter was slowly pushing its way into the village and lives of those inhabiting the legendary Village Hidden in the Leaves. The wind was energized and playful this morning and its crisp touch would swirl and dance along the sparsely populated streets and around the legs of those out and about. The day seemed to be a lazy one on the surface, there was not that much activity to show. The truth of the matter was that a lot of the adults were literally getting their hands dirty on a dam about fifty miles away. The dam had threatened to bust and take out a vast farming area at the foot of it. The situation was dire and Kana had been more than willing to lend a hand. He had expected to be handed a shovel to fill sand bags, or an ax to cut down some trees to be used as a make shift dam. Instead, here he was staring into his oblivion.

Being a Genin, he had expected to do hard, dirty work. Sweat and soreness came with the territory and Kana was more than willing to pay the price of rank. In his mind, a billion back breaking labors would have been more enjoyable and manageable than what he currently faced. Indeed, it would have taken the power and wisdom of a Kage to deal with such odds. A thick lump formed in his throat threatening to choke him of air. To alleviate this problem, the bronzed Genin swallowed hard, the lump going down his throat slowly like a lump of heavy lead. Though the morning was cool and crisp, a small bead of sweat started to run down the side of his face from the bushy forest of salt and Pepper hair. Kana always prided himself in his studies and vast knowledge; however, at the moment his mind kept drawing blanks. The vast emptiness that was his mind at the moment only enhanced the terror already building up inside of him at the knowledge that this would not be something he could manage alone.

A second lump started to form in his throat but the swallow was cut short at the sound of the object of his dread as he was presented with yet another problem. “I need to go to the bathroom!” the high pitched squeal sent shivers down the young man’s spine as if his body had suddenly decided to remember the cool weather and its effect on the body. The little girl, armed with pig tails and a gapped toothed smile, looked up at Kana with pleading eyes. Blond hair, with freckles running horizontally on her checks, suggested a fair complexion and blue eyes. Dressed in a plaid dress and black shoes with white frilly socks, she was the epitome of cute. To the eyes of the poor medical Nin however, she was terror incarnate. Not because she presented any sort of danger or threat, but because the Genin knew no book or lesson could prepare one to take care of four year old.

He had not been assigned some hard or hazardous labor as he had expected when he volunteered to help with the dam issue. Instead, he and a few other Genin had been in charge of the kinder garden as all available Chunin were called to help. So here he was, staring at the cutes girl one could think of and all he could do was gawk. His throat continued to produce lumps almost as easily as he could swallow them. The danger increased when a tiny leg would cross over the other and the dreaded dance that announced the impending explosion was near. Kana’s eyes grew as big as humanly possible and his head snapped from left to right trying to find help and escape from this impossible situation.

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When the clansman wearing a couriers sash had come jumping over the compounds fence that morning, Toshiro had not been particularly worried. In a clan with members and interests across all the nations, a certain level of crisis at all times was normal - for problems to get serious enough for their allies and associates to call on the clan for help they had to believe the situation was a major crisis even if truly was not. He had simply gone back to putting the finishing touches on yet another batch of kunai before wrapping them in the oil-soaked rice paper that would keep them rust-free and razor shape even after months in storage, knowing that if the matter involved him he would be summoned in due time.

It hadn't been until an indeterminate time later when someone had sounded the small bell near the training yard in the "Urgent! Gather at the Training Yard Now!" sequence that he considered it might be something more serious that normal. Conditioned to respond to that bell for thirteen years, Toshiro's speed saw the snowy-haired genin at the training yard in the clans compound before the last peel of the bell had died down. Once the members of the clan who were not on critical missions assembled around the bell than Toshiro’s grandfather and the current clan head stepped out from the “tool shed” that provided both a belfry for the bell and a way to conceal its exact location. Still straight and tough even with his cane, the old veteran of the clans days before joining Konoha would always be the standard Toshiro measured all officials against. Hinamori Hikari was a stern man, one who never bowed his head to those who had not earned his respect, and recognized as the sort of friend one wanted at your back and the kind of enemy you never wanted to make. He was also a doting grandparent who when Toshiro’s parents needed a day or three away from their children always found some excuse to clear his schedule to take care of his only grandchildren, Now though Hikari was fully the leader of a clan who expected his subordinates to give him their full attention.

“Hinamori! Konoha has sent out a call to volunteers to help stop a damn from breaching some distance away. We are going to be the spearhead of that aid! Combat specialists will assist in building the emergency damn and helping evacuate the locals. Medics are to setup aid stations and prepare for casualties if the worst happens. Non-combatants are to start preparing supplies for immediate transport and ready the compound to take in refugees. Jonin take command of the sections, chuunin will fill them, genin are to head to the adminstration building and assist as ordered. Now MOVE!”

After a speech like that, it had taken Toshiro less than 5 minutes to reach the administration building as just another body in the wave of the clan's genin who descended on the administration building seeking orders. He had expected to be assigned to use clearing obstructions and digging out the channel for the emergency damn, or perhaps asked to use his expertise with water-based techniques to divert some of the water away to buy more time. Instead he had been assigned to replace a chuunin so that said adult could help. Normally that wouldn’t be so bad - it was important and showed that the officials thought Toshiro was able to handle responsibilities normally assigned to those both older and more experienced. Toshiro had expected to perhaps end up guarding one of the gates, or filling in at the missions desk, or some other task non-combat task that chuunin normally dealt with. To be told he was going to replace an instructor at the academy had seemed at the time to be a sign that some kami was had blessed Toshiro with the greatest of good fortune. Here was a chance to really show his abilities and to help shape future ninja! With visions, fueled by his sisters seeming eagerness to grab the first (and no doubt best) assignment, of imparting his hard-earned knowledge and perhaps teaching a few of the more adept students a suiton jutsu or two to really impress his superiors Toshiro had practically shouted “Hai!” when a jonin had asked if anyone accepted the assignment and immediately shot out towards the academy. Thus he missed the senior ninja’s attempt to warn him about exactly what class he would be teaching.

Thus when he had bounded in to the academy and found the room he would be assist in along side other genin, Toshiro had expected any number of things. From it’s placement within the part of the academy used by the youngest students, he had thought that it might be used to teach those who were considered budding prodigies. Never once did he expect to open the door to a sight that could only be described as... chaos. Pure chaos in it’s rawest, most concentrated, and detectable state. Indeed the sheer magnitude of the chaos was strong enough that for perhaps a good five minutes Toshiro had done nothing but stand in the open door with his jaw open and stare in wide-eyed disbelief and a growing sense of horror as he beheld.... kindergarteners. A horde of hyperactive, unsupervised, and utterly out of control kindergarteners. So great was the magnitude of the blow to Toshiro’s expectations that it was only when something wet and cold (which he refused to identify to preserve his sanity) had struck him in the face that he had recovered his wits sufficiently to realize that once again he had been played like a drum by his siblings and was now stuck by honor, duty, and his own damnable eagerness with this assigned spot. The entire situation, all his grand hopes and expectations that came crashing down and the realization of what he had to do, the white-haired genin expressed in a whine that would have done an Inuzuka’s nin-kin proud and a single word that he wailed to the heavens “NOooooo" as the horde of evil began to gather around him before it dragged Toshiro into the maelstrom of chaos.

So now here Toshiro was, a trained killer with the blood of multiple people on his hands who knew a dozen times a dozen ways to end a persons life trapped with the very definition of the agents of chaos and evil. Cute, wide-eyed, ill-mannered, hyperactive, manipulative, devilishly inventive, and supremely evil demons that passed themselves off as children. Oh he was going to make his sisters pay dearly for arranging it so that he ended up with these kids. There was no doubt in Toshiro’s mind that while he staggered from crisis to crisis like a ship battered by a storm at the hands of the demon-spawn, they were taking care of classes with older students who were no doubt being very well. All the while mentally patting themselves on the back for dodging the proverbial kunai by tricking their little brother into taking the feared assignment. Well, once Hinamori Toshiro clawed his way out of this deepest level of Hell there would be a reckoning.

Given this state and that he had already been there for what seemed like years, it wasn’t surprising that Toshiro reached a limit. While some vague part of his mind was yelling about how the academy had certain rules governing which jutsu could be used by instructors and when in regards to assisting with activities or maintaining order and what he was going to do probably violated most of them, Toshiro had reached the point where he didn’t care. It was a minor thing that set him off too - yet another (he had lost count sometime after the tenth one) pulling on his shirt and a lisped “Can I have a drink mister? please.” At that point the tic that had been rapidly building above his eye stilled, he carefully unlatched the hand grasping his shirt in a far-too-calm manner, then took one step forward before turning and facing the room. Then he roared. In the sort of voice and volume that would drown out a typhoon. "Sit down and shut up... NOW!"

No sooner had the last of the “students” around Toshiro done exactly that (no doubt out of a mix of shock and reflex) then the white haired genin was already onto the next step of his plan. With a growled "Mizu Bushin no Justu", an adrenaline-enhanced blur of hand seals, and a flare of chakra that probably made any nearby ANBU wonder what the blazes was going on and if they should call for backup, Toshiro brought into being from the various spills, over-flowing sinks, and other assorted (and somewhat... smelly) sources of liquid four watery doppelgangers. They might not be as effective as a Kage Bushin, but right now Toshiro would have signed a contract in blood with anyone who offered him a solution to this mess. Once the various clones (as calling them water clones would be stretching the definition of water) formed, Toshiro was immediately barking orders at them while pointing at each clone in turn "You! Find the food and get it ready. You, take these and get them to the bathroom. Now. If the door won‘t open, kick it in. You two get to cleaning this mess up!” After that Toshiro didn’t even wait for his clones to start moving before again running through a flurry of hand seals before calling yet another set of helpers out of the fluid messes. With a mutter of “Suiton: Suiokami.” the potential academy students, already stunned by the uncharacteristic outburst from an authority figure and a bit over-awed by what said figure was doing, let out a collective “ahhh” when two forms rose out of a puddle formed by an overflowing sink and took the shape of a pair of large blue-tinted wolves. No sooner had the wolves fully formed than Toshiro gave his latest creations their orders. “I don’t care how you do it, carry them in your mouths like pups if you have to, but get the rest of these things into one area and keep them there. Sit on them if you have to.” With the wolves wasting no time to rounding up various children in the same manner their flesh-and-blood kin would do with their own, Toshiro finally had the precious seconds to collect the remnants of his shattered wits, catch a breath to help calm himself down, and actually assess the situation. It was only then that he realized he wasn’t the only “adult” figure in the room - another figure was also standing the room with a blond haired little demon giving all the warning signs while the older boys face reflected a mix of bewilderment, horror, and utter confusion. Again putting his speed to the test, Toshiro sprinted across the room, scooped up the little demon-spawn under one and, and raced in front of the handful of kindergarteners his water clone was leading to the rest room before yanking the door open (and no doubt ruining the lock if it had one) and depositing the little demon.. er child inside then closing the door while answering his clones confusion with a “Crisis.” then dashing back to whoever else had gotten roped into this demented test of a new form of torture.

With the immediate crises hopefully under control for the moment, Toshiro at last had the chance to get a good look at the other “adult” in the room, and had little difficulty despites his harried mental state in recognizing Kinoshi Kana, probably the only genin outside of the clan that he had consistently worked with. “Kana! Praise Kami I’m not in this alone! Please tell me you’ve done... never mind. Your face says you’re as lost as me.” At that Toshiro felt his spirits start to sink - here they were, two genin and neither exactly what one would called “people persons”, with zero training in dealing with kids thrust into a room with the most difficult age bracket. With a sigh appropriate to a Kage faced with a meeting of their council, Toshiro openly voiced his next words in a half hopeful, half resigned tone. ”We need a way to distract them. This state of shock won’t last forever. Some sort of activity or a game, anything to completely occupy their attention and not give them time to come up with more mischief. Any ideas? That don’t involve giving something we will regret giving them access to. No blunted weapons, not even wooden ones.”

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Setsuna was walking the halls of the academy. the reason why was because of a problem with a dam no to far away. upon waking up Setsuna has received a memo telling him that all genin were to go the the administration building to receive instructions. when he reached the building he pushed thru the huddle of genin and got his orders. Setsuna was to go to the Academy and assist the teachers. grabbing his things from his house he headed towards the academy. as he looked around he could see from the state of things that today would be a test of his temper if he wasn't careful, he could hear whining and crying kids begging for things and he shook his head as he went thru the halls.

upon reaching the hall he was supposed to be in he lit a cigarette and took a puff. he knew if he didn't smoke at least a little bit he might snap at someone. opening the door Setsuna found the one thing that almost made him drop the cigarette from his mouth. the room was silent and not awkward silent but shocked silence. he got a smirk on his face as he put his pack of cancer sticks in his pants pocket and walked into the room. as he spotted the two genin he figured would be helping him he spoke."Oi is this where the genin are to come to assist?" Setsuna asked as he stopped in front of them.

Setsuna looked out of place in dress clothes with a cigarette hanging from his mouth but he was comfy in this so he never saw a reason to stop wearing them. as he heard the white haired genin ask what they should have the kids do Setsuna thought for a moment and spoke."Perhaps a spar might keep the kids entertained two of us could do a light sparring session its either that or find a game for them?" he suggested. Setsuna didn't know either of these genin so he didn't know what they were thinking in terms of keeping the kids amused but he spoke the first thing that came into his head.

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The darkness had started to pull the bronzed Genin into its domain of fear and desperation. The sweat that trailed down the back of his neck felt as cold as ice and as heavy as lead. His hair all over his body was standing on end as the rhythmic dance of the young girl started to reach its peak. Thankfully, some outside force had decided to smile upon his plight. With the sound of a roar and a flurry of movement his salvation came in the shape of a well known partner, Toshiro.

Kana could have almost kissed the white haired boy had his bones and joins not been frozen solid with his previous dread. Clearing his throat, he managed to get enough fluid down it to wet his whistle and be able to talk to both thank and fill in Toshiro on the situation . “Toshiro-san, I am indeed thankful for your assistance and I feel there is debt that will have to be repaid someday. As you have guessed, there is nothing that I can use to deal with the current situation. I do not believe any book written generally describes how to handle these kinds of scenarios. I feel a new found respect for the Chunnin who bravely watch over these youths. I do agree with you that distraction will be the best idea. Can you recall what method of teaching your sister’s used. We should be more than baby sitters for these young ones. Also, in the event that the dam project takes more than expected, we are going to have to be here daily for whatever period of time. It would be best if they got used to us. “

A newcomer, a boy dressed more for impress than for work, showed up offering a suggestion of his own. Kana bowed his head towards the other unfortunate soul and introduced himself. “Greetings, I am Kinoshi, Kana and yes this is the where a few of us have been sent to help out. I do think your suggestion will work for a while but perhaps if you did a demonstration and then we had them act it out it would involved them more than just watching. Regardless, we need to do something that is for sure and I will greatly welcome your suggestions as I would Toshiro-san’s.”

The bronzed Genin looked around at the work of the clones. Some were being bugged by the small horde as they had appeared out of magic. One was engaged if finding the ever needed snacks to placate them and another was escorting the little pains to the restroom to get relieved. Toshiro seemed to manage more than Kana could have and as such Kana now turned to Toshiro to see if his question had time to process inside the mind of the white haired Hinamori representative. The three Genin neede

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Yet again Kana had found the one angle that Toshiro had overlooked. The snowy-haired genin had based all his hopes on only having to do this for one day then things would be back to normal. The thought of having to do this for days or even weeks... well Toshiro might not have enough water left in him to sweat but his face going the same color as his hair was a pretty good indication that the likely outcomes his mind made from that scenario were not good. Fortunately he was spared having from further dwelling on an eternity of torment by the door opening and the arrival of a taller and older genin who was going to regret wearing his good clothes on this assignment. "Hinamori Toshiro. And you would be?"

Turning his focus back to Kana, Toshiro answered the other genin's question with a slight shading of the truth. “ Not really Kana-san. At least none that would really work with this bunch.” There was no way he was going to tell Kana, or anyone who didn't already know, that his sisters methods of teaching generally involved using blackmail (he still had no idea how they found out he was the one who put the wasabi sauce into Dads coffee), extortion (hence why Toshiro locked his supply of hot coco powder in a chest with three blood seals and half a dozen traps on it), and outright embarrassing him (he still had mental scars from the time they hit him with a water balloon filled with liquid catnip when he he was visiting Auntie Amaru’s house with it’s two dozen cats) as motivation.

“The sparring idea might hold their attention for a short time but what are we going to do afterwards? These demons... er kids are too young to be entertained by something they can‘t understand for long.” With that Toshiro shot a covert glance at his water wolves who were currently looking rather torn between pleasure at the attention said demon-spawn was lavishing on the “big doggies” and offended dignity at being called dogs. That being one downside to certain clone techniques - they might not be truly sentient but they had enough “awareness” to occasionally manifest certain quirks. With things under control for now, and hoping nothing dispelled a clone before they were no longer needed, Toshiro turned his attention back to the other two genin who had been conned into this awful mess.

“We need something that will keep their attention and if it can tire them out so much the better. Some sort of exercise..." No sooner had the last word been spoken than Toshiro's eyes narrowed and a grin started to form. Normally this might be a good sign, but those who knew the white-headed genin well enough knew that that look boded ill for whoever was on his mind. "I have an idea." While his eyes sought out and found the clock on the wall, his hand found it's way into his equipment pouch and was doing a quick inventory. Apparently finding the results of both acceptable from the increased size (and disturbingly evil) nature) of his grin, Toshiro gave the room one sweep with his head while silently counting the number of demon-spawn... er students in the class. "How about after the spar we have them practice setting up and executing ambushes? It's something useful to any ninja, keeps them occupied, and gets them some exercise plus it gets them out of the room long enough for some real cleaning."

"Twenty-four of them, split them up into six teams of four with the ones from clans spread out across the teams. Give each team one reel of wire and a dozen water balloons and a different color of dye. If we limit the spar to 30 minutes they'll have an hour to setup, their start time could be the first recess, and they have until classes start up again to put their plans into effect. When it comes story time the team who tags the most targets gets to pick the first one, number two the second, and so on. Supplies shouldn't be a problem - Academy pranksters by tradition keep a cache under the third floorboard in the janitors closet. I've also got "bingo book" pictures of the "missing nin" they'll be targeting." With that Toshiro pulled out a rather worn wallet and pulled out four small pictures. In one was a brunette, a raven-haired girl, a red-head, and one Kana had seen before. When the photos came out, four other genin who were replacing chuunin in the Academy shivered as a cold sense of impending doom traveled up their spines before finding a place to roost in their thoughts. Suddenly the four sisters realized that just maybe conning their brother into taking the worst assignment might not have been such a good idea. The more "grown-up and serious" one of the five he might be, but his opinion of overkill made him a poor enemy in a prank war. Mostly because he didn't believe there was such a thing - only dead or not-dead-enough and this "overkill" simply meant the target never fell into the later.*

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*Not my idea. Credit goes to the writer who wrote the fanfic "Naruto: Demon's Path" - I just happen to agree with the idea. ^.^

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"I am Shimotsuki Setsuna but you can call me Set if its easier" he said calmly as he looked out at the little monster's he was glad to see that most of them were still a bit stunned and that the one who weren't were playing with the wolf clones. as the gears turned in Setsunas head he had to constantly cross out scenarios in his head that could get them in trouble or scare the kids out of their minds. as he did this he head Kana speak "Hmm the demonstration might be a good idea but I want to hear Toshiro's idea before we decide anything"" he said calmly as he took a drag of his cigarette. he looked at the tip of his cigarette, if he had to teach for more then a few days he had a feeling he was gonna be buying a lot of cigarettes soon.

As he turned to look at Kana And Toshiro, Setsuna finished his cigarette and he licked his fingers and pinched the end before he flicked the butt into the trash can in the corner. Upon hearing Toshiro speak of a small spar then an exercise routine Setsuna got a smirk on his face"I'll be one of the ones sparring but a big question is what will the rules be? should it be anything goes or Taijutsu only. we should figure that out." Setsuna said before he thought of something and spoke again"Also for the spar we should move this out to the academy grounds. I'm pretty sure we will get chewed out of we wreck the room and that's not something I want to experience" he muttered as he dreaded over the thought of chunnin teachers complaining at him for hours, Setsuna would rather hang around the Inuzuka compound then be stuck listening to the teachers.

As he saw the evil grin forming on Toshiros face, Setsuna could not help but feel a grin growing on his features as well. As he listened to Toshiro list of the plan of splitting the Kids into teams and using wife water ballons and Color Dyes. Setsuna's grin turned sinister and he chuckled a bit."This sound's evil and humiliating and I love it. I'm in" he said as he looked at the kids and noticed that some of them had a nervous look on their aces and it made him grin even more. as his partner pulled out four photos, Setsuna looked at them"Pretty cute all sisters I'm guessing? you don't look like the type to have four girlfriends" he joked before he laughed a bit"Sorry Toshiro I couldn't help it" he said as he calmed down.

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As always, the white haired Genin from the Hinamori, had brought honor to his clan’s name by coming up with a splendid idea. Not only would it calm the kids down, but if they were indeed assigned to this class for the long haul, they could switch teams and add more factors into play which would keep the kids interested. Competition was a human trait that was always constant. Kana nodded his agreement with both his partner’s suggestion.

“Toshiro-san, as expected of a Hinamori, you have come up with a very agreeable arrangement. Not only will this help us monitor the kids, it will help us see how well we do in squad management for our Chunnin exams. And Setsuna-san, you are indeed right that this battle needs to be taken to the Academy grounds.” Thinking about who the targets were and what Setsuna had said brought a strange feeling in Kana, was it jealousy or protectiveness. “Toshiro’s sisters are indeed quite beautiful, though I have only seen the one. It is a cruel joke you play to have the kid’s attack their images but then again their faces might appeal to some of the kids.” The bronzed Genin hoped his tone had been playful and not awkward especially to Setsuna but more so for Toshiro.

Kana wanted to end the moment so he decided to get their plans going. He addressed the kids in a loud, just enough to be heard over the ruckus, but not scary tone. “Ok guys, we are going to play a game. If you guys want to play, you have to get in a line and follow the doggies out of the room to the playground.” With that said, he motioned Toshiro and Setsuna to lead the vanguard and Kana would bring the rear making sure no little tike would skip out. He hoped that Toshiro would direct the wolves to herd the children like noisy sheep down the corridors of the Academy. More than one room was experiencing the same chaos as they trio had at the beguiling. Kana was so glad that his partners seemed more than able to handle the situation and also care enough to actually teach these kids skills that would help them.

Eventually the group would make it outside. The crisp air felt cool against their skins but nothing that would cause discomfort or sickness. The school yard was vast and supplied with training dummies, a track and playground equipment. The fence provided the security that no kid would wander off but even in that even Kana would be monitoring the whereabouts of the kids. “Ok, Toshiro-san, it was your ideas please go ahead and explain so that we may begin.” Hell had gotten a bit cooler but the hellions were still as volatile as always. Perhaps the teens would survive this….then again them might not.

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Toshiro had only glared harder at Setsuna after his comment. What the other genin had joked... ugh, it was enough to make even a hardened killer feel a bit green. 'Keep it up laughing boy. You just volunteered for the nasty part of the job.' It was probably petty, but there was no way Toshiro wouldn't be getting his pound of flesh after that mental-scaring. In contrast Kana had just gotten a simple nod as the water-wolves started herding the kids into a line, carrying the more hesitant ones on their backs or by their shirt collars, as the class (if concentrated chaos could be called such) began marching out to the Academy grounds. Toshiro had only stopped briefly at the door, his voice and expression promising some evil end if he was displeased. "You" Toshiro barked at the clone that had been passing out the snacks "raid the pranksters cache for what we need. The rest of you keep cleaning up. I want this place spotless by the time we're done. You know what happens if it isn't." The threat, whatever it was, obviously hit home with the clones who went to scrubbing, mopping, and other activities with renewed speed. Orders dispensed and assured of the clones compliance (or else...), the white-haired genin resumed walking the demon-spawn out to the yard until Kana called a halt.

From there he had taken up a "flanking" position with his wolves on each side - ready to stop any would-be truants. Something that he didn't have to do as for once the entire legion was being well-behaved, including giving Toshiro their undivided attention when Kana handed the "floor" to him. "Okay kiddies, we are going to play a little game called "hunting missing-nin." You will be divided up into teams of four, given a limited amount of supplies, and then will have until the start of the first recess to figure out how you are going to tag up to four "missing nin" who are on the academy grounds." With that Toshiro held up the pictures of his sisters as he had most of the students attention right then. 'Hook.' "A successful tag with a water balloon is worth two points, if you tag someone other than one of the four you get a point taken away. The team that with the most points gets to pick the first story come story time." 'Line'. With that Toshiro had the complete attention of the entire horde of little demons. "The lowest-scoring team gets to help clean up the classroom." 'And sinker.' No sooner had the words "clean up" come out of Toshiro's mouth than the little hellions showed their true colors - eyes narrowed and throwing sidelong glances at each other, one would practically hear the gears whirling as they started trying to find the "best" teams among themselves, planning their ambushes, or figuring out how to knock their competition down a peg or two without being docked points. Even the two kids from Toshiro's own clan were looking around at their classmates with a decidedly predatory stare - no doubt debating if it would be better to strike out on their own. Something Toshiro took steps to prevent when he signed to Kana to ’put those two into different teams.’

At that moment, the clone that Toshiro had sent to collect supplies came tearing into the yard to stop in front of Toshiro where it put down an armful of empty water balloons, six large bottles of different colored dye, half a dozen slingshots, and a number of other odds and ends. "Okay, Kana will form the teams then one of you will come to me for the supplies, and Setsuna will take you to a tap to fill it up. Anyone one caught throwing a water balloon at one of us or another student until the start time causes their team to fail and all four of them will get to run laps around the Academy until they puke.” With that the slight rumblings of “pre-emptive strikes” mostly ended ”while I use them for kunai practice.” That killed off the final rumblings as the students collectively paled as Toshiro slide several kunai from his sleeve and sent themt flying to pin his clone to a nearby tree with two then slam the last one into the face before it could disperse or even react. ”They’re all yours Kana.” With that Toshiro started dividing up the supplies the departed clone had left into six even bundles while also setting out the pictures of his sisters. Oh yes, revenge would be sweet and it would be only sweeter since it was their little joke on Toshiro that gave him the means to strike back at them with impunity.

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Setsuna noticed that Toshiro glared at him and he looked right back not afraid of white haired gennin. as he listened to his fellow gennin bark orders to his clone Setsuna grabbed his pack of cigarettes and he pulled one out before lighting it with a book of matches he had in his vest pocket. ”Its gonna be a long day” he muttered to himself as he took a hit off of the coffin nail and followed Kana, Toshiro and the little monsters out to the training yard with him and Toshiro in front. As they reached the outside Setsuna looked out at the training yard. It hadn’t changed from his days in the classroom. The dark haired gennin watched as he heard his fellow gennin explain the rules and he smirked as he saw the change in behavior and he snickered a bit.

When He heard he was to help the kids fill there water balloons Setsuna sighed a bit and he looked around for a tap. Quickly spotting one not to far away used for gardening he looked as the Gennin were waiting to be put into groups and he took another puff of his cigarette. As he did he spoke” Hey Kana make sure they are balanced ok” Setsuna called out with a slight smile, he liked teasing his fellow gennin a little bit and he hoped they didn’t take it personally he just wanted to try to make the day less hellish.

As he saw the teamed getting finished up,Setsuna decided to step up to the plate.” Alright one from each team follow me with the balloons and the Dye ” he said as he waited till he had all 6 kids around him and he started to walk over to the tap and looked at the gennin and he took one of the balloons and the dye from them and he looked at them.” This is very easy to do all you need to do is put in 3 or 4 drops of dye into the balloon then pass it to me I’ll fill it up and we will put them in the bucket easy enough.” he explained spotted a few small buckets nearby; as he demonstrated with the first balloon the kids got the idea pretty fast and Setsuna was quick to fill the balloons’ up good and tie them. Soon he was on the third squad and he heard one of the kids ask him a question ” Why do you smoke mister?” a girl asked him and he looked at her for a moment before he spoke and breathed out some smoke into the air.” it’s a personal reason little one but you shouldn’t get into this habits its not good” he explained as best as he could.

After a bout ten more minutes Setsuna finished with the last team and he also had finished his cigarette. He turned to Toshiro and he gave a thumbs up.” Ok Toshiro what’s next the spar or do we let them plan for the hell they are about to raise?” he asked as he watched the kids looked at their water balloons.

(I didnt do to much did I?)

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Shortest member of the trio or not, it was quite obvious from the hesitation of the kids who picked up the equipment bundles he had prepared that Toshiro's earlier outburst of temper and (faked) casual attitude towards violence had the kids slightly scared of him. Something he didn't regret at all seeing how readily the kids had turned from innocent students into plotting demons at the prospect of picking which story would be told come that time. Among the last things he wanted them able to do was think that it might be okay to target himself or the other two genin. That made his answer to Setsuan’s question easy - the less time the demon-spawn had to plot against them the better.

"I vote for the spar. We wouldn't want anyone trying to use the time to sneak off and bring in outside help until the start time." From the slightly crest-fallen looks that some of the students had when they heard that, it was rather obvious that at least some of them had been considering doing exactly that. 'Evil little bastards.' Despite the words put to the thought, Toshiro did have to give the kids points for thinking like shinobi by planning to take advantage of a loophole in the rules. Oh well, maybe he would let some of the plotter off a bit easier when it came to grading this “exercise.“ With that Toshiro stood up after packing up the rest of the booty that hadn’t fit into the “kits” and walked to a spot in the yard somewhat midway between all the “teams” of “hunter-nin” before motioning for Setsuna to join him. "Bushin, henge, kawarimi, tree walking, and basic weapons plus limited taijutsu only for rules? I don't think the teachers want the yard torn up when they get back from the dam and it we start slinging the big boys around that is exactly what is going to happen.

It was while Setsuna considered his reply that Toshiro spotted his two cousins eyeing the nearest teams balloons and the genin with rather speculative faces. ‘Oh no, we are nipping that in the bud right now.’ The Hinamori genin had no doubt what thoughts were running through their heads; steal a balloon from another team, wait until the two genin were in the middle of the spar and Kana was distracted, then hit the sparring genin with it to get the other team taken out of the running. Again he had to give them credit for being creative (it was a good plan that used deception) but there was no way Toshiro would let himself get hit with one of those things. With that he had an evil idea - he waited until the one of the two (Kira if he remembered her name correctly) had started reaching for the nearest teams balloon before saying it out loud. "Oh and no using the students for replacement dummies. We'll save that lesson for later and if someone throws one of those balloons at us, even if its another teams, the entire class gets to do it without padding." The results of that were instant statement - both Hinamori children practically did a body flicker to get back to their spots while trying to look as if they hadn’t been planning mayhem. “Remember you two - I’m older, I know where you live, and I‘m on a first-name basis with both your parents. Plus I was the one who helped your brothers with those pranks they go on about. Do you really want to experience the ones we didn‘t try because they were too humiliating and painful?”

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Kana almost chuckled at the would be speech that his white haired partner had employed. He did not know if it was due to his size or clan grooming, but Toshiro had a flare for imposing authority and fear on others. Not that such quality was wrong in any way, a good doze of fear is healthy in getting children, indeed even grown men, to obey and follow orders. The bronzed Genin could not help but feel a bit jealous at his partner for having the actual schooling and training from birth that came with being in a clan. That second of emotional deviation soon passed and Kana remembered that he was part of a family. Even the children now hearing the explanation of their ‘mission’ were kin to him. He belonged to the great family of Konoha and as such it was his responsibility, not only as a Genin in the shinobi forces which defended this village, but as dweller of Konoha to teach and rear these children to become the next generation which may one day fight shoulder to shoulder with him. Even now, among the young hellions might be the next Hokage.

His little speech delivered, Toshiro appointed Kana as team diver and warned him to put the two young Hinamori in different teams. Kana was only too happy to comply as he knew that a successful ninja would be able to work with any teammate, clan member or not. There were three teams of 7 members each with Kana, Toshiro and Setsuna as the extra member or team leader. Kana had given Setsuna a Uchiha, Nara, three clanless youths, a Kaguya and finally a Hinamori. To Toshiro he gave a Hyuga, the other Hinamori, Akimichi twins and three clanless kids. Kana was left with an Inuzuka, an Aburame, three clanless boys and the little blond girl which had first tormented him and now seemed to always want to be next to him who turned out to be a Yamanaka. With the teams divided, Setsuna took them to get their ammunition ready. Not before a gruesome example of what would happen to cheaters was demonstrated by the white haired Genin. Even Kana grimaced as the clone took the kunai fully in the face and dissipated. There were a few gasps and the little Yamanaka girl hid behind Kana’s legs. Only the Kaguya said ‘cool!’.

Kana had the teams sit together as the two older Genin headed out for their spar. He was much too preoccupied with getting them organized that he did not notice the two plotting Hinamori with their plan. It seemed clan bonds were stronger than teams but Kana knew that. It was fortunate that Toshiro not only knew his clan well enough that he stopped the duo in mid track but that he knew how to handle them with a warning of the consequences. It seemed that all Hinamori were avid plotters and Kana had first experience with that. He still had pains left over from their last mission. He called out to the kids but so Toshiro and Setsuna “We are about to see to very skilled shinobi demonstrate what you are capable of with training and dedication. Power comes not from the strength of your jutsu but from the ability to use what you have effectively. The two before you will spar using only the jutsu known to Academy students and demonstrate how even such jutsu are deadly when used by a skilled shinobi.” With that he meant to emphasize what Toshiro had said about the yard not being torn up and the two not greatly hurt especially with an audience as they had. “You may begin when ready, first one to land a ‘fatal’ blow or when the other one declares defeat shall be the winner. You have three minutes.” Kana nodded towards the two signifying that they should start when ready. The tiny beady eyes of the youngsters were on them hungry to see a show and knowing the few Konoha Genin he had the pleasure of working with, a show it would be.

(OOC:time limit two post each? Also, with us being team leaders we can post the actions of our teams if you like.)

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As soon as Toshiro suggested that they spar Setsuna nodded and got ready. He had worn his Training shirt under his dress shirt just in case he could train in his free time and he was glad he wore it. Taking off his vest and his dress shirt leaving him in his black sleeveless shirt, Setsuna also removed his boots and Socks leaving him barefoot.he walked to the training field and got to the spot across from Toshiro and he stretched a bit as he loosened himself up."I agree with your terms but just a heads up I might have a nasty surprise or two waiting" he said calmly as he rolled his neck and shoulders and slipped into a very loose and relaxed stance. as he opened his eyes Anyone could see that they were no longer human, Setsuna's eyes were now slitted like a cats his gaze was intense as he stared at his white haired sparring partner.

Setsuna's team watched him as he warmed up and they all had different views of what he was doing"why would he change his clothes that just seems like a waste of time?" the Uchiha muttered to himself as the Kaguya nodded and watched as well. as they finished speaking the Nara spoke up.it might be that our captain fights differently then most and he needs plenty of arm freedom" he said as he sighed and watched as his team mates shrugged. one of the clanless members spoke" Why is he barefoot that seems more dangerous and less painful for the other one" he said before Setsuna turned and looked at them"Oi Shut up and Pay attention if Kana catches any of you goofing off you'll be training dummy's for my fire Jutsu" he threatened as he glared at them and they shut up instantly upon seeing the seriousness in his eyes.

as Setsuna tried to plan out his first move he made sure he never took his eyes off of the Hinamori in front of him. he had no idea what he could do and he didn't want to find out the hard way. Setsuna decided to test the water a bit and he grabbed and flung a shuriken at him Aiming it low and flicked his wrist with it to make it arch up at the last second to catch Toshiro off guard. as he threw the shuriken Setsuna rushed forwards trying to close the gap so he could make better use of his taijutsu and end this quickly

(sorry muse is a bit low at the moment)

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Acknowledging Setsuna's warning with a nod and shrug that seemed to say “story of my life - got anything new”, Toshiro unbuckled the harness that held his ninjato and tanto before tossing them towards the edge of the circle before slipping into his own unarmed stance. The stance was most clearly not the Academy-standard one, as Toshiro's feet were further apart with his weight split between them, his knees bent slightly, and his left foot more advanced than his right in addition to his body being held completely differently. The most obvious departure was the position of his hands - the right hand was held closer to the body with the fingers together while the left was in front with the palm down and fingers spread wide and slightly curled. In fact it almost looked as though he should have been holding a pair of long-bladed weapons instead of having his hands empty.

Whatever the stance was, it’s effectiveness wouldn’t be in doubt for long - no sooner had the shuriken started it’s upward path than Toshiro simply side-stepped it and sent his own kunai high towards Setsuna’s face as a reply. Apparently his “opponent” hadn’t considered that while they may not be as good at reading an opponents movements as a medic-nin or taijutsu user, weapons experts like Toshiro could recognize when a weapon wasn’t acting quite normal and make an educated guess on what that meant for said weapon. In this case Toshiro had gambled that Setsuna intended to get in close to bring his greater skill in taijutsu (as well as greater mass and height) to bear against the shorter genin and the shuriken had simply been meant as a distraction. Grinning like a madman, Toshiro opted to return the favor; his right hand going behind Toshiro’s back to conceal his exact intent, it ran through a tiny number of one-handed seals before a basic clone popped up behind the white-haired “combatant”. Now it was up to Setsuna - if the cat-like genin tried to dodge the kunai then Toshiro could pull a quick replacement with it to strike from behind while the clone made it seem as if he was still waiting for meet the other genin to engage in close combat.

The whole time Toshiro’s unusual (at least in terms of what was taught at the Academy) stance had caught the interest of one of “his” clanless students along with the two Akimichi who were engaged in a rather disjointed conversation while trying to figure out just style of fighting the scary genin was using. "What is that style?""I don't know. It looks a bit like the Gentle Fist but I thought only the Hyuuga used that?" It was then that the silent Hyuuga girl spoke up, despite her lack of years still managing to put a coldly arrogant tone to her words. "That abomination has no relation to the beauty of Jyuken. That is the Kage Tsume style. Exclusive to the Hinamori clan it focuses on quickly disabling an enemy through the quickest means available. A rough and crude style befitting a clan of mercenaries and merchants who sold their honor for money." Of course that immediately brought a response form the Hinamori member of the “team” who took extreme exception at the insulting tone (even if she didn’t understand the exact meaning of the words) of the Hyuuga’s words. "Take that back you white-eyed freak! Just because your jealous doesn‘t.."

Whatever Hyuuga jealousy didn’t allow them would never be known as the whistle of a shuriken flying fractions of an inch over the two students heads followed by the thud of two kunai slamming point-first into in the tree the two girls had been leaning against barely missing their throats resulted in the instant silence that only pure fear could bring. Something that only increased when they spotted the hate-filled glare and silently mouthed “after this, both your butts are mine to torture” Toshiro sent at them. Thus why not ten seconds after they had preparing for a fight the two kunochi-in-training where practically clinging to each other in fear as their minds conjured up assorted (and none pleasant) scenarios. Oh yes Toshiro would be showing those kids that compared to a highly irritated white-haired genin who had been played for a fool and was looking for outlets for some aggression, all the closet monsters, boogey men, and other personification of childhood fears were puppies with big red bows on them.

Toshiro: 25 (24 if used Kawarimi) CP, -3/10 kunai and -1/8 shuriken
OOC: Make sure you refill that muse Gades. Price is going up come Monday. Razz

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Setsuna had seen Toshiros stance and he was slightly puzzled a bit. But it didn’t matter he couldn’t afford to get distracted. seeing the kunai racing towards his face at rapid speed Setsuna instinctively and fluidly pushed himself to the right and dodged it but as he did he caught the movement of Toshiros arm behind his back and he instantly stopped moving forward and went on guard. As he did Setsuna’s ears vanished and from the top of his head sprouted two tiger ears, as he stopped and waited for the next attack Setsuna kept his new ears on alert for sound as he would be able to hear an attack coming better then before now.”Damn it what and where will the attack come from?” he muttered to himself as he planned his next move.

Thinking quickly Setsuna grabbed a Kunai and pushed himself to the right again while he flung it as hard as he could towards Toshiro and hoped he would get a hit it or make him reveal what he was doing. When he spotted his Kunai go thru the clone like nothing he instantly realized what had happened, he had been tricked the kunai had only been a diversion .”the ground or the air is unlikely so its going to come from behind!” he realized as he twisted around and pushed forward as he did Setsunas legs shifted and become bigger and longer making his pants raise a bit and look more like a pair of long shorts, gray blue fur covered Setsunas legs and feet as his feet morphed into semi paws with long and thick razor sharp claws on each toe. As this change happened Setsuna began to move faster then a genin should be able to as he tried to get close again this time he took two more shuriken and launched them one coming high and from the left and one coming low and from the right.

(Still Low muse if you want an idea of what his legs look like check out setsunas hybrid form picture)

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'What the?! Oh damn it...' was the only thought Toshiro could muster as his opponent suddenly "went kitty" on him. And just when it looked as though he might pull off the win even with the handicap too - sometimes life just sucked and this was one of those times. It was almost out of reflex that the white-haired genin tilted his body to move between the shuriken as he matched his furry opponent's speed and action by rushing towards the other genin. Whatever Setsuna was, there was no way Toshiro wanted to find out if this guy had more tricks (such as becoming a big kitty) up his sleeve - it was time to end this spare now.

Toshiro figured he had one chance to end this spar. Try to slide under any kicks or punches Setsuna made and as he went between the other genin's legs send a kick straight up to catch him in the gut (and hope the furry didn't dodge wrong and it in a more sensitive spot), or if that that was dodged continue the slide then throw the three shuriken he had palmed behind hind his back and pray. His plan, such as it was, formed Toshiro put it into effect as just before he would have entered what he thought was the maximum reach of Setsuna's legs. Throwing his left foot forward and shifting his weight into a controlled fall, Toshiro chambered his right leg for the kick as he went down while the momentum from his forward rush kept carrying him towards the other genin. Time to throw the dice and hope they didn't bounce back to hit him.

Toshiro: 24 CP -3/ 10 kunai -1 (or -4)/ 8 shuriken

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Setsuna’s Genin group watched in amazement as their captain changed his legs into a tigers and as he started to gain the edge again.”How did he do that?”the Uchiha exclaimed as the others just stared in amazement. Clearly Their temporary teacher had skills not normally seen in Konoha.As the Genin spoke they kept an eye on both Setsuna and on Kana to make sure they wouldn’t get in trouble. Seeing that they shouldn’t take another risk the Genin decided to shut up again and wait for the end of the match to ask questions.

As Setsuna closed and and got ready to throw a punch at Toshiro he realized that the White haired genin was going to dodge it and he saw him falling before sending a kick right at his stomach.cSetsuna decided to do something most would avoid, he tensed and stiffened his core and stomach muscles and he took the full force of the kick into his stomach. As he grunted slightly in pain Setusna had managed to blunt the blow a bit and he avoided having the wind knocked out of him. Taking advantage of the moment, He quickly balled his hands into fists and aimed to slam both of his fists into Toshiros Thigh to cause leg damage and a Charlie horse, before he aimed a kick right at Toshiros neck and he stopped just a few inches before his skin and he curved his claws a bit.” Yield or you visit the hospital” he stated plainly with a serious look in his cat like eyes. As he waited for Toshiros answer he kept his claws right on his skin so it would only take one movement to leave nasty gashes on the white haired boy.

( this should be the last time my post comes up short)

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Kana had been watching his two unlucky partners demonstrate the level of skill the shinobi of the Legendary Village Hidden in the Leaves processed. He had kept a moderate eye on the little munchkins but he was just as enthralled by the “friendly” fight as the young ones were. He had seen Toshiro in action but that was different it was more of a quick kill or avoid capture kind of skill he had witnessed. This was more of a tournament where you can’t really use the element of surprise other than what you make yourself. The other Genin, Setsuna, was a mystery. He knew that one day he would have to fight alongside these men so he wanted to see how to properly preempt their actions. Also, a bit more selfishly, he knew one day they might have to face off in a fight in the Chunnin exams. So his eyes followed each and every move, looking over his charges every now and then.

He saw the first kunai fly. Normal men would never dream of doing something of the sort even among people they truly trusted. But for a shinobi, the truth would come out in their fists. The point where the kunai was aimed, the strength of the jutsu used. It not only showed the true intentions of the user, but also how much respect they had for the other. Only those that really respected each other would go all out. He had expected to see anything from amazing Taijutsu to extreme control of any jutsu the pair would employ. He had never counted on what Setsuna showed. He knew that some Shinobi used body manipulation such as the Akimichi; even Kana himself used a minor jutsu. But, Setsuna had gone beyond that and used actual transmutation. The medic’s eyes would go wide in amazement. For some reason, he could not help but want such a jutsu. The control and precision that one must have to employ such a jutsu and not use up huge amounts of chakra or even damage the living tissue, was a goal that Kana wanted to reach. He could not just ask Setsuna to teach him of course, a Shinobi seldom taught his secrets but to a sacred few.

The deadly dance of the fight continued for the last remaining minutes. All the teams had been glued to the fight. Their young faces showing daydreams of what they would employ in such situations. Noticing that Setsuna had put Toshiro in check and knowing that the pride of the Hinamori would not allow Toshiro to give, Kana decided to step in. He started a slow clap as he walked forward. “Thank you Toshiro-san and Setsuna-san. You have honored us with a splendid show of skill and prowess.” He gave each a nod signifying that the spar was over. He then turned to the kids. “As you can see, with practice and pride, you can maybe one day become as great as these two. Who knows, maybe somebody sitting here today may become the next Hokage.” He smiled to the young brats. He knew that maybe their goals would change in the future but power was always a good hook to get people to listen. "Now, split off into your teams and we shall commence with the ambush drill. My team will go first, second Setsuna with the help of Toshiro-sans clones as stand ins for the nunkenin. And finally it will be Toshiro’s team with me and Setsuna as stand ins.” He nodded towards the feline Genin and Toshiro for them to get ready.

He walked over to his team and started the preparations. The Aburame and Inuzuka would be his sensory ninja. The three clan less boys would be his main hunters and the little Yamanaka, which did not want to be too far from him anyways, would make up the vanguard. He instructed them to fan out in a sort of Y with the two points being the sensory ninja the three clan less boys in straight line behind them about ten feet to be able to react. The Yamanaka behind them and Kana finishing out the shape. He had gone inside the equipment storage room to allow Toshiro to set up his clones and for his plans to remain secret. He opened the door and led his team outside. This would be his first time as a squad leader and he hoped he would do well.

(OOC: Ok so as you might have guessed, I will be posting for my team and nuclear will post as the nukenin for me and Gades. Two or three post you think? Let me know. )

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Setsuna transformed his legs back to normal and he stretched a bit as he walked over to his clothes and put them back on. as he did he decided to head out for a moment or a smoke break. as he finished putting his boots on he looked at Toshiro and Kana.""I'll be back in a bit" he said calmly as he walked around the corner and put of site.

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Acknowledging Kana’s ending of the spar (even if it burned him to admit defeat when he could have simply blasted the other genin with a point-blank water jutsu), Toshirio got to his feet with an obvious glare at his group of “students” that promised immense pain if anyone mentioned the outcome of this spar. Between intimidating his students (particularly the Hyuuga brat) and sparing a glare at where Setsuna had run off for a smoke break, Toshiro barely heard Kana’s mention of clones. That was enough to bring an absolutely wicked smirk to his face. 'Oh Kana you think I'm using just water clones and you two under henge? If only... This will be well worth it.'

No sooner had Kana gotten his group to move out of sight than Toshiro checked the time on his watch before signing to his to park themselves and behave or else, then took off in the direction of the academy. Now it was his turn for a little revenge. Once he was back in the building, the white-haired genin took a quick turn down a hall until he was alone and hidden by shadows before making several rapid handsigns and whispering "Henge" just before a small cloud of smoke obscured him. When the light breeze blew it away instead of Toshiro there stood Setsuna but with a smirk that was almost unique to the white-haired Hinamori genin. One that said someone, somewhere, was going to find their day going downhill very quickly. "Time for a little payback."

It didn't take him long to find his targets either. Having heard familiar voices raised in laughter from the teachers lounge, Toshiro had used the polished surface of one of his kunai as a mirror to peek inside. Seated around the small table where Rangiku, Asusha, Rukia, and Momoiji with tea cups in hand, no doubt enjoying a laugh at having pulled one over on him again. Well it was time to even the scoreboard a bit.

Reaching into his equipment pouch Toshiro pulled out three small, round objects that were readily identifiable as smoke bombs. Waiting until all four of his siblings raised their cups, the genin tossed the bombs onto the table where they exploded with a pronounced bang a split second before the small room was filled with smoke then he slipped inside to seal Setsuna’s fate. Doing so to a chorus of his sisters surprised and outraged squeals and screams as for the first time Toshiro found a use for all the stupid things the other boys in the academy had talked about doing during their time off. ”Someone groped me!””Eeekk!””Hey!””Why you!” Assured that none of them would be in the mood to listen to anything remotely resembling reason now, “Setsuna” made for the door again, opening it hard enough that the resulting gust briefly parted the smoke so that all four of his siblings could see “Setsuna” clearly grinning like a perverted loon - something that was confirmed beyond a doubt by a chorus of yells including "Get that pervert!",”DIE!”, and ”Neuter him!”

With that Toshiro hightailed it for the area that was to be the "ambush" spot while dodging the four women hell-bent on recovering their offended dignity by taking it out of "Setsuna's" hide. Once he reached the cover of the first collection of undergrowth, a quick handseal and a whispered “Bushin no Jutsu” sent a regular clone in Setsuna’s image ahead, after which Toshiro dropped his henge and jumped up into the trees just before his sisters came into view. Now all he had to do was sit back and wait for the fireworks - either Kana‘s groups of little demons would find first and infuriate them more, or they would stumble into Setsuna who would get a beating to end all beatings then get jumped by the “hunter nin”. Either way the outcome would leave the parties involved understand why Toshiro was not a person to be taken lightly.

Even as his sisters passed under him in a standard two-by-two with Rangiku (being the close-combat expert of the four) and Rukia (and both her locust-styled puppets out and read) up front while Momoiji (as the genjutsu specialist) and Asusha (the medic) brought up the rear. And they were headed in a direct line towards the area to which his clone should have been luring Kana’s group of brats.

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Toshiro: 22 CP -3 kunai -4 shuriken

OOC: Apologies. My ambition and posting time suffered a critical hit and it's taken me a while to get back on track.

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It was utter chaos and a disaster. Kana had known that Toshiro was one to play pranks and get entertainment at the expense of others. Never would he have guessed that he would run up to one of these literally. The Genin had led his group outside of the storage locker and his team had no sooner rounded the corner when a cloud of smoke could be seen to his right about 20 or so meters. The two point men instantly became alert. The Aburame, being the most level headed of all of them, pointed out that the women running resembled those they were to hunt.

Perhaps it was excitement, or perhaps it was because they were so ready to play after the short demonstration, that everybody, including Kana, forgot to double check. His team fanned out in an intercept course. Even the little Yamanaka was smiling and eager as the seven of them all but sprinted in the direction of the females.

In retrospect perhaps Kana should have been wondering why the four women were running in full view instead of trying to hide as Nukenin would probably do. It did not occur to the bronzed young man that this was too perfect a henge, even for Toshiro who probably knew every single inch of his sisters. It was not until he tackled the one who he had seen many months ago when he had first met the white haired boy that he headed for while the Aburame and Inuzuka, being the leaders of the charge, would head for the Raven haired one. The two clanless boys attached the brunet and the little Yamanaka and the other clanless boy joyfully jumped on the Red head.

As soon as he made contact with the buxom beauty he realized his mistake. Henge usually dispersed upon a direct hit since the concentration of the user is disturbed by the attack and he can no longer maintain the illusion. Unfortunately for the bronzed Genin, this was no Henge. The skin was far too soft and supple as he tackled the lady from the side producing a yelp of surprise from her. The pair would flip about two times on the dirt before Kana would land with his face in her ample breasts. It would be a lie to say that for a split second the medic did not revel in the feeling of warm skin, firm but soft and bulging under his face. He had landed on top of the girl and her legs had been spread apart by the force of the landing, leaving Kana situated very comfortably in between them. At any other moment this position would have been a vivid dream but at the moment it was soon to turn into a lucid nightmare.

The medic’s eyes would widen way beyond humanly possible at the realization and her confused and angry gaze. Almost like a cat when their paws touch water. Kana would all but leap to his feet freeing the poor girl from that unbecoming position. He would immediately yell at the top of his lungs. “TEAM HALT!!!!” His voice broke a little. Most of the kids had been neutralized by the other three girls, even though the little Yamanaka was resolute of not letting the red head go by clasping on to her leg. The sight would almost be comical if not for the current situation. Kana swallowed hard but offered his hand to the one still on the ground.

“I beg that you forgive me lady. We thought you were somebody else. Please accept my deepest apologies and I will take full responsibility for your anger. Please do not hold ill will against my students. We were trying to set up a training session on how to ambush and it went horribly wrong.” He spurted all this in record time. He was so embarrassed that he forgot to calm himself down. His mind raced on excuses and what to say to appease the women who seemed like ready to tear him a new one and then make him stick his own foot up it. After a second of two, he finally calmed down and dropped to his knees his head hung in shame. “There is no amount of apologies that can be given to ask your forgiveness. Do with me as you wish, but please let my students go” his voice was respectful but firm. He would take any sort of beating it if meant his group would survive.

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Setsuna had just finished his cigarette and started back towards where he was to meet his team when he suddenly heard a group of women screaming and calling for blood.”I do not pity the person they are after” he muttered to himself as he kept walking and counting his remaining cigarettes when he suddenly saw kana and to his surprise all four of the targets.”Kana what going on?” Setsuna asked as he looked at all of them, as soon as he saw all four of the girls faces lock on him and glare he instantly felt a chill go down his spine. As he watched the four shift their attention from kana to him Setsuna decided to do the one thing that seemed smart, he ran

As he ran as fast as he could Setsuna kept his eyes ever moving to make sure he didn’t get blindsided by one of the girls.”what the hell did I do I haven’t ever met them” he said to himself as he turned a corner to escape and he felt his heart sink as he saw nothing but wall.”DAMN IT!” he swore as he pressed his back against the wall and he got into a loose fighting stance.”if Toshirou gets mad oh well I‘m not getting beaten to death” he growled as he transformed his eyes into cats eyes.

(sorry muse is low again)

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It was after the four Hinamori sibling took off after Setsuna, being too focused on extracting their revenge to bother with Kana, that the (relative) quite of the field was broken - this time by something that might have been mistake for a donkey trying to imitate a hyena. Otherwise known as one Hinamori Toshiro whose ability to hold in his laughter had finally run out and was now laughing like a loon up in the tree he had hidden in.

"BWAHAHAH! Oh Kami! The look HAHAHAHA! Payback plus interest!"

In fact Toshiro was laughing so hard that the lack of air finally caused his sense of balance to give out and he fell out of the tree he had been perched in while still howling with laughter. Clutched protectively in the hand not trying (and failing) to get him sitting up was a simple camera. No doubt filled with pictures of the whole thing that he would use at some point in the future for his own purposes. In the end it took a good five minutes before the white haired genin got his laughter under control enough that he could even sit up to meet the glares of the students and Kana with a grin that would have been right at home on the face of a cat that won an entire creamery to address them.

"I was expecting you to use the water balloons and maybe lay out some tripwires, not for all of you to tackle them. Oh I'm going to have so much fun reminding Rangiku that she was beaten by a flying tackle! I‘m not sure about ranking for whatever plan you had, but seeing as you were able to spot and grab an opportunity to attack when your targets guards were down and followed through well enough to put the “cell leader” and “medic” into a position for an easy tag if Kana-sensei hadn’t called a halt I would say that you deserve the full four points.“

With that Toshiro managed to finally get his feet under him and walked until he was close enough to put his hand on the Yamanaka girls hair and ruffled several times, something that earned him the counterpart of the dreaded “Puppy Eyes no Jutsu“ - the “Glare of Righteous Female Hatred” as her perfectly arranged hair was now a rather disarrayed mess. “Though I must commend this little spitfire here - I haven‘t seen Asusha so soundly grabbed since that time she was tinkering with a storage seal that held several dozen gallons of superglue and it blew up in her face. It takes me a lot more effort to catch her when we spar.” With that the white haired genin‘s grin dropped as memories of the time he had been on the other end of this prank/ lesson and the teammate-slash-rival-friend who he had shared it with. After that what followed as a much more subdued voice and a much harder look to the genins face as he gave the point to the entire exercise in nearly the same way his first jonin-sensei had used what seemed ages ago.

"Remember this one kids. No matter how good you get it only takes one mistake that someone else sees to get beaten. If you had been shinobi intending to kill them my sisters would now be dead because they got so angry they didn‘t look for an attack until it was too late. Also remember that assuming things doesn’t make them true; Kana-sensei here assumed I would be using water clones but I never actually said what I would be using, only what the “nuke nin” would look like. Those are two rules that a shinobi forgets once at the price of being made into a fool and never three times because the price for doing so a second time is a painful death in some forgotten skirmish.”

"Now if you'll excuse me I have to get the actual clones ready for the next two groups since I doubt my sisters will be in the mood to “help” again and see about saving Setsuna's hide since it was his image I used to get them all riled up." At that point Toshiro cocked his head slightly as he caught what sounded like Setsuna raging at finding his escape route curtailed. “On second thought I think I had better see about saving Setsuna first. I didn’t expect him to get cornered this soon.” That said Toshiro took off in the direction he thought he had heard Setsuna’s yell come from, arriving on a neighboring roof just in time to see the opening moves of the fight. Just like they did in their drills, Asusha (the red headed one who the Yamanaka had grabbed) had sealed off the entrance to the alley with a Five Seal Barrier, Momiji (with the brown hair in a bun) was running through the seals for for the Demonic Illusion: Hell Fire Technique that would distract Setsuna while Rukia (with the raven hair) and Rangiku (the one Kana had tackled) used Thousand Hands Manipulation Military Art and Dynamic Action respectively to attack while limiting their targets ability to evade through the sheer number of attacks sent his way.

Seeing his sisters use their go-to plan for capture, Toshiro actually felt better now. He had gotten something of a taste for Setsuna’s methods and he suspected that the strange genin hadn’t shown all his tricks. Maybe he would prove adept enough to spot the same weak points in the tactic that Toshiro had. Given that the only action Toshiro did as he watched was to form a single water clone just in case Setsuna needed to use the replacement technique to get out of a tight jam. After all, Toshiro had paid back the other genin and he just couldn’t leave another male to face the fury of his sisters without moral support.

Toshiro: 17 CP, -3/10 kunai -1/10 shuriken

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Kana heard some commotion as he hung his head. He figured it was the four vengeful ladies about to deliver a murderous blow. However, the sounds suddenly started to fade away as if distance was being put between them. Confused, the medic would lift up his heads and see his team still dusting themselves off from being countered by the powerful women. He turned to the little Yamanaka and gave her a questioning gaze. She pointed a tiny finger in the direction were a dust cloud had started to settle signifying the passing of a rushed group, no doubt the women and the new target of their anger. He started to rise as his group coalesced around him. “Uhm, sorry guys, it seems that I have let you down. I must admit that I had not expected the actual persons to be here at this school…” He had not finished his speech when from the heavens, or from a tree branch actually, the culprit fell.

The white haired Genin was in such mirth that he could hardly stand. Kana was irritated at having failed as a leader and having tackled the lovely Hinamori, whose body would be etched in the medic’s mind for colder lonely nights to revisit, as he walked over. The other Genin finally stood up and addressed the young kinds. The speech did nothing to alleviate the embarrassment and irritation the seven had but it did put some key points in their mind. Even Kana had to agree that this was meant to be more than fun and that Toshiro had taken a prank and turned it into a learning experience. Kana started to feel even worse as a leader. He had not detached himself or foresaw what his team might take away. He had been so concentrated on the physical he had forgotten the abstract. It seemed the Hinamori’s training had once again shown its worth.

At the mention of having to chase down the sisters to keep them from tearing the unsuspecting Setsuna apart, Kana followed suit after he signaled the young kinds to stand by. They turned to each other to relate, in exaggerated tones of course, the recount of their exploits in bringing down the Nukenin. It would no doubt be colored with anecdotes of strength and skill equivalent to that of a Kage or perhaps a Sage but there was no harm in that. They had experienced a sort of first time mission and the six little kids seemed to have had fun, which meant that they would be more likely to listen should this one day turn into more.

The young Medic hurried after the body of Toshiro and arrived at a turn just in time to see yet more Hinamori training in action. He had always heard the horror stories from Toshiro about the skill and power of his sisters and it seemed to Kana that he was a bout to see it first hand. The poor Setsuna would be another that would get to see this skill but in a rather more dangerous and painful perspective. Following the white haired Genin’s lead, he started racking his brain to come up with some jutsu that would help Setsuna escape death or immense pain. Not that Kana did not believe the well dressed Genin could not get out of this but he wanted to lend a hand or even the odds, which right now were stacked four to one.

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Setsuna saw the sisters preparing to give him a major beating as one sealed the way out effectively trapping him in the alley with three other women that seems determined to nearly kill him. As he saw one run thru handsigns he suddenly saw a ball of fire descending upon him, as he saw that the others were not running he quickly put his hands together into a handsign.”Kai!” he shouted as he stopped his chakra flow and restarted it. As soon as Setsuna had escaped the genjutsu he felt a fist enter his gut before another struck him right in the face with enough force to make his nose bleed and damn near break. As he tried to move back he remembered the wall and ended up caught in a jungle of puppet arms and was trapped.

As he got up Setsuna felt something wet on his face and his clothes and he looked down to see blood on his shirt and he touched his nose and found he was bleeding, as he stared at the red fluid he suddenly started to shake violently before he stopped and he suddenly stood up. From the outside it was quite before suddenly a yell came from inside the mess of puppet arms.”Katon Goukakyuu No Jutsu!” as the words came out a huge torrent of silvery fire erupted from inside the arms and started to climb them back to the puppet. Suddenly from inside the burning arms a shadow moved.

Setsuna suddenly ripped out of the jungle of puppet arms. His legs were transformed and so was his fingers as they ended in long and razor sharp claws. He rushed at the closest sister which was Rangiku and he slashed at her midsection. however this was a trick, halfway thru the attack he suddenly brought his left hand down at rangikus face with his claws aimed to leave severe gashes and scars As he glanced at Toshiro and Kana it was clear in his eyes that Setusna was different, his eyes held the look of murderous intent and also had a cold and violent glint in them"Back away now or I'll rip all four of you to shreds" he threatened his voice like ice.

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At first Toshiro had approved of Setsuna's handling of his sisters - the over-dressed genin had figured out the same weakness of the attack (blasting ones way free of the arms with ninjutsu) that Toshiro has spotted but he had done it after only seeing the attack once instead of a doze times or more. Immediately after that Toshiro would have been content to simply let the chase progress again while trying to delay his sisters long enough that Setsuna could get away. Then things went to heck as instead of taking advantage of the four sisters shock at so easily getting out of their favorite strategy to run up and over the wall using the tree-walking exercise, Setsuna had jumped towards them and practically challenged them to a fight. Making it worse was that Toshiro felt he could lay good odds on what sort of fighter Setsuna was - a damnable berserker. Exactly the sort of thing that could make a minor wound into a serious problem and from the amount of blood on Setsuna's face, that was exactly what had happened. At that Toshiro gave in to the urge to plant his face into his palm with a wordless groan annoyance.

"I wonder which kami I pissed off in a past life to have this happen?" Looking up from his brief indulgence in dramatics (and resolving to practice it more in the future - it really did help the stress level like Tobirune had said), Toshiro sighed in resignation at what he would have to do to get Setsuna out of the mess that the snowy-haired genin had created. Falling back on Konoha-standard hand signs, Toshiro asked Kana to extract Setsuna while Toshiro provided the distraction. That done the white-haired genin slipped back over to the street and dropped down before putting a hand into a one-handed ram seal and whispering "Henge." Once again disguised as Setsuna (but this time in slightly different clothing), Toshiro jogged up to the sealed entrance before making his play to distract all four of his sisters.

"Heya bro! What's up with... oh man! You always steal the girls! It just isn't fair - you ALWAYS get the hot ones even if I meet them first. Hey ladies, if you don't mind after you're done with my brother could you pose for some pictures? I really didn't get enough of you in the break room." At that the "other Setsuna" held up a camera and assumed a rather lecherous grin - the results of which were immediate. As one four heads swiveled to look at the real Setsuna, then back to the fake, then back to the real thing before looking at each other and nodding in an eerily synchronized motion. With that all four once again faced the real Setsuna and gave a low bow before the brunette with her hair in a bun stepped just a bit forward and spoke for all four of them. "We're so sorry we attacked you. We didn't realize it was your twin that assaulted us. We will make a proper apology later." With that she turned to face the "other Setsuna", adding her own glare to the three others that were staring holes into the "other Setsuna's" head. "Asusha - the barrier."

No sooner had the red-headed sister dispelled the barrier than Toshiro took off running as though his life depended on getting away from the four girls just a handful of steps behind him. Which it probably did if the occasional ninja tool that he just managed to doge while increasing the gap was any indication. With that began a chase that would likely have become the stuff of academy legends in another world - one genin (under henge) being chased by four others hell-bent on extracting payment from said genin's hide. 'Kitty-chan had better appreciate this. Now how to ditch them?' Just then some instinct made Toshiro leap up just in time to avoid a rather large spear with a very obviously poisoned head (if the green substance dripping from it was what he thought it was) that would have made him the fifth Hinamori sister had it connected. 'Without getting skewered.... maybe it was a bad idea to use them as the targets.'

Toshiro: CP 13

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