♥ iwagakure gateway

[Leonov]

The blonde nodded at the question. Indeed, he was a Sansutsomu, and his eyes glinted in the light of the sun overhead. He wouldn't activate the Doujutsu in a whim just to show off, but there was very well latent power hidden in his eyes that many would seek to acquire. But so much for that, the blonde had his own secret powers, and he was both proud, and afraid, of them. Whatever kind of power it is, controlling storms is a God's gift, not a mortal's natural ability.

But before he could say anything, after hearing the words of his two comrades, he would hear a distinct accent quite close by, and turning his head, he saw the man that would be the Chuunin leader for the trio. Maximilian recognized the man slightly, though not on a personal level, and his eyes moved quickly from each squadmate, then to the leader of the three, and with a smile and a shrug, he took off his headband, and threw it in the hands of the Chuunin.

"Not a damn question from me, comrade Bass. Just a bit anxious to get out of the village." Once more, the glint in his eyes showed a bit of impatience, and a lot of vigor, as he could barely contain himself. His hands clenched into fists and he twisted his head quickly, hearing a crack before calming down a little. His body was getting tense.

The four of them would be able to stand a fighting chance against this enemy. With good teamwork and coordination. Knowing each others specialties, that helped, as Maximilian had quickly noted what each one could do in his head, and locked that information in tight. If anything was needed, there would be a specific person to go to. Except the Chuunin. As not much was known about him. "On second thought... Bass. What can you do?"

[X-Ray]

Fang was interested to hear that the Storm Master was indeed a sansutomu and not a normal storm user. The information's intrigue quickly faded as the sound of a unique accent drifted down from above which made Fang grin quietly at the boom-artists words not even a minute before having been blown out of the water. The man seemed to be going through papers which Fang had figured were the papers they already filled out earlier.

He claimed his title as Bass and seemed at ease and would stay that way no matter what would happen. He said that the mission would be covert and as such he needed their headbands. The information confused him, the mission summary said they were going after a rogue so it should be fine for them to go after a betrayer. He didn't argue though and undid his band from around his upper arm before handing it to him, his temper however got nudged as he simply tossed them aside. His temper was brought back down however as the Sansutomu asked the chunin what his abilities were, the question peaked Fang's interest too so his spike in temper quickly faded.

[kama]

[for the sake of senseness let's say you, the ones that posted before me, are not here, or that we are not there, I mean, let's say we are in different times]

Ready!

The kunoichi well prepared, wearing her black ninja outfit covering every single part of her body but her face, and with items in place would be ready awaiting for the duo, once arrived, and with plans already in mind the group shall embark into this new journey.

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[spade]

It looked like I was second on arrival as I noticed Rosario standing there waiting for Max and I. I can prepared, wearing something comfortable and light allowing me to move at fast speeds without anything holding me down. My ninja pouches were filled with weapons and explosives while two swords laced both my back and hip waiting to be used if necessary. "I'm sure Max will be here soon." I said before nodding towards Rose.

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[Leonov]

[Posting in a separate timeline from the one with Bass, Wolf, Guest]

The blonde approached the gates, seeing the other two Chuunin already there, and quickened his pace to meet up with the two as quickly as possible. With his full satchel, belt strapped with certain items, tagged kunai and all, with his blade and whip at each side, he approached the two allies, and gave them all a respectful nod.

"Shit, I'm here, sorry for being the last one," the man apologized sincerely as he quickly straightened up his clothes, all prepped and ready for risky missions ahead of them. The Sansutsomu fingered his belt, making sure everything was there - and it was - before standing tall and ready to go. "Ready to go if you are." And so he did.

[Exit with Spade / Kama]

[Superguest]

"Well, it's good ta see ya all gettin' along fine and dandy,"

It seemed that Kouhei had been right in his earlier assumption. Whether their Squad Leader had been waiting for some time now or only since their own arrival was still unknown, but he had been hiding on them a little. The Genin wasn’t sure whether he was pleased that he had not ruined the man’s attempt at hiding through his Kagura techniques or disappointed that he could not have shown his Squad Leader’s his skills by exposing him. His indecision whether to be happy or sad about the Chuunin’s sudden appearance left him a little off balance as his Squad Leader continued speaking and introduced himself as Bass.

"I was informed by the Lady Tsuchikage's lil' maiden friend that this mission be a rather black ops-ish, so I'll be needin' ya head bands. Can't have anythin' tracin' us back ta tha village, y'know?"

Kouhei was able to recuperate from his moment of thought quickly enough to do as his Squad Leader asked. They had only just met Bass and the more experienced shinobi was already showing why he had been put in charge by the Tsuchikage. Although he was sure that eventually someone in the group would have thought of taking off their headbands the fact that Bass had been prepared for such hinted that this was not his first black ops mission. The young Genin had never met Bass before so he had no idea how many missions the other shinobi had seen, but he was sure that they wouldn’t have been put under his care unless he had seen some serious action. Kouhei wore his headband as a badge of unity with the other villagers, but he gave it up willingly to Bass understanding the necessity.

"On second thought... Bass. What can you do?"

Kouhei felt a small twinge of sadness as he watched the headbands get tossed aside, but he quickly recovered. He was with friends now, it was the whole reason he had put on that headband in the first place. Kouhei remained silent as he waited for the mission to begin. He was a bit surprised when Max spoke up suddenly. Just as he had done with his squad members earlier he was now asking their leader just what he was capable of. Kouhei wasn’t sure if that was the best way to befriend someone who was supposed to be leading them, but he had to admit he was rather curious himself. To be leading a group of Genin on such a dangerous mission the Chuunin would have to be quiet talented. The young man wondered just what sort of amazing abilities Bass had that would ease the mind of the Kage and her attendant.

[kama]

Set!

With the team complete the journey shall begin and the group shall leave the scene of the gates, the woman standing behind Jin at all moments, after all, this was his mission, he was the leader of this operation.

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[exit as well]

[spade]

[exit]

[DEVIL—]

"Me?" Bass lofted a pale brow, his face highlighted with an expression of genuine interest. "Well, mon-- ya see, I can. . ."

There was a somewhat long, dramatic pause.

". . . Make sure tha ya don' get yerself killed!" Even if they were fellow shinobi, Bass wasn't the type to just offer up all of his skillsets. Who knew if they'd be his "friends" tomorrow, or the next day? Living in a world of shinobi, as a shinobi, you learned the golden rule really fast: you couldn't trust anyone (not really, at least).

"Besides, as long as ya lil' rugrats do ya jobs, ya won't be needin' ma skills, anyway. Dis is a test for ya group, not for me; I already be a Chuunin, mon." Motioning for them to follow, Bass began a casual jog in the direction of their target. "All ya really need to a be knowin' is that I know what'cha can do, and I be expectin' a lot from ya. And don'tcha be forgettin' - teamwork!"

[ Exit ]

[Leonov]

"Fair enough." The Chuunin spoke truth. He was the skilled leader of the group, but this was more of a test of teamwork and skill. With the cell created, leader included, they would have to find a way to work together and take down some skilled enemies. A test to see just how good these three really are.

It was a relief, really. To have a failsafe for them, if something catastrophic happens. But they couldn't really do much about things if that fails. It was a dangerous mission. Maximilian would put his trust in his group and his leader, but really, with the lack of experience with each other coupled with this difficult mission, he had no idea how much of his trust he could give them. He'll just have to see.

[Exit]

[X-Ray]

Fang shrugged quietly, if the point was for them to work together and excel as a squad there wouldn't be much point to the squad leader barging in with some massive nuke technique. Fang sighed and made a very faint whistle calling Rey up onto his shoulder as he followed Max through the gates and out into the land of stone, presumably with Kouhei at his back.

[exit]

[Superguest]

"All ya really need to a be knowin' is that I know what'cha can do, and I be expectin' a lot from ya. And don'tcha be forgettin' - teamwork!"

Kouhei was a little disappointed that he wouldn’t get to find out just what their Chuunin was capable of. Kouhei had only worked with one other Chuunin since becoming a shinobi so by in large the ninja still didn’t have much of an idea of just how strong the higher ranked shinobi were. The young man had heard stories about the Chuunin Exams, heard how dangerous they were. Someone who had gotten through that and then led countless missions afterwards had to be fairly strong. Still he wasn’t mad in the least that he was robbed of any sort of answers. They were a group and that was what was most important. As Bass had said they would be relying on teamwork in the mission ahead. The key word was team and Kouhei was excited.

One by one everyone prepared themselves and left for the mission. Kouhei was the last to set out and pursue the others. He hesitated for a moment and let the distance between himself and the rest of his squad grow for a moment as he turned back and stared at the Gates. Once more he would be leaving his village and once more he would be leaving shoulder to shoulder with comrades. It was odd how he felt more at home leaving the village with likeminded shinobi than he did by himself in the village. It just goes to show how much stock he put into the bonds of friendship and how little he put into the bonds of village loyalty.

[EXIT]

[Gentlemanne]

''Sigh.. nevermind him, good morning, Ebony."

I groaned as I followed behind Ares, my apologetic gesture hopefully making up for his remark.

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[KEITH]

+30 - leo
+32 - superguest
+15 - kama
+25 - genbu
+20 - spade

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[KEITH]

Originally, I graded from Leo's first post on the second page to the third. Now, I am grading from the first to the second page of everyone elses, and picking up Gana's.

KAMA - 10exp
SUPER - 20exp
DAISY - 33exp
GENBU - 2exp
JAE - 46exp
GENE - 58exp
GANA - 5exp

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