It's time... [flashback; Gene]

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[Messatsu!]

It was quiet, the earth was calm and the air stagnant. The only things that could have been hear should one desired to listen were faint cries of helplessness from those who had been buried from the overwhelming destruction cast forth from Kouketsu Uchiha'sown whim. Clouds of minuscule dust lingered about the area, the rubble and damage exceeding even past the villages walls. Most died, some lived, others were trapped beneath slabs of earth only to watch their remaining life being snuffed out by the cold and indiscriminate hands of death. Unfortunately, Ue who was merely a chuunin when the horrific events transpired, lived through the destruction, emerging from piles rock, using all the strength he had left to muster to free himself from the encroaching hands of death.

Overturning the piece of earth that kept him trapped, he uplifted himself from the rubble, coughing as a mesh of dust and smoke tainted his lungs. His body was covered in debris, but it was nothing that couldn't have been patted away with a few swipes across the area which he eventually had done. Coming to a erect stand while ruffling his hair as metameric pieces of shattered armour began to gradually peel off his body, falling to the ground piece by piece. His eyes albeit blurry from the concussive force that rocked both the village and his ears -coupled with the clouds of dust- could not see too far from his position. He could only see faint silhouettes of poor, hapless souls that managed to survive the blast.

"H-hello. . .*cough!* is anyone th-there? *Cough*!"

A single foot reached forward, but with his strength momentarily sapped from his body, he fell to a single knee, almost like a knight would to his glorious king. With a grunt that hinted at his struggle, he mustered up another wad of energy to boost himself to both feet as he slowly trekked along piles of earth on top of others. ("My god. . .this is unreal, was Kouketsu Uchiha really able to bring about such destruction, I wouldn't be surprised if he himself died during the bulk of the explosion. Nevermind that bastard I need to find survivors *COUGH*.") Finall after minutes of traveling through the cloud of blinding dust, it came to gradually fade, leaving Ue out side the village walls themselves, almost as if they were never there to begin with.

For several minutes, there was nothing but soft screams, whispers of wind, and a world of gray, but finally, like a shining beacon of hope, the lush green forest of Hi no kuni was in sight. Pressing against his ribs with his forearms as a means to momentarily alleviate the pressure that built beneath his flesh, he dropped to his knees in a bed of grass, the edge of the rubble just 2 meters at his back.

"*Cough*. . . this just cannot be real. Everyone. . .SORA!"

In that decisive moment, she emerged into his mind, knowing that she was potentially wrapped up and trapped within the destruction as well. Feeling that all was lost, his fingers curled into a vengeful fist, one that virulently struck away at the mounds of earth, digging deeper and deeper into its flesh as his knuckles began to bleed.

"This makes no sense. . .all of this-"

Reaching into his inner jacket, his pill was still in mint condition, surprisingly, and filled with an assortment of emotions, he popped the pill in a burst of anger, ready to unleash his wrath upon all.

"- MAKES NO SENSE. . .I'LL MAKE SURE TO KILL YOU "

With his pill taking affect, his timid flame of chakra blossomed, overflowing with power that wasn't even achievable with a weeks worth of rest. With his anger steadily rising and his chakra reservoir multiplying - he was ready.

[lore.]

Imagine being only 11 years old and having to withstand such destruction, knowing that all your loved ones were dead or attempting to hold onto life. It would cause any man or woman to go mad with insanity, maybe even attempt suicide, but the young Genin needed to be strong for his village - the village of Hi no Kuni; Konohagakure. "H-H-H-HELLO!?" The boy cried, whilst he emerged from the bed of rocks that were placed upon him, which were crushing him - spiritually, not physically.

The reason for such was rather simple, he had grown to worship his village and protect it, but now he felt like nothing but a mere insect compare to these beasts of war. Kouketsu; a beast of war that was designed to cause agony and destruction, while Osamu; a underling that knew nothing about war and was a child that attempted to play in a man's game. But as he began to walk through the valley of death, he began to fear all evil that lingered within the atmosphere. Yes! I'm here!"

He exclaimed; swiftly running through all the rumble to get to the voice he heard - the voice seemed to be struggling to survive and Osamu knew he needed to help him. Dark blue hues scanned the area, attempting to look pass all the dead bodies that laid on the floor and soon he finally spotted the helpless being.

But as he was readying himself to assist the male, it seemed that this being was driven by anger of some sort. Something was causing this man to go off the edge, and as the young boy watched helplessly, he soon realized and understood why the shinobi felt like such. All of our loved ones were gone, all of them! Not a single one was alive, all dead - never being able to see them smile again. "LET'S KILL THEM ALL!" The boy stated as he caught up to the man, readying himself for any dangers they were about to face.

They were shinobi of Konohagakure, which meant they shared a bond that was stronger than most and they both were filled with a drive. A drive that was going to make any foreign ninja run in fear! A drive that made the Gods tremble!

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After I processed the thought of what I just said I smacked myself in the fucking face. What was I thinking about just now. I was a ninja, not some little bitch. I continued to move towards the gates, I had to rendezvous with my squad before something happened to them. My feet began to speed up before I entered a full sprint. I wasn't going to fast, just in case I needed to do a emergency stop or if something tried to fuck me over. Even while moving at a fast pace, my eyes saw the destruction that came to this land. I ran through a town that was pillaged and left completely destroyed, walking through I got ambushed by a group of rouges.

Fuck, just when I didn't want to harm anyone else a group of bitch ass nigga's showed up. I tried to persuade them to leave me alone but they didn't listen and ended up throwing a punch at me. I wasn't in the mood at all so I ended his life with a swift cut of the throat with the kunai in my dominant hand (right). After that a fight ensued and surely I was the last one standing, the others weren't quite lucky. I bowed in their 'presence' and continued to make my way towards the gates. Fuck, how long until I got there, I didn't know Konoha was this large.

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[Messatsu!]

In his moment of anger, the entire world and everything it entailed seemed to go silent, the shuffling blades of emerald, to shifting beds of rock, and the cries of those trapped beneath - just gone. With his anger and chakra yelling with furor, and his senses acute, the faint - but audible- footfalls of another graced his ears, some seconds after this little tike of a genin came to Ue's side - He looked over at the young boy, before jerking his head into the direction of these steps regardless if he actually had the sensitivity to detect him. A serious tone befell Ue's visage, speaking in volumes to his emotions about the situation as he blitzed forward towards the origins of these steps.

With half of his iron clad face mask still strapped to his head his approach was clear as this walking man came into clear view, ("This is him? He couldn't possibly be one of our own, his entire being is utterly unscathed, no Leaf shinobi could possibly be in such a condition after being hit by the bulk of Kouketsu Uchiha's attack.") Approaching upon the man 20 meters from his western flank, it would have been impossible for him to initially sense or detect Ue, namely due to the silent steps that guided him. With his reservoir of chakra replenished he ran through a brisk set of seals, taking less than a second to complete which only birthed the presence of three duplicates.

The first, directly in front of him, the second, standing directly behind him, and the third appearing to his eastern flank, surrounding him as they all were within arms reach. In this same instance^{(x cast)} his right hand began to charge with raiton chakra while never discontinuing his brisk gaiting, cutting that 20 meters down to 5 in a matter of seconds. Ue's lust to end this man was far too great, at this moment all those whore had not bore the mark of Konohagakure, would be declared the enemy.

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• 20 handseals per turn^{(chuunin from flashback)}
  
• seals used: 1-3 / 20 {approx. 1 sec.}
  
• All masteries in effect
  

Kirai Shin 'B'

Sutangan No Jutsu (Limb Stun Technique) ^{C + magic blast= B}

Raiton Bunshin No Jutsu^x3

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I kept on walking, I was close to my destination and I could feel it. But I wasn't a naive little kid who thought that nothing was going to happen to me on the way there, no. So my eyes were continuously scanning the area around me, my head turning in all directions and finally when I felt the most paranoid looking behind me. My peripherals noticed the man twenty meters away, did he think I was stupid and I'd just move without caution in someone's land? Especially during a war, never. Just as my eyes caught onto his silhouette my nimble digits came together, causing the energy that fueled my very being to stir up inside of me.

My body anxiously awaiting to be used in combat, I'd wait just for the perfect timing for my technique to release itself. While I made my seals, the man created three clones, two of which I knew about, one of which I didn't. The one in front of me was obvious, and my peripherals caught the one to the right of me. However, the one behind me was unknown to me. Just as they formed, my body emitted a blinding flash almost instantly. Anyone caught within a 25 meter range would be blinded for the turn whilst I remained with full vision. Meaning the three clones, and the conjurer himself were blinded for the turn.

I moved quick while I still had time, my dominant (right) hand moved with haste while it grabbed a already tagged kunai from my pouch. I'd impale it into the ground where I stood and immediately dart from my original position. At first I'd cut diagonally to get past the clone in front of me, once I past him I sprint forward meanwhile my eyes stayed on the conjurer's frame. Five meters away, my hand came together forming the seal that would cause a ten meter explosion taking out the three clones. Before the explosion got to me, I would be eight meters away and would only feel a little push from the wind caused by the explosion.

I'd be now ten meters from my original position, staring down the disoriented opponent.

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Chakra Reduction I
Karai Shin A-Rank
Mekurumeku (Blinding Flash) B-Rank

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I'm ten meters away from my original position, your still twenty meters to my right.

[Messatsu!]

Ue was surprised by this enemy's seal speed, it damn near rivaled his own. By the time he'd finish Ue's clones would have been masterfully positioned, even as the man's body began to charge with chakra, gathering the light. Being a practitioner of Raiton himself, this technique wasn't something that was foreign to him, not only this but the gathering light told countless warnings of what this man had in mind. Needless to say by the time his flash had transcended across the, Ue's eyes had been shut for that quick second long period of time. As for his clones, well they were blinded in turn, however, they still shared eyes with their conjurer, so in the end, the boys strategy was nothing less than pointless.

("What a clever bastard. . .")

Truth be told, had the man not blatantly brought forth this flash of light and instead lead it with a distraction of some kind, his strategy would have prevailed without much effort. Even though his eyes were only closed for that quick second long flash, his blitzing continued, and as he did in fact open his eyes was when his opposition began to reach for some kind of weaponry. This man was foolish to think that these clones would not lash out at him, preventing any movement he dared make. With their conjurer maintaining his eyes and sight, a simple thought and command sent all three of their fist zooming forward, the front wedging its fist into his chest, the rear into his lower back, and the last to his right drove its fist into the right side of his temple.

The boy should have just run, but instead he decided to stick around and fumble with his pouches when clones were merely away from him at arms length. Considerin' that Ue's sprint never faltered, he did in fact cut that 20 meters down to 5 just as he intended and kept going, which meant only a second after the clones would land had Ue lunged forward to elongate his charged hand, driving it down into the mans left leg. Having paralyzed his leg for several seconds, the boy would be unable to run, leaving his life at Ue's mercy.

[spade]

As I reached into my pouch for the weapon that was meant to level the playing field, I felt a sharp pain in three places on my body. "Gah" I let out a short lived scream before I got pushed back by the punch to the temple. My head rang like a bell while my body toppled to the ground, I felt an excruciating pain in my lower back and chest. Laying on my stomach, I'd sneakily form hand seals underneath my belly keeping them concealed from everyone. However as I finished them, I felt a shock go through my leg causing me to scream, but I did not lose concentration. I completed my technique and two clones were created - both behind the man who just struck me in the leg.

I'd slowly turn over to face my attacker, letting out a sigh I'd stare into his eyes. "I guess this is it, huh?"

[/color] I cooed, trying to make conversation while both of my clones formed hand seals - both for different techniques. One of them gathered lightning to their hand and ran at my attacker that stood over me. However, he kept his footsteps concealed as he'd creep up behind him. He aimed to nail him in the head with the technique to have him pass out for the time being so I could get back to my feet. I'd wait to see how this will play out.

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Raiton Bunshin x 2
Limb Stunning Tech x1

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[Messatsu!]

With his leg unable to be used, and face first within the mounds of earth, Ue towered over his victim,reveling in his momentary victory as his crimson eyes dug deep into this shinobi's soul, feeling his blood boil as the urge to cure him of his own diseased life felt overwhelming. Unfortunately his sense of triumph came to an abrupt end as his own duplicate (who was across from Ue from being positioned at spades right) caught wind of two advancing clones, one rushing in from Ue's southeast and southwest, however, he wasn't so foolish and simple minded as to give his opponent the luxury of finding out that Ue saw through his poorly planned attack which would give him time to re-adjust accordingly.

"Tch. . ."

A quick sign of annoyance emitted from Ue's being as a quick crouch allowed him to duck beneath the charging clones own limb stunning technique. Funnily enough the forward momentum that he gained from his silent gait continued to carry him forward, causing his legs to give and almost flip the fuck over frontally. The clone that was across from Ue caught on by now, so as his body began to unwillingly careen forward from having been tripped up, a quick second rising knee would collide with the clones chin, reducing him to nothing more than a cloud of smoke.

Concurrently the two clones to Ue's side that also surrounded the floored man weaved through a set of their own seals, charging both of their left hands with Raiton chakra, before crouching down rapidly to strike his left shoulder / arm and his right leg to prevent him form weaving any more jutsu, let alone stand up - Torture.

As for Ue, after having tripped up this mans clone his body would become a perceptible blur, curving 10 meters around to the second clone's rear and 11 meters from the suna-nin himself, with a quick glance over his shoulder, peering back towards the child that accompanied him some seconds ago. "Hey Kid. . .Come here! I'm sure you want a piece of this Sunagakure bastard as well."

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Kirai Shin 'C'

• Limb stun Technique ^x2
  

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Ue:

Shunshin no jutsu - Curving Flicker

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SPADE: +44
BROKEN: +56
OSAMU: +12[/ul]

[lore.]

He gazed in awe as the battle commenced, blow for blow, strike for strike and even when he wanted to join the battle - he couldn't. It was as if he was under some spell that caused him to tremble, but nonetheless all he could do was watch. The eleven year old carefully took note of everything though, as he watched the two shinobi battle it out. The one who was a Leafer seemed to be doing good, likewise for the intruder, but it seemed that the Leafer needed some help. Slowly - yet surely the boy began to take a couple steps forth towards the battle, whilst the two only paid attention to one another.

Closing the distance to now eleven meters as he watched from the sidelines, but suddenly his comrade called out for him, asking the young Kaguya to join in. Osamu was honestly scared to death, but wasn't going to back down now, with the ability of his ¹Advance Shunpo, the young one appeared on the right of the enemy (one meter away), swiftly releasing ²Ten Bullets, which aimed for the man's legs. They moved at twice the speed of a kunai, and the attack was rather easy to release; no need for handseals.

If the bullets connected with the enemy's legs, he would surely be in for some pain, due to the fact that these bullets drilled would drill though skin. And probably were powerful enough to damage his bones, but only a slight scream of pain would tell if the attack connected. If it did, Osamu would have a second attack ready - if it didn't he still would have a counterattack for the foolish Sunagakure ninja.

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¹Shunpo (Flashing Light Steps)

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Rank: D, D, D, D [100]
Type: Supplementary / Taijutsu / High-Speed Movement
Range: 0 - 10 meters
Stamina: Low
Special: Shunpo is a high-speed movement in which the user travels in a linear fashion from one point to another. Usually facilitated with some sort of distraction (smoke bomb, explosion, or something of that nature to obscure one's vision), the user of the Shunpo can, in some cases, appear to have simply teleported from one location to another. The user can Shunpo once per thread, plus once more each time retrained. One cannot attack or perform techniques during Shunpo.
Description: Shunpo, a Taijutsu master's response to the Body Flicker Technique, relies solely on the user's ability to harness their inner ki and gain enough stamina to withstand the sudden strain imposed on one's legs. However, once properly trained, the Taijutsu Type will find their legs moving at speeds unknown to common man, to the point most would make the foolish mistake of assuming one is using Shunshin. However, unlike that chakra inspired run, Shunpo is pure stamina and movement skill, allowing for tighter, quicker, and more reactionary movements essential for someone that relies on movement. Although Shunpo itself moves in a single line, its many variations is what makes it so lethal.
Domain: Shunpo - Universal Taijutsu.

• Shunpo-Jin (Light Step Advance)

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Rank: B [100]
Type: Passive / Taijutsu / High-Speed Movement
Range: Shunpo!
Stamina: --
Special: Gives the user the option to perform a Shunpo that allows the user to curve in the direction of their target. If the target is out of the user's Shunpo range, the user will be drawn as close as possible.
Description: Although Shunpo is normally executed in a linear fashion, with enough training, the Taijutsu Master can learn to read an opponent's movement and Shunpo in a curved way towards their target's last known location. With the angled attack, it increases the user's ability to strike after the Shunpo.
Domain: Shunpo - Universal Taijutsu.[/li][/ul]

²Teshi Sendan (Ten Finger Drilling Bullets)[/u]
Rank: C, C [100]
Type: Offensive / Special Bloodline Technique / Nintaijutsu
Range: See special!
Chakra/Stamina: Mid
Special: Bullets travel 5 meters, plus 5 more each time re-trained. Bullets fly at thrice the speed of a kunai. Highest rank of 'Calcium Compression' determines bullet penetration.
Description: The muscles in the Kaguya’s fingertips begin to contract, pushing the bone in the fingertip out through the surface of the skin. At the users will, the bones will fire off as drilling bullets. These bones are powerful tools, capable of penetrating almost any defense.
Domain: Kaguya. Must know 'C' ranked Calcium Compression.[/spoiler]
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[spade]

Did this man underestimate me? While my clone charged behind him my arm charged with chakra, however it was unknown to him because there were no physical changes that would cause him to be cautious. The moment that the man's body came down to dodge the kick was the moment that my arm released a lightning bolt that was aimed towards his face. Seeing as they were basically within arms length, there was honestly no way that seemed plausible to dodge the lightning bolt aimed to pepper his face. The attack wouldn't kill him, nor knock him out - but it'd hurt like a bitch since it nailed him in the face. Hopefully the impact would cause him to tumble backwards from his crouched position.

Before all this happened, my clone had already finished preparing the jutsu since it started forming the seals last turn. He was just waiting for the perfect time to utilize the technique. So, as soon as my first clone attempted to attack the man that was when the technique was released. A flock of ten sparrows raced through the air while I shot the lightning bolt towards his face. Four aimed to pepper him in his back, whilst two arched into the sky and attempted to sky dive and hit him from above, whilst the two came from both his eastern and western flanks.

I knew the battle was over, how would he be able to dodge the incoming sparrows? He just got peppered in the face with a lightning bolt, which gave him little to no time to react to the birds since they were already on the way to impale themselves into his body by the time the lightning bolt was launched. The sparrows would pepper his body, and leave him bloodied and battered. However he would not die, I was not that type of person. I'd leave him be and maybe even fetch help in the end. Hopefully his clones would have dispersed after him blacking out (if the attacks connected).

Also, seeing as how I interrupted him, he wouldn't have had the time to call in the young genin. Thus, voiding his post.

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Shooting Thunder x1
Lightning Sparrows x2

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[Messatsu!]

. Unfortunately his sense of triumph came to an abrupt end as his own duplicate (who was across from Ue from being positioned at spades right) caught wind of two advancing clones, one rushing in from Ue's southeast and southwest, however, he wasn't so foolish and simple minded as to give his opponent the luxury of finding out that Ue saw through his poorly planned attack which would give him time to re-adjust accordingly.

Having full well known and acknowledged the existence of the oppositions duplicates, Ue wasn't ignorant to their approach. His plan to trip the first clone was indeed successful, meaning that since Ue's clone that was ACROSS from him, he also observed for him, leaving Ue to react switly, enough so as to catch his opponents duplicates off guard - which was what he intended to due. With the clones running at full speed and tripping over one of the clones' body, the momentum of his upper body//head heading towards the ground (which in this case was a clones rising knee to the face instead) would have been instant. As for the other clone, his approach was heeded and acknowledged just as much as the first, and with multiple pairs of eyes canvassing the battlefield, it was more than feasible for Ue to notice the presence of a forthcoming attack. However, he couldn't react well enough, finding his face being blasted with a bolt of electricity which momentarily stunned him.

Ue's clones were concurrently continuously thrashing the conjurer's body with painful shocks of raiton chakra (since there is no armour plating you) which meant that him being able to give full commands to his otherwise mindless close was highly unlikely. Unfortunately -for the suna nin- all three clones weaved through a quick second long assembly line of seals charging all of their right hands with Raiton chakra. Wasting not even a damn second the immobilized sunagakure shinobi would have found three separate right hands lunging downwardly, driving them into his head as it would instantly render him unconscious just as Ue had been peppered with an assortment of lightning swallows for a simultaneous exchange of jutsu , thus ceasing all forms of attack - for now.

Alive, but unconscious, Ue would have had to rely on his distant comrade, though by then he would have most likely active upon the outcome.

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Kirai Shin 'C'

Limb Stun Technique^x3

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Shunshin No jutsu^{Curving flicker}

[spade]

A smile came on my face as I watched my attack splash against his face, it worked, then soon enough my flock of birds hit against his body. However, I wasn't awake to see the beautiful moment happen, since his clones had got to me before my birds had gotten to him. My body fell limp as it fell to the side, I was unconscious and now in my dream state. It'd take a few moments before I truly woke up again since the technique only caused me to pass out for a few seconds before I'd wake up again. However, my opponent wasn't that lucky as he was bombarded by ten birds of lightning, he'd probably be knocked out for ten minutes or so.

My body laid motionless on the ground that was destroyed by the previous fights that took place early in the day. I'd hope I wouldn't lay in eternal rest and eventually wake up.

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[Messatsu!]

Three years - long, depressive, and tedious at times, but more importantly, productive. With Konohagakure having been maliciously attack, stripped of its pride & worth, and being nearly wiped off the face of the earth as if to be some bothersome stain on a shirt that get's removed at all cost. Was Kouketsu's drive really that potent? Breathtakingly, despite having being dealt a crippling blow in more ways than one, Konohagakure's restoration was well underway, repairing all that could be fixed. The lives that were severed from this physical world and the bonds that were welded from the fires of life, all cut down by the last and uncontested stage of all life - death. But these deaths seemed prematurely, almost as if the gods themselves relinquished their influence and turned a blind eye from Kouketsu's wrath.

Ue, the once, free willed konoha shinobi who stayed loyal to the Hokage and his demands for 25 years of his own life, was far different than he ever was before. Don't misunderstand, his mind is stable and sane, however, his sense of paranoia has become overpowering, sending him upon mental trips as everyone who even made the smallest of movements that came off suspicious seemed like an enemy, or could potentially have been one. However, a treaty of peace was signed and agreed upon by all kages, but truth be told, Ue knew that this was nothing more than a temporary ruse to allow opposing forces to regather their lost numbers from heavy casualties.

(Of all place why'd I have to be the sent here, it makes no sense at all. Why is Konoha even pushing towards the aid of Sunagakure after what those bastards did to us three years ago. Tch. . .and of all people to be sent out here for this mission, it had to be me. You really know how to push a mans buttons. )

Ue mused to himself as armoured footings soothed the endless sea of sand he so contentedly trekked across against his will. Though he had and never would hold sunagakure's interest at heart, for some strange reason he felt the need to assign the newly appointed Jounin to a joint mission with their forces as a means to compliment the peace treaty. Needless to say he was well on his way, soon reaching the gates of Sunagakure after days of tedious travel. His objective? Meet up with some anonymous shinobi who he couldn't possibly trust to formulate a plan to track down and eliminate a caravan of nuke ninja.