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[Bombshell]

woops, over wrote the post trying to copy the template/

[Bombshell]

My pace would pick as I kept a jog through the forest of which I had just shortly entered. That jog would eventually transform itself into a steady run as my lungs adjusted to breathing the moggy air of the forest floor. My swift feet would crunch against the tender leaves which were plucked from the trees that loomed atop of me.

I myself, long for something of remote excitement to grace me with its presence, alas, I would find no such joy throughout the extent of my run through the forest. All this aside, I still kept my wits about me, trying to imagine and play as if some impending doomsday was approaching me. Honestly though, I wouldn't even notice a bee landing on my nose

My wishes would be granted soon thereafter, for during my run, I would feel the sting of something small, round and firm. I was pelted by many of these foreign objects, and in a rush of sudden adrenaline, I would mistake these balls to be Hikari, and in an effort to shield the imaginary rays I would cover my eyes. Strangely, I would not feel the warm glow of the Hikari on my skin, instead, my nostrils were filled with an grotesque gas which was so pungent it brought my eyes to tears and gave me a strong urge to hurl. My left would cover my mouth and nose, blocking out the gaseous fumes, while my right hand delved within my holster to pull out a kunai to defend myself. I would hear the mocking laughter of someone in my ears, and I prepared my body for the worst. My wits were truly with me in this situation, and the slightest noise or sound of movement would set me off.

[Bombshell]

Carelessly, my opponent would make no account for the plethora of foilage that littered the floor before us, as I would be able triangulate the source of the crackling noise of dead branches under their sandals. I would hear this in my right ear, conviently on the side of which the hand which weilded my kunai was, and I would react to the sound by immeadiately throwing the kunai 5 meters due east, it would land on the tree rather mark the head of my opponent as I intended it to. I couldn't blame myself, it was blindly thrown.

My head would turn to face the direction of the sound, my ears simaltanesouly tuned in for any other hints of my ambushers. To my suprise however, I would not see the face of some long lost bingo book criminal, or a matured, battle ready male, but my eyes would be met with that of a docile child, his chubby cheeks screamed of innocence, while his smile screamed of mischevious intent. Wrapped around his forehead was the headband of none other than Leaf. I let out a sigh of relief as I realized I didn't just murder my own in my self defense.

The kid, seemingly the most brazen of the supposed brunch would meet me with a triumphant smile and a pumped out chest, I could see the quiver in his muscles as he tried to flex them in an attempt to impress or intimidate me. The boy seemed tough, so without much thought, I decided to y'know rough him up a little bit and give them a taste of what it'd be like if I was an enemy of the state.

In the boys laughter, he would leave himself complete open for an assault, a careless move that I'd expect from a newly appointed genin. He did, afterall, appear to be in that age group. I would close the distance of 5 meters in less than a second, much faster than the boy could react. My fist would curl up and give him a light punch, or so I gauged to be light, in his solar plexus. He would curl up as he lost his breath, staring at my feet. He was ok for the most part, and I would proceed to pick him up by the collar and give him a stern talking.

"You know, If I didn't have such horrid aim, you would have been dead right now."

The boy's face flustered, turning bright red. I could see the defiant rebel spirit in his eyes, and the resolve and undieing pride to match it. He would make a fine ninja if he could keep his mouth shut. Unfortunately, he hadn't quite mastered that skill yet.

("Yea, well listen here cherry blossom head, I don't think my friends are going to like ya messin' with their leada'.")


Perhaps if he didn't give me such a blatant warning, what transpired next wouldn't have gone down quite the way it did.

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¹ Kunai

[Bombshell]

Shortly after the kids less than frightening threat, another kid would jump on my neck and attempt to put me in a headlock. A futile attempt nonetheless, it forced me to drop the kid I was holding, and left him to dart into the forest in an attempt to escape. The other kid held tightly on to my neck all the while, and although he didn't hinder anything from happening, he was quite cumbersome.

My hands would begin to dance a ballad, and in the blink of an eye, a doppleganger composed of my affinity, Raiton, would form. It would only take a mental command for the replica to dart off and intercept the kid, grabbing him by the collar and watching as he flailed around in an attempt to free himself. My clone would stop him 12 meters away from where I stood.

I would proceed to take care of the kid attempting to ring my neck. I found it easy to pry his limbs off of my neck and pin him to the ground. Although they had the element of suprise, they failed to use it correctly.

"Now then, is there anything else you guys would like to try?"

A third kid would attempt to attack me, however, he chose a diagonal approach to me, and my peripheal vision would catch wind of him with great ease. My free left hand would give him a extremely light punch to the solar plexus aswell, his forward momentum would do the rest. He fell to the ground in the same fetal position the other assumed.

"I would've sent a academy clone in to rush in so recklessly, while I attacked from a different angle. Gotta think about these things guys."

It was obvious these guys were barely out of the academy, and judging from their triumaritive, they were more than likely a newly appointed genin team doing some training outside the village. The question was, where was their leader, and why was I forced to corral these kids myself.

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lvl. I chakra reduction & hyperseal

^{Karai Shin}S
¹Raiton Bunshin

[Bombshell]

"So kiddies, where's your master?"


("We ain't telling ya' squat granny!")

The young boy whom was the first to feel my playful wrath would puncture my clones ears with his adolescent voice, complete with the distinct cracking and unsteady tone. Smiling, I would ask again, this time I'd give them a little... persausion.

"Fine then, since you attacked, and you refuse to state your buisness, I then only have one choice, to assume you are all missing nin, and with that, I have no choice but to execute all three of you..

Now in my heart, I knew I wouldn't do this to my fellow ninja, especially since they were children. I loved children very much, and for awhile now, I've longed for children of my own. However, due to our ascending responsibilties to the village, I've postponed asking bringing up these pressing matters with my love, Ue. I would notice the cringe in fear from all of them, expect the one my clone held. His resolve still stood tall and strong, and I was rather suprised, the others look like they had seen a ghost.

("I'll say it again granny, we ain't tellin' ya' shit.")

Such vulgar language would flow from the kids mouths. However, I admired his courage, and wish I had his brazen attitude for myself to an extent. I guess the needed a little more persausion.

My clone would face me and the two boys I held to the ground. I would hold their heads up to watch as my clone delved into her pocket to find a kunai which see would use to pretend to slit the kid's throat with. The two kids I had yelped and cursed, begging me to take them instead him. The kid in my clones possesion however, still remained cool and sauve.

("Do yer worse loser!")

The kunai tip would press against the flesh of the boy's neck, and with that the third boy I captured would snap, confessing everything about what they were doing. He couldn't bear the sight of his comrade in danger. I smiled, and mentally cued my doppleganger to tuck the kunai back into her holster.

("OK! I'll tell you, you see lady, me and my friends... we-we-we're on our first mission and... our sensei dozed off, s-s-s-so we thought we'd have some fun and mess around, we're real sorry ma'am, just please let him down.")

I let out a little chuckle. It seems all three of them passed my little test.

"Now was that so hard? That all could've been prevented if you had just spilled it all from the beginning. And you should've realised I was never going to hurt you, I'm a Leaf Ninja too, your friend seemed to notice."

The brazen boy suddenly let out a smile, and reaffirmed my statement with a nod, although come to think of it, I'm unsure if he knew where I was from either. I would release all three, and they would scurry and huddle together.

("So granny whatcha plannin' to do wit' us")

"I'll let you off the hook with this one, run along to your master, and if I catch you in messing around like this again, my clone won't be too nice."

I would say this jokingly and with a smile, although it seemed to startle the other two. After they began their journey back to their master, I would dispel my clone and proceed to carry out my scouting duties.

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lvl. I chakra reduction & hyperseal

^{Karai Shin}S
¹Raiton Bunshin_dispelled

[Bombshell]

I would proceed to scout out the rest of the area after I retrieved the kunai I lodged into the tree, and once again, my day would become stale. Although the events were not too exciting, I was happy about my actions, and my ability to teach the youngsters a lesson. Usually, I would never see an oppurtunity like that, and that partially due to my inability to teach people properly.

That young, brazen boy would surely stick in my head. Never in my life had I seen such a fearless little boy such as himself. I'm sure the kid had no problem pulling any girl he wanted, learning any technique he wanted, and would gladly face down any opponent. I was a little envious to be honest, I lacked his confidence in most situation, especially when facing an eminent death.

The other kids showed true compassion, willing to lay down their lives for their comrades, and even risking everything to save him. They all had their share of admirable traits. They would grow up to be fine additions to Konoha.

As scouted the area once more, and approach my round off point, I would reflect on all this, and come to think of it my day was quite productive. I had done a service to my village two fold, a pseudo mentorship to my young predecessors, and a scouting of the outskirts of the village. My day was coming to an end for now, and I would briskly head back to my village to collect my reward.

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