Sand, Sand and Sand!

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Some time spared before he had to return to Iwagakure, Jens would decide to explore the desert. He was dressed in his black cotton jacket, with a black body builder's tank top beneath, along with red pants and matching sandals. He was armed with 40 makibishi, 2 kunai, 10 shuriken and a pack of his molding clay[5 blobs].

This desert seemed to lack adventure, basically being a barren wasteland, no different from Iwagakure. Off in the desert he spotted what looked like an oasis. The bright water sparkled as the sunlight reflected off of it. He wandered over, in need of something decent to look at in this never ending run of brown specs of aged rock.

Walking down to the small spring, he watched the waves gently push back and forth by the breezes. The dunes that seemed to surround the area seemed to tone the passing gusts down to gentle breezes. He decided to relax a little here. Giving a sigh of relief, he settled down in the warm sand, it relaxing his stress away, thinking about how he'd have to walk all the way back. "Could anything ruin this moment?" He said to himself joyously.

Then irony struck him then as some fish started jumping around, exiting and submerging into the water multiple times. Interested, he moved closer to watch the tiny, blue and green fish frolic. This seemed to disgust them though, as when he approached, the fish stopped leaping. "Eh, what kind of shit is that?" Somewhat offended, he leaned his face in closer to see where they went. Immediately, a tail fin appeared from the water, smacking Jens straight across his face.

"Ah-ah..." He was shocked at the turn of events. His cheek was red now, and had a slight soreness to it. In fury he turned to the water, screaming, "You asked for it you damn fishes!" He began stripping down his clothes, prepared to go after the animals to seek revenge.

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Quickly deflowering himself to only his black body builder's shirt and blue boxers. Setting his clothes and tools in a pile, though not folded or well kept, it was his form of neatness. As he prepared to dive in, he thought to himself, "I'll get my revenge and dinner!" With that lovely thought, he performed a swimmer's dive, heading into the lake, 3 meters from the edge.

The lake turned out to be deeper than he expected. He couldn't even see the bottom, but fish were swimming everywhere. They seemed to distance themselves from Jens, except for three fish. Three quite familiar fish, bluish green scales... He found them! In anger he began pedaling his legs to pursue them, but they just began to swim at a speed twice as fast.

One soon stopped, faced Jens. Confused, he smiled as he assumed the shrimp had given up. Then suddenly, the small fish made a dash. It was moving at twice it's speed, like a torpedo. Confused at first, until he collided with the little thing head on, hitting him in the ribcage. The pain had a crushing like feeling, as the shock made him gasp, unfortunately underwater. He began to cough up bubbles, but quickly put his hand over his mouth to make sure he didn't swallow too much water. While it shouldn't logically be possible, he saw a weird smile on the fish's face, before it dove lower into the watery depths.

Enraged with this turn of the table, he dived deeper to pursue the fish. The fish stopped once again, near the bottom of the lake. This was only about 10m, but he could feel the effects of water pressure slowing him somewhat. But he had a perfect opportunity, the fish was cornered. He cocked back his hand, it adjusted to make a gripping motion to catch the fish. Another smile was on the shinobi's face, knowing this was game over.

Launching his hand forward, the fish simply moved upwards the slightest amount, putting him out of range. It was odd though, as Jens could tell he gripped onto something. It was slimy, like a fish, but was more rod-like. Yellow eyes glowing in the darker environment, as the body slipped out of his grasp made him realize what he found. Shit, serpent! He thought as he began to turn around and swam upwards, desperately trying to avoid the wrath of the snake, as it'd most likely seek vengeance. All was in vain though as he felt a slithery appendage wrap around his ankle, he turned to see the slithering sea snake had caught him, hissing in delight.

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Jens futility went to waste as he desperately swung his arms upward to go upwards. He couldn't hold his breath forever, and this snake was definitely going to keep him down here for a while. In another attempt of freeing himself, he looked to where the serpent had it's bind with it's slithery body. His hands trying to slip beneath, working his fingers to wrench the body off. This all went to waste as the serpent tightened it's bind, trapping his fingers now as well.

Now with three of his limbs pinned by this animal, Jens was pretty sure he was screwed. He was running out of air, he could feel his face changing colors. There were no possible options left, death awaited. The snake hissed in joy once more, beginning to slowly creep itself closer to it's prize. All that was left to wonder is what would kill him first.

Then, out of the blue, an unexpected twist happened. The three fish, the very ones that were messing with him only minutes before, came to the rescue. Simultaneously ramming the snake's body at once, with the same speed one of them launched themselves at Jens, were used on this snake. Even this might reptile was damaged by their peculiar technique. The shock knocked it down, and it's grip loosened. He was free!

Not taking a second to think, he quickly began swimming upwards. Legs paddling, arms stroking the water viciously in a need for air. This was something like a battle against the clock, he couldn't hold his breath much longer. With a quick upsurge, his head surfaced, mouth reaching out to the sky as he inhaled as much air as he could physically manage. Quickly swimming back to shore, he laid on the sand, still gasping for air.

Finally getting his sense of reality back, he looked into the water, curious of what became of the snake. Soon he saw the water's surface burst, an object flying out. On the ground, one of the fish, laying there with a bite wound in their body, quickly bleeding out. Jens was set to shock. The fish looking him in the eye, he looked back, baffled, he quietly spoke, "You-you did this... For me?" The fish, being a fish, said nothing. It slowly closed it's eyes though as death ensued. He could only assume the same fate for the other two fish.

The snake, slowly surfacing, eyed Jens, wishing to still capture it's prey. Anger filled the genin's body with evil intentions. Glaring to the snake, a small man tear rolling down his cheek, he screamed to the reptile as he took a confident yet infuriated pose, "How dare you do this! You will pay!" Vengeance.

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[OOC: Charrie's dead, so may as well get a grade]

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