moving mountains.

[daisy]

[all iwa nin please report here if you intend on marching on suna.]

name: gaia's wrath
rank: s
description: the attack upon sunagakure. work together, follow orders, yet adapt and make resourceful decisions. prepare to give your life for your village, but do all you can to return home alive. we have faith in you all.
objective: overthrow sunagakure and occupy the village.
client: iwagakure elders
reward: 500 exp, 20,000 ryo

I stood atop a boulder, one hand on my hip as i looked out over our lands. They were so peaceful. Barren and dry, but warm, and quiet. Was i risking them? No, now wasn't the time to doubt myself, nor the course of action chosen for our village.
"Rosario, Jin, Gungnir, Bass, Kouhei, Max..." The key players seemed such a small number. Our troops were mostly assembled, a great variety of shinobi, all proudly bearing the Iwagakure headband as they stood at ease outside the gates.
"Do you have everything you need?" Rosa asked, standing nervously by the boulder, wearing the green of our medical unit.

"Everything but my shinobi." I replied, smiling at her, as if to assure her. This was the calm before the storm. As soon as everyone arrived, we'd be leaving for battle. This wasn't my first war, not by any means, but this was the first time i'd ever initiated anything on this scale. Yet as in charge as i acted, this was beyond even me. This was a decision made by our elders, our council. I agreed with it, of course. We couldn't ignore the recent events. And after all, wasn't it about time Iwagakure made its mark?

For too long the other villages had lain in the spotlight. Iwagakure was looked down upon, thought of as no threat, no great importance. It wouldn't continue, not under my glamorous rule.

"Darlings, to attention!"

[Superguest]

Kouhei arrived at the location designated by the Tsuchikage alongside a majority of the troops who had made their way to fight alongside Coco against Sunagakure no Sato. The Genin looked left and right to see if he recognized anyone else who had gathered to bring the fight to Sunagakure no Sato. It was an odd feeling organizing to invade another country. Kouhei had never been to Sunagakure no Sato before so he had no idea just what to expect when he got there, beyond the desert obviously. He didn’t even know the reason why they were invading in the first place. He knew the elders and Coco had decided together on the issue, but other than that he just didn’t know. However, none of that mattered. He was fighting for his friends, alongside his friends, that was what was important.

It took some time to make his way through the crowd somewhere where he could have some breathing room, but eventually he managed it. His gaze moved beyond the shinobi who surrounded him and towards the Tsuchikage who stood above them all on some sort of boulder. He could just make out her words now. With all her shinobi gathered she was probably either going to give them their mission directives or some sort of inspiring speech. Since he wasn’t sure if this mission had any secondary objectives beyond simply overthrowing the village he was eager to hear just what the Kage had to say. Today was perhaps one of the most important days of his life.

[DEVIL—]

Despite being dressed for the occasion and arriving on time, Bass's mind couldn't have been further away from the situation at hand. With his headphones on and jammin', the white-haired, dark-skinned Iwa-native jived through the streets like he was attending a personal party. Eyes closed, he weaved through the crowds of the busy streets on his way to the rendezvous point.

Dressed in his typical attire (long-sleeve, high-collar shirt with matching brown slacks; a iwa-issued flak-jacket over that), he was present only a moment after his distant relative.

"It be lookin' like it's time ta show tha Sand we ain't no jokes, huh?"

[Jae]

A leisurely approach brought me into a slight gathering of Iwagakure's active military, some more remarkable than others. It went without saying that my appearance in the crowd would stand out more than the average grunt, given I stood almost two heads taller than the average man and outweighed him nearly triple.

Endless white eyes stared over the heads of many, as I searched throughout the crowd for my assigned accomplice; another individual purported to be intimate with close quarters combat. I respected that type of dedication to war, though I would reserve my judgment until I actually saw how proficient he was. Needless to say, I was eager to commence with the occupation.

[kama]

Despite hurrying up to get to the place as soon as possible, the kunoichi would find it quite crowded, certainly, this was not a simple mission. This time, Sunagakure was going down. Inspecting the area the female would find familiar and unfamiliar faces all over the place. Of different ranks and different fighting styles, that was Iwagakure's military force. The diversity found in the place could only be seen once in a while, quite an opportunity for the scarlet eyed woman make her own records of everyone and gain knowledge.

Elements, kekkai touta, kekkai genkai and clans, everything will sooner or later get in here, better have a pleasant place to watch the events. Placing her at some point behind the crowd, though close enough to get the speech in any, she would await until anything new may happen.

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[spade]

The day had finally come, Iwagakure was going to attack Sunagakure. With all of the past events this was bound to happen, I truly pondered on what was to come; however I had no worries—I trusted our ninja just as much as I trusted myself. I walked in from behind the ninja, my sneakers making imprints in the ground below as I stood before Coco surrounded by the many strong ninja that were going to help take down this village.

I was dressed in my occasional garb consisting of a custom kimono, a black undershirt, and black slacks for comfortable movement. While I entered the group of people I nodded to Bass, a sort of "are you ready" kind of nod. War was coming, and soon, everyone would be enveloped by it.

[Leonov]

The blonde hustled over to where the meeting had taken place. Already, a crowd has been created, and Maximilian's eyes began scanning the area around them, and immediately, he met many familiar faces. Individuals he had fought with, completed missions with, and spoken with on friendly, close terms. It was a scary thought, but the Sansutsomu had realized that everyone here was a comrade, one way or another. And this was war.

Maximilian moved to the front of the crowd, and stopped as he reached it. Before him, he saw Lady Tsuchikage, ready to give a speech to the masses. While the blonde knew very little, he knew enough of what was going on. March on Sunagakure. Take them down. This was a war of Shinobi. And Maximilian was in on it. He crossed his arms over his chest and grinned, yelling over the crowd,

"It's time we crack a few fucking sandy skulls in, eh?"

He nodded to himself, his proud and grinning face held high as he stood tall among the crowd, and he once more let his eyes survey the area around him. He made eye contact, or at least tried to, with every other familiar face he knew. Bass, Jin, Kouhei, and Rosario, and should they returned his look, he'd give them a nod and a smile. They were all in on this together. Victory was the only option.

[Sharkk]

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War...war never changed, it was the Father of chaos while the Mother was some lousy street whore who no one cared for to find out what she was about. Grinning at the mental note of things he was conjuring up Gungnir, with Alenka three steps behind and to his left, made his way to all of those who gathered. From even a distance he could see them all amassing together, namely the Tsuchikage standing atop a boulder. She was quite the sight, and if it wasn't for her questionable sex, she'd be quite attractive. Slipping into the thick mob of Iwagakure shinobi he'd pick out the few that he had met with during the Tsuchikage's more private gathering of individuals. Making his way to the front, he'd press his back against the boulder.

Sure he was perhaps stepping out of bounds, but he didn't care. He was riding the high of completing his Medical Exam and beginning his race for Iwagakure's Head Medic / Jounin. But, if the titles couldn't be obtained it wouldn't be too big of a deal, after all they were just titles and wouldn't serve his true goals really. But, Gungnir sure did like to show boat. Sliding a glance to Alenka before to the Tsuchikage that stood above him, he'd grin like a mad devil as his eyes dropped back to the front line of grunts.
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[Gentlemanne]

''Mm?"

I huffed as I looked over the few that had amassed there, my entrance from a further back point allowing me to scope out the scenery first. Coco was up there, on her proverbial high horse yet again, and the few that stood before her were.. well, underwhelming to say the least. None of them stood out as brilliant, prodigal or incredibly smart, but I had hoped that this was the point of their bland appearances.

''THIS WILL BE OUR TIME, SEIDOU. DO NOT FEAR TEMPTATION."

Stung a familiar voice, my eyes turning to mere slits as I tried to zone the voice out. It had been such a long time since I had done something of this magnitude, having only been apart of a large fight once, in more humble times. But the theory was there and most importantly, so was my divinity. ''I hope you weren't planning on leaving without me?" I spoke warmly, my hand raising to alert Coco to my presence, the smile that adorned my features masking the intense thought process I was shifting through.

''I would ask for.. one more addition to our plan, Miss Coco. I will accompany you and the rest of our ninja to the Gate, I feel my presence there will be more important than the infiltration."

I felt my body loosen up as I spoke to the woman, my hands resting lazily at my sides. This was not an easy thing for me, but I had to admit that a siege of the gates would be optimal, both out of notoriety and a form of combined strength. If these ninja were worthy, which I had hoped they were, then they would be blessed with a glimpse of my power.

''Let us stain The Sands of Sunagakure with blood, my children."

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[daisy]

I looked over my shinobi. The jounin taking up a position beneath me, a few others talking amongst themselves, getting themselves excited for our march. I nodded at Seidou's words, then placed my hands on my hips and cleared my throat.
"What is sand, darlings?" I began, making sure my voice carried across the crowd.
"Nothing but worn down stone. Tiny fragments of rock, torn away by wind and water. And just as their land is a watered down version of ours, so are their shinobi weak compared to us." I paused, raising one hand, my brilliant red nails glinting in the warm sunlight.

"For far too long Iwagakure has been left in shadow. The great plays of history, in which we were cast as a mere supporting character. Yet now, my dears, the spotlight shines upon us. Will we back down? Retreat behind our mountains, our great rocky landscape? Not this time. Now we march out from our home, and the world shall realise that there is no force stronger than that of the Earth itself!" My voice rose, both arms now outstretched, my heels planted firmly on the solid rock beneath me, our namesake.

"Miroku, Kouhei, your birds please!" I called, looking for the two Kibaku-Nendo in the crowd. Another gift of Earth, the destructive bloodline that the two shinobi possessed.
"Everybody, we'll be entering Sunagakure from the air. Be ready for the fighting to begin as soon as we're above the village. I want nothing short of perfection from all units. Avoid collateral damage to both structures and civilians, but don't give their ninja an inch. This is our time, darlings. Will you shine with me?" With that, i clapped my hands together, my eyes wide as i looked over my assembled force. This was our day.

As soon as the two had created their flight crafts, we'd be off. Sunagakure's season was coming to a close.

[Superguest]

Kouhei stood amongst the crowd stilling continuing to watch it all unfold. As more shinobi began to join the group he could just start making out a few faces that he recognized. However, for everyone one he knew there were several alongside that person that he could not place. He hadn’t realized that there were just so many shinobi in Iwagakure no Sato. He had always known they were numerous, but with so many constantly out on missions, including himself, the village could seem empty at times. There was no denying just how strong they were now though.

"It be lookin' like it's time ta show tha Sand we ain't no jokes, huh?"

Kouhei turned to see the source of the voice. As his gaze shifted to find its originator his eyes came upon Bass. Kouhei couldn’t help, but smile upon recognizing his squad leader. The man was still very much a mystery to Kouhei, but Kouhei knew he could trust his superior. They had taken on a rather dangerous mission together and Bass had proven himself a capable leader. Not only that, but Kouhei knew if they were together Bass would act like the proper leader that he was and ensure things went as smoothly as possible as far as the two were concerned.

Kouhei would have probably moved closer and responded to Bass’ words, but it was then that Lady Coco began her speech. Her words were fairly inspiring as far as speeches went, but then again this was Kouhei’s first big mission that required a speech so it’s not like he had anything to compare it to. Kouhei found himself cheering at the appropriate times and remaining quiet during the rest of the speech. For the most part it was pretty typical.

"Miroku, Kouhei, your birds please!"

Then she called on him and someone else to bring out their birds. He waited for Coco-sama to finish the rest of her speech noting that his own power would be considerably handicapped with the new orders to keep collateral damage down as much as possible. His powers sort of revolved around collateral damage. When the Genin was sure the Tsuchikage had said all she was going to say he reached into his bag and retrieved some clay. His hand mouth worked around the small blob until it spit out a tiny replica bird. With a word and a seal the bird grew large enough for him and someone else to ride on. He wasn’t sure if she had wanted him to make more or if she had even wanted someone to ride with him. He figured though he could always make more later and took to the skies with his bird. He made a show of it, assuming that was Coco’s original intent, doing a small aerial show before forcing his bird to a flutter of wings just 20 meters over the troops.

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- Getaway Bird
- x2 Mid Used
- 18/20 Clay Blobs Remaining

[sachi]

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Shitty post, going out and just wanted to get in here quickly

ANBU mask on, hood up and cloak covering the entirety of my body - it was safe to say it would be hard to recognize me, but I couldn't help but feeling a little exposed here. All the Iwa shinobi were lining up, ready for war, and I was only able to recognize one of them, mister warrior monk.

But there she was . . . Coco. At the front of all her shinobi, in the middle of what seemed to be some kind've inspirational speech, I couldn't describe what it was like to see her after all this time. I didn't know if I was happy or sad, but for the time being I chose to ignore my feelings, now was not the time or place to reveal myself, so for the time being I would just stick to the back of the crowd,

"Sure hope these kids can fight . . ."

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[Kinz II]

Kinz smiled as he looked over the crowd all surrounding the kage. She was quite the speaker. The chilly from his chilly dog was smeared over his face. The mess being cleaned up by a few of his friends as they crawled over his skin. The few Kikai who got some chattered with glee. Apparently they were going to blow up sand or something. Kinz had no idea why they wanted to ruin somebody’s sand castle but if they built their stuff on our beach then it totally was ours to ruin if we wanted. kinz crossed his arms and nodded his head at the though, visually confirming he thought the idea was correct.

kinz's eyes lit up as he saw the bird fly around. He nearly jumped on it from there if he thought he could make it. His mind raced as he wondered how it worked. Consulting the queen of the swarm who lived within him she began issuing orders to his kekai. They swarmed out and formed a platform for Kinz to stand on in the shape of a bird. It was kind of big and he doubted it could be as agile as the clay one, but it looked damn cool to him. The bug bird lifted off with Kinz on its back and the young genin yelled out with youthful exuberance “YEAH!! Sand is for poopy heads !!!” The shear stupidity of his statement was lost on the immature boy. His bird began trying to keep up with the clay one as the army moved out.

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Mushi Fuyuu (Insect Island Floating)
Rank: C
Type: Supplementary / Ninjutsu / Secret Technique
Range: See special!
Handseals: No.
Chakra: Mid
Special: Distance the island can float above ground, as well as the speed at which the island can move, depends on the user's 'Kikaichuu' rank. Can hold up to one user, plus one more each time retrained.
Description: With this ninjutsu, the user will bring together their kikai into cloud-shaped clumps, the size of these ‘islands’ depending on the size of the user. These clumps are dense enough for the user or another ninja to rest on. During quick, dangerous attacks, this can allow the user to rise above any threat from below.
Domain: Aburame. Kikaichuu no Jutsu 'C'

[Sharkk]

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Letting his gaze drift about as he listened to the uproar of cheers before they were drowned out by his words, the Godly Kuro-Shiro. Tilting his head to the side so that it rubbed wrong against the boulder behind him, he'd then listen to what the Tsuchikage had to say. Inspirational speeches never got old, especially when the speaker was quite good at them. Folding his arms as he pushed himself away from the earthen creation, he'd wait his turn to speak. And when that time came, his voice was clear and crisp.

"Ahem, Tsuchikage if I may...My talent with Ninjutsu and my Air Vents has drastically been altered. I recently finished my Medical Exam and my training in Medical Ninjutsu leaves no room for any other techniques currently...Which leaves me as a pure Medic, but I do ensure you I will be more than useful in a fight, healing or direct combat..."

His hazel eyes focused on her for a moment before he turned and pressed his back once more against the boulder.
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[Jae]

Lady Coco's speech was a testament to why she was a good leader; persuasive, suave, and above all else original. In a world dominated by overzealous men such as myself, to see a strong "woman" representing proudly was enough to pull the allegiance out of me. And though it was nowhere near the caliber of respect I held for Lord Seidou, I'd then developed a new found admiration for the Fourth.

But shortly after her compelling speech came the shrill voice of the village's only Jounin, who I would soon accompany and possibly even rival in rank. He spoke of his newfound affinity for the medical arts, a skill that demanded it's user be proficient in precision chakra control. A medic, I mused while thinking back to the Kazekage. I may require his assistance.

But despite my newfound interest in him, I didn't speak or fret that I'd even considered him. I simply awaited the call to move out.