Team Hebi [Day 1]

[tigaevo]

“I guess I gotta try this shit one more time.”

I would say to myself as I found myself in the middle of one of the many training fields in the village of Kiriakure, the weather hadn’t been that bad considering it was a light mist that covered the entire field. ‘I guess they trust me after all.’ I thought to myself as I sat there in the middle my senses would be at their peaks, well my ears anyway I was still adjusting to seeing the world with my ears and taste, it was something that would take some getting used to but it had to be done. I had to suffer for my part in the reckless assault on kumo, but I would try not to think too much about the past because that wasn’t what I was here for. I would stand to my feet as I could hear the sound of some footsteps from quite a distance away, I figured it had to be one of them kids I would turn to his direction as I began to speak.

“What’s up?”

[~Mifune~]

I was taught by my unlce that a ninja was meant to be a tool of war. In all that time I had believed that meant I was to be reclusive and mysterious. So now, i'm panicking at the thought of joining a team of ninja. I was used to depending on my own skill, however now i would have to depend on others as well? Well, ain't this fucking peachy.

There was a man just a few paces in front of me. He turned in my direction and spoke:

["What's up?"]

I waved my hand across the air in a dismissive gesture.

" Yo."

SPOILER: Click to show

Got everything on me (if it matters)

[Django]

As always, she looked fabulous. Even when attired for combat, Draco always managed to find a way to keep in high-fashion. In her down-time, the Inuzuka preferred to wear more casual outfits; tights and heeled-boots, sneakers, trench-coats narrowed at the hips for that hour-glass figure, sun-dresses when the weather permitted it. She couldn't understand those women who wore the combat fatigues and the fish-nets and armor every single day; it seemed like such a dike thing to do. Only a dike would dress like a man every day. Still, there was a time and place for such attire. On the first day of interaction with one's new teammates, where first-impressions were made and you didn't want your male-peers to assume that you were a weak little girl, that's when it became appropriate to dress like a man.

Draco glided down a dirt-path that led to the designated meeting place. It was foggy, but not too foggy- visibility was at least thirty-meters, which is surprisingly clear for Mizugakure weather -and Draco could see her reflection in a dozen puddles along the path. She slowed down to admire her outfit in the reflections- not stopping because she had a destination to reach, but ahead of schedule enough to not feel guilty for slowing down. That day, she was wearing a steel-grey leather jumpsuit with brick-red dragon designs winding down the pants and sleeves, and black trim. She didn't like grey because it was such a dull color, but it matched her snow-white hair, and it complemented her eyes, and men usually saw it as some sort of clever camouflage because “hurr mist is grey too!”, so she tolerated it. But she didn't like it anyway, that's why she'd bought the jumpsuit with the dragons on them instead of just any old grey jumpsuit, because she wanted some extra fucking color. To compliment the red, she also wore three plastic-bands on her left wrist, two solid red ones and a white band, that clacked together while she walked. She wore a black belt with gold trim to contrast with all the light colors in her pallete- all in all, she was pleased.

The path made a sharp turn, winding around a small shack just off the trail, and as she rounded its corner, the Inuzuka's heart skipped a beat the sight of the two individuals waiting for her in the center of the field. It couldn't be, could it? Her team-mates were... they were... !

No, wait. She frowned as she got closer and their appearences came into focus. The two men weren't who she'd initially thought they were. How disappointing.

Draco recognized the one with the face-mask on. She'd caught a glimpse of him saling out a window not so long ago prior. Saigo Gin; once a kind of rock-star, now fallen from grace, and kind of a loser. She'd heard rumors that both of his eyes were gone, and that he wore the mask in order to hide his empty sockets from sight. She had no idea how true that was, but she didn't particularly give a shit either. The point was that he was old news. Next.

Draco barely recognized the other boy at all. She'd seen him around the village a few times, but had never spoken to him. She kind of liked his outfit- it was some sort of pseudo-Samurai type of thing, kind of hip -but he was probably kind of a loser too, since she didn't know anything about him. The cool guys were always being gossiped about.

Now somewhat depressed that she'd gone through so much effort to look good for nothing, Draco's pace slackened somewhat. Instead of striding over to the couple, she just kind of trotted over, all nihlistically and shit.

"Sorry I'm late." She said with a contrived sheepish grin, not really sorry at all. She bowed to each of them in turn, wondering idily where the Genin boy had gotten his swag cloak from.

"Inuzuka Draco, at your service."

[tigaevo]

“Ehh, so loud.”

The words would fall from my mouth as I heard the sound off another set of footsteps entering the area; my attention would be directed in the direction of the oncoming footsteps as the boy addressed me. Once he spoke the sound from his voice would be enough for me to fill out his entire figure, It was enough for me to recognize which one of the Genin he was. ‘Ah ok.’ I would think to myself as the other footsteps got closer and closer, from the looks of the person shape that was approaching it had seemed to be a female. And as she spoke it confirmed my allegations, it had seemed to be the other Genin that was made a part of my team.

Under my mask a slight grin would form as I could hear the sound of each of their heartbeat, I would register it in my memory so I would never forget who they were. My hands would make their way into my pockets as I turned back towards the boy that had spoken first, it had seemed he didn’t feel it necessary to tell me his name though it would’ve been the proper thing to do. I wouldn’t let the thought linger around much as I knew I probably would’ve been the same way.

“Well Jin and Draco, It’s nice to meet you two for the first time. As you may already know my name is Saigo, Gin, I’ll be your Chunnin leader for who knows how long.”

I would say as my attention shifted towards the girl,

“But while I am your appointed leader I will make sure you two receive the proper preparations to get past the Chunnin exams, from this point on you two will have to trust me with your life and in return you will be reward with the fruits of your labor.”

Now surely I couldn’t exactly SEE the duo that stood before me, but I could hear there every action. My gaze would floated back and forth between the two as they stood before me, I wasn’t too sure of how they would feel about my short speech that had giving them. So I knew I would have to open the floor for them to speak.

“Lastly, our team will be known as Team Hebi… Now do you guys have any questions or concerns.”


I would say as I would grip the coins that had been my pockets, I would hold them tightly in my hand as I pulled them from my pocket. Each of these coins bared the symbol of a snake something I got not to long after my return from Kumogakure they were made of the finest gold one could find in Kiri, I would begin to twirl the coins around in my hand as I awaited there response.

[~Mifune~]

Shortly after I had greeted my future leader, a white haired girl had made her way to the meeting place as well. I was quite confident that she was a member of our team, and her introduction confirmed my thoughts. She seemed to be examining both me and the masked man in front of me. From the look on her face, one she quickly covered with a smile, she was not impressed. However that was fine. Seeing as we will be working together for now, I will have plenty of opportunities to impress. But I must admit I was disappointed by the masked man as well. He seemed like a new born, it was as though he was still adjusting to the world around him. I didn't need anyone holding me back in a mission, hopefully he was a capable leader.

The masked man began to speak, and as he did, he formerly used my first name. There was a small twitch in my left eye as I heard it. No one ever used my first name, save my uncle, but he only did it in when punishment would follow his words. His name was Saigo Gin, and the woman adjacent to me was apparently Draco. I allowed the man to finish speaking before I began:

"Well the first thing is for you to please not call me Jin, Mifune is fine. It's just, seeing as we will be working together personally, I would like for you to use a name I am more comfortable with."

I then turned to the girl, curious about her and her abilities, before slightly nodding, indicating that my turn was over and that she could speak. My eyes would remain on her, however she would not notice because of the curves of my hood. What talents would she have, just how capable a shinobi was she? I had heard many things of the Inuzuka clan, but I have never been lucky enough to see one in battle. God I wish she would speak, my curiosity was killing me.

[Django]

Draco watched, mesmerized, as the Chuunin shuffled the coins through his fingers. So enthralled she was with the subtle movements that she barely even registered his monologue. It was only after the other man- Muffin? -finished speaking, and a somewhat awkward silence had filled the air, that she snapped out of her stupor.

“Um- I don't really have any major questions.” She said, averting her gaze from the coins. “Training for the exams, trust you with our lives, et cetera et cetera; I'm- I'm down with that. She paused. Hesitated. What was the most tactful way to ask this? Her arms crossed over her bust and she teetered on the balls of her feet.

“Is it true that the Mizukage slapped you so hard, your eyes got knocked out of your head, and you wear that mask to hide the empty sockets??!” She blurted out, not very tactfully at all.

[tigaevo]

As the boy’s voice broke the brief silence I would listen to his complaints about his names, I would shrug my shoulders because I didn’t personally care about how he felt about his name. As I would exhale the sound of the girls voice would follow shortly after the boy, she had seemed to be quite rude. She was speaking of thing she had nothing to think of, a slight anger would begin to build in the pit of my stomach as she continued.

“Well actually, that’s none of your fucking business. Sorry kid, you shouldn’t speak of things you know nothing about. And I won’t disclose to you what happened to me, just keep in mind that though I may be blind I’m nothing than I was before this punishment.”

I would say as I could feel myself becoming a bit ill tempered, it disappointed me that the girl lacked that much respect. But at last I felt as though I couldn’t hold it against her, because it’s my fault that my eyes are so fucked up. At last I would once I calmed a little I would toss each of them a coin, it would serve as a symbol of their membership to my team.

“At last take these coins, never lose’em it’ll be a sign of the bond we start today.”

[~Mifune~]

A small smile spread underneath my mask, as I watched my new leader lose his cool. I now remember hearing about a man like him, he was in Yokumaru-sama, and Chae-sama's group. So he lost his eyes huh? Well that seems like an extreme punishment, but who am I to argue lord Mizukage's will.

I quickly glanced at the small Inuzuka girl as Gin scolded her. She was already proving to be a good source of entertainment, let's hope she can ruffle Gin's feathers just a little more: I really want to see what a blind shinobi was capable of.

Gin-sensei had finally relinquished the coins he had been fumbling with as he spoke. I reached out and retrieved one, and ran my fingers over the snake emblem on it. "Hebi"... Snake... how cute. I plunged the coin into my pocket before giving a slight bow to my leader, hoping he would appreciate the respect.

"Thank you, Gin-sensei."

[Django]

"Geeze, what got your panties in a wad." She said with a scowl, snatching the coin from the man's hand. "It was just a question, geeze."

The little token now in her possession, she took a few more seconds to silently examine it. Draco wondered idly what the symbolism behind the snake was; if there was any significance to their team being named Hebi. She thought about asking, but chances were the cripple'd probably start crying or something if she asked another question. What a baby.

"Well. Now what?" She asked. "Are we gonna hold hands or are we gonna kick some ass?!"

[/font]

[tigaevo]

mission status; interminable

name; Chief of Battle
rank; b
description; Good news and bad news, the good news is we recently captured 2 squads of non ninja mercenaries as well as their leader, the bad news is your fighting them right now. I hope your prepared for battle as they’ve come to fight. The commander is an expert of dual swords, under his command are two squads each containing 1 spearman, 1 crossbowman, 1 armored mace shock trooper and 1 shield and sword wielding soldier.
reward; 100 experience, 2,500 ryo
minimum shinobi; one
mission status; interminable

“Well since you asked, I’ve got a mission that will test both of your capabilities.”

I would say before reaching my hand into my satchel pulling a mission scroll from it, as I unraveled the mission scroll I would toss it to the Draco. I couldn’t exactly read the mission slip considering my handicap but I was briefed on it before I came out, it had been a mission that could turn out good or bad for these genin. But I knew it’d be a good test of their ability’s. It would show me where they needed work plus it’d give them some good experience in the field.

“Draco, and Mifune look over the mission slip while we are on our way.”

I would say as I turned away from the duo I would take a few paces forward before taking off towards the designated training field, it hadn’t been more than a couple a minutes from the one that we had been on. I would hope the Genin would be following me as I made my way through the short wooded area that separated the fields, I would look over my shoulder as I moved swiftly through the woods.

“Don’t get caught slipping, just because they don’t use a lot of Ninjutusu they’re a very proficient team… Maybe we could even learn something from them.”

[~Mifune~]

Before anything else can be said, my so-called "leader" would toss me a mission scroll and turn away. I only had a few short seconds to read the scroll over Draco's shoulders. The second I had gotten the gist of the mission I would break into a sprint after Gin-sensei.

How Gin-sensei thought we could learn anything from a few pathetic mercenaries was beyond me. Maybe if they were ninja I would be concerned, but this was not the first time I had to battle a few non-ninja.

I wonder if Draco would be following us, she alone seemed the most unprepared. In my time of studying the history of Nara I also came across a few interesting bits about Inuzuka clan, and last time I checked they had dogs for partners. However, I did not see a dog around her. Which could only mean her fighting ability had been crippled. What excuse could she possibly have for leaving behind a critical part of her arsenal.Heh, looks like someone's gonna be the weak link of the group, and its not even the handicapped guy! I looked back at Draco thinking how pretty a corpse she was gonna be.

[Django]

Draco snatched the scroll from her new sensei with glee, eager to discover the nature of their first mission. Her eyes, wide with excitement, fleeted across the text as she read silently.

And then with an exasperated sigh she crumpled the scroll up into a ball and tossed it over her shoulder. Whaaat a bitch.

"I thought we were gonna do something interesting, she whined, following the other two across the field. "Not beat up some half-dead prisoners. I do that for free." Though, she generally did it with Aoi. The big german-shepherd was sick and out of action for awhile; inwardly, Draco wondered how well she'd fare without him in a fight.

"Well I suppose it's not all bad. At least we're not looking for some bitch's cat." She made a face. "I hate looking for bitches' cats."

[tigaevo]

‘Damn she’s going to be annoying sometimes.’ I thought to myself as we proceeded through the lightly wooded area, the sound of our feet moving through the forest were enough to give me a steady view of my surroundings. I was starting to get the hang of moving along without my sight it wasn’t as easy as most people though, no one knew exactly how it felt to have to depend one sense so heavy it wasn’t always a good feeling. But it was out of my hands for now so adapting was the only thing I could do, as we continued to push through the woods I could hear the sound of people moving in our direction into the woods.

“Ok you two, don’t fuck this up. It shouldn’t be hard that hard to dismantle this men, there are highly trained in the arts of Kenjutsu so don’t bull shit around.”

I would say as I picked up my pace quite a bit, it had seemed the forest had been coming to its end as I could see the density of the forest decreasing. My hand would make it way into my bag as we shot out of the forest assuming the Genin were still following, the sound of metal clinging together gave me almost exact coordinates to where they were.

“HEY MUTHER FUCKERS, I THINK YOU’RE IN THE WRONG PART OF THE WOODS!”

Once we made our exit from the woods the group of men couldn’t have been more than 15 meters away and closing, my hand would quickly react firing a Kunai off in the groups direction. I would halt my movements for a second before forming one seal causing the Kunai to detonate half the distance away from them, as it detonate I made sure to lower my hearing slightly so it wouldn’t disrupt my vision to much.

“Don’t get caught slipping, because if you do these men will put an end to you.”

I would say as I pushed off to the left.

---

NPC
“Muther fucker.”

The man would say under his breath as the Kunai exploded in front of him and his group, the leader would begin to speak as he withdraw his weapon.

“You with the crossbow get to your position, You with the spear I need you to come with me!”

He would say right before they pushed through the cloud of smoke that had been clogging up the air, as the two men shot forward out of the smoke as they threw a couple of Kunai’s decorated with pretty pieces of paper towards the group.

“AHHHHH”

The men began to scream letting off their battle cry, if the Genin hadn’t been able to react to the Kunai they would be faced with a potent explosion as the tags detonated.

---

“Hehe, lets see what they can do.”

I would say to myself as I had my sights set on the one that had seemed to be trying to hide, I would leave the other two to my team.

[~Mifune~]

The useless pep-talk being given wouldn't even reach my ears as I diverted from the path we were initially following. The minute I broke out from the forest i could see Gin-sensei throw a tagged kunai at the men, and detonate it halfway through. Tch, he should have just chucked it at the leader and blew it up that way. At least then we wouldn't have to worry about pointless distractions and head on battle.

2 squads worth of men were to my immediate north west. First, I decided it was best to target the crossbow men. Taking out the more versatile mercs would be easy enough I suppose. I began rounding my sprint until I was now only 9 meters from the spear men and the few men who guarded them.

"Let's just make this quick."

I began forming hand-seals and molding chakra as I approached the men.¹

SPOILER: Click to show

¹ Justu Prep

[Django]

Normally, Draco would have made do with just her sword and Ju Kenshi- she assumed that they wouldn't be going up against anyone too strong, not on their first mission. However, even if that were the case, she felt a stronger sense of vulnerability than she'd let on to her new comrades. The conceptions about Inuzuka bonding on an almost familiarity level were, for the most part, true. In Aoi's absence, Draco felt as naked as a swordsman without a sword.

So to compensate, she activated Shikyaku.

Draco followed closely as the trio bolted through the forest, her boots kicking up a wake of dirt as she sprinted through the brush. Not wanting to get caught flat-footed in the coming battle, she began the transformation right then and there. Hands clasped together, she formed the tiger-seal and allowed her chakra to begin morphing her.

By the time Hebi reached the clearing, Draco's transformation was complete. Her nails had grown several inches, her hair had thickened and become more unruly, the shape of her eyes contorted into slits and instead of running with her legs, she shambled at an unnaturally fast gait on all four-legs, moving so fast that the outline of her body blurred.

Once in range, the Inuzuka wasted no time. She wasn't aware of her allies movements, but she didn't care either. Whenever she entered Shikyaku, it was if the only aspect of her personality that didn't end up getting suppressed was her brutality; literally, nothing else mattered to the girl in that moment beyond getting her hands on the nearest living thing and ripping it to shreds. For that reason, she generally tried to avoid utilizing the ability unless she had too.

Draco bounded forward, easily outstripping her new sensei in her haste to reach the spear-man. Perhaps out of desperation- an attempt to deter an assault maybe, the band of hapless mercenaries tossed kunai with exploding notes attached to their ends at her and her allies. It was a meaningless gesture.

With a wet leopard-growl, Draco's powerful muscles propelled her off the ground and forward in a fast-moving spiral of death. The exploding tags detonated moments later, but they failed to penetrate even the buffer of air emanating from her violent rotations, much less the Genin's potent body-armor.

Uninhibited, she powered right through the explosion and drilled toward spear-man, intending to pulp him into stringy matter.

SPOILER: Click to show

- Shikyaku no Jutsu (Low)
- Tsuuga (Low)