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     From where her partner sat above her, Kimiko was probably easily seen – her clothes, face, hair, everything. But from where Kimiko stood, staring up at him, was a different story. She could see his face, his pink tinted sunglasses and his fair blonde hair, but the rest of his body was blocked out by sunlight. That might have been why when he launched himself off the cliff, slowly descending to the area in front of her, she was rather amused by his choice of clothing.

     While Kimiko was definitely not one for fashion, his floral pants and simple top made her smile. She had never met a guy to wear such bold clothing types, and although flowers most likely weren’t the manliest choice, he didn’t seem feminine at all. Really, the pants made him even more likeable, and Kimiko usually didn’t like anyone.

     “Hello,” He started, raising his eyes to make contact with Kimiko’s. His voice was clam, comforting really, and the words seem to slide off his tongue in a harmonic way. He was so calm and collected, so not loud or obnoxious, not like everyone else Kimiko had met so far. “My name is Eiichiro Munashi. You'll be following me on today's mission.”Tch. Following him, she may have gotten good vibes from the guy, but she hated having to take others’ orders and work as a team. Yet somehow, she knew she had to listen to him, he seemed mature – even more mature than Kimiko herself and she was more than certain that he was more skilled than her. He was the reason she could go on this mission in the first place. Kin seemed to notice Kimiko’s stance alter slightly, for her stepped a little closer to her and nudged her subtly. If this man, whom she now knew was named Eiichiro, was better than her she would push her suborn, reckless self to the back of her mind and fulfill this mission and get the cash, she decided that long before she made the remark about sucking up with Kin, because even if she pretended she’d be rude, she wouldn’t. Couldn’t.

     “And, what is your name there?” He motioned to her, and she gave a slight smile and raise of her eyebrows. “You can call me Kimiko,” Then she turned slightly towards Kin, motioning her hand and thumb to him. “And this is Kin,” She then turned back to him and gave a subtle nod. “Pleasure to make your acquaintance.” She grinned at that she could feel Kin roll his eyes, nevertheless she continued, speaking the next thing that was on her mind. “As for the mission,” She paused, her grin disappearing and a slightly worried look replacing it. She subconsciously sucked in a tiny part of her body lip, biting down and sending a small tingle of pain through her body. Nervous habit. And she was just now realizing that she might just possibly be nervous, but why? “What exactly is our mission?” Her paper didn’t give any details whatsoever, just a meeting place and time, and even though she most likely could handle it she still had a knot in the back of her stomach, hoping to god she wouldn’t have to do anything to advanced and totally embarrass herself in front of possibly the only other cool person in her village.

     Great. She sighed, realization kicking in, she cared too much about what other people thought. It might have been better if he wasn’t cool.

     The dog growled as Kimiko dragged it behind her, its paws dragging non the ground, not wanting to move. “Stop being so difficult!” She hissed at the animal, giving a hard yank on the leash she held for about the twentieth time. “Don’t choke the thing Kimi,” Kin groaned, sighing from ahead of her. They were taking the stupid mutt back to the vet, then they’d have to go back and get the other one, so it wasn’t her fault that she was just a little frustrated. “We have to bring it back alive.” Kimiko raised her eyebrows. “Hey now,” Her voice was teasing, and she scrunched up her lips. “Nobody, said anything about bringing the damn things back alive. I should have just killed both, but I’m actually choosing to be kind today.”Kin scoffed a laugh and turned his head back to their path, chuckling slightly to himself. “What’s so funny?” She hissed, narrowing her eyes and having to turn around briefly to scold the dog once again. Kin just kept chuckling.

     It didn’t take them that long to get back, since this location they actually knew how to get to. It was near one of Kimiko’s favorite restaurants, so she could never forget it. They walked for a good ten minutes, the clinic being nearly all the way across town, and with Kimiko turning around and yelling at the dog every 30 seconds they were more than slow. Plus, Kin’s constant and growing laughter made her snap at him too, which slowed them down even more. By the time they reached the clinic, Kimiko was pissed off and everyone was tired. “Just shut up already!” She growled at Kin, and he smiled. “I think I was done anyways.” He started to the door. “Why couldn’t you have been done over five minutes ago.” Kimiko murmured under her breath, giving Kin the best oblivious face she could give. She coaxed the dog inside, and there they were met by a pretty blonde nurse—vet, whatever. She smiled sweetly and took the leash, then bent down to pet the rabid dog, who just leaned into her touch, and fallowed after her willingly.

     “The hell.” She said aloud, both surprised and angry with the dog listening to the nurse and not her. Kin just started laughing again. “Okay we’re leaving, we’ll get the other damn dog later.” She spun around and shoved past Kin, pushing through the doors and going out into the sun. She would go home – or even better, get something to eat at the restaurant that was just two steps away. She would’ve been excited if Kin hadn’t been so annoying with his chuckling.

E X I T

     “Tch,” Kimiko whispered – more like breathed. They were far into the shadows now, and she knew they were in these dogs territory. “It smells awful.” She said even quieter. It wasn’t the strong urine smell or even the wet dog smell, it was the garbage. There must have been a very filthy, disgusting dumpster somewhere back here because the smell was almost unbearable – however, not so unbearable that she dropped her guard.

     With Kin only a step behind her, both reacted quickly to the scuttle of paws nearly ten meters from them. Body tensed and her hand on her sword, Kimiko slid to the ally wall, lifting her nose to the air. She could barely see, just even darker shadows within the shadows, but her nose was all she needed to know that there was a dog close. With her reaching for her sword only habit, she shook her head frustrated. She couldn’t use her sword, she’d slice the dog’s stomach open – but she also couldn’t get bitten, or fight hand to hand. There was only one way she felt she could go about this, and that was to become rather canine herself. Summoning all her chakra, she took a long, deep breath – her hands turning into claws and her sharp teeth becoming more distinct. When she opened her eyes, they would be much more animal like, her old pupils changing into canine slits. She grinned, knowing that she looked pretty cool in this form, and as if Kin could read her mind he suddenly transformed himself into a replica of Kimiko’s current self – teeth and all. “Okay, know what we’re doing here?” She didn’t even have to ask, they were always in sync, thinking the same things and working together in harmony. With an abrupt nod both of them dashed forward.

     Kimiko could have done it with her eyes closed – all she had to rely on was her nose. She lunged forward, automatically making contact with a warm, furry animal, much smaller than herself. She stuck her elbow out and rammed it into the dog, making it squeal and fly backwards. She could tell that it wasn’t a rabid one. The same noise came from behind her, and she turned to see Kin have done the same thing, but the dog he had hit was just as small as Kimiko’s. Slight confusion flashed across both of their faces before, as if on cue, two much larger, scruffy dark dogs came out from the shadows. Their fur was ruffled up and their teeth bared into a fierce growl, and lucky for them both were foaming from the mouth. “These are our guys.” Kimiko smirked, they seemed rather vicious and ready for a fight, just like Kimiko.

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Shikyaku no Jutsu (Four-Legged Technique)

Rank: D, C ,B, A, S
Type: Supplementary / Secret Technique / Taijutsu
Range: Self
Special: Improves the clan member's overall speed, strength and endurance, so that they can outperform most normal ninja in physical tasks while remaining in their canine shape.
D - 120% Speed, Strength & Endurance
C - 140% Speed, Strength & Endurance
B - 160% Speed, Strength & Endurance
A - 180% Speed, Strength & Endurance
S - 200% Speed, Strength & Endurance
Description: The basis of all Inuzuka jutsu comes from Shikyaku no Jutsu. After forming the needed hand seals, chakra begins to emit from the body of the clan member and they take on a more canine-like appearance, granting them animal-like accelerated fighting instinct and reflexes to the user. By continuing their flow across their body and moving on all fours, they can obtain high speed movement and reflexes like that of a wild animal. Taught only to the members of the Inuzuka clan, this technique forms the basis of a Inuzuka clan member's taijutsu fighting style, and will add even more to their feral-like appearances; their canine teeth, their finger and toenails grow to claw-like length, their eyes also become more wild with their pupils becoming slits. When under the effects of this jutsu, an Inuzuka will display great feats of physical strength, speed, and endurance.

Juujin Bunshin (Beast-Man Clone)

Rank: D
Type: Supplementary / Secret Technique / Ninjutsu
Range: Self
Special: Form remains until cancelled or until the canine is severely injured.
Description: Once the Inuzuka has learned to turn their body into beast-like forms, they then pass on their newfound powers onto their canine partner. Acting in conjunction with the clan member, the canine familiar will transform themself into a copy of the clan member once the appropriate handseals are finished. While in this form they can accomplish many of the same techniques as the original. When combined with the 'Four-Legged Technique', the user and the animal become virtually impossible to tell apart, since both act equally animalistic.

     Kimiko stared down at the note in front of her, grimacing. They had to start this mission and get it over with, yet now that Kimiko was facing it, she had no idea where to start. “Not as easy as you though, hmm?” Kin cooed, almost smirking with his canine teeth. “Shut it!” Kimiko snapped back, she didn’t feel like being criticized. They had left their home about an hour before, it was midday and Kimiko had slept in because she figured it could be easy, yet somehow they hadn’t even found a trail to follow. “There’s just so many different canine scents.” She grumbled – she could smell at least three canines within a 20 meter radius of her. She never knew there were so many dogs running around Kumo, yet here they were, with way to many options. She couldn’t even distinguish between rabbi dogs and normal ones – she just wished they gave her some sort of thing with the remaining dogs scent on it, she would have been able to track that easily.

     “We’ve been searching for an hour Kimiko, we should start asking around. I’m sure the villagers will be more than happy to tell you where the rabid dogs are.” Kin wasn’t back at communicating, he could talk to others easily when wanted, but even then he preferred to avoid other human contact. Kimiko couldn’t even communicate without feeling weird, let alone willingly go up to people and ask them for help. “Hell no,” She turned towards Kin, her eyebrows gathering in a look that said “are you kidding me”. “We can do this by ourselves remember? We just have to find the trail, and then – “ She was cut off by a soft, sweet voice, one belonging to a little girl. “Excuse me ma’am, but may I pet your dog?” She looked about five, with short fluffy brown hair that was pinned up into a tiny ponytail. Her bangs were clipped messily straight back, making a slight puff in the front and making her look quite silly. She was cute, Kimiko would give her that, and her eyes were shining so bright that she couldn’t make herself say no. She didn’t have to say yes either though, because Kin spoke for her. “Go ahead,” He said in a gentle voice, one that he used to use on Kimiko when she was little. Then again, he had been much younger then too, they had practically grown up together, yet somehow he always seemed older. Maybe it was just because he was mature.

     The little girl’s eyes lit up even brighter, and she opened her mouth in awe. “He – you can talk?” She seemed to be shining, which made sense. Kin was a huge, soft looking dog that usually got a lot of attention. Most people didn’t know about the canine companions of the Inuzuka clan, considering there weren’t any others in Kumo, so Kin drew a lot of attention. Eventually, Kimiko just got used to it – hell, he was a giant, talking dog, there wasn’t really anyway to avoid it. “He’s my canine companion, we fight together side by side.” Kimiko usually didn’t like children, but bragging about Kin was always the one thing she could talk about with others. “You’re a Kunoichi?” The girl asked, acting shy but too curious to keep her from speaking. Kimiko nodded and gave a small smile, and the girl happily scratched the top of Kin’s head when he bent down to let her pet him. A few minutes later, after explaining some stuff about her clan and how Kin and herself worked together, Kimiko was about to leave when the girl said something interesting. “He’s so nice and calm, nothing like those scary dogs in the ally.” Scary dogs? Was she talking about the rabid dogs they were looking for? Kin looked up and Kimiko, and she returned his hopeful look with a determined look of her own.

     Kimiko wasn’t very happy. Today, she was going to do a mission, which usually – in any other circumstances – she would have been find with. She enjoyed missions, they earned her cash and made her feel important, plus it gave her something meaningful to do, yet somehow she had gotten herself into an uncomfortable situation. Today, nothing was normal. One, she wasn’t doing this mission alone – she had an unknown teammate to work with, and she wasn’t one for working well with others. Two, it wasn’t a wimpy “C” ranked mission, it was “B” ranked, which usually only Chuunin could go on, and even though she was confident in her abilities she was nowhere confident enough to willingly go on one of these – except of course, if the reward was big, which it was.

     So, Kimiko sat on the back of her best friend as they stalked down the path to their meeting place, scolding herself for taking this in the first place. She was almost certain it wouldn’t end well. When they were a good ways down the path, a rocky cliff to her right and a drop to her death to her left, she ordered Kin to stop and slid off effortlessly, landing slightly and spreading her arms to stretch them. “So are you going to behave, or am I going to have to constantly stop you from ruining this mission?” Kin’s deep, husky voice sounded from where he stood next to her, and she turned to him and grimaced, his scowling eyes pointed right back. “Kin, we don’t know who we’re dealing with. He, she. . they could be a complete idiot, or maybe someone actually helpful. Even so, I’m not gonna’ suck up just cus’ we’re in this together.” She shrugged, and Kin rolled his eyes. He was always the clam-headed respectful one, and often stopped Kimiko from getting into trouble. She sighed frustrated, wondering how she got here before her teammate, she just barely made the time listed on the note, which was early morning. The sun was still rising and the sky was rather dark, it was most definitely the time they set to meet.

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name; exploring kaminari no kuni
rank; b
description; Kumogakure no Sato is tasked with keeping Kaminari no Kuni safe for the travelers. Whether it is bandits or shinobi from another village. Additionally the Raikage hates not knowing things. Knowledge is power and without knowledge, you lack power. Without power you lack the ability to grow, and expand. So you’re tasked with exploring our lands. If you spot a shinobi from another village don’t hesitate to quickly return and inform the Raikage. Do not hastily rush into battle if the numbers are against you. However if everything is peaceful then enjoy your away time. Note this mission will give you two days of leave from Kumogakure no Sato. If you do not return to Kumogakure no Sato you will be sought after.
reward; 100 experience, 2,500 ryo
minimum shinobi; one
mission status; interminable