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He stepped toward Nobuda with a fire in his eyes. He was just about done talking and the other Sen had already snaked his way around the corner and found a good place crouch and wait for the moment to attack. Like I said… it’s not too late for you or any of us. Iwa can change and grow… It is changing. The Tsuchikage doesn’t want you dead and the really wouldn’t want you to kill this man. Your meal has been paid for don’t victimize someone who has nothing to do with your real problems. If you’re that pissed off… take it up with me.

As if he couldn’t help himself at the sound of someone challenging him, Nobuda flung the kunai across the distance at an incredible speed slicing the juglar of the older genin. Sen clutched at his throat as it began to bleed out but he didn’t panic. He instead kneeled to the ground and turned away to avoid letting his blood be seen. His labored breaths told YIte Nobuda he was dying and the younger genin seemed more sad for the entire situation that just sad that he’d killed a fellow shinobi. The cook who had been placed in a sleeper hold once the kunai was thrown was incapacitated and laid gently on the floor. Sen was more right about the boy than he thought. He was a beast of impulse, young and angry. He didn’t want to hurt anyone but if he couldn’t control himself he’d rather hurt and armed or more skilled opponent than an innocent.

Nobuda’s eyes watered but his face was one of stone as he said he silent apology to both the dying genin that paid his debt and the cook he was in debt to. For all of Sen’s talking Nobuda had heard one thing he said loud and clear. “You don’t like it? Leave.” You don’t like it? Leave. The small sack of Ryo would be all the money he’d have in the world as he kept his cool and left Iwa behind once and for all. He didn’t really want to leave but he’d killed one his own so there was nothing left for him here.

As he reached down for the Ryo sack his noticed someone strange. The red flowing out of the body of the genin who he thought he killed. The red was bright and glowing, it was even extremely hot, like lava. Then when he moved in to inspect the body, it disappeared, like a clone, the small pouch of Ryo along with it. In its wake a mass of molten lava spewed at the boy which he barely dodged and from the corner of his eyes he saw movement. But it only lasted a moment as he was incapacitated by the fist making hard contact with his chin.

Yite Nobuda never stood a chance in his wired and anxious state. The boy hit the ground with a thud and Sen turned his attention back to the cook. When a patrol squad got to the scene Nobuda had been tied and up and the cook was just coming to, but this time a real pouch of 100 Ryo was sitting in his lap. The genin didn’t have time to make pleasantries or friends. There was something else he had to take care of today before he left for Suna and it was extremely dangerous. It took a special kind of fearlessness to be untrained with a blade yet still torture animals to death in a place where skilled and trained killers nearly outnumbered the regular civilians, although with a population as small as Iwa’s that still wasn’t saying very much.

If he put all his eggs in one basket and exposed himself he could fail the mission, cost the cook his life and in turn be more or less forced to kill the kid, three things he wanted to avoid. It was better to play it safe and come up with a plan because when it was all said and done he wasn’t just dealing with a punk kid he was dealing with a fellow shinobi. A fellow shinobi who was definitely on equal rank with him in title and stature but could very possibly be his superior in combat or tactics, or both.

He would need a proper distraction to make things work the way he needed them to. No matter the layout of the ramen stand and its surrounding area he would use the same tactic. While he closed in on his quarry his thoughts focused in on the first of his two missions. It was better to take his time and absorb all the information he could to better complete his second mission. Because unlike the first one, his second mission ticket gave no suspect or location of the problem. It only gave a situation and his orders to stop that situation and apprehend the culprit, where ever they were.

From behind a crowd of onlookers the genin made his way into the spectacle. It was incredibly important not to be seen if the kid had an itchy hand he might freak at the sight of another shinobi and kill the cook and make a break for it. The crowd all seemed to want to put an end to the situation but no one made a move against the crazed kid with a kunai. The ramen chef was fine, no apparent wounds no bleeding from the neck area. If the genin had kept his cool this long there was hope for him yet. Backing back behind a corner the Youton user set the handseals fly, from behind his cover, no one could see his movements and the crowds hindered the Yite from sensing his whereabouts. Youton Bunshin no Jutsu.

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Youton Bunshin no Jutsu (Lava Clone Technique)
Rank: B
Type: Supplementary / Youton Kekkei Touta
Range: See special!
Chakra: High
Special: Up to one clone can be made at a time, plus one more each time retrained. When struck, the clone's lava essence forces whatever was used to strike it to stick within, as if it had just struck some sort of thick, jellatine substance. Clone cannot perform any jutsu, but when defeated, it explodes in a burst of hot magma, spreading its burning essence everywhere. Explosion range covers 5 meters all around the clone.
Description: With this technique, the Youton user is able to call upon aid from a perfect copy of themselves. Comprised purely of molten lava, this clone retains the user's movement speed and can share linked mental judgement. Best of all, when struck physically, most items slowly sink into the magma pit that has become their body, corroding away at appendages and weapons equally. Finally, when defeated, the clone explodes into a blob of intense lava that aims to take over the nearest opponent available, burning and melting them in place.
Domain: Youton. Fushokuzai 'B'.

From behind the corner he emerged taking point and center. He dispersed the crowd on the authority of being a ninja of on official Iwa business. It didn’t take them long to be on their way and with every other person in the vicinity taking their leave Nobuda’s face went to wily and anxious to fierce and determined. The grip on his kunai tightened and he held it closer to the cook’s throat. Whatever his reasons were he didn’t run and now he was facing whom he perceived as the genin that was going to take him out.

He did his best to stare Sen down, his eyes said it all, “Get lost, or I’ll kill this bastard”. But he wasn’t going anywhere he had a job to do and he was no one’s enemy. He wouldn’t let it get hostile if It didn’t have to go that way. Nobuda didn’t know it, but he’d already lost control of the situation, from the moment he appeared, he taken Nobuda and the cook both hostage. Now, it was just a matter of finding the proper moment to let them go.

Found this one in the shop Archives. Still missing a couple A's and the S rank jutsu.

Youton Shuriken (Lava Shuriken Technique)
Rank: C
Type: Offensive / Kekkei Touta
Range: See special!
Special: Range of shuriken depends on the user's 'Fushokuza' rank. Shuriken are sharp enough and hot enough to slice through wood and even weak rock, but can only travel in a straight line. By default, the user can launch up to 5 shuriken, but with additional training, the user can launch 5 more each time.
Description: The Lava Shuriken is a ninjutsu technique that allows the user to utilize their lava powers in order to create deadly projectiles. Using their chakra to control nearby sand, the user will hurl disks of molten magma at their opponent, a bit larger than conventional shuriken. Spinning through the air at high speeds, these disks are deadly in strength, inflicting large amounts of damage to the target and surrounding objects, as well as burning through almost everything.
Domain: Youton. Must know 'Fushokuzai' 'C'.

For all his attempts to dish out FREE KUNAI and all his planning to become a master craftsman, something that he'd easily dismissed before was biting him in the ass. A nuke-nin cool-ly approached him and held out his own FREE KUNAI for him to take. Sensing no immediate danger the genin was hard pressed to respond but his mind locked up on him. With the Suna Iwa tournament unfolding soon enough to be considered hours away there wasn't much he could do in fight unless he abandoned the idea of crafting for now. He needed time to improve his abilities in battle it was a sad thing to consider but it was mostly likely going to be that his time as Takumi would have to be a fleeting memory until he was comfortable enough with his shinobi skills to return to it.

It was rude as hell to just sit there while the Nuke-nin made his offering of FREE KUNAI but his mind had become 'occupado'. Someone not hip to all the details would have thought less of him for not trying to apprehend the Nuke-nin but those people could kick rocks. The facts were that he wasn't here to bring anyone back to Iwa, rogue or otherwise. Aside from the fact that the Takumi shop was hollow ground and no one was permitted to fight there Sen was willing to bet this Nuke would hand him his ass if he attempted a fight anyhow. He had a knack for reading into situations and following the beat of his own drum. The drum said nothing about the Nuke-nin. It only told him to get rid of his expensive tools and pay back Iwa and to return to the crafting skills he had when doing so wouldn't take a bit out of his combat prowess.

Before he could greet the Nuke-nin the guy stashed his own FREE KUNAI, turned and grabbed the only remaining FREE KUNAI and wandered out the door. It was probably for the best that he didn't a chance to speak with the other guy. It was looking like any business they might have had together would have to be put on the back burner. He approached the counter quickly before he could change his mind back. He had to be a man of action now and crafting had to cease. He placed his still new tools on the counter a bit sadly and went to back to get a lesser costing set.

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Crafting Tools
Rank: D, C, B, (A), S
Type: Accessory / Self
Special: Crafting tools used for making, repairing, or enhancing something. Each time one of these methods is performed, tools of equal rank must be used. Tools are good until broken, done either by enemy attack or if the Craftsman attempts to craft an item of a higher rank than the tools.
Description: The tools of a craftsman can vary, from hammers other tools used in fixing and creating, but will always yield the same result.
Cost: 1,000 // 5,000 // 25,000 // 50,000 // 100,000 Ryo

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Crafting Tools
Rank: D, (C), B, A, S
Type: Accessory / Self
Special: Crafting tools used for making, repairing, or enhancing something. Each time one of these methods is performed, tools of equal rank must be used. Tools are good until broken, done either by enemy attack or if the Craftsman attempts to craft an item of a higher rank than the tools.
Description: The tools of a craftsman can vary, from hammers other tools used in fixing and creating, but will always yield the same result.
Cost: 1,000 // 5,000 // 25,000 // 50,000 // 100,000 Ryo

With his new, lower ranked tools and the leftover materials he had, he made his exit and headed back for Iwa. Repaying his debt would be a huge relief but then it was only the beginning of a long list to things he had to do get back on his feet as a proper and fitting Shinobi first and a Takumi second.

+50,000 Ryo
-5,000 Ryo
= +45,000 Ryo

||EXIT

With another batch of FREE KUNAI crafted and ready to be handed out he made way to the Iwa gates. His destination... Earthly Extrusions. He wasn't going to buy anything, just stretch his legs a bit and find some able hands to accept his creations. With the gathering at Suna only days away he was hard pressed to do all he could to improve any skills he had.

[EXIT VILLAGE]

Wiping his hands clean of the solvent he accepted the floating kunai back into hands. He didn’t give a second thought as to how the stranger had made it float; every ninja had their talents after all. It was most likely that he was one of the clansmen of a long faded elite Suna sect that manipulated grains of metal as if they were sand by way of magnetic fields. There were a few of them residing in Iwa now, one of the other genin in his cell was one of them. The stranger asked his name and hinted at needing something crafted as well as a long term arrangement between some himself and the young craftsman. It annoyed him how a little bit how the guy acted nice while hamming up the aloof and mysterious bit.

Tokomaru. The name is Tokomaru. The guest unwrapped a crumbled piece of paper from his pockets and placed it down on the counter smoothing it out. Placing the FREE KUNAI back on the counter he came over to the paper to have a better look at it. Tunnel vision kicked in and all he could see was the job, the thing this man wanted him to craft. His fingers scrolled along the surface of the paper as if his skin was capable of scanning the blueprint for details that his eyes could not register. It was becoming his nature as a craftsman to touch and examine things with his hands. The item in question was a weapon, a ninjato to be exact. It fell under the classification of main or primary weapons, a domain of crafting study he had no knowledge of. With the desired strength of the requested ninjato, it wouldn’t be a stretch to learn enough to craft it immediately but he simply didn’t have the time to go about that anytime soon.

This is a standard Ninjato that you can purchase from not only the basic Earth Country Item shop, but also the new Earthly Extrusions crafting shop that just opened. As an Iwa-nin you could get a nice discount if you bought it from a standard item shop. They keep ‘em in stock no you wouldn’t have to wait for it to be crafted. If you’re pressed for time you could head there now and have it already for you today. The genin rubbed at his chin, not quite ready to turn down a challenge or a paying job, he did have a debt to pay after all. If you’re asking me to make this as your own test of my skills, I’ll accept the request. Primary weapons of any kind or quality are beyond my skills at this point but they won’t be for long. Give me a few weeks and I’ll have your weapon ready.

Setting up his heating bowl and materials for the next set of FREE KUNAI he spotted someone wandering to his stand, their eyes looking upward at his sign. He hadn't really expected anyone to stop by so soon he would have liked a little more time to let the FREE KUNAI stack up. From their proximity to one another all he could really make out was her stature, hair color and eye color; slim build blonde hair blue eyes. He’d never seen the girl before but there was something familiar about her all the same. He thought for a moment that he was one lucky dog to have a kunoichi visit his stand as his first customer.

From the distance she seemed lost in thought and he was anxious to converse with her with metaphors and advice and offer the kunai as a parting with a flirtatious hint of come back soon in this thoughts. But then the distance closed and he noticed how flat chested the girl was. Her walk and her body language, her lips and her hands. Once she was close enough he frowned in only disappointment the girl was no girl at all, the girl was his buddy Jurei.

Jurei was one of the few genin he knew by name though Jurei was the only part of the name he knew. he greeted him calmly and they exchanged pleasantries. Little did he know that Jurei was a craftsman as well. In all honesty it was a good person to have as his first customer, it meant that he’d have a peer studying and testing his work, which would make for better quality assurance and in time, better kunai and better crafting in general. Handing the other genin his FREE KUNAI the Youton user poured another fifty Ryo worth of materials into the rock bowl, heating it immediately.

As Jurei took his leave, he yelled at him to join his genin team as he really needed a skilled Genjutsu user watching his back. Jurei never confirmed he was a Genjutsu user but his build said it all. Jurei was effeminate as hell in terms of his appearance, it beat the thought of him being a Genjutsu user into Sen’s head. Before long Jurei was gone and he was left to continue his work, he only had one Kunai left and had to get a few more made before the next person showed up to claim one and he was all out.

The cast were placed on the flat surface of his work bench and once the materials had melted down he poured half into one cast and half into the other. To conserve space he put the rock bowl off to the side again placing fifty Ryo worth of D-rank material inside of it for his third set of FREE KUNAI. He'd would come back to it when the second set was finished. As he left the hot materials in their kunai casts to shape and cool down he heard the approach of footsteps. Turning his head to face his potential customer he grinned and welcomed the new face. Ready to give his last FREE KUNAI until the next set was ready.

Yo. Welcome to my humble little workplace. Is there something in particular you needed or were you just vurious about the offer on the sign?