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Kikai swelled up under the folds of Takumi's clothes before crawling down and off of his body onto the cold floor. Upon the floor they scuttled and scurried quietly under the door into the class room under the cover of mist. Crawling along the floor they explored the room seeking their target out and crawling up the leggings of their target gently creepy along his skin and beginning to drain his chakra from his.

The sensei smiled wickedly as he roared at his frightened class the fear and respect any shinobi of Kirigakure no Sato deserved and demanded. How the cold hearted ravagers dealt lessons taught in violence and death to any who would dare oppose them. He paused to itch at his leg briefly before roaring once more.

"As an added bonus to todays lecture, I've brought you all a gift! One of the fearsome Kirigakure Shinobi are here to pay a visit to you all today! Try not to scream too loud when he comes..."

The class shrank back away from him and began too look around the room terrified and unable to see their surroundings clearly. Children in the back could no longer see the front half of the room as the mist grew thicker. Immobilized with fear the youngsters began to tremble in their seats waiting for nightmare to be visited upon them.

Teach Me, Teach Me!
Rank: C
Ninja needed: 1-3
Mission info: The village has re-established itself and the Academy Students are giving their teachers a very hard time. Wow them with stories of war and death and teach them a jutsu or two. The Kage would like this to be a weekly event to keep the moral up.
Special Info: Can be taken indefinitely

Takumi stepped through the doorway of his old academy into a the childhood kirigakure had given him. Even in the entrance hall memories flooded him, in the far corner he had seen his fellow class mates cut down by a genin they had questioned. He could see the small infirmary they had used for their 'acccidents' through out the day. Takumi had been there only once when he and another student had tried to assassinate each other through out the week until one day his rival ended up in the ground where as Takumi made it to the infirmary. Memories... and not just any memories but the ones so close to home they can' help but stir the warm fuzzy feelings.

Stepping over to the desk the ninja introduced himself to the lobbyist who got up and left to fetch the academy teacher who's class Takumi would be visitting. After a few minutes left alone to get lost in the memories the woman returned introducing the Academy teacher as sensei Hayato.

The academy teacher shook Takumi's hand shaking it with respect for the ninja. After all Sensei Hayato had been Takumi's Academy instructor.

"Tak you shy child, I've heard you've grown into a cold hearted killer as an actual ninja! Well figuratively grown, in a literal sense you haven't gotten any bigger than the day you graduated. But I'm glad you've found your way as a ninja, for a while I was worried you would lose your grit when you needed to kill so many."

"Hayato sensei, you should not have doubted. You're lessons on detachment from emotions and revelry in bloodshed were never wasted on my ears."

Takumi released his old master's hand and relished the freedom it brought. His old master may be considered a brilliant teacher by the entire village but to Takumi he had always been nothing but a cruel man who enjoyed administering punishments to instill fear and obedience. Although Takumi hated the man and his system of torture he had enough experience to step carefully and watch what he said to avoid angering him. Now he had become part of the terrorizing system. Soon he would become a bloodthirsty ninja to inspire fear in the students and show them what their lives would become...

Takumi leaped down from the rooftop onto the street and walked up to the door placing his hand upon the door feeding what few kikai he still possessed into the door unlocking it and freeing the deadbolt. Kicking the door in suddenly he smashed into a scene of a crying innocent family watching horrified as the bandits clawed at their own skin trying to tear off the kikai.

Wasting no time the ninja retrieved three needles from his pouch and sent them zipping through the air and plunging quietly but messily spraying blood from the bandits neck. The second bandit witnessed his friend go down and drew his katana with one hand while swatting at his body with the other.

Swinging wildly across the room towards the family he had taken hostage he would find his sloppy strike blocked by a rising spinning sphere of Kikai that formed and quickly flew to the family from the body of his comrade. No sooner had the attack been blocked than the wall of kikai dispersed into a cloud swarming down upon the man as he cried out vainly. Before he had time to swing his blade wildly enough to hurt anyone Takumi stepped forward grabbing the man's sword hand and driving his other hand with a wrist blade up through the skull of the man stopping wild struggle instantly.

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Mushi Kabe no Jutsu (Insect Wall Technique)
Rank: D, C [75]
Type: Supplementary / Ninjutsu / Secret Technique
Range: 0 - 5 meters
Handseals: No.
Chakra: See special!
Special: Stops attacks one rank lower than the highest rank known. Consumption is equal to the technique being detained. Size of wall depends on the user's range of 'Kikaichuu', halved.
Description: Mushi Kabe is a secret ninjutsu technique utilized by the Aburame when defense is needed. After expelling the destruction bugs living in their body, they will surround the member and fly at a high rate of speed, forming a protective wall-like vortex. The vortex itself is strong enough to destroy incoming attacks, but the vortex can be disrupted and the clan members inside rendered vulnerable if sufficient explosive force is expended outside the protective shell.
Domain: Aburame. Kikaichuu no Jutsu.

"What are those things!?"

"Just calm down I'm sure they're just ordinary bugs, quick to feast upon the dead."

"Those bugs aren't natural! The Kirigakuri Shinobi are here!"

"That can't be true! Think sensibly please. If Kirigakuri Shinobi were here we'd already be dead."

"You are."

The only sound that followed was a moment of gasping followed by a stifling squish as Takumi rolled from the top of the roof. As he fell through the mist, his dual wrist blades sprung out before being plunged through the back of one's head and through the throat of another silently killing them. Wrenching his blades from their bodies Takumi took a moment looking around himself in the mist to gather his thoughts.

At his feet were two more of the bandits now dead, and a third covered in his bugs that now began to march eagerly home after a job well done. Takumi stepped over to him casually drawing his kodachi from the meager sheath on his hip before severing his head. Re-sheathing the kodachi and putting away his wrist blades with a twitch of his wrists Takumi now had only three ninja left to deal with.

Leaping onto the roofs he began to quietly creep along once more. Now rejoined with the majority of his kikai he dispersed them in a thin cloud through out the mist. They soon found the remaining three bandits and lead Takumi to a small house that had been locked up tight from the inside. Takumi perched on top of a small house nearby preparing his throwing needles in case of runners.

"You brought this upon yourselves you know! They may be weaker than you, but those are proud citizens of Mizu no Kuni under the protection of the great Kirigakure Shinobi. And I know for a fact that you are far weaker than us..."

In the shadow of the crouching ninja the kikai amassed leaving their host nearly abandoned as they filed onto the ground. The small cast shadow quickly overtaken as the kikai flooded out onto the ground covering much of the hill side. Creeping out along the ground they made their way spreading around the entire village along the tall grass and bushes undetected. As Takumi moved his kikai into place he closed his eyes and tried to relax, unclenching his jaw and fists.

After a moment of silence began a basic string of seals that all Kirigakure Shinobi knew. It would alert the bandits to the presence of a Kirigakure Shinobi, but the kikai already begun systematically entrapping them in the town leaving no where to run unless they could see where they were going.

The mist appeared at the ground first, nothing too out of the ordinary as it masked the march of the kikai. After a few moments the mist blew around gently becoming incredibly thick and obscuring the vision of everyone within the town. Of the eight bandits in the village three were visible on the streets while the other five were in the act of looting a house. Takumi stood up on top of the hill now for a better view of his next task.

The three bandits in the road saw the mist and in a panic made wild dashes in any direction for their lives. Two while not extraordinarily fast were quick enough to run across the bugs without allowing enough to latch on to form drain their chakra and incapacitate them. Scrambling hopefully out of the damned town they each paused at separate respectful times to investigate the burning sensation on their legs before seeing the kikai biting and chewing at their skin. Before either of them could swat more than two times Takumi had retrieved six needles from the pouch on his hip and sent three of them for each neck sailing mutely through the air before they silently pierced their targets.

The third bandit who had been on the street had gotten his incompetent ass lost and stuck in a dead end. The Kikai swarmed in now visible as they drew closer and closer crawling along the walls and floor. They began to crawl up his skin covering him and biting and chewing to incapacitate him in pain.

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Kirigakure no Jutsu (Hidden Mist Technique)
Rank: D
Type: Supplementary / Suiton Ninjutsu
Range: 0 -10 meters
Handseals: Yes.
Chakra: Low to cast and sustain.
Special: Fills a large, 10 meter area with mist as long as the user keep the technique flowing. Each time retrained, area of mist expands by 10 more meters to a maximum of 50 meters. Mist blocks out all doujutsu requiring clear visibility, but does not hinder the ability to see chakra.
Description: Though very basic, the Hidden Mist Technique allows for the stealthier side of combat to rule. After forming a few simple handseals, the user causes the area surrounding their target to be covered in fog. The low visibility allows the ninja to silently and secretly assassinate their target, as they can move unseen, and if careful, unheard. The mist can be unsettled by a very strong wind based technique (for one post), though it will eventually return.
Domain: Suiton.

The ninja traveled west along the main road for much of the morning on what would prove to be an uneventful walk. A little before noon as the sun hung bright over the entire sky his scenery became a bit more interesting. A little ways south of the main road he could see what appeared to be a gray cloud swirling like a whirlpool in the sky above a small forest.

Making his way through the forest away from the main road Takumi would soon find himself come out of the forest to a small town that had clearly been attacked by the bandits. Embers from small fires that had just recently been put out were smoldering still. People ran to their homes at the first site of the ninja who walked through their town. Their fear did not dissuade him in any way as he walked through the town. The citizens were right to fear the kirigakure shinobi. It was the duty of the kirigakure shinobi to protect the people and they deserved respect for it even if the only way people knew how to show it was fear.

In the center of the town he stretched his arms up lazily yawning. As he did this the giant gray swirling cloud above the village flew down to be identified as the kikai he had dispersed. The swarm swirled around the ninja before flying out like a wave across the ground landing in any places the ruffians had stepped living vivid crawling foot prints of the attack.

One of what was sure to be many of the crime scenes had been found. Now Takumi had a lead and hopefully a trail to follow these fools down. He looked around the scene at the village that had been attacked, and at the citizens in fear. Perhaps if he killed these men the citizens would be able to show proper gratitude in place of fear.

"Lonely leads to violence leads to military leads to goals. Goals are a great motivator to have. Tasting the blood of each of the ninja villages is quite... tasteful, I'm sure. I'm not too picky on variety myself, my goals is just to kill one kage and I don't exactly care which one yet. The way I see it, if you kill any kage you become a shoo in as the next mizukage in line."

Takumi smiled at the thought under his mask so gleefully as he turned right following his kikai through a small arch with a water way running through it that had gone dry. On the other side of the small arch the room became suddenly much more spacious as ceiling appeared to be 25 meters higher in a round room that was 35 meters wall to wall in any direction. In the middle of the room was a giant stone basin 20 meters high and 10 meters across on either side. Pipes and tunnels drilled through the ceiling came down pouring water into the giant basin that was washing and splashing about out of the basin now as the water level was clearly higher than it was meant to be.

"We're here. My kikai wouldn't have know what this was so they could only imitate it as waves. Show's all yours now Kiijin sir. I can try and keep an eye out and watch your back from here where it's dry, but water is your playground not mine."

Kikai swarmed out of his clothes into the air flying around the room inspecting it. His small orb of kikai lead him to a hidden ladder on the side of the basin that Takumi decided felt more like rock climbing as he began to climb up.