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After having had much of the sand displaced and shifted away from his form Delray continued to scoop and shove the sands away from his frame hurriedly. Fucking sand, of course he would be trapped by it as Shinji rejoined the the fight quickly keeping the target busy. As he finished shoveling the course grains away he stood straight upright suddenly freeing himself from the rest of the sand and with a sudden springing bound he took off with fast but remarkably long strides.

He followed after Shinji had already began his own fighting style, capably dodging the man's technique and swiftly following up with a counter of his own. He returned with a mighty kick that knocked the target off the ground and even before the target could hit the ground he followed up with even more rapid kicks sending the target further into the air. Delray sprinted up to Shinji's side and without hesitation sprung after the man with his strange leaping prowess sailing over the genin.

As Delray reached the alignment he crouched into a strange position his legs bound and taught with strength like a toad's legs. With a sudden leap straight up into the air from the genin's chest Delray bolted the genin straight down as he sailed straight up into the air above quickly notching an arrow to his bow. As his target crashed into the sand below he loosed his own arrow at the height of his leap where he stopped moving and would have the best aim firing downwards and pinning the genin to the ground by the sleeves of his shirt.

Delray did not fire a lethal shot though as he could have, he would let his partner decide the fate of this ninja as they were more akin. Delray was now thoroughly wore out from the constant combat, he wasn't use to putting forth this much effort in most of his jobs.

The corners of Delray's mouth twisted into an evil smile as he thought about his archer partner and his comment on getting shot down by him. Shinji probably didn't how likely that was considering Delray's own style with the bow was to be quick and agile rather than take carefully aimed shots. Stay on the move to avoid being shot, but riddle the air with arrows leaving them nowhere to run was more his style. He liked the numbers and odds of his game and he played his advantages out in a fight. He wondered quietly what kind of shooting his partner did. He was sure to find out soon enough though.

As they reached the dunes Shinji told Delray to keep alert and watchful for any sort of sandstorm or sand based abilities in out in the dunes. Wise, as the shinobi was a fuuton practitioner he would most likely use the surrounding desert to his advantage in the hopes of eluding the duo, or perhaps even a counter attack. He obviously knew the village had sent someone after him and cornered animals fought viciously and without reserve.

Delray notched an arrow casually to the string of his bow as he stalked across the sand to the left of shinji trying to get a little distance between the two. To Delray, being spread out meant they couldn't both be buffeted by any surprise sand attacks or be targeted at the same time so easily. If they kept their distance from each other odds were good that if and when the shinobi tried to ambush them, one of them would be the bait while the other would be in a position to take advantage of the newly exposed shinobi fugitive.

They swept tediously and slowly across the open dunes looking for the man for almost and hour and had seen nothing so far though. Things took a sudden twist though as Delray nearly reached the crest of a dune to have it erupt towards him in a roar of flying sand. Slamming his eyes shut in reaction he managed to avoid getting struck in the eyes but the sand blew about stinging and refusing to allow him vision at all. He kicked off backwards the way he had come with a powerful backflip through the cloud and out backwards along the dune nearly eight meters. He landed square on his feet struggling to keep his balance as he slid down the hill backwards.

Delray glanced at the man from the corner of his eye and quickly came to a conclusion. He seemed fit and able, and of course he was a ninja so surely he could help in this city as he would likely know his way around. He gave a nod of approval first to the man and then the assistant.

"Why not? It can't hurt to have some help along. I'll be outside for a quick smoke, come find me when you're ready to start."

With that, he turned around walking out and sliding some spare rolling papers out as he walked back out through the doors.

Delray strode in with heavy slow foot steps. He was brand new to the village and he'd been recruited to help the village come back to life as a military force. He was told the best way to start it out was to simply come in and start taking on the missions the village had contracted.

After browsing the missions for sometime he found a mission that involved hunting down a criminal and bringing him back in for a reward. Something he was used to and could use to ease himself into the shinobi lifestyle. He approached the assistant unraveling the scroll on the counter and slid it across to the assistant for her approval. When he did speak his voice was dry, raspy, and gritty.

"If it's alright with you miss, I'd like to hurry up and get going."

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