[RP Location] ??? Bamboo Forest

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*Three shinobi are being pursued...hunted - each one of them waking in a forest where...the air doesnt seem quite right - foreign in a way. Their lungs still leaden with water for one reason or another they emerge with a heavy feeling of unease within them. The air - is literally heavy, it will take some adjusting to. It makes the body tingle at its edges as if there was something in the air itself tangible...chakra? Perhaps. This begins the story - of a journey to come.*
((Either order will be decided by who posts first, or you can decide among yourselves, IAedusI, Ahamkara, JTShadowblade))

 

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The heavy air of the forest weighed down upon his lungs as the young man was awoken with a leaden feeling in his lungs. His eyes opened wide as he sat up in the forest looking around with a grimace not knowing his own location, what last happened to him, or how he came to where he was at the moment. His right hand wrapped in bandages was placed against his face gripping it in disbelief. He could recall nothing only that he was once being chased but after that nothing. It was as if his memory of events leading to his current predicament were wiped completely.

The only thing that he had on him was his large scythe, a blank shinobi headband which he was using as a belt, and a shinobi pouch along with some seals upon the bandages he wore. His black bangs swayed with the movement of his head of he turned left to right looking around to see what he could make out but as far as he could see around him the area was nothing but trees, brush, and other small plants. No people, no animals, nothing... What an unusual place. He was rather surprised and startled at the same time as this place was now his prison and home as he had no way of knowing the way back to where he last stayed.

He stood up grabbing his large weapon and hoisting it upon his shoulder before he began to walk North. He hoped if he walked far enough North he would be able to find people, civilization, or even animals which he could use to sustain himself. A long sigh was released from his lips as he knew this was a trial from the lords above. If he succeeded maybe he would become more than what he was already. He hoped that passing this trial would make him someone who could make a difference in the world and find himself a place which he could call home and those he could call comrades.​

 

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Addressing - [[JTShadowblade: "looking around to see what he could make out but as far as he could see around him the area was nothing but trees, brush, and other small plants. No people, no animals, nothing... What an unusual place."

- You are too far ahead of yourself. Remember to consider the fact that there are two people that are posting in relativity to your own side and in the same situation as you as well. Do not assume they would not be around you or not, depending on what either of them may decide for creative purposes there is always the chance that they may end up close to you.

"he knew this was a trial from the lords above. If he succeeded maybe he would become more than what he was already. He hoped that passing this trial would make him someone who could make a difference in the world and find himself a place which he could call home and those he could call comrades." - I get that you considered this a figure of speech like someone saying that god is testing them, but its borderline meta. Your character woke up with water in his lungs, in a strange unknown place, with loss of memory. Its very likely this is the result of some foul play. Use less of your own mind and thought and consider how a person waking into this situation would feel and think. As well - you say you moved North. How? What compass do you have? Its broad daylight - no north star and there may not even be one depending on where you are. Dont just speak your character into a situation, illustrate them into it. Google things, get info - see how you -can- justify figuring out the direction.

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((1 day time limit now instated. From this point on in normal scenario if a post is not followed up at that time - the next day then the person in the order will be skipped and the scenario will proceed accordingly.))

 

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Images too fast to process played in the mind of Sentou like a slideshow at x2 speed when suddenly an image of his deranged father would appear revealing a grimace smile that only caused the bottled up rage from within to cause him to jolt forward; eyes snapping open Sentou would find himself laying in a field of grass. Eager to find out where it was he was located, Sentou sat up too quick for his own well being as the strange sensation that plagued him and the shock of suddenly waking up would take effect on him.

"Ack, cough cough cough!" He tried to cough up whatever was seemingly blocking the airways, thinking of the substance like a build up of mucus however with no prevail; he'd spit whatever saliva had been built in his mouth and would slowly begin to get up to his feet, careful not to get lightheaded. As the Kenzai male stood up he began to check his belongings, surprisingly enough he still had both of his summoning scrolls, but why? He had no memory of coming to this place, and as he began to think hard about it he was supposed to be following the trail of Totsuka, the sneaky bastard. While in thought about what the situation was for, Sentou would look up in the direction of the sound of grass rustling and small twigs snapping to see an older male walking about as if lost in his very own thoughts.

Unsure whether or not to approach the male, Sentou would take a moment longer to continue wagering the purpose of all this, none of this made any sense. "Yo! Are you the person that brought me here!?" He said clearly in anger, and despite knowing this unknown individual wasn't the source of his anger, Sentou didn't care he was ready to take his hatred for his father out on anyone especially with the unclear condition if this bizarre meeting.


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She laid there with her eyes closed for a moment, completely still with bated breath, taking in the chirping of birds and other things that one would have a hard time recognizing without sight. Odd sounds- sounds that had already given her hints that she was in strange territory. Bamboo made interesting hollow noises when bumping against each other, she came to find, as her eyes opened slowly to watch them sway around her. Her eyes narrowed for a moment, gauging the condition of her body. Everything seemed fine, besides the light tingle across her skin, until she finally took a deep breath in. Her lungs protested, straining to allow air into its occupied capacity. It was a feeling she recognized instantly, and for a second confusion subdued her. It was strange to find herself in such a situation without any memory of the 'how' it happened, considering she had always been extremely careful after she and Ko had momentarily parted ways.

As she tried to recall her memories, she took great care in sitting up slowly so she didn't agitate her condition, and took a real good look around. It was a bamboo forest, no doubt- it was all she could see around her. Unbeknownst to her there were others around, but in the location that she had been left- the forest was rather dense. There was enough room for her to walk, but there were no clear paths. For the time being, she could see no reason to rush herself, so she decided to cross her legs toward herself and rest her hands on her knees.

There was no way to tell which direction she was facing or which one to head in. The sun was not definitive enough of a tell with its position to give her a clear idea of what time it was, or if it was in its setting or rising direction. It was just high enough in the sky to be at an annoying point of equilibrium. If anything- it was somewhere around midday, but that didn't help her at all with direction. There were no other trees she could inspect to look for moss or dense bark. Bamboo didn't have a particular growth pattern in correlation with sun direction, it just grew straight up, so it was no help to her at all as well. There weren't any other plants than grass, so at the moment she was stumped on how to find her way.

She sighed as she ran her fingers through the grass she was sitting on, her attention finally shifting down toward her body. Instantly she noticed the state of her clothes, and were her skin not already humming with a slight buzz she'd have noticed them clinging to her sooner. Drops of water beaded across her exposed flesh and something about that water felt... peculiar. Being the curious one that she was when it came to a few things in particular, nature her most prodding subject of all, she found herself raising her hand to sniff at the droplets on the inside of her wrist. It was odorless, so she could at least cross out over half of potential plant based mixtures and rule out that it was, more than likely, not toxic. Not toxic unfortunately didn't mean it wouldn't taste terrible. Kasami's eyes narrowed a moment before she gingerly licked her wrist. The immediate repulsion as the few water drops came into contact with her tongue was enough to make her gag, and with that reflex came the sensation and sound of being dropped into deep water. It rushed over her and swallowed her up.

"So," she paused a moment as she got to her feet, pulling her hair from behind her and over her shoulder to wring it out, "I drowned." Her voice was light, as if it was nothing to her but just another typical day, and considering her journey with Ko- it basically was. There was nothing tasting the water helped her with, other than making her nauseous, it didn't give her a trail at all- so whatever the source was, it was far away and gone. She had a theory in mind, but it wasn't strong enough to tell her where she was at all. She'd only ever heard of chakra that tasted so foul in stories.

With a sigh and a stiff stretch, she started to walk in the direction that she was facing at a slow enough pace to be wary of traps around her. She still had her pouch hidden under the bow of her kimono, and it had quite a number of her small and lethal concoctions in it. It might be enough to help her out of a situation with any wildlife she would run into, but she knew if she ran into a hostile person- it would take a lot more than that. At the moment she was keeping herself as concealed as possible, and trying to stay out of anything's way in the meantime.​

 

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=For the moment all seemed about as normal as it could be. There in the forest the three of them had been left by some unknown person or entity for some unknown purpose and skeem in the first place. There were many questions that needed answers: why them? Where were they? If they all had drowned and that was the one thing they had in common - was this real? The afterlife maybe? What was that horrendous thudding coming their direction? All of these were very good questions but unfortunately for them - they would receive only one answer expediently. While Kasami started to walk off in a direction she would find that there was a loud thud like something of great weight had hit the ground - and with it the birds that had gathered in the area just in the direction she was headed, south of where the two men in the grouping were going - would have been disturbed and fled the scene. The thudding had a constant rhythm and was getting closer and closer to the girl as the moment went by. Soon enough while she was walking that direction and loud grunting and growling along with the thudding would pass her by - making its way past her at an extreme pace knocking down all of the bamboo around its path as it made its way past her. It moved at tremendous speed and if she were to stick her head out of the gathering of bamboo that she was in, she would find that whatever this thing was - made a clear path through the forest in the direction it was headed; like a gigantic tractor of some sort; it would be a convenient pathway to follow to get herself out of the forest or to a clearing...but it still begged the question...what created it? Meanwhile along with those two males - when Sentou started to catch up to the Sarutobi male they would both find that this thudding and grunting was making its way towards them...however in their case it was not to pass up; instead it would seem that whatever this was - had passed Kasami's position due to the fact that it was making a direct B-line towards these two. Bamboo and birds were clearing the way all the way towards them, and it would not be long before it was upon them and revealed the truth of what was behind it. However there was something a'miss. Back where Kasami was - there was a much softer sound. Footsteps. Whosoever they belong to was pretty far behind - obviously strolling along at leisure giving her enough time to decide if she wanted to keep her position, or run out through the newly made clearing and find her way out before the source of the footsteps had come into range that they would be upon her. But she would need to make her decision accurately and without hesitation. There was no chakra signature coming from whoever it was, almost no sensory tells at all. The only thing that there was were the slow and steady footsteps makings they're way behind whatever this was clearing the forest.=​

 

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As Eiji Sarutobi had been walking forward trying to understand what happened, why he had been brought to this strange and unusual place he had never been or seen before. As he continued walking he would notice in the clearing ahead of him a slightly younger male who was glaring at him with an air of extreme hostility. Eiji blinked for a moment confused as to why this guy was giving off such an intense and outright dangerous feeling and what Eiji had done to annoy and or upset him so intensely to the point where he would almost feel like he was attempting to threaten Eiji's life.

Eiji looked at the man who would question him with a very aggressive and angry tone of voice, "Yo! Are you the person that brought me here!?" This man's question was perplexing cause Eiji had no clue how he got here himself, let alone did he have the ability to bring someone else through whatever unknown means. As Eiji looked at him with a genuinely confused face he began to respond, "Ah... Sorry wasn't me, friend, I just woke up myself maybe not even five minutes ago... Think I almost drowned." He said laughing at his own peril before continuing to state, "Sorry pal, I don't have the foggiest how we got here but..." As he got to the word but a massive trembling could be felt through the forest almost like an earthquake.

The difference between this earthquake and a normal one was that the shaking wasn't spreading out from an epicenter but moving almost in a straight line charging towards the location these two men were standing in. Eiji began to prepare himself take a battle position with his massive scythe held by his left hand resting part of the handle atop his left shoulder as his right hand extended into a kungfu like mannerism. He was ready or at least hoped he was ready to encounter this massive monstersity and if the guy behind him was to help he believed and hoped that they could win.​

 

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[[Addressing JTshadowblade: Your post is 1,904 characters. Of those characters the 50% mark for your post is 952.

If i were to cut off the part of your post that is basically all just Shawn's post re-clarified. Your post would be down to 1,176. Thats is almost half of your post gone with a difference of 729 out of 952. In short. Half if not very close to half of your post is nothing but Shawn's post restated. Your character doesnt have much life right now. Its as if your character doesnt exist or have much personality outside of whoever is interacting with it. Give your character some life, personality, thought, let your post focus on what they're thinking leading into these moments, during, and in confrontation of it. If you let a lot of your posts be just restating. As well - you wouldnt be able to tell they were moving in a straight line just off shaking. I gave plenty of detail in there. The birds fleeing towards your area, the trees falling down as it got closer to you, the loud sound of its grunting and such. Dont sell yourself short, be aware.

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A brief moment passed between the two as Eiji tried to answer Sentou in response to his rather detestable tone of voice; quickly mentioning how he knew not where they were and having woken up himself Sentou found his facial features contorting and pulling from the corners of his lips to form a puzzled look. "Drowned?" Sentou asked in confusion, now that he finally said something Sentou could compare the likeness to that of water in his lungs rather than lodged mucus, however this didn't give him any insight whatsoever still.

Before Sentou was able to apologize for his hasty remarks, a sudden look of shock would develop the young man's face as he looked in the direction of the loud booming coming their way; the ground shook however that wasn't his concern, instead it was the rather large chakra signature he detected and at great speeds too. The Lotus Warrior looked over to Eiji, who would only prepare himself by readying his weapon and taking a stance for conflict. For a moment, he too thought about engaging this mysterious thing in combat what other ways to properly gauge himself? However with the condition his lungs were in, he knew he would be incapable of using his Taijutsu to its fullest capacity.

Begrudgingly Sentou would take a couple steps back and away from the complete stranger, he had no idea whether or not he shared his same condition, but if he wanted to stand his ground it was completely on him. "If you plan on fighting with a weapon like that you're either confident or a fool, but this aint me." Sentou said without a strand of remorse in his voice, he had a hard time trusting others after all.


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She'd been walking for a few minutes, maybe, though time seemed to stretch on as if it almost didn't exist in this place. It was a long shot, but she had a feeling that this was not at all like the natural world. It hummed with chakra and yet- had so little life aside from the grass and bamboo growing from its soil. Everything about the situation was unnatural, including the uneasy feeling in the pit of her stomach.

A few additional minutes passed by since she had started heading in this direction when she felt the ground begin to tremble. Her walk slowed significantly, until it stopped all together when she realized that she was bringing herself closer to whatever it was that caused the disturbance beneath her feet. As she started to crouch down, resting her hand on the stalk of bamboo next to her, something came barreling through the bamboo. It was close enough that the speed in which it passed caused her hair to whip into her face, preventing her from seeing whatever it was clearly. Even after she managed to free her face of her snowy locks and peer out into the path it had created, she couldn't see it at all. There was this odd... sheen to the air careening down the large pathway. It almost looked like heatwaves.

She knelt there for a moment with her head poked out until she heard footsteps on the other side of her in her left ear, the rampaging of whatever beast that was still reaching her right. Kasami sank back into the shelter of the bamboo, still crouched as she shifted back as far as she could to block her view of the new path. Listening to the footsteps for a moment, she realized that they were slow and leisurely, and didn't seem to be in much of a hurry. Was that beast a pet that they had released to go after something? Or was that creature running away from the person? Considering the chakra signature of whatever had made its own path through the forest, and that she could sense none from the other direction, that was unlikely. And if it had been a rabid creature, something starved and in search of food, it'd have probably gone right for her... No, it was after something specific. After someone, perhaps.

Part of her, that little devil on her shoulder, would say to head the other direction behind her- away from both of these unknown factors without crossing the open path that had been made. But the part of her that cared about people still, the part of her that more often than not got her into trouble, it was practically tugging her heart to her right. Regardless, she knew that she didn't have the means of facing the person. They had no chakra at all, which meant that they were very good at hiding it. The theory from early was still fresh in her mind, and she knew for a fact that there was no going up against one of those. So she could either go right, try to make sure that no one was in harm's way, or she could turn around and try to run for her own safety.

She rolled her eyes at herself and sighed softly. There was no point in sitting there and thinking about it, she already knew what she'd choose to do, even if reluctantly. Kasami rose to her feet quietly, turning away from the footsteps slowly treading up the cleared path, and started to weave her way quickly through the bamboo stalks directly next to the path. She'd keep track of the direction that it headed through the stalks, but she wasn't going to step out into the open of it. If an Oni really was following that path, they'd easily be able to see her were they both following the straight line of it.

The creature was moving fast, but she could tell she was getting closer to it and further away from the person behind her from the rumbling beneath her feet. She reached out to search for other chakra signatures, and she sure enough found two more even closer to this creature. They were both relatively large, and it caused her to slow her pace to a walk and listen for tells of combat. She couldn't be sure if these people were friendly as well, and wouldn't do well with rushing into three problems for herself simply because she wanted to offer a hand. She couldn't be so blind. If the creature passed these two other chakra signatures, she would veer right and head that direction- an attempt to find her way out of this forest safely away from everything.​

 

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=The charging entity had gone right passed the woman and before they knew it there it was making its way directly towards the two males that had been in the bamboo forest. It was getting ever closer - the pounding and smashing impacts of impending approach upon the ground getting closer and more intense by the moment until finally with a resounding smash it stopped. If one looked just a bit above the tree line - they could see that there was an upheaval of bamboo and grass going straight into the sky about ten feet from them; leaving that exact teen feet occupied by untouched bamboo. Something was a'miss...it had all gone quiet and now there was just bamboo falling in these fleeting moments...what happened?=

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=Pitter patter of feminine feet - they left him behind as the kunoichi that had been in the forest before followed the treeline and traced back the direction that the creature had gone through, making her way to close in range to the end point of its travel. As she went down that way the footsteps that had been trailing behind started to close to the point that they were now at the original starting point before she started her run. The feet stopped right there and upon such one would find that there was a male standing right there in the path that had been cleared as if he was simply walking directly behind the creature the entire time. Hands in his pockets he wore an extremely long hoodie that only revealed plated samurai styled pants at the shins and a bright red Tengu mask - brandishing the traditional long nose. There was only a single blade upon his back and this blade was the most out of the ordinary thing about his attire. It was solid black but it had a kind of mineral like grain to it as if marble. Inside of that was a sapphire resin or so it seemed curling around it in the form of a dragon and the hilt was adorned with a bright blue sash. As he stopped there and looked a scoff would leave the person's chest. She had not accounted for two things that would have given her away: Her scent, and the contrast of her clothing's color against the consistent green of the bamboo between the gaps of each stalk. He had noticed however the way that she took measures to conceal herself and any shinobi that was not as sharp or any wild beast of the forest for that matter would have more than likely not picked up on it.=

"Ha. There's the catch. Suppose I was sent here for a well enough reason after all. Guess I have some "I told you so"s to endure when I get back."​

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=Back with the other two males the grass was just finishing falling from the sky, something had obviously swept it upwards but what at this point? But soon, it would be noticeable that something was dripping upon the ground from above them. Once this liquid hit the ground where the sun was shining it would become almost as if transparent, but in actuality what it was doing was blending with the colors projected by the spectrum of light after the sun passed through it to create a kind of cloaking effect...whatever had been running through the woods like this was covered in this cloaking liquid. Had they looked up at this moment or any moment from the point that the grass and bamboo stalks had been swept upwards they would find the source of the disturbance. A bright red creature humanoid in appearance and slightly furry - looking more like a beast then any man adorned with sharpened horns upon the top of it's head coming down with its legs up to stomp and its hands clenched together to bring a hammerfist down. Had it landed its attacks as intended it would have stomped upon the Sarutobi male that had been there and dropped its fist down upon Shuji. Needless to say simply the weight of the creature falling down like this would have been enough to cause an impact to repel near things as well. They had plenty of time to pick up on these details and connect the dots from the moment that the beast had jumped, but had they avoided it they would find that the beast would reach over to its back, shaking like a wet dog as the rest of the slime was flung off of him (only his back was still covered) and it could be seen that he was drawing a large spiked club from off his back. Once drawn he would slam it upon the ground and take stance to size them up...proceeding much with the mind or at least demeanor of a man...yet very much feral and bestial=

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As he took his battle position preparing to fight against whatever monstrosity was approaching himself and the other young man, he would hear the other guy speak, "If you plan on fighting with a weapon like that you're either confident or a fool, but this aint me." was what the other young man said to him. After hearing that Eiji began to falter in his resolve to battle this creature head-on. Whatever it was this thing was massive and something that Eiji in his current condition, hell even in his peak condition doubted he could take on alone.

Within that moment of faltering the rumbling stopped as the bamboo stopped falling and grass leaves began falling from above. An eerie silence fell over the area as Eiji began to look around in front of himself for half a second, "Wasn't there somethin large headed at us dude?" He questioned the other young man as he looked up into the air noticing liquid falling from the sky as the liquid fell to the ground, it became transparent almost completely blending into the green of the grass beneath their feet. As he saw this Eiji realized as he stared at the sky, "Ooooooh shit..." He said as he began to move in a hurry running as fast and far away from his current position as possible.

What was it that he noticed and what was it that he saw? It was the large giant monstrosity that had somehow gone into the air far above their heads. It was covered in the transparent liquid which allowed it to almost completely blend into the sky around it. As Eiji realized this he would have moved far away from his current location, if he hadn't gone far enough to avoid the impact of the monster he would use a tumble roll to dodge the shockwave using his scythe as a shield against any debris that might come from the massive impact of the monster's landing and hammer fist. At this time he would begin watching the monstrosity closely as it would begin moving its hands back towards its own back. ​

 

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In the brief moments that followed Sentou telling Eiji he wasn't having any part of any of this, the chakra signature he felt only grew closer. What in the hell was going on? As the ground returned motionless, Sentou's eyes shot up to follow track of the rather large source of chakra that had taken to the sky; leaves and grass danced upon their descent, but something was off, Sentou couldn't see anything else but he could feel some unknown thing up there. In a fraction of a second, Sentou's instincts began to kick in just a moment before Eiji would question something heading in their direction, Sentou hurl himself backwards into a handstand before performing several quickly executed backflips to create distance from his previous location; upon landing back onto his feet Sentou would look up and see he was about twenty and a half yards from where he once stood. As the large beast landed, its tremendous thud would cause Sentou to stumble a bit, and although having missed the initial dripping of the transparent liquid from above he watched as whatever the substance around the beast was shaken off revealing more of itself until finally it pulled out a large club and slammed it to the ground.

"This has got to be a joke, right?" Sentou found himself murmuring beneath his breath as he tried to process what was occurring in front of him. Checking his surroundings he would notice Eiji had managed to get out of harms way if not only slightly, nonetheless he seemed safe for the most part; and despite not seeing her, Sentou could sense the chakra of another who seemed to be watching from beyond the foliage of the bamboo. It felt like this large entity was sizing them up, and the thought of being hit by what seemed to be a punch to the ground played in Sentou's head -- would he have died on impact? He felt unsure as to why he was involved in it all, wanting to run and go back to how things were before this, nevertheless something deep within him urged him to fight, to let loose. As the Kenzai teenager tried to determine what his course of action would be, hairs on the back of his neck began to stand as his blood boiled as a half crazed grin pulled at the corners of his lips, fight or flight He remembered the teachings he had gained over the years and held that at his very core hoping it would motivate him enough to not run in the face of danger.

"Alright ugly, I don't know what it is you want, but if its a problem I guess I'm going to have to give it to ya." And as Sentou spoke he slipped into a form he was comfortable with, spreading his feet and squaring his hips bringing one hand by his chest as the other hovered in front of him as he waited for the beast next move, to underestimate a creature of this size would put Sentou in grave danger and with that he would release any doubt in his body through a sigh as he brought both mind and body together to stay aware of the issue at hand.

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Kasami hadn't stopped walking entirely, making an effort to at least be within range of these two unknown people should they need any kind of assistance, but she had slowed down significantly. Even though she was still several yards away when the rumbling of this creature had stopped, she realized almost instantly with the way the debris was kicked up into the air, that it had jumped. She realized in that moment when the beast in question was nowhere to be seen, that whatever shimmering she had seen barreling down the path was the creature. It was some form of cloaking technique, but what exactly caused it was a complete unknown to her and made her weary of her steps in general. Should others in this forest have this ability as well as the ability to conceal their chakra as well as the person behind her, she would surely walk head first into some trouble.

She paused, now able to see into the clearing where the other two were. She noticed that one of them had a weapon drawn, and both of them were looking toward the direction in which the large creature had been coming from. Her hand instinctively reached behind her, sliding into the pouch hidden beneath the bow tied around her kimono as she felt for the small rolled up leaf. As she pulled it out, she continued to watch as this thing- this grotesque looking demon of a creature, came descending toward the two men. They both dodged it, thankfully avoiding the splattering of their bodies beneath foot and fists. Quickly she unrolled the leaf, revealing several sharp pointed needles. She'd made them when Ko had given her wood release, figuring they would come in handy at some point. They were hollowed out, the tips of them so finely sharpened that it could pierce through a tree trunk. Inside of them were seeds. Their original creation was meant for exactly what she had in mind. A quick take down. If there was another Oni on the way, though what they were was still just a theory, she needed to take care of this one as quickly as possible.

Kasami worked fast as ground trembled under her feet. She pulled one needle from the leaf and stepped around the bamboo stalk to her left to get a clearer path toward the attacker. Holding it between two fingers, she took a soft breath in and waited for it to start to stand to its full height again, after missing its initial attack and landing on its feet on solid ground. It was just now getting riled up with club in hand, the other shinobi taking a defensive stance. Once the back of its knee was fully exposed, she threw the needle-like carrier as hard as she could at the soft tissue, before it even started to move to attack again. From that point she would step back again, rolling the leaf back up and sliding it back into the pouch. She would wait for the time being, to make sure that the needle was where it needed to be- and that the other two weren't in her way when she started to use her release.​

 

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=The beast was quite feral at this point and the moment that he had come down he would not even have felt the way that the needle penetrated this particular point in his skin, he was far too big and hulking for that kind of thing and besides, the only thing that he was focused upon was the feast. Shuji having come from the start pursuing the other male with the negative feelings and heightened chakra levels that he presented - had attracted the beast and he was focused upon this particular meal, the other? He just happened to be in the way and as the exact opposite of out of sight out of mind went - was now in its crosshairs as well. The beast would hork forward and let out an ear-piercing roar that shook and moved some of the bamboo around - and after that he would raise his club high and slam it on the ground, shaking the ground drastically and unleashing a wave of lightning from the club that would span out and threaten to electrocute the two before him. Though this was only the beginning to its onslaught, a flourish before the attack as it started to spin in circles while holding the club with both hands, making its way towards the two as the lightning started to get channeled across the ground as he swung. It seemed that the way that he was moving was conducting more electricity or something to that effect. Had they not moved they would be bludgeoned with a lightning club that would not only cause great damage to their bodies physically but paralyze them - leaving them open for the upcoming attack whether it was grinding them to dust or making them watch their bodies be consumed from the foot up. The creature grunted and growled the entire time it did this - apparent that it was not even starting to fatigue at all and in actuality was becoming more and more wild as it's pursuit of a meal went on.=

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*Tap tap - tap tap tap. Tap tap. Tap tap tap tap tap.

=Impatience....prudence in the face of such impatience was indeed wise...but this budding impatience with lack of prudence - well that? Not so much. The man stood there in his mask tapping his finger rapidly upon the side of his pant leg, however as he tapped hardly any sound what so ever came from it, still hidden by some means that was hardly explainable - it was almost as if the male was some kind of ghost or something. He too - was watching close at hand by this point having closed the gap without so much as a footstep being heard in his closing. In comparison to his footsteps before it was as if the male had simply floated away and caught back up. The nose of the mask was straight forward, watching the ongoings from an angle that he could see the back of the beast as well as the slight shimmer of detail as a needle struck it - much similar to a senbon. Curious that...even more curious was the angle he was watching from. Someone else shared this angle indeed - and almost as if to break the fourth wall and answer that very question itself - the smiling tengu mask's nose started to slowly point down a hair...directed at Kasami from a few feet behind as he turned his attention to the girl he had been walking in following to. He continued to tap silently and then a moment he stopped...slowly raising his hand up to the blade upon his back as he started to draw it out...a bright shimmering of beautiful almost fantasy like sapphire blue being revealed for only half an inch of space - and then? . . . . Just like that he was gone. His body whisking away in a sweep of blue mist to the girls left and it seemed like at that point he was completely gone...at least from this position. Were he somewhere still in the area? Actually gone for one reason or another? Relaying a message to others that patrolled this forest to gather them for the culling? Only time would tell.=

 

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As everything began to transpire the other young man had also avoided the creatures fall by narrow margins though Eiji himself was rather unconcerned with the other young man who made his resolve waiver greatly and was more concerned with the hulking monstrosity before them. His eyes would almost seem to pop out of his head in astonishment when the massive beast like humanoid seemed to pull out a club big enough to knock down a building, "...Well damn, like it wasn't already dangerous, now this freak has a tool..." he mumbled under his breath with a slight fear in his words.


His reaction would only worsen as the boy before him began to antagonize and taunt the beast, "Alright ugly, I don't know what it is you want, but if its a problem I guess I'm going to have to give it to ya." These words were not the only thing that would follow to rile up the beast but the young man took a defense stance preparing to face off against the beast. The boy who had formerly told Eiji he wasn't about that life was now the one taunting the beast and pulling him into the unwanted battle. To be fair though, it not like Eiji believed he could get far away from the beast when it moved almost like a light speed hurricane through the bamboo forest.

Now the beast was ramping up and preparing its attack, even someone who's not strong in sensory could tell that some big was coming and indeed it was. The beast slammed the giant club against the ground after roaring loudly which caused the bamboo and caused unprepared ears to split. Eiji himself however was prepared as he could not only sense the large amount of chakra welling up but he was expecting the unexpected and prepared himself by allowing a small amount of chakra to well up under himself. The chakra itself would aid him in two ways, the first one would be preparing to dodge the oncoming large attack from the beast and the second would be to aid him in quicker fast speed movements.

The chakra he prepared was wind style chakra which would be put into use when the beast sent out a wave of lightning towards the two, Eiji would use the wind beneath his feet to amply the dodge the wave by jumping upwards over it before applying chakra quickly beneath his feet once more to push off and in the opposite direction of which the beast was spiraling towards. At the same time Eiji had focused a potent condensed amount of chakra into the tips of his fingers. This chakra would began to be shaped into a new form, the form which they took would be several small almost senbon like needles. This was the visible chakra at least. After which while moving away from the beast's charge Eiji would launch the senbon aimed at the beast joints and the large layer of fat known as its belly. He was setting up to hopefully take down the beast quick if his attack was to hit its mark. ​

 

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The attention of the young lotus warrior was solely focused on the hulking figure before him as he began to breathe slowly; air in through the nose as he exhaled through his mouth, the meaning behind this would reveal itself as the time came. As he managed his breathing, the creature would roar, almost as if it were some kind of battlecry, the immense sound that kept from that ugly maw of his made Sentou wince, however he remained calm and continued to breathe.He watched as the beast began to lift its arm and the club in its hand into the air, was he on the attack, and from that distance? Trained to read his opponent's body movements to determine their course of action as a Taijutsu user Sentou quickly deduced the possibility of an Area of Effect coming in his direction, and much to his guess, it was true. When the club collided with the ground Sentou saw the electricity branching from the weapon and traveling along in his direction, however due to the experience of his previous training regiments, Sentou wasn't just quick on his feet, but was quick to react.

Within the moment the lightning traveled, Sentou would gather and channel chakra along the soles of his feet as he jumped straight up into the air; it seemed for whatever reason this being was capable of using Nature Transformation, having not encountered a creature capable of doing such before actually astounded him but jumping alone wouldn't keep him out of harms way it would seem. Altering the characteristics of his chakra, Sentou would pull from the Yang aspects of his chakra and give life to Wind chakra at the soles of his feet, expanding and manipulating it to create thin panels of wind nature underneath his feet to sustain the altitude he had gained from his initial jump.

suspending himself in what he believed to be outside of the monster's range at twenty feet in the air would shift his gaze towards the other male, noticing he had the same fundamental idea of using wind chakra to get out of range of the beast's spin attack; he could hear the electricity crackling almost as if it were building up something with sparks flying everywhere. As he could do nothing more but watch from above as the beast spun around throwing a fit, the lotus warrior would begin to take notice however didn't completely figure out that the large red monster was targeting him. Observing the creature he could tell it had plenty of energy by the way it swung about that large club with the greatest of ease, its size itself let alone the weapon was definitely a problem. As he devised his own course of actions to retaliate sentou noticed Eiji began to throw what looked to be needles conjured from his very own chakra, however whether or not they prove true he was unsure of.

He found he was getting frustrated with himself, he was known to charge in guns blazing so to speak, however his own mind was holding him prisoner in his body. Fight, fight dammit! An urge of anger swept over his very being as if every fiber of his being screamed him to fight, before this point all he ever did was fight for the amusement of it, to test his very self, and despite all that he constantly found himself in such shitty situations, "N-no more..." He said angrily through gritted teeth, his chakra seemed to resonate with his attitude as shimmering waves of heat expelled itself from his body before creating a shell of chakra around his body with the slightest of effort, "...Will I stand by and watch from the sidelines! I'll fight to survive because that's what it is I have to do!" As he was finishing his statement sentou's swelled up chakra would ignite and burst around him as he converged the natures of Fire and Wind Chakra to create scorch; the combine manifestation of Orange, Yellow, and Blue flames would envelope him much like an aura, the flames burning in unison brightly.

This very aura burned like a hurricane and as he continued to mold its shape he took his teachings of Nature Transformation further by adding his Fire nature to the technique it would amplify the destructive properties of the already dangerous scorching flames to the point the color of the flames turned silver and from the outside sentou's hair and clothing appeared to be silver as well. Once the flames became stabilized sentou would condense the aura around his body to precisely manage the amount of chakra he put off during the duration of the technique, it was risky to use this now, but he knew from the size alone of the monster he couldn't hold back. For the next thirty minutes (Three Post of sentou's post), or until he was incapacitated or ran low on his chakra reserves the Kagutsuchi Jigoku no Hi would remain around sentou, with the characteristics of scorch being imbued with the destructive nature of Fire these very flames were capable of disintegrating covalent bonds let alone cause the molecules of whatever he touched or touched him to combust before ultimately becoming ash from the sheer unimaginable heat they put off.

Time was going to be the determining factor of whether or not he would be capable of subduing the club wielding monster, he didn't like it, but if that was going to happen he was going to have to work together with the other male to even consider having the chance to do it. His breathing continued as he looked for the closet opening he could find.

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Kasami watched from the shelter of the bamboo to make sure that the others were out of the way. As she did, she would start walking to keep herself at the creature's back right as he moved closer to the other two males. By this point, especially with being in the air, the younger of the two males would be able to easily see the white of her kimono contrasting against the vibrant green bamboo. There were mere flashes of red within her outfit that he could see from his angle- a bow around her waist, ribbons wrapped around her ankles and bare feet, a streak of red going through her bangs. At the moment her back had been to him, until she turned around to face the three of them.

Her white hair shifted off her bare shoulders as her hands raised, clasping together as her eyes closed. The seed within the beast that she had planted blossomed with chakra- which spread outward as a little sapling formed within its body. She fed it further, the seed now sprouting larger roots that shot down through the lower leg of the beast and into the ground, rooting that foot into the earth. Thicker roots erupted from beneath the soil behind it in the blink of an eye, ensnaring the other leg as it coiled upwards around its massive body. The creature was definitely going to struggle against it, this much she knew, but her main focus was to subdue it for as long as possible if she were not able to take care of it herself.

She was still trying to remain aware of her surroundings, worried that the man that had been walking down the path had already reached them and she was just unable to detect him hiding nearby. Her eyes opened, focusing in on the creature. The roots had spread around its body considerably, as additional sprouted from the ground and wrapped around its throat and forehead. With it partially subdued, holding the seal she would step out from the bamboo into the clearing, still maintaining distance in case the creature broke free. The wood wrapped around its body tightened, as she shot the two males before her an uncertain gaze. It would be easy to take note at the very first glimpse of her, the difference between her jade green eye and that of her Rinnegan. It would also be easy to take note that she didn't trust either of them in the slightest bit, even with the lower half of her face covered in a metal mask- it was in her eyes. Kasami opened her hidden lips, thinking to warn them about the other person on its way. Though she closed them and looked away, returning her attention to her surroundings and the beast within the wood. Maybe they already knew. Maybe this thing had been running away from that man and these two had cornered it- maybe they were together and it attacked as a last resort.​

 

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=Suddenly as the beast took ground he saw both the males before him ascend into the air - but as his gaze went towards them he found himself with a surprise below. Suddenly its leg burst and along with the roots that dug into the ground and soiled it below him so did it's blood - painting the ground a bright red with odd blue crystals within. The beast roared out and started to raise its club to block the senbon where it would count - at its stomach; the upper body's joints were adorned with hardened skin acting as plates in the areas where the sun was most frequently set upon. The senbon that struck here would shatter across the plate skin and where as the rest of its body started to become rooted down the beast would not give way just yet. It was hungry...ravenously so and the source that drove it here in the first place was only getting bigger: Shuji's chakra. His had been the most prominent here and when he was upset and approaching the other male before the mix of the negative feelings and chakra flare sent him running - now his chakra and mental condition was only more flared and with it - so was he.As the roots tore its legs asunder it dug its club and free hand claw into the ground, digging up the ground beneath it as he crawled towards the male and ripped around to make a direct path - tearing its leg open till tendon, flesh and bone were exposed; blood cast upon the ground like punching open the side of an oil tanker as it came fourth. The creature gave up on its club - slinging it off behind him in a rage at alarming velocity - just by draw of misfortune going towards Kasami. The beast crawled constantly now struggling to get any further as its leg hung by what had to have been some light tissue and bone - slamming its hands on the ground as it roared and coughed up in pain but every cough spewing fourth a fireball and flare from its mouth towards Shuji and up in the air at the other male. In doing so some of the few fireballs that left seemed to spit off branching fireballs of smaller size - striking bamboo around them adding to the flaming heap that had been caused in lower proportion by Shuji's scorch. It would stop here but finishing the beast would need precision, the way that it flailed and blew flame it would swipe at and even bite anyone that got close.

-Meanwhile-

"Kawanishinoseguchikinunonebashitakeyamahouguitsunemoritsugemigatakitadaihiranoichiganatoriunanoyamashitasasavekofudaitokiwaraimyokenguchi"

=The sound erupted suddenly, around the time that Shuji activated his scorch release, the voice(s) seemed to come from nowhere and seemed to not be carried by a body at all, simply resonating in the area in an almost static manner that sounded as if the voices were accompanied by some low insectoid humming like cicada or something of the nature. There was something wisking about the area of combat - but it did so in such a manner that it was extremely subtle and hard to keep in the center of the mind while everything was going on. It wisked into the air where the other male besides Shuji had gone and with the sound of a snap and click the fireballs that had threatened to move into his path were extinguished. The black wisp then zipped across the ground and passed the flying club at a speed that made it seem as if it was moving in slow motion, by the time it came about eight feet from here - it would stop. This would be the most definitive moment that sense could be made out of the situation seeing as for what came next the figure would be required to be stationary for but a moment. It was fast - if you blinked you'd miss it; but for that instance there stood the figure in the Tengu mask and hood that had been walking behind the beast this entire time. He stood there and the club connected with his pointing finger - stopping there in place as he had his arm extended and right after that the figure wisked off again and the club fell to the ground. Now it made its way towards the beast, moving like a tendril almost it shot around and over its left and right arms, leaving the legs alone and then over the head and away - leaving just as quickly as it came and with it there was also that same sound of a snap and click before the beast stopped, falling silent and ceasing its flame....it seemed confused. For a moment this silence persisted but then again it started to roar at Shuji once more - arms still and head directed at him....it seemed more clam then it was before. But there was another matter to see to. The bamboo that had been ignited started having an odd reaction. There was a blue smoke emitting from it and the longer this went on and the bamboo went about burning the more of it would fill the area. The risks of inhaling? This was a mystery yet to be solved.=​