Team 2: Bell Test

DivineZiel: -Nao was among three of the genin that were assigned to Hayate Namikaze's team. From their introductions earlier, he knew this was going to be a fun time and a learning experience either way. The two others on his team, Manami Hozuki and Harley Nara. From just their key first meeting together, not much was truly learned from Harley other than he probably wished to resolve rumors by finding out the truth, or possibly, only wanted to find out more and cause more ears to twitch from information. He was a silent, laid back, non caring type of person which seemed doubtful though, he did come from the Nara clan. A specifically high caliber clan that were mainly intelligent and nothing truly passed their eyes nor their mind. Then, there was Manami Hozuki. She seemed to be almost like an open book but if you weren't slow enough to read the small writing, you could easily miss details of her. Based from what she had said during the introductions, she was calm, funny, and intelligent but used her wits to make some situations funny, if need be and sort of mad. Nao noticed that there could be swaps within her that could make her turn on a dime and just go bat shit crazy or anything! Nao though, at that moment while he was on his way to the training grounds in the forest, where Hayate-Sama specifically told them to go, he thought of Manami. At this point, he was away from the others while his cheeks blushed, thinking on her beauty. The white hair she had, the pink eyes that glistened..shaking his head from the day dream, he then looked around while his hands were behind his hand, elbows bent, giving off a relaxed sigh with a smile spreading across his lips whilst the pink hue from his cheeks turned back to their pale selves. Looking around for a second after he stopped, he mumbled "Where the hell am I?" Squinting a bit, he let his hands go back to their sides as he saw something big and fluffy off in the distance. Walking towards it, he began to become sneaky sneaky, using the trees as cover while he peeked from behind them slowly. Seeing about three of these creatures, they seemed to be a mixture of different animals..Interested in it, Nao then hopped up into a tree silently as he then slowly drifted his head over the branch he was crouching on as he saw them. He didn't know what the white furred animals were but they were indeed Onbaas. Hearing something above him, he looked up and saw one falling down onto him as he rolled off to the side and watched it hit the wood as it cracked the branch. With the branch slowly starting to break, Nao said "No no no no no no no no no no!" By the last no, the branch broke and he fell into the berry bush the three other ones were eating from. Smiling awkwardly, Nao said "Oh heyyyy...I'm just gonna.." as he stopped speaking, he scurried from the bush and began to ran "GO NOW, BYEE!" The four Onbaas then began to chase him, jumping from tree to tree while Nao saw a clearing not too far off, he yelled out "HELP! WEIRD THINGS! PLEZ HALP! MAKE EM STAHP!" Finally reaching the clearing, he'd then see Hayate-Sama while he yelled out "SENSEI! HALP PLEZ!" With him running from the Onbaas, Nao would have his arms flailing about until he reached his sensei and hid behind him, asking in a low voice "What the hell are those things?" A death stare crossed the animals while either they stopped charging or kept doing so.-

Dissolutia: ☀-Waiting calmly to learn more about Harley Nara, her other teammate. Manami stared him down, seeing that he was quite off within the team… He was the more quiet one, that did less talking more listening. However Manami knew he was probably more of an observer… Then again he’s a Nara, they think of a plan up within seconds in 1000 different ways. With that knowledge of the clan it would be no surprise if he is an observer learning or scoping out peoples weaknesses so he can easily beat them. So as she listened to his words her eyes twitched, he barely even told any of them about himself. If she were to describe him in one word Secretive… ‘How does he expect us to grow as a team, if he can barely talk to us!’ Manami caused a riot within her mind, but came to a startling finish as her sensei took her Kunai and jammed it into the roofs edge. Growing a sweat drop, Manami looked at her poor Kunai “RIP” a comical teardrop dipped down her right eye. Soon looking up to her master as he began to speak about how he was their second obstacle to becoming shinbone of the village, which was very important. That also meant that as soon as she arrived at the training grounds, she’d be on her “A+ game”… No one would stop for from achieving these goals and she made sure that she’d work with her teammates for them to succeed as well. However once Manami, heard her sensei talking about her moms favourite weapon her head twitched to the side just from the thought. So when Hayate slowly took out a sock brick of his own… She freaked out, especially since he had that creepy look on his face. “Thats impossible… How’d you get that… The only way you get that was is you were her stu-“ Manami’s eyes opened to the realization. “OH HELL NAHH! SHE’S MY MOTHERS EVIL SPAWN!!! HE KNOW’S HOW TO DESTROY THE UNIVERSE!!!! I KNOW THAT FACE! FU DAT!!!, SEEING YOU AT THE TRAINING GROUNDS IF YOU LIVE!” Manami screams could be heard throughout all of Konoha. (Kasumi POV) A voice rang within their entire house “SHE’S MY MOTHERS EVIL SPAWN!!! HE KNOW’S HOW TO DESTROY THE UNIVERSE!!!!” Kasumi smirked as she cleaned the dishes “He took out the sock brick.” (Back to Manami) Within seconds after speaking, Manami jetted off the buildings roof jumping from one to another at a fast pace. Not looking back due to the fact she’s terrified of that hyaenas weapon. It was an amazing sight to see… Manami was going so fast you’d get her confused for the road runner in old cartoons. Soon enough she was almost near the training grounds in the outskirts of Konoha, passing a bunch of people who in turn thought they can just experiences a close in counter with an alien race thats faster then a cheetah. As soon as she got there she planted face first into the ground grabbing her small water bottle, drinking it till the last drop so she could replenish herself. Relaxing quickly as she knew she was safe she watched the clouds waiting for her teammates to arrive. However hearing a familiar voice, Manami tilted her head up to see Nao... And he wasn't in a normal situation. He was being chased by 4 onbaas, jumping up on her feet Manami began chasing them and looking around for something that she could capture them with, so that they would not get hurt. Looking around she noticed a couple having a picnic on a blanket. Smirking evilly she stopped for a second where she then ran up to them, "I'm sorry or this" Manami's words made there eyebrows raise. But before they could refuse Manami grabbed the edges of the blanket and swiftly pulled it out from beneath them, "MASTERED THE MAGICIAN TRICK" she said before running after Nao and the onbaas. Finally catching up she jumped into the trees, watching them run as she hopped from one to another. Getting ready she concentrated her chakra into all parts of her body, quickly changing it to the element of water, before she jumped high in the air with the blanket in her hands on route to the running onbaas. If she were to fall on the onbaas, she would throw the blanket over their heads to confused them before she'd turn herself into a blob of water that would most likely make them fall to the ground and save Nao.

MoiZ107: - It was still early in the day, their introductions took about.. maybe 5 minutes, and it was nearing it's end now that Harley was done speaking. The purpose of this little gathering was pretty self explanatory, now that all the squad members new what one another looked like it was finally time to truly... become acquainted. The expressions on their faces towards Harley's introduction were pretty easy to read...less than satisfied, but to consider what they thought of him within the first few moments of meeting didn't matter to him. Before their sensei was able to give further instruction on what was to come he'd ram the Kunai knife he had been playing with into the border behind him, the speed in which it was done caused Harley's eyes to unintentionally follow as it was done. He remained relaxed and would listened to Hayate who finally began speaking, their instructions were to meet up at the training grounds at the outskirts of the Village. He'd arch a brow at what followed... Hayate had randomly swung an odd looking sock over his shoulder before signalling out Manmai then instantly vanishing. A faint lingering cloud was left in the spot Hayate previously stood in. Harley couldn't help but look to Manami due to remembering she had mentioned something about a sock and her mother, he was no doubt confused but curious at the same time. The three Genin wouldn't even exchange looks before individually taking off towards the training field, both Nao and Manami would rush off leaving Harley behind and on the rooftop. Manami's take off was intense to say the least, to the point where Harley was damn near left in a daze. After an erupt breakdown she'd appear jetting off so quick that dirt was shooting up from the ground and into the atmosphere leaving a trail behind her. He'd remained stunned and still as his ears were left ringing, all he was able to hear was a high pitched dragged out beep @\_@.... embracing the newly gained silence gave him time to recover. *...The issues on that kid run deeper than any blood trait...* he'd mumble to himself before finally acknowledging he was alone *....I'm taking the stairs...* retracing his steps brought him to the door along the roof top that was left wide open. There were many different routes but Harley would take a straight shot through the village, with one hand dug into a pocket and thee other leaning its wrist over the pommel of the sword hanging off his back, he'd push into the crowded street. As he moved along those he passed continued congratulating him for graduating the Academy, they'd smile and look towards his Headband which was tied around his left arm. Of course he would return the gesture as he looked to them...any decent person would. The training ground was a vast area of lush green trees and clean wide fields, it was indeed a beautiful place that ran deeper than one was able to see. By this point as he neared Harley had already given up all hope to ever having a dull peaceful moment with his new squad members. The few civilians that managed to get into the fields seemed to be fleeing as Harley casually approached. His pace wouldn't pick up but from the distance he'd manage to see what looked like Manami basically soaring above wild looking beasts while holding onto a blanket. The sight of Nao out of breath and standing behind our new sensei was all Harley needed to see before assessing the situation. *Dammit...* he'd barely manage to completely get the word out before going off into a heavy sprint. Although this was a perfect opportunity to see what his Sensei was capable of.... the way Manami rushed the situation seemed more than just a little bit reckless, Harley's only goal was to pull her. He didn't underestimate her nor did he doubt her.. but he'd figure suicide wasn't on anybody's agenda. The speed boost he'd give himself by rapidly shooting minimal amounts of chakra from the bottom of his shoes ultimately left his body vanishing into streaks of white lining. As he did so he'd look towards his Sensei in an attempt to capture his gaze, Harley figured if Hayate was able to entrust Manami's safety to him then he wouldn't have to hold back. *..Manami!' he'd shout out upon getting in close enough proximity so that she'd hear him. A small crater would form beneath his feet along the ground due to the sudden shift in his momentum as he leaped. The final chakra boost before his jump ultimately turned him into a bullet that'd beam up along side the Onbaa's head. If he was able to bring his forearm up into the blanket which would then wrap around her waist he'd be able to snatch her out of thin air.. as he drew his blade. The height they'd gain would leave them well above the Onbaa's reach, that is unless the two were unfortunate enough to gain it's attention... the beast can climb. Knowing their up coming test would require all of his reserves and strength he wasn't planning on using up anymore Chakra. With most of his blade sunk deep into the side of a thick branch he'd manage to support both their weights as he hung by an arm. By this point his main focus was on his Sensei and Nao.. the Kind monster and the Elite Ninja, the expression on Harley's face seemed rather focused. If by the off chance he was too late in getting to Manami in time to stanch her up before her body liquefied than he'd ultimately end up in the same position, just with a little bit of extra weight shaved off. -*

-Hayate appeared in the middle of the opening within the forests. It was the marking of his Flying Thunder God now under his feet that had transferred him here so quickly. Over the years, Hayate had planted several markings around and in the village to easily maneuver around in case of emergency. He stood and looked around as a warm smile grew on his face.- "This was the first marking I made with the Raijin." -He said as he glanced down in between his two feet for a sight of the black inscription embedded into the grass. The markings for the jutsu were nearly impossible to be erased. Another powerful jutsu would be needed to get rid of it and even then the user would have trouble in doing so. The training grounds was where Hayate was most likely to be found in his youth and up until his several year long departure from the village. It wasn't until recently that he had started up his old training regime like the ol' days. A warm and soothing breeze whisked itself across Hayate and blew his brown locks off to the right. His gaze turned and followed suit only to see a glimpse of Nao scampering out from the tree line.- "Hey N-- What??" -Hayate shouted out to Nao after the sight of three white Onbaa's interrupted his thought process. One of Hayate's eyes squinted while one eyebrow raised at the horror of the poor Nao screaming for his life. Hayate himself was freaked out; Onbaa's were very aggressive when disturbed. He didn't have much time to formulate a plan before seeing Manami spread eagle in the air above the Onbaa's readying a surprise attack.- "Wha??" -He gasped as his eyed widened even more while Manami kamikazed the monkeys with a blanket, covering them in such and presumably exploding into nothing but water. Hayate swerved his head to the left and saw Harley racing towards the action while shooting a glance over to him. Harley was looking quite fast for a Genin and more determined than he seemed during the introductions. Not too long and Harley had managed to save Manami after she reformed from the water. The gorillas, their animosity heightened by the lazy blanket attack, gritted their teeth and turned in the opposite direction to menacingly stare down their prey; Harley and Manami that is.- "This is insane. I was just expecting these three kids to walk up here!" -Hayate thought to himself as he saw the Onbaa's begin their daring leap towards his students. Hayate promptly made the following signs: Tiger --> Hair --> Boar --> Dog. After his hands weaved and weaved they stopped with two flat palms resting over one another. He knelt to the ground and slammed both palms onto the ground and watched through his slackened bangs as a large Earth wall sprang up right in front of the Onbaas colliding with them head on. The gorillas sank to the ground in disdain before slowly meandering onto their legs and trudging out and back into the forest. The thick wall of earth slowly fit itself back underneath the ground as Hayate stood back up right. He sighed and let out a deep breath of air and rested a hand on his waist. He waved the two other students on over with his other hand so they'd all three now be facing him.- "Now... before we even start. Don't mess with the Onbaas. Alright?" -He said as if he had been common knowledge.- "Those things will probably sneak into your home tonight, Nao, and seek vengeance." -He said slightly joking as he chuckled to himself soon after. He shook his head from side to side and smiled.- "Anyways." -He began as he reached his hand around into his pouch as the sound of a few small bells could be heard shuffling around inside. He slowly pulled out two bells both around the size of an acorn attached together by a thin red line of string. He clamped his fingers down on the string and hit the two bells off of one another causing the same noise to echo again. He leaned over in front of his students, smiled and tilted his head.- "One bell in your possession equals your true title of a Genin. Take one from me and you are recognized as a true shinobi of this village." -He said very softly as if the task could be done by a toddler. Although if anyone knew anything at this point it would be much harder than it seemed.-

DivineZiel: -As Nao looked around Hayate's arm to see Manami with a blanket that laid onto the Onbaas while Harley went in for the rescue of Manami. Watching everything before him unfold, he simply sighed as he walked in front of Hayate and said "I'm sorry, I didn't wanna hurt the fluffies." Looking up to him, he then listened to him while his right eye twitched slightly about the Onbaas sneaking into his home. Sighing once more, Nao looked down until he heard the chime of bells and looked back up. Hearing the instructions, Nao thought to himself for a tiny bit of time as he heard Hayate, it seemed like mere child play and such an easy task however, there had to have been a catch, right? Just snatching a bell, it seemed easy enough. Looking over to his right and then his left to see both of his teammates, he said in his head "Can I match up to these two? There's only two bells..one of us won't earn the title of Gen-" Shaking his head from the thoughts, Nao then picked his eyes up, letting them lay on Hayate-Sama while he didn't give a clear go or not but that didn't mean there wasn't just a way to start. Hopping back a bit of a distance to give a reasonable start so it was fair above all else. A fight is what this could be taken as, at least in Nao's mind due to the situation, what they had to do and who they had to get the bells from. About ten feet away, Nao then planted his feet into the soil, doing this would give him a clear take off. Smirking slightly, showing a bit of his pearly whites, Nao pushed his body forward as he then said "MAKE WAY!" Once he yelled those words, he used his sage transformation to use jet booster jump. The tubular type appendages that grew from his back were the same like his used earlier that day but with a bit more of a tilt. At about five feet, Nao jumped slightly, having his body form straight with a twirl as he pushed a heavy amount of nature energy into the appendages, causing him to fly forward, at a high speed. The atomic tangerine chakra color shooting from the jets, he pushed his right hand out, openly, as if he were to try to grab something. Having the bells in sight, he had his hand at a perfect alignment to grab them. The gap closing in, and fast at that, Nao got right into the face of Hayate with his hand going for at least one bell but both were in his sights. At the moment he could, Nao would clamp his hand down to enclose the bells in his hand, if he even could get to that point. If he grabbed them or didn't, he would slam into Hayate-Sama's upper body with enough force to carry him a bit of distance or even fling him off, though with how he could just vanish like he did earlier on the roof, there was no real way to know what he had up his sleeve..and he was of course a very skilled shinobi at that but Nao...Nao took his chances on a hope and prayer.-

Dissolutia: Flying through mid-air, Manami was sure this was gonna work. Blanket to the face for distraction… probably making them all pull the blanket form either sides, which either way Manami would hit them with a blob like water force which would cause them to stumble. This was just enough time to become a solid human again, which would go to the next point to were if there sensei would make it he’d help. Manami knew people would first feel that this was a risk at her own cost, however Manami could visualize the many parts of the equation before it happened. Almost seconds to taking down the onbaas, Manami would slightly look to the side of her eye were she’d see her teammate closely behind her. He seemed as if he was going to stop her, at first she understood that he was probably concerned that her plan did not make any sense at all. However, when Manami is set in mind to try and help someone she cares about. She immediately gets furious with those who try to stop her and put them in harm. Eventually when she turned back to normal he “saved her” yet the onbaa’s turned back to them after. But just as Manami suspected her sensei came to the rescue at the last minute. Feeling her eye twitch Manami was feeling anger within her inner core. Staring Harley down her anger reached pompeii’s level, Trying to calm herself down… “I know you were just trying to make sure I was safe… But if you come between an actual moment when I’m trying to save someone I care about… GRHHH” she growled at him loudly before she turned to walk off to her sensei. Watching him, he took two bells from his pockets hearing his words her eyes widened. There was only two bells and three of them, if one of them didn’t get it they wouldn’t continue along the lines of the shinobi, which was not an option for her in the slightest. When you see the damn bells it seemed almost like academy school level job… However why would a jonin make it that easy? We’d be the shinobi of the future, surely he’d make sure we are capable of much more. Looking towards Nao with her embracing pink eyes she wondered how he’d go about the situation… However when she watched him lance off which made her smile. He was a gentle soul, yet he had guts facing this important moment head on. He seemed like a skilled fighter with his actions… Almost graceful doing it. “IM READY” Manami was thinking it would be likely impossible to beat a jonin so she’d have to support Nao in order to succeed and for him as well. So as Nao did her thing, Manami ran through the forest turning so she’d be now in the direction of running to Her sensei’s backside, doing this quickly so it would be more of a surprise then a suspected thing. It looked like he was going to push him to get it so something, ‘I have to stop him from escaping from his backside. Reaching into her pouch she quickly go 3 senbon and threw them at an extremely fast pace towards his feet to were this could puncture his feet and leave him e-mobile if it strikes him hard. However there was a chance that he could potentially use substitution to escape… So just incase Manami would run towards his back side, being as quiet and soundless as possible. Attempting to support Nao if he tried to jump back, to where she’d push him forward and hope her senbon hit him so she could grab him from moving. Manami hoped this would work… but the fact that he was her mothers student was obvious that he was going to be very skilled and probably be as persistent /determined like her mom, which was usually a dangerous combo. She also hoped Harley would understand a concept of helping so we’d get the bells together.

-Hayate's gentle smile cracked once he lifted an eye after hearing Nao's heroic scream of justice. He peered out from one eye and saw Nao leaping back and morphing his arm into a rocket launcher-like mechanism. His right elbow protruded outwards behind him and formed into a few hallow tubes almost instantaneously.- "What the.." -Hayate muttered as he glanced around to see Harley and Manami had disappeared as well.- 'I haven't even begun and these three are already trying to kill me. Either they are incredibly determined or have wanted to attack me since we all met.' -He thought to himself before extending his legs and raising up both of his arms in a defensive formation. His ocean blue eyes grew keener by the moment as they glanced from side to side. He had managed to collect a sight of Manami vanishing into the tree line behind him. They were all pretty quick for their age and much more determined than his past testees. His focus snapped to attention as Nao charged his arm and expelled a large gust of fire from each of his tubes on his arm. Not a moment later, Nao had erupted with a ferocious force of velocity and speed that sent him hurling towards Hayate that would surely land a firey punch right on top of him. He seemed ill prepared in his stance to fend off from Nao and still had his back turned to Manami. As for Harley, he had most likely been the one to ward off any spontaneous urge he had in favor of tactical decision. What decision he was making exactly seemed virtually unknown to Hayate as his attention seemed locked onto Nao.- "Huh?!" -Hayate yelled as Nao appeared right in front of him and delivered an astonishing hammer of a punch into his abdomen. Almost instantaneously, three senbon shot right into Hayate's legs and two kunai swerved their way into either side of Hayate's upper body. His body rag dolled backwards in utter defeat as Nao ripped the two bells right from Hayate's waist. The thud of Hayate's limp body slamming against the cold grassy ground was only matched by the crude sound of a puff of cloud overtaking the length of his body. The thick white smoke enveloped Hayate's body for a moment and soon dispersed to reveal a thick and bulky log had taken their Sensei's place. The log had a large dent in the middle of it with three senbon on its back and two kunai on either side of it; much like Hayate's body once did. Despite all that, the young Jugo had managed to still retrieve the coveted bells from his Sensei. Those two silver balls of victory lay clapsed in the palm of his hand.- "Yo." -Hayate called out over to the left side about ten feet away from the Nao and Manami. He was smiling gently with his left hand resting on his waist and the other waved once from side to side above his head. Whenever the students would notice him, the bells themselves would each turn into a miniature brown log within Nao's grasp. Hayate lowered his hand and narrowed his eyebrows.- 'These kids are tenacious I'll give them that.' -He paused and looked around the tree lines of the training grounds.- 'Now where are you.... Harley Nara.'

DivineZiel: -Nao Jugo, at this moment, it was him while his teammates provided support for him with a few tricks of their own but he was the one charging in faster than anything could at that specific moment. While Nao forced his hand into Hayate with Manami as well as Harley's little bit of help for that time hit, it seemed like they got what they wanted while the bells laid in his hands. Stopping the jets once the hit made contact, there was still a lot of momentum which sent Nao flying into a tree but in order to help himself out of such a shit situation, Nao used his sage transformation to turn his arm into a long, thick chain while the tube-like appendages formed back into his body. Nao sent the chain flying through the air while he flung it off towards a branch, having it wrap around it. Once it did, Nao pulled himself to it while he swung up and ended up soaring into the sky. Looking down only to see that Hayate's body turned into a log and he was about ten feet to the left of where he originally was. As Nao started to yell out to his teammates "I GOT TH-" both bells turned into tiny logs while Nao then grew bit angry on his own persona. From there, a rage within him built up horribly fast while half of his body began to turn into a light brown color, one eye having the sclera turning black while his pupil went into the same color as his iris. Letting out a painful yet menacing scream from in the sky, the chain arm was already retracted and back to normal while Nao pressed his hands to his fast, growing a wide, crazed grin upon his face as he he swiftly looked down to Hayate. The bloodlust thriving off of Nao was so heavy, it could be felt like a thick aura that could literally drag someone down. As Nao's body began to fall from the sky, a deeper, much more crazed voice yelled out "GIVE ME THOSE BELLS!" Nao's right arm near the elbow would begin to shift quickly into that of a piston as he held his fist out, arm bent. The piston began to work as it slammed against the surface inside, forcing him down with much more velocity. Gravity, momentum and power began to take its course while the piston reached its seventh time of hitting the surface inside. Directly at the eighth one, Nao would be a mere few inches from Hayate while his fist came down, holding a lot of force behind it, if it were to hit him or not. It wasn't just about the bells anymore to this..different Nao but it was something he couldn't help. Inside the crazed lunatic's head, the real Nao was watching everything as he said "Wait..what the.." Not knowing much of what was going on due to his past freakouts being minor but..this didn't feel like it would last five minutes. If his fist were to hit Hayate, there could be enough force to break something, or at least cause a decent amount of damage. If Nao were to end up hitting the earth, a crater about two feet deep and seven feet wide would become seen on the ground from the forced of his punch and his body adding on for extra weight. This psychotic..thing was determined on either getting the bells or the blood of Hayate but, the real goal of it could not be known, at least for now.-

Dissolutia: ☀Manami carefully watched Hayate, wondering how everything was going into place. At the same time was extremely aggravated with her teammate Harley, for a short kid he surely had a big mouth. That was something Manami never did and never will tolerate from anyone, she always hated forms of bullies or those who thought they were better then everyone else. It literally drove her insane! ‘Like who did he think he was??? First calling Nao a monster, then calling me an idiot! Such prejudice he has no idea what I can do, he needs a taste of his own medicine!’ Manami thought harshly, seeming so angry that you could almost see steam coming from her ears. She was ready to place him under the worst experience he’d ever go through in his life. She usually dealt with these things very viscously, and would go deep into the emotional core of a person… Manami has no chill in these situations, she becomes another person; meaning very psychotic. Something she didn’t get from Kasumi… So when her determined side from her mothers genes mixed with her Psychotic behaviour, you would create a **TRUE** beast. However sadly she’d have to deal with him after she got a bell, but there was no telling how this would effect her in this spar. So as Nao used his frontal attack and her own attack, Harley went on to support us by sending his kunai’s to either of his sides… Hayate easily used his log technique and the bells that Nao had gotten were turned into tiny logs. “I knew it” Manami whispered as she got on her feet again and flipped backwards, sprinting back into the woods to shade herself for safety. ‘Now we know that head on attacks will tire him… but will not defeat him so easily, at least not until he loses more chakra and stamina’ Manami gathered information quickly from this situation, not just throwing it to waste. Knowing exactly where he was now, she knew that he’d be expecting for them to attack him again. Now it was certain Manami truly had to think this through before pulling anything, So she watched Nao since he probably was going to do that “attack head on” most likely. Judging by the way he looked, he wasn’t too fond of the situation. His skin turned brown and his eyes turned black, this was a whole other light of Nao that Manami has never seen before. However unlike most she wasn’t afraid, she could truly see past that… She believed he truly didn’t like that side it was more like he had no choice, no *control switch.* For Manami it was nothing more then a challenge and when challenges arose… Manami never gives up. So as she saw Nao swing himself into the air, he looked like a bird with wings. He had an art to his fighting, his arms were transforming into pistons and his momentum was beaming off him. This was a signalling for Manami to start her attack— she already planned out thoroughly enough to help out Nao and do some damage at the same time… Only thing was it could drain some of her chakra, but Manami was certain something would happen with this combo… She was just hoping Harley would do something with his Nara skills that would be useful because as soon as this was over Manami didn’t know what she’d do to him for his big mouth. Manami looked towards her sensei and marked her target, she quickly forced her hands together performing a tiger hand sign concentrating her chakra. Manami began to form a single perfect water clone beside her. This was an easy jutsu for her, due to the fact her mother spent hours with her to master it to the point it was fairly fast for her to emerge one or two. So from Manami’s knowledge she knew she couldn’t get too far from the clone because it would splash back into water, which was not part of her plan. So beginning to run the clone Manami was running out of the forest to make it seem as if Manami was doing the same thing as before… “Going Head on”, but really the clone was running towards Hayate… and Nao was slowly letting gravity kick in as he made his way down at tremendous speed about to hit Hayate into another universe. Smirking the Manami clone jumped up just below, making sure not to interfere with his attack. The clone was just there to make it seem like she was the real Manami, just to be a heavy distraction. All the while as this was happening, the real Manami was running parallel to her clone… being extremely quiet on her feet; as she ran through the forest stopping immediately once she saw her sensei in vision. To be exact she was about 5 meters away, forcing her hands together again she made sure to be silent as she performed these hand signs in order (Dragon>Tiger>Hare). As she did so she concentrated her chakra to her mouth and lungs, filling them with water. Once she was ready she spewed a surge of water, going at 90 km per hour towards Hayate, fairly hard to dodge without getting hurt somewhere. But just after the water was going towards him Manami made a tiger hand sign yet again concentrating hard so that half a clone would emerge from the spewing water, lunging forward about to grab one of the bells. If the water were to hit him the clone would easily grab the bells. This attack seemed like nothing— but with the water going at that speed, it would do some damage… Most likely if it hit him, he’d feel like he was getting kicked in the back hard enough to be sore the next day. Smiling from afar Manami waited… watching carefully as her plan played out with Nao’s, seeing her clone flip off the the tree branch, it sent her back onto the ground so that Nao could do the damage. Once the clone gained balance it waited to see if they had succeeded to help out more. (Kasumi) Sitting quietly on a tree branch safety away from the chaos , Kasumi held her 4 year old daughter Ren a piggy back. She’d been there for a while but was sure not to be spotted. She was still beautiful as ever… Her eyes still matched those of a sapphire and her hair could still be compared to snow. Her body barely seemed like she gave birth to 5 children. She was wearing a long flowing white skirt with a half belly top. She watched her daughter and her teammates fight to achieve the bells from there sensei. Kasumi wouldn't dare miss this for the world… Hayate was her best student and he was now the sensei of Manami, which was a honourable thing to her. So once the battle was over, Kasumi was going to surprise them with a visit and she didn’t want to leave Ren home without experiencing something so eventful. Not to mention not meet someone she could consider an uncle. “Watch Honey, some day you’ll be a big a strong kunoichi just like your brother and sisters” Kasumi turned to the side and lifted her head to kiss Ren on the forehead. “Manami is so cool…” Ren spoke in a soft tone peeked over from her mothers shoulder to watch Manami. “Indeed” Kasumi smiled proudly towards her 3rd eldest child.

-Hayate's eyes narrowed and became quickly fixated onto Nao. His screech of pure terror and anger had raised the tension of the battle and brought it to an all new level now. The once delicate and mellow nature of the test had been shattered by the Jugo's raw ability of sage transformation.- 'Maybe they do actually wanna kill me...' -Hayate pondered to himself as he looked onto the oncoming onslaught that was Nao Jugo. Instictively, Hayate spread his legs out and raised his arms to both sides; quickly folding his hands into tightly wound fists. Hayate winced again at the sudden transformation of the once seemingly innocent boy. He saw a glimpse of his power when he first encountered Nao not too long ago when the child was escaping from the Root division. His powers were much stronger than that of a Genin class. The Jugo ability was a much saught after trait among many experimentalists. Nao's fury extended upwards far above Hayate as his arm morphed into a piston mechanism that allowed him to soar into the sky after several pumps from his piston-arm. He quickly reached behind his back and retrieved a single grey ball that he cuffed tightly into his palm. Suddenly, Hayate's peripherals picked up a dash of blue to his right side. He glanced over and saw a glimmer of Manami just before her image was quickly overtaken by a pool of water spewing from her mouth and headed right for him. To the left of the swirling vortex of rapid waters, Hayate picked out a second Manami that was working her way in closer to Hayate.- 'Looks like you didn't waste any time with training your kids.... Kasumi.' -He thought to himself in the heat of several attacks heading his way. It shouldn't have surprised him as much as it did that Kasumi had taught her daughter so much at such a young age. Hayate guessed that his former Sensei was just like Manami at this age as well. In an instance, Hayate's eyes were back and fixated on Nao for the moment who had already begun his roaring descent towards him. The speed was unlike anything Hayate had seen from a Genin. He could only estimate the amount of power hiding beneath his morphed arm; although he didn't need to guess at all to know that it would do serious harm. Nao's arm came down like a scorched hammer that nearly took Hayate's head off had he not stepped to the right of Nao at just the right time. Just as Nao's hand had collided with the ground and seriously mangled the earth beneath him, Hayate released his grey little ball by slamming it too onto the ground. Instantly, a thick cloud of smoke enveloped the two shinobi. Hayate's quickness would become more lethal than ever. In a flash, Hayate's knee propelled itself into a collision course with Nao's jaw if he hadn't been able to move. Hayate's body would soar right passed Nao if he had managed to hit his target.The knee to the jaw was likely to further disorient Nao and leave him confused of his surroundings. Taking advantage of this disoriented Genin, Hayate would roundhouse the same leg directly into the right side of the stalky Jugo. The kick would send Nao flying out of the smoke bomb in the direction of Manami's water technique and clone. Normally it would take too much time for all of this to happen but as far as the inexperienced shinobi were concerned only a mere moment had gone by after Nao collided with the ground. If all of this were to come to fruition, Hayate would further side step to the left incase Nao didn't collide with Manami's technique. He skidded to a firm halt in his blue sandals and mucked up a fair amount of dust around him.- "Hmm..." -He mumbled as he slowly and frustratingly ran a hand through his brown locks.-

DivineZiel: -With Nao plummeting down at high speeds, holding power behind his force, he then smashed into the ground but not before he noticed Hayate step out of the way. Once his fist hit the earth, almost suddenly, a two foot deep and seven foot wide crater was formed as the earth in the surrounding radius of nine feet shoot abruptly. Nao's vision was then blinded by the instant large cloud of smoke that appeared while he then kept the wide grin on his lips, his teeth showing with drool seeping from the pearly whites. Pulling his hand out of the ground quickly after his arm transformed back to normal. Looking to his side, an instant shift of the nature energy he was constantly absorbing felt off, as if something was blocking the way, like when someone stands in front of a breeze rolling to the person behind them. Right before Nao could even react, he was kneed into the jaw, which caused him to go into the a bit. Almost instantly, a second attack kicked him in the chest but, Nao wasn't going down at this moment. Before the kick's force would fling him off, which only had a few miliseconds to react, he attempted to grab Hayate's ankle but it failed to a bit of a slower way. Being shot back quickly, a heavy pressure felt overcoming of his upper body while he shot out from the smoke and ended up int he wild water wave jutsu that Manami used. As he was carried away a good distance by such, he finally ended up shoving his left fist into the ground after a tiny amount of time and kept himself still until the wave stopped, or at least slowed down. Forcing his out from the ground, Nao picked himself up while he was hunched over a bit, legs slightly bent and parted from each other. His hair soaking wet now from such a high amount of water. Lifting his head a bit, he saw the blurred sight of gray fluff. Breathing slightly heavy from the pressure that slowly relieved itself from his upper body, he still couldn't see perfectly however, he then had his full body slowly become engulfed in a darker skin tone, much like what took over half of his body. Drawing in the energy of everything around him that was held within the land itself, even the air, Nao then dragged his right foot along the ground, forward as his other sclera darkened and his pupil fled into the color of his iris. Pushing his body forward, it was now an onslaught. From his feet, sparks of his chakra were seen as he pumped his fire nature chakra into the soles of his feet as the grass that his sandals touched ignited a bit. Turning his body, he made his way around the perimeter of the smoke, he then kept going while he dropped one smoke bomb after a few bits, in the form of a triangle, allowing for the smoke to cover more ground and linger longer. Still running around in the same, vast circle, he then placed one paper bomb at each pace, forming a cross around the perimeter. There was a possibility that Hayate wasn't even in the middle but Nao didn't care. Jumping back from the surrounding area of where the first smoke bomb went off, he then transformed his right hand into a chain like appendage. Swinging it quickly towards the area of the first smoke bomb, he did a swing to the right, pulled back and then swung to the left. If Hayate had been in there and got hit, it would more than likely be around the waist. If either attack were to land, automatically, Nao would have the chain wrapped around his waist while he pulled him towards him, then flung him towards the forest (where Harley is ;D), not knowing exactly where but towards the treeline he remembered from his last view of the area. Nothing was key but to cause a bit of damage, to slow the prey down and tire it out before the predator went in for the kill.-

MoiZ107: - As he predicted before the training was able to start, the terrain was beginning to change. So much in fact that'd it be hard to see what exactly what unfolding beneath all the chaos. As Nao landed, ultimately missing his target and creating a dust cloud, he'd be send flying out of it and straight into Manami's tsunami. By this point Harley would be done messing around with the untouched place surrounding the chaotic field. Though Nao was able to force himself out of Manami's whirlpool it seemed he'd need a few seconds to recover, for a moment he'd struggle to maintain his consciousness before once again morphing. Manami had manage to hide herself along with her trail upon concluding her Jutsu that no doubt used up a lot of chakra. Harley's body would appear out of thin ari, the dust cloud that'd form beneath his feet as he squatted down would signify he had leaped down from a certain height upon finally showing up. He'd stay a distance away from the spectacle Nao would be putting on, after all even though he was preparing to help out he wouldn't want to get in his way. While maintaining his distance to avoid getting caught in thee assault  he'd sign in relief due to Manami managing to avoiding the area where multiple traps had been placed, although he was planning to try out his adaptive hand to hand against his sensei, he wasn't navie enough to think it'd be simple.. hence for his time being absent from the fight thus far.- ( <--- I'll make up for this, Just wanted to get this out the way )

-Hayate landed off to the right side of the bewildered Nao after delivering two solid blows to his student. The mist had severely disrupted not only his student's vision but also his own. So once Nao released his own handful of smoke bombs most of the open terrain became enveloped by the misty smog. Hayate could hear Nao moving around rampantly. His speed was stunning and very impressive. He was most likely faster than Hayate was when he was a genin which was saying a lot. The Namikaze were gifted with speed but an overall transformation to heighten one's abilities was very rare. The only ones he knew of such capabilities were Lady Sixth and Katsuo Kaguya. Those two had each mastered senjutsu in their own respect. Despite Hayate having a relationship with Mount Myoboku he never pursued the coveted Sage training because he claimed it 'was a waste of his time'. Although, seeing Nao like this it did spark some old thoughts on the matter for him. Even with all this, the situation with Nao was beginning to get out of hand. His psyche was severely unstable and something irreversible could happen. The gush of water that was once headed towards him had most likely collided with Nao and there seemed to be no signs of Manami. It was odd for such a robust girl to be the one who chose to hide and plan instead of learn through various trials and errors. She did have her mother's side of the gene pool that was for sure. His thoughts were short lived as Nao's movements began to contrast. He didn't know quite know what was about to happen but he was sure Nao was priming himself for another run at him. His unstable psyche allowed him to feel no fear with a raving blood lust for a couple of bells. Suddenly, a fleshy and severely morphed line of chain sprang from the thick smoke at Hayate's left side. It was bumpy and twisted at parts and was making its way to grab Hayate by the waist at an increasing velocity. Hayate's eyes shot the left as if they had both systematically targeted the chain and placed it on his internal radar. He snapped an arm behind his lower back and pulled a single marked kunai from his pouch. Just as he reared his arm back around to his front, he spread his legs and dipped his whole body beneath the chain. As he was nearly spread-eagled on the ground, he pinpointed where Nao would be based on where the chain had come from through the smoke. He then curled his forearm underneath him and then released his kunai in Nao's direction. The kunai would land a tick behind Nao's position; and being marked with Hayate's Flying Raijin he would instantly teleport directly behind Nao. His speed was impeccable as he instantaneously appeared behind his student. A quick bit of the thumb and a thin line of his blood marked on his opposite hand followed by the signs: Boar --> Dog --> Bird --> Monkey --> Ram. He then planted his hand firmly on the ground which caused a new cloud of smoke to appear that masterfully blew away the remaining mist from the various smoke bombs before. Now with a clear line of sight, Hayate could be seen standing right behind Nao with a bright smile on his face with one of his arms resting on a small red Toad's head. The toad was about half the height of Hayate to be exact; which would make him roughly 3ft tall. It had a cork in it's mouth and various black markings scattered from around his eyes down to its webbed feet.- "Hey Nao?" -Hayate said with the brightest smile possible slapped right onto his face as he reached over and slapped the cork right out from it's mouth.- "Please get in." -He said cheerfully as the Toad began to form a quick suction from its mouth that would extend to Nao. If he were sucked in it would create great traction that would end with the genin feeling his body morphed into a much smaller size. If Nao was sucked inside the Toad he would be dropped in a very acidic environment where the toad's gastric pools would prove too much to touch. It wasn't a very aesthetic environment. It was only the most tightly locked prison for someone stuck in there with the toad's stomach behind impenetrable by inside forces like Nao's senjutsu. It would be a horrific field trip for any twelve year old. No chaperons allowed.

DivineZiel: -From behind the smoke screen, Nao's chain didn't seem to clip onto anything within an ease of distance but it had to have just been that Hayate moved. Hearing a noise from his side, he'd then disregard it while the smoke then cleared around him and he heard Hayate speak. Turning around, he'd see a toad that was in the shape of a gourd while the cork was popped from his mouth. Right as he heard Hayate's words, Nao would be sucked into the toad with no possible way of escaping from the grapple type technique. As he was morphed inside of the toad, he acid lake inside of him was seen to Nao's eyes while he fell ontop of an ancient type roof and smashed into it, causing the stone used on it to break and crumble a bit with the pebblies dropping into the acid below. Hearing the burning noise, Nao then pushed himself up and looked around to see salmon pink walls and green goo. Seeing as there was nowhere to really move to and Hayate was nowhere in sight, Nao then just adjusted himself on the roofing while he then bent his knees up to him and sat there, right elbow leaning onto his knee and his palm pressed into his forehead. The dark skin on his body began to slowly depart while it only covered half of his body now and his left eye returned to the same, as it was.-

Dissolutia: ☀Still hiding carefully in the bushes Manami thought to herself… ‘Okay, two clones… one wave jutsu. 20 % Chakra for clones… Maybe 15% for my wave. 20 + 15 = 35%. I have enough to get a bit more damage.’ Manami was not going to give up yet, having a fiery soul like her mothers she was determined to make a couple more dents… however noticing all the smoke bombs Nao  was making, there had to be some sort of trap set along the area. So she’d have to look out for those so she’d not get caught up in the cross fire. After a few minutes another another cause of smoke emerged allowing the field of view to clear. Only when it did, Hayate was on a frog maybe half the height of him. Soon the frog began a suction motion, Nao was sucked into its belly making Manami’s eyes widen. She wasn’t sure if she should’ve been afraid in that moment of time, but she knew if she was… it would get her nowhere. She had to get something going and now she was depending on Harley to help. There was also the fact that Manami noticed immediately Nao’s paper bomb traps that would also be a hazard. ‘We have to lead him out of there…’ she thought to herself as she was now ready to execute the *Plan.* Manami quietly moved around with her clone, being extremely careful not to make him realize where they were. Stopping in an angle where Manami was looking at Hayate directly to his front side, while the real Manami remained hidden— the clone carefully jumped out with barely making a sound…  She mastered her sneaking skill when she would joke around to sneak up on her older brother and sister to scare them. However Manami was smirking evily, as her clone began running and made it seem like she didn’t even notice the highly active bomb that was in front of her looking more focused on the frog that ate Nao. Due to the fact Manami basically mastered this clone technique it was extremely hard to notice if she was actually the real Manami. “I’mma get you HAYATE!!! HOW DARE YOU MAKE THIS AMPHIBIAN EAT NAO!!!!” the clone yelled seeming reckless like the real Manami. This was the elaborate plan to make it seem like it was actually her… Since it would be smart to think under all the fighting that was a going on and in the smoke that her clone probably got destroyed due to it taking up her chakra source… So it was more than likely that it was going to work, not to mention her reckless behaviour in her other attacks would make sense that she’d do the exact same thing. “YOUR GONNA PAY— GAHHH!” The fake Manami lost her balance running, beginning to fall forward about to fall of one of Nao’s first placed set up paper bombs that would blow up on contact, she was about 4 metres away. (Kasumi) “I can’t see her… she hid. Oh Manami don’t be reckless this is a dangerous area” Kasumi felt nervous as she saw all the paper bombs. Not soon after saying that, she saw Manami running out of the woods towards Hayate… Seeming like her reckless self as always. What was worse was she looked so focused on the damn frog she barely noticed the bombs. Which was normal… Kasumi could already tell she had a crush on Nao, so this probably pissed her off that the frog engulfed him in its belly. “MANAMI NO!!!!” Kasumi yelled abruptly as she saw her daughter trip and about to fall onto the bombs. The fake Manami seemed so shocked she didn’t have enough time to substitute herself. Jumping out of the woods Kasumi knew she wasn’t fast enough to go reach her. “MANAMI!!!!!!” she cried as she fell to her knees, making it seem all the more real that her Daughter was going to parish. (Back to Manami) Watching her plan play out, as her clone was about to fall onto the bomb. She watched at her mother jumped out of nowhere in fear, ‘this is perfect! I had no idea she was here!!!!! This will make it all the more real!!!!’ Manami thought as she saw her mothers tears stream down her cheeks. However with this knew evidence this was her new master plan now… Manami already knew from before that her mother and him were close, because even if she didn’t recognized Hayate when she first met him she remembered times when her mother would talk about her amazing student. So that would be the main thing to manipulate, She knew that he’d never let something happen to her. It was almost a sort of mental attachment kind of thing, Manami looked so much like her mother… it was almost like Hayate was seeing Kasumi die in his eyes. Due to his skilled speed Manami knew he would be able to save her just before the blast was possible. So it was more than likely he’d use his special jutsu to do so… which leaded to her main plan, make him leave the disaster bomb area so that Manami would follow into her brave attack to get the bells. If Hayate were to save the clone Manami, bringing her into the natural cradle saving position the clone would swiftly and extremely quickly grab one of his bells and send them flying towards the forest. To then punch him square in the face hard enough to make him forget about the bells, jump out of his grasp and make sure no one would interfere. Where the real Manami would spirit at a extremely high pace to retrieve them and defend them as well.

MoiZ107: - It would seem their sensei damn near forgot this was a simple training exercise. As Harley appeared into the clearing he'd hold still long enough to see the cloud of smoke instantly disburse before watching his teammate vanish. The serious nature of this test would take light as Hayate sucked one of his genins into the belly of a heavy set minitoad beast. Though it'd be kind of comical to Harley he'd be feeling that the current events were dragging onto long... though they basically started a few minutes ago. His expression was still calm, as if he was so sure of himself... however that wouldn't be the case. His posture was relaxed, he'd be squatted down with three kunai knives hanging off his fingers and down between his legs. Originally planning to save his more destructive plan as a last resort, seeing his fellow genin swallowed whole was a persuasive enough scene and made him all too eager. Things would take a turn for the worse as Manami's life seemed to be hang by a thread, tripping over a bomb left her body tattered... but for some reason Harley wouldn't buy it... someone as tough as her couldn't be that stupid and careless... but he'd hope Hayate wouldn't be thinking the same thing he was. From a distance a distraught woman would be seen rushing out into the Chaos.. though that'd be an idiotic thing to do.. he couldn't help but notice she was hot.. and resembled Manami way more than any normal stranger should... that puzzle was put together quickly. As all this played out in slow motion Harley's movements would never stutter.. it would seem he'd have more trust in his teammates ability to survive than one would assume. His hands would lose all tension, causing two kunai to slip from his fingers and into the grass beneath his boots. A finger would stay hooked into the loop of the remaining kunai, but only for a second as it was quickly tossed back over his left shoulder and into the tree's towards the area he had previously emerged from. From a distance... as the kunai left his hand.. the motion of Harley's lips seemed to be mouthing out the word |Boom...| his smooth attitude gave off little warning towards the disaster that'd ascend. Harley's instantaneous move would be so random and unexpected that'd his main goal would have to be carried out within the first few moments of confusion... he wasn't planning on missing this chance. Hand seals --> Rat. As he prepared himself his eyes were locked on Hayate who'd currently have his back facing Harley. Within the moment the kunai ripped into the surrounding forest a blinding flash would shoot forward. For a millisecond that blinding flash lit up every corner of the surrounding forest, ultimately lighting up the clearing where Harley, Hayate, supposed Manami, and her mother lingered. The flash would simply be a sign of multiple detonations simultaneously tearing up the forest... the only reason Harley would be trying something like this was because Manami was part of his squad. The bombs were specifically set in order to cause a fire that'd engulf thee entire perimeter. Pieces of shattered bark from the surrounding trees would shoot into the clearing as if coming from a machine gun, the fire would quickly spread... with the trunk, of a tree already lit on fire, gone it'd inevitably fall over into those beside it resulting in the same outcome. Within the confusion and escalated chaos Harley would channel his chakra.... The reason for such destruction was for the lighting... Nara clan members are able to utilize shadows around them... their own shadow alone would have a mid rang limit... but if their stretched out shadow was able to make contact with a massive shade, that entire space would become a trap... Insufficient lighting will make the technique less effective . In theory nothing can travel faster than light, so with the fire causing the lighting within thee entire clearing to flicker, Harley would be able to... in a word <Grab> thee entire area instantly. From where he'd be squatted down the shadow beneath him would turn into a heavy black round void that'd instantly make contact with the flickering, on and off, lights throughout the area due to the forest fire. As it made contact the entire ground would void out into darkness ultimately catching everyone throughout his line of sight as well as behind him. The major downside of the Shadow possession jutsu is it's draining effect, it'd already be tiring to use repeatedly. One would normally be able to maintain this technique 5 minutes per use, depending on their mastering of the jutsu. But for a genin that time span would be significantly less. If all played out smoothly, he'd be able to catch Hayate and his little toad where they'd stand. Shadow possession would be an extremely difficult technique.. though he'd be able to utilize a strangle jutsu, it wouldn't be useful in retrieving the bells... unfortunately he wouldn't be able to peal the shadows off surfaces yet... that technique would have gotten the bells in no time if he was able to successfully capture Hayete. Though with his current skill, if he was able to trap Hayate he'd be able to hold him long enough for Manami and Nao to make their move... if he were closer to Hayate upon capturing him, Harley would simply making him pass up the bells... but with the current distance he'd have his work cut out for him. Within the off chance he were to slip up and miss his target, he'd be able to hold out the massive black void long enough for a second and final attempt. Although if he were successful the massive black void would thin out, leaving a thin line leading from Hayate to Harley. -

-Hayate laughed to himself as the cork plopped itself right back into the toad’s mouth seemlessly. It was comical and yet the only way Hayate knew how to subdue Nao without this fight turning into something much more.- ‘Well, looks like I finally know what I am dealing with when it comes to your abilities…. Nao.’ –He thought to himself as he looked over at the toad he was sealed away in.- ‘You certainly do feel similar to Raiden… and even myself when I was your age. You just have to learn to control your rage.’ –Hayate again thought to himself as though he was speaking to Nao. He rose up two fingers on his right hand and the toad quickly vanished from sight; leaving only a small dust up of smoke in its wake. Suddenly Hayate’s glance shot over his shoulder as the striking appearance of Manami came into focus. She was sprinting out with absurd claims of desiring Nao back by screaming at the top of her lungs. It was rowdy, rambuncious and above all, a very Hozuki thing to do. Hayate looked onward as a bystander as Manami hurried herself directly into Nao’s tripmine field at the center of the grounds. His eyes widened as Manami bent one knee, tucked forward and somersaulted her way into oblivion. The explosion was large enough that a thick gust of wind screeched by Hayate. He raised an arm to cover his face from the dust; his bangs shook with a freightening velocity from the blast.  After the dust cleared, Hayate remained alert as his eyes shot to a far-off view of Kasumi who was bewildered by the events.- ‘So that was your plan…’ –Hayate said to himself as his eyes surprisingly shot over to a very particular spot in the forest treeline.- “Looks like--- ‘BOOM’ A loud explosion started to erupt around the treeline.  Astonished, Hayate’s body instinctively became more hostile and alert. The explosion was vaulted by several smaller explosion that all began going off one by one in what looked like a premeditated formation. Nao was inside his Toad Prison while Hayate determined this wasn’t part of Manami’s character. That left only one person left: Harley Nara. He had finally made his first move for the bells. His eyes first saw the trees falling down around him which brought Hayate to only one conclusion: Manami. The exam had taken a twisted turn and he had to ensure the survival of his Genin at the very least. His hands instantaneously formed into the Dog sign; one flat hand over the other. Quickly, fire began spewing out from the soles of his sands and spread up his legs and onto the middle of his back in two heavily concentrated strains of flame. Propulsion Infusion, a Fire Release that heightened the Speed and Stamina of the user. Despite Hayate’s own natural speed, he would need a bit more to achieve his goal. He became a blur within the explosion, his body soaring in between the fire and out into the tree line beneath the wreckage. Once he passed the trees, he’d collide with the real Manami as the trees began falling in her position. He’d already seen a clone of Manami’s before and had already determined it was a fake long ago. Instead, he had pinpointed Manami’s real position. For the young Hozuki victim to Hayate’s daring speed, it would be nothing more than a blur of a figure carrying her back farther into the forest for no more than a second. After that second was up, Manami would find herself sliding on the grass to a soft halt in the middle of the forest; it wasn’t too far away from the wreckage but it was enough to get her safe for now. Still a firey blur, Hayate ran in a circle just outside the carnage that ensued inside the training grounds. Harley had caused the explosion most likely to increase his shadow range. Hayate was well aware of his student’s abilities. This meant that he had to be in the one section of the tree line that wasn’t destroyed. Hayate turned the corner and came to the unwrecked section and came upon his last student. He came to a sliding stop just a few several feet away from Harley. The stream of fire attached to his back quickly vanished off from him.- “That’s enough Harley… you’ve done enough.” –Hayate said reffering to the forest fire that was quickly spreading. His face was keen and collected at first before lightening up as he rubbed the back of his head and smiled.- “Don’t wanna burn down the whole forest anyways, do we? I’ve seen what I need to see.” –Hayate declared as he began to wrap of the bell test. Hopefully Kasumi had managed to not get squished by the falling trees and held the same idea that Hayate did.-

DivineZiel: -Off in the distance was a single man and a little girl walking amongst the forest of Konoha however, they weren't too deep. It had been a wonderful day and he merely wanted to take his adopted daughter on a walk while he collected herbs here and there. Already having her way beside a specific tree that looked fairly aged and seemed to be the only weeping willow tree at that part, he told her he'd be right back, due to the clashes he heard from the distance of what sounded like a fight. Once he set her beside the tree, knowing that there was no danger around, he made sure to leave Blood Angel back with her as protection. The dark purple eyes with black bags ran over each tree while he zoomed away from the tree, through the entire forest. As he closed in on a training ground of Konoha, he then jumped up onto a branch and looked off into the clearing. He saw a single boy slamming down into the earth as well as a white haired girl in the treeline while his eyes saw Hayate Namikaze. The emotionless face that he always had before simply trembled amongst his sights while he watched the fight move on, and having it look dangerous. After a bit, the boy that was causing the wreckage was finally gone, in a way, being sucked into a toad while he then watched the white haired girl running towards Hayate but then tripped and fell onto a paper bomb. It appeared to be a water clone after the smoke had cleared though, the man took note of a woman crying out while he took a gander over towards where the voice came from. Seeing it was Kasumi, he then sighed while he remembered a bit of past while a simple smile crossed his lips. But suddenly, a large set of explosives went off while his glasses slid down a bit with his eyes widened. Seeing Hayate burst off in a high speed, it was like a blur while the man's smile turned to a smirk at the male. The explosives were nearing his way while he simply said "Maybe someday soon.." At that moment, his body image flickered in and out while he was gone. On the right sleeve of his brown jacket was a Konohagakure metal plate with the symbol engraved into it with random ticks and dents to it but no slash over it. Returning back to his daughter Momo, he placed Blood Angel back into his scroll while he grabbed her and body flickered away from the forest until they were safe from the blast zone. Letting her go once they reached such a point, the man looked back. Whispering to himself "Home.." Toka Shirogane, was finally back, after all these years but obviously a different man. Beginning to walk off as his short hair dangled a bit in front of his face, he pulled out a book and began to read it after pushing his glasses back up by the bridge as Momo walked beside him, holding a basket of herbs, occasionally looking back but smiled towards Toka and looked forward.-

Dissolutia: ☀Itching to get the bells her plan was cut short after a large blast, going around the treeline. Anger filling her heart all she could think was “REALLY HARLEY!!! IT WOULD’VE WORKED YOU ASS!” Groaning she noticed trees began to fall everywhere, something Manami was not expecting what so ever. Not to mention it gave her little to no time to react and escape the danger zone. Feeling like everything was caving in, Manami’s eyes widened and she curled herself up hoping for the best. However once she thought it was all over she was picked up and taken somewhere. They were strong and steady arms, opening her eyes to see who it was she saw it was her sensei. “SO! You Save me but not the clone that seemed a lot like me” She stared up at him “Although I am grateful…” she mumbled. (Kasumi) On her knees Kasumi saw her daughter fall on a paper bomb and her heart stopped. Watching the smoke clear she saw that there was little puddles around “Water clone… Seem’s like my daughter has truly mastered her clone and her planning was smart—“ she was cut off by an explosion in the area making her eyes widen. Again she wondered where Manami was, however when she saw that Hayate was already gone there was no doubt he took care of saving her. Looking around Kasumi knew she was safe due to the fact she was no where in or near the woods and didn’t need to worry about her youngest daughter because she already left a while ago. SO the only thing that was needed to watch out for was this fire getting out of control. Looking around once more she saw Hayate in the area again, saying that the test was over. Already knowing what she had to do, clapping her hands together she performed these hands signs in order (Ox > Monkey > Hare > Rat > Boar > Bird > Ox > Horse > Bird > Rat > Tiger > Dog > Tiger > Snake > Ox > Ram > Snake > Boar > Ram > Rat > Yang Water > Monkey > Bird > Dragon > Bird > Ox > Horse > Ram > Tiger > Snake > Rat > Monkey > Hare > Boar > Dragon > Ram > Rat > Ox > Monkey > Bird > Yang Water > Rat > Boar > Bird) Looking towards the pond Manami had made earlier from her wild water wave and Naos whole, it was enough water to use for her jutsu and do what she needed to do. Concentrating hard, it was almost like a strong force of chakra beamed off her… It was calm but was so immensely large that some people could feel choked by it. “Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu” Kasumi yelled as the water from the artificial pond blasted up into the sky, forming into a dragon. Being able to control it Kasumi’s eyes followed the fire on the treelines having her long flowing dragon grow from her chakra and smash into the fire that went out immediately. Within a couple seconds she was able to put out all the fire within the forest. It felt good for Manami, She hadn’t used her chakra once since her husband Zen passed away. So most of her chakra accumulated and just got stronger… Kasumi truly missed the old days, with her majestic abilities and going into thrilling missions. However once she had the twins and grew her family, she knew they needed her to be there one and only especially after the death of their father. So she’d concentrate the rest of her life to raise her children into great people and amazing fighters like she had once been. Smiling at she had the Dragon raise into the air, it flew high into the sky like bird flying for the first time in forever. Slowly letting it fly down it dropped into the hole once made by Nao and settled back into regular water. Sighing with a gentle smile, Kasumi looked up and smiled to Hayate her old student. Realizing how much he’s grown from when he was once her sensei. “Well look at you, You grew like a weed” she chuckled as she walked up to him in her white outfit, seeming as if she barely broke a sweat. (Back to Manami) In a flash he left her on a hill where it was safe for her to be. Looking up to the sky she noticed a big water dragon flowing through the sky knowing it was her mothers skill. Soon enough she noticed the fire was all put out, so she rushed to the scene where she stopped looking around with wide eyes. “Looks like a war zone…” she was calm as she looked at the crispy trees and basically blown up terrain with a random perfect pond in the middle. She looked to her mother who death glaring her. “Oh no…” she mumbled as she ran hiding behind her sensei. “YOU SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME EARLIER!!! I THOUGHT YOU WERE ACTUALLY GOING TO DIE!!” Chasm yelled as she took out the fearsome golden sock brick. With her eyes widening she looked to her sensei. “ITS A NUKE!!!!” She screamed as she held on her hers sensei for dear life.

- The void of darkness would swallow up the clearing as he predicted, but before he was able to immobilize his sensei the situation escalated. Would seem the faith he had towards his teammate's ability to survive was foolishly placed, from where he posted himself he saw Manami become overwhelmed and powerless before vanishing. He'd piece together the disappearance of Hayate with Manami's own.. and would rightfully assume he had taken it upon himself to rescue her. Upon canceling out his Justsu Harley would remain squatted, although the scenery around him appeared like hell on earth.. his expression never wavered. Both of the Kunai he had aloud to fall down into the grass and between his legs could still be found there. As he reached down for one of them he'd notice Manami's mother standing over the puddle of water that was once Manami's clone. Her words made him somewhat facepalm... though not physically.. he honestly couldn't believe someone so renown was fooled by a mere clone.. but the thought would quickly pass. As Hayate slipped beside Harley the kunai in his hand would almost be used to shoot off another attempted at subduing his sensei in order to retrieve the bells. But the words he spoke brought an end to thee exam. He obviously wouldn't be satisfied with the outcome but that wouldn't matter now. As he straightened himself out he'd hold up the current kunai he'd have in his grasp, a wire would be knotted into it's loop which would be leading into the burning forest |..*I don't know.. Sensei.. I feel like it was only a matter of time before those bells were mine...|*  with a simply flick of his wrist the kunai would sink into the grass. Both hands found their way into his pockets and as he followed beside Hayate the look he'd be shooting him was less than pleasant, but extremely settle and calm. The flames were eventually put out by a water dragon technique, though it'd be extremely cool to watch, his mind were set on other things. Harley waited along side Hayate as the white haired woman approached him. Their conversation wouldn't last too long before Manami finally came through the rubble, Harley would ultimately look away before rolling his eyes as her mother lashed out. Only person left to rejoin their little huddle would be Nao, whom tried way harder than Harley did at getting those bells away from their sensei. Nao was somebody Harley just met, but from what was previously displayed he couldn't help but wounder if he was okay, someone so innocent and kind hearted turned into a monster right before his eyes, how could he live day by day with such a smile on his face knowing what he'd be capable of?-

(Ongoing)