Houtarou,Torame and Nomaru vs Uchiha Sora

Primary Stats

Stamina : 3
Speed : 3 + 35% = 4 / + 70% = 5
Strength : 3
Intelligence : 5
Genjutsu : 2
Taijutsu : 2
Ninjutsu : 3
Sealing Knowledge : 3

Combat Stats

HP : 5
FCS (Focus) : 4 + 35% = 5 / + 70% = 7
(currently 2 due to damage received yesterday and the one point of FCS sacrificed, seriously as both admin and sensei, this is why you should watch out with sacrificing, it should be a last resort kind of thing.)

Physical Energy : 4
PE Restore : 2

Mental Energy : 6
ME Restore : 3

Armor Class : 0
Action Points : 4 / 5

Physical Defense : 1 + FCS
Genjutsu Defense : 2 + FCS
Genjutsu Save Roll : - 1

Physical Base Damage : 4
Ninjutsu Base Damage : 5
Raiton Base Damage : 6 ( 7 for offensive type Raiton Jutsu)
Suiton Base Damage : 5 ( 6 for offensive type Suiton Jutsu)



Stats:

Stamina - 1
Strength - 1
Speed - 1
Intelligence - 12
Genjutsu - 1
Taijutsu - 1
Ninjutsu - 1
Sealing Knowledge - 1

Combat Stats

HP : 1
FCS (Focus) : 6

Physical Energy : 2
PE Restore : 1

Mental Energy : 13
ME Restore : 7

Armor Class : 0
Action Points : 1


Stats:

Stamina - 1
Strength - 1
Speed - 1
Intelligence - 12
Genjutsu - 1
Taijutsu - 1
Ninjutsu - 1
Sealing Knowledge - 1

Combat Stats

HP : 1
FCS (Focus) : 6

Physical Energy : 2
PE Restore : 1

Mental Energy : 13
ME Restore : 7

Armor Class : 0
Action Points : 1


Stats:

Stamina - 1
Strength - 2
Speed - 3
Intelligence - 1
Genjutsu - 1
Taijutsu - 6
Ninjutsu - 1
Sealing Knowledge - 1

Combat Stats

HP : 5
FCS (Focus) : 2

Physical Energy : 2
PE Restore : 1

Mental Energy : 2
ME Restore : 1

Armor Class : 0
Action Points : 3


Stats:

Stamina - 1
Strength - 2
Speed - 3
Intelligence - 1
Genjutsu - 1
Taijutsu - 6
Ninjutsu - 1
Sealing Knowledge - 1

Combat Stats

HP : 5
FCS (Focus) : 2

Physical Energy : 2
PE Restore : 1

Mental Energy : 2
ME Restore : 1

Armor Class : 0
Action Points : 3


Stats:

Stamina - 4
Strength - 1
Speed - 7
Intelligence - 1
Genjutsu - 1
Taijutsu - 1
Ninjutsu - 1
Sealing Knowledge - 1

Combat Stats

HP : 6
FCS (Focus) : 2

Physical Energy : 5
PE Restore : 3

Mental Energy : 2
ME Restore : 1

Armor Class : 0
Action Points : 7


Stats:

Stamina - 3
Strength - 1
Speed - 2
Intelligence - 3
Genjutsu - 1
Taijutsu - 1
Ninjutsu - 4
Sealing Knowledge - 1

Combat Stats

HP : 3
FCS (Focus) : 3

Physical Energy : 4
PE Restore : 2

Mental Energy : 4
ME Restore : 2

Armor Class : 0
Action Points : 2



Stats:

Stamina - 3
Strength - 1
Speed - 2
Intelligence - 3
Genjutsu - 1
Taijutsu - 1
Ninjutsu - 4
Sealing Knowledge - 1

Combat Stats

HP : 3
FCS (Focus) : 3

Physical Energy : 4
PE Restore : 2

Mental Energy : 4
ME Restore : 2

Armor Class : 0
Action Points : 2


Stats:

Stamina - 3
Strength - 7
Speed - 2
Intelligence - 1
Genjutsu - 1
Taijutsu - 2
Ninjutsu - 1
Sealing Knowledge - 1

Combat Stats

HP : 7
FCS (Focus) : 2

Physical Energy : 4
PE Restore : 2

Mental Energy : 2
ME Restore : 1

Armor Class : 0
Action Points : 2



Primary Stats

Stamina : 2
Speed : 3
Strength : 4 - 2 = 2
Intelligence : 5
Genjutsu : 3
Taijutsu : 3
Ninjutsu : 3
Sealing Knowledge : 3

Combat Stats

HP : 4
FCS (Focus) : 5 (Currently 3 due to damage received the day before)

Physical Energy : 3
PE Restore : 2

Mental Energy : 6
ME Restore : 3

Armor Class : 0
Action Points : 3

Physical Defense : 1 + FCS
Genjutsu Defense : 2 + FCS
Genjutsu Save Roll : 3

Physical Base Damage : 3
Ninjutsu Base Damage : 5
Fuuton Base Damage : 6
Raiton Base Damage : 5
Suiton Base Damage : 4


Primary Stats

Stamina : 4 - 2 = 2
Speed : 4 - 2 = 2
Strength : 2 - 2 = 0
Intelligence : 4
Genjutsu : 2
Taijutsu : 3
Ninjutsu : 7
Sealing Knowledge : 6

Combat Stats

HP : 4
FCS (Focus) : 4

Physical Energy : 3
PE Restore : 2

Mental Energy : 6
ME Restore : 4

Armor Class : 0
Action Points : 2

Physical Defense : 1 + FCS
Genjutsu Defense : 1 + FCS
Genjutsu Save Roll : -1

Physical Base Damage : 3 (+1 for feet, kunia[brawl] and shuriken[thrown] )
Ninjutsu Base Damage : 7
Katon Base Damage : 7 (+1 for Attack)
Fuuton Base Damage : 7
Doton Base Damage : 6



Primary Stats

Stamina : 7
Speed : 8
Strength : 9
Intelligence : 17
Genjutsu : 14
Taijutsu : 12
Ninjutsu : 10
Sealing Knowledge : 12

Combat Stats

HP : 8
FCS (Focus) : 16

Physical Energy : 8
PE Restore : 4

Mental Energy : 18
ME Restore : 10

Armor Class : 0
Action Points : 8

Physical Defense : 5 + FCS
Genjutsu Defense : 11 + FCS
Genjutsu Save Roll : 15

Physical Base Damage : 5
Ninjutsu Base Damage : 14
Katon Base Damage : 16


> Uchiha Sora
> Hatake Hotarou + Ninken
> Koui Nomaru
> Uchiha Torame
> Uchiha Sora
> Hatake Hotarou + Ninken
and so on....

And since Sora technically has made his move. It is Hotarou's turn, followed by Nomaru.

He watched as Nomaru walked over to a tree and just sat down there. B-but Nomaru-san!
''Damn...'' he thought. ''This might make our collaboration plan a bit harder...''
Alright, Torame-san, let's do our best and watch each other's back, right?! We can't give up!

Sora was suddenly standing behind the two. ''Shit, close combat might not be the most favourable thing to have against this guy!''

Hatake Houtarou's actions:

AP of 4-1 = 3 left
Houtarou moved 4 meters away from Sora.

Houtarou was considering using his hidden mist technique, but that would be very disadvantageous for Torame and Nomaru. He figured He'd go with another one of his jutsu's for now... He'd need some chakra first!
AP: 3-1= 2 leftHoutarou molds 3 PE and 3 ME into (3+1)*3=12 chakra points
12-7=5 chakra points left.
Houtarou started performing hand seals for an attack. Once he finished them, he said:
AP: 2-2 = 0 left:Mizuame Nabara!!!
A liquid was shot towards Sora.

(For the dogs, I'm assuming they're still at the place Houtarou was a second ago, thus Sora being behind them.)

Kenta's actions:

Ap 2-2=0, Kenta used pin down!

Katsu's actions:

AP 3-1=2, Katsu used hard fang bite!
AP 2-1=1, Katsu moved 3 meters away from Sora!

Katashi's actions:

AP 3-1=2, Katashi used hard fang bite!
AP 2-1=1, Katashi moved 3 meters away from Sora!

Junko's actions:

AP 7-5=2, Junko went for a bite on Sora 5 times in rapid succession!
AP 7-1-=1, Junko moved 7 meters away from Sora!

Yuuki's actions:

AP 2-1=1, Mold chakra. 3 PE + 3 ME = (2+1)*3 = 9 chakra points
AP 1-1=0, Yuuki moves 2 meters away from Sora

Yuuka's actions:

AP 2-1=1, Mold chakra. 3 PE + 3 ME = (2+1)*3 = 9 chakra points
AP 1-1=0, Yuuka moves 2 meters away from Sora

Daichi's actions:

AP 1-1=0, Daichi starts to investigate. (which costs 2 AP and he has 1 so he'll continue with that the next turn, and then an investigation can roll.)
The mastermind ninken figured he may notice something allowing him to form a strategy...

Haruki's actions:

Equip, 1 action point: AP 1-1=0, Haruki takes one package with weapons Sora had put on the ground earlier. The mastermind had an idea!


(Big chance there are some mistakes, so again, just let me know if there are. I've also assumed speed = AP and chakra control skill C = 3, D = 2, E = 1, you get the pattern... One last thing, sorry for the kinda bad formulating, I'll do that better in the future. It's a bit messy.)

Nomaru smiled as she heard the boys moan about her behavior. She waved  at Hachiko and the toddler as if she was fabulous, lit another cigarette and watched the battle start.

[battletime in from here I guess?]

Nomaru just sat there, watching for a bit at the Hatake and watched his dog charge, which was - even she had to admit that - kinda impressive. She simply blew some smoke circles into the sky, feeling a bit bored anyway.
1 AP used, 2 left

Seriously dad, why do I have to do this shit?! she was kinda thinking to herself as she was kinda watching the whole thing happening and tried to follow Sora with her eyes. Focusing on the movements he made. She already found out quite some interesting stuff about Sora. He was reading his book and didn't really seem to notice much of what they were doing. What was rather weird though, was that Sora's eyes were not moving when reading his book. And she was pretty sure he couldn't read the page all in one go. Also she had noticed the bandages around his hands, under his gloves. Also there was something going on with a kanji for fire on the glove. And there was something happening with some fuuin justsu or a time space thing. She wasn't sure about that.

Nomaru was pretty bored, but did not ever want to get into that fight. She kinda hoped Sora would just fail her and kick her back to school, so she could fail some more exams like her dad and get back to the easy life.
[roll me another investigation, Sora's movements this time]
3 AP used, 0 left


[HP: 4
Chakra: 12 (did that thing before the battle, the molding thing)
ME: 6
PE: 3

The Uchiha boy concentrated on the battle now, if Nomaru didn't want to join them that was her thing.
He had the weapons Sora had given them ready and loaded and began to mold chakra.
(1 action, 2 PE and 2 ME, into  (2+1) * 2 = 6 chakra)

The Genin would then nod to Hotarou confirming his comrades words with a serious face.
"Let's Do this Houtarou-San!"

He would say before performing hand-seals and letting his body slowly descend underground.
(1 action, Doton Kawa no Jutsu)
( 6 - 4 chakra = 2 left)


Sora would smirk and dodge away from the sticky fluid on the ground with great ease not even looking up from his book which significantly lowered his focus on the battle, at least it should.
But he obviously didn't see the big heavy dog coming his way to try and pin him down.
The dog would push down ramming the Jounin into the ground but as it did Sora would turn into a black slimy substance squished by the big dog into two parts and each part would then form it's own....SORA?!!!
Yes 2 Sora's were now standing there smirking devilishly at the Hatake.
Katsu and Katashi would each give a hard fang bite to a different Sora.
As the bite happened the same thing seemed to happen and now there were 4 Sora's on the field.
As the 5 successive bites happened the targeted Sora would fall down after the bites and then disperse into the same black slimy substance which would then split into 5 more making for 9 Sora's total now.
But then 3 of the Sora's would toss a Kunai towards Hotarou.

(3 Kunai flying Hotarou's way.)

"You will not hit me that easily....Hotarou-chan." One of the three Sora's that threw a Kunai chuckled with a smirk.

Daichi's investigation would result in that Sora must be using some kind of Suiton based technique or some very advanced ninjutsu or Genjutsu mixed with Kage Bunshin and thus actual physical clones to confuse his enemy, perhaps actualy more likely Mizu-Bunshin and thus water clones, due to the nature in which they appear. The first one must have switched with him when Kenta pinned him down Causing enough water to form 2 more clones directly. And the real one might or might not be somewhere among the visible ones.

Houtarou

''I knew it wouldn't be this easy...'' He thought, as he saw the three kunai flying towards him.
Since it was all so fast he just prepared a block stance, when suddenly...

Katashi

As Katashi saw the kunai flying towards Houtarou, he knew they couldn't lose their strongest player. This was going to hurt for a bit, but he figured it was a sacrifice worth making.

AP: 3-1= 2
Katashi quickly moved 1 meter back, appearing in front of Houtarou.

Block: AP: 2-1= 1
Katashi changed his stance to one which would minimalize damage. He would protect his face with his paws but he would cover Houtarou. He had acted quickly and as he saw the kunai flying towards him, he hoped it would hurt, or better wouldn't even hit, but at least he would protect his caretaker.

Houtarou opened his eyes to see Katashi standing in front of him.
KATASHI NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

(Whether he was hit or not depends on a roll or something so I can't give an exact reaction yet. He will react to this next turn depending on the outcome, definitely.)

Daichi

1-1= 0 AP left.
Daichi had finished his investigation and figured he should pass on his observations to Houtarou, as he was one of the mastermind ninken with the ability to communicate.
Speech directed to Houtarou (0 AP): I don't know exactly what this is, but it is definitely something involving the suiton element.
Daichi gave Houtarou a nod, and Houtarou nodded back.

Back to Houtarou

Thanks, Daichi!
He could always count on Daichi and Haruki for some intel on any situation in moments like that! He loved his buddies.
He very, very well knew what Daichi was nodding at him for though. Daichi knew about all the jutsu he was able to use, and against suiton his raiton element could obviously help him out...

PE left: 1, ME left: 3.
PE restore: 2, ME restore: 3
So 2 points extra for both PE and ME since this is a new round.
PE: 3, ME: 5

AP: 3-1= 2
Mold 2 PE and 2 ME into (3+1)*2 = 8 + 1 point left = 9 chakra points.

Wait a minute! Houtarou heard.
It was Haruki who called him out. Haruki also nodded at him, and Houtarou knew what he meant. He'd wait before using the jutsu he had in mind for a bit...

''There were 9 Sora's in front of me right now... Damn, even with this technique, which deliberately seeks out a target, I probably can't hit them all, not if it's Sora... But I... no we, my comrades, Torame, hopefully even Nomaru, and I, will eliminate them all until we find the real one! If he's even among them... If only I knew the mechanics behind this jutsu...''

He waited and let Haruki do whatever he was up to. He looked at Torame and gave him a quick nod. He didn't know much about Torame's abilities, but it seemed like he was preparing something on his own.

Junko

Inter-dog communication: Junko listened as he was called out by Haruki. Junko, I've got an idea, but you've got to pick me up!

AP 7-1= 6.
Junko moved 7 meters towards Haruki.

Haruki

''This might work...'' Haruki thought as Junko approached him. Daichi had already informed him of his investigation, and he had come up with a plan that could work.

AP 1-1= 0
Haruki mounted Junko.

As Haruki was taking out a specific item from the tool pack Sora had given Houtarou before, he started talking to Junko. Now please move over to Kenta, who's standing at the opposite side of all these clones.

Junko

AP: 6-1= 5.
Junko made his way to Kenta, not going through the clones but staying away from them, making him move for about a 5m move.
They reached Kenta.

Kenta

Kenta waited for Haruki and Junko as he was approached, and listened to what Haruki had to say.
Kenta, listen very well. Take the end of this ninja wire and use all of your strength to hold on to it!

AP 2-1= 1
PE: 2-1=1
Kenta bit into the end of the ninja wire with all of his power, and hold on to it firmly like Haruki had said.

Junko

Junko listened as Haruki talked to him again. Now this is my plan Junko. Use your speed to sprint around all of these clones as fast as you can while Kenta has got one end of the ninja wire and I the other.

AP: 5-5= 0
Junko sprinted around the clones until the ninja wire was as tightly packed around the clones as possible, pushing them together.

Houtarou

Daichi... Haruki... All of you, you are amazing! Houtarou said to his dogs.
Here goes...

AP: 2-2= 0 left.
Chakra points: 9-6= 3 left
JIBASHIRI!!!!!
Out of each of Houtarou's fingers came lightning in the shape of small seperate tendrils. Each of one them sought out a target, and they all went in the direction of the Sora's who were tightly packed within the ninja wire Kenta and Haruki were holding onto.

Yuuki

In the beginning Yuuki had already received orders from Daichi to increase his numbers, which was exactly what he was going to do know...

AP: 2-1= 1
Chakra: 9-6= 3 points left
Intelligence: 3 (maximum amount of clones)

Dog language: Bunshin no jutsu!
Suddenly 3 clones would appear around Yuuki.
Yuuki didn't want to attack Sora yet, as Houtarou was now using his raiton jutsu on them, which would electrify him to. Instead he decided to mold some more chakra, for if it was needed later.

AP 1-1= 0
Amount of PE and ME left: 1 each
With restore (=2): 3 each
3 PE + 3 ME = (2+1)*3= 9 + 3 left = 12 chakra points

Yuuka

Yuuka too, had received orders from Daichi before, and was ready to carry them out.
This would put some strain on her body, and she knew that... But she wanted to win this with Houtarou and the others!

AP: 2-1= 1
Dog language: Henge no Jutsu!
Some smoke appeared revealing what appeared to be... Houtarou!
She'd move herself towards Houtarou now, in an effort to confuse Sora. If he wanted to play the clone game, they could too!
AP: 1-1= 0

After Houtarou had finished his raiton attack he looked at Yuuka, who was starting to feel some serious pain right now.
Yuuka, we'll figure out something to do but don't do this! You know changing size like this puts way too much strain on your body! Like I said, we'll figure something out, but you don't have to go through this pain for me Yuuka. Please end this jutsu!

Yuuka wanted to use it, but she started feeling like she was ripped to pieces from the inside. She gave in to Houtarou's speech. Some smoke appeared and she was back to her original dog form.

You're with me now, that's good enough. We'll figure something else out together! Houtarou said, smiling to his loyal companion.
Yuuka jumped up to him and gave him a quick lick in the face.
Haha, cut it out Yuuka! We haven't won yet, this'll come later!

Houtarou put up his serious face again and started turning his head back to the place he had just shot his raiton jutsu towards. In what state would he see Sora?

Katsu

Daichi contacted Katsu.
Dog language: Katsu, try to have a look around the battlefield an our enemy. You never know whether something interesting may pop up, and we'll have to wait for Houtarou's attack being done and the result to that to strike again.

Scan/search surroundings: AP: 3-2= 1
Katsu took a good look around him and at the Sora's, trying to find something useful. This could be an object or really anything that would help them in battle.

Nomaru pretty much watched everything happening. "Wow Sora, that's pretty dark, don't you think?" She chuckled, still sitting under her tree. She just watched the Toddler go underground and was wondering what his problem was. Poor Hachiko fighting alone. For a split second she was wondering if she should help the poor Hatake and his doggies, but then started laughing and realized she shouldn't. Besides: this was a lovely day, weather wise and this was pretty much a perfect spot. Nomaru just ended up putting her breasts back in her dress, for they were falling pretty much out of it.
[Putting breasts back into dress: -1 AP
1 AP used, 2 left]

Nomaru pretty much figured she had to fight at some point, so made some more preparations by some more molding her chakra. She smiled a bit as she watched the dogs charge.
[mold Chakra
-3 PE + -3 ME = +9 chakra
Total 21 Chakra

2 AP used 1 AP left]

She starred into the air a bit more and gave the whole Sora person a bit more thought, trying to remember everything she got to know of him in the time she'd seen him. She closed her eyes for a bit. To her teammates it would seem as if she was sunbathing or falling asleep.

----[Flashbacks]----
"You WILL win... I'll make sure of it. And tomorrow, your days of relaxation will be over. Until you manage to please me. Know though, if you do... I will allow you anything... I will be your best friend. But piss me off or get on my bad side..."

The light in the room would start to flicker as if overloading and suddenly the lights would burst as the sun outside would suddenly go down leaving the whole scene pitch black aside for 2 bright red Sharingan eyes glowing seemingly in this darkness and enlarging until the optics would fill the sight of the students.

"...And I will be your worst nightmare...." The illusion would cease right after leaving the young Uchiha Jounin standing there smiling in a friendly way as he rubbed the back of his head.

------

Then the three students would see Sora walking down the tree, literally walking as if it was the floor, step by step slowly coming down and walking up to them as he would put his book called "Come Come Paradise Revelations" back into his hip-pouch.

----[end of flashbacks]----

Something's not right... Nomaru thought to herself, grabbing another cigarette from her bag and lit it. She'd seen some stuff happening around Sora, stuf like...
"Wait a second..." Nomaru said to herself. The thing happening in the classroom had been pretty obvious. The rest had been more subtle, but every time she made a chakra walk or seeing someone else do it, it had looked different. It wasn't a chakrawalk at all. This was... "O MY GOD, DUH!!!" she shouted out, facepalming herself for only realizing this just now.
[Cigarette thing: -1AP
3 AP used. 0 left]

HP: 4
Chakra: 21 - 3 due to chakraburn = 18 chakra
ME: 3
PE: 0

In case anyone's wondering what is happening: i made some good rolls with Admin yesterday... ^^"

As Kataichi would jump in front of the Kunai the dog would be able to strike away 1 of the kunai successfully with his paw but had to take the other 2 as a hit to cover Houtarou from being hit. Luckily one of the two he managed to position in a less harmful spot.
The dog would notice that the kunai were thrown with just enough force to pierce but not lethal harm. However taking two hits the dog was still quite badly hurt and having a wound.

[1 HP - Damage]
[3 HP - Damage] (Leg Wounded)

As the dog would fall to the ground and lay there with 2 kunai in it the other dogs would carry out their plan with the ninja wire. The wire would seemingly cut through all the Sora's cutting them all through their middle.
They would all act shocked and hurt at first but then suddenly all of them would grin as new bottom halves would grow from the cut off top halves and new top halves would grow from the lower halves that stayed behind once again doubling the amount of Sora's.

[ 18 Sora's now]

Those that payed attention would notice that although most if not all of the Sora's visible weren't real the kunai they were using definitely were real.

As Houtarou would then use his lightning technique the Sora's would get electrocuted and zapped getting hurt expressions and dissolving into a puddle of black good, each.
But this state would only last a little bit as then....

36 Sora's would rise again from the ground all smirking at Houtarou and in unison speaking.
"Is that all you got? I think my army is bigger....Houtarou-kun..." Only one of the Sora's would chuckle.

Daichi would notice the obvious that attacking a fake Sora with whatever technique he was using would only multiply the fakes, and the fakes were apparently capable of real physical attacks as demonstrated by the Kunai.
Daichi would also notice the words Nomaru spoke and the way she reacted as if she either knew the technique or understood it somehow.
Katsu would find a few nice hiding spots in the bushes, he would also find a few logs of wood that Houtarou or other's could use for a substitution technique (Kawarimi).

Torame

Torame was underground and would once more mold chakra.
(1 action, 2 PE and 2 ME, into (2+1) * 2 = 6 chakra) (since 2 PE and 2 ME were restored since last round)

Being still underground and thus using his Jutsu he pays 4 chakra.
( 2+ 6 = 8 chakra - 4 = 4 chakra left)

He would position himself close to Hotarou under the ground with his next action.
(1 action, move)

Sora

The 36 Sora's would smile and then some of them would start to move and jump around but only about 7 of them were moving at a time and one had to stop before another one would begin moving.
Non of them placed an attack though.


-----------------------

Nomaru successfully repositioned her breasts.
Nomaru successfully lit her cigarette but the action of doing so takes longer than that, she spends her entire next round on that final piece of action.

KATASHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!
SHIT!
Junko! Get over here!

Junko:
move: AP 7-1= 6
Junko moves towards Houtarou and a wounded Katashi.

Junko, please get him out of here. Bring him as far away from the enemy as possible!
I'm sorry Katashi... I'm so sorry... All because of my challenge... Hold on, Junko will bring you to safety. We'll protect you, and when this is over, you're gonna get the most delicious meat I have, ok?! Please hold on Katashi! Houtarou's eyes became slightly teary, but he wiped them away immediately. No time to be sad now, but seeing one of his dogs in pain wasn't something he liked to see. He got a little angry.

Junko actions:
equip: AP 6-1= 5
move: AP: 5-1= 4
Junko moves away 7*2 (specialty: speed dash.) = 14 meters, and lays Katashi down behind a tree were the empty training field ends and the trees appear.
Junko laid down Katashi near a tree, and decided he'd be more useful if he went back to the battlefield.
AP: 4-1= 3
Junko moves 14 m back to where he was.


''Alright, concentrate Houtarou... Calm down... Now what kind of technique is this?!
Attacking obviously isn't working, no matter in what kind of way I do it. What do I know...
It's got something to do with water, and these are clones. Some kind of clone technique like Yuuki, ultilizing the water element? But how do they keep doubling every time I hit them? He's an Uchiha... 15 years old... Wait.. Uchiha? Maybe he's using some crazy genjutsu stuff on me?!
Wait.. before I think about that, first I have a duty to keep my teammates and dogs safe! I didn't want to do this as it may be problematic to Nomaru and Torame, but there's no other choice now... He hoped Sora didn't have another crazy technique enabling him to manouvre through this technique easily, but he was pretty sure he at least didn't have superior senses to him and his dogs. He was going to use this for defense right now, and think about what to do later.

He looked at Nomaru and hoped Torame could hear him too, and shouted as hard as he can:

NOMARU-SAN, TORAME-SAN, IF I HAVE TO GET RID OF THE FOG FOR WHATEVER REASON, LET ME KNOW!
Nomaru didn't seem like she was going to take any action, but he hoped Torame had heard it...

Just before he wanted to use his technique, Haruki called him out.
Houtarou, before you go with that, I just received info from Katsu for possible substitutes when you need to use that. Haruki looked at some wooden blocks Katsu had supposedly found.

Houtarou nodded, acknowledging what Haruki had just said. He carried on with his technique.

Chakra: 5-4= 1
AP: 4-2= 2
Houtarou quickly performed some hand seals.
Kirigakure no Jutsu!

A thick fog appeared, making everyone on the battlefield unable to see.

''Alright, active agression isn't working on this guy. He just keeps multiplying! Shit, what do I do now...? And if this is a genjutsu, is there any way I can snap out of it? Damn it... Why are we not working together to the best of our abilities?''
Houtarou figured there was one thing he first had to do though.
My dear Ninken, please move away from this guy as far as possible. Together we make a great team at attacking, but that doesn't seem to be working here, and I don't want any of you to get hurtu like Katashi was because of me taking this damned challenge... Please all move.

All dogs (except Daichi, Haruki, and Junko) sacrifice 1 AP to move back as far as their speed stat allows.

''Alright... Now, what do I do? What do I do?!
He heard Daichi speak to him.
Houtarou, mold some chakra and defend yourself in that mist. I might be able to figure out what the hell is going on here.
Knowing he could trust Daichi, Houtarou did as he said.
1 PE, 3 ME.
both +2.
3 PE, 5 ME.
AP: 2-1 = 1 Mold 3 PE and 3 ME into (3+1)*3= 12 chakra points
12 + 1 still left = currently 13 CP

Daichi

Daichi appreciated Houtarou's care, but had his own little plan going on. The girl. She seemed to know something...!
Dog language: Junko, don't move just yet and please come over to where I am.

Junko; AP: 3-1=2
Junko made his way to Daichi.

Daichi; AP: 1-1=0
Daichi mounted Junko.

Now please bring me over to that girl sitting near that tree there. I've got the feeling she isn't being a do-nothing like she appears to be...

Junko; AP: 2-1=1
Junko made his way to Nomaru using her smell to locate her.

Daichi got off and confronted her. Only he and Haruki would be able to do this, them being the ''mastermind'' type Ninken.

You there, you seem like you know something about this technique the enemy is using. Please give me all your intel, as your teammate there is trying to do everything he can.

Katsu

Haruki told Katsu to go for another investigation, this time focussing on the enemy, and his strange technique.
scan surroundings: 2-2=0

Houtarou

Houtarou saw the Sora's moving and feared for the worst: an attack on his dear friends. He wasn't sure whether Sora was able to do anything within the fog, but he wasn't going to take any risks.
Daichi, Junko, and Katashi were quiet far away from Sora, and Katsu was focussing on an investigation it seemed. He told his other 4 comrades:
Haruki, Yuuki's, Yuuka, Kenta, please put yourself into a blocking position just in case! Use your senses to sense him coming just in case.

All 4 (7 counting Yuuki's clones) of them block, resulting in all 4 of them having exactly 0 AP left.

''Daichi had a plan'' Houtarou thought. ''Whatever it is, hopefully it works out. I know him, and I can trust him.
Houtarou being the closest to the Sora's of all of them also decided he might as well put another layer of defense over the mist until he heard anything from Daichi.

Block: 1-1=0 AP
Houtarou took a blocking/defensive position while standing in the thick fog, closing his eyes, letting his ears and nose do the work. In the worst case touch...

Nomaru sighed as had a bit of trouble with both finding her cigarettes and her lighter. "Goddamnit!" she said, after the third time she tried to lit her cigarette, seeing the mist appear in front of her, not even hearing the Hatake yell that she had to say it if she wanted to get rid of the mist. "I swear to god, if you don't do as I say NOW I'll...!" She ended up shaking the lighter and was finally able to lit the cigarette. And now she couldn't see a damn thing. At least she had figured out what was going on so she didn't really have to fear that much. And being busy with her cigarette she didn't notice the dog at all.
3AP used on the cigarette thing as Admin told me.

HP: 4
Chakra: 18
ME: 6
PE: 2

Hotarou's dogs as well as Torame and Nomaru would see the thick fog appearing, Nomaru would have a hard time seeing anything going on around her at the present moment as the surroundings even the smoke coming from her cigarette would become hard to see as she lit it.
However Houtarou would notice that the Sora clones were still looking at him, specifically at him with eyes that were oozing malicious intent. They didn't seem to be affected by the mist at all but didn't seem to attack either.

Torame

Torame would remain underground and would once more mold chakra.
(1 action, 2 PE and 2 ME, into (2+1) * 2 = 6 chakra) (since 2 PE and 2 ME were restored since last round)

Being still underground and thus using his Jutsu he pays 4 chakra.
( 4+ 6 = 10 chakra - 4 = 6 chakra left)

He would position himself close to Hotarou under the ground with his next action again re positioning himself.
(1 action, move)

Sora

The clones would keep moving around, seeming to leave the other dogs alone and focusing on Houtarou, one of the Sora's would smirk and speak.
"Letting your dogs do all the dirty work? You are to set on following through with your plans, you should have had a backup plan in case that wouldn´t work...but too late to talk now...1 down, rest is coming up."

As Daichi and Junko would approach Nomaru to ask her this question the dogs would in turn, starting with Junko feel a hard hit on the back of their heads knocking them out in the blink of an eye.
(more than 35 dice in the pool due to Daichi and Junko being unable to use any of their FCS to avoid this one, why, you figure that out. but with a dice pool of 35 I don't imagine either of them could help it. However if you feel you can let me know and I'll edit it.)

The two dogs would fall down motionless at the spot.
Houtarou however would see a different image, and since the other dogs were too far and had the fog to deal with he'd be the only one truly able to look at what went on there, he would see Nomaru standing up and knocking the two ninken out before huffing and sitting back down where she was.

What the f*** Koui! Houtarou said as he saw Nomaru kick Daichi and Junko. Why did you do that?! My dogs are helping us! You're not doing so right now! And I"m not going to force you to do so against your will, but if you're gonna sit there at least don't hurt my dogs!
Daichi, Junko, are you two ok?! Damnit... I'll protect them... I will protect them! Koui, please help them. You're not like this! I know you aren't!

Houtarou turned to a random Sora who was talking thrash to him again.
I'm not letting them do the dirty work, we work together like true comrades! And I won't let you hurt them!

The mist didn't seem to bother Sora AT ALL. Therefore it'd only be disadventageous to Torame, so he decided to get rid of it.

4-1=3 AP left.
KAI!
Houtarou ended his jutsu and the mist dissapeared.

''I'm sick of this. I might be trapped in some crazy Uchiha genjutsu stuff... I don't stand a chance... Not a single ch-... NO. NO NO NO. THIS IS WHAT HE'S TRYING TO DO! Rob me of my motivation! And I won't let it happen!''

I won't give up just yet Uchiha-sensei!

dog communication: Everyone still intact with the energy to do so, investigate and observe this guy and see if you can get some info on him. Before we can strike, we have to know what exactly he's doing!

3-2=1 AP
Houtarou starts thinking while looking at Sora, hoping for any intel with which he can possible figure out what he's up against. (investigation roll)

Katsu, Yuuki, Yuuka, and Kenta all sacrifice 2 AP (which they have) for an investigation roll on Sora. Haruki does so too, although he automatically sacrifices his AP for the next round with this.
(this makes for 6 investigation rolls. I hope that's allowed).

After his investigation Houtarou uses his last AP to go into a block stance until the next turn, in case Sora would launch and attack against him. While doing that he starts taunting Sora in the hope he leaves his Ninken alone.
Hey Sensei, not brave enough to attack me? Scared of a Genin?! Houtarou said while sticking out his tongue.

''This situation is seriously f-ed up... I can't do this without my teammates... Hopefully Torame is preparing some awesome technique, and Nomaru will come to her senses...''

Around at the same time the two dogs would be knocked out Nomaru heard some sort of dog-cry but since since she couldn't see a fuck happening she figured it would be somewhere on the battlefield. But still... "Ew..." Nomaru said in a grossed out tone. "It smells like dog over here." She would grab her deodorant from her bag and started spraying around in the air with it. "Seriously Hatchiko, you should really wash the-"
And suddenly Houtarou started shouting at her for no reason!
What the f*** Koui! Houtarou said as he saw Nomaru kick Daichi and Junko. Why did you do that?! My dogs are helping us! You're not doing so right now! And I"m not going to force you to do so against your will, but if you're gonna sit there at least don't hurt my dogs!
Daichi, Junko, are you two ok?! Damnit... I'll protect them... I will protect them! Koui, please help them. You're not like this! I know you aren't!
[2 AP used, 1 left]

"What the fuck Hatchiko? I didn't do a fucking thing, I'm just sittin' and chillin' here, getting rid of that HORRENDOUS dog smell and you go all crazy on me? Dude... you should try what I'm doi-"
Nomaru didn't finish her sentence because Hatchiko did a Kai. She shook her head and looked over at the two knocked out dogs that suddenly appeared next to her. "Seriously Sora, are you for real..? Thanks man."
Nomaru stood up and smiled a big smile at the Hatake. "Here's a question for you..." Nomaru puffed on her cigarette for a bit. "Where you dropped on your head as an infant, or were you just born stupid? That's for you too, Torame, being an Uchiha and all... Are you people really reeaaalllyyyy not aware of the fact that Sora's probably hiding in some bushes and just trying to wear you out? Her expression changed to a bit more chilled, but also annoyed. Nomaru was a bit done with all this shit, she just wanted to go home. I'm having fun at this, I AM FUCKING EXPECTING HE IS FOR RIKUDO SENNINS SAKE SORA IS AS WELL... Get your ass together and don't shout at me for your own stupidity!" She looked at the sun for a bit. "And if my motivational speech wasn't clear enough: It's genjutsu you cunts."
[1AP used 0 left]


HP: 4
Chakra: 18
ME: 6
PE: 3

As Houtarou would perform his Kai and release all chakra from his body dispersing his mist and deactivating all the Jutsu he had active. Sadly for Houtarou he didn't pay much attention or simply didn't understand much about the workings of Genjutsu during his years in the Academy, he obviously picked up enough to know he should release the chakra from his body if he hoped to battle the illusion placed on him (if it was placed on him), but he obviously forgot or simply didn't know that converting chakra afterwards to at least the amount that was used for the Genjutsu in the first place was a must as well.
Needless to say no magic happened and the real Sora was still at an unknown location while the copies among which he just might be kept moving.

Hatake Houtarou = 0 chakra.

As the Hatake boy would try to sense his environment using his investigation skill he would notice that a Genjutsu perhaps has indeed been lifted either from him or from the area, for as the mist dissolved Nomaru's position in his eyes would shift a few cm's to the left. The sense of smell he was gifted with was counteracted by Nomaru's use of deodorant against the 'HORRENDOUS' dog smell as she put it.
This caused him a few complications with that sense and he was unable to distinguish the location of the real one.

His dogs that did the investigation seemed to struggle with the same problem largely as well as with the problem that Houtarou hadn't yet trained any of them in the arts of investigation and non of them were tracker ninken who could use their heightened sense to look pass this fact. Surely normal people could be easy to sense under most circumstances, but as ninja they wouldn't be dealing with quite the normal humans and probably the more stranger circumstances as well. Like now.

Haruki was still busy looking around and not giving up, but it would be Yuuka who would be able to sense something first out of all of them as the ninken would notice that the clones would only start looking at the others other than the Hatake only after the mist would disperse. When before they seemed to lose sight of everything else that was covered by the fog. he would also spot the 2 kunai still left from Sora's last attack. Not much more could be sensed by the dogs without their master first having properly trained them to do so.
(untrained mental skill = - 3 on the dicepool. Gen stat and Investigation skill decide the base pool, but non of them have learned the skill and thus are simply depending on their bare senses with no follow up knowledge how to utilize them for the given task. resulting in chance rolls.)

Torame

Torame would remain underground and would once more mold chakra.
(1 action, 2 PE and 2 ME, into (2+1) * 2 = 6 chakra) (since 2 PE and 2 ME were restored since last round)

Being still underground and thus using his Jutsu he pays 4 chakra.
( 6 + 6 = 12 chakra - 4 = 8 chakra left)

He would then leave the ground taking position next to houtarou and standing there ready for impact as he nodded to Houtarou as if saying that he had his back. The Uchiha looked a bit frustrated with the situation but wasn't speaking, sweat dropping from his forehead as his eyes were looking from one place to the other in rapid succession, he figured it was a genjutsu by now. Especially after being so 'charmingly' reminded of his clan's prowess. But he didn't want to be the one to have to undo it. Even worse, if it was targeted and on him, he figured he had lost already by how much chakra he has been molding ever since. He just gritted his teeth and huffed a bit butthurt at the situation and at himself for failing while actually applying quite good tactics, all him and Houtarou did wrong from the start was make one simple mistake at the very start, one simple fact overlooked by the both of them and having allowed the effects of that mistake to drag on, they were now deep in it, this is what the Uchiha boy realized, and he didn't like it one bit.
(1 action, move)

Sora

As Nomaru would be talking smack to her team mates she would hear a whisper right next to her ear when she was finished as she said thank you to Sora for this.
"You're welcome!" The sound seemed to come out of an empty and unoccupied space to the right from the girl, in between her and the two knocked out ninken that were laying next to her.
She would then feel a foot connecting with her gut rather quickly afterwards and the moment the foot would connect she would see Sora standing there in front of her delivering the attack.
(Nomaru rolled for this just so that people know and mostly failed, where Sora had 11 success, hence the outcome.)
The kick would land so swiftly and precisely the it would knock the girl out in place.
[Nomaru suffers 1 HP damage] (he clearly held back on the force bit and counted more on his precision here)

As she would fall down onto the ground, landing on her face another one of Sora's actions he had taken against her would become apparent that moment when ninja-wire sprung from a trap layed on the ground in front of her tying the girl up in place as she was knocked out already.

The Jounin would then smirk glancing back over his shoulder at Houtarou and Torame with a devilish look full of malicious intent with a bit of cockiness to him still.




"Scared??? Meeeeeeeeeeee?" He would say with a greatly amused tone before his essence would disperse into yet another sludge form of black gooish substance on the ground and disappeared.

Then Houtarou would suddenly hear his sensei's voice right behind him.
"On the contrary...I am having..." he would start and continue as he began to deliver his first punch to Houtarou, not wanting to give the boy a chance to charge chakra again. "....the TIME OF MY LIFE!!!" if the hit would miss he would follow it up with more, he could still deliver another 4.
What he wouldn't need to use on Houtarou would be redirected to his next target, Torame.
(1 or 5 punches at Houtarou, 4 or 0 punches on Torame.)

(With special thanks to Nomaru for the artwork. ;D)

Houtarou listened as Nomaru was shouting to him. "She didn't do anything? Genjutsu? Damn... Of course... Sora had just shown him that image!!!" He confirmed this after he saw Nomaru shift somewhat to the left. Then suddenly Torame rose from the ground next to him. Yo Torame! He didn't seem too happy though, he also realised they were in a bad situation... He should've learned more about genjutsu in class... (Guess this is where 'dimwit' comes into play.) Then before their eyes Nomaru would suddenly be knocked out! "Shit!" Nomaru-san? Are you okay?! He didn't have much time to worry though,as Sora would suddenly appear behind him, in reaction to his taunt. Just when he wanted some chakra! Substitution wasn't an option now... Haruki quickly shouted to Yuuki in dog language to move 2 Kage bunshin towards Houtarou. Yuuki made them do that. 2-2 is 0 (I guess since I move 2 of the 3 it costs one AP each.) is 0 AP left. Meanwhile Sora went for a punch on Houtarou. He Used a Dodge on the first one (-2 AP. 2 AP left). He did the Same with the next punch (2-2 is 0 AP left). Sora came with yet another punch Houtarou wouldn't have been able to evade, when one of Yuuki's clones jumped before Sora's fist. POOF! And he was gone. Sora delivered another punch and the Same thing happened. Getting some clones had been a good move after all! Arigato Yuuki!! But while Houtarou thanked Yuuki he hadn't seen a final punch coming... The fist was coming towards him and it was too late to do anything now. He closed his eyes by reflex and hoped for a Torame action, or a miracle! Katsu, kenta and Yuuka, while knowing they weren't great at it went with another investigation Roll as they wanted to help in any way they could. (Alright sorry for the terrible formatting but this is quite a pain on a Phone. Damn spelling control doesn't help either! If I did anything wrong please let me know in the discussion thread and I Will change it! And Nomaru Nice drawing!! )

(its good to be back, had a nice vacation. i've quickly read through the stuf so i know what happend.)

Torame saw the girl getting knocked out with insane precision, "damn it" he thought as he heard the voice of sora right behind houtarou, who was positioned just a bit less than a meter from him on his right side, he saw Houtarou dodge some of Sora's attacks and the too bunshin dogs protecting him, but the last hit... Torame saw Sora's left arm drawing back and heading for Houtarou's head, this punsh would do damage for sure. Torame could land a it on Sora because his entire left side was exposed to him, but if he would Houtarou would be hurt.

Torame drew his right arm back calculated the trail that Sora's fist would take to the head of Houtarou, and made a focused strike on the place where Sora's wrist would apear just before it would hit Houtarou, (with the meaning to dislocate it from its trail and let it completely miss Houtarou and bringing Sora off balance)
(Focused action: -3 ME, on hitting the wrist in the right spot)
(1 AP: punch)

now Torame possesed a turning motion (counterclockwise)(because of the punch). he turned along and made a powerfull backwards (horselike) kick with his left foot towards Sora, trying to guide his foot perfectly in Sora's blind spot (cause of the arm he cant see through.) (the kick was aimed a bit under Sora's armpit(rapper thomas deze is voor jou xD))
(1 AP: kick)

As Houtarou would dodge the first two attacks and the third strike would be coming in a bunshin (note these are bunshin and not Kage Bunshin, which are B-rank, and have tangible form, these don't) of Yuuki would jump in front of him in attempts to halter the attack, but the hit would disperse the bunshin into a cloud of smoke creating just enough distraction to cause Sora to miss, or did he allow it to miss because of it? the clever smirk on Sora's face didn't give it away.
A fourth hit and again a miss due to a cloud of smoke caused by the dispersing of the second Bunshin Houtarou's dog had created.

Sora would be moving in with punch number 5 at Houtarou as Torame would move in to try and strike at Sora's wrist, but as he would hit it, he would find his fist going through Sora's wrist as it transformed into a black gooish substance moving onward to nick Houtarou in the face as Sora's form would disperse into a pool of black goo and then two Sora's would rise from it.

[Houtarou receives 2 PE damage from the slight hit from Torame]

The two Sora's would both jump back attempting to avoid Torame's kick and doing so successfully.

"Nice defenses guys! I really thought I had you there." Sora's voice would sound from up in a tree as he clapped his hands and smiled.

But then his expression would turn a little psycho again.
"But now let's get things going, shall we?" He chuckled and then would disappear from that spot dispersing into crow feathers as the army of 35 Sora's was rushing towards Houtarou and Torame.


Sora would have mixed himself in between the Genjutsu fakes and delivered 2 real hits on Houtarou and 1 real hit on Torame trying to force them into the defensive.
However to mask his attacks and make it harder for them to avoid them 5 clones would attack simultaneously with him at different angles.

(2 strikes on Houtarou.)
(1 strikes on Torame.)

(but with the Gen Clones (Mist Servants) there is a total of 12 strikes on Houtarou and 6 strikes on Torame. if you want to block them all, otherwise if you just want to block one or two, specify and number between 1 and 6 for each normal strike to point out which one you block, unless you have alternative means off course, be creative. ....and as your Sensei...nice defenses. I OC also thought I had you there.)

(Nice one Niko, glad to have you back!
"Now on the battlefield are Torame and Houtatou,
So prepare Sora, cuz here we go!")

Houtarou didn't mind that Torame hit him at all. He helped!
Thanks Torame, let's do this! He said energetically. You could see that having a teammate at his side increased his motivation.

As Sora was talking to them he would only half listen, using the chance to talk to Torame. Remember the objective? It was to land one clear punch on him. That's what we should aim for, in both senses of the word. He chuckled at his own stupid joke.
"First let's get some chakra", he thought.

(3 rounds 2 PE and 2 ME added. 3 ME was left so now 6 PE and 9ME - 2 PE damage from Torame's hit = 4 PE and 9ME right now. Molding 4 PE and 4 ME. (3+1)x4=16 chakra points.
5 Me and 0 PE left.
4-1 is 3AP left.

Meanwhile Sora changed into crows and dissapeared. Torame, this might be desperate and stupid but to land a hit it might be necessary... He said as the Soras started to move towards them. I'll hit as much of them as I can with my water jutsu, and while they become pudding, seek out the real Sora so we can attack! My dogs will help. I know it seems like suicide but the thing is, there are already so much of them that,realistically looking at the situation, he can already finish us off any moment he wants anyway. He explained seriously.

So here goes...
3-2 is 1 AP left.
16-7 is 9 chakra points left.
Mizuame Nabara!!
As the Sora's came near Torame and Houtarou, Houtarou friend his jutsu for as long as he could as at many Sora's approaching the two as he could.
While firing, he'd keep his eyes open for a possible Sora who wouldn't go double pudding on them.

Investigation towards finding real Sora: 1-2 is -1 AP (so one AP less next round. That's ok right?)

Meanwhile Katsu and Kenta move as close to Houtarou and Torame as they could, as Haruki had told them to stand by for if they had to attack. Yuuki and Yuuka would both also look for Sora (investigation) hoping they could spot him. (Gosh why do I have 2 masterminds and no tracker?! Baka me!)

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(Alright, this is what Torame and I came up with (aren't we creative? ) but we'd like to get the result of the investigation roll in between this post and Torame's next post, as that'd enable Torame to react to Houtarou's (maybe even one of the dogs') findings which they'd immediately pass on to him. Is that possible? )

Torame was surpriced to hear a compliment comming from Sora, he expected him to be more of a bitch. but when he saw the 36 Sora's to them he understood that they should not get close to them and since they were all on a pile Torame desided that the best deffence was offence. in combination with the sticky fluid thing from Houtarou to lock targets in place, he sacrificed some of his life energy to get some chakra instantly and once the chakra flew through his system, Torame formed the handseals for his kind of ultimate jutsu straight at the group of Sora's coming their way.

0 AP: chakra sacrifice (4-1=3HP)(28 Chakra)
2 AP: Katon gokakyuu no jutsu (28-(12-2(enton)=10)=18 Chakra)

As the Hatake boy would spit his sticky puddle of water onto the ground the Sora's would all jump into the air while still approaching the duo, which is when Torame would burst out his ball of fire towards them.
The two of them would see a somewhat shocked look on the face of one of the Sora's.
"Katon?!!!" The Sora exclaimed as he would place his hands defensively in front of himself bracing for impact.
As the flame would hit target it would blast through and burn down all the Sora's.
now there would be 58 Sora's rising up with a burned up log of wood between them stuck to the surface of the sticky water. Houtarou would recognize it as one of the two logs he had marked to potentially use for a substitution technique earlier.
Now they would be coming in from the other side. 12 of the Sora's would come running up behind the two boys as 2 of them would each throw a kunai at one of the boys. One Kunai flying at Torame and one at Houtarou.

Afterwards the 12 Sora's would jump up and then each would move in for a strike at a different location, but the attacks would connect simultaneously.
(4 attacks at Torame, 8 attacks at Houtarou.)

"This is an area Genjutsu aimed to wear out your opponents and force them to show their abilities before actually fighting them. And the longer you let this particular Genjutsu drag on...the stronger it becomes. And by now....you no longer really have much of a chance...sorry. Because with all of us here. You must understand I am simply giving you a fighting chance by only using a few of us to attack." One of the Sora's standing on the sidelines proudly explained.

Finding the real Sora would be hard seeing as he used a substitution so he could be anywhere but within 10 meters from the log, rooting out most of the Sora's, but then he might be among one of the Sora's attacking Torame right now, but also among those attacking Houtarou, Sora seems to have thought about this when planning his Mist Servant Clone attack. Likewise there were still Sora's left in that area which didn't approach so he could still be there as well, so that gave him nothing.
(- 1 AP for Houtarou upcoming turn.)

The Sora's simply seemed to jump after Houtarou used his suiton jutsu, but then came something surprisingly effective.
Houtarou looked at Torame as he saw him use a huge fire ball attack. This boy... He was so young, yet his talent was impressive. Up until now he had thought Nomaru and himself were guaranteed to have an age advantage on him, but that was one idea that had probably just dissapeared, like a needle popping a balloon.
Wow, Torame, impressive! Thanks amigo! He said with a thumb up.

Bad thing was, he still hadn't found Sora... ''Damn it... This is bad''.
Suddenly a kunai would come flying their way. Houtarou's first response was to immediately dodge.

3-2=1 AP left, dodge kunai.

Desperate as he was, he quickly consulted to some thinking when the Sora's were approaching again. He listened to what Sora was saying.
Wait a minute, area genjutsu... OF COUUUUUUURSE! They were completely f-ed if they did not escape the genjutsu now, so that might be their only option! Unfortunately Junko had passed out... He would've been real useful here...
He had no idea what the range to this area genjutsu was, but it was the only thing he could think of. Trying to get out of here. Since more Sora's seemed to be approaching him, that would be harder for himself than for Torame.

He remembered how when he used his mist jutsu all Sora's only focussed on him... Wait a minute...
Houtarou look at the sora's as he stepped in front of Torame who was basically right next to him. He most definitely wouldn't survive this attack, but if Torame would be able to get out of the area there might just be a chance that.....
He sighed and quickly looked at Torame.
Area genjutsu. Run on my mark.

AP: 1-2= -1 (if it's possible to start with 1 AP again next round, yes please!)
Chakra: 9-4= 5 points left.
Kirigakure no Jutsu!
Again, a thick fog appeared on the battlefield.

The Sora's were getting extremely close and hadn't heard Torame move yet. He turned back and said somewhat loudly:
NOW GO! JUST GET OUT OF HERE AS FAST AS YOU CAN! Maybe go underground? I don't know, just get out of his range! I trust you, Torame. And please trust me, I'll keep 'em here...

He turned to the Sora's who were approaching them both and figured he'd go with his taunt again, thinking Sora and his pride might maybe fall for it.
He you there! Need so many guys to take on some Genin?! That's pathetic! Come and get me you black bird!

He knew he could command his hairy friends to help him, but it was no use. There were too much Sora's, and he'd just end up making his dear friends suffer. He didn't want that anymore, he already made them go through too much...
Kenta, Katsu, and also you, Haruki, Yuuki and Yuuka, get out of here as fast as you can. When this is over, I'll give you guys some nice treats! He smiled lightly as the Sora's were in front of him.

Yuuki, Yuuka, Katsu, and Kenta wanted to go to Houtarou anyway, if defeated together with Houtarou, but Haruki stopped them. Haruki was a rational thinker, being the mastermind Ninken, and knew suffering could be minimized by following Houtarou's orders. It was obvious that these Sora's could not all be defeated by them, and all that was achieved by going to him now was having Houtarou be in more pain because he knew they were hurt, and having the dogs themselves hurt. Somewhere inside of him it didn't feel right, and that went for all of them. It felt like abandoning their comrade. It was very hard, but they moved as far as was possible for them to move, with pain in their hearts.

-1-1 = -2 AP. (I'm not having much next round, but I'm doing this to increase the chance of there being a next round for Houtarou). Houtarou moved into a block position as that was basically his last defense mechanism. A substitution would be useless, as that might cause the Sora's to go after his Ninken and Torame. Then all was for nothing.

Then Sora came.

The ninken would all sucessfully move at their top speed sprinting out of the area, hoping to reach outside of it. As the mist appeared Houtarou would once again see all the Sora's suddenly focusing on him again, that exact instant.
Torame would notice the same thing happening for him when the mist appeared the Sora's closest to him, no matter what they were doing or where they were looking, were now focusing on him instead of the others.
They would probably (up to you two if they do) by now realize this was a side-effect of the Genjutsu use, as due to the mist Sora himself would lose sight of where his opponent were, to make his clones come off as realistic he'd have to focus them on a real target, and the only way to do that when his own vision is significantly hindered is to use the minds of his targets instead. Hence why everyone would see the clones focusing on them and not the others, while all others would see the same and thus something diffrent. Houtarou would realize this had occured before and probably for the same reason.

As Houtarou stood there taunting Sora he would see the 8 Sora's surrounding him and all 8 delivering a hit at the same time, but only one of them would hurt. (Not saying which one because Torame is next.)
Houtarou would feel the impact of the brunt but not there where he had placed his hands to block. Quite the opposite. And as his vision darkened a little he would feel a second impact which was a bit harder and probably left a bad bruise as he would hear Sora whisper.
"This is why I worry about you the most, be this war, you'd be the first to die."


As the Hatake boy would fall to the ground the mist would disperse the second his head hit the dirt below. As the mist dispersed so did the Genjutsu it seemed as all the fake Sora's would disappear and his almost equaly young Jounin sensei stood next to Houtarou's downed body looking a bit worried and somewhat sadenned at the Hatake boy.
"You fool. I was only going after you to begin with....must be a Hatake trait." He gulped a bit as if remembering something bad from the past and then woul close his eyes and sigh.

(I make this post cause I no longer feel like waiting on changing strategies and such...just play and learn lol. Don't overthink it, especialy since your characters don't hae the stats to overthink it THAT much....remember in game each turn is roughly 3 seconds worth of time...you're thinkin about a week now...lol. So assuming Torame would just run like Houtarou suggested or uses a Kawarimi, this is what happens. )

Torame saw the mist fade out and the genjutsu disapear, he saw Sora hit Houtarou KO. "This should be the real Sora" he thought. Torame used the moment Sora closed his eyes to create 3 bunshins

1 AP bunshin no jutsu: 2x3=6 chakra 18-6=12 chakra

the bunshins headed to Sora who was not that far away from him, they surrounded sora but did not attack

meanwhile Torame used Doton kawa no jutsu and went underground

1AP Doton kawa no jutsu 12-4=8 chakra

The 15 year old jounin would open his eyes again calmly and glance around at the 3 clones that would be moving around him, his eyes carefully inspecting each of them as he narrowed his eyes a little.
"My my, how disappointing. Applying the same cowardly tactics again, Torame-kun?" He said a bit mockingly with an unamused smirk. The Jounin sighed , clearly seeming a bit tired of all this mentally and a bit less amused than he was seconds ago.
"And here I was hoping for a nice straight-up one on one between me and my so called....second coming." He spat out in a mocking tone with a sour expression, especially at the last two words.

He would then chuckle and shake his head lowering his head as he began to speak softly to himself, but then tention in his voice seemed to rise with each word. Torame would feel his Tengu mark starting to tingle a bit more with each word too.
"Yeah...right...my second coming....psssssss! What do they even...." He began and then would throw his head back up giving the Bunshin a death glare filled with killing intent as the strand of hair that used to cover his left eye would flip over to now obscure the right eye and revealing the left one in full, the Jounin's expression seemed to change quite a bit, becoming more violent and reckless as he would finish the sentance with a loud scream echoing through the training ground. His voice also sounded slightly diffrent while mostly the same.
"...KNOW ABOUT ME, HUUUUUUH????!!!!"

The Tengu Mark on Torame would start to lit up underneath his clothing and burn just a bit, not enough to hurt him but enough to feel it in full and then the voice in his head began to speak again to the young Uchiha, a voice sounding like his own only slightly different in vibration.
"You can feel that, can't you? Sense it? Don't you? Your sensei....he has lost it. He's out to hurt you...maybe even kill you. Look at him, can't you see it? Why do you think he knocked your team-mates out first? So he can kill you without witnesses....he always avoided you, even yesterday when your whole clan was there to congratulate you, he wasn't there....listen to me, you may not trust me and such, but I need you alive and I need you to be strong...I can't have him kill you here, nor harm you...so listen to me for once Torame-kun. With my help you might even be able to defeat him and save your comrades too. You'll just have to agree....all I need is your approval." The voice spoke, sounding a bit worried and on fire yet rather persuasive and convincing, perhaps especially so because of the situation at hand.

The Uchiha Jounin at this point would get an evil glimmer in his eyes as he would dash right through one of Torame's clones making it disperse if Torame wouldn't make it dodge. But it appeared Sora had already figured out that this one was a clone. The dark haired Jounin would move to Houtarou's knocked out body and grab it by the hair lifting his unconscious face off the ground as suddenly seemingly out of nowhere a kunai instantly appeared in the hand of the Jounin from underneath his sleeve.
"Hmmm, How about I make the choice easier for you...my little friend." He let out a devilish chuckle, it was as if some kind of craze had taken over the Uchiha boy. "Either you come out and face me in the open. Don't worry I'll give you time to charge your chakra.....but...otherwise....Houtarou here will get a new wide smile....on his neck." The evil grin on the face of the young Jounin grew.

"Now then...what will it be?'

The voice inside Torame's head followed up on this.
"Indeed...what will it be, young Uchiha? Will you let your friend die here? I can help you save him. Just accept my guidance for once, damnit. Look at what that Sora is doing?!! Do it Torame!!! Do IT!!!"

torame was listening to the words from his mentor... and became more angry every second he listend to him. he knew that his sensei would not kill his students, so he would use that in his advantagehe did not think anymore everything went on instinct the hard years of training came in handy now.
the bunshin that was closest to Sora exploded and created a cloud of smoke on one side of Sora the other charged his full speed into Sora and tried to hit him screeming: "AND WHAT DO YOU EVEN KNOW ABOUT ME?!??!!!"
meanwhile Torame pumped chakra into his system and went for the move he focused at max to get his sensei. in a perfectly fluid move he grabbed the legs of his sensei, and pulled him down with force till only his head was visable

8-4=4 chakra
4+20=24 chakra 3-1=2HP
superfocused action -6ME
shinjuu zanshu no jutsu(24-7= 17 chakra) +2 superfocused action

[Torame, serious, this is HELLA impressive. Your last round, that attack...it had a value of 22....prior to removing Sora's physical defense, which is 21....meaning you actually managed to force me to dodge. And if you think that isn't impressive? Think about this...ANY Chuunin level character would be helpless here if not Kawarimi. Heck, as you can see even Sora falls into this one.  Well done. You managed to have your sucess rate build up to the level of a Jounin...as an academy student. Bonus CP for you. ]

Sora would see the cloud of smoke forming to his side and be distracted by it, especially when another bunshin came through the smoke faking an attack, only to create another smokescreen. The Jounin's eyes would enlarge in surprise and then he would suddenly hear the ground crackle underneath himself as Torme's hands would grab at his feet pulling his sensei down into the ground with only the head sticking out.

However the moment the young Uchiha would succeed his move he would see Sora likewise disperse into a cloud of smoke as Houtarou's feet were now instead in his hands. But that wasn't all of it.
Sora had switched places with Houtarou but apperantly already before (last round) the Jounin had prepared a string reeling trap on the body of the Hatake boy. Torame would see ninja wire coming out of Houtarou's clothes and hogtie the Uchiha boy to his comrade. Normally if this happened above ground Torame could have dodged it. Or if Torame had the C-rank jutsu Underground Fish projection in use he could have. But seeing as the currently used Doton technique only allows him to travel underground at a low speed (no sprinting or fast motion) he is unable to dodge this technique at the moment in his present state. And it is thus considered an auto-hit.

Sora would cough into his fist and shake his head his strand of hair again covering his left eye now as he seemed to calm down and would start to laugh.
"Hmpf!" He would huff a bit through his laughs as he began to walk off.
"Well, I for one know that you suck! And your team-mates suck. I went easy on all of you and you didn't even manage to impress me enough to call you Genin. Hah! Pathetic! "

The Uchiha began to slowly walk off as Torame was underground, tied to Houtarou who's head was sticking out of the ground as Nomaru layed KO next to it all.
"Tell your friends when they wake up that you all suck and should feel free to go home. You all fail!" He would say and then jump up and shunshin away disappearing from sight.

[Combat over]

[CP Bonus ;

Torame = 8 CP
Nomaru = 6 CP
Houtarou = 8 CP ]


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