New Teachings

[Inuzuka Bonkotsu]

Inuzuka Bonkotsu....He had never liked the full names. Always been annoyance to from the start. Now they wished him to teach a bunch of kids. How pitiful, he was stuck with a bunch of underlings that would get in his way. Eyes narrowed into a glare. Those kids were so weak, he didn't have to use his sharingan on them. Not that he would use his eye anyways. He hated using it, it was just as pathetic as an underling. He gave a quick sigh and shook his head. He was an elite Jounin and now he's stuck teaching kids.

His gaze shifted to Toukon as the dog followed him. He snorted and folded his arms. "Eh..Do you think the kids would heed your words Kotsu?" The dog remarked. Kotsu rolled his eyes. "I don't really care..I told the kids before the sun rose.." He looked to the skies. "The sun is about to rose aswell. They better show or I'm not going to teach them. A bunch of brats they are.." Toukon sighed. "I'm sure they aren't that bad." Kotsu growled. "Kids..brats.." The dog barked. "Aye you were a kid once. Don't forget that." "I don't have memories..."

Toukon shifted his gaze. "My apologies I almost forgot." Bonkotsu stepped forward. Taking a quick glance around. "I'm going to conceal myself. You wait for them alright." He quickly leaped up and disappeared. Hiding well in his recommended hiding spot. Watching the empty grounds as carefully as one's eyes could. But he was far advanced. Stupid kids...They better show...I hate teaching brats that don't follow proper rules... He tensed slightly and then all signs of emotion and among things disappeared. He waited patiently. Toukon sighed and slunked to his haunches. "I hate waiting alone...."

[Michelle]

Kakani trudged along the path, eyes alert and sharp. She had been told to meet her sensei at sunrise, and from what she had heard if him, he would be a difficult teacher. Just her luck- things like this always happened to her. No matter, she would not let something as paltry as a rough teacher get in her way. She would just have to learn to be rougher. A shrill cry interrupted her thoughts, but she didn’t cast a glance in the sound’s direction. It was Keiyou, of course, circling in a wide track above her as usual. She whistled off-handedly, not bothered to pull out her flute. He shrieked a cry back, circling lower and skimming the treetops.

Soon, the meeting spot came into view. The sensei wasn’t there, but his dog was- yet another thing she had heard about. So this was his companion, eh? That meant he was nearby- she expected that too. Most likely, he was concealed just out of sight and waiting for them. She didn’t slow her pace, but walked several feet into the clearing, then stopped, hands in her pockets. Coldly, she swept her gaze around the area. The dog made no move at first, as far as she could tell. She didn’t even try to spot her new sensei- a Jounin would be difficult, if not impossible for a newly ranked Genin like her. Instead, she waiting patiently for Keiyou to land in a tree to her right, about six yards away.

She was the first here. She stood nonchalantly, confident that she would stand up to her own standards.. And more importantly, Takaui’s. Despite herself, she scanned the dimness of the trees again even though she knew the effort to spot him was futile. Absentmindedly, as she normally did without thinking, she fingered the smooth, symbol-etched flute in her back pouch. Several questions flickered through her mind, the majority of them unimportant. When would her team-mates get here? What exactly would her sensei be like? She dismissed the thoughts and closed her eyes, stabilizing herself, than opening them again a few moments later. What would happen would happen, and the best she could do right now was wait.

[Tomoko Kaida]

I never knew it could be so dark at this hour... it is the morning, afterall. It has been the morning since twelve... but still. This isn't the morning I know.. definitely not the morning I want to know. Raidon thought as he trailed very slowly down the main path of the village, nearing the training area specified to him and his team for today. I didn't know ninjas had to wake up so early. I don't like it... then again, somebody has to do it. Raidon nodded to himself, smiling grimly as he remembered that he had chosen to be a ninja, nobody forced him into the idea. Besides, waking up early was a small price to pay for great adventures and protecting the village and it's people.

... Wow, did he sure think like a sap. But, basically, that was all Raidon wanted to do. Growing up he had plenty of friends younger them him, and all he wanted to do was make them laugh and protect them. So he figured, why not protect them all? Yes, let's prance on our merry way over to ninja school! Thus prance Raidon did, thus graduate he did, and here he ended up. Waking up himself before the sun, who usually got the job of rising the teen from his sleep, slothily making his way to his new sensei - whom he'd heard didn't quite have a personality like his. Ayiyi, he'd live, though. Just like everyone did.

His pale yellow eyes flickered as he stepped his way through the trees, careful of basicly everything around him. Two shapes started to differentiate from the shadows, and as he neared, the shapes were made obvious: a girl, his teammate or his short and really young looking sensei, hopefully not the latter, and a dog. He'd heard about the dog abit. Something about his sensei dealing with it. It was early morning sleepiness making his thoughts jumble.

Normally he'd had greeted both cheerfully, but for now he needed time to become, well, less sleepy. All he did was simply stop nearby the two and stare at the ground, thinking. So. The sensei told us to be here before the sun rises, and he's not here himself? No. Wait. How completely stupid of him. Of course he's here, how could you doubt a jounin like that? Surely there aren't any jounin careless enough to be late like that... right? Oh please. Not a sensei who's crazy in some form or another. Raidon lifted his head slightly and redirected his thoughts. Nah. He was an optimist, and any sensei he could deal with...

Hopefully, right?

[Inuzuka Bonkotsu]

(Now we wait for the third student o_0)

[Tsukiyo Raven]

Raven walked quietly towards the meeting place her Sensei had described to them. Her eyes were focused on the ground, watching where she was stepping. It wasn't because she was afraid to face the world. It was more of a fact that there wasn't much to face. Her quarterstaff was strapped to her back, and the metal on her gloves shone dully in the morning light. There wasn't much light, but she would make it before the sun rose entirely.

Inuzuka-Sensei. She'd heard tell that he was one of the ... not-as-pleasent sensei's around. Then again, what did Sensei's have to be happy about? They were stuck with three snot-nosed little genins fresh out of the Academy. What was so great about that? However, the young ninjas did have to learn, and learn well, so who should teach them but the best? These thoughts and many more raced through Raven's head as she walked. Though she would never admit it, Raven was nervous. All through her academy days, people didn't exactly treat her as an equal. Whe had gotten to the academy at a young age, and, because of this, was held back a little to allow for her to age slightly. Her heart thudded painfully.

Who were her team mates? She had heard their names mentioned, but had never seen them in person. She had heard that they were both younger than her. A girl, two years younger, and a boy, one year younger but not by much. Without even knowing them, Raven felt a strong loyalty to them. It was just the person she was. Silently, she contemplated about what each person was like. Raven wasn't a real big people-person. In fact, she tried to avoid confrontations at almost all costs. But as she was forced into a team, she would deal with it. Raven had only one friend when she was smaller, but he had long since been dead, killed when they were only children. Since then, Raven hadn't really liked to get close to people for fear of their being a repeate in history.

Three figures stood ahead of her, two humanoid, and one canine. The canine belonged to Inuzuka-Sensei, she knew that much. The other two were probably her teammates. It appeared that the sensei was concealing himself. Normally, Rae would have pondered over this, but today was different. She was to nervouse at the moment. She was the oldest of the three, however, so she felt in necissary to not be late as to show an example. That was her older-sister urges acting up again, go figure. Raven approached the others, the sun rising with ever step. Raven was precicely on time. Looking at the two kids beside her, she tried to give them a welcoming smile. It came out as more of a frown. Raven wasn't good at being happy.

[Inuzuka Bonkotsu]

They had come. Kotsu had told himself. Eyes narrowed as he studied each student with interest. Those brats actually came. He wasn't entirely surprised, but he was abit shocked. He mentally chuckled to himself. It wasn't out loud, but merely in his mind. Let's see how long those kids will last. He wasn't so sure how well those kids would put up a fight or how much they would listen. But he was expecting them to do their best in order to pass his tests and the training that is ahead of them now. As indeed this was going to be as fun as anything can be.

Toukon perked his ears and slowly glanced behind him as each student arrived on time. They came? Wow...that's alot for a kid.. He shook his head and jerked it as he heard a bird's cry. He flatten his ears against his skull. Shifting his position as all three finally arrived. Studing them up and down for further endurance. Noticing their ages right off, a dog's speciality. He looked to the oldest first, before the middle, then the youngest. He grinned slightly, "Hmph..." He flexed his claws and slowly lifted from his spot.

"Well I'm quite surprised you brats actually made it." He was merely relaying messages. "You actually followed orders. It's quite shocking, but I guess I don't have much to say rather I guess. Since I'm not entirely human." He looked away for a few moments before looking back to them. "I'm sure you genins have already heard alittle about your sensei. But let me lay down a few rules." He started pacing. "You are to do everything that you are instructed to do. Don't ask questions and don't break them. Only speak when you are spoken to. Also I'd advise you to stay on his good side. He isn't rather fond of teaching those who don't want to be taught. Once you think about it, it's rather pointless..But.." He stopped back in front of them. "Sometimes on a real ninja mission, some rules are ment to be broken." He chuckled and jerked himself.

Kotsu grinned as he heard Toukon's words. He was rather fond of the dog's ambition and relations. As the dog finished, he decided it was time to appear. With swift and silent movements, he moved from his spot. Quickly halting without a sound behind the genins. He lifted himself up with a straight pose. Arms folded and his face expressionless. It was silent for a moment before he finally spoke. "I am Inuzuka Bonkotsu. I am your sensei, even as I undoubtfully regret it." He looked away before looking back to them. "You already know everything else so I'm not gotta repeat myself." He watched them.

Motioning his head as he named each genin off. "Tsukiyo Raven, Yasashiku Raidon, and Kogaku Kakani. You all are a team. You work as a team from here on out. If either of you fail, your whole team falls." He stretched his arms and motioned with his hand. "If all three of you can manage to touch me, I suppose I can't fail you." He smirked and crouched lowly. "That is if you're quick enough." He waited.

(Muwhaa ^^ now guys try alright >3)

[Tsukiyo Raven]

Raven listened intently to the dog's words soaking them up like a sponge, and storing it in her memory for future refrence. All the rules were now firmly placed in her head, she frowned slightly as she was refered to as a brat. Rae didn't take kindly to insults but, saying something about it would go against the rules that had just been layed out for her. So instead of protesting, she kept silent.

When the sensei appeared behind them, Raven was in now rush to turn round and see him. She tilted her head slightly, so she was looking straight at him from an angle, and listened closely to his words. When he called her name, she nodded slightly, still remaining silent. He sounded so...cold towards them. She couldn't blame him though. She herself would be less than accepting if she had been thrust into a job of teaching little ninjas.

Touch him? Raven doubted she could even see him, nevermind touch him if it came to the matter. What was he expecting, full-fledged uber genins? However, that wouldn't stop her from trying. Her brain kicked into turbo as she began thinking quickly on a way to do it. Tactics rushed though her mind before she turned to her two team mates.

"Kogaku-san, Yashashiku-san.." She began, her eyes watching them as she nodded her head respectfully. "As Bonkotsu-Sensei has stated, we are a team." She lowered her voice slightly. "This task might be somewhat....difficult, so any ideas on how to do it should be brought to the table now, before we begin." Raven knew that, in a real battle, she would not be allowed to have a talk like this with ehr teammates, for the enemy would be on them and kill them in seconds. However, as time went on, she would learn how her teammates minds worked. Until that day, she was stuck with this.

[Michelle]

Kakani listened silently, no nod of her head nor sound if any sort to be seen or heard from her. Shortly after the dog laid down the law, so to speak, Bonkotsu-sensei himself appeared. With a barely perceptible flash of her eyes she had memorized the details of his outfit and appearance. This was a automatic response, coming naturally after so long. Again she held her silence as her sensei spoke. ‘So,’ she thought, head tilting the slightest bit, ‘The rumors are true. He obviously dislikes kids.’ She dismissed the thought, her attention turning towards the sensei as he spoke again. He motioned, speaking.

"Tsukiyo Raven, Yasashiku Raidon, and Kogaku Kakani. You all are a team. You work as a team from here on out. If either of you fail, your whole team falls."

Here again he motioned, extending his arm.

"If all three of you can manage to touch me, I suppose I can't fail you."

He crouched, to all appearances ready for them and doubtless he was, effortlessly so. Several ideas flashed through Kakani’s mind immediately, but before they could even manifest themselves in thought Raven, this new team-mate of hers spoke up. Annoyed, Kakani’s gaze snapped from Bonkotsu-sensei to Raven, though they quickly flicked back. Without taking her eyes off of him, keeping track of him while she could, she suppressed her irritation and spoke calmly, smoothly addressing the girl.

“As true as that may be, it would be unwise to bring it up in front of him, don’t you think?”

She spoke icily, even though she didn’t mean to. A small brown movement to her right signaled her, and she nodded, a small movement in itself. Keiyou would keep his sharp eyes on the sensei as best as he could. This was not a guarantee, but hawk eyes were better than human eyes and she trusted him to do a better job then she. Instead, she motioned to the forest with a tilt of her head.

“Perhaps we should discuss the matter in a more desirable location.”

With that she took a few steps forward, passing her sensei but sure to keep on eye on him. Yes, he had challenged them to touch him- but she would not take chances that he might make a strike of his own. She expected her team-mates to follow her, and if they did not, well… then she would deal with it. As for the matter of discussion, it was obvious that the jounin could listen in if he chose to, but she was counting on him giving them the smallest fighting chance. If he chose to take the forest route, they could go home now- no genin could find a jounin in a forest if he didn't want to be found, and she assumed speaking among the trees was the best course of action.

[Tomoko Kaida]

Raidon lifted his head as the dog began to speak. Woah. Talking pup. Not that it was too uncommon, just Rai wasn't used to animals talking. As Toukon relayed the apparent law of this team-to-be, Rai repeated each one in his head. Normally, he'd had said them aloud. Saying things helps you remember them. He, however, didn't want to be rude. No breaking rules. Do whatever they tell you to. Speak when spoken to. Rules can be broken on real missions. Woah. Backtrack. Remember that last note for sure, Rai.

Rai's head lifted even more as the sensei appeared. He grinned mentally. Hah. Of course he'd been hanging arond. Raidon told himself proudly. His pride and mental grin vanished both as he listened to the sensei introduce himself. "I am your sensei, even as I undoubtfully regret it." Didn't the dog, for lack of better words, say he isn't fond of teaching those who don't want to be taught? What about those who don't want to be teaching those who want to be taught? Trouble, really. None-the-less Raidon let that thought fly away like a kite in a zephyr. Trust the jounin, he told himself. Just trust him.

Had he been a dog, or any sort of canine or really any sort of animal, Rai's ears would've perked up at his last few statements. Yes, he knew they were all a team and thank you very much for introducing us vaguely so we don't have to it ourselves, but the whole team failing? Yikes. He didn't want to go back to the Academy. Not a fun place, no missions, just learning through books and demonstations. How are we supposed to touch him? He's a jounin. We're genin. Even the three of us... hrm. Hope, Raidon. Instantly his cheerful disposition fell and he walked in a straight but not stiff manner closer to the girls. His sickly-looking yellow eyes peered at both of them closely.

"Agreed." He finally murmured tonelessly. "No use just telling him what we want to do. Anywhere that's safer is a good place to start, don't you think?" His gaze trailed back over to their sensei, unblinkingly watching him. Raidon knew, anywhere they were he could be and they would never, ever know. Anywhere they tried to hide he could find them. But it wouldn't stop them from trying anyway. What use is it, to be a shinobi and just give up within three seconds because the opposer is stronger than you? Besides. Maybe they did have a shot... or even half a shot, at passing.

Raidon took another step forward and turned his attention back to his other genin teammates. They had some work to do.

[Inuzuka Bonkotsu]

(Mine is gotta be short XD I don't really have much to do >3)

Kotsu watched them with great interest. Though he was surprised by their efforts to work as a team. They needed to learn a few things. Eyes directing towards Toukon and nodded slowly. The dog sighed and slowly lifted. Quickly leaping in front of the genins' path. Staring coldly at them with fierce eyes. Though he did not speak just as yet. Half-glancing to Kotsu as the Jounin stood straight up and stretched himself. Waiting patiently for the students to catch him before he became bored of them. Kotsu folded his eyes and waited, still alert if the kids decided to come after him.

Toukon stood there in front of them. A low growl rumbling through his throat as a warning. He finally calmed down to explain to them. "You kids need to learn a great lesson. I know you have it through your head that you are a team. But let me tell you one thing. You have to pretend this is a real mission. I know for a fact your sensei will fight back and it won't be easy. And you have to remember you won't have time to think of a plan if the enemy is after you. You all have to connect in some way or another.." He paused.

"Mentally you all have to watch each other and try to know what's going on. You never have time to plan out a battle before it happens. So I want you all to stop your talking and get moving. Focus on each other's moves, but also focus on what's before you. Trust me you'll all get the hang of it. Most importantly, follow your leader's moves and try to trace what they are planning to do." He grinned lightly and stood where he was. Waiting patiently for them to get back to the test.

[Michelle]

Kakani paused a step away from Raven, the dog in front of her. She fell silent as he spoke again, listening. She nodded, then spoke to him. “Thank you, for you advice.” She didn’t say anything else, because that would have been pointless. Instead, she turned and motioned to Raven and Raidon.

It was a slight motion, but she was fingering her flute, the surface smooth save for the etched runes and symbols. The familiar feeling comforted her, allowed her to un-tense enough to think. So, this was a simulation of a unprecedented battle. Some fights would be planned out beforehand, if an assassination or such was assigned- but many were not, and this simulation was obviously one of the latter. So be it.

She focused on Raven, eyes settling on her then flicking to the other side of the sensei- a silent message to move. She did the same in quick succession with Raidon, moving forward herself as she did so. ‘Be calm. Think.’ She forced herself to keep a concentrated grip on herself, mentally erasing everything but right here, right now. She thought of her intent and nothing else, the factors of the battle flitting through her mind quickly, one after another. First of all, they had to surround him. If these two had learned anything from the Academy, they would pick up on that too. Second, they need a diversion… but what?

Another flash of brown answered that question. Keiyou. She whistled sharply, the action beginning. The red-tailed hawk shot like a bullet from the trees, almost utterly silent despite the violent movement of his wings. The bird shot straight for the jounin, talons out. From the timbre of the whistle, Keiyou had been ordered to seem like he was about to rake his talons across the sensei’s face, but to feint away before he could be attacked in turn by the sensei. While he did this, she used what she knew would the second he would be minutely distracted by this to withdraw her flute, using only one hand to loose several powerful, piercing notes into he flute, three fingers working the holes while her finger and thumb tapped four runes in quick succession.

Futsuriai no Jutsu!

A jutsu that had taken her quite some time to master. The jutsu of imbalance… the sound itself substituted the hand-signs, and the runes directed the effects of the jutsu solely at the sensei, and just to be safe, his dog: she would not take unnecessary risks, and she was careful to make sure the jutsu did not affect her team-mates. If it was successful, which was likely at this range, her sensei should feel slightly off-balance. Against those her own age, it would be difficult for them to walk let alone move smoothly but she was doubtful it would have that effect on him- more likely, it would at least throw off some of his movements, if that. Even as her fingers began the movement she had whipped out four shuriken.

Throwing shuriken at a jounin was stupid, she knew that. As the notes of the first jutsu died, she blew a two simple notes into the flute, this time directing it at the shuriken as she flung them- if this jutsu worked as it was supposed to, the shuriken would have a boomerang effect- curving back if they missed him. This would not be to much effect if any, but that wasn’t the point. The imbalance jutsu, the shuriken, Keiyou’s feint, they were all to give them tiny windows of distraction. Time seemed to slow down for her, and she trusted that her team-mates were fast enough to attack at the same time as she did.

Without wasting any time thinking about it, she darted forward, coming in low- she had good speed, but obviously not enough to match the jounin’s. She simply had to depend on the intelligence of Raidon and Raven… if they were any sort of good ninja, they would have the intelligence to perform their own attacks and synchronize like a team to rush him at the same time- after all, she had done her best to give them little windows of opportunity… each of her attacks were a distraction and could not be ignored, and if they executed their own it should be sufficient for at least one of them to touch him

[Tomoko Kaida]

(I'm gonna wait for Raven before posting)

[Tsukiyo Raven]

That doesn't stop him from following us and listening in. Raven thought, but with no ill-feelings meant for her two other teammates. Instead, she did as Kakani said, and followed her past the sensei. There was no point in arguing with her team mates, and, besides, the girl had a very good point. Mentally, Raven scolded herself for being so stupid. What was said was said however, no matter how stupid, so she let it go and followed Raidon and Kakani.

Kakani's eyes....the simple shift in direction was all she needed, and she nodded descreetly. Moving quickly, she matched her pace with Kakani's as she moved forward. Raidon would undoubtedly be indicated to go in the oposite direction that she was headed. Raven stopped...it all depended on what Kakani did next. Depending on what she did, she and Raidon would react accordingly. What WOULD she do, though? Raven's eyes had traced over the girl's flute when they had first met, and it couldn't just be there for decoration. It must have a use...her best bet was that she would use a sound related jutsu. Raven took a deep breath to calm her nerves, and waited.

Kakani struck. It was actually her hawk which had struck first, but then Kakani followed up with a jutsu. Raven watched carefully, trying to decifer what the jutsu had done. Though kakani had tried to keep her jutsu under control to only affect the sensei, Raven could feel it. She herself wasn't imbalanced, for Kakani had done a good job of controling it, but Raven senced what was happening. A jutsu that threw off the oponents balance! She wasn't sure if that was the original use of the jutsu, because it was a jounin they were facing. It was probably only small side effects. Raven did not stop to dwell on this. She launched her own attack. Her hands were a blur as they did the necissary hand symbols.

"Rekpuu no Jutsu!"

Raven was not a master of this jutsu, but she was no newborn at it either. A wind began to kick up, and she concentrated it on her Sensei. The wind began to get stronger, and thats what she was aiming for. If Kakani's jutsu had imbalanced him, then perhapse her winds could throw him offbalance even more. The real, mastered jutsu would form blades of wind to attack the enemy, but Raven was not anywhere near that level yet. Kakani and Raidon had not been effected by Kakani's jutsu, so they would be fine from the winds, and it should nit interfere with them at all. So, when Raidon launched his attack, her wind would not be a factor if it should fail. Raven also made sure that her conjured winds would not interfere with Kakani's hawk, either, for a bird could easily be blown off course by the wind.

Raven motioned to Raidon with her eyes. Her message was that they should rush the sensei together after he let off a 'distraction of his own. That is, if he had one. If he didn't they should concentrate their efforts on rushing the sensei. A thought came to her mind as she concentrated her winds.....Bonkotsu-Sensei was not fond of kids, and such emotions could get in the way of events such as these. He might lash out harder than he expected. Quietly, she murmered, "Be careful, guys..." Raven DID have a soft spot...but it wasn't like anyone would ever see it.

[Tomoko Kaida]

Rai blinked and tilted his head. The wolf... dog... canine thing was right. They had to act like it was a real mission. This meant no time to go plan. Rai swerved and caught the eye glance from Kakani. Say no more... he thought and rushed to his side. Rai pondered his first move, when Kakani suddenly began to attack using her flute. Interesting... he thought, and flicked his pallid eyes over to Raven. She herself was attacking. Hrm. Wind and imbalance. They had quite a shot.

They also had their own special jutsus. What did Raidon have? Nothing. Nothing but taijutsu, which was practically useless against a jounin. He, for lack of a better word, sucked at ninjutsu... there were only so many things Rai could do with handseals. You have to try anyway. Raidon was good at convincing, wasn't he? A smile broke out in his mind, though his expression remained as poker-faced as a good cheater in a round of poker he was winning. Raidon glanced at Kotsu and preformed the handseals of a replacement jutsu, faking it in an obvious manner. He leapt to the side then, and while doing so did a real replacement jutsu in a split second. From then on he remained in the trees.

Raidon's replacement made the shadow clone handseal while Raidon actually preformed it. Then, both the replacement and the clone reached into their pockets, pulling out a tiny but thick and heavy metal bar about four inches long. They tugged at the sides of them and out slid another foot or so of metal, capping the left end with just a plain metal cap from his pocket, but capping the right end with a metal cap with a knife-like blade attatched - a blade laced with light but still effective poison. As soon as they were done being assembled - which took around six to eight seconds - the imposter Raidon's rushed Kotsu, at which time...

Raidon leapt from his hiding position in the tree, aiming for Kotsu and pulling out the same four-inch metal bar and assembling it as he fell towards the jounin. The replacement Raidon disappeared as to save chakra, but the shadow clone remained. Rai's sickly pale yellow eyes glanced at Raven once, hoping she would pull her wind aside or atleast lighten it so Rai wouldn't be blown away by it - literally. His attention returned to where he was landing - or where he was supposed to anyway, aiming the metal bostaff-like weapon at Bonkotsu and tensing, prepared for anything to come.

[Inuzuka Bonkotsu]

Toukon braced himself as the genins started to perform their jutsus and attacks. A low growl rumbled through his throat as Kakani aimed one of her jutsus slightly towards him. "Damn kid!' He scraped his claws across the ground. Leaping aside and running across the field. He looked as if he was aimed to attack one of the kids, but diverted his attention. Leaping away from the genins and aiming to hide in the forest. He knew the jounin was far to smart to fall for attacks such as those. But he had to admit, those kids were starting to do swell, even as a team with no words. Toukon quickly in the bushes and watched from the side lines.

Kotsu was there, but not entirely. He was slightly impressed by the kids' efforts to touch him. A slight smirk fell among his hidden lips. Smart kids, but not smart enough. Just like any battle, you always had something up your sleeve. True he could have used his Sharingan to avoid all this and just fail the kids right then and there. That would save him alot of time. So much time, but it would be plain boring. Plus he depised using his Sharingan. Only true ninjas use your head, aswell as your skills that you were taught. He only used the sharingan when he absolutely needed it, which was rare.

Kakani had made distractions. Not as clever as he hoped the girl would have been. But he was prepared, because he wasn't entirely there anymore. A shadow clone or perhaps a replacement jutsu stood there. Eyes daring towards the bird, before shifting towards the current of the wind and inbalance jutsu. Fully aware of the boy charging at him with a knife-like object. The clone didn't move at all, but merely allowed himself to get hit but all the jutsus. Leaving trembous amount of open spots for ways to direct attack the kids. As soon as the clone was hit, it disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

The real sensei wasn't to far from that. With swift movements he leaped from his hiding spot, the smokes of the original clone. Completely dodging Raidon's weapon with a Kunai clanging against it. He twisted his body and attempted to show Raidon into the dirt. Quickly turning around, rushing at Raven, but then disappearing and appearing behind her. Performing hand signs, but slowly doing it before halting his actions. Directing his gaze to Kakani as he leaped towards her and stood straight in front of her. "Not bad Kakani. But you're gotta have to be smarter then that to touch even one thread of my body." With great speed, he leaped aside and crouched towards the ground, waiting for another attempt.