The Naruto RPG

With mounted effort Recette fit her hand into the next crevice of the rock face, but much to her dismay some earth gave way and she slid a few feet down before she caught herself again. A rock climber she was not; not that she couldn't have gotten to the top of this mountain peak with ninjutsu or the right tools , but she thought it would look really cool to her students if they showed up and she just happened to be up at the precarious top of the mountainous training grounds that dotted Kumogakure. Much to her dismay, however; climbing a mountain was not as easy as she had remembered and now she struggled to keep up with her greater ambitions. Still she felt around for sturdy holes and slowly crawled up to the top of the mountain, before she turned to gaze upon what felt like the whole world.

The Horizon glistened with morning due and the radiance of the sun and while no details could be gained among the tree's, clouds, and waves of sea foam below, it wasn't an exaggeration to say that the entire kumogakure empire all the way to to the tips of konoha were here before her. It was a sight she never got bored of and one that promised she would abandon kumo her home.

_________________
Chat Legend/Key Pictures

Hyun made his way towards the training grounds on top of the mountain. He walked as his ego walked right next to him with his hands behind his head "So we finally become members of a squad, not that long ago we became genin time passes by quickly" his ego said looking around the streets of kumogakure. Hyun with his hands in his pockets stood quiet looking ahead, his ego looked at him as he giggled a bit "Man you really hate people dont you... you know your going to have to accept it now" he said as hyun turn to him "I careless about being in a squad but there's nothing I can do so regardless of that all I can do is go and meet up... this is the only way to become stronger at the moment" Hyun replied with as his ego nodded his head in agreement turning to look ahead also they both continue to talk for a few more streets.

"I hope the others are strong it would be a waist to get team up with wimps it will only bring us down" his ego said removing his hands from behind his head and crossing his arms. "If there weaklings we ignore them getting caught up with them will be a pain in the ass for real but if they are as strong as me or close to me is another story" Hyun said as they reach the mountain. They both looked up at the mountain as they seem someone climbing to the top, Hyun looked around the area to see if there was another path to get to the top will his ego continue to look "Wouldn't it be easier if they just used the surface walking technique than climb that's a waist of energy if you ask me" as he looked at hyun since he didnt respond. Hyun found a path to the top as he was already walking up his ego ran behind him You ass, you almost left me behind!" he said getting irritated. "No one told you to stand there and stare... why are you so upset if I get too far from you; you'll just appear next to me again your my ego after all we cant be disconnected" Hyun said as he continue to walk the mountain. After a few minutes of walking up a path that lead to the top they reached the training ground as someone was there, it was the one that was climbing the mountain. "Well time has come I guess we are the seconds one here" as hyun walked closer to the woman that stood looking at the village. I assume your the person we are supposed to meet up with? Hyun asked as he stood 5 meters in distance from her.

_________________

Recette took a deep breath and looked down from the beauty of the mountain top, only to hang her head in mock defeat as she saw the steep trail she could've used. It was then that the sounds of foot steps echo'd up the path and Recette waited with a big smile for them to reach her.
Words echo'd up the path as, she smiled and waited for the group to come up and yet, as they reached the top only one person came into view. She stood in response as they got closer confusion spread across her face for a moment, before she forced it back into her warm smile and the man who stood head and shoulders above her asked
We?, she thought for a moment before stood up straight and answered," Oh, are you Shun then? The file said you where tall" She wiggled a bit as her gaze looked him up and down before she threw out her arms for emphasis, " But you really are quite big aren't you." Suddenly she dropped her hands and apologized, "oh sorry, Yes; my name is Recette and I will be your mentor as you learn the ways of ninjutsu and ninja stuff. But before we do that stuff I was wondering." she rocked backwards a little bit out of nervousness before she continued, "did you come up here alone? It sounded like someone else came with you."

_________________
Chat Legend/Key Pictures

Makita was absolutely thrilled that she was finally being placed on a team. She could hardly believe it, especially with who was her sensei: it was none other than Recette, the woman she had had such a good time with the other day. It was almost an odd coincidence, but Makita had already learned so much from Recette and knew she was a good and patient and enthusiastic teacher. The crafter had asked to meet in an odd place, Makita thought, but it also made somewhat sense to her to be training on a mountain. Makita rather enjoyed the rock climbing it brought her anyway. She loved being outdoors and having to survive the elements. As she climbed up to the spot they were supposed to meet at and walked down the trail, Kenshin swooped overhead in lazy figure eights, ready to fly down at any second in case Makita needed him.

As she approached, she noticed one of her teammates was already at the meeting, along with Recette. He was a tall, forlorn-looking boy that Makita didn't recognize. She hoped he would be a good teammate, and was somewhat nervous but excited about meeting someone new that she would be working so closely with. Makita herself was dressed in normal gray shinobi pants and a kimono top that hung loosely, her chest covered in bandages. She had long brown hair that hung in a pony tail with large brown doe eyes and gold earrings. She waved to Recette as she approached, her smile wide. "Hey! I'm so glad you're my sensei. I'm ready to get started!" She, of course, waited until a break in the conversation with her new teammate and Recette. When she was caught up, she would turn to her new teammate and give him a wide, genuine smile. "My name is Makita Lyuun. It's nice to meet you."

_________________

Hyun stood still as he noticed that he said we instead of me but he tried to quickly fix it "We as in the squad i know I'm the only one here but i was just saying" he said thinking to himself he got outta it well. But she responded with his height, Hyun is use to being recognized by his height a tall genin it was normal to him but something she said made him look at her oddly "Shun? Who the hell is that?" his ego said looking around the area "Its Satetsu, Hyun not Shun" Hyun said cputting his hands inside of his pockets as she introduced her self as Recette but she had a question for him that took him by suprise. She asked him if he was with someone else Hyun looked at her as if he was in trouble as he began to drift his eyes away from hers and look around the area thinking to himself "Didnt think she could hear me from up here I should stop talking outloud" as his ego looked at him giggling to himself "Hahahaha, well dont you look stupid" His ego said as Hyun glared at him giving him the "Ima kill you look" but he heard some foot steps behind him as he heard a voice of a girl that already meet there knew sensei he continue to look around until she spoke up again talking to him, introducing her self as Makita Lyuun.

Hyun turn his head with a normal look in his face until his eyes meets hers and then turn his head back again as he turn a bit red and his heart began to pound "Wow she's really pretty dude" His ego said walking towards her and checking her out. "Satetsu Hyun, nice to meet you too I guess" Hyun said not turning to look at her. He
instead walk to the edge of the cliff and looked at the view from where he was as he took in the beauty of it all "No wonder we meet her is actually pretty great view" He said I a low tone voice. Hyun turned back to Recette and Makita "So I guess we wait for the last member to arrive?" he asked.

_________________

Yuko closed his eyes and let a lazy breeze ruffle his hair as he climbed the steep mountainside. Is there a trail around here, or is it just sheer cliff? I suppose it's too late to turn back now in any case. His stomach growled, and he winced. Yuko had woken up late, and skipped breakfast as a result. His katana was at his side, noisily clacking against his side as he made swift and steady progress. As he looked up from his spot on the cliff face, he could faintly make out a hawk tracing lazy figures through the air as it glid. I wish this place was more accessible, it seems peaceful. Wouldn't mind taking a few naps up here. I suppose everything's changing though. I just became a genin, and now I'm assigned to a team with... responsibilities and missions and stuff. Being a hawk seems pretty good right now. Realizing that he was beginning to zone out, Yuko shook his head and heaved himself up the over the ledge and onto his back, finally on flat ground again. Looking up, he saw that he was at the feet of a tall fellow, one that he had previously met. Yuko nervously adjusted his gloves as he hopped to his feet. At least he knew someone on his team.

"Hyun? Are you also on this team? I guess that means I found the right spot." Yuko said with a sigh of relief.

He looked the other two over, and was surprised to see that one of the girls was shorter than himself. How young do they let kids graduate, I wonder? Did I graduate late? She must be some sort of prodigy. The girl with the brown hair was taller than him. She seemed a bit older than the former, but not necessarily the leader. He smiled and mentally prepared himself for an introduction.

"Oh, I suppose I haven't introduced myself. I'm Yuko Murayama. Pleased to meet you all."

_________________

As she had begun her introduction Recette noticed Makhita walk up from the mountain path. She had looked like she wanted to intervene, but she had apparently decided to wait to interject; so Recette waited patiently as Hyun responded despite the excitement building within her. At his shy response Recette blanched backwards when she realized she got Hyun's name wrong, before she quickly swung herself forwards and apologized in one run on sentence, " Iamsosorry Hyun I will remember next time!" After she apologized she bounced around Hyun as he turned to greet Makhita, but just as she had been about to greet the girl Makhita beat her to the punch.
Recette responded to her wave with a beaming smile, "Welcome to the training grounds, I can't wait to begin", before another sound caught her attention. It was the sound of another person who climbed up the mountain, who soon after he reached the top seemed to collapse. He quickly got up again, but having just completed the climb Recette knew how brutal it was and walked up to offer the boy a bottle of water after he gave his greeting. She held the bottle out towards him and spoke, " welcome to the team Yuko my name is Recette and I hope I can help you become the best you can be!" After he either accepted or rejected the bottle she stepped out onto the center of the Plateau.

Once at the center she spoke to her three students in a faux serious voice that sounded more convincing in her head then aloud, " Welcome to the mountain training ground Everybody. One of the other jounin reminded me the other day that before we can take missions and train together I should know what you are each capable of." She proceeded to grab her left elbow with her right arm and lift her left hand up to bob up and down as she spoke, "Now they all recommended some kind of training match where we all mock battle, so i can see your abilities first hand, but I don't really wanna be ganged up on. So i came up with alternatives." she stood up straighter before she spoke with a slight dejection, "not that we can't all fight if that's what you all want. Still" she perked up, "my other ideas where, 1." She lifted a single finger, then two fingers and so forth as she talked, " a race down the mountain and then back up to the Kumogakure gates. The rope bridges make getting here from kumo quite easy, but it is an all day trip without them, so a race could be a good way of evaluating your abilities, 2. population control. This training grounds is covered in mountain lions and it is standard practice to reduce the population, so that they don't become a problem for the local caravans. This mission isn't official yet, but it would still be a public service to help and should be something we can all accomplish together, or 3. A talent show. Each of you put's forth all the tricks you learned at the academy and show me how far you can push your abilities to perform the ultimate ninja tricks combining jutsu, physical endurance, and possibly even team work if you can summon up a companion." She finished showing all of the a big smile, as she waited for their opinion on the matter.

_________________
Chat Legend/Key Pictures

Makita furrowed her eyebrows in a slightly confused expression at the boy's response. He introduced himself, sure, but he also seemed a little off put, nay even rude. Makita would shrug it off quickly and smile warmly at him. Surely he was just shy. After all, it wasn't every day you got put on a team. Meeting a bunch of strangers who were going to be your teammates for life... it was definitely daunting. Makita became more nervous the more she sat and thought about it, but to her luck their third teammate finally arrived. He introduced himself and Makita gave a small bow and a smile back. "I'm Makita Lyunn. It's nice to meet you."

With that Recette started her speech. It was pretty much what Makita expected until she got to the part about what they were going to be doing. Those were all interesting out of the box ideas she had never thought of, but then again, in her experience Recette was an interesting out of the box person. Makita really liked the idea of the first two, but a talent show sort of made her nervous. She wasn't really sure what a good talent might be. "Oooh, I like the sound of those! Though I don't really want to kill anything for no good reason..." a hunter she was but an ethical hunter she was also, if you catch my drift. She put her thumb to her chin in a thinking position for a moment. "I think the race sounds really cool, or a spar, but I'm down for whatever!"

_________________

Hyun looked at the person that was making his way towards them. He looked familiar, very familiar to hyun, as once he got close enough hyun face became blank almost as if he didnt know what to say. But before he could say something Yuko noticed him as well and remembered him. "Well well well looks like you two are just destined to be with each other" His ego said as he looked at Hyun. Hyun gave his ego a look of "I swear to god ima murder you tonight" as his ego smiled and began to rubbed the back of his head as a sweat came down his forehead. Hyun looked at Yuko before Recette spoke up, "Yuko been a while since we last spar... hope you got stronger since then" Hyun said looking at him with a intense look in his eyes as he reached for his arm where his scar was from the spar with Yuko two weeks ago.

Recette began to speak in a serious manner for them to pay attention to what she had to say. Hyun's ego crossed his arms as he leaned on Hyuns shoulder as Hyun just stood there with his arms in his pocket. As Recette continue talking his ego began to talk to Hyun "A test of abilities I see a Race I can kinda see what the race will demonstrate stamina, speed and, techniques... a Population control that's knew so well be hunting lions I dont see how difficult this would be but who knows maybe this will help, Talent Show? I guess that's something isn't easier if we just fight her one by one if she doesn't want us to fight her all at once then? Hyun listen to both of them as he thought to himself a bit before trying to say something but before he could Makita spoke up having her own response to Recettes words. Hyun noticed that even Makita was down for a spar, "I dont really care what we end up doing, I'll show you what I'm capable of regardless of the activity" Hyun said seriously with a serious face.

_________________

Yuko’s eyes lit up as he accepted the water bottle. The climb had been tough, and he had forgotten the basic supplies one would normally prepare for such an excursion. He happily drained most of the bottle in a single motion, spilling a couple of cold drops onto his chin. Water always seemed to taste better when he was parched, and when the sun was so strong. He smiled and nodded earnestly when Hyun asked if he had gotten stronger. After all, it was far too early to stop improving. Yuko’s attention was grabbed once again by Recette as she addressed them as their team leader. Yuko glanced over his shoulder down the mountainside at the mention of a race. He was more of a marathon runner than a sprinter, or so he told himself. Curbing the growing lion population seemed a good place to start. Large increases in predator numbers can cause drastic changes in any ecosystem, and that's before their numbers grow too large to sustain themselves. However... Makita seems hesitant to engage in that sort of extermination. Hard to blame her. I suppose it would seem to most a cruelty to slaughter animals for such a reason as that. Yuko placed his left hand on his hip and rubbed his hair with his right. How could he best show his abilities while also getting a feel for his new team members?

"I suppose getting to know each other's abilities would be a good way to start, either sparring or just a showcase. We could gauge where we're at."

Then Yuko had an idea. He smiled a fox's smile, and turned his face back towards Recette.

"If we do decide on the showcase, maybe you could show us something first. You know, to give us an example?"

_________________

Recette watched as the three seemed to think on her ideas. Makhita seemed to share her energy, Yuko for the most part had been catching his breath, and Hyun seemed reserved about the whole thing.
"Okay..." she began as she went over everything that happened. Her eyes squinted and a hand on her chin.

none of them seemed keen on the lion hunt. That was fine by her though. The lion hunt wasn't supposed to be attractive, but was a stress test. After all most genin have never actually killed before and everyone freezes up their first time, so she thought if she could get that over with before they began missions then they would already have a leg up over the other groups.

By comparison the race was Makhita's preferred choice, although the other two seemed less than interested. In her mind the race was supposed to be a contest that pit each of the three against each other. A contest of athletic ability and adaptability. Of course without a direct contest skill would be harder to measure, but between the wild life, the winding trails, and each other, she was sure to have a decent measure of the three. Plus she could reward the winner with something cool, but the other two seemed too remain neutral.

As for the contest they each seemed to react differently, but Yuko was interested in an example. She definitely could perform for the show case and was even a little excited she was asked to participate, but Makhita seemed a bit nervous at the mention of a talent show, not that she voiced it. The purpose of the talent show was to see how creative they could get with what they knew. It would reveal what they thought was their best and most important talents.

Finally a spar. It wasn't her favorite option, but both makhita and Yuko suggested it meaning they both wanted to do it. She saw the benefits of course a spar is a strong measure of skill and is a good measure of where they are at, but she didn't really want to hit her cute students with a hammer.

She finally released a deep sigh, "I've decided. First..." she raised up one hand above her head before she revealed a single finger. She then lifted another finger for emphasis as she discussed each point of the plan, " we will spar. You all seem interested in showing off your abilities in combat, then we will have a lunch where i will give you an example of a performance. After lunch we will have a race down and up the mountain, and finally at sunset you will each give a performance and the winner of each contest will get a prize. What do you think!?"

_________________
Chat Legend/Key Pictures

Makita listened and watched as everyone around her deliberated. She took the time to observe her new teammates a little more closely. Hyun apparently knew Yuko from before, which Makita felt gave her a bit of a disadvantage. Though at the same time, they seemed to be more rivals than friends. When Hyun was deliberating it almost looked as if he was discussing something with himself in his head. He stated he didn't care what they did. Yuko looked thoughtful while coming up with something, and had a more positive response and outlook. Recette herself seemed a bit confused what to do with their answers at first, but in classic Recette fashion as Makita was learning, she figured something unique out quickly. They were to start with a spar and move on to the other activities.

Makita smiled, looking up to Kenshin and giving him a wink. Her hands were itching to get on her bow and maybe use some ninjutsu she had been studying. She hadn't used them in real life, but this would be a good time to give some stuff a try. She turned too Recette. "I'm so ready. What would a spar look like?"

_________________

Hyun looked at Recette as she figured out at what they were planning to do. It came down to a spar to start of the day then a lunch break to regain strength then a race up and down the mountain. And then last but not least a performance, with a prize to the winner, Hyun crossed his arms as he thought for a second "hhmm, I wonder what that last part would be a performance of what exactly?" Hyun said in his head as his ego looked at him "Its probably the talent show she said earlier that what she meant by performance" His ego said as Hyun looked at him nodding his head in agreement.

At this point Makita spoke up, looking excited for the spar. But something she said made Hyun think for a bit "So hows the sparing doing to be going down anyways? Will it be all three of us against you or are we doing this in turns?" Hyun spoke up asking Recette as he looked at her. He wonder a bit as he turn his head towards Yuko as he stared at him "If this is a team base activity, you better not get in my way." Hyun said to him with a serious face expression as he turn to Recette. His ego looked around the area as he walked towards a tree and sat leaning on it "Welp brotha! I'll take a quick nap while you do sparing" his ego said to Hyun as he ignored him, waiting for Recette to tell them when to start and answer his question.

_________________

Yuko swallowed hard. It looked like they were starting out with a sparring match. He grabbed his left arm with his right to stop its shaking. Cool it, Yuko. This is what we do. Yuko grinned despite himself at Hyun’s remark. “I hear you loud and clear. Just don’t expect me to save you if you get in trouble.” Yuko couldn’t keep a small waver out of his voice even as he joked. Thinking about it, looking out for his teammates seemed like a good way to improve their odds, both in this match and on missions. And with his Mind’s Eye...

Yuko blinked, and moulded chakra in and about his eyes. The rush of senses at it’s activation always threw Yuko a tad of guard. Breathing in, Yuko glanced at his teammates, and noted their impressive-yet-not-overwhelming chakra levels. Hyun must be getting stronger as well. He may not need any help in the spar. I don’t know what Makita is capable of yet, but her eager demeanor speaks volumes. That just leaves sensei... Breathing out, he turned his attention to Recette, and his eyes widened. Th-this chakra is absurd... she’s no joke. Reorienting himself, Yuko addressed Recette.

“I’m ready when you are, Sensei!”
-
Technique(s) used: Mind’s Eye of the Kagura (-13)
SP: 37/50

_________________

The girl took a moment to listen to her students, Makhita for her part asked her for details. Yuko for his part acted tough, but seemed nervous for some reason; though she might have just been over thinking it. Hyun on the other hand seemed stiff as stone much to her dismay.
Makhita's questions seemed to catch her off guard, but made sense to her in retrospect and she not having an answer she made something up.
I mean how could one of them win, if they don't know the rules. But I didn't even really plan to a spar in the first place.
"Alright" she declared, "first I will use these", and she spun around tossing scrolls all around the platou, before they exploded and five small potato sack puppets with candy hands, pumpkin heads, and large hammers exploded outwards. She then lifted one of her hands and chakra threads flew out attached to each one, before she pulled them back to form a straight line, while she spoke.
"rules are simple if you damage a puppet you get 10 points, If you destroy a puppet you get 100 points, If you hit me, you get 150 points, and if you manage to corner me then you get 1000 points. If you work together then i will divide the points based on who did what!" finally she forced the three middle puppets into a spear formation 5 meters from her students, and exclaimed, "I am ready when you are."

techniques used chakra threads. Shadow clone (in a different topic) before i came to the mountain.
73/100 stamina
clone meditating at the shop
100/100

_________________
Chat Legend/Key Pictures

Hyun watched as Recette tossed up some scrolls into the air as they felt to the ground creating a smoke cloud which summoned puppets. There appearance were childish but Hyun didnt really care much of how they looked he noticed they carried hammers so they used weapons. "Well, well this looks like the fun is about to start, I'll be here have fun." His ego said moving towards a few tress that stood around the area, as he crossed his arms as watched as Recette began to explain to everyone how the combat aspect was going down. Hyun thought for a second "so a point system, she gave herself the most points which make sense; she would be the hardest to land a hit on her and the only way to corner is threw all three of use teaming up and taking her down." Hyun looked at the puppets say they took formations clearly being the shields to protect her.

Hyun smirked as he reached for one of his Katana's, he proceeded to take out his white, and gold strap katana as he unsheathed it. The black and glowing silver shined as the sun reflected from it, Hyun decided to take a stance himself as he held the handle of the blade with both hands as he lower his arms to his waist, the katana pointing up towards his face a few inches away. Hes legs stretch apart and folded as his back leaned a bit forward. Hyun was ready to attack as his form was ready to strike, he thought if they would attack first or was it there move first. But as the thought came it left, Hyun dashed at the first puppet that stood directly in front of him and was the tip of the spear. Once he reached the first puppet he would unleash a vertical slash aiming for the arms to disarm the puppet, but that wasnt all once he slash would be unleash he would spin bringing his sword down upon the head of the puppet hoping to slash right threw it. If the moved were counter or dodged he would jump back give himself some space and regroup himself.

Hyun slammed his katana into the ground as he began to perform several handseals [Tiger | Hare | Boar] as he then presided to slam his hands into the ground as the earth and rocks under him begins to get soft and muddy then it began to lift itself up spinning turning into a torrent of muds that move around the battlefield throwing mud every where it moved.

_________________

A point system? This might be more complicated than I thought. It doesn't matter who is standing at the end, only who contributed the most on the offensive. Is my ijutsu at a disadvantage here? Moreover, this point system seems to be discouraging teamwork. Is this a test of cooperation, or just an evaluation of skill? I don't know if it would be better to work together or just try to rack up points on my own. In any case, I suppose I could look out for my teammates at the least.

Yuko considered the things standing before him. They looked rather goofy, but his gut told him to stay on his toes. Besides, those hammers probably aren't for show. What are they? Summons? No, I can see the chakra threads, so these must be puppets. In any case, they're standing between me and the jackpot. While Yuko was thinking, Hyun was already getting started, his blade in hand. Not to be outdone, Yuko grabbed his own tantō and began to sprint in a semi-circle around the puppets towards Recette, attempting to take advantage of Hyun's distraction. If unobstructed, Yuko would stab at Recette's midsection in a flurry of thrusts, continuing to focus on her chakra fluctuations with his sensory technique.

_________________

Training grounds, there was just something about them that seemed to draw in shinobi like flies to honey. It was because of this allure that Sara made her way to one of the training areas. Lucky for her this one was occupied! Good, good! She thought as she sped toward the faint figures she saw in the distance.

The air on the mountain top training ground was much thinner than the usual areas. It was great for conditioning and second only to the Raikage's personal training ground in terms of view. One could see for miles down the slopes of the mountain so she wouldn't be entirely surprised if any of the figures noticed her as she raced toward them. She didn't mind being noticed, in fact she quite liked the idea of it in fact. It'd be no fun if she snuck up on them. She covered the distance in heroic speeds and ended her dashing some fifty meters from the group. Leveling a finger at two of the participants, Sara flashed a coy grin.

"Hi."

_________________

Just as the spar was to begin in earnest, Makhita's bird came down from above, and delivered the girl a message. From Recette's perspective it had looked like some kind of emergency so, when Makhita quickly departed, she simply nodded at the two and returned to her spar.

Hyun was the first to move. He was fast as he streaked forth towards the spear of the puppets. It in turn danced back and forth with exaggerated movements as it's arm wiggled up and down it's head flipped back and forth wiggling about in anticipation for his arrival. Hyun's sword flashed, and Recette pulled her pinkie back which caused the once wiggly puppet to perform a counter rotational spin, as it built up momentum and smashed it's hammer into his sword. the force of the clash caused the puppet to seemingly bounce against the ground before it as it flew three meters up into the air. As its body rose in the air it turned unnaturally around the second slash aimed at its head only for its foot to get clipped in the clash. Hyun then quickly retreated in response.

Ten points recette thought to herself, before she began her counter. Unfortunately for hyun a second puppet retreated with him, as recette pushed her pinkie and her middle finger forward. The first flew forward pushed by it's puppet-ed strings as it spun towards him attempting to slam it's hammer int his head. the second one spun forth past him and then it swung it's hammer at his knees from behind.

Recette for her part watched as Hyun started smashing out a few handseals and she at the last moment dodged to the left of hyun's mud slide, and put a river of mud between her and Yuko.

Yuko for his part seemed to want to avoid the puppets entirely, but she wasn't as keen on that idea, and she flicked her middle finger, (Making sure her other two finger's where out at the time) towards him as a puppet seemed to fly forward against it's own will hammer first as it tried to slam it's hammer into his chest like a spear.

It was then that a tall blue haired girl came into view from up the hills racing up the mountain at her trademarked speed. "Sarah" Recette yelled out, shooting her a finger gun with her off hand before lifting it in a full care free wave; though with her other hand the puppet's continued to move, not giving her students a window to slacken their guard. "What dragged you out of school", she asked her face brimming with a warm energized smile.

Against hyun
puppet use epic
reflexes average
(average + epic)/2 = masterful > proficient +3 advantages
Against yuko
puppet use masterful
Reflexes average
(average+masterful)/2 = proficient

_________________
Chat Legend/Key Pictures

Hyun earth flow river technique was avoided and it seemed that it made thing even more difficult to handle as it blocked Yuko from getting close to Recette. He seemed annoyed by that but he tried to make a come up with a quick strategy and see if something could come up so he could counter attack her. Hyun distracted a bit by his thought was caught of gaurd by the puppets as his ego warmed him about there presence, Hyun grabbed his katana and that was next to him and blocked the lower sweeped from one of the puppets but he didn't get to see the one was came up in front of him as he was going to fast for Hyun to react. He tried to jump back to counter but it was to no avail, the hammer smacked him In his chest sending him flying like a rag.

Hyuns ego watched as Hyun got pump slap by a puppet then he looked back at Hyun for a brief moment and began to roll on the floor of laughter as he holds his stomach and punching the floor. Hyun slowly gets up as his chest hurts a lot but not enough to take him out yet, Hyun turns to his ego as he glares at him and his ego looks back at Hyun as laughs harder so much that he spits out saliva the moment they both look at each other. Hyun ignores him as he looked back at both Recette and Yuko as he begins to think again and something does come up but he stays back for a moment to see what Yuko ends up doing.

Recette decided to look towards the trees and she mentioned someone's name Hyun follows her gaze as he two sees a woman. He didn't even knew she was there, he wonder how long she's been there as he looks back at Recette and sees her distracted he decides to take advantage of the situation. He began to perform handseals [Tiger | Ox | Monkey | Snake] as he begins to gathers iron sand from the environment as small grains of iron sand begins flowing upwards until they are formed into sharp senbon. After a few Hyun had created enough to surround the battlefield in them, "I hope you can dodge this" Hyun said as he had his hand raised and lowered it down as the shower of iron needles began to fall.

_________________

Yuko skidded to a complete stop as a tidal wave of mud rushed passed him. His direct route to Recette temporarily blocked, he frowned in frustration. He sharply turned his head towards Hyun, noticing that he already managed to land a hit on a puppet. "Maybe just stick to your swords!" Yuko said, sticking his tongue out. The last thing he needed was to be blindsided by his own team mate. With Yuko's sensory still honed in on Recette's chakra, he noticed a chakra thread quickly approaching. It seemed one of the pumpkin heads took an interest in him, an interest that was not reciprocated. It lunged most unnaturally towards Yuko, apparently attempting to skewer him with its completely blunt hammer. Yuko quickly decided that he did not fancy the idea of parrying a gigantic hammer with his tanto. Making up his mind, Yuko readied himself, determined to get the timing just right.

Yuko crouched low, then sprang like a frog at the last moment, leaping over the puppet and landing behind it. As he rapidly descended, he pulled out an explosive tag and attempted to slap it onto the back of the puppet, detonating it once it was further away. Yuko would then create some distance, attempting to stay out of the way of Hyun's next attack as he weaved the hand signs for his own technique. A bead of sweat appeared on Yuko's temple at the effort in using more chakra. Five small motes of lightning natured chakra would form, slowly circling Yuko's head like a crown, before shooting off. Each mote would fire at high speeds, four of them targeting a puppet a piece, with the last one aimed at Recette.

Noticing the commotion, Yuko couldn't help but look towards the target of Recette's finger gun. A woman was watching, pointing a finger at him. Yuko tensed involuntarily. She was smiling, though he felt nonetheless threatened by the gesture. Another shinobi? Or just a passerby? He waved quickly in greeting, before turned his back once more to her, to attempt to refocus on the spar. He did, however, focus his [Mind's Eye] onto the stranger to calm his unease. I suppose with chakra like that, she has to be a shinobi. A spectator... exactly what I needed.

_________________

What luck! It appeared as if she had stumbled upon one of those training sessions sensei's did with their students. Being a teacher didn't allow her this king of one-to-one time with her wards and she couldn't help but feel just the slightest bit envious. Recette mimicked her finger gesture eliciting a small giggle from the woman as she bounded ever closer, watching the scene in front of her with all the joy of a moviegoer.

"Oh you know. It's a day off and I can't be bothered to stay at home doing nothing. I just can't stand standing still, I'm sure you can understand." She couldn't help but notice a wave in her direction from one of Recette's assumed students. She reciprocated the wave with one of her own and a small wink of encouragement. "Hope I'm not interrupting anything important but I was wondering if I could play too? I don't mind whose team I'm on but I would prefer the one with the cute kiddos!" She flashed Recette a knowing smile, one that almost screamed "unless you'd rather be my partner?"

_________________

Sara giggled at her response, but unfortunately she hadn't the time to respond. She purposefully didn't stop the spar after all, as she had wondered how focused her new students where.

Very as it turned out, as she refocused on the battle field. Yuko for his part seemed to try to to out maneuver his puppet. He performed an excellent hand spring using the puppet as a base, something she may have been able to counter; but the explosive tag he was holding peaked her interest. Privately she had even wondered if it was one that she had made, but as he placed it; she pulled her middle finger back and the puppet suddenly rotated 180 degrees and met his tag with it's hammer.

Hyun for his part managed to get back up, while she was distracted. He'd made some distance while she wasn't looking and had immediately begun trying a different tactic, as he began his first hand seal. He's quite strong. Recette thought as she watched the foreign technique, before shooting out her ring and pinkie finger, causing the two puppets behind her to spin forth towards his legs, like rotating hammer tops. She then unsure what the technique could be dove off the left most edge of the plateau. Careening off the mountain, towards the forested region below she focused her chakra first into her hands and then into her feet to keep from sliding down the mountain, as she attempted to break line of sight before Hyun could finish his technique. Unable to see her opponents any longer, she then pulled all but the two puppets on hyun up into the air above the arena and, back into her sight leaving the fire tag'd hammer behind, and after a few moments whether the technique was continued, aborted, or interrupted by the two spinning pumpkins she would emerge from the side of the cliff and declare a, "truce" as Sara arrived.
As Sara gave her proposition, Recette's heart pounded in her chest. Not only did she not prepare the proper tools to fight someone as talented as Sara, this match was about testing her genin's potential and how willing they where to work together. Something that would be admittedly harder for the two of them with the loss of Makita. As she thought about the proposition she could feel a drop of sweat build on her brow as her she found her hands very interesting. She could always ask her to team up, but she didn't want to discourage her genin either, which meant she would have to bite the bullet.

She felt the nature chakra well within her meaning her clone had indeed been meditating in between helping her customers, but to activate said ability she would have to meditate herself; something she had wanted to avoid. Recette gulped in air, as she reaffirmed what she was about to do.
"Okay sara, you can play too.", she voiced in a teaching voice that sounded more like she was making fun of one of her old teachers rather than trying to be one herself. "But if you are gonna team up with them, I have two rules. 1.", she spoke as she threw out a finger," you don't get any points, so if either of them team up with you they get all the points, and two I get to rest up before we begin again!"
She then sat down at the center of the Plateau and began thinking about different desserts, as she cleared her mind.

_________________
Chat Legend/Key Pictures

Hyun watched as Recette ran away from the area sending her puppets into attack mode. He finished performing his hand seals as Recette was no longer in site, the iron sand that formed above him began to rain down around him making a wall of rain for anything that would come at him this included the puppets. Now with the iron sand protecting him the puppet wouldn't attack as if they did they would be destroyed, but as quickly as they moved towards him they moved back as they backed off then Recette emerged from the edge of the cliff lifting herself up and calling a draw momentarily. Hyun looked at her as he crossed his arms and looking away almost annoyed at the sudden pause he was just getting ready, but things arent always the way there meant to be. Hyun walked towards his ego as he lean next to him by the tree that his ego was leaning on, he watched as both Recette and the stranger conversation continue.

"That fo you think there talking about? Will she be your new sparting partner?" his ego said as he scratched his head. Hyun looked at him as he raised his shoulder not truly knowing himself or caring for that reason, this would help him catch his breath a bit and restore some chakra a break was not what he had in mind but he couldnt complain. Hyun looked at Yuko for a brief moment as he began to think of something in his head, while both Recette and the other lady spoke Hyun began to plan a strategy for the second round. "Yuko! .... I have something to tell you" Hyun said with a serious expression as he waved at him to come towards him. As he waited for Yuko to make his way towards him he began to think a bit more of his plan.

_________________

Invoking the skip rules

As Recette meditated on sweet foods and other delicious foods, slight red lines, excentuated by a blue outline to them began to subtly grow across her body making an almost fuuinjutsuesque pattern until they reached from the tip of her fingers to a vortex pattern on her face culminating in her nose, the tip of which glowed in a soft red, as her face then took on hardened mask like features, as though she was wearing a nano meter thick mask of her own natural face. She then looked around with her new sensory abilities and noticing the feel of her students chakra for the first time, before quickly recognizing the fact that the Sara that had met with them was in fact just a clone, with very little chakra, and then her concentration broke and it all fluttered out.

"Wait, you where just a clone?" Recette mumbled before all her chakra left her. "you should have let me know before I did all that!", she exclaimed as she walked back to her starting battle spot and recovered her five puppets. "You can fight with my students" she spoke giving Sara a nod before she moved on to her students. "So shall we pick this back up or move onto something else?"

every things the same.

wanting to get out of topic hell I am gonna post every 8 days if no one else does. I leave the rest to you.

_________________
Chat Legend/Key Pictures