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[color=mediumaquamarine][h3]Nori Hisakawa[/h3][/color][/center]
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It was going well enough. Loud explosions, lots of confusion, and little resistance. The mission was starting out great. Nori wasn't exactly enjoying himself, though. He had personally decided to stay towards the back of the assault, and keep an eye out for his comrades, who seemed to be thriving on rushing in blindly and cutting down any Confederate shinobi that was in their way. Which was, of course, their job, but some were thriving in it a little more than others, and thriving in combat meant sometimes missing sloppy seconds. He already had to take down three Confederate shinobi who thought they were going to be clever and strike from a blind spot of the group; two of them had been given ample gouges across the gut, and the one only one who wasn't stupid enough to let himself get struck down by his blade was now unconscious on the ground, doused with water and twitching in agony, still under the effects of his genjutsu.

[color=mediumaquamarine][i]"What a sad state to be in. These Confederate shinobi really should have seen this coming. I'm surprised we haven't been ambushed yet,"[/i][/color] he thought, keeping his eyes open. The Lady-Commander was fine; perhaps she rushed in a little early as a leader, but she was beyond capable, and he had seen several of his allies keeping to her defense. Others, however, were more content with cleaving into the enemy ranks. He noted one in particular, a rather flamboyant redhead, who was dancing around between shinobi, the men around him falling before realizing they had been killed.

And that's when he noticed the redhead was basking in his own glamour as someone off to the side--certainly not dressed as a shinobi--appeared to be preparing some sort of attack against him? He couldn't tell immediately, and it didn't matter. He changed course from the direction of the attack towards this grey-haired foe, making the appropriate handsigns. He'd shoot him down quick and move on. No way he'd see this coming. [color=mediumaquamarine][b]"Water Release: Water Bullet!"[/b][/color]