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[color=b9f6ca]Nekoyama Midori[/color][/h2][/center][hr]
For the most part, Midori had stayed in the back and avoided any major confrontations. As a medical-nin, she didn't belong on the front line, and without worry, she watched her team take out the enemy shinobi they came across. It wasn't until they came to the front of the compound that tension seemed to rise following an attack, and the appearance of what she could only assume was one of the Seven Mist's Swordsmen. However, if one wasn't enough to worry about, the arrival of a second had forced an exasperated groan out of the kunoichi. "[color=b9f6ca]Oh, come on![/color]" Beside her, Raiden had sunk into an alert crouch and hissed at the swordsman. Eyes narrowed and ears pinned back, his black fur bristled in alarm as he easily sensed the killer intent from the two kiri-nin.

Somersaulting back to avoid the first attack, the arrival of the third swordsman had easily thrown Midori off guard, just barely jumping out of the way as he swung the massive, spiked sword. As she landed a few feet back, her heart skipped a beat as she watched Ikaruga get flicked away by the assault. [color=b9f6ca][i]Holy shit![/i][/color] Her wide, golden eyes stared in concern and horror, fearful that she had just seen her own teammate get taken out on their first mission. Fortunately, she watched Ikaruga roll to his feet as blood dripped from his arm and into the water below them. “[color=D3D3D3]You guys probably don’t need me to tell you this, but avoid touching that thing at all costs![/color]”

Shifting her gaze from Ikaruga to the Samehada wielder, Midori felt her throat run dry. So far that was two amongst the group who were injured in some way, one of which was a jonin leader. If she were in any other situation Midori wouldn't have hesitated to tend to them, but surrounded by elite enemy shinobi, the medical-nin knew stopping to heal any of her team would just put them and herself in a compromising position. Instead, Midori swallowed her fear and took out a kunai before widening her own stance. If she couldn't support her team with her medical skills, she'd do her best to support them with her own strength and offensive tactics.

It was unwise to move without a strategy, but she didn't think it'd be all that easy to run away like Saborama had suggested. Not to mention none of her team, besides Ikaruga, were mid to long range fighters. Without shifting her gaze from the bearded shinobi, Midori called out to Hageshi in search for some guidance, "[color=b9f6ca]Sensei, what do we do?[/color]" It was either fight or flight, and with Captain Minaru already intercepting the enemy, Midori could already assume that the latter decision was no longer a choice.