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[h3][center][color=0099ff]Kasumi Mizuno[/color][/center][/h3]

Kasumi was just now catching her breath from the fight earlier as the jounin talked, but an explosion from underneath the jounin sent all of the shinobi reeling back. Thankfully, it didn't seem anyone was immediately hurt...but that was going to change. Very soon. The Swordsmen appeared, though they didn't talk long before they attacked. Kasumi recognized the swords - to a degree - but all she knew was that she had to [i]move[/i]. She felt as though the blade had been inches away from taking her life despite the fact that she was fairly fast. It just showed the strength and speed of the Swordsmen - and the fact that they were not to be trifled with. She wondered if the plant was important to them somehow, or if they were just here because they had seen the opportunity to do some killing.


A few of the other chunin and Minaru were able to do some damage to the swordsmen, both with a kunai and a spear, and even Minaru had destroyed one of the men's swords - part of it, anyway. It was extremely impressive, but Kasumi was no front line fighter to do such things.  She found herself cowering behind Kota, hands on his back as she tried to think of how they were all going to survive this. Even all of them were no match for the Swordsmen. They needed to get out of here, didn't they? Her teammate seemed confident enough, she only wished she could share such confidence. Despite the fact that she was a chunin, she had never encountered anyone like this. Their killing intent hung thick in the air, as thick as the mist itself. She doubted her chakra music would be of any use here. She couldn't think of any way she could manipulate her chakra easily or accurately enough with such power all around her that she wouldn't affect the swordsmen with her songs, too. So she was stuck, cowering behind a childhood friend. If she had the time, she would have hated how weak she looked, but there was no such time. 

Instead, she would await direction from the jounin and assist her teammates - however she could. She was not going to give up in the face of fear. If she had been planning to, she might as well have not moved from the sword strikes and ended it then. She just hoped she could be of some use. She knew that now was likely the time that she would end up using her offensive jutsu, but she would not do so unless directed to or when she knew the time was right. The animated daggers were fast and would be almost invisible to the naked eye in this mist - and any of the chunin or jounin would be able to manipulate them if they paid enough attention. She would keep the weapons close, though, so that the Swordsmen did not get any ideas about using her own jutsu against her...not that they needed to do such a thing. [color=0099ff]"Sensei..."[/color] She said, glancing to Sutemasu. She knew the question had already been asked or stated a few times, but it bore repeating due to the perilous situation. [color=0099ff]"What's the plan...?[/color]