[indent]   [/indent][hr][h3][color=lightsteelblue]Kazuhiko Taketori[/color][/h3][hr][sup][i]Afternoon ||  Land of Fire: Konohagakure — Mumi Village[/i][/sup][indent] [/indent]
Kazuhiko’s eyes widened when Koharu looped her arm through his, and his brain short-circuited, blank as he processed her smile. As such, he was unprepared for the tug that came, and he managed to just recover his balance as he was strewn along down the village path. 

[color=indianred]“The orchard first!”[/color] Natsuko said from Koharu’s other side, but Kazuhiko wasn’t focused on that right now. Rather, he was focused on why his heart was beating so fast and what that meant in relation to what had just happened. His teammates had been his teammates through thick and thin, through summers and winters, so what was so different now?

When Koharu retracted her hand, Kazuhiko summoned up enough sense to stuff the thought aside, nodding at her words. [color=lightsteelblue]“Mika said that Nusu usually visits at night, so he’s probably trying to avoid the villagers. He’s also focused on the garden, so we should check where that is too and see if we can figure out where he tends to come in from.”[/color]

[color=indianred]“Ooo good idea. Now, I’ll leave you two lovebirds be and check the perimeter. Feel free to try holding hands instead!”[/color] Natsuko said, waving at them with a grin as she ran towards the far side of the orchard. Her words caused Kazuhiko to widen his eyes, but he recovered more quickly this time, being used to Natsuko’s jabs.

[color=lightsteelblue]“Right, that should be the south wall, so you check the east and I’ll check the west?”[/color] he asked. 

At the first sign of agreement from the pale-haired girl, he was off for the wall. He needed a moment to sort through his thoughts. Just as he and Koharu trusted Natsuko to deliver joking jibes, Koharu and Natsuko trusted him to be able to deflect them. He was one of two pillars of strength in the team, and to keep doing what he did on the team he needed to not start thinking of things like how the crook of his arm was still somewhat warm.
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[color=lightsteelblue][u]     Keen Fist:          [/u][/color]
[indent]The Taketori style of Taijutsu that uses their Sensaigan’s nerve-cutting abilities to compound the damage done to struck areas. This style of fighting emulates the movements of staves and spears, aiding the Taketori in landing their Sensaigan techniques.[/indent]
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[color=lightsteelblue][u]     Lightning Release:          [/u][/color]
[list][*][color=#dbe4f0]Thunder[/color]: User creates small sparks of lightning that can hit multiple targets at once.
[*][color=#dbe4f0]Thunderbolt [Needs Practice][/color]: User creates arcs of lightning that can hit multiple targets at once.
[*][color=#dbe4f0]Lightning Strike [Needs Practice][/color]: User creates a strong arc of lightning that can hit multiple close targets or be extended to hit a faraway one. 
[*][color=#dbe4f0]Thundering Kunai[/color]: User channels their Lightning Release technique into a kunai, thus charging it. This technique can be used with different ninjutsus to create varying intensities of electricity inside the blade
[*][color=#dbe4f0]Lightning Clone Technique[/color]: User creates a tangible clone that is dispelled with very little damage and cannot perform jutsu. The clone will also dispel if enough time passes.[/list][indent][/indent][/hider]
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[h3]   [/h3][hr][h3][color=indianred]Natsuko Rinha[/color][/h3][hr][sup][i]Afternoon ||  Land of Fire: Konohagakure — Mumi Village[/i][/sup][indent] [/indent]
Sometime during their scouting trip around the village, the subject of boredom had come up, and one thing led to another until there here and now where the team had challenged their sensei to a game of tag. Though three-on-one was hardly far number-wise, considering that it was three genin against one over-qualified jonin, no genin had thought it unfair. The goal, then, was to keep their sensei from catching any of them, thus proving that their perimeter scout had not been for naught. One of a ninja’s greatest weapons was how they could wield their knowledge of the landscape around them—a lesson that Minoru had taught the three with a previous session of tag that the three had been utterly crushed by. 

Currently, she was hiding behind a tree, not daring to peek out at her laughing sensei. This was a game of taijutsu given that ninjutsu was off-limits and the team’s genjutsu skills were rather limited. So, looking at purely Taijutsu, Natsuko was… still last, but not by as big of a berth as she was with ninjutsu. That fact gave her some confidence as she tried to relax and slow down her heart and therefore the rate of her breathing. Step one was avoiding detection, and as hard as that would be, it was possible up to an extent.

With her heart rate stable, she shot a glance at Kazuhiko, who was positioned nearby on a higher limb. He gave her a nod, and she grinned. Unlike last time, the team had a plan for victory this time: Ambush. The tagger had an aura of invincibility due to their ability to tag, but this was a lie. Minoru was not invincible.

On Kazuhiko’s cue, she’d sign a breeze into existence, rustling some leaves and attracting Minoru’s attention. When he decided to investigate, walking over, he’d position himself in the ‘target area’ so that all three genin could jump him.

Now, whether or not the three could knock out a full-grown jonin man was debatable, but they were to prepare to whip out anything and everything they had up their sleeves. For now, they waited until Minoru made the first move.
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[color=indianred][u]     Wind Release:          [/u][/color]
[list][*][color=#df9797]Gale Palm[/color]: User increases the velocity or density of wind to form a powerful gale capable of knocking over a person.[/list]
[color=indianred][u]     Dark Release:          [/u][/color]
[list][*][color=#df9797]Kusunemasu [Weak][/color]: User absorbs chakra from others and uses it as their own. Possible through direct physical contact or from a distance with more concentration[/list]
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