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The action started with what seemed like no hesitation by the other genin on the field. Fire flew in Team 5's direction brought on by the flames of Hoseki, but was dodged or countered by Ataru's teammates with ease. The young ninja was able to come out of the flames untouched, but a bit toasty. Lunging forward, he started on their offense, following behind Kushizu.

Taking notice of the two ninja's before them, his eyes scanned the field, counting the final member of Team 9 running off into the distance. Ataru and Kana were around the same height and carried almost the same build, so noticing someone who was oddly similar wasn't hard to notice.

[color=919DBB]"Kana has the flag,"[/color] Ataru said as he ran past Kushizu, gripping two kunai from his bag. [color=919DBB]"Cover me, I can try and get past Hoseki and Mizo!"[/color] It was strange that Ataru was taking initiative. It wasn't like him at all, but the thought floating in his head was that if their team were to finish this game as fast as possible and that meant that they would be able to have more free time before the exams started tomorrow. Making that extra amount of free time the real reward that the ninja wanted.

Crossing his fingers before him, still holding onto his kunai, Ataru signed a quick and easy shadow clone technique, continuing his sprint across the flower field. Knowing for a fact that he couldn't take on Hoseki or Mizo, he left them up to his teammates, hoping they would be able to cover him as he ran towards Kana's direction. Knowing he wasn't out of trouble, Ataru and his clone spat out another technique, something he knew he was fairly good at. [color=919DBB]"Lightning Blade: Projectile Cutter!"[/color]

Pivoting from running head on into the muscle of Team 9, Ataru and his clone both side-stepped to the right as they each threw out two electrically-charged kunai in their opponent's direction. As he pivoted onto his right foot and pushed off, his left foot slipped, causing him to ungracefully tumble down.

It was utterly embarrassing.

The fall felt like an eternity, but in reality it was a short few seconds as Ataru's clone quickly picked up the dirtied host. [color=919DBB]"Come on,"[/color] the clone said, patting Ataru's back. His face was flushed, but he had a flag to get. He just hoped that his fall wasn't noticed by anyone else.