[table][row][cell][color=#C04848]Location: Heading towards the base/Clone with Hideo.[/color][/cell][cell] [color=#C04848]Mizuraki Senju[/color][/cell][/row][row][cell][center]
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[/center][/cell][cell]Mizuraki’s mind was focused. There were nagging concerns at the back of her mind about what might happen to the genin or the possibilities of the plan going horribly awry. But for the most part she managed to stifle these thoughts and guided Katsuyu to where they needed to be. She was also keeping tabs on her clone that she had sent with Hideo...It may have been foolish to multi-task in such a fashion but she absolutely refused to have faith in Hideo, he had proven himself unworthy of such faith. The Jounin continued to receive information from her clone. Ichika’s shouting had caused her to stop concentrating on the link however...The enemy had finally noticed them. The invasion had officially begun. 

The great slug lifted her face while the egg-like boulder began to plummet towards them. “[color=#3B8686]Mistress! We’ve been spotted![/color]” The great slug called out in case her summoner hadn’t already noticed. The slug began to build up acid inside of her own mouth and was ready to launch it towards the rocks in an effort to dissolve IT completely, but there was no longer a need. A massive sheet of sand suddenly engulfed the area above them all which threw Mizuraki AND Katsuyu into a state of confusion. 

The Jounin looked over her shoulder to see that Tomoyuki was the one who had summoned the mass of sand that now shielded them from the boulder. So that was what the Jinchuuriki of the one-tail was capable of.  She had heard of what he could do, at least to a degree, but to actually see it first-hand? Mizuraki couldn’t help the genuine smile that appeared on her face. “[color=#C04848]Good work, Tomoyuki. Now lets-[/color]” She was about to turn her attention back towards the matter at hand, only for the impact of the boulder to cut her off. Said impact caused the Jinchuuriki to be launched off of Katsuyu’s back and towards the murky depths below. Time slowed to a crawl while she saw him plummet towards the water. Her eyes wide and her face frozen in abject horror at what she was seeing. Her worst fear had come to pass, it was happening again! She was going to lose someone again!!! Her heart rose up inside of her stomach, until it was all the way in her throat. No no no no no! 

The flashes of the battlefield, the flashes of every man, woman and child that she failed to save all played before her. A horror show from which there was no escape. Her body began to move on its own, she wasn’t going to let this happen again! She’d rather die herself than live through another failure, another life cut down in its prime, she REFUSED to allow it to happen again!

The Slug stopped in her tracks as she felt Mizuraki began to take off. “[color=#3B8686]Mistress Mizuraki wait![/color]” she tried to call out to her summoner, they needed her here, if anything was to happen to Mizuraki than Katsuyu would disperse and that meant many more would die, not to mention what would happen when the enemies found them.  It broke Katsuyu’s heart to try and stop Mizuraki, she understood her pain all too well but there was too much at stake. “[color=#3B8686]Please listen to me![/color]”

Everything around the Jounin was just white noise, the only thing she saw was Tomoyuki falling into the cruel waters below and how she needed to hurry up in order to save him, however as she was about to leap off of the Great Slug’s back, she saw something that genuinely shocked her...Ichika jumping off of Katsuyu and heading in after Tomoyuki herself.  “[color=#C04848]Wha-[/color]” The Jounin turned once again and saw two of Ichika. She must’ve used her shadow clones. Suddenly the shout from Ichika managed to pull her out of her trance. Mizuraki shook her head and began to head back towards the rest of the ninja. “[color=#C04848]If you come back without Tomoyuki. I’m going in myself.[/color]” she said sternly. The clones of Ichika then positioned themselves and Ichika took towards the cliff-face to face their assailant head on, but not before tossing her kunai towards her. Mizuraki caught it with ease and looked down upon it before nodding in recognition. She gripped the ninja tool tightly in her hand while the other clone dispersed. “[color=#C04848]And you’d better come back, Ichi-chan...Or I’ll kill you![/color]” she shouted out in a burst of pure and raw emotion before clearing her throat.

Katsuyu finally relaxed her tensed muscles. Her mistress seemed to be back to normal and was once again focused. “[color=#3B8686]I’m sure Ichika-san will return with Tomoyuki-kun, Mistress. I would bet my life upon it.[/color]”

Mizuraki wiped her hand across her face. “[color=#C04848]Thank you, Katsuyu...You’re right. I just need to have faith. ALRIGHT![/color]” She punched her open palm and once again donned her serious expression. “[color=#C04848]We have a beach to invade. Ichika will be back with us at any moment so we need to make this distraction count. Botan do you think you can conjure the mist? We need to cover our approach as best as we can.[/color]” Katsuyu continued to head towards land. Whether the mist was coming or not, they needed to keep moving. They only had one shot at this after all.
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