[center][b]Shizuka Nadra[/b]
| Kumogakure |[/center]

“Would I be correct in guessing that?”

Mako’s perception was sound, Nadra nodding in addition to replying to the inquiry. [b]“Yes.”[/b]

Though, she did find it curious how a genin like Kato would have helped at all in the events that preceded the present, especially enough to make an off-hand comment to her in particular about it. Did he need to assert that he had been helpful in the past? She didn’t understand it, but if she was curious enough to voice such thoughts it would have to be done at a better time as the training request from their jonin-sensei was at hand and she definitely should not distract more of her attention. It was then that Nadra intently watched Kato’s tactical forwardness as he went second after Muto Tahekiko. 

“I think it is Nadra’s turn.” Mako huffed as he finished his battle, the white-haired girl nodding in mild reply.

“Shizuka Nadra. Your turn.”

The voice of her jonin-sensei did not create a sense of dread, fear, or nervousness in the young genin as she nodded as she took a step forward. Such sense were not reminiscent of a ninja from the clan of Shizuka and this was a blatant fact that the girl embodied as her brows narrowed. Even with her short conversation with her teammate, Daiki Kato, Nadra’s eyes had been noting over each individual duel with her sensei’s shadow clone which brought interesting results as both of her genin teammates took on the offensive which made their energy at the end of it rather tapped, almost pointlessly so in her eyes. 

[b]“Right.”[/b]

Moving her hands in a defensive stance she attempted to perceive how to provoke the shadow clone to come to her rather than coming to it and wasting her reserves. Nadra kept silent as she began to at a distance circle the shadow clone, though all that did was make the clone itself rotate and watching the girl as it was perhaps used to the genin to charge in so Nadra’s more seemingly defensive tactic was different to say the least. As she bided her time she began to move her chakra forward quickly and efficiently in her body. It did not take long for her jonin-sensei’s shadow clone to change tactics to adapt, of which Nadra believed a good tactic was to use was to use Bunshin no Jutsu mixed with Kawarimi no Jutsu and flanking the shadow clone of her sensei from there with a strong swift motion of variable taijutsu strikes with her chakra infusing each strike. [i]“It could work.”[/i] She thought about the tactic she had devised, knowing full well her sensei was more experienced and wiser at that so it wouldn’t be so blatantly simple.

She didn’t have much time. 

Moving her hands in the appropriate hand-signs, Nadra went to work and in a puff half-a-dozen Nadra’s were now on the field and through some movement the original, non-clone, was no longer where she was in the first place. If she happened to be struck instead of her clones a chunk of log would be struck instead of her and then she would strike as she had planned—if one of her clones alternatively would’ve been struck she would ignore the replacement jutsu step of her tactic.

The shadow clone moved forward and did as she thought—changing from defensive to offensive and as she thought her true form was not well-concealed enough from their perception; it was a good thing she planned for that and as she jumped back with great dexterity more attacks from the shadow clone kept coming in of which Nadra was dodging well-enough until about the fifth strike at her defense of which her form flickered and the chunk of wood from the nearby forest was struck in her place. It was here that—from the shadow clone’s flank she came in with a powerful spinning low kick, also known as Kumo Reppū, a technique that was created by her father after he had fought ninja from the Hidden Leaf Village and developed it as an emulation. It was pretty much exactly like the Leaf Gale, except Nadra knew the technique. Surprisingly, the blow landed and the shadow clone dispersed as in mid-air his head caught a nearby tree with great force—perhaps only been supplied with enough energy to take a certain amount of blows or even just one? Tahekiko did take it down rather quickly himself after the shadow clone kept up with his strikes for the most part. Nadra did not trust it, either way, and felt a sense of caution would be best from here on. However, unlike Tahekiko she took this calmly and without and air of overconfidence as her eyes moved to her sensei while her ears kept alert for any other attacks—the shadow clone could’ve tricked her into victory. Though when no flanking occurred she walked over to the line and bowed to her sensei with respect. It was only then that she dispersed the remaining clones she had held on the field.

[b]“I anticipate the next one, jonin-sensei.”[/b]