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Mana lightly bit her lip for a moment then spoke, "The simplest way to describe it would be to say that the Ryuu-me for the Natsume Clan is the equivalent of Jyuken for the Hyuuga."

The wind blow lightly across the rooftop as she continues, "Though I guess it's different in that there's no standard form that any Natsumi knows. All Hyuuga use the Jyuken in hand-to-hand applications but the Ryuu-me can be incorporated from anything from Hand-to-Hand to Swordsmanship to Archery, which is my specialty."

((*Wonders what was preventing Zanzu from answering Seth's question in that post* surprised ))

Mana looked over at Zanzu and laughs a little, "Well we don't have MUCH of a relationship per say. We both participated in a Chuunin Exam together in the past and as Jounin we both attend a lot of the same meetings."

She thinks for a moment, "I think at one point we were both considered to go on a mission together but that got cancelled due to us having to mobilize for that Valley of the End business."

Natsumi looks at Akira and says, "Well my official assignment in the Hidden Leaf is a Tactical Forecaster. Basically it's up to me and a few others to sort through all the various information variables about a particular assignment and sort it from D to S-class and which Squadrons would be the most capable of completing it with minimum risk. But that job's pretty common to be given to people from my Clan."

Natsumi leans off of the roof's railing and says, "Well good job guys, we made it through Day #01. Let's meet at training group NE-08 tomorrow for the next phase, oh and make sure you eat at least an hour before you get there." She hops up on the railing, waves back at the team then leaps off the rooftop to the ground below.

"Eh?...at least an hour before we get there? Are we going swimming or something?" He scratched his head a little then looked at Akira, "The hell man...what is this nonsense...and how many times we going to have to do team introductions?" Zanzu frowned a bit as he watched the two who'd already left move away from the building, then leaped over the railing, sitting down on it instead of jumping to the ground below.

"Oh well, these ones don't seem all that bad, they should be able to last a while longer then the previous ones, well...obviously not Mana since she said she was only here temporarily but...crap...I'm going off on a rant again aren't I?" He laughed a little then let out a small sigh.

"It's not that big of a deal, man. I mean as long as we're still alive it's all good. Well I have to follow my training regiment so see ya for now. We'll catch up for real when we get an actual mission." Akira waved away as he started to dash for his apartment.

~The Next Day, Training Ground NE-08~


Natsumi was waiting by the shore of the lake, behind her was a trio of waist-high podiums that were colored white & red, black and red respectively. "Good morning guys, time for phase 2 of the teamwork exercises." She pats the black podium directly behind herself, "You've got to open these podiums, however in order to do that you have to find the three sets of keys to unlock the three locks on each podium.

She points out to the forest, "There are three keys hidden in the forest around this area."

She points out to the lake, "There's another set of keys in the lake, however, they're protected by a special tempered glass that only reacts to a certain type of Chakra."

She then says, "And after you've collected those two sets the third set will be revealed, but of course there will be a trick to opening that as well."

She does a quick motion of Hand Seals, "Also, only one person can go after one objective at a time. So for example: Teammate A could only go after the Lake Objective. Teammate B and C are unable to go after another Objective until Teammate A either collects the keys or gives up to let another member try."


~POOF~
Natsumi splits into a pair of people, the new Natsumi pulls out her compact bow while the center one stays next to the podium "And while the teammate is out it will be the other 2's job to try and defeat one of my Kage Bushins."

Zanzu shook his head as he had already begun trying to figure out the second piece of the puzzle. A certain type of chakra...It's probably be an elemental chakra, in my case if it were fire trying to do such a thing in inside of the lake would be next to impossible, it would also make sense to make it react to fire then put it inside of the lake so I probably am the best one for the job. There is also the possibility that it could react to a biju's chakra but she doesn't seem like the type who would do something like that.

"Well...this could prove fairly interesting, wonder how the hell I'm going to see that box in such murky waters though, this could be a hell of a challenge." Zanzu grinned a little as he stepped over near Akira and grabbed onto the hilt of his sword.

The real Natsumi stayed leaned against the podium as the squadron came up with a game plan, "Well... so far so good...it looks like they've analyzed the situation, now it's just a question of being able to accomplish them within a feasible time limit."

Clone-Natsumi looked back at the real one and she nodded, "Whenever you're ready." The clone lifted her bow and fired a single arrow that landed 10 feet away from Zanzu and Akira's feet. Upon impact the area was completely engulfed in a white smoke. Clone-Natsumi took that opportunity to make a dash towards the forest.


~Tyson~
As you begin your search through the forest you find that your tracking skills are the best for this situation. Your keen noses catch the faint scent of something that smells out of place in the forest.

Objective: Find the Keys
Make an Analysis Roll (for Tyson and Aca) to try to find the first set of keys.
Failure results in being unable to find them
If a 1 is rolled then you found one of the booby-trapped keys instead