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Seeing that Noel only evaluated the area from afar, due to the place already showing signs of rather high suspicion, the boy wouldn't make the move of moving towards the forest nor the ruined fort for that matter. Not to say the child wasn't average or modest in his fighting, but he rather evaluate and study up on things first. And seeing that he was going to post up an area to rest within the sands of this foreign place, the child definitely was going to check out the area before laying his had safely down.

Being that as it was, the boy wasn't in any shape or form going to enter or even get within the radius of the entry point of a place that seemed to be assaulted by something beyond his abilities. The power from what Noel saw from his distance was powerful enough to show he needed distance; for the child wasn't there to fight, only to observe. Of course not for personal gain but to simply survey his area for enemies and ensure that he could sleep at least some what peacefully at night. But just as Noel was about to depart, the child blinked as he felt something behind him. Well... there is one check for an enemy. Noel thought tiredly. Like he truly needed that now but that was quite fine... Noel wasn't a prodigy or anything glorious like that but he was a St.Pierre! He couldn't depart to the after-life until his parents dreams have been fulfilled and until that moment he wasn't going anywhere just yet. Even more so, now that he knew he would have to push himself towards being a wandering Nin until his dreams are indeed complete.

From behind the child didn't get a friendly aura from this person nor a good one, but being in a situation that he was in, he most definitely wasn't going to greet the person with a cup of wine and a chat! His mind blasting through ideas instantly to counter his opponent in case of fight to pursue, as the child moved one hand to his chin and the other to brush one of his lengthy bangs from that youthful face. An innocent act indeed as Noel took just one more step forwards, as if seriously intrigued by this sight, whilst keeping his ears focused on his hearing; ensuring to keep focused on if the person would make a move before he deployed his attack. Depending on how the sound of the sand would crunch behind him, Noel would make evasive maneuvers by doing a side roll or by a front roll to dodge the attack before retaliating. But, this was of course, if the person behind him attacked but if he didn't, Noel would lower his hands slowly as if the boy was going to put his hands back to his sides like any normal person would do. But just when those hands would move and be covered by his back, Noel's swift and furious hands would weave through seals with relative ease and ferocity before he'd whisper softly,"Arijigoku no Jutsu..." And with that, the sand except for the area that surrounded Noel's feet would sink; as if the solidity of the sand below reacted to his chakra and took notice of being removed to protect the user. Like a sink hole, the sands would drop straight down in a conical like manner; to ensure he trapped his opponent, Noel expanded the hole of this sink hole to grow and entrap about sixteen feet in radius from his position. This would provide quite a large gap for one to avoid in addition to the deep twenty-two foot hole that would be awaiting his unwanted offender. And with sand being composed of small grains, being ruptured and moved in this abrupt manner, would most definitely cause his offender to be swallowing some sand in due time.

Turning around, or rather his head, Noel noticed someone else trying to assault him; a woman in fact. She too would be consumed by the technique as with her and this... creep that appeared behind him and being relatively close the boy indefinitely would have a great chance in removing the foes from being behind him. " 're all Zuna zhinobi this unwelcoming?" Noel asked softly, the child keeping his hand positioned in a particular seal which he kept hidden from his assaultee's, while he spoke. Keeping aware of any changes of his surroundings as from time to time he'd take a glance around his area before back down to his foes if he indeed captured them. Thinking it would be best if he possibly moved to another country after this experience. It was putting out far too much unwanted attention.

Chakra: 300-20= 280

This became quite a dangerous mission indeed. Well... it wasn't an official mission but rather a mission for his own will. The place he was forced to call home wasn't giving him the abilities or the opportunity that he needed to grow, so going freelance seemed like the best idea. Even in this situation where one would think twice about the decision he made, Noel kept his ambition strong; he was sure even the strongest Ninja had to make decisions that would put them in difficult situations. And with that thought, Noel would too, push through this moment.

The woman, would have a difficult time pushing up on the ground that one would think is solid which is now being moved at a quickened pace. Even more so when there is another person that is blocking the way of your target. The child didn't like being in this situation in the least bit, and knew he'd have to fight hard to get out of it; especially since he wasn't trying to put up a fight in enemy land... or at least not yet. With the unstable ground, which was also sand and already gives a sort of unstable platform to maneuver from, Noel would have to admit that the ground would provide just enough to save his life. And if that man wasn't possibly the woman's henchmen Noel would've thanked him as his body, seeing that he was there first and came behind him, was protecting the child from being assassinated. Something that would have been so embarrassing that Noel wouldn't even be able to face his family. With the attack hitting the man rather than Noel, it gave the child a warning not to mess with his crazy broad. Noel immediately canceled the technique before it developed to it's full cone shape and started make his run

As Noel pushed off from the plot he created with all his might, the child noticed that there looked to be a sand storm just about to hit the area. Or at least it seemed like it that wall of brown particles was coming at the sprinting Noel at full speed. It could provide to be a very beneficial, natural camouflage for him, in addition to the technique he was going to utilize to further his stealthiness. Pulling out his kunai and launching it a greater distance in front of him to where the sand storm was coming, Noel's hand formed a seal, preparing a Genjutsu that would help out in this disastrous situation. He definitely couldn't take this woman in a place that seemed to be her domain. If in fact he made enough distance from the woman and her dangers, Noel would make his move into the sand storm where his camouflage technique would be initiated.

Chakra: 280-?=

(( And I'll probably just call BS because there was no define distance between the two. And since you two seem to be doing some team work of the sorts... I'll say that this was possibly planned out. So don't play the innocent game =^^= ))

Noel sighed as those people weren't making it easy but hey... whatever they had going on in this sector of the Wind Country must be secretive. For anyone to ruthlessly attack a child in such a manner definitely meant they were doing something quite secretive or... they just felt like killing some nin. Pushing the muscles in his legs to force him to go as fast as he can, which indeed was rather decent for a Ninjutsu-st of his level, Noel saw a dome starting to form. The child bit his lip and clenched his fist in agitation,Persistent buggers... But... I can't tell if this is true Suna nin or just some attackers of the sand. If I can get out of here... I might just address this matter to Suna. They may give me some money about this matter! Noel thought, keeping positive, as his hands moved back to his front. He had to keep himself from moving into too much anger or fear or his enemies will already have won this little feud. Keeping as calm as he could within this stressful situation so that he can perform his techniques without a hitch, Noel once more went into the weaving of hand seals as he mixed his Katon and Doton affinities which would in-turn, unlock his Garasu abilities,"Ni-Doru no Jutsu..." He said softly as the child would utilize a technique that is basically utilized for offensive purposes, to be utilized in a more supplementary purpose. As the dome started to build, glass spikes would start to in turn make 'steps' or 'platforms' for Noel to jump upon. Making each on push higher an higher up the dome. Noel knew that with the technique he wanted to use, wouldn't be affective if he simply attacked at the bottom of the dome. Though the jutsu was powerful, the dome he believed, would possibly be thicker at the bottom before it will at the top.

But he also put into the fact that whoever was attacking him would possibly want to make this dome his burial, so thickening the dome was probably a huge factor in this situation; meaning he'd have to move fast if he wanted to succeed in getting out of the Dome. His spikes would halt just about 18 meters up, seeing as the spikes indeed had a limit to how far they could go and Noel definitely was not an almighty person yet. Two spikes before he'd get to the last spike, Noel would attempt the fastest combo he could do; just utilizing body manipulation, focus and rather the want to live through adrenaline to push him forwards. Reaching back into his small weapon satchel that laid upon his side, the child procured an explosive tag and a kunai. Tilting the explosive tag sideways so it could face him, Noel flung the kunai at the explosive tag so that it would stab the explosive item as well as sling it to the walls of the dome. Utilizing this motion, just as Noel hit the last spike, the child pushing for survival launched off the spike and blazed through to utilize his strongest technique so far. He inhaled deeply with his nostrils and started to manipulate his Katon affinity, Noel was half near the wall and half near the spike he leaped from just as the last hand-seal was made and his chest reached it's max. "KATON: KARYUU ENDAN!!!!" Noel said as if he was putting all of his anger into this technique as a form of relief from the stress he was getting. A fierce dragon like barrage of continuous flames raged forth from the child's lips and slammed into the wall of the dome. With the constant heat of flames, the power of the technique. and the explosive tag being forced to initiate and possibly explode would have to be enough to pierce through the dome walls.

If in fact Noel's theory of the matter was correct, Noel would nearly throw out his arm in attempt to grab the ledge of the dome and pull himself up. If he got out of the dome, Noel would utilize his Shinshin jutsu once he finds and opening, and put a considerable amount of distance between himself and these 'kunai-happy' Suna Nin.

Chakra: 280

Items:
-) 5x exploding note -1
-) 7x kunai - 2
-) 6x senbon

Seeing that Noel wasn't in the affected area, or better yet didn't even get close to the area that he saw was infected from his distance, whatever contaminated the area would have no affect from the distance he was now in. And seeing that he shifted even further from the area in attempt to avoid conflict with these nuisances, Noel was even further away from the place. With that being duly noted, Noel's weaponry combination would go off without a hitch as well with the igniting of the explosive tag when graced by his dragon's flame; though admittedly... the attack that unfortunately graced his ears was a quite unexpected. They would do all this for one Nin? A child at that? Hmph... These people must really be scared to be fearful of one child. But they will not have me without a fight... Noel thought as he smiled at seeing the wide open air once more and the light hitting his face but when was getting close to the distance of grabbing range he felt his body get start to drop. The child gritted his teeth as he started to fall... fast but he thanked the momentum he gained when he launched himself from his spikes. But that quick thinking child pushed himself to form a hand seal which made him burst into an immense plume of flowers after releasing a good quantity of chakra. Blue and purple orchids scattered about the area as the real Noel would have himself impaled against the wall with the rock spear he created previously before entering the area. By this time, especially if this was the girl's clone doing all the works, it would have had to disperse by now with it haven utilized more than just one technique which would in-turn push it past it's limit and disperse as well as possibly negate it's affects. Leaving Noel with that nasty creature at the bottom... or at least for now. And with Noel so close to the hole yet not able to jump or pull himself up in case the jutsu indeed did lose it's effects, Noel would have to think fast before the dome repaired itself.

Knowing the people would possibly attempt to close that hole back up, and by going by the thinking that his opponent may or may not have miraculously dispersed, Noel would pull himself slowly up to the platform he created. Hoping his little Konoha Technique gave him enough time and distraction to get out of the dome. Forming the seals and looking up, Noel whispered,"Kage Bushin no Jutsu..." He said as two clones appeared on the platform and began to work as a team to push their creator up. Struggling against the possible weight that may or may not still be present until Noel would once more reach the possible closing edge. Pulling himself up, with all of his might and adrenaline that thumped fiercely throughout his blood and pushing of his clones, Noel would most likely be up onto the little hole he created in which he'd push himself out. Panting and sweating as if he ran an enormous marathon with a fat man gorging upon his back, Noel pulled off his shirt and ripped off his Konoha armband. Quickly, the child placed the arm band into the shirt and tied the sleeves to secure it within before letting the winds around the area take it from his hands. The child watched the shirt as it was taken up by the winds and blown a good distance away, watching it landed as Noel looked down at the ground and sighed shakingly before taking his 'leap of faith.'. Of course, this was a long, long drop to utterly leap from, but Noel had no other choice. Staying near the dome was dangerous, and now there was this... grey seemingly metallic stuff rising up the dome which Noel could only confirm that they were attempting to seal him in. Not good... This will be quite hard to push through. He thought as Noel formed a single seal as he made his descent. Knowing that these uncivil nin wouldn't let the child make a safe descent to save their lives. Noel just kept his eyes open, his photographic memory thinking of a particular area, and chakra flowing as he awaited what was to come.

Chakra: 280-50= 230

Items:
-) 4x exploding note
-) 5x kunai
-) 6x senbon

◆◈◆◈◆"My sands will be your end"◆◈◆◈◆

San watched as kagekaze sensei sealed away the spy as the Satetsu's Iron sand began to return to his burden golem. Although he hadn't appeared for long, it was quite a show once again to watch the Bast sensei go to work. She WAS phenominal! And with the kazekage too.....wow that was some real fire power. Although the ANBU was called in as possible reinforcements, it was obvious he was unneeded. The fact they called him in was a slight testament to their trust in his skill and abilities, which made the 21 year old blush for the first time in a long time. And then a bonus for just coming to the aid? Good job San.....

San formed his hands into a single hand seal and puffed away in a plume of white smoke. He would stop by the office for his bonus, and maybe get Bast or Mam-sama to teach him so really really cool stuff.

◆◈◆◈◆"Never doubt yourself"◆◈◆◈◆

Ganchou waited for San as he stayed by the edge of the forest. Once he arrived, he nodded at him, and said "Keep a close grasp on my back. I remember the report of the last time we came here." That said, he quickly switched in different lenses, bathing the forest in an eerie red glow, everything precisely laid out. He new the cost of these lenses would be worth it, though to San the forest would dance and spin. He led the way quickly and quietly, until they arrived at the very edge of the forest just a short way from the entrance, and crouched in hiding. "Lets see if anyone shows up..." he whispered breathlessly to San.