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arrow Forest, Hidetada

Humbra's eyes had finally adjusted to the sunlight. As his eyes stretched around the clearing around the cave exit, his lime orbs fell upon a man with a staff. It was Hidetada. He brought up his right hand and waved at the person who helped them reach the cave in the first place. "Oye!"

arrow Selestria Mission

Kasushi turned away from Nakaji, satisfied, and faced the oncoming boar tribe. Like Kaji, he began to draw kuani and shurike, four shuriken in his right hand, and one kunai in his left. He made no moves to attack, simply preparing for a defense.

arrow Tent, Jin:

Wow, rest places had already been prepared. Maybe Buki-sensei back at the academy had sent a message that they would be providing assistance. Jin claimed to not know they were coming, but the little greeting party at the gate, the tent they were in now, and the rest area they would be led to seemed to indicate previous knowledge. Maybe it was just coincidence. Sarume put the thought aside, said nothing, and simply rose to follow Jin outside. She turned to the Ademu and Kuro. "Let's go guys."

arrow Forest: Hidetada

Kat silently waved to the man that had led them through the forest. She was grateful for his assistance but she didn't verbalize anything yet. Kat started walking to approach Hidetada.

~Seaside Town~

Miraji skips alongside Natia, humming to herself. She looks towards the older ninja. "Ummm..." She moves her eyes to the side to avoid eye contact. "What are we going to do?" She twiddles her fingers nervously, unknowingly forming handseals as she does.

~*~Tent:Jin~*~

::the tent was comfortable, and Jin left them there to rest as long as they needed. The town outside went about life as well as the could for now. Occassionally they would see a member of Jin's guard go by on some errand or anything. The sun was slowly setting, and as it did the people of the town packed their things and moved back to their homes. The tempurature began to drop as the sun did::

~*~Ocean town~*~

We're going to train, well, mostly. For my part, I am to train you and Ran to work as a team. Once you work well together, you'll be able to do nearly everything wit out having to verbalize. Ran will know your signals and body posture, and you will understand ran's. It can give you da edge in a battle.

~*~Forest Path~*~

::Mamoru would eventually find that he could run no further as the trees had grown too thick. The others would notice too that it felt as if the very forest was closing in on them, as if trying to trap them for some reason::

~*~Forest:Hidetada~*~

Ah, I see you made it out just fine. Did you discover what you were looking for?

::the man seemed a bit the worse for wear this time, but seemed still in his cheerful mood. He smiled at them, giving them a quick once over to make sure they were alright::

~*~Main Gate: Selestria~*~

::the wolves howled again and eventually a path parted in the boars and out walked Selestria, with a wolf on either side. The tension was great as they passed through, with what appeared to be remarks passed between the wolves and the boars. He motioned to the group::

Go. You should be the ones to retrieve Selestria. Quickly, before someone changes their mind.

Mamoru slowly came to stop as his running space became closed off.
"Whoa...this is certainly weird. The trees are in our way!" He looked around him and saw all the trees looked closer to each other than they did before.
"Hmm..im not sure why the trees are growing like this, but theres only one way foward..and thats to go up!"
Without even waiting for the approval of his teamates, Mamoru began to climb up a tree. He obviously didnt know how to control his chakra to one place yet, so he couldnt run up it. He was climbing pretty fast, not sure of how high the tree was..