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James placed his katana on his back with some straps he made from the bandages. Then he jumped off the tree branch and as he jumped down he gave a loud howl. He landed and he crouched holding all the impact. Then he dashed from shadow to shadow hiding from the others. He shortened his breath and he hid behind a large tree. He wanted to talk to someone...talk about his feelings. He hid there looking at everyone. He took a kunai and he wrapped a white rose and he threw it in front of Miku.

And he waited for a response.

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She stood there, holding Kyo in her arms and cradling him like a baby. She gently rubbed him behind the ears as things continued on. Miku could tell that Haku was, obviously, embarrassed about the fact that Miku had introduced her. Hopefully Haku could get over her shyness some time in the near future...

Something caught her off gaurd and she jumped a little seeing something go whizzing by and hit the tree in front of her. The green singer of the trio found herself face-to-face with a white rose and looked in the direction of where it had come from, finding a figure in the shadows. Of course, it took a moment for her to realize who it was before she smiled widely and turned to wak towards him a little. "Jame's~! Where did you go? I thought you would be happy to see Haku Onee-chan." Of course she didn't even wait to be near him before saying any of this. She was still quite some distance when she started talking, saying everything loudly so that he could hear what she was saying.
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Ran walked out onto the academy training field. The bag in his hands made loud clinking noises with every step. Ran had just recently joined the academy, and he decided to work on the most basic skill for a shinobi, using projectile weapons. He Stopped a few yards away from his target. A set of trees along the boarder of the training field had target boards tacked on. Al the student use these. He dropped the bag and it hit the ground with a "Clang". He still had to wait his his teacher to arrive, but he would have to start without him.

Ran knelt down next to his bag, and reached inside for his tool. He rummaged around for a moment, trying to grab a hold of a weapon without getting cut. He pulled out three shurikan, holding it between his fingers. "Time to start."

Honehime felt goosebumps rise up all along her body, as some part of her realized the sheer malevolent blood lust she could feel emanating from Echidna. Even though this was supposedly still training, she knew she had to act as if her very life depended on it. If she didn't try her absolute hardest, she would die. She could feel it, she could see it in Echidna's intense stare. She gulped nervously, trying to prepare herself for battle. She didn't like fighting, she preferred to solve problems with her words or her mind. but some times those avenues failed, so she needed training like this, training to learn how to handle such situations. Gulping again, she tried to prepare to attack, causing several more of her bones to grow out in a slight form of armor. She was only barely fast enough with her manipulations, Echidna had already rushed in to melee distance, lashing out with a vicious sword strike that could have cut her in two. Her bones hadn't grown out enough to be any help, and she was soon sent flying to the side, the sap saving her from serious injury, but the force of the blow still enough to daze her.
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Lieselotte finally set her dish down, satisfied for the moment. After a while, she might grab a little more to eat, but she didn't want to eat too much at the moment. She wasn't sure exactly when they were going to renew their journey, and didn't want to be weighed down by a full belly. She didn't try to stop the others, though. For two reasons, mostly. One, they needed to learn that fact for themselves, if they chose to gorge right before a hike, it could give them trouble. Also, she wanted to see just how prepared they might be for such activity, or if their hunger was more important in their eyes. She looked around camp again, relaxing slightly once her gaze fell upon Elfriede, standing in more or less the same position as she had been earlier. She had moved around, done another circuit of the camp, and still not found any disturbances or signs of enemies.
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Mei and Katsu both dug into their meals eagerly, almost acting more like sisters than their actual relationship. The exact nature of their actual relationship was probably pretty murky to everyone except Katsu, and possibly Shuku. Katsu knew what her role was, because she was a pokegirl. Shuku would know because she had read parts of the manual. Mei, on the other hand, was completely oblivious to all of that. She just thought that Katsu was a new friend, and nobody had really done anything to change that perception in her mind. She noticed the fact that Katsu was naked, and debated asking fi that meant she could walk around naked too, but decided not to. After all, Katsu had a wool coat already, and she didn't. And speaking of her wool coat, it was ticklish. She had already had to stifle a few giggles when Katsu rubbed up against her, her soft wool brushing against her skin.
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Zenia had continued inching forward, and now found herself at the base of a likely looking tree. Still moving slowly, she began the arduous task of climbing the tree in slow motion. Each movement was precisely measured, and held out for a long moment, before the next would occur. Her muscles strained with the effort, it was almost like doing an Iron cross for a gymnastics routine. Not that she was a gymnast. She kept at her task diligently, not letting herself falter from the pace she had set herself to. And finally, she had made it. She lay sprawled along the top of the branching, breathing heavily, if quietly. She had to force herself not to suck in lungful after lungful of air, to keep her breathing quiet. Even though she should now be out of sight to all but the most diligent searches, she couldn't let her guard down. This tree might not even give her a proper view of her targets' camp.
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Melona's expression brightened as Menace spoke out to try to lift her mood. she was right, it would be better for Menace to be able to discover her affinity on her own, rather than just being told what it was. She nodded, back to her normal, energetic state of mind. "Yeah, that's true! We'll find a way for you to realize what element you find yourself most closely aligned to!" Even though she said that, she wasn't sure of exactly how to go about doing that. that wasn't something you could learn by overhearing others talking, nor was it something you could really learn from a book. Well, possibly, if the book were to tell you how to find out, rather than telling you what your affinity was. That seemed impossible, unless the person who had made the book had that one specific person in mind. She smiled again at Menace, and her regular hands came together in a single clap of delight, as she grinned.
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Alice made sure to slow down her movements with the knife when Airi got close, she didn't want to risk accidentally cutting her friend. So once Airi had begun gathering the cut vegetables and chicken, she carefully set the knife down and stepped back, to give her more room. She washed her own hands after Airi washed hers, drying them on a towel before moving back to watch as Airi got to work, doing something with bread crumbs and flour. She wasn't quite sure exactly what she was making, but she hoped to find out by watching and learning. She knew she could ask if she didn't understand something, but she wanted to try figuring it out first just by watching what Airi was doing. Plus, it was kind of relaxing, in a way, watching someone else carefully preparing food. Like a scene from home, in a sense. Of course, her own home had been a little different, but the feeling was still accurate.
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Haku remained silent as the others looked at the rose, then to the surrounding area, looking for who had thrown it. She herself was wondering, too, but didn't let herself look. As self-conscious as she was, actually looking for people just seemed too much for her to even consider doing. Instead, she just remained quiet and watched, trying to see what would happen next, and hoping that it didn't turn out too badly. A moment later, she turned her gaze toward Neru with a worried expression on her face. At the same moment, the nearby rock exploded, shattering into countless pieces. She jumped a little at that, looking to where the rock had been just a moment before. Looking around, she could tell that Neru's mood was fraying fast, had she been the one to do that? Impressive in it's own right, but why? Also a good question, how?
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V-13 saluted and fell in behind Pan, following her as she led the way to their next destination. Pan hadn't said where they might be going, so she called up a blueprint of the area and began plotting their path. They obviously weren't headed to the mess or the armory. As they continued on, more and more locations were stricken from the list of probable destinations. As the list grew shorter and shorter, V-13's spirits sunk, as it seemed more likely than not that they were headed toward the closest workshop. She had been running further diagnostics on herself, and still had found no true problems with her systems. Her heating system was supposedly working at peak efficiency, and her vocal routines were in the green. Yet they were still reporting anomalies and glitches, troublesome. Even so, she was growing nervous and hesitant over the idea of her superior officer cracking her open to try to fix her problems. It was not because she didn't have faith in Pan's technological know-how, far from it. To be elevated to the higher ranks, you needed above average grades in all fields, including repair and maintenance. No, she was nervous for another reason entirely, one that she couldn't quite seem to put her finger on. She didn't know why, she just knew that she was nervous about it all, and that was enough to likely further exacerbate the problem.
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Etheldreda listened carefully as Sakazuki started asking her question. In the pause before the Circe continued, Etheldreda began preparing to go into one of those rather 'out there' answers, about why any of us were here, and if anyone was really here at all. Man. But then Sakazuki went on with her question, explained it a little, that instead of a great metaphysical quandary, she was simply asking what she had gone to her. She waited a moment before answering, to see if Sakazuki had any more immediate questions, then went on to reply. "You can call it Fate, or Destiny, or even just coincidence. I don't know precisely what broke me free of my captivity in the Elder's Library, but once freed, I quickly made my escape. As a Grimoire, my purpose is to find my partner, and yours was the closest and largest magical energy source I could find, disbarring anyone else who was still within Hidden Twilight at the time." That's not to say that she would have just formed a Pact with anyone, once she had gotten closer to Sakazuki and seen her, she knew she was the right one for her.
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Dizzy's eyes widened as Shouko seemed to vanish, before appearing atop one of the branches. Amazing! Dizzy's eyes fairly sparkled with enthusiasm as she gushed. "That was amazing! How did you do that?" She, of course, supposedly knew of a fragment of the general knowledge a ninja was expected to know. It hadn't taken her long at all to get drummed out of the service, though, upon the others learning of how much she disliked violence and hurt. Someone like that seemed anathema to the way of the ninja, so she had been ostracized. Rejected. But she had tried to remain positive. Even so, eventually, things grew too harsh and she had escaped here, to the glade. Because of that, she knew precious little about ninjutsu or other techniques, or even the techniques her own clan was supposed to innately be able to grasp and perform. But that was alright with her, she had no need of techniques for fighting, since she abhorred violence.
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Kensu woke up at 6:00 PM, he got dressed, then he equipped his Short Katana, grabbed his Senbon, hid them up his sleeve, and then he walked out the door telling his parents "Morning mom! Morning dad! Heading to the academy now. Bye!" and then he felt the fresh air of Konoha, all he ever wanted to do was become a ninja, and now, he was on his way! "Here I come Konoha!" he yelled to the world. He walked down the stairs of his house, and then at the bottom, he stumbled over a rock. "Oops.." He kicked the rock, and then continued on, he was fingering his Katana. He passed houses and stores left and right, then finally, he reached the academy. He did not have Iruka like the rest of his fellow academy students. He reached the room his teacher was supposed to be in. "Hello sir!" He said as he took a seat in one of the many chairs around the room. [161 words = 161]

Jabadaiya watched as his young student Kensu walked in and took a seat. Then his student said, "Hello sir!", and then Jabadaiya said "Hello Kensu, nice meeting you. My name is Jabadaiya." and then he wrote on a piece of paper and nodded. Then he said "You will be learning Henge no Jutsu, it is a jutsu letting you turn into any person, or anything." [65 words = 226]

"Henge no Jutsu!" Kensu yelled, and then he screamed as he saw a horrible looking Jabadaiya. "Wow.." he said, then he said. "Henge no Jutsu!". this one was not as bad but it still looked horrible. After many more desperate tries, Kensu still hadn't figured it out, but after each try, it looked like Jabadaiya more and more.. [58 = 284] Kensu tried it one more time, "Henge no Jutsu!" and he perfect the jutsu. "Yes!" and before Jabadaiya could say anything, he left.

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"Well, well, well.." Says an oddly dressed male, as he walks up casually although still in a rather showmen ship sort of way behind the male known as Kane. Grinning, Brian shifts a hand from the sleeve of his black coat and then casually spins a kunai around one white gloved finger. "What do you think, a guy like yourself is doing in a place like this?" Brian asks as he smirks a little to himself, his mix of black and white clown makeup wrinkling and distorting with the smile although shiny white teeth were revealed as he did. This was surely an odd sight to see, but by now there were enough odd members of the shinobi world, that that didn't really matter or make a difference when faced with one more odd member. Grinning that oddly almost demonic grin, this clown of the Maimu clan finally releases the twirling kunai in an enunciated and almost show-offy way as it is flung to the side, his hand held outwards and wrist bent down, as the kunai slams into the side of the head, of a poor shinobi that had been practicing hand seals not too far away. As their eyes widened momentarily before glazing over, the shinobi topples to the ground, slamming their head into the tree and causing blood to splatter across it's bark, before the now dead shinobi's body trailed down to lay limp at the base of the tree. Meanwhile, Brian lowers his hand in a rather dramatic fashion, as his head snaps up to allow twin crimson eyes to lock onto the face of the possibly now turned male he had begun speaking too. A rather spectacular entrance if anything else, Brian waits for a response to all this that had happened with equal amounts of happiness for his kill, and sadness for the waste of time that he is stuck in, due to being at this Academy for the weak and defenseless.