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Batsu looked over at Shinzu with a content smile on his face. The other male was dazed and it was actually quite amusing to see. He kinda felt bad for the boy briefly. Briefly. After all, this was a bit of a competition between the two and for every winner there was at least one loser. Shinzu would, hopefully, be the loser. But those damn movements Shinzu was making proved to be a bit too much for Batsu and he had to stop and look at his adversary. Batsu folded his arms and just stared at Shinzu, giggling on the inside for a bit before speaking. "Wow buddy. It looks like you took a bit of a beating. You can't even walk straight! Oh well... I guess this type of thing just happens." Batsu then shrugged and turned away as he got ready to start running again.


1d20 [4] + DEX [15] = 19
DC: 25 ((PASS))
10/20

D: 45 | F: 10 | R: 23 |W: 21

Batsu looked off towards the sky behind Shinzu and sighed. He knew Shinzu's revenge would come soon and he wanted to enjoy defeating the male, but in the back of his mind something wasn't right. This was his friend after all and at the end of the day, Batsu made this happen. With that said, Batsu sat down in the middle of the street and waited for Shinzu to catch up. No more unfair acts. Batsu wanted to face Shinzu one-on-one... the right way.
Batsu looked towards Shinzu then closed his eyes as he gets a bit of meditation in. "Shinzu, sit. I want us to finish the race in the right way. That means you need to recover... and the only way to do that is to rest. I promise I won't move."


1d20 [9] + DEX [15] = 24
DC: 25 ((FAIL))
10/20

((Ah, the power of friendship...))

D: 45 | F: 10 | R: 23 |W: 21

Shinzu Akara
Chuunin
Hp: 202
Cp: 180
MHp: 72



Shinzu heard Batsu, but he wasn't going to respond, not yet, not until he caught up with him. That's when he heard a familiar voice, one he hadn't heard in some time, Masaraku? To his surprise as he looked over his shoulder, he saw the familiar blue hoshigaki girl. He thought about slowing down once again, but quickly put that aside as he got closer and closer to where Batsu was waiting.

Dex Training: Roll (19) + Dex (8 ) - 4 = 23 vs 18 Pass
DC: 18
Successes:9/20
Posts: 14
Each lap represents ten successes, whoever has the fewest posts, wins.

Shinzu Akara
Chuunin
Hp: 202
Cp: 180
MHp: 72



Shinzu continued on, as he always had after Batsu, panting slightly as he finally reached his teammate. "W-well, that's one lap down, a couple more to go." He said, as he leaned over, and visibly shook. As he turned his head and saw Masaraku surfing a wave their way, he shook again. "W-we have to keep going, Masaraku looks pissed." Shinzu said, grabbing Batsu's shoulder, even as he kept his eyes locked on their former teammate. With the blood running down her none-to-happy looking brow, and her riding a wave of water, made her look to Shinzu like some kind of furious water banshee.

Dex Training: Roll (1 cool + Dex (8 ) - 4 = 22 vs 18 Pass
DC: 18
Successes:10/20
Posts: 15
Each lap represents ten successes, whoever has the fewest posts, wins.

Batsu looked up from the ground and spotted Masaraku. His reception of her was sort of lukewarm at first but as he looked at her, he sensed a bit of a change. He wasn't sure if it was for the better or for the worse, but it was something. After a bit of time, he'd be able to tell for sure. But one thing was for sure, the squad was now complete again with her in the midst and if nothing else, that was reason enough to celebrate.

Batsu flopped onto his back and palmed the ground from over his shoulders. Then the male shifted his weight towards his head but with a quick jerking movement of his body he propelled himself onto his feet with a smile on his face as he looked towards the only female. "Well, look what the tide brought in... the up-and-coming queen of ninjutsu, Masaraku!" Batsu chuckled a little bit as he stepped towards her. "But seriously, it's good to see you again Masaraku. It's nice that you wanna join our race, but..." Batsu looked off and began to scratch his cheek with one finger in a bit of embarrassment. "... I kinda put Shinzu in a genjutsu during the first lap and he's still a bit loopy from it. So... yeah." Batsu stopped scratching his face but still looked off. "He needs to recover in order for it to be fair for everyone."

D: 45 | F: 10 | R: 23 |W: 21

Masaraku Hoshigaki

HP: 300 CP: 390 MHP: 210

[5+8=13 DC normally 15, but increasing it to 18 for xp]

Masaraku continued to try and pull the water up, but the best she was managing was to keep the water moving along with her as she walked towards the two. She raised an eyebrow at Batsu and said, "Seriously? Why did you feel the need to cheat man?" She shook her head, "Shinzu is the athletic on in our group, so yeah, he is gonna win in a race." Almost instantly she regretted giving him the compliment as he started talking about not trusting her. Her temper began to raise, but she attempted to keep in in check. That was not entirely successful. "Hi Shinzu," her voice got a little deeper, "Oh hi Masaraku, I've missed you. Where have you been all of this time? Why don't you join us for another lap so that we can catch up." She switched back to her normal voice, "Oh thanks Shinzu, I really wish that I could, but the real you is acting like a real big jerk. I think that I will just run on my own path instead, but how about you, me, and Batsu go do something later when there aren't any mean people around and wecan talk about all of the stuff that I learned while I was gone." She gave Shinzu a raspberry and waved at Batsu, "Ramen later, my treat?"

[6+8=14 DC normally 15, but increasing it to 18 for xp]

As she talked to Batsu, she was trying as hard as she could to throw water at Shinzu. That was obviously not working so she looked at him and said, "Obviously somebody here has got a problem with me, so if you want to hit me, then hit me, if you want to keep thinking that I am a monster I will go ask the Mizukage for a team reassignment, or if this can get fixed by me kicking your butt once again, which I doubt will solve anything, then lets both complete our training and meet at the shoreline tomorrow morning. Whatever the cure is for the bug up your a** though, grow a pair and cure it. You look pathetic hiding behind Batsu like a little girl." She readjusted her foces to Batsu and said, "Did you take on the alpha role in this relationship while I was gone? Last I knew, you followed his lead, not the other way around." She began to stretch and prepare for the next lap.


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Suiton: Bakusui Shōha (Water Release: Exploding Water Shockwave)
Stage I: Chakra DC 20 {d20 + chk mod} Creating or gathering extremely large quantities of water for a technique.[+16] [10/10] 12 rolls
Stage II: Chakra Control DC 45 Launching the water into a wave. [+39] [10/10] 17 rolls
Stage III: Dexterity DC 15 {d20 + dex mod} Riding the wave while maintaining balance.[+8] [2/10] 7 post total
Stage IV: Ninjutsu DC 40 Launching an attack while the wave hits.[+34] [0/10]

Masaraku Hoshigaki

HP: 300 CP: 390 MHP: 210

[20+8+3=31 DC normally 15, but increasing it to 18 for xp]

Masa looked at Shinzu and Batsu and said, "Well maybe Shinzu will be a bit more personable after I lap you guys a time or two." The water bubbled up beneath her and now she had her wave back. "Finally!" She exclaimed as she balanced on top of the water using Batsu's advice. "Thanks for the advice Batsu, I'll see you later tonight! Bring Shinzu if he isn't still a grump when the genjutsu wears off!" And with that she sped off, making a point to splash some muddy water Shinzu's way as the wave and her disappeared into the distance.
Once she was out of their sight Masaraku felt a lot more confident in her ninjutsu ability, maybe the peer pressure had gotten to her, or maybe she was too focused on being accepted again to dedicate the mind power to generating and balancing on the wave.

[7+8=15 DC normally 15, but increasing it to 18 for xp]

This victory was short lived however, because as Masaraku began to round the next corner she began to lose her balance. It started with a stumble, then she lost her footing, then the fall began. Masaraku began to tumble off of her wave and onto the ground, but not before splashing through her own wave in the process of falling. She stood up and gave herself a once over for further injury. After looking over her limbs and tapping her forehead Masaraku began to run again, dragging the water up from the ground and summoning it beneath her. She hopped in the air and landed on it just as the water made a platform beneath her feet. She was glad that Shinzu and Batsu hadn't came around the corner to see her laying on the ground.
Honestly she didn't believe the whole thing Batsu had spat out about the Genjutsu. She had been under the same jutsu by the same user once before and it only cranked her fears into overdrive. Which meant that as far as she was concerned, Shinzu had an underlying fear of her.


[14+8=22 DC normally 15, but increasing it to 18 for xp]

Masaraku continued to glide through the loop in the center of the village on her wave, rising up over obstacles, ducking under overhangs and dancing around people. The entire experience was making her feel very free and liberated. "Wahooooo! Everybody needs to do this once!" She combined the surface walking and water walking techniques to make her feet part of the water as she went into a spiral, going upside down and reaching her hands at the peak of the spiral before turning back around. "Ninjutsu transit is the way of the futuuuuurrrrrreeeee." She grabbed the nose of her invisible surf board and pulled up on it. She soared up above the street, but her wave stretch up to her from the ground. The trail began to rain down on the ground, so Masaraku returned to the ground, looking back at the villagers who were now watching her. "Sorry!" She shouted out insincerely, most of the villagers were used to rain, so it wasn't like a five second drizzle would ruin their day.


[12+8=20 DC normally 15, but increasing it to 18 for xp]

Masaraku was finally getting used to balancing on top of the waves structure, and in fact she was enjoying it. This jutsu might become one of her favorite ones if it weren't for the massive size and destructive force that the jutsu held, it may have became her primary mode of transportation. At the very least it could be her new primary form of a** kicking. Now she just needed to find a way around that whole conductivity thing. She didn't really know enough about science to be able to know how to fix that, but maybe she could look into it. Batsu might know a way around it, maybe she would ask him later. For now she was content gliding around atop water like some kind of superhero, and to top it off she was beating the guys in a race. Her day was starting to look a little bit better despite earlier conflicts.

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Suiton: Bakusui Shōha (Water Release: Exploding Water Shockwave)
Stage I: Chakra DC 20 {d20 + chk mod} Creating or gathering extremely large quantities of water for a technique.[+16] [10/10] 12 rolls
Stage II: Chakra Control DC 45 Launching the water into a wave. [+39] [10/10] 17 rolls
Stage III: Dexterity DC 15 {d20 + dex mod} Riding the wave while maintaining balance.[+8] [5/10] 11 Rolls
Stage IV: Ninjutsu DC 40 Launching an attack while the wave hits.[+34] [0/10]

Batsu looked over his shoulder at Shinzu with an eyebrow raised. The boy talked of shadow monsters and Batsu didn't see any. So he was kind of looking at his friend in an odd manner until it hit him. Shinzu was clearly delirious and needed help. Sadly, for Batsu, he wasn't the best medic when it came to helping people with mental disorders so he was a bit clueless about it all.

Batsu sighed as he walked over to Shinzu and do the only thing he knew how to do... try and talk some sense into him. The medic then walked over to where Shinzu stood and placed his hand on the other's shoulder. The boy spoke as soft as he could to the other in hopes that he could get through to him. "Shinzu... buddy... there's no one else here besides us and the villagers. There are no shadow monsters..."



Treat Injury check: 1d20 (9) + Treat Injury (21) + Diplomacy (0) = 30 versus Shinzu's Sense Motive roll

D: 45 | F: 10 | R: 23 |W: 21