Searching...

Tomoshibi nodded as everyone agreed to go. "Its basically a huge crater in the earth. Its not easy to get into, but no one would ever know you were there. Follow me!" He ran off into the distance, making sure he was being followed. They passed house after house and eventually reached a massive hill. He walked all up the hill and stopped, looking down; there was a huge space devoid of anything but grass and trees. It could only be observed from the sky.

Taking off to follow Tomoshibi he almost tripped over his sword and then tied it back onto his pocket with the rope he usually used. As they got to where he was leading them he didn't stop where Tomoshibi did and Jade knowing this jumped off his shoulder landing just before Emrald tumbled down the hill and head first all the way down into the crater. Sitting upright when he finally stopped rolling he dusted off his shirt and yelled up at Tomoshibi "Why'd you not say stop and warn a person!" Emrald was too happy being around people to make his voice in any way sound threatening and it was more of a playful comment.

Karasu's Wind personality moved slowly behind the two. If she walked her normal speed following them, she would be far ahead of both of them probably. When they soon arrived at the crater she stopped and almost laughed as Emrald slide down the slope.

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Tomoshibi gave Emrald an innocent smile, "Why don't you learn to look before your step! Maybe think before you speak too my friend. A wise man does not yell at those who are offering them help." Now that all three were hear they could begin. "Alright, where shall we start? Anybody want to spar? Are we gonna warm-up or what? I'm good for whatever. You just ell me what it is that you want to do."

Looking up at Tomoshibi he said "I'll start with a warm up you two could spar if you want." He hoped that would distract them enough he didn't care to fight much but they always seemed to find him anyways. Jade slid down the hill using his wings to steer and slow down when needed his trip was much better then Emrald's who was now covered in dirt and he stood up dusting himself off there was much to teach him but it would all be done in time mostly his time. Sighing at his own thoughts Jade jumped to Emrald's shoulder and blew some wind down his shirt getitng rid of the dirt better then he could.

Hayashi shook her head, smiling. "You okay with warming up alone?" she asked Emrald. After awhile she shrugged, realizing it was an almost stupid question. She looked at Tomoshibi and grinned. "Does a spar sound good to you right now?" She felt the gentle breeze on the hill. She wondered how this little fight would turn out to be..... Speed was her best ally, her attacks where week, but she had manged to work with them. She would chose speed over strength any day.

Tomoshibi thought that a spar was a good idea. "I would honored to spar with you. Shall we use weapons or go without? I'm good with either one." Tomoshibi wasn't normally one to fight, but he allowed himself to have friendly spars. One couldn't just ignore their fighting abilities, especially when they had powers such as his. There were those out their who might come after him and he couldn't allow himself to be captured. There was a breeze blowing, but the ruins blocked most of it. The weather was perfect for this.

"Hmmm..... weapons sounds fine. Seeing what i had seen earlier, i would like to test my skill against you." Hayashi said, grinning. She didn't like how the breeze was being some what blocked, but at least she still felt the little that got though. She wondered if she should take off her black scarf now... or just keep it on... She left it on. She really like this scarf, and didn't want to take it off, yet. And she had no idea why she had chosen weapons. She didn't have much to use. Karasu had found no need to make sure her personality had a wide variety.

"Alright, but I may not necessarily use them." He took up a relatively casual stance; stances weren't really something that he was particularly worried about. Then he waited for Karasu to make a move. Tomoshibi preferred to wait for the opponent's move rather than make a direct attack. It too dangerous to make a direct attack without any knowledge of the opponent. It was a good thing he was patient.

Hayashi gave a weak smile. "I had found that I work better with weapons then with out." There was only a 10% change in her attacks with weapons then with out." She looked at him then thought. She tapped her toe on the ground thinking. He's a thinker.....earlier he said ally would be his opponent's best alley... right? Speed is on my side, little strength is......... Question is, how much speed? she thought to her self. She soon got in to a small stance, in which she mainly used for speed. Her eyes darted around, but mostly the sky and Tomoshibi... Finally she made a move, she wasn't at her original spot any more. If you focused hard, you would be able to see her moving. This was at least 50.5% of her speed.

'Tomoshibi was surprised at how fast Hayashi moved, but he wasn't going to just admit defeat that easily. He focused on her movements. "Darkness Isolation Jutsu." Hayashi was suddenly engulfed by darkness. She could move, but she could not see and the darkness would follow her wherever she went. Tomoshibi could not attack while using this jutsu, but it would probably cause some confusion for her. He also had a sneaky little plan that he figured he would use.

He hadn't done anything other then just stand there and stare he couldn't think of much to do in the first place. Yawning he laid back down only to feel claws in his arm as Jade moved across it and curled up next to him before yawning. Watching other ninja's was more interesting then fighting to him he was lazy but he'd pay attention in case a stray shot came at him with his luck it would it always did.

The three had been traveling for a long time now. They suddenly appeared out of the ruins. It was a wolf, tiger, and lion. Each one chose one of the three people here and dropped a letter in front of them.

Hayashi suddenly stopped seeing nothing but darkness. She moved, but slower then before..... What was he planning on? She couldn't see any thing, thus, he most likely had moved to another spot....She stopped moving now, thinking. How as she going to get him? The darkness seemed to keep going on and on, like there was no end..... If only she could tell where he was at, limit there fighting grounds perhaps might help, but how? she walked slowly, trying to be cautions. She suddenly fell over a figure of a large animal of some sort. She sighed, why couldn't there be more wind?

As soon as Hayashi tripped over a wolf, all three animals disappeared, leaving their letters behind. Tomoshibi released the jutsu a moment after the animals disappeared. Bending over, he examined the letter and picked it up. He opened it and read it out loud.

"To the reader,

You are invited to the grand reopening of The Village Sealed in the Past. All those who attend will be rewarded greatly. We hope to see you there!

As far as our location, you will have to use this to find us:

We are equally distanced from all the other villages. Strange animals walk the area nearby us."

He didn't say anything else; too confused as to what to do.

Hayashi looked a the letter she found, opening it and reading with Tomoshibi. She looked at him. How she would like to punish him (friendly like as she can be) for making her feel competently blind with no wind around her to make her feel safe, or to detect/predict he movements. Now if they where to continue this battle, she wanted to make sure she narrow down the movements they both can make. But before any other movements for the spar battle happened, she wanted to make sure he was okay, he looked a little confused. Karasu/Hayashi stood, doing a few hand signs that her jutsu needed, muttering the name, Wind Arena Jutsu, underneath her breath. "Fences" of wind appeared, making a small but decent area for the two to fight in. "You look confuse, Tomoshibi, you alright?"

Hayashi's voice brought Tomoshibi back from his confusion. "Sorry, I was just thinking about that letter." He noticed that she had used a jutsu. "Sneaky...using jutsu while I'm distracted. Dark Beam Jutsu." A single beam of physical darkness appeared about 15' behind Karasu and shot towards her back. The attack would pack a decent punch from the distance it was traveling, but it wouldn't really leave more than a bad bruise.

Hayashi smiled all most innocently. "I had to find a way to limit your possible walking range. Being put in what seems to be endless darkness will drive me nuts." She said grinning. She frowned as he said 'Dark Beam Jutsu', she turned to look around, eyes widening as she saw the beam. She barely moved and she was already hit, falling flat on her back. She flinched and stood up weakly. The wind in the jutsu she created seemed to die down a little for awhile, but then it was raging again. Hayashi bent over, hands on her knees shaking her head. "I guess i deserved that..."

Concern that he had hurt her suddenly overcame Tomoshibi and he found himself walking over to help her up. Something about her...Tomoshibi just couldn't quite put a finger on it. Then he saw that she was already up again. "Darkness Blast Jutsu." Tomoshibi pulled his arm back and thrust it forward, palm open. The moment before it made contact with Hayashi's body, an explosive blast of physical darkness erupted from his palm. He made sure to weaken the blast so that it would have a similar affect as the earlier jutsu.

Emrald grabbed his letter while listening to the other two talk and battle he opened it and Jade read it while he did but something seemed to be bothering the dragon once it was finished. Turning his head to the dragon he asked "What's the matter Jade?" But the dragon didn't answer he just looked away and hopped off Emrald's shoulder he almost seemed hurt he kept his head low. Sighing Emrald hated when this happened on a very rare occasion this would happen but he would never know when and it was best to wait this out.

When Hayashi turned looked at him, preparing to use hand signs she was hit again by his other jutsu, hitting the exact same place as the first one had hit (where a bruise was already forming). She flinched and stumbled backwards, but this time not falling down. She gave Tomoshibi a glare, but took a deep breath. She was not gonna get to upset that a different 'Karasu' will take her place. The Arena Jutsu almost died down completely this time, but it was still up. Quickly doing hand signs this time, "Wind Tornado Jutsu." The Arena made of Wind broke up and went above their heads in to the clouds. Hayashi was bent over again, hands on her knees again, panting. She was left with little chakra now. She waited for the Tornado Jutsu to be in full effect and she kept in eye on Tomoshibi.

Tomoshibi was caught off-guard when the tornado suddenly appeared in the arena, causing the other wind to die down. "Holy." was all he could manage to say under his surprise. He was prepared for it though; a dark wall jutsu would do the trick if it every came to close. "Impressive." He complimented on Hayashi's capabilities. He waited to see what the tornado would do before making his next move.

The funnel appeared more visible and touched ground. It stayed there, as if thinking, then it started to circle Hayashi. Karasu/Hayashi shook their head laughing almost at his shock. "Impressive, huh?" Ha, if only he knew it took up half my chakra. She stood there, to see what she could do. The tornado will keep circling her unless Tomoshibi got to close.... For now.

The tornado seemed to be making a defensive maneuver, which was not what Tomoshibi had expected. It seemed to make more sense to use that offensively rather then defensive, especially against someone with his abilities. Maybe she had some other trick up her sleeve, but he had one too. Then he pulled a kunai from his belt. As he held it, it began to glow black. "Black Kunai Jutsu. Concussive Blast Form." Tomoshibi threw the kunai towards the feet of Hayashi. Once it hit the ground, it release a concussive blast much like his previous jutsu.

Hayashi was keeping a close eye on Tomoshibi. Her heart seemed to skip a few beats as she saw the kunia glowing black and thrown at her feet. She already had a good idea, but it was going to take a lot out of her if she could even do it. To see if she could try, she did a quick hand sign. Wind Clone Jutsu. The tornado's wind seemed to decrease suddenly, and as the eruption happened, causing dust to go every where, it began to move towards Tomoshibi. There was a cough in the dust, and puff of smoke as the clone poofed. The tornado suddenly disappeared and Karasu, not Hayashi any more, was on the ground.