[Warai Ameko]

Karamatta Risuki, Kyokujitsu Senshi, Warai Ameko, genin team one… What an odd assortment of individuals. Ameko had met and sparred with each 0f her teammates, but she was still unsure of how they would operate in a proper battle. She also had no clue whether the two of them had met one another. Hell of a way to be introduced to someone, being sent on a mission to take out bandits or whoever the hell had taken root in the abandoned garrisons that Sunagakure had left to rot and decay. As Ameko waited outside the village, not far from the eyeline of the entrance, she mentally considered her teammates. Risuki was competent, older, and had a powerful clan ability to assist. Ameko had little doubt in her ability. Senshi was… well… she had actually shown a great deal of promise when she’d gotten drunk and sparred using those techniques. It was just a shame that her powers seemed to be fuelled by chemical imbalances in her brain. It wasn’t the team that anyone would have thought would come together, women born of the wilds, be it by affinity to beasts or by nature. Ameko rested back against Yuki’s back, the warm sand and body heat of the hyena causing her to sweat as she idly waited for her teammates to show up. They were by no means late, she had just been the first to arrive at the designated meeting spot. The desert beckoned, and with it would be combat. She just hoped her team was ready. That thought was swiftly replaced by one of cool arrogance. What was she talking about? Of course they would be. With a wolfish smile, Ameko cracked her knuckles one by one, the sound causing Yuki to chuff and whine. The first mission of team one. What could go wrong?

Karamatta Risuki Kyokujitsu Senshi

[Kyokujitsu Senshi]

When Senshi arrived, it hadn't been long at all since Senshi's last meeting with Ameko. The girl came forth dressed as she usually did, in a maroon colored shirt with white sleeves. However, what was a little bit different was that she came with ninja tools. First and foremost being a kunai holster along her thigh, a pouch along her back thigh, and a separate holster for some Shuriken. A wakizashi sword even at her waist about two and a half feet long in length. How cute! How quaint! The small Kyokujitsu came forth humming, and what was evidently different about her was that she came with bandages wrapped along her hands, all up along the length of her forearms.

"Hey there everybody!" She declares quite jovially as she closes the distance between them. "Soooo!~ What's the mission?" She finds herself stopping her jog with a little flip as she lands, entering into a crouch. "Boof!" She declares with a fierce look on her face. Looking at Yuki, the lovely hyena, Senshi came forth and clapped her hands happily. "Oh! Is Yuki gonna come along with us on the mission?!" She seemed most delighted at the prospect to have their nose to help them in this endeavor.

"I'm so excited!~ Are we gonna go and save some Princesses? Or go and slay a demon King or something?!"

[Karamatta Risuki]

Risuki is seemingly the last to arrive, stretching her back upwards and back as she walks towards the trio already waiting at the village gates. As is typical wear for her, the tan woman's white button-down shirt has its sleeves pulled upwards, revealing the bright green cloth inside of her shirt. Her baggy olive green pants swish back and forth against one another as she walks, with her white boots leaving behind the pawpad design on the sole in the dust and sand that always cover the streets and walkways. She runs one of her fingerless-gloved hands through that short red hair kept in a bob style, the brown suspenders and belt at her waist keeping all of her clothing in place, while the Sunagakure headband shined brightly against the sun at the front of her belt. Her dog's animal hide rests across her shoulders like a short cape, somewhat protecting her from the heat of the direct sunlight and some of that abrasive sand while her equipment pouch on her right leg bounces just a bit on her approach.

She notices the odd and short blonde girl with Ameko, raising an eyebrow as the rambunctious youth seems highly galvanized at the fantasy of what their mission would entail, but she smirks a little. This must be their newest teammate that she'd heard about, someone who was somewhat good at a few things though not entirely specialized into anything in particular. That was actually a very useful skill set to accompany two close-range fighters that could use sheer numbers to overwhelm an enemy like herself and Ameko.

"I wouldn't count on it, squirt! There haven't been princesses in these countries for uncounted generations... And I'm a demon king myself."

Risuki grins at the little blonde teen and jabs a thumb at herself as she states the last sentence. Then she turns towards Ameko, giving Yuki a simple curt nod of recognition before speaking to their last teammate.

"Anyways. Taking down some sand-eaters are we?"

[Warai Ameko]

Ameko raised from her relaxed position, petting the head of Yuki to silence a whine as she pulled away from their resting position. Senshi was the first to arrive, her chaotic energy in full force as she flipped down the path. Ameko nodded in response, continuing to pet the hyena as the girl spoke. "He is,” Ameko responded, "Kori is a bit further ahead, not far, he just got sick of waiting and was being a little shit.” Fortunately, there was no need to answer her second question, as Risuki arrived. Her appearance was in stark contrast to Senshi’s, tall and tanned, without any of the manic energy. At least there would be some sanity in their mission. Ameko barked a laugh at her statement, "Yeah, Sen, Risuki here is actually from a most ancient and evil bloodline, descended from the akuma themselves. If you act up, she’ll steal your soul in her sleep. Like she did to the dog on her shoulders.” Turning her attention back to Risuki, Ameko placed her hands behind her head, striking a relaxed pose, "Yeah, bunch of bandits and shite. Don’t think they’re anything more than lowlives and sandbangers, but the sappers are lazy buggers and need us to go and reclaim their old garrisons for ‘em.” Spinning on her heels, she turned toward the road, "Shouldn’t be much of a walk. But it’ll be bloody well hot today so, I dunno, keep hydrated and don’t run too much?” The walk wouldn’t be long, but Kaze no Kuni was hardly the safest of lands. It was desert, after all.

Kyokujitsu Senshi Karamatta Risuki

[Kyokujitsu Senshi]

Blink. Blink. The tall redhead made her way, and with it, she found herself pointing a finger accusatorily toward Risuki. "Ah! Ah! She's got a wolf on her shoulder! Is that even legal?!" When looking towards Ameko, she finds herself tilting her head and freezing up. "W-What?" She finds herself growing pale as a ghost, and her eyes wide as dishplates as she finds a ghostly apparition of a smaller Senshi ghost leaving her mouth. Though, she swiftly recovers herself, making a mental note to keep an eye on Risuki. She seemed like she was some Risuki business.

"A-Ah...right. Bandits. Right..." She totally read the mission briefing before coming here. "Well. Ehem. I'm really looking forward to working with you all." She says, bowing her head to Risuki, the Demon King. The dark lord of destruction and the wearer of wolves. "My name is Kyokujitsu Senshi. But you can call me Senshi-Chan!~" Giving cute wink, she offers a fist for a fist bump. "I'm basically Ameko's little sister!" She says with a bright grin, but before long, wraps a cloth around her head as they prepare to walk along the desert. Kinda sucked really.

The sun really did bother her eyes, and people said that people like her didn't thrive all that well out here. Though, the sun never really bothered her much anyways. Her people were nomads and all that. Besides, with the jutsu she worked with? This wasn't anything she wasn't used to!

[Karamatta Risuki]

Risuki frowns a little as the pelt across her shoulders is called a wolf, but she decides against smacking her own youthful teammate upside the head, even if she deserves it. The teasing from Ameko at least keeps a smirk on her mouth before Senshi states her own name and her anticipation to work together with them all. When the fist is offered, though, Risuki doesn't hesitate to bump it. After all, they'd be teammates, probably for a while, and she didn't need to make their missions more difficult by teasing or bullying one of them. The self-proclamation of being Ameko's little sister does make one of her eyebrows raise up, but she decides she can walk and talk at the same time, leaving behind more pawprints from the soles of her shoes as she walks, grinning at Ameko and leering at her with a sidelong stare.

"Lil sister, huh? I bet your big sis is so proud of ya for graduating from the Academy, riiight?"

Now Risuki is rather like the hyenas, or perhaps like a wolf licking its chops. Still, she's ready to show off more of what she can do, especially against bandits that she can freely attack. The last mission she was on had merely included children, and the only action her fists had gotten had been against a false rock wall. This time around, she'd actually get to see some combat, and she wouldn't have to hold back from lethal force like she had during the spar with Ameko. She wondered at Senshi's last name, though. That wasn't the same clan that Ameko was from, so what gives with all the little sister talk? She'd have to ask about that some other time, when they weren't getting ready for a mission to take down some dumb thugs.

[Warai Ameko]

The somewhat ill-natured laughter that had been coming from Ameko ceased at Senshi’s statement, and Risuki’ subsequent endorsement of the statement. Ameko groaned, looking over the two with an utterly unreadable expression. "Don’t encourage her…” Ameko whined, her voice edging on canine, "She halfway thinks she’s a hyena anyway.” Yuki seemed chuffed at that, the felinid chortling under his breath. His laughter carried as they walked, only silenced by the occasional glance at the pelt that adorned Risuki’s shoulders. He’d seen that in action, it was certainly more than a cloak. Of course, the shadow-art that allowed it to return to some sort of life was beyond his bestial comprehension. And a certain doggy confusion seemed to colour his features for much of the journey. It wasn’t along, albeit long enough for sweat to begin to form and stain Ameko’s clothing when Kori finally returned. The ill-mannered hyena padded toward them with a sniff and a huff. "Right, must be close then,” Ameko mused, pausing to scruff the animal behind the ears. Her lips pursed together as if thinking, "The briefing was pretty sparse on what sort of resistance we’d be dealing with. Just have to hit up three garrisons and clear them out. First one’s just over the horizon, little Kori’s been keeping watch.” The hyena evidently did not appreciate the nickname. "How we wanna play this? Smart’d probably be recon… Or we could just hit ‘em,'' Ameko shrugged.

Kyokujitsu Senshi Karamatta Risuki

[Kyokujitsu Senshi]

When they were asked how to go about it? Senshi finds herself unfurling her cloak. "Well. Easy isn't it? We cover ourselves, and inch our way along, and take cover along the ruins. We hide and take note of who's where, and we hit!" Nodding her head, she considers their options. Taking the liberty to wrap herself, she lays flat along the sand, and using the cloak of invisibility jutsu, she looks just like the sand itself. Before she proceeds to inch her way along the dunes to see what there was to see. Ultimately, what she saw seemed to be the ruins and remains of some forgotten fortification.

Perhaps abandoned or left behind during a previous conflict. There seemed to be the presence of cages that hung from chains along the taller inclines, with half constructed and or perhaps half destroyed sections of wall. A defensible area no doubt, but it wasn't as structurally inclined as it was before. Senshi crawls her way through and sees two...no three archers at least. Men whom wore primarily leather armor with cloth coverings. She noted these findings, before she lays herself low along the sand. Another two or so bandits were within the inner gate, and likely a few more. It must have meant this particular base was lightly defended from the outside perimeter.

However, this could very well mean there was a larger defensive garrison inside of the building. It would prove prudent and wise to avoid raising an alarm. She wasn't sure if her comrades followed suit and after her, but if not, the small blonde makes her way back. "Five enemies were what I could see outside in the small courtyard and atop the walls. There's probably a few more. Or. We could maybe attack at night. Take the place over and sleep in for the night..."

"What do you girls think?"

[Karamatta Risuki]

Risuki can't help but to chuckle a bit herself at the reaction she gets from Ameko, even if her own laughter does somewhat remind herself of one of Ameko's hyena companions. It was honestly a bit hard to keep track of them, or tell them apart, at least for Risuki herself. But then again, she'd not grown up with them like Ameko had. She also somewhat enjoys that the hyena has some bestial unease about the pelt on her shoulders, having clearly remembered the spar she'd had with the hyenas and their master. The new conundrum once they reach the second hyena presents itself soon enough, and she starts considering their options. Of course, she favors the idea of getting straight in and breaking a few faces with her fists, and she's practically itching to get to that physicality, when their teammate chimes in that she thinks they'd better cover themselves and inch their way p to the ruins and observe.

The redhead internally chuffs at the idea of sneaking around instead of going in like the barracks belongs to them. Which it does, in a sense, as they're an arm of Sunagakure, and the barracks belongs to Sunagakure, so it's their job to reclaim it. But she has to admit that it's likely the safest option, especially for someone as small and young as Senshi is, compared to the other two teammates. She still dislikes the idea of crawling around on the burning hot sand, and she shakes her head at that idea.

"Maybe you scout it while we wait for an update from you..."

At least she seems amenable to that idea, and so Risuki is spared the burning heat of sand managing to slip in past the opening of her top, and she instead waits for Senshi to return with that very helpful information. The idea of sleeping in at those barracks for the night makes her shake her head, though, even if it sounded like their perimeter was very carefully guarded.

"If we sleep in there and the bandits we see are actually part of a bigger group, we'll end up bein' ambushed in our sleep when the rest of the bandits show up. Better for us to take over all the buildings and then immediately high-tail it back to Sunagakure so the sappers can take over. With them in the barracks, they'll have greater numbers on their side, and they can send any newcomers packin'."

She turns to look at Ameko now to see what input she's got.

[Warai Ameko]

Ameko watched Senshi disappear into the sand to scout, and not for the first time she wished she had the senses of her hyena companions. Or at least something more developed, something that would enable her to understand what was going on from a distance without straining her eyes or opening herself up to being sighted by the enemy. Fortunately, Senshi was small and agile enough to disappear and return without issue. At least five enemies, unlikely to be more than ten, Ameko bit her lip as she considered the options put before them. "I think Risuki is probably right,” Ameko finally added, "The less time we give them to understand what’s happening, the better, right? Hit ‘em with shock and awe. Element of surprise. Boom.” She mimed an explosion with her hands. "We can probably sneak up on the first garrison, use our brains and ambush them,” Ameko mused, "But after we do that, we’re probably going to have to move hard and fast. I’m not sure exactly how quiet we can keep it.” "Risuki and I both fight with bestial companions or whatever it is your cloak is, so we’ve got more bodies to keep secret… and Senshi, fire and alcohol aren’t exactly quiet either. So uh… sneak on the first one, take these guys out quick and fast. Then commence operation rampant destruction?”

Karamatta Risuki Kyokujitsu Senshi

[Kyokujitsu Senshi]

Blink. Blink. When Senshi came back, she found herself slowly rubbing the back of her head. "Wouldn't it be cool though if we could sleep in a fort?" She asked kind of dumbly. Though before saying anything else stupid, she listened to them all. The idea was to hit hard and fast, and Senshi found herself nodding her head. "Sure~" Senshi found herself slowly looking up at the walls at the top.

"There's like...Two of those guys that are archers up there." She says, nodding her head. "So. Be careful. 'Kay?" She decided that she ought to play support in this instance. "Uhh...Yeah. I guess so? Destruction. Sure?" She wasn't really sure what to make of the situation, but she had more than enough time and potential to go about casting her drunken fists. Taking the liberty to look their group over, she begins to move, but stops.

"Can you guys take care of the guys on the wall? I'll take care of the dummies on the ground." Assuming they took the liberty to agree? Senshi would give her thumbs up and would crawl her way back along the sand like a snake, as to get closer without getting spotted, up until she reached the shadow of the wall. Her comrades would have their challenges cut out for them for sure, but with that said? Senshi was ready. Hopefully anyways. Was this the time and place where she should show what she could really do? The thought hit Senshi.

Nah. Best keep it in reserve for the heroic moment right?

[Karamatta Risuki]

Risuki can't help but to chuckle a little when Senshi suggests that it would be cool to sleep in a fort, but she shrugs. Cool or not, it was unsafe. Despite her name, she really didn't like taking that kind of a risk, especially if it meant she wouldn't get to sleep at all, more than likely. She listens in on the new plan to take out the guards they could, ambush the first barracks, then hit the rest hard and fast to keep them from alerting the others. She smiles when it seems Ameko is about as unsure about her pelt as her own hyenas are, showing that they think rather similarly. The mention of archers makes Risuki frown a little. She hadn't thought about long range combat; she was capable of hitting at around medium range, but she has no methods for much greater distances. Well, there was no better time to see the Scorch Release in action than right now. She starts to ask Senshi about it, but she's interrupted by the blonde's request that they take care of the guys on the wall while she takes out the ground units. So much for that.

Risuki folds her fingers into each other and then extends her palms forwards and out, popping all of her fingers at once in a pushing motion before she returns her hands and curls her fingers into fists. She's not sure if Ameko knows enough ranged combat to take down her own archer, but she can at least take down one of them, and if they coordinate well enough, both archers can be taken down simultaneously.

"Awright, Ameko. I'll take down one, you take the other, and we'll do it quick like."

Risuki runs on ahead, not waiting to hear if Ameko does have a problem with it; she wants the mission done quick, and they'll need speed on their side to get rid of the patrols without being spotted. At least the Karamatta shinobi is able to keep out of sight of the archers by using the pelt over herself, doing her best to look like a wild dog that's wandering around in the desert, at least until she gets close enough to the wall that the archers wouldn't be able to keep track of her. From this point, it's a bit of work, but by slamming her iron knuckles into the wall to form something like a grip, she's able to scramble up. She really ought to learn a few of those surface walking techniques she'd heard about, but there was no time to think on that; she was quick to rush directly to the archery tower used to keep watch, leaping upwards as she uses the structure to keep herself hidden from the other guards.

Once she reaches the parapet, she slams her fist into the back of the man's head, quickly taking his place in silhouette so that the other guards don't realize too soon that their lookouts are down.

[Warai Ameko]

Senshi returned to the sand, and Risuki took off, leaving Ameko alone for a moment. The plan had been set, all that remained was carrying out. Ordering her hyenas to trail behind, she too ran forth. Risuki was ahead, but not by a lot. Keeping an eye on her older teammate from the corner of her eye, Ameko kept her head down and moved through the shadows. When it came to speed, the great equaliser, ironically, ended up being a jutsu Ameko knew that her teammate did not. Quietly thanking Asahi, she leapt forward, her feet colliding with the wall and carrying her up its surface. It wasn’t too different to climbing a tree after all. With Risuki moving to attack elsewhere, Ameko moved up the side of the tower itself, speed and agility carrying her forth. The guard’s back was turned, and Ameko had no issue leaping to the outlook and grabbing her from behind. Her muscles bulged as she locked in the headlock, a hand firmly pressed against her mouth. As the blood and air supply to the woman’s mouth dwindled to nothing, unconsciousness took her, and Ameko took her place. Albeit, looking in, rather than out. Her head twisted from side to side, a shallow nod aimed at Risuki before her attention turned back to the interior. Senshi had promised to take care of the ground, however she intended to do so, Ameko was not yet sure.

Karamatta Risuki Kyokujitsu Senshi Jutsu Used SPOILER: Click to show NAME: Kinobori no Waza [Act of Tree Climbing] RANK: D CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low [Continuous] CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu [General] ELEMENT: None DESCRIPTION: An advanced genin level technique, it serves as a means to both enhance chakra control when mastered as well as a means to change one's advantages on the battlefield. By applying chakra to the soles of the feet, the shinobi gains the ability to walk and stand on vertical surfaces or even upside down.

[Kyokujitsu Senshi]

Senshi herself found herself moving quietly as she stalked her way through. Between them, they could easily take out ten guys. Especially since the hyenas were around. Blinking, she looked to the guards along the inner gate. Now that her friends were up above her, she could go in, but...How should she go about it? She ultimately decided to go for it. Rushing in, she dashes and leaps high into the air. Her shadow beginning to descend as she does a somersault motion. Her right leg extended. [Color=Crimson "Hiyah!"[/Color] She calls out, slamming her heel down along the back of someone's head. Honestly. That was rough buddy.

Before then, there was a moment's pause from the other guard as they watch their comrade drop like a stack of cards. "The fuck! Little shit! We're under atta-!...H-Hgh...W-MY DICK!" Senshi in her panic didn't exactly know what she was doing, but she'd taken her kunai from her side, and instinctively just kind of...thrust. Straight at the guy. Grinding in her trowel with her full force, as he now recoils and feels a pain like never before as she busted his balls, quite literally with her knife. "AHAAAAAGH! AAAAAGH!" He calls out, before he goes silent, and tries to cope with the pain as his body spasms and convulses. Before Senshi looks straight at him.

"Erh...I'm sorry. I just..." Watching them drop their spear as it falls to the sand, soon, the other guards on the ground notices Senshi. In which case, she looks to the hyenas, and urges for them to follow her. Back towards the entrance of which they came. "Hey! You little bitch! Stop! Get back here!" To which as they approached? Senshi finds herself forming a tiger seal. The man who cradled his poor balls would find there was a moment where the slip of paper lit up. As his friends come to help and console him. Oh...no...

[Karamatta Risuki]

Risuki watches Senshi's own assault on the front gate, and she winces as it seems to cause quite a bit of commotion, between knocking out the first guard and then seriously injuring, but not ending, the second one, letting him scream and potentially get the attention of others in the barracks, alerting them that they might be under attack, and thus putting the entire mission in danger. She groans a bit at what she initially perceives as a screw up, and considers jumping down from the tower in order to engage in the bandits as much as she can while they're still there, perhaps they can beat down enough of them that the mission could still be a success. And then she sees the explosion from a note left behind with the kunai that had been used to hurt the second guard, and while it definitely gets rid of a lot of ground guards at once, there's no way the explosion doesn't instantly alert everyone else within the base.

"Well, shit."

She lets out an exasperated sigh as she watches more people scramble out of the barracks towards the commotion, but at least it was fewer than she had thought might actually be holed up there. It was certainly possible for three combat-focused Genin to take out the few that remained.

"Awright. Let's go, Sota!"

She does actually leap from the watchtower, tossing the pelt from her back so that it would fall near enough to her for her technique to work. With a few hand seals, her shadow takes possession of the wolfdog pelt, causing the beast to rise from the brown-furred pelt and turning the skin black and the fur a greenish color. Risuki and Sota then begin their assault, with Risuki putting the knuckle dusters back on her hands in order to deliver bone-breaking strikes with each jab of her compact fist while Sota himself is busy with snapping jaws and tearing claws. With Risuki breaking bandits and Sota tearing through flesh, the barracks quickly becomes a bloodbath.

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NAME: Ketsugō Shita Kage [Conjoined Shadows]
RANK: D
CHAKRA USAGE: Very Low [Constant]
CLASSIFICATION: Ninjutsu
ELEMENT: N/A
HANDSEALS: One
REQUIREMENT: Hijutsu SA
DESCRIPTION:
The basis of all Karamatta clan jutsu, Ketsugō Shita Kage allows the user to animate a Nuime attached to their shadow as naturally as one would raise and manipulate their body's natural extremities like the fingers, arms, and legs. General usage and strength is user skill dependant, with the range they can spread from their Nuime being as follows:

Academy Student: 1m
Genin: 4m
Chunin: 8m
Sp. Jounin: 12m
Jounin: 16m
Elite Jounin: 20m