Leaf Village Gate

*Kojima bit his lip a little hardly having time to listen to Washi-sensei, seeing as he landed on the branch a brief flicker, barely noticable, and the clone was more than half way to him. taking in a sharp breath Kojima shunshined again leaping from the branch he was on to another around 20 meters away this time, almost falling off the branch but able to push off again before he lost his balance, using his blurry moment in the air to balance himself, landing on the ground 17 meters away, p ushing off again breathing steadily as he went, almost afraid to even look behind and check to see how well the clone was keeping up. He wondered briefly as he made his jumps, random and varied, If since washi-sensei was resting, the exploding tags would no longer activate. he decided to test this theory and jumped towards one 22 meters away, pushing off as soon as his feet hit the ground, not wanting to get blown to bits, but thinking that if they were still active, it might just catch the pursuing clone in its blast, though he didnt consider it likely*

The clone chasing Matsutsu began to close in as Matsutsu once more shunshined to the middle. This time the clone was inches away from holding onto him before chasing him once more.

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Meanwhile the explosive tag on the shuriken that Kojima had pushed off on activated, nearly blowing off the genin's feet and the clone stopped before continuing the chase once more.

*Kojima bit his lip hard as the blast erupted, the force throwing him off balance a little and he rolled forward as he landed, catching himself on his hands and springing forward onto his feet again. The clone had more or less skipped the step with the exploding shuriken and was already headed straight for Kojima. he felt the clone's fingers graze him as he quickly used the technique again leaping backwards and behind the clone, then spun and took off into a tree again. a little winded from the explosion, he concentrated on calming his breathing as he continued to jump between 20 and 25 feet, backwards, side to side, upwards, avoiding the clone with his random movement, though it was never far behind. What with having to be constantly on the move, Kojima was glad that it was something simple as breathing that kept him going, he hardly felt tired and his continued flow of chakra made it easy for him to repeatedly perform the jutsu well*

Matsu then had the clone right next to him and he shunshined away to the tree on the other side of the clearing. Matsu began thinking on how he can dodge the clones without getting blown up he then decides to get his bone sword out to keep him moving and able to shift weight quickly. The clone then got close again and he shunshined to the the grass near the middle of the field sticking his bone in the ground and taking a sharp Shunshine to a tree two over from the one he was just at. thinking the clone can't make as good cuts as Washi.

Washi while sitting in the shade of the large and sturdy oak tree was gradually being more and more amused by the two genin's attempts to flee the clones. He knew that at any one moment his clones could speed up or begin exploding but decided that they would get better faster if the element of danger was still present. Washi almost grinned when he saw Kojima testing the explosive tag.

"Let's make this a little harder shall we?" said Washi to himself, "Kage Bunshin No jutsu!"
Two more exact replicas appeared alongside the real Washi and they then started to shunshin towards the two genins.

The dust trail temporarily made Washi's vision blurry and he decided to make them aware of the new difficulty,

"Two more! 25% This time. Have fun!"

"Crap" Matsu knew Washi was going to push them to the limit. Matsu decided to stop waiting for the clone because they are now much faster than before. He Shunshines to about half way on the tree on the other side of the clearing digging his bone in the tree to stop and then Shunshine up to the top branch on the tree hoping this would give him a second to catch his breath. Matsu knew he had about seven real shunshins left in him due to his small amount of chakra.

"Hmm they should be running out of chakra by now. Of course Kojima has a special ability but I'll end the training now." thought Washi to himself.

The two 20% clones suddenly stopped and started forming hand seals while the two 25% clones continued chasing them, gaining with every shunshin.

"Fuuton: Washi!" said Washi's clones as many chakra eagles formed and surrounded both genins.

*Kojima frowns hearing Washi-sensei's voice through the blurred motion as he struggles to stay ahead of the clone. then looking up he sees another right in front of him and he dodges quickly to the side. This changes things, he thought. where before it was a chase, now the two clones could work together, one could wait while the other herded, they could corner him, come at him from both sides... random movements were'nt good enough. He had to devise a pattern ,some sort of strategy. barely escaping with the next few shunshin, he felt fingers close aro und his arm, but he wrenched his arm free as he leapt away again, breathing a little faster in his panic. glancing back he saw one of the clones transform into eagles. he gasped softly remembering his Genjutsu training, and used shunshin again, traveling near 28 meters*

"Whats going on" said Matsu as he didn't bother fighting these eagles. Matsu then thought how much longer it will take for Koku to get to the gate so we can leave for Sunakagure.

"Alright guys training is over!" yelled Washi so that they could hear him above the cries of the eagles.

The two clones each caught their respective target but did not explode. While the eagles helped herd the genin into that position.

"I think our last comrade has arrived!"

"Finally" said Matsu sounding a bit rude. He quickly tried to recover from his shrudeness by bowing.

*Kojima began to take slow steady breaths, closing his eyes hearing training was over, looking around as he squirmed out of the grasp of the clone, glancing over at Washi sensei, buttoning up his shirt to the top three*

Kokuzoku Kuroengi approached the four ninjas quite carefully, although knowing that Chieko was among them his spirits were lifted up.

"Washi-san, shall we get going?" he asked the Jounin.

"Yes it's time, let's leave and follow my lead," said Washi, walking outside the gates with his robes fluttering behind him.

*already recovered from the training and breathing steadily, Kojima shoved his hands into his pockets, shirt partially unbuttoned, and began to chew his inner lip as he followed closely behind Washi-sensei,taking care not to get in the way of the distinctive and overly dramatic fluttering robes*

Matsu decides to try and impress Koku by Shunshining a little to the left of Washi sensei to walk outside the gates with him. Matsutsu found something ominous about Koku not sure exactly what but decides to not worry about it.

The Guards nod and let you pass, closing the gates behind you.

You may now travel to Sand. Please post at the Gates there so you can be accepted and allowed in. Have a nice day. ^__^

dragoon stands by the gates waiting to go to the sand village "i guess i'll just have to wait"

((Okay I approve you leaving, I'll play as an escort so you can get to the village. ^^' Can't leave you with nothing to do.))

A Jounin about a couple feet taller stood next to Dragoon in the standard Jounin attire. She held her packs straps lightly and began to walk off out of the gate.

dragoon follows while reading a book

((Go ahead and post in the sand village gate. it has to be a 100 word post though. o_0))

Washi had travelled alone strangely, he was slightly disturbed about the recent events, Shinichi becoming Akatsuki, Kojima becoming missing and he did not want to worry Matsutsu and the others. Especially the fact that it was him who dealt the mercy blow to Koku. He had travelled quickly to bring the news to the Hokage and was tired as he arrived at the leaf gates. Hungry, thirsty and lacking sleep he gently asked the guard if he could go in,

"It's me Washi - let me in quick, I need to speak to the Hokage," he said quickly, "THIS IS URGENT!"

He almost got out his kunai but decided against it.

((only 80 words))

((OOC: Fixed ))

Approved back into the Leaf

Matsu kept walking till he felt the breeze of the Leaf Village after the long time in Sand. *cough Matsu was worried why Washi was in such a hurry and let himself travel alone. He was also very curious and worried about what happened to Kojima. Matsu Shunshines to the gates and stand there taking a deep breath without any sand in his mouth. He knew the first thing he would do is probably go to the Ramen shop. *cough Matsu knew he was going to go on a mission and hopefully it would be an exciting one. Matsu was clenching his sword he recently got at the Sand Village due to his run in with the Akasutki Leader he didn't tell anyone though except that a rougue ninja slammed him in the back and he was injured. Matsu figured Washi realized that it had something to do with the Akatsuki.

(Washi is it ok if I come back now)