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Kimiko was clearly affected, frowning to themselves while they would be processing that it was them who were terrifying. Their head would be hanging low, stuck in a mental funk while Ariella gazed down at them. If they were able to frown or display their frustrations and sadness, The Doll would have had it plastered on their face, clear as day. "You're scared of Us. Just like everyone else." The Doll said, shaking her head. Ariella's words, though helpful, had fallen on deaf ears. "It could be fear of us eating you. Or taking your soul. We do not know why you continue to amuse us." The Doll sounded uncertain still, looking up to the hand that was offered to them by their white haired tour guide. Hesitation gripped them, the void where their eyes could have been decades prior before their disappearance focused on her outstretched palm. The tone from before had returned, speaking, "Our curiosity is sated. You may take Us to the next location." They were quiet, shifting around while The Doll's posture and movements became more lifeless again. They moved their head before the arm followed slowly. It wasn't until Ariella called her that name again that they had reacted. "Kimiko..." The childish voice said again before reaching to take their hand again.
"We may go." The Doll said, looking up at the larger female with her cold hand in the other girl's. It was a little more relieved, even if just a faint bit. "We...want to see so much more. The other Us. The ones you do not see."
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'Man, these guys are stupid,' Hinata thought as he followed the group of students away from the classroom and up to the roof. Even with the shroud of chakra that was helping to mitigate their awareness of his presence, surely at least one of them would have picked up on something. Heck, he failed to hide a loud sneeze just a few feet behind them and not one even turned to check it out. Hinata followed them to return the favor on what was sure to be an attempt to bully the red-headed girl, but if they were this oblivious then maybe he didn't need to step in at all. 'Amateurs.'
Still, though, he couldn't look the other way. It wasn't in his nature. As statically indolent as he seemed to be, Hinata abhorred bullies. They lit a special kind of fire in his belly that propelled him into action despite his better judgment. Now that they were standing on the roof, his suspicions were confirmed. The first thing that the lead boy of this ragtag group of assailants did was call out to her. Apparently she had advised him to bring a bigger group the next time he confronted her. She was either confident in her ability to take them, or she didn't expect for them to gang up on her this soon. Either way, she didn't seem shaken in the least. Quite the opposite, in fact. Before Hinata realized what she was planning, the temperature of the roof began to drop.
'Oh boy, here we go.' Hinata slid his jacket off of his arms and tossed it to the side in preparation for a brawl, the pencil he had stolen on his way out of the classroom being tucked carefully into his pocket. He doubted he'd need a weapon, but he was going to keep it on standby just in case, since he didn't presently have any in his possession. Before he could act, another figure spoke above the noise. The teacher? Did they follow the group? It was certainly possible, but that could wait. He watched as they launched a volley of electric senbon at a few of the students and decided to follow up on that.
The cloak of chakra surrounding him dispersed as he arranged a series of hand seals, using his chakra to exert what little control he could manage over a few roof-tiles around his feet, causing 5 of them to rise slightly away from their position before shooting off in the direction of the group. He decided to send the tiles towards the ankles of the kids who weren't already having lightning needles aimed at them, trying to knock them off balance. Hinata rushed forward, darting between the mob of students towards Sakiko's position. As he got close, he leapt into the air and spun, aiming the heel of his foot at the cheek of a nearby attacker. "This is some party you've got going on up here," he said to her, flashing a quick smile. "Hope you don't mind it getting crashed."
Sakiko usually considered herself tough due to the Jashinist environment she was brought up in. Because of that, as the fellow students began to strike and beat her, the red haired girl refused to falter. The impacts were numerous and still hurt, but not as much as they might have hurt someone else. It was only when a familiar voice rang out over the rooftop did the beatings stop. Sakiko took a moment to look around her arms, which she held to protect her face, to see a surprise. The teacher from before…? That couldn’t be right, but the young girl had no reason to believe otherwise. But in the same regard, she had no reason to really care. Five of the students were dropped to their knees by the paralytic needles that the Chunin fired at them. In a similar turn of events that also surprised Sakiko, the others had been sent crashing to the ground by stray clay tiles. She blinked and followed the path back to the boy from earlier.
It was like he had moved from the shadows and flew right through the air to her rescue. He landed right next to her and flashed her a cocky grin. She responded in kind by ignoring him and walking to the leader of the pack. “Not at all, you’re in time for the main event.” Sakiko held her hand out to her side, generating crystals of ice in her palm before they coalesced into a single blade. [Learned Water Manipulation, Water Sword] “I’m doing your job and teaching this one a lesson in minding his ******** business.” Sakiko said to the teacher as she stood over the first boy and, in one swift movement, thrust her sword down. The ice blade pierced the boy’s hands, sticking them together and into the roof. [Learned Outer Reaping, Devil’s Footing] “Now pop quiz-” Sakiko held her other hand out and, despite the freezing temperature, generated a ball of flame in her palm. She leaned down to be face to face with the boy, the fire illuminating her face eerily as she examined the panic in his eyes. “Why don’t you tell me exactly what a fireball to the face feels like.” [Fireproof Technique, Fire Release: Fox Fire]
Nep couldn't help but smile as they saw their paralytic needles strike the boys and take them down. It felt nice to land an attack as opposed to being struck for once. Not soon after did their attack land when Hinata came from the shadows and took out a few of his own. Though Nep's attention was pulled by Sakiko as she shouted at what she assumed was the teacher. Nep would put their hands in their pockets and form a single handseal before a flash of light would appear, blinding any other students besides Sakiko and Hinata. [ Learned Flickering Light [ Touei no Jutsu ] | Rank E ] In the distraction, Nep would take the opportunity to change their form back to the form that was more familiar to the other students. "Doesn't bother me any. He's getting off light." Nep would shrug coldly. They had been through worse when those scientists were trying to figure out what made their powers tick. Nep practically had their entire body pulled apart and put back together. Though Nep had to wonder if Sakiko planned on killing this kid or not. It wasn't particularly something that the APD would like, Nep was sure of that. Perhaps if the boy was lucky enough Nep would use their limited healing knowledge to save his life.
Glancing at the other students, it seemed like the action had subsided for now, having ended much sooner than he thought it would. Hinata visibly deflated with this realization. He dropped into a sitting position on the tiles of the roof, glancing towards the "teacher" as Sakiko hurled a remark their way. It took him a second to realize what she was about to do. "Hey wai-" Hinata began, but stopped short as the red haired girl had already pierced the bully's hands. He winced at the sight. "Well I guess he did kind of deserve it," he muttered under his breath.
A bright flash of light erupted from the side, causing him to cover his eyes. "Hey, what the hell!" He shouted, more than a little annoyed. He blinked his eyes a few times as the light subsided, only to realize that the light didn't affect his vision at all. Hinata turned to glare at… Nep? 'So that wasn't the teacher. Pretty clever disguise.' Admitted more confused now than anything, his glare quickly morphed into a slightly raised eyebrow. "Was that really necessary to undo a transformation technique?" He asked.
'Is she really going to burn this guy's face? That seems a bit over the top.' Hinata glanced from Nep to Sakiko, then from the fireball to the poor kid she was standing over. After a bit of careful consideration, he decided to speak up. "Hey, uh.. That seems like a bad idea." He didn't know anything about this girl, but he did know that injuring a student like that would land her in a world of trouble. He didn't necessarily care one way or another what happened with this kid. It definitely seemed like he had started all of this, and he even went as far as to bring more than a few others with him to pick on the red-head. However, how much punishment did he really deserve? And how much trouble were they going to get in after this?
“Oh, you think so?” Sakiko unfurled her fingers from the boy’s hair and let his head go, the flame in her opposite hand fading away in an instant. The girl turned to face Hinata, rising to her full height to give the Nara her full attention. Sakiko placed her hands in her pockets, but lifted a leg up to plant her foot on the butt of the blade she’d formed. With a very deliberate motion, she stomped her foot and pushed the blade deeper into the boy’s hands, earning a whimper from him. She told herself she didn’t really care, but to say she felt wrathful vindication was an understatement. It was hidden securely behind the half-lidded gaze she regarded her classmate with. But the way Sakiko jiggled the blade with her foot was more than enough evidence of contempt. “What about you? Do you think it’s a bad idea?” She asked, her eyes flitting to glance at Nep briefly. Wordlessly Sakiko removed her foot from the blade and took a few steps towards Hinata.
“Whatever it is you’re scared of, I assure you that your fear is misplaced.” As she spoke, her lazy stare locked onto the boy’s eyes. He had her full attention now. But the jury was still out on if that was a good thing or not. “With that said, if you think that’s enough, then you’re more than welcome to stop me.”
"Hmmm yes. Yes I think it was." Nep would respond rather non-chalantly to Hinata's question on whether or not the undoing of Nep's tranformation technique was necessary. They would place their hands in their pockets and stand as Hinata then pointed out the whole thing being a bad idea. Nep could understand why Hinata would say this. Afterall, the boy had likely learned his lesson and the real teachers could be coming at any moment. "Seems a little beneath you at this point. He's light weight. I mean look at him, he's practically pissing himself already." Nep would pull their left hand out of their pocket and direct it toward the boy again. "It'd be better to leave him like he is now and instead lets go get into some real fun. Get out of this school and leave these losers to play shinobi." Nep would offer, smiling at both Sakiko and Nep. They hoped this would be enough to stop everything.
Hinata locked eyes with Sakiko as she turn to face him, but remained sitting. Calm and collected, his demeanor was unwavering in the face of her continued torture with the blade of ice pinning the boy to the roof. Even as she stepped towards him, he wouldn't budge, though he did tense up a bit. Nep's response seemed to fall into a similar vein as Hinata's own view of the situation, and he assumed the follow-up comment was meant to ease some of the new tension that was beginning to form. Initially he meant to keep quiet and see how Sakiko would react to her offer, but….
Out of nowhere, Hinata's face contorted and twisted, his entire body reeling backwards slightly before a vicious sneeze erupted from the purple haired kid. A momentary pause before he wiped his nose and looked back up with clear annoyance painting his expression. "Baka. Baaaaka. The teachers are already going to ask questions. If you do anything else now it won't be self defense anymore, and then we can all get in trouble," he pointed a finger towards the other kids laying on the roof. "They're probably going to vouch for their friend and say you started it."
He took a breath, and brought his tone back down to a reasonable level, but he maintained his annoyed look. "They got what they deserved, and maybe going that extra mile is deserved too, but these s**t-stains aren't worth the trouble that'll follow if you go any further." Hinata finally let out a deep sigh and rolled back until he was laying completely flat on the ground. "Jeez, that was exhausting. I thought i could fight that sneeze," he muttered mostly to himself. "Do whatever you want, but don't make me say 'I told you so'." At this point his eyes were trained on the sky, watching a few clouds pass by overhead. "Besides, her idea is way better anyway," Hinata added, pointing towards Nep. "Anything's more fun than being here."
Sakiko flinched as Hinata sneezed in her face. She righted herself up and wiped her face with her sleeve, cleaning it of any residue. “Gross…” she mumbled. The two of them did make a valid argument, as the young girl was on thin ice enough as it is. It wouldn’t be wise if Sakiko violated her probation. But Jashin forbid that she go back to that boring a** classroom. Wordlessly she shoved her hands into her pockets and turned away from the group. The girl made it to the edge of the roof before pausing and turning her head over her shoulder, giving Nep and Hinata her standard half-lidded bored expression.
“It sounds like you two are feeling under the weather.” She said flatly. “I heard the arcades here have medicine for that kind of thing, so you should go look there. I’m sure the teacher wouldn’t mind.” The girl’s nose tingled and twitched for a second before she also sneezed. Whatever forced Hinata to sneeze must have been contagious. With a sniff she rubbed her nose and continued. “Who knows? Maybe I’ll go looking too. It’d be better than wasting my time here. See ya.” With that said, Sakiko hopped down from the academy roof and began her leisurely stroll into the village proper.
Furutsubaki ascended the stairs of the academy with a scroll in her hands, there was nothing that a small little scroll couldn’t contain. Baki was seemingly aware of her own focus on sealing and summoning but there was something that she wanted and that was simply more. These seemingly small scrolls held a plethora of information that was at mostly people's fingertips. This was her time to really hone in on what kind of shinobi she wanted to become. She knew with everything that she had that she would work to be one of the best. With the populace of Arashigakure; that was going to be a feat in itself. She thought about where to start the night before graduation; she wanted to learn everything that was available to her… and maybe something that couldn’t be shown yet.
She was excited about the future that was now in her grasp and now it was time to unroll it. She knew that there were going to be a fight, she would have to be naive to think that she was going to be the only shinobi to try and elevate themselves. She couldn’t think of a fancy title or moniker; she just wanted to do her best and be the best. She sat down on the step and pulled out an apple, gently unraveling the scroll in her lap. This was going to be a moment to study before heading out onto other things. It was a farce to think that everything could be learned by just doing them, Baki was a person that would study for hours on her own or if she was undisturbed. The scroll that she had open in front of her was a scroll of basic scroll crafting. Though she was well-learned in the art of making and utilizing scrolls… she wanted to make sure that all the knowledge she had was cemented in her mind.
There was something that she needed to see ‘There is a key to everything’ She looked over the scroll carefully and thoroughly. There were a few elements that had been omitted but the key was the scroll itself. Sealed within the paper-like texture was knowledge scribbled down by the person that made this very scroll. Though like many of the scrolls that she looked through, it wasn’t just chakra and jutsu in the scroll the key to scroll making itself. Within the very fiber of the scroll were all the secrets that she would need. This wouldn’t be the only scroll that she would need but this was going to be the start.
Rank: Genin | Scholar Specialist | Body Rank: D | Elements: Wind // Lightning
