Moonlight District

[Jeriah]

Gyoken's sharp gaze flickered toward Kokezaru, mind racing as he silently replayed every cryptic word the Getsumei leader had uttered before vanishing into the mist. The weight of the moment hung heavily, and despite the eerie chill that still lingered in the air, Gyoken’s curiosity burned hot. Kokezaru’s questions echoed the very ones forming in his own mind—piercing, logical, and necessary.

His gaze shifted smoothly to Jin, who wore that familiar, amused look—like someone intrigued rather than unnerved. Gyoken smirked faintly. He could tell Jin didn’t want to leave either. That shared hunger for answers was mutual, and Gyoken respected it. He turned slightly, letting his eyes settle on each of his teammates—Kokezaru, Yugo, then back to Jin.

“As far as I’m concerned, there shouldn’t be any secrets between the United Shinobi Alliance,” Gyoken said, voice calm but firm. “So it’s our duty to explore and report what we find… to them.” His words weren’t just idealism—they were a challenge. A call to act. He hoped his conviction would resonate with the others, but he was prepared to hear dissent. One thing was certain—he wasn’t turning back.

Location: Konohagakure Village Gate -> Moon District
Main Posting Order: Jin → Gyoken → Kokezaru -> Yugo
Secondary Posting Order: Yaju (Optional)
Post Time Limit (PTI): 1-3 Days.
Skip Points: lI​

 

[STORY]

Mission: Where the Moon Weeps

Nestled deep within the forgotten woods of Tsukigakure , the ancient shrine looms like a scar in the earth—its roof sagging under the weight of time, walls cracked and sagging as if groaning from secrets long buried. Faint symbols, almost erased by age and moss, pulse with a subtle presence under moonlight, including the eerie spiral mark etched into its center—too deliberate to be decoration, yet too cryptic to decipher. The entrance gapes like an open mouth, half-collapsed and shrouded in blackness, where even sound seems reluctant to enter. An unnatural stillness clings to the surrounding air, as though the forest itself dares not breathe too loudly near it. No animals stir here. No insects hum. And despite its decay, no roots grow through its floor. As if something within forbids it.

 

[ZimTheInvader]

"Yo, Gyoken… something about this place ain’t right. It feels off—unnatural. No animals, no insects… not a trace of life anywhere. Hell, nature ain't even reclaimed it." Kokezaru's words carried a sense of weariness and unease as someone who grew up in a culture that was one with nature it left him feeling a little uncomfortable. He didn't know what Gyoken would say beut he wanted to wait for his friend and the others to give their own opinions before he said anymore.

In the mean time though Kokezaru looked down to Ryuzaru who he could tell felt the exact same as him. Something wasn't right about this place. The two would attempt to sniff out anything odd, be it a strange scent or the scent of some mysterious chakra, who kows but they knew they had the noses so they had to try.

Location: Konohagakure Village Gate -> Moon District
Main Posting Order: Jin → Gyoken → Kokezaru -> Yugo
Secondary Posting Order: Yaju (Optional)
Post Time Limit (PTI): 1-3 Days.
Skip Points: lI​

 

[Jeriah]

Gyoken’s eyes didn’t leave the path ahead as Kokezaru spoke. His comrade’s voice cut through the silence like a well-thrown kunai—blunt, but dead-on. The absence of life, the cold stillness in the air, even the untouched vegetation… It wasn’t right. And hearing Kokezaru; someone whose instincts were deeply rooted in the natural order, voice that unease only confirmed what Gyoken had been feeling in his bones since they crossed the first threshold. Ryuzaru’s subtle growl sealed it. He stopped walking. The silence that followed felt heavier than before, like the trees themselves were holding their breath. His voice broke it, low, deliberate.

“This place feels dead, but not from time or neglect. It’s like something stopped it. Like the whole forest is waiting on something… or avoiding it.”

He finally turned, glancing over his shoulder at Kokezaru. “Your instincts are right. This isn’t natural. Even the mist obeys something we don’t understand yet.” He faced forward again, eyes narrowing toward the entrance of the shrine, the direction the moonlight pulsed from earlier. Gyoken's two tomoe sharingan stayed sharp not just for enemies, but for meaning. For signs. For answers. As Gyoken entered the shrine he would continue to observe looking for any residue of chakra present. “If something’s controlling this place… we’ll find it.” Gyoken said as his sharingan scanned around the room meticulously.

Location: Konohagakure Village Gate -> Moon District
Main Posting Order: Jin → Gyoken → Kokezaru -> Yugo
Secondary Posting Order: Yaju (Optional)
Post Time Limit (PTI): 1-3 Days.
Skip Points: lI​

 

[Yatoru]

Walking just a few feet behind Gyoken and Kokezaru, with the cloud shinobi Yugo to his left, Jin with his hands against his hip and a twinkle in his eye at the prospect of such mysteries in this Land of Moonlight, the prospect of something lying within the shrine. Though this prospect wasn't stemmed from mischief, but rather the possibility of him getting to see how strong Gyoken has gotten along with giving him a chance to show Gyoken just how much stronger he has gotten.

And though he listened to the conversation between Gyoken and Kokezaru, feeling no need to interject or put himself in it without invitation as by common sense it would be rude, he instead dejected his voice towards Yugo, his words no more than a hushed whisper,​

"So what caused the Cloud to lend aid to the leaf? Sorta out of the loop on the worlds current events. So i'd appreciate if you shed some light about it."​

His words weren't that of hostility but rather pure curiosity and confusion. As for the past Three months under the Tendo Clans no rather KLAWS secret base and while being under a specific Conditioning and training regiment before his cousin Anrei managed to free him from it, Jin was unaware of the turmoil occurring throughout the shinobi world. So this question was one to help fill in the gaps of his mind and lapse of time period blankness.

Location: Moon District
Main Posting Order: Kokezaru → Gyoken →Jin → Yugo
Secondary Posting Order: Yaju (Optional)
Post Time Limit (PTI): 1-3 Days.
Skip Points: lI​

 

[Yugo]

Yugō​

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The Young cloud shinobi felt ill at ease, there was something about this place that chaffed at his senses perhaps some innate foreboding feeling of being 'unnatural'. Two of the current teammates Gyoken and Kokezaru were ahead with Yugo focusing his gaze for any signs of impending danger only giving the occasional glance to the 3rd teammate Jin who stands to his right a slight bit of curious appraisal in his gaze for he knew little of this individual though could deduce some from context of statements between the 3 leaf villagers. Regardless Yugo had hoped for more of an opportunity to seek deeper understanding of his nature but the call to action was one he would answer unquestioningly trusting that in due time he will master the vicious thing inhabiting his blood one way or another.​

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Amid the focus on instinct and observation Yugo was almost caught off guard by the hushed tone from Jin but the words sink in as curiosity and not confirmation of a sighted threat. Yugo takes a long moment of silence looking down at his hand the faintest twist of something deep in his vein answering the internal question before he verbalizes his response in an equally quiet tone.​

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"to answer in one word...Availability, in an era of monsters the nations must use every tool at hand, from precise instruments...to monstrous weapons, so me happening to be the tool of an ally at hand it makes sense I would be asked to lend aid to this endeavor"​

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Yugo checks behind them his eyes scanning for any discrepancies in the layout as the wriggling sense of unnatural foreboding that this place of moonlight seemed to have which made his blood itch. As he shifts his focus back ahead his mind briefly flashing back to the horrific visage of carnage not so long ago in the cloud village as well as the pitiless cruel harm afflicted on people in the land of gold making the young man shake his head in disgust. turning his gaze back to Jin as he punctuates his previous statement in the same whispered tone.​

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"Iv seen enough pointless suffering wrote...and if my vicious bloodline can cut such violance short then I am happy to lend my fangs and claws to any ally of the Cloud"​

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Location: Moon District
Main Posting Order: Kokezaru → Gyoken →Jin → Yugo
Secondary Posting Order: Yaju (Optional)
Post Time Limit (PTI): 1-3 Days.
Skip Points: lI

 

[STORY]

Mission: Where the Moon Weeps

As the four shinobi, Gyoken, Jin, Yugo, and Kokezaru, stepped beyond the threshold of the forbidden shrine, the temperature dropped like a blade drawn across the back of the neck. The pulsing violet glow along the walls dimmed, as if the shrine itself recoiled from their presence. The stone chamber was wide, circular, and lined with broken pillars etched in ancient Getsumei script. It was quiet. Too quiet.

Then came the shift. The air pulsed once, soundlessly, and with it, the invisible presence of four Getsumei shinobi activated. Their forms had been undetectable, hidden by the perfected Dustless Bewildering Cover, leaving no chakra, no heat, no weight. Not even the sharpest senses could have found them. But now, their silence ended.

Without a word, three of the watchers reappeared simultaneously, perched high atop towering stone columns. As if choreographed, all three began weaving a near-identical set of hand seals with crisp, flawless precision. Their chakra surged only at the final moment, their mouths swelling as they each expelled a massive surge of water in unison.

"Water Release: Exploding Water Colliding Wave"

The water burst into the air with unnatural speed, not as a wave from the ground, but raining downward from above, forming midair as if summoned from the sky itself. The torrents came crashing down like spears of moonlight-infused water, glowing with the same purplish hue as the cursed moon above. It was more than just water; it was dense, heavy, and vibrating with foreign chakra. The shrine’s stone floor cracked under the sudden weight of it.

Before the water could even fully crash down, the fourth Getsumei shinobi stepped forward, hands finishing a sharp series of seals. He inhaled and thrust his arm forward, sending a concentrated bolt of lightning directly into the cascading flood.

"Lightning Release: Wave of Inspiration"

The stream of lightning arced wildly as it entered the falling water, electrifying the downpour mid-air. The chamber instantly lit up in a burst of violent light and shrieking energy. The water screeched and hissed as it struck the shrine floor, now laced with electricity, threatening to paralyze or kill anything caught in its radius. The Getsumei shinobi stood above, cloaked in the pale glow of their jutsu, unmoved.

The fourth’s voice rang coldly through the roar of crashing water and static. "We warned you. Now perish." The battle had begun.

Location: Moon District
Main Posting Order: Kokezaru → Gyoken →Jin → Yugo
Secondary Posting Order: Yaju (Optional)
Post Time Limit (PTI): 1-3 Days.
Skip Points: lI​

 

[ZimTheInvader]

Kokezaru stood beside Gyoken and the others his attention drawn to the eerie silence of the shrine, he would listen closely to his companions as they spoke, it was reassuring for Kokezaru to know that Gyoken agreed with his instincts. It was silent, too silent as if something was blocking out everything, this was good for halting the boy's natural sensory capabilities, but at the same time it created a problem for anyone trying to sneak up on them one that their soon to be attackers would find out about.

The thing about taking away anything for one to sense creates a void that once filled by the unknown draws all eye to it. Thanks to this the moment the robed Getsumi dropped their cover the noses of both Kokezaru and Ryuzaru picked up the sudden presence of their scent. Their eyes would snap up to the first three robed figures who were in the middle of forming a sequence of hand seals.

"Look out enemies above!"

The words leaped from his mouth to gather the attention of the others while their opponents were still readying their jutsu. The others like Gyoken may possess sensory abilities that have greater capabilites like the Sharingan, it relied on visual while Kokezaru and the Monkey's relied on scent which could be smelt even if you had your back to an enemy making it quicker at locating and noticing a target in this situation.

Following his call out he watched as the Getsumi finished their hand seals and unleashed a downpour from up upon high. It was water and knowing the group possessing there fire release users Kokezaru knew that they could handle the watery onslaught, that was until the fourth Getsumi reared their head throwing up different hand signs to his compatriots. This made it seem like they were up to something, and due to the nature of his own combo moves with Ryuzaru he had an idea what was to come if he didn't act.

"Handle the wave I got this guy."

The words spilled from kokezaru's mouth as he took his pitchers stance, the boy was preparing to use his signature jutsu and due to the nature of the jutsu and it's lack of hand seals he'd be able to preform in in mere moments. At this moment the fourth Getsumi was still forming hand signs and so Kokezaru would spit into his hand, but what he spat wasn't saliva and instead was a small flame he generated with the weak and borderline useless for combat Fire Release: Quick Fire Technique, but the technique while useless for direct offense was a centerpiece of Kokezaru's arsenal. As soon as the small flame hit his palm it formed into a baseball sized ball of fire which Kokezaru instantly let fly with a high speed pitch sending it like a bullet streaking towards the the fourth Getsumi member who was nearing completion of his jutsu. if he didn't stop and dodge he'd end up being struck directly in the face where on contact the ball would burst encasing his head in a small inferno.

As soon as the ball left his hand Kokezaru was off to the races as he gripped Ryuzaru's hand who quickly shifted transforming into a bat. Once transform Kokezaru would keep moving towards the group before winding up and swinging the bat with all his might. At the apex of his swing like a bat who hates the pitcher he let it go as the bat rapidly spun hurtling straight towards the group. To those who didn't know he'd seem to have simply thrown away his weapon, but to those who knew him and Ryuzaru this was a trick of theirs and the surprise was imminent as the bat suddenly in a puff of smoke multiplied into a swam of bats and spinning towards the group with force.

Location: Moon District
Main Posting Order: Jin → Gyoken → Kokezaru -> Yugo
Secondary Posting Order: Yaju (Optional)
Post Time Limit (PTI): 1-3 Days.
Skip Points: lI
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[Jeriah]

As Gyoken stood beside Kokezaru, his crimson two-tomoe Sharingan rotated rapidly, eyes scanning the shrine with precision. There was no trace of chakra, no heat signatures, only the oppressive hum of still air. Yet the moment Kokezaru’s voice cut through the silence with warning, Gyoken’s gaze snapped upward. In perfect sync, his Sharingan caught the flicker, the sudden build-up of chakra, subtle as it was, pulsing through the bodies of the Getsumei shinobi perched above. The Sharingan followed it with surgical clarity: the surge of chakra from core to lungs, the sharp motion of synchronized hand seals, the swell of water release chakra flowing to their mouths. Anticipating the attack, Gyoken moved. His own fingers blurred through seals just as their jutsu neared completion, and with a deep breath, he exhaled a torrent of searing blue flame: Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, one that roared across the shrine and collided with the summoned water mid-air. The impact was immediate. Two-thirds of the oncoming wave never touched ground, flash-evaporated into violent plumes of steam from the sheer heat of his chakra-fueled fire. His blue flames, twice the heat of standard katon, surged forward, obscuring the Getsumei’s vision entirely and sending bursts of vapor in the three Getsumei's direction. Yet Gyoken did not stop. He fed more chakra into the flames, intensifying the blaze, forcing the enemies to either endure or leap, and if they did, he knew they’d be easy targets in the air for both Yugo and Jin.

From the corner of his eye, Gyoken registered Kokezaru’s movement, his teammate had already broken into motion. With no delay, Kokezaru spat a small ember into his palm, which instantly ignited into a compact fireball. As the fourth Getsumei shinobi neared the end of their lightning release jutsu, Kokezaru hurled the projectile with precision, aiming for the enemy’s head. Gyoken caught the moment the fourth shinobi hesitated that was all the opening they needed. And then Kokezaru grabbed Ryuzaru, now mid-transformation into a bat, and launched him like a weapon. Gyoken’s Sharingan watched as the spinning form burst into a cloud of clones mid-flight, a swarm of bats hurtling toward the pillars with piercing force. Gyoken was quite expressed with Kokezaru's abilities, proving why he was promoted to Chunnin recently.

Location: Moon District
Main Posting Order: Kokezaru → Gyoken → Jin → Yugo → NPC
Post Time Limit (PTI): 1-3 Days.
Skip Points: lI​

 

[Yatoru]

Having listened to the Cloud Genin, Yugo's explanation simply nodding in understanding as he analyzed each and every syllable spoken, feeling a sort of kinship through suffering with this cloud shinobi as He too had suffered the injustice of the world. remembering when members of his clan's older generation had labeled him an Abomination for simply possessing two cyan eyes. And though Jin remained silent taking in the scarce but necessary information given to him. His dull cyan eyes staring at the Cloud shinobi with a glint of understanding, before averting back towards Gyoken and Kokezaru. The brief informational conversation between himself and Yugo was cut short as Kokezaru shouted about enemies above, where the sudden movement of the Leaf Genin of the Sarutobi clan was made being followed up by Gyoken releasing a great fireball jutsu though like last time the flames were blue, having witness this once more, his dull colored eyes, began to light up into a brilliant cyan color.

The activation of his Jikangan was a tribulation that Jin wasn't going to let Gyoken handle creating the evaporation steam alone, as it was one individual fighting against the downpour of three shinobi. Where Jin was a few feet behind the other two originally his movements instantly closed the distance putting him directly to Gyokens back, their backs against one another as his hands moving in a blurred motion due to his unnatural natural speed, a tribulation of his clan's training from a youthful age, His eyes watching and waiting for the shifts in the steam's air flow which would prove to be his opportunity to strike should these three attackers try to avoid the heat of Gyoken's attack. And the moment one does, Jin will be ready to deliver a speedy strike to them. Until that motion is revealed, Jin spoke with a soft tone towards Gyoken, knowing he won't be able to respond back,​

"Once they try to dodge or try to endure the blow, I'll strike at one. If they continue to release this water style jutsu. I'll lend you my aid and enhance your fire style with my own."​

Jin's voice barely above a whisper that only gyoken could hear, hinting that he is willing to assist Gyoken should it be required if these attackers decide to continue with their plan to shower the forest path with spears of water.

Location: Moon District
Main Posting Order: Kokezaru → Gyoken → Jin → Yugo → NPC
Post Time Limit (PTI): 1-3 Days.
Skip Points: lI​