Leaf District

[Jeriah]

As Gyoken navigated the dense forest of the Forest of Death, his two tomoe Sharingan vigilantly scanned for any chakra signatures that could betray the presence of his sensei's hounds or any other potential threats. His keen ninja instincts kept him alert, ready to react at a moment's notice. The peaceful rustle of leaves was suddenly shattered by a distant crashing sound, drawing his attention sharply towards its source. 'The noise came from over there,' Gyoken thought, his body instinctively tensing as he prepared for what might come next.


About 10 meters from where the sound originated, a loud voice called out, "GYOKEN! YOUR HOKAGE HAS ASKED ME TO SEEK YOU!" The voice was unmistakable in its clarity and direction. With his Sharingan activated, Gyoken could see the figure who called out to him, yet he chose to focus on the stranger's chakra signature rather than his physical appearance, suspecting a trap.

Remaining concealed behind dense foliage, Gyoken silently positioned himself behind a tree only 7 meters away from Yugo. His mind raced, piecing together his next move, 'This must be one of sensei's tricks,' he concluded. Without revealing his position, Gyoken quickly attached a flash bomb to a kunai, hurling it towards a branch directly above Yugo. The kunai struck trrue, embedding itself into the wood before detonating,landinging just fast as Gyoken threw it, and unleashed a sudden, blinding light designed to obscure Yugo’s vision.

Simultaneously, Gyoken formed the necessary hand seals with practiced ease, channeling his chakra to transform his spit into a unique jutsu: a flaming ball of hair shaped like a mouse engulfed in flames. As soon as the flash bomb erupted, the fiery mouse darted towards Yugo, its speed nearly matching the suddenness of the light, giving Yugo barely any time to react or escape the incoming fiery assault. Gyoken’s strategic placement and timing of the attack were calculated to press the advantage, aiming to overwhelm Yugo before he could regain his senses from the blinding light.

Location: Hokage Mansion -> Forest of Death
Posting Order: Yugo -> Gyoken
Post Time Limit (PTI): 3 Days.
Skip Points: ll​

 

[Yugo]

Yugō​

Yugo was slightly tense in the world of shinobi even in an age of peace but his eagerness to proceed with his mission overwhelmed such concerns as he scans the area looking for signs of the individual the Hokage had told him about before the glint of an object in motion caught his eye. There was no time to think only the blur of instinct as Yugo's arms rise the immediate response of his body to the assumption that the weapon was aimed at him as his left arm crosses forming a horizontal line over his chest to protect his solar plexus and heart as his right arm simultaneously shifts to a vertical pose crossing his left arm and positioned to provide some cover for his throat and part of his face his body. However the defensive pose would not stop the kunai's purpose an unexpected burst of bright light near point blank from the young genin searing his left eyes vision in blinding wight and leaving his right eye bleary due to the partial shade his cross-guard pose had provided but regardless the searing flash could only be indicative of an intent to attack as Yugo's body begins to act making use of the conditioning and muscle memory ingrained through his taijutsu. He drops from a standing pose to a dropping into a kneel like knee strike the branch below him with surprisingly precise force shattering it and causing the Genin to drop letting the barely perceived bolt of mouse shaped fire to streak and shallowly glance over his right shoulder.

Yugo's mind was a haze like static and motion rather than cohesive words his concentration on self restraint slightly disturbed as the faintest hints of markings spreads covering the left side of his face and darkening the sclera of that eye. As his body continues the genin trusting his brutal instincts as his hand swipes to clutch onto the falling branch beside him as he launches it like a javelin adding a spin with the twist of his wrist to increase the impact as it hurtles in the direction Yugo guessed to be the origin of the thrown Kunai. As he is falling Yugo would rake his heel along the tree letting it rip and break away the bark slowing his descent as Yugo swiftly clutches a handful of the makeshift bark shrapnel waiting for signs of movement watching with his blurred right eye's vision and supplementing it with the instincts that come so natural to his bloodline. "You want blood rather than words...so be it" His words were low and growling as Yugo decided even if this was some manner of surprise attack he intended to get answers without using the body warping transformation attributes of his bloodline only his physical prowess and instinct.

Location: Hokage Mansion -> Forest of Death
Posting Order: Yugo -> Gyoken
Post Time Limit (PTI): 3 Days.
Skip Points: ll

 

[Jeriah]

In the dense canopy of the Forest of Death, Gyoken's Sharingan meticulously traced the execution of his strategy. As the blinding flash detonated, it momentarily disoriented the unknown genin—identified only by his reflexive duck and cover response. Gyoken noted the genin's swift reaction to break a branch with his knee to swiftly drop and evade the impending fiery attack, a testament to his unexpected physical prowess.

Despite Gyoken's initial projectile missing its direct target, the Uchiha was quick to adapt.The engulfed fire mouse, initially a single flaming entity, split into several smaller, fiercely burning spheres as it whizzed past Yugo's shoulder. These balls of fire pursued their target relentlessly, their design to explode upon impact. The proximity and sheer unpredictability of the modified jutsu left little room for Yugo to fully escape unscathed. As the flames found their mark, they erupted into a sizable explosion, crafting a crater in the forest floor. The force of the blast was substantial enough to send Yugo hurling through the air, his skin scorched by second-degree burns. The shockwave from the explosion would likely disorient him, tampering with his inner ear and throwing off his balance, inducing dizziness and vertigo.

Capitalizing on the chaos and Yugo's impaired state, Gyoken executed his next move with tactical precision. He swiftly embedded two kunai in the branch where he previously perched—one attached to a flash bomb and the other to an explosive tag, rigged to detonate with a specific hand seal. Simultaneously, he launched another kunai toward the ground near Yugo, which upon impact, released a cloud of purple, mysterious odorless powder. This powder mixed with the black smoke from the explosion, further obscuring vision and complicating Yugo's ability to pinpoint his assailant.

With the battlefield now clouded in smoke and confusion, Gyoken moved stealthily. Adopting a low, panther-like stance, he leaped from his original position to a new branch, some 10 meters away in the opposite direction of his last thrown kunai. This maneuver was designed to mislead Yugo about his true position, turning their confrontation into a strategic game of cat and mouse—a game Gyoken was well-versed in and ready to dominate.

Location: Hokage Mansion -> Forest of Death
Posting Order: Yugo -> Gyoken
Post Time Limit (PTI): 3 Days.
Skip Points: ll​