Okami Kitsune
Kage
Within seconds following the moment Okikurmi issued his orders, the overall shinobi population of Ouza Island - every last one of them - were on full alert. All three-hundred of them. This number included the twenty Genin, ten Chunin, and six Jonin assigned to guard their lord's estate for the day, which was really more along the lines of a castle - how or where it got there was unknown since it had been there even before the Kitsune first laid claim to the island nation one-hundred years ago. As such, there had been no hiding their lord's place of residence - but it also meant nobody could actually enter the building and go unnoticed... Not for long. Even the area surrounding the home of Okikurmi was constantly kept under close observation, with nobody ever making it known just how well protected the leader's throne was - until today.
The four intruders stalking around their king's castle, unfortunately, were familiar enough with tropical surroundings due to their own training to have gone unnoticed so long as they kept their chakra suppressed and didn't enter the 50-meter clearing between the walls of the castle from any direction and the wilderness.
However, it was a very different situation in the harbor that four impostors had been reported to be spotted in. As time went on and the storm got increasingly worse, a GHOST operative - more specifically, one of the only four ANBU-level personnel on the entire island and the only female among that number - signaled to an unseen team of Jonin that those same impostors were headed into town. The violent downpour was enough to completely soak through the populace's clothes in five seconds at the very longest by this point, which meant those same clothes would begin clinging to people's skin which was a welcome thing considering the heat and humidity that the island nation normally had to deal with. To the civilians and anyone else not aware of the situation, life went on as usual. Business was conducted between the locals and the people they traded with regularly, prices being haggled and everything else that came with being primarily a seafaring trade nation.
Ouza Island may have had a policy of isolation, but they were not so distrusting of the world around them - the shinobi of the other nations, to be more specific - that it extended to participation in the Chunin Exams and trade from Civilians. And civilians loved to gossip, which meant Ouza Island not only had a steady and constant source of information, but were also kept entirely up-to-date with the events of the world around them. And in the world of ninja, even the most insignificant morsel could prove critically important later on down the line. It was that same level of isolation built on distrust of the other nations' shinobi that allowed the natives that worked on the docks to immediately notice the four additional Kitsune that they all knew had never been there before, let alone worked on the docks before - it didn't take a genius to realize that they'd been infiltrated, and the shinobi present knew enough to know that where there was one team, there was always at least one more. Hence the earlier message sent to their king.
As a result, in the dark underbelly of the thriving populace known only to those who dwelled in the shadows and all but lived in them, there was a dark and sinister game afoot. Imposters who believed themselves to be the predators were walking through the streets and placing their marks, heedless of the beast they'd awoken - unaware that they'd made themselves targets of the true predators... Predators that had no intention of letting their prey think themselves superior in a land not even their own - that they'd dared to disguise themselves as natives of, and think they would thus go unnoticed. These four would be set upon by a team of four Jonin, the same that had been signaled to by a GHOST operative These Jonin's chakra would be suppressed as they followed their targets, taking advantage of their own superior knowledge regarding he layout of the markets, alleys, and every other corner of this port town.
Finally, in the forests, it had been all too easy for a second four-man squad of Jonin to spot a second squad of intruders. However, instead of immediately engaging them due to the simple fact that this set of invaders had made no secret of their identity as ANBU, the four Kitsune had opted to remain concealed, with one of them discreetly sending a written message back to their lord confirming his suspicions: That Ouza Island had indeed been compromised by no fewer than four ANBU and to expect more than that. The message also said that it was highly recommended to send their fastest bird requesting immediate assistance from the Hokage.
While writing and sending that message, this team of their Satoosa's elite had opted to observe the opposing ANBU from a distance, making use of the raging storm overhead to silently maneuver themselves to get behind them, unseen and unnoticed. Getting the feeling that these ANBU wouldn't be so easy to subdue and apprehend, the leader of this particular squad of Jonin would test the waters by taking out a single kunai, which would then be thrown at the back of the neck of the ANBU closest to him, making sure to angle it so that the harsh winds curved its path to still hit its intended target if he was wrong about it most likely being a trap. Just in case there was at least a barrier in place, he had first attached a smoke bomb to the ring of that same kunai. Once it detonated, the winds spreading the already vast cloud of smoke around to cover a much wider area and thus depriving both parties of their ability to see over a considerable distance in all directions, he and his team would descend to the ground below them in a diamond formation, the lead Jonin prepared to move himself in front of the ANBU if they tried to make a run for it. The Jonin in the back would then begin moulding chakra into her nine tails, while the two operatives on the sides began moulding chakra for a collaboration Genjutsu... What this group of Ouza Island's finest intended to do in order to handle this situation if it came to a fight was for the invaders to find out.
Meanwhile, Okikurmi once again sat up straight in his seat after receiving another message from his ninja, and read it with a heavy frown on his face... It was exactly as he'd feared. History was fully intent on repeating itself after seventy years. As such, he would heed the counsel of the Jonin who had sent him this message, and would see to it that the man received a hefty bonus for his initiative once this matter was dealt with. Standing from his seat, the Satoosa would use the [Flash Step Technique], disappearing in a small flicker of movement and reappearing an instant later in the room that held the island's messenger birds. He went straight to what he knew was the fastest falcon they had on hand, and hastily wrote a message addressed directly to the Hokage that read as follows:
It was only after Okikurmi had finished writing the message down into a scroll which was then securely fastened into a scroll-sized holster attached to the falcon's back in a way that didn't restrict its movements that the bird would fly off, making sure to ascend as high as it could in order to avoid being shot down by ninja while flying due east as fast as it could, having no intention of stopping for anything until it reached its destination - the Hokage's office in Konohagakure. Okikurmi himself could only hope that this would finally get the major nations to understand that Ouza Island was the furthest thing from a threat.
Once again using the [Flash Step Technique], Okikurmi would then quickly make his way to the forests, easily spotting a dense cloud of smoke and figuring that's where the team that reported to him was at. Even in this weather, the senses of he and his kind were trained enough to be able to tell friend from foe, so he was able to make his way around the confirmed hostiles by jumping right over them, landing in the center of his squad's diamond formation a couple meters behind the two Jonin on the sides. Only then did his use of the Body Flicker Technique cease, which allowed him to properly read the situation depending on how things had gone since he received the message of the Kitsune right in front of him.
Once again using the [Flash Step Technique], Okikurmi would then quickly make his way to the forests, easily spotting a dense cloud of smoke and figuring that's where the team that reported to him was at. Even in this weather, the senses of he and his kind were trained enough to be able to tell friend from foe, so he was able to make his way around the confirmed hostiles by jumping right over them, landing in the center of his squad's diamond formation a couple meters behind the two Jonin on the sides. Only then did his use of the Body Flicker Technique cease, which allowed him to properly read the situation depending on how things had gone since he received the message of the Kitsune right in front of him.
It was very obvious who Okikurmi was speaking to after he said he had questions and blatantly questioned the ANBU's ability to think and consider the consequences of their actions before acting first, with his men being even more on guard than they were before now that their lord was present and had seen fit to deal with the situation personally. The Satoosa's own posture and expression were calm... Far too calm to promise anything good for the invading ANBU if they either dared attempting to attack him or gave him the wrong answers - or simply refused to answer at all. The entire time he spoke to the ANBU, he was flaring his intent and will, focusing them entirely on the opposing four individuals with his arms folded in front of his chest. He would get his answers, one way or another.
Okikurmi had also hinted at a daunting advantage being in his people's favor: He and his forces had been training for this very moment for seven entire decades.
The entire process for all of this took less than five minutes, with Okikurmi personally making an appearance at the five-minute mark. If the team in the port town was successful in getting the drop on the other team of invaders that they were aware of - with the Jonin's chakras no longer being suppressed regardless of whether it worked or not, but if it did, that would hopefully be one team of ANBU subdued half a second later - time that the Jonin used for moulding chakra. The ANBU would then find themselves fully paralyzed by paralysis seals and their chakra locked via chakra suppression seals. Both seals were intertwined into a single seal, and the specific method being used was direct application via technique formulas, removing the need for paper seals. Otherwise, the Jonin were fully prepared to fight to defend their home. However, regardless of whether they were successful, no fewer than eight additional squads (a total of thirty-two additional Jonin, the rest of the island's elite forces) would be searching every inch of the island for any form of tampering, anything that shouldn't be there, by tracking the ANBU's scents and using their keen eyes to search every literal inch for anything even remotely out of place. Whatever they missed would be picked up on by the extra fourteen squads backing them up, these all being the small island nation's more experienced Chunin. Any markings found would be burned, and anything dug up would be sealed away.
Two-thirds of the invaders (with the third team having taken the correct steps to go unnoticed by instead not being so foolish as to attempt to blend in with the native population, or go the route of the team that fully gave themselves away except for their village affiliation) had severely underestimated the elite forces of Ouza Island. Less than half a day, not even six hours at that, was not in any way long enough for any first-time visitor to become familiar enough with a place with such an overall drastically different economy and way of life to go undetected for long - especially with such suspicious behavior that was blatantly obvious compared to essentially every other soul that called the island home or regularly visited for some reason or another, but were never hostile. In other words, most of the shinobi that had dared to think they could infiltrate their kingdom had failed whatever their true objective was from the very beginning.
In the meantime, at exactly the five-minute mark when Okikurmi graced the field with his presence, the only four ANBU-level personnel that Ouza Island had would begin using their clan's [Flash Step Technique], intent on converging on his location as fast as they could. After all, if he fell, then Ouza Island was as good as lost, and nobody wanted to even think about the aftermath.
Location: [The forest of Ouza Island]
Posting Order: Kumogakure ANBU -> Ouza Island
Posting Time Limit (PTL): 3 Days (Approximately 72 Hours)
Skip Points: II
Okikurmi had also hinted at a daunting advantage being in his people's favor: He and his forces had been training for this very moment for seven entire decades.
The entire process for all of this took less than five minutes, with Okikurmi personally making an appearance at the five-minute mark. If the team in the port town was successful in getting the drop on the other team of invaders that they were aware of - with the Jonin's chakras no longer being suppressed regardless of whether it worked or not, but if it did, that would hopefully be one team of ANBU subdued half a second later - time that the Jonin used for moulding chakra. The ANBU would then find themselves fully paralyzed by paralysis seals and their chakra locked via chakra suppression seals. Both seals were intertwined into a single seal, and the specific method being used was direct application via technique formulas, removing the need for paper seals. Otherwise, the Jonin were fully prepared to fight to defend their home. However, regardless of whether they were successful, no fewer than eight additional squads (a total of thirty-two additional Jonin, the rest of the island's elite forces) would be searching every inch of the island for any form of tampering, anything that shouldn't be there, by tracking the ANBU's scents and using their keen eyes to search every literal inch for anything even remotely out of place. Whatever they missed would be picked up on by the extra fourteen squads backing them up, these all being the small island nation's more experienced Chunin. Any markings found would be burned, and anything dug up would be sealed away.
Two-thirds of the invaders (with the third team having taken the correct steps to go unnoticed by instead not being so foolish as to attempt to blend in with the native population, or go the route of the team that fully gave themselves away except for their village affiliation) had severely underestimated the elite forces of Ouza Island. Less than half a day, not even six hours at that, was not in any way long enough for any first-time visitor to become familiar enough with a place with such an overall drastically different economy and way of life to go undetected for long - especially with such suspicious behavior that was blatantly obvious compared to essentially every other soul that called the island home or regularly visited for some reason or another, but were never hostile. In other words, most of the shinobi that had dared to think they could infiltrate their kingdom had failed whatever their true objective was from the very beginning.
In the meantime, at exactly the five-minute mark when Okikurmi graced the field with his presence, the only four ANBU-level personnel that Ouza Island had would begin using their clan's [Flash Step Technique], intent on converging on his location as fast as they could. After all, if he fell, then Ouza Island was as good as lost, and nobody wanted to even think about the aftermath.
Location: [The forest of Ouza Island]
Posting Order: Kumogakure ANBU -> Ouza Island
Posting Time Limit (PTL): 3 Days (Approximately 72 Hours)
Skip Points: II
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