Haru would be at the legendary training grounds of the village hidden in the leaves. She would have her hands behind her back on a surprisingly warm winter day. Although there was still a chill breeze in the air. A her ponytail and hair would sway in a breeze along with her clothes. She would be in front of her five students. Two new additions to the team recently were present as well.

"Welcome, all of you." she would turn her back to the team as she spoke; hands still folded calmly behind her back. "You've chosen the life of a shinobi, and I'm here to guide you." she would look up a little as she continued. "In this life you've chosen, you may have to take a life....is that alright with you deep down inside? Killing?" she would pause for quite some time before she would finally turn around and face them all properly.

"Today...you will be faced with accepting people. As your own. Your family, your friends." she would scan the group in front of her before beginning to pace in front of them hands still behind her back. "Take a good look at the people around you...your lives will be in their hands." she let them look around for a moment, even introduce themselves if they wanted. "There will be no dissent. There will only be trust between you. Whether or not you like the person is irrelevant. Siblings don't always get along." she would stop pacing and stand sideways from their point of view. "Machi, Castus, Tora." she would look at her boys and then to the girls. "These are your new sisters, your teammates. Be good brothers and look out for them, kick anyones ass who disrespects them. Celestia. Minx." she would nod for them to come forward and formally introduce themselves, and then nod for them to fall back in line.

"Today will be a team exercise, and I have already drawn up the teams." she would step back away from them and then face them again. "Kazetora, Castus you will be the first team." she would then turn to the others. "Celestia, Machi, you will be the second team." she would then turn to Minx. "Minx, you will be on my team." she said with a small pause.

"The goal will be for you to capture either Minx, or myself." she would nod to them. "We will have a head start, hiding somewhere within the Forest of Death." she would then motion Minx over to her side. "Like I said, violence is allowed. If you encounter the other team, taking them out would be a good option and is another way to secure victory. If you destroy the other team, no worries about capturing Minx or myself." she would grin a small signature grin. "The team that fails will do shuriken throws for 2 hours with no breaks. The team that wins....earns 50,000 Ryo to be split two ways....we will leave with a 5 minute head start shortly...any questions?" she would say in her usual serious tone pausing after she spoke.

Kazetora said nothing, he was excited to put his new Sharingan eyes to the test, he knew that they would be nothing compared to Haru’s Sharingan in this exercise, but he was still wanting to put them to use.  He barely spoke, only saying his name and clan name, he did not mention Kurama at all in his greeting which he knew would grate on the old man.  Kazetora was still a bit grumbly after their little chat not too long ago and having nearly lost control of his body to the demon.

“Uchiha-brat...You said you were proud of me...ACKNOWLEDGE ME TO THE OTHERS!” Said the tailed beast through the psychic connection the two of them shared.  Kazetora of course ignored him, he was upset after all.  He wanted to remind the beast that this was still his body and that Kurama was merely a guest within it.  Kazetora then glanced to Castus as Haru said that he was to be Kazetora’s partner.  The two of them already knew each other and had a basic understanding of how the other fought.  Since this was to be a ‘beat sensei’s team’ training, or rather at least one member of the team he knew that Castus’s tracking abilities would come in handy.

Walking closer to Castus he would speak in a hushed tone “Castus, when time is up and the training starts I think you should keep your nose trained on Sensei’s smell.  We shall ignore the new girl, I suspect that it’ll end up being a trap, don’t forget that Sensei can make enough Shadow Clones to be difficult.  Okay?” Kazetora then began to stretch his arms out as he spoke, making it look like the two were simply having a bit of small talk.

He knew that in a one on one fight he could likely take down the one named Minx, but the fact that this training mission pitted the three teams against one another, he knew that Haru would likely have something up her sleeve with Minx being there.  She was an unknown but he got the feeling that she was not too much of a threat.  No, the real threat in this training was the one named Celestia.  There was a strange sensation coming from her.  Familiar yet unknown.  Dangerous.  He would need to keep an eye on her and Machi.

Her unknown dangers and Machi’s brains were definitely a bad combination for an opponent.  Luckily, his Sharingan would help him out a great deal in this, as he had awoken it around the time of their mission to the land of iron but had not yet told anyone.  He had planned on telling his team today during the meeting when Sensei suddenly sprung this all on the group, he had also managed to tap into a small portion of Kurama’s chakra putting him at a whole new world when it came to his chakra pool.  This was going to be an interesting training.

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Considering the mission had been a success Castus was in a rather good mood; he had awoken early and meet with his parents too talk about furthering his clan and his father even promised him a new weapon and set of clothes for battle; to put it bluntly Castus was excited. He was not the first one too the training ground but he was not the last as the five of them stood in a line; Castus would scan over the two new girls that were there; he would make note of their scents seeing as how it was always easier too see through people when you caught there scent, or at least Castus thought so.

As haru begin talking Castus would simply place his hands inside of his pockets; if he had known it would be this type of training he would have packed some weapons; he would grit his teeth for a second before thinking on how his new techniques would come into play maybe he could make a makeshift weapon out of what he had on him; after the conversation went on for a bit Castus would be approached by Kazetora and give a nod when he told him too track the sensei's scent; for the most part Castus knew that catching the sensei would be no easy task but if they focused on Minx considering she was not extremely skilled they could possibly make haru have to focus on protecting the young genin. With that Castus would have a thought and look over at Kazetora.

"We could always team up with the other team, she didn't make a rule against it and if we use some clever word play and make sure one of us actually catches Minx or Haru we won't have too split the reward.

walking into the area would be Kuroi slightly late due too his own matters he had too attend too Kuroi would move next to Celestia rubbing against her leg and then sitting down a little bit next to her. Castus would tilt his head and use this opportunity in order too move over and meet his new teammate properly.

"Hey it's nice too meet you Celestia i had a idea how about we work together and set up a trap that gives both our teams the best option too win?" Castus would tilt his head and look toward the young girl awaiting a response.

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As cool and collected as Celestia acted she was actually nervous as heck. Haru sensei had taken the genin under her wing and today she was supposed to meet the team she'd be working with for now on. What kind of impression would she leave? Would the others be unwelcoming to a new addition especially one of her age? And lastly could she maintain the transformation jutsu that hid her fox features? In the acadamy it was easy just because the curriculum was a breeze. At home if she ever started getting stressed out she could just go to her room. Here Haru was going to make it her mission to push her to the brink and there would be no escape. Maybe she could pretend to be weaker than she is that things are difficult and take time to get a grasp of then the almost instant understanding she had when most things were explained or practiced. 'Why not let the truth out? It'd be a huge burden off your shoulders no longer having to hide. My other half in that other kid is known to the village.' Kurama advised. 'Yea and people fear him or alienate themselves from him and he looks normal! I have ears, a tail, and predatory eyes! Basically not even human. Even if I was normal I wouldn't want the attention or the target it'll stick on me. This is a secret I can never let out.' 'You can't keep it forever. It will get out.' 'Shut up! Yes I can! I have too.' Celestia said to the fox solemnly.  

Celestia stood with the rest of her new team wearing a plain white tank top and blue jeans. She didn't have any ninja tools and the only thing designating her as a kunoichi was the metal leaf symbol she wore tied around her waist. Celestia listened intently on Haru's opening statement as a way of distracting her from everything else. Sensei brought up the question of death or more accurately the act of murder. It was a question Celestia had tried to avoid telling herself she'd think about it when the time came. In all honestly she didn't know if she could take someone else's life. She became a kunoichi just because she was good at it and down the road had the promise of some good money. That was why she was here. Because her family needed the money. 'What are you talking about. You don't have a choice in the matter. It is not just your life that is at stake. I am more closely tied to you than anyone else before. If we are in danger you will kill the culprit! Don't let me down.' 'Yes sir.' Celestia inwardly said to the fox with a sigh.

The time quickly came for Celestia to introduce herself. Her silent talk with Kurama help calm her nerves and she introduced herself confidently. "My name is Tsuki Celestia, but please call me Celestia. I became a kunoichi at a later age than most and am 20 years of age currently. I like sushi and stars and dislike annoying people. I look forward to working with you all."

After introductions were over. Haru would then explain a team exercise she planned on making them do right away. Celestia paid close attention to the rules. They had to capture either sensei OR Minx which meant in theory both teams that were seeking could capture one of each. Haru was in a whole other league though. You might as well be committing suicide trying to capture her. Still though 2v2 didn't sound like a very favorable engagement in Celestia's eyes and seemed a little strange right after a speech about teamwork. It sounded like a much better idea for them to team up on Haru and Minx. The winning team basically being the ones who capture Minx and then regardless of which team got her they could all team up and attempt capturing Haru. No matter how amazing Haru was it would be hard keeping Minx safe from 4 people. It was better odds than if they fought each other. The losing team wouldn't have the strength to even attempt capturing Minx not to mention it being only a 2 person operation. This way the team that didn't capture Minx would at least have 4 people to go after Haru all which ideally would be stronger than if they were defeated fighting amongst themselves.

"Oh, hello there." Celestia said to the dog greeting her. She bent down and pet it. It's kinda funny. She used to be afraid of dogs but ever since her and the 9 tails became one they just didn't bother her anymore. Castus then introduced himself to her. "Hello, yea I was thinking along the same lines too."

Celestia would wait for Haru and Minx to take off for their 5 minuet head start and then explain her plan to the other team before they could take off anywhere.

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She had been wrapped up tightly in spite of the surprisingly warm temperature for the time of year, Priestess unwilling to risk her becoming life threateningly ill again from the cold. Today the young teenager was wearing ear muffs which had a cat ears atop, scarf with cat paws on it, jacket with a cat tail, forehead protector for once in the right place.

"Yes." Sometime between flat lining for the tenth time and recovery a year ago the genin had come to grips with the fact Haru pointed out. Many would enter the life of Ninja for glory, momentary gain, or any number of other reasons. However, she had her reason solidified and it was so much deeper than such reasons! Minx knew for sometime now anyone threatening Matatabi would be coming after her with intent to kill in order to take it from her, she had to hit back with the same bloodlust if she hoped to protect it! Such little hesitance was in her statement as it was pure fact she'd eventually have to take a life in order to reach her goal and upkeep it.

As Haru paused momentarily for them to introduce themselves the female did her best to remember how two-tails had told her to respectfully do that. It was so hard to do any of this alone when nothing she ever did had been alone since that day. Unable to quickly figure it out clearly with the deafening silence in her head Celestia got to go first. "I'm Minx Ulna, originally from Kasha Village I was brought here seven years ago for treatment due to an illness." That time period had been a big changing point for her being the time she realized how helpless she was compared to Matatabi, thus seeing how helpless and trapped the bijuu now was needing to rely on her. "I studied to become a ninja, to become strong, during that. However, I did become one rather late due to not being able to formally apply and be accepted until I was medically cleared." Sadly, they still had her come in for regular check ups to make sure the strain of being a ninja was not reawakening the illness, it was hard for them to believe it had truly cleared up. Minx was just happy it had and that she was now getting the chance to become strong enough to protect her Bijuu friend.

Minx listened as their captain kept speaking about the exercise they'd be partaking in. One may assume she'd be upset to be put into a position next to Haru like this because of the massive target it would put on her. Yet, the teenager displayed this joyful smile as she walked forward to stand next to the older woman. She'd get the chance to show Two-tail's she'd been listening all these years! This sort of situation, escaping even when everyone was gunning at her, it was exactly what the Bijuu had trained her to do. If she had been tasked with catching one of them it would probably be a very difficult exercise and for sure she'd ended up being one of the ninja on the two hours. However, this she knew confidently was something that she could do. Catch not only meant finding, it meant keeping their hands on her and she had several ways to make that very difficult for them.

"Just to clarify. Catch means they have to both catch and secure one of us correct, this isn't like tag where touching would be enough." While she could play both ways especially since they knew nothing about her jutsu right now, it was best to be sure of which way it was actually set. "And if I happen to find a way to disable them if I'm cornered, does it count the same as them eliminating each other?" Haru clearly would not be trying to take out the other two teams herself, as a much more experienced Ninja it would be unfair. However, she already had a very good idea as to how to take out a single enemy if it was Celestia's team which cornered her. "Also, if it does count would I have to take out both members of the team or would one be enough like with them capturing just one of us." Minx wasn't going to needlessly going to take the risk but if she had to go for it, knowing what counted as a win was necessary.

Sure, she looked plain and actually particularly frail due to her years sick, but she did have that one ability which made holding onto her rather difficult. Honestly, it was almost as if she was made to fill this role in the exercise and make it misery for anyone who decided to target her. Perhaps if she preformed well enough than her Bijuu would start speaking with her again!

"What do you mean you're separating? I thought..., you both said you were just taking a break for a while?", Machi said with a confused tone of voice. It carried a ounce of worry as well, as he was slowly realizing what was happening. His parents stood in front of them, each on one side of the table where he sat. His father, on the right side, spoke towards his son shortly after watching his long face fully develop. "You see son, some things don't last forever. When you get older you will understand", Machi's mother quickly interjects. "That! That doesn't mean you will no longer see any of us, in fact, you might see your father with other, questionable company. But that doesn't mean you can't see him when you want to... he is your father after all", she said finishing with a irriated tone. Machi sighs, but tries to add more hope to the inevitable outcome. "Why don't both of you just take more time off and continue the break like you were doing before!?", he said ecstatically. "Maybe that's all you two really need? I remember my academy instructor always said that time heals all wounds. Maybe it can heal yours?", the two adults quickly peered at at each other from the corner of their eyes with a look that grew more harsh with each passing second. "No...", both of them said in unison, now looking at their son.

The next day, Machi is seen standing before his sensei. His attire consist of a navy blue hat with a thick metal plate in front. The metal plate displayed the leaf village symbol just as any other shinobi headband would. Along with that, he wore a navy blue shirt with a pair of khaki shorts. Along his shins and forearms he wore thin silver metal guards for protection. along the back of his waist was a medium sized pouch containing ninja tools. Finally, he wore comfortable standard issue shinobi sandals that came up to his upper ankles.

His brown eyes showed proof that he didn't get much sleep last night. Most of it was spent helping his now separated parents move their belongs. The bags beneath his eyes were a bit heavy, but not enough for him to not show up on time to this meeting. Especially since the team was given two more teammates, bringing it to a grand total of 6. Machi has never heard of this before, a team comprised of more than four individuals. However, Machi didn't mind it, it wasn't in his nature to look down on people without getting to know them. In fact, Machi really does hasn't had a problem with anyone so far. It was his good natured soul that saw to that, what almost everyone he has ever met saw, unconditional love. However, was such a thing ideal for this career?

Machi jolts his head up slightly, the lid of his cap hid his face from Sensei Haru's gaze. After the last mission, Machi felt unsure of himself after the way his sensei dealt with the traitors. He really couldn't see himself do what she did with that sort of temperament. To kill at will? Machi wondered if he could really look at his Sensei the same way if she really did execute them in front of him. Could Machi do such a thing, here, right now? To be so cold at an age like his couldn't be normal he thought. How old was Sensei Haru when she killed her first victim. When did she become so jaded to the point that she could kill a baby and sleep like one the next day? No, Machi couldn’t do such a thing with the type of mortal standing he stood on, now. But who knows? Maybe Machi's father was right, some things just don't last forever.

The two others seemed nice, both spoke with a welcoming tone. Both of them seemed way older then the rest of the boys with one of the two being a lot older than the rest, which wasn't too uncommon now a days. Genin came in all ages, except that most rather try to get into the academy at a younger age to help bolster their career as much as possible. Celestia was pretty fortunate to get on a team, since the higher ups leans towards the younger candidates. But after hearing Minx's backstory, both of them seemed lucky in life. Machi wasn't gonna complain about that, anyone could use some of that type of luck. Machi nodded towards each of them after they both gave their introduction. They seemed an alright bunch.

Finally, Sensei Haru broke it down to the team as to what they would being doing today. It was basically a seek and capture mission. With many variables added of course. An obvious trademark from yours truly. Machi knew Sensei Haru always loved a bit of chaos in the mix of an exercise. How else would she have any fun? Though, there was always a method to her madness which always brought the the team closer, regardless of how unorthodox it was. After she finished giving the details, Machi taking note of not only the teams but the compatibility overalls, Machi walked over to his teammate while trying to come up wth a plan to get through this.

Haru would look with a bit of pride as the students introduced themselves to one another; however her small grin faded when she looked into Machi's eyes. Her Sharingan wasn't being used or anything; she just noticed he was looking very tired and unusually glum. Usually he had a look of curiosity or casual relaxation about him; even in dangerous situations. Her dark eyes blinked at him a few times wondering if he needed a day off, but his actions showed her different.

Actually; when they'd had their private training session together, he deflected Haru meeting his parents which was unusual in her eyes and showed things might be rocky at home for him. Opting for a Fire Release training session, and more bonding with her instead. A look of sadness passed her briefly, which only came off as her standing there eyeing him up briefly.

As Minx took up her position next to her, she let everyone fall back into silence before Minx began asking her questions. Curious like that cats she liked to emulate.

"No, full submission. Like being tied by a rope, or tackled to the ground with a lethal weapon held at you. A net. Things like that." Haru would reply to the second question putting her hands behind her white jacket with an Uchiha symbol on the back; sort of formally in a serious manner. "No...to secure victory we'd have to capture or otherwise disable all enemy forces...meaning both teams."

As she clarified the rules on an oddly warm winter day, a chill wind blew. The Forest of Death stretching out in all directions behind them.

"We'll begin in ten seconds...prepare. Remember when we take off, you will wait five minutes. Feel free to plan during this time." after she was done talking she only waited a few seconds before saying only three words. "Minx...on me." with that, she would randomly pull out smokescreen grenades and throw them at everyone else in front of her. With one bounce on the ground they popped up and exploded with a firecracker like bang unleashing a giant smokescreen in front of them and around them.

She would with Minx likely right next to or behind her, perform a shinobi leap into the treeline after a short run and with a Body Flicker forward would begin to hop and step off of the trees in a familiar style. Moving through the forest at a good clip. Looking to her left, she would look at Minx likely hopping through trees with her only once before looking ahead and speaking. "Watch." she would then perform a hop with a spin into a small clearing as she would land in the grassy area; sunbeams coming through the trees as she stood with only Minx. "Anything can be your weapon...even a forest." as she said this, she would go quiet, giving way to complete silence except for birds cawing and wildlife noises. Performing 'Shadow Clone Jutsu' several dozen pops of smoke like a drumroll would go off around her in a huge loop until 200 of her were surrounding them.

With a nod, she would tell her clones "Rig, Barrier, Explosive, and Sealing Tags through the Forest of Death, in the perimeter we are in now, and in the direction of the village. Try not to miss a tree or even a foot if you can." she said to what looked like a huge chorus of her own self standing in a clearing all together; with Minx being the only different person there. "Roger. Roger." the clones all said in unison sounding like a sort of announcement when they all spoke. Hopping off through the woods with Body Flicker in different directions. Until only Haru and Minx herself remained.

"So.....your strengths...you're very agile. Not afraid to speak your mind...that last talk we had at the tree....." Haru would look away, slightly embarrassed. "I understand you'll do what it takes. That's why I chose you as my teammate, even though you're my student." looking back at Minx she would give her a small smile. "They'll have to deal with all of my clones, and they'll probably be getting attacked by them any minute now.....hopefully someone gets a fresh Chidori...non lethal of course." she turned around comically for once...plotting with a hand to her mouth before turning around with a serious expression like nothing had changed after her own inner comedy let out for once. She'd said everything at a mumble after all.

"Let's keep moving, it's been about three minutes." with that, they'd continue their shinobi leaps through the forest of death, the sound of leaves passing as they leaped through the sunlight beams was kind of enchanting. Haru would come to a crouch on a tree as she landed; sitting Indian style on it and relaxing; nodding for Minx to do the same. She would then sigh before saying. "I'm going to be honest with you Minx, this is serious. They might get hurt, and I care about each of them very deeply. But if I'm going to train them as shinobi....then they have to be put into danger. They say you play how you practice in sports.....it's true for shinobi as well." a long pause would happen as several minutes would go by, she would just likely enjoy the forest view with Minx. Although it was called the Forest of Death; in some areas it was actually quite beautiful. "We can afford to let them destroy themselves for now....the clones will also set up wire traps with live shurikens attached, so if they hop through the wrong tree....yeah, they're gonna get cut." she said this to warn Minx of Celestia potentially coming to harm. Since she knew they were particularly close. "If you want to protect her from....me. I suggest we capture them first...no?" she would pause to let her think on it before talking to her temporary teammate return. "Taking on Castus and Tora head on would be a bad idea...it's likely to be a climactic battle and attract a lot of attention....resulting in us dropping our guard against a potential surprise attack against someone like Machi, who specializes in planning." she would nod putting a hand to her face in thought. "Yes, it's best to avoid those two for now....I'd have to actually take them down in a more serious manner than needed in order for us to take them down silently one by one......"

She looked up to Minx and would look down over the ledge of the tree they were standing on. The trunk at least 20ft wide; so balance wasn't an issue the Forest of Death had some rather ancient and huge trees. They were at least 200ft off the ground. Good for cover and there were leaves on all sides surrounding them.

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As the clones were shown rigging wires and setting up traps of all sorts, near the entrance to the forest of death the five minute time period of grace would run out just as the clones would look up and nod. Taking up various positions in the treeline. Spreading out with a number as strong as two hundred, they all would activate their Sharingan simultaneously; as dozens and dozens of red eyes would briefly glow in the woods like some type of owl or bird; before fading and disappearing from view.

Kazetora was sat on the ground, listening to everyone, his eyes closed when the smoke bombs had gone off.  Things were about to get interesting.  “Uchiha-Brat...You will win this won’t you? You’re pride as to being an Uchiha may very well be on the line...then again, it might be hilarious to watch you fail miserably while your teammates get all the glory! YES! Do that instead! Try your hardest and fail miserably!” Said the old voice of Kurama.  Kazertora however was ignoring the stupid fox, he had gotten quite good at it.

He knew that Castus knew he was not exactly good at planning, nor was he entirely good at tracking targets in this manner.  No he was going to rely on Castus and Kuroi to find Haru and Minx.  “Those two are going to be together, Haru won’t let Minx be alone, not because she doesn’t trust Minx but because they’ll be even stronger as a team working alongside one another...” Kazetora would say as the smoke dissipated slowly and was likely not to send him into a coughing fit once he opened his mouth.  His eyes still shut though, he was thinking as best he could, putting together his own idea.

“She wants us to work together most likely...or she is expecting us to split up heavily and us working together might knock her off her game.” Continued the Uchiha “So, Castus shall we make our Sensei both proud and sad at the same time? I trust you’ve already gotten a lock on her scent...then again we can’t trust that..” Kazetora then thought back to their mission in the land of iron and how Haru-Sensei had used the Shadow Clone Jutsu.  “Change of plans Castus, can Kuroi get a lock on Minx’s scent? Most likely Haru has already filled the forest with a number of Shadow Clones, those clones could serve multiple purposes such as setting traps or just being decoys...”

His eyes slowly opened as he stood back up, he was not ignoring Celestia or Machi but his mind was working over time thinking of everything that could happen.  He needed to prove himself, that much Kurama had gotten right.  No, this was going to be a difficult mission regardless of who he worked with.  He knew that rushing in head first would only waste his own energies.  He was going to need every drop of it.

However...a little waste would be alright.  When his eyes opened they were not black orbs but instead red with a single comma shape circling a black pupil.  He was using his Sharingan from the get go, though it would not help him determine the real Haru from a fake one it would allow him a bit of help in finding them and in fighting any Jutsu the opponents would use.  The Uchiha then started to walk towards the edge of the forest, wondering if Castus and Kuroi could do as he asked.  Failing that, well...the forest could always simply be made to no longer exist if need be.

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Jutsu Used: Sharingan, 1st Tomoe (+1 Instinct, now E+1 Rank)

Focusing on the battle at hand Castus would crouch for the duration of the time that the smoke bomb was in the area and pet Kuroi before the dog would take off in a dart at its max speeds the moment Haru and Minx left; Kuroi was not apart of this ordeal so he was not held down by the time limit and if Castus wanted too make this a really fun training he would need all of his things with him; Castus would stand still and listen too Kazetora for a moment before looking around; he was losing faith in Kazetora's planning skills and if not for the boys combat skills he would be a lost cause all together. Anyway Castus would sniff after a little and begin taking his clothes off starting with his shirt he would toss it on too the ground before Kuroi would walk up holding a myriad of items inside a large bag upon his back, once seen Castus would throw his own smoke bomb just as his pants were coming off and after the dissipation Castus would be standing there with a new look.

Upon his frame would be a black body suit covering all the way down too his feet, hands and up too the bridge of his nose covering his mouth entirely. On both of his arms two metal arm guards would sparkle in the sunlight, they would be strong metel riveted together to make large pieces on the under section of his arm leather strapping's could be seen holding them in place. Moving further toward his back everyone would see a large amount of chain now wrapped around Castus torso area holding in place two Kusaragami that would now be Castus main style of weapon combat something he had been working on for some time finally coming together.

Upon the time limit finally finishing Castus would jump a few times before looking over at Kazetora then Machi and Celestia. "We can track by scent but like we all know the sensei will be using clones, so we will be following both their scents and i will decide which one is the less pungent and that will be the one that leads us too our target."

Arching his back and crouching toward the floor in order too go down on too all fours Castus eyes would sharpen and a omnious amount of chakra would be seen around him as his nails would sharpen and his canine features would begin to manifest from his four leg technique. Another primal burst would follow as a crackle and pop would shift the dirt into a cloud into the surrounding area and Castus would begin cycling toward the third gate.

"Let's go i'll scout ahead, if everyone agrees on it; Kuroi has the scent as well if i get taken out or something."

Huh it seemed Celestia didn't have to rationalized working together with the others at all. Haru made a little game where at first glance it encouraged them to fight each other. Yet right at the start everyone was on the same page, working together. This was so much different than in the academy. No wonder Haru's team had such a reputation. She only chose the best which only made Celestia more proud to be chosen and to work with the others.

Celestia's positive thoughts came to a grinding halt as one of her team mates began stripping. She was filled with so much disbelief she couldn't even say anything. He was even taking his pants off! What the hell! He dropped a smoke bomb though and when it cleared he was geared up for battle. It was actually pretty cool looking.

Celestia grew nervous at the mention of possibly a lot of clones. She wasn't well suited to fighting when outnumbered and putting genjutsu and clones just felt like it would be a waste. Did sensei really have enough chakra to make a bunch of clones and give them each enough chakra to use jutsu? No point in worrying she supposed. Either way she would be screwed. Sticking with the rest of the team was truly the only option for her. She could maybe help with the tracking, her nose was almost just as good as the inuzuka but explaining why her nose was so sharp could be a pain. She was not feeling very useful at all at the moment. The only thing she could do right now was tag along and hope she became useful at some point. Had Haru made a mistake inviting her to the team did she even deserve it?

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