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A body would be pulled down by gravity straight towards the ground, it was a rapid descent towards the moist floors of the heavily forested area that surrounded the border of Kirigakure, with a silent thud his knees would bend on impact as he came to a complete stop fully sinking down towards the ground. Without much effort the tall figure with the long white dust would rise up from the ground, standing at full height his golden eyes staring from behind the long bangs of blue hair that cascaded over his line of sight. It was quiet here, but he had experience with this mission, and he knew that to let his guard down would be a foolish mistake he would come to regret the moment the enemy buried their kunai into him, it was with this knowledge from his past escapade in this mission that the man moved ahead with steady steps. All senses were on full alert taking in the details of his surroundings doing his best to be so attentive that he would catch any movements in the shadows, or perhaps an incoming attack from an enemy attempting to take him down from a blind spot.  Even with all these precautions however, one thing could not be denied, and that was that Tsurugi lacked all the experience he needed to tackle this mission without a flaw; example? He was unaware of the fact that two enemies were tailing him from the moment he descended down from the tree tops.

They were just waiting for the opportunity to take this ninja down, the blue haired male continued to march along the long paths that led further out into the edge of the Kirigakure borders he went on, and on pushing through thick wilderness. It was no wonder they needed to set these stones out here every so often, this play was heavily vegetated it would be nearly impossible for a none native to make their way through these wilds without getting lost, now once they’d be lost they would fall prey to the wilderness itself or the violent missing nin that have come to call this their hunting grounds. Funny thing was, Tsurugi was at the very prey two of them had chosen to hunt down, still unaware of this gruesome fact the man pushed through guiding himself through the heavy wilderness. With the best of his ability he came to emerge to the other side of that physically demanding ordeal, to find himself in a large clearing where he would come to take a deep breath of fresh air, enjoying the fresh air that expanded his lungs now. “I should find an alternate route that guides travelers away from these forests…perhaps circling around?” he was practically talking to himself as his mind formulated ideas, and outlines of what the land might look like from a bird’s eye view.

Amidst this moment where he lost himself in thought that his two stalkers put themselves into place to ambush him, it was a simple tactic further up this clearing the path narrowed, and the vegetation thickened giving them the perfect cover for their attack. As planned the blue haired ninja would venture into this narrow path, alert as ever he was ready, but how ready? With that, the attack was launched the sound of violent rustling caught Tsurugi’s attention turning his face to the left, he relied on his finely tuned reflexes to block the incoming punch using his arms as a shield, the blunt force behind the attack was forceful enough to knock him back a few steps. Unfortunately for him it was straight into a shoulder tackle delivered by the other ninja, the attack was strong enough to knock the already stumbling Tsurugi down, but he was quick enough to jump to his feet. Eyes quickly focused on the two incoming ninja, they were closing the distance fast, one from the left, and one from the right; this was going to be messy!  With one quick motion he ducked under the punch, and charged forward ramming his full body weight into whichever of the two he connected with, forcing his victim down he would posture himself up to deliver a few savage punches down to the enemy, but alas he either missed or the ninja below him completely blocked. Not being left alone for long the other ninja kicked him off promptly after, falling forward with a loud thud Tsurugi ate a mouthful of dirt.

He pushed himself up quickly but when he did he was welcomed by a quick punch to the gut, then a solid kick to the face from the other the kick to the head was devastating aside from making his inner cheek bleed it dazed him which resulted in him being pinned to the nearest tree by one of these ninja. Wasting no time the ninja grabbed hold of the dazed ninjas throat, feeling his enemy’s fingers grip him tightly Tsurugi instantly felt his air supply being cut off, at first he struggled trying to overpower the other ninja by making him let go but it was failing horribly! So instead he raised a leg, using his knee to push the man away, even just a bit making enough of a gap for him to try his only escape that he saw. Performing the tiger hand seal he held it with a deep inhale using what little space he had, he would glare directly at the ninja who was starting to realize what was happening but a bit too late, instantaneously Tsurugi release a burst of flames from his mouth that shot forward reaching out for the ninjas unprotected face.

“AH!” with an ear piercing scream of pain the man stumbled back releasing Tsurugi completely as his hands reached up to grab hold of his burned face, the other ninja watched in horror as his partner yelled in agony, quickly turning this shock into rage he charged the coughing Tsurugi. Watching his enemy coming in close, he moved to the side barely avoiding the vicious punch, but unfortunately for Tsurugi he did not avoid the wild hook, that was followed by a series of quick punches mainly smashing into his face. With the onslaught stopping, a bloodied Tsurugi slid down on the surface of the tree coughing as he was still conscious but in so much pain, raising his leg the ninja aimed to end this with a stomp, but when his foot came for the head of its target the blue haired ninja moved out of the way grabbing a handful of mud from the moist ground Tsurugi would swing his arm, throwing the chunk of mud in the man’s face. The distraction worked, quickly standing up to one knee best he could he performed another set of hand seals with a deep inhale he soon released it in the form of a noxious gas that soon crawled all around the two ninja. One trying to dig mud out of his eyes, and the other unable to even open his eyes thanks to the burns, “Whats that smell?” one asked….

Performing a second hand seal the worn out Tsurugi took a second deep breath this time releasing it in the form of the first technique where he releases a burst of flames, combined with the noxious gas the flame was amplified traveling across the gas creating a reaction! A hellish fireball exploded into an wild inferno in front of him, completely engulfing the men, their yells of pain, and agony filled the forest air as the flames clung to their flesh burning away at the skin, the shock of the pain being so much that each man found themselves passing out amongst the flames that had engulfed them. Covering his face from the intense heat, Tsurugi lowered his hand once the intensity subsided, watching he saw a pair of well-cooked bodies lay out before him.

Wiping some blood from his lips “Tch” was all he said as he turned to march further out to the border, reaching the point where he found it fitting to set the stone down, he would produce the object from his pocket then set it upon the ground. With that he began his march back to the village, a heavy sigh escaping him, he was aching but he had to soldier on, he also had to get stronger this had gone terribly!


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