Before long, Kameko sensed the Raikage’s electrical signature stop, not too far from where she was. The girl was excited to finally end this little cat and mouse game and have a shot at catching hold of Sanosuke, but she was cautious too. Her sensei would undoubtedly be keeping an eye out for Ameryuu and her, and while the henge granted her some level of anonymity, it wouldn’t fool him for long if he noticed a young man scouring the streets; the transformation technique was a basic academy skill, and having just used it himself, he’d probably have an eye out for
anyone displaying suspicious behaviors. So, she took care to put on a rather convincing act of a young man strolling down the street, hands in his pockets, whose only concern was sneaking a peak at the pretty girls as they turned his head; the movement provided an excuse for him to look back and forth along the street, his dark eyes flicking upwards to check the rooftops without appearing to change his line of sight.
She was almost upon where his signal was coming from, her target only hidden from her by a curve in the road when he began moving away from her again. Unlike his initial dash through Kumogakure, this time his pace was a bit slower and he seemed to pause intermittently along his weaving path, coming close to other signatures each time. It was odd and raised suspicions in her mind, but there were few options for Kameko but to keep on with her plan. Perhaps he thought that he could confuse the signal somehow like he did previously; atleast this time there were not multiple Raikages popping up like there was previously. She had no way of knowing if she had been found out, but breaking cover now would not aid her and there was no reason to abandon her henge until she knew for sure that the disguise was a bust. Should he have somehow identified her before she spied him, she would just have to come up with a new strategy for, as before, she had no hope of outrunning him in a flat out chase.
Oblivious to the mischief that Sanosuke was causing, the young ‘man’ continued following the path. As Kameko rounded the corner, she noticed a disturbance in the typically genial nature of an afternoon crowd. Instead of generally smiling faces with a few malcontents around, it was just the opposite, and it didn’t take long before someone made eye contact with her.
“That’s him! That’s the one, right there, in the grey shirt!!” The voice came from a busty young woman, who pointed an accusing finger right in her direction. Kameko hesitated, uncertain of what was going on.
“Um… No, I think you have me confused with someone else.” Mimicking the mannerisms that she had seen in boys her age, she raised one hand to scratch at her hair, ruffling the dark strands which were so much shorter than her normal hair, and gave a little embarrassed chuckle to try and diffuse the situation… Instead, things quickly escalated.
Her nonchalant manner further infuriated the crowd which had already gathered to aggrieve the behavior of the pervert who had run about groping a dozen young ladies. She only had enough time to assess that the situation was all Sanosuke’s doing before she found herself penned in the center of what had quickly turned into an angry mob. She tried repeatedly to explain herself, that no, she hadn’t touched this one’s little sister, Riku, or groped that one’s friend, Yuri, but they had no interest in excuses, having already tried and convicted ‘him’ in the eyes of the public. With a hunch that revealing her true face would only spread the blame onto the true Kameko, she maintained the disguise.
Suddenly, she heard a familiar voice call out over the noise of the crowd,
"Better luck next time, Kame-chan~" Her head swiveled sharply to her right, dark eyes spotting a black cat with golden rings jumping off of a rooftop.
‘Bastard,’ she cursed Sanosuke as he left her to the less than gentle care of the angry crowd. In her distraction, a man grabbed one of her arms, limiting her movement, just as another wound back and aimed a punch straight at her little nose. The protection of her henge did not extend to her physical well-being, and unable to properly dodge, she turned her face, taking a glancing blow on her right cheekbone instead of the direct hit which would have undoubtedly broken her nose.
“I’m so done with this shit,” she ill-temperedly muttered under her breath. Though tempted to strike back at the brutes who had attacked her, hurting a crowd of civilians was basically the opposite of a kunoichi’s mandate, so she attempted to escape through – mostly – non-violent techniques. Before another man could decide to turn her into a punching bag, she stomped down hard on the instep of the man who had a hold of her arm. It was not enough force to break any of the delicate bones in the foot, but enough to bruise and serve as a distraction which caused him to loosen his grip as he cried out. Twisting away from him and out of reach, she quickly formed the handseals for the Hidden Mist Technique, a cloud of fog rising to obscure her and everyone else in the area. Using the sudden confusion that followed, she slipped by the little lights of the civilians’ electrical signatures, weaving her way out of the crowd.
At the edge of the crowd, she noticed that one of those signatures was familiar, and she grabbed at the girl's outline through the mist, trying to get a hold of some part of her arm.
“Ame, c’mon, let’s get out of here.” If she missed or the girl was anything but cooperative, she would release her and escape on her own, if not, she would lead the girl with her into a nearby alley. Releasing the transformation technique, Kameko would appear as she did previously, albeit with the addition of a blossoming bruise on her right cheekbone which promised to display some lovely colors if she let it heal on its own. Kameko had no intention of that, however, and would stop by the local hospital once she dealt with
him. After looking like herself again, Kameko would continue running, with or without Ameryuu, along the path that Sanosuke’s signature still led, only stopping when they were a few streets away from the scene before plopping down on a bench to catch her breath and regroup, having no intention of just laying down and giving up. Her fingers gingerly feeling the bruise on her face, she’d say, speaking either to herself or to her teammate,
“Well, I certainly never thought it’d be easy… Now what?”- Chakra: 145/200 (-10 for activating Hidden Mist, -10 for maintaining Tracking Range):
- Hidden Mist Technique:
Name: Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique (水遁・霧隠れの術 ~ Suiton: Kirigakure no Jutsu)
Canon/Custom: Canon
Rank: D
Type: Supplementary
Element: Suiton/Water
Range: 15m radius
Specialty: Ninjutsu
Duration: 6 posts
Cooldown: 8 posts
Description: The user releases a thick mist from his or her mouth or uses a water source around him or her to create the mist. This effectively acts as a cover for the user. Doujutsu such as the sharingan are incapable of seeing through it, since the mist is kneaded with the user's chakra. The byakugan, however, can bypass this mist at any rank. Anyone with the Perception stat C rank will be able to see blurry movement within five meters of themselves - anyone with Perception stat B rank or higher will be generally be able to see movement around them within the mist, with only minor details obscured. The user is also incapable of seeing through the mist unless they themselves have an ability / technique that would enable them to do so.
- Tracking Range:
Name: ~ Current Perception: Tracking Range
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: n/a
Type: Supplementary
Element: Lightning
Range: 20m (D), 30m (C), 70m (B), 300m (A), 600m (S)
Specialty: N/A
Duration: Maintainable (-10 chakra per post)
Cooldown: 1 post
Description: Developed for locating and tracking enemies over long distances, chakra is used to drastically increase the range of the user's sensory field. The main purpose of this range however is pursuit. Made to hunt down hiding or fleeing targets, if this range is activated within one post of an enemy attempting to leave the thread they will be unable to leave as long as the user can still sense their electrical signature (even through an escape jutsu like body flicker). If the target can conceal themselves from the user's sensory ability however, this jutsu has no effect. As long as this jutsu is active, targets can not flee threads without hiding their electrical signature.
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