"You dyed her cat blue Itazura! This isn't just a prank!" My mom's ever nagging voice pierced the air with discontent and anger and frustration and all the ike that parents usually have toward their child that did something very wrong.
"Come on Mom, the cat looks way better now. And totally matched with Fashino's sense of fashion!" I replied my hands with my hands up in mock surrender.
"Besides who doesn't like the color blue for a cat? i would totally want a blue cat, wouldn't you want a blue cat?" I tried smiling my way through it, but my mother wasn't amused.
Yes, it was true that I happened to take our unfriendly neighbor's cat and dye it an wonderful shade of indigo blue. But Fashino had always been one of those nosy middle aged ladies who seemed to have nothing better to do in her life but poke her nose in other people's business or basically lecture me on how terrible a ninja I was. I already got enough of the latter from my mom, plus Fashino's cat was way nicer to me than that lady ever was. Though considering the first time I ever met it, I ended up with cat scratches all over my face.
At this point, I knew retreat was my only option.
"But I guess you're right and I'm totally going to go apologize to Fashino-san right now, Mom. Right now!" I took a step outside of our current location, dad's bakery.
"Kay, Mom! Bye!" I shouted as I ran down the street, my mom screaming after me.
"Sarutobi Itazura, you come back here right now!!" Yep, she was pretty angry. Maybe a little more than just a little ticked off. I smiled at my own predicament and rushed down the street, taking a few turns and twists, and eventually coming up to a pub.
Ah, a perfect hiding spot! I stopped and made a single hand sign, three clones of me popped up in smoke.
“Okay guys, you know what to do!” I barely had time to hide behind the door of my chosen hiding place before I heard running footsteps behind me.
Yep, it was my mom. Ah, seemed like her retirement of taking a teaching position had already worn her out for the day. She immediately saw my three clones and yelled out my name once more.
“Itazura!!” The three of me smiled and ran off, my mother too angry to notice that they were only doppelgangers. I knew it would only be a short while before each of them got too far away and dissipated or when my mom would catch one and it would go off in smoke, but I still felt grateful to get away from my angry mother. At least for the moment I was safe. I gave a sigh of relief and slumped my shoulders against the door. It usually took a lot more to shake me, but mom was always someone I tended to feel edgy around and when she was pissed (which actually tended to happen a lot… and usually at me), I was more than happy to find any chance to escape.
Jutsu used
- Doppelganger Technique:
Name: Doppelganger Technique (影分身の術 ~ Bunshin no Jutsu)
Canon/Custom: Canon.
Rank: E.
Type: Supplementary.
Element: None.
Range: Clones can go up to 15 meters away from the user before dispersing.
Specialty: Ninjutsu.
Duration: Clones last until dissipated or cancelled.
Cooldown: Five posts after all clones are dispersed.
Description: Using this technique, the user can create up to five intangible clones that appear physically identical to the user; these are created within 3 meters of the caster. The clones do not disturb the area around them, don't have shadows or body heat, and as such, in applicable situations, ninja can pick them out with varying difficulty. The clone has no physical form, and as such cannot attack. When any foreign presence passes through the clone, be it physical (a fist, a rock, a sword) or an opponent's jutsu, the clone will dissipate. It's mainly used to help mask the user, helping them attack an opponent who is superior at dodging. It costs 5 chakra to create clones.
Chakra 135/150
WC 544