After he had patched up his arm at the hospital from the kunai accident with the academy student bully, Rai had nothing to do. He had gone ahead to sleep, but he woke up almost immediately. The mission had left traces of adrenaline all over his body and even though he knew that he had to sleep, there was this deep craving inside him, wanting the taste of adrenaline. At the time, it had seemed like a fun idea to go to the tunnels but the sad truth is that Rai was terribly wrong. If not anything else, this had got to be the most stupid thing that Rai had ever done, but the craving for adventure was by far more than his fear right now. As he was walking down to the road leading to the tunnels, Rai reflects on how he had first heard about the tunnels. At the academy, it was common behaviour for kids to spread round rumors and stories about the tunnels so right thought that it wasn't real; just an academy joke to scare people. Every one had had different stories concerning the tunnels: some said that the ghost of the previous Tsuchikage's reside in the tunnels, coming out at night time to protect the village, while others said stories that had to do with mythical creatures: dragons, demons and what not. Being a kid, Rai was quick to believe each and every single story, and was totally drenched in fear . As he grew older, he soon realised about the tunnels presence in the village: it was in fact, very real and it was said that a few shinobi have entered the tunels....and have never come out. On a normal day, Rai would be stricken with fear just with seeing the cave from a distance, but right now, he was dying with boredom and his crave for adrenaline was leading him on. A part of Rai wanted to be here, to be known as the only shinobi to have entered the tunnels and survived, but the other part didn't even want to see the tunnel itself.

Now in front of the tunnels entrance, Rai stopped on his tracks and looked in at the massive manifestation of darkness in awe ; in fear. The entrance seemed to be a mouth in Rai's mind, devouring any body who enters without spitting them out .It could also be a for or gateway for whatever monstrous creatures that lives in the darkness of the tunnels. He's feet were rooted to the ground as he saw the darkness inside the mouth f the cave...evil seemed to radiate from this cave, this monster. His own sweat slowly came down into his eyes from his temples, and it was then that he realised just how hot the weather was. Suddenly, he heard a piercing scream coming from the tunnels and he nearly jumped out of his own clothes. His heart was beating fast, and furiously.
This is silly, I am a Chunin from Iwagakure and I am afraid of a cave?? Rai thought to himself. He needed to face this fear once and for all. Or maybe he should just turn around......?
No, I can do this
In order to psyche himself for the journey to come, Rai sits right in front of the entrance of the cave, legs crossed and closes his eyes patiently, just in case any fellow shinobi would show up, so they could go together. Truth is, he knew that the odds of any shinobi coming to the tunnels would be slim, he was just extending the time he had before he entered the tunnels.

After what had seemed like an eternity, with no sign of the arrival of a single soul, Rai stood up slowly ready to enter the darkness, the mouth of his deepest fears.

OOC: I'm not sure, but I think that we all know Clone jutsu and Transformation jutsu from the beginning. I'm not 100% sure, and I'll edit the post if needed. Also, sorry for the short post as I'm typing on my phone.

Arashi was just walking around Iwa, thinking how cool it would be if he was a chuunin. I doubt it will happen anytime soon, but it'd be pretty awesome to be a chuunin. I mean, I'll go on higher ranked missions, and will be able rip learn stronger jutsu. Pretty badass. Arashi was walking around the parameters of the great village, when he saw a certain white haired ninja. Is that...Noooo... Can't be. Is he? Arashi kept standing there, as he looked at the figure around 10 meters in front of him. He finally decided that the guy probably is the same guy who attacked him a couple of weeks earlier. Time to get some revenge... That was a bit silly actually, as Arashi kinda kicked butt that time when they fought.

Arashi brought his hands together, forming the Tiger handseal. He started molding his chakra, as he whispered the name of the technique he was about to perform. " Transformation Jutsu!" A puff of white smoke appeared around Arashi, as he transformed into; a mouse. That was ideal, as the mouse had the speed to quickly run, but was small enough to not be seen. The white haired figure was turned back to Arashi, so Arashi sprinted around him and just in front of him, as he entered the dark entrance to the tunnels. Arashi went deeper and deeper into the cave, until he was about ten meters away from the entrance, perfectly concealed by the dark. Ara then hid behind a rock pillar, around one meter high. Another puff of smoke appeared, as Arashi transformed back into his own, short, red haired Iwa genin. Arashi was pretty far from the white guy, so the chance that he heard the puff was slim. Alright, here goes nothing. Arashi cleared his throat, and then released a loud scream, as girly as he possibly could. He peeked out from behind the rock a little, only to see the shock on the guy's face. The guy just sat down, in a pose that looked like mediating. He even closed his eyes. What...? Arashi was still confused, as the guy stood up and actually entered the cave,.with a determined look on his face. Arashi stood up, revealing himself, and spoke.

"'Ey."

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"'Ey"
Rai thought he was ready, he thought he was prepared for whatever the cave had to throw at him after he had meditated, until he heard the voice coming out of the cave. It was not a scream this time but a calm greeting from a fellow shinobi. To be honest, he was about to let out the most womanly scream ever to be made by man, but he had already calmed himself down enough through meditation. He looked down at the figure that came out andd was relieved to know that it wasn't a demon or any blood succking creature he had heard about in the academy. In fact, he was only a kid. He looked younger than Rai and he had short, red hair. He must have been a genin because Rai didn't remember seeing him during his time at the academy. Although, there was something oddly familiar about this kid, Rai was just too determined to enter the tunnels to be bothered to remember where or when he had seen this kid before.
"You know, it's not cool scaring people like that," Rai said with a shaky laugh.
He was sure glad at least somebody had come. He didn't have to explore alone anymore but he knew that when it was time for Rai to practice his new clan jutsu. The ashcloud jutsu ,once activated, would circulate around Rai, 20 meters in every direction, suffocating anything in its path if the person breathed it in for long enough, not affecting Rai in any way. Rai quickly expelled the thought of this kid suffocating deep in the heart of the tunnels as a result of Rai's training. He was going to think of a way to avoid that, but later.
"So...you plaan on exploring the tunnels too??" Rai asked with a polite and friendly tone, considering the fact that this kid had just scared him out of his mind. This kid sure had guts , being in the cave and scaring Rai like that...how had he even entered the cave????? He was probably here before Rai. The fact that this kid had entered the cave confidently without fear of spirits, or evil creatures, filled Rai with confidence and embarrassment. He was going to enter this cave whether he liked it or not.

[OOC: I think you spelled Raishi in your first sentence as Arashi. Also, the scream Arashi screamed was the same one you posted about in your first post. I just wanted to make this clear, I wasn't sure if you understood well.]

"You know, it's not cool scaring people like that,"
The white guy spoke with a little chuckle in his voice. He smiled at the end of his sentence. A small smile appeared on Arashi's face as well. Yeah? And assaulting a kid younger than yourself, while sparring with a friend, without no reason at all? Trying to bury him alive? That cool?
"So...you plan on exploring the tunnels too?"
The white guy's voice was friendly and cheerful. Oh, so he's going in. He wants me to join him... Could be fun, why not. Arashi spoke with a voice just as friendly as always.
"Hell, why not. I've heard a lot of things about this place... I just hope it isn't true..."
While Arashi was still in academy, kids often used to talk about the cave and the tunnels, and all the monsters there were in. Arashi never really believed them, but heck; Could be true as far as he knew. If people can blow fire; Sure there might be a monster or two every once in a while.Arashi now fully walked out of the darkness, revealing his entire figure. If the other guy already hasn't, he should've recognized him by now. Arashi opened his mouth again, now smiling and chuckling while talking.
"Just, no more... Incidents. I don't like being buried alive, you know. And I'm pretty sure you don't stabbed kunai, or fists in your face... You ready?"
Arashi laughed a bit, before nodding to the guy and turning around. Arashi took a step into the darkness. Even if he didn't want to acknowledge it, he was a bit scared too.

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OOC: Yeah i know the scream Arashi screamed is the same, but RAI doesn't know that lol.



"Hell, why not. I've heard a lot of things about this place... I just hope it isn't true..."

The kid had replied with quite the friendly tone and walked out of the darkness of the cave, exposing his entire figure to the harsh sunlight. This kid was quite short compared to Rai, but then again, Rai was taller than most people in his age group and even some over. The wild red hair, the facial structures and the muscles. Rai had certainly seen this kid somewhere before. There was something so very familiar about the way he acted...

"Just, no more... Incidents. I don't like being buried alive, you know. And I'm pretty sure you don't stabbed kunai, or fists in your face... You ready?"

Total giveaway. Rai had suddenly remembered and he bursts in a fit of chuckles..this was the claw taijutsu kid that he had seen some weeks ago and had tried using his double suicide decapitation jutsu on, but Rai had failed miserably. He was certainly a skilled fighter and since they were going in a cave, Rai had no intention of sparring with this fellow for it would be suicide. This kid specialised in taijutsu, close range. A long range fighter like Rai, challenging this kid would be ultimately stupid. After the kid had said this, he laughed a bit and nodded at Rai before, heading back into the cave.

"Yeah, sorry about that. I was really bored at the time...I did love watching you and the other kid spar though, thats why i just had to jump in!" Rai said with a light chuckle. This kid was a cheerful guy Rai realised, taking by the fact that the kid had shown no intention of revenge even if Rai had attempted to bury him up till his neck. Rai followed behind the kid, his past thought about his Ash cloud jutsu came to his mind and he realised he would have to train that another time. Instead, he could train his newly contracted summonig, Azaru, so coming here wouldn't be a total waste of time,

The white guy chuckled a bit, and spoke.
"Yeah, sorry about that. I was really bored at the time... I did love watching you and the other kid spar though, that's why I just had to jump in!
Rai's voice was friendly, and he chuckled a bit while saying the sentence. Arashi smiled back, as they headed in the cave, the entrance to the vast network of underground tunnels, together. Yeah, it was an interesting spar indeed! Tushy's ass got whooped. Though, he did save mine that time when this guy attacked from the ground... Was pretty skilled, probably is even more by now. I just hope we don't fight again, I'll lose big-time.

They were both already in the darkness, the guy walking just by Arashi's side when Arashi opened his mouth.
"Oh yeah, my name's Arashi."
Arashi''s tone was still friendly, but this sentence sounded like Arashi was asking the guy for his name. Still, better than just saying "What's your name???". Arashi found people that asked names before introducing themselves rude, and he doesn't like rude. Just as Arashi closed his mouth, and turned his head back in front of himself, away from the entrance, he noticed their first decision; in the distance, about ten more meters away from them, the cave split in two. Straight, and right. As far as Ara could tell, it didn't look like a cave anymore, more like tunnels of some sort. He would be able to see a lot better if it wasn't so damn dark! I have a few Katon jutsus, could use them to illuminate the path... But they are definitely pretty chakra-costly. I wonder if the other guy has any, I mean, he used Katon in our fight. Clones, I think.
After Rai responded, even if he didn't, Arashi would ask the following:
"Okay. It's getting pretty dark in here, do you by any chance have any illuminating jutsus? Katon or something maybe?"

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"Oh yeah, my name's Arashi."

This kid's tone was still friendly, yet straight to the point in a formal kind of way. Rai couldn't help but reply and introduce himself.
"Cool Arashi, I'm Raishi or you could call me Rai instead," he said again with a smile, but considering the fact that they were about to face the unknown in complete darkness he knew that there was any reason to smile.
Walking away from the entrance,away from the only source of light, Rai noticed that far ahead, roughly 10 meters away from them the cave split in two. He could only see it faintly because of the light coming from the entrance. He wondered if Arashi had seen it too being in front of him. He probably would have, he's a smart kid. From what he could see, it was either they went straight, or left. The further they walked in to the cave, the more it got darker and resembled a tunnel. Typical. Expected. They were called the Underground Tunnels for a reason, a cave can't be named a tunnel. It was almost fully dark and Rai considered to start to train his summoning to light the way for them. Rai stopped walking altogether and closed his eyes, feeling his chakra flow, round his body.

"Okay. It's getting pretty dark in here, do you by any chance have any illuminating jutsus? Katon or something maybe?"
"Yeah, I'm on it."

He bent down and felt round the floor. It had all kinds of textures; sharp, rough, blunt, uneven and much to Rai's terror, he swore he felt the roundness of a skull. Quickly dismissing the idea of someone dieing here from whatever or being killed by a monster, he picked up the sharpest object he could find. It was hollow, long and thick like a bone in fact. But it was sharp at the ending so it was exactly what Rai needed. He picked it up and quickly made a tiny cut on his thumb, so blood may come out to aid the summoning process. Wincing as the object cut him, he quickly puts his thumb on his tongue and weaves the tiger sign.

"Kushiyose no jutsu: Azaru," he says in a rather calm manner and positions himself for a fireball. He feels the movement and the channeling of the chakra in his body, goin up his lungs but sadly the sensation stop right at the tip of his tongue. When he started blowing, nothing came out of his mouth, not even a puff of smoke. Bewildered, he started thinking about what may have gone wrong, and that's when he heard the sound.
It was a terrible sound,like 600 nails and 500 cats with enormously sharp claws were dragged across a bigger than earth white board. For a second, Rai totally forgot about Arashi and started to panic, but he put himself together almost immediately and looked around for Ara.

"Arashi, wherever you are, did you here that!?"
He hoped Arashi wasn't far. Rai would have to hurry up with learning how to summon Azaru. He readied himself again for a second try.

The guy introduced himself, it appears his name was Raishi; or Rai for short.
"Yeah, I'm on it."
Rai stoped walking, and so did Arashi. It looked like he was concentrating, probably for a jutsu. Let's see what this guy can do. Rai bent down, and picked up something. It looked like a stick of some sort to Arashi. Raishi the brought the thingy to his finger, and then his finger to his mouth, before he made a handseal. Arashi isn't fond of Ninjutsu, but he was pretty sure the sign was Tiger. Maybe Ram. Wasn't sure.
"Kuchiyose no jutsu: Azaru."
Raishi's voice was quite calm actually. A summoning jutsu? This could get interesting, very interesting indeed. Rai started blowing. but; nothing happened! Nothing! At all! Arashi was just about to laugh, and maybe make a humorous comment about Raishi's Summoning, when a loud sound started... Sounding? It was, truly loud; nothing like Arashi ever heard. He instantly covered his ears, as the noise slowly went away. I thought he did a summoning, not something liek this!
"Arashi, wherever you are, did you here that!?"
Oh, so he didn't do that?
"Is my hear red? Hell yeah! What was that?" In fact, Arashi was just next to Raishi. Surprisingly Raishi didn't know where Ara was. Or maybe he just entered a chock, or started panicking. The moment felt right, so Arashi "complimented" Rai on his summoning a few moments earlier.
"Rai. That was one mighty summoning you did earlier. I mean, summoning thin air; that's one hell of a jutsu!"
Arashi chuckled, but he realized that he shouldn't had said that. At least he tried something, while Arashi was just standing there mocking him. Time for me to try something! Arashi closed his eyes, and formed the Tiger handseal. He stood there, perfectly still, feeling his chakra flowing through his body. Fire...Fire...Fire... Arashi slowly grabbed his right hand with his left one, around the joint, as he concentrated his Fire Nature chakra in the palm of his hand. Fire...Fire. Fire! Arashi's hand started glowing, though very dimly. Like a match or something. His hand was covered in a very thin layer of katon chakra. Arashi opened his eyes, and opened his mouth.
"Didn't think I could pull this off, I still need plenty of training with my Chakra Flo-"
The layer of chakra just bursted, leaving them in complete dark just as before.
"Uhm...As I was saying, I still need some practice..."
I guess I should start again. I wonder though, what went wrong? I believe it was that I was unable to hold the chakra in place... Arashi once again closed his eyes, grabbed his hand and concentraded chakra in it. The fire layer slowly appeared again, same as before, providing minimal light. As soon as Arashi opened his eyes, he quickly formed the Tiger handseal, which would help him keep the chakra layer on his hand. He felt the heat, slowly warming his hands.
"Here, I can't really do better then this."

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"Is my hear red? Hell yeah! What was that?"

Arashi had replied in a flash. Rai did not know what that was, and to be completely honest, he didn't want to know. Judging by how audible Arashi was, Rai could tell that he was close to Rai, in fact very close if not right next to him. Still with the object in hand, Rai makes another cut, this time on his right index finger, making sure atleast two drops of blood comes out this time before channeling the chakra. He places his finger on his tongue, and as he is a millisecond away from his finger touching his tongue, he hears Ara say something.

"Rai. That was one mighty summoning you did earlier. I mean, summoning thin air; that's one hell of a jutsu!"

Rai heard chuckles coming from the kid next to him. This was totally embarrassing, although it's the first time he was actually trying the jutsu so he can't be blamed. Although it hurt, Rai knew that criticism had always helped him throughout the academy. It had always made him push that extra mile to achieve his goals with excellent results. Due to this and Rai's patience with people, he simply chuckled back, positively.

" Just you wait and see how it'll end up once I get the hang of it!"

Rai suddenly began wondering what this kid had been up to, maybe he was just standing there waiting for Rai's jutsu to work? Or maybe he was trying to make a fire of his own? Rai though back at the fight at Waterfall Point. he didn't have any memory of Arashi ever using Katon ninjutsu or showing any sign of having Fire as his element. Rai was just about to ask, when a dim light came from Arashi's position. It was very dim, nearly un noticeable but due to Rai's fear of the darkness, his eyes get sensitive to the tiniest bit of light they can find.

"Didn't think I could pull this off, I still need plenty of training with my Chakra Flo-"

The light illuminating from Arashi's hand suddenly disappeared, much to the disappointment of Rai.

"Uhm...As I was saying, I still need some practice..."
" Cool, at least SOMETHING happened" Rai said encouragingly. He watched as the light slowly appeared again, much to his delight and figured he better practice his own jutsu quickly.

"Here, I can't really do better then this."
" It's just fine, why don't we decide which way we are gonna take? For ward, or right?"

Getting back to his training, he realised that his blood had dropped off his finger onto the floor when he had lowered his hands. Frustrated, he made yet another puncture in his pinky finger this time, big enough for two drops of blood. Putting it in his mouth quickly, he then forms the tiger seal and starts to channel his chakra. Yet again he feels the flow, like a rough, untamed ocean, going up his body from all extended points; fingers, toes up to the torso and the throat. He feels it lingering, up to the tip of his tongue.
"Kuchiyose no jutsu: Azaru"
Just before he felt warmth of the katon chakra in his mouth, he blew. This time, a massive cloud of smoke protruded from his mouth and something else. A small substance, about the size of a finger nail. He hadn't seen it, but he had felt it on his tongue. Rai started coughing seriously for 5 seconds, but what seemed like forever to him. Was that fur?

[OOC: One question. Why do you use cyan color when typing jutsu? I have nothing against it, just wandering.]

"It's just fine, why don't we decide which way we are gonna take? Forward, or right?"
Well, this is a tough choice. The peak of the mountain is to our left, so the mountain ends to our right, so there's no point going there unless we want out. And the exit directly behind us is pretty close, so I think it would be most fun if we went straight! Yup, Arashi was ready to go on a adventure! Yay! A smile appeared on his face, as he spoke up with a friendly but determined voice of his.
"Let's go straight, deeper into the caves! I hope you're not scared or anything!
Arashi noticed that Rai once again made a cut on one of his fingers, and quickly brought the finger to his mouth. Arashi could see a bit better now, due to the light provided by him. So, another attempt. Hope it turns out right, my Katon is crap.
"Kuchiyose no jutsu: Azaru"
Raishi blew again, as before, but there was something different this time; he blew a large puff of smoke! Some smoke got to Arashi as well, and he couldn't help but to start coughing. Raishi was coughing too, but a lot stronger and louder, like, really loud. Arashi slowly recovered, the smoke cloud started dispersing.
"You okay?"
Just after Arashi's question, even the little light they had disappeared. Arashi's Chakra Flow dispersed again, as he lost all focus while concentrating on Raishi's summon and then coughing his ass off.
"Oh, not again!"
Arashi took a deep breath, to calm himself down. Closing his eyes, all he though about was Fire. Fire. Flames. Heat. He again started concentrating chakra on his hand, now in a larger amount. His hand started glowing as before, but now a bit brighter. Arashi quickly brought his hands together in the Tiger sign, to help him stabilize the chakra as before. He opened his eyes, as a drop of sweat quickly slid down his cheek.
"Here."

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OOC: Makes things more colourful I guess, lol

Raishi had heard Ara when he had said that they were moving straight ahead but he said nothing as he was performing his summoning at the time. This sort of worried Rai as this seemed to be the direction where the loud scream had come from. We will face that when it comes he said to himself while casting the jutsu. He had also heard Ara when he asked if he was okay, but he was too busy coughing, to even answer. The moment the smoke had escaped from his mouth, he knew he had done something wrong, he knew his exact mistake and how to fix it. As he coughed, he felt the light from Ara disappear then come back on.

"Here"

Rai looked up at his summon or what he thought as hiis summon and was dreadfully disappointed. He expected it, but he still felt the disappointment. There on the ground, was just a large lump of whit fur. No eyes. No snout. No ears or tail or even a nose. And definitely, no flame. Rai just sighed. At least now, he knew exactly what he had done wrong and he was willing to try it again, but just not now. The smoke from earlier had left his throat with a heart wrenching soar.

"Come on, let's just walk on ahead, while I try and solve what I did wrong" he said to Ara in a comedic tone. He started walking straight, not looking left or right or thinking about any creature jumping at him in the shadows. What had he done wrong with the jutsu? Easy. He put too much blood and too little chakra. He needed an exact amount of chakra, enough to produce flames. Why had he started coughing? Again, easy. He had blown too early. Instead of waiting for enough chakra to accumulate on his tongue, heating it up, he blew it before feeling the heat, making the flame premature which led to the smoke being dispersed in his mouth first. So he now knew exactly what to do, he just needed a situation dire enough for him to put enough energy into it.
At that thought, he heard sounds coming from deeper inside the caves.The sounds seemed to be like hammers repeatedly hitting an anvil and it got louder each time. Rai smiled. Perfect timing.

Just as Arashi finished what he was saying, and the smoke fully cleared out; Ara noticed something. It was lying in the ground, straight in front of Rai. With Arashi providing at least some light, it was possible to see what the thing was. It was just a, well, lump of fur, to put it that way. Nothing but a pile of white fur, not doing anything. It looked warm and cuddly, though. Raishi sighted, probably at his failure, and spoke.
"Come on, let's just walk on ahead, while I try and solve what I did wrong"
His tone of voice was comedic, like he was joking on his failure, which he probably did. They started walking fowrard, when they started hearing a large noise. At least Arashi did. It was... Like, well, mauking of some sort. Hammering, you know. Arashi knew this sound well, as he spent quite some time working at his uncle's forge. They kept walking, as the sound got louder and louder. Ara and Rai were already past the tunnel that was right of them. The cave started heading down-hill, but not too harshly, hardly some 20 degrees or so.
They walked a bit more, as the sound got louder and louder, and Arashi was more and more careful. Arashi noticed that somewhere 20 meters in front of him, the cave started getting brighter, like there was a carved room or something there. The light wasn't strong, but it seemed like that was where the sound was coming from. So, Arashi once again opened his mouth.
Wanna go take a look at whatever may be there?"
Arashi's voice was friendly.

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Wanna go take a look at whatever may be there?

Arashi had spoken to Rai but he was too excited to even answer with words. In response, he started jogging towards the light. Foolish, yeah but he was desperate for a decent light in this hell hole. A thought then came to him, a dreadful one and he stopped on his tracks and listened for the sound with much more attention. Then, he bent down and felt the ground, now smooth and firm. Before it had been an army of different textures, now smooth. Just as he thought. That was no hammer, they wer steps. And they were closing in fast! Rai stood perfectly still, and listened on as the steps grew louder and louder. Even the light that was coming, was getting brighter which made Rai able to see his surroundings more. He looked up and cowered as he saw several eyes looking down on him, glowing in the dark. Bats probably, but he swore that bats were not that big. He looked at what he had been holding on his left hand and dropped it instantly. It was indeed a bone from a skeleton, although this was a very oddly shaped bone...it looked like a broken sword. This reminded Rai of tales he had heard of the Kaguya clan,in which some of its members could control their bones. He realised that he in fact had no kunai at all, no form of defense in case the creature was untouched by ninjutsu. He reluctantly picked back the bone dagger and awaited the arrival of the monster.
5 seconds passed and nothing had come. Rai was already sweating, nervous of what was coming. He knew he should be practicing his kuchiyose but he wanted to be sure of what exactly he was up against.
10 seconds still nothing. Rai was in fact about to believe that it WAS a blacksmith or something but then everything went pitch black and silent. The bats that were hanging at the top, started screaming their horrible screams, he could hear them flapping their wings away and was scared for his life. Although, he made no sound, closing his eyes and still standing still. A second later, the lights came on, brighter than ever and Rai opened his eyes. He wish he hadn't.
Standing there, 3 meters in front of him was a massive rabbit, eyes aflammed and tusks splayed in blood. An ordinary ninja wouuld have laughed if Rai had told him a massive bunny had scared him to death, so he decided to stand up to it.

"Yummy Carrot"

IT TALKED!?Rai nearly fell to the ground. He watched as the demon bugs bunny, hopped or charged at Rai.

Raishi suddenly started... Running? Straight towards the light. Arashi was confused, but he followed him. As they got closer, the light got brighter so there was really no need for Arashi to waste any more chakra, so he dispelled the chakra from his hand. Raishi stopped running, and bent down. Arashi felt with his feet that the ground was different now, smoother. I guess this is where the cave turns into a tunnel. The hammering sound were louder and louder, and the light was coming towards them. At this point, Arashi understood that the sound was actually that of walking; or more accurately, stomping. Arashi could now clearly see that the thing Raishi was holding was a bone, and a pretty sharp one. So, they just stood there, together, waiting to see what would come. The sounds got louder. The light got closer. A figure got closer and closer to Arashi and Raishi. It was massive, at least, but Arashi couldn't see all that well. Suddenly, everything went pitch black! The light disappeared. The bats above them started screaming and flapping their wings, which scared the shit out of Arashi as he didn't even notice them. Though, the light appeared again. Now Arashi could clearly see the thing that was in front of them, it was fairly close now. 3 meters or so, a massive rabbit was there. It just stood there, with it's massive 3 meters height. It had flaming eyes, and bloody tusks. Strange for a rabbit. And the... It talked.
"Yummy carrot."
Was it referring to... Arashi's red hair? Well, his hair was red, not orange, so not likely. It's voice was harsh, and angry. But it was smiling. It charged at Raishi, but at Arashi as well as he was just about a meter next to Rai, left of him.This is going to get ugly... Arashi looked at Raishi, but he looked pretty scared. Arashi was too, probably even more, but he had to protect Rai. He was almost... Frozen. Arashi launched himself towards Rai, and tackled him a few meters just before the rabbit jumped at Rai's previous position.
"You okay?"

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Rai felt himself being tackled to the floor, which he thought was impossible as he had been rooted to the ground right then.
"You okay?"
"I will be" he said shakily. This kid was sure the help, Rai would have been rabbit food if it weren't for Arashi. He had to make it up to him.

Raishi looked back at the rabbit and held the bone dagger harder than he had before. He was determined, to finish this fear he had always had. He watched as the rabbit shook his head or IT"S head violently, as if in confusion as to where Rai had disappeared. It was about 4 to 5 feet tall but it seemed larger because of it's massive surface area. Preparing his jutsu one last time, deermined to get it, he knew that he would need a distraction.

"Arashi, I am about to perform my summon jutsu. Please try and distract it as best as you can cause I am gonna need some time to get this right. Can you?"

[OOC: Congrats on your promotion :) ]

"Arashi, I am about to perform my summon jutsu. Please try and distract it as best as you can cause I am gonna need some time to get this right. Can you?"
Sure, I know just the thing..."
A whicked smile appeared on Arashi's face as he made a half-Tiger handseal and prepared a Kawarimi. He was going to use a nearby rock. After that; Arashi simply jumped about 5 meters from where he was, so the bunny wouldn't head towards Rai. Arashi spoke, like he was mocking the overgrown rabbit.
"Here bunny bunny bunny, here bunny bunny!"
It was quite bold of Arashi to do that, but he had a plan. A vicious one. Arashi formed the tiger handseal, and a puff of smoke appeared after he whispered the words;
"Transformation Jutsu."
The puff cleared in a couple of seconds, and there it was; a carrot. Not just a carrot. A huge carrot, over a meter in length. There was something different, though. This carrot ahd eyes. Just in the middle;there were Arashi's brown eyes. And the leaves at the end of the carrot weren't green... They were red. The exact red of Arashi's hair. Yeah, he isn't too talented with Ninjutsu... But, the bunny saw Arashi, spoke once again and charged at him.
"YUMMY YUMMY CARROT!!!"

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OOC: Thanks, you too :)

Sure, I know just the thing...

After Arashi had replied, Rai began his channeling process. Being a a firm stance and closing his eyes, he could feel his chakra acting in hi or rather, he could visualize it. It no longer felt like a rough, untamed ocean as it moves upwards to his throat, but now felt like a calm stream. He began thinking about fire, feeling the warmth of it all over his body.

Kushiyose no Jutsu: Azaru

With saying that, Rai swiftly made yet another cut on his finger, this time his left index as he was holding the dagger with his right hand. He didn't even wince at the pain as this was his fourth cut. He placed the finger in his mouth, making sure an exact amount of one drop landed on the tip of his tongue. He imagined his chakra, mixing with the blood and his salive. Then, weaving a tiger hand seal, he then blew and opened his eyes.

To his amazement, here was no smoke, no coughing and he didn't even feel a thing in his mouth. He continued blowing and watched as a massive flame ball bursted out of his mouth, heading straight for the rabbit. The rabbit's back was turned so he could not see the flame, he probably was chasing after Ara. Rai hoped that Arashi was okay. At this point, Rai stopped blowing and smiled to himself. He really had done it. He had faced his fears, and in the process, learned a new, powerful jutsu.

Rai watched as the flame tackled the bunny to the floor with a loud WHAM. There was smoke everywhere as the flames died down and standing right there, with her paw on the bunny's head, was Azaru, with her back aflame. She stood tall and confident, over her victim.

"I see you finally managed to summon me, took you long enough"

She spoke in a joking manner and Rai was overjoyed, was totally speechless so he just smiled. He realized that he hadn't seen Arashi anywhere. When his was concentrating for the jutsu, he had heard noises from the bunny and he thought he had heard Ara say something, maybe a jutsu. He scanned the area, now lit with the flames on Azaru's back.

"Arashi, is that you?" he said, nearly laughing his guts out.

The bunny got closer and closer. Arashi The Mushy Carrot observed, waiting for the right moment to swap out with the rock he prepared for the Kawarimi. Just then, Arashi heard what Rai was saying:
"Kuchiyose no Jutsu: Azaru.
A large flaame appeared, lighting the room so Arashi could see that Rai was blowing it out of his mouth. The flame tackled the bunny on the floor, and died with lots of smoke everywhere. Arashi dispelled his transformation jutsu; to be honest, he couldn't even hold it for longer then this. He was close enough so he could clearly see the wolf standing on the bunny, with it's paw on the bunny's face. Ara was amazed, as the summoning; probably Azaru was far stronger that Arashi thought it would be. Hell, it could even talk! Azaru told something to Rai, but Arashi wasn't at all listening. He was just amazed at the size of the wold, and it's... No, her beautiful white fur. Ara remembered the voice just a bit, and there was pretty much no way for Azaru to be male with a voice like that. She even had a fire on her back.

Ara slowly recovered from the shock of pure Rai awesomness, and talked.
"Woah. You're summon's really awesome! But, I had enough adventure for one day. Wanna head out?"
This was maybe a bit strange of Arashi, as they didn't venture more than 50 meters in the cave. But that was just enough, after seeing the weird overgrown rabbits. If a cute bunny could grow this dangerous, they were lucky it wasn't a boar or a cat or something.

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"Woah. You're summon's really awesome! But, I had enough adventure for one day. Wanna head out?"

Rai laughed and so did Azaru. He already loved her and Arashi seemed to be amazed by her as well.

"Why thank you darling. Race you kids to the exit!" Azaru talked with playfulness streamed in her voice. She was surely amazing. Rai watched in shock as the wolf dashed to the entrance they had come from with great speed. With this, he winked at Arashi and ran after Azaru, to the exit of the cave. Not only had he entered the Underground Tunnels and come out a survivor, but he had also learned to summon his first creature. Today was indeed a splendid day.
He stepped outside of the entrance and was nearly blinded by the light coming from the sun. As his eyes adjusted, he saw Azaru rolling on the floor and chasing her tail. She was sure playful! He felt the warmth of the rays wash over him and he couldn't help but smile. It was good to be back from hell.

*EXIT THREAD*

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Jutsu Trained
D Rank Summon Azaru

Name: Lava Style: Igneous Shrapnel Shower (よトン：豊富火成榴散弾 ~Yoton: Hōfu Kasei Ryūsandan)
Canon/Custom: Custom
Rank: B
Type: Offensive/Defensive
Element: Yoton
Range: Up to 25m
Specialty: Ninjutsu
Duration: Up to 2 posts.
Cooldown: 4 posts.
Description: Raishi molds chakra in his stomach, expelling three volleyball-sized bullets of lava from his mouth. These inflict third-degree burns on contact, and they stick to an opponent. The surprise of this jutsu however,as the namesake suggests, is that Raishi can use cool the balls, using Doton to form many 5cm-long, sharp projectiles from the cooled lava-ball. In order to do this, he must make weave the Ram handseal with an extra expense of 5 chakra. After doing this, they propel towards opponents at speeds of 20m/s. They do not have homing properties but their sheer numbers (~30 per ball) make up for this, making them hard to dodge. These sharp objects can go as deep as 3 inches into the skin but can't pnetrate through bone.

Name: Earth Release: Earth-Style Wall (土遁・土流壁 ~ Doton: Doryūheki)
Canon/Custom: Canon
Rank: B
Type: Defensive
Element: Earth
Range: Short-range
Specialty: Ninjutsu
Duration: 3 posts
Cooldown: 5 posts
Description: The user creates a solid wall of earth as a form of defence. Chakra is either converted to earth within the body and then spat out to form the wall or the user can manipulate pre-existing earth to form the wall. The earth then instantly rises up to twenty feet tall and five feet wide and takes form in three seconds(1 second each 5 feet. The barrier itself is also coated with chakra, making its strength incomparable to that of a normal mud wall. Because of the earth's special characteristics, the wall is highly resistant against, for instance, fire and water which B-ranks in their nature take two B-Rank techniques to destroy the wall or 1 A-Rank Technique. 2 Lightning jutsus at C rank can pierce the wall and any jutsu higher can pierce the wall with 1 ability as they are stronger against this affinity. The wind affinity applied to a technique can cut through earth/rock techniques initially. In this case it would take 2 B-ranks to fully cut through the wall and 1 A-rank and higher.

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Both Raishi and Azaru laughed, and Azaru spoke. Her voice was warm and playful.
"Why thank you darling. Race you kids to the exit!"
Azaru immediately took off, with pretty damn fast speed. Arashi looked at Rai, he winked at him, and they both started running. As Rai had the head start, he actually beat Arashi to the exit. Damn.But, it surely was nice to be out again. Arashi was nearly blinded by the sunlight, but his eyes quickly adjusted and he could finally enjoy the warmth. Ara waved to Rai and Azaru, and went back home. This was a good adventure, as he felt that he learned something new. His chakra flow control was better now.

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