Taking a turn in the snow (Open to all Yuki nin)

She should have known it wasn't this easy. Maku dissipated, being a mere afterimage, and she was left tapping midair. Hmph, how inconvenient, she thought, as she now faced three silly snowmen. Well, at least her leader had a sense of humor. This was the snow village, after all. 

She turned to Daiyuki, once more avoiding eye contact. He had really impressive golden eyes, much more bold and beautiful than her own sickly yellow snake-like ones. She just couldn't find the courage to look at him directly. So she turned her eyes to the ground, a little off to the side. 

"No, D-daiyuki-kun.... I don't have anything of the sort.... I g-guess I'm too weak..." Again, with the stutter. What made her so nervous around this guy? She supposed that it was her weakness. Thinking back, she remembered how strong and fast he had been in their fight against that guy Youka. "I think.... that we should hit all of them at once." She hoped that Daiyuki remembered Kira, and hoped that Kira knew to help them. 

[TWC 282]

Maku was chillin like a boss with his two snowmen clones, waiting

"Well..." She let two of the senbon loose with no warning , using her contacts ability to see in infared to determine which was the real and strike out at the two fakes, assume he was facing the two who were chasing him the attack would be unnoticed until the strike and easily rip through the clones to ass her trainees. As she threw she gave kanae a non thst she hoped would be recognized as a suggestion to strike the moment he was found out.

Having seen Kira expose Maku and after he evaluated the previous attempt by Kanae to tag the sneaky, slippery leader of theres. Just as Daiyuki was thinking about how he had led Kanae to Maku only fail because his afterimage technique. Daiyuki then realized she can’t do it by her self and neither can he ‘lets do this together” he said to the girl while using Four Legs Technique “Climb on my back well either tag him at the same together or well run through his projection technique.He would say to Kanae. “As we get  closer Kira can you slow him down enough for us  to tag him? He asked the woman while being cheerful as avoiding eye contact

This guy could think fast, and use his abilities to good use. He could even achieve a partial transformation, which Kanae had not yet done. Was it a bloodline? Hmm... it might be useful to research it. Maybe she could.... no, she had to shake those thought. The task at hand, that was what she needed to concentrate on. Seeing the boys transformation, she didn't even hesitate, or take time to nod, but climbed on, feeling slightly embarrassed. Any younger or less mature girl would probably have said "giddy-up", but Kanae knew better than to do that to a fellow ninja and one who used his abilities so well.

[TWC 391]

Looking to his left and right, he watched as his clones were destroyed, by Kira he presumed. She wasn't taking a super active role in the game, but she was participating, which was always a good thing.

Maku assumed now that his position would be revealed, that the two would run towards him. If they did, then at the last moment he would activate his Blink jutsu, to teleport behind them. Turning, he looked at the two working together, which was a good thing after all. He needed them to be suitable teammates.

AS he turned, he looked down at Kira, and gave her a wink. "Come on children, no more running. Come at me, just one little touch is all you need to win." He intended to stay here now, perhaps a little taijutsu would be fun against the two of them, see how they worked together, if one could distract and the other gain victory, it would be on them.

The senbon did their work, elicting a satisfied smile from Kira. They continued through the clones to pierce into the walls of two shops a distance away, The metal bit into the ice to hold firm, though their small stature would make them fairly easy to rip away if needed. She looked up to the sky, searching for the sun and finding it to be out of the equasion. This would be dificult. The shadow of her thread was almost completely unnoticable in the dim light, which would mean very little control over it without using her mastery of shadows, however they were within the range thankfully. If Maku moved to leave the angular cell she had set up for him he would find himself a nasty surprise. 

     "Very good you two. You've seen the phasing now account for it. Tactics win battles."

(twc 609)

So fast… he was so fast! Daiyuki had thought as they neared him only to have him vanish once more. Assuming Kanae was holding on him tightly Daiyuki stopped abruptly in his forward motion.  “Kanae we need to be able to attack in in two different directions accounting for the front and back I have not seen him teleport or phase to the sides so we can only assume he cant.”  He said as he turned  around to face Maku.
 
How would they do it? The girls possessed no long-range weapons or skills that he had seen. Daiyuki had speed and some animalistic form of taijutsu but in comparsion to Maku all of these were void. “Kanae have you been trained using any form of weapon perhaps like throwing a kunai?” He would assume she had. “How far do you think you throw one?” He said still stationary. Assumed Maku would not attack them as the object of tag was not to be touched. Daiyuki awaited her answer hoping it would prove favorable.

"No, Daiyuki-kun.... but I'll keep that in mind. Now..... I need to go up and over" she would whisper in his ear. Her plan to was to try and comply with Daiyuki's plan of attacking from both sides. "That way I can cover the back, while you get the front." She was pretty excited, but also somewhat worried, especially after seeing Maku's speed. Hm, so he was fast. She needed to get him in a place he couldn't see, unless he was a sensory type. In that case, they needed to be careful, as he could simply detect them wherever he went.

[TWC 493]

Maku watched as the strategiezed.  He wasnt really in the mood to run anymore, so there was no reason to draw this out.  He began stretching and twisting from side to side.  If these two wanted to win, they'd have to get up close and dirty to do it.  

He took on a sideways stance, feet shoulder length apart.  One arm down at his left side, and the other up in an open palm point towards his opponents.  They'd have to come straight at him.  Well if they were dumb, hopefully they would be more sneaky than that.

He trusted Kira to let them give it a couple tries before she intervened, they needed the practice more than her after all.