Prove your worth rank up.

[Hey just as a note that with NPCs we can all control the same NPC. ie:we could all control the actions of the bandit chief if you wanted to.]

Jason's real body was still crouched near Kasai as Tatsuya's pit and Jason's shadow clones made quick of the Genin level bandits. He saw Tatsuya say something to Kasai and then move to take up his next position. Just as Tatsuya moved, the two chuunin had shown up. Immediately Kasai had made his move, positioning himself in front of the two and trapping them in his Genjutsu. Jason's clone simultaneously performed the Ram seal and moved to stand behind his designated bandit at a speed of 135. Where was Tatsuya? He should be making his move now but was nowhere in sight. Kasai noticed this too and without hesitation took out Tatsuya's bandit. Right, no time to worry about Tatsuya. Take the bandit out first then find him. Now standing behind the Chuunin, Jason spun, round house kicking the bandit in the head, knocking him out and sending him flying into the other Chuunin that Kasai had kicked. That was over, now he could worry about finding Tatsuya. 'Nami! Tatsuya isn't here. Did you see where he went or know where he is now!?' He knew that if anyone had seen what happened to Tatsuya during the battle it would be her. 'Another bandit attacked him from behind and now they are fighting 50 meters diagonally to your left.' Shit. If that was the bandit leader Tatsuya would need their help. The clone Jason that had taken out the Chuunin turned to Kasai to inform him of what was happening. "Tatsuya is fighting the bandit leader as we speak 50 meters in that direction. We need to hurry. I'm closer so I'll get their first but come as fast as possible!" the clone said to him. Without waiting for a response, the clone dispelled, giving Jason all the information it had just learned. Jason released his second shadow clone and performed the Ram seal. He moved at a speed of 135 in the direction Nami had indicated, hoping Tatsuya was ok and that Kasai could catch up quickly.
WC: 339
[-20 body flicker]

Jason's stats
Health: 20
Chakra: 55
Stamina: 320AP
Speed: 80
Strength: 40

Tatusya had managed to immobilize chief of the bandits but it would soon not matter. The dragon would not last much longer and Tatusya had to hold the snake sign to keep it under control. Or did he really? Tatsuya did not actually know if the last hand sign had to be keep in formation to keep the dragon under control. If not then this could be a good opportunity to lay pin the leader more wile he was unable to move. 'What to do, what to do?' Tatuysa thought. He could take the risk and ether endanger him self or the risk will end up being beneficial. Tatusya decides to take the risk and lets go of the snake seal. To his surprise the dragon stayed coiled around the chief allowing Tatusya to make a free move.

Unfortunately the dragon was in the way of getting the scroll as well as accessing much of the chief's body but having the dragon there was still worth it. Tatusay figures he would just have to go into using his clans blood line. He could use the simple shadow imitation but the likely hood of the chief braking out of it was much higher so Tatusya quickly extends his shadow out and wraps it around the dragon and chief. As soon as the dragon disintegrates the shadow will tighten pushing bits of rock into the skin of the chief that will in turn cause for some cuts to form. As well Tatusya could make the chief pass out by choking him. It was a good plan but Tatusya hoped that his friends showed up soon in case the chief preformed a jutsu that did not require any hand weaving.

Tatusya also hopes that the Kasai and Jason where okay and that they where not in need of Tatsuya's help. 

[307]

Kasai stared only briefly at the two knocked out chuunin level bandits before him before turning. It was then that one of Jason's clones spoke to him. 
Tatsuya, that fool. Why hadn't he stayed and followed through with the plan? 
Kasai sighed to himself, and stared towards where the clone had mentioned. 
He raised his hands again, forming the ram seal once more. Again, he shot towards the place where Tatsuya was at a speed of 110, arriving there relatively quick, likely within half a minute. However, Kasai purposely aimed himself so that he would make contact with a tree, and raised his hands to form another series of hand seals while he flew towards the tree.
First the tiger, then the boar and the ox and the dog, and lastly the snake. The very second he collided with the tree, the substitution jutsu kicked in, making a log hit the tree instead, while he replaced himself a few meters above the bandit chief's head. 
As he looked down on the two, Tatsuya and the chief, time seemed to slow. He saw Tatsuya holding the chief in a choke with his shadows, however, the chief was capable of using jutsu without his hands, or at least it was a safe bet, so Kasai felt that he should act. 
Jason had probably arrived, and he figured that with whatever Jason was about to, combined with Kasai's next move, and on top of all that, Tatsuya strangling the chief, they could knock him out right now. 
And so, Kasai fell onto the chief with a drop kick aimed directly at his head, hoping Jason too would help out somehow with this blow, and it would knock him out. It was risky, as he was not the strongest, but the only other option was his fire jutsu, and that had a risk of killing the chief with how vulnerable he was right then. 
(400 - 10 body flicker = 390 - 5 substitution jutsu = 385)

It seemed Jason didn't have much to worry about. When he arrived Tatsuya had the bandit leader trapped with his shadow. Jason knew his team was capable but he was still impressed to see Tatsuya had at least been able to restrain the Jonin level on his own until now. Jason quickly ran through all of his possible options for knocking out the bandit without killing him. He settled on his wood jutsu. It was usually used as a lethal attack but he was creative enough to come up with a non lethal blow with it. The bandit was 5 meters in front of Jason to the right and Tatsuya was 5 meters in front of Jason to the left. He performed the Ram hand seal at 80 speed and then charged the bandit at 30 speed. The same time that Jason charged the bandit, Kasai dropped from a tree above the bandit, aiming a kick to his head. In that moment Jason pulled a 1 meter thick branch from his left arm and aimed a hit with his newly created club to the opposite side of the bandit's head from Kasai's kick. Jason's and Kasai's blow landed at the same time. The bandit made a sound like an animal in pain and his eyes rolled back into his head before his eyelids closed. It seemed their battle was almost over. They only had to retrieve the stolen scroll and return it to the village.
If Tatsuya released his shadow the bandit would fall backwards with an audible 'thump' and Jason would look to his comrades and say "Well done guys. Let's retrieve the scroll and head back to the village before all of these men wake up. We no longer have the element of surprise to help us out and I have a feeling this could end very differently if we have to fight them all at once. Tatsuya you restrained him, would you do the honors?" Jason would motion to the unconscious bandit leader as he said this, hoping Tatsuya would retrieve the scroll so they could leave.
WC: 350
[-45 Wood Release: Cutting]

Jason's stats
Health: 20
Chakra: 55
Stamina: 275
Speed: 80
Strength: 40

With his friends swooping in like a winter storm in New Mexico (oh wait we dont get storms...) they made quick work of the chief. Tatsuya makes sure to hold onto the chief with all his might and once they are finished Tatusya releases the shadow. Before doing anything Tatsuya bends over and takes in a few deep breaths. They had all done well but the job was still not done.

Tatusya says thank you and gets the scroll from out of the chiefs pocket and then he putts it away.

"Well guys we did good." Then Tatsuya puts out his hand for a high five wile still breathing heard. Kasai was never one to take a high five but Jason probably will.

"Should we make our way back to Konoha?"  He says.

They were quite a ways from Konoha so it would take a bit of time to get back but no matter the job was done and there was a big reward waiting for them. Once every one was ready Tatusya would leave with his friends to Konoha. He was excited to get back, not only for the ryo but for the rank up. Becoming chuunin would open so many doors for Tatsuya whether it be in the field of jutsu or just having mroe opportunity.

Once they get back onto a path Tatusya starts running in the classical ninja way.
"So now that we will be Chuunin what shall we strive to do?"

What Tatusya had in mind was beginning to create his own jutsu's and going back to waterfall. But now that he had made 3 new friends and the dangers of the Akatsuki made Tatusya want to stay in konoha. He was becoming more and more dedicated to his home and he wanted to protect it. Still though Tatsuya had that spark of adventure in his heart and he wanted to see the world.

Soon they will arrive in Konoha to report on their mission.  

[W/C 330]

(how far away are we from being able to complete this? Or, have we reached the minimum posts?)
(and yeah, Tat, its all cause of dick boyde, I'm convinced. It's okay, senior year, first year without a snow day. It's actually not okay.)

Kasai watched as Jason did make his move, just as Kasai was hoping he would. He knew that he himself was not strong enough to knock out the chief with this single kick, but thankfully with Jason's aid, it was enough. Jason, it seemed, knew something about his clan, able to use the forest around him, and the wood from the trees. 
Clans always interested Kasai, mostly because he had none. They were different; the idea that everyone had similar unique powers, simply because they were all realated, though most distantly. 
Anyway, the chief was now knocked out at their feet, and Tatsuya was bending down to pick up the scroll. Quickly, Kasai would bend down as well, lightly pressing two fingers to the chief's neck, just to ensure there was a pulse, and the massive blow to his head had not killed him. After finding such, Kasai was content. 
Listening to Tatsuya, Kasai had many thoughts running through his mind. 
"Yes. It seems there was indeed more to this mission than was listed, as we expected, but it was handled well. I do believe we deserve our long awaited rank up," was all that he would reply for now. 
As they were headed back the the village, Kasai began to think more on Tatsuya's words, about what they planned on doing. For this, Kasai would remain silent currently. He was not entirely sure himself what exactly he was going to do.
The dawn were on the rise, but he had also met enough people with more than enough passion that Kasai believed, through enough training, they would be able to defend against such a force as the dawn. 
For now, though, they were not an immediate threat, and so he had nothing to worry about. He would treasure every moment such as this, not knowing just how long this moment of peace would last.

(exit. 2651 words total: requesting 6 stats, 2,000 words towards great fire ball (0/2000), as well as the mission rewards: Chuunin rank, Chuunin armor, and 10,000 ryo.)

[yea we met all the post, word count and mission requirements so we can all exit on our next posts.]

After defeating the bandit chief, Tatsuya quickly released his shadows and bent over to catch his breath. He then walked over and picked up the scroll from the now unconscious bandit leader and held out his hand to Jason for a high five which Jason was more than happy to oblige. They had finally accomplished their mission and all that was left was to report to the officials back at Konoha. Jason had long awaited the day he would become Chunin and now it was before him, he only needed to take it. Jason still had ambitions to become Hokage and protect his village. The only difference was now he had close friends that he wanted to grow and share his adventures with. He did believe he needed to travel and learn from other villages and ninja to become stronger but he had his duties in his village of Konoha to consider as well as all of his new friends. He would worry about all of that later. They made their way through the forest and onto a path that would take them back to the village. As they began running Tatsuya had asked what we would all strive for now that we've become Chunin. Kasai's only words were of the mission and how he believed we deserved this rank up but he did not give an answer to the question. Jason as more forthcoming. "I myself have plans to master my clans wood element and at some point travel to other villages, learning from the many different shinobi in the world. When I believe I have become strong enough, I would like to present myself as a candidate for the next Hokage so that I may protect all of my friends and family that is the Village Hidden in the Leaves. What of you Tatsuya?" he would say in answer to his teammate's question and pose his own in return as they ran, making their way ever closer to Konoha and their long awaited reward of Chunin.
WC: 358

Jason had some good goals and Tatusya would try and support him as much as he can.

"Well Jason I definitely support you in becoming Hokage. As for me I also have a passion for mastering my clans blood line but also mastering nature. And not in the sense of using its power to fight my foes but to literally become part of it. Being human we are a part of nature but I want to become the essence of it....Its kinda hard to explain." Still though Tatusya says it with a strong smile

[And its so stupid how this site works when it comes to nature energy and sage mode!!!]

They run on the beaten path until it meets up with the main path that feeds into the village. The day was coming to an end so they would have to run fast to make it back before dark.

They will soon arrive at the large red gates of Konoha. It was near the end of the day so they had to hurry to the mission office to deliver the scroll. They run to the office so they can make it in time and when they get there the open the door with hast.
Tatusya walks up to the front desk and says. "Well we have now completed the mission of retrieving the Heavens Scroll."
Tatsuya takes it out of his pocket and places it on the desk still trying to catch his breath.
The people in the room seem impressed with them as it was a difficult task. they then pull out three large bags of ryo as well as 3 sets of armor.

"Here you go. We will also send in the request for your rank up to chuunin shortly, and good job."

Tatsuay bows and thanks the man then he turns to Kasai and Jason.



"Well here we go guys we have finally made it!!" Tatsuya walks out of the room feeling like he is about to start a new chapter. A chapter with five friends that will all help each other to strive for what they believe in.

[W/C 350]

[Exit]
[T/W/C: 3,075]

[Requesting: 7 stats and saving 3k to put towards a Jutsu that is pending.(Shadow Become)]
[Mission Rewards: Chuunin Rank!! 10,000 Ryo and Chuunin Armor]

(can I just exit and make my requests? We have already made the required posts...)