Finding a New Home {IO}

Shinichi would preform the handseals for the clone technique causing a loud puff of smoke to form, while the smoke was still blocking Stein's view he would turn into the fox that was healed earlier and quickly run back into the forest. If Stein didn't notice and didn't make any sudden movements, Shinichi's clone would start walking towards him slowly as Shinchi would go around the forest to behind Stein in Fox form.

He would wait for Stein to make his next move seeing if this little plan would carry through correctly and such. Hopefully Stein would run for the clone and give Shinichi time to run up behind him and transform back into his normal self and allow Shinichi to restrain him also allowing him to take chakra. This was all but a though that Shinichi had and he wouldn't take action unless Stein were to fall for the trick.

[WC: 151]
[TWC: 2,227]
[474/1000 for Chakra Absorption (Taught by Stein)]

Stein Saw the Smoke, perfect, he thought to himself and next thing he would do, and then acted upon it instantly, he released the poison mist jutsu out into the cloud of smoke, but just in time to allow for Shinichi to escape the cloud before it happened, Stein had heard Shinichi's hands twitch with movement, and this is what gave it away that Stein knew he was not going to kill the kid, the clone however would not survive, and Stein looked directly at Shinichi while he was in his fox form, he was using Chakra Sensory along with his experienced hearing to know where Shinichi was "Gunna have to do better then parlor tricks kid, Im a doctor not a normal Ninja, try a new one" Stein waited, his grin was still on his face, he loved toying with subjects so much

Shinichi would then deactivate his tranformation preform the Clone technique 2 times at quite a rapid speed and all of his clones would stand around Stein's poison cloud. Hopefully this would work, if not he would have to try another simple trick to get away from Stein. As he stood around Stein all of his clones would say, "Find me now!" Hopefully Stein's skills wouldn't unravel this trick either. Shinichi needed to land a hit so that he was able to start stealing chakra from Stein.

Quit a scary opponent Stein was, knowing that Shinichi was in the form of a fox so suddenly. Shinichi had never really fought with anyone on his skill level and didn't know how to fight someone on his skill level. Shinichi would just wait around for Stein to make a move so that he could make his. Hopefully this time he'd actually be able to make a proper move instead of being seen through.

[WC: 160]
[TWC: 2,387]
[634/1000 for Chakra Absorption technique]

Stein watched as Shinichi summoned his Clones, and as he did, Stein raised his arms, and shot threads out of them, as they were within range, and aimed to pierce the two Clones, as they only moved at a speed of fifty, but as they are aimed for center chest, it would be difficult to pull of most likely, Stein just laughing menically as he toyed even further with this kid.

"Come On Kid, stop running and show me what you got" Stein would grin after he spoke those words, his glasses gleaming in the moonlight, bats flying over head, and wolves howling in the distance, the threads from Stein's open hands would return and he took another Scorpion like pose as he waited for Shinichi to try something new.

Shinichi would run at Stein but also try to avoid the mist at the same time and when Shinichi did reach Stein he would go to kick Stein in the hip and if that went through he'd give a knock straight to the nose and kick him over. If that all carried through he'd jump on top of Stein and restrain him while draining his chakra. He would then ask, "Is that good enough for you Stein?"

If this had all carried through it would be perfect and would most likely take down Stein. Although those threads seemed to be an issue and if Shincihi didn't take caution he could probably take one straight through his chest essentially killing him. Another thing he needed to look out for was the poison mist, he needed to make sure that if he was thrown in he wouldn't breathe it and would immediately run out.

[WC: 152]
[TWC: 2,539]
[786/1000 for Chakra Absorption]

Stein smirked as he shifted his foot, preparing and then the moment Shinichi got within two meters of him the foot shifted back and Stein formed a single hand sign, the seal of confrontation, with this technique, it would lock Shinichi within the two meter barrier, allowing Stein enough time to back out as he made the seal, thus leaving Shinichi all alone in a two meter radius, stein gave a smirk once more to the kid, then he would speak to him.

"Not to bad kid, took you a bit to get some guts, but you might want to learn a bit more and train more before asking for a spar with someone like me, so here is the deal, go fetch me a new fox, as you shown you can transform into one, that should make things easier for you" Stein Said and after the kid agreed he would release the kid from the Barrier confining technique.

Once Shinichi was locked in place he tried constantly to move but he just couldn't, it seemed that he did choose the wrong person to mess with at the moment. Shinichi then said, "Alright, I'll find you a fox." Shamefully Shinichi would have to give up as he couldn't beat someone that strong at his level. Maybe one day he could beat him, just one day.

Shinichi then waited for the seal to be released so that he'd have the freedom of moving once again. This was probably one of the things he hated the most, being trapped and not being able to move. Such a drag that was, at least he had the guts to confront Stein anyways..

[WC: 119]
[TWC: 2,658]
[905/1000 for Chakra Absorption]

Stein would step into the Seal for a moment and marked him "So that I can make sure you come back with my fox" and then he released the seal and sent Shinichi off on his way, and explained "Oh by the way, channel chakra to your mouth, and breath, breath out poisionous thoughts and feelings, and you will get to breathing Poison mist in no time"

Stein crossed his arms as now the waiting game would begin, is thoughts about the kind of fox the kid would bring back to him, other thoughts on messing with the kid and summoning him back, na too cruel, plus he needed a fox again to complete his collection of Konoha forest animal inhabitants, this could take some time, Stein thought as he waited.

Shinichi would move around a little before performing the handseals to turn into a fox. The fox he would be turning into would look like any other average Konoha fox. Shinichi would then run off into the direction that he had let the fox run away in. He'd then begin looking for a fairly healthy fox that he'd be able to take back to Stein that would last him a considerable amount of time. It'd also be for the fact that he didn't want to have to go back out and get another fox for Stein if the one he had gathered suddenly died.

Shinichi would start to act as if he was eating grass and would wait for some time for a fox to possibly come by. Although suddenly he'd be confronted by a bear which was quite fearful while he looked like a fox, just prey for the average bear. Shinichi would then transform into his normal self and try to expel poison gas for the Bear to inhale so that it may die but instead nothing came out at all. Shinichi would then remember what Stein said. Once he did Shinichi started to gather all of the poisonous thoughts in his head and expel them all through his mouth into the poison. When he did, a big purple cloud of poison came out and he stood in it so that the bear may not see him and when he did try to attack he'd be breathing in the toxic air from the gas.

Although, the bear was not an easy opponent. He would start to swipe his claws at Shinichi, cutting his arm open. Shinichi would then jump out of the poison and wait for it to dissipate before he went to go check if the bear was dead. He couldn't risk allowing himself to get killed, not before he accomplished his goal. When the poison finally dissipated he would see the bear lying there dead on the ground lifeless. He would then approach it and poke its body curiously. He would then grab the bear's paws and slowly drag it into the shade that a tree provided. He felt bad for killing the animal but he guess he had to for the sake of his own life.

Shinichi would then remember the wound that he had received from the bear and he would feel the warm crimson blood slowly stream down his arm. Shinichi would then perform the handseals for the basic medial technique and he would heal his arm, closing the wound and making it feel as if it wasn't even there.

Once all that was complete Shinichi would continue his search for the fox by turning into a fox again and would wander off further into the forest and act like he was eating grass. He would then see a fox in the corner of his eye and approach it slowly. When he reached the fox, he would turn into his normal self and restrain it. He would then activate his Shining Medical Eye and look at it to make sure it was healthy. Although it seemed it was unhealthy and there was nothing that Shinichi could really do to help the poor fella'. He would then release it and let it run off into the wild disappointed that he still wasn't able to find a fox.

He would then turn back into a fox and continue to wander around pretending to eat grass. It seemed that he couldn't find a fox, so what was he to do? Would he continue the search or would he go back to Stein and tell him that he couldn't find one or would he continue to look? Shinichi then realized that the fox he had just let go could probably lead him to a whole den of foxes, healthy foxes. It wouldn't be too far now so Shinichi would run in pursuit of the fox by following the trail he had left.

He would then approach the end of the tracks to confront another bear, this time feasting on the carcass of the fox he had been following. He would then run off going around the clearing into the direction the fox was about to go in and he would continue to look for foxes. He would then stumble upon a den of a group of baby foxes that wouldn't be of much use to him. The mother was probably the one trying to get back here anyways and the father was probably already dead. He would wander off making sure that he kept record of what directions he went in so that if he needed to he could just take the baby foxes to Stein which would probably last way longer than just one adult fox that he would need to experiment on and such.

Once Shinichi had been running looking around for a good 30 minutes or so he'd lay down on the ground and rest for 10 minutes observing his surroundings. Listening to the birds sing and feeling the breeze blowing against the fur he now has. Such a relaxing place to be.. Then he realized he didn't have forever to get back to Stein, he'd end up getting caught lounging around and probably be forced to beat Stein in a spar to escape. Shinichi would get back up and continue to wader around the forest looking for a fox that Stein could experiment on. He would continue to pretend to eat grass while walking further into the forest, hopefully running across a fox.

Suddenly Shinichi saw another fox, it seemed like his wish had come true. Shinichi would slowly approach it in the form of a fox and when he got close enough he'd jump on it and restrain it. He'd then activate his shining medical eye and look at the fox's health revealing that he was completely healthy. Shinichi would start to absorb some of the fox's chakra so that it would calm down a little so that he could take it to Stein peacefully. Then he realized he should probably grab the baby foxes as well, maybe Stein would be even happier with him and maybe Shinichi could make a new friend.

Shinichi started to walk back in the direction of the baby foxes while holding the adult fox in his arm. Once he reached the den of the foxes he saw the baby foxes were still alone, abandoned. He would then pick them all up and hold them and make his way back to Stein to give him all of the foxes he had just gathered. Once he reached Stein he would first restrain the bigger fox and find a smaller cage that was laying around and would put all of the baby foxes inside of it.

He would then make his way back over to Stein and say, "I found an adult fox and I hope you don't mind me picking up the baby foxes, it seemed that they were either abandoned or their mother was killed by a bear." Hoping that Stein wouldn't mind Shinichi stood there quietly and waited for a response from Stein. Waiting to see whether his work would be praised or would be taken as a waste of time.

[WC: 1215]
[TWC: 3,873]
[1000/1000 for Chakra Absorption]
[1,120/1,500 for Poison Mist]

Stein had been watching with chakra sensory the entire time, making sure the kid did not try to run, which he did not, that was good, meanwhile Stein did more studying with his animals with his Seals, he was studying the art of Fuinjutsu recently, and use a couple of techniques recently on the very kid he was tracking chakra wise, when the kid returned Stein turned away from his project that was still locked up, and noted the abundance of Foxes, stein would turn back around to continue his work and he yelled at the kid from over his shoulder " Take the bigger one and put it with the pups, will help keep them warm at night and if its a she will take over as mother to them, one of the study's I was doing recently proves this" after that stein didn't say a word until the kid was done, still deep into his studies on the seal he placed on the bat in its cage and taking notes