How to make an entrance 101

Kenji smiled as the man raised his hand to no doubt check for a Mark seal, it was after all a common trick used by Fuinjutsu specialists to mark someone with a handshake; of course, due to Kenji's unique skills with Fuinjutsu he had no need to worry, whilst he hadn't marked the man, if he chose to then the man would not have noticed any seals he'd placed anyway. As Kenji sat at the table, watching the man, he felt the chakra of the young girl heading towards them, it wasn't difficult to discern her chakra from the others in the camp, It wasn't that her chakra was stronger or anything of the sort, however unlike the other chakra's which were all tinged with fear at his presence the girls chakra was mix with confusion, his calming actions from before no doubt still lingering in her mind.

As Kobayashi stood and asked for permission to leave, "By all means, take your time" Kenji replied with a calm smile, pouring a cup of tea for the two of them as he waited, leaving them both black as he sipped on his own brew and waited for the man to finish his talk with the girl; he could hear the conversation of course, but it would be rude to interrupt, and the man had treated him with far more courtesy than the rest of the camp, so Kenji would return in kind; of course once the man had sat back down "She's welcome to join us" Kenji would say, giving the girl a charming smile as he nodded at her. She's the only other person in this camp that's been courteous after all, obviously indicating Kobayashi as the second individual.

Assuming that Kobayashi still pulled out his little test Kenji would pick up the notebook with a smile and briefly examine the seal before placing his finger on it and allowing it to fade away with a small burst of chakra. "You could certainly do with a bit of work there, there's some sloppy craftsmanship within the center matrix of the seal that makes it easy to break" He would say sliding the paper across the table with his own seal on it, It was a simple E-rank Lock, but he'd imbued chakra into it that meant the man would have to break it 3 times before it actually faded. "I'd be happy to show you a few tricks once this interview is over..." Kenji would say, pausing for a moment "for a price."

[Sorry to keep you waiting so long, I'll try and post regularly for you from now on]

Senshi shook his head in the negative before lifting his cup, he took a light whiff and then decided that if this man was ballsy enough to poison him in front of Kumo where he could easily be captured and Senshi was blessedly close to a hospital, then he would be ballsy enough to drink the tea. The smelling of the tea was not for fear of poisons however paranoid he maybe, it was actually because he simply enjoyed the smell and relaxing feeling it gave him. Asevidenxed by a slight laxation in shoulders and facial muscles and certain lack of intense feeling as his chakra and aura fed off the feeling. Taking a sip all of the precious tension would return as he placed his cup down on the table.

"Unfortunately she has other duties to attend to, however, if her presence is acceptable to you upon gaining enterance to village I shall assign her as your permanent guide while you are here." It was a generous offer from Senshi and if the man was even half the shinobi Senshi felt that he was, then he would know it was a concession. She will be your out in the open always seen physical guard but at the same time the shadows would still be following you to ensure the safety of the village and the Genin inquestion. "You however will not be allowed to be with her in private quarters, I appologize for the unintended insult. I do not believe, from what I have learned so far, that you would take advantage of child but I will protect my Genin at all cost." Senshi's eyes hardened on the man before him making it clear that while he would extend and olive branch of trust should that be broken it would lead to hostility.

Sitting back he took a deep breath of his tea and drained it. Reaching for the pot, he spoke as he lifted it "Would you like a refil Kenji-San?" His tone was respectful and should his offer be taken he would refill both cups, sitting back in his seat and taking another sip before finally lowering the tension and awkwardness he felt as he drew out his test and handed it to Renji. A single eyebrow rose at the answer given to him. He looked down as he was tested in turn, and while he had no intention of showcasing his true fuuinjutsu abilities he could see the problem this simple seal held for him. His true weakness, chakra.  If he was right this would take multiple tries to disarm despite his abilities and advanced studies. But it should only take 3-4 if he was reading it right.

He spent several more minutes before placing a single finger on the seal and looking up at Renji as he poured a small amount of his dark gray, light blue, and an odd gray white chakra into the seal. Rather than waste his time breaking through the seal he soaked it first with his suit on chakra, then crumpled it causing many small tears with his ration chakra, and finally shred the paper to pieces with his futon chakra. Looking back up, his brown and green eyes initiated the awkward Senshi stare. "A good seal. But not worth the effort to disarm the way you set it up. I'm sure you glimpsed at least a close approximation to my true chakra levels and knew that there was no way I could have unlocked that with the normal methods. I'd have been forced to go through several steps. Unfortunately the sad weakness of fuuinjutsu, it is only as good as what it is inscribed into." 

Senshi shook his head ruefully as he debated a true test of Renji's abilities. He would need to find a way to throw the man off and not realize that Senshi was the Kumo fuuinjutsu master. It would give Way things outsiders did not need to know. But the risk outweighed the rewards, it would tell Senshi this man's (woman's?) abilities and allow him to move on with getting her (him?) admitted into Kumo. Frankly he had to take this risk and if t came to it they could always try preventing him (her?) from leaving the village. "I have one final test, after that we can move on to getting you admitted to the Village, explaining laws and such. Also depending how you do upon the test will determine some... opportunities I may be allowed to offer you."

With a slightly annoyed sigh, Senshi finished his cup of tea before standing up. Reaching back, moving his arm Slowly he removed Gureto from his back, also slowly, and then placed her on the ground. From there with a quick movement of his arms he had taken off the odd brown single half sleeves haori folding it neatly and placing it on the desk. All he was left with was his dark red wraps, his single elbow length glove on his left hand, his rift hand also bore a single glove but this one only went just past his wrist. Two tantos were easily visible on his hips as well as several scrolls attached to the belt there. "I'm going to use chakra, but not against you." He spoke more to be courteous than anything else. 

Reaching over with his right hand it glowed and odd white gray as his wind chakra lit up with it making a sharp point. Dragging his hand diagonally from the middle of his throat down across his body ensuring to split the bandages he wore. He then pulled the bandaged back folding them and creating an war pile on the back of his chair. Shortly he had removed all of the red bandages from his upper body except those sobered boy his gloves. Ren would be greater to the site of horrific burn scars covering the entirety of Senshi's stomach wrapping around his right ribs climbing up and covering most of his left peck and climbing connecting to the burn scars on his neck there were connected to his facial burn scars. The non burn scarred skin was little red with stabbing and slice wounds and even a few bruises from obvious training. His left shoulder was bright blue pink and black with the actual veins sticking out in various colors donoting severe lightning damage.

The true point of the test was Senshi's right arm. With a slight sigh Senshi stepped forwards moving So the table was no longer between them and so he was standing a mere two feet away from Ren. Holding up his right arm the tattoos swirling around it with seals hidden inside of them so that they weren't visible he offered it to Ren to inspect. "Kenji-San if you would look over this tattoo and give me your opinion on what you think is is." This was Kenji's only hint that it was possibly a seal that could do something. Or he could just be trying to psyche the man (woman?) out by showing off his ridiculous muscles, scarring, and a tatttoo to boot. Every NPC in the area tensed and obvious attention was being given to the two.

"It's quite a nice scent sencha, I find it..." Kenji said as he watched the man taking a sip of the tea, pausing to lift the cup to his own mouth as he took a deep breath, savoring the smell before taking a sip of the tea, "quite relaxing" he finished placing the cup back down on the table, his already nonchalant demeanor becoming even more relaxed as he leant back in the chair, a quirky smile on his face as he looked the man in the eye again, smiling a little more when he offered to provide the young girl as a guide for the duration of his stay in the village. Nodding at the man's words Kenji waited until he had finished before speaking "Oh no offense taken at all, I completely understand your concern for your subordinates, I wish I could witness more shinobi with your concern and compassion in my travels" He would say with a slight sigh as he offered his cup to the man, ready for some more tea.

Of course, Kenji had accepted the offer, it wouldn't just be untoward to refuse the 'offer' it would likely cause the man to be rather suspicious of him, and having a guide would likely save him a lot of time and maybe even present him opportunities to make some more money; of course it went without saying that the girl was just a formality and even if he did refuse her there would likely be other guards assigned to watch him in the shadows, it was unfortunate, but understandable for such a large village in wartime... if this kept up he might find it either cutting into his profits or providing opportunities to make far larger sums of Ryo, Kenji filed away a mental note to look into the details of this war before he left the village, perhaps the man in front of him could give him some details once this interview was over. Kenji found himself broken out of those internal musings by the man picking up his little test and breaking it by crushing the paper, and the seal that he'd placed upon it, with a burst of lightning chakra. 'Well, I guess I know what element he uses now' He thought, filing the information away, just in case he needed it.'

Smiling at the man's answer to his little problem Kenji took another sip of the tea before letting out a slight chuckle. "Well you passed my test, that is the correct way to deal with that sort of seal, although I can your self-taught aren't you?" Holding out his hand to take the paper again he'd, assuming Senshi passed it back to him place a stronger C-rank seal on the paper, this one singeing the paper a little as he placed it, before sliding it across the table again. "You'll find that one is easier to break with chakra than it is to destroy whatever you place it upon." He'd say with a smile, "But take your time with that one, you can give it back to me another time"

Watching the man stand and begin stripping Kenji would blush a little before looking at the man a little closer, 'does Kumogakure not have a medical officer' he thought to himself, wondering why the man hadn't had those burns removed, they would restrict his movement and hinder him in combat otherwise; Kenji didn't voice this thought of course, merely content to wait and see what exactly the man had in mind, sipping his tea while he waited. Kenji almost dropped his cup when the man finally stripped off his arm and showed him the tattoo. It wasn't the tattoo itself that surprised him of course, it was the chakra emanating from it as the man flowed chakra into it. Placing his cup back down Kenji stood up, brushing his hands on his pants before striding around the table to the man. "It's quite beautiful..." he said, reaching him and holding out a hand, "May I?" he questioned before, upon receiving permission, tracing some of the fuinjutsu formulae that were hidden within the tattoo. "This is... absolutely brilliant, who made thi..." Kenji paused as he began to decode what he could of the fuinjutsu arrays. "Your not just an amateur fuinjutsu user are you?" He asked, having just identified a portion of the array that implied it wasnt designed to be applied to anyone other than its creator.

Senshi cocked his head to the side slightly in confusion. Compassion? That wasn't exactly how he saw it, but the stranger was welcome to think what he wanted. Who was Senshi to tell him how to perceive the world after all? Plus, Senshi was more than convinced that he did not have it in him to be compassionate. He was a shinobi, treating his subordinates as he did ensured that they would fight to their utmost abilities. It only made sense to ensure that the shinobi he commanded were well taken care of and protected because then Kumo would be stronger by having more shinobi who were stronger and well cared for. That wasn't compassion in his view, it was merely being practical. Senshi refilled the preferred cup silently, choosing not to comment on the words. They were odd in themselves and Senshi wasn't normally a talkative type anyways. 

Senshi's abilities with lightning were far too renown to bother hiding them, not to mention they were in the land of lightning. Kumo was known for producing many exceptional lightning users as it was already. Senshi had seen no point in hiding that ability, however he certainly wouldn't be showing off too much else. Couldn't allow the potential enemy that Ren was to walk away with too much information after all. Senshi rose an eyebrow as Ren gave him a second seal to break. That had been.... rather condescending. Ren was lucky that Senshi didn't consider himself particularly talented in anything or have an abundance of pride. Many shinobi would have taken exception to the words Ren had used, and though his tone had not been overly condescending the easy confidence he had spoken them with showed that he did not consider Senshi a threat in the area of fuuinjutsu.

With that sort of attitude he would not make a good shinobi in Senshi's, rather harsh opinion. That was merely because Senshi thought every shinobi should assume anyone they met was better than they were until it had been proven inconclusively that they were not. It was better than say, underestimating an opponent after all. That way most often led to a painful death. Senshi pocketed the seal Kenji had drawn figuring he would examine it more later. He noted the light blush on the (wo)man's face but didn't register it as anything important. It probably just meant that the tea was a bit too hot still, it was the only explanation that Senshi could figure for such a thing to happen. As for the choice to leave his body scarred, well they didn't hinder his movements in combat to any serious degree. Plus he thought shinobi who decided to do away with their scars merely because they didn't want them for concepts such as beauty or attractiveness did not deserve to be shinobi.

Not to mention at the time, the majority of the doctors had been a bit busy saving his teammates life. Choosing the option of having his burn scars fully healed over to flawless skin or saving Max's life after his double amputation, well the choice was pretty obvious. As Kenji began to move around the table, the obvious aura of wind chakra would begin moving Senshi's hair and beard around. It wasn't particularly strong but Kenji's own hair would soon be affected by the wind chakra eminating around Senshi's body. Small bolts of lightning crackles up and down his chest and arms, the dark grayish blue bolts jumping off his skin and skipping along the surface before disappearing back into his skin. The tattoo glowing a gray blue color emitting enough light to be at least slightly distracting, well to people and things that liked shiny stuff that is.

Senshi rose an eyebrow as Kenji traced portions of the tattoo allowing him to stare st it. He was vaguely surprised that Kenji had the ability to see some of the fuuinjutsu arrays hidden inside the thick dark lines he had tattooed over them. He barely felt the tracing of the finger along his skin, such as the problem when you had too high of a pain tolerance. Given a slight shrug of his overly muscled shoulders, not enough to move his arm out of the man's grasp but enough to shift it slightly. "I would not say that I was an amateur but neither would I say that I am particularly skilled at the art either." He paused, brown, green mixed eyes staring st Kenji intently for several seconds. "You, however, clearly possess a high level of skill that few others do in order to see even some of the arrays hidden inside the lines. Odd, fuuinjutsu masters are typically tied down to a village due to their inherent danger. Even more odd is that one would pass his knowledge on to someone that they had met on the road."

Senshi paused continuing to stare his clear suspicion on Kenji's story being conveyed through his words. While not impossible, it was a rare occurrence. Something that Senshi felt he needed to question before allowing the odd... person into his village. "What is your purpose for visiting Kumogakure?" Finally down to the meat and potatoes of the matter. Senshi twisted his arm suddenly, the enhanced speed of his tattoo allowing him to move at 195 speed. His goal to grip Kenji's wrist, should the man not avoid the reversal. His grip would be firm, showcasing the strength his obvious muscles had but not enough to bruise or even hurt the fuuinjutsu user before him. He resisted the urge to place a mark seal on the stranger feeling his chakra fluctuate at the desire to do so. His only intent in gripping Kenji's arm was in fact to feel the pulse in his wrist as he waited for his reply.

Plus in the event the man got... rowdy... at the questions Senshi wanted him close where he could be more effective and not allow his shinobi to be placed into danger. Senshi waited patiently, the hard eyed stare he was well known for the in village being placed upon Ren, the cold gaze fixed straight into Kenji's own eyes. The obvious desire and conviction to protect his village from a threat showing in his stiff, tensed posture. Should Kenji have any doubt that this was the moment that decided either the fact that he would be admitted to the village or be forced to fight, well it should be wiped away.

AP 1000 -75 = 925

Seal of power activated +70 speed and strength - 1/8 posts


((OOC: Not actually trying to start a fight but well figured I should place my ap cost down since I did activate a seal))

Kenji smiled when Senshi simply took the paper and pocketed it, of course, he had no intention of revealing all his secrets to the man, but he was, after all, a trader here, so it wouldn't do not to show at least a small glimpse of his significant abilities, it might even help to garner some attention from the higher ups in the village if this man was as high ranking as he said he was; that wasn't the only reason to give the man his little test of course, but it was a major one, all the same Kenji was pleased to see a glimpse more of the man's character rather than take offence he seemed more interested in learning the secrets that Kenji held.

As the wind began to pick up around Senshi, Kenji flicked his wrist, pulling out a loose strand of the thread there and tying back his long hair in one swift motion before continuing towards him, taking note of the wind and small sparks of lightning coming from the man. 'His chakra signature has certainly increased' he thought to analyze what he could of the technique the man was using as he traced the tattoo on the man's arm. "This is... absolutely brilliant, who made this..." Kenji paused as he began to decode what he could of the fuinjutsu arrays... "A Fuinjutsu seal that uses lightning chakra to enhance the speed of neuronal impulses whilst simultaneously using wind chakra to lower the wind resistance around you?" Kenji spoke aloud as he was examining the seal. He couldn't actually tell what the arrays did, covered up by the tattoo as they were, but based upon the combined change in his chakra fluctuations and the elemental changes around his body, it seemed a reasonable hypothesis to him. 
"Your not just an amateur fuinjutsu user are you?" He asked, having just identified a portion of the array that implied it wasn't designed to be applied to anyone other than its creator.

Pulling his hand back a little as the man shifted his shoulders Kenji took a small step backward, having finished his cursory examination of the seal and taking the action of an indication that he should perhaps give the man a little space, it was fortunate then that this put him in a position to meet Senshi's stare as he replied to Kenji's question, 'evidently less of a fuinjutsu specialist and rather more of a non-conventional fuinjutsu user then' he thought, wondering about the uses this man might have found for the arts and whether there was anything to be learnt from his... unorthodox methods 

As the man paused, Kenji still meeting his eye smiled, "Perhaps that's true in most cases, but I haven't exactly had an orthodox past have I?" He said, a genuine look of forlornness passing over his face for a moment as he remembered the destruction of Tengakure, the screams of the people as he watched so many people die... before Kenji returning to his generally cheerful smile. "I've spent most of my time these past few years, after all, researching and developing my skills from what they were when I was a member of a village." It was at this point that Senshi's suspicious nature seemed to come to a head, the man moved with incredible speed, speed that Kenji was genuinely surprised that he could see, his mind seeming to 'feel' were the man's hand would be before it was there, but all the same Kenji allowed him to grip his arm, just as he gripped senshi's arm in turn.

"What is your purpose for visiting Kumogakure?"

Kenji smiled again at the question, oddly calm for the situation he was in, most people might be concerned over the situation... but then again most people were not highly skilled Fuinjutsu masters, and Kenji was well aware that he could, if he so wished, finish this man off simply through the hand he already had on him... but then again he saw no need to do such a thing when the man was simply trying to protect his village. Still calm, Kenji would Reply to the man's question, "It's exactly what I told you, I'm here for two reasons" Kenji paused for a moment before speaking again,"I've reached the point where I can't continue to sustain my research on the funds that small towns pay me for my help, So I'm here to offer my services to the people of this village. The second reason, of course, is to hopefully learn something new of fuinjutsu techniques, I may be a Fuinjutsu Master already, but there's always something new to learn... "  He said, trailing off and leaving the unspoken question of whether he might be allowed access to some of the villages less secret resources in exchange for his services hanging in the air.

After standing there staring at the man for more than a significant portion of time Kenji would sigh, reaching down into his pocket he would pull out a silver pocket watch that he used to keep track of time... "My word, do all your interviews take a month five hours?" Kenji said chuckling to make it clear he was politely joking. "At any rate, this was intended to be a brief foray into your village, and I'm afraid I'm out of time; my boat should be leaving shortly so I'm afraid I must cut this short, but I tell you what." He would say, snapping shut his pocket watch and putting it away before slowly reaching up with his free hand as he spoke so as not to alarm the man. "I'll leave you with a telepathy seal to contact me; do all the paperwork you need to do and look into my past if you need. Once you're confident send me a message and I'll try and drop by the village again." Kenji said with a smile as he, assuming the man just stood there Kenji would place the seal before gently remove the man's hand from his wrist before turning and giving the other shinobi there a respectful nod before leaving.

[Exit]
[Telepathy Seal on Senshi]
3815 words towards Fuin Breaking
also requesting a further 500 wc refunded from the first post of Here to go towards fuin breaking since e-rank became free at some point. So 4215 total.

Assuming the refund is approved that means a claim of s-rank fuin breaking with 215 words left over

OOC Permission from Senshi received to skip her here so no need to wait 48hrs on the exit

Approved.

And So Senshi would accept the Telepathy seal, and direct the lovely NPC guards back to their day of boring guard duty while he would put some people on finding out more info on the man he had just spoken with. It wasn't his fault he was so busy in RL that buying seals was the last thing on his mind. 

Claims:
Telepathy Seal with Ren
S Rank Fuin BReaking(25% Word Discount, already have C rank, and did 6281 Words in this thread, so claiming all the words I need to S rank Breaking and the rest to charity) 
Exit

Approved