Yoi needs our help

The freezing temperatures they now found themselves in felt like it might have still been declining yet. They were pinned down a bit, but Youta was able to get information for the group. There was only one adversary, which meant that they had the numbers advantage. No matter how skilled a target is, they can't occupy all spaces at once and it is difficult to fend off multiple equally skilled opponents without making a mistake. The report of where she was coming in at was incredibly useful, as the wolf could simply focus his efforts there instead of wondering where the attack would come from. The dock door hinges would ice over, quickly shattering under the spell of this ice powered magician. The doors, now no longer bound to the frame would start to fall inward with a loud bang. 

As requested by his Shinkou comrade, the wolf kept his focus on the door and didn't look at his teammate. It was likely a similar illusory technique like he had utilized during their team training exercises. That meant that the enemy was likely to be completely paralyzed, and so he would be able to easily restrain the target. She would mutter something about being enchanted with some sort of Genjutsu, which was the sign that Loghain needed to know that the plan was working. He would dash over, finding himself in melee range without any sort of retaliation or resistance. The wolf would grab under her arms, placing her into a full nelson hold, and then striking at the back of her knees to ensure that she fell to the ground to her knees. Without the ability to place her hands together she had minimal options to form hand seals in retaliation. And in reality, if she started somehow generating some sort of jutsu it would take very little effort for the wolf to simply dislocate her shoulders and likely break her concentration on any sort of resistance. And honestly in this close proximity he would be able to quickly rip out the targets throat or spine. She can't fight back at all at that point if it came down to it. Hopefully Ciel wasn't having any troubles at his position in the bakery. Youta was keeping close eyes and ears on his team, showing signs of solid leadership and teamwork. It wouldn't be long at this rate before Youta, too, found himself among the ranks of the village Chuunin. 

Youta would somehow convince her to start speaking on her plans and how many of them there were, almost as if she had no control over the things she was speaking of. Youta was full of surprises it would seem, and the wolf would smile and nod, acknowledging the skill of his teammate. When given the opportunity to do with her as he pleased, the wolf did consider just killing her outright then and there. One less enemy in play, and it prevented her from being able to escape to bite the trio in the ass later. Still, he could not say that he actually wanted to kill her at all. Doctor Terumi would call the wolf foolish if he were here, but Loghain would strike her hard in the back of the skull with a solid headbutt, knocking the ice queen unconscious and dumping her now limp body to the ground. "We should probably tie her up." He would suggest, though he really didn't really have any means to actually execute that plan of action. Hopefully one of the other two could provide bindings or perhaps some sort of jutsu to hold her. 

She made it clear what all of their targets were. They planned to do an assault on some sort of workshop and steal some sort of star. "I'm planning on heading to the workshop next. Youta or Ciel, are you able to form clones to scout out the tree area and alert us when the enemies get there?" He would ask, hoping that such was within the capabilities of his comrades.

Regardless of their answers, the wolf would take lead and make his way to the workshop ready for a fight. He luckily hadn't really needed to really engage in a true combat yet, which allowed him to continue to just focus on leading and the mission at hand. Once transformed... well, his focus would likely shift to fulfilling his bloodlust and spilling their innards to the ground. 

The workshop was vacant, everyone out somewhere else celebrating the festivities and likely drinking cocoa. The workshop doors were closed, snow pilled high beside them from continuous opening. Decorations showed snowflakes and strange deer with red noses. A quick whiff of the crisp air and he would be able to detect any adversaries close by. "I don't smell anyone nearby. Keep alert, they might already be in the building." 


wc:811
twc: 2529

Thanks to Youta they were able to pinpoint were the enemy was attack and the information couldn’t of come at a better time. It seemed she was able to quickly make her way to the door without them noticing before it was almost to late to do anything about it. Ciel would keep lookout just Incase anyone would come to the aid of the women through the back door or one of the many windows in the building. He would look over his shoulder to make sure they had everything under control
And with little resistance the women was quickly subdued. 

Ciel thought it was a brilliant idea to use genjutsu on the women since it would be the fastest way to gather information on where the rest of the enemy was and how many of them were there. “ I couldn’t of thought of a better way to gather information in such a quick manner, good thinking Youta” , Ciel would yell over to his comrade. After hearing the information that the women had told them it seemed as though the night was just getting started and was going to quickly escalate into something worth calling a mission. 

He had been on some mission before but not something this large scale , but he knew he was ready for it. He hadn’t spent all that time training and working to home his craft just for him to be scared now, especially since he had other strong shinobi with him. Ciel would give Sebastian a confused face when he said something about tie the women up , “ I have no idea how we’re supposed to do that when I don’t think any of us have rope, we could just end her now and Save us the trouble of having to deal with her later”, Ciel would say as he pulled out a kunai from his pouch. He would look over at Sebastian “ if u don’t want to I’ll gladly take care of it unless u guys have any problems with it”, he would say as he puts the weapons to her throat.

Ciel wasent one for sparring anyone who wouldn’t do the same to him if the roles were reversed. At the same time though he wasn’t here by himself and the last thing he wanted to do was to upset the group over such a petty thing.

Sebastian would also bring up having some clones go scout the area , so he stood up and quickly made some handsigns causing to clones to poof into the area and with a slight head nod the two clones would both go separate ways looking for the enemy. He had hoped that his clones wouldn’t take long finding them since they had to be close.

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“Tie her up? Ok with what? She might be a problem later.” Then Sebastian would knock her out. “Ok nevermind.” Youta would fine some rope from the storage area and tie her up. Sebastian would ask about being able to make clones to which Youta would reply “Yes, I can make some clones I will send one with you and go with Ciel and his clones to check out the tree. It does not really matter to me what the plan is but it should be solidified soon.” He would make the hand signs Ox, Bird, Ram and all of a sudden dark Yuumei energy would spew from his mouth. All of a sudden 2 clones of Youta would form from what was spewing from his mouth. He would instruct one to follow Sebastian and listen to his instructions by saying “Sebastian is in charge at the workshop he will let you know what to look for.”

Youta’s clone that would follow Sebastian to the workshop. He would ask Sebastian about the plan. They would walk up to the workshop. He would see all the different decorations from the garland strew all about. He would see fantastical reindeer, one with a red nose. Sebastian would say that he could not smell anyone. So the clone would activate meigan and look around. He would see a few chakra signatures but there were more than two. He would look back towards the crowd. He would say “I see fourth chakra signatures. That man over there with the red hat and the eyepatch and he has a fire affinity. The woman in blue is another ice user. And last but not least those set of twins have lightning. I do not know which are friend or foe maybe if you smell them they might smell like that girl who attacked us at the bakery.”

He would wait for Sebastian to give an order when all of a sudden the twins would see us monitoring the crowd and jump into action. One would go straight for Sebastian. And the other one would head straight for Youta’s clone and Ciel, or his clone, trying to separate our group. So that the team could not fight as a cohesive unit. They would go straight for Ciel with a Kunai in his hand and The clone not even thinking about it made the hand signs Rat, Ox, Hare, Tiger, Snake and a shadowy shield formed in front of him then on the opposite side of Ciel a huge blast of fire exploded forth from the phantom kite. Then Ciel and this man would go a couple of rounds while the clone would run up. The clone would,using his wrist bands, he would also call forth a kunai from them. They would go a few rounds of Youta’s clone blocking and Ciel attacking. The opponent would get a very good hit on the clone even though they were near exhaustion and the clone was about to explode when it would grab the man and yell “get away for a minute!” He would then explode and the man would look even more drained then before and was on the brink of exhaustion.

Meanwhile Youta and his clone along with 2 Ciel look a likes would head towards the Christmas tree. In the middle of town. When they arrive it was beautiful. There were giant ornaments of reds, greens, gold and silver all over the tree. These huge baubles just lining a lot of the branches. The lights that looked like stars in the midnight sky just strewn about the whole tree. The huge gold garland going all the way up the tree all the way to the top where a big gold star. The five pointed star was the brightest thing Youta has ever seen in his life. But they were looking for a pair of thieves a pair who sole purpose was to ruin this Yoi’s Christmas party. Youta would say to his clone and the two Ciels “OK guys let’s split up. We should just be looking for 2 people who look like they want to steal the star.” Then him and the group split up. Youta and his clone would both activate meigan. Which he hated to do because of the crowded city square next to the tree. There were a lot of different stalls all around selling food and crafts and other gifts. There were couples and families that seemed like normal folks who were just in the area to celebrate a good Christmas party. Youta was scared he would scare these families because when he activated his Meigan his already kind of creepy red eyes start to glow red. This could scare children and even some Adults were uncomfortable by this. He was just worried he might ruin some of the families' good time and felt a little guilty for activating it. This technique allowed him to not only see chakra in people but what element they have. His clone went to the opposite side of the tree as Youta and they would try to scan the crowd. His clone was still in eyesight though. Youta would stop for a snack and buy a cookie from the vendor that was selling the backers good that we just helped save. Youta thought it should be free but that was a different thing all together. Youta would see a chakra signature he thought he recognized but it was not the signature he recognized but another ice user which stood out. The man was wearing a black suit and tried to blend in the crowd. When he saw Youta he would try to flee up the tree. To which Youta and his clone would start to crash towards the man yelling “Ciel I have a guy running up the tree now watch your side for the same!” The clone and Youta would start to chase the man I order to stop him by whatever means necessary.

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TWC2527

Ciel would offer to finish her off it the wolf didn't want to do the deed himself. As much as he hated to say it, Ciel wasn't entirely wrong with his assessment of the situation. It was a very pragmatic view to have, something that Doctor Terumi also held and tried to drive into Team Springs heads. She was already beaten, and there was no honor in taking her life while she was unarmed and unable to fight back. "I don't believe that she will be able to wake up anytime soon, and she will likely have a concussion as well. If you truly worry about her returning to the fray and turning the tides of battle, I have understanding of your reasoning and will not object to your actions." She was bound, and now unconscious. The wolf would not step in nor verbally object to whatever actions Ciel might take next. 

Youta was on top of things, forming clones so that they could branch off in two directions to ensure that they could secure both locations from the attacks from these vile, festivity hating cultists. Or at least he expected them to be cultists, or some sort of bad guys. Who else would try and poison cookies and sabotage presents for children. 

Once they had gotten to the workshop the wolf relayed his information to Youta, who in turn scanned the area with his doujutsu. There were several targets, all holding on to different elements. Were they all adversaries? Or would some of them simply be innocent bystanders, caught up in the mess of warring holiday factions? The wolf would nod when Youta said that Loghain should try and get closer to see if their were any traces of similar smells from the woman at the bakery. Before he could act on that thought though, the pair of lightning twins would spring into action, rushing the group in an effort to split their focus. The twin attacking the wolf would hold out its hand, lightning crackling with the sounds of... birds? The wolf was ready as the attacker sprinted towards him, likely hoping to land a hit with that shocking grasp. While he figured that the attack might not even manage to truly hurt the wolf, he didn't have any desire to test that theory. The arm lunging towards the wolf would be sidestepped, a hand grapping the outstretched forearm and the other pushing down at the elbow. Loghain would slam the twin into the earth and an unpleasant crunching sound of bone being dislocated and crushed could be heard by any in close proximity. The former attacker would scream out in pain, but a quick boot to his head would send him into an unconscious slumber. 

A loud creaking noise could be heard, and upon shifting his gaze he would see that someone had opened the door to the workshop. The wolf would look over at his team, wondering whether he should chase down whoever it was that was fleeing or assist the others. Not long ago he wouldn't have even considered an alternative, instead hunting down the enemy without as much regard for the consequences. Of course, them having already sent a party to the tree to scout meant that this person was likely running right towards their other selves. The wolf would assist the others as needed. Once the attackers here were dealt with, they could rendezvous with the team at the tree. Loghain saw that they seemed to have it handled well enough, and so would wait to see how they dealt with it on their own, keeping alert for any of the other enemies to make themselves known. 

Youta seemed to completely drain the will to fight from the other twin, and the wolf wanted to see how Ciel would capitalize on it. 

Once this location was secured, they would rush to the tree to support that team as well, though based on what he had seen so far he fully expected Youta's clones to have already lead the scouting team to success. 


wc: 679
twc:3208

From the clones perspect he would also see this man in a more of a blue shinobi outfit. The man never looked at the clone but the clone could tell because he also activated his Meigan. The clone did not think anything of him because it was just a looser fitting clothing and he happened to have ice elemental chakra. The close would look around some more to see who else was around him that might look suspicious. Now the man was mid twenties and had silvery hair. He was carrying a larger backpack probably to store the star of Yoi once he stole it. Neither the clone nor Youta would see a pouch or any weapons on him. The man would turn around to see the clone too. His eyes would meet with the man. Youta thought this might be what gave the man a clue that he suspected him, the fact that a clone was also watching. So the man would take off towards the star.

The man in blue would start to run up the tree with a burst of speed. Youta was not able to keep up so he would activate his Yuumei in order to get a speed boost that he needed. Jumping from branch to branch on the bottom. He would hear some commotion in the city square as people started to panic at what was going on. The people started to try to make an exit. Youta thought to himself “I guess keeping this on the down low is out of the question now.” Youta and the man would get into a couple of hand to hand combat. They would strike at each other with kunai. Youta was very hesitant to throw kunai or shuriken in case he would deflect it and it hit a civilian. Youta was trying to be super careful to avoid getting citizens of a foreign nation involved. Youta and the clone they were able to finally over power the star thief on their side.he would do the hand signs Snake, Dragon, Tiger, Monkey, Boar and the dark whip would entangle the thief and he would stay down being drained of energy. He thought he had captured and kept the thief in the area and on the ground.

Sebastian would show up just as he was finishing entangling the theif. “Nice of you to join us. I do not know if Ciel need help. I have been a little busy.” Soon after Ciel would come back. And the group would finally be together again. After they all meet back up Youta would ask “so now what do we do? Can we finally sit back and enjoy this party. I really want some eggnog and I want to eat more cookies.” After all the thieves and poisoners were taken to jail by Yoi’s men.

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TWC 3004

Once they was done protecting the bakery and workshop Ciel thought it be better to go home than continue.

Twc:1.5k
Exit
Claims:11.5k ryo, 60 AP , 1 tinker toolkit, 1 Omni stone, 1.5k towards 2 tomoe sharingan(1.5k/4K)

The wolf found himself heading towards the tree, trying his best to make it there in time. There was panic and the sounds of battle coming from the direction he was heading in, the sound of steel clashing with steel ringing through the area. His keen senses allowed him to hear this far before he was able to reach the tree, and even once there the wolf had to push and shove his way through the crowd of people that had no intentions of letting anyone pass them. This struggle went on for what felt like an eternity, pushing and squeezing through people clamoring and pushing for position to get a better view of the action. Despite the enemy literally trying to steal the star and ruin the holiday party, they still managed to find entertainment in the whole ordeal. 

It felt as though the crowd was getting easier to navigate through, and finally Loghain broke through to the base of the tree, only to find that all of the action was already over and Youta had taken care of business just as expected. "Well, I imagine that we have earned some rest and relaxation. Those cookies do sound pretty good right now." The wolf would say, his mouth actually watering at the thought. The men in service of Yoi would apprehend the culprits, hauling them off to what he hoped to be a jail of some sort. The wolf would scratch his head as he watched all of these guards appear from out of seemingly thin air, armed to the teeth and donning full armor. If this Yoi person had not only incredible ninjutsu prowess to conjure them from all from different places in Hoshi, but also a full retinue of armed guards that serve him faithfully... why exactly were they here? Still, Loghain would simply shrug it off without too deep of thought. People often paid for things that they didn't need, so why would this be any different?

"I must say that I am quite impressed with how you handled yourself on this rather strange assignment. You thought and acted quickly. You made good judgement calls at each step of the mission, and you even managed to defeat the enemies here without assistance." The wolf would peruse a nearby table looking for a few of the delicious cookies, and upon finding one he would quickly pick it up and take a bite, enjoying the sugary delight with all of his being. Finishing his chewing, he would continue, "I think that you are becoming quite advanced, your skills showing themselves here. I think that your days as a mere genin on Team Spring are numbered. Soon I imagine you will find yourself among the ranks of chuunin." Loghain would offer a smile, placing a hand on Youta's shoulder and nodding. "And I must say that it is wonderful to know that you have come so far. We both have." He would lower his head, unease filling his mind at the next thoughts that came to him. "I imagine Zeref, too, would find himself ready if he were here to walk with us today. It would have been quite the sight to see all three of us a chuunin, so far removed from the day that we first met. "



---possible exit---

wc: 550
twc: 3758  (Missions complete) [9000-1500 (Ciels wc)=7500; 7500/2=3750]

Claims: TBD

Youta would be there holding down the star thief when Sebastian would finally show up. He would walk over “hey it’s about time I can get some cookies we did all of this stuff for yoi I want to enjoy this party too.” Sebastian would say how he was proud of us for how we handled ourselves during this mission. He looked very emotional about it. Talking about how I might not be on team spring for too much longer. “Hey man, once on team spring always on team spring. We will always be a team buddy. Does not matter what rank we reach. You will always have a friend and teammate in me no matter what you need.” He would then head with Sebastian to a table where there were cookies. Youta would begin to snack on some great gingerbread cookies. With all the icing and different decorations on them making them look like little people. It was very amusing to Youta, the cookies being like little people in suits. There were also some sugar cookies and chocolate chips. He had always loved to eat sugar cookies; they were always so colorful and wonderfully decorated. They always had a ton of sprinkles and other toppings which made them sweeter and even more enjoyable. All the shapes were very intriguing to Youta and he would get distracted during his conversation with Sebastian. “I take it that Ciel already left.” Sebastian would say all that he said about being impressed and proud about how far we have come. Saying he was impressed with how I handled this mission and the decisions that I was making. Youta would say “well I have learned from 2 of the best Shinobi between the wolf and the crazy doctor. You both make great leaders for team spring. I hope you are not trying to get rid of me. I hope that we can continue to work together.” Saying crazy stuff about how Youta’s days as a Genin are numbered. Youta was not sure if that was true but he appreciated the compliment. Then he would get all reminiscent about Zeref. He would continue by saying “Oh do you really think so, A chunin that would be pretty surreal. I have heard the chunin exams are hard as hell. But I should have fun with it but until then I am good with being on team spring for now. And I get it man I miss Zeref too. He was a good guy gone too soon. Could you imagine though the three of us walking out as chunin. I wonder how Akabayashi is doing too? He was always a little off but a good guy nevertheless. Remember when we all first met in a morgue of all places. I still cannot believe he took us children to a morgue and just sat us in front of a dead body. A real corpse I do not know how I feel about it still. It was a bit traumatizing to be honest. He wanted us to dissect it. Man I was Squamish but you and Zeref were not as bothered but it was still weird. And the first mission to save that merchant was all good and highly effective times to get this done. Do you think they have any ham? I could really use some ham and more food in general. It’s always a good time with you. What do you want to accomplish next man? I am ready for anything that the Hogokage throws at me next. I guess. Let’s give a toast to team spring.” He would continue and finish eating and talking to Sebastian. “So Ciel figured it out but do we just magically get transported home or what? I guess we should get up and find this Yoi character to get him to send us home.” He would get up and start looking for someone he thought could possibly be Yoi. Youta would then whisper to Sebastian “Do you have any idea what Yoi is supposed to look like?” He would then get up and walk away and walk into a doorway yelling to Sebastian “I will check in here”. He walks through the doorway and as he opened the door and walked through he realized he was in Hoshigakure. So he would rush back in to yell “Sebastian if you walk through here you can get back.” And he opened his eyes to see a lot of strange looks in a restaurant. “And you all have a good lunch”.

WC757
TWC3761

[Exit]


Claims
TWC 3761

4000 Ryo / 20 AP / 1 Onmistone
7500 Ryo / 40 AP / 1 Tinkerer's Toolkit
10000 Ryo / 50 AP / 1 Material Demagnetizer
+300 ryo genin bonus
+75 Ap
= 21800 ryo/ 185AP
Embracing Shadows 2000/2000

Monster upgraded to S 1500/1500

Pure darkness 261/2000

The wolf would just reminisce with his comrade about how far they had come and when a way back was discovered he would follow it back to Hoshi.


---Exit---

twc: 3758  (Missions complete) [9000-1500 (Ciels wc)=7500; 7500/2=3750]

Claims: 
74 AP
4000 Ryo / 20 AP / 1 Onmistone
7500 Ryo / 40 AP / 1 Tinkerer's Toolkit
10000 Ryo / 50 AP / 1 Material Demagnetizer

250 ryo x3 (Chuunin rank bonus ryo)


3000 wc towards converting Main spec from Medical to Taijutsu

Approved