Shiroma pulled out her bedroll and set it out along with the others before she moved to the water.  Seeing Nanami heating up a part of it she smiled and moved down the bank a bit to where the water was normal temperature, though for her it still felt rather warm as she had slipped in to allow some of the dust to wash off.   There was little chance to relax on a mission and when such a point had been made about needing speed she wondered why they weren’t pushing through the night. After all they could rest on the boat ride but for now she took what little bit of rest was offered by the situation.  She was soon washed and dried herself off before redressing, being in water for her was more about the need for cleanliness then about relaxation. The fact that water that felt even mildly warm to most people felt scalding hot to her made anything but the coldest water nearly unbearable to be in long.

She had just settled down onto a rock watching her friends when she saw the change come over their sensei and looked toward the direction she had been looking.  The girl narrowed her eyes and was about to pull her bow when she remembered the orders and frowned, she had to agree with Nanami that she wondered if Sarada could take them, not because she doubted her sensei’s strength but because she knew the power boost that the dark chakra gave.

Shiroma clenched her teeth hard as she heard Sarada’s orders and closed her eyes for a moment opening back on the dark blue.  “Nanami, Nori, pull back give Sensei the room she needs.  We have our orders. Under no circumstances are we to engage those two.” She was very careful not to use Sarada’s name at the moment not wanting to give any intelligence that the enemy didn’t already have. Being the leader while Sarada was busy to her meant now was as good a time to lead as any, she was guessing Sarada was going to be very busy shortly. Her mind quickly processed the battlefield planning their retreat point if it was needed, as the only sure way to avoid the fight was to be nowhere near it.

Nori had turned her eyes over to look at their sensei as she reminded them not to engage in battle with them and if they did, she wouldn't hesitate in killing them. She didn't have any intention of engaging with them as she knew what her orders were. She wasn't incompetent enough to do such a thing with their sensei right there next to them. "I wasn't planning to," she said in a low voice. "I was just..." But before she could finish her sentence, she heard Kotatsu's familiar voice speak up. Her gaze shifted over to him. While her gaze remained stern, she knew she had to keep her cool no matter what he said. He was just trying to get a rouse out of her and she couldn't let her emotions take control of her. She wasn't going to let him get into her head. Not again. As much as she felt the need to fight, she knew she was going to leave it to their sensei. Nori didn't have any other option. But could she handle them both? Not that she doubted her, but two of them at once?

It was upon hearing Shiroma's voice speak from behind her, Nori turned her eyes back and looked back at her. Why did she constantly need to be reminded not to engage in battle with them? She sighed softly before she turned her eyes to look back over at Sigmund. She just stared at him with a sorrowful expression before she turned herself away from them and made her way over to Shiroma.

Nanami looked directly at Sarada "Promise me you won't lose. I am tired of losing things that are important to me. Regardless if we are not born of the same clan, we are from the same village. Which is family, you are family to me regardless of what you think of me." She moves closer to Shiroma and Nori "I'll protect them until you defeat the brothers. Understand my laws carry more weight than even a lord. If somehow you fall. I will not let them have you, and I will not let you die."

Her lips uttered one last thing to Sarada "Win, Sensei.."

Her eyes glistened in the waning sun's light as she stood next to Shiroma and Nori "I'll introduce you all to what was once was an attack jutsu. Now they are themselves."

With that she moves in between Nori and Shiroma and begins making a series of handseals. Once the sixth hand-seal was completed they all hear three loud roars unlike any of them might have heard. The three red chakra dragons land in a defensive position around the three genin. The dragons extend their wings over the top forming a protective dome around them "Now all we can do is watch. No matter how much I dislike not being able to be involved. But we must put all of our faith in our Sensei."

The chakra dragons looked like smaller versions of the dragons of legend. Each probably 30-40 feet long, with similar wingspans "This is what I will become known for in the future." She pointed at each of them as she spoke their names "Kio, Karen, and Kirin." Each dragon responds slightly, but they know their job is to protect the three of them. Oddly there was no heat being generated within the dome "They can take a number of hits before I will have to start using my chakra to repair them. If I run out of chakra, they will disperse. If for some reason we must retreat they will provide cover fire while we get away." She walks to the center of the area within the dome and sits down cross-legged and focuses, prepared for the eventuality that attacks may be directed at them. She takes out chakra pill and sets it in front of her, just incase it is required.
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   He held his arm up, as if telling him he'd handle this. "Stand down," he told him as he moved forward. "I will be the one to dispose them," he confirmed as dark chakra seemingly began to wisp around him. "I must let go of the past and severe the ties that prevent me from becoming who I am," he began as he began kneading chakra in his hand. A familiar technique of his lightning ball however it seemed more enhanced with his new chakra nature.

   "You were a fool in believing you can take us on. I will not hesitate to kill all those who oppose me," he uttered before bring his hand in front him, releasing his seemingly large ball of lightning at her. "Lighting Release: Dark Lightning Ball!" he shouted as it released from his hand and heading straight towards their sensei.

[15:07, Today: Uchiha Sigmund rolled 22 using 1d20+15; +5 bonus dark chakra: 27 total]
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Nori watched as Nanami came over between her and Shiroma and quickly made hand seals. It was upon completion of the sixth that she heard three loud roars, causing her to cover ears briefly as she watched three crimson red dragons appear around them. Her eyes widened in amazement at the three large creatures as they spread their wings and created a protective barrier around them. "Wow," she said in a low voice. She knew Nanami was capable of amazing things since she first met her, but this...this was something that was beyond even her comprehension. Her eyes went to each dragon as her friend introduced them one by one before they landed back on her. "You...really are something else, you know that, Nanami?" On their last mission, Nori did get a chance to see what training the other had done in the year that they weren't together but she had a feeling that was only a small dent in what she had learned during the course of that time. None of them really got to display what they received in their training as their mission was cut short, but that was going to change now. They were stronger. She turned her head and looked off at Sigmund in the distance. He was stronger. But how much had yet to be seen. She had trust that their sensei would be able to hold her own, but what if it became too much? As much as they all wanted to do something, they couldn't. Nori clenched her hand into a fist at her side as she watched him create a ball of lightening in the palm of his hand before launching it in their sensei's direction. 'Sigmund...' she thought silently as a gust of wind carried her long burgundy locks off to the side.

[15:09, Today: Uchiha Sarada rolled 36 using 1d20+18; Ninjutsu defense]

Sarada heard each of the girls express their concerns over the impeding battle that was just about to break out. "You're not the only one who's been mentored under my mother. I'm capable of handling myself," she uttered before looking up at Sigmund. She couldn't activate her sharingan without tipping them off of her heritage. She'd have to rely without it this time. This Sigmund kid seemed to not being using his either but Kotatsu was rumored to have the mangekyo. She had her own tricks up her sleeve, but who long could that last? She had to protect herself, the girls, and ensure those boys did not get through the land of storms. They could likely wreck havoc upon Konoha with their kind of reputation.

Sigmund had threatened to kill them, but just how much was he bluffing? As she watched him began kneading chakra within his hand, she began kneading chakra from within her body. As he released his enhanced lighting jutsu, she readier herself for her defense. "Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!" She exhaled the chakra from her mouth, releasing a giant fireball equal to the same size as Sigmund's lightning ball. The two jutsus collided as seemed to react to each other.

The jutsus exploded, the water splashing up between them, impairing her vision only momentarily. She took that opportunity to move forward towards, the chakra in her fist ready to be unleashed.

"Cherry Blossom Impact!" as she was coming straight towards the both of them. She swung her fist in hopes of hitting either one of them.

[15:36, Today: Uchiha Sarada rolled 35 using 1d20+18; Taijutsu Attack]

Shiroma shifted back a bit with her teammates before starting her own molding of chakra about to set up her own defenses when Nanami put up the dragons and she just blinked.  The frost girl just blinked looking around at the dragons hearing her teammates description of them and nodded slowly. “Wow…” she was just a moment after Nori and giggled softly. “Needless to say this is impressive Nanami.” There was worry that if they attacked too much that Nanami would not be able to hold out, but Shiroma would do whatever she could to help keep that from happening.  If only she knew how to transfer her own chakra into Nanami if the time came for it.

Shiroma looked up as the fight started and then settled down next to Nanami to watch the fight unfold.   She sat down cross legged and finally drew out her bow settling it across her legs. Just because they weren’t allowed to fight didn’t mean they didn’t need to be ready they were in a combat situation after all, and those that didn’t prepare usually ended up dead.

Nanami took a deep breath "The Trio's defense is their strongest attribute. Their attacks are still based on my abilities. They look impressive. But I have several more jutsu and lots of training before they are useful as an offensive weapon." She looked up as the fight started "To be honest, I believe both of those boys are underestimating Sensei by a large margin." Her eyes follow the initial attacks "It wouldn't surprise me if she knew her mother's strongest technique." She smiles "If she does, and is forced to use it. Those boys won't stand a chance. Even just using her chakra mode will give her a tremendous advantage."

The kunoichi's eyes fall on Nori "I sincerely hope she is able to beat them without that technique." She rests her head on her knees "Like I told Sensei I am tired of losing those I care about." Her heart beats with both excitement and fear. Nanami wanted Sigmund to be captured and not killed. In this situation it may not be an option. She blinked flashing the Sharingan capturing Sigmunds chakra network in her mind as he attacked. Nanami couldn't do much more but watch now..

[Sigmund rolled 16 for Ninjutsu defense]

   He wasn’t all that surprised his lightning ball had been demolished. He admitted he wasn’t giving it his all after noticing his former teammates watching him with intense observation. Giving away his true potential would only give them more information about him. When the two Justus collided, it created a bigger explosion which brought up a lot water, impairing all their vision. As the water settled, next thing him and Kotatsu knew, this joinin was charging at them, obvious she was coming for a punch and it looked deadly looking at her face. He didn’t react quick enough as he jumped up however she made contact with him and it knocked the wind out of him as he fell off the statue hands and into the water. The force was so strong he was sure Kotatsu had gotten hit as well.

[Kotatsu rolled 22 - Ninjutsu Defense]

He remained by his brother’s side, watching in amusement as Sigmund offered to take on the task of obliterating this new sensei of his former comrades. Crossing his arms as he watched Sigmund create a ball of lightning, tapping into the inner darkness that was bestowed upon them, the new mysterious female countered with a fireball jutsu they were all familiar with. He began to grit his teeth together as he lost track of her when water flew everyone, obscuring their vision for a moment. Out of nowhere, she came charging in on them. Taken by surprise, Kotatsu had been the first to attempt to move away but looking back, Sigmund had taken the majority of the blow. Her force was so strong from her first he felt the aftershocks of her technique sending him into the water along with Sigmund. They both splashed into the water. This seemed to have aggravated him as they landed. Reopening his eyes, the mangekyo was present. She’ll regret that!” he told himself as he quickly recovered and jumped out of the water. She had been standing where they were before. ”That’ll be the only hit you’ll ever get on me, wench,” he stated as he spit out water. The air around him began to swirl as darkness became present. It began to swirl faster and faster until he was completely consumed. The tornado of darkness around him charged and jumped into her direction. This technique had been seen before. ”Darkness Released: Warped Tornado!” as he began twisting incredibly fast towards her. With the speed and strength he possessed, it was sure to hit and leave nasty slices.

[Today: Uchiha Kotatsu rolled 37 using 1d20+18 ((19)).]
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"Well, regardless, these dragons are pretty impressive even as a defense. I'm sure they'll be even more strong when you are able to use them on the offensive side," Nori replied as she looked back to Nanami and Shiroma that were both sitting in the center. "I don't think anyone's going to stand a chance against you when that happens, Nanami." She smirked before she shifted her gaze back to the fight that had commenced. She watched as Sigmund decided to make the first move before their sensei counterattacked it with one of her own. "Sensei is impressive, but we can't rule out what Sigmund and Kotatsu can do, either. They are strong, Nanami, and I'm sure you know that as well as I do. I have no doubt she can handle them, but still...I just hope she'll be okay on her." Within seconds the fireball and lightning ball collided and created an explosion, causing the water to rise up and create a type of smokescreen. Their sensei used that as an advantage to initiate her next attack and her first came into contact with that of Sigmund before it knocked not only him, but Kotatsu in the water. Nori clenched her fists at her sides as she looked onward on the ensuing fight. Kotatsu was the first to get back up and come at their sensei was his next attack. "She's going to be alright. You just...have to have a little faith, Nanami," she told her friend. "Just have faith..."

Nanami looks at Nori "They will become stronger, as I gain strength. I want to be on the level of Lord Sasuke and Naruto. I can't say I want to become Hokage. I just want the ability to protect people and places I hold close to my heart." She watched as Sarada launched both of the brothers down into the water, and as Kotatsu started to attack . Her arms tighten around her knees a little more "I have complete faith in our Sensei." Shiroma and Nori might notice a very slight change in stance the dragon Nanami had called Kirin "I want to find all the Kage alive. Especially my uncle Gaara, and Naruto."

She lets out a small sigh "It's hard to become stronger when we don't get the proper training time, and our missions are always interrupted by him." Her eyes lock onto Kotatsu "He's taken from me, from us.. I just want the strength to take it all back." Her expression changes slightly "I suppose in time we will be strong enough." Her eyes close for a moment and then open again staring at the battle that was raging outside..

[Uchiha Sarada rolled 31 using 1d20+18 ((13)); Ninjutsu Defense]

She felt triumph with her fist as the two had both been hit by it, causing them to fall back into the water. She turned around, and when she did Kotatsu had been the first to rise up, aggravated that she had managed to hit him with such force. He promised her that that would be the last time she lay a finger on him but she didn’t pay any attention to his useless threats as he began to charge up chakra. This doesn’t look good. she braved herself as he came rushing at her. Planting her foot behind her, she prepared to execute a substitution jutsu but before she even could, he was right in front of her and she took the hit massively. She felt the dark wisps cut her skin, gashing st her at every chance that it could as she was knocked down into the water herself, weak from the attack. Splashing into the water, her eyes remained closed for a moment as she thought about what she could do next. Opening her eyes she looked over, Sigmund seemed to be gone. Rising to the water’s surface, she prepared herself.

[Uchiha Sigmund rolled 28 using 1d20+15 ((13)); Ninjutsu Attack]

   He had been momentarily unconscious. That incredible fist impacted him head on, knocking the breath right it of him. He hadn’t expected it and it led to his falling from the statue. He regained consciousness shortly after once he realized Kotatsu had already rushed at her. During that time, he managed to swim to the surface and get back into the surface. The warped tornado had been effective as it shredded her and she fell into the water herself. He used this opportunity to change up the necessary chakra for his next attack. ”Darkness Release: Divine Beast Tracking Fang!” he shouted as the chakra around him transformed not into a hound, but a more fierce dragon like creature. Like the lightning beast tracking fang, he was able to manipulate the beast from his arm as he trusted forward. A mighty roar could be heard as he fueled the beast to grow bigger and rush right at the woman.

[Uchiha Sarada rolled 19 using 1d20+18 ((1); Ninjutsu Defense]

Just as she predicted, the sound of chakra made her turn to the right where Sigmund stayed standing, obviously having the advantage as she seemed unprepared for his own attack. The wounds from the attack before began to bleed and she felt aches within her body. Whatever the chakra was, it dealt a pretty massive toll on her. Gritting her teeth, she tried to charge her own chakra in the same manner as Sigmund. ”Lighting beast tracking fang!” she shouted as the chakra began to electrify and thrusting her arm forward, the giant lightning hound emerging from her arm and collided with Sigmund’s technique. For a moment, it was as if she was able to block it however his beast overcame her’s, engulfing her hound whole and traveled through her source of chakra and consumed her as well. She screamed in pain as the darkness did it’s bidding. She was brought down to her knee, huffing from the two attacks she just suffered. She stared at Sigmund, knowing Kotatsu was still around as well.

Huffing away, she charged into both of her hands lightning chakra with immense energy. She managed to charge not one but two chidori, one in each hand. The rapid bolts of lighting could be heard all around like a thousand birds. With strength, she jumped up, glancing at Kotatsu and Sigmund next. ”Chidori Senbon!” she declared as she swung both her arms at the boys, transforming her chidori’s properties to lightning enhanced Senbon. She was sure these would hit as she kept a steady amount of chakra to flow to her chidori. She had hoped this technique would immobilize them both simultaneously, damaging their chakra points and major joints to prevent further casting.

[Uchiha Sarada rolled 30 using 1d20+18 ((12)); Ninjutsu attack]

At hearing her reason for wanting to grow stronger, Nori turned her attention away from the fight and looked back at her friend. "Nanami, I know how important it is to want to get stronger to protect the people you care about. Believe me. That has always been my goal since I was young. I know you and I...we couldn't protect Sigmund on our mission and our sensei back at the Chunin exams and that was something that I regretted. I was weak and I hate that feeling more than anything. I hate to be treated as weak. I hate to be defined as weak. I am strong. I am more than this. Those are the things that I kept telling myself to push myself forward. You are far more capable than you think, Nanami. You always have striven to do better and be stronger. You are very dedicated to not just training, but to everything you do and that is amazing," she said with a smile before she turned her head back and looked on as the battle ensued between their sensei and the brothers. "We will make things right again. We will get the Kages back and work to restore everything back to what it once was. I know it sounds impossible, but we will do it no matter what." She saw the damage that their sensei was dealing and what she was taking. It pained her to have to see her going through this alone. Especially as she had to watch that dragon like beast created of Sigmund's chakra charged towards their sensei and engulfed her, bringing her down to her knees. Nori clenched her hands into tight fists at her sides. She could see their sensei was in pain, but still she was fighting strong. She didn't know if her senbon attack would prove effective, but she hoped it would. The battle seemed to be evened out at this point. "Come on. You can do this..." she said under her breath as she looked on at them with a firm expression.

Shiroma sat there with her friends watching the fight and listening to them talk feeling a pain in her chest as she bit her lip hard.

‘You might need to take over…I…’

‘You don’t need to explain you know I feel it too, but I deal with it better then you.’

‘Yeah…thanks.’

Shiroma’s eyes drifted closed for a moment a single tear falling as she opened them again on her pale ice blue, the tear freezing on its way down her cheek.  She brushed the crystallized ice from her cheek as she sighed softly letting her other self work through the memories that her friends comments about protecting those important to them brought to her mind.

She looked over to her friends for a moment smiling. “You both will be great protectors of your friends and those you love someday I am sure of it. You are already much more then you seem to be and they are fools to underestimate you.”  She nodded toward the battle, specifically Sigmund and Kotatsu.  She heard Nori about the fight going on and she bit her lip softly. “I hope you are right Nori…I think that the leadership is still underestimating the power boast that the dark chakra gives.”

[Today: Uchiha Sigmund rolled 20 using 1d20+13.  Ninjutsu Defense.]

   Sigmund's smug smirk on his face had him overflowing with confidence. He remembered when his beast tracking fang use to be that weak. It was pathetic to try to defend against a technique that was a shadow copy of it. His divine beast consumed her, the darkness looming over the female jonin as she screeched in pain. He retracted his jutsu, slowly walking forward.

   It wasn't long before she actually recovered as he narrowed his eyes. He's seen that technique before. What?! The chidori!? he asked himself as she managed to charge two at the same time. He knew this woman had to have a considerable amount of chakra if she was able to wield two at the same time. Before he could react, she had jumped into the air, looking down at him and then glanced at Kotatsu. She aimed both Chidori at him and Kotatsu and she started firing an altered form of it. They were chidori charged senbon.

   He stepped back as the chidori senbon shot his way. He extended his arms out, allowing the darkness to enhance his bones as they started to peak through his fingers. "Ten-finger drilling bullets!" he declared as the bones continuously shot out of his finger tips. The senbon and the bullets collided with each other, small tiny explosions began to appear like a firework show.

   This lasted for a whole minute before her senbon appeared to have gotten stronger and overpowered his bones. The bones began to actually split in half and shatter. Eventually they began exploding into ash as the senbon made its way to him, taking a direct hit as they covered his body and cut off his chakra network entirely. He was eventually brought to his knee as she continued her barrage.

[Today: Uchiha Kotatsu rolled 24 using 1d20+18.  Ninjutsu Defense not attack! Whoops!]

His warped tornado had been successful as he felt the dark chakra shred her skin, the blood being absorbed into the chakra as it fueled his determination even more. It had been too much for her as she dropped into the waters below him. Landing back on to the statue, he turned around and activated his sharingan, scanning the area. He had noticed Sigmund take advantage of the situation as he prepared his next attack all the while the woman pulled herself out of the water.

They both exchanged the same technique, however his brother's was fused with their unlimited power of darkness. It won over her beast tracking fang and overpowered her entire body as she took the attack full on. However she seemed to have more energy upon her as she charged to what appeared to be the chidori. He gave her credit that she was able to harness the power of the chidori in both arms at the same time.

Unexpectedly, she had jumped up and unleashed her barrage of chidori senbon at both him and his brother. He heard small explosions from down below, an indication Sigmund was holding his own. Kotatsu believed he had his own time as he harnessed the dark chakra into the palms of his hands and with the sharingan, he was able to see practically in slow-motion as he hit even senbon within his direction, the darkness chakra obliterating it every time he blocked.

From an outside point of view, he had been moving with lightning speed for her senbon. Like Sigmund, he held up for a minute before the woman seemed to have charged it up more than they both expected and the came in faster and stronger to where neither him or Sigmund could keep up their own defenses. Kotatsu began to become overwhelmed and he began to take on the assault of senbon. He felt every slice and joint in his body become weak and started to get cut off; the darkness tried to repair what it could, but the healing capabilities couldn't keep up.

She finally let up on her ninjutsu as both the boys seemed to be immobilized. Landing back onto her feet, she felt exhaustion overcome her body. she knew she could last a bit more longer if need be, but those two attacks she experienced had taken its toll. She was huffing as she noticed Kotatsu seemed to be on his knees while Sigmund appeared to be recovering from his attack. "It'd be wise if you left now unless you're looking for a death wish," she told him as she began to walk forward. Fire chakra seemed to charge up in both of her hands, a familiar technique that her team would known. Her fire fist technique needed considerable amount of chakra and focus and this would be the final ninjutsu to unleash if she needed to. "You don't stand a chance. If I don't finish you, they will. You invaded the wrong land. Your cocky attitude is your weakness," she continued.

   Being brought down to his knee was an embarrassment for himself. He admitted, she had gotten lucky as she had cut off his chakra reserves. Of course it was a smart move, but the chidori senbon continuously shocked his joints and muscles, not allowing him to really move much. She began to walk towards his, chakra kneading into her fists. He doubt she had the strength to even unleash what she had up her sleeve. He smirked as he got to his feet. "You and your pathetic squad got lucky today. You played it safe. I can promise you, you will not win next time. After observing your skills, it won't be too difficult to destroy you next time," he spat out as his wounds began to completely heal. "You've barely done anything to us. You may have cut off our chakra, but next time, you won't be so lucky," he added as he hoped up onto the statue. Kotatsu had been standing as well. "Let's go, brother. We got what we came for. We have no use for these clones any longer,” he said as he puffed into a cloud of dark smoke and was gone once it cleared.
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He gritted his teeth as he took the Senbon head on. After being bested, he was on his knee panting as the barrage came to a halt. He stood up, weak as he realized he couldn’t use any chakra at this point. He walked forward looking down to see she was still standing but it was evident she was reaching her limit. Sigmund had already healed himself as Kotatsu’s body did the same. He claimed she cut him off too. The bodies were useless now. He smirked as Sigmund admitted to them being clones the entire time. ”Ha ha. These bodies did their job,” he uttered when Sigmund puffed away. ”Did you really think we would give up that easily? You simply cut off our chakra from our real persona. Without the source, you merely defeated our clones to the point we cannot provide enough energy to keep them going. Count your blessings, wench. You and your squad have yet to defeat us. We will meet again haha!” he laughed manically as a puff a smoke replaced him and they both were officially gone.

Nanami watched the ending of the battle unfold. She was annoyed they had used an advanced clone or duplicates to investigate. It didn't change her demeanor much. The dragons relaxed and took up a traingle formation around her as she walked forward "To bad thye were just umm.. Clones. It does make sense as to why they didn't use their Sharingan." The dragons moved and took perimeter sentry positions. Nanami looks at Sarada "I should see to your wounds Sensei and try to expel that dark chakra from your system. It will fade in a day. I experienced it when I fought Kotatsu at the Chunin exams and in the Land of Frost." Her tone changed briefly when she spoke of the chunin exams. She sounded briefly frustrated by something.

She seemed surprisingly calm after the attack. Maybe it was the safe feeling that the dragons gave her,  or maybe it was the fact it wasn't actually them, that gave her a little bit of a reprieve from her feelings towards them.. There were many things she was thinking about. Not being able to help made her feel weak, like there was no faith given to her, and yet she was expected to put faith in everything she is told.

Nanami stood there waiting for permission to begin healing Sarada..

Sarada had seemed surprised when it was revealed that they were actually clones. She thought over the possibility that those weren’t clones at all. Clones would’ve dispelled after her first hit. Kotatsu used the word bodies though and that concerned her. The flames from her first vanished as she heard someone walking towards her. It was Nanami as she began speaking to her. ”Those weren’t clones. Kotatsu used the sharingan towards the end. Those were something else and it’s concerning,” she answered as she looked at the dragons. Being approached with those made her feel uneasy and she felt a bit threatened in a way.

She shook her head when Nanami offered to heal her. ”I’m capable of healing myself. Continue what you all were doing. I believe they won’t be returning. We seemed to have ran into them by chance. They came here for something and I believe it was just a scouting mission. Revealing your dragons was a risky move because now they know what you’re capable of and now they know my attributes as well,” she explained as she looked back at the direction they disappeared. ”Leave me be. I need to think over some things,” she added.

Nori continued to watch as the battle unfolded between their sensei and the two brothers. She wasn’t sure how this was going to end and by the looks of it, their sensei seemed to be having the upper hand. Her senbon attack proved effective against them and made them immobile. Sigmund got brought down to one knee and it made her clench her fists tighter. She only hoped he stayed down. She could hear the disdain his voice as he spoke to their sensei, saying how lucky they were and that they got what they came for. What they came for? She quirked her eyebrow. What did that mean? Hearing him say they were clones instantly made Nori think otherwise. Those couldn’t have possibly been clones. They would have been gone once Sarada threw out her first hit and she doubted they could withstand a senbon attack as strong as her’s. No. It had to be something different, but what?

Nori watched on as they both poofed up in smoke and disappeared. She was sure that that wouldn’t be the last they would see if them while they were on this mission. It almost seemed guaranteed with the way they spoke. It was far from over and Nori knew that. She looked up as the dragons disappeared and once she got the chance, she slipped between them to get out of the barrier. “What exactly would they be scouting us out for? I mean, there was no they could have known we’d be here unless they were tracking us somehow. It wasn’t just a coincidence that they showed up here. You don’t think they were trying to push us into a fight to make us reveal our skills so they could use it against us, do you, sensei?” she asked.