Mission No. 2: Find the new teammate.

Klano took in every detail of his teamates short auto-biography. He seemed like an interesting person, with a sense of humor to say the least. Klano was still a bit confused at why they were all talking in such a dim-lit room, but when he heard his que, he began to speak... "Well," Klano began, and sat down criss-cross apple sauce next to his teamate. "My name is Klano Kangai, and i'm originally from Takigakure. I used to reside there, before the chuunin exams began in Kumogakure, and I was forced to travel there to become a chuunin. That was the last time I saw my home village though, because it had been destroyed by an uknown force," Klano said. It always made him sad to talk about the destruction of his home town.

"Luckily, my parents escaped and moved out to Kumogakure, where I situated myself for a full one and a half years. I trained under a great mokuton user named Koga, who taught me a great set of abilities. I would have stayed there, with my parents and Koga, but everything went wrong..." Klano fealt that his story was getting to personal, so he kept to his guidelines. "I love all foods, except for fried rice, blek!!" Klano yelled, making a gagging motion, which you couldn't correctly desipher under the darkness of this cave.

"So, uncle. Tell us a bit about yourself. I barely know anything personal about you.."

This statement had caught Hoshimaru off guard so that he nearly fell over. "How is that even possible, sensei? Didn't he die a couple of years ago? And wasn't he a Mokuton user? From what I've heard, you use Lightning and Fire...are you some sort of demon or spirit?"

Hoshimaru had barely any experience with demons or spirits other than during the Chuunin Exams when his opponent in the finals was possessed by a demon. That was the first time Hoshimaru had to use his Thunderbolt Seal in order to reach his elevated state. Knowledge that he was in the presence of a spirit made him uneasy.

Klano snickered under his breath at Hoshimaru's responce. He remembered when he first came to Konaha, and found his supposed "uncle" Kratos at a ramen shop. His responce was even more shocking, with questions flying all at him. He turned his head to the left, looking at Hoshimaru.

"I didn't get it either, and still fully don't," Klano said, putting his hands on his knees, which were slumped over in a criss-cross applesauce position. Klano still pondered every now and then, the details of Kratos's relation to Yoshimaru's. Was it Yoshimarus personality, and Kratos's body? Was it both of their personalities, combined in one? Or was it maybe both of their personalities, chipping in at eachother every once in a while. Whatever. He liked them both either way.

"So sensei, when are we all gonna have a REAL mission?" Klano said eagerly. He was tired of hanging around the village all day, he wanted to do something dangerous.

Hoshimaru followed Kratos out of the lair and to the training grounds. So he's a lightning user like me, huh, he thought. Maybe he can teach me some things... Hoshimaru thought about his past training, or lack thereof. First he was trained a lot by his father up until he became a genin, at which point his father barely taught him anything and still hasn't taught him much. His first sensei, Ippin, had given him a scroll of Lightning techniques and then left him to learn them himself. Looking back, his recent training has been without guidance most of the time. It was good to have an experience teacher and maybe Hoshimaru would become much more skilled with proper guidance.

He then looked at Klano and thought about the fact that Yoshimaru was killed in battle and then resurrected, giving him and Klano another chance to bond. "It must be great having your uncle back," Hoshimaru said to Klano, smiling. "I don't know what I'd do if anything happened to my father."

Klano jogged down next to Hoshimaru, his teamate, walking to the side of him, and behind his uncle. From the directiong they were going, he could tell it would be the training grounds, again. But maybe it would be much different this time, with Hoshimaru around and all. As he walked, he heard Hoshimaru say something about his uncle. Klano laughed lightly, then scratched his head, like he always does before bringing up a touchy subject.

"Actually, I didn't even know Yoshimaru Kangai, before his death, that is. His parents had kept him a secret from me when I was little, knowing that i'd try to run away and seek him," Klano said, then took a look at his uncle, who was walking ahead of him. "But it's nice to have him around anyway."

Klano stopped walking as he entered the training grounds, then looked around, seeing it looked the same as last time. "So, how are we gonna do this now?" Klano asked.

Kratos listened to Hoshimaru and Klano talk to eachother, about himself. He knew it would be good for the two to get to know eachother alittle bit more, but getting to know their strategies and fighting styles were more important right now. He wanted to see what kind of techniques Hoshimaru could do; maybe he could teach him some new jutsu. Although, it would be hard to teach Klano new jutsu because he is a Mokuton user, but he could still teach him stances and techniques that didnt require elements.

Entering the training field, he walked into the middle of it with his small group. He turned around and looked at Hoshimaru, then at Klano. "Alright you two... Since I have already seen Klano's jutsu be preformed, I would like to see what you can do, Hoshimaru-"He then stopped and preformed a few handsigns, "Katon bushin no jutsu."He commanded, as a fire clone of himself appeared next to him. The clone stood infront of Hoshimaru. "Show him what you can do!"

OOC: You can control the clone's actions yourself. All he is going to do is block, and throw punches.

"Show you what I can do, huh?" Hoshimaru repeated as he drew his katana. "I know it won't go down without a fight, so I'll be able to show you everything you'll be dealing with." He rushed towards the clone with his katana ready to strike. The clone took out a kunai and held up its guard.

First, Hoshimaru performed three quick slashes which the clone blocked with the kunai. After the third slash, Hoshimaru ducked under the clone and kicked it into the air and jumped after it. He was going to use his most powerful sword technique and see if the clone was strong enough to withstand it. He shouted "Hectoslash! One hundred steel cuts!" Within 5 seconds, a rate of 20 slashes each second, Hoshimaru delivered 100 slices with his katana to Kratos's clone. To his dismay, the clone blocked all hits.

Damnit! If Kratos's clone is this skilled...I don't want to have to face Kratos anytime soon! Both Hoshimaru and the clone landed on the ground. "Time to take it up a notch," he said as he began to run his chakra through the blade. "Energy blade!!!" he shouted as he came at the clone. The clone held up his kunai to block, but the blade sliced through the kunai and the clone let his guard down out of surprise.

It was then that Hoshimaru got up close to the clone and placed his palm in front of the clone's face. Hoshimaru let loose a burst of chakra from his palm and yelled "Repulse!!!" This was his Chakra Repulsor Technique, which involved blasting chakra out of his hand in order to generate enough force to push the target back. He used this right up against the clone's face. The clone instantly went flying backwards until gravity took over and the clone fell to the ground.

"Now for the finishing blow," he said as his katana was surrounded by electric sparks. "Lightning Energy Blade!!!" he yelled as he threw his katana at an arc so that when it fell it stuck through the clone's chest and in the ground. The Lightning Energy Blade was simply a more powerful Energy Blade in which Hoshimaru used Lightning chakra to strengthen the blade. This attack caused the clone to burst into flames before dispersing.

"So," Hoshimaru said as he walked over to his katana and lift it out of the ground, "was that good enough for you, sensei?"

Kratos watched each and every movement that Hoshimaru and his clone did. Starting out with simply kenjutsu and taijutsu was perfect; building up enough rage and chakra for blows by using chakra, or ninjutsu. His clone was almost definantly as strong as himself, but he weakened him just a bit since he only had a sword, kunai, and 50% of his chakra to use. Kratos was impressed by Hoshimaru's speeed and techniques used by his simple katana.

He slowly walked up to a pile of burning grass, stomping on it a few times to put it out. He chuckled and looked over at Hoshi, smiling as he said. "That was really good, im impressed."He told him in a praising tone, walking towards him. "So you use Kenjutsu with Ninjutsu, pretty much?"He asked to make it clear.

OOC: Post Klano, then Hoshi.

(OOC:Sorry, I have nothing really to post. )

OOC: Thoughts, sight... Hell, even have a flashback!

(ooc: sigh....)

As Klano watched the amazing skills of his teamate, he was suddenly stuck in a state of awe. He had never seen a better mix of kenjutsu skills and elemental training. It was cooler then anything he had seen Kratos do, that was for sure, even though they did share the same elements. Klano looked down at his sword, and remembered a flash back to his fight with his uncle:

Kratos grinned as he and his student stood in the field, feeling the breeze of fresh, morning air hit them. The wind blew his long, red hair, as he kept it from going everywhere by putting his hand on his head. He turned around and faced his nephew, nodding to him. "You're right."He said and smirked. Kratos leaped backwards and continued to stay infront of him. He took out three kunai from his leg pouch, then threw them directly towars Klano. He wanted to test his reflecting abilities and how long it would take him to dodge them all. Kratos wondered about his defence skills, so he knew he would be able to form the Kangai sword into some sort of shield.

Klano had gained superior reflexes over years of training. He had also grown quite a custom to his sword, which was able to transform into other weapons. Klano swung his sword out in front of him, transforming it at the same time. Directly in front of him now, blocking his uncles attack, was a shield made of dense wood. With a forward swing of the shield, Klano was able to push the kunai out of his way, not harming him or his weapon. Klano then began transforming his weapon again, this time, to something else. It was a bow, with a sharp wooden tipped arrow inside the quiver. He shot it at Kratos, knowing that he could block it. It was more of a distraction.

Klano ran back behind a tree, and began to use his jutsu. He kneeled down, and performed some hand-signs. "Moku Bunshin" Klano whispered from behind the tree. Slowly, wooden roots formed from the left side of Klano's body. After a few seconds, he was able to create a spitting image of himself. Not only did it look exactly like him, it was powerful. Unlike normal bunshin, it would take a few hard hits to kill this moku bunshin. A strong hit would destory a part of his body, revealing the wooden inside. The bunshin could use all the same Mokuton techniques as Klano could. Klano sent his bunshin out from behind the tree, trying to make it seem like the bunshin was the real Klano. The Moku bunshin had one hand behind his back in a sign state.

Klano remembered his fail attempt so vividly. He had came so close to defeating his sensai, but the elements were not to his advantage. He would have to think a better strategy next time.

Hoshimaru walked over to Kratos and answered him: "Yeah, exactly. I mostly start with the sword because it's easier for me and if I get far enough I don't have to reveal any techniques." He thought for a second about what had been said to him about Kratos. The ninja working under the Hokage had told him that one reason he had been assigned to be a student of Kratos was that they shared elemental affinities. "Sensei," he began, "do you want me to show you my skill with Lightning element? I know you too are a Lightning user. Maybe you could show me a few things about Lightning techniques. Also, I was wondering if there was any way we could figure out if I had another affinity or not." He paused to think again, then continued. "Unless you want to see my Kekkei Genkai?"

Kratos smiled at Hoshimaru and thought about all that he said, putting a hand on his chin and thinking deeply. It was getting late, around dinner time, already. He didnt have the time to be watching Kekkai Genkai's all day, and teaching lightning abilities to this young student that seemed to want to learn more and more. "How about, tomorrow, we work on our lighting ablities?"He asked him and looked at both of them, "But for now, give me 100 push ups, and go home!"He laughed playfully.

OOC: This is the end of this topic, ill think of a mission.