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Hide and Seek! ... The Ninja Way!

Uchiha Obito, in light of realizing his shinobi simply couldn't work together, decided to take action! In what way you ask? By way of making his shinobi work together for a common goal!

A game of Hide and Seek!

Not just any game though, it's a game where he's set it up so pretty much the only people exempt are ones on long missions already (which isn't many people and no player characters) and himself, mainly because someone has to keep track of assigning short missions, and keeping an eye on clients, and pulling people to guard rotations mid-game. People will return to their teams around their missions/guard rotations, of course. Hopefully, their team didn't 'die' in the meantime.

The scarves being used as life tokens are brightly colored, as shown above, and will have a Konoha symbol sewn onto each end in black.

Location: The game will be found outside the southwest wall of Konoha, so don't worry about getting any civilians caught up in it. The area will be marked off by sealed ropes that if crossed with a scarf will ping an alert that you just 'died' and you'll be fetched by someone also 'dead' or the Hokage.

Rules of Engagement!
Rule 1: If your whole team loses their scarves, they have 'died' and are out. You then have the option of either helping to keep track of other teams that 'died' or to return to your normal duties. Anyone whose team 'dies' in the first three days owes Obito three days of D-ranks as payment with your temporary team. You can use scarves stolen from other teams as backups for your own scarves to keep you 'alive'.

Rule 2: At least one flag in your possession must always be physically visible! This means you may layer a Genjutsu over it so it doesn't appear visible, so long as it actually is.

Rule 3: No lethal Jutsu! This is a game, not a war, and Obito wants there to be no casualties. Any accidental injuries severe enough for a medic should be handled immediately before that team may return to play.

Rule 4: Get to know your temporary teammates! That's the whole point of this exercise, and Obito's grand goal for it is to have Konoha be more unified in the wake of this event.

Dates: In-game this will go from the 15th of October to the 23rd of October!

Rewards: The teams still standing at the end will have each member permitted to decline a single mission of their choice, no questions asked, for the next two months. Another perk is that they will have first choice of missions should they arrive early enough in the day when there is a rush on them.

Team Arrangements!
Each line is a team, as given to the characters by Obito. Anyone on Hiatus, of course, needn't actually do anything if they aren't here, but can backthread it later if they wish. Every team has four people, so teams with three are welcome to use the NPC journal to play their fourth teammate if they like! You're also welcome to use the NPC journal for named, and unnamed, shinobi in the free for all as opposition to your teams.

Sakura, Neji, Ami, Mika
Kakashi, Adela, Itachi, NPC Kiba
Hinata, Gai, Shisui, NPC Iruka
Sasuke, Yamato, Rin, NPC Lee

NPC TEAMS
All NPCs in here. There are more than this, but just to give you an idea of how varied the teams are...

Naruto, Kurenai, Shino, Ino
Chouji, Shisui Genin, Minato, Tenten
Yuugao, Shibi, Shikamaru, Ibiki
Asuma, Hayate, Izumo, Jiraiya
Hana, Inoichi, Kotetsu, Hizashi

Teams enter the area in the order of listing! Remember all the Konoha shinobi not otherwise occupied are going to be here, so there is more than just the four teams. It's a free for all guys!

Have Fun Everyone!

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Two of three people she was working with, Adela had at least met before. For the moment she thought they were at least on decent terms. Kiba and Akamaru were wild cards, but part of the Inuzuka clan. They'd be more useful for tracking, revealing traps, and spotting ambushes if what she knew was right. Itachi's and Kakashi's skills... Kakashi was famous for Sharingan, but other than that and dog summoning she didn't know much. Itachi was an unknown as well, but she felt safe in thinking that his prowess with the sharingan would come in handy. So how to use it all in conjunction with her own skills?

The best way to win would be to collect as many scarves as possible, but that would risk their own scarves in the process. At the same time, the team she was dealt seemed more than ideal to simply go on the offensive instead of disappearing to the shadows and hiding the entire time. But, there was only one way to find out for sure.

She was standing there in front of the three taller men (and one giant canine) before her, nodding as she crossed her arms over her chest and began to speak with her eyes -- blind and seeing -- making contact with each of them, "We need to know for sure what each other's strengths are before plotting out a strategy. From what I know of you guys, we're more suited to an ambush offense -- finding the other teams before, for the most part, they find us. It's a meaningless strategy if I'm wrong though, so we're going over this now. I'm strong with doton, katon, and suiton techniques as well as melee combat with kenjutsu and decent taijutsu."

She nodded her head to the next person, waiting for them to speak and say what they were good at. The only way they could possibly have a chance of getting through was through teamwork, and she wasn't about to take this lightly -- even if it was a deceivingly-simple training exercise.

Edited 2014-10-19 04:27 (UTC)

Taking up the mantle of the leader. Somehow fitting, from what he knew of the redhead and her vivacious personality. So Itachi merely reigned himself into listening for now, as Adela explained her expertise and glanced along the line. He thumbed his scarf in the meantime, a short hum escaping through thin lips.

"Genjutsu, Katon, Suiton, and Kenjutsu." The girl was right, with the Sharingan on the squad, and two impressive noses in addition, they would be able to hide and catch the drop on other squads, provided they weren't fighting against the Byakugan. Genjutsu traps not requiring eye contact nor physical touch were easy enough to set in place, and they would make off with a scarf before the enemy was even aware of it.

His scarf was tucked in beside one of his pocketed hands, and he stood regarding his team with a quiet amount of distaste hidden behind a lazy expression and the thankful facade of his mask.

He had reasonable knowledge of their skills already, and though he could see a plan formulating in his head.. It was both apparently not needed due to the emergence of their supposed leader, and seemed way too much like wasted effort. There was an easy way to win this without any collateral, but he was interested to see what might come of the young girls strategising.

One thing he definitely didn't like was talking about himself, so the expectant question was a difficult one for him to answer.

"Raiton, primarily, though I also have a perchance for doton... I, uh.." He scratched awkwardly at his shock of pale hair. Oh, this was difficult, how had they both managed to scale their abilities down so easily? "..Ninjutsu, taijutsu. I also have a pack of summoning hounds with various tracking, ambush and attack skills..?"

Kiba frowned with either concentration or annoyance that the other three got to speak before he did - but then again, saving the best for last was just as good as being first, and he hopped down from Akamaru's back to instead stand proud with his hands on his hips once his turn came around.

"Most of my taijutsu attacks rely on Inuzuka ninjutsu and Akamaru," Kiba announced loudly as if he wanted to make sure that the civillians back in the village were aware of his stupendous strengths. "As for other skills, our noses are the best in the village. We can sniff out anything from miles away - don't even need a hanky to sniff beforehand. It's all up here." he tapped the side of his nose with one hand, his other arm bent at the elbow, leaning on Akamaru's huge flank.

"I'm gonna go right ahead and appoint myself leader here since I'm pretty sure I'm the most capable," he said to the other chuunin and the two jounin looking back at him, entirely unphased by the backwards notion he just described. "And I think our best course of action is definitely gonna be hoarding. Round up extra lives and knock the other teams out as fast as we can. Ain't much point in fuckin' around if we can win this thing in a few days, right?"

"So initially, ambush offensive seems like a good plan," Adela nodded, pausing before glancing to Kiba. His declaration was a little... Annoying, but if he wanted to lead he'd have to do more than boast. So would she, now that she thought about it, and it seemed like Kakashi and Itachi weren't vying to control anything.

"It involves all of us -- scent tracking to find the others first, genjutsu to throw opponents off until it's too late, and doton to trap our targets seems ideal to avoid the most combat and to make things easier on us. That's with blind intel on the rest of the teams, but we have the time to see whether or not it's an appropriate strategy to use on any given team. For example, I don't think it'd be an apt one against any teams with Hyuuga clan members, or even other Uchiha. That and our opponents range from Genin to Jonin to Kage level, so deceptively simple tactics might not apply to everyone. I'm willing to hear ideas on how to deal with doujutsu users, as well as anything you know on the others participating in game."

Her eyes fell particularly on Kiba, then Kakashi as she spoke again, "We'll need your expertise to find traps as we come across them as well, and to foil attacks that may be aimed at us before opponents think we're ready for them. It might even involve setting some off on purpose to attract attention and strike whoever comes to investigate. I still think trapping and immobilizing is the best method, and if we pick an area of the enclosure that's relatively downwind to the rest of it at any given time we should be able to more easily pick up on incoming opponents before they ever reach us."

Edited 2014-10-22 03:24 (UTC)

Itachi had a certain way of dealing with people brimming with confidence like Kiba, that was, to let them stumble and learn the error of their ways. If he wanted to appoint himself leader, that was fine, but when he eventually came to a problem it would be his own matter.

Ah, but this was a team effort, after all. He couldn't let him do that and risk them a scarf that could make a difference, could he. While the other was rambling, he was busy wrapping his scarf to one of his legs; specifically, the side where he held his weapons holster, to make it more difficult to get off of him.

He remained silent through Adela's explanation, allowing her to get her information in before processing it himself.

"Dojutsu in Konohagakure is divided between Sharingan and Byakugan, for the most part." High level genjutsu and copying abilities versus long range sight and the ability to see through solid objects. A Hyuuga would be able to sense oncoming genjutsu traps.

"I imagine most teams will naturally employ an ambush tactic or try to remain hidden as to prevent themselves from becoming a statistic." Why go looking when you could wait for people to waltz into a trap, after all.

"One, or two Kage bunshin should provide a sufficient decoy from which to draw out other hidden squads."

This test was so reminiscent of his sensei's bell test it was almost painful to go along with. If Obito had been trying to challenge them with something new he was missing the mark by a long shot. Kakashi had experience both in the offensive and defensive roles in challenges such as these, and knew it's lessons well.

Aside from feeling just a little patronized by it's simplicity, Kakashi knew this game had a purpose, and the more he thought about it the less likely it seemed that his previous plan would come into fruition.

"I agree with Itachi. A covert ambush seems to be a lot more strategically optimal than an offensive one. I don't see the point in attacking if we don't have to." Kakashi shrugged, his thumb tucked behind him in his pouch. Tempted.

"While hoarding scarves at first seems like a good idea, we have to remember that we only need a minimum of one to succeed."

Kiba's grin fell as the older two members of his team spoke up. Both seemed to be leaning more towards what Kiba found himself roped into almost every day - patrol duty. Keeping an eye out, raising the alert and sitting back to let the attack take it's course without seeing any action himself.

He wasn't down with that.

"Are you kidding me?" he grumbled up at the other ninken user like everything was definitely his fault. "The more scarves we get the quicker we knock the other guys out and the faster we're the only ones left! You guys really wanna be stuck sittin' in some god damn tree for a week?"

"It wouldn't be for a week, depending on how many of the other teams get impatient," She nodded, glancing to Kiba before she walked over to him. She agreed with Itachi and Kakashi that it was a good idea to be more strategic, but the other chuunin was being a hard sell...

Hm.

Without really thinking about it she swayed her hips a little, walking up to Kiba as she tried to make her voice more sweet and appealing while she spoke, "Letting the other teams get impatient, letting them come after us and underestimating our prowess until it's too late..."

A gentle finger poked at his chest to punctuate her point, and a smirk tugged at her lips when she added, "Taking their scarves in their complacence of us. Showing them that we're the best, and all because we chose to take our time. Doesn't it sound good, Captain?"

... This kind of made her feel dirty, to be so manipulative like this. But if it could coax him to listen, it'd be worth it in the end. She needed to practice this kind of deceptive tactic, anyway.

Was she....

Was she really....?

She was.

And it left him slightly confused, enough for him to actually make an expression for a moment before correcting himself with a harsh blink.

Kiba sure seemed the type to actually fall for something like that, and Adela was a healthy young woman. Surely, any moment now, the Inuzuka's face would be lighting up like a fresh, ripe tomato. He could already hear the inevitable stuttering.

He didn't speak though, not yet. A glance was shot, towards Kakashi, trying to see if the older shinobi shared his reaction.

Kakashi's nose was tucked in a small book, his eyes cast down with a look of vague interest in his visible eye - but it definitely wasn't directed at the proceedings in front of him.

Kiba was an idiot, Kakashi knew that much, and whether he fell for the taunt or not didn't make much difference to him.. He just wanted to get this over with as quickly as possible, so his focus had strayed.

Edited (Wrong icon. >:I) 2014-11-02 16:33 (UTC)

Kiba's eyebrows raised, his eyes going like dinner plates as he stared at the girl suddenly up in his space. He was red in an instant, melding with the scarlet of his tattoos as the blush burned furiously in his cheeks and the tip of his ears. Damn it... He could tell he was being played here, but he wasn't exactly one for strong resistance.

"Sure, that sounds good.." he mumbled, half pouting and half frustrated with the way his own proverbial tail was wagging at being called 'Captain'. "But I don't wanna be the one kept back just for tracking. Let the guy with the summons over here do that since he gives the least shits outta all of us," he jerked a thumb at Kakashi, then folded his arms and puffed out his chest, which might have looked a little more dominant had it not been for his pink face. "Akamaru and I aren't just a pair 'a noses, y'know. We're kick-ass at offensive attacks, too."

Mostly he was just sulking at not getting a chance to shine. He'd be happy with taking his time as long as he got a good majority percentage of the limelight.

"No one said you had to just track. Part of an ambush is catching the enemy off guard, and we need both you and Akamaru-san to help with the assault. Otherwise it just doesn't work... Kakashi-san and I can trap them with our techniques while you and Itachi-san go in and finish the job whenever someone comes our way. Maybe that's a tactic more to your liking, captain?"

Her fingers trailed down his cheek gently with her speech, trying to accentuate that doing this was a good thing and that he needed to for their success. Oh did she ever feel dirty though, but it was for the good of the mission, it had to... It was so hard not to crack her expression or tone though, and even then she felt her skin starting to go pink. No, she had to hold on just a little longer...

Well, if it worked, he wouldn't fault her for it at all. Unfortunate that instead of going through with plans, their first task was getting the teams on board with a goal.

(The entire reason this event was happening, honestly.)

"I don't object to this." he adds, in the hope it will get Kiba to finally agree on a plan. Kiba is a good source of offense, and if he is fully focused and willing to work with the team as a whole, it will strengthen the team that much more.

In the meantime, they are targets, so he keeps his Sharingan and his senses ready. It is likely other squads are having similar issues, but you can never be too cautious.

Edited ([I caught the wrong icon bug]) 2014-11-02 17:52 (UTC)

At first, Kakashi didn't make any indication that he agreed or otherwise with the proceedings going on, but he did look up from his book as Adela ran her hand down Kiba's face.

He had to hand it to her that it was smart. Using that kind of strategy was awfully risky, both in threat of embarrassment and failure.. But Kiba was transparent. There was no doubt that it might have not worked, and it had if the look on the Inuzuka's face was anything to go by.

His mask pulled in a smirk, and he looked back down at his book.

Kiba listened and finally, begrudgingly, agreed. The stroke to his cheek definitely didn't sway his answer any. Nope, not at all.

"Yeah..." he muttered, his breath all too breathy, and cleared his throat to repeat the phrase in a more gruff voice. "Yeah. Sure. Sounds good to me."

Could he really be blamed for his gullibility? She was a pretty girl, after all.

The smile on her face was sweet, warm, and a hint of something genuine as the fact that it worked processed. She took her hand away then, letting a finger linger on his chin to beckon him forward just a bit before flashing that smile to Akamaru. It was a bit of an apology in the gesture, trying to silently let him know that it was for the sake of the mission and that she didn't want to be so manipulative. That was when she turned to Itachi and Kakashi, nodding as she tried to go back to being professional.

It would have been easier if she wasn't beet red then.

"All right, you heard our captain. We have our tactics in place, so let's prepare before the other teams are on our asses while we're not ready."

"You'll want to wrap your scarf somewhere where it's not easily ripped off your person, nor does it become a liability when it is grabbed."

His was his leg, and while his leg could be tripped up, it was also by his weapons, and being forced to get so close to him meant the possibility of being kicked, or dealing with his eyes.

Sensei was out here, along with Iruka. People who knew his fighting style were more of a threat than other Leaf Shinobi, but he had spent months, and months without seeing them. He had new tricks up his sleeves.

"Traps should be efficient but non-lethal." They only wanted the scarf, not to amputate a leg.

"And we should move." The Byakugan users would likely close in.

Kakashi's was where he usually kept his bells, since he was used to protecting that side. It was tucked into his pocket, under his flak but definitely on show and easily noticeable - not that anyone would get close to it.

"Do you suggest we take to the trees or remain on ground?" Kakashi asked, shutting his book with a quick snap of the pages - it was time to actually get something done now, after all.

Kiba knocked his hips forwards, hands behind his head as he watched on with the tiniest of little frowns, his ears still burning with color. Akamaru had sat by now, his front legs crossed one over the other and made a short whining noise when Adela smiled at him - he was either scolding Adela for teasing Kiba, or giving her a look of sympathy for the teasing Kiba would inevitably eventually give her in return.

"Akamaru and I are better on ground.." he huffed at Kakashi's question. "Since we have two sensory types, I should stay on ground and you should run through the trees above me. That way we broaden our scent range, air and ground."

"I can agree to that," For once Adela kept her speech short, still rather red as she tied her scarf firmly around mid-thigh -- making sure that it showed no loose ends and wouldn't stray away from her in the middle of a fight by tying the ends together. The rules just stated it had to be visible, not easy to grab.

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