Searching for an apprentice. (Kidate, possibly others).

Liquefying his body, the water took him down with it, but in this form there was more comfort then anything else. Upon reaching the large body of water he resolidified his body and began to think to himself, "What an ass that cat is, a real jerk...I hope he's proud of himself." Reaching the surface, he looked at the individual on all four and spoke,"Your a jerk", then proceeded to follow the others.

Masahiro laughed at Kidate's display of power.

"Very good Kidate! However, you'll eventually have to overcome your fear of water, now for instance may be a good time."

Masahiro's staff was pointing to a spot in the shallow water, where then entrance to a before hidden cave could be found. Masahiro then dove in, swimming through to the end, and back up and into an underground cave. Leaping from the water, he landed on the rocky shores, surveying his surroundings. This was the spot from Naizu's vision. A solid strip of rock, a small lake on one side, from where they had entered and a cliff at the other, opening to a massive underground grotto. The ceiling was glistening with cold ice and rock, and the massive drop off lead on into nothing but jagged rocks at the bottom, and darkness. Waiting for his followers to gather Masahiro spoke when all were ready.

"I am Masahiro, the Snow-Peak Sage. Each of you have been chosen, or rather drawn to me, as each of you now have a chance to become none other then my own apprentice. It is here, within this cave, which you shall get to know very well over the course of the next few years, that you shall be tested. First, we will see which of you may even earn the right to call yourself my apprentice." Most of this must have sounded ridiculous to the jounins, however, to be trained by a legendary sannin was an honour, no matter what rank or skill one had already achieved, there was no power greater then the power of a sage. Whether the younger nin had time for these thoughts or not was hard to say however, for as Masahiro ended his speech he tapped his staff upon the water's surface, sealing off the only entrance or exit to the cave in a solid block of ice, unthawable by even the strongest of fire techniques. The snow peak sage then formed a hand seal, and clones formed out of the ice. Contrary to normal clones, these clones were not in his image, they resembled any nin, many Masahiro had previously fought. Some had swords or daggers, while others had no weapons, but may have been larger or more slender. The ice clones then charged, Masahiro disappearing completely as they did so.

Naizu's vision, was about to come true.

((Skip Hadu, since he is waiting on approval))

[[Sorry for DP]]

Kidate, miserable and soaked, took up a crouching stance as the group of clone-ninja appeared. He hissed at the lot of them, the fur on his tail standing on end. With one shaking motion, he sent all of the water from his clothing and fur off of his body. The droplets would soon form into needles, and the needles would come down upon the first several ninja to near him. Kidate was not in the mood for playing around, and not in the mood to work as a team. Kidate was soon stabbed by a sword, arching his back as if in pain. However, when the man would look back to his body it would be his empty suit of Gyouan armor. Hanging from the roof of the underground cave, Kidate hissed once again. From the ice around him would form twelve sparrows, each flying toward enemies behind the two who were also competing for apprenticeship. They flew down upon the shinobi and cleared through their chests with ease, disappearing shortly after.

Jutsu Used~
Sensatsu Suishou - Death by a Thousand Flying Water Needles
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Sensatsu Suishou is a Ninjutsu technique. To create the needles, Kidate forms the needed hand seal and then kicks water into the air with his foot. The water then rises into the air and takes the form of a thousand needles. These needles then come raining down on his target.

Tsubame Fubuki - Snow Storm Swallows
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m), Mid (5m ~ 10m)
Type: Attack
Hyouton • Tsubame Fubuki is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Ice Element. Kidate will create ice swallows which he can launch at her opponent. As they fly through the air, these deadly birds can hone in on their target. A sufficiently hot enough counter can melt the ice swallows.

Naizu began to scan across and count the clones with his oakegan, but upon doing so he noticed two clones coming from his side disturbing the count. "Clones, clones, clones...I suppose I'll have my creations have a little fun" he said to himself. He summoned a great mass of his creations to try to clear out as quickly as possible, two clones of which were exactly identical to Naizu. The three of them picked an area and leaped high into the air forming signs for their boiling water ball technique as a great massive ball of boiling water came roaring in three separate directions. As he finished the jutsu, he notice one other clone coming from kidate's blind side as he landed and he sprinted towards him trying to knock him out the way only to notice it was only his armor.

Mashairo watched, hidden well from any type of eyesight as the battle ensued, eventually all clones falling to the stronger nin.

Interesting, let's see how they deal with a stronger opponent.

As the last clone collapsed Masahiro returned to the battlefield, forming out of a puddle of water using the water replacement technique. "Well done troops, phase two." Spinning his staff once, Masahiro held it loosely behind his back in his right hand, lowering himself into a fighting position. He then raised one arm forward, not directly beckoning his opposition, but definitely allowing them to understand that phase two meant competing against him.

Kidate sighed as he dropped from the ceiling, spiraling toward the ground like a bird. He somehow landed on his feet, much like a cat would. Staring at the man with the staff, he smiled at him and took up a crouching stance. No idea how a staff works in combat...The only one I owned was given to Sei-dono... Kidate thought to himself, the thought bringing back memories of his old Kazekage. He quickly pushed the thoughts aside, leaving them for a time when he was alone and not about to compete with his potential master. He looked to Naizu and nodded at him, as if Naizu would understand what that meant. His head tilted slightly to the left, indicating that Naizu should move that way. However, if Naizu didn't watch carefully it would most likely come off as Kidate just trying to get a better view. He smiled at the sage and nodded at him as well. "Finally a challenge? Clones are nuisances. They should rarely be used for combat." He said, his aggravation with the clones showing.

Naizu's clones landed next to him from the prior attack, which seemed to be a success. The clones and naizu mixed themselves up and two mistified else where. He looked at Kidate, still a bit pissed that he soaked him with the attack prior to the arrival to this underground area. He smirked and spoke "I got you when this is done, you wont sleep very happy. But for now..." he said looking at the ceiling for a split second, then back at the felined jounin. He smiled knowing his partner knew there was something above him and watched to see what happend. "I wonder if this technique is ready?" he said to himself, speaking of a jutsu he'd been working on prior to the adventure while watching the transpiring events unfold.

Masahiro smiled, wasting not time and deciding to fulfill Kidate's request for a challenge.

"So be it then, a challenge you shall receive... COLD SNAP!"

Stomping his foot on the ground and forming a one handed seal, a blast of chakra resonated from Masahiro. As it rushed past his opponent's and filled the cave, the temperature began to drop dramatically. Soon it would be to a point where even human metabolism would stop dead. Unless his opponent's found a way to heat themselves within the next moment or two, they would be paralyzed until the technique ended.

Aisu Sunappu - Cold Snap
Art: Hijutsu
Rank: S
Type: Attack
Range: Any
Description: Hyouton - Aisu Sunappu is a ninjutsu technique requiring the mastery of the ice element. The ninja will form hand seals and release an amazing amount of ice chakra. This chakra then bursts from the user covering a wide area in seconds. As it spreads, the chakra decreases the ambient temperature to -300 degrees celsius (-508 Fahrenheit, -27,000 Kelvin). This burst of cold will then freeze anything on contact, not only creating a winter wonder land for the Hyouton user to now use but stopping all nearby enemies in their tracks.
Note: This technique does not kill. As the temperature drops so quickly and so fast, it will flash freeze and place any living objects into suspended animation. The temperature only lasts while chakra is left on the field, as soon as it dissipates, standard climate returns.
Limit: Hyouton Element.

Kidate cursed, as he felt his temperature dropping. Thinking quickly, he activated the correct hand seals, and his hair began to sprout outward and grow. It wrapped itself around his body, keeping his body temperature in him. Still shivering despite his attempts, he was able to remain alive. "Dude, this sucks...Can you turn the heat back on?" Kidate called out through chattering teeth. While in the bundled mess he couldn't move his arms properly, there was no ninjutsu for now.

Jutsu Used~
Hari Jizou - Underworld Guardian Spikes
Rank: B
Range: Close (0m ~ 5m)
Type: Attack, Defense
After forming the needed hand seals, the user's hair will grow in length to surround and protect his body. In this form it also becomes ridged and spiked, forming a layer of protection from direct strikes and blows.

[[This might be a bit far-fetched...but cut me some slack here! Running on three days without sleep xD]]

Naizu used his fire affinity to heat his body via chakra. "Kid will you quit complaining, grow a set and follow suit" Naizu said hoping to anger the fury half feline, thinking he like to out do his comrades. Naizu whipped out six scrolls and went to stage three with his oakegan. His hands went through seals at an immense speed and the scrolls began to glow. A few seconds later, a huge energy bursted and an enormous 3 headed beast was created. Next, Naizu created a 3 sets of hell clones. "Ok, its time to heat things up" he said as 6 more sets of hell clones came racing from different directions. "Do it" he said as the clones dropped to the ground."JUMP" he yelled to kidate leaping into the air as the clones exploded and the beast began launching fire balls around the space.

Masahiro continued to remain still. Although the fiery attacks would be enough to balance out the temperature to at least survivable levels, there was little to no way it would remove the ice. As far as he was concerned he was definitely in control at the moment, being on the offensive. As a fire ball came his way, he swung his staff through it, the air following extinguishing it, he then formed more hand seals, and held his free arm outstretched.

"Hisan Chidori!"

In moment's, the sage's entire arm was brimming with electricity, placing his staff into the holder on his back, he then bolted, firing his body off with extreme speed towards the roof of cave. As he hit, he jumped again aiming for the larger 3 headed beast. Striking with the Hisan Chidori, Masahiro went through it, tearing it to pieces. Still heading for the ground, his technique stopped after it ploughed into the ice a few feet in front of the two jounin, sending shards of frozen liquid their way. One hand buried in the ground, Masahiro's free hand made a single handed seal, just as the cloud of granular ice blocked him from view.

"Hyourou no Jutsu!"

As he sent chakra into the ice, rows and rows of it rose up, all as complex lattices in front of him. Growing quickly, they reached into the air to attempt to trap his opponents.

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Hisan Chidori - Flying Thousand Birds
Art: Ninjutsu
Rank: S
Type: Attack
Range: Close (0m-5m)
Masahiro's upgraded version of the chidori, requiring more chakra and more chakra control. First, he starts by channeling as much of his lightning chakra down his arm as possible, forming the chidori, it's from here that the technique changes. He will then take the time to mold the chakra into the shape of a falcon, strengthening the over all performance of the technique. As the beak forms around his flattened hand, the falcon's wings form themselves out of Masahiro's arm. Using an extreme amount of speed, which then causes a blinding tunnel effect for the user, Masahiro will then rush in to strike his opponent, piercing them with a hole that may easily be five feet in diameter. As Masahiro charges, the drawn out shriek of a large predatory bird can be heard..
Limit: Raiton Element.

Hyourou no Jutsu - Ice Prison Technique
Art: Ninjutsu
Rank: C
Type: Defense + Supplementary
Range: Close (0-5m), Mid (5-10m)
Description: After forming the needed hand seals, the user will touch the ground, causing columns of ice to rise from the ground at a foe. If caught, the ice will rise up around the target and imprison them. The user can also use this technique as a defensive measure, raising the ice to form a shield against incoming attacks.
* Note: Can only fully block a technique of a lower rank.
Limit: Hyouton Element.

Kida didn't flinch as the ice pillars rose up in an attempt to capture him. He knew the jutsu inside an out, having mastered it himself. With a smirk he released the hair technique and launched himself into the air. He didn't have the fire element but he could substitute. Kidate removed a cigarette from his back pouch, wrapping it in an explosive tag. Lighting the cigarette he threw it down toward the ice prison technique. Activating a few more hand seals, he raised his hand and launched a massive gale of wind chakra at the resulting explosion of fire and ash that the cigarette had formed. The gale strengthened the flames, spreading them out and making them even hotter. He smiled at the result, hoping that Naizu wouldn't be harmed by it.

Jutsu Used~
Name:Reppushou - Gale Wind Palm
Rank:C
Type:Attack
Effect:Fuuton • Reppushou is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Wind Element. After forming the needed hand seals, Nagato will send a strong gust of wind towards his target. When acting in conjunction with another thrown weapon, the wind can increase its power and deadliness.

"What the hell man, a cigarette? Those things are terrible, but what ever floats your boat" he said to Kidate. He looked at the prison and laughed at it finding it a joke that the man with the staff figured to underestimate the two jounin. Naizu created two paws of fire for his hands and bashed his way through the prison, no longer laughing or with a smile on his face. The jounin nodded and two offensive fire scrolls came flying into sight opposite each side of the staff wielder, unrolling as they rolled. The two other Naizu's had thrown them and one began to make handsigns immidiately after. Three clones surrounded the testing sage creating a barrier around him as two rapid streams of fire rushed towards him.

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Name:Fire scroll
Rank:-
Element:Fire
Description:Naizu carries three different element scrolls types of these scrolls, 4 offensive and 4 defensive. When combined with a water and fire scroll, a massive three headed beast can be created with the appropriate hand signs. Alone, the scrolls have different abilities: Offense-Opening this scroll and placing it onto the ground, Streams of flames shoot rapidly across the field expanding in height and width instantly.Defense-Two large shields of fire appear on Naizu's arms as he opens and puts his arms into `the scroll.

Name:Fire in Paw
Rank:B
Element:Fire
Description:Naizu summons a large portion of chakra and extends his arms. Upon doing this, Two
massive canine claws set a blaze are created. He can use these either to fight with or with
chakra emitted to his back, they can attach there allowing him to take flight at medium hight.
when attacked, these claws act as defense mechanisms and will block up to b ranked moves.
This has the duation of 10 post, declines one post for every attack blocked.


Name: Tri-Elemental Seal
Rank:A
Element: Steam/Water/Fire
Description: Three Clones (Water,Fire,Steam) are made and sorround the the enemy instanly. Placing their hand to the ground, they form a barrier around the foe. Entrances is only permitted as escaping is near impossible, however once in place the clones won't move. Upon establisment, every post (user), the barrier shrinks and within five post, This can only be used twice in battle and takes 2 post to prepare.The barrier is unaffected by Ninjutsu or Taijutsu.

Masahiro continued to stare straight forward, the explosion in front of him being the set up for his next technique as his ice lattice was blown apart. Watching as the flames roared, he felt heat increase from his sides as well. It was the perfect set up for his technique.

"Hair Winds!"

Forming a hand seal, four small tornados formed the corners of what would be a perfect square around Masahiro. Growing in size, they sucked the flame towards their center before getting even larger, growing up to meet over Mashairo's head to former an even larger wind tunnel. This tunnel then branched off in two directions, one heading for Kidate in mid air, the second aiming for Naizu. As the wind tunnels filled with flame twisted towards their target, the base of the wind structure rotated around Masahiro, creating a defensive cyclone that not only sucked in more of the flames, but also destroying the clones.

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Kamikaze - Hair Wind
Art: Ninjutsu
Rank: B
Type: Attack, Defensive
Range: Any
Description: Kamikaze is a Ninjutsu technique utilizing the Wind Element. To utilize this technique, the ninja will form hand seals, using chakra to guide accurate winds. He can then generate pillars of spiralling winds, or small tornados. Anything too close to this tornado will be thrown back, anything trapped within it will be torn to shreds. Additionally, the wind can be used to counter, or increase the potency of a fire technique.
Limit: Fuuton Element.