Girl's Gotta Get it! [Jounin Test]

Such a strange new world, everything I know and love is gone....even her. Kimiko could still recall waking up from what should have been her final sleep. Killed by her own curse mark creation in a twist of Irony. Time has done a number. Kimiko sat in an outstandingly tall tree in the training grounds of Tsukigakure village. It was a quaint place really and from her vantage she had a good view of it all. That certain somebody who had found her and helped her adjust to this new world hundreds of years later brought her here and helped her settle as a Tsuki Jounin and the most favorable candidate for the position of Jounin Commander. One of her responsibilities today was actually partially to help her get that promotion but Kimiko didn't accept it for that reason.


She had accepted this responsibility because it would give her a chance to help and teach a certain Kunoichi she's had her eye on. Kimiko has always had a softer side towards the fairer sex (except her) and she had a light shining in her eye's whn she met Fauna. As pretty as sin with spunk and passion. And her talent potential was definitely phenomenal. After keeping tabs on her and sending little anonymous gift's here and there to help with her training Kimiko unexpectedly had such a valuable opportunity drop in her lap and was given the chance to proctor Fauna's Jounin exam by Lord Tsukikage.

She agreed immediately not concerned if it helped her win the position she wanted and more concerned with if she could help this promising Kunoichi soar. It was nearly midday now and the test would begin in 10 minutes so preparing herself Kimiko jumped from the tree and landed light as sa feather in the biggest training ground in the area. This should be enough room.

It had been a long time coming for Fauna, even as she laid under her bedsheets, it was the day that her jonin exam was due to begin. She had received the letter for the exam from lord Tsukikage himself, at least, that was what the official seal on it told her.

As she sat up, rubbing her ruby red eyes from sleep, moving out of a mound of stuffed animals. The animals were no coincident since she had been receiving these anomalous gifts from someone for a while now. Sometimes it was some heels and other times it was medical equipment to tend to wounds she would get from training, especially after training the eight inner gates. It was stuff she very much appreciated, yet since it was anomalous, she had no way to thank this would-be admirer or at least, she presumed that's who it was, but there was no way to check, but none of the gifts were anomalous or anything and so, took them as such.

Taking a quick shower to ready herself for her big day, she quickly dried her hair and then styled it into her usual horned pigtails, wrapping them in red silk wrappings. Swiftly getting underwear on along with her mesh armor, she went through her outfits and decided on a red and black chinese-style dress with flowers on it and on the back was a crescent moon. She paired them with black heels with a crescent moon on the back of the heel and her black bandages that she wrapped around her fists and lower arms. Lastly, she quickly went over her make-up, applying her lipstick, red eyeshadow and eyeliner before heading downstairs.

She didn't want to eat too much, so just got herself some scrabbled egg on toast and once done, grabbed her ninja gear, including her father's sword, Zetsubo and her headband tied onto her obi. Then headed to wear the exam was to take place, at least, the place detailed in the letter from lord Tsukikage and went to the village's largest arena and arrived just in time as she saw another woman there with long black hair and skin as white as snow; definitely a looker, but guessing by the look of her checking the area, she was probably the proctor for her exam. She came in, heels clicking on the floor.

"Afternoon, I don't believe we've met, but am I right to say your my proctor for the jonin exam?" She said softly and polite, making sure this was the right place and to see how this woman responded.

Phew! Jiren stretched out a non-existant ache as he appeared on the branch Kimiko had just left. "Hmph. Not bad that little girl almost sensed me...Ah I must be getting old." Jiren had been waiting not to far away in another very tall tree that gave him a good vantage of the whole arena, but not nearly as tall as Kimiko's tree so that he wouldn't be exposed. He not only wanted to oversee the possible birth of another promising Jounin but to also judge the young lady he had found only a few years ago and who'd already grown into the village enough to be considered a canidate for Jounin commander. The two ladies had strong and reliable appearance's and that little girl Kimiko has certainly developed well....yes...that's right, very well....

jiren pretended as if his eye's had not been wandering in bad place's as his cheeks flushed only slightly and he nodded sagely as if giving an expert evaluation. "Ah it looks like they're going to start. Then shall we see what they have." Jiren erased any remainder of his little bit of presence as he watched with apt eye's as if he was an excited grandpa watching to of his beloved grand kids show off to him in attempt to make him proud. He absolutely wanted to see his grand kids succeed!

"Such good manners as expected you truly are a gem!" Kimiko's voice was full of a sultry drawl and she gave the young lady an appreciative smile before getting semi-serious. "That's right I'm your proctor this time. The name's Kimiko. JUST Kimiko." As Kimiko spoke she almost lazily made the hare sign and suddenly a fog seemed to roll in from seemingly nowhere. "As much as I'd love to chat your test begin's now!" With these words she allowed her figure to vanish as she started running off into the minature forest inside the arena leaving her first instruction's to the girl as she left. "Your first task is to either catch up or find me and once you've found me prevent me from escaping for one full minute. Once you've accomplished that then the next part of the exam will begin. Good Luck Daarrrrllllinnngggggg...."


As soon as she started to run she made two clones: one water and one lightning making sure to evenly distribute the chakra so that it'd be difficult to tell the difference even with sensing abilities. After that she clasped hands with her two clones until they were forming a small circle. At this point they were probably at least 15 feet away from their original position, and she and her clone's would start spinning rapidly in this circle until they're hard to distinguish like that game with the cups and ball. Finally when she stopped she'd use the force to fling the three Kimiko's in three different direction's in the forest.

The original would fly left, lightning center, and water right. Once these three landed in their respective forest path's they would each immediately take off. Checking to see if followed and if it looks like they can do so and maintain speed and distance they'd try to cover their tracks.

Jutsu Used/Chakra Expended:

Fauna simply nodded her head at the praise she gave her.

"Well, teaching seduction at the academy and being well-mannered is both good in general and a way to make you more likable" She said softly, watching her as she introduced herself as Kimiko before she made a hand seal and even as the jutsu activated, Fauna readied up.

"I know this one, this is...the hidden mist jutsu" She said as Kimiko vanished into the fog, leaving a message for Fauna, informing her of her first task was basically a elaborate game of cat and mouse. It was almost comical to see, but she knew Kimiko wasn't joking, even with the darling at the end.

"Playing cat and mouse, eh? never imaged playing a child's game for the exam, but if that's what I have to do, then it is what I must do" Fauna mutters to herself as she takes the note as she entered the forest and looking around, found easily the footprints in the ground from where Kimiko was running, only for it to be joined by two, identical footprints either side of the original.

"Ah, cleaver; using shadow clones to make finding the real one harder, although rather predictable way to buy time" Fauna says to herself as she looked at the tracks until she had gone 15 feet in where the three tracks had entered a clearing and disappeared. Checking the scene, it seemed there were three small circles of footprints as if they were spinning around.

"Strange, why were they spinning around? was it to choose a random direction to head in? They must be somewhere in the arena and this place isn't massive, so she can't of gone too far, only question is which way did they go? Since doing this covered which specific way they went, I'll have to do the same if I'm to stand a chance of finding her anytime soon" She ponders, putting her mind to work in order to show her deductive skills and tracking skills; something key in ninja work outside of combat. She stood up and made a hand seal, commonly used for the shadow clone jutsu before lightning surged from her like atoms before forming into two clones.

"As you said then, it's time to begin this game of cat and mouse. There's mainly three ways to go: they can't be behind us, so the only options is north, east or west. I'll head north and I'll send the two clones east and west, that should make sure I got all my bases covered. Right, let's go" Fauna said as the two shadow clones nodded before they all headed off into their respective directions, looking for Kimiko. She had them all stay in the trees to maintain a high ground advantage for the time being to aid in their attempts to track Kimiko down. The only thing now was seeing where Kimiko or her clones slipped up as they traveled, looking for any footprints, broken branches or any sign that someone had past through recently.

Chakra + Jutsus:

Water Kimiko:

Oof! Kimiko barely managed to grab the next branch before nearly falling...again. She could feel the other girl closing in on her but she was hardly surprised. Although they were made to look like they were the same it was more of an illusion as they'er actual power differed greatly from the original. And with only 1/10th of the original's strength she already knew she was the weakest length but she was not worried. Her purpose wasn't to get away after all. This spot should do. After arriving in a part of the forest with a lot of brush and trees to hide in she started jumping around the area breaking branches scattering bushes  and making numerous tracks as fast as she could for one minute in a 2 meter diameter going in circle's before abruptly erasing her presence and hiding nearby going still. While it may all seem like a pointless trap meant to mislead there was a certain pattern to the destruction as it was designed in a way that if you stopped and thought and studded it closely it would lead you right to her hiding spot. This was a test of general tracking skill's.

Jutsu Used/Chakra Expended:

Lightning Kimiko:

Without much trouble the distance between her and the girl flew by as she had half of the original's strength, but she paused here and there in half-leisure seemingly. After going for a bit she'd clearly only half-tried to cover her tracks as if she was not in a rush to throw her tail. After finding the place she was looking for she clearly saw a small clearing about half a meter in size with a circular shape with tree's completely surrounding and enshrouding the clearing. She waltzed into the clearing and activated the jutsu she'd prepared. Lightning Release: Lightning Beast Running Technique After she sent a hound tostang near the east of the clearing, a hound to stand near the west of the clearing, and one near the north. Then she spun wildly before settling on a hidden tree in between the south and the east and erased her presence, waited and watched. Once Fauna entered the clearing she'd throw her voice and inform "Find me if you can but one step from this clearing and you fail." After she'd allow her hounds to start attacking. This was a test of observation. When fighting enemy ninja's that mainly relied on long range stealth attacks like puppet user's this skill was essential for survival. If fauna paid close attention to the way the hounds attacked, their blind spot's and vision ranges she would be able to use these factors to determine where Kimiko was and attack there as these factors would be limited to Kimiko's vantage as well and what she could observe and see and her blind spots would affect how she controlled the hounds. Kimiko had done this herself plenty of times back in Suna with all the puppet user's there.

Jutsu Used/Chakra Expended:

Tsuki Kimiko (Original):

Kimiko zoomed off swiftly putting a great distance between the two. Hmmm...I'm sure she can manage but.... With Resolution she sensed Kimiko's whereabouts and saw to her delighted surprise that the girl had already figured out her use of clones but she was a bit dismayed at the....lackluster ....speed she seemed to be traveling at. Didn't her ninja Info Card say she was skilled in taijutsu? This part of the test needed rough skill and strength but mostly strength. She couldn't afford to have Fauna so far behind but she couldn't slow down too much or make it too easy. "This simply won't do how about this then....hehe....some....incentives." With a wicked and sultry smile Kimiko would stop here and there every few mile's and take out a scroll and quickly draw some very realistic looking and ...ahem....provocative drawings of Fauna and herself with some teasing lines as a caption. Enough to light a fire but not enough to raise an inferno. After doing this a few times she would keep going and keep her eye's on the Fauna following her to see if her incentive was enough to get the girl to move faster and use her taijutsu to try and catch up. She had already limited he speed to 1/4 for now (25). In this test so long as Fauna could catch up and touch even the sleeve of her kimono she would limit her speed to match the girl's so that it'd be easier for the girl to try and catch up with her...After all she held the main test and would need to be caught before they could continue to the final part of the exam!

Jutsu Used/Chakra Expended:

Overall chakra: 2440

Chakra Expended Total: 400

Total Chakra Left: 1,870

Fauna Yasenha (Original):

Something was suss; Fauna had been following the trail for a while now and the fact she was finding all this detail meant that she was being lead somewhere, so she had to be careful and when she approached the clearing from the tree tops, her instincts were right as there were three hounds of the lightning beast running jutsu active in the clearing as Kimiko's voice rang out, telling her she had to find her, but stepping out the clearing meant she was disqualified. She looked down and saw the hounds were patrolling, most likely going to attack her as soon as she dropped down and a three-on-one fight was never good odds, so she had to be cleaver and fortunately, she knew how to find Kimiko and it was using the very jutsu she had put into place.

As a user of lightning style and the lightning beast running jutsu, she knew its range was limited and also that each beast, no matter how many there were, always had a connection to the one controlling them via a cord of lightning like a puppet's strings when used by a puppet master ninja. It did not take her long with her knowledge of the jutsu to find the cord that lead to a hidden tree, trailing around it. She couldn't feel any chakra, but she guessed that she was using some kind of chakra suppression technique to hide it. However, she could never hide the cords and so, she descended down from the tree and into the clearing, but instead of stopping, she used her momentum to run past the hounds and following the trail right back to the tree they lead her to Kimiko. She drew her Zetsubo and pointed the tip at Kimiko's neck.

"I believe that's checkmate, at least one of three and don't think about moving; at this range, I'm sure I could cut your neck open before the lightning beast running jutsu your controlling got back here to stop me. Now, you the real one or one of the clones?" She said with a meaning air about her.

Fauna Clone (West):

The clone knew as much as the original that in terms of their base speed, she was never going to catch Kimiko, that's was for sure, but she was going to play the longer game since the thing with a cat and mouse game is that the cat can be patient and can wait till the mouse stops running around and stops to come out before the cat strikes. It was then she saw scrolls laying on the ground as she dashed above the ground, going from branch to branch and what was on them was, well...erotic pictures of Kimiko and Fauna, naked and in various sexual positions. She sighs.

"She's mocking me and trying to get a rise out of me by drawing lewd pictures. Gotta say that's a first, but get the point; I have to go faster, otherwise catching her is going to be near impossible since she's well aware that our base speeds are vast in difference and normally, I'd have no way to bridge that gap and although can't presume she doesn't know, I can't be sure she knows about my...unique jutsus. I guessing if she wants to see my potential, I'd best go about it" She said as red lightning coursed over her body, her eyes going to slits as the lightning covered her, causing her pigtails to raise upwards above her, appearing like devil horns, covered in lightning and ending with a little tail. She took a breath and looked in the distance to wear Kimiko was running.

"Fine, you want to see how fast I am? so be it with my own jutsu: Lesser Aura of the Lightning Devil jutsu" She said as she stopped for a moment, eyes locking onto Kimiko like a predator hunting prey before she pushed forwards and it was fairly clearly that her speed had risen dramatically as she landed on the ground and ran like living lightning, the speed enhancement of her jutsu meant now, catching her would be simple, although she was hoping not to use it till the real one got back, but she couldn't risk Kimiko getting away and so, she used it now.

Getting right close to her, she would aim to kick Kimiko upwards with shadow of the dancing leaf and then, once Kimiko was up in the air with her below her, she would come up, bringing up her right arm as it pulsed as thunder rumbled in the distance.

"Lesser Hammer of Raijin" She would call out before aiming a punch into Kimiko's gut with a lightning-powered punch with enough power in it to send a lightning bolt upwards like a beacon. She didn't have to worry about other people seeing it, she just had to make sure she was keep Kimiko where she was if this was the real one and punching her into the ground seemed a good way to keep her down for a little bit.

Chakra + Jutsu:

Fauna Clone (East):

The other clone arrived at the devastated area. The work was clearly decided to leave so much chaos to make it hard for someone to track them, basically instead of leaving no details, leaving too much. The clone knew Kimiko wasn't stupid and this was deliberate. The clone checked around the area of the destruction first. After a while, she had a idea: she knew the clone couldn't be too far away and all of this work would causing her to breath irregularly, even if it was not usually straining work. She closed her eyes and focused on her surroundings and with the area so quiet, it did not take too long to start hearing breathing; softly yet there. It was nasal as she was keeping herself to a low profile, yet whatever technique it was, she still had to breath and that would be her downfall. She focused in direction of the breathing and followed it, drawing her Zetsubo as she approached in Kimiko's direction.

"It wasn't a bad plan to cause all this mess: pretty sure most ninja would of been really screwed up by that, but as a teacher, I have to make a good example, plus I wouldn't be a good tracker ninja if I couldn't figure this out" She said, opening her eyes, sword drawn as she felt around for Kimiko, following her soft breathing to guide her to her and Fauna knew it was only a matter of time before she found her.

Jiren smiled kindly and a calm and loving grandfatherly aura exuded from him. If there had been anyone near him they would feel he was a kindly and sage old man from his current bearing but in truth inside Jiren was excited and giddy to the point of feeling bubbly. He looked over the happening's in the forest without missing a single detail and he couldn't help but cheer in his heart. Look at these bright little girls! Weren't they his beloved excellent ninja with potential that could shake the world? This definelty must be how a proud granddad feel seeing his grandkids becoming so successful! Jiren nodded in appreciation and suddenly let out a charming chuckle when he saw Kimiko's painting trick and his eye's shone with glee after seeing Fauna solve her first two test's and now she had caught up to that little fox it looked like his kids would be getting serious pretty soon...

"Well 2 trait's out of 4 confirmed. Very promising..."

Water Kimiko:


"Ah your speed you must be the original! My luck is the worst" With a cute pouty look she revealed herself but secretly she was very happy at Fauna's success and ignorant of her inaccuracy since she didn't know Fauna's actual speed was so low. This must be why she has the original so heated up even I feel a tingly feeling coursing over me now...ah.....this girl is so perfect it's dangerous. She sighed like a woman in love but the mood wasn't quite right, what was this confusing atmosphere? Only this insane lady and her clones would know. "You pass my portion with an S. You'd better hurry now..." Without explaining what she should hurry for the woman became a puddle of rose petal water with a intoxicating sweet scent left behind. Because she was also a drama queen.


Lightning Kimiko:

"Not bad young lady even better then I thought you could do! You've passed my portion with a double S (SS). Ah how I wish I could play with you some more...ah....well.....sooner or later...." With a mysterious smile She burst in a splash of lightning but if the lightning hit someone instead of hurting them it would just give a slight aphrodisiac effect leaving someone feeling more confident in their body then usual even if they were already very confident in it but not making them feel the need to do anything about it.


Tsuki Kimiko:

"Ah!?!" Kimiko was surprised for a second but only took a moment to react as the young lady struck out with the first move she would suddenly disappear and a bunch of moonstone's would fall down and replace her and she appeared directly behind the lady but the table's had turned considerably. Kimiko gave a rueful smile as she remembered the mark that used to be on her neck that had been gone ween she was revived. After all those years studying the curse mark I'll be forced to start over otherwise this.... She might not have regained her full power but she was still a Suna Jounin...uhm.....Tsuki now.

Kimiko took a stance she herself had never been super eager to learn all about Taijutsu so she couldn't remember any good one's but she knew plenty of good regular martial arts and sometimes that was enough. With a formal stance she stopped running away, it was useless against that speed anyway, and began moving her chakra in the places she would be about to get hit and absorbing the damage while trading a strike of her own at the moment of impact. After this went on for a minute she was suddenly substituted for rocks again and as if seeing something in the distance her body disappeared from the sight of the clone and not to long after the original Fauna would find Kimiko in front of her suddenly. Kimiko would give a charming smile and announce, "It's time for your final! Follow me." Then she would run off at a pace slightly faster then Fauna's normal speed and head back toward the center arena. When they made it back, this assuming Fauna followed like told, Kimiko would suddenly re-summon the same clones that had acted as Proctor's.


Water Release: Water Clone Technique. Lightning Release: Shadow Clone. Once the two clones were sumoned the original and the lightning clone would give the water clone a lecherous smile. "You were out first you know what that means!" "That's right! That's right!" With a sour look the water clone nodded and abruptly she was pushed back behind the two a few feet and a sagely looking old man appeared and grasped her neck in one arm using his other to hold a kunai to her throat. After which the lightning clone's body flickered and appeared behind Fauna.


"Alright doll this is your final test! Your proctor's are now your genin! One of your genin has been captured by this man behind me, fair warning this is a clone I've borrowed from Lord Tsuki himself, and your other genin (myself) seems to be under the enemy's control. Your last genin is with you she has the scroll that was the object of your current mission, however she has refused to attempt to escape alone she'd rather fight and die with you if it comes to it. You have five minute's to resolve this situation before that strange man kills your hostage and comes after your genin with the scroll most likely using your genin under his control as a shield. If the enemy obtains the scroll the mission your party invested so much in will fail however this once it may allow the enemy to have mercy and possibly spare you and your team. Alright begin!"


After explaining things Kimiko's original body moved preparing to attack with a kunai in one hand. it was clear her fighting power had been forcibly lowered to the standard of a prodigy genin. This was the most important test and the deciding factor. The test of leadership.

Fauna's clone (west):

It seemed like she avoided her lesser hammer with a substitution jutsu; a cleaver move to be sure to avoid the damage from it and she landed back down and after a few clashes of fists, she moved away with another substitution, a strange choice at first until she was gone completely and became aware that she had gone to see the original one. And going by the confidence in her voice, she didn't doubt her as a clone, which made her wonder how she would know since they were shadow clones; everything about them would be identical and only way Fauna knew how to tell who the real one would be is by using her blood sense, but she had yet to taste Kimiko's blood, so that was out the question.

Deciding to follow, she leaped into the treeline, but deactivated the lesser aura and instead, went with the stealthy approach and used the chakra suppression jutsu to hide her chakra so they wouldn't sense her chakra on approach.

Chakra + Jutsu:

Fauna's Clone (East):

Fauna listened as Kimiko explained she past her test and to hurry before she faded into a puddle. The clone sighed as she knew what this was: the water clone jutsu. Although it did tell her that the original couldn't be more then 30 meters away due to the limited range of the water clone. Hearing the conversation between the real Kimiko and the real Fauna, it seemed that they would be needed and to be careful and so, like her fellow clone, used the chakra suppression jutsu and headed to the location of the final test.

Chakra + jutsu:

Fauna Yasenha (Real):

Fauna listened as Kimiko gave her double SS for her portion before blowing up in a burst of lightning that although striking her, because of her shock-resistant mesh armor, the after effect it would of caused was simply absorbed into the mesh's fibers, causing them to glow a little before fading away. She then became aware of someone else and turned to see who she presumed was the real Kimiko standing before her, explaining that her final test was now ready and she was to follow.

"after you" She said and followed along after Kimiko, informing her clones of her exact position so they knew where to come. It was here that Kimiko revealed the final stage of her exam as she resummoned her two clones before the water clone was jumped by a elderly, yet strong looking man that Fauna recognized as the Tsukikage. She had guessed he had been watching, but she didn't think he was going to take a active roll in the exam. Once Kimiko finished explaining, she looked to the original Kimiko, who explained she was acting as if under the control of the Tsukikage and prepared a kunai for attack while the lightning clone was by her side and in this example situation, the clone possessed a scroll that was critical to the mission and that the clone will refuse to escape. This was a difficult situation and a unfortunately somewhat common one for new teams to face. She had to be careful, but she had a plan that involved her now hidden clones as they should of disappeared from their senses for the time being. She looked to the clone and whispered.

"I have a plan, but you'll need to trust me. Give me the scroll, then, I'll need to distract the mind controlled Kimiko; if you lead her west of here, I can stop her. The rest, just leave to me" She whispers, hoping the clone understood her plan as she looked at the Tsukikage and, hoping that the clone had giving her the "scroll", she would speak.

"I understand you've come to take what we have spent many days and nights seeking to acquire. I don't know what your intentions is with it, but let me offer a deal: Let my little one go and take me instead; I'm more valuable as a hostage and I know more about the hidden moon then genin. I won't resist at all, just let her go, unharmed, ok?" She said gently and confidently as if she had everything under control; her main priority was getting the other clone away from the clone of the Tsukikage. As a sign of good faith, she put away her Zetsubo back into its sheath. She then waited for his response while buying time for her clones to arrive.

Kimiko nodded after only a sleight hesitation, handing the scroll over, then in a burst of speed she sent a kunai flying at the original and started running west immediately as if she was running away with the scroll. With a spark of amused curiosity the original Kimiko obediently took the bait and chased after the other Kimiko. As they quickly disappeared into the forest again the scene in the center continued with Lord Jiren...

Jiren looked at the young lady before him with an intrigued expression as she revealed the scroll and the proposition. This little girl is truly interesting. Jiren had approval and curiosity warring in his heart. What would be her next step? Realistically there were a million different ways for him to call Kimiko back over but in regard to the hostage situation he had convinced Kimiko to let him have full authority of this part since he was helping out. Even if he was just a clone. Jiren was curious where this would lead so with the worst evil smile in the world (it looked more like a grampa teasing his granchild) he replied, "Very well then little moon fairy." With a flash he arrived before Fauna and released Kimiko and reached out to grab Fauna instead. "You're free little water fairy you should thank your Sensei, hehe." Kimiko put on the visage of a conflicted and ashamed genin facing a tough decision but in her mind she couldn't help scold Lord Tsuki in her mind a million times for his terrible acting. Could he get real please?

Fauna's Clone (west):

The clone made its way towards it when got some news that one of Kimiko's clones was being chased by the real one and was to take out the Kimiko chasing the clone. The clone itself knew it didn't have a lot of chakra left, but fortunately, it had enough to pull off what the original was planning and so, made its way into the pathway where the two Kimikos would be running and, once she locked eyes with the real Kimiko, cast the genjutsu known as Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing technique that would cause her to freeze in place physically while her mind would create a being of her worst fears. Once it connected, she would head down the tree and go to the clone.

"managed to stop her, but I'd suggest tying her up or something to make sure she can't come after us once she comes round" She explained.

Chakra + jutsu:

Fauna Yasenha (Real) + Fauna's Clone (East):

Fauna was happy he agreed, although in the time that people knew lord Tsukikage, he was many things, but a great actor wasn't one as he gave a terrible evil smile before letting the water clone of Kimiko go and coming up to take his grander prize of Fauna and the "scroll". As promised, she walked close to him and offered no resistance as he grabbed her.

"As I promised, I won't resist for I know you are far stronger then I, but if I must sacrifice myself for the betterment of the village, then I must, especially when its protecting my little ones" She said as her other clone had come, staying in the tree branches above them. It was true that the Tsukikage's clone had a hold of her, but this was exactly what she was counting on, meaning now, it would be much harder to dodge the attack her clone would make as the clone made the hand seals, pulling her arm back before thrusting forwards as a large, thin stream of red lightning, sounding like screaming birds shot forwards, aiming for the clone's neck. Once connected, the clone would use shape transformation and cause it to convulse inside the clone and spike through his throat and head. The real Fauna would then look at the Tsukikage's clone seriously.

"of course, like I would just hand you what took us weeks to gain and for me to give you the village secrets on a silver platter, if you truly believed that, then you are a fool like many others and as you will find, dead others" She said as she looked at the water clone Kimiko.

"You ok? it's safe now" She said to try and reassure the clone that it was safe.

Chakra + jutsu:

Kimiko felt the genjutsu settle around her and suddenly her mother's frigid cold eye's settled onto her. She nearly tore the genjutsu apart immediately but managed to control herself. A genin level ninja woul neither be able to tell they were under a genjutsu nor be able to do much about it. Breating through her nose and ignoring her surrounding she allowed this hard won victory.

Jiren listened to Fauna's speech a little confused but patient. He did not believe she would give up that easy and before long he'd gotten his answer as he saw from his original the hidden clone take action and with a smile Jiren's clone poofed himself just before the bloody scene would play off but timed perfectly so it seemed Fauna's attack had poofed him. After which Jiren sent a message to the original Kimiko and relieved she released the genjutsu on herself: Kai! With a flash she appeared in front of Fauna as her water clone dispersed after smiling and thanking Fauna for protecting her. Her lightning clone appeared behind her and bowed to Fauna before disappearing as well. Finally Jiren, the original, appeared before the two ladies. "That was masterfully done! Go ahead and take a look at your prize I approve of it." Saying this Jiren flicked a finger at the scrol and the seal on the scroll reacted to his chakra coming undone. Assuming she had looked into the scroll now she would see an official documentation of promotion to Jounin with her name on it and the Tsukikage's seal. "Welcome to the ranks of Jounin!" Kimiko would nod and nearly purr, "Indeed you certainly have earned it!"

The Fauna clone with Kimiko's lightning clone watched as the two left and, seeing it was no longer needed plus it's command from the original, it dispelled, turning to lightning and passing away like embers from flames as did the one in the trees, giving their knowledge and remaining chakra back to the original as the real Fauna saw Kimiko approaching, seeming very happy and the Tsukikage appeared in the flesh. She bowed softly, showing her ample cleavage from up top.

"You honor me with your presence, lord Tsukikage" she said, showing the leader of the hidden moon the respect he was due. She stood up and grabbed the scroll he tossed at her and read it, seeing it was her approval to jonin. She once again bowed.

"Thank you, Lord Tsukikage, Kimiko; I will do my best as a jonin and to be sure that I remain as a example to my fellow kunoichi to look up to" She said as she stood up, putting the scroll away.

"I'm glad for the praise, Kimiko, but now that I have become a jonin, what shall I do from here? I mean, in terms of right now I mean" She said to clarify, although even though she was promoted to jonin, something was clear; compared to her peers, she was weak and only thanks to her ninjutsu and quick, tactical thinking did she pull this off. She knew she had to get stronger and faster since without her aura, her attacks suffered the consequences of her lack of strength and her lack of speed was no laughing manner, but right now, she knew she should be celebrating her promotion, yet these thoughts dwelled in her mind.

chakra:

"Now? Now darling you follow your ninja way and become stronger! The youth of the village will be in our hands from here. I'm sure you've already seen some of your weaknesses and some of your strength's. For now focus on doing what you can to cover for your weaknesses and think of what you can do to enhance your strengths and allow them to flourish even more so. If you ever need help with this in the future come to My lab it's just outside the Kage residence to the right. I'd be happy to help guide you along your path!" After saying her piece Kimiko would nod then disappear with a body flicker and Jiren would pat Fauna's shoulder in encouragement before flickering away as well.

She took note of what Kimiko said before she left with the Tsukikage giving her a reassuring pat on the shoulder before leaving too. She took a breath.

"Yeah, I will because if don't get stronger, then I won't be able to protect my little ones and the people in the village, I just hope I'm ready" Fauna thought to herself before she also vanished, heading home to attend to other matters.

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