Protecting the Saltwater Deity [Private] [Ōsharu Kōkkai/Setōshi]

For a little over three hours the Mizukage had sat behind his big cherry wood desk filing away at paperwork concerning the village, all the while he kept extended his chakra to it's utmost max in search of the man that had caused an incidents earlier in the week. The first being an unknown and unmarked package that had arrived at the office, it was addressed to the Mizukage, but it had not returning address. A shinobi bearing traits of the Hyuuga was tasked with examining the package, it's contents were unidentifiable, but it did hold a mass of chakra. Taking no chances, Ōsharu used the Earth Release: Golem Technique and had it dispose of the package through ingestion, it's contents released in an explosion, but left no one harmed.

The one known as Tilean Wasp was making his presence known in the village and there was no doubt at who his next target was to be, thus the added protection by none other than his student. With his senses on high alert, Ōsharu was notified of the familiar chakra signature of his student. Within his minds eye he watched as his student's blue humanoid figure meet with that of his assistant. For whatever reason his assistant left, but the Mizukage paid no attention to it as Zephyr entered into the room. He flashed  a smile as he welcomed his student, then suddenly his face fell. Out of his peripheral vision he caught a glimpse of a glowing yellow object flying toward the giant glass window that overlooked the village, jumping over the desk the blue haired man wrapped his student in his arms while making the half-ram hand seal.

On the giant window overlooking the village fifty or so flying and glowing insects began to form a letter "T", this was the work of none other than Tilean Wasp. Upon wrapping himself around Zephyr a black liquid began to spew from his pores, in a matter of a fraction of a second the two had become encased in a sphere of black liquid, and with good timing. Just as this was done the glowing insects illuminated before causing a huge explosion that shattered glass and debris everywhere within the room. The Mizukage and his student had rolled out into the hallway were his technique was dispersed causing the lobby floor to become flooded with water. First checking to see if Zephyr was alright, Ōsharu then placed his hands in the clone seal and a puff of smoke filled the air.

As the smoke cleared three miniature versions of the Mizukage with abnormal sized heads and eyes stood in its wake, the pupils of their eyes were filled with bright stars as they looked up at their creator, the four exchanged a nod as they trailed one by one into the office. Although the squeaking noises that their feet made were typically comical in nature, the moment was not meant for jokes, his life was at stake, thus the trio went on ahead in search of the Wasp. Turning his attention back to Zephyr, he called out to her.


He knew the girl wouldn't be injured, his technique absorbed the pretty all of the force of the explosion and all of the shrapnel that had been launched, thus his tone of voice was playful all most daring. The excitement of the moment had his blood boiling, Tilean Wasp had dealt the first and second attack, rest assured the third was to be the Mizukage's, but first a battle of the senses was at foot.

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Jutsu Used:

Chakra Pool: 267.5 - 7.5 = 260
Word Count: 1,097 / 800

From the Chibi Trio's point of view, dust filled the air as they treaded carefully through the debris that littered the floor of what was left of the Mizukage's office. Leading clone came to a skidding halt right at the edge of where the window would be, the giant head of the clone scanned the area for any sign of the culprit responsible for the destruction, but to no prevail. The two other clones followed behind shortly, but unlike the first they misjudged their skidding distance and went knocking right into the first clone. Able to maintain some sort of balance upon being hit the first time, but with the additional weight of the third clone all three went flying out of the office. Fortunately, no harm cam to them as they formed a human chibi chain with the first clone holding on by a broken plank of wood, but this would not last long as the combined weight of the three began to take its toll. Panicking, their squeaky little voices argued with one another over who would take the plunge to save the other two, one hand had fallen and all but three fingers were left to hold them up. Then out of nowhere silence fell over the trio as a winged creature passed over the moon, it's broad shadow scaling the side of the building as it disappeared into the night. The top two clones looked down at the bottom before it rolled it's huge star filled eyes, it released its grasp from its siblings and soon hit the ground with one last squeak and a puff of smoke. The two worked tirelessly to pull themselves to safety before heading back toward their creator.

Following Zephyr down the stairs, the blue haired man's senses were on high alert despite knowing the Wasp would not be sensed, but the man hoped he would slip up by performing a jutsu, thus he searched. Upon the clone dispersing the information regarding the winged creature and the direction of it's travel transferred into the mind of the Mizukage causing him to stop, based upon it's direction and he and Zephy's location they were being led right to it. He reached out a hand to stop the girl but it was too late, the large doors opened revealing the Wasp. The man's physical features were difficult to distinguish due to the cover of the night with the exception of his two large artificially crafted wings which rapidly fluttered keeping the man a float as he looked down at the Kirigakure shinobi, small flashes of light flickered as the wasps that the man used in his jutsu swarmed around him. Wasting no time, Ōsharu darted passed his student and onto the village's streets, forcibly drawing the man's attention to him and off the girl. The Mizukage and his student had been paired together before on a mission, thus based upon the prior knowledge he felt more than confident that she could handle her own while he advanced.

"Damn! I can't have the village getting too messed up so much of my Suiton techniques are out . . . I do have that technique, but it's still in the process of working out the kin-" The Mizukage's thoughts were disrupted as he, viewed a swarm of angry wasps heading his way. More or less, instinct kicked in and his body began extending chakra throughout the ground below him calling out for something lying deep within the earths core. As the man's arms swung from the left to the right in a push and pull motion gray minerals began to release from the earth and form a barrier in front of him and the entrance to the building, the timing was spectacular as the wasps crashed into it and exploded on contact, minerals of sprayed everywhere. A cold stare was exchanged between the two men before Ōsharu made a thrusting motion with his hands, the salt that was left of the barrier in addition to an even greater amount derived from the earth was then sent at the man at blinding speeds, what lie ahead was unknown, but if the Wasp was not quick more than one problem would soon be on his hands.

The increasing sound of the squeaking footsteps of the two remaining clones filled the air and made known of their presence, after making their way down the stairs they took position on both sides of the Mizukage's student awaiting to be deployed be either Kirigakure shinobi at a moments notice.

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Jutsu Used/Trained:

Chakra Pool: 260 - 14.5 = 245.5
Word Count: 1,054/2,000

From an outsiders point of view, one could tell that something was definitely up with the Juudaime Mizukage's attack pattern. Unlike the smooth transitions and attack patterns seen with his Suiton | Water Release techniques, when it came to this new one things simply didn't flow. The fact of the matter was that despite blocking the small scale explosions caused by Tilean Wasp, the Mizukage's had very little experience with utilizing this form of Rock-Salt jutsu, thus his actions were limited to simple defenses. The information and experiences that his Chibi Bunshin experienced before their timely death flooded into Ōsharu's mind, this caused him to hesitate slightly and as such he paid a significant price. A small swarm of wasps bypassed his barrier of rock-salt and detonated ten (10 M) from his location, although not much of the heat factor was felt, the force sent the Mizukage slamming into his administration building. Smack Smack - Twice the sound of the man hitting the building then the soft damp earth below him, this feat earned a more then confident laugh from the Wasp as he began to fly in closer to take the life of the leader of the Village Hidden in Mist.

Tilean began a series of hand signs which upon their completion doubled the amount of glowing wasps that surrounded him, in his mind this final attack would be the finisher, but before he could send them off the crunching and severing of metal sounded in his ears as the blue haired student of the Mizukage dismembered the man's flying devices. Shaking off the effects of the blunt force he experienced from the explosion, Ōsharu viewed the end results of his student's work. A proud feeling washed over him as he saw the man flail helplessly as he fell to the ground, refusing to let this hinder him he began to weave a series hand signs before bringing his hands together and simulating a clap. He muttered to himself, "Doton: Chidōkaku | Earth Release: Moving Earth Core"


His thoughts were plagued by the success of his students attack on the Wasp, but the job was not over. Upon, the clap sounding the earth around the man rose skyward with incredible speed forming a twenty-five by twenty-five by twenty-five meter cube. Tilean's descending body met the earth with a great enough impact that caused a cloud of dirt and debris to rise up, there was no doubt that he would be left in an unconscious state. Ōsharu did not worry about affecting Aerie with the skyward moving earth, the descent  that she would make would allow ample time to see the technique spawning, thus providing time to prepare and/or brace for impact.

Upon both his student and the Wasp touching down on the earth Ōsharu began to mentally slow it's ascent until it came to a complete stop within the air, his hands began another series of hand signs only this time he stopped in the Half-Ram position. "Earth Release: Golem Technique", Ōsharu called out as one by one a pair of arms made of stone rose from the ground and pushed against it before sprouting a full blown Golem with the same characteristics. Meanwhile, the glowing wasps that were in the air flickered before falling to the ground and losing their luminescence, the Mizukage motioned the Golem forward through sheer will and it began scooping up and consuming the wasps. As its stoned teeth crunched on their bodies small pops could be heard before black smoke began streaming out of its mouth and nose, it then went over toward the assassin and laid upon him, thus preventing any other  movements.

"Aerie, nicely done utilizing the trio… Err…. Duo, in the execution of your attack! Very nice work indeed… Thanks! Because another second sooner and the village might be looking for their eleventh Mizukage…" The dark and velvety texture of the man's voice called out to his student before he gave a light hearted chuckle…

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Deciding it was time to get up from his state of relaxation Ōsharu canceled his clone technique, it would soon turn into a pile of salt before his student. His footsteps echoed as he made his way through the mist and stopping in adjacent position from where his clone was. "It would appear you have some admirers Zephyr . . ." Rather than awaiting a response, the man brought his hands together to form the clone seal, the following words were muttered as a cloud of smoke erupted in between him and his student. "Chibi Bunshin no Jutsu | Little Child Clone Technique" Upon the dissipation of the smoke, the trio of big headed clones rushed forward hugging at the girls legs. This managed to achieve a chuckle from the blue haired Mizukage. "So… It is your turn to show me the technique my young apprentice."  

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Mission(s) Completed:

Chakra Pool: 245.5 - 32 = 213.5  
Word Count: 830/800

The Chibi Bunshin trio that mimicked, for the most part, the physical characteristics of their creator had been shoved away from their new friend. One of three clone's eyes began to swell from being turned away from the blue-haired student of the Mizukage, it's attempt at sneaking back for another hug were stopped in entirely by it's siblings, thus forcing them to drag him back to their creator. Ōsharu giggled slightly as he thought back to what he thought back to the creation of this technique. At the age of fifteen, a younger version of the man had spent a year at the bottom of the sea surrounding Kirigakure no Sato as a training regime forced upon him by the people of his clan. Sometime during the little off time that he had, Ōsharu attempted the creation of clones through the use of the Kage Bunshin Technique, yet what he got were the Trio. Refusing to believe it was failure on his part, Ōsharu blamed it on the  water pressure of his environment, thus the reason behind their small and compact stature. Originally, they were thought of as useless, but over the course of time between then and the term he's served as Mizukage the Trio has shown to be nothing but useful with also providing a comedic value to any situation. Simply a slight escape from the harshness of the shinobi world.

With the trio back at his side Ōsharu watched on as Aerie  prepared the technique that he displayed. While his eyes scanned over her form, his chakra extended outward catching her within his range and allowing him to get a sense of how she molded and shaped her chakra. From the looks of things, the young girl was on the road to perfect imperfect copies, but he knew not to count his chickens before they hatched. Thus, he waited until the three clouds of smoke cleared revealing the miniature trio resembling his student. He chuckled at her success before giving a thumbs up out of approval. For quite some time the two sets of Trios interacted with one another while Ōsharu and Aerie discussed plans of their next meeting.

"Yep… Our next meeting will be soon, look out for a letter from a messenger bird in the near future.", and with that said the man and the trio disappeared into the mist.

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Chakra Pool: 245.5 - 32 = 213.5  
Word Count: 396