Peculiar young boy thinks: A beast?
Abunai Genai yells: A beast of untold power?! Ka-ching! I'm gonna gut it! Sell its meat!
The foreboding teen says: ...
Hiroka thinks: More worried about the rivaling parties, shit will get lit.
Kazue thinks: ..She could cut some meat on that thick arse, it's kinda painful to watch.
Tora slips into the front line, pushing away the red-haired boy.
You grab The man of one face.
You release them.
Little boy has his back to Ao because he can.
You grab The man of one face.
You release them.
Aogetsu hummed, voice loud and heavy with authority. In truth the Jounin was coolly counting on losing half of her forces but the Daimyo had given his orders and there was little to do.

"Your orders are to wait for my signal and then attack it. Be wary of Konoha-nin. Word has it that they are headed there as well. Capture shinobi if possible, kill if necessary. This is an opportunity to thin out their ranks. Once we near the location, gather around me. Follow the commands of those higher in rank and experience on the battlefield and stay alive!"

Aogetsu began moving out slowly.

"It has been spotted south of Riverwatch. Let's head out!"

[One map south of Riverwatch. Regroup around me once you get there]
Abunai Genai whispers: [you wouldn't happen to have bukispec, would you aoba?]
Aoba whispers: [I still have 90 pp in the bank.]
Tora promptly dashes after Aogetsu. "Got it."
Tora says: I saw it.
Mei asks: Where?
Tora 's look is dead-serious. He'd be shivering if he hadn't experienced hell a few times. "A blue cat. It's huge and it was on fire. Blue fire." he voices to the Jounin Commander.
Aogetsu says: I see...
Aogetsu asks: Position?
Mei says: .. What the..
Eri asks: Blue fire..?
Tora says: The broken Iron Temple.
Tora says: East of here.
Hiroka says: Huh.
The ground began to shake all around those near the temple. Something was definitly moving and it was -big-.
Tora draws out a kunai.
Eri grips the fence to hold herself stable.
Hiroka felt the ground quake beneathe his feet, letting out a sigh.

"Stressed."
A weary eyed male comes to a stop glancing about.
Mei steadies herself as the ground trembles beneath their feet. ".. Oh dear."
Tora says: Water users better be ready.
The foreboding teen looks about after feeling tremors. That was something new.

"...What exactly are we up against?"
Tora says: A giant cat.
Eri says: Two-tailed cat thing.
The foreboding teen says: ...
Aogetsu steadied herself grimly.

"A bijuu." The woman stated simply, the foul chakra of the beast hanging in the air.
Tora says: The enemy is a giant, blue cat. It's probably angry since some blue fire is burning it.
Mei asks: Bijuu?
Eri says: .. That's not very giant.
Mei says: Oh shit
Peculiar young boy 's shaken a tad bit by the unsettling rumbling.
"Huh?" And that's when his awareness perked up. The male's hands were forced together at the chest level. From the male's being, chakra permeated to stretch across the plains. He's coated by an unusual aura.
"Hrn.."
A weary eyed male rides it.
Peculiar young boy thinks: So many chakra signatures..
Smaller Blue-Fire Beast releases a loud roar from its mouth as it can be seen charging straight towards the group of Kiri shinobi. Its mouth would begin to open as three large balls of blue flames were shot straight towards the group, attempting to engulf all those who weren't paying attention with severe flames.

It seems people were trying to interrupt the beasts rather peaceful sleep. That was something that was not going to be allowed to happen.
Eri yells: Watch out!
Mei yells: Look out!
Aogetsu says: Suiton-users!
Aogetsu yells: Now is your time! Do your best to keep mobile, all of you!
Eri 's feet take to padding up in a pellucid blue. The woman is at the forefront of their problems, but she seeks to make a quick getaway in a flash of light, accelerating to speeds one would think she couldn't reach. It's a narrow evasion that leaves her leaping over to the right side in energy-infused haunches, "Break away! We're all sitting ducks if we're together!"
Peculiar young boy 's alarmed as the beast made its appearanc- No..! It didn't even have to be seen. It could be felt through its large reserves. It's far greater than the usual chakra signatures he'd find around on a regular day..!
It startled the teenager and stumbled backwards..! His eyes were opened wide upon the sighting of the creature. Such chakra reserves were far from normal and he knew that.

"W-W-W-what is this?" he managed through his teeth.

"Something's coming!" he warned. Perks of being a sensor. He rolled out of his position a tad bit to gain some distance.
The ground would shake once more as the small beast of flame released a mighty roar.
A weary eyed male didn't understand why he postioned himself infront of the crowd, he simply watched the blue flaming beast of fury charge, his eyes forming squints as he let out a faint huff; fireballs began to swarm into their location at immense speed, swiftly his body contorted as it shot itself into the air, up and over with soles covered in a faint blue hue of chakra as he now become airborn.
A smoldering entity's approach alarms her – without even trying very hard she picked up on its extreme temperatures, at first presuming there was a fire spreading just ahead. Except there was no smoke in the skies. Odd. Imagine her surprise when it turns out to be a beast made of fire!

"Holy shit," blurts out the blacksmith as she ran for cover.
(Abunai Genai)
Hiroka thinks: And she wanted to gut the thing.
Mei shifts her body, hands cramming into a handseal as water builds up and is released forwards, a massive wave of water being shot forth from the Hozuki's mouth, heading directly for the encroaching flames with the intention to put them out before they managed to reach the group.

"Suiton: Bakusui Shoha!"

Her gaze would narrow as her legs move, the girl intending to shift herself out towards the river upon with the bridge the beast was standing on crossed.
Tora 's ears perch  at the monstrousity and the kunai in his hand is dropped in a milisecond "It's coming!" he alerts his comrades. His hands contort into seals as he sees it.

His lips part and an engulfing tidal force leaves his maw. A technique akin to a waterfall leakage, yet it carried a lot of pressure and volume, as well. It seeks to collide with the incoming fireballs and pelt the cat right after. If that didn't work? He'd immediately jump away as nimble as a domestic cat without his heavy armor in attempt to avoid the projectile attacks.
Aogetsu Smaller Blue-Fire Beast releases a loud roar from its mouth as it can be seen charging straight towards the group of Kiri shinobi. Its mouth would begin to open as three large balls of blue flames were shot straight towards the group, attempting to engulf all those who weren't paying attention with severe flames.

It seems people were trying to interrupt the beasts rather peaceful sleep. That was something that was not going to be allowed to happen.
(REPOST)
A black-haired male immediately took a leap to his left, almost instinctively so. The destroying spheres were certainly headed for the main bulk of the group. Handseals are weaven, the male's chest suddenly expanding to nearly twice its normal size. It was a simpler Mizurappa, aimed at one of the three incoming spheres of flame. The jutsu would hardly stop the sphere by itself, though played its part in helping defend the more exposed of the group.
Hiroka blinked, his ears perking up at the sign of the beasts arrival. He'd already be weaving seals as he leaped to the side, taking in a quick breathe. His lips pursed up before releasing a turrent of water at the fireballs that made their way towards the squad. He listened to the orders, but made sure he was out of it's path beforehand, hoping the combined strength of his, and his team's water was enough to stop the incoming attack.

"Holy shit."
Kazue dashed along with Izaki to the scene, her heavy armor and not very fast legs having her lag behind. When she finaly spotted the siillouhettes of her comrades, the warning shouts of the Kiri-nin travelled to her ears even from such a distance. Despite the best efforts of theirs to battle the fiery orbs, she leaped to the side, practicaly faceplanting as she covered her head. Not a very good manouver, but one saving her from a very unpleasant warm-up.
Eri thinks: .. Tsk. It's times like these we should thank the gods that our village specializes in water style.
Aogetsu moves, blurring and appearing at the wall lining the majestic bridge, perching on it and observing. This thing did not match what she had been told of the creatures of it's class. A being like this couldn't possibly wreak as much havoc as he reports had stated.

Her shinobi could handle this, she had faith in them.
Aoba was caught by surprise at the sudden barrage of flames. He strung together a small set of handseals, firing a torrent water from his pursed lips to aid the others in their efforts at stopping the flames. He was still taken back by this - just what were they facing? It didn't look like a monster. It felt much more than just the average wild animal.
Whipper snapper whispers faintly.
Little boy arrived to the battlefield only to see a massive chakra entity roar loudly at the group and release what seemed to be blue flames which rushed towards them. The Chakra entity moved rather quickly and IZaki had to react even quicker, being the furtherst away from the creature he was at an advantage. He quickly channeled chakra into his feet and leapt to the south, following Kazue. He placed his hands in his pouch and got a hold of a few shuriken. He stood there eyeing his target ready to make his move.
Eri asks: So much for sending this thing to the butchery huh, Abunai?
Tora says: Now's not the time for jokes.
Sanae ditched her cloak, and revealed her shiny borrowed armor. The girl is strapped in gear, weapons adorning her figure from head to toe. Pulling out both wakizashi, she'd look at the creature with a scowl on her face.

 "Disgusting!" She yelled, attributing the beasts likeness to a cat caught on fire. She'd point one of her wakizashi at the thing.

 "I'll put it out of its misery!" She yells again, claiming her kill before she acts.
Mei thinks: If we can bring the bridge down and get it into the water..
The foreboding teen remains right where he was, even though he was uncertain whether or not someone was actually going to handle the incoming fireballs. Seems some did, which was a relief. Saino wasn't a quick mover when it came to covering distance. The teen gazes at the large creature, noticing the composition of it. It looked like chakra, or some kind of etheric fire material.

Saino sees it as something that probably couldn't even be fought with physical abilities. He was still unsure, and there was only one way to find out. The heat of the fireballs despite the distance away they were was a testament to the threat this thing was. Getting close might not have been an option. If that was the case, he'd be useless.

So the teen starts walking north, figuring that suiton users were going to do their thing.
Whipper snapper - that hold he had on his club? As soon as Satan's favorite pet cat lets out a scream to let everyone know its hungry, it gets a hell of a lot tighter. And sweaty. Whipper snappers ankles begin to tremble like the starving street rat he is. Luckily for him, while not to this degree, fear is a sensation that's run through his veins several times before. It doesn't completely seize him up.

Instincts tell him to tip toe behind the devil horned teenager. Why? Maybe because he figured, at the moment, the specialize in the same sort of close quarters bullshit.

The three fireballs would smash into the onslaught of suiton jutsus as a -large- amount of steam could be seen coming from the impact. However, through the combine jutsus of the Kirigakure shinobi, the fireballs would shrink to the size of tennis balls, showing the intensity of the flames that came from the beast. One of them would slam into the tree south-west of Kazue and the other two would slam into the ground behind the shinobi. Each would cause a large explosion of blue flame, creating a wall of fire to prevent any escape.

The blue continued its charge as it was now positioned in the middle of the group. Both of its tails would move to slam into Sanae and Saino as it sends out a single claw towards Tora. Each attack had strength and speed behind it, showing that no one should underestimate the beast.
(Smaller Blue-Fire Beast)
Aogetsu yells: Scatter!
A black-haired male was quick to weave several more handseals. He'd turn to front the dangerous beast, his chest expanding once more. Cocking his head back, the male's body was prepared for what was to follow: Another torrent of highly-pressurized water followed towards the flamelike beast, the teenager attempting to 'extinguish' it somehow - naturally mistaken for the beast's true nature.
"Well said, injured one!"

It wasn't the time for jokes, but it was the time to make another rescue. This thing moved fast, and so she yet again had to keep her wits about her. She was hopeful her friends too could do the same thing, but instinct kicks in above all else, and it's not long after that her body begins to shine with that signature glow. It was an--

             [ o v e r - f l o w! ]

                            And one that gave her the speed and agility she needed in order to make another fast-acting rescue to save a possibly unsuspecting swordsman from a fatal blow. Her hand wrenches out to grip by his sleeve, only to yank forward once more and peel him from his current position, away from this creature. It's a narrow escape that she culminates with a rather agile leap backwards.

 Thank the stars she had enough control to boost her speed.
(Eri)
Mei shifts herself out onto the water now, body turning to face the swift beast that charged into the centre of the crowd. She barely had anything that could match it's speeds, and the sheer intensity of the flames it produced.. To even make a dent, she'd need to expend ridiculous amounts of chakra.

Her feet tapped onto the surface of the water, before she, with a push of her feet leapt onto the fence of the bridge, gaze set onto the tailed beast.
Hands moved, seals were formed, and a stream of water would shoot from her mouth and towards the back of the tailed monster, lacking in the normal intensity of the technique, yet compacted and filled with pressurized disorientating currents.
Eri asks: How's that!?
Peculiar young boy 's heard turned slowly upon the explosions. Fierce..! Should Harumo even be this close? Perhaps, it'd get him into even deeper trouble that he'd like. He's well aware of the large creature's movement, but he's hardly even able to keep up himself.
What's certain that he'd take advantage of the opportunity in which it attacked others. And with that, he made haste. A handseal and some were crafted and... Lightning erupts from his hands - rocketed forth in the form of an untamed sphere.

It would be aimed to accompany the masses of water.
A weary eyed male came landing upon the bridge where the blue firey beast of lore previously postioned itself, a small lingerment of sweat ran down his brow as he watched the beast continue to charge forth just nigh of missing it, he panted lowly but not from exhaustion but from utter disbelief. The meager amounts of steam from the fire balls connecting with the suiton obscured his view only momentarily as he took a knee on the bridge.

"Move.." he murmured not mostly for anyone to hear as he simply stayed back and watched.
Sanae watches the beast move with a quickness she can only attribute to magical snakes. The girl reacts just as quickly, however, her agility in close quarters at a peak to contend with the beast... Finally, a challange for her. Thinking on her feet, the girl forced chakra too her feet, propelling her body upwards, and only -just- avoiding the beasts charge with the help of everyone's jutsu's aimed at the flaming target.

 "Hng!!" The girl flies upwards, above the beast. From this vantage on high, she could see everyone, and feel the heat coming off the beast. Seems people where trying to extinguish it, smart, and though she lacked suiton, she could help too! The girls chakra shifts too her hands as she flips her wakizashi in a reverse grip. From her top-down vantage, the girl would clap her hands creating gale force winds to pressure down on the beast below. Her fuuton chakra is so strong and focused that it blows all the oxygen out from around the beast, starving the flames of that prescious catalyst it needs!
Hiroka kept his composure, even after watching tennisballs destroy shit. This had him excited, the fear forcing adrenaline to course through his veins. His body turned as he heard it's approach, legs pushing to the water, following after the Hozuki. His feet pressed against the water as seals were formed, taking in yet another breathe. He assumed since the beast was firey, suiton would suffice.

As he exhaled, a stream of water would shoot besides Meigetsu's, following up with her attack.
Whipper snapper skids to a stop. Now that was something new. Flames so hot, or perhaps chakra so potent - maybe it was the noise even - whatever the case may be, the kid could feel the beasts intimidating presence darting across the bridgeway like a cat out of Hell. Quicker than he's ever seen any actual, normal-sized person pull off, and the thing was nearly ten times their size. To be frank, it terrified him.

His eyes fire about the field like a bag of spilled marbles, while his heart pumps a mile a minute. Instincts ask him to take cover behind the bridge wall, and the kid has no choice but to oblige. Then finally, barefoot sound off against the river , pitting his back against wood.


Every so often he peers around the corner.
Plotting.
Little boy saw the small ball of fire hurl a few meters away form him and smash into the tree south-west of him. Izaki's heart jumped as he heard the explosion loud and clear. This was a real battle, no something he has ever been in. But he knew he had to stay focussed other wise he would  die right where he was stood. He had his handd ready in his pouch and he saw the larger chakra engulfed cat creature send its tails towards Saino and Sanae. On top of that the creature tried smashing its claws into Tora.

Izaki grabbed tree shuriken in each hand, and swung them out in one smooth motion. As he did so he coated the shuriken in chakra The left his little hands and flew towards the beast at a rather strange angle. They flew up from Izaki and made an arch in mid-air. As if they were sent from above they came bombarding down at the creature.
Hiroka thinks: Lightning probably won't cut it.
"I'unno about that! It's already char-broiled," mutters the blacksmith as she readies her crossbow. A magazine of explosive-tag arrows are loaded into place. "The fucker's made of fire! Drown the bastard! Drown 'im!"

The blacksmith swore. Its temperatures were intense – too intense to even think about getting close. If only she had taken those Suiton lessons. Clouds of steam choked down her airways and fireballs burst through the sauna of hell. Explosions to her six motivates her to head closer to the river. A few leaps carry her high enough to fire over heads. A series of bolts loosed with the crank of her weapon while heat licks at her heels and nape. Six in total. Burning, burning, until...

Kaboom! They'd detonate in the beast's face.
(Abunai Genai)
Eri yells: K'ch! Easier said than done!
Aoba leapt backward upon seeing the beast advance toward the group at almost instant speeds. He grit his teeth, being unable to react to much of anything. He crafts a few handseals, producing a doppleganger out of the pre-existing water. His body felt the heat and intensity of both the beast and the fireballs it had shot out previously. They were going to need a lot of water for this.
Tora 's eyes widen at the speed and even moreso the ferocity of the enormous feline. He's quick to react, glad that his legs weren't a subject to torture back in Konoha. His ears alone help him pin-point the location of the cat-beast amidst the residue of the evaporation process that Kirigakure created.
His body quickly twists -- a hand snatches him, a comrade of his aids him in the task of retreat.
"Holy fuck!" he yells out.
The youth is quick to boost their escape with a dodge of his own, skipping backward and using his two feet in conjunction with Eri's withdrawal.

A set of handseals, a small one is formed and clones burst out of the river that sat underneath the bridge, they quickly emerge, heading for the opposite side of the structure.
Kazue jerked her head upwards, staring wide-eyed at the blast into nearby tree.

Uh oh.

Her only two combat options were something she truly deemed quite useless in the matter, for the beast appeared to fight with the aid of fire. Surely there were enough Kirigakure-nin to bring the beast down, with their desire to shine in a spotlight. And with the intel she recieved from her Commander, this couldn't have been it, right? Nevertheless, it was time to conserve her stamina, a few handseals strung together, coating a convenient nearby object in her own chakra in preparation for a kawarimi, rolling away from the fire, sideways to rise and feet and finish up her spinning motion by facing the creature.
Kazue says: The bridge is imperative, lure it back to the bridge!
Kazue says: The bridge is imperative, lure it back to the bridge!
Eri thinks: Good grief. This thing is sometihng else. I don't think just letting it get swallowed by water will make it burn out.
Eri thinks: Good grief. This thing is sometihng else. I don't think just letting it get swallowed by water will make it burn out.
The foreboding teen was busy walking when he got a sudden ragdolled feeling in his body. He was tossed through the air by the sudden strike before he could react to feeling the rumbling of the charging beast. Loud cracks sound from Saino on impact with the tail, and he grunts as his body skips across the ground for a few moments.

Amazingly enough, the teen springs back onto his feet once the rolling stops. A deep purple bruise was already starting to form on his side, and he felt an odd sensation in his ribs when he moves; some sort of displacement that was a foreign concept to him finally made real with only one blow.

"...It cracked a bunch of my ribs. Don't get hit by it."

Something was confirmed for Saino at least, despite the damage he took. The hit was very physical...which meant in his mind that he could return the favor. The teen pulls the scarf around his neck off and loud bone cracking can be heard as his chest and arms sickly shift and twist about. He was getting ready to retaliate.
The foreboding teen was busy walking when he got a sudden ragdolled feeling in his body. He was tossed through the air by the sudden strike before he could react to feeling the rumbling of the charging beast. Loud cracks sound from Saino on impact with the tail, and he grunts as his body skips across the ground for a few moments.

Amazingly enough, the teen springs back onto his feet once the rolling stops. A deep purple bruise was already starting to form on his side, and he felt an odd sensation in his ribs when he moves; some sort of displacement that was a foreign concept to him finally made real with only one blow.

"...It cracked a bunch of my ribs. Don't get hit by it."

Something was confirmed for Saino at least, despite the damage he took. The hit was very physical...which meant in his mind that he could return the favor. The teen pulls the scarf around his neck off and loud bone cracking can be heard as his chest and arms sickly shift and twist about. He was getting ready to retaliate.
Aogetsu remained on the fence, realising that the beast moved with swiftness surpassing that of most of the shinobi under her command. The woman moved, fingers contorting and twisting as the Jounin expended a tiny amount of chakra to create six copies of herself from the stream below.

The copies wasted no time, moving to align themselves close to Aoba.
They too weaved handseals as Aogetsu showcased a manner of extraordinary control, chakra surging twice throughout her system as the clones remained stable.

Her shinobi needed an opening.

"Suiton: Mizurappa!"
As one the copies unleashed powerful streams of water at the beast, aiming to give everyone time.

"Attack!"

Aogetsu remained on the fence, realising that the beast moved with swiftness surpassing that of most of the shinobi under her command. The woman moved, fingers contorting and twisting as the Jounin expended a tiny amount of chakra to create six copies of herself from the stream below.

The copies wasted no time, moving to align themselves close to Aoba.
They too weaved handseals as Aogetsu showcased a manner of extraordinary control, chakra surging twice throughout her system as the clones remained stable.

Her shinobi needed an opening.

"Suiton: Mizurappa!"
As one the copies unleashed powerful streams of water at the beast, aiming to give everyone time.

"Attack!"