ri '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!"

Smaller Blue-Fire Beast released another roar as the Kaguya behind it was the only one to be hit by its attack, something that displeased it all together. The jutsus and weapons from all around the beast would meet its mark, but they would quickly find out that the beast wasn't just fast. The fire around the beast would grow much more intense as blue flames shot out all around it and attempt to cover those nearby in intense blue flames.

The raiton jutsu would pass through its body with little effect and the Mizurappas would be turn into nothing but steam.. Except for Aogetsu's. The beast would be sent towards the west as the mizurappa slammed into its' side, giving those around it an opening. The fuuton that came from above would remove some of its fire before it instantly reignited and became more intense while the explosive simply seemed to edge the beast on more.

It had to take a moment to regain itself after Aogetsu's Mizurappa. However, blue flames would rain down upon those that were near its previous location, causing them to focus on dodging if thy wish to survive.
Eri says: The commander's water style spreads a long distance and hits hard. Would getting it into the water even accomplish anything?...
Yezu thinks: ..Well that one is alot smaller at least.
Sanae  Beast released another roar as the Kaguya behind it was the only one to be hit by its attack, something that displeased it all together. The jutsus and weapons from all around the beast would meet its mark, but they would quickly find out that the beast wasn't just fast. The fire around the beast would grow much more intense as blue flames shot out all around it and attempt to cover those nearby in intense blue flames.

The raiton jutsu would pass through its body with little effect and the Mizurappas would be turn into nothing but steam.. Except for Aogetsu's. The beast would be sent towards the west as the mizurappa slammed into its' side, giving those around it an opening. The fuuton that came from above would remove some of its fire before it instantly reignited and became more intense while the explosive simply seemed to edge the beast on more.

It had to take a moment to regain itself after Aogetsu's Mizurappa. However, blue flames would rain down upon those that were near its previous location, causing them to focus on dodging if thy wish to survive.

(REPOST
Aoba Smaller Blue-Fire Beast released another roar as the Kaguya behind it was the only one to be hit by its attack, something that displeased it all together. The jutsus and weapons from all around the beast would meet its mark, but they would quickly find out that the beast wasn't just fast. The fire around the beast would grow much more intense as blue flames shot out all around it and attempt to cover those nearby in intense blue flames.

The raiton jutsu would pass through its body with little effect and the Mizurappas would be turn into nothing but steam.. Except for Aogetsu's. The beast would be sent towards the west as the mizurappa slammed into its' side, giving those around it an opening. The fuuton that came from above would remove some of its fire before it instantly reignited and became more intense while the explosive simply seemed to edge the beast on more.

It had to take a moment to regain itself after Aogetsu's Mizurappa. However, blue flames would rain down upon those that were near its previous location, causing them to focus on dodging if thy wish to survive.
Raiton did nothing, weapons didn't either, by the looks of it..and now there's a firestorm coming down on them. And the beast is in a very poor location for her kawarimi. Deadly fires on the left, risk of drowning on the right.. Luckily, Kazue was far enough for her not very fast feet help her flee the danger of barbeque red-heads, exactly where she suggested they lure the creature -- The bridge. There was absolutely no need for her to be here.
(Kazue)
Eri hisses. Each and every water style usage proved to be ineffective for the most part except for Aogetsu's, and nobody else within their squadron that she knew of currently had the concussive forced backed behind heir water style that could push the creature back the way she did. Some steam that had risen from the impact of fire and water is waved out of her face as she lurches out of the pall with another energy-infused leap.
 Her sandals shred the ground, and now the woman is back in place yet again.

"Ugh, how do we attack this thing? It keeps shrugging it off," she mumbles.

Group effort, maybe. Perhaps another healthy round of fire from her fellow shinobi would give her better insight on just how to combat this thing. They didn't have the Hozuki's strength, so they needed to figure out a better way of combatting it.
Mei leaps off the fence and onto the bridge. "Over here everybody! Let's move for the other side, bring it back onto the bridge!" she called out, repeating Kazue's orders.

Her hands would clasp together, water pulled from the nearby sources as the girl now begun to focus on weakening the structure of the bridge, so that once the beast stepped onto it, it would collapse underneath it's weight.

Water would shoot from her hands, cutting through the wood as her priority seemed to alter. Dumping it into a massive body of water seemed to be the way to go in dealing with this. The bridge would be a small price to pay.
Eri thinks: Well, guess we have no other choice. Bridge it is.
Tora 's clones close in on the bridge, now taking the side of which no one yet stood. They say there in wait.

Tora? He's doing something else, closing in on the beast. The monster had marked him, after all. He seems more glad to see it than actually getting angered at it. What was it made out of anyways?

A set count of seals are made before he utilizes the condensation that's still lingering in the air and forms a massive, dark raincloud. How nifty.
Was the swordsman always this good with jutsu? Had anyone actually seen this one before? It didn't matter.

It's a vast work of mothernature, accompanied by the keen use of chakra for preservation, truly. The massive raincloud's downpour is instant, dousing the flames of the cat consistently with seemingly no end to it. It even leaks down onto the ground beneath it!
Tora says: Pin it down.
It was like something out of a monster-flick. If such a thing existed in this universe. Try as they may to damage the beast, it seemed impossible a task – flames spread promotes her retreat further onto the bridge.  Her explosives in particular seemed to piss the creature off rather than harm him greatly. But! It was all the simple brawler blacksmith could provide without ending up a charred husk by getting closer.

Another series of arrows sailed from her weapon of choice, heeding the bridge plan – explosives dangled from their ends. They did not detonate yet. The blacksmith would wait until they had it properly lured and everyone was clear.
"Roger!"
(Abunai Genai)
Izaki's weapons made their mark succesfully, but this was no time for celebrating. Suddenly the beast unleashed a  wave of yet again blue flames. Izaki had to be quick, he didn't want to get burned after all. Once more Izaki gathered chakra in his feet, to give him a little boost of speed, and increase his chance of escaping the flames. He would move towards the the direction which put him out of the way of the flames. But now he was in more trouble, he was directly infront of the beast, just at a rather bigger distance than before. He began to create a sting of five handseals. This jutsu would hopefully come in handy in the near future, just like Kazue said. Afterwards his hands ventured into his hip pouch and stayed there, ready to strike when he could.
(Little boy)
The foreboding teen had his full attention on the beast now that it was too close for comfort. All the attacks and what not came in, and he jumps back after seeing the flames expand and threaten to burn him to a crisp. His retreat was simply out of instinct, not taking whatever plan the group was trying to come up with into account. There was yelling all over the place, and Saino was one to drown out attempts to make order when chaos was going on.

He moves north in his leap, landing with grace and keeping his eyes on the giant cat.
Sanae lands from her suimen leap, and rolls backwards out of the flames. The girl had taken note that her fuuton had at-least had -some- effect. Hearing Meigetsu, Sanae would do just that, and ran towards Mei, making her way over the bridge. If this thing wanted to kill her so bad, it would have to come over the bridge to do so.

 "Hng!!"
A weary eyed male stayed in his kneeled postion, the sudden push of Nibi by Aogetsu caused it to fall out of his field of divination, luckly he was still far enough not to feel the immense heat and wrath of the scorching fireballs that began to rain down upon the Kirigakure group.

A log gargled huff escaped the Kaguya's lips as he began to make his way forth slowly, he wasn't going to get any where by keeping his distance and standing afar. The words of Meigetsu slowly entered his ears causing it to halt his movements for a mere second in order to respond before he strutted onward.
Peculiar young boy fell backwards. Man.. This just wasn't working.
"Darn it.." He knew that his techniques weren't getting through. Even most of his comrade's techniques weren't putting much on the large creature. Instead of going with the useless onslaught, the teenage genin made some distance and crafted a single yet complex handseals.
He doesn't attack. Instead, he'd do what he could do. He'd radiate energy from his being with hopes of getting a reading of chakra signatures around. Could they be the only ones around? He'd be able to tell.
A black-haired male 's eyes briefly widened as the beast hopped once more, bearing a surprising speed upon its form. The cyan-shaded flames would soon engulf the area despite the shinobi's best attempts to punish the beast's prideful charge. A nimble leap backwards was taken by the black-haired male which was now aware of the sheer futility of directly engaging the beast. Now standing from a distance he judged to be safe enough, the male came down to a single knee, forming a lone handseal with his hands.

It was a futile struggle to go against the beast, he thought. The flames that previously emerged from its body seemed hot - hot enough to turn Amaka's Mizurappa to steam. He'd look at the beast and focus, likely waiting for the right moment to strike lest he was turned to dust by the monster's raging flames.
Aoba ducked his head as an explosion of blue flames produced itself at the center of the battle - the beast's previous position - and scattered all around the area. He was likely shielded from the hailing flames with the help of Aogetsu, but just to be sure, he began to head toward the water.
"Just keep firing water at it and we'll try and follow up with raiton to stun it."
His clone shot a beam of water directly at the beast, though it probably did nothing more than wet it a bit.
Aoba strung together a large set of seals, running past his clone.
A weary eyed male whispers faintly.
Abunai Genai thinks: Damn. Where's the Yuki when you need 'em?
Whipper snapper peeks out from his wooden cover every so often like a groundhog in some twisted game of whack-a-mole. Every instance produced a new image - people in different places, a new burned spot or crater in the ground, but most importantly the smoldering spirit creature in a different position. Orders fire off in his left ear, telling whipper snapper to be on the bridge. Who was he to disagree?
Vaulting over the wall with his bare feet and a little help from chakra, he's over there in seconds.
Hiroka nodded, agreeing with the bridge idea, it's not like they had much to work with. However he wouldn't go to stand on it himself, he'd simply begin back stepping,  slowly backing towards the other side of the bridge. Handseals were prepared, getting himself ready if some shit was about to go down.

"Well damn.." he let out, holding his hands close to his chest.
Hiroka thinks: Yep.
Hiroka thinks: Mixing em' will probably be better.
Tora thinks: That's not what I saw. Why is it so small?
Kazue thinks: Why's everyone so bloody damned fast?!
Mei thinks: If we can get everyone over to the other side, and get it onto the bridge and have it be submerged, perhaps there will be enough water to deal with it's fire
Eri yells: Oi, Izaki! Get back!

The woman was focused on the beast still, her clones having reformed. Their amplified technique took chakra and moisture from them but alas, they still needed more time.

"Draw it towards the bridge! Make your way over!" Aogetsu echoed the others, continuously forcing herself to not look in the direction of the ruins. That was surely where the larger one remained, but for now she needed to make sure as many of the shinobi as possible made it through alive.

They were performing admirably.

All six of her clones weaved handseals and waited, ready to unleash another combined stream of water but waiting for a signal.
(Aogetsu)
Mei yells: Move for the other side, get it onto the bridge!
Peculiar young boy thinks: Knew I should have made a better technique..
Smaller Blue-Fire Beast seemed rather agitated and it was clear from its movements. Both of its tails slam into the ground behind it, causing the ground to shake from the pure strength of it. Fire began to build up around its sights were set to the last people that were on its sight of the bridge. All the fire that it had to spread around earlier would begin to wrap around the beast as the rain from Tora's technique seemed to have little effect on it.

Bringing its hind legs back, it shoots off the ground at immense speed before spinning its body. A vortex of flames would begin to form around its body before shooting out towards Aoba, Eri and Tora's direction. The flames were intense and the speed and swiftness of the beast kept it moving forwards as it hopefully would be able to incinerate all those who didn't wish to flee with their allies. It was pissed and it was going to kill all those that were close to it.
Whipper snapper had finally come up with an idea. Well, one that didn't involve him being evaporated by the great adversary. Hopefully. Whipper snapper puts together a mixed medley of hand signs, none important but the end result was.

And you thought one copy of whipper snapper was bad? Try three. Two body doubles of the hooded deviant flicker into place at each side of his original person. They both stare at the original, gulping, "You don't expect us to--" before the original shouts,

"GO."

Maybe if there were more bodies in the vicinity of the hell-cat, it would take a bit of the stress of the situation away from the ACTUAL people.
Aoba 's body evaporates, a plume of smoke engulfs his entire figure. It seemed that the flames would have incinerated Aoba's body completely. As the smoke fades, a barely humanoid figure lays on the ground - the body is barely human. The skin on his figure had flaked off and his body was completely scarred and singed.
Skiddly-dee went Kazues legs, hurrying away from the fiery death that was soon bound to follow and attack them. Absolutely terrified from both the feeling of uselesness in the situation and from the intense heat, the redhead continued her fleeing attempts, lightly shaken by the minor earthquake from beasts tail-slam. But..atleast people listened to her order. Not all was awful, right?

Right as she aproached the first line of her comrades, she focused chakra to the soles of her feet, leaping over them!
(Kazue)
Mei barked out more words as she continued to back herself up, the bridge adequately rigged now. "Clear away from the bridge, cross over and onto the water if you must!"

She swerved, leaping onto the fence, water pulling towards her hand as several droplet spears shot forth from an orb of water in her hand, straight towards the beast. She moved, hopping onto the water near the other side. She was too far out, her techniques weren't fast enough to reach Tora, Aoba and Eri in time. Their best chance would be for Aogetsu to douse the beast and them with water.

"Aoba, Tora and Eri need help!"


Sanae she had to act if people where going to get out of here alive. The girl would run to the other side of the bridge as she escapes across it. Seeing the beast attacking her village mates, she'd act. She didn't care about them, specifically, but losing numbers only meant they'd be even weaker as a village than they already are. Thinking tactically, she'd make the same move as before as she baits the beast across the bridge.

 "Haaa!!" Her hands come together, clapping harshly. A gale of wind blasts towards the beast, her chakra powered wind choking out the beasts flames, and hopefully giving her team a reprieve from the heat, allowing them escape.
A feather haired magnate had poofed. Its body had been replaced by the real Aoba. A kawarimi had been set previously. Aoba could be seen as a blur, whizzing out from the blue flames from such close range with a push of chakra from the soles of his feet.
Peculiar young boy kept his distance. Although, he does move around the field a bit. He made haste with moving for the other side of the bridge during this time. He can't necessarily combat this creature himself like the others. His ninjutsu wasn't potent enough to do a thing to this being.

'Come on... Why this?' he thought.
A weary eyed male trailed backwards.
The cloud merely follows the Nibi, constantly pelting with its vast amount of raindrops. An annoyment that was working as intended. The small droplets barrage it from the back, as if exposing its weakness in attempt to make it run straight into the river - a much more plausible source that would work.

And Tora? He's reacting yet again, it seems. His soles dance with a blue hue, it swiftly culminating itself to a burst. The youth is proppeled into the air and back, floating above the riverbank. Sadly, though, his armored chest catches fire, and it melts the piece of Genai steel in the process with the swiftness of a sprinting cheetah.

"Shit!" he curses, clicking off the product before the fire engulfs him entirely. It falls down into the river.
His clones? They turn, trotting as fast as they could in attempt to most literally attack the Bijuu with their bare fists!
(Tora)
A weary eyed male thinks: So fast.. So agile..
Abunai Genai carries on – her crossbow latched back to its home at her hip. There's a twinge of fear had in heart for the sight of the beast barreling towards Eri, Tora, and strawberry blond, but there was no time to express it. This was some dangerous shit!
As the ground shook Izaki lost his balance and began to stumble backwards, but his little feet were pretty agile and he managed to regain his balance. His heart was pounding, and his mouth was dry. He was scared, really scared. He ran south-south-east as he saw the beast jump into the air and land by the bridge, in-between a few of his comerades. Izaki's hands were still in his pouch as he arrived on the other side of the small tree. This time he brought out a kunai from his pouch. It had a explosive tag wrapped around it's hilt. Izaki tossed it just infront of the beast. It began to sizzle in during its flight. The Kunai's target was the beasts face and the aim of this attack was to slightly daze the creature, if that was even possible. If all went according to plan, the explosive tag would explode just infront of it's face.
(Little boy)
Kazue thinks: Run, run run run. Nothing you can do here. Ruuuun.
Tora picks up Genai Light Armor.
Mei thinks: Onto the bridge or into the river, it doesn't matter.. as long as it's over or inside water
The foreboding teen moves toward the water once the beast's attention was diverted. He wasn't nearly quick enough to do anything about the next attack. But there were plenty of others around that were in positions to.
Yezu thinks: Eh..Small.
Hiroka formed three handseals with ease as he continued moving, a nimbus of smoke appearing at his side. As it vanished another Hiroka could be seen following after him. They'd scan the area, looking over towards the pussy-cat. Shit was heavy, and he'd have to analyze everything before jumping in without thought.

"Eh.." he managed to get out, watching people lay down attacks, fleeing towards the bridge, etcetera. He wouldn't attack just yet, taking in the enviroment, a sigh escaping his lips as he watched. "Hunting turned into being hunted, fun."
Eri 's eyes widen. The woman turns around the very moment she sees a light that made it seem as though she were about to meet her marker. There isn't any time to save Tora this time around when they were being shot at from such a close distance, and the very moment she is able to contain her senses, she is on a fast track to seal weaving, turning around simultaneously and vanishing in a poof of smoke. Her main endeavor is to get the hell out of the way before she ends up as nothing more than ashes. The fire rips on by and nicks her, even within the midst of her accelerated flight.

The resulting fire spreads wild and over the armor that she wore, burning her, but sparing her from a rather terrible fate. The armor is popped off and sent tumbling into the riverbed down below, and now the woman is resting atop the water with the use of water-walking.

".. That was close."

  A grunt, and now she slowly brings herself up to a stand. Her face is racked in sweat. They were playing a game of cat and mouse, and Eri? She was the mouse right now.

"Get closer to the bridge. Go, go, go!"

It's a last ditch effort into defeating this lesser spawn of something better, more magnificent and powerful. They needed to get this thing in the water and drown it out.
Eri thinks: .. Augh, my head.
The clones mentioned previously had failed to rect, getting evaporated by the bijuu's flames. The original remained in place on the fence, fingers twisting into seals and waiting.

"Move, move children! Things will only get more difficult from here!"
(Aogetsu)
Eri nearly topples over again.
Kazue thinks: Why is this blasted armor so heavy.