A Cold Day (Open)

[quicksilver]

<sup>The day was cold and dreary, made more so by the storm that had been raging for several days now. The winds tore across the open plains, coating everything in layer of white snow. Nothing moved in the stillness of the night. Three figures then appeared out of nowhere and stood motionless in the snow. Their featureless head moved from side to side, looking for something or someone. Despite the white parkas that they wore, the wind still sunk its frozen teeth into their bodies, freezing them to the bone. They stood in a triangular formation which gave them the ability to view every side. Raising his hand into the air, the leader told his men to scatter. In an instant, they disappeared from sight and spread out to look for the target.

The lead ninja had moved north, heading towards a small pond near the edge of the field. Upon reaching the shore, he bent down to get a drink since the pond wasn't totally frozen. As he scooped the water in his hand and brought it up to his mouth, he noticed something moving near the far side, on the surface of the water. He squinted his eyes, trying to focus in on it through the storm. Then, his eyes went wide as a sharp paint surged through his body. Forcing his head to move, he looked down to see a shuriken protruding from his chest. Dropping to his knees, the ninja vanished in a cloud of smoke, the only trace of him was the shuriken that laid on the shore. Looking around, he remained perfectly still as he tried to detect the enemy. The wind howled as he stood there, poised to strike at the slightest hint of trouble. Before he new it, a thin cable had wrapped him up and completely confined his movements. As he struggled, a bright light came from behind him and grew brighter as it neared him. Turning around, the ninja came face to face with a massive fireball and it was move straight up the cable, right towards him. He tried to get free, but it was too late. The fireball hit and the clone vanished with a poof.

Seeing the large glow of the flame, the third ninja knew that he wasn't alone out there. Reaching down, he drew a kunai out of the white cloak he wore and held it at the ready in his right hand. He wouldn't be caught off guard by anyone, even if they were using the snow as cover. Then, the sky cleared in an instant. There, standing not ten feet from him, stood the lone assailant. The pair faced each other as the last traces of the jutsu vanished from the area. "You look surprised. Kirigakure no Jutsu (hiding mist jutsu) is very effective, even in subzero climates. The only difference is that instead of rain..." The man vanishes and reappears behind the ninja. "You get snow." With a single slash, the shadow clone vanishes, leaving Hiro alone in the field. "Even fighting myself isn't a challenge anymore. Better go find some one to fight." With that, he turns to leave the area, hoping to find some one to spar with on the way.</sup>

[Seirei]

Rykou was traveling through the fields, after being forced out of Kirigakure once more by the Mizukage. He was in a fould mood and looking for a fight. 'Old hag...what makes her so special? One day I'll kill her, and I'll lead Kirigakure to glory...' hethought as he went along the way. From afar, he saw a young ninja, who seemed to be walking back to the village. 'Poor fool...you're in the wrong place, at the wrong time...kid.' He thought as he created cover by using the Hidden Mist Technique. He started to move quietly at his target, making no sound and readying a kunai, with wich to kill the kid.

[quicksilver]

^{His faced twisted into an evil smile. The ninja was well aware that there was someone else there. The day was once more blocked out by the mists that swirled around on the ground and floated through the air. In the colder temperatures, the mists turned to snow again, making the climate just another one of his weapons. Preforming the hand signs, his cloak turned into an exact match of his cold and white background. Taking a deep breath, the ninja fell to the ground and waited for the enemy to walk near him. Meanwhile, another Hiro moved silently through the storm, edging towards the last known position of the other guy. Underneath the white hood, his intoxicating pale blue eyes shifted from one side to the other, looking for some one to kill. Then, all movement stopped, allowing Hiro to become his surroundings, blending in perfectly. "I'll kill him here and take his forehead protector as my prize."}

[Seirei]

Rykou stopped all movement and crouched down. He kept his eyes on the look out for his target, who had seemed to notice him. 'The hunt is on...this fool is going to die here today...and there's nothing he can do about it...' He felt movement close by. And in one fluid movement stood and stuck the chest of the other with his elbow, he quickly turned and usuing his Ketsueki Genkotsu technique, struck the other once more, with a blow that would shatter his sternum, only to find out it was a clone. He smirked as he quickly and quietly moved to another position, surely his opponent would have known where he was had he stayed there. Now, once again, Rykou crouched, and held silent, still keeping an everlasting look out for any sighns of movement. He made a snow clone and sent it out, too search for the enemy. ' This guy is clever...but I am Rykou...terror of the Mist...' he thought.

[quicksilver]

_{Another smile passed over his face. Waiting for a moment, Hiro copied himself another three times and dispersed through out the area around this other players position with different parts of the same message. When all the clones got into their assigned positions, he gave them the order to commence the first part of the operation. The first clone then started. "You'll find that I am more than just clever. I can also kill you with great ease." Finishing his part, he vanished and moved to the next objective point. The second clone, upon hearing the end of the first ones statement, started with his section of the message. "This is my element, my training ground and my style of combat. When I'm finished with you, you'll wish that you hadn't left the town." When he finished, like the first one, he sped off towards the next checkpoint in the operation. The final shadow clone was the key to the whole thing. Before he had even started the final segment of the message, he was all ready en route to the checkpoint. As he moved, he finally started. "You can always leave now. I will not kill if you leave now. But, if you so chose to stay and test your luck, you will find yourself in a body bag and your name on a memorial plaque. Choose wisely, ninja."}

[Seirei]

The clone Rykou had created was still wandering aimlessly it seemed. "You know not my power...the Mizukage is the only match for me, a simple ninja such as yourself is of no threat....you don't even know who I am, and you belive yourself better? I've been in this game for a long time....and I always win. I should be offering you a deal that would save you...but then again...it is not my style....I prefer to have your head...." said the clone, the real Rykou was silently activating his Kekkei Genkai, wich would allow him to pin point the location of his opponent with ease. After a moment, Rykou made two more copies of himself and sent the clones to attack his opponent's clones, while he ran, full speed at his true opponent, with hands raised and ready to deliver a killing blow.

[quicksilver]

_{Hiro was delighted at this turned of events. He pulled his arms back into the cloak and gabbed something from his pockets. "This will do very nicely." Letting his arms fall back down to his sides, he turned his head around and glanced at the surrounding area. "You think that you're better than me? We'll just see about that, now come and get you prick!" Once again reaching into the cloak, he pulled out three shuriken from another pocket. With pinpoint accuracy, Hiro threw each one into the snow, straight at his clones. With a familiar poof, each one vanished in a plume of smoke and left Hiro alone in the cold snow. Hiro then started to force as much chakra as he could spare into his hands and readied for the final strike.}

[Seirei]

"Hah!!!!" exclaimed an exilirated Rykou, noticing the shift in chakra from the body to his hand. The Rykou clones dissapeared with a poof also. Rykou kept to his goal, running full speed at the kid, who was now more visible, as Rykou had decreased the thickness of the Mist. When he was within striking distance of his opponent, Rykou thrusted an arm, with the full intent of shatering any bone he could possibly reach. With his finger tips chaneling chakra, if the hit found it's mark, his opponent could easily be killed. "You die now!!!!!" he yelled.

[quicksilver]

_{Hiro was very pleased with this mans determination as it would prove to be his downfall. Closing on him fast, Hiro saw that he had abandon all safety so he could kill him. Despite the measures that he had taken, Hiro pushed more charkra into his hands as a last resort, in case the main defense failed to stop him. Fiver feet out, Hiro struck. Two large nails shot forth from the ground and stuck into the mans feet, stopping him dead in his tracks. That ever popular evil smile appeared on Hiro's face once more. "It looks as if your were mistaken boyo, you will die here, no me." With that, Hiro vanishedand appeared behind him with the smile still on his face. "Once I perform the dragon symbol, you wil die quickly, but still very painfully. Now, are you ready to die?" Hiro wasn't concerned with the answer, he just wanted to play with the him, get some fun in before he died. With a sigh, Hiro formed the dragon sign and said "Yorashin."}

[Seirei]

"Heh...clever little fool...." siad the clone as it vanished. The real Rykou stood behind Hiro. "Did you really think I would be that easy to kill? You overestimate yourself and you underestimate your opponents greatly...and now, you're in a bad situation..." Rykou pulled out a kunai and held it to Hiro's neck. "I've never encountered such a pathetic ninja...I know of Genin who could kill you..." said Rykou. He was still chaneling chakra to his palms and decided to knock the kid out. Striking quickly at the kids back bone, Rykou sent a rush of chakra through the kids body, wich would cause an unmeasurable amount of pain to Hiro. Stepping back, Rykou went into battle stance and once more stuck the kid with another chakra blast. "Heh...dead, as you should be...." he smirked.

[quicksilver]

_{The chakra surged through his body, stopping him dead in his tracks. Stumbling, he turned around to face his attacker with a smile on his face. "You honestly think I wasn't prepared for this? You're a bigger idiot than I first thought, aren't you boyo? Now, I'm gunna kill you dead this time and I would be thankful if you stayed dead this time." With that, he vanished in a cloud of water vapor and left the man to think about what he had done. He wasn't given long though, as the real Hiro had already gotten his next move ready and was about to execute it. From the ground underneath the man, the words "Doton: Shinju Zanshu no Jutsu" were heard. In a flurry of earth, Hiro burst out of the ground and gabbed onto the guy, swapping places with him and placing him into the ground. Landing just in front of the now imprisoned man, Hiro turned and faced him. "I told you little prick, I'm better than you and this proves it. Now to claim my prize." Pulling a kunai out of his sleeve, Hiro crouched down and lined the kunai up with his head. Pulling his arm back, Hiro thrust it towards the imprisoned mans head.}

[Meomi]

Meomi appeared walking through a path. "Hi...i think." She said to the man. She started baking up as she said that. "i...think i am lost...but then again i dont know where i am suppose to go aether..." Meomi thought for a minute. She put her hand out waiting to shake his.

[quicksilver]

_{Hiro stood there, wind whistling passed him. His face was concealed behind the cloak he was sporting. "i...think i am lost...but then again i don't know where i am suppose to go either..." She was shaking a little but it was barely noticeable. The kunai in his hand felt cold against his bare hands as the wind picked the snow up and blew it in Hiro's face. "Where are you going? d**n storm." Letting the kunai fall to the ground, Hiro made his hand signs. "Futon: Daitoppa!" The winds increase ten fold and in an instant the snows and mists vanished, revieling a beautiful field. Turning his attention back to the girl, Hiro became more demanding. "So where are you trying to go?"}

[Meomi]

Meomi put her hand down. "I dont know...i have been out for a few days and...well..forgot." Meomi looked confessed. "But- Oh! Thats right! I have to get something from a man that is suppoust to live around here." Meomi looked around."But i may have went the wrong way..." Meomi looked at the guy waiting for him to say something.

[quicksilver]

_{Hiro smirked. He was glad that he wasn't stuck with this girl for anything. "You really are an idiot aren't you?" Hiro was done with this moron. He turned the opposite way and started to leave. The sky had cleared up greatly since he dispersed the mists and snow. The sun was even starting come out from behind the cloud cover that had been over the area for a few days now. After moving a short distance from the girl, Hiro stopped and looked back over his shoulder. "If you don't want to freeze, then I suggest you follow me, ditz." With that, he turned around and continued back to the village and frankly he didn't care if she followed or not.}