THIS IS MY BRIDGE [Group Clash]

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Kokoro wasn't sure for what reason she had accepted the ridiculous mission to battle for a bridge. Not only was she not interested in fighting for something that she wouldn't even be able to claim, but she was not one for the politics behind what these so-called clashes often turned out to be. But she had accepted the mission anyway, primarily because she was bored out of her mind and also because she felt a little exasperated due to recent activity. She admitted that she had been slacking, only doing a couple of group missions and hardly venturing out on her own. It had only hindered her performance as a shinobi and she guessed that it would reflect poorly on her reputation in Nikkousato. Of course, she didn't mind so much, but she always wanted to make her brother proud, seeing as he was so much stronger than her. Perhaps this fight would prove to be the motivation she needed to continue on her shinobi path, having once faltered in the past.

She knew nothing about who she was going to be teamed up with, nor who she was fighting against. But that didn't matter since she was only here to do her job and then to return back to the village. The black haired girl would make her way towards the bridge, wearing a simple black dress and soft leather boots. Her wakizashi was sheathed in her left hand and her weapon pouch strapped to her left thigh. She hadn't been here since she had somewhat recklessly kissed Kenji, the memories of the day creeping back into her mind as she found herself on Kataki Road. She would push her thoughts aside, focusing on the task at hand. As she neared the bridge she would smell two people, one who she faintly remembered having smelled before. It was a familiar scent that...didn't quite sit well with her. As she tried to recall where, the girl would find the two people on the bridge from a distance, both men had white hair. It seemed she was late, or at least not as early as she had hoped. The first man...his attire and his skin tone...her aquatic eyes did a once over of him...finally remembering the camp. She would near the bridge herself, her footsteps light.

"It seems I'm late..." she would say quietly, her eyes glancing from Shinigai to Xur. She would nod to the Kaguya first, hoping that he remembered who she was or at least where they had met before turning her attention to the stranger. He looked relatively short, shorter than she was. Kokoro would give him a respectful smile. "Sakuragi Kokoro." was all she had to offer.

How long had it been since Sojiro had taken a mission that's purpose was nice and clear? He thought about how he had gone up to the Mission Headquarters the day before to try and look for something that was interesting, before seeing something put up by a local businessman. Some rich asshole had used his money and men to force his man to give up his bridge, something that had been in his family for generations! It seemed that no one had wanted to take his request, since they knew the other man had more than enough money to throw around... But that was exactly why Sojiro decided to take the mission. It didn't really pay anything but he had been bored, the village not really giving him many chances to stretch his legs since he became S-Rank. Well, no one in the village was aware that he had become that strong but because he was keeping it a secret, the assignments he was receiving weren't enough to entertain. So, with a bit of excitement, the man would have stopped by his home before heading out to the location of the bridge with a companion of his.

The three defenders had beaten him there, the man was aware of them before he could even see any of them. The scents of Shinigai and Kokoro were more than familiar to him as he approached from afar, though it was the third scent that he had never encountered before, "Interesting... Fresh meat?" It was rare that he got a chance to meet someone new from Gekkousato, always sure that he had met them all but it was like they were appearing from nowhere!... Or it could be a new Nikkousato Shinobi even since his sister was here. As the man floated lazily along the path to the bridge, he let out a long sigh, "So many things to keep track of..." He muttered to himself before he would eventually come into view of the three that were on the bridge.... Sojiro not coming out at the other end of the bridge, but instead floating casually down the river that was underneath the bridge on his back with a large white object floating next to him. Sojiro currently wore only a pair of boxers that would expose the rest of his evenly tanned and toned body, a few bandages wrapped around his upper body to cover the scarring of where his left arm used to be and some others. The thing floating next to him had large wings and seemed to be a large rabbit of sorts, though it was large than a Great Dane and bore sharp claws. Kokoro would know this as Augustus 'Auggie' Nibblus, the man's personal pet. Resting on the stomach of Auggie seemed to be some clothes and weapons, though he didn't seemed bothered by the extra weight.

As they got closer to the bridge, Sojiro would move to step onto the water using his chakra and next to Auggie, grabbing all of the clothing and items before launching himself in a whirlwind upwards from the group. When he jumped into the air and onto the bridge, Auggie would spin in the water before flapping his wings and taking off into the sky to follow him. When Sojiro landed on the bridge 20 meters in front of the group, he would have been dressed for the most part, a pair of charcoal black hakama pants on his lower body and a white kimono shirt on top; although half of his chest was exposed on the left side, no arm to hold the sleeve. On his feet were just a pair of sandals, his shinobi pouch and some hidden items resting on his back with a Kodachi visible on his waist. Once he landed, Auggie would land directly behind Sojiro and the two of them would face off against the lot with a smirk on seemingly both their faces, "Oi, oi, what is this? I expected this from Shinigai but... Et tu, Brute?" The man would say to Kokoro, clearly in jest, while making sure to keep his attention on all of them. Defending was always harder so, the man would motion with his only hand for them to come at them, "Alright, let's see what you've got!"

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Kokoro froze as she heard a voice, turning her head to see the one person she didn't want to see. She was surprised to see that Sojiro had brought a combat pet, having never met the animal before. The girl ignored his comment at her and instead looked at his attire and his pet, somewhat taken aback. It seemed that there was still so much she didn't know about the man, or to be fair, there was very little she knew about him. "Nii-sama..." she would whisper under her breath, her blue eyes taking in the fact that their strong opponent was going to be her brother. She had wanted to fight him, to challenge him for awhile now so in that sense at least she was relieved that it was Sojiro that had appeared before them. Taking in a deep breath, she would notice his lack of an arm again, something that pained her to see now more than ever.

Forming a string of handseals from her position, she would make a clone of herself, a simple jutsu as she eyed the snow bunny carefully, readying in case it was going to attack her while Shinigai literally was running at an alarming speed towards her brother. It seemed that he had not expected to be fighting her brother too, although from what she could see, the young man seemed to be prepared in any case, wind chakra releasing from his body as he ran. The girl was thinking to herself what would happen if she was forced to use Inukura techniques against Sojiro, as he was just that much stronger than she was.

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Jutsu Used:
Clone Technique


Chakra: 90/100
Stamina: 100/100