5th Punch ~ Social Violence!

[medicalpunch]

[Video - Friday morning 12/6]

[Sakura hits the journals up in the morning, relatively early; she's in a cheerful, energetic mood this morning, and feels the need to do some playing today.]

So! We got all that snow yesterday. I think it's time to have a little fun!

What does everyone think of a grand mass snowball fight? I'm talking ninja-style, very few holds barred, get 'em however you can! [Pause.] Try to avoid actually causing serious bodily harm, though. The point is to have fun. But other than that, go for it!

The whole village is fair game, but let's at least get started... hm, just to the south, I think. Plenty of space for fun, and we can spread from there!


[Action - Same day, all day]

[Sakura's out there, wrapped up warm and ready for action. It's a beautiful day for shenanigans and she's got more than a few in mind!]

There's only one rule. Make me do any actual work, and I will destroy you! [Translation: hurt someone and she'll hurt you.

She may also be starting some snow fortifications. Nothing like having the upper hand!]

((ooc: It's a free-for-all! Feel free to thread with other folks in this post, threadjack, etc etc. Come get snowy and have fun!))

Comments

[Action - first snowball closed to Sakura but then feel free to threadjack!]

[fantheflame]

[Sasuke missed the memo. He hasn't really built checking the journal into his morning routine and habits yet, and he thinks the thing is unsecure and a bit stupid anyway.]

[So when he walks out of his apartment building modestly bundled up - closed shoes, scarf, gloves and jacket, but no hat or waterproof anything at all - it's on his way for groceries, not because he intends to participate in anything... juvenile.]

Muhahaha

[medicalpunch]

[Too bad he's not gonna get any say in the matter!

Sakura catches sight of him, and something sparks in her. Sasuke's back with them, he's reformed, and you know what? He needs to be part of the team again.

Which means shenanigans. Which means a snowball flying for the back of his head.

She's being nice; it's loosely packed, shedding a comet-trail of glittering flakes as it soars through the air.

Splat.]

1/2 Kukuku

[fantheflame]

[The thing about being a ninja, especially a ninja growing up in a country that's mostly on the tropical end of temperate?]

[You don't really learn to instinctively dodge harmless precipitation.]

[Preoccupied with his own thoughts - nothing dire, just his usual inward turn - he doesn't register snow separately from the rest of the snow glimmering serenely in the landscape until a split-second after it's too late to matter, feeling the cold shift in the wind with all the obvious, sparking reaction in his stance and face as though an exclamation point flashed on over his head.]

[All this really serves to do is give him just enough time to turn and catch the snowball half on the corner of his skull just behind his ear, half on his neck just above the scarf.]

2/3

[fantheflame]

[He doesn't quite splutter, but it's a fractional second before he wheels, usual deadpan, emotionless expression melting into incredulity (just like the snow melts down his neck under the scarf). He catches sight of Sakura easily, pauses just long enough for an affronted note to creep into that look. Lifts a gloved hand to scrape the melting snow off the back of his neck and flick it to one side.]

3/3 okay I'm done

[fantheflame]

[And then he breaks into a high-speed ninja sprint toward her, low enough to dip a gloved hand into a snowbank as he passes and scoop up enough snow to pack into a dense ball. Sharingan spin as he circles her position and aims from the side with a spin on the snowball like a shuriken.]

[You started this, Sakura.]

yes Sasuke come be a human being, it's fun I promise

[medicalpunch]

[For just a moment, as he's wiping the snow off his face and giving her that deeply affronted look, she's afraid that he's not going to join in. That he's just going to give her a scornful look and walk on by, that this will have driven a wedge between them instead of healing the rift.

But then he bends to scoop some snow of his own, and she laughs, filled with joy even if this is going to be a hell of a snowball.

He's playing.

She throws herself out of the way of the snowball, though not quite -- it takes her hip a moment before she hits the ground, and she comes up already packing her next snowball, exhilaration flaring in her.]

You look good with a little snow on you, Sasuke!

look shut up okay

[fantheflame]

[Sasuke hasn't thought of this as playing yet. Right now, it's getting even. ...Which is its own kind of fucked-up ninja fun, but eh, who's counting?]

[So when Sakura pops up from behind her packed-in bank, Sasuke is already there, standing on it, inches from her with a massive double-handful of snow held out in front of him.]

[And then thrown down on top of her head, right in the middle of her part.]

Suits you better.

[And then he jumps over her to dodge, moving in a catlike pounce so he can start gathering up more snow even before his feet touch the ground again.]

nooooope :D

[medicalpunch]

Yeek!

[Shoulda worn a hat, Sakura.]

Oh, I'm gonna get you for that!

[She ducks backward quickly, putting a little space between them as she shakes off the snow. That was cold, but now Sasuke's participating; victory enough for her. Doesn't mean she's not gonna do her best to nail him again, though!]

harrumph

[fantheflame]

[Sasuke's already got two snowballs built up, one in each hand, and wings them both at her before dodging down the bank, sliding a little as he goes. As he reaches the bottom, he starts gathering another double-handful, packing it this time for a snowball quite a bit larger than the shuriken-sized ones he's been balling up thus far.]

Good luck with that!

[There's just the faintest, barest edge of smile in his voice, though his expression is still impassive. Okay. This is kind of like sparring, which is higher than it should be in Sasuke's list of fun activities.]

[medicalpunch]

[If it makes him feel better to call it sparring, he can go ahead and call it sparring then. The little edge of a smile is all the reward Sakura needs, and maybe she's happier than she should be to see it.]

Oh, you'll see!

[He will, unfortunately; that's going to be the tough part. Stupid Sharingan.

She ducks the snowballs he wings at her, and crouches to gather more, packing just enough so the snow will keep its shape.]

trolololol

[ura_no_ura]

[ What's this? A snowball fight? And Sasuke is completely, unwittingly, unguarded at the moment?

Why, that sure is a snowball flying straight at Sasuke's head from seemingly out of nowhere. ]

[fantheflame]

[Sasuke's preoccupied with ducking behind a bank from someone else as the other snowball flies, and it's taking him a little longer with his chakra half-locked to track the harmless snowballs in mid-flight. So Kakashi's splatters right in the center of the back of his head, and he splutters, wheeling around with a small, hard-packed (but short of being ice) ball at the ready.]

[Sees no one.]

[He immediately leaves his mediocre hiding place to dart toward an evergreen tree, opting for a little more cover as he tries to place where that throw might have come from.]

[ura_no_ura]

[ He kind of wishes that he had a camera for Sasuke's expression at that very time, but as it is, memory will just have to serve him well enough, as he tracks Sasuke's movements easily, moving stealthily through the trees to keep an eye on his target as he packs a few smaller snowballs, the size of smoke bombs.

Sasuke's guard is definitely more on guard at the moment, so it might not be as easy to land another shot, but if there are multiple balls flying at him-- or if Kakashi cheats, maybe he can manage to hit Sasuke square in the temple.

Cheating it is.

Kakashi quietly produces a shadow clone and nods to him as the clone gathers up some snowballs and heads around to flank Sasuke's tree.

For a little while, absolutely nothing happens.

And then, suddenly a barrage of snowballs (thanks to said clone) start flying at Sasuke from the front as Kakashi chucks a few from the back. What will Sasuke do...? ]

[fantheflame]

[Sharingan are spinning as Sasuke packs a few more small, shuriken-sized snowballs, just tightly enough so he can stuff them in his pockets. He's half-shielded by low-hanging, snow-laden branches, but he can't expect that to be good enough, so he's on high alert.]

[Enough time draws on that he's absolutely certain it's another shinobi he's dealing with.]

[And then the snowballs fly, and Sasuke turns away from those at his front just fast enough to catch the ones coming in at a flank in the corner of his eye. Without thinking he goes up, hopping into the first low branches easily and climbing halfway up the tree, the closely-spaced branches even easier to scurry up than the deciduous ones at home. Some snow dislodges and falls as he goes, but he's fast and light and doesn't rock the tree enough to catch himself in the fall. He braces his feet carefully so he has both hands free. And then, hell, opts for a guess.]

No bells this time, huh?

[There's a slim chance Kakashi (if it is Kakashi) will actually answer, but he'll give it a shot. And up high and past the slimmer trunk, Sasuke can see a little more of the field, focuses his Sharingan to catch any hint of the other's chakra signature.]

THIS IS SO NOSTALGIC OMG. IT'S LIKE BELL TEST 2 FOR SAUCEKAY

[ura_no_ura]

[ Of course Kakashi isn't going to answer. That'd give away his location(s) far too easily.

Being that he activated a kage bunshin, he can't put a seal on his chakra in order to hide his position as easily, and had expected that Sasuke most likely would have activated Sharingan. As such, the best thing to do in this current situation is to have the clone act as a decoy, which the clone sets about doing without Kakashi even needing to signal, moving surreptitiously through the trees as the real Kakashi backtracks a little and begins to set up traps. But instead of exploding tags or other more lethal marks, Kakashi's traps are triggered to release either big piles of snow from shaking limbs, or send a few smokebomb-sized snowballs flying.

This is actually more fun than he'd initially expected.

The clone sends some random, carefully aimed snowballs -- not at Sasuke, but at the branches above Sasuke in an attempt to knock snow off the branch and onto him. ]

RIGHT I LOVE IT

[fantheflame]

[Oh, of course he doesn't answer. Honestly that just makes Sasuke more certain.]

[It only takes him a moment to track approaching movement, and almost as quickly his eyes have focused down on Kakashi's chakra signature - nowhere near as accurately as a sensor-type, but he remembers what the other's chakra looks like well enough even years later. Weeks of training and all.]

[Snowballs fly, and Sharingan track them easily; in one motion, Sasuke dodges back against and around the trunk, snow falling from above missing him by inches - and twists his less weight-braced foot, bringing a thinner branch below him bending back. Tomoe spinning, he lifts that foot before the falling snow from the limbs above hits the ground below, sending the branch snapping back into place and winging its own snow in a wide arc toward the tree Kakashi's in - and the two on either side.]

[believeit]

[Naruto had been around to see Sasuke get hit by snowballs and not actually try to stab anyone wow what is this.

Naturally he wants in on the fun, so there are two Naruto's rushing towards him (behind him), snowballs in hand and ready to launch their attack.

Of course it is a trick- hoping he will turn around to face them so the third (and real) Naruto can make use of the little pile of snowballs he has gathered off towards Sasuke's side.]

[fantheflame]

[Naruto do you ever get less predictable.]

[Where there are two clones there must be more, but sure, let's play this game.]

[Sasuke turns bodily to face the two clones, feet twisting lightly in the snow, loosing a snowball from each hand at the two as he does. He also very carefully keeps full eye contact on those two. Ignore the way his feet aren't so much braced as they are half-turned and ready for the next dodge.]

[believeit]

[Haha he's totally falling for it.]

[As soon as Sasuke turns to face the clones Naruto doesn't waste any time. Gathering a few pre-made snowballs up with his left arm he leaps out, grabbing one with his right as he aims it at the back of Sasuke's head and throws it as fast as he can.]

Gotcha!

[fantheflame]

[Too slow.]

[Sasuke's senses are all on high alert, and he hears the quiet crunch of snow under the real Naruto's feet the moment he moves. One foot turns, and his weight shifts - and no sooner has Naruto loosed a snowball than Sasuke leaps, jumping out of the path of the snowball - so that it hurtles along its path toward Naruto's own clone instead.]

[And when he lands, it's behind the other clone, which he shoulder-checks into a snowbank.]

[When he turns to catch sight of the real Naruto, it's - no really - with a smile on his face. It's Sasuke, so it's also kind of a smirk, but it's there.]

That all you've got, dobe?

[believeit]

[So the clone distraction had been a bust, but it wasn't enough to deter him. After all, it wouldn't be as fun if there was no challenge, right?

Sasuke's smirk is met with a grin, one that is perhaps a little brighter than his usual ones, as the blond constructs his next plan of attack.]

Heh. 'Course not!

[Charging forward with another snowball still in-hand, he figures the best course of action for now is to try and get up close and personal before throwing it. Of course, although one of the clones had dispersed, the first which had been hit by snow was still around and taking the opportunity to gather up a super-sized snowball.]

[fantheflame]

[Good lord, speaking of being predictable... whatever though, that's fine. Sasuke's not exactly gonna shy away from close-range, and he leans low into his sprint to dip his gloved fingers in the snow as he goes, packing it easily into a wet, slushy ball. He's got the clone in his periphery, but for now he's all for meeting this Naruto head-to-head - and possibly burying a handful of slush in his hair.]

[(And if not, there's a quiet, near-invisible well of chakra gathering in his palm.)]

[stilldontgotit]

[Well, by the time Riku bumps into Sasuke, the fight's already going strong. Sure, he feels a bit silly getting involved still, and given Sasuke's attitude, this could be a death wish...

But, heck. Looks like he's already in on the fun so, after scooping up a handful of snow, he vasts Vanish on himself and hurls the snowball toward Sasuke's back.

Don't worry; he didn't fling it too hard, but sadly Sasuke has to deal with yet another doofus using invisibility.

...Too bad that cover's kind of blown by the shrieking, smiling bat hovering in the general area.]

[fantheflame]

[Okay Sasuke knew he wasn't the least likely target here but this is getting ridiculous.]

[He's getting better at sensing and dodging snow - slowly - so he sidesteps just enough to catch the incoming snowball on his shoulder instead of the middle of his back. Still hit, though, and still a little huffy about that as he spins with a larger-sized snowball at the ready... And sees a shrieking bat-creature. Hah.]

[He's 98% sure the bat didn't do the throwing... so instead, he lobs his own snowball (with a fast spin on it) at exactly the centerpoint around which the bat is flapping. He can't see the other teen - Riku, Sasuke thinks his name is - but he doesn't necessarily need to.]

[stilldontgotit]

[Riku would've told his bat to move if that wouldn't, you know, blow his cover. Instead, he started swatting at him and, in doing so, only notices the snowball whizzing in at the last second.

SPLAT!

The snowball strikes him in the cheek right as the Vanish spell wears off. For a few seconds, Riku stares, realizing his cover's blown...

Then his lips curl into a smirk and a whitish mist forms in the palm of his hand. So, okay, maybe this is cheating, but by way of Blizzaga spell, he forms a brand new snowball and launches it right back at him.]