Rian's walking down one of the less populated streets, chattering lightly with her teammates, Sakura and Mariko. It's a clear day in Konoha, and they're wondering if they have a new mission, since their sensei was called away to a meeting. There's some speculation over what it could be.
Mariko offhandedly insults Sakura, resulting in a brief chase between the two of them as Sakura tries to punch her teammate. Rian just snickers when Mariko tries to hide behind her.
Hopefully nothing. He picks up the scroll.
"Heaven. You were right, Elieyha. Now we can get to the tower."
Whoops.
"Not for you maybe, but for us. You know how the Leaf likes its teams. If one of us doesn't make it, they might disqualify us all."
"We just want to minimize the chances of it happening. Play it smart."
"Fine. We go. But if anyone else crosses our path, we kill them."
(And the three Leaf genin hiding in the bushes breathe a sigh of relief once they're gone, and make it to the tower about twenty minutes after them. They have to actually avoid hazards.)
Meanwhile...
"Hey guys? I sense something hinky, there's someone coming our way fast - "
Just as she says that, a massive wall of wind slams into the team, sending them flying.
Mariko goes flying further than the others - shit, they're separated, and that grass genin isn't hiding anymore...
But for now: there's a giant snake (a summon, she's pretty sure, and there's something she should be remembering about snake summons...) rearing in front of her.
She dodges the first strike, then flicks out her chakra chains, one sliding neatly into the snake's eye. It hisses and veers towards her, mouth open to bite.
And Rian's going to chew her out for this, but Mariko holds her ground, chains lashing straight out and into the roof of the snake's mouth, killing it. She has to fling herself to the side as it crashes where she was standing.
Rian manages to anchor herself and shelters behind a tree. She draws her chokuto and leans out when the wind ends, looking for her teammates.
"Wait," she says. "What's Sen's favorite attack?" (Sen being her most commonly summoned nin-cat.)
"Oh - fireballs." Sakura grimaces, remembering a few times she'd lost a spar to a cat.
She doesn't quite relax, but -
"Good. We should try and find Mariko, though knowing her she'll find us..."
After she says that, there's a rustling in the bushes, and someone who sure looks like Mariko stumbles out. "Ow! Hey, you guys alright?"
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