As the new trio walked along the roads of Cloud Central, their Sensei suddenly stopped and held out three little diamonds with small string loops on each. She tossed one to each of the students. Rycil caught his and looked at it, confused. Kia fumbled to catch hers, while Sai scoffed, as she caught her own ornament and clasped her hand around it.
"Now, you three, here is your task. You have to run, hide, anything. Just as long as I can't get those ornaments in an hour. Now get going, I will wait fifteen minutes, leaving you with a simple 45 minutes to survive. Note, you cannot eat the diamond to keep it away from me."
The trio was gone, as Kia ran into a small shop, stopping to put the gem in her shoe. She used Henge no Jutsu to appear to be a young man, and walked away, hoping to escape from Mura's might.
Sai ran imbedding the stone into the palm of her hand. The hand seemed to heal over the stone, leaving a layer of dried blood of the wound. She ran and jumped to the roof tops to gain an easier run.
Rycil however, did the indirect thing, making a few hands signs. He ran off leaving a poof of smoke behind him.
"Iwa Bunshin no Jutsu!"
The clones stood in a circle around the Jounin, all of them intent on slowing her down. The real Rycil ran through the busy town, jumping anything that got in his way. He strung a piece of tripwire through the look, and made a makeshift earring, tying it around his ear to hold on to it. This was an interesting plan, but was it going to be good enough?
After a half an hour had passed, the Soil Clones were a muddy nothing, and Mura was already closing in on the weakest of the three. Hayla Kia was the most pitiful shinobi of the three possible genin, and she didn't deserve to graduate. At least that is what Takina Sai saw as Mura grabbed the young Hayla girl's shirt by the collar.
"I told you, girlie. You had a bonus 15 minutes, and you couldn't use that time to hide effectively? Let me tell you a helpful tip, Kia. Boy's… they just don't skip. You got excited and you screwed up, now-"
Then a flash a barrage of blows came from Rycil's feet as he made a rapid kick in the air. He huffed as he made a few hand seals and five more Rycils came to be.
"Kage Bunshin no Jutsu!"
The Jounin smiled as she made a rather fast paced series of blows at the Rycil's, all of them disappearing in smoke. Mura smiled. This kid was smarter than Kia. He used his skill effectively, hiding himself with his clones, and then using his own body to continue to summon more. All the meanwhile distracting Mura, so she cannot get Kia's gem, and letting himself keep his. Even after his chakra runs low, he can escape, leaving Kia in the dust.
"So, Rycil-kun. You believe you have a talent. Well, I must say that an academy student has a great amount of skill to create solid clones and to use them so well. The only problem is that you are draining yourself too quickly. You are in trouble and you know it."
Another barrage of Rycils came out, and Mura swept at them with a single kick sending them all the smoke… except for the real one. Rycil was clinging on the Jounin, and he was already getting tired.
"Kia, don't just stand there! Either help or run! We have a good twenty minutes left! If you want to pass, do something!"
"Rycie-chan!"
In a flash Sai was kneeing Mura in the forehead, forgetting of her plans to save herself. She growled and her eyes seemed to turn to a light hue of blue. Not the iris's, the white of the eyes was changing. Mura grabbed the two children and flung them into a wall. She smiled as the timer rang.
"Congratulations. You have proven that a little thought can go a long way. I'll explain this further in time; just always remember that spark you guys just had. Show the world your power! You are all official genin!"
