AN: Is anyone surprised this took a while because Kankuro was being difficult? No? Yeah.
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Out of the entire group that had come to Konoha from Suna, Kankuro would not be the last to say he was anything but a genius. Indeed he would probably be the first. His mind didn't analyze, but he had this habit from pursuing puppetry that left him able to look at things as parts of a whole. It was this really that upon finding out he would be facing off against a Nara, known to be a family of lazy geniuses with shadow jutsu's that they kept very tight lipped over. Well perhaps Kankuro was no genius but he was also not an idiot.
It seemed simple really, if the trump card of the Hyuuga was their eyes then it reasoned for another clan with a consistent jutsu the same sort of reasoning Gaara had utilized in planning how he would obliterate Neiji's chances by calling on his sand storm jutsu would be a valid plan for the Nara.
In short, render their trump card useless. There were two ways to do so, either you created so much light as the remove a chance of a shadow or you destroyed all the light and plunged it into the darkness. Only issue Kankuro had with the second option he smirked as his hood bobbed along with his motions, making the 'horns' seem like flopping ears. Yes, see the makeup, the foolishness. Dismiss me. I'm just a loudmouth. It wouldn't work on the Nara but it may buy time. So the issue he had?
No one had been able to answer for certain if the Nara's ability worked at night or not and the last thing the puppeteer in training wished to do was give over a massive advantage. So, light it was.
Once again most people forgot that if you introduced bright lights you also created stronger shadows and even a tiny thread of shadow could be Kankuro's immediate loss. Fortunately, they were crazy, the nin from Suna, and they had ranks of 'special genin' who thought in ways more like civilians than a ninja. The crazy stuff they'd ask and come up with if you could twist it into actual jutsu's was an oasis in the dessert.
As he walked, not so unlike Gaara seeding the area with his sand and chakra, Kankuro trailed tiny little threads of chakra behind him. No more substantial than an old spider's web thread, a single strand easily broken from movement. Crow was a comforting heavy weight against his spine as Kankuro leisurely moved into the location to wait for the Nara to join him.
Kankuro had his orders.
Leave no doubt that Suna was superior. For just a moment he grinned evilly, one eye opening. Shall we see if we can startle a Nara?
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