Forest of Death.

Oto put up his forearm to block the attack and punched again.

Kadou did the same forearm block and did three extremely fast kicks in succession at his ribs.

"That sounds more difficult...If we lead some one into a trap that I rigged...Trust me...They wont make it out..." Itami chuckled..."Then we take the scroll from their corpse eh?"

"I'd rather our exursion here not end with a death. We can still use your traps, but if these other ninja are as good as I hope they are they're not going ot fall into one. Use the traps to split them up."

"I personaly believe we should lay traps in the area of any large battles, so we thin down the numbers of any teams who already have more that one scroll before we attack them. We also need some way to idenetify each other, incase someone tries to impersonate us to sneak the scroll out from under us.You guys got any ideas?"

Oto was hit by two of the kicks and finally grabbed Kadou's leg and slung him at a tree, followed by 3 handsigns which let out an electric blast towards Kadou.

Itami smirked at the two..."Easy for me...Sharingan eyes...but for you two...Hmm maybe a small cut across the cheek? Something that only we would notice..." Itami pulled out a kunai and held it close to her lips, she then moved it to her cheek and slashed her cheek gently...Leaving a small gash in her cheek, blood slightly trickled down her cheek and onto the kunai...She then licked the blood from her kunai...Giving off an evil smile after she did so..."Alright Sora...Your next..." She pulled the kunai closer to his face.

Kadou grabbed the tree and did three handsigns himself shooting a fire blast at Oto's electrical blast, they collided and caused a considerably sized explosion.

"Impressive"

Sora watched Itami cut herself and lick the blood up,and smiled in an all too inappropriate manner. He turned his head, so Itami's kunai would cut into his cheek like she did to her own.
"Do it deep, Itami...."

"Oh trust me, you haven't seen anything yet." Oto did a few handsigns and put his left hand to his right wrist.


"You've just about met your time." His hands became covered in a lightning current stretching across his entire arm.

"An easier, less bloody way would have been to hide something on ourselves. A cut can be replicated if someone were to corner us. But a special note or message kept on our person would be better."

"Ahh Oto, sure you want to wear yourself out so quickly" Kadou did the same amount of handsigns as Oto.

"I promise I have a counter for whatever you know" he said as he made the same hand movement but instead of lightning it was a burning red and blue flames.

Oto smirked. He then ran down the tree and downwards unto the ground. He then ran head-on towards Kadou.

"Chidori!"

"Fallen Angel" Kadou yelled and charged at Oto.

"Told you" he whispered.

Oto's blast coincided with Kadou's blast instantly. A large explosion corrupted the trees into flame and the sky in a white flash.

When the smoke cleared Kadou was gone he had limped to the trees while the smoke clouded the area.

"Come on guys, we have to go" he said holding his arm talking to his partners that then jumped off.

Oto stood with his body leaned forward slightly, with his right hand extended out.
"Coward," he coughed as he fell unto one knee.

Itami shook her head at Teiji..."Ugh...Don't be a fool Teiji...A note or message would be far to hard to say or deliver in combat, and a tag would most likely fall off...A quick scratch will most likely be overlooked by the enemy shinobi...But not by us...Besides, no body knows that we have this scratch...Stop making excuses you big crybaby..." Itami chuckled as she moved her kunai towards Sora..."No point in making a deep cut...Blood might get in your nose, mouth, or eyes...We don't want any distractions...Something light, but deep enough to see." Itami gently slashed Sora's cheek, leaving a small cut...

"You're missing the point Lady Itami. A scratch can be easily replicated if anyone sees us. At the very least lets do both, a fail safe if you will. Write something no one would expect, or draw part of a bigger symbol that we can link together." Teiji pulled out a piece of his haiku parchment. He then grabbed a kunai from Itami's belt and cut his cheek. He proceeded to scrawl a strange symbol with his blood on the parchment and ripped it into three sections. "Hide it under your headband or something. I'm keeping mine in my mempo." Teiji folded his piece and slid it into his neck armor.

"you ok....guess we better get a move on" Kim said standing over Oto

"You're a great medical help," he smirked.

He then fell unto his ass and looked at his wrists. They were cut up bad. "Damnit," he said ripping a piece of his arm sleeve off and wrapped it around his wrists.

"wait this might help." kim said getting on her knees and doing a couple hand signs placing her hand on his wrists

"sorry......better?" she asked with worried eyes.

Oto looked at his wrists. The blood dripped through his sleeves, but they would scar soon.

"Thanks," he breathed while getting up.

kim looked at him get up while she was still on the ground

"your........welcome" she said with a lowered face and followed behind him wiping the blood and dirt off her hands..

"What's wrong?"