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Thanks to Aona's knowledge and the fact that she had been to the village before they quickly found themselves at the edge of the great swamp that led to the Village Hidden in the Swamp. The swamp was known as the blood stained swamp, few ninja ever entered and left alive. Swamp ninja roamed the village killing all unknown personel that dared to enter. Even now looking into the swamp that group saw countless traps that had been set up only to wonder what other traps couldn't be seen.

The Swamp village was famous for thier water, earth, and the rare plant ninja in their village. The village itself was often at war with the Grove village but recently that Grove village has made a large advancement on Swamp land.

After about an hour of travel, Manndar began to ask if they were there yet. However, shortly after that started a stray projectile hit Manndar in the head. Manndar was silent for the rest of the trip. Occaisionally, he would look around, and sometimes he would write down in his note book.

When they did arrive, Manndar had spoke for the first time in a while, and his spirit came back with a vengeance. "My kind of place! Plenty of water for jutsu, enough land to fight on fair terms, and most importantly...." Manndar pointed off into the visible traps. "Some surprise."

When Kashin said to be "on your toes" Manndar saluted and said "Yes sir!"

"I haven't been here before. Aona has though, but this is Chaos's hometown so I'd expect poison and explosions." Manndar said before he began to do some warm up exercises. "So, whats the plan?"

Manndar reached into his pocket and pulled out his notbook, pen, and what appeared to be a whistle. He took his backpack off and shoved them into it. He then attached his hammer to his backpack using a what apeared to be a home made hammer holster. He then got down into a track runner's position. "On your mark, boss." Manndar said with an excited grin. "Cross country with a twist!"

"You know what..." Kashin smirked seeing Manndar. "Everyone, On your mark... Get set!... Go!" Sure enough Kashin flashed forward looking and yelling to the group. "Last one to the actual village buys the team lunch!"

Taka followed after the group, making his way up to Manndar, struggling to pass him and dodging traps. He grinned wide, but ti was quickly wiped off his face when he saw the ANBU. He stopped dead in his tracks and looked at tem, prepared to deffend himself, though he wasn't aggressive. He seemed quite relaxed really. He looked over at Kashin and then the other two before setting his attention back on the four infront of them. "...."

Manndar was having fun with the traps. The first few caught him off guard, but he managed to evade them. However, it soon became a little mini game in this race. He kept his fast pace and dodged the traps he set off. A falling log came, and Manndar timed a jump to land on the log and and dive off it to avoid more traps. Several animals also came for a taste of Manndar's flesh, but they got more than they could chew with a swift boot or fist.

When the got to where the ANBU were, one of the aquatic animals came up for a bite. Manndar grabbed it and sprinted. In a blur, he ran it straight into a tree. The collision with the tree was timed perfectly with Kashin's introduction ending.

A loud cracking sound could be heard from the tree as Manndar rebounded off it and into the air. He landed next to Kashin in a crouched position with a satisfied grin and a small trickle of blood coming from his nose. He stood up, wiped the blood from his nose and then waited for the masked ninja's response to Kashin's question.