First though, one had to demonstrate something of the changes in the main character that would then cause potential applicants for those two positions to occur.
Kurenai Yuhi was a jonin and quite experienced, therefore she knew there was a problem a few moments before the attack came. She immediately began a genjutsu, fading from view.
Unfortunately, the intruders weren't slouches either.
"Psychic Jar," called out an attacker as he leapt into the training ground, pointing a jar in the direction of the scarlet-eyed jonin. A mist erupted from Kurenai and began streaming into the jar.
"Kurenai-sensei!" yelped Kiba, rushing forward to engage the enemy.
"Cloudkill," said another attacker, sending a cloud of violet smoke forth from his hands to target the cloud of insects and two of the genin.
"I- I won't let you," began Hinata.
A third attacker appeared behind her and simply slapped a helmet down on top of her head.
The mists abated after a moment, and the first attacker sealed the jar he held as Kurenai's body toppled to the ground.
"I guess the Leaf is as weak as we'd heard after all," said the first attacker.
"Don't bother fighting it," said the third attacker to Hinata. "The helmet there is a chakra-disruptor. It locks your Byakugan and drains off chakra. You can't speak, you can barely move, and whoa."
The first smiled at the girl's attempts to fight back. "That she can still try to fight says you're not as pathetic as we heard. Jimo - just go ahead and tie her up. We'll haul her back."
"Why not just pluck her eyes out?" asked Jimo, the third assailant.
"We can do that later, but she's worth more as breeding material," said the first assaulter. "We... did it just get a lot warmer somehow?"
"Did it just get darker?" asked the second assailant.
"Please tell me that's a genjutsu," said Jimo.
The first assailant opened the jar again, letting the mists within out as he targetted the new attacker. "Psychic Jar!"
FWOOM!
"Oh shi-" began the second assailant before a large paw with many large claws slammed down on him while he was still going through hand seals.
Jimo decided another strategy was better. He tossed a kunai with an explosive note at the struggling jonin, then turned and ran.
Kurenai Yuhi saw most of it. The 'Magic Jar' jutsu sucked her spirit out of her body and into a prepared jar. She saw the initial attack, the siphoning, the members of her team going down. Then she was in the jar, then she could see again once released. Things turned fuzzy for a few moments when mind and body reconnected.
So she saw the kunai heading her way, the sizzling of the tag on it as it made the trip.
She saw the dragon slap it down, cover it with a paw, and the brief flash of an explosion underneath that paw. Which apparently just stung a little.
The dragon sniffed at her, turned its attention to the direction the foreign-nin had gone, and readied itself for running.
"Wait," croaked Kurenai. To her surprise, the dragon did, turning blue eyes to regard her. "I'm coming with you."
The dragon regarded her for a moment, then nodded and lowered his neck.
The creature was easily ten times her length. She managed to get her legs around its neck, then tapped once with her foot to indicate that she was settled in place about as well as she could.
With a snort, the dragon then lifted up into the air and started moving forward.
Kurenai considered the actions of the dragon. The dragon had followed her orders, and had killed two of the three apparently jonin-level assailants.
Unfortunately, the last remaining nin seemed to have fled. After several minutes of search, Kurenai decided something else.
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