[center][B][U]Ametsuchi, Kyōakuna[/B] – [I]Chigetsu Kayō[/I][/U][/center]

Every moment that passed was almost agonizing, and yet she remained calm and hidden from sight within Konohagakure's walls, within the room she had been staying in since she'd arrived, something of an honored guest. The alliance between Konoha and her clan, the Ametsuchi, was still readily accepted in the minds of the village leaders. They were valuable allies and if they choose to involve themselves in the affairs of the rebel faction, they would be a considerable boost to their forces. With one hand on her hip and the other on the windowsill of her room, a finger tapping with slight impatience, the Ametsuchi stared out at the setting sun...waiting for the signal. She knew it would come during the beginning of the twilight hours, but she knew not when. It made her tense and excitable, anxious even, at the thought that it could begin at any moment and she could miss it. [I]Hah...unlikely,[/I] she thought, a small smile gracing her soft, pleasant lips even as her red eyes gleamed slightly, the touch of silver in them revealing how gifted she was in the skills of her clan.

It was a seldom known trait, seen very rarely in inheritors of the Furihabai Ametsuchi Kekkei tota, a trait that promised incredible possibilities and astounded potential. She was lucky, one might say, to have been born with such a gift, but she --and those who knew her well-- would attest otherwise. She had [I]earned[/I] her skill and power, it had not simply come naturally, but instead with many years of practice, and while she did have a natural aptitude for it this did not mean that she had not worked arduously for long, tiring, years to attain what she now held. Now, and somewhat then, she thought it had been worth it and she believed that she'd continue to think as such for many of the years that she lived.

Her eyes focusing as she noticed small flashes of movement in the shadows, she felt her smile return even as she turned from the window and exited her room, which was on the second floor, to walk down the hall and then the stairs. She needed out, it would soon begin, and she had every intention not to miss a moment of it.

Exiting the building, Akuna felt the fire growing in her heart with each passing moment as she casually strolled through the streets, her hands clasped behind her back to emphasize her apparent innocence to any imperials who might be lurking about. After all, while she was certainly a notable guest, not all the imperials knew who she was, or the significance of her presence in the village, in fact it was unlikely that any knew, with the exception of the heads of guard along with the top tier of imperial leadership in the area. In essence, she was safe, appearing to be just an oddly dressed attractive woman taking a casual stroll and during quiet and beautiful sunset. Her eyes wandering upwards to the painted sky and Akuna found herself savoring the smell of fresh air and the display that the sun was making in the last hours of the day, as if she might never get to experience such sights and smells for a long while. Chuckling at the thought, Akuna shook her head, her eyes closing briefly, before opening at the sound of something she surmised must be some ways from the village. [B]"The imperial barracks..."[/B] she mused aloud, tilting her head and cocking it to the side so as to hear things better. With the action somewhat fruitless, she took in a deep breath and moulded her chakra gently, using an amount comparable to an E ranked technique to send tiny sound cancelling vibrations in a decently large area around herself. As she did this she finally managed to isolate the sounds she had been trying to listen to, after which point she began to amplify them as they hit her ear, allowing only her to hear them properly.

Movement, the sounds of running footsteps, heavy breathing, and a menagerie of other noises assaulted her eardrums before she lowered the amplification somewhat and listened again. Smiling she began to skip slightly, humming quietly to herself and decreasing the amplitude of the sounds once more...just in case.

A good thing too for not a moment later the sound, and light, of a fairly large explosion made its way to her, nearly deafening her, but still filling her with a certain elation as it did so. [B]"About time too!"[/B] She said a bit loudly, catching the attention of an imperial guard who had already begun escorting some civilians. The man's eyes turned to her, a frown furrowing his brow, before recognition hit. [U]"An Ametsuchi?![/U] Akuna's smile could not have been more devious, or her eyes less fiery as the man's reaction stoked the of passion and tense bloodlust within her. [B]"Yup, and a rebel too!"[/B] With that she vanished, handseals weaved even as the man drew his blade and weaved seals of his own. He turned, expecting an attack from behind, and rightly so as she appeared there, but not expecting her to block it with what initially seemed her bare hands, using her momentum to push the blade backwards over her shoulder before it blasted behind him, stabbing into the packed dirt of the ground.

The silver glow was in her eyes, and it frightened him, stopping him from reacting as her second hand slammed into his diaphragm, crippling him with pain and forcing him to fall right onto his ass as she stood over him. [B]"Hehe, I bet you wish you hadn't noticed,"[/B] she said, almost feeling bad for the man as she summoned a kunai to her hand, lifted him off the ground and stabbed it into his ribcage, and then lung. She didn't hesitate a moment, making sure to withdraw and then puncture the other lung as well before slitting his throat and assuring his demise. Let a medical nin [I]try[/I] to save him, it'd be fruitless without exceptional skill, which she considered rare among their ilk.

Dropping the man and turning to look towards the barracks, Akuna promptly decided on her plan of attack. A smirk formed on her face as she let one of her legs slide back, her hands touch the ground as she bent the other, before she took in a deep breath, her chakra coursing through her entire body, and pushed off, accelerating from 0 to 80 miles per hour in no more than 3 seconds flat. While other shinobi were certainly fast, Akuna was likely faster, this not even being her top speed if she utilized another of her techniques. This of course would allow her to reach the barracks in a fairly short amount of time, though it was long enough for it, and the village, to erupt into conflict as the two forces clashed blade, fist, and mind alike all to come out alive and on top in the end.

Smiling as she rushed past a man using an iaido technique to split a soldier in twain, she decided to briefly help the shinobi by eliminating the second wave of reinforcements that was likely to come his way before they even got the idea. I mean, it wasn't really much trouble, most of the soldiers were hardly dangerous to her, and it was on the way to the barracks anyways. As such she sprung into action, aiming herself at the wall of a building and sending off vibrations to slow herself down and alter her trajectory so that she would be in a smooth turn as she hit the wall, blasting off of it almost before she even made contact.

The group of 9 guards, a group that was heading in the man's direction, though they didn't know it, would suddenly be intercepted by a flash of movement followed by what would end up being their demise. Her own senses heightened from her use of the Kyōjisei-tai no - Kaminari no keiro(共时性体の - 雷の経路 'Synchronicity of the body – Pathways of Lightning') technique, Akuna curled herself into a ball, flipping slightly and bending her knees as she moved out of that position, so as to slam into the side of a guard's leg, breaking it and pushing off simultaneously only to grab onto another imperial by the arm, her feet skidding back as she channeled vibrations through the man's body, rattling it terribly. The man collapsed as she let him go, standing up as she did so and then rushing for the next individual.

This man was slightly more prepared, but only so much so that he could slash twice with his katana only for her to flip clear over him, and slam her fist into his side in a sideways swipe-like punch before erupting into motion once more. The next man dodged her first assault, but did not expect the vibrational wake she left behind, figuring that her next target might be capable of circumventing her speed by reacting earlier than was normally necessary. As such, the man ended up stunned and disoriented, though he managed to create a stream of water to slow her approach as she came around.

Her mind intensely focused as the ninjutsu approached her, she considered the fact that this shinobi might have the lightning affinity and so projected wind forwards, freeing small amounts of the Konoyo no baishitsu from her body and producing a vibrational field in front of her from it, she parted the water with the material, like a blade through flesh, and then reconstituted the material on her right hand, skidding somewhat, spinning, kicking a kunai from the man's hand and then coming back with a now weaponized hand from below in an upwards slash, tearing his flesh and clothes in twain, forming four bloody rifts in the front of his abdomen. However, as she took care of him the other 6 activated varrying jutsu to counter her. One of them sent a blast of wind towards her, another a fireball to be amplified by said wind, whereas another had fired lightning preemptively when he'd seen her move through the water. The other three were rushing in, one wielding daggers, another a sheathed katana, and the last...his fists.

Ceasing her rushing tactics, Akuna weaved handseals at high speed and activated one of her jutsu even as she released the Konoyo no baishitsu from her body in a black and metallic silver cloud. [B]"Yakeru yōna baishitsu(焼けるような媒質 'Scorching medium'),"[/B] she stated as the black and silverish metal dust suddenly flared red, much like her eyes, and flashed out and forwards, regathering at high speed to intercept the oncoming attacks. The lightning found itself conducted through the metal particles until eventually it struck the ground uselessly, wherein the rest of the metal formed a massive arcing half dome-like wall to block the wind and the onslaught of fire that followed. In fact, rather then hinder her, the flames instead heated the metal even more before the jutsu finished and the dust retreated to Akuna who had already flashed back into movement, this time with a cloud of searing metal dust surrounding her along with the wake of vibrations that followed behind her.

As such the three melee combatants shied away somewhat, with the exclusion of the dagger wielder who appeared to focus in more, chakra building around her, glowing from the surface of her body. An eyebrow raising, Akuna headed for the taijutsu user, jumping into the air before releasing a blast of sound upwards and behind her. The user executed a spin kick in an attempt to catch her as she came down only to find that Akuna had rolled under the attack, grabbing the man's hip as she came up and throwing him off balance. He toppled over and in moments she had bent his leg past the point of no return and tore his muscles, before slamming her fist into the center of his chest over his heart and sending waves of heat through him.

The dagger user approached from behind, swiping at her once only to find that her blade was blocked, movement for movement, by the searing particles that Akuna controlled, before Akuna herself turned, swiping her hand through the air and speaking, the handseals already prepared, [B]"Genso no seimitsu-ka(元素の精密化 'Refinement of the elements'),"[/B] she called as a sword formed from the metal dust coalescing into a cohesive form, though a good amount of it remained unrestricted in form. She held the blade in reverse grip even as the dagger user jumped back and then slashed, sending a wave of wind and fire towards her. Smirking the kunoichi rushed right into the strike, coming out unscathed as the rest of the Konoyo no baishitsu covered the majority of her body, protecting her from the heat and absorbing it all at once. The dagger user's eyes widened before Akuna's katana slashed through them before coming backwards in a stabbing motion right through the woman's torso from the side under the arm, to the other side in the same place, impaling both lungs.

At this point there only remained four, and two of them began to flee, leaving their allies for dead whereas the other two stood back-to-back in an attempt to disallow her attacking their blind spots. An intelligent maneuver, she surmised, as she let the blade disperse into dust particles and extricate itself from her victim's body. Standing upright once more and walking calmly, and slowly, towards the two terrified shinobi, Akuna's red eyes caught the gleam of the moon, giving them an even more eerie glow, her face illuminated in the same way. There was a solemn and chilling hum emanating from her body that would send shivers through all who heard it, whether it frightened them or not. She was the Chigetsu Kayō(Bloodmoon song), and few who opposed her would escape the terror of her song and the glare of her fiery passion.