[b]Zaikan[/b]

he saw his friend attempting to get away from the Hokage's men and Zaikan knew that his friend needed his assistance. he moved quickly from building to building until he was right above the shinobi who were chasing Yuuto. he jumped from the rooftop and landed behind one of the ninja, with Ryu drawn from its scabbard. he drove his Katana right into the back of the Leaf shinobi and tore it out with a lightning fast withdraw. he then did a huge somersaulted ahead of the other ninja and landed next to Yuuto and began to run beside him.

"Long time no see old friend" Zaikan said to Yuuto, he wondered how his childhood friend would react to seeing him again.

[b]Maiko[/b]

"He's a lot more experienced than I am, I'm pretty sure he'll be fine. I guess the republic was right about Konoha being a belligerent nation" Maiko said as he moved from roof to roof as quick as possible, hoping that the leaf shinobi wouldn't spot them as they made their escape from Konoha. he saw the gates to the village come closer and he hoped that the guards would spot them. ether way, he had his Bo-staff at the ready in case they were attacked by the enemy.