Akio didn't put up any resistance to Aoi's pulling her over by her foot, but when the girl suddenly put her legs around her waist, Akio suddenly found enough energy to stubble a little bit before giving up. Looking at the clown girl with a somewhat annoyed glare, though that was mostly overshadowed by how embarrassing this situation was for her, to be locked in such an intimate position in front of a bunch of people. But then again, this closeness to Aoi sparked a rather . . . different heat with the Tendou girl. She felt something stir inside of her that she had never felt before, a feeling she couldn't quite identify, only that it pushed her to get closer to the Harlequin. So when Aoi demanded a hug from the platinum blonde she wasn't nearly as hesitant as she should've been. In fact, when the clown girl stood back up, she made an involuntary sound of displeasure before she could catch herself, covering her mouth afterwards as she hoped that Aoi hadn't caught that.

"Ain't that the truth," she responded to Aoi's declaration about her living quarters, giving the clown girl a nod to indicate that she was all for going to her home. Despite recent events, she was having a great time and wasn't at all ready for it to be over yet. As Akio started standing up, she heard Aoi talk about Sentou, as apparently the Stripping Uchiha had kissed her at one point during the Grad party. Before Akio had much time to think of the implications of such a thing, the clown girl's mischievous gaze locked on her, with a smile that'd probably give the devil shivers. The flush of embarrassment returned in full to her cheeks as she looked down at her feet. It took her a little while before she started answered, feeling a bit more self-conscious about the subject this time around.

"I've actually never kissed anyone before, like I said, romance and what not hadn't really been on my mind with everything else I had to worry about. This is actually the first time i've actually allowed myself to relax in a while, so I thank you for that AOi. I've been having a lot of fun today, and I'm glad that you accepted my offer to hang out." Akio took her hood down as she walked over to the clown girl, giving her a small smile. Suddenly, she felt an impulsive urge take hold of her and, before she could realize what she was doing, reached up to pull Aoi into a kiss. It was an inexperienced, yet passionate one, and lasted for a few seconds before Akio drew herself back, looking like a deer in headlights as she realized what the hell it was that she had just done. She didn't know where that impulse had come, but she was afraid she might've ruined her friendship with the clown girl with the action. She backed up slightly away, stuck between wanting to see how Aoi reacted ad wanting to run away in embarrassment at the action.

@Savato

"Quit joking Chi-chan, you know i pride myself on my Tits-of-steel!"

Chihiro giggled "More like Tits of Milk, you cow you" she groped her again jokingly.

"Do you want me to stage a kid napping so that you can leave the compound, i can totally pull it of!" she winked at her "Plus i can suplex your step mum easy, so that she'll know not to fuck with the Gypsy and her soul sister!" she started laughing before patted her on the shoulder "If you really want me to do it, send me the word, but i know you'll get gain everyone approval, just like the 7th hokage!" she posed "That dude was hated by everyone but scratched and clawed his way to the top to gain everyone approval!" she then proceeded to tap her one her nose "If you think about it, your story can be just like the 7th! You can do one better and become Hokage of the leaf!" she squealed hard. "I can become your right hand woman!" she screamed while hugging her tightly.

"You're insane Moi-Chan, kidnapping? My father and she-bitch would hang me if they found out it was staged, not to mention I'm suppose to be the next in line for the damned Clan Leader position" Chihiro laughed out hard "Oh man, I would pay to see that happen to that damn she-devil, hell i'd join you if I could..." she touched the girls hand "I know how to contact you like always."

At the mention of the 7th Hokage and then her actually becoming a Hokage, she was quiet thinking about it for a moment "You know Moi-chan, I honestly never even thought of it like that, but...your right, that would be one way for me to get his approval and well approval from everyone really. You know what? im gunna make a deal with you here and now, we're gunna beat everything in our path and we're gunna make it all the way to the Hokage seat, and you'll be at my side. And you wont be my right hand women, you're gunna be my right half, deal? What am I talking about, course it's a deal" she grabbed the girls pinky and planted a small kiss on her lips "now you're trapped, hope you can deal with that" she winked and stuck her tongue out.

"So, where do you wanna causing some trouble?" she was giving a sly grin, "How about visiting a certain place then? I heard that couple of Yakuza member that lotter in the great Naurto talk about some meeting, it's a long shot buuuut: wanna do some 'Justice' for the village?" she cackled before looking at herself "Oh, but we may want to change how we looked first, if we're going to do that."

"I've heard there is film festival somewhere, that could work as well...or..." she leaned closer to her best friend. "We could always pay a visit to the Minamoru household~"

"What's it gonna be, chi-chan?"

She thought for a moment about their options "Well...I did learn a new technique im dying to try out on some people, so lets go with the first one, what are we gunna need to change into?" she sat down cross legged and waited for the girl to tell her their plan.

@Akashi Mayhiro

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"You know Moi-chan, I honestly never even thought of it like that, but...your right, that would be one way for me to get his approval and well approval from everyone really. You know what? im gunna make a deal with you here and now, we're gunna beat everything in our path and we're gunna make it all the way to the Hokage seat, and you'll be at my side. And you wont be my right hand women, you're gunna be my right half, deal? What am I talking about, course it's a deal" she grabbed the girls pinky and planted a small kiss on her lips "now you're trapped, hope you can deal with that" she winked and stuck her tongue out.

Momoi blushed at her girl actions, but gave a heartwarming smile in return "It's a promise of a lifetime." it lack the usual Gypsy attitude, but more of Momoi's real self. The only few had seen how she really was without the whole 'Gypsy danger' persona. "You're lips are soft as always" she winked at her. "Promise me something as well: Should we defer from our goal...we will do everything in our power to bring them back, promise me that." she looked at Chihiro, her red eyes looking into her olives coloured eyes.

Chihiro thought for a moment about their options "Well...I did learn a new technique im dying to try out on some people, so lets go with the first one, what are we gunna need to change into?" she sat down cross legged and waited for the girl to tell her their plan.

"Hehehehe." then her gypsy self returned "That's what the Gypsy is talking about, Bitches!" she pumped her fist into the air. Pointing to the area where the restaurant was located, she pressed hard into the paper "The Yakuza here are no pushovers but with a quick work of the fist and foot. We can easily kick their asses!" As her best friend asked her what to change into, she giggled "Well it easy silly: it's ninja art 101: transformation Jutsu!" Performing the ram sign she exploded into a puff of smoke.



"But i'm waiting to see what you have got in store for the sorry saps!" she urged her friend "Come on then Chi-chan! Transform!"

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Giichi followed after the others. His tucked in his pockets as walked the path. Yamato—mostly Yamato—and Gin were at it. He couldn't understand why Yamato was so quick to anger. Was it some Minamoru thing? It couldn't be, Rei wasn't like that at all. Maybe it just affected the males.

Turning so that he was walking backwards, he spoke out towards Yamato and Gin. “Guys, come on. Do we have to argue.” Before long the arguments ceased and the new guy hopped into the trees. Giichi looked towards Yamato and Haruka. "Are we suppose to do that? I thought we were walking," he asked casually, his arms folding behind his head as he looked up at Gin.

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Daiki had gained a small semblance of understanding, a sliver of an idea. Tsukiko moved on instinct alone, her movements held no hesitation in them and in that, it left her very unpredictable. None of that mattered before him though, the very strains of his DNA demanded blood from Tsukiko. It was the Naito to punish those who disrespected them.

His clone was dispatched quickly but he had time to assess her next movements. With a flourish he pulled a kunai out his pouch to defend against her blade and responded in kind to her words. “I'll always refuse that half-assed excuse,” he growl intensely. “You wanna crawl in the dirt as some beast than go right ahead, be used as a tool--you seem like you're use to it anyway--that's your choice. I won't be used in anyway that goes against my ideals.”

She crouched down like a venomous snake, coiling in preparing for a lunge. It was minuscule but he caught the slight shape that burst from her position. With every fiber of his physical speed he could muster, he prepared to defend against the attack.

But-

But she was too fast. His jaw clenched as he readied himself. Lowering his kunai down to the level of her blade and braced his hand with his full strength, hoping that she wasn't as strong as she was fast.

His kunai clanged with the bulk of her blade and his side screamed with a burning pain. The metal of her weapon cut deep into him but not nearly as bad as Tsukiko wanted. The next moment he was being dragged out of the way, just barely making it away from her attack; he spun, disorientated about the room but clearly focused on Tsukiko. The corner of the counter jabbed him in the side harshly, creating a burst of pain from his ribs.

Takeshi had suddenly become a non-factor. Even the tug on his clothes—the help that had gotten him out the way—had gone unnoticed by Daiki.

This isn't over. He tried to stand to his full height but buckled when fire ran through his mid-section and white spheres danced in front of his eyes.

He held his blood-stained hand in front of his eyes to check his vision. When it returned to him, he turned his attention back to Tsukiko. He ignored the pain, the urgency to get medical help, and simply glared at female jonin; the tomoes of his sharingan spun ominously as he attempted something he had not been taught. The genjutsu failed. "Heh, that would have been useful."

Miyaka's voice had not pulled his eyes from Tsukiko. “I have nothing to say to you, Miyaka!” Digging into his flakjacket he pulled a scroll out and summoned Anemone with a puff of smoke. He brandish the blade with skill before wincing and kneeling, blood dying his shirt and jeans before pooling onto the floor. The blade slipped on the crimson slosh and hit the ground loudly.

He glanced down at his injury then back up at the others in the room, exhaustion soon taking over. He could feel his strength leaving, the ability to comprehend fading. They're all looking … dammit, stand up! I don't wanna fall to this greedy bitch! I don't wanna kneel. he yelled.

Momoi blushed at her girl actions, but gave a heartwarming smile in return "It's a promise of a lifetime." it lack the usual Gypsy attitude, but more of Momoi's real self. The only few had seen how she really was without the whole 'Gypsy danger' persona. "You're lips are soft as always" she winked at her. "Promise me something as well: Should we defer from our goal...we will do everything in our power to bring them back, promise me that." she looked at Chihiro, her red eyes looking into her olives coloured eyes.

Chihiro slightly blushed back at the comment of her lips "I promise, like you said, soul sisters right?"

"Hehehehe." then her gypsy self returned "That's what the Gypsy is talking about, Bitches!" she pumped her fist into the air. Pointing to the area where the restaurant was located, she pressed hard into the paper "The Yakuza here are no pushovers but with a quick work of the fist and foot. We can easily kick their asses!" As her best friend asked her what to change into, she giggled "Well it easy silly: it's ninja art 101: transformation Jutsu!" Performing the ram sign she exploded into a puff of smoke.

She appeared in as someone different, Chihiro stood up.

Chihiro smiled, "oh hell yeah!" mimicking her, she exploded into a puff of smoke.



She crossed her arms "now, shall we go kick some ass in the name of "Justice"!?!?" she raised a fist in the air.

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"JUSTICE!!!!!!" Momoi yelled, before she looked at Chihiro transformation.

"Oh that is hot Chi-chan!" Momoi cursed her friend, compare to her she looked like a girl, but a disguise was a disguise. Momoi nodded at her friend before the two took to the rooftops once again "So here is the plan: we stroll in, rustle some Yakuza jimmies and get our fight on!" the transformed girl looked at her as she announced the plan to her. It would take at least half an hour to get to the location of the warehouse the said members would be. "So what this new technique you've cooked up Chi-chan? i hope it's something that will make my panties fly off!" she looked at her like a kid in the candy store "I'm gonna be sad if it doesn't live up to my self made hype!"



As the two jump down in front of the warehouse located, it was way out of the hidden leaf than expected. Momoi took a deep breathing before nodding to herself. Opening to door she found herself smirking. The place of infested by Yakuza. The sound of the bell ringing made everyone turn their attention to him. Momoi looked around with a smirk on her face before clearing her throat. "Don't mind us, We're just some newbies looking to join the mafia! nudging Chihiro she whispered into her ear "Don't forget to the drop some 'fire' on them, Kay?"

"Oh, youre wishing to join? You don't look like the type. Beat it." One of the member walked towards them as tried to chase them away. Momoi however grabbed his arm and twerked it to the point of it breaking and pushed him away. What was that, i didn't hear your bitching mister! Laughing lightly she step on the fallen man before taking a seat near the back.

"Hmmm...alright then, just hang around there and we'll talk about you joining us. No one can join us just like that." Another member spoke to them but from a far distance.

Winking at Chihiro, they made their way towards a free table and sat down. "Man this place stinks!" she referred to the men in the Warehouse.

"Now...we let this cook Chi-chan!"

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Aoi beamed at her friend when Akio expressed her agreement to come over and have dinner at the clown's place. The little shinobi was already planning the details of the event, what kind of food she could nab at the store while inventing a bogus excuse to go out as if she had everything ready at home. She was even happier to hear that Akio opened up exclusively to Aoi, butterflies forming in the young girl's belly as a result of such a happy announcement. It was a great opener for the ending of the day, but what would happen next would even catch someone like Aoi of guard, completely. Akio Tendou had given an entirely unwarranted kiss to Aoi's lips, paralyzing the young girl during the whole process. Unlike with Sentou, Aoi blushed ever so slightly to this one because of how out of character it seemed. It was sudden, unexpected and she liked it because of that.

When it ended, Aoi stood still in slight shock of what happened. It would be a mystery to Akio as to what the little girl was thinking at this point, which could very well enhance the worry she'd have upon realizing what she had done. All the clown was thinking was how lame of a first kiss that'd be if she jet let it slide like that. While Akio backed up, Aoi moved two steps forward while grabbing the girl's hip. With that done, the performer raised herself on the tip of her toes so she could reach Akio's height with ease before returning what the Tendou had given her. With their lips connecting, Aoi pushed her body against Akio's, forcing the latter to drop down on the soft grass at their feet. The thud may be a little bumpy but Aoi found it a lot more comfortable that way. The smaller one was on top, her lips closing on on Akio's lower one in a frequent rate as she made it last for about half a minute before pulling out.

"Heehee~ Now that's a real first kiss~"

Her blush wasn't as visible as before, but her heart rate would be felt from her body being pressed against Akio's. It was stronger, as if she was a bit anxious about something. She slowly rolled over to lay on her back next to her friend. She looked up at the sky, devoid of any worrying thought that could perturb this moment. It didn't really cross her mind that Akio would behave is such a way, but it didn't seem like a significant detail to Aoi either, after all it wasn't like she didn't have experience in that field. She slowly placed her hand over Akio's while lying down on the damp grass, lacing her finger over her's to reassure her everything was okay. She'd then turn her head to face her friend's.

"So... How was it? Was it as great as the movies you watch late at night and make you all squeaky?~"

She teased her friend while poking her side she initially grabbed to tickle her a little. She was now curious to know how her virgin lips have lived the experience, possibly so her ego can gain the status of greatest kisser of Konoha, but also because her friends opinion seemed to gain a little more importance than usual. Now she was being out of character, but that's what made things so fun.

"Hey, why kiss me though? Wouldn't it be like, super awesome if it was to your boyfriend? If you want I can keep it a secret 'n' all~"

Though Daiki was able to bring up a kunai in time to block Tsukiko's first strike it didn't stop her completely, allowing her ninjato to slice through his midsection albeit not as deep as originally intended. While Daiki would've died in this scenario, for some reason he was pulled aside before Tsukiko could deal the finishing blow. In her rage she had narrowed her attention to the red-haired boy and failed to realize Takeshi had intervened until after he saved Daiki's life. In that brief moment of realization, where her rage temporarily redirected to Takeshi, she was able to regain control and calm down slightly. Slightly.

"The only half-assed excuse here is coming from you," Tsukiko began, her voice notably cooler despite the fire in her eyes. She aimed her blade at Daiki, pointing it at him ominously. "Your pride is inflated. There is nothing valuable about you. You are completely replaceable. I can strike you down and sleep comfortably tonight in my own bed, free of punishment and with a clear conscious. Your opinion of yourself distorts your opinion of the world. Newsflash! You are nothing in the grand scheme of things, Daiki. Your ego is larger than your brain. My view of the world is much more realistic..."

She sheathed the sword upon her back, but still moved closer to approach Daiki. "I was brought into this city in a cage. I fought every day to survive, to grow as a human being. I have earned where I stand by spending twenty years proving my worth to Konoha. I have seen far more of this world than any of you teenage brats, fought more battles, survived more struggles. So when one of you little shits starts thinking that the world owes you something and that you can compare yourself to me..." Tsukiko's body position changed, asserting a new fighting stance. "I get a little upset."

The red-haired teenager was already on his knees, bleeding profusely from the wound he had already received. While he had summoned his large sword, Anemone, it was clear that he wasn't in any good position to even use it. Despite his obvious signs of weakness, Tsukiko could still read his will and desire to continue. And she planned to snuff that out. Dashing forward again, Tsukiko moved inside Daiki's personal space, intentionally to use proximity to her advantage so his sword would have a hard time reaching her. Her left knee came up to greet his face, but before he would be sent backwards into the counter she rotated her lower body. This caused her knee to push Daiki in an arc, to send him onto his back on the floor instead of crashing into anything. The blow was possibly hard enough to break his nose, but Tsukiko made sure not to knock him out entirely.

Once on his back on the floor, Tsukiko put her foot on his arm wielding Anemone, to keep it pinned and useless. "The world is a cruel place," Tsukiko began, before bringing her other foot up and stomping it down on Daiki's chest quickly. "And I'm a cruel bitch." She lifted her foot that was pinning his sword-arm before bringing it down in a stomping motion as well. It seemed for a moment that she was preparing to kick him to death, but she stopped after those two attacks and took a step back from the boy. "Get up." She motioned with her good arm for him to rise. "You want to prove something? Then stand up and fight me. Prove me wrong. Prove to me that you aren't weak and pathetic. Make it clear to me that my words aren't true."

Her gaze was unforgiving and harsh, her very challenge having enough sting in it to cause a normal man to feel fear. Tsukiko briefly glanced to the other three in the room, who appeared to be preparing some kind of punishment game for Jaakuna. None of them seemed particularly prepared to intervene, at least at the moment. She looked back down to Daiki, who was still on the ground. Blood from his wound had already leaked onto the ground, giving the false appearance as if he had been there longer than he actually had. He looked defeated, but there was a fire in his eyes (aside from the red Sharingan) that suggested otherwise. "Fight me with that pride and honor you spoke of..."

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Shin glared at this trapped woman. Ice is a type of crystal, I guess that's true... Shin pondered, trying to make sense of her words. She didn't seem intent on giving a straight answer, so he was either going to have to use detective skills to crack the case or somehow convince her to be honest. "I don't need to know all the properties, random pirate woman," Shin began to debate. "And what do you mean by altitude? Did you mean attitude? How will that solve-"

And that is when Shin suddenly teleported up to the pirate ship in the sky, landing on top of Sentou. "Or she actually meant altitude..." he mumbled to himself, taking his sweet time getting back up to his feet. Apparently Sentou was fighting the captain of the pirates, or rather an illusion of the captain (who also was an attractive woman). "What is up with these she-pirates today?" Still, this was an enemy. And Shin could remember well what happened the last time he let his guard down around an attractive enemy. The pain and humiliation was hard to forget. "Sentou," he began, taking up his fighting stance. "I couldn't get any good answers out of the lady before I appeared here. We should try to take this captain alive to interrogate her. Surely someone will give us what we need if we are persistent enough."

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He could feel her stalking him. Even with the commotion around him, her footfalls were stark. Without looking up, he knew her blade was pointed towards him. He glared at the ground and felt his chakra recede from his eyes.

Instantly, he felt the action sap his energy even more. His breathing became more haggard as Tsukiko spoke. He saw her words as venom and could feel the bite with every insult she spoke to him. As she sheathed her blade, Daiki managed a mocking laughter, though his ribs ached with each breath.

“Your reality isn't mines …” he growled, attempting to stand but misplacing his hand on his knee and instead slipping forwards. Before he could fall onto his face, he caught himself with wobbly arms.

He could hear his blood dripping into the pool beneath him.

Condemned to listening to her, Daiki staid there in his near-broken state. Occasionally, he found himself sympathizing with her. The Naito in him rebuked every word as nonsense but the part of him that was him; that belonged to neither Naito or Uchiha, felt saddened. For a tiny moment, his eyes softened at the bloody floor.

“Now who's inflated?” he mocked after her story. He found the strength to face her again, his lips fixed in a snarl. “Dammit! If you've been through it than why inflict the pain on others!?” he yelled, watching her dash towards him.

The bulk of her knee smashed into his face and sent him onto his back. Blood poured down his nose and into the back of his throat, the taste and smell of iron was overwhelming. He hacked up globs of it until blood splattered his face and spilled from his lips. Instinct, drove him to face his opponent, defiance still burning in his eyes.

His wrist was met with a stomp. He gritted his teeth and held back the agony, instead he groaned and struggled until his chest had been treated the same. When she told him the reason why, Daiki's sympathy subsided and understanding took its place. She was giving back what was dished out to her. And she saw no other path.

If all she know is this twisted version of the world the-then I'll have to use my pride and honor to show her another. If she wants me to stand than I will stand. If she dares me to fight … than dammit I'll fight! I won't lose to her or her ideals. His first attempt was fruitless, his next the same. But through his will and desire, he pulled himself up onto his elbows. He used what strength he could muster to throw himself up, letting momentum do the rest. His hands fell into the pool of blood underneath him as he kept himself up; his skin had grown pale.

Slowly, he gained ground. When his arms hung limp and his legs were bent just to keep him standing, Daiki raised his low-lidded eyes onto Tsukiko and said. “C-Come … fight me. I'll show you another way to live.”

Akio's feeling of panic was rising exponentially with every millisecond that Aoi didn't respond, making her believe that her impulsiveness had ruined the entire day. That thought was instantly dispelled as Aoi returned her kiss with one of her own, this one lasting a lot longer than the other one. Akio gave no resistance as the smaller girl pushed her down, and when Aoi ended the kiss, it took a good amount of restraint not to go in for another. Not that it didn't feel good, cause it very much did, but she was again realizing that they were in front of people. Embarrassment aside, however, she smiled internally at the memory of the kiss, and could feel something inside her hunger for more. She pushed the feeling down and turned to face Aoi, her blush being a lot more noticeable than the harlequin girl's as she nodded in agreement.

"I told you I'm not an avid movie watcher . . . but yes, it was great." She said, letting out a giggle that was one part giddiness and 2 parts relief that Aoi hadn't been weirded out by the kiss. When the clown girl asked the obvious question of why, Akio could only offer up a shrug in response. "It was an impulse and my body moved before I really had time to process what I was doing. It was something done in the heat of the moment, I guess. As for keeping it a secret, I don't really care if people know, it's not like I have a boyfriend right now. " Akio sat up and gave Aoi a smirk, a cheerful glint lighting up her golden eyes as she stood up, then reached down to help clown girl up as well/

"Anyway, I believe you invited me to your house for dinner, did you not? Well then let's ge a move on, cause I'm starving _{and the faster we get away from this crowd the better, I think we've made a bit of a scene}" Akio whispered the last part as she looked around at he crowd that had gathered around them. They were all watching with wide eyes, some people looking shocked, others interested(and some of those looks being far from appropriate), and others were simply curious as to what would happen next. The amount of people looking at her was making Akio feel rather uncomfortable. She wasn't at critical levels of discomfort, but it was getting there.

@Savato

Based on her observation, these pirates are not ordinary as they can use ninjutsu. Sentou looks at her phone. Cutting off a split second and replied to Shin. "Well we aren't as smart as your dad, Murakami Jun, and Uncle Seijurou." Stating the fact that the adults can handle themselves better than they are now, Sentou felt exhausted from breaking herself out of the Pirate Captain's illusions. I have three shadow clones right now, each of them are hiding and equipped with a phone for me to devise a strategy and cheat my way through. As usual, Sentou uses her strategical and decisive sleeve. When she threw her windmill shurikens to locate the trajectory of the owl lady, there were two and both are rigged with a coin with a seal that summons both her clones as planned.

Recalling her assault on the Pirate Captain as she make her way to the ship eight minutes ago. Sentou used her coins via Chidori Narukami, infused with lightning chakra to breach the ship's defenses and artillery, coins having enough power as it is fueled by chakra and lightning chakra coupled up with Uchiha Styled Shuriken techniques on how the coins are used. And with that, Sentou have her third clone rigged in a coin just in the ship's basement and summoned, which is why she looked at her phone a while ago.

"If we can that is. The Captain uses genjutsu and ffs... I can't even use sharingan, worse it is sound genjutsu." Sentou threw an earpiece to Shin and told him to wear it, for a brief moment she's discussing with Shin, devising strategy. "Pirata Espada is a Rekaf onna..no.AIM!...Mentabes....nir.... tonrai....gem geyser..coins.. reverse" She spoke to Shin in a police code protocol. None of those would make sense to those not use into Sentou's way of thinking. "Yeah... Sorry if I'm telling you this. Understood? Then follow my lead." Sentou threw a couple of coins to the teleporter girl, Teleporter girl catches one with her sword which forced her to teleport from her place. Can Shin decode what Sentou just said, can he even understand Sentounese?

In that case, I won't play fair with the captain. Dozens of afterimages appeared in the ship, replicating herself and even Shin which by the way is done with rapid succession of using transformation technique turning into Shin and switching back and forth to form those afterimages. Sentou chakra jumps. "Katon: Goukakyuu no jutsu!" The generic fire technique launched atop, her attack got negated by the archer girl.

Teleporter Girl dodges it, and teleporting rapidly getting to Shin. "Cutie Pie. Don't ignore me just because your stripper girlfriend is here!!" Can Shin not only comprehend Sentounese but can he also counter the teleporter girl?

The Captain sits at her throne, and sent her archer on Rin. "Take down the other one and once you do, we'll send these trio's heads to Konoha. They are no match for us. To think Zeno would send such weaklings. What a petty decision, the worst Hokage ever, blind and leading the blind. The treasure is still mine. Autumn Leaves that fell from the branch should be raked by the gardener's hand!"

The Archer Pirate did what her Captain ordered and made her way to where the Owl Lady vs Rin is.

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The group had reached the capital rather quickly, arriving even before supper. In doing so the group met up with the minister, Yoshimura, and in turn were shown around the building. Mostly they'd be positioned around the ministers personal estate: a nice mansion surrounded by a large stone wall, with a large garden in front and a swimming pool surrounded by sand and palm trees in the back - none of these were native home to the capital region, and must all have been imported. They were also shown to their personal staying place, which was a large room, with four beds, and a large central table with a map of the mansion on it. There were also four pins on that map - burgundy, orange, green, blue. They took the shape of small figurines shaped like past Hokage - amongst them were Kakashi Hatake, Naruto Uzumaki, Tsunade and Hashirama Senju.

“These are to be used for planning,” a servant said to them, explaining what the map was to be used for. “The map is quite up to date, although there are some.. rumours of hidden passages that only the minister knows of. I'd advise not to go looking for them, as they are quite secret and used only for evacuation in cases of an attack.” she said finally, before bowing and leaving the room, closing the sliding door behind her as she left. As soon as she'd left, Yamato walked up to the table and sat down, crossing his legs in front of him as he looked at the map. He carefully placed his fists closed on his knees as he surveyed the map carefully, taking in where what was. Finally he suddenly got up, slammed his hand onto the figurines and grabbed them before tossing them to their respective 'owners'. Naruto Uzumaki, the yellow figurine, went to Giichi Uzumaki for obvious reasons, the green Kakashi Hatake went to Haruka and finally he threw the blue Tsunade to Gin, leaving the burgundy Hashirama Senju to himself.

“Judging from this map, the eldest daughters' bedroom is across from ours. Her eldest brother sleeps next to her in another room, her sister sleeps right next to that. The youngest child, a boy, sleeps in a room next to the ministers' room, and they are linked together with a door.” he said, after taking another look at the map. “Giichi, where do you think your skills will be best put at work.” he'd ask the boy, in an attempt to get him involved in the mission and to give him some experience in thinking for himself. Afterwards he would expect a similar answer from Gin and perhaps expect Haruka to take over from here.

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Saburo would once again be surprised at the answer Shouken gave him. Chase.. him? Catch.. ladies? “Okay.” he said, quickly taking out his notebook and flipping to a new page, writing down quickly what he had just told Saburo. Catch ladies - do not chase, let them chase you.. Interesting knowledge this was. He would look up at Shouken again only to find he had dissapeared. Next thing Saburo knew, Shouken was on the lake with a drawn sword. “Are you certain? I will not hold back.” he'd shout at the boy whilst walking towards the water. Gently, he stepped onto it, before stepping onto it with his other foot. He'd approach Shouken a bit more before stopping himself, standing straight up in a normal non-fighting stance. “I won't be as capable as an opponent as you might expect. I don't even have the sharingan.” A lie, but a good lie, one that Shouken might not see through at all.

Saburo stood before Shouken, as his hair waved in the wind a bit before settling down once the wind did so as well. He slowly slid his right foot backwards, sliding easily into a perfect mimic of the Hyuga gentle fist style. With ease he stood there, in the gentle fist stance waiting for his opponent. With the wind, his chokuto that was strapped horizontally along his waist shook up and down only slightly so, whilst Saburo eyed Shouken. “Since you are low on chakra.. I'll give you the opening move. Good luck, friend.”

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Shouken dropped his sword slowly and thought hastily to himself...

No Sharingan? Regardless, I should approach the situation as if he does. Or just say fuck it... It is a sparring match...

Shouken leapt from the water and soared nearly twenty feet in the air. With Kusemono still drawn, Shouken performed a frontflip as he descended towards Saburo, attempting to gain power and speed.

Shouken accepted the fact that Saburo would definetly dodge it and possibly counter, which was something he had not prepared for and didn't really care to. He never not once underestimated Saburo, but had confidence in his ability even with his chakra low....

Shouken was upon Saburo in seconds, awaiting his returning strike.

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Nodding at Akio's inquiry and giggling at her obvious lack of comfort to the fact that more than a few curious eyes wandered around the two girls who went on a well beyond platonic engagement in plain sight. As much as it wasn't great for her dignity, Aoi felt as if it wasn't a big deal and she'd do it again. Heck, it excited her more when people saw her do this than it would in private. She slowly got her lazy behind up, her hand gripping Akio's tightly, before stretching her legs a bit. She couldn't help but give a little smooch on the platinum white haired girl's cheek with a warming smile to go with it. She was having more and more a strange and fuzzy feeling when she'd engage with some form of affectionate contact with Akio. It made her think a bit.

Aoi guided the walk out of the grounds and headed to the general direction leading to the outskirts of town, a place where normally richer folks or specific shinobi would live for the tranquil nature of the environment. While they walked, Aoi kept asking herself what it was she was actually doing with he Tendou girl. They kissed, twice, and in the mouth. A quick smooch wasn't a big deal between friends for the laugh, but there wasn't any humor or lack of seriousness here. Akio seemed to really want it, while Aoi definitely liked the taste. The clown liked kisses and hugs in general, but he had never really thought of seriously engaging in that sort of stuff with a girl, let alone a newly made friend she didn't know too much about. Then again... She was rather pretty, and Aoi admitted to it quite a few times already.

"So erm... What kind of food do you like? They say I can cook up anything the word has to offer~"

She lied, she was a pretty bad cook but she new how to present frozen dishes in a way that they seemed pretty legitimate. In reality she was trying to keep the talk going while she questioned her position with Akio. They were holding hands, and Aoi kept rolling her tongue in her mouth, remembering the taste it had during that short half minute. It wasn't like with a boy where it felt almost natural to let loose and have it go either way. This felt a lot more... Gentle, and soothing. In her thoughts she fiddled her fingers with Akio's as she kept a firm gasp on the girl.

"Maybe we could go swimming at the lake afterward~ Hope you got a swimsuit, Akio!~"

She giggled to the idea of actually having fun at the lake her house was about a kilometer from, all the silly stuff she could do to end this already really amusing day. The idea of watching a show at the Don Maquia theater was becoming less and less of a good plan, because they'd have to run out in town, so Aoi could only muster the objective of converting Akio into a big moviegoer like the little clown demonstrated herself to be. She also perfectly knew where such a session could lead two people who were behaving a beyond platonic level. To her, it'd be somewhat a revealing moment.

"And then you can stay a bit later and we can watch the movie I gave you, whatdaya think?~"

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As more member of the Mafia entered the warehouse. Momoi couldn't contain her eagerness to start kicking everyones ass in the building.

As the two Chunin listen in. Momoi leaned over to her best friend, glancing around the area to see how many people they would have to fight. "Chi-chan, think you can use your eyes to scan for more Yakuza, i don't believe that these are the only people we have to fight." she spoke quietly while drinking her water.

Chihiro's used the raised collar of her hood and nodded, making a hand formation under the table, under the guise nothing had changed, but she started scanning the room and then beyond that and she instantly widened her eyes. She lowered her voice "holy fuck Moi-chan, this isn't a meeting place, this is a god damn Yakuza base, there's the obvious in this room. But past that door, I saw about twenty or so who are most likely Yakuza or have the capabilities of being a threat, and then above, theres atleast another ten, and I didn't even want to keep checking for more but there's gotta at least be thirty-five to forty more in this place" she looked around, her mouth covered.

She picked up tea and poured herself some, steam rising from the cup "This is going to be a shit storm, you ready for that?" she looked at Momoi, ready to attack when she decided what to do.

"Hehehe...asking the Gypsy if she is ready, it really has been a long time Chi-chan." Momoi muttered behind her cup before standing up. "HELLLLOOOOO, YAKUZA!" In a moment the sound of the restaurant had become dead quiet as every man in the building at turned to Momoi's voice "Here the deal: you manage to pin us down and admit defeat: I will promise every single one of you will be 'Blown.'" She smirked at them.

Chihiro spilled tea everywhere at Momoi's sudden yelling. Then very subtle, she pulled her wakizashi from its sheath and held it in her sleeve. Following her statement, Chihiro watched the guys around them "Bitch, next time you give up sex as a reward for beating us, at least warn me before dammit, I'm really not trying to blow forty guys without mentally preparing myself, jesus..." she smirked "crazy ass..."

"Oh believe me, Chi-chan, one way or another, I'm going down on someone tonight, it's either them" she turned to her bestie with a seductive look in her eyes "Or you~" She return back to the men that had now circled around them. As assorted range of melee weapons were in hand. Momoi seductive look soon turned into a look a women ready to kick ass. "But if we win...well nothing really: it just shows that you guys are nothing more than Bitches!" she wagged a finger at them. "So, are we ready to have some fun?!"

The roar of numerous men was the answer as the all rush them, coming from all sides. Momoi smirked as she knelt down to the ground "Yep...this is metal alright!" she channeled her chakra into the ground "Steel Release: Molecular Recomposition!" a sudden pulse shot into the ground before the girl manipulated the metal to her liking. Pulling out two thick steel rods from the around she held them like baseball bats. "Batter up motherfucker! The Gypsy will teach you how to use them properly!" Sensing someone from her right side, the girl moved faster as she swung at the man's face, Knocking him out cold. "Strike!"

"Dont threaten me to a good time, if that's the case, i can always do that favorite thing you do" she winked at the girl, before Momoi went on to continue to taunt them. Chihiro still sat, her Byakugan studying the vast amount in the room at hand. Watching Momoi kick it off, Chihiro smirked, leaning back, she quickly kicked up the table, then kicked it forward towards the huge crowd rushing them from the front. Not even before turning, she grabbed a knife falling to the ground, and threw it to the side of her, missing the first guy, but hitting the man behind him.

"Dibs on big bo-!" stepping back a man swung at her with a sword "Gentle Fist: Tenketsu Needle..." sending a bone chilling stab with her fingers into the mans side, he fell to the ground and she kicked him in the face as he tried to get up in pain "as I was saying! Big Boy is mine!" she yelled over the commotion and pointed towards the bigger man who was pushing the table off of him.

"Damnit, i was going for fatty Bomba!" she whined playfully at her before ducking underneath and delivering a hard right uppercut to another member of the Mafia. Before the man could fall to the ground. Momoi grabbed him by the hand and started spinning him around fast "Be a bro and help me knock of the others!" letting go of him, the man with black hair was sent flying into his brethren, they took fell to the ground hard as evident by the groans coming from them. Smirking at her handiwork she avoided a fatal cut to her back, spinning and twirling to face the group of men behind her she focused on the metal bars "Steel Release: Iron Fist Technique: Twins!" on cue the bars suddenly changed form as the start covering Momoi's hand as the became large gaunlet like fist. Roar at the top of her lungs the Chunin charged straight at them with full force. The steel deflecting any weapons that were coming towards her before taking a swing at him once again. Every poor sap in her way was sent flying. "Are you guys really members of the Mafia?"

Chihiro focused her attention to the group of men in front of her, two started to run towards her. She running back at them, she slid between the first man's legs, kicking herself up she sent four rapid hits to the man behind him, who staggered back. Then turning, she stepped to the side as the man, who's legs she slid through, had went to stab towards her with a knife. She pulled the man forward, making the man stab his friend, and then took his arm and broke it severely. Turning, she narrowly jumped over a table being sent her way, and landed on top of it. Taking her foot, she flipped the table and dropped down. The man kicked it back "Eight Trigrams: Vacuum Palm!" blowing it back, she ran and once again slid under the table as the men pushed it back. Sliding under a poor sap, she took both her feet, and kicked upwards right into the man's pride.

Rolling back off the kick, she rolled to her feet and quickly stood, approached by four more men, including the big boy, she smiled, standing in a gentle fist stance, she motioned for them to quickly approached her. As soon as they rushed her, things slowed down and the eight trigrams circle appeared to her eyes only "Eight Trigrams: One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms!" she effectively began to use "Eight Trigrams:Tenketsu Needles" in unison after learning that it was possible to strike with the two. Quickly, she sent strikes at blinding speeds like a cobra attacking a target, or in this case four targets.

Momoi watched at her friend took on everyone with ease, a smile was brought to her face "You've really grown, Chi-chan." however a burning desire grew within her "I can't let you hog all the glory!" her eyes had fire in as manipulated her large gauntlets into smaller ones. before doing a 360 to elbow someone before grabbing there head and smashing into onto her knee, she could felt his nose cave in upon the impact before letting him go. Preform the Tiger seal she inhaled air into her mouth "Katon: Hibashiri!"

Spewing a line of fire out, it traveled towards a group of men and surprisingly one woman before it ensnared in a ring of fire as it attacked them from all sides, burning the skin and clothes "I'm not much as a far range fighter, i'd rather much love to knock them out with my own hands." An Idea popped in her mind. "Chi-chan, work with me here!" jumping high into the air she landed behind a skinny member of the mafia before punching him in the spine before kicking into an open space "Let's do that combo: Gentle Steel style!" creating a pair of steel gloves for Chihiro, she threw them at her before running behind the skinny man.

Finishing with her group, Chihiro looked over at Momoi, who threw her steel gloves. She smirked and caught the gloves, putting them on quickly as the man she pushed into the fire circle was speeding towards her "Ready!?"

Chihiro sent a strike into the man's stomach. Momoi copied her, sending a strike opposite of the man and where Chihiro strike had landed. Blood escaped from the man's mouth. Chihiro sent another punch into the man's chest. The girl grinned as she striked him hard again. Both women could feel his ribs breaking from the force created. "What's our best combo? 150 hit before they passed out?" Hiro punched the man in the jaw, making him spin to face Momoi. "Yeah but they usually turn to mush after that." Feeling dirty Momoi jabbed him the eyes before kicking him the chest, breaking his bones even more. The man slumped over her shoulder "Aww..he didn't even last 10 hits~ Oh Well!" Motion Chihiro to around to the other side of the table, Momoi stood at the end of table before setting the guy down more lifting him by the leg as he towered over her before she left gravity and her bestie do the rest. Chihiro quickly got up on the table yelling "IRONMAIDEN MOTHERFUCKER!" before she grabbed the man's head, then with the gravity already pulling him down, jumped off and effectively smashed the man through the table.

Standing, she took the steel gloves off and brushed herself off. "Man, thugs always get weaker and weaker, also,by the looks of it, no one here is in the mood to be laid at the moment" she looked around at either the dead, or painfully moaning Yakuza members "so me it is" she gave a devious smile and winked.

"Shame, here i thought i was going to be filled multiple ways." she sighed with defeat. "But let's talk about that later." she looked up, feeling multiple footstep from above and then from the side. "Chi-chan, which room do wanna take?" she cracked her knuckles "Let's see who can clear out faster!"

"I mean, I can still do that for you~" she teased, before the footsteps started. Momoi let her choose, while she talked to the owner. Walking towards the doors to the stairs for the upstairs "Im totally calling upstairs" she started to open the door "ready?"

Momoi nodded as he head towards the room next to them and grasped the door handle "Loser gets edged 5 times before they can release~" She grinned "On 3!"

"1....."

"2....."

"3!" Both girl opened up the door, both room revealed a large amount of Mafia members, looking at the with confidence, Momoi and Chihiro entered the door, both fixated on winning the 'Little' bet between them.

“Gypsy ‘motherfucking’ Danger, at your service!"

"Stop....Hyūga time!"

@Partisan

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"I think that... Explosive tags are a better solution to Yellow's leg problem... Don't you agree?" Phia voice was hot in his ear, Takeshi licked his lips. not because of the heat coming from Phia, but the idea of blowing someones legs up.

"Now you're talkin my language sister!" Jumping to his feet and pulled out a wad of explosive tag from his weapons pouch. As he was counting how many tags to place on Jaakuna, he heard Tsukiko's speech..something sad past or something along the lines of that.

"The only half-assed excuse here is coming from you," Tsukiko began, her voice notably cooler despite the fire in her eyes. She aimed her blade at Daiki, pointing it at him ominously. "Your pride is inflated. There is nothing valuable about you. You are completely replaceable. I can strike you down and sleep comfortably tonight in my own bed, free of punishment and with a clear conscious. Your opinion of yourself distorts your opinion of the world. Newsflash! You are nothing in the grand scheme of things, Daiki. Your ego is larger than your brain. My view of the world is much more realistic..."

She sheathed the sword upon her back, but still moved closer to approach Daiki. "I was brought into this city in a cage. I fought every day to survive, to grow as a human being. I have earned where I stand by spending twenty years proving my worth to Konoha. I have seen far more of this world than any of you teenage brats, fought more battles, survived more struggles. So when one of you little shits starts thinking that the world owes you something and that you can compare yourself to me..." Tsukiko's body position changed, asserting a new fighting stance. "I get a little upset."

"This story..." Takeshi frown, he had heard Tsukiko story a long time ago after a little spat from between teacher and Student, of course it didn't end well and Takeshi has to hear the story. After hearing her story. The haired ninja rose from the ground and and smirked at her.

"“Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift from the sage, which is why we call it the present.” those were the word the etched into his crazy mind. He didn't know what happened after that, nor did he want to know what happened after that. "Teach, stop living in the past. If you really want to drop him, do it and quit bitching." he turned towards Daiki "Same goes for you: You want to get your point across, force her into submission and make her listen. Actions speak louder than word Daiki." he sighed before looking at Jaak, who was still drinking "Enjoy that drink bro, because this is going to hurt!" A craze grin spread across his face as he slapped a tag on to Jaak's right leg. "Before you say: Stop listening to psycho chick or something stupid like that, i kinda not listening to her or you." he grinned innocently. "I just happen to like seeing others in pain." He took a good step back from Jaakuna and performed a Ram seal. "Tell me how it feels ok?"

With that, the tag exploded as Takeshi laughed like a madman. As his laughter died down he turned to see Tsukiko facing of against Daiki once more.

"Fight me with that pride and honor you spoke of..."

“C-Come … fight me. I'll show you another way to live.”

"....For fucks sakes..." Shaking his head he reached into his weapon punch once more and walked behind Daiki and taking his hand out with a round pill inside it and covered his mouth forcing him to swallow the Military Ration Pill "Don't spit it out, digest it and then think about fighting sensei. At least you will have SOME sort of chance with that inside you." walking back he reached for the minibar and took out another soda and sat on the table near Phia "So...green haired chick...who are you again? You never gave me your name." he turned to her and looked into her green eyes.

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When the idea was said about breaking Jaakuna’s legs, the blonde looked at Miyaka with a totally surprised and just as equally angered facial expression. He couldn’t believe that this little bitch would actually do such a thing. First she made Jaakuna go after that Jounin which resulted in him almost getting hauled off to the police station. He honestly would had preferred that to happen as compared the next couple of things that happened to him. It was after getting almost arrested that Jaakuna had painballs shot at him to which he reacted not in the most intelligent way. In hinesight, Jaakuna probably should have just went home, but he didn’t and that’s when he got a knife to the knee.

And now there’s this shit.

“What did you fucking say you little cunt?” Jaakuna said, not holding back his tongue. It’s not like things could get any worse.

And then the mention of exploding tags came.

Fuck.

There was little time for Jaakuna to react to Takeshi aiming to slap an exploding tag on Jaakuna’s right leg and even less due to his limping state. So, what did the blonde do? Well, he did the only thing that he could do. Jaakuna, at the same moment the tag was slapped on his leg, removed it and put it on the balcony right behind him and started to limp away from it. Of course, after Takeshi almost instantly formed a hand seal, the tag exploded, knocking a huge chunk of the balcony with it.

Jaakuna sighed in great relief as he knew that could have been his leg. He then looked at Takeshi straight dead in the eyes. “I hope you know this means we aren’t friends anymore.” Jaakuna said to Takeshi as his Meteor flared up. Even though Jaakuna was injured, he wasn’t going to let his legs get blown off without a fight.

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As her own attack hit her target, Rin had a feeling of relief, but it only lasted for a short bit. The person that she hit did the same to Rin as the Ice Minx was shot forth towards an array of feathers coming at her from her other side. Realizing what was happening, Rin started forming hand seals. “Ice Release: Shards of Ice!” Rin called out as chakra flew from her mouth in the form of razor sharp shards of ice. They met with the feathers and demolished them completely.

As Rin would slide on the ground through the crystallized feathers, she would turn her head and notice her opponent coming at her. Rin didn’t even think, she reacted instinctively. She reached into her tools pouch and pulled out a kunai knife. She then lept forward and met the flying pirate dead on with her Kunai aimed at the chick’s head.

When Daiki got to his feet, a smirk formed on Tsukiko's lips. Despite the obvious anger in her eyes one could tell by looking that she was going to take enjoyment out of this beatdown. Before she could advance, however, Takeshi decided to speak up again. What made him feel this was any of his business, Tsukiko couldn't possibly know. But her smirk vanished and instead she held a sneer. "My life isn't some sob story I bring up for pity," she snapped, mainly at Takeshi but it was also intended for all to hear. Then her gaze went back to Daiki. "It was a learning experience. Everything has shaped me into what I am now. It is through my hardships that I have grown to be the woman I am today."

"And the reason I deal out the pain on you kids is to toughen you up the same way." With no further words to add drama, Tsukiko shot forward. Her opponent may have been worn and notably slow to move from the injury she gave him earlier, something which she seemed to be completely ignoring now, but Tsukiko wasn't about to show him any kindness. Even though Takeshi gave him a Military Ration pill, Tsukiko was already going full force. She came at him quickly and head-on, trying to plant her foot into his solar plexus to knock the wind out of him before he could start swinging Anemone around. Whether her opening move was successful or not, Tsukiko hopped back briefly before coming forward to start punching the red-haired boy with her good arm, being sure to keep her broken arm away from her opponent. Each strike was delivered with force, to deal the maximum amount of pain. But she notably avoided lethal weak points.

Tsukiko was no longer trying to kill Daiki, but instead cause as much pain as possible.

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Sentou was always a weird one, but she wasn't completely moronic. Shin paid close attention to their surroundings as Sentou updated him on what was going on. He even seemed to acknowledge the strange words she muttered once they both had earpieces. "Yeah, I got it," he spoke before making three handseals. The Jade Crystal Blades formed on both his arms, as he prepared to fight the Captain and teleporting pirate. Before he could choose which one to go after the teleporting girl had targeted him.

"Do you really think she's my girlfriend?" Shin asked before jumping backwards, away from the girl. "And I'd say I'm more of a manly type instead of a cute one." A cocky grin took hold of his face as he squared off with the teleporting pirate. With his Jade Crystal Blades he didn't have to worry about her sword, at least not too much. Her speed and surprise could always be a problem. Instead he kept moving, making sure not to let the pirate girl teleport him somewhere else. Her power would become dangerous if unimpeded.

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"AGAIN!"

A woman's voice roared from the small training field near the Inuzuka Compound. The mother of the young Nobunaga Inuzuka just wanted to see her son achieve a sense of perfection with his bestial side. She wanted to see him let loose and strike with all his might, let the beast inside him show him true power. She stared as the sounds of Nobunaga and Oichi using passing fang on a boulder in the very middle of the field. Bits of debris and dust assaulted the surronding area as the duo shredded through the sides of the boulder. It was a site to behold whenever an Inuzuka was able to show such prowess with the technique. Nobunaga and Oichi slid to stop, leaving a trail behind them. They sat down on the grass, heaving and huffing for air.

"One day you'll be the beast I wanted you to be." Iva snickered a bit at the delightful idea of her son raising the status of the Inuzuka. Nobunaga let himself fall back in the grass, red strands of hair spilling outward like a wildfire. "Mother, why aren't we critically acclaimed like the Hyuga or stand in history like the Uchiha? I understand we are rare outside of Konoha but why is the clan treated lowly compared to those two?" Iva looked at her son for a few short moments before turning her gaze to the sky, peering past the trees.

"Nobu, it would be easy to say that its because of their dojutsu. It would be easy to blame them. Unfortunately it was our fault and the loss of your ancestors. We stood as bastions at one point, protecting the very borders of the land of fire whilst the Senju and Uchiha fought. We took the brunt of an attack that wiped out a large portion of our numbers and causing us lose some of our most precious jutsu. The land was ruptured in the process and we thought the base was lost." Iva glanced back her son whose face showed a greater interest than normal.

"Where was it located?" Nobu's eyes met with his mother's and he could see the devious smile upon her face.

Gin stuck to the tree line for most of the trip to the capital. To him, it got him away from Yamato for a bit, a sanctuary per say, but nonetheless it gave him some time think. This mission was going to be a pain, not just because of the threats and the attempts on the minister, that he could handle. It was the friction caused early on between him and Yamato, something he had hoped to avoid. One thing he tried to avoid within a team was internal conflict, but at this point it couldn't be helped. Half way through the trip he had hopped down from the trees and joined the rest of the crew. He had a few questions for the team regarding the team; the size of the capital, what events do they have around this time and simple things like this. It would be his first time in the capital and Gin wanted to experience it while here but in a way that still allowed him to follow through with the mission.

What the hell? This place is huge! As he looked around, he took careful notice to where certain things were; windows, skylights, exits; anything and everything that could be used as a way to infiltrate the mansion. There were a few rooms in which he wandered off into to find the maids bathing, which landed him a few bruises on the face and a bloody nose, not just due to his perverse side. 'Didn't think they trained maids like that to fight but god what a great body.' He giggled a few times as they continued the tour. However that didn't stop the servant who was leading them to give him a death glare that spoke more than just words, which he could feel even when Gin avoided eye contact with her.

Yamato walked up to the table and sat down, crossing his legs in front of him as he looked at the map. Gin couldn't help but wonder why he of all people were taking charge as of this moment. 'He better have an idea of what he's doing.' Even though Yamato couldn't see it, Gin had given him a distasteful look which had left as quickly as it had crossed his face. Gin focused in on the map and where the bedding was situated for the family. Judging from this map, the eldest daughters' bedroom is across from ours. Her eldest brother sleeps next to her in another room, her sister sleeps right next to that. The youngest child, a boy, sleeps in a room next to the ministers' room, and they are linked together with a door.”

Gin stood there, his head to the side with his arms crossed as he thought about how to situate himself in this picture as Giichi gave his opinion. With arms still crossed he knelt down next to the layout and placed his pin next to the eldest daughter's room. " I would personally say with the eldest daughter. I feel she won't like the idea of us watching her every move or the family's so I planned on escorting her to wherever she would like the go during our time here but from a distance. On top of that I want to rig her room with some simple traps, nothing lethal but enough to ward off intruders." Feeling that Yamato would slide in some smart-ass comment he added. "She wouldn't be alone in he walk, I planned on giving her a gift." With that he stood up and walked back a bit before placing his hands together into the correct sign. When the smoke had cleared. He was on all fours, a beautiful black and greyish coat with a white underbelly.

Gin returned to normal before sitting down opposite of Gin. "Or into whatever she prefers. I would have a clone not to far off to provide overwatch and another as a backup."

Akio couldn't help but pout a little as her friend(?) laughed at her discomfort, though the feeling was soon forgotten as the petite clown girl planted a quick kiss on her cheek. The action brought a light blush to the Tendou girl's face as she followed Aoi out. Does this . . . no, calm yourself Akio. Don't look too much into this right now, just enjoy the rest of the evening and don't try and push anything. You hardly know her, she doesn't know anything about you, and the entire reason you kissed her is because you have terrible impukse control. Crap, the only reason I'm panicking right now is because she kissed me back! What am I suppised to take from that, escpecially concerning her? Akio was really unsure of what to do or say right now as she really began contemplating the ramification of her actions, only to be thankfully broken out of this spiral of confusion by Aoi's question.

"Huh, uhmmm . . .I guess some fish would be nice. My favorite kinda meat is that from the giant tigers in the Forest of Death, but I doubt you have any of that . . . _{I'm not even sure if it's legal to hunt them.} She muttered the last part under her breath, as she was pretty sure that hunting them without a license was very illegal. But what could she say, she'd picked up the desire to hunt, kill, and devour animals from Tsukiko, and it wasn't a desire she wanted to stop having. Especially when the meat taste so goddamn delicious, man, now I want some really, really badly. The thought of eating some delicious tiger was making Akio's mouth salivate in eager anticipation.

She quickly realized that Aoi was still talking, however, and shook herself free from her daydreams of feasting on exotic game and managed to catch the last of what the clown girl had said, something about a swimsuit and movies, if she was not mistaken. She must be asking me if we should go swimming in the lake, since that's the only place close to her house where we could. "Uh, I don't have a swimsuit, but my bindings are kept waterproof by a seal, so that could work, provided you have a pair of bikini bottoms you think I might be able to squeeze into. I'd rather not get my underwear drenched, nothing feels worse than that."

Akio stretched her arms as she considered Aoi's movie offer. While it was certainly tempting, she wasn't quite sure if it was advisible for the two to be alone with each other after what just happened. While things had calmed down a bit now, their was still something going on between them, and she felt that it wouldn't take much for something like that to happen again . . . but was that really a bad thing. She sighed, deciding to just go with the flow and see what happens, maybe something will happen, maybe nothing will happen, but she wasn't about to miss out on sleeping over with her new friend just because of a little romantic tension.

"As for staying over to see this movie you got me, I'm up for it. I'm curious to see if it's really as great as you say it is."

@Savato