[center][h1][i][color=3F6C8D][b]H[/b]okages [b]S[/b]peech: [b]A[/b] [b]N[/b]ew [b]D[/b]awn[/color][/i][/h1]

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[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_NfS368rPQ]Departure to the Front[/url][/center]
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The Hokage sighed slightly as he looked over the list. It wasn't a long list by all means but the things written on it were very big to the village. [i]Very[/i] big. In a way they were bigger than what Naruto himself could ever have imagined.. bigger than what Hashirama and Madara could have ever wanted for Konoha. [b]“My comrades. I.. don't know how to tell you this.”[/b] A few tears began to form in his eyes as he looked over the crowd and let his arms hang, and in that moment he looked less like the hokage and more like a fellow shinobi. Slowly he closed his eyes before wiping them with his right hand, before continueing. A smile came upon his face as he spoke, [b]“We live in an age of peace. And any violence that happens.. it's too much in my eyes. But it's a lifestyle we adopted as shinobi. It's in us. Well. I say no more. I have spoken with the Kazekage and the Mizukage respectively, and they have agreed to an exchange program. We hope that this will create favorable bonds between us.”[/b] 

The crowd gasped at first, wondering just what this exactly meant. Would they be forming a unified army with these two villages? It didn't look or sound like it at the moment, but any unification like this is usually followed up by bigger centralizations.. [b]“You shouldn't worry, participation is entirely voluntarily. We hope to send a hundred shinobi to each village, just to start. We'll receive the same amount as we send, so likely it'll be a gamble for you to even get into the program. That.. is big on it's own. No, it's unheard of in the history of the shinobi villages. Those who were so proud of their ancestry can now share this with other villages. This is no reason to drop all your pride for Konoha, believe me!”[/b]

[b]“But it is a moment for us to reconsider.”[/b] With a wide gesture of his hands he tried to calm down the crowd, which at this point was talking loudly. As soon as they calmed a bit more he continued with his speech, moving on to the next issue. [b]“Furthermore.. all the Kage have agreed to set up a unified hunter nin squadron. Hunting rogue shinobi will no longer be a task for each village, and instead we will do it in a unified manner. Participation in this is, sad to say for some of you that rather remain at home.. not voluntarily. Tributes have been selected by my colleagues and some of them include some of you. I will call out your names now. Don't worry. I press you to believe that if you weren't fit for the task, you wouldn't be selected. And it's an honour on it's own - we hope to form these hunter nin into something similar to the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist. These hunter nin, they will be the finest, proudest and most elite shinobi we have to offer. From every village!”[/b]

A secretary came on stage again and with a bow handed over a long list of names. There were some older members of the force, some ANBU and some very young shinobi listed. It was part of the program. The younger ones would be trained by the elders, and they would become specialized in hunting down and executing those that defy the laws of shinobi. [b]“If I call your name, please step forward!”[/b] It was at this point that Zeno teared up again, his sadness at the fact that these people would be leaving the village becoming apparent now. But it was for a greater cause, he knew this. And hopefully so did they. [b]“Chora Akimichi! Kibamaru Inuzuka! Oichen Yamanaka! Mimi Iramura!..”[/b] The list continued for a short while more, and aproximately 10 more people were called out. It seemed that nobody known particularily to the group of chunin was called forwards for now. Until the end of the list was reached. [b]“We are reaching the end of the list. Please bear with me. Aiko Tendou, please step forwards. Aoi Don Maquia, please. Shin Maru. Tatsuya Kajiya-Terumi, if you'd step forward. Daiki Naito, Yamato Minamoru... G-.. Gii.. Giichi.. ugh..”[/b] Small droplets of sweat were forming at the top of Zeno's head. Slowly he bent over, placing a hand on his forehead. [b]“Excuse me. I don't.. feel so well.. it must be the nerves.”[/b] he said, trying to smile. But when he smiled and opened his mouth, everyone could see the blood that was on his teeth. Just as he was about to stand up straight again he caved in again, almost falling on his face before he managed to catch himself with his hands. A second later he spat out large clots of blood onto the platform.

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[center][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQaRZ0RoIGo]Blind Animal[/url]

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A medical nin hurried towards the Hokage, who was abruptly waved away by the Hokage who claimed to be feeling 'fine' despite the apparent unhealthy situation he was in. At the same time, a hooded, masked figure stood atop the hokages' office, in clear sight. Her figure was largely masked by the cloak she whore, but it was just enough that you could perhaps make out the figure of a woman. In her right hand she held an ANBU shinobi at the throat, who was struggling heavily before she finally threw her hand forwards and sent the ANBU nin tumbling to his death. Zeno immediately realised what was going on, and stumbled to get off the platform he was on. With a clumsy movement he threw over the small speech desk that he was standing behind. Struggling to even get up, he realised what had hapened. His eyes flashed side to side looking for someone that could help him, but were met only with people who stared at both him, and at the strange figure atop the Hokages' office. Within a second another ANBU member had reached the cloaked figure and was now engaging her in combat, leaving some of the jonin and others to wonder as to whether they should interfere or not. The ANBU was handling it.. obviously? And what was wrong with the Hokage?

Zeno managed to collect himself a bit and got enough grip on the ground to start a half run, tumbling side to side as he ran down a narrow street. He tried to look behind him at the figure, only to be met with the sight of another ANBU nin falling down onto the roof tiles of the hokages' office, before rolling down and crashing into a smaller roof below. And with that kill confirmed, the hooded figure jumped away before anymore shinobi could even think of reaching her.

It was hard to see just what this woman had done to kill these ANBU, let alone what her next movements were going to be. In fact the whole situation had gotten quite unclear and chaotic, and add to that the fact that there were about sixteen classes of academy students, some old, some younger.. you had a situation that had the opportunity to get out of hand quickly. The hooded figure made clear use of this exploitable situation to land amidst the large group of shinobi, causing many of them to back off. The few that tried to catch her were met only with an empty space, seeing as she had jumped away long before they had even extended their arms. Her target was pretty clear - she was after the Hokage.

Zeno ran away, headed for the mountain with the Hokages' faces in it, though they had long ago ran out of space and since then it had become a monument to the ancient hokages. It was about the only place he could be somewhat safe, since the Hokages' office was already under attack by this person. And he could feel.. something was wrong. He never coughed blood, and he never sweat like this. It was weird, and it was so unlike him. His power and chakra was sapping away more and more, he felt that too. He faced back at the street he was running through, only to end up stumbling and then tumbling, rolling down the street a bit before catching himself again and getting up, only to continue his escape. The only thing he could do at this time was run to offer the ANBU more time to catch this.. person. Who ever it was..

Meanwhile on the roofs, the person in the cloak was giving chase on the Hokage in a rather speedy way of going about it. She jumped from rooftop to rooftop, occasionally coming under attack by ANBU nin, whole squads at once. But she dispersed them with remarkable speed, it never becoming quite clear what she was exactly doing to get rid of these people. Sometimes she just dodged their attacks and then body flickered away, leaving them to find out where she had gone. It would take a bit more than that to get rid of the woman. 

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[center][h2][color=9e0039]Yamato Minamoru, “Young Master”[/color][/h2]

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[color=9e0039][b]“Watashi wa Kami, I am God.”[/b][/color][/center]
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Yamato noticed Aoi waving at him, and all he did to return the favour was give her a deadly look. He was already annoyed with that kid. Didn't she grow up to be 18 around the same time as him.. she'd better act like it a bit more. A single glance to the right showed to him that Daiki was also here. Apparently he'd been given the same task as him. He decided to atleast have some company. Jonin should stick together, even if they didn't like eachother. [i]Tsk.. like eachother.. hate was a better word.[/i] But Yamato remembered what father had told him. No more spats with the Naito's. Those days were over, now that they were both adults and jonin. With a slight frown he approached Daiki, passing by several of the children. Two of them were fighting, after which one got hurt. [i]That's the life kid. Get used to it.[/i] And he would've gotten used to it if there wasn't some nosy idiot medical nin screwing that up. Yamato let go of a sigh. What's with all these do-good chunin that wanted to help everyone and save the world. Those days, like Yamato and Daiki's feuding days, were also over. But Yamato didn't interfere. He had better shit to do than to yell at a chunin that thought she could help everyone and every soul. 

[color=9e0039][b]“Yo, baka.”[/b][/color] Yamato said as he approached Daiki. His metal armor grinded a bit as he approached, but it was softened by the fact that Yamato had thrown on his flak jacket over the combat armor. It looked impressive to say the least, but for Yamato it had more traditional and respectful values since it was expected to be worn during formal meetings too. [color=9e0039][b]“Any idea what this bullcrap is about today?”[/b][/color] he said, but just then, Hokage Shitlord himself opened his mouth to explain just exactly what this bullcrap was about today. [color=9e0039][b] “Great.”[/b][/color]

Yamato sat through most of the motivational, emotional idiocy, but got alerted when the hokage spoke of a missing nin squadron. This could be a chance to get out of Konoha, to leave this shithole and finally do something worthwhile rather than babysitting schoolchildren. [color=9e0039][b]“He better say my name.. or else.. I'll fucking kill him..”[/b][/color] Yamato mumbled to himself with no shame about his death threats regarding the hokage, barely audible to Daiki, but certainly audible if Daiki was paying as much attention as Yamato was. Yamato didn't like the list of names but he still let out a sigh of relief when he heard his own name. [b]And that of Daiki..[/b] Baka hokage.. BAKA! BAKA BAKA BAKA! Internally Yamato couldn't help but scream at himself. He would've gone on a rampage if it weren't for the fact that the hokage seemed to become unwell. And right at that moment, as if fate was playing a trick, a mysterious figure appeared atop the Hokages' office. Someone that was unknown to the village. How did they even get in? [color=9e0039][b]“Daiki.. be alert. Look, there.”[/b][/color] Yamato said, motioning with his head towards the figure. It was pretty obvious that this was no coincidence, and the fact that the figure dropped an ANBU down the building to his death confirmed that. Chaos spread quickly as ANBU members jumped from the crowd in an attempt to get atop the building to take down this threat, while medical personnel was running all over the place to tend to the fallen ANBU nin, who Yamato was quite sure, was already dead.

And as if luck would have it, the crowd, which included many more non-shinobi than actual shinobi, plummeted into total chaos too. All the civilians suddenly started running, trying to escape what they thought to be an attempt to kill all of Konoha. Yamato knew better than that but he couldn't help but feel slightly annoyed as people bumped into him. One particular man just ran straight into him, and then continued running without a word. Yamato glanced back and was about to yell several obscenities when he noticed that the children were still there. [color=9e0039][b]“God damnit.. Daiki, we need to get these kids out of here. Let me tell the others what we're doing, I'll be back in a second.”[/b][/color]
 
Yamato seemed rather unfazed by what had just happened, since he didn't give too much of a shit about the Hokage to begin with, but added onto that was the fact that he was quite confident that the ANBU could deal with whatever this person was trying to do. With a single leap Yamato landed near Aoi, which seemed to be where most people were gathered. [color=9e0039][b]“What are you still standing around for you idiots? Me and Daiki will bring our classes back to a safer area, we'll meet up with you on the way. Aoi, you're the highest ranking shinobi, so get your incompetent ass moving.”[/b][/color] He didn't wait around for too long to get an answer - he had delivered his flurry of insults paired with orders, despite the fact that he and Aoi were the same rank. That was enough to kickstart Aoi into actually doing something other than playing on that stupid gameboy she had. 

Yamato leaped back to Daiki and nodded at him quickly, not granting him much more than that. What they were doing was obvious. Yamato looked at the kids, some of which seemed frightened and others seemed just about ready to jump into the fight themselves. [color=9e0039][b]“Yo, knuckleheads. If you're thinking about going after that person, forget it. Leave it to me and Daiki. We'll take care of it. But I think we have time to bring you guys to a safer place. Maybe then you won't die. [i]Maybe[/i].”[/b][/color] Yamato wasn't exactly that great a motivator, but he also wasn't a good comforter. His words perhaps made the kids even more scared, but atleast those who seemed ready to throw their lives away were now scared into submission. Slowly Yamato began to lead them out of there at a steady pace, bringing them towards a nearby restaurant. They seemed to be safe there - the restaurant owner promised to take care of them and began offering them some food, and the fact that there was still a teacher there certainly helped. And then, as soon as he and Daiki were done, they'd head out to rendezvous with whatever shinobi were still around and head for the Hokage to see what had happened. Not that Yamato really cared about the Hokage, but he was more interested in this person and what they were here for. [color=9e0039][b]“Oi, Daiki.. just hurry up and throw those kids inside. The teacher will take care of them. You slow ass baka.. dogs like you are so annoying.”[/b][/color] he said as he looked away into the distance, trying to see if there was still as much chaos on the plaza. Suddenly he raised his voice. [color=9e0039][b]“Hey you! Medical nin, come over here and come with us!”[/b][/color] he said, looking at the woman that had healed that little whiny shit earlier in his class.