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[h2][color=fuchsia][b]Aoi Don Maquia[/b][/color][/h2]

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz3BQFXjEOI]Fountain of Dreams[/url][/center]

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That crazy cat was attacking everyone except the Jonin for some reason and Aoi would sometimes have the blast of air directed at her when she got on a building a little too close for the sentinel. Souken was caught in the crossfire too and couldn't do much about it. Even if they got around the thing, they could very easily be picked off by the 11th Corp agents who didn't seem to want them get close to the Hokage for now. With each wave of its hand it fired in repeated and constant intervals, constant enough for even the impulsive Aoi to pick up on. It was about a two second wait, so like her lover she had the great idea of maybe attacking it during that wait. 

With her clone turned card in her hand, the clown prepared for the right moment, just as Akio prepared her jutsu. However when Akio actually did release her zapping jutsu, a much swifter jutsu than the initiative chosen by Aoi, the stone cat would simply break down before the attack would hit it. At this point, the 11th Corp seemed to retreat and Saburo was also going completely docile. All Aoi could think about was that this was some kind of nasty trick, like it was too good to be true. So she looked around, a bit clueless as to what was going on. But when she noticed Akio making a run for it anyway, she grew even more tense. She didn't want to be the only bloke left behind after all. With a wave of carelessness, she jumped down from the building she stood on and sped after the Tendou. Catching up rather quickly by lack of resistance, they'd soon catch up with the rest of the gang. 

"[color=fuchsia]Kiki! Let's regroup![/color]" 

She'd tell Akio, surely their odds would be a lot better with their teammates nearby to make a quick plan to at least have a decent opening through this mess. This situation was indeed bad, but it didn't prevent her from picking on the kiddies in the heat of the moment. Especially when she noticed, with a quick glance, that things were oddly calm and shinobi were already around the woman and Zeno at the Town Square. Many spoke, many were captured by the awe of the moment. And all Aoi did was set her hands on Tatsuya's shoulders and bounce up just a bit to scream:

"[color=fuchsia]Boo![/color]" 

Before rapidly shifting over next to Akio so she'd appear more concerned than she actually was. She saw just how exposed the two were, how easy it'd be to intervene just as much as it'd be easy for the assassin to kill the Hokage before they could even take a step closer. The clown's brain started to fry, unsure as to what they can even do. But there was one weird looking hippie man who stepped in and possibly took the role of the miracle the Konoha nin needed to turn this situation around. 

"[color=fuchsia]Who's that dude?! Kiki! If we can get close I can get Hokage outta there! But you gotta help me![/color]" 

But of course, before anything else could be exposed about this possibility, an air of tension would reign over all the Shinobi gathered in the same place, witnessing the scene. When they'd notice what was that gloomy tension, there wouldn't be space for mere observing anymore... Aoi was left slightly shaking from that event, not that she was paralyzed, but the suddenness of it all made her unable to really understand or react to the moment. She turned her head to look at Akio, wondering what just happened. 

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[h2][color=beige][b]Fear[/b][/color][/h2]

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmTeqPHDCGg]It's Time[/url][/center]

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A substitution, how predictable it was in hindsight. The mysterious figure didn't seem surprised at all when the woman's figure would have vanished, only to be replaced by some typical house ornament. It made it clear she was in a building somewhere, but there were multiple of those and guessing her location wouldn't be really required given he had already pinpointed her location despite her invisibility jutsu. The man cracked his neck once more, peering over to one direction in particular to keep an eye on Katsu Hyuuga, the only threat he considered and the man that the 11th Corp agents wouldn't mess with due to the man's prowess, the same being said for Tsukiko. The leader of this small battalion was keen on taking the two veterans on despite their numbers and talents. 

As Tsukiko was coming back for a new dose of killer's high, the masked man easily uncovered her location before she'd even manifest it, turning to her attention so he could handle her. But as he did so, he noticed one of his agents waving a signal and his soldiers scattering. Added to that would be Saburo's shift in paradigm. In the midst of the conflict, the man in the coat would use his normally cut hand to lower his sleeve on the opposite arm to expose his watch. The time was about right, they had to pull back. At the same time, he noticed his normally damaged hand: A small paper cut on the palm was made where normally a large gash requiring quite a bit of sutures was supposed to be. Barely any blood leaked from it as long as he didn't contract his hand, not that it would bother him anyway. 

Now, he had given time for Tsukiko to launch her attack, no that he didn't know what she was doing. Her position alone gave off what she was going to attempt to do with those wires. With the net thrown, the man looked up at it and simply took inspiration from the woman beforehand: He did a few handseals, not even in a hurry, and with great timing, switch with a piece of the destroyed cat the instant the net exploded. He had his back turned to the woman who seemed hellbent on going to the aid of the Hokage anyway. This wasn't an issue anymore, the signal made that very clear. 

"[b]Too bad. A fight with you two would have been an experience.[/b]"

He stated with a voice muffled by the mask he was wearing. With unnaturally high speed, the man darted through obstacles, employing a different path than Tsukiko to avoid stretching this needless confrontation any longer. Because his movements were strangely fluid and swift, he'd easily beat the Jonin there by a bit, but he was content with just joining his colleague. With one step that echoed through the ears of the gathered Shinobi which caused this wave of dread. Especially the less experienced Tatsuya who would live this entrance as a powerful killing intent. He simply passed by them with a walking pace for about a second before propelling himself toward the stage. 

The man landed on the wooden stage, his feet barely making a sound as they touched the construct. He purposely landed between the Maru cop and the assassin he worked with. He didn't look at neither, actually he looked at the people who stayed to witness the show, not that there were too many as most of the civilians were scared away or evacuated. But a lot of locals watched from their apartment buildings. The Maru wouldn't do anything without going through the male assassin first, no one would really. It wouldn't help that the same stalkers from before would still be near the area, supervising the upcoming events out of orders by some also by curiosity. 

"[b]Stand down, Maru. It isn't your fight.[/b]" 

Kaito could take it as he would, but it was clear he wasn't going to intervene in the Hokage's rescue fast enough to avoid a quick execution. The Konoha shinobi were evidently in a pickle here. There weren't many options to choose from at this point other than possibly limit casualties and hope one final decisive turn of events would occur. 

"[b]It's Time.[/b]"