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[h2][b][color=moccasin]Tsukiko Umene, Honeybadger[/color][/b][/h2][/center]
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She was too late. The invisible woman landed on a rooftop overlooking the square and the platform where the Hokage was killed. Her route was angled, so as to preserve her stealth at the cost of speed. A mistake that resulted in being too slow to stop the assassin from killing the Hokage. A new kind of anger began to flow through her veins. A certain rage that she couldn't remember if she had ever felt before. It was not grief or remorse that fueled her temper, but humiliation. Failure. She had failed to stop this woman, despite knowing that it was within her ability to do so.

And her rage was not quieted when the assassin revealed her identity. None other than Ayame. Now that Tsukiko reflected on it, the scent was familiar but not quite recognizable. It dawned on her that she had taken deliberate steps to fool Tsukiko's senses. This betrayal was well thought out. Tsukiko's face contorted in a terrifying scowl. Her Hiding with Camouflage technique couldn't hide the powerful killing intent that began to wash over the square. She wasn't just humiliated from her own failure but deliberately set up to fail. And that didn't sit well with her, to say the least.

With a powerful leap, Tsukiko cleared the entire town square in a direct line for Ayame. The enraged woman slammed into the platform with enough force to rock the entire thing, her Hiding with Camouflage no longer in effect and allowing all to see her arrival. As she stood upright her rage was almost palpable. Her eyes were firmly locked on Ayame and both her hands began balling into fists and releasing in a rhythmic pattern. [b][color=moccasin]"So this is what it is, huh?"[/color][/b] Tsukiko uttered, her voice low and incredibly dangerous. Already in her mind the entire world was beginning to fade out, a tunnel vision began to form with Ayame at her focus. [b][color=moccasin]"A grab for power, is that right? Just going to throw everyone under the bus, yeah? Who do you think you are, Choko!? You think you can just play me for the fool if it means you can get something out of it!?"[/color][/b]

Tsukiko's hands finally clenched into fists and remained that way. [b][color=moccasin]"I'll show you who the fool is!!"[/color][/b] Tsukiko planted her feet for a quick charge, finally breaking the tension as she aimed to deliver a fist into Ayame's face. Having finally snapped it was apparent by looking that Tsukiko was no longer in control of herself. But in that split-second before Ayame would feel Tsukiko's wrath on a physical level, something stopped the woman from landing the hit. Almost instantly a black crystal had formed around the feral woman, completely encasing her and stopping her in her tracks.

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[h2][b][color=maroon]Kaito Maru, Onyx[/color][/b][/h2]

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rkm_gktmlhA]Looking for Trouble[/url][/center]
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Kaito's hands separated from the Tiger handseal, having successfully stopped Tsukiko from slamming Ayame. Despite all that had happened before him, only a couple meters away, his composure hadn't been rocked in the least. [b][color=maroon]"Settle down, Umene,"[/color][/b] he commanded, despite the fact the woman wasn't capable of doing anything at this point. After sighing to himself, Kaito took a final drag on his cigarette before completely removing it from his mouth and casually tossing it onto the platform in front of his foot. He ground the butt out with his boot as he exhaled the last of the smoke.

[b][color=maroon]"You are incorrect, Ayame-chan,"[/color][/b] Kaito said plainly, removing his foot from the smoldering cigarette. [b][color=maroon]"To prosper..."

"You need order."[/color][/b]

Without his expression or tone changing, something seemed different about Kaito now as compared to before. His calm radiance had changed. His authoritative side was growing stronger. [b][color=maroon]"It is not a matter of ambition or desire. Emotion does not bring a state to greatness, it only drags it down to failure."[/color][/b] Kaito stepped forward now, crouching over the bloody corpse of Zeno. [b][color=maroon]"Barbaric acts only provide shock value. You could've killed him in a much more graceful way..."[/color][/b] With a sigh he stood upright again. He took a moment to look at Ayame before returning his attention to the masked man, whom he had already known the identity of before he even arrived.

[b][color=maroon]"When it comes down to it, I too hold Konohagakure above any single life,"[/color][/b] Kaito confessed. [b][color=maroon]"But that does not excuse your actions today. I was physically incapable of stopping you two, I was aware of that. But neither of you are above Konoha. Neither of you are above the law."[/color][/b] The older man reached into his jacket, withdrawing two pairs of chakra-restraining handcuffs. [b][color=maroon]"I am no judge and I am no jury. But I am the enforcer. Ayame and Fujitora Choko, you two are under arrest. Shimura will be joining you later."

"Will you comply quietly or will you resist?"[/color][/b]