How Many of Us Have Them [Open]

The village had originally been built around a natural oasis, one of the few facts Sabure learned after moving to the village. In order to properly expand the size of the village, numerous man-made oasis were littered throughout the territory. This was mostly to make life easier inside the unforgiving deserts around the village. It was one of these man-made oases that Sabure had chosen to come to.

Located about a mile away from the Kazekage HQ, this particular oasis was one of the quieter ones. This was mostly in due part to the fact that less citizens stayed in this part of the village. The oasis it self was typically a favorite haunt for fishermen seeking quiet, today it was deserted save for a few lizards and birds. This was mostly because to the fact that it was in the middle of the day. Thus Sabure's reason for coming to this particular oasis, to avoid prying eyes.

The oasis itself was comparable to a small lake, its waters slightly brown due to mixture of sand in it. Despite the appearance, the surrounding sand served as a filter which in turn made the water clean. In the center of the oasis was a rather large boulder, large enough for several people to stand on it without issue. On it was carved numerous names, a sort of tradition the young graduating academy students started prior to Sabure's arrival in Sunagakure. Hence the nickname "Academy Rock", as there were very few shinobi from Sunagakure that hadn't signed the boulder.

Sabure walked to the edge of the oasis, his long black braid swaying in the gentle breeze. His mind was on only one thing and that was how he would explain years worth of absence to his old friend. Her reaction to his arrival was one he expected, likely even deserved, but he was hardly to blame for it. It was his father's honorable sacrifice for the Hyuuga clan that brought all this on. Nevertheless, Akira deserved some form of explanation. Had it been anyone else, Sabure would have shrugged it off and went on about his business. However there was no way the young man could treat those close to him like that. More so he could finally vent to someone he trusted, the young Hyuuga definitely needed one.

"Geez, I'm starting to sound like a wimp," he muttered under his breath. It was almost instinctively that Sabure reached in to his pocket and pulled out a semi-crumbled half smoked joint. Seeing the condition of his joint made the young man frown as he assessed the damage. "No breaks at least," he said as he brought the joint to his lips with his left hand. His right went for his pocket again, this time for a match. Unfortunately there was none much to the dismay of the young man. "Fantastic, how could this day get any better," he stated sarcastically, the joint between his lips flopping with each word spoken.

She was quite shy, quite nervous, and quite curious all at the same time. It had been so long, since she had seen her childhood friend. It was as if she had almost forgot about him but in reality she never did. She simply kept his memory locked away in the back of her mind out of anger. For so long, the blonde believed him to abandon her or simply forget about her. Although, the second theory was proven wrong when he had recognized her during the Kages meeting. This led her to believe he had simply abandon her. After all that time and all those visits, would he really just abandon her? That's what Akira needed to find out and she wasn't leaving without an answer. The girl didn't take kindly to people messing with her emotions, considering she tried to keep them hidden.

The blonde had somehow persuaded the Hokage into allowing her to have a moment of time to find answers. It would be difficult for someone with a researchers mind to simply drop a subject with unknown answers. However, that didn't explain why Oboro felt the need to tag along but she wasn't going to stop him. He was his own being he could do as he so wished. Besides, it made her feel a slight bit more comfortable with him there, considering they were in a land she had never traveled to before. The blonde had never really had a chance to travel outside of her home village, due to the fact that she had been seen as potentially dangerous at one point. Then there was also the fact that she had just recently become a Special Jounin.

It had taken quite some time but the duo had finally come upon Akira's childhood friend. As she looked closer, he seemed to be smoking a cigarette of sorts but upon moving more in his direction, she realized it wasn't a simple cigarette. This would make her sigh and when she heard him ask his last question, she would speak. "That's no good for you anyway." Her voice was void of most emotion and her blue eyes were rather blank. Of course, that one statement could have a multiple of meanings, which left it rather vague. Even though she might have seemed calm and emotionless, one could tell she was nervous by looking at her closely. Blue eyes would shift every once in a while and her fingers would tap against her clothing. What would he say to her? What could have happened?

(Sorry this post is probs bad.)

A mile or so. That's how far it took the two of us to walk to the Oasis. Bastian had left a few moments before Akira, Oboro and I did as Ryujin had stopped us for a moment. He'd mentioned to Oboro that he'd like to speak to him later. It amused me slightly. "You really think this is funny don't you?" he would ask me as I nodded my head, bright white teeth surrounded by my silhouette. Small chuckles came from the back of my throat but in the absolute silence within the mind of Oboro, everything echoed off of the walls. All of my thoughts, his thoughts, our conversations. It was our shared thoughts that seemed to be the loudest though. This is how I knew he found it ridiculously amusing to be in trouble with the Hokage as well. "Masochism?" I'd ask back to him. That caused him to Crack a smile, though only in his mind.

As the two had been stopped for a moment by Ryujin they lacked directions for the Oasis from which the shinobi from before mentioned. Luckily there was only one oasis around and after asking a freckle faced girl who likely had sun poisoning, the location was revealed to be roughly a mile away. She pointed the direction and Oboro would fall back, allowing Akira to lead the way as the two walked across a short amount of desert to get to it. The walk wasn't too bad but his feet did ache a bit from the lengthy walk they'd taken before arriving in the village. They'd yet to rest and a group amount of tension was in the soles of his feet. It only hurt a bit, nothing he couldn't handle but it was annoying to think about. I suggested to him, find a distraction. He seemed to comply with that as now all he could do was stare at the back of a pair of black shorts in front of them. With each step she took, they moved curving towards her body. A distracting site indeed. He bit his lip slightly as if trying to repress the urge to reach out for her and take her in.

The site of the water came into view relatively soon. It seemed time had flown by though it had only been a few minutes in reality. The hot sand on his feet felt more apparent when the liquid reflected light into his face. Just as he'd said, the man was waiting there for the two. A strange scent filled the air as well. Something very familiar. Something that made him want to get closer to it, yet instead he would distract himself once again, now by looking at the face of Akira. The sun seemed to hit her perfectly and he would shoot her a soft smile for a moment. Unsure if she'd notice, he only held it for half a moment. They'd arrived so he doubted she would be paying much attention to him considering the other man here was a long lost friend it seemed. He'd likely be standing behind the two as they walked for some time.

"From before," Oboro would start as they approached the man releasing smoke into the air. Akira had just commented on some ill effect of it. "My name is Oboro."I was in shock. Stunned by the fact that he hadn't lied to the man, I help my silence as I watched. Maybe he'd play this out some way I wasn't expecting. Maybe he just wanted to watch her from behind.

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He didn't so much as flinch when he heard Akira speak. Her voice forced a smirk as he removed the joint from between his lips and turned to face the what saw was both visitors. Without so much of word, Sabure flicked the limp joint away in the grass, "It relieves the stress," he replied in response to the kunoichi's statement, "I figured you'd left already the village when I didn't see I was being followed. And I see your comrade has decided to come as well."

No sooner had Sabure's statement been made did the other konoha shinobi introduce himself. The statement reminded the Hyuuga that he too had not introduced himself. On top of that Akira would know him by only birth name, Sebastian. He had taken up the name Sabure as a means to keep himself hidden from his father's enemies. "Sabure of the Sand," he would say in reply to Oboro, "Thanks for keeping your cool earlier. Village is still on high alert from the bijuu attack. We lost a lot of good people. Try not to take it personally."

Sabure would pause only briefly before returning his focus back to Akira. "You look good, Akira, not as scrawny as you were when we were kids," Sabure started with a smile, "All jokes aside, I know you wanna know why I haven't contacted you. My father-." Sabure paused as he glanced at Oboro. His smile faded into a slight smirk, "Nothing personal, but this conversation is personal. Can you give us a minute."

Though Sabure did invite the man, he didn't actually want him here. His actions at the Kazekage HQ suggested the man was nosy and enjoyed being in the way. His presence here suggested as much, but Sabure wasn't as patient as his comrade, Vaati. What he had to say could very well get himself found by those with a grudge against his father. Sabure knew Akira and trusted her discretion, but Oboro was an unknown. Depending on the man's response or actions, Sabure would look for even a hint of suspicious behavior. However, the young Hyuuga's face would maintain the same amused expression.


(Ooc: Rushed. Fell asleep and forgot to make a post last night.)

Akira would sigh as her old friend mentioned smoking being a stress reliever. "I suppose if it works," she would reply half way mumbling. That only meant she would have more research to do on his vessel if he were to ever die while in her presence. Sure this village may not like it, but she wouldn't keep him. She would definitely send him back. Then again, who was to say that she wouldn't feel emotion when he died? Nobody ever really understood the way Akira thought. One second she may be happy, the next depressed, or maybe even freaking out. She was like a spinning wheel. It spins until it stops and then once it's given a push it moves again. The spinning would be her running off of the emotion she was feeling and the stopping would be her feelings changing. Nobody really knew how long each spin would last and it was only based off of how hard she was pushed.

The girl would look to Bastian with cold eyes as she listened to him speak, "Leave? And miss your explanation? Please. I'd love to here it," Akira's voice almost sounded slightly annoyed and sarcastic all at once. Then, she would glance to Oboro and smile slightly before turning back to Bastia with a blank expression. The girl would listen as the two introduced themselves. She had little interest of what they coukd be saying to one another, so she would get lost in a stare as she waited to be spoken to. Soon, she was.

Blue eyes snapped to Bastian as he commented on her appearance, to which she would reply, "Well, I can't actually care for myself now. You know how it was with my parents and all." The girl would look away as she thought about it. Her low life father never cared for their family. Her poor fragile mother could never make enough money, considering she wasn't exactky a kunoichi. Then there was small Akira, forced to be cooped up away from the other children some of the time and the rest she spent alone. She couldn't work. She wasn't old enough for the academy. She ate what she could. She attempted to keep herself healthy. The girl looked as if she was sickly, when in reality she really wasn't. It was simply the look of her pale skin and her stick figure that caused her to look in such a way. It disgusted the girl to think about. Akira hated her life, even to this moment.

Akira would look back to Bastian as he asked for some privacy with her. Blue eyes would look to Oboro. She couldn't help but show slightly brokenness on her face but she would quickly wipe it away. It would be replaced with a fake "it's ok" type smile before moving closer to Bastian. She had to know the story. She had to know why. Her mind wouldn't let her be without answers and Oboro wasn't going to keep this from happening. Bastian wasn't going to keep this from happening. Nobody would keep her from answers. This was it and she was ready to hear it.

Brown eyes over dark bags. That's what it's been for a while now at least. They had a cold stare but who's to say what they held behind them. No one knew yet. Not one person had been able to tell that I existed. Swept under the rug and never thought of, I'd lived in virtual silence for the reality of my life. And now to see Oboro too get swept under the rug as if he was nothing but me...well it filled me with the utmost joy. He now knew how it felt to be entirely unacknowledged for absolutely no reason that could come to mine. "Something tells me you won't be getting that meal." I would whisper into his mind. He shrugged it off in the black room but I continued to talk the entirety of the the time he chose to ignore. "At this point you're nothing but an escort. It's clear that the two if them don't need you around and you're acting slightly more annoying than a third wheel. Might be best to take your leave." Clarity on the situation was being clouded by my own thoughts quickly. He wouldn't hold out much longer. I knew it. "Or perhaps you feel jealous. Angry. Less sad and more fury." It hit a nerve because his brow twitched within the black. So he was upset. Then why was he being so straight with this 'Sabure'. "All you have to do is get rid of him. Leave. She'll follow. Or better yet, force him to leave. Make him vanish. A magic trick." The words just bounced around in the head of the host as he was slowly contaminated by my idea of causing disruption between the two. But he resisted. "No..." he would respond to me. "If she cares for him then he means something to me as well. No matter how small." he smiled back at me as my grin began to fade but grew only larger. He was just lying to himself. The thing he was best at. It was only a matter of time.

In the real world however, things were much brighter. The sun cast a shadow behind his hair allowing his eyes protection from the violent rays, however the surface of the water also provided a reflection of the light to bounce into his face. He kept an eye on Sabure, the man only three and a half meters away from himself. At a glance, Akira looked to be a bit concerned with this situation, though Oboro was forced to use peripherals as to not take eyes off of Sabure. And as Sabure turned to look at Oboro, the brown haired would he stared him straight into the eyes as if asserting some kind of apex establishment. The sand shifted between his toes as the two locked visuals due to his flanges digging into the ground. His face was as straight as ever when he was asked to excuse the two. Once again disregarded. Akira shot him a glance as well, one full of pain that was quickly covered with a pseudo happiness. He'd seen it before, unsure of where.

A slow breath with narrowed eyes. A blink. These things proceeded the statement given by Oboro based on the request of Sabure. "I'm sorry I must refuse." he looked to Akira while keeping Sebastian within his line of vision. "I'm here for her. Not you." his head the bobbed back to Sabure quickly. "If you wishes to discuss a private matter then why invite me to the parlay. I'm no escort. I'm going to stay with her." he reach out for her hand, his own cold as ice. It was an attempted sentiment to show that he wasn't simply being stubborn.

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Sabure smiled and mouthed a thanks to Akira for giving him a chance. All that remained was for the "escort" to step away and allow the two to exchange words. However, with every rational mind there must always be an opposite. The opposite in question being Akira's rather rude companion. As the man spoke a look of surprise flashed on Sabure's face. Despite his best efforts to be civil, this was involving himself in a situation that had nothing to do with him.

"Akira," Sabure said after hearing Oboro speak, "Your comrade appears to hear a proper dismissal from you. Seeing as the man cannot take a hint of his presence being a disturbance." His tone was less playful now as he gave Oboro the courtesy of his attention. Recognizing the leaf shinobi's outstretched hand toward Akira, Sabure's smile immediately returned.

"Ah, I see," he before anyone else had a chance to speak, "If her heart is your concern, Oboro, then I'd suggest you let old friends catch up. You should hold no concerns about Akira and I, she is simply the sister I should have had. Now will you continue to make an ass of yourself or will you step the hell away for a moment." Sabure's face was still quite serious, but he spoke with sincerity.

Below the surface, however, his temper was flaring as he slowly began to feel disrespected. He still made it a point to keep his feelings in check. But Sabure knew if this fool persisted for no other reason other than his childish jealousy, then what was meant to be a peaceful reunion among friends would become a fight.

Like a switch going off in his head, Sabure made careful note of all that was around. Though his Byakugan was not activated and his eyes remained on Oboro, Sabure used his naked eyesight. He took note of the broken pieces of rocks that littered the area and the few broken planks on the ground no more than a few feet away from Oboro. Sabure estimated the distance to be no more than three feet and one appeared close to his stature. There was also the kunai left on the boulder, left behind specifically so students could carve their name their names in the rock.

On his person he had nothing but the clothes on his back. He cursed himself for leaving his tools, but then again he didn't anticipate some jealous cry baby would try their luck. Ever calculating mind, Sabure ready to knock out the rude ninja so that he could finally speak to his friend privately. The planning and sizing up would happen in moments, a mere 2 seconds at most. The moment he felt the man was being disrespectful again, he would make his move.

Unless Akira tended to her comrade, things would definitely begin to get more volatile than they needed to be. However, just as fast as his anger had flared, the anger slipped away. Perhaps this was for the best since Sabure knew nothing of Oboro other than he was nosey. This likely explained the man's need to insert himself in a situation that had nothing to do with him. Maybe the man was simply looking for information ti bring home with him. The thought brought smirk to Sabure's face, "How about a rain check, Akira. When we have less intruding company," he said, still grinning, "It was really good to see you again, big sis. Stay safe on the road. And to you as well, Oboro."

Sabure gave Akira a wink before he walked off, opposite the direction the two konoha shinobi had arrived in. He activated his Byakugan once he was facing away from the two. He would maintain this until he completely left the area, just in case. "I need to find a lighter," he would say as he vanished into the bustling village of Sunagakure.


(Exit. Akira has agreed to not post anymore and unless your just up to some sneak shit, I'm exiting too.)

[Exit Interruption]

His expression stayed exactly the same throughout the entirety of Sabure's self centered monologue. He was genuinely interested until the point in which Oboro was referred to as 'an ass' when using the words of the lesser before him. "An ass..." I'd continue to whisper into the mind of Oboro. "I like the sound of that. He called you an ass in front of Akira. What are you going to do?" But Oboro did nothing. Despite his confidence in the situation, he remained silence without a single change in his expression. He would allow Sabure to play this out to a certain extent while he analyzed what he knew. The words spoken to him and Akira were drowned out at this point by his own assembly of the situation.

The sun was behind Sabure, likely millions of miles away. As for exactly how far Oboro hadn't the slightest clue. But it was a long ways away. It sat above the horizon, though only barely as it was about six in the afternoon. A shadow was cast into the smooth, even sand that rested between Oboro and Sabure. It easily covered the full four meters and continued to extend beyond Oboro as his head had only added to it. The length of the combined shadows was easily eight meters tall, starting at the foot of Sabure and ending at the top of Shadow Oboro's head. Slightly to the north, nine tenths of a meter in fact, there were an abundance of broken planks. He'd seen them upon walking into the area. One who wears no shoes tends to be wary of objects to be stepped on. Which is why the superflat desert that lacked dunes was an ideal place for him to walk around in. It was likely due to the large amount of winds from the day before. The air was dry. As were the planks. They were 2x4's which were rare in the desert as most things were made of sandstone here. There were easily four planks there each piece lying on top of another or within two centimeters of each other, each broken and splintered on the end about halfway through, give or take a few centimeters. They were only slightly indented in the sand, likely to come out effortlessly should someone pull. Aside from the wood that remained on the ground there were also stones scattered endlessly. Each was a meter away from the next, give or take a quarter meter. Nothing too difficult to step over as the stones were no more than tiny rocks that would dig into the bottom of one's feet. The only rock large enough to do any harm was massive. It had names carved it it and rested deep in the sand 15 meters to Oboros north east, almost directly perpendicular to his right eye. It was easily a ton and likely wouldn't be moved any time soon. Sand covered the entirety of ten meters south of where Oboro stood which then turned into water, the Oasis in fact. It was rather large and the coast facing the party of three was easily thirty meters long, the first meter starting ten behind Oboro. As for Oboro himself, his feet were shoulder width apart or three fourths of a meter. The right foot a fourth of a meter positioned behind the parallel mark of the left. This is how he'd been standing since he stopped walking. Akira was a meter and a half from where he was standing, his hand still locked in hers. She'd had no time to react upon Sabure childishlessly inserting his own opinions beyond others.

And still Oboro chose to do nothing. Nothing at until. Until Bastian spun. It was unknown to Oboro, but just after Bastian spun he'd activate his Byakugan. This knowledge did not exist within the mind of the Kurama. However knowledge that was known to Oboro was that the man had pushed his luck for the last time. Just as the man turned (before he'd complete the turn), before he'd be able to activate this Byakugan. The hand holding that of Akira broke from her lock effortlessly. The tiger hand seal was formed in less than a tenth of a second. It would appear near instantaneous to the naked eye, especially to someone who was turning away. After the was formed the air would shift as a tiny vibration just strong enough to trigger someone's sense of feeling was released from Oboro. To someone off guard it would indeed be something difficult to dodge. It moved at speeds of 32 meters per second. Unfortunately Akira would indeed be caught in this radius but he would make it up to her later. Immediately after he'd finished the hand seals for another jutsu, this one requiring three. This was finished in less than three tenths of a second. This was one of his own, Mental Invasion Jutsu. So long as he kept his eyes on the opponent after performing hand seals, he had the chance to work them like a puppet. They could resist however it's a little hard to resist when your body is fully immobile on your own will. This jutsu traveled as fast as the users eye sight. Also known as the speed of light.

He was still ready for a counterattack however. Should Sabure miraculously evade both of these jutsu he'd already prepared an evasion route. Very similar to the one he'd come.

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[OOC: I'm gonna do some sneak shit now. Hope you don't mind.]

Chakra 230/280:

Unusually long day for Kazai. He hadn't really had much to consume his time so anytime he got the opportunity to escape Sunagakure he would take it. Sadly he hasn't had that chance in awhile now. Once he came back that vegabond bastard Horus has kept Kazai on a short leash in fear Kazai would go on another vacation. He wondered where his pupil Sabure was at the moment. Hopefully he didn't take that "trip" to Kumogakure that he kept talking about just as a means to annoy me. Somewhere around the Kazekage's office is where Kazai was at looking for Sabure. He had checked a few other spots and assumed the only other place he could have been was the office of the Kazekage. "Oi Kozi, Have you seen Sabure lately?" said Kazai speaking to a concession stands lady whom had practically watched Kazai grow up and even provided him and Sabure their first meal as a team. "He came around some time earlier. Looked like he was going to The Rocky or whatever you brats call it I a cute little couple go there after him." said Kozi causing a head nod and a wave from Kazai who took off immediately after hearing Kozi's words. "She saw a couple...." said Kazai who took the liberty to summoning two clones. But these weren't normal... They had a special kind of kick to them, a very explosive kick to them. One to his left and one to his right. Kazai started going around making sure to avoid the usual trail to the Oasis just in case he had to get the drop on a situation. He took off at his top speed all three wielding a kunai in their right hands. Speaking of which he had about 10 on him in total, 15 shuriken, 6 spikes and 9 inches of ninja wire. As they continued to run the pair noticed the three people at Academy Rock one being Bastain and two being unnamed shinobi from the look of it. And it was at this moment Sabure began to turn around which sparked a reaction from the man of the duo. A keen feeling of the genjutsu caused the clones and Kazai himself to all release themselves from the chakra clinging sensation around the area. Their handspeed was amazing and if you blinked you probably missed their handseals that placed them right behind the man and the woman duo.. It was like a flicker, Their right arm coming around their necks not to cut, but just stationary. As for Kazai? He was on the rock 15 meters north-east sitting down. "What is the meaning of this? You two battling over nothing" said Kazai in a calm manner. "You both turn from this now" sounding as calm as possible as he attempts to stop this from escalating. He had used quite a bit of chakra just now with the genjutsu break and the clones. Those flickers didn't do him any favors either.


230/400Chakra

Body Flicker x 3
Kai x 3
Clone x 2

[Assuming Ryujin's post means the attack is void, Im exiting as posted. If in incorrect let me know now and I will post.)

It wasn't much longer after they had left the Kazekage building, only a few hours after Akira and Oboro had requested for them to explore a bit before they left just as Ryujin was about to take them home. He had agreed for them to have three hours, exactly three hours, before he would take them home. He himself had been doing some exploring throughout the hidden sand village, taking in the scenery as he visited a few shops, ate some ramen and drank some of the finest saki in Sunagakure no Sato. Though time was of the essence and theirs were running out. The young Senju had moved to the gates and arrived two minutes after the designated time for them to leave, which was three hours and two minutes after they left the Kazekage building. He wasn't going to stay any longer and wondered whether or not they had gotten into some trouble, with Oboro's pride being a questionable thing and they left with one who seemed to be interested in Akira-chan, whilst Oboro-kun was clearly interested in her as well. They were in foreign territory and if something were to happen it could cause a war between the two villages, something Ryujin didn't want, so he decided it was time to go look for them. A manipulation within his own chakra would occur, causing the activation of what was known as the Fission technique. A being would form beside Ryujin to his right, completely capable of fight, retaining all of Ryujin's physical appearance though it was a bit weaker physically than the one who created it. Nonetheless it was capable of fight if need be, able to perform any technique Ryujin knows, a living being on it's own. With the formation of the Fission to Ryujin's right, a handseal would be made by the original Ryujin, a unique clone handseal which would cause another manipulation within Ryujin's own chakra to happen, creating an exact copy to the left of Ryujin. The clone shared half of Ryujin's own chakra, and retained all of his physical appearance as well as the physical prowess he possessed. "Find them." Two words would escape Ryujin's mouth as he gave the order for the Fission and Explosive clone to search the village and find the two special jounin.

They would be traveling together as Ryujin remained dormant by the gates, awaiting their arrival which could take a while. The clone and fission moved beside each other and stopped by a few shops close to the borders of the village, asking for three young shinobi and their whereabouts, however the clone and fission had removed their Hokage cloaks and hats, dumping them in a nearby dumpster at the gate before leaving. After a few questions they had found an old lady by the name of Chichi, a sweet old lady at that. She was very willing to give the information about the three heading towards a well known location for young people to relax at, called the "rock.." something, an oasis outside the village, they didn't care to know the name and thanked the old lady with a nice smile before heading out towards this location. As the Kazekage building was located in the center of the village and the two copied Ryujins were located by the borders of the village, they wouldn't be anywhere near Kazai at that time as he was still busy searching for clues as to where Sabure was. During which Ryujin remained by the south gates, the path leading towards the oasis would require the route of the west gate, leaving about 800 meters between Ryujin and the west gate. They would use all of their speed, well most of it for the clone's situation as the fission could only move at 75 speed, whilst the clone was able to move at 100 speed so it needed to slack down a bit in order to remain beside the fission. It wasn't long before the two would arrive about fifty meters to the south of Oboro, with Akira standing next to him, to his left holding his hand. "I knew it!" The two would think to themselves in unison as their eyes met the hands held together, both of them using the water walking technique to be able to stay on the water. "They seem fine, I guess we can give them some privacy for now, a little bit of time wouldn't hurt." This would be said about fifty seconds before Oboro would activate his first genjutsu.

During this fifty second time-span provided to Fission Ryujin and Explosive Clone Ryujin, the two copied Ryujins would make a move to the west of Oboro, walking at a faster pace than usual though the bright sun keeping them out of sight as well as the distance between the two groups of shinobi. Their walk wasn't a straight one, however more circular as they maintained a fifty meter distance from Oboro and Akira. That was their intention, however they weren't mathematical geniuses and wouldn't keep a perfect circle as they walked, instead they were a bit off as they would end up being forty seven meters to the west of Oboro. By the time they stopped, Kazai and his two clones would draw closer. This was made know to the two copied Ryujin's as they activated their Sensing techniques in order to keep a close eye on the two special jounin. The sunagakure shinobi and his two clones would be about four hundred meters to Ryujin's east, coming in from the village's direction. "We've got company. His chakra levels, considering the split amounts due to his clones, are quite high. We should use it, I expend a lot more chakra than you or the original us when using the same technique. We might not have enough chakra to deal with him if he decides to attack, and I think he might. Why else would he come with two clones? And that chakra signature of the clones has some twist to it, as you know, since we share the same technique. I mean, you're made from the same technique they are.." The fission would speak to the clone, the speed at which the three Kazais moved provided enough time for the two Ryujin's to do what they need to, as it wasn't as fast as he could be, only being three hundred and fifty meters from Oboro now. The clone nodded and proceeded to follow the fission's movements almost in unison as they clapped their hands together, palm against palm. This caused them to start drawing in natural chakra, activating Sage Mode after five seconds of holding completely still as their palms touched the opposite palm. The two's bodies would be amplified, strengthened with natural chakra coursing through their bodies.

When their five seconds were up they would take their stances, readying themselves in case they needed to intervene, their hands located in front of their chests ready to perform any handseals effortlessly. It took a few more seconds for Kazai and his two clones to close the distance between themselves and Oboro. Their Sensing would deactivate as the abilities granted to them by Sage Mode would give them the innate ability to sense chakra signatures as well as shifts in chakra signatures. By the time the Kazais arrived at their destination, Sabure would start to turn around and things were heading in a direction the two Ryujin's weren't impressed with. A shift in Oboro's chakra would confirm this as he used a good amount of chakra. The Ryujins wouldn't classify it as an S ranked technique judging by the amount of chakra used, however it was close, which meant business. As Oboro activated the first technique, the two copied Ryujins wouldn't take any chances and tried to prevent any further damage done as he would surely be attacked by the three approaching shinobi, Kazai and his clones. It wasn't a hard task to do, intervening, as the fission Ryujin would clap his hands together again with full speed, followed directly after with a technique specific seal. This would cause a manipulation within fission Ryujin's chakra as he would activate one of his more powerful Mokuton techniques, Hotei. One single wooden hand would arise from the ground beneath Oboro and Akira, moving at it's fullest potential when it came to speed. The hand would have enough surface for the two to stand on, however the position at which the hand would arise wasn't enough for Sabure to stand upon. Oboro and Akira would both be located at the edge of the hand, with 4.1 meters of distance on the hand left over between Oboro and Sabure. This meant that due to the four meter distance between Oboro and Sabure, a small part of Sabure's heels would be on top of the wooden hand though not enough to remain on the hand. Because of the speed of the hand rising from the ground and the location on the hand Sabure was located, he would be unable to maintain a good balance, which would cause him to fall from the hand though the distance wasn't a low one. By the time Sabure would fall, if he failed to dodge this somehow, the hand would reach thirty meters into the air already, which meant Sabure could be falling thirty meters if he failed to dodge the attack, which he could do though the chance was slim.

The hand would go up to 90 meters into the air, rising from the ground and having a diameter of ten meters. The speed of which the hand was raised would be enough to save the two shinobi from the Kazai clones threat as they would be slowed down for that small moment that the paralyzing technique took effect on them, as they didn't immediately remove themselves from the genjutsu, however they did a second after being caught, which left enough room for fission Ryujin to rise the wooden hand. The two shinobi standing on top of the giant wooden hand would be shot further into the air due to the momentum which would likely kill them if they were to fall to the ground, so clone ryujin would touch the ground next to him creating the cannabis marking. As they shot up further into the air he would activate the Reverse Flying Thunder God technique, using the marking located on their backs which was placed on them when they traveled to Sunagakure no Sato, to teleport the two to his side. Oboro and Akira would lay still on the ground next to clone Ryujin after the teleportation, unharmed by his interception. However this happened extremely fast, and because of that Ryujin didn't immediately notice until afterward that the two clones held a kunai in each hand. They were definitely going in for the kill, there was no doubt about it. The two clones along with their creator, Kazai, would remain within the genjutsu, Temporary Paralysis, as their futile attempt to kai it would fail. You see, Oboro's clan was an amazing one indeed when it came to genjutsu. Ryujin was unaware of this ability as well as anything relating to the clan, but the effects were real. Kazai and his clones would require greater ability within genjutsu in order to be able to kai release themselves from this genjutsu (OOC: All Kurama clan techniques are one level higher in power when it comes to kai, thus you'd need to be able to kai S ranks, you can only kai A rank.). If they resisted their speed would be halfed as the technique continues to try and restrain the three Kazais.

Ryujin was pissed at that moment as he saw both kunai in their hands, both of the copied Ryujins were pissed in fact. A facial expression of nothing but pure serious anger would paint Ryujin's face, a metaphor for those who don't know, as he started to think about the attacker's death. The clone which used the Reverse Flying Thunder God technique would immediately move forward after he used the space time technique on Oboro and Akira, moving at full speed he would clear the approximated distance of 50 meters between himself and the Kazai sitting on the rock within 0.83 seconds after his movement started. He was amazingly fast, a blur to all those on this battlefield without a doubt except for fission Ryujin. Not even a blur, in fact he would almost appear to have disappeared, before stopping ten meters from Kazai. During this fullblown charge he would perform five handseals, an easy feat to achieve for the clone considering his ability in ninjutsu and the prowess it possessed with handseal formation. His hands would extend, chakra flowing from his body to form a bow composed of pure chakra, yellow in color. It formed almost instantly. With the bow having formed, clone Ryujin's right arm would pull the string back as the left hand held the bow steady, this also happening faster than a blur as he wasted no time using his full speed. An arrow would be formed, composed of chakra as well and retained the same color as the bow itself. This arrow was the size of any average arrow though it possessed much more destructive power. The arrow was aimed directly at the center of the target's body. As soon as the arrow was formed, the clone would release the string whilst holding onto the bow, shooting the arrow directly at the target, the real Kazai. The reason the clone attacked this Kazai was simple, it noticed earlier as mentioned that the two clones were explosive clones judging by the slight difference in chakra, the same difference this clone possessed as it too was an explosive clone. The arrow would slice through the air effortlessly as the string was released, heading straight for Kazai's chest, traveling at 40 meters per second and would clear the 10 meter distance between clone Ryujin and Kazai in 0.25 seconds, leaving almost no time for the target to react as the arrow would strike straight through the target's chest and body if the target failed to evade the attack. The clone would start to move back at full speed of course as soon as the arrow was shot, though there was a reason for this. As soon as the arrow would each the target, the clone would cause it to explode into a thirty meter diameter which would kill anyone within it's range if they failed to provide adequate defenses. The clone proved to be faster than the arrow and explosion itself, so it would remain unharmed by the explosion by moving back to it's original location, being 50 meters away from Kazai.
[2449 WC]
[Ryujin's chakra: 340
Fission Ryujin's chakra: 495 Normal, 430 Senjutsu chakra.
Clone Ryujin's chakra: 335 normal, 600 Senjutsu chakra.
Ryujin used fission technique.
Fission Ryujin used Hotei and sage mode and water walking tech.
Clone Ryujin used sage mode and FTG and Shin no Yumi oh and water walking tech~]

He had just begun to turn away from the two visitors, his mind on Oboro attempting something. The sudden shuffle of movement as Oboro released the hand of Akira to make single seal allowed limited time. So little in fact is that all the Hyuga could do was turn his head enough so that he could see Oboro clearly. A sneak attack, he thought as he his brows furrowed at the cowardice of the konoha shinobi. Even still Akira said nothing, did nothing, except allow this to continue. So much for friendship, Sabure thought as he stood paralyzed by Oboro's attack.

However, things would take a turn for the worse as the man who would be his sensei arrived. A minor relief in the grander scheme of things being that the young Hyuga assumed that the only reason his friend had come was to unleash her boyfriend. Sabure would make them both pay for this moment, both in severity and equal measure. Sadly, the moment was short-lived as a giant wooden hand sprouted from the ground below the group. Still paralyzed, Sabure was taken up into the air only to fall off during the ascent.

He did nothing to resist the fall other brace for the impact, painful though it might be Sabure had suffered worse things on missions. There was also the welcome of soft sand littered with little rocks to add to the fun. He allowed his eyes to shit as the veins on his face bulged and he focused his chakra. The fall of dead weight due to the paralysis did have a silver lining. Just as Sabure would hit the ground, his eyes watching everything behind his closed eyelids, Sabure released chakra from his tenketsu with such a force that it forced the Hyuga to bounced then slide far enough that he had put more than 20 meters between him and his previous position.

In addition to this, the jutsu that held him was simultaneously released due to the nature of the Gentle Fist Art One Body Blow. The technique was a rather unique one in that it focused solely on the weak point of a jutsu used, in this case chakra that was effecting his nervous system or impeding his flow of chakra. The tenketsu pressed out chakra like flood gates and freed the Hyuga, who rolled to his feet just in time to see Akira and Oboro vanish.

Not singling out this observation, even during his fall Sabure had a full view of his surroundings due to his Byakugan activation. That is when his heart skipped a beat as numerous academy kids began to arrive, curious as to why a big wooden hand was coming out the ground. Several, 3, in particular getting closer than the rest to get a good view. Practicing their ability to stay hidden, Sabure immediately saw this going down hill as the three were 20 meters away from wooden hand. This would be just as the only remaining konoha shinobi was on the cusp of releasing his attack.

Sabure could see the konoha shinobi was of an entirely different league than the Hyuga, the fact the man took literally no time to follow up showed this. There was nothing he could from this distance, a little over 30m, but memorize the man's face and chakra. The bijuu attack had been the prelude, now Konoha wanted to leave a few scars of their own.

If the attack went off Sabure would leap away from the now escalated fight, using body flicker to increase his speed to put 18 more meters of distance between the wooden hand and himself. This also increased the distance between him and his sensei even more.

Oddly enough, on top of all this commotion, Sabure couldn't shake the fact that the entire area smelled like strong marijuana. A minor thought in the situation, but a thought all the same. He'd definitely need to smoke after today.

Chakra Pool: 163/180
Adept Byakugan Activated

Jutsu Used:

(Ooc: Now I know you got rules for genjutsu, so I don't know if my use is legal here. However, assuming that genjutsu is chakra based illusions that effect the senses then my conclusion on the use of expelling chakra from the body through the chakra points is the equivalent of removing poison from the blood stream by cutting into the poisoned area and bleeding it out. In this case its more like bursting out chakra currently affecting my body. If I'm wrong let me know, and for the sake of other hyuga who may think this, give me a reason. Also, Temporary Paralysis Technique is a ninjutsu not a genjutsu. Not sure if anyone knew and changed it to suit site or if this is an unknown. But
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Temporary%20Paralysis%20Technique
Just sayin. )

(OOC: two reasons that wouldn't work here. One, you actually have to hit yourself, not just fall to the ground. You'd need the ability to strike your own body with gentle fist. Two, my genjutsu are reality genjutsu. Meaning they're physically happening to you. Therefore your brain isn't telling you that you're paralyzed, you're literally paralyzed for the duration. Normally someone could move but your speed is below 50 and thus would be less than zero. I don't want to just void stuff in your post, so before I post you can edit if you like.)

(Ooc: The post stands. Learn how the jutsu works please. Also, real or illusion the result is the same. Chakra is used to keep me stuck, and the jutsu expels chakra. But if you want the void then please by all means do so. But I think the community will agree my use is the correct one.)

(OOC: Okay you're right. I spoke with Ryujin on the matter. It's voided.)

A feign sense of companionship lingered in the air as eclectic thoughts submerged themselves deep within the soul of the brown haired sadist. A field of sunder was apparent as the battle had previously included two men, not included four. Xenophobia ponderouy set in as the poignant feel of resolution amongst nations seemed to clash. Turgid lumps formed in the throat of Oboro as if to chasten him in order to recall the events which had concluded within the previous and seemingly copious moments. In fact brevity existed in the moment as pertinacity had caused Oboro to succumb by the distraction of a parapet lifted him. This errant movement affected the trip with urbane qualities. Hegemony caused the non-amnbulatory man to be brazenly moved fifty meters through the sky, causing his descent to become churlish and unpleasant. Ennui consumed Oboro inscrutably. Unable to prognosticate the outcome before him, he felt a schism between himself and the ground as if a sedition of natural forces was in place. Sabure was likely deleterious at this point, landing over fifty meters from where he'd started, thirty seven from Kozai to be exact. It seemed Kozai, who's name was unbeknownst to Oboro during the duration, had been caught in his Paralysis Jutsu. The man seemed to have confidence in his ability to dispel it though was unable to do so causing his speed to become sluggish it the finest sense. The body Flicker was ultimately his downfall though Oboro would have no knowledge of this until after he and Akira had been teleported. This of course interrupted attempt of using his Mental Invasion Genjutsu, however as a bonus it prevented him from expending the Chakra for it. Eventually he'd gain cognizance and it seemed as if the clone and fission colluded. Oboro used his alacrity to his advantage as an arrow was launched by the clone of Ryujin towards one of the three Kozai standing now forty seven and sixty two meters away. The two clones were forty seven and the original was sixty two. Again, Oboro had no knowledge of which was the real though he had strong suspicion thanks to the man separating himself from the others.

The arrow was voluble to Oboro, and he doubted that Kozai would be unable to mimic this feature. Due to this, it would be mighty hard to react to the massive explosion that was released from the arrow, the epicenter being where the original Kozai stood. Sabure, luckily would be out of this range with a seven meter room for error. Though, something that massive would surely cause trepidation within the victim. Perspicuity would show Kozai dead. Perjury seemed unlikely. Thoughts began to inundate the mind of Oboro however, causing him to create hand seals as fast as his body would allow to perform his Explosive Clone Jutsu. He only created one however and it would began to make the distance back to where Oboro was originally standing. While the clones walked towards the set of Kozai however, it did not stray more than ten meters from Oboro. Not yet.

He would clap his hands together and clear his mind as he gathered natural energy from the world. It was time to release a latent ability that he'd seen Ryujin practice in the past. It would come in handy here. Ryujin and Akira were the only two within a forty meter radius of him and so he simply requested something from the fission of Ryujin as he had no idea that it wasn't the real hokage. "Don't let them hit me. I need a moment." while he was focusing Chakra, before he began, he would activate his sensory to prevent himself from behind struck while eyes were closed. Gestalted energy filled him while his clone and Ryujin stood guard.

[637]

Chakra: 187/280:

(Horus you're under suspect of rabbit holding. Your post is under inspection)

(Ooc: So, there are multiple reasons to void your post Horus, all rookie mistakes. You indeed have committed the act of rabbit holing, established time manipulation and illegal interruption. I will explain further on each below.

Rabbit holing. For those who don't know is the manipulation of established space. For example if I say that I am fifteen meters from Ryujin and he later says that he is not fifteen meters but is instead fifty meters away, a different location than previously established, that is rabbit holing. Also known as location godmodding. Horus does this when he is allegedly hiding on a structure that is 35m within Sabure and the Hokage, despite Ryujin specifying he is at one point 40m to the south of Oboro and another, 47m to the west of Oboro. Seeing as how Bastian is four meters west of Oboro that would place Horus right in the middle. Somewhere. A statue that's 35m long would overlap on top of Ryujin or Sabure, making it impossible to be there. It was also specified before that there were few obstructions as the sand was smoothened due to heavy winds and then you just randomly dropped a statue in there to hide yourself.

Established time manipulation is when someone changes the course of events established by another character. If I say I stand up, walk to the sink and then eat an apple, I've established my time line. Someone who says that I stood up, ate and apple and walked to the sink would be manipulating my established time line. Horus does this when he says that he sees Ryujin entering sage made after Oboro has used temporary paralysis jutsu. Ryujin in fact specifies entering sage mode before, as right after he observes my "powerful S rank" genjutsu. Horus then attempted to use this manipulation to kill Ryujin while in sage mode by dropping a giant pot on him, when in fact he'd have been unaware of a threat when doing so.

And the main thing in horus's post was illegal interruptions. Considering Bastian is the first person to post in each turn, things accepted by Bastian are final. Legal interruptions can't interrupt something that was done on a different turn. As Bastian has accepted Ryujins actions in his post they are final. Attempted to intercept them further is basically going back in time. You also tried to say you showed up the location before us despite the fact that you entered the thread like four turns after us.

So yea. For now I'm voiding your post and will discuss with Ryujin your ultimate eligibility within this thread.

Next person to post should be bean and his 48 hour mark remains 48 hours after my last post)

Yes inspector Sir!

*Salutes*

[OOC: Claiming the hit, 48 hours has passed, bean's character Kazai is dead. I'll edit this post soon]

The area surrounding them shook with slight vibrations as the explosion went off, dust covered the entire battlefield of 60 meters radius around the point of explosion, caused by the shockwaves of wind being sent in all directions by the 30m radius explosion. The explosion created what most would deem a crater, proclaiming the death defying strength of Ryujin's Shin no Yumi technique. The area was covered in this dust almost immediately after the explosion went off, making it near impossible for one to see anything more than 5 meters from themselves. Though this didn't prevent Ryujin from being able to see his two companions, Oboro and Akira, as both of them were within this five meter radius of the fission Ryujin. Less three seconds after departing from his original position in order to attack Kazai, clone Ryujin would return to the three Konoha shinobi, avoiding the blast radius of both the clones' explosions as they were disposed of along with their pitiful creator within the Shin no Yumi's blast radius. Sabure, though the name remained unknown to both copied Ryujins, would lay paralyzed still about seven meters from the blast radius of Ryujin's attack, the young kurama's genjutsu prowess proving to be quite the difficult one to break free from. The two Ryujins' sensory provided by Sage Mode would give them the ability to freely be aware of any chakra signatures within their 150 meters radius around each of the two, this sensing ability confirmed the lesser being who the Ryujins thought to have wanted to attack his pupils, to be dead. Chunks of the weakling would lay shattered across the battlefield, mostly small pieces of filth meat, though the Hokage could make better use of this body than the original controller or soul of this body could, as that soul proved to be a silly little man trying to dispose of the ones Ryujin cared for, the pupils of the one man he shouldn't have opposed, the one man that has ended the filth's life so quickly and effortlessly. Neither of the two Ryujins would show any remorse for this lost life, a waste really, though there was indeed the question of whether or not the young lad would cause a war between Sunagakure and Konohagakure if he decided to rat the Hokage out to Horus, something Ryujin wouldn't want to happen and neither does either of the two copies. "Wait for me." Ryujin would say to Oboro and Akira, his expression as emotionless as ever as he had other matters to attend to. They probably didn't know what he meant by it, though a second before Oboro would create his clone as well as a second after Ryujin had said those words, Oboro and Akira would be able to understand better the meaning of their Hokage's last words as he activates his Reverse Flying Thunder God technique, which would cause Akira and Oboro to be teleported to Konohagakure inside one of the cells Ryujin had previously marked. His cell was empty before the two were teleported into it, and soon they would be joined by their fearless leader again.

"What about the Hyuga?" The clone would ask as the two special jounin were teleported to Konohagakure. "Take him with us, we need to erase these memories before we can return him safely to his home." It would seem weird if anyone was there to see the two Ryujins talk to themselves, but each had their own consciousness and train of thought, even if they were the same person, they didn't think the same things at the same time. The clone would nod in understandment at the fission's reply. It would run over to the young lad Sabure with full speed, wasting no time at all as time was of the essence, they couldn't risk being caught. "I'm not going to harm you, just fix a mistake." The clone said as it would move to touch the young suna shinobi, attempting to mark him with the Cannabis marking, afterwhich it would attempt to almost immediately teleport Sabure into the third cell which was marked, located two cells to the right of Akira and Oboro's cell, where he would continue to lay paralyzed. As the clone did this the fission would rush at full speed as well closer towards the Shin no Yumi explosion location until it came across some of the pitiful kazai's filth meat, better known as enough DNA for Ryujin to use Edo Tensei on the disappointing waste of life. The dust cloud was still strong, with the only sight one would have being that of things within seven meters of oneself at that time. The fission would bend down to pick up some of the defeated shinobi's DNA, being Kazai's DNA also known as the filth meat. As it picked it up the fission would use Flying Thunder God to return to Konohagakure with the filth meat, where it would be within the cell between Oboro and Sabure's cells. The clone would still stand in the desert, now alone, and disperse itself, causing a 10 meter radius explosion to go off with the clone acting as the epicenter of this explosion. It's remaining chakra as well as all the memories of what had just happened would be transferred to the original Ryujin.

With the knowledge being passed onto the original Ryujin, he would proceed to immediately use Flying Thunder God in order to arrive within the same cell as the fission. "Oboro-kun, I need you to take care of the memories of what happened within this one's mind." He would gesture to Sabure as he spoke. The guards came to open the two cells aside from Sabure's, where he remained paralyzed and would for the remainder of the time until Oboro would be able to remove these memories. This was the effect of the Kurama clan's abilities, unknown to Ryujin still, that their genjutsu would become reality, meaning Sabure wasn't just mentally "paralyzed" but instead physically paralyzed until he would be Kai'd from the effects. "Thank you. This one is not to leave his cell." Ryujin would say to the two guards, to which they'd nod in understandment. The fission would exit the cell and head over to the fourth cell. Within this cell was a bandit previously captured by a Konohagakure shinobi by the name of Makoto. This bandit (staff NPC) would be used for the sacrificial needs in order to revive Kazai using his filth meat, a representation of what kind of shinobi he was. "I'll speak to the two of you later, no one is to know of this." He said. Ryujin would follow the fission as it carried the bandit to his underground labyrinth of caves, the entrance located just outside Konohagakure, as they moved at full speeds. The fission was of course faster than Ryujin with Sage Mode active, though it didn't matter as Ryujin would catch up just in time to see the fission successfully reincarnate the Sunagakure shinobi. Full control over this being was enforced of course, preventing it from attacking or harming Ryujin in anyway form or shape. "You.. The one who tried to kill my pupil, my prodigy, shall pay for your crimes against the Leaf." He said as he slowly circled Kazai, his eyes filled with rage, revenge being the only thing on his mind, both of theirs. Ryujin would summon a casket with Sendo Makojin inside it, one of his edos, whilst the fission summoned another casket containing the edo of Tee Shiki. Mist would surround the caskets until they opened, revealing the two edos. "Have your way with him, no need to hold back." A smirk would make itself known on both of the Ryujins' face. The edos were of course forced to do this, Kazai would go down on all four, knees bent as his pants were down. Sendo, being of the Makojin clan, had the ability to create arms from anywhere on his body, and so he did. Three arms would form on his ribs, adding more to his pleasure giving potential. The two summoned edos' pants would be removed as well, though Ryujin and the fission left the cave to head back to Konohagakure itself. As they left the edos would begin their work, thrusting themselves into the mouth and anus of Kazai's edo tensei'd body, this varied from anal fisting with the multiple arms possessed by Sendo as well as their penises, hard as ever, being forced down the filth's holes. It was unclear if it was indeed force being used, maybe this one enjoyed the acts done by Sendo and Tee, tearing apart his anal canal over and over as it continued to regenerate and tear and regenerate and tear.
[Exit]

[Exit following time line of Ryus post]

Vaati struggled little as he was yanked from his position ahead of the kage's door. It took him a few moment's to orientate himself correctly, however once he realized the identity of his escort he merely followed along obediently. Soft words were spoken in his ear as he was released, words meant only for him. With a sudden nod, Vaati left the confines of the HQ and began to softly follow the three visitors. While his distance varied depending on his current cover, he did keep his chakra suppressed while using his cloak to render himself invisible, allowing to blend in as he zipped between vantage points. The shadows were his ally, and his speed his main asset. To ensure silence, he covered his feet in chakra, using the chakra itself as a buffer between himself and the ground, preventing his steps from disturbing the ground.

Eventually, the three separated. The Hokage by himself, while the other two seemed to head off into the direction of the Oasis. Vaati's initial thought was to inform his master, his second thought was that he shouldn't leave him alone. Remembering Sabure's invitation from earlier, Vaati deduced that they may have been heading to meet him at the Oasis. That only left the Hokage. Why wasn't he going with them. Had he detected Vaati's presence? Vaati wouldn't be surprised if he had, Ryujin was, after all, the leader of the Hidden Leaf Village. He had hoped that his current skills were adequate enough to allow him to tail the trio unnoticed, but even if his presence was detected he had also hoped that it's presence would be concealed within the sea of other ninja within the village, many of whom were walking past the Hokage without batting an eye, more inclined to go about their daily routine.

As he kept a watchful eye, Vaati noticed nothing of hostile merit. It had been nearly three hours sense the trio had split up, and all the Hokage had done was eat, shop, and drink. Did he really devolve into a simple tourist? Sighing softly Vaati's gaze dropped momentarily shifting to a vendor near the village gates, who was holding up his goods in his hands, and following the Hokage's path past him, all the while shouting for him to buy his yellow cabbage. It was not long after that the Hokage seemed to have split into three. One remained at the gates while the other two seemed to make a B line in the direction of the Oasis. Vaati looked down, the two gate guards would be able to watch the original. It seemed that both of them had their eyes fixated upon him sense he began to cast such a jutsu in front of them. Vaati would entrust the relay of information back to HQ to them, as was their job to report unusual activity at the gate.

Vaati would take off after the two clones. The bad news was, they were much faster then him and quickly left him behind. Almost instantly in fact. The good news, He had a pretty good idea of where they were heading and headed directly to the Oasis to cut them off. Solidifying his vantage point on top of a seven story tall wooden water tower, Vaati remained in a prone position, his cloak keeping him invisible, while maintaining his chakra supression. He kept watch as he saw the three ninja walk into the Oasis. "It took them nearly three hours to get here?" he wondered noticing the time they split to the current time of arrival and questioning what detours caused this. He wondered if following the Hokage had really been the best course of action. The building he was on was nearly 100m away from the location that the trio had walked toward and nearly 50 meters west from the road they took to get there. The tower loomed above the scattered palm trees, and the relaxing clear pool of water. As the three conversed, Vaati was way too away to listen. While his eyesight was keen, the figures were too far away for him to distinguish details such as handseals and the like. The only thing he could see, was that the clothing on these figures seemed to match that of the ones he was looking for. It wasn't long after they arrived that a confrontation seemed to commence, followed by three other ninja, garbed in identical outfits.. Suddenly, Vaati watched as a giant brown tower was raised from the ground, standing over 30 stories tall, it would be visible to everyone in the village. Before being able to raise an alarm, a massive explosion rocked the small oasis creating a deep crater. Vaati could feel the tower tremble with the vibrations from the shockwaves. Averting his eyes and protecting himself from the small rocks and other debris that were beginning to pelt his location. While he was far from the danger zone, he wasn't nearly far enough from the debris radius. As the debris died down, Vaati looked up only to find a large dust cloud obscuring his vision. While not as tall as the tower, this as well as the booming shockwave would be both seen and heard from the village proper. Once the smoke cleared, Vaati would realize that all of the ninja were now gone. Vanished from sight. Standing up he took notice of what appeared to be the tip of a pinky finger lying next to him. Picking it up, Vaati placed it into a small bag, and then placed that bag in his pouch. He would begin to approach the giant crater just after hearing a second explosion.  The wooden platform appeared to be still intact, however it had begun to splinter. Taking some shards of the wood, Vaati began to place them inside another pouch.

As he looked across the area, he continued to find more and more small fragments of flesh and bone. Was this all that was left of both the two suna ninja, perhaps all of them...  Village ninja began to arrive on the scene and Vaati began to take charge. As first ninja on the scene he began directing the other ninja to begin setting up a perimeter and having the medical ninja bag and pack each and every fragment of flesh in the area to be identified later. Taking two jonins as escorts, Vaati then headed directly to Sunakagure HQ to deliver his initial observations to the Kazekage and send his specimens to the lab for more conclusive results. [exit]

Spoiler:

The clone was about to disperse itself, closing it's eyes before almost doing so which would have caused a ten meter radius explosion if the clone did indeed do so. Though it didn't, as it closed it's eyes it's focus instinctively switch to the sensory provided by it's active Sage Mode. A single chakra signature was located about 75 meters from the clone of Ryujin Senju. This was mainly due to the crater being 30 meters in diameter, whilst the clone stood 10 meters outside the crater on the side which faced Vaati's building, which was 100 meters from the explosion point. This 75 meter distance between Ryujin's clone and Vaati was more than enough range for Vaati to be located within the clone's sensory range. "The Kazekage's little spy, eh? Oh well, we shall just have to remove his memories as well.." The clone would say as it bit it's finger open, causing blood to flow from the small wound on it's thumb, after which it would slam it's hand on the ground. A sealing formula would expand from his hands, black in color, as it covered a few centimeters of the ground beneath the clone's hand. It might be a clone, though clones are still capable of handling small wounds and bleeding even, which made this possible. The summoning process had brought forth two summons, Lucian and Akihiko. Lucian stood tall at 8 feet in length, not using it's full size as there was no need for it, whilst Akihiko remained his normal size as well. The two beasts would stand before the clone, awaiting information on the situation at hand. "I'm merely a clone, though something big has happened which could cause a war if we don't stop the little one spying on me, he reports directly to the Kazekage. He's located about 59 meters that way." Vaati would be moving at a normal pace, the pace of your average civilian human, and would take a while before reaching the three's destination. The dust cloud would remain for the duration of their discussion, still starting to subdue slowly as the clone pointed in Vaati's direct direction. "Lucian, I brought you because I know he has some genjutsu skill, though I'm unsure how high his genjutsu caliber is. You can restrain him, he's to be captured alive." The sentence would finish once Vaati has entered the forty meter distance between the three and himself, being 39 meters from Ryujin and his two summons.

The two would nod before they charged off at full speed towards Vaati as he approached them still. The dustcloud provided for a 13 meter range of sight from oneself at that time as it got thinner, though with their speed it would be near impossible to track them as they moved at their full potential concerning their speed the entire time. As they continued forth they would reach Vaati in under a second after departing from Ryujin, such was the potential of their blinding speeds. Samehada would remain intact on Akihiko's back during the entire short trip. Upon entering this 13 meter distance of sight between themselves and Vaati, standing 12 meters from Vaati when they stopped, Lucian would immediately activate his signature technique; Genjutsu: Binding, attempting to bind Vaati with the technique. This was done as soon as they stopped, wasting no time at all as anyone could be approaching soon, though the closest shinobi was 650 meters from them. A second after the two departed from Ryujin's clone, right after the technique used by Lucian was activate, Ryujin would charge forward towards Vaati, also moving at his full potential regarding his own speed. The distance between Ryujin's clone and Vaati would be closed even faster than the two summons did, arriving 1 meter to the right of Lucian as Akihiko stood 1 meter to the left of Lucian. By now Vaati should be caught within the Genjutsu: Binding technique if he failed to evade the technique somehow, which was near impossible concerning the fact that it would bind Vaati almost instantaneously after it was activated. If Vaati was captured within the technique's grasps, he would be rendered completely immobile as he would remain still in his position 12 meters from the three shinobi. Ryujin would then move forward towards Vaati if he was caught within the Genjutsu, extending his left hand outwards towards Vaati attempting to touch the small boy, as he would then attempt to mark Vaati with his Cannabis Marking. If it was successful, Ryujin would use his Reverse Flying Thunder God technique to teleport Vaati into the empty cell next to bastian, furthest from Oboro and Akira's cell, directly after attempting to place the marking on Vaati's forehead. "Done." He would say. "Thanks you two." He would say with a smile on his face before the two summonings would return to where they came from, leaving nothing but a puff of smoke behind. The clone would then disperse, sending his remaining chakra to Ryujin and the information which came with it. All the events which occurred in the previous post after the clone dispersed would then occur again, except now Ryujin told Oboro to remove the memories of not just Sabure, but now Vaati as well.
[Exit with Vaati.]
[All techniques used:
Summoning.
Reverse Flying Thunder God.
Sage Mode.]
[OOC: So you can't hide your chakra from me, as the chakra suppression technique states that those who have higher nin skills than you can still sense you. Don't worry, I'll return you along with Bastian back to Suna soon.]