Dun fuck with the leaf [Flashback/Private?]

Three knocks could be heard from the doors of his office as he sat on his chair stamping paperwork as he read them through. "Thank God, a distraction from all of this paperwork." He would think to himself as he heard the knocks. "Enter." He would say to the one behind the doors. The double sided doors would split apart as a jounin of the hidden leaf village entered Ryujin's office. "Sir, we've discovered something that needs your immediate attention. Four of our shinobi have stumbled upon an underground lair, filled with a lot of chakra signatures, a few very high ones as well. They were attacked upon the base's discovery, only one escaped with the information of their plans. They intend to ambush the leaf." He would be interrupted by Ryujin having heard enough. The loss of three shinobi of the leaf would not go by unpunished, at least not while Ryujin is in charge. "Thank you Hauki. Give me a minute to assess the situation."

His mind would run through the possible outcomes depending on his own choices, with a minute having gone by he had made up his mind about heading towards this underground base himself. "Should I take Oboro-kun with me?" He thought about the decision for a while, he had just stamped Oboro's rank up to Special Jounin as he went through the paperwork about thirty minutes earlier. The boy showed Ryujin that he did indeed possess great potential as he was ranking up fast lately, thinking to himself that he made the right choice of taking on Oboro as his first student. "Well.. If I take him along I could see more of his potential. I mean, the reason I wanted him to be my student in the first place was because of the signs of him being just another bloodthirsty, unguided boy. I want to guide him, mold him into a great soldier for the leaf and use that hunger for death to our advantage." He would be thinking this to himself as Hauki waited for his mind to be made up. Ryujin would stand from his chair and approach the jounin standing in front of his office doors. "Hauki, could you send for Oboro-kun? Tell him to meet me three hundred meters to the south of this base's entrance." He said as he took the scroll of information they gathered on this base from the jounin. The scroll contained the location of this underground base, along with the estimated size of the base, however it's classed as a labyrinth and no details about the layout aside from the size and floors would be present. The jounin would nod in understanding before leaving the Hokage's office, located in the center of the hidden leaf village. As the jounin left Ryujin would remove his Hokage cloak and hat from his body as he moved closer to his coat hanger. After placing the cloak and hat on the coat hanger he would remove his own, dark colored cloak before placing it over his body. His long black hair laid over the back of the cloak on top of the hood, as the hood wasn't placed over his head, tied in a ponytail as usual on the back of his head. After putting on his cloak he would proceed to exit the Hokage's offices.

As he made his way towards the location he had instructed Hauki to inform Oboro to meet Ryujin, he would start to activate his Sensing technique with a slight manipulation of his own chakra, quite an easy task for the young Senju, taking no handseals to perform in the process as well. This technique was like second nature to Ryujin, he constantly used it to remain aware of his surroundings when it came to chakra and especially during a fight, and a fight was indeed about to happen. He intended to end each and every life within that labyrinth for their crimes against the leaf and the deaths of those three shinobi. Death was coming for those bandits, walking through the streets of Konohagakure no Sato. He decided to make his travel towards the location where he was to meet Oboro a bit faster by changing his walk into a jog, which turned into him running faster and faster until he moved as fast as he could through the streets, moving left and right to avoid running into anything or anyone, leaving behind him a gust of wind which followed through the village. His charge exited through the village gates to the north of the village, entering the forest just outside the hidden leaf village as he continued to move through the trees, avoiding the trees with his movements as he charged towards the location, his eyes locked on his destination and his mind set on the destruction of the labyrinth, the death of all within it his intentions. It wasn't long, in fact it was within a small amount of time before he would reach his destination and awaited the arrival of Oboro. The jounin he sent for Oboro wasn't as fast so it was obvious that Ryujin would arrive there before Oboro did, so he wasn't angered or anything of the sort by Oboro's absence on his arrival. He leaned against a tree with his back against it, his arms crossed and his legs mimicking as his right leg was placed over his leg, as he awaited Oboro's arrival, keeping his senses on high alert for any movement within the area, including his sixth sense granted by the Sensing technique. The vicinity was silent, dark as the sun had just set, with few clouds within the skies as the moonlight shined a bit of light onto the forest, though it helped little. It had been a while since it rained in this area and the grass beneath Ryujin as well as the grass within the rest of the general vicinity was dry, though the water beneath the ground provided enough resources for the grass to remain as green as ever, blending in with the green leafs of the forest.
[-10 chakra for Sensing.]
[1040 WC]

"Ring around the Rosie." soft melodic singing could be heard coming from a pale face. Red circles on the skin. The color feathered over onto the white leaving teeny tiny lines of red in the cracks of the skin. A single flower, one said to ward off death, rest on its chest with the purpose of mocking the theory. One that lied limp had failed to run from such a concept as death. A flower wouldn't save a man's soul. A hand of the living held the face of the gone as he peered into its open eyes. It still had the look of fear within them, despite the light leaving them do quickly. "A pocket full of posies." the voice sang out as the grey room around him seemed to spin. Soft was the petal of which he traced. Smooth was the skin of which the flower sat. Cold was the stare of which the corpse gave. It was almost as if it peered into me, not my hosts soul, but into my existence. He could feel it too, my host. Oboro. The chill caused the hair to rise from his skin as an ominous smile made its way to his face. His head was dropped like a needle, slowly, and his eyes peered into the other pair at only two centimeters away. This was all unnecessary necessity. It was fun however as the warm skin touched the cold flesh. "Ashes to ashes..." Oboro would say as he leaned to whisper into the ear of the deceased. He blinked twice though not immediately after one another. "They all fall down." Hand sliding up the muscular chest of the dead, it crossed the face and touched the open eyelids before moving them down. The ominous fingertips touched at the top of the forehead before sliding down to the jaw of the man, leaving nothing behind but a blank space where a face was supposed to go. He then lifted his hand up to his own brow and dropped it in the same manner. After wiping down in that manner it shifted as if some sort of magic. His entire Chakra system realigned and I felt myself change with it as well, however not as much as he. He no longer had the brown hair he'd stolen from Oboro before. It was now blonde, cut in a more arrogant way in my opinion. His jaw was much more chiseled and his eyes black, well not his around them. The eye was a bright blue and he had the appearance of death. "A pocket full of posies." He would say again before reaching for the flower on the faceless corpse and placing it in the pocket of the suit he was now wearing. It was made of the finest silks and linens. The one he'd found the victim in. It was easily worth a dozen thousand Ryo or so but he didn't really care to spend his money in such ways.

With his new appearance, he was practically ready to take on the world. This had been the third face for him to make claim of. The first being Oboro. The second was Hanbei, a small child he'd met a few weeks ago. He found himself rarely using Hanbei, though this new skin suit would likely have its uses. Sexiness radiated from the flesh and it was just overall visually appealing. But what to name it. The victim had left no final words worth remembering. Especially not repeating his own name. However just as the train of through came rushing in, so did a sound in the ears of the hidden Kurama. Knock knock knock. On the door up above. "I think it's for you." I would say to my newly dressed host. He was already making his way to the door and arrived at the handle in a matter of seconds. The door was opened and it creaked with extreme expression as it did so. A man stood before him. He sported a leaf headband so Oboro assumed he was among friends but never let his guard down as he'd never seen this man before. "Are you Oboro Kurama?" the man would ask the newfound being. He'd only nod a head instead of giving a verbal answer. "The Lord Hokage would like you to meet up with him." he went on to explain exactly where he'd like to meet up and then made his way back to the village, or so it seemed.

Curious as to how the man knew Oboro was in this cabin, he decided not to question it and instead made his way to the location of which Ryujin has specified with great emphasis. As steps were taken hands were eventually slipped into the silk pockets of the suit where a laundromat tag was found. It was red and had sharp plastic edges that cut a small slit into the print of the new thumb. However the tag had revealed the name of the corpse that was left back at the cabin of which he'd likely never return. "Chiyonosuke Eiji. Dry clean only." A grin would come to the face of the man formerly and somewhat currently known as Oboro. Chiyonosuke. Nosuke for short. It had a ring to it. Eiji... What did that mean again. Great ruler? Something of the sort. These names were always too difficult for me to keep up with.

After some walking through the forest, we'd finally made it to where Ryujin was. Undoubtedly he'd already sensed us arrive as he never deactivated that damn sensory Technique. It was almost like a crutch. However Nosuke nearly never used it and would likely end up suffering for it some day. Now that he'd changed bodies it would be a good time to begin acting like a new person. Before arriving at the desired destination he remember one crucial piece of information. His Chakra signature would have changed with his body. He rubbed his hand over his face once more before becoming Oboro again. The old Chakra signature would have instantly disappeared, likely leaving a confused hokage. "Yo. Master Senju." Oboro would say as he walked up to the man.

[1044]

It was a few minutes before someone would enter his five hundred meters range of sensory around himself. He's never felt this chakra signature before, the thought of it being one of the bandits from this underground labyrinth crossed his mind indeed. He would stop his relaxed lean against the wall as he proceeded to stand straight with his senses still being quite aware of the vicinity and it's happenings. He remained aware as the chakra signature drew closer and closer as time went by, it was clearly heading towards Ryujin's location though it wasn't Oboro, he was sure of it. "How could they know..?" He thought to himself, thinking of a possible traitor that betrayed Ryujin's location to these bandits. "It can't be Hauki, no, could it?" Little did he know that it was Oboro, the little devious mind having taken over another's identity, down to the chakra signature. He braced himself, preparing for the worst as the chakra came closer within twenty five meters of him. Though his expression would immediately change from a serious fighter ready to do just that, fight if need be, to that of surprise and shock as well as confusion mostly, as Oboro's chakra signature would replace that of the unknown person's. He couldn't see Nosuke's identity change to Oboro's as the darkness and trees provided enough cover for Oboro to do whatever he was doing in private.

His greeting would prove to Ryujin that it was indeed Oboro, as he's heard Oboro call him "Master Senju" before, the first time they met actually. The only other person that could've known about such a nickname was the piggy they escorted, and he was too unskilled to be able to pull something like this off. "Greetings.. Oboro-kun." His face straight. "Did you just, switch chakra signatures? If I find out you're lying to me.." He would ask Oboro about this sudden change in chakra signatures he felt. It was only natural for him to think Oboro was behind this, how else would someone explain the sudden change from one chakra signature to that of Oboro's chakra signature? His sentence wouldn't be finished though as he would leave the insinuations for Oboro to come up with as to what Ryujin meant by it. He's wait for Oboro's answer, whether it be the truth or a mere lie spouted by the young boy wouldn't change the next course of actions as Ryujin would deal with it at another time, though he wouldn't seem disappointed or angered by Oboro's reply, he had other business to deal with first, such as the death of each and every bandit within that labyrinth. "Oboro-kun, we've discovered a lair filled with bandits plotting against the leaf. They've killed three of our shinobi upon them discovering the lair, one escaped to inform me of this. I've sent for you because I want you to accompany me to the underground labyrinth, we will destroy it and everyone within it will receive month mercy, understood? We will deal with this chakra switch business at another time. For now, let's head out." He would explain the situation to Oboro, giving the basic details of what was going on and their objective. As he finished his sentence he would turn around before looking back at Oboro. "Let's go." He would say before turning his head forward again, his movements changing from a standstill to a full run through the forrest as he dodged trees left and right at full speed, heading towards the location. Oboro would be able to keep up with his pace judging from what Ryujin saw on one of their previous missions, so there was no need for him to slow down.

The skies would remain the same as before, little clouds to be found with a full moon shining light upon the ground they stood on. They were no longer inside the forest after their charge towards the entrance of the underground labyrinth. Instead, they stood before a cave, the entrance being three meters in width and five meters in height, the edges rough and able to cut someone if they were pressed against the sharp rock. "Ready? I sure am." His tone as serious as ever, he had no time or mercy for those who intend to destroy the leaf. He would start to take a few steps into the cave before arriving at a door, red brown in color due to the rust of the door and any previous paint on it already having rusted off. Taking his right hand he'd start to push down on the door's rusted handle, screeching sounds would arise and originate from the door as he pulled on the handle to open the door. Lights were inside this floor, lighting up the entire area. Lots of voices could be heard as they spoke up and plotted against the leaf, hiding the fact that the door opened due to no one being able to hear the screeching sounds. The entire floor was covered in walls however, it was truly a labyrinth as the walls provided for a maze inside the first floor. Made of bricks, these walls would be sturdy, though breakable if enough force was used. Ryujin's own raw strength wasn't enough for it, he wasn't one for being a powerhouse, though his arsenal made up for that tenfold. A hallway of sorts, created by the maze-structure of the floor, would be the one thing leading from the door they entered towards the center of the maze. Ryujin would step forward, entering the hallway, and start to walk calmly as he followed the path. His sensory indicated about twenty three bandits on this floor, two of which have high chakra levels. Those two would be approaching them from the right as the hallway Ryujin and Oboro would be taking had an exit to the right about fifteen feet ahead. He wouldn't make any sounds and instead warn Oboro to stop moving as they approached by stopping himself and lifting his left hand into the air, the back of his hand facing Oboro as his hand remained straight during the signal being given. The fight was about to start, Ryujin would ready himself as he took his stance with his hands located in front of his body, by his chest, standing ready for any handseals to be performed to end the lives of each and every one of the pitiful beings within this labyrinth, aside from his own and Oboro's of course. There was about six seconds left before the two would reach the hallway Ryujin was standing in, judging by the pace they were walking at, which caused him to change his course of actions from waiting to attack, to gathering more power for himself in case he needed to use it. His hands would move together as if he was in prayer, his palms touching each other though no sounds were made as he didn't clap them together. His body would remain still for the remaining five seconds they had left before the two would enter the hallway, during which he would start to gather natural energy, enhancing his own body's capabilities as well as the techniques he could be using during this fight. His appearance changed slightly as the small skin surrounding his eyes would turn yellow, his pupils changing from a black circle to a red cross, the effects of him being the werewolf sage. His sensory would deactivate as Sage Mode would provide him his own sensory abilities without the use of the Sensing technique.
[-10 chakra for Sensing.]
[1285 WC]
[2325 WC Total]

Oboro met with Ryujin under a drape of leaves. The moonlight barely found its way into under the mass of growth, however it still seemed to be illuminated enough for each other to make out faces. His master identified him with a greeting and then immediately went into questioning about what he'd been doing. Typical of the Senju, always riding the proverbial cock of Oboro. "Remind me," I said to Oboro within the confines of his mind. "Why do you hang out with this guy again?" as usual my eyes were gone but I radiated disapproval. It was always one thing after the next with this man. Something reminded the god of any faces of a feeling he'd felt in his past which was unknown to him now. It was as if this person was constantly demanding answers. Distrust. And for some reason he always felt it around the Senju. Even if seeming to act in his best interest, moments like this allowed the true nature of the Senju to show. Each of them just as aggressive and demanding control as the last. The God of Shinobi, some call them. Mortal, I call them. They were nothing but men, and I was the spirit of the God of Many Faces. So why would someone who possessed me allow themselves to be bossed around by someone of lesser stature. This relationship broke the pattern as the boundaries of my memory exist including Oboro mentally annihilating those who attempted to rule him. So why did the Senju still stand? Why was Ryujin still alive?

But it seemed he was demanding an answer, and Oboro was thinking of countless lies in his head. Ryujin was yet to know that Oboro was a liar as he'd been rarely called on Bluffs so he could likely get anything to pass at this point. Being a master of the mind and face, his appearance gave no secrets of his true intentions. His fibs were always flawless. "The truth is..." be would begin. In the matter of a millisecond multiple theories popped through his head. He could have simply said that he teleported here. Or had the ability to mask Chakra. Or had a jutsu that allowed him to change Chakra signatures. Countless theories, none of which were the truth. But revealing to this man what my host truly was would take a much larger amount of trust than he felt, and definitely more than I felt, towards the man. "I have an affinity in ninjutsu. I've developed a jutsu that allows me to change my face and Chakra signature." he made some hand signs but they did absolutely nothing in coherence with each other before rubbing a right hand over his face and revealing the new face of Chiyonosuke Eiji. He then did the same thing once more to reveal the face of Hanbei. His body shrank as his face changed, clothing changed as well. He now had the body of a four year old who wore a green hat, had red hair and plump cheeks. He wore a green blouse with two pink flowers on it that hung down to his lower thigh and had straps for his shoulder. A white tee shirt lied under it, stopping at his mid upper arm. On each hand a sock puppet. His legs were covered in a brown legging and his feet housed in a pair of nasty green-brown shoes. He was completely Hanbei Kaiba in every single way imaginable. Surely Ryujin would understand after this demonstration as there were yet to be any holes in his demonstration. Now the man would know his abilities minus his secret of being more than a man. So long as he thinks it's just a jutsu than the true identity of the shapeshifter would be ignored. "I can turn into pretty much anyone who I've beaten in combat. It's a great way to disguise myself." a high pitch voice replaced Oboros as he was now Kaiba. "So whenever I'm in this form, you must call me by my name. Kaiba. Whenever I'm the guy in the suit, I am Nosuke."

After his own explanation Ryujin would move into the explanation of what exactly he'd been called for in the middle of the night. His ritual interrupted and now slight frustration rested on the face of Kaiba. However he'd had just enough time to complete it, the closing stages were not done and so the body may perhaps be moved while he's gone. Either way, he'd want to wrap this mission up quickly as getting back to the bamboo Grove to train with the new body of Nosuke would be necessary before accurately using it. "So let me get this straight." Kaiba would begin, looking up at Ryujin who now stood at least two feet taller than him. "Three guys died and now we have to go kill their killers! We are elite!" he would say as Ryujin headed off into the forest at top speeds. He'd follow right behind him and was easily able to keep up and move at the same speed as the Hokage. The area around them blurred as he did so and a few times he made sure to sidestep to avoid colliding head on with a tree. Luckily this body had very little wind resistance, allowing him to zoom through smaller areas in the wood.

The entrance to the labyrinth was nothing more than a small cave. However after Descending into it, it was clear that the ruins that lurked within were much older than the villages, though there was no guarantee that they were older than Kaiba. Stone was carved into a multitude of walls that led to a large rusted door. Ryujin approached it with efforts of opening and Kaiba would have attempted to help though it would have done no good. He was a weakling when it came to physical attacks. However it seemed that eventually Ryu would get the door open despite its extremely loud scraping noises against the ground. "Well if that didn't alert the minotaur inside I don't know what will..." Kaiba muttered to himself. The door made a loud BANG as it slammed against the walls on the other side. Voices and footsteps could be heard coming in their direction. Ryujin activated his sensory though this was unknown to Kaiba. Instead he had to wait for the men to come into his line of sight with didn't take long as Kaiba refused to stop moving as Ryujin requested so of him. From the right path the two A rank ninja were coming for the duo but from the left, easily twenty men were rushing as well. After activating his sensory it was clear that the larger crowd was significantly weaker than the couple coming for Ryu and Kaiba. Without cracking a smile, Kaiba tripped and fell to the ground, crocodile tears rushing down his face in front of the path that the men were running. Ryujin was busy gathering Chakra. He had to use this moment to his advantage, plus Kaiba had always wanted to do this. The bandits slowed up a bit when they saw the small child on the ground crying. They stopped fully before reaching three meters akin to his position. One of the bandits walked forwards and kneeled down beside Kaiba. "Are you okay child? What's wrong?" he would ask. He had dark hair on his face but on his head he was bald. His breath was warm as he pitied Kaiba. The small boy would point into the direction of Ryujin. "That man, he kidnapped me and brought me here. He touched me and now he's praying for forgiveness." tears streamed down the side of my hosts face as he spoke. "W-where did he touch you?" it seemed as even though they were bandits they took pity on children. Kaiba would lift his hands to his chest as if to show where he'd been touched, however instead he made the tiger hand seal. The bandits eyes all widened in shock as they'd been caught off guard and it caused their body to shut down as the wave of temporary paralysis washed over them all, causing each of them to fall to the ground. Kaiba would stand up and laugh before turning around to face Ryujin and shouting. "I beat my guys like an elite! You fight these guys and I'll go find the exit!" and with that he run off into the labyrinth with his arms in the shape of an airplane. He'd shout for Ryujin to use flying thunder God should he find the exit first.

[1451]

It wasn't until the boy had laid on the ground, acting like a little helpless female dog on heat, crying wolf about Ryujin having "touched" him, as an act of diversion for Ryujin to gather his natural chakra to enter Sage Mode, that Ryujin had realized how sadistic Oboro, or whoever he really was, was. He had brushed off the excuse used back in the forest once Oboro showed him the ability to change his appearance and chakra signatures, it was indeed a good technique to possess especially with covert operations and infiltration missions, however the keywords wouldn't return to Ryujin up until now. "I can turn into pretty much anyone I've beaten in combat." Those were the words Oboro spoke of, or was it Kaiba? This was a bit confusing to say the least, what was his name really? Ryujin would think about this as he gathered the purest of chakra from nature itself. "You little prick. Making me out to be a molester. You really are more sadistic than I had thought." Ryujin would think to himself as he finished the process. He walked closer to the bodies of those Kaiba had taken down, his body pumping with physical prowess granted to him through the use of Sage Mode. The boy would run off in search of the door leading down towards the second floor, his arms extended to the sides as if acting to be an airplane. It was as if his personality perfectly reflected the appearance he had taken on, a master of deception, another thought running through the young Senju's mind. "He's truly something else, I recruited him as my student to mold what I thought was just another case of an under-appreciated emo child in need of mental care, into something we could use as a weapon for the leaf. Though now I realize he's more than mentally disturbed, there's something much more to this one than I thought. Killing these people, taking them down as if it were a game to the child, acting as if he really was a child. Does he actually believe he's a child when he takes on this form? Who the hell is he really.." A confusing thought entered his mind as he watched the child run around through the maze.

All the while more attackers came charging at Ryujin from his left, though he paid little attention to them, their lives would end whether it was now or after he stopped processing the situation at hand concerning Oboro slash Kaiba slash Nosuke slash whoever he really was. Three bandits would be the closest of the group charging towards Ryujin, each carrying two kunai, one in each of their weak hands. As they drew closer they would slash at Ryujin, their blades aiming to enter the fearless Hokage's body as he stood completely still, as if paying no attention to them. In all honesty he wasn't paying much attention to them at all, his head turned away from them still facing the young boy as he got out of sight, turning into another direction before passing one of the labyrinth's walls, cutting off Ryujin's ability to watch the boy. Their blades would strike Ryujin, they used all of their might to try and take down their opponent though it would prove to have been a useless attempt as their blades wouldn't even leave a scratch on the black haired protagonist. His body proved to be undeniably durable, their steel unable to pierce his flesh. Whilst he had Sage Mode active it contributed little to this fact as even without Sage Mode his body was extremely durable, able to tank physical attacks of great caliber, though Sage Mode secured this fact which was why he didn't even bother to face them as they charged towards him. Their eyes would widen as they watched their blades bounce back after hitting the man, fear setting into their useless bodies as they stood a mere two feet from the man. Their bodies wouldn't even react to their wishes of running away as fear took over. His head would turn to his left, mouth closed with a blank and uncaring facial expression piercing their souls as if he had no care for their lives. Their fear would multiply as they stared into his seemingly soulless stare, kunai dropping down to the ground with the only sounds being the ones made as the kunai hit the ground, a few clinks being heard in rapid succession as all of the bandits halted their charge towards Ryujin, dropping their kunai as if in near synchronization with each other.

Their deaths however would be an inevitable result of their acts against the hidden Leaf village as Ryujin would begin his assault against them a second after their kunai hit the floor. Twenty meters stood between him and the last of the hallway filled with bandits, all packed together as if awaiting their death of their own free will, like cow awaiting execution in order to become delicious meaty burger patties, there was a huge difference between the satisfying taste of a burger and victory for Ryujin against those who opposed the hidden Leaf village, with victory trumping a burger's taste easily in this case. He would move forward whilst simultaneously lowering himself, extending his arm to grab one of the kunai which struck him, coming back up again in order to thrust said kunai into the throat of the first bandit. He'd make a 360 degree turn as he passed the bandit he just struck, the kunai slipping out of the throat of the now dying bandit though he remained standing as this was done at full speed, Ryujin continuing his assault as the kunai would slit open the throat of the bandit standing to the right of the first bandit during his 360 degree turn and bypassing. There was no stop between the turn and him then throwing the kunai into the third bandit's forehead, the three shinobi's blood spilling out of their pathetic bodies, some of it landing on Ryujin's own body and face during the turn as it splattered. Once the kunai was thrown he would sweep his left leg to his right as he turned slightly, sending the grounded kunai dropped by some of the bandits straight into all forward directions, some easily entering a few bandits' bodies whilst others would cause blunt force trauma to the bandits. His assault wasn't done yet though, the first bandit not even halfway to the ground yet as he continued to move forward, grabbing one of the airborne kunai and evading getting hit by his own barrage of kunai as he maneuvered through them into more bandits' throats, thrusting the kunai into their bodies like a hot knife through butter. Using his left hand, which was free at that time, he'd slam his palm into one of the bandits, sending him flying into the ceiling with great force breaking his skull in the process as it was the first thing to hit the ceiling. His charge continued forward through the 20 meter long hallway filled with bandits as he would slice a few more throats and break some more skulls, slamming more kunai into the chests of the unworthy beings. A mere second and a half had passed after his assault began before he stopped at the end of the hallway, each and every grunt being killed within that second and a half. The hallway was a complete and utter bloodbath as the walls, ceiling and floors were completely painted red with the fluids of each bandit, whilst Ryujin himself was mirroring this hallway's new appearance, soaked in the blood of his victims.

It was clear though that he could've done this much faster than he did, even though he used his full potential regarding speed, it wasn't at it's peak. "Oboro must have caught me within his genjutsu as well when he took down those guards." He said as he cleaned his thumb from the blood of his victims using the inside of his shirt, it helped little though as his short was soaked in their blood. Grinding his teeth into his own thumb he would create a small wound, causing blood to flow from the tip of his thumb before slamming his hand onto the floor, summoning Lucian. "Greetings friend." He's say with a smile, which helped little as the blood covered smile gave off a very sadistic appearance in the eyes of Lucian. "Working again I see." Lucian would say. "Yes, though I simply need a small favor from you. Help me clear this entire labyrinth, though look out for Oboro.. He's taken on the appearance of a small child, some green clothing will give him away. The others can die at your whim. I also need you to remove me from this irritating genjutsu he so ignorantly and inadvertently put me in." Ryujin would finish his sentence before Lucian stepped closer to the Senju, proceeding to use Kai on Ryujin. "Thank you." He would say before starting his search through the maze for the first door leading down to the second door. It wasn't long before he and Lucian would meet up with Kaiba again, using their full speed to maneuver through the labyrinth's maze-like structure.
[WC: 1575]
[Total WC: 3900]

"Left and right and left and right and left and right!" Kaiba would say as each foot hit the ground suddently after the other. He was running at top speeds, though the echoes from the walls of this abyssal maze still allowed him to hear the metallic clinks of his teacher's weapons as well as the attackers bounce off of surfaces. A small giggle formed in his throat as he asked me a question, aloud. "What do you think Ryujin is doing to them?" His mouth curved slightly, sickly as he asked. Based on the lack of noise, the fighting had stopped. It was only a few moments passing, however that could be expected of Ryujin. However, Kaiba himself had taken down almost two dozen units with a singular jutsu. He'd likely have beaten more should there have been more on the florr however now he was moreso focused on finding the exit to the door. Based on the density of the floor there were multiple layers to the basemental cave that they were in.

"I've no clue what he did to them." I would say to my host, slightly disturbed by the jovial form of which he chose to assume. I couldn't remember when my host had originally fought with a child named Kaiba, though it couldn't have been within the past few months. Those were the only memories that I had that I strongly remembered. Within the last few months wouldn't have possibly been the timeline. The only person he'd stolen the face of in the last couple of weeks was Chiyonosukue and that was only earlier this evening. Only just a couple days ago had he remembered how to steal faces so how it possible that he suddenly had an extra skin in the arsenal. Perhaps he was able to remember something I was unable to. Perhaps he'd never forgotten at all but was practicing his deceptive tactics against me as well. Surely there were some things that he tended to leave out but this was something big that I would expect to remember and was unsure of why I couldn't now. "Tell me Obor- I mean Kaiba..." The facial expression of

"Kaiba why are you speaking to me out loud?" There was indeed something strange about this. Oboro never spoke out loud to me in fear that someone would hear him. "Do you not fear someone might think strangely of you?" I decided to go ahead and get all my questions out as soon as possible so he'd be able to answer them all at once. Still, Kaiba would run with his arms like a plane, now even make "NEEEEOOOOOOOWWWWW" plane noises as if to emulate it further. However he stopped in his tracks for just a moment, placed a hand on his smooth chin and spoke to me out loud once again. "Well, if you're talking out loud to me then I should talk out loud to you. I wouldn't wanna be disrespectful to my friend." It was odd to hear him say this, to call me a friend. I was truly curious as to why the sudden emotion change came with the body change. I was also unsure if this was simply just part of some soadistic ruse to poke at my emotions. The emotions of an emotion, ironic. "So I'll continue to speak to you out loud like a friend

He thought I was an imaginary friend. Don't imaginary friends tend to have some sort of fictional physical properties? I mean shouldn't he be able to see me? Maybe it was better for him to think that I was simply a crafted companion after all. Despite the depths I knew about Oboro, I knew nothing about this kid named Kaiba besides the fact that his choice of attier was extremely tacky. I liked it though. I also liked that he liked to r8un like an airplane through a maze full of baddies as if there was nothing in the world for him to worry about except to have fun and live lackadaiscally. He truly seemed to be a kid at heart, wanting nothing but freedom and fun. It would be awrfully adult of me to try to stop him. However, it seemed his wits were still about him as when he ran he kept his right hand on the wall. This was an old trick that was unknown to me but knowledge to Oboro or Kaiba it seemed. Should one keep their hand on one side of a wall theyre bound to find the exit to a labyrinth eventually. Due to being

He thought I was an imaginary friend. Don't imaginary friends tend to have some sort of fictional physical properties? I mean shouldn't he be able to see me? Maybe it was better for him to think that I was simply a crafted companion after all. Despite the depths I knew about Oboro, I knew nothing about this kid named Kaiba besides the fact that his choice of attier was extremely tacky. I liked it though. I also liked that he liked to r8un like an airplane through a maze full of baddies as if there was nothing in the world for him to worry about except to have fun and live lackadaiscally. He truly seemed to be a kid at heart, wanting nothing but freedom and fun. It would be awrfully adult of me to try to stop him. However, it seemed his wits were still about him as when he ran he kept his right hand on the wall. This was an old trick that was unknown to me but knowledge to Oboro or Kaiba it seemed. Should one keep their hand on one side of a wall theyre bound to find the exit to a labyrinth eventually. Due to being

He thought I was an imaginary friend. Don't imaginary friends tend to have some sort of fictional physical properties? I mean shouldn't he be able to see me? Maybe it was better for him to think that I was simply a crafted companion after all. Despite the depths I knew about Oboro, I knew nothing about this kid named Kaiba besides the fact that his choice of attier was extremely tacky. I liked it though. I also liked that he liked to r8un like an airplane through a maze full of baddies as if there was nothing in the world for him to worry about except to have fun and live lackadaiscally. He truly seemed to be a kid at heart, wanting nothing but freedom and fun. It would be awrfully adult of me to try to stop him. However, it seemed his wits were still about him as when he ran he kept his right hand on the wall. This was an old trick that was unknown to me but knowledge to Oboro or Kaiba it seemed. Should one keep their hand on one side of a wall theyre bound to find the exit to a labyrinth eventually. Due to being

There were four men waiting on a flight of stairs for the kid, and I knew they meant trouble. While none of them had any key defining features, two were dressed in green, one in red and another in blue. Three of the men had bald heads and two of those had stitches somewhere on their lack of hair. the fourth of them had a mullet. He seemed to be much younger than the rest. The lot of them seemed to be rather muscular though based on the speed at which they rushed at Kaiba they were rather lacking in speed, especially compared to the boy. The first came at him with a pretty big knife. The tiny child simply avoided the thrust by tilting his head to the side, a single blade of hair falling to the ground as he tucked his body and ran under the legs of the man wielding the massive knife. Another of the men went to jump and grab him, though with no effort paid for as the child only jumped into the air, allowed the man to fall and then landed on his back before running down his spine and towards the other two men who seemed to be waiting for him to approach instead of making the mistakes of their colleagues. When Kaiba ran towards them, they both seemed to reach at the same time, knocking heads against one another in a very comedic way. The boy couldn't help but let out a boisterous laughter at this point. "They ran right into each other!" He exclaimed before walking over the top of their heads and continuing into the maze. There were swamps of goons that seemed to be waiting for him but he effortlessly weaveed at least a dozen grunts that were obviously much too slow to catch him before he would end up at the other door that would lead down to the very next level. Ryujin could handle the rest. "I wonder what's taking him so long anyways..." Kaiba would say impatiently.

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