Stomp out the Headbands (Custom Mission)[Akira, Heiwa & Namie and Invite]

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Kane said Okami was trying to awaken something called Mangekyo. He said it was the most powerful form of their eyes. The only way to get it was for him to form a bond with someone then to watch them die, and to feel the emotion of losing them. That had to mean he was going to kill Miyuki just to make his stupid eyes stronger. Kane told Emiko to keep an eye on him, and that all trust was lost. He said leaving her alone with him was a bad idea, and that he was acting just like the classic power hungry Uchiha. He wasn't banned from coming here to the dark village, but he'd have to be watched everywhere he went.

"Well i'm not gonna just stand by while he tries to get his mangy eyes or whatever they're called, i'll crush him before he has the chance! See I KNEW him being on our team was a bad idea! Coach, he's gonna try to kill Miyuki! We gotta--"

Temaki herself showed up, to reveal that she was only one of her clones. She said she was here to give him and Miyuki new headbands, and congratulate them as she promoted them. Suna took the headband, and wrapped it around the strap that held his gourd to his back. He was a Chuunin now, but it did little to shake his anger at what he'd just found out. Suna started to say something to Temaki's clone, knowing that when it dispersed that the info would be directly transmitted back to the real her, but Suna said nothing. Temaki was the leader of a big village; she had her own problems. He didn't want to add to them. Suna wanted to deal with this himself.

"Thank you," was all he said to Temaki before she vanished. Akira and Heiwa didn't seem offended by some of the things he said, with Akira saying they weren't like that. Emiko started to say that she was working on something for them before Temaki showed up, and while opening his mouth to ask her about that, a guy came flying in with a monkey. "That guy was flying..."

He said that Okami, who tried to get in his way, went back and tried to draw a sword on Suna, and was trying to wrap himself around Miyuki to power up his eyes. He then said that it was his fault that things happened the way they did, and asked Emiko to borrow Suna so that he could show him some things to defend himself and Miyuki. Suna came to the conclusion that this guy had to be Kurai, the guy who knocked Okami onto his ass. Suna didn't have the time to object or say anything since he was picked up and flown off with. Where he was going while watching the mansion get smallet beneath him, he'd have to wait and find out...

~Suna being taken out~

"Perhaps I too can be of some help." Avery made her way out the front door of the large mansion and down off of the porch to join everyone else: dressed in robes as she had been before except for the fact that these had the Uchiha clan symbol on the back.

Like Kurai she had heard everything through the party line, including how Miyuki was likely the target of a Jounin Uchiha playing at Genin. It was a dangerous situation and one that likely wouldn't play out nicely in the end. Someone was going to end up dead and Avery didn't want to see it be the young girl or the young man willing to protect her.

"Hello again, Emiko. Perhaps I too could borrow one of your students? I have a few things I can show her that will help to keep her safe." If neither Emiko nor Miyuki objected to this she would, upon noticing the few visible scars on the girl, simply motion for her to follow her back behind the large house.

"Come on, we'll ensure you're well taken care of before you leave."

[Exiting]

"...." Miyuki felt her usual fear creeping back in again. She wasn't scared of those who were around her now but of returning home, of going to Sabakugakure and seeing Okami. Was this the reasoning behind everything that he had done? Was this the reason why he was attempting to think of her like a little sister? Just to kill her in the end to further his own power? Miyuki paled, greatly.

"Great. As if I didn't have to worry about enough people coming after me.", Miyuki muttered softly.

An individual dressed in all black appeared then, claiming that everything that was happening now was his fault, and saying he wished to borrow Suna. He was going to teach him things that would allow him to defend himself and Miyuki if things went south with Okami. Given the lack of objections Kurai left with Suna; flying away in the same manner in which he had arrived.

Miyuki was just beginning to try and think of something she herself could do to get stronger when another individual, this one wearing the Uchiha clan symbol came out of the house and over to them. She claimed she could help to, and spoke of borrowing Miyuki. Miyuki knew not all Uchiha were bad, and figured that if this woman lived in the big house she had to be pretty good of a person, so she followed her when she motioned for her too: Miyuki wasn't going to pass up the chance of learning something interesting after all.

Temaki appeared, a clone of her. Kinzoku and Kuro must have seen her and allowed her in with no delay. She promoted the 3 Genin to Chuunin and told them to keep up the good work. Alec expected Suna to voice concern about Okami, but he only said thank you. Perhaps he had other plans.

Kurai and Little Kong were approaching from afar. When he arrived he asked about the situation with Okami, and said that Okami's actions were his fault, having listened to the conversation on the party line. He then asked to "borrow" Suna so that he could teach him some techniques to better protect himself and Miyuki, then flew off with him. Likewise, Avery, who'd also been listening, came outside dressed more like the Uchiha that she was, and offered something similar to Miyuki. Alec only nodded his head with a grin, knowing the kids were in good hands, and would come away with skills that would possibly let them stand against and hold their own versus stronger opponents.

"You said you were going to work on something for your students," Alec said to Emiko. "My home is your home. Use the house however you want, the maids will bring what you need. My students and I have a village matter to attend to; we shouldn't be gone very long." Alec motioned for the 3 to follow him as he started towards the village.

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Heiwa happened to agree with Akira and his mother: there did indeed seem to be a bad egg in every bunch. All clans had that one guy no matter what clan it was. Unfortunately for the Uchiha they tended to have a lot of those guys because too many people got power hungry too easily and wanted to exploit the power in their eyes by any means necessary.

Heiwa glanced over to Namie, seeing her frowning for some reason. Heiwa felt the need to frown too, but wondered if this had something to do with Namie's past more than the situation at hand. She wasn't going to ask though: if Namie wanted to talk about it then she would bring it up. She would respect her new friends privacy.

Emiko said she had no intentions of allowing anything bad to happen to Miyuki, and Heiwa believed her. She seemed like a good sensei, and someone who cared about her people. She even went on to say that she was working on something for her two students which wasn't quite finished yet.

Then an individual dressed all in black appeared with a monkey much like her own. Fa Mulan hide behind her, peaking out around her in a shy sort of way. He wasn't there long though as Kurai said that he felt what was going on was his fault due to what he had done to Okami, and that he would teach Suna something to help him better defend himself and Miyuki. He then whisked Suna away. Avery likewise appeared, dressed like a Uchiha, and whisked away Miyuki to what seemed to be the backyard of the giant home.

Alec said they were in the middle of handling something that wouldn't take long, and that Emiko was welcome to the house. Heiwa and Fa Mulan waved goodbye to Emiko as the pair went to follow Alec when he mentioned for them to come with him; Heiwa's mind already shifting to the matter on hand as she wondered what was wrong with the village that they could help to fix.

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Kurai came along asking if it were true if Okami went back to Mori and tried to attack Suna. He looked angry, and said that he'd been the one to put this all in motion since he put a beat down on Okami. He asked to borrow Suna, and before he could respond he picked him up and flew off with him. Avery came outside and took Miyuki with her, saying that she was going to teach her some things too. Emiko was saying she had something to prepare for the kids, with Alec commenting that she was free to use the house.

Alec motioned for them to come with him, and after a wave to Emiko, still wondering how that whole thing on the back style worked, Akira went to follow the sensei. There was still the matter of this village matter that he mentioned. It was better to concentrate on this and not on that whole thing. They were probably about to be taught a bunch of cool moves, similar to what Alec had shown them. Okami was probably going to end up another dead body, and even though he was a Uchiha, Akira couldn't really bring himself to care.

"Sensei, what's up? What are we doing here?" Akira asked Alec. "With the way you were looking and sounding a while ago, I was thinking there was a threat to the village, and it has to be big if you're going to handle it yourself..."

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Kurai showed up and took Suna with him quickly; off to teach him something that would likely be super powerful so that he could easily defend himself and Miyuki. Avery, now looking very much like the Uchiha she was, appeared as well and did the same with Miyuki. Namie didn't know what they would be learning but she had a feeling that whatever it was was going to be big and powerful. Perhaps power even greater than Okami himself could now weild.

Alec then went on to say that the Emiko was welcome to the house and that they would be back. She was also curious as to what Emiko was going to do for her students but now wasn't the time to ask. Alec mentioned that they had to go handle something and that they would be back in a bit which meant Namie was focusing once more on the task they were supposed to be dealing with.

She followed after Alec, Heiwa, and Akira, curious as well as to what was going on. She didn't ask though, since Akira had, and simply kept herself silent as she waited for Alec to answer. If this was a situation that had Alec himself stepping in then she guessed it had to be something either really big or really important.

WC: 1,330

Kurai appeared and took responsibility with the whole situation dealing with Okami: it was blame that Emiko herself didn't place upon him. Some people were just destined to do bad; Okami would have followed along this path some other way even if Kurai hadn't been the one to beat his ass in the first place, she was sure of it. But, she didn't have time to voice any of this as he scooped up Suna and took him off to learn what was likely going to be a very powerful technique. Emiko didn't mind: that was precisely what she had been hoping for after all.

Avery then appeared, coming out of the big house and wearing the Uchiha clan symbol on her clothing. She mentioned she wanted to do the same as Kurai and help Miyuki. Emiko simply shrugged with a grin: she didn't mind. She watched Avery show Miyuki around the back of the giant house before looking back towards Alec.

She would nod at his words. "Alright, see you later. Nice meeting you three." Emiko would then head into the house, off to find a comfortable and quiet place to work: this was going to take a while.

Alec began to pick up the pace as he moved through the village, headed for the entrance. With Emiko's students off being trained by Avery, Kurai and Kinzoku, he could now focus on the task at hand. "People have been coming up missing. Kidnapped," Alec responded to Akira. "They've been tracked to the ruins of a nearby town. I could have easily sent Kuro or Kurai or one of the others to take care of this, but I thought this would be a way for you all to test your skills."

Outside of the village, Alec began to run and take to the trees. He moved swiftly, but not as fast as he could have in order for the kids to keep up. "There's a guy who runs things with expensive clothes and 2 swords. He has 10 henchmen working for him to guard the town. From the looks of things, it seems like this guy with the fancy clothes is trying to pick up where the Headbands left off, experimenting on people. he has hostages, so try not to get too wild. I'll go in first... Keep your eyes open, you may learn some things... Namie, you may not be able to copy things like these 2, but keep your eyes open too..."

The trees began to thin out as they got closer to the next small town. Alec could see old road signs and small abandoned houses, hinting that this area was probably more lively in ages past. Alec jumped to the ground, noticing some lights in the distance and hearing people talking. He took a low stance, keeping down below the growth and other things like merchant carts and the wreckage of old stuff. The town looked like it had been over run by a pack of bandits and ransacked. Growth from the dark trees and wilderness had overtaken the old neighborhoods and most of the buildings, but 3 remained completely intact.

In what remained of the town square there were 8 goons. All armed with Kunai and kitchen utensils. 2 were standing by the door of the biggest building. The leader was inside on the 1st floor. There were several others in there; kidnap victims. Alec couldn't see where the others were, meaning they were possibly below ground. "Here's the plan," Alec whispered, ducked down below an old merchant's cart. "I'll go in first... You can watch me if you want to learn some new moves. I'll handle the riff raff, and you 3 take the 2 at the door. They're a little stronger than you three, but you learned the value of teamwork, you can handle them. The fancy clothes guy inside is stronger than them, so if you don't think you can handle them leave him to me...."

Alec put his Blind Fury stick into the back of his belt and cracked his knuckles after sliding on his fingerless mesh gloves....

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Akira asked what was going on, a question she was sure was in Namie's mind too as it was in her own. If Alec was handling things himself then this had to be serious, right? She listened in silence, with a frown forming on her face, as Alec began to explain while picking up the pace - a pace she found herself able to match. She had a feeling that Alec could move much faster if he wanted to but was perhaps going slow enough so that the rest of them could keep up with him.

Alec sensei explained that people had been coming up missing; kidnapped. They had been tracked to a nearby town that was in ruins and while he could have sent someone else to handle it he felt the situation would be a good chance for his team to test their newly gained skills. Heiwa happened to agree: perhaps she would finally get a chance to use her bow on a real target. She didn't fancy or relish the idea of killing someone: she wasn't the type to get off on something like that: but at least whoever she would end up killing would have deserved their fate a hundred times over.

Once they were outside of the village Alec sensei took to the trees and Heiwa followed, running in branches opposite of him as to not get in his way or anyone else's way for that matter; all while remaining close enough to hear the rest of his explanation. There was a guy who ran things with expensive clothing and two swords. Beneath him were ten henchmen to do his bidding and to guard the town. Heiwa figured that they would likely have to eliminate all of the henchmen or at least run them off before they'd get a chance with the boss himself. Heiwa didn't voice this, however, and instead kept listening as Alec continued to explain what was going on, including the fact that these people were attempting to pick up where the Headband gang had left off by running experiments on people. Given that there were hostages Alec sensei advised them not to get too wild. He said he would go in first, and for the rest of them to keep their eyes open for a chance to learn something new, including Namie.

The scenary around them began to change once more as they neared the town and she followed Alec back down to the ground, crouching and following him through the brush as they went about sneaking quietly. Alec then laid down the game plan: he would go in first and that they could watch him if they wanted to pick up some new moves. Meanwhile the three of them should handle the two at the door, they were slightly stronger than them but with teamwork they would be able to pull it off. The boss guy inside was even stronger than them, and if they didn't think they could handle it they could leave it to Alec. Heiwa didn't know how the rest of her team felt, but she was interested in giving it a try: team work as well as sheer numbers would be on their side.

Heiwa looked back to the rest of her team. "If you two don't mind; you two could distract them while I load my bow. It would ensure a clean shot - I can fire off rapidly enough from this distance. Unless one of you two have a better plan?" She was open for suggestions of course; this just seemed like the easiest to her - a stealth attack hidden within a blatant one.

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Akira matched Alec's pace. His blood began to pump since their mission was finally getting underway. Alec said people were coming up missing, and that they'd been kidnapped. They were being taken to the ruins of a nearby town. A guy with expensive clothes and two swords ran the operation, and he had 10 guys working for him. Alec said from the looks of things, it seemed like the guy was trying to finish what the Headbands started. This is what made Akira frown.

Outside of the village, Akira followed Alec up into the trees. He'd said that he could have easily left something like this to one of his guys, and Akira thought it would have been nothing to them seeing as they cleared out Kurayami, but Alec saw this as something for them to do, a test of their new skills. Akira was glad for the chance. He wanted to fight against those Headbands, but his parents and siblings never let him. Alec said to keep their eyes open, as they may learn some things, which told Akira that he'd give them the chance to copy some techniques if they wanted.

They soon came upon a village ruined. Akira wondered what happened to ruin this place like it was. Ducked down like Alec, he listened to him lay down the plan. He'd go in first to handle the small fry, and let them copy some techniques off him. Alec was leaving the two guys by the door of that building to them. He said they were stronger than them but they could be beaten with teamwork. The guy with the clothes was the strongest out of all of them, and if they couldn't handle him then Alec would take him. Heiwa offered to attack from a distance while he and Namie ran in to deal with them up close.

"Sounds good to me, Heiwa," Akira said, readying himself. "Ready to test out our new toys, Namie?"

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Namie followed her teammates and their sensei as he picked up speed once they were outside of the village. The situation she was hearing about irritated her greatly: a bunch of goons running experiments on people that they kidnapped; experiments that she could imagine were likely borderline torture or worse. This operation was run by a well dressed guy with two swords who had ten goons underneath of him.

From the trees to the ground she too crouched and followed while listening to Alec explain that he would take on eight of the ten goons, and that they should focus on the two guarding the door. If they couldn't handle the guy inside then he would step in. He mentioned keeping an eye on him if they wanted to pick up on some new techniques, Namie too.

Heiwa had a plan in mind for the two at the door: her and Akira would distract them while she prepped that bow of hers from a distance. It would allow her to hide a surprise attack inside of an obvious one. It was a good plan, one she didn't have an issue with, so with a grin she looked to Heiwa and Akira when Akira asked her if she was ready to put her new toy to use and nodded. "Let's do this. I'm going to move down a bit more before I make myself known, this way there's less attention on this spot."

Namie would then do just that, sneaking her way a bit closer to the doors as to keep attention from being drawn on Heiwa's spot; allowing her a more stealthy attack. Once she was a close enough distance she would stand up suddenly and begin walking over, grinning: she wasn't going to show fear, even if her heart was beating a mile a minute. "So; what's a couple of stupid idiots like you two doing out here? Not good enough to go inside with your big bad boss?" Namie didn't normally talk shit, but she figured that if they could get them good and riled up they'd think less and react more, giving them better openings: plus, it would keep attention her if Akira likewise wanted to sneak up on them.

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With a plan formed, Alec got up and walked out into the open. One of the guys noticed the blind folded man walking towards them with a sarcastic grin, then snapped his fingers as well as whistled to ward the others, who were wandering around the town square, drunk. The others turned to look in Alec's direction, and some got up to go over and greet him.

"Hey, cripple," one said, approaching with a bottle of a gold colored liquid. He smelled like alcohol and looked drunk. "What're you supposed to be--"

He was interrupted by a back kick that untrained eyes would not be able to see. The kick slammed into the face of the goon, sending him backwards at a high rapidity.

Leaf Strong Whirlwind:

The goon went flying through one of the windows of the building across the road. The others looked at him, then towards Alec while drawing weapons and moving to surround him. Another approached, and encountered a kicking combination that sent him into the air, and back down onto his face after a jumping axe kick.

Leaf Great Whirlwind:

After landing, Alec immediately ducked under the swing of a Kunai swing, then leaned to the side of another. He countered a 3rd swing by grabbing the arm used to swing at him, to throw the assailant at another nearby. Both of them went down. Yet another tried to kick at Alec, for him to block and execute a kicking attack of his own. It was so fast that dust whipped up from the ground. The kicking combo complete, the goon was sent into the building next to the building that the first goon was sent into.

Mahjong Cannon:

3 down, 5 more remaining. The ones still conscious began to wonder how a blindfolded man was capable of doing such things. Alec continued to grin, bouncing in place several times. "This is some good exercise," he said, pulling on his Mesh Gloves tighter. He motioned for the rest to come on. "The rest of you aren't getting cold feet already, are you? Lonely on the dance floor."

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Akira said the plan sounded good to him and then asked Namie if she was ready to test out their new toys: this made Heiwa grin a bit. They were all going to get a chance now to use them and the plan would - or so she figured - work out flawlessly. Namie was likewise on board with her plan and then mentioned that she was going to move down further before making her presence known as to not draw attention to Heiwa's position. Heiwa nodded with a "Good luck guys, stay safe", removing her bow from her back as Namie went to move downward a bit more before she went to make herself known to the two guarding the toy.

Crimson Fury:

Heiwa removed two arrows from her back, notching both of them into place while listening to Namie taunt them. She could assume that there was a reason to this: when people allowed their anger to rule them when it came to fighting they tended to make more chances and not think quite so clearly. She assumed that this was the point Namie had behind all of this, though it was anyone's guess if it would work or not.

Either way, as Heiwa pulled back the bow string and began to build up pressure, she knew it was going to give her a chance to build up power in her bow which would make the shot nearly unavoidable, especially if the two goons guarding the door didn't see it coming.

With the bow building up tension Heiwa activated her Sharingan and shifted her attention towards Alec; keeping an eye on her team mates and her sensei at the same time while also using her Copy Wheel Eye technique to not only learn some new taijutsu moves but also increase her taijutsu knowledge. Just because Heiwa preferred long ranged attacks didn't mean she didn't want to be prepared to fight close range if it came to that: her parents called it smart thinking, she just called it being prepared.

Sharingan - Tomoe One:

Copy Wheel Eye:

Prep count: 1
Chakra: 550 - 10 - 20 - 15 - 20 = 485
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Akira nodded to Heiwa when she told them to stay safe, and went with Namie so attention wasn't put right there. When she stepped out into the open, so did he. Akira was scared because the last times he found himself in a potentially violent situation were up against numbskulls, and this time it was against someone stronger than he was. Still, there was Namie and Heiwa, and if everything looked bad, Alec would mop them all up easily.

Namie talked a little smack to the two guarding the door to the big building. It was unlike her, but thinking about it a second Akira figured she was trying to make them mad. Mad bad guys tended to do stupid things and were easier to beat up. He decided to join in on this, even though it wasn't like him either, allowing his black pupils to change into crimson red, one tomoe near each of his pupils.

Sharingan:

"Grunt duty. Watch the door," he said, spreading out a little from Namie to give her some space. "You guys got the short end of the stick, huh? Or maybe you morons played rock paper scissors or something stupid like that, and the two of you lost. Tell me, have you met any killer doors while on grunt duty?"

Red eyes turn to look at Alec executing some cool Taijutsu moves. Akira didn't hesitate to use the Copy ability to add them to his arsenal. He'd told them to, anyway.

Copy Eye Wheel:

Chakra: 485/550

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Akira had followed after her, taking the same path as her as to not draw attention to Heiwa's hiding spot as she prepared her bow. She had little worry about Heiwa missing her shot: she wouldn't have offered up such a plan like that if he was going to put them in danger. Akira spaced himself out, giving her distance to work and it made sense: no point in getting into each others way especially when if they ended up using their swords.

Namie was very aware of Alec sensei and his taijutsu moves he was pulling off behind her; ones she memorized to think on and study later on after she was finished dealing with the idiots at the door. She didn't know how long Heiwa would need to prep her attack with her bow but she wasn't going to have to wait long. Apparently, the guy standing on the right side of the entrance had been more than pissed off by her wording.

He lunged at her with a kunai raised and it was nothing at all for her to duck beneath it while pulling her sword: her smaller size as well as speed he was not expecting enough to trip him up. Both her enemy and herself spun around, neither wanting to present its back to the other: this also left the goon with his back to Heiwa meaning he would have no idea what was coming until it was too late were she to decide to shoot him. The goon opened his mouth, preparing to run it and likely threaten her or shit talk, but with a quick slash of her drawn blade the hand holding the kunai came falling to the ground which caused a series of shrieks to come from the goon as blood began to spurt out from the stub left connected to his hand.

"It's never polite to draw a weapon against a lady.", Namie would comment confidently even though her heart was beating so loudly she could hear each beat in her ears.

"You stupid fucking bitch!", the goon roared, too focused on trying to wrap his bloody stump of a hand with his shirt to stop the bleeding to really focus on Namie.

"That's not nice..." The goon gave her the middle finger with his remaining hand as a knee jerk reaction to his rage and regretted it seconds later; another slash of her sword had that hand uselessly laying on the ground, leaving him with two bleeding stumps where both hands had once been. If he didn't receive medical attention soon he was going to die, but Namie figured he would die soon anyway.

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The remaining 5 saw that coming at Alec with bare hands was a bad idea, even blindfolded. All of them began to brandish weapons, such as tree branches, kunai, kitchen knives, and one had a sword. This would be the chance for the kids to absorb themselves some sword techniques if they chose.

Alec didn't draw the Kane Katana, but pulled his Blind Fury stick from his belt again, propping it in front of him with both hands atop of it like a cane. "Well? I'm waiting," he said. One of the goons with a tree branch ran towards Alec yelling like a wild man, the branch raised above his head. When he got close, Alec quickly drew the sword to make a nearly blinding swing, then just as quickly sheathed it again and continued to stand there with his hands atop the stick, grinning. The goon stopped running, but kept the branch up and stopped yelling. After several moments, an explosion of blood appeared from his neck, and he went down.

Hidden Slash:

"...You!..." yelled the one with the sword. He came at Alec next. With all of his might he tried to hit Alec, but Alec blocked every swing with little to no effort, still grinning. Alec slashed his sword in half, then executed a hard swing at him that let loose a wave of chakra the tore up the ground as it moved toward him swiftly. Appearing as a bright shockwave of energy, it was powerful enough to cleave the man in two, keep going, and level 2 of the houses behind him before vanishing. In its wake was left a torn up ground and dustclouds.

Flash Burst:

A third tried to sneak Alec while he was busy with the second. Alec blocked the kunai swung at him with nothing but his Mesh Glove, to the goon's surprise. He then found the Blind Fury sword jabbed into his chest, and then there was an exlosion, similar to a Shotgun. The goon was thrown backwards to flip violently several times, coming to a stop no longer alive.

Shotgun impact:

Alec sheathed his sword. "You last 2, attack me at the same time," he said, noticing that the last 2 goons looked terrified. "Or, you can run away, and live to see another day. The choice is yours..."

Back and forth. Back and forth. Pacing. It's what Shizuka had been doing for days now. Oh, she had stopped to drink, stopped to sleep. But otherwise? She had been pacing around the underground cage she was held in like the animal she had been trained to be. She was a lethal killer by all rights, a blood thirsty murderer who wouldn't hesitate to kill if it meant her continuing to survive. It was precisely why she was in this cage: those who kept her didn't trust her, and rightly they shouldn't. She was likely to turn against them: others had done it in the past and they had been put down.

Shizuka wasn't that stupid. But, she was hopeful: hopeful they would all be put down.

Rumors had reached her ears, whispers of conversation held around her when they thought she was sleeping. The idiots with the headbands had been run out of the main village; it was why she had had to leave too. A group of individuals had supposedly taken over the village by force - and many lives had been lost in the process. The headband group was down by numbers yet the few that remained were hopeful they would be able to take their village back. They were desperate too which was partly why Shizuka was in the cage now: they had been taking blood for experiments, giving her drugs to try and strengthen her.

"Sit down! Tired of your pacing!"

Shizuka was knocked out of her thoughts about the death of her captures to find one of the guards standing at the doorway to her cage. He was annoyed, clearly, but the way he looked at her mostly unclothed form spoke of other emotions and thoughts too. Shizuka grimaced and simply walked over to stool in the corner. She sat down and folded her arms across her chest while glaring at the guard: he wouldn't open the cage unless she gave him a reason to and she had no intention of doing so. The guard and her stared off against each other until he gave up with a snort and walked back to the table which he had been sitting at playing a card game with three other guards. They used to watch her diligently but after years of cooperation, years of her not breaking any of the rules - that they knew of at least, they were comfortable enough around her to mostly not pay much attention to her.

It wasn't that Shizuka liked the position she was in because she didn't, but she had watched too many failed attempts before and knew too much the consequences of what failing to escape would mean. The bars had fuuinjutsu seals written on them that forced anyone inside to be unable to mold and shape chakra to preform jutsu, and the headband idiots weren't stupid enough to allow her to keep her weapon outside of training and when she was strictly supervised while on assassination missions. She might have had training, but she was out numbered, and that meant she simply wouldn't win with the odds.

"Now, gentlemen. Where were we?"

Post #52

Akira and Namie began to talk smack to the guys guarding the door; their words clearly angering the individuals. One came at Namie in an attempt to attack her. The guy lost first the hand holding the weapon and then his other for giving her the middle finger: it was fine work with the sword Namie had that did the trick.

Alec meanwhile was likewise handling business with the individuals he was facing off against. Even the difference in numbers didn't seem to matter any as he cut them all down until there were only two left. These two looked like they might be too scared to even continue to fight: would they run away like Alec suggested, or come at him together to try and win that way? Heiwa had a feeling they wouldn't win regardless: their best option would be to just run away and never look back.

Meanwhile Heiwa's bow was prepped for the shot. The guy who Namie had been fighting was now handless and his back was to her. The arrow left her bow quickly enough, crossing the distance so far and with so much strength behind it that it caused the arrow to pierce straight through the back of his head, go through his entire skull, and then out his eyeball where it finally stopped. He was dead before his body crumpled to the ground.

Heiwa then shifted her aim onto the remaining individual; waiting to see if she would use her bow to end the bastard or if Akira or Namie would do it.

Chakra: 475
Word count: 3,050

#45

Copy Eye Wheel:

While copying 3 more abilities with his eyes, he almost didn't notice the second thug at the door approaching while the first one was being dealt with by Namie and Heiwa. It was only the predictive abilities of the Sharinagn that allowed him the slight ability to see what was coming before it actually came that let him avoid being injured. The second threw a strong right hand at Akira that he commando rolled underneath. Rolling back to his feet, Akira rushed towards the second door thug as he was turning to attack again. He executed one of the attacks that he copied off of Alec, starting with a low spinning kick that slammed into one of his legs, then a middle kick to the mid-section, and finally a jumping high kick to the face since the thug was taller than him. Since training with Alec, Akira found that his Taijutsu had become much stronger, as the kick was enough to throw the thug upwards somewhat. Akira was able to land a quickly jump up above the thug while he was still airborne to deliver a final axe kick to his left shoulder, which sent him back to the ground onto his chin, neck and chest; his legs in a scorpion position behind him. A dust cloud rose from his impact.

Leaf Great Whirlwind:

The thug lie there grunting and twitching. Akira landed with excitement in him from landing such a combination on someone bigger, stronger and older than him, but it wasn't over yet. The thug gathered himself and began to rise to his feet again looking pissed off, wiping blood from his bottom lip. "You're dead, kid," he growled. "You just don't know it yet!"

He rushed towards Akira out of anger, attempting to bull charge and tackle him. Akira knew that if he got caught under the brute, it was lights out. Fortunately he could see what was coming, and executed another technique just copied off of Alec. A blinding back kick came at the right time, colliding with his face and, because of his forward momentum, was much more damaging that it would have been were he standing still. There was a loud crunch sound of the thug's nose being broken, and something in his neck fractuing while his head was cocked to the side in an irregular, painful fashion. He gave a loud painful grunt as he fell and tumbled across the ground several times.

Leaf Strong Whirlwind:

Again, Akira was filled with excitement, and again the thug lie there twitching and grunting. But once again he rose up, his face covered in blood and his neck in a crooked way from something broken. "You.... YOU LITTLE SHIT I'LL KILL YOOOOOOOOU!!" he yelled, and somehow he found the strength to come rushing towards Akira again, but this time Akira rushed towards him too, his right hand reaching behind him to grasp the handle of Stinger. Akira ran past him and executed one of the same sword techniques he just saw Alec do, aimed for the back of the thug's neck while jumping over one last swing. The thug went expressionless and motionless, falling and sliding to a stop on his face. Akira landed with  Stinger sheathed again, turning to look and see that the thug was no longer moving.

Hidden Slash:

Chakra: 410/550
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Namie, who had been watching Alec execute some new moves to memorize and try later, suddenly caught movement out of the corner of her eye and watched as Akira gave the thug he was facing off against one hell of a beat down. It seemed like with Akira's Sharingan, and his smaller stature, this thug wasn't going to be able to land a hit on him - and that was certainly the case.

Akira was able to maneuver himself around in such a way that he dodged any attempt the thug made at attacking him while his own attacks landed. The skill Akira was showing was definitely impressive, and fun to watch. The beat down ended with a sword move, one Alec himself had just used on someone, that had the thug falling lifeless to the ground.

Namie glanced first in the direction that Heiwa had been hiding in: would she join them now that their two enemies had fallen? She then shifted her attention over to Alec, curious to see what the remaining two goons were going to do now that they had watched everyone else die before them. Would they run away like Alec sensei had suggested? Or perhaps try rushing him at the same time and taking him on that way? Namie knew it wasn't going to work; not with the amount of skill the Kuraikage had shown. But, would they think smartly enough to figure that out?

WC: 2,390

Everything was going according to schedule. The Shizuka project was nearly complete. There were several other projects in several other cages. The experiments had driven them into mindless drones, but they would be strong enough when the time came, with Shizuka leading the charge. There was always the chance that they could turn on them when it was time to march back on Kurayamigakure, but the loss of some of these fools was something  he'd be able to deal with.

Fei brushed hair out of his face and dusted off his expensive silk pants while making his way to the prisoner's cage. "Come along worms, it's your turn for fun," he said, opening the cage to grab several more of the children to be experimented on. Their parents put up a fuss, but went silent quick enough when a sword was shoved into their faces. "Be glad it's them and not you. Be glad I haven't killed you piles of shit as well."

He went to take the kids out of the cage, but heard commotion outside. He looked towards one of the basement windows, then to the men playing cards. "You morons don't hear what's going on outside? You don't even think to go check?... Do I really have to do everything myself??" He pushed the kids back into the arms of their parents. "You're lucky, you have a few more minutes to say goodbye to your parents. Better enjoy them."

He slammed the cage shut again and made his way upstairs and outside, to see intruders, and most of his guard on the ground, defeated, save for 2.  A tall blindfolded man with white hair. A girl with some sort of gas mask apparatus covering her face. And 2 members of the Uchiha Clan. Fei, even with all of his men dead and dying, grinned. 

"Well isn't this an interesting turn of events," he said, putting his hands on his hips. "You all are far more capable than this trash, so i'll tell you what. You all can work for me. That way I won't have to soil myself killing you. Either way works for me, because if you refuse that means I can cut the eyes out of the two Uchiha kids here. The gas mask girl, i'll find some sort of use for... or my guys will, and the blind folded man there has to have some sort of use as well. What say you?"

Hmm. So the main event was about to begin then. Alec could see the man with the fancy clothes emerge from underground. Looking at him and the 3 kids, Alec could see that they were all about even in terms of chakra. If the 3 of them worked together they could  find a way to beat him.

Alec grinned as he came up with a thought when the man came outside and began speaking. He sounded confident; cocky. Maybe he had the skills to back it. Maybe he would push the kids to another level; the Uchiha's in particular. He wasn't going to leave Namie behind; should they be successful against him he had something planned for her. If he proved too much for them, then Alec would intervene and put him down. But first, Alec wanted simply to watch.

In a blur, Alec rushed toward the final two goons. One of them was decapitated instantly. Alec appeared to collide with the last goon, and there was an explosion. When the smoke cleared, Alec was nowhere to be found.

/Exit for now/

Shizuka's red hues remained locked onto the four who were playing a card game until Fei went about trying to remove several children from the other cages she could see. Their parent seemed willing to put up a fight and Shizuka was expecting to see blood painting the walls at any moment, but instead a simple shove of a sword in their faces in a threatening gesture got them to back off enough. Shizuka would have shaken her head in disgust had it not risked bringing attention to herself; she had no intentions of doing that so she kept herself fairly still.

Before, however, the kids could be fully removed the commotion going on upstairs came to an all time high. The four playing cards seemed to have not been paying enough attention, and Fei was clearly angry. He yelled at the four for their lack of paying attention and then slammed the cage door shut with a comment that the children should cherish their last remaining moments with their parents.

Shizuka could feel her own adrenaline beginning to pump at the thought of what sort of violence could be going on upstairs. Was this the same people who had ran the gang out of Kurayamigakure? Or was this another vigilante group trying to free the captives and defeat the morons holding them? Shizuka was up on her feet without thinking and over to the barred wall of her cage closest to the steps leading upstairs. Tuning out the noise around her she focused instead on the conversation she could hear going on upstairs: gathering information as she did so.

Two Uchiha, another girl, and a blind man? That was who was causing all of the trouble? If Shizuka had had any hope of being rescued and freed it had just been crushed. Fei knew how to fight, she had seen him at it: chances were these individuals facing off against him would likely become experiments themselves or corpses. Shizuka glanced over to the kids and their parents raising up a single finger and putting it to her lips in a gesture for silence: she wanted to be able to hear everything and she wouldn't be able to over the noise they were making.

Post #53

Heiwa came out of her hiding spot and joined Namie and Akira: if they were going to have to move indoors to fight the boss guy that Alec sensei had mentioned then chances are her position outside wouldn't do her any good: there were a lot of variables she would have had to deal with including the doorway and windows. It would make taking a shot with her bow hard, not impossible, but definitely hard. It wasn't worth the frustration.

However, it would seem that moving indoors likely wouldn't have been needed as out came the boss himself. Despite all of his people laying dead around the area, and the two remaining seeming terrified, he was grinning. it spoke volumes of the kind of person the guy was: he likely had little regard for the lives of his people, and only wished to further his own gain. Disgusting.

He spoke of them joining him: this way he wouldn't have to soil his rich looking clothing. Heiwa knew she would rather die then join some sort of scum like him - but she was confident they would make it out of this alive. The guy mentioned plucking out her and Akira's eyes, and how he or his men would find a purpose for Namie and one for Alec as well. Before Heiwa could respond though Alec rushed toward the two remaining goons and ended one fairly quickly before him and the remaining one disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Alec was gone. They were on their own, apparently.

"Pretty sure I speak for everyone when I said I'd rather hug one of those beasts lurking around in the darkness before I joined you..."

Chakra: 465
Word count: 3,335