On the Run

## Arc 1 Konoha Betrayal: Hoshigakure Opens: Session 2: 1-30-16

DahliaRhiannon: -The two girls sped through the dense forest with caution. They needed to get out of Konoha territory as soon as possible. They were about ten miles from the village so they were nearing that point. Even after they managed to get out of the reaches of the village, there was no way to know if they were going to send someone after them. If they did which was most likely. Would it be a squad or an army. She mentally went through the list of unknown factors. There was so much she did not know about the situation, all she really knew is that they were leaving. It didnt all really matter anyway all they needed to do was reach Hoshigakure. Dahlia was sure that, there is where the chase would end. She reached hand up to her head as she moved through the branches of the trees. Gently undoing the tight buns on her head allowing her long mint hair to fall to the small of her back. She tucked the hair ties away and glanced back to see how her sister was doing behind her. The genin seemed to be keeping up alright. Dahlia knew Kai was a tough kid and could manage the trip. She averted her gaze to look past Kaiiaki for a moment. Their didnt appear to be anyone close behind them at the moment. But that could always change. In fact it could mean nothing at all. They could be camoflagued with a various number of techniques. Her sensory skills were lacking. She did figure the explosion she had set off had created some nessasary chaos. The village would more than likely be sealed up and locked down. After which they would dispatch a unit, specially selected to track and return them to the village. That was her best guess at what could be happening. She reminded herself again that she had no clue what had happened and how bad it had been. This wasnt the time to ask though in her opinion. They needed to get away. The details could wait. As long as her sister and herself were safe everything else could wait. She hoped it wouldnt take them to long to reach the Land of Bears and in the end back to the home she knew they both missed terribly. -

-Kaiiaki was lost inside of her own mind. So many thoughts encircled inside of her head. She wasn't even really paying attention to where she was going anymore. She was back in that moment in which she had been yelling at Mute-man sensei. ~Why had he continued to pursue her? What interest did he have in her?~ Kaiiaki puzzled and puzzled over this fact. There had to be a reason as to why he was putting so much effort into her. People just didn't do something unless there was some sort of connection or profit. They had to get something out it. And Kaiiaki had to wonder what Kane's motivation was behind it all. She wondered if he were still following her, if he would go as far as to chase her all the way out of Konoha. Or how far he would go to get some sort of profit or gain from her. And she also wondered about the genin boy that was supposed to meet them. Had he in fact gone ahead or was he following behind sensei? Kaiiaki had no idea. She could only wait and watch at this point. The pair moved through the trees at a breakneck pace, Dahlia obviously in the lead and Kaiiaki following suit. As the minutes ticked on by, all the scenery began to look the same as the next. Trees faded into the distance. Their leaves barely bristling as the duo made their way onwards. Before long, they had reached about 12 miles into the distance past the leave village. Yet they still had a long way to go. They were doing well so far, they hadn't run into any issues or threats, yet. But something could pop up at any moment. And both of the sisters had to stay on their guard if they wanted to stay alive.-

LoneNinja: He saw them. He saw as they retreated from the village. The young male with onyx hair used his sensory skills to detect their Chakra. Though he was a young Genin, his sensory skills were exceptional. He made his own decision to capture these scum that had attacked his home with bombs. Perhaps he would even kill them. Raza wasn’t a nice kid after all. He always had a blood lust desire, burning inside him. Unlucky for the females as he sunk into the ground with an Earth Technique known as “Earth Release: Underground Projection Fish”. This technique allows the user to phase through the ground and travel underground like a fish underwater (a bigger example would be the three Kirigakure Genin who used this technique in the Naruto series during the Chunin Exams against Naruto, Kabuto, Sasuke, and Sakura). While locking on to their Chakra Signatures, Raza followed after them, traveling underground and out of sight. He stayed around sixty feet behind them. His sensory skills however only reached eighty. As the technique dragged on and they moved, Raza grew bored. Using his increased speed underground from moving like a fish underwater, he moved up ahead of them and then emerged from the ground. His visual appearance would probably be in view for the girl who were headed towards him. His clothing consisted of a long sleeved black shirt, black pants, sandals, a black mask, gloves, and Shinobi tools. The tools were one small Katana, two Kunai, three Shuriken, two smoke bombs, and one paper bomb. As soon as he emerged from the ground itself, he leaped at them, his katana immediately was drawn and a slash was headed for the one known as Kaiiaki. Wasn’t necessarily fast, would reach her in about two seconds at her right shoulder, the blade heading downwards, Raza was only playing with them at the moment. Minus the sensing and Earth technique, Raza only has the Academy Techniques, Body Flicker, and Temporary Paralysis Technique in which he sends to his target in a pulse of energy. Raza wasn’t really upset, he was just so darn bored and thought beating these girls for fun, would satisfy him.�

DahliaRhiannon:-The two sisters had traveled another few miles before something began to feel off for the jounin. She took to keeping a close watch on her sister. She glanced ahead of them her view of the ground below was ideal with their vantage point in the trees. She had began to look away before she noticed what appeared to be a shinobi standing on the ground ahead of them. He seemed to be coming out of the ground. She quickly reached down and pulled a kunai out of the pouch on the leg of her pants. Besides this kunai she had on her an inventory of, Nine other kunai, Fifteen shuriken, Eleven senbon, Three smoke bombs, and one of her usual five explosive tags remaining after her stunt in the village. Athe boy appeared to be young. Genin, chunnin tops. And with his approach perhaps he didn't realize that she happened to be a jounin. It was something she was willing to use to her advantage. He came at them with the sword swinging it at her sister. The action immediately set the Jounin into a rage. Her left hand, raising to the throw the kunai from her hand aiming for his right shoulder. After that her hands flew in a flurry of handsigns. -Tiger- then -Horse-after was -Rabbit- then -Rat- and finally ending with -dog- After completion chakra would begin to form into sharp blades over her hands, coating them in her Black chakra outlined by a bright purple. This was her Chakra scalpel technique. It allowed her to create highly accurate incisions without breaking the skin if she chose to. She remained close to her sister now. Allowing her self to stay within reach but also have some room to move. This boy had picked the wrong girls to come after. He would be lucky to get out of this alive.-

Kaiiaki: -Kaiiaki barely had time to react as she suddenly realized a katana was coming riat at her shoulder. With instinct, she reacted just as an crystal user would. Fight fire with fire. Kaiiaki instantly pulled a kunai out of the leg wrap upon her right leg, holding the kunai tightly within her right hand. She easily met his katana's blade head on with her own. However, she knew she could only hold out against him for so long, because his muscle strength obviously appeared to be more than hers was. This would only last her just about enough time to form a jutsu proficient enough to render such a weapon completely useless. "Crystal Release: Crystal Thorns." Kaiiaki spoke out. This jutsu did not require any handsigns. So all that she had to do was a simple mix of her chakra with the hydrogen molecules within the air. Such a thing was easily crystalized. Kaiiaki loosed her left hand from her kunai, waving it towards the boy. With a wave of this hand, crystal thorns sharp enough to pierce even the toughest skin formed right in front of her. They spread out towards the boy, stabbing towards his direction at a speed of about 8 mph. At their close proximity of about 4 feet between each other, this boy would have to move fast if he wanted to live. The crystal thorns branched out from her left hand and stabbed towards his vital organs. His brains, heart, and abdomen. If he would be hit by this attack he would surely bleed out and die.-

LoneNinja:Though originally his blade was going for the one known as Kaiiaki’s shoulder, however it quickly changed when the other older woman had thrown a Kunai at him. He easily seen it because she was right in front of him, such a thing would be impossible to miss for a Shinobi. He immediately maneuvered his body and his assault on Kaiiaki then stopped right there in midair as he used his Katana to reflect the Kunai. This most likely voided Kaiiaki’s actions since she did not have to use the technique because they did not clash. Spinning in the air, he quickly released one of his hands from the blades hilt and with his free hand he reached for two of his shuriken at his waist. The way he did it was somewhat deceiving because he timed his arm movements perfectly to where he began the movement when his side was not visible to the females during the spin. He merely flicked his arm downwards, bending it while he spins, then as he began to face them he flicked his arm upwards towards them. One shuriken was placed between his index and middle finger, the other placed between his ring finger and pinky finger. His position now around four feet, arm length that was tossed outwards for the throw was about two feet, the fingers were spread perfectly, and the release of the shuriken were on target. Each Shuriken at twenty miles per hour, headed towards the females, one heading for Kaiiaki’s waist, the other heading for the older woman’s left shoulder. However, this was actually just a distraction, he began charging up Chakra for his next assault. The shuriken were tossed in an upwards spiral thus the rotation adds on to the assault which would cause more spinning cutting force then piercing. Thus it won’t go in as deep but the cut would be larger in width rather than depth. �

DahliaRhiannon:-As soon as the other had deflected her kunai, Dahlia quickly decided she wanted this nonsense over with she let the her chakra scalpel fade s it seemed he was planning on backing of for the moment. She drew another kunai in her left hand. She muttered – Crystal Release: Crystal needles”- At that moment dark purple crystals would shoot from the ground in front of as well as behind the unknown genin. The points of the Crystal needles were deadly sharp and incredibly fast. They would shoot up at the boy aiming to penetrate at the legs and the crystals in the front aimed at his chest. As they began togrow to ward the boy she notice the glint of something metalic in his hand and then released toward the pair. One flew her left shoulder, the other was going toward Kai, She lifted herleft hand up quickly ina swinging motion with the kunai to attempt to knock the shuriken away but only succeeded in knockingit a small bit away, the blade still managing to knick her shoulder leaving a slice int he fleash, it wasnt bad. The blade had neatly cut through the side of shoulder, she had been lucky for it wouldve been much worse. She quickly pushed more chakra into her Crystal needles causing more tobreak from the area around him all reaching topoke him with their deadly points-

Kaiiaki: -"Not even close..." Kaiiaki sneered out to her opponent as she flicked out the handsigns: Tiger → Boar → Ox → Dog → Snake. These were the handsigns for the substitution jutsu. Granted, it wasn't the most powerful technique. But it would get her out of the way of the oncoming shuriken, and perhaps whatever else he had in mind. The shuriken that he had thrown landed straight into a log as Kaiiaki's real body appeared in the branch of a tree up above him. The branch towered about 20 feet right above his head. It was not far off from the trunk of the tree, which lingered a solid 3 feet away. The tree's direction catered off to the side, off to the east. This angled the tree off to about 5 feet in total. Kaiiaki stood upon the branch just about the boy. It wasn't likely he'd discover her location right away. So she would keep her mouth shut for the moment. It wouldn't take her long to perform this jutsu and have this all over with. While Dahlia was taking care of him below ground, she would take the higher ground and narrow his chances of escape. Kaiiaki began to form a large amount of chakra, starting at the base of the ground above the boy. She forged it into what seemed about the width and height of the victim underneath the ground. She mixed her chakra with the molecules within the air. It crystalized them int the from of an upgrowing crystal. The color was unmistakable. It was the color of amethyst, Kaiiaki's true soul color. The crystal began to sparkle as the base of it formed, daring to entrap its victim. Another 4 seconds. and this crystal would trap this boy within it. It was the crystal pentagonal prison. And with someone at his skill level, he would not be able to move within it. Much less shatter it even if he wanted to. It also took a certain jutsu and precise timing in order to survive such an attack such as this one. If he were to be trapped within it, it would be impossible for him to escape. He would perish, or make a lovely trophy to put on the wall of their home one day. If the ninja below were to jump up towards her in order to make a more frontal attack, it would be even easier for Kaiiaki to entrap him within this Crystal Pentagonal Jutsu. Kaiiaki was different than most ninja. And so were all crystal users. They had such great ranges of attack, they could best just about any ranged fighter. And Kaiiaki was just about to see what sort of way he had out of this, if any.-

LoneNinja: Raza wasn’t expecting such power come from the girls. One was able to avoid his shuriken while the other was hit but still carried out with her attack as if it didn’t faze her. The Shuriken would rip into her flesh and leave a nasty large wound on her. Nothing the Jonin couldn’t heal since she possessed the Chakra Scalpels, it’s likely she was a Medical Shinobi who can patch her up. However, Raza’s fun came to an end as he was ripped to shreds by the combination of their assault. Poor guy never seen it coming. Maybe it was him underestimating his opponent. Maybe it was the fact he was a Genin trying to take on a Jonin. Or maybe it was because it was his destiny to die by their hands. What happened here, happened. Raza was sent into the afterlife while the villainous scourge of the woman who attacked Konohagakure, went unpunished. Raze however was dead. No longer able to bring pain to others. Perhaps the woman did the world a favor by killing him. He was probably a future homicidal maniac anyways. Raza was sent into a void of darkness with a light off in the distance. He traveled what seemed like hours before reaching a campfire ground. “That’s right I died…. That old hag and that brat killed me! I am going to wait here in the in between until I see them. Then I shall avenge myself by killing them after they died! Wait…. Can I kill them if they are already dead? Oh well! I’ll figure something out..” That was the end of the Genin of Konohagakure’s Raza Hishono.

DahliaRhiannon:She watched as her attack hit, The dark purple crystals slicing into his body like a pincushion. She glanced at Kai and turn to watch her encase the boy in her Crystal prison technique it completely in cased him in her crystal along with the pieces of her dark crystals piercing through the boy . She smiled a moment before looking back to her sister, inspecting her for injury finding she had been cut on herlower abdomen.. She knew her arm was bleeding moderately but she wasn't worried about that right now. She brought her hand to rest on the top of her little sisters head. Dahlia couldnt help but let out a long sigh of relief that it hdnt been worse. She moved her hands into -ox- then into -Tiger- her hands glowing black chakra again but this time is a was a lighter chakra. Not so dense and dark looking. Her hand was brought up to the wound at Kai's abdomen as she emitted chakra into the wound. This was the Mystical palm technique and it allowed her to speed up the body natural healing process. She let it sit on kais wound allowing it time to heal. She didnt want to take upto much time but they didnt have much ofa choice, she would just have to wrap her arm for now. She spoke quietly to Kai now. - We got out alright. But we need to continue. Any idea who that was.”- Her Purple eyes looked up to glance at her sisters gray ones. She wondered if he hd been involved or just wanted to be a “hero”. After she finished the healing she would crouch down and remove her pack bringing out a tube of healing ointment and a roll of bandages. She would apply the ointment to her shoulder carefully before she began to tightly wrap the wound. They needed to get on the move-

Kaiiaki: -Kaiiaki watched in glee as she saw the young boy underneath her perish. Dahlia's crystal technique pierced through his body, cutting him up like he was a piece of swiss cheese. A sick twisted smile shown on her face. The boy didn't scream, which was disappointing in the least. But he bled profusely, as if the sweet droplets of blood emanated from every pore of his body. "God damn right you made a mistake. Stupid little "hero". She laughed coldly, the soprano voice giggling in an impish tone of voice. This young genin's life was over. His body was upon the ground, unmoving. No pulse quickened from an vital point. His breathing ceased to come. The boy was probably dead before he even knew what was happening. Kaiiaki continued to giggle in her little impish voice. But then she suddenly stopped. She was so intent on watching this one die, she hadn't even noticed she had been injured. A stabbing pain radiated through Kaiiaki's waist. It seemed as if a shuriken had clipped her from earlier in the fight. Blood had stained her grey, sparkling skin. It leaked all the way down unto her crystal colored leggings. Staining the pants with its crimson colors and leaving her bloodsoaked leg wet and warm with the liquid. Kaiiaki threw a panicked look at her sister, as she stumbled, falling against the branch of the tree. Within seconds, Dahlia had jumped up towards her. Healing the wound at her side. She had been lucky, it hadn't clipped a vital organ. Kaiiaki winced, but tried to not move until Dahlia had finished healing her and bandaging her wound. It would be sore for a few days. But that was to be excpected from such a cut. "No...idea who it was..." Kaiiaki flinched with her words. Now feeling the real pain of the wound within her side. Her grey eyes flicked up and met Dahlia's purple ones. "But whoever..he was..." Another wince. "I hope he suffered." Kaiiaki hissed at the dead body upon the ground beneath them. She was angry that he had injured her. But at least he met his timely death. And that was almost payment for what he had done. "Come sister...we must depart. There will be others...who...would have heard that scrap. I'll go on ahead.. you dispose of the body. We do not want...any curious followers." Kaiiaki growled shortly under her breath before wincing once again. She cursed herself for overreacting. She would have to keep her cool, for now. She needed all of her strength for the journey still yet ahead of them. Slowly, Kaiiaki rose to her feet. Just slow enough so that she didn't pace out from the loss of blood. She used the trunk of the tree as support for her spine to move upwards. After she had moved and stood there a few seconds to steady herself, she readied her foot, then jumped onto the next closest tree off in their direction of Hoshigakure. Kaiiaki knew she would slow Dahlia down even more with this injury now. And she didn't want to be a burden. So she had offered to go on ahead to perhaps pick up the pace, if even just slightly.-

DahliaRhiannon:-Dahlia had already begun moving the body over toward a bush when her sister suggested it. The two Kurisutaru sisters always ended up being strangely in sync. Then again they had spent everyday together. It made them a particularly deadly combo to fight against. She moved her amethyst gaze to the dead boy she was dragging. He had almost been a decent fight. Though his cockiness had been his downfall. He jumped into without a plan, though of himself superior based on his gender. In the end he managed in landing a hit on each of them but only succeeded in meeting a miserable end. She muttered her tone low and dark. - “Pathetic.”- It had become a bit of a catchphrase for her. A simple way of expressing her utter disappointment in the world. She layed him on the ground and kicked his corpse into the brush violently. Grabbing the branches and foliage to make it look natural to any passerby's. With a final look over, Dahlia took the tree's after her sister. The wound on her shoulder throbbing sharp pain steadily. She didnt have time to treat it but knew it wasnt to serious. Nothing major had been hit. Her arm was working well enough. The best she could hope is tata it didnt get infected before they reached Hoshigakure No Sato. She moved quickly branch to branch as she caught up to her younger sister with relative ease. They pushed forward with dahlia staying behind the younger girl now in the lead. She hoped that would be the last interuption they encounter. But it didnt seem like luck was on their side this time. .-

Kaiiaki: -Tree after tree, she pushed herself to continue onward. Yard after yard, she covered a good bit of distance before Dahlia had caught up with her. She was proud of herself for getting as far as she had. Even though, it probably hadn't been as far to Dahlia as it was to Kaiiaki. She didn't bother to ask what Dahlia had done to the dead body. She trusted that she had taken care of it. There was no need for them to discuss what had just happened. They did what was neccessary, and they both understood that. Kaiiaki needed to save her breath to keep her waist intact. At least until they reached their homeland. There they would take her in and treat her wounds as well as Dahlia's. Kaiiaki glanced behind her, a concerned expression upon her face. She secretly hoped that Dahlia was going to be okay. It was a minor wound, and hopefully nothing would come of it. She silently thanked her sister for healing the wound at her waist, yet not taking time to heal her own self. They always put each other first. For they were the only family they had in this world. And without each other, Kaiiaki believed they would lose the one ounce of humanity left inside them. The duo continued on along the path of trees, stopping only when neccessary. Kaiiaki's bandages continued to bleed through from time to time, so that slowed them down every time they needed changed. But she tried not to complain too much about their situation. Dahlia was doing her best to take care of them with what she had. After a few hours of traveling, Kaiiaki noticed that sunset would soon be approaching and they had not found any merchants or any such thing to attack for some revised supplies. They had gone through all of their water already, thanks to their wounds they dehydrated easier than usual. At this point they were halfway to Hoshigakure. The sun would be setting soon. They would have to make camp and rest for a few hours to regain their strength. They had been going full force since they had left Konoha, and Kaiiaki's stamina had drained until she had ended up about 30 feet behind Dahlia. They needed to find some easily killed merchants to set up a camp. And they needed to find them soon.-

DahliaRhiannon:They moved carefully though the cover of the trees for what seemed to be forever. The greens and browns of the woods molding together as Dahlia grew bored with the long time on the road they had been on. It was growing dark and now was a great chance to stop and set up camp. It would allow her some time to heal her wound a bit. Her purple eyes scanned ahead for a suitable place to set up makeshift campsite She noticed what appeared to be a fire's light a few meters ahead of them. She pushed hard on her leg. Moving ahead of her sister to inspect the scene and potential danger. It appeared to be a possible merchant. A simple handcart and an elderly man, maybe of the age of 60 or so. An easy target. He appeared to be a bit lost, Dahlia figured it best to take advantage of the situation. She held up her left hand, indicating she wanted Kai to wait in the trees. She jumped down and moved to the old geezer casually. A smile on her face as she quickly formed the -Ram- Handsign. Using her Crystal Prison technique to seal the man in a dark purple crystal , that came to encase him from below. She whistled once. Her signal that the coast was clear. When her little sister approached her she looked to her urgently. Go through the cart. Take anything of use or value. Shatter the old man that way theirs less of a trail made. I am going to begin getting a camp set up. With that she moved to a more shadowed area in the clearing and began cutting branches and twigs to make a fire with, setting them aside. She moved to take off her pack careful of her injured shoulder, She pulled out a scroll from the bottom quickly forming a handsign over the opened scroll and summoned from it her and her sisters sleeping bags. Dahlia rolled them out before moving to dig out a small hole and filling it with the wood she had collected. She moved a few nearby rocks around the outside of the pit and went back to her bag, and withdrew her flint. She skillfully started a small fire, and sat in front of it, her sister should be finishing up soon so she decided to begin healing herself up a bit. Using Mystical Palm Technique again her hand was coated in that dark purple chakra again she moved the hand over her left shoulder allowing the jutsu to goto work. She waited patiently for her sister to come over-

Kaiiaki: -Kaiiaki's breath was beginning to turn into gasps as she realized how much she had outdone herself. She had to stop for a moment and catch a breath. But just as soon as the thought was out, Dahlia had stopped just ahead of her. She seemed to be peering at something deeper in the forest. She looked on ahead with her grey eyes, staring to see if she could see what Dahlia was looking at. ~An old man? And...some smoke from a fire.~ Kaiiaki thought to herself. ~Ha! We've got it made. This old guy would be easy to take out. He already had one foot in the grave anyways.~ Kaiiaki nodded toward Dahlia when she motioned for her to stay back as she took on the man. She watched in wonder as Dahlia performed the Crystal Prison technique flawlessly. It entrapped the old man within Dahlia's black and purple crystal. The colors bounced off the old man's lifeless body. As his face was frozen in disbelief, never to move again. "You were nothing." Kaiiaki hissed at his unmoving body cruely. A single whistle came through the air, signifying that Dahlia was ready for her. Kaiiaki once again nodded in an unseen understanding. With a cautious leap to the ground, Kaiiaki landed on towards the makeshift campsite. Kaiiaki decided to raid through the man's cart, picking through to find some potatoes, vegetables, some sweets, a few gourds of fresh water, and a paper filled with some beef. "Ha. This will do us for a few days at least." Kaiiaki smiled, gathering the portions up into a single drawstring bag. A few pots lay around the cart as well. They would do well for cooking any food that they decided to eat. With arms full, she carried the portions over to Dahlia and lay them beside the campfire so they could prepare their dinner. With the excitement of finding all the food, Kaiiaki had almost forgotten the unfortunate old man that had decided to cross their path. She glanced back over to his direction, about 15 feet away. "You're irrelevant to us now." Kaiiaki mixed a large amount of chakra with the molecules in the air. Seperating each molecule that held the crystal and body together. With a slight bit of difficulty, Kai seperated each one of the molecules with her chakra, while waving her right hand over the shape of the crystal. The whole process took about 5 minutes, but in the end, she had successfully shattered the crystal and the man's lifeless body with it. The black and purple crystal bits shattered unto the ground, coating it with its colors. The bits of crystal could easily be picked up by any wind that would follow. The old man was no more. With a grunt, Kaiiaki grasped at her injured waist. She had exhausted her chakra for today and needed rest. A decent meal would help as well. Kaiiaki turned back towards Dahlia, facing her while she spoke. "That would have been more satisfying if I had not been so exhausted. And I am not as good at shattering as you are. But the deed is done." She smiled slightly before gathering the food and water together. Within half an hour, the duo had cooked up a delicious vegetable and beef stew with the fire Dahlia had made. Kaiiaki couldn't help but eat her weight in food, as a means of gearing herself up with whatever lay ahead. After she had finished chomping down her provisions she spoke. "I call 2nd watch!" She stuck her tongue out at Dahlia playfully and then skipped over to her provided sleeping bag. Crawling within the warm embrace of the soft material. As soon as she closed her grey eyes, she was asleep, closed into the wonders of her dreams.-

DahliaRhiannon:\*Dahlia's wait wasnt long, as her sister came to join her by the fire she had built. It had seemed as if the younger genin had scrounged up quite the meal for them. She waited quietly for her sister to remember the old man. Watching as she realized what she had forgotten, Her grey gaze had fallen on the old man. While dahlias purple orbs watched her sister work on shattering her crystal prisoner. It wasnt an easy task though. The technique itself was complicated let alone shattering another persons crystal. A jounins at that. But she had faith that her younger sister could do it. It took her about four to five minutes not a horrible time. It was actually probably better than another genin would be in her position if they could even manage the technique. It seemed the strain from it had opened her wound some. She sighed knowing that she should heal it,but itcould wait till morning they had a good meal here. They should get cooking and get rested. She Slowlymoved to her pouch removing a single kunai shamelessly using the ninja to cut up the vegetables and potatoes. She cut the meat and allowed Kaiiaki to cook it over the campfire, before they settled and ate their meal in silence, mostly because They were both stuffing the food down hungrily. They had used a lot of energy and chakra and this meal really tilted the favor to them. With this they had began to replenish their reserves again and Dahlia almost felt like she could breathe easier. She gazed to her sister as she made her explamation. A smirk forming on her lips. Her reply simple “Fine, but dont wake me when you want breakfast. She stuck out her tongue at the girl and began the watch. The brisk night air, invigorating as she gazed up at the star with her big purple eyes occasionally turning to glance at her sisters sleeping form. After about 20 minutes she yawned and began using the Mystical Palm technique to heal her shoulder some more while she had downtime. Careful to moniter her chakra in case a fight arises sometime in the night.-

Kaiiaki: -The rest of the night went without incident. It was quiet, up until the point where it was about 3 am. At that time, Kaiiaki heard an echo off into the distance. The sound of a twig snapping made the hairs on the back of her neck stand on edge. A chill ran down her spine, just as another one snapped. Perhaps a body settling upon the ground. Kaiiaki's head spun around towards her sleeping sister. She was supposed to be keeping watch at this moment. But now it was time for them to go. At least they had gotten more sleep than Kai thought they would have. With a nudge of her right elbow, Kai woke Dahlia. She gave her a look with her grey eyes that said they had to move now. Dahlia's groggy purple eyes rolled for a moment, but then popped wide open as she realized what Kai was trying to say. The two jumped up from their spots upon the ground. Dahlia worked on sealing their sleeping bags, food, and other supplies. Kaiiaki continued to look on into the direction where she had heard the noise. If the perpetrator was a ninja, they most likely wouldn't make the mistake of snapping a twig once again. They had already drawn attention to themself. Their element of surprise had been shaken. If it was an animal that had made the sound, Kaiiaki would hear a succession of more snaps. But the precious seconds wasted on trying to hear more twigs snapped were in vain. At that moment, the girls heard a voice booming out from the forest behind them. The voice of a man in his late twenties was what Kaiiaki had guessed from the sound of it. "I have been watching you, crystal sisters." The man spoke, trying to invoke a fearful response. But the girls stood their ground, not having any of that. Their bodies stood still, their tense bodies locked in position. The man continued on after a short pause. "I have the bodies of your beloved sensei and lover. They're still alive, but you have to come get them now if you want them to live." ~Mute-man and the strange boy? Ha! He is an absolute idiot if he thinks I would care about them. Let alone enough to come after their dying bodies.~ Kaiiaki shook her head at Dahlia, then motioned for them to go on now. Dahlia nodded towards her, a slient agreement taking place between the two. Without wasting another precious minute to listen to the man, the two now sped at the highest speed they possibly could. They both were intelligent enough to know that whoever that guy was, had already killed those two. He was stupid if he thought Kaiiaki would care enough to come after them. They had been irrelevant to her. She cared nothing for them. She did have plans of making the boy her future mate. But there was always better clans to mate with out there. For the next two days the girls traveled across the countryside, making the long way around the village of Iwagakure. They didn't want to get into anymore trouble with any enemies. Not with the injuries they had sustained. The two were already making traps to cover their tracks and try to head off their one pursuer off their trail. But he was tremendously talented. He had to bee an anbu of the Hidden Leaf. The sisters couldn't shake them off up until they hit the border of Hoshigakure. There, the presumed anbu took the opposite way into Iwagakure, perhaps thinking that they would find solace in a village as big as that one. After a long and trying journey, the girls could breath a sigh of relief. They had made it back to Hoshigakure after all this time. Dahlia and Kaiiaki stood at the cliff bordering the Land of Bears. They watched in amazement at the poisonous gas in the valley of death. Where anyone or anything that was stupid enough to wander into was killed with just one small inhale of breath. The two might have to camp out here for awhile until a Hoshi ninja came to greet them. They did not have the equipment on them in order to get inside the village. They needed gas masks and a glider of some kind. So right now they would just have to wait.-