Bring Me Back Pt. 1

## Participants

Kaiiaki Kurisutaru, Takao Kurisutaru, Kenzo Ryu, Inochiryoku, Han Nibu (NPC), Sairento Aburame, Asa Uzumaki

## BRING ME BACK 2-9-17

Kaiiaki: -"Ah...another chaotic day in the Village of Hoshigakure..." Kaiiaki murmured to the sleeping one year old cradled in her arms. The boy that lay within her arms was none other than her son Yukio Namikaze. Purple pastel hair adorned his head like a gleaming crown of jewels. His skin sparkled with a glittering glow, even in the pale darkness that always covered the sky of Hoshigakure. The child wore a simple onesie this afternoon, colored in a rich indigo color. It was the same color of Kaiiaki's crystals. Yukio's green eyes were closed at the moment. It was about time he was sleeping. Kaiiaki could swear she heard Yukio's cries even in her sleep now. With a disgruntled sigh, she set him into his beautifully oak wood carved crib. She slightly smiled at him, and covered his torso with his baby blanket. He looked so peaceful. It was almost impossible for her to fight the urge to pick him back up and cuddle him. But he needed his rest, and she needed a break. "Sleep well, sweet anarchy will be yours in the morning." She cooed to her baby in her impish voice. Her grey eyes watched him for any movement for a few seconds. And when she saw nothing but deep breaths, she turned her back on the infant. She now turned her attention towards the bay window centered off on the south side of the room. Today was a day like any other day in Hoshigakure. Grey skies blanketed the Heavens above, like a veil had been brought over one's eyes. The darkness forever lingered in the Village Hidden in the Stars. Perhaps that's where they had gotten their nickname from. Darkness during the day, yet the sky was lit up at night. How odd the weather was in Hoshigakure. Speaking of weather, it looked to be about in the 60 degree fharenheit range today. That was just enough to be chilly, but throw a coat on and one would burn up. It looked as if no wind was blowing today. The air was dead still. This was not odd for the atmosphere of Hoshigakure. But it left an ominous emptiness in the air. Kaiiaki's grey eyes spied upon the rest of the village. Plenty of citizens were milling about in the area. All of them were there for different purposes. A family of three stood in front of the marketplace buying their dinner for the evening. Marketers stood by on the street, trying with ease to sell their goods to the needing. A few ninja milled about through the crowd, most likely on their way to the Kage office or a mission. Typical afternoon out in Hoshigakure. "How boring..." Kaiiaki frowned with distaste. But then again, she spoke too soon. "Is that.." She peered with grey eyes through the closed window. "Takao?" Her purple eyebrows furrowed in confusion. "Ah that is right... Genin ceremony at the Shinobi remembrance statue." All of the Genin were being called together this afternoon for a simple ceremony at the statue. It would be nothing special, just a bunch of old shinobi sharing their war stories and a Q&A session. She figured that Takao would have skipped out on such a thing. But perhaps he had other motivations for wanting to attend. She shrugged the thought off, simply choosing to slump down in her bed and take a nap. She was wearing her silk robe, and it just felt too comfy. Between that and the covers, she easily fell asleep. Little did she know that at this very moment, the shinobi that had offered to speak at the ceremony lay dead behind the statue. Their bodies lie mangled from head to toe. A quart of blood leaked from each body, seeping out slowly as if the event had just taken place.The first shinobi's torso showed an obvious gash. What was it from? An animal? The small intestine had been pulled out of the man's body. The raw, pink flesh of it lay in splinters upon the man's corpse. What sort of animal or monster could have done something like this? Something with raw strength and claws? It couldn't be determined. The second shinobi's body lay in pieces. His left arm had been pulled out of its socket. It had been pulled so hard in fact, that the arm itself came off and lay 8 feet away from him in front of the Shinobi Statue. It was if someone was trying to send some sort of message. Little did the Genin coming to this meeting know the mutiliated corpses that waited for them. The unknown threat lay in the shadows under the grey skies of Hoshigakure. They hid themselves for now, waiting for more easy prey.-

ItsupikiOkami: Kenzo had awoken groggily from his slumber, still sore from his spar he had
with his teammate. There was to be a Genin Cermony today, and Kenzo did
not want to be late. He quickly got dressed and gathered his things,
strapping his dagger to his right leg, his pouch that held 4 shuriken, a
 small belt with five kunai, his five smoke bombs, and two paper bombs.
Making sure that he had everything in its correct place, he would exit
his lonely home and make his way to the statue. It was a normal quiet
day in Hoshigakure, and Kenzo found his head was clear of all thought as
 he continued his walk through the village. When he arrived at the
statue, Kenzo didn’t notice anyone else around but, what he did notice
was an arm. Drawing his dagger, Kenzo would quickly go to investigate
the severed arm. ‘What the hell did this?’ he thought to himself as he
looked the arm over before dropping at back onto the ground. He would
stand in the square, watching for any strange movement or signs of an
attacker waiting for some other ninja from the village to show up before
 he would go off in search of anything, not wanting to make himself an
easy target by straying away from such an open area.

Sairento:~ “ NO NO NO NO NO! STOP RUNNING YOU DAMN IMP! JUST DIE LIKE THE LITTLE INSECT YOU ARE! “ Yelled a dreaming boy, who seemed to be dreaming of killing someone or something. Of course it was Sairento Aburame, as these dreams occurred here and there so this was normal to an extent. Rising from his sleep as if he was just awoken from a grave, he sat up and rubbed the sleep from his eyes. Peering back to the bright sun through his window, he smacked teeth and groaned. “ Why can’t you just stay down you damned star. “ Sai loved sleeping and if he could, he’d gladly sleep for eternity. However, he had duties to fulfill and things to do if he wanted to live a wealthy and comfortable lifestyle. Dragging himself out of bed, he entered the bathroom of his apartment and began washing himself. Minutes passed as he washed his body and face, soon hoping into some clothes. ‘ Is there something important going on today? ‘ He thought to himself as he was forgetful per usual. Making his way into the main room of the apartment, he’d grab his equipment holding his paper bombs and other tools as well as his katana. Inhaling deeply, he suddenly remembered that there was a ceremony of some sort being held at the village statue today. Sairento smirked as he stepped out from his home and down the hall to the open window. Planting to sole of his right foot on the window seal, he leaped out the window and on to the roof top of the building next to his apartment complex. This was normal since Sai hated walking through the streets of Hoshi. “ This thing is for the little ones right? Guess there’s some new prey. “ He laughed jokingly but with the wicked grin on his face, it could be a bit of truth behind that joke. Shrugging off the grin he speed on for the statue, taking him about five minutes since he didn’t live all that far from the statue itself. Sairento, who was sitting on the roof top of a tools shop that was stationed across from the statue, surveyed the area for anyone. Strangely there was no one around besides a boy who seemed to be a bit startled by something. Curious about the boy’s reaction, Sai jumped into a nearby tree and on to the ground. “ Yo, who are you and what are you doing? “ Sairento asked curiously and catious about his surroundings and actions, as he began to unsheathe his katana prepared to kill the boy in an instant if need be. ~

Asa:Asa sat back at home alone in his room as he read a scroll at his desk. The boy yawned and rubbed his eyes as he looked out of his window then up at a clock he had hung up on the wall. "Wow its this late already." He said. Asa had woken up early in the morning to get in some training and studying befroe starting his day. He slowly began to close up the scroll "Thats enough studying for the day I guess....plus I feel like I'm forgetting something." He thought to himself as he stood up and looked at a tiny white board he had posted on the back of his door. Reading everything he wrote carefully as he checked off various task he had written down for the day. "Lets see. Training at 0500 check, Breakfast with the family at 0800 check, Umm...Naruto Shippudden at 1000 check. Studying at 1200. Check. Genin Ceremony....crap" He said as he realized he was already a half hour late. Asa quickly checked himself, he was equipped with his tanto, 6 kunai he kept under his sleeves, 3 on each arm and 6 shuriken in a weapons pouch on his back. He walked o his window, opening it and surveying the village a bit before jumping out and heading towards that statue. The little redhead kid leaped from building to building as he raced to the ceremony, hoping not to miss to much. He was getting close to his destination but something was strange...everything was in dissarray. Shinobi were scattered around the area chatting with one another with concerned looks on their faces. Asa frowned as he noticed severed limbs and bodies thrown over the area. "What the hell..." He said as he landed near the ceremony. He noticed his newest teammate Kenzo in the mix, bent down as he appeared to be looking at something, his weapon already drawn. Asa walked over to him, drawing his tanto sllowly as he surveyed the area himself. "Kenzo. What the hell happened here?" Hhe said calmly as he got closer to the fellow genin"

Arata: {AH} Arata Hayashi bsuied himself in his family's library, combing through books and looking for a story to entertain himself before bed. Nothing really compared to the stories his grandpa read to him as a child, but it was hard for the old man to read anything with his eyes going. Settling on a book, the pale-blonde haired shinobi went to bed for the night, book pages splayed across his face where they would remain until the morning where Arata woke up with his alarm clock going off. He had to remember that he couldn't sleep in today. He needed to go to a ceremony! Slinging himself out of his bed, his feet touched the ground and he was off to his wardrobe. Throwing on a rustic orange colored shirt after discarding the plain white sleep-shirt, Arata grabbed a pair of brown pants with orange vertical lines from from the outside of his hips down to his ankles. Open-toed tabi were shuffled into as he threw on a short sleeved dark brown hoodie with light grey coloration on the inside. Along the outside of his hood were light grey dots, mirrored inside by dark brown dots. Not wanting to be late, Arata put on his Hoshigakure headband around his neck, making his way off to grab his special cane weapon and the pouches that contained his smoke bombs, his shurikan and his kunai. Putting the shuriken pouch on his left thich and kunai pouch on his right, his smoke bombs were tucked away into a belt around his waist. He used the cane to walk with for now, darting outside and trotting off toward the monument where his amber eyes would be met with two other genin already there, a chunin or jounin by the looks of it, and two dead bodies. "Oh--looks like someone had a rough night." He stated bluntly as he approached, there wasn't disdain in his voice, but a look of frustration and disgust on his face, a bit disturbed by the sight and finding three people acting frantic about it. His method of dealing with a stressor like that was crass humor like he was known for. {AH}

Inochiryoku: -Inochiryoku ran swiftly through the streets of Hoshigakure holding a Tiger Seal before him. "There's something off here," he stated to himself as he ran. "What is it?" The clapping of his sandels hitting the pavement as he ran echoed throughout the walls of the village. He had his long braided hair wrapped around him so that it wouldn't snag on anything as he continued about. Sensing the presense of something strange and unfamiliar to him, he looked in the direction he needed to go. 'Over there,' he thought to himself, looking in the direction of the disturbance. 'Nothing can stop me now,' he told himself as he darted. Right after he had the thought, he stopped, looking down at the ground. "Oh my," he said, staring at something shiny on the ground. "Someone dropped a coin on the ground here," Inochi said outloud. He bent down to pick it up, but stopped himself. "What am I doing?" He asked himself. "I have bigger issues." Inochi stood back up and began to run down the street again, this time determined to reach his destination. His black colored pants waved in the small gust of air caused by his running. Three scrolls hung from the side of them, wavering a bit more, but still being well attached. - Suddenly Inochi stopped from the sound of a loud scream followed by crying. He quickly darted after the noise which was coming from a street over. Once he arrived, he saw a boy with a cone in his hand and his ice cream that had just recently hit the floor. "Oh no," Inochi said as he saw the ice cream on the ground. A moment of depression waved over Inochi before snapping out of it and realizing that he had, once again, become distacted. "Want another one?" he asked the boy, in which the boy nodded. "There's a shiny coin not to far from here. Just go down that street and keep your eyes to the ground." With a smile, Inochi nodded the boy off and began to run down the street once more. - Being forced into an alleyway, he began to take his lefts and rights through them, until he was suddenly stopped by his staff. His staff, which was diagonal upon his back, was an inconvenience to him since he was running through tight corridors. "These inconveniences," he says loudly to himself. Finally, he sighs and jumps upon the rooftops and begins to make his way to the destination, this time with no distractions. - Finally, he arrives at what would have been a genin ceremony at the remembrance statue. Inochi squatted upon a corner of the roof that had an overall large sightline to the event. Unless someone specifically looked up and was looking for someone on the roof, he would go unnoticed. Still holding his Tiger Seal, he looked around and quickly noticed the blood and what few body parts he could see from his angle. He also noticed what could be assumed to be genin shinobi gathering around, quickly noticing the accident and attempting to figure out the cause. Inochi shook his sealed hands to adjust his bracers that he wore before attempting to sense again. Though his original target was close, it wasn't quite here yet. But it was coming. He quickly stood up and bolted across the rooftops once again, looking for the source of his concern. Eventually he came across something that made his eyes widen. A group of human-like creatures had already begun their way towards their destination. From the looks of it, they were headed straight for the rememberance statue for reasons unknown. 'But, I thought I had more time than this,' Inochi thought to himself in a panic. 'Father couldn't have possibly...' His mind stopped for a moment as he regained composure. He moved across the rooftops once again to the statue and stood upon the roof he stood at once before. He had barely arrived before the humanoid creatures had and began to yell. "Be careful!" He called out to those he assumed as genin below. "They're here!" -

Han NIbu (NPC): “Looks like they’ve finally found the bodies; I’m surprised it took them so long.” ~The words escape Han’s mouth with a softness that could be compared to a teddy bear. Han’s head was just barely sticking out the side of a building wall, about enough to give room for his mouth to move. The building itself was a rather tall one, about 10 stories, so it gave him a good view a large portion of the village. He did this by simply using the Hiding like a Mole technique, which allowed him to settle into the walls which were made of earthy materials. This of course wasn’t Han himself, it was a shadow clone made from his earth nature, but any information gather via this clone would be returned to him and he would learn. Such is the way of all shadow clones. Han himself was just outside of the village playing with one of his 4 javelins, sitting on one of the cliffs that connects to the village wall serving as a natural wall in itself. This also gave him a pretty decent view of the village, but more towards the front entrance than anything. Han was in his typically attire. He wore a long black robe of sorts that often dragged on the ground due to its length. Underneath, he wore a long sleeve black shirt that came with a built in mask that he could simply pull up to his mouth at any moment, though he prefers to not wear it. He then wore just a simple set of pants and shinobi sandals. He hasn’t cut his hair recently so it was a bit longer than usual, but it was still short, black, and curly. His left eye still being his most stand out feature, as it was a bright blue while his other eye was a dark brown. Of course coming in a close second for most stand out feature is the scar that runs down from his forehead but them curves around the bottom left of his left eye before eventually trailing off his face. His rather pale skin would of course be an honorable mention. His features were rather feminine, and matched with his rather small frame and slender face he could pass as a girl if he put on some make up, or even without any make up. This helps him when he switches to his Kenmi personality. Han has a case of Split Personality Disorder and currently houses two other personalities inside his body. One is Maru, the original personality that has since been repressed by the other two in order to keep control of the body. The other is Kenmi, his female personality that acts as the center piece. She is the central command and tells Han what to do, and without her, he would be lost. All of these personalities came from traumatic experience Maru experienced when he was growing up as a kid under an abusive serial killer of a mother. Since Maru rarely ever appears and Han has control of the body most of the time, he goes by Han rather than Maru. His rather troubled childhood would lead him to where he is now, kidnapping, killing, and resurrecting people all to make the ‘perfect’ human being in his eyes, just as his mother wanted. His mother is the reason his eye is blue and he has a scar on his face. And she’s also the reason Han is a strong as he is. The Han personality took a liking to the carnage and killing as it was the only way to protect what little innocence Maru had. So when Maru’s mother was taken to jail before committing suicide shortly after, Han had no one to follow, and no sense of what to do. That’s when Kenmi was spawned. A much more intelligent, harsh, and leader orientated personality that acts like an older woman, most likely in her early forties. Han’s mission for today was to get to know his Earth Release Resurrection Technique: Corpse Soil better. Not too long ago he used it to resurrect a sidekick for himself, but now he wanted to explore the other part of it. Partially because said resurrection almost resulted in the loss of his arm and possibly his life. His arm has just recently healed but he doesn’t want to go through that experience again, or at least not so soon. He has summoned a small amount, just seeing if he could control them to do his bidding. He has come to find out that they can’t do many complex actions without specifically being ordered to. These zombies weren’t strong on their own, but in a group they could potential tear someone apart as they bite, claw, and cut them with whatever they have on them or what they can find. Being made up of dead shinobi as well as anyone who has died near the village, the variety of these zombies is wide spread. Han (his clone) watches the young shinobi closely, from about a distance of 112 feet. They were relatively far away, but he could still make out what they were doing. And given his current position, it was unlikely they were going to see him. Since it seemed the little event drew the attention of some of the shinobi, Han saw the perfect opportunity to see what else they could do. He ordered them to attack. Their speed was mediocre at best, but their violent stumbles he was sure would at the least scare some of them. There were about 10 of them. He knew even the weakest of shinobi could probably take out 10 by themselves if they played it smart. So he knew these wouldn’t get him very far, but he had a few more things planned for this evening. This was more of a test, to see what these shinobi could do. Han would notice one of what appears to be an older shinobi warning them, which took the element of surprise away. It made Han smile a bit. Considering smiling is his response to just about everything, this smile would come off as more of a ‘that’s exactly what I wanted to happen’, but this was more of a smile out of anger. The zombie horde was 20 feet away, and Arata Hayashi is the first target, as he was one of the last to arrive. Two of the zombies would break off and go for him, attempting to tackle him to the ground. If successful, they would begin to scratch and claw at him, dealing some minor damage but overall causing a lot of pain. Two more would break off and go for Asa, going for the same tackle tactic but this time they would attempt to bite at his leg. If successful, they would inflict a really deep bite wound that may hinder Asa’s running speed. Matched with the fact that these zombies are just walking bowls of bacteria, said bite would most likely get infected and require some treatment. Three would break off and go for Sairento. But instead of a tackling tactic, they would simply lunge at him once they were within a range of 5 feet. After said lunge, they would attempt to sink their teeth into the right side of Sai’s neck, right shoulder, and right bicep. The bites would be rather painful and possible hinder the movement of his right arm, as well as most likely result in an infection. Lastly, the final three would go after Kenzo. This time taking on a split attack formation, one charging from the front, the other two taking the left and right sides, each separate by about eight feet of distance. The middle zombie would attempt to deliver a head but right into the bridge of Kenzo’s nose. If successful, they all would simply dog pile onto Kenzo and proceed to bite and claw him. If blocked, the two zombies on his flank would lunge at him, tackling him from both sides before taking him to the ground and attempting to do the same. If he attempted to dodge backwards, the zombies would lunge shortly after Kenzo would step back, attempting to catch him once more. If successful, they will all dog pile him and proceed to bite and claw him as usual. Han gave each person a varying difficultly and complexity in attack just to see how they would respond to it. He never knows when Kenmi would think a new sidekick would come in handy, and these young shinobi could be perfect. In terms of ability, these zombies aren’t that strong ((imagine every zombie have a 1 in every stat. Ex: 1 Strength, 1 Speed, 1 Stamina, etc.)) A strong attack could possibly destroy them if placed properly. Say, a normal punch to the chest would only stagger a zombie but a nice powerful shot to the throat or temple would cause them to die, and then turn into dust.~

Kenzo: Kenzo would try to explain himself to the ninja who had arrived and drew his sword, as his teammate Asa and another ninja had arrived. Before he could explain the whole situation, he would hear a man call out that something was coming. After looking at the surrounding area, Kenzo would spot what the distant man had been talking about. What was coming towards the group appeared to be some sort of walking dead and three were coming towards Kenzo from different directions all about eight feet apart. As the three things approached him, he would bring up his hands and begin to form the signs of the rat, tiger, dog, ox, rabbit, and tiger so that he could use the phoenix sage fire technique, launching a volley of fireballs at the three things that were approaching hoping to kill them before they could get close enough to reach him

Sairento:~ Sairento quickly noticed that the boy had picked up a severed arm and dropped it in shock. Arching an eyebrow, Sairento put away his blade and tapped his chin. Fading away from reality, the Aburame begin losing himself in thought. ‘ This kid must have murdered someone. Damn he has guts. I like it ‘ Smirking wickedly as the thought of having someone challenging to fight at least a little gave him excitement. However, his thoughts were soon paused as he heard the sound of another pair of sandals make contact with the ground behind him. Snapping out of hit, he remembered something else that he was supposed to do today. “ Oh shit I was supposed to go to Kai’s house first. “ Turning his back to the boy who discovered the bloody limb, he began walking away from the statue. Sairento’s expression was blank and as emotionless as ever, it was like he never seen the boy and the torn body part at all. Making his way toward one of the alleyways so that he could make his way to Kaiiaki’s house, Sai heard what sounded to be some horrific groans approaching him and the others. Pausing in his movement, he looked over and seen what seemed to be a horde of zombies. “ Is this for real? Zombies in real life? “ Amazed at the scene like it was straight out of a movie with him as the main character, he looked back at the Genin who were at the statue and smiled. “ Do your best imps. “ Giving a smile that was obviously faked, Sai prepared himself for the enemy. Three of the zombies broke from the horde and made their way to Sairento, each stumbling about as if they were unbalanced and couldn’t walk straight. They all leaped at Sai, laughing at how dumb these things were, the Aburame simply jumped back a few feet allowing each zombie to land on the ground in front of him. Swiftly and easily, Sai unsheathed his katana and severed the heads of each zombie in one quick swing. Killing them without a problem, he pointed his blade to the sky and swung quickly toward the ground, halting the blade’s movement right before it hit the ground allowing the blood of the dead to slide right of the blade and on to the ground below. Holstering his weapon, Sai made his way into the alleyway and looked back for a quick second at the Genin behind him. “ Hey! Good luck imps! Don’t die! If you live I’ll treat you all to ramen! “ Yeld Sai as he made his way to Kaiiaki’s house running at top speed. Although he wanted to see if the Genin could manage to survive, he personally didn’t care if the little ones died. At his speed, Sai should make it to Kaiiak’s within four minutes or so. With that said minutes had passed and Sairento was standing outside the home of Kaiiaki. Knocking on the door, the Aburame awaited an answer with his arms folded and leaning against the nearby wall. ~

 Asa: Asa would turn his head at the same time as Kenzo upon hearing the terrified warning of some bystander. Asa frowned at what he was seeing. "Are those zombies?" Asa thought as he gripped his tanto, preparing himself for the oncoming threat. He braced himself as 3 zombies ran around him, completely avoiding him as they headed for Kenzo. Asa trusted that Kenzo could handle it. He focused on the two coming towards him. As he first one came Asa threw his tanto towards its neck, keeping one of his chakra threads attached to it for control. The tanto piereced through the zombies' neck area. Like a puppeteer Asa reeled the tanto out of its neck. At the same time he pulled it downward,swinging it low and at an angle to where he would completely cut through the second zombies ankle causing it to quickly fall mid-stride. With his free hand he would extend more chakra threads. These would act like rope as they tangle around the fallen zombie and restraining it from moving. Looking behind him he would see the burning zombies falling and dying turning to dust, as a result of Kenzo's attack. The zombie who's neck he pierced also began to turn to dust and blow away. "Is this the result of a virus of some sort?" Asa thought to himself. "Fuck no..what type of virus would not only turn people into zombies but also cause them to turn to dust? It has to be some type of jutsu or something." Asa paused and then looked at Kenzo. "Hey..don't use jutsu as a first means to take these things out, we need to conserve as much chakra as possible. I'm no expert but zombies always travel in hordes in the movies. We need to conserve as much chakra as possible." He said before looking back at the zombie he had restrained. It laid on the ground spazzing out and foaming at the mouth a bit as it gave it loud groans. There was little effort being put into containing it even though it seemed to be trying its hardest to escape. "Beisdes these things don't seem the strong or that smart. I feel like we should take this thing to get examined by someone. Found out whats causing these ya know? Do Zombie doctors even exist though?" He added as he looked at the zombie and sighed, still keeping the zombie to the ground as he reeled his tanto back into his hand and sheathed it slowly, looking around for more of those weird fucks.-

 Arata: {AH} While the group congregated to the monument, there was something looming, shambling, shuffling, lethargically approaching from the horizon. The Risen dead thanks to the means of a jutsu. Well not that any of these chunin and genin at the monument knew, but at least Kenzo was the first to act and alert Arata to the nature of approaching stiffs. With a fire technique that would engulf a few of them in flames, Arata pivoted about on his heels, drawing the cane from behind his back and spun it around overhead before thrusting it to his right side with one hand. Posing with his left foot forward and right foot back closer to being square up with his shoulders, he pointed his left hand outwards toward the two that approached himself. "Honestly, whoever thought of this has no class. Zombies are just a cheap way to grab the audience." He spoke so callously of the risen dead, his eyes have lidded despite the smile on his face, "At least it's a nice warm up." The moment one of them got closer than the other, Arata would approach with a pivot on his feet, bringing the non-crooked cane upwards, swinging the staff portion upwards straight for the zombie's chin, only to pivot it about and bring the hooked tip up for the soft flesh under the jaw. Which would tear into the zombie's chin and he could then spin the cane about and thrust the wooden pommel back into the zombie's stomach to send it backwards. If that worked, he would turn his attention to the other zombie and bring his cane around again, hooking the crook over the second zomb's neck and yanking downwards, which would bring the second zombie's face down as his left leg lifted up, hopping with his right foot to bring his left knee straight into the bridge of the second zombie's nose. "What's dead is resting, leave it be." He commented on how the dead shouldn't be disturbed from their rest. {AH}

 Inochiryoku: -Inochiryoku looked around at the genin who were now being infested with disturbed humanoids. 'How did he know?' he asks himself as he sees the horde approaching. The horde slowly approached those on the ground. "That can't be it," he mumbles to himself. Inochi had heard about Father's plan before and if this was him, there were quite a bit more to come. Quickly, he reformed his tiger seal and began to sense around the area, closing his eyes in the process. Small hints of chakra came from below and around the village as far as he could see, roughly 200 feet in radius. 'Where are you, Father?' thinks to himself, looking for any familiar chakra that would give him his location. One specific chakra he had noticed caused him to focus on it specifically. The chakra that he had noticed was quite high up to not take notice in it. 'What is th...' He thought to himself again before stopping and opening his eyes to see. Now with his eyes opened, he turned to look at where the chakra was coming from, only to see one of the larger buildings of the village within that direction. 'One thing's for certain,' he thought to himself again. 'That's not him.' - Inochi's curiousity wanted to take control and inspect the source, but his main concern was the Genin. If anything he was taught came to purpose, this group wouldn't be the end. One of the supposed genin had already left, leaving Inochi to assume that fear had got the best of him, but the others remained to fight them. One that he saw quickly formed handseals and shot a volley of fireballs at the surrounding undead. Another shouts that they should reserve chakra, making note that the enemy is weak and chakra shouldn't be wasted on them, while the last began to dance around with a cane he wielded. 'Honestly, the roof is probably the safest bet,' he says to himself. Inochi was never considered the brightest as far as intelligence, but his peacefulness and his creativity out of violence was that of legend. "Keep a lookout!" He screams to the others remaining down below. "There could be more at any time!" -

 Han Nibu:

~Han watched closely as the young shinobi had no problem dispersing
the zombies, though each of their attacks varied. ~ “Not bad, though that boy
who used the fire jutsu will most likely go down before the rest. Wasting
chakra on such weak enemies…” ~Han shook his head in disapproval, as if he was
an emperor watching warriors duel in the arena.
~ “Let’s take it up a notch, wouldn’t you agree Kenmi?” ~Han(clone) said
to himself before completely sliding into the wall and working his way down the
side of the building whilst still using his technique to hide inside the
building. When he reached the ground he would emerge from the wall, now at a street
level. He was still over a hundred feet from the group of shinobi, so they
wouldn’t be able to see him considering all the buildings and what not in the
way. The word of this zombie attack hasn’t spread yet, since no one has rushed
to sound any sort of alarm, but he had a feeling it was only a matter of
seconds before some sort of mass panic would hit the streets, so he wanted to
work fast. His clone would begin running through the streets, a rather risky
move as his clone could have just taken the roof tops, but Han didn’t want to
waste time as it seemed like the longer route. Plus, anyone with a general view
of the roof tops could see. Despite the fact Han’s appearance wasn’t exactly
normal and he would stand out, Han didn’t really care. He was using a clone,
and if the clone was to be caught and destroyed, it didn’t really matter. Even
if they saw his face, the chances of any trail being left was unlikely. Han’s
clone made his way towards the front of the village, an action that would take
a few minutes, assuming no one jumps in his way to stop him. As soon as said
clone would reach the village wall, he would use his hiding like mole technique
once more to soften the earthy materials of the wall in order to simply pass
through it. He would then turn to the plateau like rock structure that
connected to the side of the gate, as this is where the real Han sat. Han would
have met the clone half way, but figured this was safer. Han himself then stood
up and hoped off the plateau, sliding down the side of it before hoping off and
doing what can only be described as a ‘super hero landing’.  They both gave each other a nod before the
clone would hit the ground and begin channeling chakra into it as if he was
going use the Hiding Like a Mole Technique. This chakra channeling would go out
for about 50 feet wide and 30 feet deep into the ground. This in turn would
soften the chakra, allowing things to tunnel or pass through it with ease. Han
himself would begin to weave a set of hand signs before slamming his hands onto
the ground and concentration. ~ “Earth Resurrection Technique: Corpse Soil”
~This is the second time Han has used the S Ranked technique today, and will
most likely be the last. His chakra reserves are running low from not only
doing it the first time, but only splitting it when he made the clone. Getting
rid of the clone will allow him to regain about a third of chakra, but until
then he wouldn’t have enough to do any serious jutsu. This time though, Han
wasn’t holding back, and would resurrect as many as he could. Zombies would
begin to rise out the ground over a time period of about twenty-five seconds. A
total of fifty zombies would rise up from the ground, at a rate of about half a
second per zombie. Han wasn’t really paying attention to witnesses, either this
was intentional, or he just didn’t care at this point. After these zombies
would arise out of the ground Han would have a nice size horde. The clone would
pop up and off the ground and rush towards the village wall, placing his hands
against it and doing the same thing he did to the ground a moment ago. This
allowed for each and every zombie to walk through the wall with ease. This
would take about ten seconds, as all of the zombies weren’t that fast and there
was a good amount of them. As soon as the zombies would pass into the village,
citizens would for sure notice and begin to either panic, or sit around and be
confused. The goal of the zombies at this point was to draw out the other
shinobi, so they would begin to run around, attempting to damage property as
well as any citizens nearby. Some citizens would get away, but others wouldn’t
be so lucky. The most important factor of this is that the zombies spread out
throughout the village, but no group of zombies were smaller than five. At the
max, they’re ten groups of zombies now terrorizing the village. Though spread
out, they remained rather close to each, just in case one would have to assist
the other. Han would now disband his clone and use the chakra he got to rescale
the plateau and now watch as the chaos ensues. ~

Kaiiaki: -The sound of frantic knocking upon the apartment's front door pounded against Kaiiaki's eardrum. Her grey eyes popped open, disturbed by the thought someone would be bothering her. If they were her family they would have their own key. They wouldn't disturb her by knocking so loudly and desperately. "Fuck off." Kaiiaki grumbled at the intruding sound. The knocking continued, not missing a beat. Kaiiaki rolled her eyes and untangled herself from the covers. With a soft plop, she stumbled out of bed and down the stairs. "I am coming!" She shouted, wrapping her silk robe around her body tightly. Finally, she opened the door and stood there with a disgruntled expression when she saw who was there. "Sairento. The fuck, are you doing here." She growled out to him. But seeing the expression on his face and the wrinkling of his clothes, she could tell something had happened. "Let me guess, another corpse gone wrong and you need me to clean up the job again... WELL NOW IS NOT THE TIME!!!" She screamed into his face before slamming the door in front of him. It banged against the paneling of the house. The noise sent a shocked silence to the rest of the house as if the door slamming was the loudest volume turned up on a record player but was silenced. "Serves the bitch right for waking me up." Kaiiaki mumbled grumpily. However now that she was awake, she was hungry. So she strode into the kitchen, and grabbed a rice ball from the refrigerator. Without thinking, she chomped down on it. She continued to eat the rice ball until she heard a sound coming from outside. It seemed as it was coming from the south side of the house. Kaiiaki shoved the rest of the food into her mouth and ran up the stairs at full speed. By the time she swallowed the remainder of her food she was staring out at the street. "Oh hell..." Kaiiaki's brows furrowed in concern as her grey eyes gazed upon the scene before her. Was this real? She rubbed her eyes for a second with the back of her hands. When that was done, she peered out of her window again. "The dead...walk the earth." She couldn't count how many there were, but if she had to guess there was about fifty of them. A few of them were grouped together, traveling in a smaller horde. Groups of 10's, 15's, even 5's. Their mummifed faces varied in colors of grey. But they all shared one thing in common. They were all dead. They all bore the look of horrified strangers forever caught in a moment of terror. Their moans echoed into the village, announcing fear in any of the hearts who saw them. Citizens were beginning to panic. Their cries filled the nearby market. Some of the citizens already lay dead from being clawed to death, or ripped apart limb by limb. Blood was pooling in the streets from the already fallen. "Oh sweet chaos...how it makes my evening right by seeing so much of it in one place." She gave a sinister looking crocodile smile. "I suppose I SHOULD go do something... But I'm in no hurry to be a model citizen." She laughed with a cruel edge to it. Slowly, Kaiiaki began undressing out of her silk robe, letting it fall off of her into the floor below. She spied her regular ninja clothes hung on the chair beside of her bed. It was always there in case of such an emergency. Kaiiaki pushed on her black sweater shirt, leggings,knee high socks, and arm warmers. Of course the only color she basically black, so these were the color of her ninja clothes as well. Next, Kaiiaki slipped on her arm bracelets, tied on her headband, and clipped her handmade crystal crown into her purple hair. Lastly, she slicked on a bit of sparkling silver eyeshadow upon her eyelids. She loved wearing anything glittery, especially on her eyes. It made her look great and feel invincible. "Alright you fuckers. Time to play with the real boss of this village." She smirked in the mirror before noticing the crib in the background. "But Yukio..." Kaiiaki frowned in concern. She had to keep him safe at all costs. If it wasn't for protecting him, she would probably watch and laugh at all the chaos going on in Hoshigakure. As if Yukio sensed his mother's worry, he stirred in his sleep. Seconds later, he gave out a whimpering cry. "Damn it." Kaiiaiki grabbed Yukio out of his crib, swaddling him into her arms as she did so. Kaiiaki now ran down the stairs and threw open the door. She was surprised to see Sairento still standing there. "Going. Now!" She all but spurt out. She knew Sairento's and her words would catch the attention of the zombies. But she would leave out of their way, much faster than they could ever reach her. Kaiiaki balanced a small, and even amount of chakra upon the soles of her feet. By distributing it evenly, she would be able to walk upon the walls on the outside of her house. With a quick pounce, Kaiiaki landed upon the side of her house without an issue. She began to rush up and towards the top of the roof. She only assumed Sairento would be following her. That is, if he didn't want to get creamed below. Within about 10 seconds Kaiiaki made it to the top of the roof. She looked down upon the city below. Her grey eyes saw more of the same. The dead pulling limbs off of torsos. Blood gushed from the dismembered bodies of the freshly dead. And off to the East, it appeared as if a small group of Genin were fighting off the zombies. Or at least attempting to. "Takao was supposed to be at that meeting!" She shouted out. Although her voice could barely be heard from all the screams and moaning now filling the air. A black pit of despair ripped at Kaiiaki's stomach. The feeling was so intense, it threatened to knock her backward. ~Takao... my only brother.~ Kaiiaki feared the worst. But it only hindered her for about a minute. Then, she clicked back into action. "I will stop this. But it will take time for me to prepare my chakra." She handed over her most precious possession, Yukio, over to Sairento to hold him momentarily. "You try anything, I will kill you." Kaiiaki threatened to her Chunin teammate. She usually only let her own family hold him. But times were desperate in a moment like this. If she had any chance of saving Takao, it couldn't wait any longer. Kaiiaki pressed both of her palms together. She began generating her chakra, moulding it into a small amount, then stretching it bigger and wider. As for any large scale jutsu, it was going to take a bit of time. But she would be able to take the whole army out with a single move if she did this right. -

Kenzo:Kenzo would look to Asa and nod silently at his advice as the zombies before him burned away to ash slowly. ‘That was pretty damn stupid of me but, I panicked. No more of that now. Peoples lives are in danger here aside from my own.’ He thought to himself as the others in the square dealt with their own threats one by one. There was no time to rest however, as an even larger number of the rotted gray corpses began to flood the town, attacking townspeople and anything that they came across. The scene was something that the young genin would never forget if he made it out of this horrid experience alive. So much chaos had been caused in such a short amount of time, citizens being ripped apart by these horrid masses of dead flesh, people fleeing in terror leaving others to die just to try and save themselves. The whole scene was the definition of terror and Kenzo had been wrapped up into it. He would quickly make his way through the square, being careful not to stray too close to any zombies, and find his teammate Asa. Once he reached him, he would draw his dagger from its sheathe on his right leg and ready himself to kill anything that strayed too close. “Asa, what the hell is going on here? How do we stop this?” he would ask him confused as to how to even begin combating the groups of zombies that had been formed. He didn’t expect his friend to have any answers to these questions but, if there was any sort of plan brewing in Asa’s head, Kenzo wanted to hear it as soon as possible. Anything other than standing by and letting these creatures destroy the village would be an acceptable idea. He’d mentioned having something examined but, with the city in chaos, that idea may not be possible anymore. All Kenzo could do at this point was hope that him and the others would be able to hold off the threat long enough to find the source and end it once and for all.

Asa: Listening to Kenzo's voice carefully Asa kept trying to think of a plan. "Fuck..." He said out of frustration. The noise of terro and chaos were filling his head to the point were he couldn't think straight. He could faintly hear the distinct sounds of the zombie he had restained in front of him. "Shut up..." He said softly as he gripped his fist, tightening the chakra threads tighter around it. The zombie continued its weird array of shrieks and groans as it banged its own head against the ground. The screams of women and children could be heard all around him. Asa clenched his fist tighter "I said shut up.." He murmurred a bit louder tio himself as he clenched on the threads tighter, this time they ripped through the flesh of the zombie, tearing throught its neck and check and slicing through its internal organs. The result was a quick quishing of blooding from the zombbie that had now began to turn into dust as it died. Asa's threads would dissappate as he glanced over his shoulder and looked at Kenzo a bit. "Here's the plan..its our job to protect this village. Thats why we became shinobi. It's safe to assume however that there are more than just this threat present. A technique that can create zombies must be at least A or S-Rank." He said quickly as people began to bump into him which caused him to pause as he frowned angrily. "Fucking hate environments like this...with that being said the caster of the jutsu must be at least S=Ranked. Needless to say you and I won't be of much use to a person of that power. But what we can do is create observations and provide security to make sure that person doesn't cause much more damage. It's safe to assume he's inside the village already, a jutsu like this wouldn't have to far of a range." He paused for a moment as he looked around in thought, another hoarde of zombies wasn't to farr from them. A group of villagers was running down the street trying to escape the flesh eating creatures. "So this is what w're gonna do. Get to higher ground, provide attack support from the rooftops. We stick together and communicate. Use weapons as much as possible, I'll retrieve them with my chakra threads. Also keep a lookout for suspicious activity while you're up there, mainly look at other rooftops, the jutsu caster would more than likely but up at higher ground as well to survey his work and adapt his plans. Now Lets go." Asa said as he leaped up to a 4story building they were by. As soon as he landed he looked towards the street at the villagers running from the zombies. Asa threw 5 kunai, keeping his chakra threads attached to each one from his fingertips. The kunai would pierce through the skull and chest of the zombies, taking out a few of them. Asa hoped that Kenzo would follow his plan. By making themselves noticeable it made a way for a chunin or higher to spot and support them. He pulled back his kunai quickly using the threads as he prepared to throw them again at a few more zombies. "We have to stop this.." He thought

Arata: {AH} Arata listened to Kenzo and Asa conversate,
his arms folded over each other with his cane cradled in between his
limbs. One was panic-stricken and wanted to ask the other what they
should do. The other was a bit more responsible and assumed to command
them. "Your plan is a bit on the off-base side my friend." He
interjected, hoping to stop Asa before he leapt away. "While there are
the sounds of women and children, some might be getting injured but you
can't let that get to your head. Get too emotional and you might make a
 mistake like trying to distract zombies from an area they can't reach."
 He shrugged his arms outward and shook his head with a smile and
closed eyes. "Honestly, this is more trouble than its worth to attack
from the rooftops. But do whatever you want mister show-boat." Arata
spun his cane around and started walking toward the village, before he
broke off into a jog and then a run. He didn't sprint yet, but wanted
to catch up with a group of zombies. His logic was to meet them on
their level and provide them a target that would be coming to them
instead of running or staying away from them. Sure it was riskier, but
that was something that made the trhill of it all the more exhilerating.
 As he approached the first group that he could find, five zombies that
were running toward people, Arata ran past a few pots of water, cracking
 them open with his cane to make a shattering noise in hopes of alerting
 the jogging dead. If he did he would form the handseals for the water
clone jutsu and make two of them which would have their own canes and
make this a three on five fight. The first clone would rush in a and
leap over with a vault, using its cane and sticking its feet out to aim a
 flying kick to one of the zombies' faces. As a result it would likely
be destroyed and returned to water by getting into the group. The
second clone would rush forward and look to sweep the legs of at least
one zombie out from underneath itself, which would result in a face
meeting the ground. The second clone might be attacked, but not before
it would spin its cane around to push all the zombies away and swing the
 metal end of the cane around to strike one over the head, hopefully
that is. It would limit the number to three or two, and the real Arata
would form the handseals for one of his own jutsu [Ram, dog, dragon],
from the destroyed water clones, balls of water would rise, pulling dirt
 up with them. As the water balls rose up, he would bring his elbows
into his ribs, clenching his fingers into fists facing up toward the
sky. This would bring the water balls back toward himself and into the
backs of the zombies that might be charging him, which they would then
jut out spikes nearing the zombies and inject a forceful blast of water
through their bodies, "Puffing Urchin." {AH}

Inochiryoku:-Inochiryoku began to hear the sounds of screaming citizens from just beyond his sensing capabilities. 'That's not good,' he thought to himself. "Be careful out there," he would shout to the genin below before dashing off to the sounds of the innocent victims who were being terrorized by these 'newcomers.' He quickly dashed along the top of the buildings until he found a small cluster of 'humanoids with death defeciency' attacking a door of one of the civilian's homes. He saw them from above and softly landed below next to the 'violent visitors,' who had yet to take notice. He calmly claps his hands together and bows to the 'Underworld residers.' "I am sorry for this," he says as he raises up. The 'dancers with the devil' look to their side as they see a monk with his hands together face them. As they turn to face him, he quickly releases his hands and faces it towards them. A large gust of wind came flying from his hands, blowing them quite a bit back and away from the door. Having been knocked down fairly roughly, the 'zaambos' would take some time getting up. During that time, Inochi reached for the door and tried to open it. Locked. 'Am... Am I retarded?' He asked himself. Even after seeing the zombies try to beat down the door, he himself attempted it as well. This time, he had a plan. "I'm sorry for this," he said as he prepared a strike to the door. He held his palm out and charged back before slamming it into the door. Immediately after making contact, he pushed a small amount of chakra into his palm, making use of his chakra enhanced strength. He poured very little chakra into his strike as to ruin as little of the door as he could as the door tumbled to the ground. As he walked inside, he noticed the fine decorations of the room. "This place is nice," he said outloud before finally spotting a younger woman huddled in the corner. "Miss Yarinakamo! So this is where you live..." he says taking a look around again. He quickly snaps out of it and makes his way over to her. "Take my hand," he says to her. "I know a safe place for you. Better than here anyway. " Reluctantly, she takes his hand and they quickly run outside. The 'Hail Marys' had stood up and began making their way to the door again. "This way," he called out and began to climb the roof. Inochi then reached down and grabbed her by the hand once again and pulled her up. "Stay here. So long as they don't see you, you should be fine." She nodded, though still trembling from her recent experiences. Inochi then dashed off to the next noise he heard, hoping to save as many people as he could. "I hope everyone is doing what they can," He whispers to himself as he hears another scream. -

Han Nibu NPC: “This has been fun but, I think it’s time to leave before they take them all out and begin looking for us.” ~Han stood up and began to dust himself off and fix his clothes. He began walking away from the village before he stopped abruptly. ~ “Hold on a second…I have an idea.” ~Han’s voice had changed to that of a female as Kenmi took over. ~ “We can’t just leave yet Han, this could be the perfect opportunity to extend our ranks. Why kidnap normal people when we could have shinobi? Each person being not only being powerful, but also perfect by our design…” ~ Kenmi then turned around, a grin running across her face. She didn’t plan to just jump down into the village and take someone, she planned to have the shinobi coming look for them. It would only be natural for the shinobi to want to figure out who is behind this, so that’s exactly what Kenmi was going to give them….a lead.~ “Han, be sure to leave a trail that can be followed, make it as obvious as you want. Even if they know it’s a trap, they’ll still be tempted to follow it.” ~Then it seemed as if at the blink of an eye, Han would remerge~ “I’ll get right on it.” ~A smile would return to his pale face once more as he looked around for a moment. He then hopped off the plateau once more, landing on the ground with a great amount of force. He then faced away from the village gate before weaving the hand signs Rat, Snake, and then Tiger.~ “Earth Release: Earth Flow Wave” ~As soon as the last hand sign was made, a large wave of rock would rise out of the ground beneath him and elevate him to a height of about 23 feet. He would then begin to ride this wave off into the distance, leaving a large trail of destruction as trees and just about anything else that was in the way was either crushed or moved to the side. Han didn’t plan on riding the wave all the way back to the hideout, as he wouldn’t have enough chakra to ride for 5 miles after having done that resurrection jutsu, but he would have enough chakra to ride a little under half way there, in which he would leave it to the rest of the shinobi to find his hide out. The trail would stop in the middle of a forest area, leaving any shinobi who followed most likely lost in the woods and rather isolated at this point. Even if the shinobi weren’t going to reach his hideout, this place would be perfect for any sort of ambush. Han himself wouldn’t be able to handle a whole team of higher ranking shinobi if the village in fact did decide to send their strongest, but he had the perfect person in mind that would be perfect at assisting him should it come to that, and possibly be able to subdue whatever shinobi come along all by herself. The shinobi would meet Han’s mysterious sidekick soon enough, but for now, it was more of a game of cat and mouse, with the mouse luring the cat into an encounter with a much bigger dog. The ride/walk back to Han’s hideout in itself would take a little less than an hour, the perfect amount time for the shinobi to have cleared out his zombies and began investigating. Han wasn’t expecting them to follow him the same day, maybe not even the following day. But one thing was for certain, when it does come time, Han will be ready, and this time with a full tank of chakra at his disposal.~

Kaiiaki: -Minutes after minutes passed, yet Kaiiaki still continued to mould her chakra. The sounds of moaning and screaming still filled the air. Almost nothing had changed since she had first began forming this widescale jutsu. She was preparing to take out an entire army of the undead. With her amount of chakra reserves, she could do it. But not without...him starting to perk his ear. Him. The Demon sealed inside of her. It was most commonly referred to as Kurama. She hated using his power. It made her feel weak and worthless. But if it was to defend her family and keep them safe, she would do it. After minutes of preparing, Kaiiaki now felt as if she was ready to put her jutsu in action. This would be extremely difficult, but she felt as if she had the strength to do it. From her current bird's eye view, she could see most of the zombies in the village. It wasn't as if they were trying to hide themselves. The disgusting creatures mauled the living, ripping them limb from limb. It seemed a few of the village's Genin were forming a resistance of some sort. They had taken a few of the groups down. It seemed as if Asa and Kenzo were among the few. This in turn would help her. But it was time to end this havoc. "THIS ENDS NOW!" Kaiiaki screamed to the heavens above. She was sure that even with all the noise in the village, her impish voice could still be heard. Kaiiaki pressed her hands to the air in front of her. When she did this, she sent out waves of her chakra. She poured it through the air, pressing it into the areas where she could see zombies. All at once, she mixed that chakra with the molecules in the air. This formed a dangerous chemical combination that could only be known as... "CRYSTAL RELEASE: CRYSTAL IMPRISONMENT WAVE!" Kaiiaki yelled at the top of her lungs. As soon as she spoke the words, it was as if the entire village had frozen in time. The sounds of the moaning had been silenced. Silenced how? Each of the undead were now trapped within Indigo colored crystals. Undead bodies displayed in several different positions. Some were about to take another bite. Some were mid attack. Some were already shriveling to dust. But now, all were trapped with beautiful crystals, unable to move. "End". Kaiiaki spoke normally. With that single trigger, the crystals crumbled into the ground. The undead within the crystals did so as well. They were no longer anything but Indigo colored dust being scattered to the winds. But this didn't come without a cost. Kaiiaki stumbled upon the roof, landing upon her knee. The roof scuffled below her due to the added weight. Kaiiaki took a few deep breaths in and out. "Hell..." She murmered, still catching her breath. A few moments went by, and she thought she heard a male villager shout from below. "Hey! Look up there!" Another villager this time called out, a woman. "That girl up there! She saved us!" It took Kaiiaki a moment to realize they had been talking about her. Her grey eyes flicked around, trying to find the source of the voices. It sounded as if they were gathering below her home. "Hey! Thank you for saving our lives miss!" Another villager called out. Slowly, Kaiiaki shuffled to her feet upon the roof. "Oh shut the fuck up. I did not do it for you vermin." Kaiiaki rolled her grey eyes. Without commenting to the stunned silence, she turned to Sairento. "Go now. Take Yukio somewhere safe. And by God find Takao or you'll become my next meal." Kaiiaki openly threatened him. But there was something different about her tone of voice now. It was deeper than usual, more alto-toned. Not only this, but she felt an odd power surging through her. She still had chakra of her own. But it seemed as if something was enhancing it, wanting to come and combine with her own. It even wanted to take over it. She was strong enough to say no right now. But later, she wondered if she would be. A movement off in the distance caught Kaiiaki's peripheral vision. "What the hell.." She spoke. An earth wave outside the village? That had to be him. The one that was controlling the undead. Who else would have the power over such a complicated earth jutsu? Seeing the villain off in the distance, made anger spark in the pit of her stomach. "You bastard...trying to hurt MY baby?! You will not get away with it. I will make you regret the day you were born." Kaiiaki whispered furiously. With this, she felt something in her eyes change. They had flicked over from their grey color, to crimson red.-