Heartless

## Mission Details

You are being sent on a mission to retrieve a few ingredients from a tea house across the border of Hoshigakure. In order to retrieve these ingredients, the chef that has given you the mission has offered to make a certain trade for these rare ingredients. He gives you a small package with the instructions, "DO NOT OPEN." And warns you to not open this until you are at the tea house making the trade. With this package he also gives a small pouch to your genin teammate for him to carry. The instructions on this say, "Do not open until the halfway mark."

## Mission Precautions

The package your teammate is carrying a human heart that contains a note saying, "You're Next."

## Mission Precautions

(This is a new system in which will convey a little bit more detail onto what expect as for the journey. For each factor below as to what expect, it goes in five according levels: None, little, some, dangerous; severe.)

***Bandits- 2***

***Aggressive Wildlife-***

***Missing Nin-***

***S-Rank Individuals-***

***Bijuu-***

***Other-***

## Mission Summary

This mission was simple, short and to the point. Kaiiaki Kuristuaru and Sairento Aburame successfully completed their mission. Within the mission they went up against Kobashigawa Basho and Imai Tango. Kobashi was the villainous man that wielded an Arm-Mounted Drill. Imai Tango was the villain that attacked with a bow and arrow. The mission resulted in no injuries to Kaiiaki or Sairento. Kobashi was killed as a result of the poisonous gas of the Hoshigakure canyon. Imai resulted as a casualty from Kaiiaki's crystal release. After the villains had been taken care of, the two Chunin continued to their destination. They arrived at the Tea House just in time. They found a note inside of said package and it continued the list of names from the Kurisutaru's fallen bloodline. The current members were the names not crossed out. The note brought out a message with it that told the Kurisutaru bloodline: "We have found you."

## Mission Log

Kaiiaki: -"No ifs, ands, or buts about it. You are watching the baby while I go on a mission Masaru. You fucking owe it to me for leaving me in the dirt you asshole." Kaiiaki growled at her mate. The previous day, Kaiiaki and Masaru had been on a training exercise together. Masaru ended up walking off like a spoiled brat because he got tired. Kaiiaki tried to come after him, but had to use the nine tail's chakra in order to make it back across the crystal bridge. She had no other memory other than waking up on the edge of the poisonous cliff alone. As if Yukio sensed her irritation, he was bawling his head off as soon as he had been handed to Masaru. "You bond with your son. Since you obviously cannot do the same for me." The day had already been a difficult one for Kaiiaki. Of course Masaru didn't want to babysit their son. He had more "important things to do". But she wasn't having it this time. This was her first opportunity for her to go on a mission. It had been entirely too long since she had been able to take a mission. So there was no way she was going to miss out. Kaiiaki had already put on her usual ninja outfit about half an hour ago. Her outfit consisted of a black turtleneck halfie, leggings, shorts, and black boots. She had adorned herself with the usual accessories. The Chunin crown,headband, and pouches had all been adjusted on. The pouches contained a medical kit, her usual weapon inventory, and a handful of sterile needles. It was best to be prepared in these times. One never knew what sort of people they would bump into. With a grunt, Kaiiaki popped a dango into her mouth, and left the Kurisutaru home. She wasn't going to argue with Masaru anymore. He would watch the baby and he would like it. Because of their confrontation, if felt like steam was rising off of her. It was as if water was boiling up and rising off of her body evaporating into the air. ~If he was not family now, I would kill him.~ She thought to herself. But at least she would be able to blow off some steam on this mission. She hoped, at least. Kaiiaki walked through the villagers milling through the Main Street of the village. She pushed a few aside, including toppling an old woman. In which Kaiiaki laughed cruely at the disgruntled old hag. "You should be ashamed!" The old woman cried at the young teenager. Kaiiaki shrugged. "I do not have any conscience, nor any mercy for little hags." Kaiiaki gave out a crocodile type grin to the woman. A few seconds later, the woman began to cry as a few men stopped by and attempted to help her to her feet. "My work here is done." Kaiiaki smiled and took off in a sprint off towards the Hoshikage building. Apparently the Kage was still under interrogation. So until a new Hoshikage was found, the Village Elders were in charge, giving out missions. Kaiiaki didn't care who was giving out the missions, just as long as she was getting paid. After Kaiiaki had been running for about 2 minutes, she reached the door of the Kage's office. Without knocking, she barged in without a care. "So what is this mission you have for me?" Kaiiaki spoke while entering the room.-

Sairento: ~Sai~ “Ouch! “ Sounded off a young Chunin who had just fallen from a tree, that resided in the area of the Ramen shop, on the main street of Hoshigakure. The impact gave him a brief headache as he sat up and began to rub his head while random villagers began looking at him strangely, wondering as to why this boy was sleeping in a tree. Well this was a simple really, This Chunin was Sairento Aburame. A young Chunin who’s lazy and can pretty much fall asleep anywhere. So to him, this was another normal morning. He wore his normal attire which consisted of his black jacket, baggy black pants, shinobi sandals, and his glasses which were worn throughout the Aburame Clan. On his hip he held a katana, and a few pouches containing slandered weapons, such as senbon, kunai, shuriken, paper bombs and a gas mask which all Hoshigakure citizens have. Sairento took a few seconds to collect himself before standing suddenly. Once he was on his feet, he dusted himself off and looked to the curious villagers. “ Tck… Damn I hate people. “ Sairento said to himself as he was irritated by the many eyes that were locked on him. In order to get away from the many villagers, the boy jumped back into the tree he fallen from and jumped again but this time landing on the rooftop of the Ramen Shop. With both his feet steady and firmly planted on the roof of the noodle restaurant, Sai yawned and stretched as he thought to himself. “ Well that hurt… huh? What the hell? “ Sairento said subconsciously as he noticed the demon of Hoshigakure storming around the streets and running old women over. Watching Kaiiaki knock the old lady to the ground, Sai exploded into a loud laugh. After sitting still and watching Kaiiaki talk smack about the frail women, he watched the demonic Chunin march further down the street. Judging by her direction, Sai figured she was heading for the Hoshikage’s office. So after witnessing the trampling of the elderly, the young Aburame found an interest in following the girl for mere laughs. However, while he ran along the roof tops nothing funny happened so he began to get bored. Once she made it to the Hoshikage’s building, Sai was hidden behind a sign that was on top of the shuriken workshop. He watched as she entered and decided to follow behind her. Inside, a snicker slipped from Sai’s lips as Kaiiaki headed right into Kage’s office without even knocking. Although Sai was behind Kaiiaki, he wasn’t in the room with her. Instead he just stood outside the Kage’s office. At the sound of Kaiiaki mentioning a mission, Sai knocked on the open doors and stepped into the office with a small smirk. “ Sup, got anything interesting? “ The Aburame spoke as he glanced over at Kai and chuckled briefly before looking back to the village elders. ~Sai~

Kaiiaki: -"The fuck do you think this is? An open invitation?" Kaiiaki spun around, glaring at her Chunin teammate. Her cold eyes locked onto his figure, not giving an inch. She was going to stare him down until he came up with a good answer. However, a few seconds had passed and the male village elder cleared his throat. "Attention up here please? Kaiiaki? Sairento?" The man didn't continue, he simply waited for Kaiiaki to turn her glance back up at the man. She did so, but only grudgingly and very slowly until her murderous eyes locked on him instead. "Just say what you have to." She spoke irritably. One thing she hated was being told what to do. And even if it was a village elder, that was no exception. The man shrugged it off and began his speech. "Kaiiaki Kurisutaru, Sairento Aburame. You two have been selected to go on a C rank mission. You are being sent on a mission to retrieve a few ingredients from a tea house across the border of Hoshigakure. In order to retrieve these ingredients, the chef that has given you the mission has offered to make a certain trade for these rare ingredients. The client has requested that you, Kaiiaki Kurisutaru will be given this pouch. His instructions were very specfic. Do not under any circumstance open this pouch until you reach the halfway point." The male elder, Endo, then held out a dark pouch for Kaiiaki to take. With a sneer, Kaiiaki crossed the distance towards the desk and grabbed the pouch out of his hands. "This sounds shifty as shit. But whatever." Endo then turned towards Sairento, handing him a small package. "The client has requested you carry this package. Do not under any circumstance, open that until you reach the tea house." Endo waited for Sairento to pick up the package, and then continued. "You have until 9pm to complete this mission or it is a faliure. It is 3pm at this moment. Now go." The man swatted the two Chunin off to go off to their mission. "First of all, no one swats me the fuck away. I do as I please. It seems you do not know me like you should." With that, Kaiiaki formed her chakra within her right palm, forming the crystal thorns jutsu. Her chakra combined with the molecules in the air, instantly forming amethyst crystal. In just a second, a crystal thorn stabbed straight from Kaiiaki's right palm, right through the glass window. Glass clattered to the ground as it shattered upon contact. The crystal thorn had missed Endo's face by a mere 3 inches. And he of course looked like he was about to wet his pants. "Good. Now you know who I am." Kaiiaki's smile curved around up to her jaw. With a pounce, she landed upon the crystal branch, chakra emanting on the soles of her feet. "Consider the mission done already." She said finally, then pounced out of the office unto the ground below.-

Sairento:~Sai~ Feeling the hatred and anger within Kai once she glared at him, Sai laughed at her amused by her comment. “ As you say my dear teammate, I do as I please. “ He said as his smile vanished and the look he once gave her at the Chunin exams replaced that rare happy smile. His expression, almost as if their hatred and anger were bumping heads, read that Sairento was trying Kaiiaki without any words being said. Among hearing the elder call out their names, Sai’s eyes remained locked on Kai as if he was waiting for her to unleash an attack on him at any minute. His focus never lifted from Kaiiaki until she finally turned from him and shifted her attention back to the elders, thus causing Sairento to do the same. Endo began speaking to them, debriefing the mission and giving them instructions on the client’s wishes and list of ingredients. This bored Sai as he was more of the go with the flow type of guy, so he tuned out while Endo spoke. His mind completely drifting off into its own world until his name had been called. After his mind returned and he focused back in to his current surroundings, he noticed that Endo held out a package towards him signaling for Sai to take it. The Aburame approached the desk and doing so he passed Kai without even glancing at her and grabbed the package before heading back to his last location near the door. Endo instructed that Sai not open the package until they reached the tea house. “ Yeah, whatever. “ Sairento said as he shrugged his shoulders. After Endo was finished with the instructions, Sai noticed that he pissed off Kaiiaki by swatting them away. Sairento paid no mind to the movement because he knew if he wanted to he could erase the elder from this world. However, Kai showed her emotions and almost killed Endo but missed his head on purpose and breaking the glass behind him. This made Sai laugh hard as hell. He was in tears as he laughed at the horrific expression Endo displayed as if he saw his life flash before his eyes. Sai didn’t stop laughing until Kai leaped from the window. Heading for the same window, Sai wiped the tears from his face as he stood beside Endo. “ You big idiot. You should see your face. “ The Aburame spoke as he chuckled once more and jumped from the window. Landing firmly on the ground below, Sai began to walk past Kai as he headed for the village gates. “ Hey, you should control that. “ The Chunin said with a small chuckle as he continued to walk onward towards the gates. ~Sai~

Kaiiaki: -Kaiiaki didn't give any thought to Endo as she jogged away from the Kage's building. Her mind was clearly on the mission she was to complete now. She was thinking about the strange requests of the client. Until the moment that Sairento jumped down and ran in front of her. She slowed to a walk, hearing him call out his taunt. "Shut the fuck up while you have the chance. If you want to keep your little bug friends." Kaiiaki shook her head back and forth. He wasn't worth her breath or anything else for that matter. "You better have brought your gas mask. Because we're going over. And you better have listened to the mission details. I am not going to waste my time repeating them." She sneered while she spoke, thinking more of dirt than she would of him. Kaiiaki reached into her pouch, and grabbed out a gasmask that was required of all Hoshi ninja to have on their person. She strapped on the mask, fitting it unto her face tightly. She made double sure that it was closely fit, with no holes to escape it. With a single gesture, she pulled her hair back and outward out of the straps so that it lay loosely upon her back. She continued to walk, not bothering to start any conversation with her teammate. He meant nothing to her. But she was supposed to help keep him alive and return with a completed mission. That was the only thing keeping her from killing him herself. In a manner of minutes, the two had arrived at the village gates. She briefly said the two had been sent on a mission, and handed them her papers. Once they had checked it off, she and Sairento continued past the village gate. Once they were past the poisonous canyon they would have to keep on their guard. All sorts of bandits and enemy ninja gathered in that part of the village. They waited on pins and needles for weak teams and merchants. They sunk back into the shadows when they crossed a foe they didn't want to face. And Kaiiaki was going to be sure to look as if she was the biggest threat they could ever face. On and on they continued to walk through the canyon. The two passed carcasses of humans and animals unlike. All of them unlucky enough to breathe in the contents of the poisonous gas. Kaiiaki was tempted to practice autopsies on the corpses. But she reminded herself that she was on a mission and it would have to wait until later. At long last, they had finally reached the halfway point. They were about 1.5 miles away from the tea house now. At this point, Kaiiaki stopped walking and stood still. She reached into her black pouch, retrieving the pouch the client had given to them. Without a sound, she gestured to Sairento to stop. Then she refocused her attention back unto the pouch. It didn't look like anything significant. It was just a regular leather pouch. But...there was something dripping from it. Kaiiaki silently cursed, thinking that whatever it was had just ruined her weapon bag. "Shit, it is all over my hands." Kaiiaki took her left hand away and at once realized the liquid was blood. With widened eyes from surprise, Kaiiaki quickly opened up the pouch. The contents spilled out into her right hand. A human heart was inside with a note attached to it that said, "You're next."-

Sairento:~Sai~ The atmosphere could clearly be labeled as awkward and deadly. Each Chunin out for the others throat but neither making any quick moves due to the fact they were on a mission. Hearing Kaiiaki rudely tell him to be quiet and rant on about how he’d better have this and that. Sai sighed deeply as he reached back into his pouched and grabbed his gas mask which was normal for people in this village. “ I’ve got it damn, get off my back. You sound more like Endo, trying to boss me around. “ He said aloud as he began to put his gas mask on. Adjusting correctly over his face, the mask fit perfectly around his nose and mouth sealing of all entrances around those areas. With a shrug of the shoulders and a sudden glance up at the sky, Sai parted his lips to speak aloud once more. “ pfft… whatever “ He said as she threatened his bugs but the only thought in his mind was how shady this mission seemed. Sai could go all day taunting and fighting with Kai if he chose to but this mission was more important than wasting time teasing a demon. He walked behind Kai for the remainder of the mission. Trailing behind a good seven feet, he did so to keep his distance from Kaiiaki but he chose this distance so that if the something came up he could reach her easily. Following behind the crystal user, they walked along the bottom of the canyon. Noticing the corpse of many species, ranging from human to animals alike, Sai picked up a took out a Kunai and began stabbing the corpse of a dead wolf. This occurred briefly as he left the kunai inside the corpse and continued to trail behind Kai. “ Well, this place seems eco friendly. “ The Aburame said sarcastically as he kicked along pebbles or the skulls of any corpse he may pass. They were traveling for some time and as they finally reached the half way mark Kai signaled for Sairento to halt in his movements. Noticing the signal, he stopped suddenly and looked around. They were no longer in the comfort and safety of their village. They were out in a place where anything goes and where one screw up could cost your life. Knowing this, the Aburame scanned the area around them as Kai began shuffling for the pouch she was given. From his angle, Sai could see liquid dripping from the pouch once she pulled it out. Curious as to what it is, Sairento tilted his head. “ What the hell? “ He said as he approached Kai and saw that it was a human heart sitting in her hand. Noticing that there was a note reading your next, Sai immediately knew that someone was out here waiting for them to lower their guard. Although this mission just got a bit weird, Sai was interested and decided to joke about it. “ Damn Kai, what poor man’s heart did you rip out his chest? “ He said with a small chuckle and looked at his teammate briefly before looking around cautiously. ~Sai~

NPC(Kobashigawa Basho):[~] Kobashi giggled as he watched the two stubble along the path. These were him and Tango’s new victims. Kobashi was a sickly little man, standing at 5 flat, with a sluggish appearance. He had a large nose and narrow yellow eyes. His head was bald, but coated with sun spots. The man wore an orange poncho over bare skin, matching it with small black shorts that were skin tight and went down to his below his butt. Kobashi huffed and puffed as he saw the two. A young boy and girl are perfect prey for him and his arrow obsessed buddy. He pointed out his arms, showing off his arm-mounted drills. In a sickly whisper, he’d ask Tango, “Whenever you wish master, I will drill under the earth to go get them…”. His voice was spooky enough to send shivers down the spine of the bravest of men. He would tap his toes on the ground as he awaited orders. [~]

NPC(Imai Tango): “Be patient, we’ll collect their heads in due time. But for now, we stalk, until we find the perfect moment to strike.” ~He said, slipping his black hood back over his head. His all black attire would do well to keep him hidden, as if he was only a shadow lurking against the natural backdrop. He was ways up the road from them, his boy wrapped around his body, and his eyes on the lookout for them. He didn’t know where they were per say, but he knew they were going to be in the canyon. He would have taken the higher ground in order to spot them, but after he would spot them it would take a miracle in order for Tango to get down from the scouting height, so he stuck to a more traditional approach to manhunting…straight forward. He was a little more than five hundred feet up the canyon from where their intended targets were, and it was only a matter of time before they would bump into each other naturally.~

Kaiiaki: -There was no fear in Kaiiaki's mind as she looked at the human heart within her hand. Apparently somebody was playing games with the two Chunin. And they thought what they were doing was pretty hilarious. But she wasn't going to play along with this little game. Disgruntled, Kaiiaki shoved the heart with the note back into the bloodied pouch. She wanted to toss it off into the poisonous abyss. But she might need this later for DNA identification. So she stuffed the bloody thing back into her own pouch. "Fucking cowards. Why send us a little note? Why not just come for us in person?" She took a moment to think about their reasons. "Perhaps this was meant to throw us off in an attempt to scare us. Unless..." The thought of the heart brought back painful memories. The thought of her clan slaughtered and taken to be experimented on made her internally shudder. "Unless this client knows us. Knows our history." She briefly looked at Sairento, her eyes sharp with intent. "Listen, we are going to climb these cliffs as quietly as possible. Whoever sent this, or at least someone involved with this is definitely watching us. The directions were too specific. They would have to be watching us to make sure we played by their rules. They might have attacked us or set off a trap laid in advance if we had opened this pouch before we got halfway. They still have to be watching and making sure we do not open your package." Kaiiaki began walking towards the cliff now, acting as if nothing was wrong. It was all an act. She was trying to show that she wasn't intelligent enough to figure out all that she had. "As soon as we clear the poisonous gas, I need you to send your bugs to scout ahead in all directions within a 50 foot radius of the tea house. We will take watch in the closest high tree. Once your bugs get back, hopefully they would have found the accomplices. If they do, we will have found an advantage by being able to ambush them. If we are quiet enough, they would not be able to sense our presence or detect a crystal clone from a real person. So keep on guard. And for once, listen to me on this. I know what I am doing." -

Sairento:~Sai~ The Aburame never halted the movement of his eyes. During the time they were stationary, Sai would continue to watch their surroundings. Not even giving Kai a glance as they stood motionless. However, once she began speaking but not directly to the young Aburame, instead she began ranting quietly and indirectly to whoever was around. Sai turned to study the expression Kai had, it almost looked as it normally does. Emotionless and blank, just as his normally would be but he could tell something was off about the expression this time. He couldn’t pin point what exactly so Sai decided to leave it be. After she finished cursing indirectly at their pursuers, who they did not know the positions of, Sai turned back to watch their backs. Kai then began to give him orders and understanding the intensity of the situation he had no smart comment to give. Instead, Sairento simply nodded and began to slowly back up towards the canyon wall. “ Right, let’s go. “ He said softly as he was careful as to how he stepped so that his footstep were light. He made sure to not kick any rocks or make any sudden sounds. Sairento followed behind Kai quietly as he then turned to find himself looking at the back of the crystal user. “ Well this mission got a lot more interesting. “ The Aburame said softly as he began to listen out for anything that could hint at movement. He listened for anything from a whistling noise that some projectile weapons give off as they are flying through the air to a pebble being kicked. The atmosphere was heavy and almost felt like death was peeking around every corner or rising from the loneliness of the shadows. However, the two Chunin walked along with their heads held high, as if they didn’t mind the feeling at all. With that being said, Sairento followed behind Kaiiaki as they approached the canyon wall.~Sai~

NPC(Kobashigawa Basho):[~] It was obvious that they had to wait. Kobashi giggled slowly to Tango. “Okay, I shall head under once they get close..” he said with a hiss. These two mediocre bandits were going for their first robbery attempt. They wanted to kill the two kids and rob them pants less. It was a big job for the two clowns, but they had it set up well. It wouldn’t be much longer till the two of them got to the top of the cliff, where Kobashi and Tango awaited them. Once they were only two hundred feet away. Kobashi would bend down and use his drills to dig himself a hole to travel through. He would start to dig quietly under the earth and awaited the signal from Tango to jump up and ambush the pair of ninja. As he awaited underground, he panted and heaved dryly, like a dog left in the heat. [~]

NPC:(Imai Tango): ~Tango smiled as Kobashi became to tunnel under the ground, which would give them an element of surprise. Tango was going to serve as more or the less the distraction, and then Kobashi can get them from below. It was a solid plan…to them at least. They were two hundred feet away at this point, and probably within their field of view if they were looking straight ahead. This was slightly out of Tango’s accurate shooting range, he would have to close the gap to at least eighty feet in order for him to shoot an arrow he knew without a doubt would be on target. From this range, the arrow might fall too short, or will simply not be on target. Be he had plan to serve as a distraction as well as close the gap so he could shoot at them. He noticed they began to head sideways, towards the canyon walls. Which was going to be a long run for them to say the least, as well as a long run for him in order to just rush them. By the time he would get to them, he would be out of breath and unable to do much. So he kept to his walking course, just waiting for the right distance in order to pounce of them. ~

Kaiiaki:-"Quietly and cautiously." Kaiiaki whispered to Sairento, reminding him that their next few moves would be vital. She turned her gaze from Sairento, hoping he got the message. With a gentle flow of chakra, she poured a small amount into the soles of her feet. The chakra was distributing evenly, not too much and not too little. Gently, Kaiiaki raised one foot to the canyon wall, and then another. Then, she began to walk up the wall of the canyon. She was cautious about her steps, as she now faced the always gray sky of Hoshigakure. She didn't want to go so fast as to alert the watchers to their arrival. Step after step she took, moving slowly. When she was about 15 feet up, she glanced back to check if Sairento was behind her. She then motioned for Sairento to go ahead of her. She wanted him to send his bugs out at the first chance he could. Kaiiaki waited impatiently for him to move, and finally she followed behind him when he did so. Adrenaline was pumping through her veins, her heart was beginning to pound rapidly. However this wasn't because of nervousness, she was excited. It had been much too long since she had tested herself against enemies of the unknown. The bandits didn't know yet, but they had it all wrong. She was the hunter, and they were the hunted. This made Kaiiaki smile, a creepy grin stretching across her sparkling face. Her grin didn't cease until the two Chunin had reached the last 5 feet of the canyon. Kaiiaki at once stopped at her position, motioning for Sairento to pause as well. She then began to form the handsigns: Ram → Dog → Monkey. Once she had formed those handsigns, she put her right hand atop the left. With this she made an open hands sort of sign. At that moment, Kaiiaki formed the Crystal Release: Jade Crystal Mirror Jutsu directly underneath of herself and Sairento. The mirror would stretch about 5 feet in length and 3 feet in width. The mirror would be in the shape of a snowflake, and formed near the top, on the cliff's side. It would be directly underneath them, under their feet so to speak. Once the mirror was formed, Kaiiaki set on her next jutsu. She made the handsigns:Horse → Ram. With that, the mirror beneath the two reflected the image of the two of the Chunin. And almost immediately, two identical clones that looked exactly like Sairento and Kaiiaki emerged from the mirror. Although, these were made of crystal and were obviously not the real thing. Kaiiaki sent the two crystal clones up the side of the cliff, hoping the watchers would take the bait. She made the clones act as if they were exhausted from the trip they were taking so far. And if that didn't work to draw the enemy in, she would make the clones talk as if they were going to open Sairento's package. That would in fact draw them out. After Kaiiaki sent the clones, she instructed Sairento to send out a few insects in the direction they had agreed upon. Then Kaiiaki motioned for him to continue on down to the west of the direction the clones were in. She had it marked in their head that they would go down about 30 feet and then take cover within the closest high tree. They would both be able to see any situation going down from that spot and act accordingly.-

Sairento:~Sai~ The young male Chunin followed behind Kaiiaki without a word. They finally reached the canyon wall and immediately Kai began to climb it. Receiving the message Kai gave him, Sai just gave a brief nod. Watching her for a moment as he shook his head before releasing a sigh, Sairento began to copy the process Kai had done. With ease, Sai focused a small amount of chakra into the base of his feet. Making sure the flow of his chakra that was being transferred to his feet was steady, he carefully place his left foot on the wall and pulled the right up to follow. Planting both his feet against the wall, Sai began to follow Kaiiaki. After a while, she signaled for the bug boy to go ahead of her and his first thought was, ‘ wow this chick plans to use me as bait. ‘ This caused him to glance at her in a kind of upset manner as he passed by her to go ahead. While he moved on ahead and they resumed walking, he noticed the wicked grin on Kaiiaki’s face. Witnessing this expression, Sairento smirked and began to think to himself. ‘ Now she’s all pumped and ready to rip someone apart. Can’t say she’s the only one. ‘ The Aburame said subconsciously. They walked a ways more and soon his teammate signaled for him to kill his movement. As he did as she wished, he kept the flow in his chakra steady so that he wouldn’t just slip off the side of this canyon to his death. Standing there without a single movement, Sai watched Kai as she began to weave hand signs and perform a jutsu. With a small smirk, Sai looked to his feet and saw that it was mirror like object underneath them. He was confused at first but then he got the reason behind her actions as she then gave him instructions. After she finished bossing him around, Sai lifted up both his right and left arms as he stretched out the palms of both hands and extending his fingers on each hand. Following this movement, Sai released thirty bugs from his body and sent them on their way. The bugs managed to clear the canyon and soar high into the air, high enough to where they couldn’t be sensed or seen. Doing so, the bugs flew past the clones and went to their set destination, which was the tea house in this situation. It took the bugs roughly five minutes to reach the tea house, and during the time they spent flying to their destination, Sai and Kaiiaki began to walk along the canyon wall heading thirty feet west of her clones. Once the bugs reached the tea house, they split up into groups of three that were composed of ten beetles each. Once they split up, group one searched fifty feet north of the tea house, group two searched fifty feet east of the tea house, and group three searched fifty feet west of the tea house. Seeing how the direction they came from, they left the clones to do their jobs as bait to anyone who may be south of the tea house. Sai, being connected with his insects, he had eyes everywhere and would inform Kai on anything as they walked. ~Sai~

NPC(Imai Tango):~Tango finally arrived at a distance of one hundred feet away, and he now officially had a good view of them. They were climbing up the canyon wall, two sets of two people. It threw him off because at his current distance, they appeared to both look the same. He began to fully sprint towards them in order to close some of the distance as fast as possible. It didn’t matter if he was to get caught at this point, as a full engagement was likely regardless of stealth, though any element of surprise they had was surely gone at this point. But he didn’t want to miss the chance to hit them before they got to the top, and send them tumbling down to their deaths. ~ “Kobashi! Follow the two going sideways, I’ll take care of the ones going up!~ “He shouted to Kobashi, who was underground so he hoped his orders went through to him. He stopped his full sprint at around seventy feet away, notching an arrow in his bow while panting due to be winded. He controlled his breathing, slowing his heart rate in order to get the most perfect shot he could. He aimed for the boy would was walking up. He didn’t bother aiming for the head, as a simple body shot would be enough to most likely throw them off balance and cause them to fall. So instead, he aimed for the body, aiming slightly above the head as gravity was to bring the arrow down and right on target. He released the arrow with confidence, knowing it would hit without any doubt. The arrow flew through the air and would attempt to find its target in a matter of seconds, hitting the boy(clone) square in the side of the ribs, possibly piercing the lung. He didn’t know it was a clone, and the arrow might just bounce off due to its crystal nature. He notched another arrow from his quiver of twenty, preparing to shoot the girl who was besides the boy, but he wanted to see if the first arrow had any effect.~

NPC(Kobashigawa Basho):[~] Kobashi began to get a bit dizzy under the earth, but he heard the orders of his tall friend and quickly started drilling more to find out the location. Once he did he sprang out of the ground right behind them, sticking in his left drill into the ground to hold him in. He was barely able to hang on, but with his right drill activated, he waved his arms rapidly at the two ninja, mainly towards there lower body area, due to how short Kobashi was. He had his eyes closed and was screaming loudly, a fierce war cry to send fear though their beating hearts. His screams were paced strangely though, as he still tried to catch his breath from being underground. Hopefully his stubby arms could successfully reach them and rip some skin with his lighting quick drill action. [~]

Kaiiaki: -Kaiiaki pounced back as she suddenly felt the earth behind her move. She jumped backwards away from the disturbance about 10 feet. "The fuck?" The words left her mouth as an instant reaction to the foe. A man had popped out of the ground, acting like he had turrets syndrome. "You poor disgusting creature... I will put you out of your misery of your waste of a life..." Kaiiaki snarled at the man. He obviously didn't understand the geography of the Land of Bears. He was wearing no gas mask. And within minutes he would die from the poisonous gas reaching itself into his lungs. But just in case he had any last minute moves in his mind, Kaiiaki gave the order to Sairento. "Use your bugs to clog up the gears in his drill so that it will be useless!" Kaiiaki shouted over to him. Without his drill, this common bandit would be defenseless. He would have nothing to fight back with. And she guessed by the time Sairento's bugs clogged up the drill, the bandit would only have seconds left of life left. And no one was here to give him an antidote. Well, no one that was willing of course. Just to be sure, Kaiiaki mixed her chakra with the molecules in the air. With that, she began to form a crystal branch right behind his body in the ground. The crystal branch spread the length of the man's shoulders and skull. The width of the crystal spread in about 6 inches, enough to pierce through flesh and kill. If the man would turn even a little, or Sairento kicked him from above, the man would be impaled. He was of no use to them. He was going to die from the poison anyway. And it was obvious he had no intelligence. So he probably wasn't behind the note and letter. But perhaps the other man she had heard in the distance had been behind it. Her crystal clones had probably been keeping him busy and confused in order to distract him and draw him out in the open. He of course had taken the bait. Kaiiaki smirked. "Give him a little 'kick' to get him started." Kaiiaki suggested to Sairento over the man sticking out of the ground. With that, Kaiiaki pounced off the side of the cliff. She landed upon the cliff, about 20 feet behind her clones. "So which one is the real one?" Kaiiaki sneered to the villain with the bow and arrow. He was probably irritated at this point and ready to just rush her. But that was just her estimating. She was going to continue to irritate him. Torture was her speciality. But she also wanted some information from him. So she was going to have to be a little more creative than just killing him first off. Kaiiaki began to mix her chakra with the molecules in the ground. She would mix her chakra at the point in the ground at about 10 feet in front of the male. She formed the Crystal Pentagonal Prison jutsu underneath of the ground at that point. The crystal underneath would be at the length of the male's height and about 5 feet in width. If the male would come towards her or the clones, the crystal would shoot up from underground instantly, and trap him within the jutsu. "Oh, so was it you that sent me that nice little love-letter?" She sneered, taunting and mocking him. "I am so scared, I am shaking in my boots!" Kaiiaki took a few steps backward, until she had backed up about 10 feet. A cruel laughter then left her chest, echoing in a strange tone with her gas mask on.-

Sairento: ~Sai~ While walking along the side of the cliff, Sai was keeping an eye out with his bugs. They finished scouting the area around the tea house and there was no one around. Meanwhile, the ground beneath Sairento’s feet began shaking uncontrollably. “ What the hell? “ He said as he noticed his teammate jumped back some feet. Neither knowing what the hell was happening originally, so Sai did as Kai did and jumped back a few feet. However, instead of jumping ten feet back, Sai only jumped five feet back. Witnessing a small man pop out the ground like a fucking he was mole rat or something , Sai burst into laughter as the old fart began swinging randomly as if he was woken from a nap and didn’t know where he was. “ WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO BE!! “ Sairento pointed at the old guy laughing. This laughter soon ended as Kaiiaki had given the bug boy some simple orders. Giving a brief nod, Sai lifted snapped his fingers on his right hand. Thus causing a swarm of beetles to pour from his body, the numbers rounding up to three-hundred, and the beetles flew around Sai for a moment. “ See ya old guy. Thanks for the laughs, I needed that. “ The young Aburame said as he pointed his right index finger at the old man before his insects began to swarm the man. While flying around the old fart, multiple beetles attached themselves to the old guy just to creep him out. Distracting him from the main purpose which was to clog the man’s drill. This was a simple task, soon the insects began to find their way into the drill’s insides. The beetles immediately began to block the gears inside the drill so that the man couldn’t use the weapon anymore. Without this he was no threat. Watching Kai leave off to the top of the cliff, Sai smiled wickedly before majority of the bugs that he didn’t use to clog the drill returned to his body. Starring the dying man down, Sairento pulled his katana from its resting place on his hip. Slowly walking towards the man, that is going to just fall into the abyss below in a minute or so, and parted his lips to speak. “ I could have a little fun though while you’re still living. “ Sairento said in a menacing manner intended to put fear into this man’s heart. However, Sai just ended up laughing at him again as he sheathed his sword and began heading for the top of the cliff. Once he reached the top and regrouped with Kai, who was laughing her ass off as well, Sai turned and looked back down into the canyon. “ KIDDING, NO REASON TO WASTE TIME. I’M LAZY AND YOUR GOING TO DIE ANYWAY. “ Sai said as he then turned and looked at Kaiiaki. “ I see your having fun. I’ll be over here. “ He said as he walked over to the closest tree and climbed it before sitting on one of the branches. While sitting there, the group of insects he sent out originally to scout made their way back to Sai. Reporting that there wasn’t any one around besides the two they have already encountered. Also, for the beetles that are residing inside the old fart’s drill will remain there until he dies. “ Hey Kai, these two rats are the only ones around. Hurry up and kill this guy so we can keep going. “ The Chunin said as he sat back and watched the show. ~Sai~

NPC(Imai Tango):~Tango stayed in the same spot, as he didn’t have to move. He was within his recommended shooting range, and had multiple targets in his field of view he could hit. He was holding the current advantage of being at a pretty good range from his opponents. He didn’t focus on Kobashi, as he knew he wasn’t going to make it long anyway. He just focused on lining up a good shot as a third target entered his range. His first arrow bounced off the boy he had aimed for with little to no effect. ~ “That’s weird…” ~He said out loud, before releasing the second arrow he had notched for girl, or at least the original girl before a clone of the same girl came into range. He released it, aiming for the clones chest as well. It took a few seconds, but the arrow bounced right off as well. Since the first two arrows simply bounced off their targets, Tango took aim at the new target that was in his range. She was saying things, but he was trying to focus. Controlling his breathing as any archer should and correcting his form. Plus she was a bit far, so her words were a bit fainter. He did have a job to do, and he was focused on it well. Taunts would only do good when they play on ones emotions at the time; such as anger, sadness, pride, etc. But Tango was really feeling any of that, at least not at the moment. Though the one about ‘shaking in her boots’ did make him more determined to hit her. He released the arrow just as he did the others, on target and lined up for her chest, in an effort to pierce a lung or perhaps maybe even ones heart if he was lucky. He notched another arrow, waiting to see if the first one was going to hit its target. He already used three arrows, and was being very stingy with the rest. He could rapidly fire them, but he would use them all, and most likely not hit anything. The arrow of course, would take a few seconds to reach its target, so anyone with a good enough response time could easily dodge it.~

NPC(Kobashigawa Basho): [~] Flailing, he could barely breath. The smoke around him was causing him to choke, and his drill was soon cloged by bugs. It wsa so gross. The damn kids were laughing at him. He wanted to just hack at them, but he couldn't. Slowly but surely, he drifted away and fell off the side of the mountain to his death. While he was falling, memories of meeting Yuuyo, having his four beautiful, and one ugly kids, getting married, killing his wife on accident, drinking sake, stealing clothes, and assulting school children flashed in his head. Now he can be reunited with his beautiful woman. [~]

Kaiiaki: -Kaiiaki frowned at the sight that she wasn't going to get anywhere with this one. Perhaps he couldn't hear her. Or perhaps he didn't even care. Whatever the case, she was through playing around. If he didn't want to play her game then so be it. She wouldn't play around. She'd just go in straight for the kill. She noticed that the man wasn't backing down any. Perhaps she had no idea who she was. Either way, he was loading an arrow into his bow, and he was aiming straight for her. Kaiiaki simply instructed the clone of herself to block the first arrow. And she watched as it bounced off, thanks to the nature of the clones being crystal. Kaiiaki instructed the crystal clone of Sairento to move in front of her to block the rest of the arrows being launched at her. They as well bounced off and hit the ground. Kaiiaki brought a hand to her mouth, acting as if she was yawning. "I could do this all day. You are not going to lay a finger on me." She smiled wikedly at him. "But...enough of this. I have a package to deliver." She spoke shortly. She then instructed the clones to run in front of her. With her speed, even if the man was to run away, she would catch up to him easily as would her clones. She sent the clones in front of her, the Kaiiaki clone on the right side and Sairento clone on the left. They were completely blocking her in front in case the man decided to try and get smart to aim some more arrows. If he would, the clones would easily block it and have it deflect off their crystal based bodies. The trio kept running, and while they were running, Kaiiaki was forming her chakra with the molecules in the air behind the man. This was her Crystal Thorns jutsu. She grew a crystal tree behind him silently, and the tree formed instantly. The tree was about 6 feet in length, with 6 branches stretching outwards towards him, growing towards him. The crystal branches themselves would be about 5 inches in length. It would still be enough to easily pierce through and impale his body. The branches would grow at a quick rate and would reach through and impale each limb of his body if he didn't move within the next 3 seconds. Kaiiaki kept moving, distracting him with her coming towards him. She was trying to make him think that she was coming for a full on frontal attack. But the real danger was behind him. Kaiiaki reached into her back pouch and threw a simple kunai when she was 10 feet away, aiming for his forehead. The kunai flew at about the speed of 60 mph. That was about the highest speed she could throw something as of yet. If the man would dodge that somehow, she would simply throw another. Either way, if he moved he would be stabbed through his limbs with her crystal thorns growing from behind him. "WHO SENT THE NOTE!" She screamed as she threw the kunai. Nothing made people tell the truth more than being put on death's doorstop.-

Sairento:~Sai~ The young male Chunin yawned briefly as he rested in a tree that was out of the way of Kaiiaki and her opponent. Sai was laughed at the beginning because he was surprised that the man didn’t shit his pants at the sight of Kai. “ Wow this guys crazy to try and fight this chick. Though, I’d dare go toe to toe with this demon but this guy would never stand a chance. “ The Aburame said as he sat back and began to play with some of his insects. He was starting to get bored as the clones blocked the arrows that were flung at Kaiiaki. This guy would need a lot more than a few arrows to take this girl down. Knowing this Sai sighed deeply and picked up a stick that was near him before throwing off into the canyon. “ Kai, never mind the note. Kill this guy and let’s go. I’m ready to get home so I can sleep some more! “ He yelled over at his teammate who was rushing at her foe.~Sai~

NPC(ImaiTango):~Tango noticed the clones simply steps in front of his previous target, protecting her, so he assumed she was the original. He didn’t have knowledge of clones or anything of the kind, but he knew if he could get a good shot at the originator of the clones he might possibly get rid of the clones themselves. Soon, the clones and the girl were off the side of the cliff and on their way to him. He wanted to turn and run, as he knew in a close quarter fight he would have no chance. But as she got closer and closer, his accuracy got better and better. He wanted to take a chance with one more shot before attempting to retreat. Both clones ran on the side of her, but he was sure if he shot off another arrow at her plainly, they would simply block it. He drew back the arrow that was notched in the bow, controlling his breathing and focusing on the incoming girl as they had a bit of a distance to close, so it gave him some seconds to line up a good shot, right between the head of the clones. He aimed for her head, in an attempt to get a clean head shot and possibly end it. He wanted to release it at the last possible moment, to not give her any space to dodge the arrow. He wanted her to be at near point blank range. As she was closing in faster and arriving he was wanting to release the arrow, he felt a sharp pain in each of his limbs, causing him to release the arrow at her while she was about 15 feet away. The arrow was slightly off center due to the unexpected release, but was still on target enough to pose a threat if not blocked in a bit over a second due to the closeness. If not blocked, it would probably chip the side of the face of the right clone before continuing towards Kai at a slightly slower and less powerful rate, this time most likely grazing her cheek if she did not move, rather than a straight forward head shot. He looked to his arms as the bow fell from his hands, only to see he was impaled with some sort of crystal lance of sorts, at least that was how he would describe it. He wanted to fall to his knees in pain, but the crystals in his legs kept him from doing so, they kept him completely still.~

Kaiiaki: - ~He sure has guts. I will give him that. And a persistant little fucker.~ She growled, seeing that he was loading another arrow into his bow. She had a feeling that he was going to aim at the weak spot in the formation. The spot in between the heads and necks of the clones. That was the only one open spot between the trio. He also had not answered Kaiiaki's question. And if he wasn't going to answer now, he wasn't going to answer at all. She wished she had time to take him in and torture him to get the answer. But she had a feeling that she would find out soon enough who wrote it. She had a feeling he was just another pawn in this game. He was not the main player. With a single thought, Kaiiaki's clone raised her right arm. Sairento's clone raised his left arm. They both blocked out the hole in preparation for the arrow. It came right for Kaiiaki, but it bounced off from the protective arms of the crystal clones. Right after the arrow bounced off, Kaiiaki threw her kunai and it flew, striking the man known as Imai Tango straight in the forehead. His eyes widened at the hit, and then dulled over at the moment of his immediate death. With the way he was injured from the crystal thorns piercing through his body, he would have died soon from all the bloodloss anyways. As soon as Kaiiaki hit her target, she and her clones stopped. Kaiiaki looked up to Sairento among the trees and nodded. "He is gone. We can continue now. Did your bugs find anything?" She asked as she made a single handsign and released the clones. As soon as she heard his response as not finding anything, she moved on towards the teahouse. It wasn't far now. They had only about 70 more feet to travel. Kaiiaki sprinted to the teahouse, with Sairento close on her heels. The two Chunin had barely made it into the building before the time hit the deadline. Kaiiaki took some gulps of air in, as she gestured for Sairento to go ahead and put the package upon one of the few tables in the room. When she had taken a moment to catch her breaths, she stood next to Sairento at the table. She hesitated to open it. Perhaps it was some sort of trap that could kill them? Or could it be just another note? Kaiiaki took the box within her hand and shook it a little. It didn't seem like anything much was in it. Only the soft rustling of...paper? Now she was curious. Kaiiaki set the box back down and carefully lifted the lid off of the package. There was in fact a note in side. Or moreso, it was a list. Kaiiaki quickly picked the paper up and stared at it along with Sairento with widened eyes. The note was actually a list of names that had been crossed out. ~~Kanako Kurisutaru. Suko Kuriustaru. Takagi Kurisutaru. Takashima Kurisutaru. Kuroda Kurisutaru. Iwai Kurisutaru.~~ The names went on and on down the scroll. Kaiiaki looked over them, until she came upon the names that followed. ~~Aito Kurisutaru. Naoko Kurisutaru.~~ Dahlia Kurisutaru. Kaiiaki Kurisutaru. Takao Kurisutaru. Tsukiichi Kurisutaru. Yukio Namikaze. The last five names on the page were not crossed out. At the end of the list, a message was written plain and clear across the bottom. "We have found you."-