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Xin quietly followed the three women waiting to meet this sannin. He wasn't sure what was going on but he would soon find out. So far from the first impression he began thinking that this man was a complete goober. Drunk, asleep, and disguised as a small child. How mature, he thought to himself. Perhaps he would be different if he were awake.

Yokou didn't stop there. Pillows went flying with deadly accuracy on the same said Sannin, all bopping Zephyr on the head before bouncing off. Somehow, even through all the chaos, Yokou still managed an indignant: "Drop it! Drop that Henge - now!"

Pillows one to five struck Zephyr, he dodged six and seven by ducking left and right. Eight hit him straight on the face. Finally, with a poof, Zephyr resumed his original form. Though the odd fact was that, though Yokou claims Zephyr was her teacher and had been dropping hints that he was pretty old...the Sannin in question looked suspiciously younger than his student. Though Yokou appears around her mid twenties even though she is already thirty, Zephyr only seemed to be in his late teens, oldest possibly eighteen or nineteen.

"Ouch..." Zephyr clutched his head, which had hit the wall in addition to being the target of violently thrown pillows. "Hai, hai. Yokou-hime, you don't have to be soooo meeeean!" He whined, before pouting slightly. "Mn? Guests?" One would've sworn the room dropped a few degrees and somehow, in the next moment, Yokou was cracking her knuckles, one foot stepping on Zephyr's head. Her long midnight-blue hair, usually swept into a high ponytail but because of today morning was left free-flowing...actually seemed to be suspended momentarily in the air.

"Yes, sensei. Guests." The others wouldn't get a good view but Zephyr would've at least sworn he saw Yokou's eyes flare with fury. "So, tell me. Which shinobi on this planet sleeps fourteen hours besides you?"

LV. 5
Experience:
Hp: 50
Cp: 15
MHp: 50
Strength:21/5
Dexterity:21/5
Constitution:10
Intelligence:10
Wisdom:10
Charisma:10
Chakra:10
Dodge Bonus:10+5+0=15

Base Attack Bonus:5
Attack Melee:10
Attack Ranged:10

Base Save Bonus:2
Fort:2
Rex:7
Will:2

Damage:
tai- 6-11

~Skills~ 0x5=0
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LV. 10
Experience:
Hp: 80
Cp:30
MHp: 100
Strength: 34/12
Dexterity: 32/11
Constitution: 10
Intelligence: 32/11
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 10
Chakra: 10
Dodge Bonus: 10+11+=21

Base Attack Bonus:10
Attack Melee:28
Attack Ranged:21

Base Save Bonus:5
Fort:5
Rex:16
Will:5

Damage:
tai 13-30

~Skills~ 11x10=110
taijutsu (str) 50+12=62
intimidate 30
tumble 30


Giglamesh would continue down the alley, and then he would turn downa street, he was going directly where the man had led him and as exactly as he had directed him giglamesh had found a bulding with a large wood barricade. Giglamesh would look around on the wood barricade and he would smile slightly, he was still angry and disgruntle he would listen for a moment and hear the foot steps and chatter inside. Giglamesh with his hand in his pocket would walk up to the wood barricade, he would lightly kick the door the few times with his foot to test it and he would grin. "Knock.......KNOCK!!!" The first time he said it he would pull back his left foot slightly, and on the second knock he would trust his foot very hard forewards smashing in to the large wodden barricade smashing it as if the large wooden barricade has exploded. Giglamesh would then begin to walk inside hand still in pockets with the same distruntal glare he would lsiten in the distance as he heard foot steps running away. "oro?....they could least stand and fight.....aww dam...."

Giglamesh would just continue to walk in to the building he would look around for some stairs. after spotting some he would continue threw the incredibly run down building, there was all kind of graphati he knew he was in the right place. He would look up at the numbers on the wall once he was down in the basement and he would say the numbers out loud as he saw them. "six o four.....six o five....six o siv here we are!" Giglamesh would see the room was lit up from the inside and he would walk in threw the doors it was a huge run down room several of the suppsots were smashed and fallen expoing the rebar, in the back of the room were massive red drapes, at the bottem of them was athrone of sorts with a man sitting in it looking on grinning. "Well it seems you idiots let somebody follow you back....so what you you goi!"

Giglamesh was looking around counting them out loud. "five....eight....twelve...fifteen...eighteen.............THATS IT!....SON OF A b***h....All of you better come at me at once if you want a chance..." Giglamesh interrupted the leaders talking and wassent even paying attention to him, and that pissed him off. All the men would crowd around him some mad for deying there boss.

"Hey you son of a b***h!!! Listen to me when im talking to you.....grrr..........KICK HIS a**!!!!" The bo staid sitting in the chai, he wore a hooded cloak so he really coudltn be seen well. on both his right and left side two men stood around him. The one on the right was small and also wore a cloak, the one on the left seemed huge and also wore a cloak. Several of the younger kids would move in and around the ninja as he was walking deeper and deepr in to the large room torwards the boss. The would all ready themselves balling there fists, smileing, cracking there knuckles ....they would wait for the man to move. But giglamesh stood there hands still in pockets. The would laguh thinking he was scared before all ten of the younger teens would rush in trying to attack the man.

[young teen 10+17=miss
giglamesh50+19=hit
young teen 10+8=miss
giglamesh45+5=hit
young teen 10+4=miss
giglamesh40+2=hit
young teen 10+2=miss
giglamesh35+4=hit
young teen 10+20=hit crit
giglamesh30+7=hit]

The younger teens would step back away from giglamesh some putting a little bit of distance between them and him. After his first effortless show of force they were quite intimidated. The person shrouded in the cloak, the smaller one that stood would yell with a feminine voice. "If you dont move in and fight him then ill kill you myself!!!" The younger teens would look to each other And move back in some. Giglamesh would just give a sigh they didnt learn from the first rush...and the second would be to late for them. The other younger teens would squirm some, some were still conscious and squirming and some were just on a ground in craters from where they were hit in to the ground or another location.

Giglamesh still had the glareing eye this wassent impressive in the slightest, so then he would have to make it more entertaning, he would then remove his shinobi radio and turn it to his pirate frequency wich played music. The song that played was Metallica- "the day that never comes." Gigkamesh would smile some, and move his head as if saying bring it on, and put his hands back in his pockets.

They would look to each other kind of freaked by this, there boss in the chair got a slight grin on his face as the music started though. The first would rush in at giglamesh trying to puch him as he ran past giglamesh right side. But instead giglamesh would roll to the side brning the tip of his foot in to the lower opening of his jaw sending him high in to the air. Another young teen would trust wita battle cry. "Hyahhhh uwahhh!" Giglamesh bacily jum slightly from the last kick kicking him directly in the now open mouth knocking some teeth out and sending him flying back, giglamesh would bascily land on the ground doing the splits smiling. This was a good chance tow would rush in side by side one would come in running the other would jump thinking he had a advantage the air borne woulc come down with a drop kick and it went straight at giglamesh how could he evade while he did the splits. As the kick came in giglamesh would ever so easily tilt his head and body ever so easily Basicly headbutting the ground doing a head stand pulling his knees to his chest, then as the second young teen attacked giglamesh would then kick and lash his legs around spinning on his head kicking his legs violently like a storm, meeting his right leg in to the neck of the first, and then his left heel in to the back of the neck of the second. both would fly off in the directiong where the kick hit them like bulltes in to mid distant walls both leaving craters form where they hit. Giglamesh would use the moment from his spin to push self in to the air landing on his feet squating leaning his head forewards.

"...eight.....you can still all come at once..." Giglamesh staid posotioned like hhe was another young teen would get mad and charge in trying to puch him as he squatted leaning forward. Giglamesh would bascily just vanish and suddenly basicly a crater sunk in to the kids left collar bone, his eye would go white and he would take a few steps foreward befor falling to the ground unconcious. "I said...all at the same ti!!" The last young teen had rushed in directly behidne the other as and giglamesh turned he got a punch directly in to the chest, giglamesh didnt even flinch or move he would just turn to look at him and agin would give a sigh but a smile. It was basicly like he said to him he should be happy before, suddenly a hard backhand would connect with the nose and mouth of the only one to actually hit him and he would fly back against where another had hit and this made another and even bigger crater from where he had hit the other.

They made him actualy remove his hand from his pocket that wassent that bad, lets hope for there sake they could do more. The next ground was simply sitting around gigling five onlder teens, and young men they were amused by the young teens getting there asses handed to them, as now it was there turn and it was about to change for the worse for gig, least they though it would.

[damage young teen to gig 6-11 x2]

Sakeme just watched... and wtached... and watched... then turned to see Xin-sensei's expression. "That guy... would be Zypher-san... He's the one who sent the Tsuchikage after the kid..." She turned her attention back to the beating the Youko-sama was giving the other and smiled slightly once more. "Don't worry you two" She called out slightly."Xin-sama has all day and night to be here... take your time..." She was being sarcastic... as usual, but didn't let it soak her voice like she perferred.

"Yep, I traded Marcus a packet of cigarettes for Elruda. And then we had a drinking party all night. Me and Elruda-chan were going to go on a secret marriage and then on a honeymoon, right chisai-hime~?" In actuality, Zephyr did not "send" the Tsuchikage anywhere or really did offer a bribe of that sort. In fact, on the contrary, Zephyr owed Iwa a few thousand ryo for the curry cafe repairs.

Yokou, however, seemed quite miffed at how carefree that statement was said. A ninth pillow bopped Zephyr on the head. "Sen-sei, act seriously!" "Oof. Calm down Yokou, that was a joke, jeez!" And then he looked at his student very oddly. "I didn't spend the money we have either, I swear! But I do need to talk to the Ame ambassador..."

"Eh, um...to present as the...er...edifice... That does it!" He gave up on the formal introduction so easily...actually, more of, having forgotten exactly how it went. "I'm Bob, wassup?" Zephyr narrowly dodged a tenth pillow. "Fine fine! Yokou, stop it! I'm Zephyr, Senju Zephyr."

After a brief moment, his expression calmed. Zephyr fixed his gaze on Xin. Green eyes with speckled gold... Wasn't a gold eye colour a sign of a child born of incest? Pale hands propped up his chin, a slight pout...so child-like a posture yet something so horribly adult about his gaze. "The last time that child was here...why did he...her sensei, right...?"

"Was it really because of chisai-hime's "choice"? After all, children are traditionally assumed to possess weak minds..." A distant ghost of a smile graced his lips. "Why take her from Iwa so quickly? So that she might not see her mother....?" His voice trailed off. "...because chisai-hime might've changed her mind otherwise?" He continued on, more softly now. "Speak, chisai-hime. Have you made up your mind?"

"Choose?" She laughed aloud, a half-maddened cry, turning to face Zephyr. "Choose? How can I choose! Zephyr-sama, you make it sound so easy, but it is not."

"No." Zephyr continued quietly. "You're the one who does not understand." A soft pause. "Unlike Iwa, the other villages do not have a singular family holding the position of Kage throughout the generations. Those who shares connections with two villages, will suffer the most." Green-gold eyes still impassionate, fixated in an empty expression.

"What if there arrives a day the Kage of Amegakure no Sato no longer is a member of your beloved sensei's family? If this happens in your lifetime, it won't be a choice of simply over a village of residence." A soft pause. "In short, you're protected by the Fujiko family. Without the Fujiko family, you will be persecuted as a foreigner, an immigrant...perhaps even worse than persecuted, blamed for some curious wrong and killed."

"T-they wouldn't! Good people...like Konoha's..." Elruda shook her head furiously. "Konoha's people aren't that good." Zephyr continued quietly, almost with a sullen sadness. "Michiyo no Hyouton Kekkai Genkai. A decade ago, there was one clan. Foreigners in Konoha of the Hyouton line. I still recall how they were cruelly accused...expunged, after a supposed assassination attempt on the Lord Hokage of then...involving a Michiyo leader and Kiri no Sato."

"Why else do you think the Sannins leave this village behind, child? Because...there is something left that is more desired forgotten. But...there's one real danger that does exist." A pause. "Elruda, go outside with that other child. This isn't for children's ears. In time, perhaps, your mother will tell you. But Fujiko-san needs to hear...to know of this."

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When Elruda and Sakeme would be gone, Zephyr would continue. The two could try to eavesdrop, but Zephyr had done his own editing to the door. Wood modifications placed cleverly to trap sound within the room. "Yokou...you and Shika are the link to Uchiha. And that link, inevitably, is tied to your husband and son's murder." Yokou went pale. "Sensei, wait. What exactly have you found befallen of Rasen? Speak!"

"Like I said, Yokou. It wasn't an accident - they were murdered. And the culprit is none other than your former dear, smitten Uchiha teammate - Uchiha Museifu and his band of missing-nin croonies." "He wouldn't go that far and harm even my family!" Yokou, losing self composure grasped Zephyr suddenly by the collar. "He would not! To murder a Hokage (Rasen was a former Hokage and the Takikage Michiyo's teacher)! And Jurei, Jurei...he was killed in an ANBU mission - there was no relation!"

Zephyr did not lose his calm, merely continue speaking normally. "He murdered his own family, Yokou. He almost murdered Shikamori. What makes you think he wouldn't go "that far"? His twisted love for his teammate, the then Hyuuga princess...it is most unutterably sad what had blossomed from his affections for you."

"And quite on the contrary...in my years of travel, I visited that site of Jurei's death. I even did track down, extracted information from one surviving rogue nin...whose mind was practically destroyed...and the perpetuator could've been none other than a wielder of the Sharingan. Simple it was, really. To hypnotize even members of Jurei-kun's own squad. Do you recall the ones who've returned? A memory block was set up in all three. Brilliant planning on his part too...set up a supposed battle of Jurei's ANBU squad getting attacked by rogue nins..."

Another pause, before turning to Xin and then glancing back at Yokou again. "Will you, Fujiko-san...no, will Ame take the gamble? Taking in that child, the Hyuuga princess, would mean taking in unimagineable risks. That now insane mad-man was once even considered eligible to become Kage - before he murdered his family for the Mangkeryou. Even so...though Fujiko might willingly watch over the child, Ame will not forgive her if she becomes the cause of catastrophe."

Zephyr began twisting a lock of dark hair around his index finger. "It is a most frightful thing, what emotions can reduce a once kind man into. When that emotion called love is poisoned and becomes hate...a one wise and just man becomes a fiend...unable to restrain from destroying what is dearest to their loved one." A glance at Yokou. "And Yokou...Elruda-hime also takes more after her father than you. He would certainly not spare her."

Green-gold eyes narrowed sharply. "She who is of our village's scion, the people of Konoha would rather choose death and dishoner rather than allow one of their flesh and blood to fall into a madman's hands. But what, if it be the people of Ame instead? Why protect a foreigner, they will say this - will they not?"

"I've watched my student suffered long enough, a devastated mother believing her own child dead. One gamble I will not take is on that child's life. True that though I only just learnt of the attack on Fujiko temple (reference: meaning he had no idea Marcus meant swiping Elruda from Ame as by that "don't worry about it ;D" during Zephy's ensuing raving at the curry cafe) and though unexpected, if now even becoming a hypothetical situation... It only strengthens my doubts."

"Simply, if that had been Museifu instead...Elruda will not be alive and well right now."

level 10 damage 13-30 x2