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Richard looked towards Ryuko as the woman called out a technique that kind of surprised him. A new technique used against him that he was not entirely familiar with in his little spout spars with Bone. As the ground beneath him started to dive into the ground in an attempt to engulf him, Richard flickered out of sight in the area and flicked back into view near Matsuri as her quick wits has managed to block the dragon's full force. As the dragon was broken up into water once more, Richard made another hand seal and used a technique from Hidden Nano called Bubble Trap. This would envelope Matsuri in a sphere of water identical to the type of water trapping technique used by the Demon of the Mist and Kisame the Shark. Given time, Matsuri would run out of air if she was not careful in how he managed her movements. To be honest, Richard could attempt to kill her now but using the Symphony of Water and there would be hardly anyone to stop him wouldn't there? Oh well, there would be Bone so Oh well. Richard turned his attention back to Ryuko lifting a hand before creating and throwing a heart shaped kunai straight towards the woman using Hidden Emotion's technique Spread the Love.

Bone looked up towards the roof and noticed that Ryuko was getting careless in her duties as the Kazekage's adviser... Or rather the position he intended to give her in the first place. Quickly, he made a single hand seal and the ice started to recede back to its starting point. He had not much love for his opponents or allies killing innocents and he had an intense distaste for Richard taking a life... Bone resumed to stay in his position, watching Matsuri's condition to make sure she would not drown even though Ryuko would more than likely bust the girl out.

Richard chuckled as he saw that his technique had hit the target quite well. He was having fun. More fun than when he was pestering Bone in the back of the head to kill himself or better yet, kill his love. And how he would love to show Bone the fragility and futility of Human Life but this was not the time. Richard quickly made a few hand seals before throwing his hands to the ground causing a dome of earth to form around and above her, unless she managed to slip out of it in time. This dome was the Hidden Sound's Jiroubou's special technique when it comes to feeding on chakra.

Bone listened to Ryuko as she talked about running out of her own chakra and sighed. He wanted to see the full extent of their powers as a tag team duo but if one of them was running out of chakra, then this would be too easy for Richard once the bat's screech broke the bubble's surface tension. Bone stood up abruptly and connected the Ether Circuit allowing him to use his hidden abilities only able to be used by his robotics. His right arm quickly changed forms into a cannon which then fired a weak blast into the bubble to burst it. He then turned and pointed the cannon towards the summon and fired an appropriate strengthened projectile towards it to break the summon and cause the woman to fall. Knowing Ryuko, she had a trick up her own sleeve to save herself from falling and besides, he was sure the woman was a Feminist and probably would not like him helping her by catching her during her fall. "I believe we should just end this masquerade Richard. It has been a while Kazekage and lover," said Bone as the black sand that was his robe fell to the ground around him, no chakra holding it up anymore.

Richard stood at the side with an annoyed look on his face as he looked towards Bone after the man had to ruin his fun. But he could not argue that it would probably have been a little easier with the fight being one on one. Either way, he let the sand that was his robe drop as well and waited for a reaction from the two of them.

Bone placed a hand on top of Matsuri's head and said, "Let them talk. I may disappear from time to time but that is because I can not find a suitable energy source to power this damned body of mind long enough. But you two have changed so much that I would not have recognized either of you two if it was not for your chakra sources." Bone sighed as he turned towards Ryuko as his mechanical system was just crying out from the errors they have encountered trying to decipher her rhyming riddles. Bone reopened the Chakra Gates within his mechanical body so he started to project a chakra signal, no matter how small it would seem. He then said, "Time is a waste no matter how you look at it. Ticking away when your awake, passing by as you sleep. Slipping past you as you go about your day, causing you to forget everything and before you know it, it's time to sleep again. All I ask for you right now is to please speak in a way you won't fry my computer's deciphering systems... Anyways, what is it that you'd like to tell me."

Richard just stood at the side, kind of pissed that no one even said, "Hi," to him or anything for the matter. Who does he have to rip the spinal chord out of to get a hello around here?

Bone listened to Matsuri explain and looked on at Ryuko, hearing the fragility in her voice. Bone moved forwards and embraced her in his arms, a hand holding her from the middle of her back, and another at the back of her head, cradling her over his shoulder in a way to give her a deep embrace. It pained him to see her in this way. It pained him to hear her mental break downs. It pained him to feel the physical break downs she had also felt inside. "It would have been better for you to have forgotten about me if this was going to happen," muttered Bone into her ear. "Why do you wait for someone who always disappears for years on end when you can be living your life to the fullest," he asked her in a tone where it sounded like he was about to cry himself.

Richard listened to Matsuri talk about having to cut a man open to get a sword out of him and this interested him a bit. Richard looked over towards Bone before leaning in and whispering, "Did it go deep enough that it skewered his spleen and colon areas?" He could not resist knowing more about things like this.

Richard brought his hands up in glee to Matsuri's actions to the guy who attempted to eat a sword. You know, Richard could eat a flaming sword... Or squirrels... On Fire... And racoons... On fire... Whatever. And having to use the hands to rip the chest into two. Oh what he would have given to see the look on his face to see a medical professional crudely rip open his own chest to pull out a sword through his esophagus and digestive tract and out of his body to show it to him. Richard started to dance around with glee and happiness that there was someone out there just like him he could destroy the world with. Maybe he would let her live when it was time for him to destroy the world. Or not, it all depends really.

Bone listened to her words and felt a deeper sense of guilt within himself for ever leaving for such a long period of time in the first place. He started to blame himself for everything he had caused her such as snapping her mind so that now she believes killing is the only way to stay sane. Bone lowered a hand from her head and to his side. If only he could erase his memory from her mind once again... Or maybe he could... Finally understanding the fragility of Human life and it's psychology, there was only one cure for this. Death. As much as he would hate to say it, he knew that the only way to spare her of this hell and devil was to send her to the afterlife and sever her connection to Matsuri so she would be reborn and forget everything. "I am sorry for putting you through this hell, Ryuko... Go to sleep and forever forget about my existence," said Bone as he lifted his free hand and created the Death Eater's Darkness Blade as he moved away from her.

Bone lifted the non-physical blade up and pointed it towards Ryuko as a pained look appeared on his face. The bone saw smacked into his shoulder but it merely pinged off the metallic structure under the synthetic skin. "This blade is a secret technique known to those of the Death Eater's clan. Being of pure evil, I hate this technique with a passion but this must be done. I'll cleave the bonds your soul has to Matsuri so you may rest forever in the afterlife, free from the living hell that was created around you," said Bone as his tightened his grip on the shadow hilt which caused the blade to change form and extend the blade straight for Ryuko's chest.

Richard smiled with glee as he saw Bone pull out that damned weapon in their technique arsenal. The blade will leave no physical mark upon the body but it directly destroys the soul's bonds to the physical manifestation that holds them. Richard quickly created his own blade and moved it in front of Matsuri to keep her from going to help her other half. "No, no, no. We can't have you jumping the gun now can we," asked Richard with a giddy smile.

Bone slowly dropped to his knees as he watched the body fall into his arms, catching her lifeless shell as the sword disappeared from his hand. Bone lifted his left hand and closed her eyes as he whispered his apologies and good byes before his arms turned into a swarm of locust that proceeded to eat away at her body until there would be nothing left but bones.

Richard smiled as he watched Bone commit his sins before turning back to Matsuri who placed herself into a shield of pure chakra. He merely laughed as he strengthened the power of the blade and quickly swung it at Matsuri's throat to slice the bonds of her soul from her body as well. "It is nothing personal Kazekage. It is just that we can not afford you to bring back those memories if Ryuko happens to reincarnate herself," said Richard with a smile under his face mask.