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The sound of fabric flapping violently in the wind echoes down the leading to the docks. Nearby animals stow themselves in whatever cover they can find nearby while golden cat eyes peer down from the tree it lurks in. The flapping noise grows louder and louder before the eyes close. A cloaked figure races towards the area where the eyes had been above, its body covered by its cloak, before it slides to a halt. A tiger lunges for the figure from the tree branch only for the cloaked figure to veer to the left. The tiger easily swings it tail to strike the figure as soon as it veers to the left. The figure tumbles backwards before slamming its head against a tree. It grabs for its head as the tiger closes in. "Ow, ow, ow," the figure whimpers which causes the tiger to stop.

"Randal?" The tiger questions as the figure tugs down its hood from over its spiky green hair and smiles.

"So much has happened since I left this place. I'm so glad to be home," Randal grunts as he sits with his legs crossed in a center of a circle of animals on the path.

"Randal, Randal. Tell em how we got recruited~," Til cries out in excitement as he pops his head out from the top of Randal’s shirt. Randal grins widely, his fangs gleaming in the light of the sun beaming down through the large trees in the area.

“Nearly four years ago, a set of twins came to me while I was tracking a group of Moon Ninja-”

“I thought Moon Ninja were a myth. I could never see how a place like Hidden Moon could exist.” A monkey asks as Randal frowns a little.

“No. Lemme finish. As I tracked them the twins appeared. They spoke fast and confused me very greatly. If it weren't for the pictures they drew in the dirt as they spoke I wouldn't have understood what they said. They told me that I was special and that I should join their pack."

"What did you say?" Asks a deep voice as a large tiger casts its shadow over Randal.

Nervously Randal replies, "I-I shook my head. I couldn't join their pack. The main reason was I didn't know anything about them. Another thing was I couldn't understand them nor could they understand me. And finally, my instincts told me not to."

"Really?" Questions the tiger as it paces away from Randal. The animals move out of the tigers path as it paws around the circle around Randal. Randal nods as the tiger stops. "That's my boy-"

"But," Randal whispers which causes the tiger to stop and lay beside him.

"But?" The tiger asks as Randal face grows pale. He shuts his orange eyes before opening them and looking into the tiger's gold ones.

"I was asked again, father. This time by a young blind boy. He asked me to help him with a task he had because he couldn't see. It took him a while to explain it to me with pictures in the dirt but I eventually understood. After I helped him that day I found myself following after him and his group. He asked me to join them but I refused again. He didn't seem to mind but he did ask me to go with him on a mission to deliver food to someone. It was that day that I met a wonderful woman." The animals around smile and sigh only for Randal to shake his head. "No. I'm not really infatuated like that to her... I don't believe." Randal's face reddens before he shakes his head again. "Anyway. I went with the boy and met this woman. She refused to speak but revealed words to me with her hands. It was magically the way she did it. She entranced me."

The animals wait for Randal to go on only for him to grab up his legs and bury his face in them. "Come on, Randal. Go on."

"Then she told us that she had to go and that the boy had to come with her. They had to attend a meeting. And without meaning to I followed them a while before the boy asked me again if I wanted to join their squad, that's what they called it. And that time I said yes." Randal listens to the silence all around him before feeling a gentle nudge. He looks up and over to the tiger who actually appears to be smiling. Randal's eyes grow wet before he smiles in return. "Father, I want to be a member of that group and travel with them. but I don't want to feel like I abandoned my home. So please, can I take this place over for my group? Since I'm too weak to protect this place myself, I'm sure they can if I am unable. We promise not to cause any trouble and-"

A paw slides over Randal's mouth before falling to the ground. The other animals appear to be knelt as a beautiful leopard paws at the ground before Randal. "Mom!" Randal cries out flinging his arms around the animal. He hugs the leopard tightly before moving back from her and awaiting her answer since she is the true ruler of the Animal Kingdom in Hidden Creature.

An amused yet half crazed smirk slips across a males face from beneath the parted hand clinging to their face. His eyes, wide and staring, shift about to fall on each passerby. "I've seen many horrors," the man mutters through tightly closed teeth, "but none as horrid as that. Perhaps I really should try and think ahead before I act." The man removes his hand and adjusts his top hat. People take note of him and just continue walking only for the man to laugh loudly. Those staring stop while other run to hide from the man with the crazed face. "I think I can easily say that I hate this place... and yet I can also say that I find it quite thrilling. So I think I'll take it over. What say any of you?" The man takes a step forward and away from the docks behind him, people quickly stepping back in response.

"In order to get in here, one has to be a part of a twisted movie. I was a part of a horror movie. A lot of blood, shrieks, and dead bodies just to express a few of the things I saw. So I'd think it best no one force my hand. I'd much rather just take over, and then leave this place if you all don't mind," the man goes on to say, tugging at a tassel on his cloak with a free hand.

"Please tell me the needed time has passed for it to be official," Hikai groans as he hides behind in a crate. At the mouth of the alley, people walk slowly and peer around as if looking for something... or someone. Hikai stands up, still crouched down so that he can continue hiding behind the crouch, and inches towards the alleys dead end. As he slowly eases along, a cat leaps out of a trash bin and lunges for him. The cat grapples onto his cloak which causes him to stand and bellow, "Stupid feline! Get off of me!" As soon as he finishes, a swarm of villagers block the only exit out of the alley. Hikai stares wide eyed at the crowd before the cat releases him and trots away. "Stupid cat," the boy mutters.

In a flash he is gone, the people preparing to rush him and observe him perplexed. With a body flicker and some crafty footwork, Hikai had scaled one of the buildings and was up on the roof. Without hesitating, he makes his way towards the docks to free himself from the village. He'd done his job.

The village shrug, not really, caring which makes Aero smile. "They didn't say no so..." Aero turns and happily heads towards the docks but soon wonders what Doku is up to in Hidden Summit. "He's probably up to no good, typical Doku. If he's forcing Hidden Summit into us taking them over then I'll be bringing him down," Aero tells himself while wondering how exactly he's supposed to get back down to the ground.

"Mike," the people whimper only for Mike to chuckle.

"A little louder and put more emotion into it. Ha ha!" Mike jokes as the people again say his name. Some burst into tears while others fight them back. He can't help but laugh at the saddened people until noticing day is breaking. Before long the sad people of the village turn happy, too happy. Many of them cheer Mike's name and call him leader. The boy sighs, having much prefer the despair that once crippled the villagers. He liked the sound of how they said his name. "Boring. I'm going to go and find someplace else to play. Maybe somewhere with people that don't mood swing as much as you people." People continue to cheer as Mike disappears in a cloud of smoke.

GeininX sighs. Certainly the man's sudden appearance was surprising but GeininX would not let that show. The teen is a fairly smug person even though they have little right to be. The teen doesn't move, they simply stare at the screen to see if the girl will speak in response to what was typed. "I wonder if it froze again," the teen mutters before looking up at the center computer screen. "I suppose a username is too much to ask, huh? Whatever. I don't have anything that is more important than speaking to this person in the real world. And I haven't been here long. Let's see... I've only been here a few years. Since I was a little boy to be more precise. Not all that long ago really. I still haven't finished unpacking," GeininX replies in his normal tone of voice. But it was obvious that he was being sarcastic.

They don't make it known whether or not they live there or that that's their hangout spot or something. The teen glances down at the weapon at his throat, it shifting from form to form and ponders silently. Before long he speaks again, "Since you're here. How's about you know who I am? My name is GeininX and this is my Love Pad. The ladies are in the powder room right now so you might want to come back when they're out and free." GeininX then begins flicking the keys on the keyboard with one finger lazily. Could the teen be showing signs that he is growing bored with waiting for the girl to response or of the mans presence?

"I don't see why not. I'd rather have someone take this place over peacefully than by force. Certainly you will see to the well being of this village?" The man asks as Seibetsu giggles lowly.

"SCM will take good care of Kitsuna village. No need to worry about that." The girl turns to dart off when she senses something behind her that wasn't the man. She glances behind her to see a brown fox with about nine tail dash around the corner. "Hm. So he turned into a fox? Or maybe I'm presuming a bit too much. Whatever the case, he's gone and I should be too." Seibetsu begins skipping towards the docks, cat eyes following her every move.

Nimen watches people go about their day, often glancing up at her from below. She occasionally checks her watch to see if time is up or not. Even in doing so, she does not relax her senses in case someone were to attack. "I guess," Nimen finally murmurs checking her watch a final time, "time is up. I gave you all a few extra hours too. Pity no one cared enough to stop me. Then again, it's not like I'm doing any harm in taking over." Nimen flickers from the pillar to the ground which causes some to scream in fear. "I'm not going to hurt any of you. After all, this is practically my property. Why would I wreck my stuff?" The woman asks with a shrug. Rocks are flung in her direction but she is gone by the time they reach her position.