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The closer that Kyu got to the political district, the worse the damage became, but the less fires there were. As it appeared, these areas took a heavier beating, but were put out much sooner than downtown Kirigakure. Kyu hopped down from the light post, and went the rest of the way on foot. The fish genin took long, hopping steps to cover a lot of ground, even with a lamely groaning body over is shoulder. Kyu stopped sprinting about thirty feet from the explosion-weathered mission offices. Kyu approached the front door, however, the electronic sliding doors seemed to be broken. With an agile kick between the locks, he seperated the two doors. With a second movement, he slid one to the side, and entered the building.

((sorry its short, I didn't have much time to post xP ))

With the two having arrived out at the island much sooner then he expected them to. Koji surveyed the land around them finding it to be relatively untouched, just as it was any time that he made his usual trip out to the place. "Go easy on you... where would you get a crazy idea like that." Koji said with a sick grin playing across his face. Cracking his knuckles as he began to walk around Aizen in a sort of circle Koji's grin remained constant as he filled his head with sick thoughts about how he should first attack Aizen. "I've actually been itching for a reason to attack someone as of lately, and now that I have the perfect reason to, and no one around to stop me, there is no chance of me even dreaming of going easy on you." Koji said as he brought himself back before Aizen.

"Anywho I think we should get this started sooner than later, I don't want t be all bark and no bite." Koji said and without a second passing he leapt backwards and quickly strung together a set of hand seals, weaving them as if he was much more adept at them then he let on. Upon completion all around Aizen a series of clones appeared, each with some sort of grimace or grin about their faces. Then as the original Koji touched the ground behind him, each clone dashed forward aiming to strike Aizen with either a fist or a steady kick. Clearly Koji was coming out swinging.

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Novvus was taken aback by Kaji's reply. It was true that he had no ties to the village other than Tousan.
"If you say so." said the dark-skinned boy with a shrug. Suddenly the feral boy began sniffing at the air, then stated that there was something going on at the mission offices. What now? wondered Novvus as the duo began to head to toward the building. The area had apparently been one of the first to have been salvaged by firefighting crews since it was scorched at worst. Several downed trees were removed from the path. There were several shinobi heading to and from the mission offices, but Novvus could see that further ahead there was a crowd beginning to form.

He noticed Kaji bound up a tree to get a better view, but Novvus himself continued up the blasted path.
"Move out of the way!" he yelled at the quickly amassing crowd of young ninja. Pushing and shoving, the dark-skinned boy made it to the end of the other side of the thick semi-circle. At a glance nothing seemed awry, but then he saw two identical shinobi attack another who was carrying a wounded person. "SWIFT!" cried the dark-skinned boy, activating the muscles on his legs and enabling them to move him faster. A fast rotating cyclone was now moving towards the seemingly unsuspecting guy who was toting the injured person, but Novvus got there to him faster. Quickly pivoting and bracing his legs, Novvus materialized a thick diamond-shaped piece of ice that shielded them from the attack. "Just what the hell is going on here?!?!" he demanded.

Kyu heard a yell from behind, he could tell by the voice, it was Hibiki, doing some sort of rabid attempt at a surprise attack. From the side, he heard a second yell, Hibiki's Fang over Fang attack. Electric senses still active from chasing down the criminal, he knew their exact positions, and had formulated a way to dodge both attacks, while possibly redirecting them into eachother. This plan never came to fruition, as a third, unknown voice yelled from behind. With lightning speed that Kyu even had some trouble following, a boy appeared at his side, conjuring a barrier between him and Hibiki. Unnecessary as it was, Kyu grinned with triangular teeth, "Thanks, bro. I'll take it from here."

However, there was still the attack from Kuro to deal with. He pumped the damaged suspect from his shoulder to his arms, and tossed him roughly to the side. He immediately shifted into his Flying White Crane stance, and ducked below the crackling clothesline. A chop beneath the armpit, a foot beneath Kuro's, and a backhand to the dog-boy's back would send the transformed fox tripping if not falling to his face.

With the Hibiki-clone behind him, Kyuzaku's face hardened. Another mutt was picking a fight with Hibiki. Kyuzaku's face contorted angrily, and he barked, "You filthy mongrels, STAND DOWN! I'm not sure if you've noticed, pups, but this isn't the time or the place for your half-baked dog fights."

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Kaji and Kurosai stood on the docks as the wind whipped around them. Kurosai looked over at Hibiki and growled. He was just going to have to wait until he could attack him at a later date. Kaji spit over his shoulder in disgust. "I can't believe I'm working with a main branch loser like you. Just stay out of my way or I'll gut you." Kaji growled as he popped his claws and fangs. The massive black wolf barked in agreement and growled at Kuro and Hibiki. "Oh and sushi-kun, don't interrupt a family matter next time, or I'll be forced to stop you." Kaji growled as he addressed Kyu.

As Kaji's anger boiled he thought back to the night when his parents were taken. The night was cold and dark. Kaji slept silently in his bed as the clouds drifted over the moon. He was suddenly awakened by a banging against the walls. He heard grunting and growling in the the next room. "You can't have him!" He heard his father growl. "He will be our prodigy. Our legacy-" suddenly his fathers words were cut short by a gurgling sound. Kaji smelt blood in the air. He let a growl of his own and kicked open his own door. The young boy charged out his room just in time to see his father crumple to the floor in a puddle of blood. A strange chakra began to build around his body, and his nails grew into sharp claws. Fangs popped into the young boy's mouth as he fell down onto all fours.

Kaji bolted towards the man who had impaled his father, but was intercepted by a ninja dog. The dog knocked him to the ground and began to snap at his throat. The feral boy was able to dodge the attacks for a few moments before the dog had him by the throat. Suddenly young boy let out a feral growl and thrust his newly formed claws through the beast's chest and grabbed onto it's heart. With a quick pull he tore it from the nin-dog's chest. Kaji tossed the dog aside with ease as he got back to his feet. The man who had attacked his father was now furious and went to lunge at Kaji, but the young boy's father grabbed his attack by the leg. His father laughed as he coughed up his own blood. "You shouldn't have made my son angry" He coughed. "Now you're all going to die like-" Kaji's father's voice was cut short as his skull was crushed beneath a heavy handed blow.

Kaji let out a feral growl as his chakra cloak finished forming and Fenrir took over his body. He charged at the man and tore out his jugular with a savage roar. "YOU BASTARDS!" Fernir roared as The house was blown away by the force of the chakra shock wave. The main branch ninja got up out of the rubble and surrounded Kaji, and hit him with their strongest jutsu in unison. The young boy was tossed around like a rag doll in the fury of the main branches ultimate techniques.

He was Brought to his knees by the power and ferocity of the main branch assault. He felt his bones break and shatter, and the floor was covered in his blood by the end of the fight. The feral boy collapsed, and suddenly another wave of chakra flowed around him in the shape of a giant feral wolf. The boy's eyes snapped open and his body healed itself. Now Fenrir and Kaji were working in perfect unison without his knowledge. "Okay, lets try that again!" He growled as he made a dash for the first ninja he saw. Suddenly they sprung a trap on him. A chakra net that sealed away Fenrir, leaving Kaji a powerless child. The locked him away in cuffs and dragged him away to be executed. As what he thought would be his last words Kaji growled a savage threat. "You'd better kill me while you have the chance, because if you don't I'm going to get out of here, and when I do I'm going to tear out your hearts and feed them to your children!" He roared. As they were about to finish off the boy the scent of fresh blood filled the air and a black braided wolf attacked the man holding Kaji down with the chakra net. With his power now unleashed Kaji broke his bonds and escaped into the forest to watch the rest of his family taken away by the main branch. The wolf led him to safety soon after and that was the start of Kurosai's friendship with Kaji.

Kaji when Kaji came out of his memory he felt a sharp pain in his hand, and smelt blood. He had popped his claws while clenching his fist in rage as he relived that horrible night. Soon Kaji and Kurosai got to the boat, and jumped up onto the deck. They went down into the hold to find some food. When they realized there was no fresh meat on the ship Kaji's feral roar could be heard across the docks. "WHAT THE ********?! NO MEAT?!" He growled as he tore through food stock. He let out a very aggravated sigh and condemned himself to this pathetic team of genin and life on this ship for the next few weeks.

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Kyu was glad that the Anbu broke up the fight. At this point, there was no need for senseless fights over blood and branches. Kyu took a deep breath as the orders were issued. No more talk was needed here. Instead, he was to return home. As the woman disappeared, Kyu grabbed his hostage, and disappeared up a staircase. He walked up several flights purposely, then stopped on a special floor. This floor contained special groups of nin, who would take the orders for duties like the one Kyuzaku needed, such as interrogation work.

Kyu laid the man on a stretcher, and walked up to the shady receptionist, "That guy there, he's a suspect of crime in the Market." Kyu placed his mission scroll on the desk, and said, "My team and I found substantial evidence to say that this man is a ninja, and is working with others in a plot to ruin Kirigakure economy. His crimes include burglary, vandalism, and suspected assault and battery and conspiracy. I need interrogation nin to pull any information out of him that they can. Such as: who he's working for, who works with him, where he's from, and the methods of their theft and money and good laundering transactions." The ninja receptionist took the scroll, and promptly wheeled the man out to the back of the office, where he would be sedated at imprisoned until the interrogation nin were ready for him. Assured that he would receive notice about the completion of the interrogation at a later date, Kyuzaku left the office, then the building through a fire escape.

Kyuzaku walked away from the building, but as he walked, the events of the night began to race through his head again. Pressure in his head began to build, and rage overflowed every fiber of his being. Every wisp of the sooty air that passed through his gills reminded him of why he was so mad. His town, as crummy as it had been before, was in ruins, all thanks to three rogue Mist ninja. Worse yet, two spoiled shinobi heirs and a lowlife elf.

Crash! A large charred beam fell to Kyuzaku’s side. In a bloodlust -ueled fury, he kicked the beam with all his strength. The blackened pole flew away, and smashed into another charcoal structure, tearing it down into smoky rubble. As he stared at the pile with bloodshot eyes, drips of rain began to pour from above. The water from the droplets mixed with the ash to make grey lines of dirty water. As the rain picked up, the streets turned to smoke grey. Everything turned to grey.

Except one thing, a ninja, standing just up the street, in traditional Kiri ninja clothes. Striped bottoms, a striped top, ninja boots, and a flak jacket were the most prominent of his accessories. His entire left and right forearms were covered in jet black tribal tattoos, and light purplish hair fell limply in front of his smug face. The man looked Kyuzaku over, which the shark ninja found obvious.

"Want something, bro?" Even with the faux-familiar title of 'bro', Kyuzaku's voice was plastered with anger, rage, and overall irritability. To most, it would be clear that he wanted nothing to do with this man, but the guy didn't take the hint very well.

His face remained confident, "Just to talk, Hoshigaki, just to talk. See, I know there's something you want, something that begins with a 'P' and ends with an 'ower', but taking mission after boring mission is wasting your talent." Kyu's anger receded slightly, as it was replaced by curiosity. He walked closer to the man, "Go on..."



The next day, Kyu appeared at the docks near the slums, wearing a different outfit than the day prior (you didn't expect him to wear the same clothes two days in a row, did you?). Today, the shark-genin wore black slacks with white pinstripes, and a matching black with white pinstripe long sleeve shirt. The material of both articles of clothing were light and water resistant, so if he swam, he wouldn't carry water around on land. Kyuzaku had a new facemask on, covering the bottom half of his mug once more, and, as always, his headband was on tight over his forehead. On his feet were black jika-tabi shoes that ran up past the cuffs of his pants to above his ankles. He had appeared a little earlier than the rest, at about five-thirty, for the meeting. Once six hit, and everyone arrived, the feral dog was the first to confront him. Apparently, the feral fice would be 'forced to stop him' if he interfered with his family matters next time. Kyu was amused by the dumb dog's attempt at an insult. Try harder next time, pup.

However, the impulsive creature didn't stay fr long before he ran across the water to the approaching boat. From a distance, Kyuzaku could tell that the boy was searching for something... It appeared that he was looking for food, evident by his pitiful barking about food or such nonsense. Kyu knew better. They would be on the ocean, there were meals in excess, some fit for kings, only meters below the waves!

Kyu laughed, the bellowed back, "Hey, Mutt! I hear we got the stuff to make a few kettles of Bosintang or Gutang on board! I hear that they're delicious soups!"

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With a sudden mixture of shock and disdain, Koji watched on as a female ANBU type kunoichi suddenly appeared and slashed his clones out of existence without a moments hesitation. For all she knew the real one might had been amongst them and she would have had to figure out how to explain why she cut a genin in half to the village council. Also not that they would effectively care with a good chunk of the villages population now being pronounced dead, and another hefty chunk having gone missing or injured. "Really out of all the ninja to call in for this search and capture mission, they want to send an ANBU and a handful of genin... well I'll assume genin since Aizen and myself are being called in." Koji started, shifting all of his attention from Aizen to the female. Now shifting his stance to a more relaxed one, Koji listened in on what the woman had to say, while in the back of his mind Koji was replaying different ways in which he was going to attack and bring Aizen down, trying to figure out which would be the easiest and hopefully most painful for him to endure.

While what the woman had to say was very important, Koji already gathered much of those details from the tattered remains of the mission office from when he and Aizen had ventured there earlier on in the day. The only additional things to now factor in was a third member of their group, who could have either orchestrated the entire ordeal; but that was highly unlikely, or have simply tagged along somehow and sought to befriend the recently escaped shinobi.

With the woman now wrapping up her explanations to the pair, Koji slightly rolled his eyes in a discreet fashion. Although he did dislike being told what to do and when to do it, he was not stupid enough to relate that to a much superior individual in a heightened state of awareness. "All right I got it, meet back up around here in a bit, and pack warm... I'll get to it once I make it back into the ruins." Koji said sarcastically as he watched the female now take her leave as she was most likely going to go prepare herself for the trip ahead as well. "Well well well, looks like we ended up getting dragged into this terrorist related mission after all." Koji said to Aizen with a snicker, and almost no hint of the anger that he was beginning to show him earlier before their spar was interrupted by the ANBU. "I do have to admit that I'm rather glad that we got assigned to this task however. I would truly hate to be assigned to search and rescue here in the village, or lets say piece the child back together after we tear their mangled mess from beneath the rubble." Koji said with yet another sick grin playing across his face. At times like this it was hard to tell whether or not Koji actually cared for the lives of other human beings, but as it was he did care, not for the individual loss of lives, but the massive scale of attack that the trio preformed, all to run away from their privileged lives.

"Anyway, I don't know what your going to be up to, but I do need to return to the village and gather a few things to get ready for this grand voyage to the land of frost." Koji said as he simply turned his back on Aizen and began off towards the village, simply bringing himself to the waters surface and strode across it after applying chakra to the bottoms of his feet, allowing him to reach the main island in a matter of minutes.