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Kotai...

::hinata's voice was slightly raspier than usual::

I suggest that we hurry this along...

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A shiny light ran down the walls, ceiling and floor of the hallway, but to what ends? Nothing seemed to happen.

The spheres seemed to retreat, with all of them gathering and forming something behind captain in front. Several soldiers in the back were in a formation, with the ones in front creating what seemed to be fire pillars and the ones in back shooting forth streams of ice. Upon mixing, water came forth, and that formed the basis for the captain's counter.

Using the water, the captain formed a wall of water between them and the incoming bone fragments. As speeds increase, the impact against the water grows drastically, often shattering projectiles if traveling fast enough. Nonetheless, it stops projectiles pretty darn effectively.

While this was happening, the spheres that had gathered behind the captain now seemed to encase him in a very bulky suit of armor while still still in their ball-like forms(think the Hulk made of tiny metal spheres).

((Let's see if I remember correctly...

THE SUMMARY!:

The ground shook and the skies darkened, and before any village knew what happened, they were under attack by armored soldiers wielding weapons that seemed to have control over the elements. These soldiers also donned technologically-superior armor, generating a forcefield around them that defended them against attacks that weren't up to snuff. Most of the villages were able to fend off the initial attack but suffered many casualties. Now, it's payback time as the villages put their differences aside and form an allied task force to destroy the menace.

Shunketsu took a small group of ninjutsu users and took the first strike, hoping to destroy the outermost chakra-negating generator in order to allow the main strike force a base of operations from within the enemy's base itself. Unknown to him was the fact that his long-lost friends had apparently been spies and betrayed him. Shunketsu was successful in destroying that outermost generator, but to what cost? He was blindsided by Saeko, one of the previously mentioned "friends" and was captured.

By the time the main strike force arrived, a trap was in place to take out the medics and a shocking surprise waited inside. They successfully defended against the trap and defeated Shunketsu. Technically, they defeated multiple Shunketsus, each one created of flesh and blood, but how? How is it possible that there are so many identical Shunketsus? Why would Shunketsu defect to the enemy's ranks? How did he suddenly grow in power? He had never used his abilities to that extent before as his Chakra Elimination Wave drained him severely. Shunketsu's summon, Kazangan, was puzzled as to how he was summoned. Shunketsu was the only known summoner of him, and yet, he swore that he was not summoned by Shunketsu himself.

Now, Areno is squaring off against 2 captains and a good number of soldiers who aren't doing much but offering support. What could the future hold in store for them?

btw: if you guys want to get in the fight or something, I can add in a secret hallway or something that you guys can wander down and encounter something fun smile ))

((Sorry for taking so long, I don't have much energy lately...even though it's Summer...))

As Hinata ran her hand along the wall, she would soon reach an area that seemed to be warmer than the area around it. This part of the wall didn't look like anything out of the ordinary. There were no special-looking panels or anything that would need extra power, which would thus generate the heat. Something was odd about this wall.

If she had the sense to look down, the floor panels throughout the hallway seemed uniform. Yet, right in front of the wall, there was an extra section of a panel that seemed to run under the wall. Only a small portion was visible, so it wasn't easily noticed, but is it just a plain architectural flaw or as there something more to it?

They weren't connected. Close examination revealed that this wall was put in place to block something off.

So, choices:

1: Find some way to pry the wall out of its socket and see what's behind it - a very time-consuming and probably futile effort...or
2: Bust the damn thing down. Since the whole base knows where they are anyway, a little more noise couldn't possibly hurt. Being a temporary wall, the circuitry that runs along the walls, protecting them from damage, shouldn't run through this part at all.

A complex energy network flowed through the part of the wall, most likely to power some kind of flashing lightbulb or something. It didn't use chakra, so any injection of chakra into its network would be futile.

The energy was evenly distributed, except at one point near the bottom, somewhere in the middle. It seemed like some kind of projector, but she wouldn't be able to distinguish what it really was. She couldn't see anything behind the wall either.

All of a sudden however, the wall seemed to disappear before her eyes and revealed a dimly-lit hallway. Before she could react, an energy pulse from the wall behind her pushed her forward into the hallway. If she turned around she would see that the wall had rematerialized behind her and that she had been isolated and cut off from the rest of the group. An eerie laugh echoed from down the hall.

If no one were paying attention, it would seem like Hinata just disappeared, which would maybe seem the case since she was lagging behind, examining the wall.

Nothing really happened on her way through the hallway, but when she reached the end, she'd find an unbelievable, yet disturbing, sight.

She found herself in an enormous room that stretched down quite some ways. Vats lined the walls of the room. each one contained what one could swear is an embryo or fetus. If she were still employing the use of her Byakugan and bothered looking towards the far end, she'd see that the far wall only had one vat, larger than the others. This one vat seemed to have tubes that connected to all the other vats. Inside, she'd find Shunketsu. He was pale, weak, and unconscious. A mask connected to a tube provided him with oxygen in his new liquid environment. There he was, suspended in some semi-clear, greenish goo. Nodes were connected to several parts of his body, monitoring his vital signs. However, some of these nodes looked different and if Hinata were the type of person who notices EVERYTHING, she'd notice that some of them were connected to several of his tenketsu.

All of a sudden, a green light lit up on Shunketsu's vat and one could hear Shunketsu's muffled screams of pain. His body spasmed horribly and his eyes opened as he screamed, but one look at his eyes showed that he had already lost his ability to stay conscious. Some of the wires connected to the tenketsu-attached nodes glowed light blue as Shunketsu was forcefully drained of his chakra. The tubing connecting to the other vats glowed of his chakra and now...the fetuses...hundreds of them, seemed to all mature at a drastic rate. They soon assumed full human shape, each one looking like Shunketsu...perfect clones. At this time, all the vats, except for the central Shunketsu's emptied downward as the clones were transferred somewhere else and Shunketsu returned once again to his unconscious, floating state.

Then, a floor panel opened up and an elevator brought forth a man in a white uniform. He had pink-ish hair and wore glasses. He took one look at Hinata and laughed and now she'd know he was the source of the earlier laughing.

Man with pink hair: "Well! What do you think? Brilliant isn't it? Even though i invented this system, I do have to admit, it still impresses me at times."

The man was dismayed by Hinata's stone-like face. But he then gave her a big smile...freaky as it is...

Man with pink hair: "Why so serious?"

The man snapped his fingers and 3 floor panels between Hinata and himself opened up and 3...freaks...emerged. One looked like he was only skin and bones, but he was average height. One looked like he wouldn't fit throught he hole in the floor, but somehow manages to. This 2nd one was also only like 4 feet tall...but around 3-4 feet wide. The 3rd had...3 arms...3 eyes...and a tail...At least he had 2 legs...

Man with pink hair: "Be happy! I do get ever so bored of male subjects. Female models are much more...appealing. There's just so much more programming that I can play around with. Thus, I shall give you the honor of being my next model. Think about it. An infinite amount of you. Immortality. What do you say?"