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Listening to the girl Sari ramble Tadashi decided to turn around and walk back over toward her with a smirk on his face. "Oh... so your so quick to doubt the power of genjutsu? I really don't think you or your sister could face mine. But are you willing to try and face it?" Tadashi asked Sari as he walked to about ten feet in front of her and then stopped. Even after his previous match he was sure he was ready to face these two at once even if need be. Another good training exercise if not so extreme as before. And he would have a lot of fun messing with the girls. "And how about this. If you agree the winner gets to choose what ever they want to looser to do."

Kage shook his head a bit as the boy began to speak about becoming a puppet, "No, not in a physical sense. More a mental state. You have to be able to remember the limits of your puppet. Unlike humans, puppets cannot overcome their limitations in the heat of battle. They are set to whatever point they have prior to the battle. In other words, if you believe your puppet can't handle something, take it out of battle right at the moment."

Kage then listened to the girls words. His eyes darted to the girls but he didn't turn his back to them at that moment. Tadashi would be in perfect position to see Kage's right eye glow that intimidating red. Finally, as she insulted the great arts of her forefathers, he spun around.

He soon pulled forth his scythe and looked to the girl, "And you cling to your sibling like your world will be destroyed if you two are even seperated, let alone seperated forever. You have not found a bond forged within the heat of battle. A bond that trandscends mere blood relations. And you speak of the Jutsu as if you are a Master already. You know nothing, therefore you understand nothing, and thus, are nothing. If you hold so little respect for any of the arts just because you see no use for them, then I wait happily for your death by their design so you may forever know your error."

He was pissed, no doubt. Granted, he didn't know a single genjutsu himself but he knew never to underestimate them...after all. That's how he got like this. A genjutsu placed on him forced him to kill Star's family and, in her rage, she killed him. To disrespect any art used by a shinobi or any warrior was to invite certain death by said art.

He then heard the girls objection to combat...he looked to the side and then to Sari, "Why do you not wish to battle him? He's been through combat once this day and still has the stamina to go on...although his usage of those accursed pills should be stimmed but thats for a later conversation. I say you fight him. Here and now. Without the aid of your sibling. If you do not, I'll kill you. If your sister joins in, I'll kill her then you. "

He was serious...he had very little in the way of jutsu without taking another of those strange rocks he had taken earlier but he was still mroe than fast enough to lop off a head or two.

Mari looked over to Kage and Sari for a split second. Seeing Kage reach for his weapon, Mari pulled Sari's arm and stuck herself between her sister and Kage, "You should know she speaks non-sense. If you were truely as smart as we thought you were you would realize that. Puppets are an important technique, just as the rest are. A way of art yes, but to think they are unbeatable would be pointless. Every technique has something more powerful that could defeat it." Mari's eyes looked into Kage's. She knew she was right. And if he was smart he'd put the damn weapon away. She knew she couldn't take him out. But she wasn't afraid of protecting her sister. "M-Mari..." Sari said quietly as she listened to Kage's words. She began to temble slightly when he said she'd die if she didn't do anything. She clung to the back of her sister's jacket, Mari could feel her sister shake. It got her even more irritated. "Just because you have a problem with the way other people think, doesn't give you the right to force them into something they do not wish to do." Her eyes became an even more piercing darker shade as she looked into his. She wasn't about to back down and let her sister do something Mari already knew she'd lose at. Mari, unlike Sari, thought things through before speaking.

Damn it Sari, what did you get yourself into... Mari had came out of her little daze for Sari's sake. She better not get herself into anything dangerous again! Hearing Tadashi's words, her head turned quickly to face him. A furiated look came on her face as she clenched her fists. What a disgusting sight. Men. All they want is a fight! When do they think of anything else? All they think of are fighting and women! Mari had officially lost what little respect she had for Tadashi from his fight. At this point, she was a bit too frustrated to think of anything else. Sari pulled herself closer to Mari, somewhat hiding from Kage. Burrying her face into her back, the last time Sari had been this scared was when her father came home drunk and tried to hit her. Mari had been there for her then too... It was sad...Sari depended on her sister way too much...When would she be able to defend herself? To be able to not hide behind her sister? She looked at her sister's face, the hate it seemed to have for both men at this point in time. Sari sighed, gathering her courage.

"F-Fine..." "Sari!" "No...He...He's right...I...need to stop relying on you so much...It's my choice Mari...Just...please don't interfere?" Sari smiled, shaking still. "Sari you already know how the fight will end!" "Yeah...I know...But still. Even if I lose it's a win/win situation. If I lose I can learn from my mistakes? Aren't those your own words?" Mari looked at Sari with mixed emotions. She'd protected her sister for so long. It was odd having to let her do her own thing. "Fine..." Sari stepped up to Tadashi. "Just...try not to kill me alright?" She sent him a scared smile. Trying not to think of what would happen later on. She knew it would be hard for her sister to stay in one place. Mari had a protective mother type thing going on for Sari. Mari really was the mother Sari had now. The two had protected eachother since their mother had died. "Well...let's...start..." Sari jumped back, away from Tadashi. More than likely she wasn't even going to make a single hit on him. He was way more experienced than she could ever be. All she could do now was attack first. Launching herself from her place, she sent a punch for his chest. It was all she had at this point. No good jutsu to attack with, her Taijutsu sucked, she knew nothing to get herself through it. It was easy to tell where this battle was going, even without the start of it. She didn't get very far with her attack though, she tripped on her own feet, making her fall towards Tadashi.


Hp: 26

Roll(1) + Attack Melee(3)=auto fail

(....sari is destined to fail...XD)

While Sari was off with Tadashi, Mari was left to deal with Kage. At least he had stopped with the weapon. "I'm well aware of everything. But...Really she's all I have." Her eyes left Kage to look at Sari. "It's not like we have anything else...With our father the way he is...And I...can't help but want to protect what I have..." Mari lifted her face up to Kage's. Quickly, she rubbed her eye, as if to hide the fact her eyes had started to tear up. She had tried to make it seem like she was just tired. Didn't really pass off well though. She couldn't have Kage see her being weak. She couldn't let anyone see that. The only person who could, would be her sister. The only person she trusted.

(bwahaha, he cannot hit such a cutie~! XD)

Sari's face turned red as she felt herself being caught by Tadashi. When she stood up straight she looked up to him. A look of uncertainty crossed her face. Why didn't he attack her? She jumped away from him quickly. Was it a trap!? Getting back into a fighting stance, she readied herself for an attack from him. He wasn't going to get the best of her by doing something like that! She was still scared and knew what would happen if she kept on, but it wasn't like she really had a choice. From what Kage had said, she only had one choice. Her body trembled at the though tof dieing or possibly dieing from Tadashi's attacks. Her thoughts were jumbled. With wanting to thank him, tell him to bug off, to smile at him, to give him the boot in a certain place she could make him cringe, and...for some odd reason to hug him for what he had done. All in all, she was thoroughly confused. Looking over at Kage and Mari for a moment, she saw Mari whipe her eyes. Oh no! Was something wrong?! She was about to call to her when she realized she still had a fight to do. Turning back to Tadashi, she now had a look that could easily be red as fear. Fear her sister was sad, that she could be hurt, and fear of what her father would do if he ever found out that she'd lost to someone. Taking a step forward, once more she tripped over her own feet. This time, she caught herself. She wasn't going to fall into him again.

Mari's eyes closed for a moment when she felt the weight of his hand on her head. She opened one eye to look up at him. His words were true. She knew them all too well. She had thought about the fact many times when she was keeping out for her sister while her dad walked around at night. Mari hadn't gotten very much sleep; She never did. She would always keep an eye out while her sister slept so that she could make sure her father didn't get in and hurt them. He always tried. Blaming them for killing their mother when it was not in their control. She lifted her hand to fall on his on her head. She smiled up at him a bit before he had seemed to do something else with his hands. Mari watched him, it seemed to have something to do with Tadashi. "Sir? What are you doing..." Her eyes stayed on his hands. It was...the same thing he had looked like when she was fighting Masa, and with Mura. Was he using some unseen force? Chakra? Was that the way he controlled the puppets as well? Was he takign control of Tadashi?

((HA HA No genjutsu for me))

Hiro sat back and watch. He should have been training for the chunin exams but these people were quite interesting. He couldn't help but watch the sisters more then anything. It reminded him of his sister Mizu. The odd thing is the boy. Though it seemed Hiro was older and could hold his own for a short period of time he had not been able to beat him. It was the genjutsu that stopped him. There was only one answer. Kai. Hiro didnt leave to train it though. He would watch and try to stop Kage if things did turn on that road.

Kage and himself were very similar in many ways. He also understood what he was doing because he did it to Mizu all the time. Pushed her away for periods so she could fend for herself.