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((OOC Sry everyone.... The brand new computer I got basicly blew up... so I've been without acess for some time... crying anyway... I'l be on more soon, I should get the comp back x-mas break.))
BIC:**Tentu sat upon the Bug high in the air. He patted the bug on the back of the head.**

"Thanks for letting me gather my strength and chakura. Being weaker than a pre-academy student would be pretty awful going into battle."

**Tentu stood up and stretched his arms and shoulders till he felt a crack. For some reason, he didn't seem like the same person he was only not too long ago. He acted diffrently, talked diffrently, even moved differently.
He then pulled out a scroll, opened it to verify it, and placed it on his chest. Instantly, the armor he wore crackled and was instantly replaced with New clothes, ones that looked a little more mature.**

"My stupid armor was shredded, but I didn't really like it anyway. Anyway... see ya around."

**Tentu leapt from the bug to a spot not far from Hinata's location. He had been keeping tabs on them from up high. He then focused his chakura in his hand and forced it into the ground. The chakura released was sent off in a wave around Tentu. sudenly, everyone in the village that was not in the air felt a tingling sensation in their feet, or whatever part of them was touching the ground. Hinata recognised this chakura from when she first met Tentu, and remembered it as his reconisance technique.**

"Well... I'd better get started!"

**Tentu looked up as it began to rain. Now his earth jitsu's were going to react too slowly. He also knew there had to be some cloud nin in the sky, away from his chakura blast, which may or may not be a problem.**
**Tentu then began to move towards Hinata and Kotai's location.**

((character development.. xp ))

"O..okaa-san...?" A 7 year old girl stood in the doorway, trembling, a jar holding a butterfly slipped from her hands, shattering to pieces onto the ground. Her ruby eyes widened at the sight of a disembered figure sprawled across the ground bathed and drenched in a pool of blood. "Okaa-san....OKAA-SAN!!!" Her scream ripped through the silent house, a silver haired figure turned to the outcry. Narrowing his dark eyes, he raised a hand wiping the splatters of blood from his face, clutching the murderous weapon, a blade like bone dripping with her the crimson liquid. A smirk passed his lips. "She's chosen to join like the rest of the others. She won't be coming back."

Biting her lip, Ai held her eyes tightly closed. A tear strayed dangerous at the corner of her eyes as she drew in a sharp breath. Opening them again, the shinobi looked to the bawling child. Glancing away ashamed and reminded of her own past, a sob escaped her own lips.

Clenching a hand Ai burried her face in her hands, bursting into tears. Gomenasai...gomen na... Biting her lip deeply, she furiously rubbed her eyes of the tears, unwrapping the black cloth around her neck letting herself breath. Looking up again, she found herself kneeling infront of the girl but Kodomo in between. "An...anata.." Her lips parted in shock, fear, hatred and grief all struck her at once. Her ruby eyes simply flickered as they gazed into his.

Watching him hold the girl, Ai clenched her hand tightly. It was like her ten years ago, behing held by the murderer of her family. In disbelief she stepped back, her body trembing and emotionally strained. "It's none of your business.." She whispered glancing to the ground, staring at the rubble. Shivering the shinobi remembered how her own home was sent up in flames, the entire peaceful section of the village was burnt to the ashes. She didn't even have time to touch her mother's body, as she was swept up in cold arms.
"What do you want..." She said harshly, narrowing her red eyes as she gritted her teeth. Ai couldn't bear to leave the girl alone with Kodomo. She couldn't trust him.

Watching his feet disappear at the corner of her eye, Ai waited till he left. Falling onto her knees on all fours, she crouched admist the rubble as sobs escaped from her throat. "Okaa-san.." She whispered, as tears streamed down her cheeks. Hesitantly she reached out at something that caught her eye, pulling out a small and filthy teddy bear from the ruins. Holdin it with both hands she looked to it, as tears continued to roll down her face, falling onto its fur. I will never rest in peace... Clutching the toy tightly, she held it to her chest in search for any form of comfort, continuing to cry as the wind swept along the empty street.

*Kodomo's storm cancel technique worked just alittle. The storm's wind wasnt as strong as before and the rain quited down just a little*

[[ Sorry that I've not posted lately, I've been sick as of recent. ]]

Kotai nodded to the others, teeth clenched still. He took a moment to allow the Destruction Bugs to revamp his Chakra coils for better energy consumption and repair the damage done to his muscles. "Let's go..." He leapt up onto the roof of the house in front of them and hunched over, arms spread out upturned behind his back. "Taju Kikkai Sekkou no jutsu!"

A cloud of insects rose from his body and into the air, dispersing so as not to draw attention. He leapt back down off the roof, green gridlines of Chakra criss-crossing his eyes like some great insect. "This way..." He walked confidently out of the alleyway and led them on towards the Tower, not bothering to explain his Multiple Insect Scout technique to those following behind. With it, he had a field of vision that was nigh infinite.

Bounding off of slabs of rubble, ducking behind fallen bodies, they avoided most of the battling. However...

= The group encounters a skirmish just ahead, behind a small wall and spanning the length of the clearing. There were no further physical barriers to prevent their detection. Kotai called a halt behind this mangled wall and seated himself promptly, waiting for the others to follow suit.