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Ryu took out his left sword. The white of the sword was almost blinding. "One should be enough for your puppets." He smiled. He waited until the puppets were close, then started. "Ookami Dance of Battle." Ryu began his dance as he nimbly dodged the puppets, slicing them as he went. Soon, he began to laugh as he grabbed the ones with sword arms, spinning around knocking them into others. Soon, Ryu was standing there, bits of puppets laying everywhere. "Was that it? That was disappointing."

"Dude, behind you."

A puppet came up behind Saluk, but a naginata came crashing down on it. "Sorry Ryu sir, but he got away from me." Kisuke was standing there.

"Its ok." Ryu looked around. "Thats the last of the puppets. "What did you hear about Aki?"

Aki, startled by Ryu's sudden exit, gently pried the mask from her face. tilting her head to the side, she gazed upon the smooth white of its surface, dragonic in shape, with small horns protruding from the top. She smiled lightly; one of such shape she hadn't seen in her life.

Glancing down at the desk, she spotted two paintbrushes, and a few bottles of different colored paint. Next to them was the paper Ryu had pulled out, stating that the mask was to be painted at the discretion of the maker, but no more than two colors could be used.

Beneath that, the phrase "Don't forget to see the tattoo man" was hand-written, underlined. An eyebrow quirked upwards.

"Well, I hope he finishes soon..." she muttered, dipping the brush into the bottle of black ink, "I'd rather wait for him then go straight away on my own."

*suddenly a large cloud of sand appeared above their heads, but this sand, was made of iron*

"IRON SAND DRIZZLE" Suddenly another puppet appeared, this one resembling the Third Kazekage. "So i guess you dont care if we take him then? IS testing someone to enter the ranks of an ANBU member more important than rescueing your villages trump card against Orochimaru?" Iron bullets began to rain down upon the group of three, while those were falling the Kazekage puppet began to create a thick iron shield around them, trapping them inside.

"Looks like i get to make another puppet?" Sasori then returned inside of Hiroku, and moved towards the injured Ryu. "today's my lucky day, i get to make another puppet, something i havent done in a long time."

"So be it" Sasori said as shrapnel began to shoot out of his left arm attachment. Hiroku's tail then launched out from the mask on his back and aimed for Ryu's legs, it lurched at him.

"You amuse me" Sasori said as Hiroku took a huge breath and breathed in the mist. "Puppets' dont smell, or hear, or talk, the master makes them do it all."