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Yuei was taken aback by Yuko and her gentle nature towards her. While Crimson had been nice, she was also curt and concise about the mission all the while trying to placate her and rule her out as a suspect. And Inari was down right hostile, so it left her both surprised and suspicious about her actions.

As soon as the conversation shifted to her cat, she resumed her mushy oh-so-happy and enthused stance of smothering the little ball of fluff and whiskers.

"Oh my in trees again Mr. Fluffykins? When will you learn, you should stay with me, safe and sound in our.. hmm? Brother? I don't know what you--er I mean yes, he. What I mean to say is we live here, yes."

It was obvious that she took on a rather worried and fearful expression, her eyes flicked to her house in a side long glance as if it would reach out and devour her whole. She was also visibly shaking, her chakra network was so aglow with fear that even if she was lying, Yuko would not be able to tell even with her Byakugan due to the anxiety she was experiencing. The next question made her laugh nervously.

"W-who? M-m-me, a shinobi!? Ha-ha, you are not only a public savior, you are also quite skilled in the art of jesting. No water is not a problem -- on second thought, I forgot that the destruction wiped out my interior plumbing. So sorry to be a bother, and the cleavage canno-- Oh my.."

She started blushing ceaselessly, apparently Crimson's cleavage was lost on her until Yuko pointed it out. And she seemed rather flustered and kept looking at it. Unfortunately every time she did, she looked at the pair and only blushed harder.

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Using her Byakugan, Yuko was able to pick up a chakra source in the form a human, though this was one was now leaving in a hurry! Heading the opposite direction from the back door, there was a loud crash from the back side of the house. Both Crimson because of her position and Yuko with her Byakugan would be able to identify that the character in question was tall and hooded. Inari would be too far away to notice this, however, he would definitely hear the crash from the inside of the house.

As the boy was running towards the forest there was a sound of the ground bursting beneath him, revealing a pink haired boy slamming into him into his side with a sufficient kick. The hooded boy was able to bring his elbow enough to lessen the impact, but it still caught him off guard and hurt as a grunt escaped his gritting teeth and grimace.

Taking the initial inertia he followed the force and used it to propel him into the edges if the forest. Landing on the ground into a tumble he rolled to his feet. Upon first look he would have seemed like an ordinary boy, anywhere between the ages of sixteen to eighteen. He did not seem overly armed to the teeth, in fact Inari could not discern if he carried a weapon at all.

He then waited for Inari to right himself, mirroring his stance exactly. Pulling both his hands together in a hand seal that resembled the Rat, however, it was slightly off kilter. The boy was a few meters in the shadow of the forest and he stood there waiting for Inari to get closer. If Inari stepped within the shadow to close the distance, he would suddenly feel like rigor mortis had set in, completely locking up his body.

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The boy smiled Inari wasn’t as stupid as his hair color made him look, however, that would not be enough to save him from his plight that he was unknowingly in. The boy focused his chakra and poured it into his shadow, stretching and elongating it in a single line. It was fast and if someone wasn’t prepared for it to happen or outright watching for it, they might miss it entirely. His grin only increased as he secured his shadow with Inari’s, there was a sort of secure tug that kept it taught and let him know that it had happened. He paid no attention to the girl screaming about him being a genjutsuist, he merely thought, “How absurd…”

Inari's kunai flew towards the assailant after his jutsu was intact, and he thought to himself, "Well...dammit" He braced himself fore the biting sting and the thrown weapon bit into the top of his shoulder, gouging a minor but painful furrow. He grimace to the pain, but kept his focus his jutsu like iron; he needed to deal with this boy quickly.

Inari would have seen a rather wickedly sadistic look of triumph on his face, as a thick fog began to surge into the area, blocking out most of his vision.
This was good, because their vision would be just as obscured before he turned and ran away. Before Inari could feel himself turn around just as he had and run the opposite direction, there was a shout from up above and a loud thud that sounded like someone's head connecting under a shoe, he couldn't be sure through the fog. Placing a salute towards his head and whipping his fingers in Inari’s direction he headed off into the dark of the forest. With that he sprinted for a few feet towards the forest with his head downwards, just in case the boy was standing. By now he would have slammed into the house, so released his shadow possession and continued on wards.

After a couple minutes of ninja paced sprinting he finally skidded to a stop, leaving a trail of blood droplets that any ninja hound or trained tracker could follow. Looking around he called up the shadows around him to partly obstruct his being. Even Yuko's byakugan would waver a moment around him before readjusting to the fluctuation in his coloring. He walked 20 meters to a rock where he lifted it to reveal a seal on the ground. Upon activating it, a form appeared into existence much like a summon beast. The man shrouded in a hood and what appeared to be a mask but was difficult to determine, one thing Yuko would notice, it that her byakugan would not be able to penetrate any of the man's garments.

"You have summoned me, is it done?"

"Yes sir, there was a minor complication but we are aw--"

"Someone is still approaching, you fool!"

With that the man lashed out and struck the boy hard, knocking him to the ground. Blood was flowing freely from the corner of his mouth and anger flashed in his features before turning his attention downwards.

"I'm sorry sir, I will take care of it."

Without another word the boy sat down, pressing his shadow outwards fifteen meters in every direction. If Yuko entered within a two meter edge of the glowing radius, her own shadow amplified by the darkened forest and low lighting of the setting sun would cause her to fall victim to his trap.

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Yuko Hyuga

A slap was heard in the immediate area as Yuko’s hand collided with her forehead and if she slapped it any harder, she would have knocked her own brain out the back of her skull. She pulled her hand heavily down her face as if trying to pull it off the building rage of frustration. This… was just maddening, how could someone with so much promise be so stupid? Well, so much for information gathering, it looked like she was going to have to get up close and personal after all… wait though… maybe it would be better to sit back and watch for a little while longer. After all, she wasn’t sure what this guy’s jutsu was capable of or how he planned to use it. Yuko usually had qualms about sacrificing team mates to understand the enemy as such, but between the ever growing pounding in her head and the fact that she wasn’t exactly in a position to stop the girl just meant that she was more or less taking advantage of a situation that presented itself. Yuko slowly made her way closer, she would still stay out of the shadows reach and keep an eye on the situation with the chakra and what not, but she had no sudden need to throw herself mindlessly into a fight that she still had little hope of winning. She still had her water though, that was a good thing. She would have to watch and see what was going to transpire a little bit longer before she actually did anything. If the other man disappeared, she wouldn’t hesitate to get in there if she thought that she was going to help the situation, on the other hand. She might just have to go and get some help, and if she was locked in combat without support then she would be done like dinner and she might be captured too. Well, patience was a virtue after all. Too bad Uani didn’t even seem to have a self-preserving instinct though. Funny that the one who was an expert at information gathering was more interested in making a nuisance of herself than actual information gathering and stealth… it was a curiosity how a clan with bright hair could be stealthy to begin with…

Yuko could do little anyway as she watched the events unfold before her, she knew that this was pretty well over the minute that Uani got captured. Still, she would at least try and capture the boy. She had watched as he had used his shadows, having his shadow touch your own seemed to make him have total possession over your actions. Either that or Uani was a total idiot, but what Yuko had witnessed with her byakugan she knew that this wasn’t the case. Well, if the jutsu was indeed shadow based, would the shadow weaken when there was less light? An interesting thought and Yuko decided to test out that theory a little bit, she moved in closer, still out of the rang of those shadows and from the boys bind spot. She raised her hands and once more cast the Hidden mist Jutsu. The fog rolled in and blanketed the area, limiting what sun there was left in the day, Yuko snapped into action as quickly as she could to try and end this before the boy killed Uani by making her smash her skull open against the tree. His first instinct would probably be to turn around and look, so she would come in from the flank that he would assumedly expose his back too. She rushed forwards, avoiding deep shadows if she could before trying to get him caught in her water trap.
”Water Style: Water Prison Jutsu”
If need be she would use the water that she used in the mist, in addition to the water that she had already prepped in order to do this earlier. This wasn’t the smartest thing to do, not by a long shot, but at the same time, she really had to do and try something. Hopefully the thick fog would weaken those shadows enough to actually give her the advantage… hell, if she was lucky and Uani was still conscious after that knock to the noggin, maybe she would be able to break out of the shadows grip.

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