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"A mugging?" And before Yuki could think any farther, the larger member tugged on a rope and blocked their escape. He quickly examined the barricade as the background music was being changed by the group of thugs. It would be easier to just jump from wall to wall to get to the roof to escape, however, it would have been quite difficult to do due to the cases of Ramen.

"Prepare for Trouble!" The leader began, much to Yuki's dislike. What was worse, was they continued to go on and on with the theatrical act that they must have spent a long time to prepare. The Yamanaka teen disliked all this show off type of business, one of his biggest pet peeves really.

Yuki noticed that him and Hisaki had the group in a good position, if they were to both push forward, they could have the team in close quarters combat, where their tanto and other classic ninja weapons would surely be hard to swing around with their teammates in the way. On the other hand, Hisaki was the one with good Taijutsu, and Yuki hardly has any.

Either way, the plan was foiled, it was a one on one match for both of them. The bigger guy was up against Hisaki while Yuki clearly had the strange, flamboyant one.

"I agree with your reasoning, my friend, however I do need to incapacitate my current obstruction." Yuki shouted down the alley, as he put down the two Ramen cases. Nashi walked slowly toward him, brandishing his Tanto. "You know, you could severely injure yourself with that." Yuki mocked as Nashi got closer. "Oh, don't worry, I know how to use my tool." He replied with a sly smile, as Yuki looked disgusted.

Nashi launched forward, ready to slash with his weapon. Thinking quickly, Yuki brandished a Kunai out of his pouch and used it to block the predictable slash move coming from his opponent. Surprisingly enough, Yuki had enough strength and momentum to parry the attack, and force his opponent to recoil backwards, displaying his Tanto above his head and exposing his chest.

He took the moment of exposure to quickly slash away at his chest, missing by inches each swing. Nashi chuckled as he continued to back up after each attack of the Yamanka teen, until one of them connect, making the flamboyant ninja howl. Yuki stepped back confused, holding his kunai defensively. Nashi whined, holding his chest, "Ouch, that kinda hurt, you know?" He took his hand away from his chest and looked at it, and the pressed it against his wound, and repeated the previous action. "Oh no, I think I'm...bleeding" He whined, continuing to do the same motion. Yuki stood, dumbfounded at the ninja's reaction to pain, "Is it not just a scratch?" He questioned. "But I am bleeding!" Nashi shouted, examining his hand and chest for the hundredth time.

Yuki took this moment of stupidity to launch his next move. Making a handseal, he quickly focused his chakra. Now to perform my jutsu that I've been experimenting with, if I succeed, I'll have an edge over these fools! "Mind Release!" He shouted, activating his experimental jutsu. The jutsu was created to split the user's thinking process up, meaning one could effectively multitask with their own thinking, or they can assign one thought process to physical things like moving and dodging while the other one can focus on thinking. If successful, Yuki could dance around these idiots while firing off jutsu and while thinking ahead of what to do next.

Yuki focused his chakra and attempted his jutsu. "Activate!" He shouted again. His mind felt a slight tingle as his thoughts began to run rampant with strategic moves. Be cautious, he only split it into two sectors, where they were both thinking ten, maybe even twenty minutes ahead of each move possible. He chuckled to himself as he threw his kunai at his opponent, "Think fast!" Yuki shouted as he anticipated the dodge from his opponent. With lightning speed, he made the hand seal for his next move, "Hisaki, cover me! Mind Body Switch Technique!"

In a split second, he had transferred his entire mind into Daidai's body, making him stumble around for a bit. As soon as he got used to his surroundings, he launched his enormous body towards Nashi attempting to bear hug his partner, or rather Daidai's partner. "What?!" Nashi screeched as Yuki threw his arms around the other's entire body, and squeezed, trying to restrict his opponent from harming his unconscious body. "You go for Ringo, I can hold these two up!" yuki boomed in Daidai's voice towards his partner.

Yuki, in Daidai's body, guffawed again as Nashi tried to wriggle his way out of his bear-like grip. "Oh come on, I'm bleeding for crying out loud!" The smaller ninja cried out as Yuki just squeezed harder. However the Yamanaka did not see the kunai that Nashi had been trying to wriggle out of his pocket the entire time and was prodded rather hard by him.

He bellowed and let go of his prey as Nashi dashed forward towards the Ramen cases. Daidai mimed his partner's action and sprinted forward towards the containers, but also threw a few shuriken at his opponent's back. The ninja with the Tanto dodged the thrown weapons and changed direction, heading straight for Daidai. As long as I keep him away from my original body, and not injure this one too much, I can stall these two long enough for Hisaki to get back.

Not predicting the next move, even with his mental boost, Nashi used some fancy footwork to trip the enormous giant. Daidai fell onto the ground with what felt like a huge crash as Nashi ran again, but this time towards Yuki's limp body, "You can't fool me with this jutsu!" He shouted with a high-pitched laugh. "No!" Daidai stumbled forward and bounded towards the body, readying his shuriken.

Nashi lifted his Tanto high in the air as he closed in on the teen's body. Daidai then began to throw every thrown weapon he had equipped to himself with amazing speed, thanks to the Mind Release Technique Yuki used before hand. The flamboyant ninja that was so close to Yuki's body changed direction yet again, however, a few of the shuriken thrown had got him from the side as he yelped. Nashi quickly examined his arm, much like he did to his chest earlier, giving Daidai an opening. He had enclosed his arms yet again around his slimmer comrade, "Why am I always in this position!" He shouted, as Daidai noticed Hisaki's return.

Daidai tightened his grip as Hisaki seemed to appear next to the Yamanaka, asking if he should end this now. "Yes, finish them soon. This close quarter combat is not my style." He boomed again in Daidai's low voice.

As soon as Hisaki began to palm the slimmer ninja, Yuki let Daidai's body jump backwards, as he didn't have to incapacitate his partner anymore. Yuki thought this was checkmate, but soon realized his mistake. Ringo had become active again, and countered Hisaki's attack. Daidai felt through his pockets, but remembered he used all his shuriken as a barrage for Nashi earlier. "Damn it!" He bellowed, seeing the leader run off with half of their Ramen cargo.

Hisaki asked for his opinion, as he walked back to his original body. He propped the body up off the ground and made it sit up against the wall, and then fold his hands on his lap. "Well, like you just said, even if we did acquire the Ramen he had snatched, we missed our deadline, we're not even halfway through our shortcut." He paused and stood up to lean his huge body against the wall, "If we did follow Ringo, the only purpose would be to avenge what has happened, which isn't the path of the shinobi that we should follow. That would be the only thing to gain from that decision, because we have failed our Ramen Courier mission and the Ramen is worthless now." The words of failure left a bitter taste in his mouth, but he continued, "The only thing we can do is to go back to the Ramen Stand, tell them we failed them, and then return to Satoru, and explain our failure again."

Daidai stayed silent for a while, trying to utilize his higher thinking ability to find a way to help them out, but none came to mind. "Well, I should really return to my body, as much as I love having very minimal amounts of chakra to execute anything. I'll take care of him when he returns to his original state, alright?" Daidai made a handseal, and then mumbled, "Release."

It felt like he was punched in the ribcage, but Yuki was now back in his own body, albeit slightly winded. "Ugh, I forgot the b*****d had sliced me with a kunai..." He mumbled to himself, wiping the blood on his forearm on his pants. Yuki stood up, in his original body, while Daidai just noticed the return of his own consciousness. "Hey you!" He shouted at Hisaki. "Wait!" Yuki shouted, as Daidai turned around. "Wha...?" The Yamanka thought quickly, "Your leader already stole two of our Ramen containers and we killed your partner. Since you're the only one left, we're going to have to kill you too, unless you get the hell out of here!"

The gigantic Daidai looked around, and noticed his partner laying on the ground, looking like he had died. "Boss?" He called out, looking for Ringo. Even with Daidai's limited intelligence, he knew the blond Teen was telling the truth. With a frightened look, he scooped up Nashi and pulled another wire, as he ran away, to make their previous wired obstructions disappear, freeing both Hisaki and Yuki to return to the crowded streets. "Well, lets get going." Yuki smirked as he picked up the remaining two pieces of their mission. "As they would say in Chess, we'll have to end this in a stalemate."

Yuki sighed, Hisaki just took his simple metaphor and killed it like he had almost done with the group of ninjas that just attacked. "Look," He scratched his chin thoughtfully, "If you want to follow him, then tell me. These ninjas are a bit craftier than I thought and jumping into a trap master's hideout is a disaster waiting to happen."

"Also, White king just retreated obviously, so we have the first strike, as long as we play offensively, he'll be reduced to defending himself. On the other hand, if we play too offensively, he could sacrifice one of his pieces to put us in check and reverse the tables." He thought out loud as he deactivated his Mind Release Technique, seeing as how it was a waste of chakra at the moment. "So once again, do you want to go after Ringo or not?"

Yuki nodded, "Right, right, we're the White." He mumbled, obviously getting wrapped up in his own thoughts. He then watched carefully as Hisaki lit up a smoke and then declare his decision on the issue. Yuki did as he was told and picked up his Ramen and ran up the side of the building after Hisaki.

Once he reached the top, his partner pointed out where their enemies were, with the shipment of Ramen they had stolen. "Drawing them out will be the easiest part of this whole operation, as we have the other half of the Ramen to act as bait. However, taking their Ramen and then exiting will be the hardest part. They obviously know how to trap people and provide their own escapes with their various traps, and I do not have a doubt that this area is filled with them. Now," He paused and set the Ramen down as he pointed at the ground, motioning his plan out with his eyes closed. "One of us could act as decoy and bait the remaining two out with what we have left of Ramen, while the other one would sneak past them after they ran after the decoy. Only problem with that is where we would go or meet up with. If I could actually target one of them, Ringo preferably, I could use Mind Body Switch and have him order Daidai to take it outside or something."

"The only body of water we have around here is the one in the Training Ground, which isn't very big. They also have Fire Safety ladders and their own ladders and ropes among other things when it comes to moving about tall buildings and walls." He had finished talking now and opened his eyes. "By the way, you shouldn't be smoking, its bad for your health." Yuki wrinkled his nose at Hisaki, watching him puff on his cigarette.

"They are both risky moves." Yuki stated. "Alright, if our Black King decides to bulk up his defenses, we could draw him out by targeting him, The King. By doing so, he'll let loose his Rook to defend, or counterattack by taking our White Knight. Therefore, if he saw you provoking them with more Ramen, he might just send out Daidai as a defense mechanism as he stays back and deals with the Ramen." He drew an X into the air as he dismissed that plan. "However, if we play the switcheroo plan, that's the equivalent of our Knight performing a fork on the Rook and King in the apartment. Despite the Knight very rarely being able to Checkmate a King by itself, we move our Bishop into play so that when the King moves out of check from the Knight, the Bishop can come in for the Checkmate. I give us forty one moves at the most, including if they use their Pawn efficiently enough."

Yuki looked towards Hisaki, hoping he would see the logic in his explanation. "You see, alone, the Knight cannot Checkmate the King unless he is dumb enough to put himself in a corner. So I've got your back, just like you had mine when we were younger." The Yamanaka did not want to have the conversation to grow awkward or sour, but Yuki often thought about death. A Shinobi is told that someday he may have to put his life on the line for someone else, which made him feel uneasy at first. Now that he was older, he had those 'What if' moments, like, what if he died during this mission? Alright, sure, it was only a simple Ramen Delivery mission, but one can never be too careful...right? You should always tell people how you feel about them, just in case something happened.

"Transform." Yuki mumbled as he made a carbon copy of Hisaki with the Transformation Technique, breaking away from his depressing thoughts. "Are you ready for this? If we waste any more time thinking about it, it'd be pointless to even attempt it. Just remember to keep the fight away from the hallway." Yuki attempted to get into character and flash the Hyuuga a goofy thumbs up, with an equally as goofy grin.

"Alright, you have to try and grab as much attention as possible when we go in there, shouldn't be too hard for you." Yuki teased before walking to the edge of the roof. He carefully focused chakra to his feet and began to walk down the building, parallel to the ground. His head was throbbing as he closed in on the destination Hisaki pointed out earlier, and stopped near the window. Part of the plan was for Yuki, disguised as Hisaki to crash through the window and get on the other side of their opponent, so when Hisaki threw up the familiar Hand seals, they would target him instead of Yuki. Then Yuki takes over one of the two that are left. It was a simple thing, hard to mess up, but he still wanted to be careful.

Hisaki was on the other side of the window. Yuki nodded to tell him that he was about to initiate as he made a handseal, Mind Release, activate! He activated the same Genjutsu from before, making his mind race and pulse with thoughts. He held up five fingers, and then began to count down, keeping eye contact with his partner. As he lowered his last finger, he spun on the spot and smashed the window, charging in.

"Hey fellas!" The psuedo-Hisaki shouted as he tried to force his way into the room as far as he can, so that when they turn towards the psuedo-Yuki, he would have an easy time pulling off his Kekkei Genkai. Yuki dodged what seemed to be an attack from Daidai by simply dashing in the opposite direction, and dodged a Kunai from Ringo. Just give me the signal Hisaki! He whined mentally as he tried his best not to get hit. If he gets hit too hard, the Transformation Jutsu would be canceled, and Yuki isn't strong enough to take too many hits.

Hisaki, as the transformed Yuki, smashed through the window as the two thugs began to fight the fake-Hisaki. Hisaki yelled out, in Yuki's voice, "Hey Hisaki! I got these guys in the bag!" Hisaki then began to replicate the movements for Yuki's clan jutsu, the Mind-Body Switch Technique. Hisaki got to the last handseal, and pretended to hesitate. The idea was to make it look like he was choosing his target.

The two ninja didn't miss a beat. Ringo looked behind him, and his eyes went wide, "Daidai! Move! We have to Move! He'll take our bodies like he did your's earlier!" Ringo and Daidai, did a one-eighty and tossed a bunch of shuriken at Hisaki. Hisaki broke 'his concentration' and dodged.

He then shouted, "No! They broke my concentration!" False-Yuki landed on the ground to the side, and began doing the supposed handseals again, and then 'aimed' again. Even more Shuriken came his way, and he entered the hallway behind him, to the rest of the apartment. Now the ninja were in close quarters! Anti-Yuki grinned, now the Real Yuki wouldn't be able to miss!

He acted scared, "Oh, no! I'm cornered! I gotta try again!" He reenacted the charade once more, expecting his comrade to be doing the same behind them.