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Zeru listened to the entire explanation by Sorain and then shrugged his shoulder’s and nodded, then he turned to Takera. ”Well I guess it’s just me and you again, since we are on our own I Want to travel to wind country we haven't been there I heard there are ninja that can manipulate the sands and even create weapons out of them I want to see that so we are going to go there.” Zeru said with a grin. Knowing his brother would comply, he knew this for two reasons the first being that if he didn’t he knew Zeru would complain like crazy, and the second reason was because Zeru could always simply throw him towards Earth country using his jutsu.

Drake hardly pay'd attention to the three ninja in front of him. He had started looking into the sky after he asked them where they were going to go next. Then, after a while, he looked back at the three. Sorain had told them that they were all going to have to split up. 'Strange. I thought they were making me go with them, then all of a sudden, I'm free to go...' Drake thought to himself. After giving the other two ninja a warning not to go to Mist, he formed an Ice Mirror, then stepped through it. After a moment, he heard the ninja next to the Uchiha say ”Well I guess it’s just me and you again, since we are on our own I Want to travel to wind country we haven't been there I heard there are ninja that can manipulate the sands and even create weapons out of them I want to see that so we are going to go there.”. It sounded like a good plan from Drakes point of view. But, he saw the Uchiha look over at Drake, then turned back to the ninja. Then, turned back to Drake. "You should return to Fire and make sure no one thinks you've gone missing nin or things could end poorly for you." Then he turned away. Drake thought about that for a moment. Since he didn't tell anyone where he was going after he had heard the rumor of the Swordsmen, it was possible that, after awhile, his Village could declare him rogue. 'Best to return to the Elders, and tell them where I'm heading next. Hell, they might even want me to find one of the blades.' Drake was going to have to wait a moment before he could leave, just in case these two are going to follow him. Thankfully, what the Uchiha said next his fellow ninja quelled this thought from Drakes mind. "I understand where you're going with this, but we need to get back to Kirigakure before we're found. We disguised ourselves in Earth and we kept from sight along the way from Snow, so as long as we make it back and can explain ourselves, we should be confirmed as Mist Ninja and we'll be able to travel freely without the burden of being hunted.". 'So, these two must have been captured by Sorain, and forced to follow him since they were in Snow, huh? Sounds familiar.'. The Uchiha then turned away from his friend, then picked up his pack and put his hood on. Drake looked up to see that the storm clouds had yet to leave, or yet to start up. Drake then began his walk toward Fire, which wasn't far.

As Drake ran from the area that he had met the three ninja, he took a few glances back to see if anyone followed him. Though those two had said they were heading for Mist, he couldn't be sure if they would do anything to follow him, or even recapture him. Drake felt pretty sure he was going to meet those three again, espcially the Uchiha. Maybe even Sorain. Drake then decided not to think about it. He first had to make it to the Village before he could do anything else. After an hour of running, Drake had made it into Fire.

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(Total Lines - 638 + 367)
(Travel Lines - 113)

[Stealth Check VS Jutsu Disguise(150), Sneaking(350), Normal Disguise(750) ]
1020 vs 350 = 99% (PM if you want the Check build if you can't figure it out from looking at my Profile)
(Due note, I see this cart sorta like a station wagon... Ya know, with that big rectangular wood section in tow for the mexicans, animals and crops to be held in =D )

Kira's eyes were trained on the scenery that was slowly approaching in the distance, the rain clouds the clung to the skies were depressing and carried an ominous chill to them. Even though there was a bright sun and cheerful breeze to accompany him and the party he was with on their journey, with the sight of the oncoming weather just completely refused to allow him to have his spirits raised in any shape or form. With a grunt, the boy turned his away from the side of the cart and rested his eyes on Saikoro's sleeping frame. Despite the fact that the man's eyes were wide open and staring at the sky above he knew full well that it meant close to nothing... Saikoro had learned the ability to sleep with his eyes open, it was a creepy thing and it was sometimes hard to tell if he was awake or not at times due to it. Sometimes he suspected that the man really couldn't and was just pretending to be asleep so he could more easily observe and listen to how the people around him acted during the time but it was just as easy to believe he truly was asleep... regardless, it was creepy and Kira truly wished that he would stop.

Kira let out a soft yawn and moved his sights to the rest of his team mates before returning them right back to the depressing scenery that was approaching them more quickly in the distance. With another yawn, the boy closed his eyes for a moment, memories of the other night filling his head as he did.



Kira's eyes flickered open wildly, he had fallen asleep for some extent of time... the clouds that had once hung far, far in the distance now seemed just a stones throw away. With a sigh, the boy looked around the field before jolting up with wild surprise in his eyes. Rapidly he shook Saikoro awake before pointing off into the distance, "Hey, I think I spot the b*****d!"





Saikoro's head snapped up to the sound of Kira's voice, his bright blue eyes wearily searching towards the point that he was pointing to. It was as he said, there amongst the edge of a forest was a campsite and in the midst of it was Shifune, tending away at a fire while preparing to cook his dinner for the night. "Hmm... What luck." Saikoro mused, his head bowing back down against the side of the cart as though the effort to lok over was too much for his neck to bare. With a lazy hand he patted the side of Kyu's leg before rolling over onto his stomach, "Take a deep breath and count to forty five, that is once I leave the cart. Once you do, exist the cart and pace your way to where Shifune is... don't rush in but calculate where he might move next after my initial attack. I plan to rush in reckless so to prematurely trip off any traps and force his hand, as well as make him feel more comfortable about an advantageous situation over what seems to be a foolish opponent." With a groan, Saikoro's hands positioned themselves to the sides of his chest and lifted his torso slightly up but as the cart rocked over a bumpy road he fell right back onto his stomach.

"Nn... Kira... you are to count to twenty after Kyu leaves the cart and follow his lead. You aren't to directly worry about Shifune, in fact... forget all about him. He doesn't exist, who is Shifune? You don't know, that's who. Your only concern is Kyu, and Kyu alone, and us of course but we're secondary, ya know." The man instructed from his lazed position, this time not even bothering to attempt to bring himself back to an even slightly raised position as the cart continued to race nearer and nearer to the campsite that was now only a few minutes off. "You are to clear his way to Shifune, protect him from any traps set up by Shifune, and assist him in any way needed. That's about it, it's a s**t job but someone's got to do it." Saikoro said with a chuckle before groaning once again. With a second and seemingly more lazy effort, the man returned his hands to the sides of his chest and pushed himself up again before letting his head position itself as a prop for his body, causing his appearance to the rest of his group to become an extremely childish one.

And with just as childish movement Saikoro shuffled backwards in that position so to be closer to Hibiki and Kuro as well as be in the center of the cart. "As for you two, you guys are to continue onto the bend of the road and go near to the forest. Find yourselves with an advantageous position on the ground as well as the trees and keep your senses open to track Shifune in case he should be able to flee from our two parties. If he escapes from us, you are to constantly keep us with his next position and if possible, to strike him down when neared.... These are my orders, and they are to be executed in..." Even from the awkward position, the man's voice had boomed out from him in the forceful and intimidating way he had used it when the group had first met, the childishness of how he rested almost completely becoming irrelevant in the sudden seriousness that he carried. "five... four... three... The man's back straightened and his head rose, his body shifting into a track runner's position as the lazy and fatigued sense about him was erased from his presence. "two... one... Begin~"

Two small spike of ice protruded from the cart's center where Saikoro's feet had been, his frame no longer there even though the sound of his words still stung the air with the authority it carried. If one would turn their sights on the direction where the campsite was however, they would see the purple haired leader speeding towards Shifune. His was a gleaming blur as the sun was some how reflecting off of his body and it was not long before Shifune would notice the bizarre beams of lights that were shone on him from Saikoro's body. The man was visibly surprised and it was painfully recognizable even from the distance of the cart that Saikoro's headstrong hurtle to the man had definitely freaked him out to say the least. By time Shifune recollected his wits and reached for a kunai from his pouch, Saikoro was on him...

With a sharp swiftness Saikoro's hands landed on the wrist of the armed hand before forcing it into a failed attempt to slash at him, his body easily ducking the controlled attack before rolling into and beneath the attacker's abdomen so that with one twist and pivot, Shifune's entire form was sent over Saikoro's own and into the ground. Hand's still clasped around the wrist, Saikoro held it firmly extended and in place as he rammed his knee straight into the attached forearm... and even though the painful crack could not be heard the sight of the arm bending at an unnatural angle was enough to know what the intention and effect was. Without releasing the injured arm, Saikoro fell to a knee that was purposely positioned to the neck of Shifune's neck as his gaze fell onto target's own pain teared eyes. "Yui Shifune, you are under arrest by order of the Water Country's Council. You will be read your charges for the warrant of your arrest upon return to the country, but before then you have an question to answer..." The man asked, a deadly seriousness honed into his velvet voice as he prematurely twisted Shifune's broken arm in belief of his unwillingness to answer.

[Awareness Check vs Jutsu Disguise(450) ]
700 vs 450 = 75%

Saikoro's lips twitched slightly at the sound of Hibiki's voice, the want to smile and laugh at the response to the swiftness of his movements almost being too much to bear but he held himself rigid and continued the pressure on Shifune's arm until the man all but fainted from the pain, his voice already strained to a horse cry. With a whimper, the hostage man opened his mouth to answer Saikoro but no sound was capable of coming out as his eyes widened in pain and fear of what further pain was to endure due to his incapability to respond. There was a possibility that if Saikoro had chosen to raise or at least reduce the pressure of his knee from the man's chest, he would have regained some ability to speak but it was a possibility that Saikoro had deliberately forgotten as he enjoyed the pain he inflicted.

With a slight grin, the man began to slowly twist the arm bit by bit, his eyes all but dancing in happiness until they rested on the criminal's own. Gulping down heavily, Saikoro released the arm and leaned in closer to the face of his captured foe, "Well... I'll be, that's quite nifty, mind if I borrow it?" The man chimed before roughly digging his fingers into the eye socket of the man, the action was so sudden and pain that a new sound... a rather unnatural sound found it's way to the man's lips as the false eye was pried from his face by the sadistic captor.

Pocketing the eyeball, Saikoro wasted no time hauling the defeated body back to the cart where his team mates were likely to be waiting for him with whatever feelings they held for him at the moment. Tossing the body into the cart and forcing the eyeball into the hands of Hibiki, Saikoro turned to address them all, "Mission is complete, the eyeball contains the scroll inside of it. Yui Shifune is neutralized and I'm hungry... So, Kira you and Hibiki are to examine that eye and see if you can extract those- on second thought, don't do that. It'll be safer to leave them in the eye until it's returned to Water Country. Kira, you will be in charge with returning both Shifune and the scrolls. Everyone else, you are dismissed to do as you please, you have two to three weeks until you must return to the village..." And with those words, the man patted Kira on the back and gave both Kyu and Hibiki a bow before turning and walking off down the road. "I don't know about the two of you though... But myself, I'll be heading to Earth Country. Seems as though some information about the swords of the Seven Mist Swordsmen has appeared there and I plan to follow up on it.... See ya around?" The man called from over his shoulder, a grin plastered on his lips as he entered the cart that belonged to Shifune and road off down the path alone.

There were several times when Notwen lost control if his technique due to his sandals getting too wet. The jets of flame would piddle out for a few seconds causing him to fly off in odd directions. Because of this he almost crashed into four trees before he passed into the border that separated Rain and Fire. A few hours later the three-eyed Uchiha had to land so he could rest and stretch his legs. He had also picked up the man's consciousness moving with four others. It was when he was walking around that he found a trail with two cart tracks etched into partially muddy road.
Could they be travelling companions? he wondered. The five dots(representing each consciousness) kept moving in a uniformly constant direction for a bit longer, then the dot that was the stranger moved a fraction. Because of that, the four other dots jerked in a wild pattern, and three grew dim and disappeared. The stranger's consciousness was still intact, and now moved to the place where the others had stopped. No way... thought Notwen, his eyes widening. What has he done!? Weaving the four summoning seals, the dark-skinned blonde summoned Kaala. "Kaala, there isn't much time to explain in details, but i need you to fly me a few yards down the road as quick as possible." The crimson-gold sparrow wordlessly let him climb on to it's back and took off into the air, following the road. A few minutes later the wreckage of the cart was visible. Kaala began to circle above the wreck as Notwen mentally instructed him to stay close in case things got out of hand. When the armored bird dipped, the three-eyed Uchiha jumped off and landed on the road above the wreck. "What have you done?!" he yelled at the man who stood amid a jumble of corpses and broken cages.

Hands shoved easily in his pockets, Saikoro strolled closer to the only survivor who seemed to have not noticed him as of yet. A playful smile flickered along his lips as he poked his head around the man's shoulder and looked down at his pitiful position. "You're quite in a bind, now aren't you Koji?" The man chuckled softly, the stolen memories of the shinobi detailed to his very own capture raising to his mind. The boy before him was the former team mate of the man that had betrayed his squad to alert himself and Sorain of Mist's oncoming attack... what was the boy's name... Aizen Aburame. It was a shame that the snitch had been killed, he would have been a great asset if still alive.

A sigh pushed passed his lips and he let his focus return to the living, or at least he hoped was still living. The boy had been recorded as an a-wall, assumed that he had ran in fear from the concept of fighting the Orasakai twins but from the looks of the situation it might have been more so he had been caught and turned into a slave. It was quite a hilarious situation, a mist shinobi... world renown as the most vicious, caught and sold as a slave, quite hilarious and ironic. "Here... This should be better, yes?" With a fluid motion, Saikoro had unsheathed one of his swords and sliced the chains apart that had bound his wrists, leaving the ones on his ankles for himself to take care.

Smiling, he turned away from the boy to face the same dark skinned child he had met in Earth. With the blade still firm in hand, Saikoro took a few steps foreword to the boy, his head tilted slightly as his smile darkened and a chuckle played out dangerously, "Is there something you need, or do you really want to die?"

Notwen's eyes narrowed as he watched the stranger slice a survivor's wrist bindings. Partially confused to what was going on, the dark-skinned blonde got into a battle stance when he saw the man approach him with the blade out.
"No, not really." said Notwen, watching the stranger to be able to read his movements. "But it appears that you killed innocent people just to set that one free. Is this supposed to be a jail break?" The three-eyed Uchiha's eyes picked up a small flash of light behind the stranger. The kid whose hands the man had just freed had used some jutsu to cut the shackles on his feet. Apparently he still didn't notice Notwen's presence, not that it mattered, but it would be very helpful to be aware of what's going on around one's surroundings. Shifting his attention back to the stranger, he took a few calming deep breaths and readied himself for a fight.

Staring blankly at the man and taking in what he said, it was clear that he would have an impact on his life, more so than he could imagine. "Well don't be disappointed but I can't claim to be extremely powerful, hell I'm just a genin and Mist was desperate so they let me out." Koji said now turning to view the newer dark skinned man who appeared to not want anything good.

"And it looks like being with you won't be easy, my first minute with you and someone wants you dead." Koji said now attempting to read the situation a bit more. Within seconds his eyes began to become slightly cloudy as his tainted blood came into play, now showing his Hyuugan abilities.