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::hinata, as exhausted as she was, took the oppourtunity to rest within the darkness that Komm offered. She also started thinking a bit to try to remember if anything was happening within the clan that would spur this::

::for as long as she could remember the branch family had protected the head aand as well the secret of the byakugan, there were several incidents where other clans had tried to take the secret, as well as other villages, but nothing recent had come to mind::

::as she shut her eyes and relaxed back into the shadow she wondered what they were to do about the fake hokage and exactly what they planned to do when they got a hold of him, or her, or whoever::

Komm approached readily, keeping Hinata concealed within the resting shadows, undetectable by any other force save those of his own village. Of which he was truly the last left after all these centuries. "We'll have none of that... stop picking on the little ones and take on someone whom you have no chance against." Komm called out, causing shadow to well within the Tentu's injury, forcing the spear out. A bright aura of healing chakra, Light Element, began to close up the wound.

+Meanwhile+

Pulling on the handle of the door, Kotai exited the house as he made his way out into the hellish scene that awaited him. Nins were fighting in the streets, foreign nins, stranger nins, Leaf nins, laying dead in the dust. Thunder and lightning hurled their energy about with careless abandon, and the sky remained black with roiling clouds.

The Aburame ran his fingers through his hair, scratching a bit at his head. "This isn't good..."

Komm frowned as the kunai passed through, unfazed. He was, after all, a mostly non-corporeal mass of chakra and collected "essences". "Another Kagenin-wannabe... this day just keeps getting more and more cliche... let's see, I think I've got something for you..." =Horse, Tiger, Dragon, Horse, Bird, Dragon, Horse, Ram, Dragon, Horse, Hare, Dragon= Kuji-In were performed in an almost lackluster display. "Kage Yu Fuuin no Jutsu!" Elemental seals of searing light poured forth, the collected essence of the Hikarikage of Fallen Light shedding but a fraction of his tumultuous Chakra into the Sealing Jutsu.

Emblazoning shadows, wisps of grey smoke and rays of the purest white shot forth, scouring walls and floor and ceiling alike, blasting into every corner with a vengeance of untold power. All to return to the originating point, with "Fuuin" stamped on the ground below. The shadows would now seem rather devoid of much of anything... Komm turned, seemingly unworried for the time being, and brought the Chakra of Fallen Life to bear on Tentu's wound. "While I may not yet be able to defeat this hidden nin, I have sealed the energy of the shadows themselves for a short time. Just long enough for me to heal you and Hinata before we have to make our break for it. Do you understand this, Tentu? Let any sense of paranoia you might have blossom, allow it to become one with your abilities. We cannot afford to be caught, again. I don't believe the same simple seal will work twice on another Kagenin." He spoke quietly behind his mask, not yet wanting to reveal what lay beneath... just yet, not yet...


+Meanwhile+

A tremor, a pulsewave of Chakra quite unique and palpable, coursed through the ground and air with abandon. Amongst others, Kotai Aburame felt this as he worked his kunai around that of an attacker's and into his juglar, sending a spray of crimson wash into Kotai's hair. The Aburame himself was not in good condition, bleeding from multiple wounds, and bearing a slight limp. "The Tower... that's where this all settles." His Destruction Bugs began to get to work, feeding from the downed enemy's Chakra to facilitate the healing processes of their master. "Hurry, little ones, we've not much time..."

**Suddenly Hinata was launched across the room after being hit by the broad side of an massive axe. Just like the other ninja, this one vanished as fast as he came.**

**Komm suddnely began to feel as though a great force was pulling him down. A strange Jitsu was almost like increasing gravity, but gravity itself was perfectly normal.**

"I have discovered your real secret. Now my jistu affects not the body, but the soul. It draws yours and all the souls in your posession towards the earth, and the rest of your body must follow or you will be destroyed."

**suddnely, a shadow wizzed by Komm, drawing a seal on the ground around him. A large dark nin appeared behind Komm. He began reciting a long list of seals until the words on the floor began to glow and move. The began to wrap around Komm until they were almost like bandages around a mummy, stopping his movement.**

**Tentu managed to stand and limp over to hinata.**

"Are you ok?"

**The nin was taken back slightly. A seriously evil grin spread across his face.**
"Okay... Let's do this your way. JANHOUSEN!! HE WANT'S TO GET SERIOUS! TIME TO END THE JOKING!!"

**Another shadow formed beside the large nin, and it was that of the first nin they encountered. They looked like opposites one large and wide, the other skinny and short. the short one had blue-ish gray hair,red eyes, and a very pointy pace, while the other had brownish green hair, purple eyes and a chubby face. Both wore black clothing trimmed with orange, and both wore strange gauntlets. In a snake-like voice, the smaller one hissed in laughter.**

"Are we going to show him true pain? Aww... I was about to pop out and make it look as if I barely escaped his shadows."

**Suddenly both ninja's gauntlets glowed white and blue and they both vanished into the shadows. A trail of light that could be easily followed, began to dance around the room, almost as if he was....dancing? Before Komm had a chance to attack, a white light swooped through his body. It didn't seem as though it did any damage, but somehow, Komm seemed....a little emptier.**

"Mmmm... you have a lot of souls that aren't yours. You shouldn't take souls from people without properly asking. I consider that a little rude."

"Well, Micha. We'll have to remedy that!"

**A flurry of swipes began taking the souls Komm had aquired and stealing them for themselves. But before they had a chance to do much damage. Both Nins were caught mid-air by their gauntlets. White light exploded throughout the room, as Tentu held the nins. Tentu flicked their wrists and whipped the nins across to the opposite sides of the room. They hit the walls, sending a cloud of debris shooting out. Tentu held his hand out for Komm.**

"We're sorry!! don't hurt us again!" pleaded one of the Nins. They both bowed on their knees."

"Komm, Komm, Komm. I thought you would have put up a better fight than that. A real Ninja wouldn't be so trusting of stranger nins that appear in the town during a massive battle such as this. You see, I have better people than you in my village."

**Tentu pulled his hand away and walked to the throne. He sat down and rested his head on his hand.**

"You see, you work in the shadows, but shadows are just a lack of light, and light is pure energy. So in essence, you are using a lack of energy. You really should think about these things more often."

**Tentu put his hands on his knees.**

"Now if you havent noticed, I had my men bring you here. Lure you, or other's like you, out if you will, To test you, see what your made of. I was with you, testing your actions (that's why they were such terrible ANBU. It was all an act). Now it's time to invite you to our cause."

Komm frowned, simply redrawing the souls back into his body. "Quit doing that, it tickles." He listened to what Tentu had to say, rather impassively, as it were. "And what cause might that be? Why would I want to join, all you've done here is invite me to have boring play with your subordinates. I really am beginning to tire of them..." His left hand jerked, the glove dissipating rapidly. Black mist instantly clung to the two against the wall, becoming acidic and charged with gravitic forces, to prevent their escape while they died a most painful death.

**Tentu looked at the blood now dripping down his shoulder. He looked back up at Komm, and with a wave of two fingers, an immense chakura wave tore off the back of the throne. Hintata was send hurtiling back and into the arms of a stone golem. The golem grabbed both of her arms and stretched them as far as they could go without ripping her apart.**

"Komm. Just because you parade yourself around as a god, just because you have more power than most high class nins... doesn't mean there isn't someone stronger, faster, and more knowleged out there. You torture those who are weaker with your attitude. With my guidance, you can be above that. This village is just a means to gain knowlege and power."

**Tentu rested his chin on his fist. The blood dripping down his arm began to slow to a stop.**

"Oh and Hinata, I never was a traitor. I was always the main goal. This whole time you tried to find the Fake Hokage, but ironically, he was beside you the whole time. I am the one who posed as the Hokage. I am Tsuchikage of the Stone Village."

**Tentu stood and crossed his arms. In a poof of smoke, He completely changed. He was now taller and seemed slightly bulkier than before, all of his cuts and bruises were gone, and his clothing changed into some high tech Ninja armor with a crack from where Hinata pierced it.
Then, Hinata's arms stretched a little farther until one arm cracked.**

"Komm, this is my final warning. You can join me, or watch as the Village is destroyed. I have troops on standby just outside the village, and more coming from various villages. Now Choose.**

Komm sighed, giving a slight roll to his eyes behind the pearly mask. "You still don't get it, do you? This Village can't be taken, I won't allow it and neither will other forces from time out of mind. The power of which is beyond even mine to comprehend. You can not withstand my power, let alone could your pathetic army stand to bear presence to that of which I speak, without being cindered upon the spot." He spoke with a lazy accent, seemingly oblivious to Hinata's plight.

Hinata, however, would begin to feel much, much stronger, as though made of stone, herself. The reversal of roles, Dotonchii flowing into her Coils from the golem itself, the very essence of the Earth. It would continue to do so for as long as it held her, or until it turned to dust.