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Kanshin Sensed some one familiar nearby and looked up to see it was Immolatus-sensei. She grinned widely, thankful she hadn't gotten onto the boat out of Heaven yet. She tapped the Demon clone on the shoulder and pointed to Immolatus. "That's Immolatus-sensei right there. I'm gonna go talk to him and see if I can get him to join in helping Heaven. Come with me, just in case?" She turned and ran towards the building Immolatus was on and stopped when she reached the bottom. She used body flicker and landed next to him, grinning widely and childishly as she walked up to hm and hugged Immolatus from behind. "Sensei~! I'm glad I finally foun you~! I haven't seen you since Konaha~! Immolatus-sensei, I need your help. My friend, Kikyo-sempai, is from this village, and mean people from Gear are trying to take over it. Both her and I aren't very strong, so we decided it'd be a good idea to look for the strongest people we know. Immolatus-sensei? Would you please help us figt the mean people~? One of them's supposedly unbeatable, but I know you could beat him, Sensei~!" She looked to him with a hopeful look on her face as she tilted her head to the side, letting go of him so that way he'd be able to see it really was her. After all, she did have quite the unique heat pattern. Surely he'd be able to remember it since was the very thing that she had used when she had gotten her tattoos.
Kikyo stood, watching the Gear Village invaders, trying to think of which one would be best to approach. The sword one might be a bad idea since, for some reason, she had a feeling he might turn out to be an easily tempered person. From what she saw, the leader seemed almost insane, but she'd most likely be the one to go to since, after all, it would make sense to try and talk with the leader of the group. She took a deep breat and sighed, debating whether or not she should take her mask off and approach them with her face showing, or to show her face while talking to them to show she had soe sort of trust towards them to reveal her face.
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Kanshin blushed lightly and giggled as Immolatus gave her a bear hug and she grinned happily up to him before tilting her head ot the side andgetting a blank look on her face. "Oro-kun? How funny~! I met Oro-kun not too long ago~! In fact, Runt-kun was the first to talk to him~! He's the guy standing beside you. Any ways, he doesn't seem very social. i think he and Kikyo-sempai would get along good since they're both such anti-socials~! Wait? Did you say that Oro-kun's related to Orochimaru? As in the creepy snake guy with the funny tongue? Ewwy. Than I don't think it'd be all that good for Kikyo-sempai to talk to him after all....."

Kikyo sneezed and looked around in confusion. "Who the hell's talking about me at a time like this? Damn it! I bet Kanshins running her mouth again!"

Kanshin then looked up and thought for a moment. What had Demon said his name was again? Oh! Now she remembered! "His name's Yano. Demon-kun said that he can't be beaten, so he's why Kikyo-sempai and I were looking for you. He's the leader of Hidden Gear, which is trying to take over Hidden Heaven. Apperently they're going to try to take over Hidden Cloud too, but maybe if we stop them now they'll be too afraid to try attacking our home~! At least, that's what Runt-kun said~!" She grinned cheerfuly, hoping she'd helped Immolatus by telling him all that she could understand of the situation on why he was being involved.
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((Don't worry about it. I wouldn't put it past Kanshin to mispronounce some one's name. She has a habit of forgetting things, especially names since she knows so many people. xd ))
Kikyo saw Shun coming and smiled under her mask, running over to join the group and see what was going on. It seemed so many people were willing to help protect Heaven. A very small tear came to her eye and she quickly rubbed it away, acting like it was something in her eye rather than her just being happy to see all the people who'd come to help. "Wow. I can't believe so many people are so willing to help save my home. I'm really greatful that you would all help.... I wish I could pay you all back some way, but I honestly have nothing I could possibly give any of you... But I do promise once I become Kage of Heaven, I'll have to make sure to ally my village with all of your villages as a way to pay you back." She turned and looked down at the group. In the back of her mind, she was trying to think of a way to get the Sound Village girl away from the men. She looked unhappy and as though she wanted to be as far away from them. Mei was it? Mei reminded her of the first friend she had made outside of Heaven. The memory of her dear friend Lileth made Kikyo want to save this girl even more. She was probably in as much danger as the village was. She turned to Kanshin, who seemed to be able to figure out what was going through Kikyo's mind.
"Kikyo-sempai, do you know that girl? The way you keep looking at her makes me think you want to try to get her away from the bad men while saving the village." "She's being held captive. I can tell how much pain she seems to be just being around those sum bags. Besides, she's from the same village as Lileth. There's a chance the two might know each other, and may even be friends. Since I consider Lileth a friend of mine, I'll also consider this Mei girl a friend who needs my help. Besides, it seems she may have some trength that could help us beat these guys. She may even have important info on them that we could use against them..." Kanshin grinned widely. Sure, Kikyo had thrown in the whole "She could be of use to us" bit, but the fact that she started off with "she needs ou help" made Kanshin know that Kikyo really was starting to warm up to people. She turned to Immolatus, Shun, Saikou, and Demon and tilted her head ot the side, smiling cheerfully. "What do you gus think we should do first? Should we just run in and try to attack, lay some sort of trap, or try to trick them into leaving?"
"I personally like the "anything goes" method where you can torture them and make them suffer and what not or burn them alive, but that kind of method cold destroy the village more than what really needs to be destroyed. Besides, I'm starting to get over that kind of thinking. Just seems... I don't know, wrong?"
"At least you're finally starting to show some humanity in you, Kikyo-sempai~!"
".... What the hell's that supposed to mean?!?"
"NOTHING! I'm sorry! Please forgive me!"
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There was snapping sound and there he was the... the Gearshadow himself looming right over Kikyo's shoulder. "Good plan... were not here to destroy anything anyway so it's best that we keep collateral damage to a mininimum." He raised that hand again snapping and he was gone again, his time manipulation skills at work. He was only using the stopping time genjutsu for brief moments while he traveled just giving them a slight taste of the battle to come. Next he was standing in a tree behind the swordsman from cloud. "Unlikely... I can't believe I ever saw him wield a proper sword. But you'll like him he's very hand to hand combat oriented, oh he's coming now are you ready? I don't think you are." Sano shook his head smiling at the young could nin, it would be unfortunate to have to spill blood on these nice streets, blood was so hard to remove. He snapped disappearing again going back to their captive. Appearing behind Mei, startling her, the tall Gearshadow whispered in her ear. "I may have tolerated it when our opponents did nothing but speak, but now lets have some proper music, yes?" Sano smiled as he watched the other three advance forward towards the last pocket of resistance.

Momiji was surprised when he found that he wasn't being attacked back and that nothing seemed to be going on, the battle had fallen silent... eerily so he didn't put down his guard until he heard Sano speaking and telling him the battle here was done for now, that there were more dissidents out there waiting to be crushed. He and envy were the first ones out of the gate taking to the rooftops as his armors power began to return and he became able to use his own clan skills again. "Now I can fight properly," He reached a rooftop where he could look down on all of them. "Now are we going to do this one by one or are you going to make it simpler and come at me all at once." he said examining each of the rebels down below him Envy waiting patiently at his side. Suddenly he pointed a gloved finger downward. "Hey you! You! Aren't you supposed to be like attacking them... your a gear aren't you?" there really could only be one person Momiji was referring too.

Mei began to play a new song now a song that could potentially spell disaster for those who were trying to stop the gears

Multiple shades of gray move at a close blur, just outside of sight, before they slow and become less hazy, as if the eyesight was being granted focus to it's appearance. A scraggly long black haired male, completely pale in appearance, almost casually began walking towards the group of 'heros' that were in the area. He wasn't here for a fight, just a little amusement to suit his rotten hide for a while. After all, even one of the undead, needed something to do in times of peace. A twisted little grin, slowly forming across his unnaturally scared face as he heads towards the group, one of the females in particular catching his interests, although a real reason why wasn't there. He was a danger to the living, that at least could be said. His hands, permanently set into that of sharp clawed tips. Veins themselves able to be easily seen, and pulsing black even across his highly scarred and yet deathly pale face. Raising a single hand, as he points in the direction of the female he planned to drag from the group. This female being that of Kanshin. Within moments of pointing, his unnaturally enhanced body took off soon moving through the group, to come to a stop before Kanshin. With a twirl of his wrist, and a drive from that same hand, a single chainsaw like blade shot from his sleeve, and came to her throat, of course, not close enough to wound her, but the revved blade was charged, and ready to shred flesh. At the same moment, he was moving around, and behind her, pressing his undead body against Kanshin, before attempting to force her to back up, away from the remainder of the group.
[Go with it. xD I wont kill her.
A kidnapping, within a kidnapping, sounds like fun. xd ]

"Do you not hear it.. The beautiful ring of a chainsaw. Well, if you cant hear it, perhaps you would like to see it as it rips through this fine young flesh, and her brittle bone?! I would advise, that not even a Shinobi such as yourself attempt to intervene in the actions of a Los Ganados. Especially one that has a blade of such deadly proportions held against your friend's throat." Aeron says, in such a sickening way, a way that gave the distinct impression that he enjoyed the way that he toyed with his food, his prey, much more then any normal predator would. This kind of undead, animalistic distinction, that made him seem so different then an average human. Was made even more clear with the use of the wording he carried. But of course, keeping himself pressed against the girl, and keeping the spinning chain blade of the chainsaw close to her throat, making sure that any wrong move would be met with the virgin blood of this female splashing onto everything within a good radius of her body. "Unless you enjoy seeing the blood of the innocent splash onto the dirt of Heaven—" He says, referring to Hidden Heaven Village, as if it were Heaven itself. "—. I would advise that you sheath that little blade of yours, and let me and this child pass. Other wise, your assistance in painting the grass and stone a pretty red. Will be obvious." He says finally, before pulling Kanshin back, and further away from her allies. His other hand, gripping with his free hand, which actually become more and more beastly, claw like in order to threaten the piercing of flesh, if she did not follow his every action through command of movement alone. Surely, this presumed kidnapping was something that not even the strong willed, should take lightly. Whose side was this male working for, exactly? That of this newly risen Gear Nation? Or perhaps some other force that no one really knew anything about. To be sure, in time, he would clarify these questions, for those that may wonder.

♫ ♫ ♫ Battle Music: "Welcome Home" by Coheed and Cambria ♫ ♫ ♫



The summon spirit, Shemhazai, glanced towards the opponent with fearsome eyes of hatred - and while she would normally fire her spirit bullets, she knew to risk the life of Kanshin would not be worth the attempt; slowly lowering her twin guns. On the other hand, Immolatus's stance remained calm, striking two numbers behind his back: 8 and 7; as some clay from the ground shifted upwards into his feet and fused into his body. The minion, Merge, was now in place, and as his choice, Immolatus chose to copy the powers of minion 83, Exchange - as he blinked and swapped places with Kanshin, exhaling with a grin as he was now in contact with Aeron, which was all he needed to temporarily cause some severe injury to the opponent, speaking in a grin towards the man "....I really.... HATE men who toy with women like that... May the fires of hell purge your kin... Your opponent is I, Immolatus Katon - one of the noble Enkou clans.... You'll not find me as easy an opponent... Shemhazi, keep lady Kanshin safe..." With physical contact on his opponent, Immolatus would grin as his paled eyes lit with fire, as a hellfire sphere formed out from the Enkou's body, the fiery power of his Efreet form only increasing from direct contact with a fire attack; and moreso, the flames acted as a barrier against the Areon's chainsaw, not to mention the burns it would inflict upon him for direct contact with Immolatus. Using a burst of strength, the Enkou would break from the grip of the chain sword wielder, his hands unsheathing the twin scimitars that lay at his sides and pointed them towards Aeron, his sightless eyes adjusting to the man, reading his heat aura to determine just what he was... The chain blade was likely a large threat, and he was thankful to have assumed his form of efreet, as the fire demon form was able to withstand far more damage than his natural body. Its power to manipulate the flame around him also made attacks such as the Hellfire Lotus withstandable without self-injury; allowing him to use his more devastating attacks.
Hovering in a protective circle around Kanshin, the summon spirit Shemhazai would obey Immolatus, glancing towards the enemies with a fearsome glare. A scion of the winds cast down to earth, the imp-like spirit was swift and clever, and oftentimes acted as Immolatus's eyes when things came to the worst. Other times, he used her in a deadly tag-team; and oftentimes it was rare that he used her for defensive purposes. Doing so seemed less favorable to Immolatus, and the spirit would not hesitate to disobey orders in order to protect him - being far more free willed than most of the other summon spirits - and thus why orders which would seem suicidal were obeyed without question; because she trusted Immolatus in that he was aware of what he could endure; such as having attacks aimed at an enemy with Immolatus still in the attack's deadlier range.

Kanshin had squeezed her eyes shut, thinking that this was how she would end up dieing, when suddenly she didn't feel him pressed against her back or have the loud ring of the chainsaw directly in her ears. She opened her eyes, still trembling lightly, as she looked around. There was Immolatus-sensei in her place, and Shemhazai was protecting her. Kikyo had seathed her sword and was running towards Kanshin. Kanshin flinched, but then realized it wasn't an agressive type of run. It was more or less of "I'm coming to comfort you" type of run. When Kikyo was only a few inches away from beng in reach of Kanshin, Hido was next to her and kissing her cheek lightly. She blushed lightly and grinned, forgetting the whole kidnapping incident automatically. "Hido-kun~! Hido-kun~, I so glad you're here~!" She hugged him before feeling them get teleported else where. She looked around, beyond the point of confusion, when she saw how far they were from every one else. She tilted her head and looked up to Hido. "Hido-kun, didn't you come here to help Kikyo-sempai save her village? I'm sure if you helped her out that'd get you in her good book finally and she wouldn't be so mean about having you around. Besides~, I was hoping I could introduce you to some of my friends~!" She smiled up innocently to Hido, unaware of the possibility that he might be working for the Gear nation.

Kikyo had been so close to getting Kanshin back by her side, and then Hido came. The way he looked at her almost seemed as though he had been mocking her to some degree. She slammed one of her invisable vectors against a building that had been abandoned for years, causing it to tumble down with ease. "Damn that Hido b*****d! Immolatu goes through the trouble to save the poor girl, and that a** wipe goes and kidnaps her again! That settles it. Next time I see him he's going to get a wooden shoe shoved so far and fast up his Nara a** that he'll be choking up splinters for a month!" She could feel the clan techniques being allowed once more and used wind dash to quickly appear in between the Gear shadow and the young woman playing a guitar. There was obviousanger in the young Soshi's golden eyes, but as to where this extreme anger originated from would be hard to figure out. The fact that she now saw Hido's clone here as well only made things worse. Demonic horns appeared on her head as Kikyo's four vectors appeared off her back. "You back-stabbing peice of s**t! You ask Kanshin if you can join her and I's group, and then you plot to destroy my village?!? You know, I was considering letting myself tollerate you to some degree for poor Kanshin's sake, but ******** that now! When I find the real you, you're a** is mine!" She looked up to Sano, clearly still pissed about the whole Kanshin and Hido thing. Kikyo crossed her arms and stood up straight, finding herself only a few inches shorte than the leader of Gear. "Listen, I don't want any trouble. Hidden Heaven's a neutral village and generally stays out of the issues of other villages. If you've come to take over, than that surely means that you're going to drag us into some sort of war that we don't want to be involved in. How about we make some sort of deal and try to figure this out like civilized beings rather than trying to slice the other's throat. If you're willing to agree, then please ask the young Mei to stop playing the guitar so we can discuss better."
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