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Sano watched her fiery spirit swell in front of him, he had been this close to simply shutting her up with one of his newly forged chakra control devices. He let the strange spider like device reattach to the inside of his lab coat. "Hmmm Mei's Music? It's not doing much, but keeping my nins alive, they didn't quite get your call to parley. Though I doubt there's much to talk about here, in the terms of what is to come, what is happening right now, whether you realize it or not, a neutral village is going to be just a smoking shell afterwords, I want to avoid that. Your nins don't have to fight, I never planned that, in fact more nins were coming to help bolster this places defenses. I like this place, I'd like to do some research, but for your own safety it'd be best if we moved the village away from here. I don't take any village, because the gear nation wants to control it to bolster their own power. I take villages, because they have things worth preserving, look at this... I don't have the time or resources to make things like this." Sano handed her a small screen showing images of a village controlled what was obviously a rival faction, a huge statue of a man erected in the center of the village. "That's not my type of ruler ship. I don't seek to dominate, just learn." he smiled at her, "We could use someone like you, there are other villages that need to be saved and as you can see, villages don't really see that this is for their own good." he was now leaning back against a wall watching her response, how much had he said was truth, could she even trust a man with a hunger like that in his eyes? That was for her to decide.

Mei didn't know if she was supposed to continue to use her abilities as a spirit tuner, but her fingers still on the cords of her guitar the heavy sense of power leaving the area. She still had no idea why she was here, what part did she play in all this, his words seemed all great and peaceful, but that completely contradicted what his actions had show so far.

Riku was idly standing behind Kikyo not speaking not moving just leaning idly on his long staff hidden from view in her shadow.

Back on the battle field, Momiji leaped down from the rooftop knowing the Suzaku was close on his heels, he turned his back to the ground looking at the Suzaku. He laughed "Exterminating Second Bullet!" thrusting his armored hand forward he set off a massive explosion that would engulf the Suzaku and himself. the explosion kicked up a massive cloud of dust, did Momiji survive his own attack? It seemed that way as what appeared to be a dust covered and smoking Momiji came out of the dust cloud high above the other combatants landing behind the swordsman from cloud. "Now that wasn't nice at all, what if I had been actually been hurt by that?"

The real Hido looked down at Kanshin, smiling warmly. "Don't worry, everything will be fine. This won't last long, and then you can introduce me to everyone." He said taking her hand in his, and sitting down next to her. Back in Hidden Heaven the Hido clone looked at Kanshin with a strange look in his eyes. He watched her snap her vectors out the horns that were all too familiar growing out from her head. "You are childish." He said to her his eyes starting to flood with blood. A searing pain was shooting through his spine but no one around him would be able to notice. His expression didn't change in the least, even as he reached up pulling the headband back from his head to reveal his two black horns. He let his own vectors roll from his back, twelve of them. Each of his vectors were capable of extending over one hundred feet, each one capable of tearing through a persons mind and killing them. "You act as if your inability to tolerate me would make me incapable of following you and Kanshin around. The actual truth, is that the only reason you get to venture with Kanshin, is because I feel that killing you would not be worth the time, or the menial barely wasted effort. If that changes, I won't hesitate. As for my alliances, they lie where I feel would be most beneficial to me, as of right now it's where I'm standing, if that never changes that would be perfectly fine, if it does change, I'll find the next person to pledge my alliance to. " He said staring at her. His eyes weren't changed, he didn't need to trick or capture her to control her. Fear worked perfectly. And the fear of death was Hido's specialty.


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"Hmph...I would feel bad, I wanted your death to be quick!" Saikou says grunted as he smiled. "You know what they say about the phoenix....in death it rises from the ashes." He spoke as, the dust cloud flames sparked as the phoenix rose dispersing the clouds all around him. Flipping the blade from the dull side to the sharp side he spun around, the wind whistling around the sword in order to slice Momji into halves. The phoenix coverged around him, it's wings and body creating a fiery dome, as it press down upon them Saikou smirked. Even extreme speed would not be able to pass that of flames, he was the only one able to freely get out of the flames, as the phoenix was under his control. I would remind you that this a mutual partnership. "Whatever." Saikou murmered.

"Mother always said I was bad at delivering news like that... said I spent too much time in my room making bombs, robots and other odd experiments." he shrugged opening his lab coat and removing and lighting a cigarette with a spark that seemed to come directly from his body. "It took them a while to figure out how to get it too work, but the village is on the move, hard to notice topside, relative motion and stuff like that, but at the moment were heading for safer skies. As for the disapproval your kin and neighbors might feel it doesn't really matter in the larger scheme of things now does it. But yes, getting to know the clans here better would be beneficial, that and I need to find out if what they say is true, if this island is the last bastion of sky country." he spoke with a gleam in his eye, the hunger for knowledge alive in him again, he had come for the rune cannons and their hints that they might be related to sky country technology which like most the villages he'd brought together they had an advanced level of technology. "But yes, back when Yukigakure was a warring country these were used in the prisons to keep ninja prisoners in check. The Gear nation consists of my home, Yukigakue and a small village named Twillight, not many people know that after all... This was just something I reverse engineered from the model they use in Snow. As you said short of a juuinchuriki or someone who could open several of the gates at once, one of these things have the power to restrain even a sannin. To answer your question I use them on anyone who might cause damage to those around me... I'm surprised you haven't asked why she's here against her will." Sano turned towards Mei watching while she bickered with Hido. "I do suppose I owe you an explanation don't I?" he looked into those frightened eyes with a sense of pity. "Have you wondered why no one has come for you yet? It's because it's simpler for them to say your dead, they're purging the last of Oroichimaru's experiments from that village. What you didn't know of his return? Oh yes, the real Oroichimaru has returned to this world, and Otogakure wants nothing to do with him, you saw something out of the ordinary when you looked out your window that night, a squad of 10 ANBU, why would a squad that large be out for a standard patrol they wouldn't is the simple answer... Now your going to ask why your friend isn't here, he was an experiment as well. Our research showed he wasn't nearly as level headed as you... he wouldn't have taken the idea lightly and things could have gotten... messy to say the least... he's quick you'll see him again sometime soon, but for the moment you come with us if you want to live to see the sunrise." Sano removed the cigarette butt from his mouth grinding it under his heel as he turned back to the bickering two. "Now, now, don't do anything rash like hurt the poor clone, it'd just end up doing the same damage to the real one wherever he is..." sano was looking around as if wondering where the real Hido was hiding. "When you finally go poof, clone remember that, clones are just bigger weaknesses around a person like, it's not something I can control so be warry next you send out a clone. For the moment I'd go tell those alchemists to stop before they kill one of the protesters." he looked off in the direction of the battlefield feeling a large explosion shake the ground, that never boded well.

Mei looked at the man unsure of whether to believe a word he said or not, he seemed able to convince everyone else, and the large ANBU squad had been irregular, he was right Knox wouldn't have come along peacefully... maybe there was something to this man's story after all, it did make a certain amount of sense.

Momiji smiled shaking his head as the boy spun around raising his arm blocking the blade the sword making a ringing sound and sinking a few inches into his arm, but it wasn't his arm anymore it was the arm of the gearshadow, connected to the body of the gearshadow, it was hard to catch the change as what had appeared to be Momiji turned into what seemed to be Sano, the question was if the real Sano was over talking somewhere, where was the real Momiji? That question was answered as Momiji shook the earth with another explosion, this time from underneath the ground, the dust cleared around his original impact spot you could see a tunnel leading here carved out by alchemy. As loose dirt and rubble sprayed from the hole a similarly singed Momiji leaped from the whole behind Saikou bringing his arm down with almost inhuman strength in a blow if not avoided would shatter the shoulder of Saikou's sword arm, with his blade stuck in the arm of what seemed to be a fake Sano, in reality Envy who had used the first dust cloud to change his appearance, he seemed he was out one sword and not left with many ways to defend himself.

Kanshin smiled and laid her head lightly against Hido's, enjoying getting to be so close to him in such a casual manor. Honestly, if she didn't think he'd find her ridiculous for it, she would probably squeal with how happy she was right now. But she managed to keep herself under control and just settle with grinning. She then pouted a little at the mention of learning ice techniques. Kikyo had told Kanshin it wouldn't hurt to learn a few ice techniques, but so far the closest Kanshin had been willing to go was learning how to seal ice. That was it. She smiled nervously to Hido. "Umm, well, I don't know if it'd be too good of an idea to try teaching a member of a clan that uses the sun and fire to fight how to use ice... I'd probably just end up melting it before it would do anything useful, and then I'd just be getting people wet." That was the same excuse she used with Kikyo. Kikyo had to finally give up in convincing the warm loving girl to go with her to a village with mostly ice attacks that she would be able to learn with ease. After all, Kikyo hated trying to push Kanshin to do things since Kanshin could be just as stubborn as herself.

Meanwhile, Kikyo listened back to what Sano had said. She wanted to avoid listening to Hido's logic or by using the come back of "I was young and didn't know any better," even if it was true. Best to make it seem that she had full intentions to master the use of vectors and just hadn't found time to yet than to let it be known that Kekkaishi had pretty much dragged her into doing the experiment. Kikyo raised an eyebrow to what Sano said. It appeared he was about as anti-social as she was. Well, at least he did something besides torture her fellow village members in attempt to make them leave her alone. The mention of a mother made Kikyo turn her gaze away a little bit. Family was a bit of a touchy subject for the young Soshi whom had no family left by the time she had turned ten. She didn't want to get into a discussion on such affairs. "Funny, father always told me I have a habit of being too appointive and need to stop knocking out people I like. I still need to work on both..." She shrugged lightly, not showing that she was kidding. After all, last time she had seen her fiance he ended up getting shipped back into the hospital after just getting out. She reached into her sleeve and pulled out a small pill and popped it into her mouth. Hido would probably have something to say about it, but she needed it. "Hmm, Orochimaru you say? I have heard quite a bit of him. In fact, my new friend Immolatus claims that a certain Uchiha by the name of Oro is descended from him or some how related to him. You claimed him to be on your side earlier, did you not? Any ways, Mei, was it? You're also from the village Sound. I have a friend who goes by Lileth that came from that village as well. It is quite... unique, your abilities to take something as wonderful as the very sounds we all love and turn them against us. Not that Lileth ever did that to me. The clothes you're wearing are very unsuitable... And based on the shape of your body, from what I've seen, I may have some clothes that would fit you... Don't worry about giving them back or paying me back. Consider it a gift. After all, I know how hard it can be to have to deal with a guy on a constant. My fiance can be a bit pushy, not that it seems Sano-dono here seems to be nearly as demanding. I can tel you have some sense of humility that Kekkaishi had to get beaten into him. It's tough training rich people to behave... Sorry if I'm rambling. Any ways, back to the village. If you call your men off, then I'll see if I can convince my friends to stop as well and hold a cease fire while we continue this discussion. It would probably be more beneficial to share what we all know and think more clearly with all the knowledge pieced together than to think that some one is only out to get another." She stood up and retracted her vectors while making the horns disappear, showing that she was not planning anything aggressive. As the vectors disappeared, she stayed in her spot above the ground, using the air walk technique to do so. Kikyo found herself thankful to have her clan's abilities back, especially since she hadn't realized how often she used them just to avoid having to deal with crowds or people in general. Kikyo jumped higher into the air when she suddenly heard Immolatus and growled lightly under her breath so only she would hear. She dropped down next to Immolatus, frowning under her mask. "Immolatus, what on earth are you dong? Attacking so close to use with such dangerous techniques isn't exactly going to make any peace talks run smoothly. Though, personally, I was wanting to do that myself... Gah! What am I saying? Could you please not shoot fire so close to me? I can handle most things just fine, but heat's not one of my fortes. It starts messing with how I think and makes me do things I later regret..."
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"I wanted to test out my new close range defense." Saikou says calmly as he flips back into the air, creating a lightning the clone, the electric copy grabbed the blade and through it at Saikou as electricty crackled on it. "Plus I felt Envy's presence and needed to lead...it out I suppose." He says as he raised his blade back. Even if his Ryuugan was out of commison he could sense the presence through use of ki and he needed to lure Envy out. "You take Momiji I guess the other person is mind." He shouts as he dashed forward. "Hands of Lightning." He states, as electricty crackled around his fingers as he dissappeared, swerving around Envy and struck at the person's lower back at the spinal cord. The resulting punch could very well cause Envy to become unable to move and the direct result of lightning going into her spine and into her brain could make her catatonic. Meanwhile the lightning copy brought it's fist forward in order to strike Envy's neck in the same manner.

Kanshin blushed as Hido kissed her forehead and smiled lightly up to him. "Well... I guess learning a few new tricks might not be so bad... If I can seal ice, I should be able to summon it, right?" She blushed lightly and bit her lip lightly before kissing his cheek gently and hugging him. She looked up Hido, giggling lightly. "Umm, how would I learn how to do the ice tricks? We won't have to go into the land of Snow, will we?"

Kikyo quickly did a few hand signs, causing a lightning clone to appear next to her. The second the Hido clone and Immolatus werein the air, the clone did a quick hand sign. In a flash, the clone would find her had just stabbed the lightning clone in the chest while Immolatus stood next to Kikyo. Kikyo flipped some of her long hair over her shoulder and brushed Immolatus off a little. "That may not have been te best of ideas after all, Immolatus, but pretty brave none the less. You have to be careful of Nara, he's crafty and would probably stomp in a puppy's skull if it got in his way." She took her hands off of Immolatus, having finished brushing him off and nodded lightly. "There we go. All better. Oh, wait, hold on." She did a few hand signs and held a hand up to Immolatus's forehead before her skin started to glow brightly. She used Light Cross to heal any damage that could have been done and smiled lightly under her mask.