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[I'm sincerely sorry for that whole thing. I never wanted it to be a fight, I just wanted to be able to keep my character viable in combat.]

The boy who had introduced himself as some kind of Prince simply sat atop his mount and watched, in a regal way. Very typical of his type, but Tsutae didn't have time to waste thought on him. She'd talk to him later if he stuck around, and it looked like he was going to. For now, she had to defend herself. The wolf coming her way could not appreciate the full brunt of her illusions, and weapons would mean next to nothing to it. She would have to improvise, and she knew just the trick. All she needed to do was duck out of sight. Quickly, she Flickered one way, then the other, and finally slipped behind a tree as the wolf barreled past. Perfect.

[10/X]

Had she used Henge, or Replacement, or some other cheap trick, this maneuver would probably end in her demise, by ambush or by the fangs of a wolf who was not fooled. But Tsutae had a trick up her sleeve, a very good trick. Her tanto was normal now, she could tell without looking, but the cut on her arm was still bleeding slightly. In a quick movement, Tsutae dragged a fourth knife across her arm and threw it at the wolf, dipped in her own blood... and coated in an illusion, the art of Alternate Recognition. She felt that this knife would certainly connect-- the wolf was a large target, and she was striking from an unseen angle.

[11/X]

Tsutae would become the wolf's master in appearance and form, and the wolf would recognize her as such. The illusion was drawn directly from Tsutae's examination of the boy's physical features, and so although the wolf's first instinct would be that Tsutae was its master, the illusion would not be perfect because Tsutae had not had the chance to fully enfold the wolf's memories. Still, there was no chance that the wolf would recognize her by scent; her scent was now the boy's, in the wolf's mind.

[12/X]

Taking no chances, Tsutae felt her feathers prickle as she summoned the bit of chakra needed to use the Art of Omnipresence. Her target however was not the wolf; it was the boy. She was well hidden in the trees, and if the boy could not see her then she could use the technique. The world went blank for just a split-second, and then Tsutae was behind the boy, completely silent, ready to strike a deadly blow with her grandmother's tanto. Her eyes were narrowed and her face was grim. She would pull no punches-- she had coated the blade in the Art of Agony.

[13/X]

[...And neither can exist without the other...]

Naomi Yoshitaru (Mizu)

Lokey felt the kunai gash his arm and go for the throat he didnt try to stop it because he didnt like what he had become he didnt like that he had become a Missing Ninja and he didnt like that he had just killed a very good freind of his, "Naomi... I know what its like to die i know whats going to happen i know of reincarnation... Im going to come back to this village... and im going to be a better ninja i hope to meet you again soon." Lokey grinned as he slowly fell backwards his wounds being longer then the small gash in Namoi's Arm. As he fell he remembered what he had gone through to get here and as he hit the shattered rock beneath him he managed to take the sword scabard off his back and place it in the crevice along with his sword and mask in the rock and using some of the last of his chakra he sealed the rock shut again and left a small almost unoticable color trace exactly where he left it.

Naomi's Demise 9/????

Lokey rolled back over and looked towards Naomi his vision already beginning to blur and get a dark tint, "Naomi I want you to know that i hold no grudge for you killing me none at all I am actually happy you have done so i am finnaly free from the life that i have chosen though ive never said it out loud i am happy that you have killed me because i know that i made a wrong choice in becoming a missing nin and i also know that i wouldnt have been able to just return to the village after this." Lokeys vision dimmed further, "I will count on seeing you again once I retake a mortal form in Konoha it will be a grand meeting i will specificlly remember me saying now that I will treat you to ramen when we meet."

Namoi's Demise 10/????

Tsutae's mark evaded her assault, and her heart stopped as she saw her enemy leap directly to the Kage building. His proximity to the object of her desire was frightening. Although he had refrained from killing her, she would not be led to believe that mercy was a quality of his. She could feel the wrongness of his existence even from where she stood, hundreds of feet away-- the twisted air around him made her feathers prickle. Even though she was the freak with tufts of grey-black feathers on her elbows and shoulders, she feared the abnormality of this human monster even though she did not know what it was.

One thing she did remember, though: His weapon. It was nothing like the jagged edge of what appeared in the place of her tanto, and yet it felt the same...

[Shadow Clone Jutsu]
[4/X]

Tsutae finally breathed easy as Seiko leapt away from the Kage Building. That was when she saw the boy... the so-called Prince. "I am going to enter the Kage Building," she said simply to him, trying to get her gaze to reach him even across the distance between them. "A dear friend of mine is inside. I do not know why you approached me, nor why you watched the conflict between me and the other, but if it is important, you may wait for me."

With that, she charged at the Kage Building's frozen door, and leapt at it, attempting to bash through the ice with her heel.

[Dynamic Entry]
[2/X]

[...And neither can exist without the other...]

Haroko's eye widend as he noticed this attack she was doing but still her words are not enough to simply be let in that fast for haroko.As soon as he saw her take of for the attack his used his wolf like speed but it was not a flicker.Her foot was only 2 feet away and then haroko apeared in front of her Dynamic entry.His hands shot up and one hand grabbed the point of her foot and the other the back of her heal so as to avoid her actualy heal peircing him and he had to place one foot on the iced door so he wouldnt slide back into it thus her kick was stopped.He let go of her foot and made sure his wolf ears and tail were coverd as wel as his face with his cloak
"Forgive me...but...i have a question for you..you do well to answer it best you can and then you shal gane entry..."He shook his hands a bit from catching her kick.Dynamic entry was a powerful attack and she sued it well so he had to shake of the sharp pains he had from catching the kick.He leaned back against his icey door and looked at her strangely.He noticed feathers and thought to himself maybey he doesnt have to hide but it was instict for him to do so"..Dont think me rude but may i ask who you are?.."He said in a nice calm voice.

Haroko smiled at her bravery.He took a step back understanding her notions.Being a missing-nin he wasn't too sure from who a fatal blow would come from.He studied her build analyzing every inch of her that showed predicting her movment the best he could and her reaction speed judging from her heels and the slightely frosted ground a quick dash would send her into a slip if not careful.He himself wasn't the largest guy on earth he was a short 17 year old and stood only at 5 foot 8.He was quite ripped
underneath but in the end he was stil small for his age and the illusion may be given off that he was bigger from his cloak.He could tell from the vibrations of her voicebox that she was quite determined and he asumed if she wasn't let entry she would attempt an attack thinking maybey he was the enemy"Ok..forgive me i am sorry if i am delaying you of ergency...as i said you may enter but do know i shal wait out here giving privacy but i will be able to hear even the slightest bang...be wize miss..."He stepped aside leaning
against the wall and and putting his head down and closing his sharp deep red eyes"Enter..."The door of ice slowly opend for her with a deep fog leaking from the sides"i am sorry my environment with in 10 feet of me is already 30 degrees and every feet closer is another -10 sorry goahead"There was a slight growl in harokos voice from the wolf in him he was hoping she didnt catch on to this but hed tell her he had a throat problem.He wonderd what her bussiness was but at the same time it wasn't but he wasn't intimadated he had already calcualated the time it would take to defeat her in battle but the porblem with haroko high IQ and asumptions was the fact that he cant be 100 percent accurate he didnt underestimate but he did keep his calculations in his head.Hed let her go but hed focuse his hearing on her heals knowing they would give off a nice vibration and sound that he could ock on to.

Tsutae let him step aside for her, and entered the building without another word. She still didn't feel safe; perhaps an irrational fear of the unknown was getting to her. She'd never traveled outside of her village except to attend the Academy's classes, and now that she was outside of the familiar, nothing felt safe. She could be attacked by some boy bearing a curse at any time, or the Prince of a faraway village could show his face. She could enter this building and find it full of booby traps, deadly ones that she would have no way of avoiding.

Fortunately, this last one at least turned out to be untrue.

[Strong Leaf Whirlwind 5/6]

[...And neither can exist without the other...]