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Drago looked and he only cracked his neck as he walked towards Akuma.

"One week huh? that's all the time I will need..But you won't like me when I come back..All this niceness..Is going to be gone..and who is Holocaust?"

Drago said scratching his head.

"Why do you keep calling me that.."

Drago looked and he scratched his head. As he looked at the two keyblade holders. He was going to make sure that their little hearts got ripped out..And then the keyblades would be shattered.

"But I will go gather the best....Kill you..blah blah..and then make sure I kill those two traitors..for sure.."

Drago said and with that he walked away from Hidden Federation.

So a tournament was the answer then huh? Though it sounded fun there was now a dilemma, Tsuki was a part of Team Drago but for the purpose of gaining the abilities of an Uchiha Tsuki had joined up with Akuma. If she fought for Drago then her powers would most likely be stripped, but if she fought for Akuma then she may be considered a traitor and then Drago and the others would come after her head. Tsuki sighed weakly, coming out of hiding as Drago left the Hidden Federation. She would have to explain herself later though for now she would have to stay on Akuma's side if she wanted to keep the spirit he gave her, as well as her own soul. With a week to prepare Tsuki decided to leave the village, heading off to Hidden Time since she heard that there had been a few earth techniques that would be of great use to her.

Kikyo listened to the words that Drago said as he spoke, especially when he looked to her and Saikou. He had called them traitors. She wasn't traitor. She was only doing this to save both Hidden Heaven and to make sure Saikou would be safe. She was guaranteeing that Kanshin and her precious Hido would not be harmed by Akuma. She wasn't a traitor. She was only doing what she thought would help out the ones she cared for the most. After all, that was all she had left at this point besides the Shatter Heart key blade. She grabbed the key chain in her hand, closing her eyes as she thought it over, the word "traitor" repeating itself over and over again in her mind. Midriko, am I a traitor for wanting to help my village? Does it make it wrong that I agreed to help Akuma in order to protect my friends? Do not reflect on what it is that Drago has said about you, young Soshi. You have a goal to accomplish at this point, so no time to waste on self pity and woe. You must grow stronger so that you may help your village and your friends like you want. Kikyo sighed lightly, looking away from the group as she thought over what Midriko said. She was right. She had to stay focused and get stronger. There was no way that Kikyo would be able to be of help if she didn't try her hardest. She had to stay focused and not let the words Drago said bother her. After all, he had no idea of her ambitions. He most likely assumed she had joined solely for power. She heard her name be called and saw Saikou. Kikyo inhaled a deep breath through her nose and let it out as a slow sigh before nodding. It was almost like he had heard the conversation going in on her head just a few seconds ago. She put on a light smile and nodded once more. "Yeah, sure. I haven't been home since Gear took over, so who knows what's happened to the place. Hopefully everything's still the same. I'd hate to think what could have happened to the village while I was gone.... Besides, I'm kind of curious as to where you want to train. I was going to stay here to train since they have so many attacks that could go great with Hidden Heaven moves, but you might have an even better spot. So long as we don't have to get injected with something, catch a disease, or become more mutated than I already am, then I'm game." A delicate smile graced Kikyo's lips as she smiled to Saikou, waiting for Saikou to lead the way. Maybe after this was all over she'd tell him what it was that Midriko was going to say for her, that Kekkaishi may be dead or have moved on. After all, she could tell he was probably watchig what he said and did around her because of her status of being "engaged." Might as well let him know that was probably no longer the case. Hopefully things wouldn't get awkward between the two. It was nice having Saikou around. He definately was good company. Of course, Midriko wanted to know where it was that Creed had seen and was interested in taking them all. "Creed, what kind of place are you wanting to have us go? Are you truely sure that training there will be of benifit to us? After all, we have less than a week to prepare for a competition. I certainly hope you know what it is you are doing and not just leading us on a wild goose chase." Could you blame her for being a bit skeptical of Creed? After all, he was a demon. It's hard to trust one when you died fighting them in order to help protect the world and save it from sin.

Kikyo nodded and followed Saikou. "Yeah, they got some god drinks there. Some pretty sweet sake as well." Something you wouldn't expect an 18 year old to be saying, but things were different in Heaven than other places, especailly in her clan. She became an "adult" when she learned the air walk technique, so she had drinken before. Not often, but she had.

Hurdy awoke after a heated argumenet with the ichazuki spirit within him. It apeared as though she could partially control his body and had him knock himself out with a karate chop to the neck. He looked around, knowing that in a week he and akuma had a destined battle with the the others. He checked the date with a local passer by and found out it was almost a month later.

He searched within his essense and deduced that the ichazuki had fled while he was knocked out. This sudden urge of power leaving must had been what kept him knocked out for so long. He tried to stand, but his metal limbs were un oiled and rusted after being in the elements un-protected for a whole month without maintence. He bend at his torso, which was flesh and blood and quickly fell back down. His muscles were cramped and weakened due to him not moving in a whole month. He was deffinetly not in a good situation.

He then began to try and use his chakara to his advantage. He sent it to his muscles to coarse them back to normal. He then sat up. He used more chakara and sent it through the metal limbs to try and remove the rust. It worked to a limited degree. The oil problem could not be solved, but he could move now, if not jerky and exremly loudly.

(238 + 102 = 340)

Hurdy heard the sword being drawn and turned quickly, his metallegs making an incredibly high pitch squeak of metal rubbing on metal. He used hand seals and his hair grew out long and spikey to protect him from the wind sword's onslaught. Underworld Gaurdian spikes. He then, under the defense of the hair, Shoved forward, to try and set the samuarai stumbling backwards. The hair then receded back to it's original form and Hurdy threw a kunai at the little girl, deducing that she was pulling the strings.

(89 + 340 = 429)

Hurdy was cut by the thin thread of chakara used by the Hyuuga and then was thrown back far by the blast of air. He stood up noisily again, his metal limbs not oiled. He couldn't raise his left arm, when thinking about why, he figured it was a result of the chakara cut he recieved from the samurai. He then looked in time to see the kunai he threw deflected by the little girl.

Taking stock of his situation, he knew his time was now. He could no longer utilized ninjitsu, he only had one arm. Most if not all jutsu require two handed hand seals. Unless of course you were a Dattoumaru of Hidden Cloud, however Hurdy was not one of these. He stood still, still not sure of what to do.

He then liquidized his right metal arm and hardened it when it was in the shape of a blade. He charged at the samurai and sliced horizontally with the bladed arm in an attempted to slice his head off.

(173 + 429 = 602)