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Eluamous's eyes flared with chakra as the birds surrounding him exploded form within, his Combustion powers having become more advanced. The crows from the murder of crows were actually made of chakra anyway, thus their energy was explodable. "Damnit... the body got away!!!"
"It's alive! Way to go 'puppeteer', you revived a body and it's gone on the run" Immolatus made a mock applause as he arrived from over the hill, chuckling at the scene.
"Dabbler, it's a crude form of puppeting, I only use it when its necessary..."
"Going to pursue the body?"
"There's no time... You said they were heading to Moon... I can't just let those Agents keep this up..."
"Yeah, and you've got an angry guy trapped in a bubble of energy. Don't turn your back on him..."
"What about that puppet running around, the bombs.... They might go of at any-"
"One step at a time... I'll sound the village alarms, you get yourself to Moon... If I see the puppet you blundered, I'll let you know and return it... or something"
"Destroy it..."
"Didn't you-"
"No... I was just trying to get him to destroy the bomb trigger... if you can evacuate the village before the trigger is triggered, then there's no need to destroy it... If you see the bod, destroy it..."
"Got it, sheesh you're a weird one, making a puppet but not planning to use it... Guess that's why you don't have any command over the damn thing, you don't like the art to begin with, do you?"
Eluamous remained silent, not looking the Enkou in the eyes, though the Enkou's eyes were blinded. "Right, I can take a hint. You don't want to face the truth.... Tch, you won't last long that way. Better live up to the fact that you used an ability, and learn to command it with some pride, or you wont ever have any control..."
Eluamous's eyes did not meet Immolatus's, the Spartan calling his black dragon to him before mounting on the dragon saddle...
"....Thanks; Don't die..." was all he said before nudging the black dragon's shins, Fai Ryu nodding and spreading his great wings, taking to the sky.
"All you could say, eh? ....Guess you heard that, eh?" Immolatus turned to the puppet master, sensing the chakra bubble he was imprisoned in flickering; "I'm going to take a gander and say you're going to be pretty pissed when that thing breaks..." Bowing in a mock gentleman's bow, Immolatus grinned and began channeling chakra to his feet; "and as fun as that sounds, I am on a tight schedule. I've a village to evacuate, a rogue puppet to destroy, and a missing girl to find! I could maybe fit you in next Tuesday, if you'd like to make an appointment just speak with my secretary and we'll do lunch! Ciao!" Using a body flicker, Immolatus sped off towards the village proper in order to warn of the remaining bombs.

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Hido sighed bowing his head and crouching when the Agents had decided to retreat. He actually thought he was going to lose, and even worse, die for once in his life. He shook his head again, letting the scythes disappear and his vectors dissipate once more. As the extra appendages known as vectors disappeared Hido dropped to the ground wincing and screaming in pain. The pain was like liquid fire was forced into every pore on his body, unimaginable to those who had never felt the pains of power, power gained from killing innocents, power gained from turning to the darkest crevice of your mind and embracing it to spill the blood of someone who was never meant to die how they did. His horns, hidden beneath his headband, felt as if they were being ripped from his skull, as if someone had drilled hooks through them and had horses running at full gallop while Hido himself was trapped in place. He waited, twitching in his crouched position until finally at long last the pain subsided. "Hido.... dear chap I do believe you've met your match... you do have what it takes to bring him back... so why don't you... does he even matter you anymore? You promised, promised to bring him back with your new power. You have the power so why haven't you done it yet? It's a matter of thought for you now, it's not even a strain on your body anymore. Why haven't you brought him back.", "Ill tell you why the wretch ain't brought back his dear damned old friend, he's ******** afraid. Afraid o losin his place on top, afraid of bein weaker than our boy Art.", "No.. no no no, STOP you don't understand... he doesn't want to come back... I know he doesn't it's not worth it, I don't care about being the strongest, his being gone makes me weaker... I just want to be strong enough to protect the next person like him. I just want to be stronger..." These thoughts flashed into Hido's mind as the pain wrenched him to the point where death would of been welcomed. He shook his head again standing up, now more determined then ever. He knew what he needed to do now. He knew the next path to his becoming a savior to those of the village hidden int he leaves, to Ayami, to even Kanshin. He turned holding his head and body flickering int he direction of the Anbu Black Ops headquarters. He approached a large black building at the edge of town, looking at it's extremely advanced architecture. He smiled knowing he was at the right place... that is until he looked at the large sign above the door. The sign read 'Rabbit, Boar, Dragon, Diner.' with a smiley face at the end. It was a play on words using the names of handsigns to implement a new meaning to a typical restaurant. Hido actually stopped and cursed kicking a small sign advertising the restaurant when he found out that his intel was wrong. He would probably never find the Anbu black ops. headquarters, and should of known that the secret organization in the Hidden Leaf, made to guard against the most powerful of foes would be much more difficult to find then just going to a building. He sighed turning around when his whole world went black. This wasn't a figure of speech but is literally what happened, as when Hido turned around a strange man in a cloak with a white Kitsune mask on placed a strange cloth up to Hido's face before he could even blink.


Hido woke up in a strange area surrounded on all sides by men in the same black cloaks. He looked alarm for a second before he realized what was going on, he had been found by the Anbu, the men he himself seeked to find. He looked up and was about to speak when he realized that somehow his mouth was bound and he couldn't part his lips even if his life depended on it. "Put this on... and follow me." He heard from behind him as the man in front of him set the same cloak and mask that the men around him wore, on Hido's lap. He quickly changed slipping the mask over his face and followed the man whom he assumed told him to follow, since he was in fact the only man that moved. He followed coming out to a large courtyard and gasped behind his mask at the sheer number of Anbu sitting in the large circular auditorium like field. He stood in the center, a large arena with a flat earth ground and felt his mouth become released. "Rule One, while you are an Anbu, show no emotion you've already broken this rule once, don't let it happen again. Now survive." The man before him said. Hido turned his head quickly not understanding until he noticed one of the Anbu in the crowd flying, yes flying down into the field already performing a complex string of handsigns Hido couldn't follow. Either way he didn't like the look of it, and liked it even less when the ground beneath his feet began to quake and strange faces began to appear in the ground. Hido quickly pressed his hands together activating Jutsu Shou, and grinned when the anbu hit the ground and nodded. Hido's achievement was short lived, as the Anbu who had led him here walked up behind him. "Tests one and two passed... tests three through six failed. Test three, proper selection of technique failed, you used Jutsu Shou a one time use technique that can stop anything including the summoning of death itself, on a purely visual technique. Test four utilizing powerful techniques properly, failed for reason above. Test five surviving in a way that is both efficient and thoughtful, failed for reasons above. Test six, still in effect, thus far failed." The Anbu said to him shaking his head from side to side. Hido scowled, on the inside, and waited for the test to continue. This time he noticed right when the Anbu from the crowd flew down also forming a string of handsigns. Hido watched identifying them as a technique he also knew, and knew very well how to counter. He stopped for half a second thinking and then formed three handsigns. As his opponents ice bullet jutsu took effect, so did Hido's forming and flying right into his opponents stopping them effectively. He turned back to listen to the Anbu when he heard another set of handsigns being formed. He quickly turned, just in time to see a jutsu he recognized, but not one of his own heading towards him. He saw the pheonix fire balls flying towards him, and knew he didn't have much time. He held out one hand pressing his arm to his wrist and fired a black ethereal dragon from his hand, striking and putting out the fire a mere set of inches from him. He realized now that part if the test was going until he failed or succeeded though he didn't know what success was nor did he want to fail again. He looked at his opponent again and saw something that chilled him to the core. The exact thing the Anbu that had brought him here and was testing him had said he should stop was before him, the image of death herself was now before him reaching her large cold hands towards his soul. He was stunned, he was truly staring death in the face and as he looked down he noticed his sould slowly leaking out of his body. He shook his head pressing his hands together knowing how to succeed. "JUTSU SHOU" He said firmly to assure himself as the image of death disappeared as if it were never there. "Tests one through five passed, test six surviving through impossible odds... passed, excellent use of Breaking the Habit in order to have an alternative and highly unexpected backup plan... you are now a member of the Anbu, oath taken when you put on the mask. Do your job well, we're watching." Was the last thing he heard. Hido woke up outside of the restaurant shaking off a strange bout of sleep... was it all a dream? He stood up and felt slightly heavier when he noticed that somehow concealed under his normal clothes was an Anbu robe, and in his sleeve was his mask...


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Yuki continued towards the bright light he had been chasing from the afterlife. The light stopped and Yuki's spirit finally caught it. The bright light began to expand, thus reveiling Yuki opening his eyes.
"Wha-....I'm back?"Yuki questioned himself. He stood to his feet, though he was quite un steady because he had died and had to re-adjust to his body again.
The snow continued falling for several hours as Yuki just stood there, revitalizing. He looked to his left to see Crius and Maeva; he could also feel the strange presence, almost as if a ghost was in the area. Yuki assumed that Crius was responsible for him being able to return; and with Yuki's code of honor, he had no choice but to be eternaly grateful to this man.
"Akasun Crius, I am eternaly grateful; And therefore I shall do as I promised before I visited the afterlife. But first I must train a little to actually achieve what I promised you." Yuki said as he stood next to Crius.
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Sliding the paper door open to her house a cold Ayami would walk in . But she wouldn't even have time to remove her soaked clothes when she sensed the presence of another shinobi in the room . Quickly her eyes would dart toward the direction of Slade . In that same motion her eyes would quickly shift into her three tomoe Sharingan . But not even the effects of her sharringan would be able to counter the move the slade had in stored for her. " It's you !? " Ayami would manage to get out of her mouth before Slade made his move .
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Yuki knodded as he raised both of his hands high into the air.
"Cover me." He said to Crius as he began to focus his chakra into the air above him. Slowly, a giant mass of crystal shards began to cluster together. They were microscopicm but due to their mass in number, it made them visible. Each of these shards began to touch one another, thus resulting in a jagged ball, the size of a three story building.
"Exploding Object!"
In that instant Yuki released his chakra from the giant mass, causing the several billions of shards to seperate and begin to blanket the village. All Yuki had to do now was get clear of the village and strik a single hand seal.
Millions of microscopic shards, each packing their own explosive and small amount of liquid crystal, mixed with the air. But because of the liquid crystal, there would be no explosion, only the quick and painful crystallization of everything. And thus, the beings within the village would beathe them in as well, though they couldn't have the least bit of an idea. Any who didn't evacuate the Leaf at this time were bound to be destroyed. Even Yuki breathed it in because it was in the air, but since he could manipulate it, he could cleanse himself and his allies of the shards.
"Akai must hurry here, for shortly, the Leaf village will be nothing more than a monument." Said Yuki as he body flickered out of the village walls and onto a high cliff. And because it was snowing, and he was so high up, he could not be seen.

[Fear my Genius. whee ]

"Well then, let me remove the shards from our personas," Stated Yuki as he began to manipulate the shards that had possibly gotten on our in himself and his allies. Once he removed the shards from himself and his comerades, Yuki waved his hand, causing them to go down below, into the village with the rest of the mass. From this height, Yuki could see the shards slightly glisten as they floated within the air, almost as if a giant cloud had covered the village, silently, and unseen like a good assassin.
Yuki sustained the cloud to only cover the village, and not them being on the cliff. But if he were to activate it now, the expanding of the crystals would cause the ones he placed below the surface to go off; resulting in the possible injuries of Slade.
"When you last comerade arrives, I shall engulf the Leaf in an eternal winter." Yuki said to Crius as he looked down at the village below.

Ayami's black eyes would coat over a solid white color as she lost consciousness . She would feel as if a source of spiritual energy entered through the back of her neck . Before she would lose total awareness of everything around her she would utter a simple Name . " Hi...do.." Ayami's body would then crash against the surface of the cliff . The world around Ayami grew dark and she faded into a state of unconsciousness .
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