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Hateshi opened his eyes, "Ejowa... (Aw man....)" Tahei was drinking sake, "Good morning." Hateshi got up and put his pants on, "Did you..." Tahei answered, "Yeah. Already tracked him down. It's troublesome. With his knowledge, he can avoid Issekigan." Hateshi nodded, "So when are we..." Tahei answered, "As soon as you finish breakfast." Hateshi complained, "Man it's annoying you answering questions before I even finish them." Tahei shrugged, "Being a sekinin (analyzer) makes predicting things easier."

Tahei appeared to be speaking to no one, "Yeah we're ready." Hateshi knew he was talking to Kousha, "Where's Kousha?" Tahei answered, "Outside. Hurry up and meet us out there." He flash stepped outside while Hateshi got his equipment.

Tahei was leading the way, with Kousha and his squad following, "You sure these kids can handle it." Kousha giggled, "They'll survive." Hateshi relaxed, [With Kousha in a good mood... that should be true.] Tahei stopped, "Attempt to keep up. From here on we need to flash step to hold him. If we don't move in fast enough..." Kousha finished it, "He won't have any interest in us and will leave." They start flash stepping multiple times. Hateshi was losing his breath, [How long do we have to keep this up?]

They were closing in on Kaomoji who snickered, "Look who it is." He stopped as the squad caught up to him. Tahei and Kousha stepped forward, "Hello Mr. Crazy." Kaomoji laughed, "That name does fit me doesn't it?" Tahei nodded, "Yup." Kaomoji giggled, "So you looking for another a** kicking?" Tahei and Kousha flash stepped attacking Kaomoji, "Enough talking." They bursted into a full speed fight. Kaomoji couldn't help laughing, "Lets kick it up a notch!" He throws off the Kage Suit and laughs maniacally. Hateshi activates Issekigan trying to keep track of them, [Damn they're moving so fast...] Kaomoji attacks rapidly from all over the place, "So you still think I can't outrun Issekigan huh?" He goes even faster, "How about now?" Kousha and Tahei pound him into the ground and Tahei nods, "Do it." Kousha steps forward, "You still conscious?"

Kaomoji giggles, "Are you?" He stands up and Kousha walks towards him, "Using the Kage Suit isn't the only way to outrun Issekigan." Kousha appears behind Kaomoji who looks surprised, "How...?" [Even with Level 15 Issekigan... What the hell... I didn't see him move!] Kousha does his evil laugh, "You hear about the invisible machine of death?" Kaomoji gasps, "What...?" Kousha dissapears and Kaomoji gets pounded all over the place, [How... There's no way...] Kousha stops and Kaomoji smashes through the ground. Kousha's breathing heavily, [I can outrun Issekigan... but I can't keep this up that long...] He disappears again beating the crap out of Kaomoji who manages to defend against a few attacks, [I must use Kamosu Kai to try to counter his ungodly speed.] Hateshi watches, [I had no idea... Kousha was that fast...]

Kousha appears striking Kaomoji from every direction, [Hopefully he won't be able to stop this.] He finishes striking and Kaomoji drops to the ground, "I executed nearly all the chizushi (sequence maps) that I know. You shouldn't be able to do anything now." Kaomoji just lied there stunned, "How... there's no way you're that fast..." Kousha explained, "Having the pure form of Senfu (Flash Step) doesn't just allow me to flash step off of nothing. I can Senfu farther, faster and longer than any impure form." Kaomoji realized, "That's what that was..." Kousha nodded, "It looked familiar didn't it? Right before I disappeared you recognized something. But it's so fast that you don't have time to figure out what it is. It's Senfu." Kaomoji giggled, "But you can't keep that up for long."

He gets up then Tahei flash steps next to Kousha, "He cancelled all the atten attacks..." Kaomoji looked up at them, "Let's play a game." Kousha giggled, "I love games..." Tahei grabbed him, "No..." The lights of a sports car turned on then it took off going straight at Tahei and Kousha. They flash step out of the way. The window goes down and Kaomoji giggles, "Come on!" He drives off and runs a red light. Kousha and Tahei curse him, "He's going on a road rage. Freaken... damn it." They both get in cars, "Guys get in." Hateshi and his squad mates jump in then they take off.

Kousha talks to them while driving, "It looks like he's headed for the highway. Tahei cut him off!" Tahei replies, "Got it!" Tahei turns off and Kousha talks to his students, "When the time comes get ready to save people. We can't save everyone because we have to stop him while we're chasing him. Basically just go as fast as you can." Hateshi was thrilled, [This is insane!]

Kaomoji is clearly speeding by everyone and driving on the wrong side of the road along the way, "Ahahaha only a master of Issekigan can drive like this..." He looks to the left, "Ah s**t..." Tahei's car smashes into Kaomoji's car and they both appear in mid air. Other cars slowly crash into each other and Tahei yells at Kaomoji, "Stop damn it! Just fight us..." Kaomoji flash steps and jacks another car, "Come on isn't this fun! Ahahahah!" He evades all the cars crashing into each other while getting away. Tahei looks at the cars about to crash into each other, "Great." The cars are about to ram into each other in slow motion then suddenly then all stop and land on the ground. Tahei opens the door of one and tells the guy to get out. The guy refuses, "Hell no. This is..." Tahei throws him out, "Sorry but I don't have time for this." Tahei drives off, "Where is he?"

Kousha replies, "He's on the highway! Get over here ASAP!" Tahei is coming up on a bridge over the highway, "Sorry but I'm going to have to hurt this car." He drives off the bridge, executes hand seals and a huge wall of grass grows under the car which falls slowly to the ground. The grass goes back into the ground and Tahei starts speeding, "I should be able to catch up soon." Kousha says, "You hear that. Cops are coming." Tahei nods, "We need to do something about that?" Kousha laughed, "They aren't going to be of any help." Tahei nodded, "Oh." Kaomoji continued racing down the interstate, "Maybe I should slow down so they can catch up. Or maybe not." He purposefully crashes into another car then takes over another one tossing the driver out, "Ooh." He sees a blockade of police cars. A cop gives orders, "Stand your ground! Shoot out his tires if he doesn't stop!" Kaomoji laughs like a maniac, "Bring it!"

Kousha tells Hateshi, "Take the wheels!" Hateshi grabs the steering wheel and Kousha disappears. The cops are aiming at Kaomoji's car, "Don't shoot yet..." Then the car suddenly flies up into the air. The cops are confused, "What the...?" Kaomoji looks at Kousha on the hood of the car, "You need a ride?" Kousha punches through the glass but Kaomoji already jumped out, "If I can't drive this car into them then I'll just toss it at them!" He kicks the car making it fly towards the wall of cops then starts fighting Kousha.

Hateshi sees it, "Oh my god.. Resshi, Kichiro go!" as he continues to drive.

Hateshi was ticked, "Are you paying attention at all? Nevermind!" He jumps out of the car and flash steps to the blockade of cops who are running, "They better drive that car at least." Then he looks at the car falling in slow motion at him, [Wait... what the hell am I going to do?] He realizes, [I can't catch a car... especially one flying at me...] He flash steps, "Kunai Ito no Jutsu!" He starts yanking everyone out of the way, [If I can't stop the car then I have to get everyone the hell out of there.] The car explodes and Hateshi's hands are shaking from pulling so many people out, "Ow."

One of the cops gets his face bashed in and Kaomoji points a pistol at Hateshi, "Ahahaha!" He shoots and Hateshi jumps to level 4 Issekigan, [s**t!] He spins as the bullet grazes his arm then Kousha and Tahei jump in holding pistols, "Put the gun down you freakin..." Kaomoji flash steps all over the place trying to shoot the cops up. Kousha gives Tahei his gun and Tahei starts shooting everywhere, "I got him!" Kousha tries to attack Kaomoji who asks, "Shooting my bullets to save them? Don't you think that's a waste? Bullets are supposed to kill people!" Kousha pulls out a kunai, strings it and wraps it around Kaomoji's pistols to cut them up, "Hateshi! Get the cops out of here!" Hateshi starts tossing the cops out of the way. They scream as they start falling into the trees and Hateshi flash steps there, "Rig!" A bunch of wires fly all over the place then the cops land into the net. Hateshi falls to his knees, [This is too much...] He hears someone yell, "Fuku!" He looks up, bewildered at the shockwave coming straight for them. He pulls on the strings tossing the cops back up into the air as the shockwave slams into the area.

Hateshi was pounded into a tree so badly that blood was coming out of his mouth. He coughed then fell forward. Trying to get up, "I got to catch them..." He tries to stand but feels overwhelmed, "Move damn it!" He struggles to stand up but falls to the ground.

Hateshi tells Resshi, "What the hell are you doing?" He coughs up blood, "Catch the ******** cops before they become pancakes..." He spits out blood, [s**t... I'm so banged up I can't fix myself up...]

Tahei and Kousha continue fighting Kaomoji who's having fun, "Ahahaha! Is this all you got?" He fires a shockwave at Tahei who dodges it, "Kousha! Me or you?" Kousha replies, "You initiate Kaisuu (The Count)." Kaomoji laughs, "Using Kaisuu? That's ridiculous! Ahahaha!" Tahei drops his gun and starts executing hand signs, "Ichi, ni, san, shi, shi, shi, shi..." He continues counting and Kousha starts pounding away at Kaomoji who's confused, [What the... Something's not right...]

Kaomoji defends against Kousha's attacks, [Did he suddenly get better at fighting?] Kousha grins and disappears. Kaomoji tries to find him, [He did it again! It doesn't matter if he can outrun...] Then he drops to the ground screaming in pain, "s**t!" He can tell many of his bones are broken, "What happened...?" Kousha reappeared and took in a deep breath, "We've never done this before... I am the Master of Offense. My brother is the Master of Defense. Kaisuu allows a team to fuse their thoughts together. That's how we defeated you." Kaomoji lied in agony, "There's no way!" Tahei stopped counting and walked up to them, "I helped my brother find a way around your defense. Your defense is the full mastery of Kamosu Kai which neither of us have. Being the Master of Defense, I can find ways around any defense. My brother hears that thought then comes up with an ultimate attack."

Kaomoji lies there unable to move, [I have to do something... I can't just... Yes ehehehe.] He coughs up blood, "If I die then you can't have what I know about our clan!" Kousha shook his head, "We can still take it from you even if you die... although it will be harder." Kaomoji giggled, "Unless I erase it from my own memory. Ehehehe." Tahei looks at him, "Nouhenkou (Memory Hack)! I'll stop him! Kousha!" Kousha forms a hand sign, "Gyaku Kouhei." Next Tahei does the same, "Gyaku Kouhei." They both download as much of his brain as they can before he erases everything. Kaomoji giggles, "I wonder if you got it all..." He stops moving and breathes his last.

Tahei looks at him with disgust, "He's dead. His spirit has left his body." Kousha says, "Good." They both look at each other and Tahei says, "I managed to take 25%." Kousha looks bummed, "I... only 70%." Hateshi adds, "4.... percent...." He's leaning against a tree and Tahei realizes, "Shouldn't you be..." Hateshi falls over and passes out. Kousha looks at him, "He managed to execute that jutsu... that... Did you teach him that?" Tahei shook his head, "No..." Kousha walked over and picked Hateshi up, "Well we only lost 1%..." Tahei thinks, "Maybe not... While I was trying to keep him from erasing his memory I had to read his memory. That brings it to less than 1%." Kousha nodded, "Oh yeah." They looked at the interstate jammed up and the destroyed landscape, "Thank god this is all that he managed to do." Tahei agreed, "The longer he was alive the more damage he would have caused."

((Kaomoji is badder than this but I just want to get on to the next saga. Which is why he only lasts 2 "episodes"))