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Kousha wakes up, "What happened?" Tahei answers, "He got away. He Inyued again..." Kousha says, "We're going to have to get Kieto to track him again." Kieto looks up after dozing off, "Huh?" Tahe tells him, "Your job remember." Kieto nods and spaces out. Kousha tells Kieto, "Thanks for all the help." Kieto nods, "Yeah."

Kousha coughs, "Okay here's the plan." Tahei cuts in, "No." Kousha continues, "Katashi and Tahei..." Tahei cuts in again, "I know what you're going to do..." Kousha giggles, "Damn. You're too smart for your own good." Hateshi wonders, [What's he going to do?] Kousha finishes, "Tahei and Katashi, you two have to hold Kiu and make sure he can't escape. He'll eventually tap out and won't be able to fight you two any longer. That's when Hateshi comes in for the final move." Kieto asks, "What are the chances that this is going to work? I'd like to know how much longer I need to stick around." Kousha answers, "Kiu is going to die. 100%." A tear rolls down Tahei's cheek, "Are you going to tell me what Suzaku's got on you...?" Kousha answers, "Yeah. I mine as well tell you now."

He sighs, "Well... I think this should only be heard by Hashi... Hateshi get ready to read Kamianshou." Hateshi nods, activates Issekigan and looks at him as Kousha starts blinking, "Suzaku... let me start from the beginning. The Shintaku clan is supposedly our ancestors. That's not exactly true. What is true is that Suzaku gave some of his power to that clan. That's how they got Takusengan. He said he did this because he can't evolve. Beings at his level are capped off from gaining much power. He found a way around this. By giving some of his power to humans, they could evolve that power for him. After some time of evolving it, he would come to take it back. Hence, making himself stronger. In order to take it back he has to kill the person... I won't say how..." He pauses, sighs then continues, "That's basically what he did with that clan. He gave them Takusengan. They pay back later with their life. It's a fair trade if you think about it..." Tahei says, "No it's not. Lives are pricless." Kousha shrugs like he doesn't care, "Whatever. Anyway... he did the same thing with our clan." He paused for a second then continued, "Except of course he gave us even more power. He was really pissed when the Shintaku clan was exterminated..." Tahei realized, "So it's true." Kousha nods, "Kiu killed them all." Hateshi was surprised, "Wait so *Kiu* killed the Shintaku off???" Kousha nods again blinking, "And as you already know... He tried killing us off. That's why Suzaku showed up. He really hates Kiu. The only thing keeping Suzaku from killing Kiu is that he always has Genbu near him and Suzaku's strength isn't exactly what it used to be." Tahei nods, "That's why he has to kill you." Kousha giggles, "Suzaku says he can't wait to see what else we can do. Oh, and Tahei... your search isn't hopeless. Suzaku can sense the others are hiding." Tahei grins, "That's good news." Kousha, "And don't worry. He isn't going to kill anyone else for a while. He's only taking one person every once in a while depending on how strong we're getting. He chose me because... you have more potential..." Tahei looks sad and Kousha giggles, "Don't worry na. I would've chosen me over you anyway. There's also an added bonus. He says today he'll be able to tell where the others are." Tahei looks away trying not to cry and Kousha starts speaking normally, "You aren't very good at following the Nine Laws are you?" Tahei laughs a little and Kousha tells Hateshi, "This afternoon I'll tell you what you need to do to help defeat Kiu. Tahei and Katashi, you guys just need to worry about not letting him get away."

(( Please note non-Hashi characters won't know anything that Kousha is saying since he's blinking Kamianshou during the explanation. The other chars are actually speaking. ))

"I should have no problem. I have more chakra then him so i should be able to over power him with a Kage Mane. If not ill make sure a sword goes through his foot to stick him to the earth." Katashi begins to laugh and looks at Tahie crying. "Why are you crying? We are finally going to beat Kiu isnt that happy?" Katashi shrugs his shoulders and shakes his head. Katashi walks out of the doors and begins to stretch trying to loosen all of the muscles that he used.

(Resshi) Teams up with Michimaru and edisto as we head out. Resshi still mistrusts Michimaru though with that book in his hands.

(Michimaru) "Resshi listen, your sensei Kousha talk to me earlier with no trust with me with his help so their is change of plans. Well have to make sure enemy doesn't ruin this plan and keep them out of his way".

(Resshi) "thats was waste statement you just told me and I know already what we need to do. We shall kill who ever gets in our way" as they walk along bridge with some company towards end. Girl that saved Kichiro long ago is their. [somethings wrong, I thought that girl was dead or something, s**t what the hells going on. who are those people with her]. [zaplatou clan, they use special swords with explosions on them once they touch person, they back way quickly as their body explodes with blood over boiling through body. its best I avoid that happening to me]. "yes I remember now who they are" as he smiled.

(reverend49) I wasn't sure if we did split up or what, so anyway were not far behind you were you are with Kousha just few blocks behind thats all recruit0. Michimaru stays behind later anyway dealing with enemies for us.

(Michimaru) "s**t we got company, just what we needed. You guys go ahead i'll finish things here" as Resshi and Edisto left to catch up with others as Edisto heads on home.

(Resshi) catches up with some kid. It was Rice, happen to be wondering Shinigami kid that breaks into villages to steal stuff. Resshi bashes him to ground, as he already heard of him few days ago and catched up with others. Resshi hears smashing noise going through forest. [I have to find hateshi now. whenever they need me do something I'm here this time. lets see if this plan works I hope so].

(( Please pay attention to what's happening. Kousha is dead so "catching up with him" wouldn't happen. ))

(Ok I forget anyway)

(Resshi) meets up with Keito and Hateshi, with their plans as otjers with him earlier left. "whats plan again, is this really going to work guys" he nods wondering what he has to do now.

(Anita) Is forest sent to help us out all sudden by her sensei to hold Kiu down as much as possible.

Tahei analyzes Kiu, [What is this? He's building up a lot of ryoku...] Tahei continues attacking Kiu with Katashi and Kiu giggles, "You shouldn't have done that. Now that I don't have any 'weapons' left I have to use my ultimate weapons." Tahei's eyes widen realizing, [He's going to use high level jutsu...] Kiu starts executing hand signs rapidly until Tahei flash steps in front of him canceling his hand signs, [I can't let him launch a jutsu. There's no telling what he's going to do.] Then Kiu creates a bunch of clones which start executing hand sign, "Let's see if you can keep up with this." Tahei flash steps everywhere beating up the clones trying to stop them from launching the jutsu. Then he notices the real Kiu Inyu again, [No!] He scans everywhere quickly and finds him then flash steps next to him. Kiu was grinning, "Ko." Tahei jumps back, [What the hell did he just summon?] Kiu Inyus next to Tahei, "You wanna know what I just summoned?" Tahei sees the trees bending inwards, "You actually..." Kiu laughed, "You didn't think I could summon black holes? Come on." The trees and ground start getting sucked into a tiny point disappearing.

Tahei realizes, [There's a town not too far from here.] "I'll just have to kill you then..." Kiu corrects him, "It doesn't matter if you take me down. This summoning doesn't go away for a while. It's going to suck everything up within a 1 km radius." Tahei stands there thinking, [There's got to be a way to cancel this...] Kiu attacks Tahei who dodges as if not even paying attention to the fight, [There has to be a way to stop it.] Then he comes up with an idea, "Then I'll rip the answer out of your mind." Kiu knows what he means, "Like I'm going to let you download my brain." He throws a bunch of shadows at Tahei who dodges them, [I can't do it yet. I have to wait until it's safe. Everything has to be timed precisely. I hope Hateshi can handle the situation now that this black hole is here.] Suddenly Tahei starts being pulled toward the hole, [s**t. It's building up.] He flash steps farther away from it, [Where are you?] He senses Hateshi closing in, [Hurry the hell up damn it.]

Kieto stops and Hateshi asks, "What is it?" Kieto tells him, "Someone just released a very powerful jutsu in the battle. Traces of Himoto. I think Kiu must've done something bad." Hateshi hopes, [At least he isn't getting away.] Hateshi tells Kieto, "Come on lets go." Kieto stands there thinking to himself, "Radiation... distorted gravit... oh no." Hateshi asks, "What now?" Kieto knows, "Kiu must've used some sort of jutsu to create a black hole." Hateshi was in disbelief, "I don't care how strong he is that's ridiculous." Kieto analyzes it more, "At this rate it'll suck up everything within at least 1 km. Can you sense it?" Hateshi nods and Kieto tells him, "You go ahead. You should be able to get there from here. I'm not getting near that battle. My job is to take you guys there not to fight with you." Hateshi nods, "Thanks for the help." Kieto nods then makes a hand sign, "Enkatsu," then teleports out of sight. Hateshi charges toward the battle scene, [If there is a black hole then... wait...] Hateshi tries to remember if there's a village nearby or something, [Either way I have to get there fast. Kiu might not stick around much longer.] Hateshi flash steps faster trying to make it on time.

Kiu sends shockwave after shockwave at Katashi who dodges while bandaging his wounds at the same time. Tahei starts to charge at Kiu then notices something really weird, "Kousha would find this hilarious..." A cow flies by, "Moooo..." Tahei ignores it, [Not much longer... only a couple of minutes left....] He flash steps fighting Kiu who manages to defend himself even after being severely wounded.

A few minutes later Hateshi shows up, [Good I got here in time.] He sees Tahei fighting Kiu while Katashi was putting away his first aid kit, [Man this place is taking a beating...] He flash steps behind Tahei, "I'm here." Tahei looks at Hateshi, [Yup, he did it. Gotenshi.] "Kousha gave you something right?" Hateshi nodded looking at his hand, "I don't know what it is though..." Tahei says, "Then it's time." Hateshi jumps in fighting side by side with Tahei, [I won't let Kousha's sacrifice go to waist. Whatever he gave me..." Tahei tells Hateshi, "Kousha gave you one of the most powerful jutsu our clan possesses. There's only one reason why he would use it." Hateshi feels his adrenaline pumping knowing what Tahei's order is going to be. Tahei focuses, [I have to dump all my ryoku into this final attack.] "Kiu this is your end." Hateshi remembers, "Kousha's says he's waiting for you." They both take the Hitoro stance and Tahei says, "Unleashing Kamosu Kai. Hateshi! Sui!!!!" Hateshi and Tahei charge relentlessly at Kiu. Tahei disappears. Not even Hateshi can see what kind of damage Tahei is doing to Kiu. Kiu freezes in disbelief, [No. I... they're using a suicide. I have to...] He stands there unable to move then Hateshi nails him in the face. Kiu falls back and Hateshi grabs him, "This is for ******** around with us!" He strikes Kiu in the heart with his palm. In a split second Kiu can only think, [Why couldn't I evade it?] The area that Hateshi just striked has electricity and starts glowing.

Then time continues moving forward normally. Kiu's heart explodes splattering blood everywhere. Kiu falls back coughing up blood. Tahei falls to the ground, "Eh..." He passes out from exhaustion. Hateshi looks at Kiu with disgust, "You can't run from everything." Kiu coughs up blood, "Heh. Lucky..." Blood spills on the ground as Kiu breathes his last.

Hateshi watches the place being sucked in before leaving, [Most of the people got out in time.] Hateshi notices the black hole dying down, [Huh?] He realizes, [Kiu must've been lying. Even if only a little.] The black hole stops, leaving a huge crater and desolate land scape of what used to be a forest/village. Hateshi guesses, [The black hole must be sustained by his ryoku probably.] He flash steps with Katashi who's carrying Tahei. After everyone's gone Kieto stood in the middle of the area, "Those guys are truly amazing. Maybe I should've jumped in sooner... No. I shouldn't even be here." He makes the hand sign, "Enkatsu," teleporting away.