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Post by Shadow Dragon on Feb 17, 2008 19:33:24 GMT -5
Zaer leaped between the trees in the surrounding forest, nearing Konoha with ever bound. Zaer muttered under his breathe as he neared,"Vires adveho ex usus , ego expertus praeter quisquam alius." Zaer translated it to himself out of old habit, "Strength comes from experienced, and I have experience more than anyone else." He never truly believed that he had experience more than anyone else, but he reminded himself that he experienced a lot and whatever he experienced has made him stronger.
Zaer landed a couple meters away from the outer wall. He knew he only had mere moments to enter before he would be noticed so he decided to move quickly. Leaping onto the wall, he automatically slide down the wall and into the village. Activating Stage 2 Zetsu-Kaze, Shadow Meld, Zaer merged with the shadoes of buildings, sliding across the ground from shadow to shadow. After twenty minutes he began to notice his breathe speeding up and figured out it was time to find a good hiding place and catch his breathe. Sliding out of the shadows, Zaer hid behind an inconspicuous building near a quiet part of the village.
After a minute of rest, Zaer began to shadow dash in the darker parts of the village, running or walking when he needed to and hiding when someone was near. Zaer used his chakra to quickly mask his scent as he neared some animals and reduced his chakra as he ran by people. He knew he needed to constantly keep this up and knew he would need to rest again soon. Zaer ran around collecting information in his head until he neared the hokage house. Assuming this is what the village kage house would be, from what he's heard, he ran up to it and made his move.
Leaping onto an overhanging branch, Zaer jumped from ledge to ledge and climbed his way up quickly he ran around until he found an empty room and leaped into the room. He then masked himself as a shadow and merged with a passerby's shadow. He merged from shadow to shadow collecting information until he got tired, he then leaped outside and onto a tree, catching his breathe.
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Post by Akira;;Nori on Feb 17, 2008 19:39:55 GMT -5
Akira looked up—the rustling of the tree above her feeling slightly suspicious. “Nothing,” She muttered and continued her way. Then she thought she saw a shadow pass her. Frowning, Akira put on hand on the tiger-sized beagle, Midori, as she looked around the village. Midori abruptly growled, glaring at the tree in the distance as she nudged her master. Akira followed Midori’s gaze before suddenly stiffening. “Someone’s there…I can smell him.” Though it seemed pretty stupid to say, Akira knew she was right. The person—man—smelled like danger, yet she had to find out. “Maybe someone to train with?” Akira suggested, thinking of the fight, before sprinting toward the scent, or the tree.
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Post by Shadow Dragon on Feb 17, 2008 19:50:37 GMT -5
As Zaer noticed someone nearing, he held his breathe. He didn't want to waste energy on hiding within the tree because if a fight was coming he wouldn't want to put more stress onto hid body. Hoping the person wouldn't notice him, Zaer held his place in the tree, moving closer to the trunk and waiting. Zaer's eyes darted around as he waited, looking for a possible escape.
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Post by Shiz on Feb 19, 2008 15:38:04 GMT -5
Akemi tilted his Akatsuki hat casually, before slipping behind the trees. His clouded cloak whipped behind him as the man cursed himself for being so ignorant. He would easily be ambushed with one look at his attire. Jumping on top of the nearest tree, Akemi searched for Zaer. He was suppose to be here already, but there was no sign of the leader. There! Smirking, Akemi took his time as he jumped to the next branch and was pretty soon at the tree next to Zaer. Then he spotted another girl, about 14 or so, running with a tiger-sized dog by her side, as if knowing... "Should I take her?" Akemi asked out of the corner of his mouth, glaring hungrily at the girl.
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Post by Akira;;Nori on Feb 19, 2008 18:58:52 GMT -5
Akira paused before sniffing again. Another? She thought as she skidded to a stop. She had arrived. Turning her head, she sniffed again, catching on the two men's scents. When her breathing slowed, Akira smirked as she glanced at the nearest tree. "Should I take her?" A voice asked. Akira glanced at the tree beside it and smiled. On it, she could sense a man who seemed like Akatsuki. "Come out!" Akira ordered, taking a few steps back.
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Post by Shadow Dragon on Feb 19, 2008 19:21:40 GMT -5
Zaer cursed himself under his breathe for not being more subtle. He whispered to Akemi, "Very will. No blood, no noise. Be quick and stealthy. We are outnumbered here and a war this early a stage in our plans wouldn't be in our best interest. When you finish meet me in the Hokage house. If you need help let loose a native bird whistle and I will come. I will be waiting." Zaer vanished into the shadows once mare as he darted into the Hokage building, trusting Akemi with the task of subduing the newcomer.
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Post by Shiz on Feb 20, 2008 16:01:27 GMT -5
Akemi studied the girl for awhile before frowning. "I'm not sure I can do that," Akemi replied after Zaer's orders. "She looks like a Chunin, and no Akatsuki member can commit silent attacks when facing a Chunin who is prepared, and," He nodded seriously toward the dog. "has help," Akemi finished before laying on hand on the tree. "But I'll see what I can do." Smirking, the man quickly created a shadow clone of himself and sent it toward the girl. Seeing the nearby stream, the clone sent reached for a shuriken... Shuriken Ice Shadow Clone Jutsu The water beside him rose up in one big glob before creating multiple shadow shurikens, weaving in and out of the trees, though silently. All were headed toward the girl, though some where next to her surroundings- like the trees and bushes. All of this were preformed before Akemi touched the ground and silently.
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Post by Akira;;Nori on Feb 20, 2008 18:52:23 GMT -5
Akira gasped as millions of shurikens suddenly sprang out of nowhere. Diving to one side, she drew her katana and started blocking all of them, spinning on her feet. A few swiftly went passed her, cutting the branches of the trees. Spinning around again, Akira saw a man jumping down from the tree. He was wearing the Akatsuki hat and cloak. Sword dance Akira thought as she swung the katana around and around, creating several illusions and several clones of her weapon. They shot out from the real one, clashing against the shurikens and making them fall to the ground with a few silent thuds.
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Post by Shiz on Feb 20, 2008 18:58:34 GMT -5
Smirking, the clone made another attack. His movements were silent and smooth as Akemi lowered his hands, using the water's chakra to freeze the ground, creating less friction and so it would be harder for the girl to fight. He was okay though. Being a special water nin, Akemi could control the ice at his own free will. Smiling with amusement, the real Akemi jumped down and landed beside his clone. Both cracking into smiles, the clone disappeared as the real ninja moved toward the Chunin. "Foolish for you to come here," Akemi said before preforming series of hand signs. The ice around the Chunin rose up, forming a tall box around her. Then with a few pushes of his hands, the walls began moving together. Just as it was almost an inch from her body, Akemi twisted around and sent gigantic ice birds at the girl, letting it pounce on her one by one, while the others easily pinned the dog down. Snarling, Akemi then rushed swiftly toward the girl with one movement, and with increasing speed, Akemi aimed a kick at her chest.
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Post by Shadow Dragon on Feb 21, 2008 21:17:16 GMT -5
Hearing a slight noise as he infiltrated the towering house, Zaer's left eye twitched. d**n. I hope no one notices, I can't let him get outnumbered. Relying on Akemi's skills to hold his own, Zaer searched deeper in the house. Running through room after room, melding with the shadows whenever someone was close, Zaer made his way to the hokage's main office. Peeping inside, Zaer slipped into the shadow of the desk, searching around for information and hoping he isn't spotted.
Zaer began to tire out within the darkness of the shadow. All was a darker color through his eyes when enveloped in his shadow meld skill, and it was far harder to see things. He didn't want to activate any jutsus so to search properly he'd have to come out of meld. Waiting until the room was temporarily free, Zaer came out of meld and began searching through papers. Wearing protective chakra around his hands and gloves, he began to search without leaving a print.
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Post by Shiz on Feb 22, 2008 16:32:49 GMT -5
Akira suddenly began to panic. Ice walls surrounded her, leaving no escape. Then just as she guessed that it could not get any worse, the Akatsuki man appeared in front of her, aiming a kick at her chest. Sliding acroos the floor, Akira managed to twist around and grab the member's leg before throwing it off and jumping on Midori, who jumped over him at in instant. That was too close. One kick like that could kill me. I think the only way is to get out of here- and quick. Frowning, Akira preformed another technique before leaving: "Inu-armor" Midori's fur immediately thicken, making a great big barrier and armor. Then with great speed, the beagle tackled the ninja. "Inu-Katana Dance," Akira finished as she leaped on the huge oversized beagle, sword in the air. "Fire Split Jutsu!" She slashed her blade in a pattern before sending huge beams of fire at the ninja.
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Post by Shadow Dragon on Feb 22, 2008 16:49:50 GMT -5
Zaer moved quickly. Opening any draws he could see, he pulled out a scroll and strange type of pen. Zaer's shadow wrote in an indescribable language on the paper, as Zaer flipped through pages. The shadow seemed to be able to write whatever Zaer saw and they quickly went through papers on the desk. As they finished the desk, Zaer went through all the draws before moving onto to shelves, tables, or anything else in the room. After they finished that, Zaer began to draw a map on another scroll.
When the map was finished, Zaer took the scrolls from his shadow. Rolling them up and putting them as well as the pen into his bag, he merged with the shadows once more. Vanishing out of the room and traveling allong the corridors, he moved until he found the room from where he first entered. Jumping out of the window and onto the tree, he ran near the fight happening outside. Zaer shouted his orders quickly. "Akemi. I'll help you. We knock this girl out and we leave. Hurry." Zaer turned his eyes to Akira.
Zaer raised his right hand, palm facing towards Akira. A black ring traced itself along the earth as it slowly began to burn. "Hellfire." Suddenly black fire erupted around Akira at a moderate temperature, aiming to cause panic and not kill. "Akemi, a dead Konoha member will give them a reason to chase us. Let's not let things amount to that for now." Suddenly, Akira's shadow sprouted out of the ground as Zaer's pupils began spinning wildly. The shadow reached out, grabbing Akira in a bearhug as Zaer peered into Akira's eyes. Whiles that was happening, dark chakra flew out of Zaer's body, forming a look-alike of him. The clone grabbed Midori, keeping the inzuka dog away from the fight.
Zaer's cold pupils peered into Akira's eyes. "Girl, I give you one chance. Either you knock yourself out or I do. Believe me, I won't be so merciful. And my partner might even be worse than I am." Zaer's breathing was no longer shallow. It was strong and medium paced. In battle, Zaer's endurance kicked in and his stress resistance went up, allowing him to cast his Zetsu-Kaze jutsus an alarming pace and for a good amount of time before he tired out. Time, time, time. Why am I always in need of time.
OOC: Edit: Fixed Italics tag, and minor misspellings.
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Post by Akira;;Nori on Feb 22, 2008 20:13:49 GMT -5
Akira was just about to aim another huge beam at the ninja, but was thrown off course as she was grabbed by a shadow. What? She thought as it squeezed her in a giant hug. Struggling to move, she saw the other Akatsuki ninja walking toward her. When her pupils met his, she felt a strange presence in her mind. "Girl, I give you one chance." He said. "Either you knock yourself out or I do. Believe me, I won't be so merciful. And my partner might even be worse than I am." For a moment, Akira's mind lingered on the ninja behind her, the one she was fighting, and with great effort, shook her head from side to side: No
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Post by Shiz on Feb 22, 2008 20:16:40 GMT -5
Akemi turned to Zaer as the Chuunin shook her head. "Well, should I do it?" He asked impatiently, wanting to get his hands on her once and for all. However, he was surprised at the girl's efforts to win, and if it was necessary, to protect Konoha. All ninjas he fought would have knocken themselves out in an instant.
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Post by Shadow Dragon on Feb 22, 2008 21:24:10 GMT -5
Zaer sighed a little as he thought of the time this girl was wasting. He heard Akemi ask for permission and decided Akemi deserved to finish it after all. Without removing his eyes from the girl, Zaer decided to answer Akemi. "Very well, she's all yours. Make it fast, I fear we may have less time than anticipated." Zaer didn't release his grip on the girl or dog because he couldn't afford her escaping without them outside of the village.
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