Heading home

Tarnish smiled as he checked his bag. He double checked to make sure that he had everything before slinging it on his back. Talon flew directly overhead in a circle, impatient to leave. Chuckling to himself, Tarnish whistled, the signal to leave. Talon took off up into the sky, rapidly becoming a small speck. Talon would stay high above, working as Tarnish's eyes and ears on the journey. No one had ever snuck past Talon and gotten the drop on Tarnish, and he aimed to keep it that way. Tarnish began to run from the Iwagakure village gates, along the path that would eventually take him home. He thought of his encounter with the Tsuchikage, and how excited he was to complete such an important mission.

As he ran, he thought back to all of the other missions he had accomplished. They were all very difficult, much harder then the average missions that a Genin undertook, but he succeeded each time. He showed great promise as a shinobi, or so he was so often told. As he thought about the mission, he began to wonder about the Hokage's message. It said that if he succeeded on this mission, he would have a suprise when he returned. He began to mentally guess what kind of gifts the Hokage might give him. Another bird? No, he could easily tame another bird or any other type of animal. A new weapon? Seemed too paltry a gift. For the next hour or so, Tarnish could do little but guess what waited for him as he sped toward the village.

"Hmm....this could be fun" thought a man in the near by area, one that presented a very powerful threat to those that opposed him. The man lurked from high above on a large branch, surpressing his chakra but monitoring the boy as he proceeded about his buisness. He caried something with him and it gained the mans attention, this man was Naizu Nimakee, former Kusakage. He had not been heard from in a good deal of time but decided that in the near furture that he would make his presence known. "Lets see where he's going" he thought to himself as his eyes turned to his kkg, the Oakegan. Getting up, he thought of the best way to do things for he didn't want a physical confrontation as of yet. The mans entire demeanor had changed from the man that once was, kinda and joking with a slight serious side. Now, he'd become more assassain like and his apparell turned to virtually all dark colors. On this day he wore a cloak, no design, nothing flashy, and a hood that would protect a clear visual of his face.

Tsee-Tsee-TSEEEEER!
Talon's warning call rang out from high above. Tarnish glanced upward, acknowledging his feathered friend's signal. It was the heads up that an enemy was in the vicinity. So long as he didn't interfere with his route to Konoha, it didn't matter. If Talon made the call again, it would mean that the enemy was following, and he might have to take some sort of action. Sighing to himself, he increased his walking pace to a light run, between a jog and an all out sprint. As he ran, he scanned the ground and the treetops for anyone. Hopefully he could pass straight through without being stopped. If he was stopped, he'd simply have to escape. Dying wasnt on his to do list today...

The scenery whizzed by his face as he ran, and he did everything he could pick out any source of movement, or something out of the ordinary. He slowed his pace down to a trot, then a walk, before stopping beneath a tree. He got on his knee and chittered at the bough of the tree. After a few moments, a squirrel poked its head out of a knot in the tree. He chittered at it again, until it sped down the trunk onto an outstretched branch. It lept off the branch and into his outstretched hands. It chittered into his ear, and satisfied with it, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a nut. After handing it to the squirrel, it quickly shoved it into its cheek, before chittering some more. "Glad I have your cooperation," Tarnish said with a smile. "Go find me some help, ok?" The squirrel made a sound between a squeak and a sort of yip, before it disappeared up the side of the tree and up beyond his sight beneath the leaves. Tarnish began whistling in short bursts, using them as a means to signal Talon and inform him of his plan. Tarnish once again began his run back to Konoha

Slipping both hands into his cloak a bit and continued to follow the boy, unknowing of his destination. One thing was certain however, he knew that it was a shinobi of a village, not a missing nin, nor just a traveler. Glaring down, his decision had been made, he was to confront him and question him...hopefully with out much work involved. Taking a deep breath, Naizu's body mistified from the current location of the branch, only to reappear ahead of the kid and leaning against a tree's base up ahead. "Hello there, might I ask what you're up to out this far? Seems like this section could be a bit dangerous for someone like yourself, dont ya think?" he said with a calm low tone as the boy approached him. He took note of the boys head band, he was a shinobi of the leaf, a place that The Elder Nimakee hadn't been for quite some time. His eyes fixated on the person up ahead, Naizu looked to gather a bit of info on the current status of the leaf and a bit of knowledge on the Hokage. "What say you boy, how bout we get to know each other and I accompany you for a bit" he said, still not showing much emotion and not moving from his spot.

No sooner had Tarnish sent the squirrel on its way, a person seemed to materialize out of nowhere. He heard a faintly distressed squawk from Talon high above, but a short whistle warned him away. He eyed the man up and down, frowning slightly. He saw nothing to determine the man's village, so he assumed he was a missing ninja. He grimaced, a bit peeved that the squirrel hadn't had time to put the plan into action. They were close enough to Konoha for Tarnish to recognize his surroundings, but too far from the village to expect help from anyone. He'd have to deal with it himself. Oh joy.

"Sorry, but I'm in a hurry. I dont have time for this," he said in a level tone. He attempted to skirt around the man on his right side. He made sure to keep his eyes on him, as he let a kunai slide into his left hand. It was on the other side of his body, so the man wouldn't be able to see that he armed himself, but he was wary of the man all the same. He didn't want to be waylaid this close to the village, not when he was so close to giving the Hokage the good news. Over the man's shoulder, he could see the leaves rustling, the squirrel's no doubt getting everything ready for his plan.

Still standing in place as the man eyed him, it was the wrong thing to do to a man with a doujutsu as Naizu had. Naizu's Oakegan already active, he shifted to his second stage to hopefully stop the kids attempted avoidance without physical confrontation. As Tarnish would appear to rush past the man, a large wolf would blindside him and knock him smooth to the ground. Amongst doing so, more canines would close in on the leaf shinobi, hungry for a meal and with teeth bearing to show they meant business. Three in total would be seen...or at least perceived by the young mans mind. The fact of the matter would be that by his eyes scanning the rouge ninja as he did, he would catch the mans hand with his eyes which would be all thats needed to be caught in the jutsu.Though Naizu's hand had retracted a bit into his sleeve earlier, they were still visible and as Tarnish's eyes ran down Naizu, a swift closing of his hands as the eyes met them would signify the initiation of the genjutsu. In the actual time, mean while, Naizu would go through a quick rundown of what he would do next to the leaf shinobi. All he wanted was a bit of info, so he didn't look to harm the child too badly, though if it were to happen, no residue would be shown from the X ranked nin. It would only be a matter of time now before he would break the boys will and spirit. "Next time, just co-operate" said the former Mizukage, Kusakage and current leader of his clan to himself in a low tone under his breath.

Piercing Mind: The possessors jutsu uses more a good deal more chakra (Consumption is 2/5 the norm up to C-rank and 3/5 for B-A)though still minimize a notable amount. At this stage it also inflicts bodily wounds through genjutsu. the prior preminitions are enhanced 25% more and time seems at a slowed pace



Name: Wolves Fury
Rank:A
Element:Genjutsu
Description:This is activated by looking at Naizu's hands,eyes or Naizu, by choice touching
the foe. The world as the enemy sees it changes into them being knocked down and unmercifly clawed. The mauling starts with three wolves and three more are added with each post.

" Whatever your thinking it is utterly stupid! Kazekage-dono " said a Jounin. From a far a convoy seemed to be taking the path to Iwagakure. A group of men, 4 to be exact carried the Kazekage's way of transportation. They seemed to felt the unusual weight of the Kazekage, it can be seen from the sweat that ran down from their tired faces. Infront of the convoy, two Jounins served as the frontal guards. It was kinda weird, a kage travelling with only two jounins as bodyguards?, the Kazekage surely is stupid. " Kazekage-sama are you even listening to us? " the jounin in the right spoke again, in a loud voice. The voice from inside replied, " Nah trust me, we'll be fine. And we'll reach Iwagakure in no time! " the Kazekage spoke cheerfully. Not minding the already irritated jounins. The sun was high up in the sky. And at that very moment, the Kazekage's convoy was already in the forest part of the path. It was already quite near to Konohagakure, but still far from Iwagakure. From his seat Kitsuke sighed. It was a very hot day, but it did not stop him from leaving Sunagakure towards Iwagakure. He had planned this a long time ago, but he only had time to fulfill after a few months. Establishing an alliance with the Tsuchikage is a vital decision for him. It means peace towards two former enemy villages. And from what he had heard, the newest Tsuchikage is a girl. So Kitsuke thought that it would be nice to visiti her one of this days. That gradually become months. But still here they are travelling in the hotness of the sun. One of the jounins spoke again, " Kazekage-sama, aren't you worried? That we might get attacked anytime?! " his voice was even louder this time, you can really feel the irritation. The other jounins agreed, " Yes, you only have two jounins to defend against possible ambush. " Kitsuke sighed again before he spoke, " Why are you guys so damn afraid, I'm the Kazekage what's the worse that could happen? " he said in a nice, calm but not cocky tone. The jounins we're only able to sigh. For they knew nobody can destroy the will of Kitsuke. Once he had already decided he will do it, no matter what. So they just gave up on forcing him to go back to Sunagakure hours ago. Now they're stuck in the middle of the woods, with only themselves as for of guards against any possible ambush attacks. Kitsuke while inside inspected his Kazekage robe, they looked nice and clean. Although it was quite hotter inside as he was wearing his puppet armor Aryuu. Sweat ran down from his cheeks as the convoy moved. Suddenly... he felt two chakra signatures about 200m away from their current location. The jounins weren't able to do anything when suddenly the door of the transportation opened and the Kazekage himself sped up in the air hurriedly.

Kitsuke wasted no time and quickly left the convoy, still wearing his Kazekage robe and hat. He extreme speed by manipulating wind around him and removing the air resistance to help him speed up. He jumped from tree to tree, as fast as he could. Not minding that he had already left his convoy far behind. But he knew that the jounins would follow soon enough. As he neared and neared the area where he spotted the two chakra signatures, the awkward feeling became obvious to him. Using the mechanical eye of his puppet Aryuu, Kitsuke was able to zoom in although he was still quite far. He saw a man wearing an all black cloak. While a genin of Konogakure infront of him not too far. And as Kitsuke was already close to the man in the cloak, the genin ran towards the side of the man. Meanwhile Kitsuke quickly saw the sudden change in the chakra flow of the man and the genin himself. He uttered, " genjutsu..." With the speed of the wind, Kitsuke intercepted the boy before he could even touch the man in cloaks. He briefly touched his body and somewhat disrupted the chakra flow in him. Just like a Jinchuuriki would do when he is caught in a genjutsu. In a mere second the boy was quickly released from the genjutsu. The two jounins had already kept up with Kitsuke we're already about ten meters away from the man. Both of them knew that he was an enemy. Thanks to Kitsuke's bijuu abilities and great chakra sensing, he was able to intercept what would have been a risky attack by the genin of Konohagakure. The jounins quickly threw kunais towards the man who was unaware about them. He took the boy by his chest and he took a good distance from the man in the cloak. About 30 meters away from him. Kitsuke stood highly infront of the man. He was unafraid to look directly to the man and risked getting inside a genjutsu for he with his bijuu he can quickly dispel such a thing. Kitsuke's hands, or specifically Aryuu's hands we're not visible due to his kage robe, while most of Kitsuke's face is covered by the kage hat. He and the genin stood between two trees. While the man was leaning against a tree. Kitsuke spoke towards the man, he quickly felt the cold and dark demeanor of the man. And his instincts were telling him to not allow the man to strike first, " Why bully a little kid?, why not pick someone you're own size..." his voice echoed across the forest. While Kitsuke himself had already initiated an attack. He suddenly raised his right arm, and pointed towards the man. The right arm quickly shot towards the man, and worked like a grappling hook. The fingers of the hand fired senbons seamlessly ahead of the arm itself. Since the fingers we're spread apart so is the direction of the senbons. It all rained towards the man, with the senbons flying in a very fast speed and around 5 meters apart. All this time the genin stood behind Kitsuke's back.

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Sensor

Kitsuke is a great sensor, renowned for his skills for detecting chakra within a large radius. Although he is not able to tell what exactly is coming, he is able to remember each chakra signatures.

Puppet:

Spoiler:

Tarnish had expected the man to make a grab for him. He was pleasently suprised when he didnt. He was preparing to sprint, when a large wolf struck him from his left side, knocking him to the ground. He rolled, swinging his kunai at the wolf, but it dodged the blow and began to tear at him. In the blink of an eye, two more wolves seem to appear from nowhere and join their comrade. Tarnish struggled in vain, watching with shocked eyes as the wolves shredded his body. He screamed, lashing out wildly at them in an attempt to break free. His vision began to blur, and his breath came in short bursts. He couldnt understand what was happening, his plan crumbling in an instant. He was going to die here, he just knew it. He closed his eyes tightly, gritting his teeth as one wolf went for his throat...

Then suddenly, it was gone. Everything was gone. He lay there, panting, beads of sweat running down his face as he tried to fathom what had just happened. He opened his eyes, and saw a man before him, a different man then the one who tried to intercept him. He had on a long robe, one that was vaguely familiar. The man scooped him up and in a flash, they had jumped. Before he knew it, the man had taken him a fair distance away, but the other man was still visible. Flummoxed, Tarnish looked up at his rescuer. "I...Who are...." then he caught sight of his hat, and it dawned on him where he had seen the robe before. It was a robe similar to the one the Hokage wore, and the hat was like the hat that the Hokage wore. "But then...you must be..." he breathed, astonished that the Kazekage had saved him. The Kazekage didn't reply, as he was preoccupied with their attacker. "Why bully a little kid?, why not pick someone you're own size..." the Kazekage called out. Before he could actually see what he did, the Kazekage released a barrage of senbons that rained down towards the man.

((zomg, the Kazekage saved me xD I'm such a nerd for you right now!))

Finally content with the way things were and after making his mental notes, Naizu was set to get started on the next phase....WAS. Rapidly, Naizu began to catch hold of a scent of someone approachihg and was curious as to whom it was. The chakra indicated that the shimobi wasn't just any pushover, but one of more experienced rank. The man man came fast and snatched up the boy, breaking up the genjutsu and putting a halt to the Naizu's plans. The moment this happened, the cloaked man changed approach, as well as his overall agenda for the leaf youngster. "I suppose this was in vein" he thought to himself, opening his hand a bit. Upon doing so, a scroll slid to his hand and he quickly slung it open, bringing forth a large wolf that wrapped itself around the unknown cloaked ninja. Nai took this opportunity to retreat from the area, though as the wolf of water completed its full wrap around him, two sets of steel came to contact with the wolf. First came the kunai, but the density of the water wolf halted them half way as the senbon made their way forth. Ultimately, both of the attacks were stopped, but shortly after, the wolf dispersed itself from around the Nimakee. The fact of the matter was that it was actually a clone, and a very powerful one at that. During the time he was inside the protection of the wolf, he made the clone and mistified away from the area. "So you're the new Kazekage huh?" said the clone in a low tone and basically ignoring the the question of the kage.


Name:Water Scroll
Rank:B
Element:Water
Description:Naizu carries three different element scrolls types of these scrolls. When combined with a water and fire scroll, a massive three headed beast can be created with the appropriate hand signs. Alone, the scrolls have different abilities: Offense-Naizu Slings this scroll into the air opening it, as a large mass of water is sent into the air and diburses into chakra shapening water kunai. Defense- A large wolf made water wraps around Naizu like shield made of intense densified water that will slow down, if not catch attacks on Naizu.

Name: Mitify
Rank:B
Element:Steam
Description: Naizu can turn his body to mist at will. This can only be used 10 times per battle. ((Actual Naizu exits with this)

Name: Canine Style Death Clones
Rank:S
Element:
Description: These clones possess all of the skills Naizu possesses including his Oakegan traits and have 4/5 of his strength and speed. The clones can see what Naizu sees and vicea versa as well. The can only be made in the 4th or 5th stage of Oakegan. Naizu can only make a total of 5 of these types of clones and they can be made with a single hand, even in mid combat.

Lkitty wrote:

While Kitsuke himself had already initiated an attack. He suddenly raised his right arm, and pointed towards the man. The right arm quickly shot towards the man, and worked like a grappling hook.

Kitsuke had already prepared himself for the worst. He was as confident as every kage, but definitely not cocky. He was quite confident on his skills. If his memory serves him right, he had fought countless battles. Against fellow shinobi or missing-nin alike. And he also had a no. of stories against akatsuki. Kitsuke has been a jinchuuriki for a very long time, and he had never been on verge of capture ever. Serving almost all of the past kazekage's except for the first kazekage. He had been a faithful ally and comrade to Sunagakure. Risking his life just to defend the village he loved and cherished all this years. And now he was promoted to the position he had never dreamed of attaining, afterall he was contented just being the second-in-command. Fairly he somewhat lacked confidence that he can handly the whole village on his own. He felt that it was a big responsibility. But now he was running the whole village by himself, or at least with the help of a few honest and trusty fellows. Kitsuke was thankful for he knew that his ancestors guided him each day. Although the constant paper works irritated him, he never ran away from his responsibilities. It was a new duty, a new kind of experience, and a brand new adventure to his still unripe life. Even after receiving the highest position in the village, Kitsuke never changed to the way he interacted with the villagers and shinobis alike. He treated each and everyone alike. And they returned the favor to him. As much as he wanted to everyday visit them, too much responbilities within the office took its toll on his free time. And now as he again face another opponent, he wont regret the result of helping others.

His first move was using the grappling hook of Aryuu's hand. It has a 50 meter range, whilst his target was only 30 meters away. The arm is able to extend and grip on its target while being connected to the body of Aryuu by a sturdy metal chain. He was succesful on saving the genin of Konohagakure from a vital mistake. And brought him behind his back as Kitsuke confronts the guy in cloak. " I suppose this was in vein " the man spoke. With his keen eyesight he quickly spotted a scroll slid upon his hand and swung it open. It was very fast, yet it did not slipped upon Kitsuke's sight. Then he spotted the two jounins of Sunagakure already found him. They attacked with kunais in both direction, although it was quickly halted when a wolf made of water wrapped around the cloaked man. Whilst Kitsuke used senbons from the fingers of Aryuu to distract the man from his original purpose. The senbons weren't meant to really hit him, it was only a diversion. Because the real object was to get a hold of the man using the arm/grappling hook. The wolf shield that wrapped around the target did protect him from the incoming weapon attacks. But it won't be able to defend against the grappling hook since its really purpose is to drag him near the Kazekage. And it did happen, both the kunais and the senbons were useless. But the grappling hook found its way to the target. Quickly hooking the arm to the wolf which was dense enough for the hook itself. Then with a flicker dragging the man towards Kitsuke. Soon the man was already infront of him being held by the arm with a very tight grip. Suddenly inside the puppet armor, Kitsuke's hand started to glow with yellow chakra. Lightning built up on his fingers, and since Aryuu's whole body is made of a special kind of material which is capable of absorbing chakra, Kitsuke transferred the lightning chakra on the fingers of Aryuu. Without warning, lightning bullets fired of from Aryuu's fingers. And since it was tightly gripped on the man. Its target was the body, and the target is very very near. Even a second won't be enough for the man to dodge the attack from Kitsuke. And since lightning was created it quickly conducted lightning to the wolf made of water around the man, paralyzing him in the process thus giving him no options. It was simply inevitable.

Jutsu Used:

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((OOC:Auto hit from the grappling hook was accepted, then moved on post being grabbed))

Lkitty wrote:

Lkitty wrote:

While Kitsuke himself had already initiated an attack. He suddenly raised his right arm, and pointed towards the man. The right arm quickly shot towards the man, and worked like a grappling hook.

Quickly hooking the arm to the wolf which was dense enough for the hook itself. Then with a flicker dragging the man towards Kitsuke. Soon the man was already infront of him being held by the arm with a very tight grip.

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The Kazekage made a smart decision to send a distraction, but with the time it took to grasp and drag the the wolf to him, Naizu had decided he had stayed long enough. With about 10 meters before reaching the Kazekage, he turned his body to a fine mist and removing himself from the area and not being able to do as he'd hoped. The fact that the kid was rescued didn't hurt his mental, nor his feelings and it certainly didn't make him angry. The simple fact of the matter was that of all things, this would prove to be useful to him, for now he knew more about the current status of Kage abilities. Not much was added to memory, but something is always better than nothing in the eyes of Naizu. As he removed himself, he said aloud, "The akatsuki will rise to prominance and Suna will fall", one part of his plan that wasn't foiled could now be crossed off. He also kept a mental note on what the boy whom was rescued looked like, for he may prove useful in further ventures around.

The wolf would be devoured by the puppet and all the attacks that ensued were directly taken by it in an emptied coiled up form. The water that formed it was dense enough to distort vision of the man, all except a shadow, though being drug, it would probably prove hard to see as to whether or not the man was still inside. The low rank leaf shinobi had been mauled a bit but he would be fine after a bit of medical assistance. The genjutsu would have indeed done its job if the man would have just been a few moments later, as his jutsu was simply meant to gather info. Making his way towards konoha now, Naizu would hope to gain information in a new manner, hopefully, without intrusion of any sorts.

Name: Mitify
Rank:B
Element:Steam
Description: Naizu can turn his body to mist at will. This can only be used 10 times per battle.
((Exit))

OOC: I apologize for the out of order post but I won't be able to do any more until the 8th

Tarnish watched with astonishment at the small scale battle that ensued before him. In the blink of an eye, the Kazekage had snatched the mysterious man foreward, and he just as quickly disappeared. So thats how top ranked ninja fight... he though. No sooner had the fight started it ended. The gravity of the situation was gradually falling, and Tarnish felt comfortable enough to address the Kazekage. Giving a slight bow, he said "Thank you for helping me sir. I appreciate the timely assist. If you hadn't come when you did, I may be dead right now." He took a step back to look the Kazekage in the face. He wasnt as old as he had thought, infact he appeared to be in his late twenties, maybe early thirties. He had stern eyes, but that was to be expected. What interested Tarnish most was his means of attacking. He seemed to do all of those moves without actually initiating any jutsu, as far as Tarnish could tell.

Talon let out a forlorn cry from far above, and the chittering of squirrels could be heard all around him. Frowning, Tarnish let out a whistle to signal to Talon that he was alright. Then he knelt on the ground and held out his hand, as a small brown squirrel ran and hopped onto his palm and began to chitter anxiously. Tarnish smiled, before squeaking back to the squirrel. Relieved, the squirrel let out a last squeak before it ran off into the bush, and the chattering between the squirrels ensued again. Stepping up, he brushed off his pants and turned back to the Kazekage. "As I was saying, thanks for your help."

The success was shortlived. The diversions worked, and so is the plan. As the grappling hook hand of Aryuu extended through the air. And found its way to towards its target, it quickly grabbed the man towards Kitsuke himself. As he flew through the cutting wind, Kitsuke already grinned behind the puppet armor Aryuu for a plan that succeeded. " I was right..." Kitsuke murmured. But he the man slowly disappated from thin air. His chakra sensory though allowed Kitsuke to trace the man. Yet he did not follow him anymore, for he had no time for cowards like the guy. But before he disappeared the man shouted, " The akatsuki will rise to prominance and Suna will fall ". Kitsuke shouted back, " You dare threaten me! You coward? Threatening me with such pitiful words isn't going to help. How dare you state those words when somebody like you can't even defeat me, so how do you hope to make Sunagakure fall. Don't ever let me see you again, for the next time I won't allow you to escape anymore. " his voiced was firm and it echoed throughout the forest. The grappling hook was able to drag and destroy only a coiled form of the wolf. Slowly the grappling hook hand went back to its original position. The boy wasn't harmed in any ways, and so is Kitsuke who barely used any strength to scare away the cloaked guy. If the guy was trying to spy over the new Kazekage's abilities, he'll run away with nothing. Since the Kazekage showed only a few parts of his puppet Aryuu and nothing more. Moreover, his whole ability stayed as secret.

Then Kitsuke realized that the boy was still behind his back. He turned towards the boy. His left hand suddenly glowed with green chakra. Kitsuke then placed his hands on the chest of the boy. Using his knowledge of medical ninjutsu to heal minor damages caused by the cloaked man. The boy spoke after "Thank you for helping me sir. I appreciate the timely assist. If you hadn't come when you did, I may be dead right now." Kitsuke smiled towards the boy and replied, " It was nothing, its my vision to protect the vulnerable. By the way, I have a small favor to ask. When you come home, please tell you're Hokage that you have met the new Kazekage of Sunagakure. Thank you little one. Well I shall be going now. Its going to be a pretty long travel for me. " Kitsuke said in a cheerful tone. From a fierce aura, he quickly changed into a happy mood. He then signalled his jounins to follow. A sweep of the cold wind breeze, and the Kazekage along with his bodyguards disappeared. He was not so far when the boy spoke one last time "As I was saying, thanks for your help." . Kitsuke just smiled while continuing his journey towards Iwagakure. His kage hat completely covering his face, and his kage robe dancing along the wind...

[EXIT]

Tarnish was astonished by the Kazekage. He thought that the man was surely as good as dead, but he soon dissapated into mist. Before he left, he called out " The akatsuki will rise to prominance and Suna will fall. " The Kazekage bristled at the comment and roared " You dare threaten me! You coward? Threatening me with such pitiful words isn't going to help. How dare you state those words when somebody like you can't even defeat me, so how do you hope to make Sunagakure fall. Don't ever let me see you again, for the next time I won't allow you to escape anymore. " His words made Tarnish think that he had met this man before. It seemed as though the man was a member of the Akatsuki, and his warning to the Kazekage could mean trouble in Suna's future. After thanking him, the Kazekage smiled warmly." It was nothing, its my vision to protect the vulnerable. By the way, I have a small favor to ask. When you come home, please tell you're Hokage that you have met the new Kazekage of Sunagakure. Thank you little one. Well I shall be going now. Its going to be a pretty long travel for me. " As he spoke, he embued his palm with chakra and placed it on Tarnish's chest. His wounds slowly began to heal, and he felt himself growing stronger. Before he could thank him again, in a flash, he was gone again.

Tarnish was hit by the full gravity of the situation. He had been saved by the Kazekage and given a message to the Hokage. In the span of a few days, he had met two Kages, one from Iwagakure and one from Sunagakure. "Gonna have a bunch of news for the Hokage..." he muttered. He whistled, signaling Talon, but before he knew it, Talon had flown and almost hit him full in the face. "Whoa buddy, relax, I'm fine." Talon flapped all around him, screeching and pecking at him. He finally settled down and fluttered onto Tarnish's shoulder. Chuckling, the pair resumed their journey to the village.

[EXIT]