| abstract
| - The night rolled over bringing a threat of a storm. Light was covered by the rapidly falling night. The bright blue sky transformed into an ocean of blackness. Shimmering stars illuminated the moonless, jet black sky. Along the border of Amegakure and Konohagakure, what appeared to be a corpse lied on the ground in between a vast number of trees. Cold, the body was that of the voluptuous beauty formerly regarded as the Beauty of the Hidden Leaf (木ノ葉の小町, Konoha no Komachi). She lay atop a pool of blood, her clothes torn, her hair scattered. Serving as evidence, a rather long blade, coated in the same blood sat menially several feet away, a stream of rich red blood connecting it's shadow to the pool of the woman. The corpse appeared ideal, an exact replicate of the actual Sayuri Senju. In reality, it was a clone manifested from the equilibrium of Yin-Yang chakra fused with that of other metal counterparts, birthing what appeared to be true death. Even the greatest of sensors could not defy the logic that presented itself. Those with profound vision could estimate that all was present, from the woman's gorging chakra signature to her avid good looks. With the recent bounty that had been bestowed upon her shoulders, it would not have come as a shock that she had already been slaughtered. Justice had been restored in Amegakure. "Hmm, our target's body is laying over there, that's weird. Her bounty said she should be brought back to Ame dead or alive. Thoughts Tsuna?" Sanka said as he noticed the corpse of their target a few hundred feet away. He had been more looking for the chakra signature than anything through his Special Eyes than a body, but this struck him as strange. What could be up? Caught up by the way that the wind blew, Tsuna's attention was not exactly directed at the situation at hand. In all honesty, he seemed to have been focused on something else, a special someone whom he held dear and close to him. Before even taking this mission, Tsuna's mind was on this mysterious person. Which was the reason, he took the mission. It was to clear his mind from side bar thoughts. He wasn't sure if Ki or anyone else had sensed it, but he'd been trying his best to keep it lowkey. But he knew there was one that could see through his pain. That one, was he with white eyes. His partner, through thick and thin, Sanka. Being suddenly knocked off of his train of thought Tsuna glanced over at Sanka. "Whoever did it, did a sloppy job. Sure isn't Higure's work, no doubt. Wouldn't be wise to near it. Keep you Byakugan on the body at all times. Remember, Uchiha shouldn't be belittled, no matter how the situation stands." While the decoy demanded the attention of the duo, the true presence of Sayuri was to greet them sometime relatively soon. As the two had been looking forward, discussing amongst themselves, a hand emerged from underground, creeping from behind. Taking precaution, and ensuring that the two were distracted in their conversation and preparing, the hand appeared mere centimeters away from Tsuna Uchiha's left ankle. The hand was intangible, and therefore insensible. The woman had taken her time to plan such a sneak attack, and ensured that neither of the two were looking downward at their feet, a plan which most might presumably conclude quite irrelevant. However, here she was, the frame of her fingers wrapping around Tsuna's ankle, prepared to become tangible. Coated in metal, and empowered by the force of her chakra, the hand became tangible, and in the very instant, aimed to tear off Tsuna's left foot from ankle down. Tsuna wasn't the best sensor, but as the way of life goes, well... Even he didn't know. It's human nature, to be able to detect when things aren't feeling right, and in this instance, it's true capabilities would be in full effect. In a sudden burst, out of no where, Tsuna would feel his ankle being grappled upon. Through that instance of feel, with an extremely small window of things to work with, Tsuna had only his speciality. As the unknown person made contact with Tsuna, their movements would become nothing. Their entire body would become immobilized and the reasoning would be unknown. Except to Tsuna and of course to his partner, Sanka. Using this free time, Tsuna would reach to his back pull out one of his holy spears, and swing it directly at the person's wrist. Being immobilized, Tsuna would appear to have the advantage. Sayuri's wrist froze the second it came into contact with Tsuna's ankle. She had been caught in his genjutsu, whether or not she had chose to do so intentionally. While her prowess allowed her to pick and choose which parts of her body she wanted to send into her own personalized dimension, the effects of the genjutsu had left her being undecided, and as a result, she found herself unable to move despite the spear coming towards her wrist. The spear connected with Sayuri's metallic hand, resulting in an avid fluctuation of sparks to assemble every which way. However, the metal proved it's durability by not even showing much as a scratch, though it remained there, motionless. Deep within the ground, Sayuri utilized her supreme chakra prowess to break free from the genjutsu, allowing her hand to once again freely phase through the ground. With the initial attack, she disappeared from plain view, leaving the two alone within the darkness, the corpse several feet ahead untouched. 'Kamui... that'll make this interesting' Sanka thought. There would be little to do until they decided to show themselves again. Applying chakra to his feet to glue them to the rooted ground beneath him, Sanka stood perfectly still before using the Chakra Hardening Technique to increase his own durability. He'd play the waiting game, "let's see what she would do next". Seeing as though he had become perfectly still, Sayuri surveyed the many fluctuations of chakra taking place within the man's body. An impressive degree of control, she had to admit. However, she would take advantage of his stationary confinment, by pressing her hand against the soil beneath his feet. From underground, she forced a barrier to arise on the surface itself, which in the past, had proven powerful enough to restrict the movements of the Ten-Tailed phenom. Seeing as though his feet had been glued to the ground, a cylinder of flames would surround him, ready to burn him to ashes should he choose to escape his fate. The cylinder, however, had not expanded nearly enough to cause any form of damage to Tsuna, though the top had manifested some sort of lid, negating any exit from above. Sayuri's eyes remained alert, examining the obscure chakra signatures made visible to her. She forged together a metallic box, leaving it burrowed underground, just inches beneath where Sanka stood. At the stand still of Sanka, Tsuna had to smack himself mentally. Surely Sanka should've known that standing still against a face less opponent was not wise. Even if Tsuna was there to act as his extra pair of eyes. In a flash, Sanka found himself trapped within a barrier. The aide of Sanka was basically stripped away from him, but it would be for too long. "Kamui.. And the Uchiha barrier." Tsuna's Sharingan slowly began to form within his eyes. Sanka saw all that was happening and choose to be lazy in his dealings to these techniques. Some random chakra thing beneath him, some fiery barrier around him. These were boring. "This person is boring, why must she be so boring." Then raising his voice so the person could probably hear. "Be less boring!" But he should probably get out of this barrier now. A vast quantity of mist poured out of his body, obscuring himself and his chakra completely from view. Five arms made of chakra came out of his still hardened body, as not a single movement was necessary for any of these techniques. Four of these came out around his body and started absorbing the barrier, growing slightly bigger in the process as the chakra was intertwined into the arms. The fifth arm however, reached downwards and formed a solid barrier between him and the metallic object beneath him. He wasn't sure what it was, but he was too lazy to figure out, so a barrier seemed like the best choice. The arms made quick work of the barrier, releasing a torrent of mist all across the area. His byakugan could still easily see through it, though tsuna's chakra sensing via his sharingan would be at a disadvantage. This mist was too thick for the sensing of chakra by lesser sensing types, but not so thick one couldn't see very far. It was the closest balance he could get, and hopefully it'd force their little worm out of the ground. As the barrier faded, the side arms rolled into the arm creating the barrier beneath him, making it look like he stood on a platform of chakra. In the havoc of the mist, a metallic clone surfaced from the ground. Sayuri chose to finally reveal herself, or rather, her disguise. In full, the being took the form of a rather lean built male, it's identity obscured through the use of a vanilla mask. The clone stood in the contents of the mist, utterly confused. However, a grin appeared beneath the contents of the mask, before his hands met one another, brilliantly applauding the work of the fearsome couple. "Bravo, bravo. You are brilliant indeed." Came the voice of a male through the mist. It made no further movements, instead, the original hid itself away within the ground, as usual. "I must commend the efforts of Higure's best team. The two of you have certainly peeked my interest. Now tell me, are all of the members as powerful as you two? Or are you just an exception?"
|
![[RDF Data]](/fct/images/sw-rdf-blue.png)