Maru could remember the last time he was here in tea country, it was probably a month or so ago since he was captured by the Tea Task force thanks to a certain blood bender who will soon get what's coming to him soon enough. Maru under the good graces of the force, since he looked like a child he was simply left off with a warning then he was asked to go to the leaf for further punishment. Of course, he did just that and ended up losing most of his collection in the process which was pretty unfortunate… As for his darkness, he didn't even have that either. His demonic ancestry had been purged and in that month he was puppetless with spiritual abilities. When he finally Mastered his new bloodline, he found that being spiritual or having a balance really isn't as bad as he thought. He actually found his abilities a lot better…
Since being demoted, Maru needed a new way to get paid and fast. E Rank missions and babysitting weren't exactly bringing in much money. So he decided to switch to old habits… and become a professional thief. Since he lived in Crater City, a city well known for being heavily crime populated, it didn't take him long to find a gang that wanted his talents in human puppetry. After all, he did own a puppet with time justu and because of his spiritual abilities he could see into the future as well. All these abilities in seeing things coming is a perfect tool for a professional crook! But there were limits on what he could do.. Like he could only go back and forth in time only about 30 seconds, he could always use his puppet to accelerate his movement by wearing it but that is the limit.. You have 30 seconds to do whatever you have to do, then get out of that timeline. Maru was breaking a lot of rules in changing time, but what better way to covered his crimes. Time was literally on his side!
Maru was on a rooftop, wearing a body he usually wears during his “work.” This body was dressed in all black, a black trench coat, dress shirt, ninja pants, and boots. He wore red gloves, with a black and white mask on similar to the mask you'll find in an English ballroom party. A crop of short and messy black hair hung down to the thief's neck, a smug plastic grin on his face as he stared down at a jewelry shop. One night gaurd given the job of guarding these precious items… Slacking off as usual, Maru pulled out a fancy looking watch with a strange looking eye as the clock. He slapped it on his wrist and began to weave hand signs, then he used the watch to use the ability of his temporal strider puppet to accelerate his movement! The attack hitting the shop before the man had time to process what's going on.
‘1, 2, 3,’ Maru counted to himself before using his enhanced speed to pull out a sack to begin to grab anything valuable. ‘4, 5, 6, 7!!!’ He thought, the man looked seriously hurt but he'll live. He began heading to the back. ‘8, 9, 10, 11’ he broke glass then quickly took some diamonds and rings. The bag getting slightly heavy and the sound of the alarm was unbearable. ‘12, 13, 14, 15’ he kept in mind as he bagged more items. '16, 17, 18, 19’ people are already looking, calling the Tea Task Force and whoever is in charge of dealing with threats. '20, 21, 22, 23,’ Maru ran out, his coat flowing in the wind. He heard someone screaming to him, saying 'bravo' for his stylish exit and he spun on his heels then bowed as a show of confidence. Then he turned his watch and thought about him standing on the rooftop again……
'Oh shit!’
It didn't work! His luck had ran out, he looked the crowd seeing… a transparent man in a lab coat who was missing an eye.. A black smile on his face, he mouth the words… Times Up…’ The task force was right on his tail, and Maru leapted on the roof then began running like hell! Out of all the times to see one of the ghost from his human puppets it had to he right then. He could hear the pissed off spirit of Ibumo laughing as he leaped from rooftop to rooftop, happy that Maru is finally about to get what's coming to him. Maru's only hope now was to escape!!!!!! The task force began to use their head sets to call for someone... Anyone to stop this bandit from leaving Tea Country unharmed...
[Task force calling Soku!]