The Eagle's Talon [Titan - Open]

[Morikou Asuchi]

The ANBU captain who Ayumu called in for backup appeared up on the rooftop to take his place, and subsequently a clone of his appeared, jumping down to land near the academy student and himself.

"Everything clear on this side? The room is being searched,"

”Nothing so far. I'll make a ruckus if something happens, don't worry.” The waiting was the most boring part. You just had to sit there, doing nothing. Imagine how difficult it would be to describe just how little you were doing: watching, waiting, not moving. What's worse is if you had some sort of length requirement to what you were writing, that would be even more difficult. There's only so many ways you can describe standing still.

Thankfully the ANBU captain asked a question to break the monotony. It was much appreciated.

"You two helped corner her here? You seem to have good instincts... you should join the ANBU, both of you. We could use some more good shinobi, now more than ever,"

Asuchi hesitated. He had made his choice long ago. His father was a decorated ANBU, his mother a senior mednin. He'd chosen the comedy third option, although from the missions he'd been sent on as part of the Intelligence service his job was anything but funny. His father had been disappointed in Asuchi's unwillingness to follow in his footsteps, but he was determined to forge his own path. Now, it seemed, that path was heading back around to the other road he had avoided in the first place.

He'd heard the rumors of the branch, of course. He was an intelligence shinobi, he knew quite a bit. The ANBU had been shortstaffed lately, recruits weren't coming in at the rate they used to. He had even heard you could skip your training phase, assuming you had significant prior shinobi experience in another branch. It was too early to decide for sure, but perhaps ANBU was in his future after all...

He glanced at the academy student, who was at the same point in time he was long ago when he first made his decision. What would she say?

Looking back over toward the captain, he let out a breath he didn't know he was holding. ”After this is over I'd like to talk to the sennin, or one of the captains like yourself, if that's okay. I'm quite fond of the intelligence service but if you do need more shinobi, well, I can't say no to my village.”

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[Marked For Training]

WC: 416

 

[Kogami Ayumu]

Your friendly neighborhood ANBU squad!

Tenkawa Kyoshiro - Sasaki Yu - Higurashi Ichijo (ANBU)​

The door to the closet opened and there was no immediate discovery of the fugitive. The other two ANBU now noticed Yu inspecting the closet and came to investigate as well. Ichijo opted to remain at the entrance, just in case, while Yu and Kyoshiro continued into the closet to begin giving it a thorough search. They were smart, and would be careful of traps but they were prepared to jet out of there if one was set off. Meanwhile, Ayumu remained in the main room and was realizing that this thread had gone on long enough getting impatient. His chakra sense still sensed Hex in the room, even if faintly, and he had been lied to by the woman who was now passed out on top of the man. She appeared to be covering for the terrorist, and the show they had put on was most likely supposed to be a distraction. For all any of them knew, one of them had been transformed to appear as a blue haired woman and had reverted the transformation upon entering the window of this room to avoid suspicion. Enough was enough.

"I want these two taken in for questioning on the grounds of at the very least aiding a criminal in evading the law. Maybe more," Ayumu said to Ichijo, who reached into his belt pouch and produced two pairs of shinobi-grade handcuffs. He would then proceed to attempt to cuff both the man and the woman, regardless of whether or not they were passed out from their exercise session.

Shuusei Touma (Captain)​

The Academy Student seemed to be focused solely on watching the window, which was fine. The idea had been planted, whether or not it would sprout would be up to her. Asuchi, on the other hand, would respond to the captain's suggestion. Ayumu had marked the boy down as a potential candidate on the recent mission they had been on together. He would be happy to hear that he was considering. "Think on it... and if you decide you are interested, see the ANBU Commander in his office at the Torre Celeste. He'll be expecting you," Touma responded to Asuchi, whom he hoped would take this suggestion seriously.

The clone turned to Shashu. "That goes for you as well, once you graduate," he said to her, if she was listening. Meanwhile, on the rooftop, the real Touma was listening to the conversation below as well as eavesdropping through the headset that Ayumu was leaving open for his benefit. If necessary, he would head inside to aid in the arrest.

 

[Tsuirakuya Shashu]

Hmmm...ANBU huh? Shashu thought speculatively while keeping an eye focused on both the entrance and the window, her net ready to snare any opponent who attempted to flee from those two points of egress. The masked man turned to Asuchi and suggested that he go see the ANBU Commander if he was interested. I guess they're shortstaffed... The man turned to Shashu and went on to say that she would be welcome to apply after she graduated.

Without taking her eyes off either exit point (it certainly wouldn't do to have an enemy get away because she was too busy talking to pay attention) she asked Touma "I'm not sure where I want to go. ANBU...that's like the secret service right? What do they do?" I don't really see myself being just a regular main-branch shinobi...it's either Medical or ANBU for me. We'll just have to see...

 

[Morishige]

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"Eh?" thought Hex, as Ayumu spoke the words of her sure fire discovery. The woman in her clay covering looked at Hebi who was on top of her and had to wondering if passing out was legitimate, or if she was still awake. The situation was now getting a little bit too complicated and that signaled to the blue haired menace that is was time to make her entrance. As Ichijo made his way over to begin handcuffing them, Hex (in her manly clay suit) lifted Hebi off of her and gently placed her on the ground. "Sorry Babe... These ninja are always so... troublesome." she whispered as she turned around, putting her hands on the back of her head. Or was she...

In a calm motion, as to not surprise the ANBU into action, Hex began to rub and scratch and yank the clay off of her body. First off course was her man parts, which she eagerly through to Ayumu just to see his reaction. Or rather, tossed, it wasn't very aggressive. It was more like a display of showing them what had really fooled them. Followed by the extra layers of the meterial around her chest and stomach to make her look more manly, until she finally got enough off to show the world, or rather the room, who she was. "Looks like ya caught me boys." she said with a devious smile, taking a side glance over to the exposed window. Her attitude seemed to pick up with that, like and escape had been provided. She looked down to Hebi once again, making mental note mention her to her superiors, and then to Ichijo who was ever closer to apprehending her.

"Oh no you don't!" Hex exclaimed jumping back toward the window. "This will be the day that you all remember as, The Day You Almost Caught Captain Hex Sexypants!"she exclaimed before leaping out the window, while at the same time tossing three grenades into the room behind her. She didn't know the protocol of Kumo shinobi, but she assumed self preservation was at the top of the list; and hopefully they would preserve Hebi as well. Now the street below where other shinobi were waiting, Hex took in her surroundings. Hopefully with them off guard, she could make a break for her weapons which were displaced when she was attacked by the invisible man. With them in sight, she dashed forward scooping them both up by the belt and ran in the direction where her enemies were diminished. But there was still the barrier to contend with.

Reaching into her bag of goodies that Titan agents kept with them, she pulled out a chakra tag with several symbols on it. This specific one was for chakra disruption. Throwing it onto the barrier, it made the general area around the tag weak to bombardment and she simply... punched her way through. With one massive chakra assisted melee attack, Hex found herself on the other side. However, instead of just running, she quickly formed a barrier of her own, this one much smaller, that sealed up the hole she created in their own. Then she ran off, her destination set... a plan in mind. As soon as she turned a corner, she transformed into the cabbage man from Avatar and kept walking quite swiftly.

[Topic Left with All NPC's]
[If anyone wants a follow up RP, PM me and we can set one up?]
[Of course, if someone wants to stop Hex, they can try, and try is the key word >:] ]

 

[Ryu Hime]

One of the first things the Anbu would find in the closet was a puppet of a naked man which looked just like the man in the room. If they kept looking they would find puppets of Hex, Ayumu and even Kushin. She receives some interesting orders in her line of work. When Hebi wakes up she bears a rather confused look. She looks around and notices the clay on the floor. “What’s going on here? What did you do to my puppet that I was playing with? Where’s the rest of it and why am I being handcuffed?” She was either getting arrested for questioning or they wanted a turn. She hoped for the latter , but doubt it was going to happen.

[occ: lets get this thing over with]

 

[Morikou Asuchi]

"Think on it... and if you decide you are interested, see the ANBU Commander in his office at the Torre Celeste. He'll be expecting you," the captain responded to Asuchi's request.

"I'll stop by as soon as I'm able," he smiled in return. This new development in his career should be interesting.

He turned back toward the window, unwilling to let the terrorist escape due to negligence of the sentries. His vigilance was rewarded when the blue haired woman came careening down from the window she entered, landing gracefully and immediately moving toward her weapons. The Kumogakure immediately gave chase once more. Well, it looks like we're back to this again. It was such fun the first time...

She quickly reached the barrier where she was expected to stop, dumbfounded. However, this little vixen was quite crafty. Asuchi gained ground as she slowed to grab something out of a bag, but as he was about to catch her, she used some device to weaken the barrier, and then brute forced her way through, sealing it back behind her.

Hmm, a shinobi. I suppose I should have guessed with how skilled she seems to be, but she had stuck to basic weaponry before. This is the first time I've seen her use chakra.

Asuchi gave mental shrug. If she could punch through the barrier, he supposed he would be able to as well. He aimed for the barrier she erected, reasoning that a barrier made by one would be weaker than one made by three. His hands began to glow purplish blue, a barely present high pitched whine manifested from nothingness to accompany his gathered energy. He scarcely slowed, giving a quick jump, skip and a hop as he somersaulted forward, concentrating the energy from his hands down to his heels. As he reached the barrier, his heels, powered by his signature combination of blue chakra and some other purple energy, slammed downward, tearing a jagged hole through the barrier she had used to seal off her escape route. His foot completed its arc, landing back on the ground perfectly in stride. Just as he made it past the barrier, he saw her turn a corner up ahead. Deciding to take the short route, Asuchi renewed the chakra in his legs, leaping up to the top of the building alongside them and running up to the aforementioned corner. He gazed down upon a crowd of people, none of which possessed her signature blue locks. A frown crossed the shinobi's face. He was sure he saw her round this corner.

I need some frickin' tracking jutsu...

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[Marked For Training]

WC: 434

 

[Kogami Ayumu]

Your friendly neighborhood ANBU squad!

Tenkawa Kyoshiro - Sasaki Yu - Higurashi Ichijo (ANBU)​

It seemed apprehending Hex that day was not in the cards. As Ichijo approached the now revealed woman, she jumped towards the window. At the same time, she drew three grenades and tossed them out in the room of her so-called ally. She made no attempt at protecting Hebi, instead leaving it up to the ANBU, likely in hopes that they would protect her rather than pursue their fugitive. Unfortunately she was right, they had a duty to Kumogakure citizens that took priority. Ayumu moved quickly to the slumbering woman and pulled her over his shoulder before leaping into the closet to escape the blast. At the same time, the three ANBU simultaneously moved between the grenades and their Sennin and Hebi. Yu quickly kicked the nearest grenade further away before Kyo and Ichijo moved in front of him. With fast handseals they summoned a barrier of stone and ice to protect the humans in the room from the blasts. The barriers were barely raised in time to protect the trio, the hot flames of the explosion shooting dangerously over the barriers, but fortunately not burning anybody.

The room, of course, would not be so lucky... three grenades tend to seriously wreck a room. Naturally there would be fires. Fortunately, Kyo quickly used his water jutsu to put out the flames. Who knew what further damage would be done? (I leave the damage up to you since it's your building.) The explosion was obviously enough to bring Hebi out of her slumber as Ayumu set her down and brushed some debris from the explosion off of himself. She said something, but Ayumu wasn't listening. His hand shot to his earpiece. "Did you get her?" he asked, pausing a moment for the response. He knew the answer already, he could no longer sense her nearby. He sighed, shaking his head. If it wasn't for this woman's interference, they would have had her.

"Well done," Ayumu said to Hebi as Yu entered the closet where Ayumu had taken shelter with her. The other two had taken off outside to search for Hex. "You know, she probably hurt or killed innocent people with the explosions she caused tonight. If she didn't, it was by luck. She sure wasn't trying hard to avoid casualties. If you don't care about that, then how about the fact that she just tossed a grenade into the room where you were peacefully slumbering after you tried to hide her? She doesn't seem to care much for your safety. How about the fact that she trashed your room with those grenades? Good thing you protected her, eh? Well done," Ayumu said, shaking his head in disbelief.

"Do you even have any idea who that was? Or did you just feel like hiding a random criminal from the ANBU?" he asked, beginning to believe that Hebi truly had just randomly interfered in this situation. Even if there had been a misunderstanding in her thinking the village was being attacked, when Kumogakure ANBU entered the room searching for her, that should have been cleared up. All she was doing was obstructing the law, and giving Hex another opportunity to destroy her village further. He shook his head once more and activated his headset again.

"Make sure to get what information you can from Morikou Asuchi- the brown haired shinobi that was out there with you. It seemed he recognized her," he said into his headset before looking at Hebi one final time. "Someone will question you later. I'll let you... clean up. Hope you had insurance," he said before heading out to assist in the search.

[Topic Left]

Shuusei Touma (Captain)​

As Hex leapt from the window, something definitely didn't seem right. The rest of the group should have been right after her. For the moment, it didn't matter. They had to pursue. Unfortunately, Hex was very fast. She quickly scooped up her gear and made for the barrier as Touma descended from the building to give chase. Asuchi was already on the case, even as Hex managed to get through the barrier. As Touma caught up, Asuchi turned a corner. A few moments later, Touma was beside him. He looked out at the panicked crowd who were all scrambling to get home most likely, due to the earlier explosions. Any of them could easily have been Hex, and they were all running in different direction. The search was hopeless at this point.

Touma's headset buzzed in, the Sennin asking what had become of Hex. Touma had heard the explosions in the building as he gave chase, he was glad to hear that the other ANBU were alive. "No, Commander... she's blended into the panic caused by her explosions. We lost her," Touma reported regretfully. He removed his hand from his headset to speak to Asuchi (and Shashu if she was there as well). "Thank you for your help. Unfortunately, it seems she got away... we're going to continue searching, but you're free to go if you wish," he said as Kyo and Ichijou arrived to help him search. It was hopeless, but they had to try. The ANBU would have a busy night trying to get the village calm again. They now had a fugitive.

Touma's headset buzzed again, Ayumu asking him to get some information from Asuchi. "Did you know the woman we were chasing?" Touma asked, looking to Asuchi.

 

[Morikou Asuchi]

Asuchi sensed the ANBU Captain approach his side without having to turn his head. They both stared in futility at the crowd of people. She was obviously gone. They’d have to get her another day. He sighed as he heard the other shinobi checking in with his commander via headset. Afterwards he turned and said, "Thank you for your help. Unfortunately, it seems she got away... we're going to continue searching, but you're free to go if you wish."

Asuchi shrugged. He had no pressing matters to attend to, and he couldn’t exactly rest easy knowing he lost a fugitive shinobi in his own village. Before he could respond, however, another question came from the Captain, "Did you know the woman we were chasing?"

Another shrug. ”I had the… pleasure of running into Ms. 47 while I was on an escort mission in to Konohagakure not too long ago. A genin, Ren, one of your ANBU in Training, Jinkotsu Kosei, and myself were assigned to protect Sasaki Sumiko during her move to Konoha. The mission was financed by the Titan Corporation, who I believe was Sumiko’s employer. 47, along with 12 or so thugs ambushed us in the forest in Fire Country. I incapacitated one while Kosei obliterated the rest. 47 literally flew away after that. We interrogated the one survivor, who told us that the 12 men were hired thugs. They didn’t know their target, they didn’t know their objective. Only that they were hired for an ambush. We couldn’t get any more useful information out of him. Sumiko and 47 appeared to recognize one another, although Sumiko wouldn’t tell us anything either. After that, the mission was finished without incident. I’m sorry I can’t tell you more, but that’s all I know about her.”

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[Marked for Training]

WC: 296

 

[Kogami Ayumu]

Shuusei Touma (Captain)​

Touma listened carefully as Asuchi recounted his encounter with 47 near Konoha, on a mission alongside Kosei of the ANBU. "Titan" was mentioned again, something Ayumu had mentioned after his meeting with Kosei when he heard the report of the very same mission. It was coming back to Touma now, the mission that Asuchi spoke of. He would have to take another look at the report Kosei provided. The Titan Corporation also seemed worth further investigation. "Thank you for the information. It's more than we knew about her beforehand," Touma said sincerely, before turning to his awaiting ANBU.

"I hope to hear from you soon as a trainee. Goodnight," Touma said before leaping to the rooftop in unison with his team. The ANBU disappeared into the night to continue the search for Hex.

[All ANBU - Topic Left]