Forced Entry The Shinogami’s Game 2: ‘It’s The Only Way!’

[Kiko]

Though the defences looked formidable they were definitely not subtle in any way. Even for one who had never been to the mighty shinobi village of Kumogakure, the puppet had taken very little time to spot the monumental cliffs and only the briefest of moments longer to spot the dark crack in the otherwise unbroken cliff face betraying the Dragon Tooth Pass and the one entrance into the village proper.

Two figures walked in the distance, dressed in traditional Konohan ANBU robes, one normal black robe, the other, a crisp white robe symbolising the rank of ANBU Captain of Leaf. They had been walking slowly towards the gates until the gate guards could see the pair easily, the concerned and slightly confused looks on the guards faces at the appearance of the two Shinobi was quickly replaced with a swarm of activity, trained Kumo Shinobi quickly moved to their well drilled positions and prepared to defend the gates from this potential threat, these two foreign ANBU standing so menacingly still. The guard captain gave the signal to hold ready as he gently landed on the ground in front of the gates, knowing his assembled Shinobi would know what to do if something went wrong. He began to walk towards the pair of Konohan ANBU but maintained caution as he slowly closed the distance between them. He felt his heart rate increase as he observed the two motionless figures, though Konoha was an ally of Kumo something felt wrong about the whole thing, something felt dangerously wrong.

All warfare is deception…

Kiko watched the gate guard approach, her mechanical vision unobstructed by the ANBU mask covering her porcelain face, the white captains robes flapping un-felt against her unnatural body concealed beneath their billowing folds. A network of Invisible chakra strings connected her to a thousand different key points on the stone puppet standing beside her, likewise concealed beneath a similar, though black ANBU robe.

The white robed, porcelain puppet wrapped her delicate fingers around a small device hidden within her robes as the guard approached the pair, a white cable running from the concealed device all the way to the puppets artificial, though fully function ears. Electricity slowly inched its way through the complex wiring and into the small magnets inserted into the ear openings of the puppet, awaiting the command to initiate there true calling in this dark, death filled world.

Kiko pressed play on the concealed personal music device. The previously inert speakers on the end of the white cables flaring to life and the rumble of her music filling her porcelain ears.

“Commencing test number one…”

~~~~~~~~~Dramatic Fade To Black~~~~~~~~~​

The bodies of the fallen gate guards littered the soil of Kumo, the unnatural angles and distension that the fallen Shinobi had been contorted and stretched into would be beyond and normal capacity of survival.

Blood dripped from still clenched fists of the black clad stone puppet, it’s shoulders and chest heaving from the apparent exertion, though in truth the puppet had no need to breath. The slighter framed, white robbed puppet stepped over a fallen Shinobi, his head twisted to be completely facing the wrong direction. The second blood soaked puppet moved into synchronous step beside the first as she passed by, the two making their way towards the awaiting metaphorical oyster that was the village of Kumo…

“Test number one… Complete…”

Spoiler: Ooc

Force Enter!
Half time card in inventory.
Run time = 30 minutes!

Feel free to join the topic after the run time to investigate/track Kiko.

 

[Kagami Miro]

The day began like every other. Early to rise from another night of no sleep, hydration then into mental training exercises that led to no results when it came to sleep. Lastly, handing out duties to her operatives, who with a sturdy salute, went directly to work. Whether it was paper-pushing, mission debriefs, the onset of mission or simply gate duty, each member gave the aura of pride and respect for their superior. Yes, the day remained quite “normal” if compared to the previous weeks however that monotonous cycle had been disrupted only hours later.

Within the Sileo spurred flashing red lights. Alarms rang throughout the base, echoing within the halls. Circled around the strategy table each operative including the Sennin looked up at the flashing red lights and back towards the massive desk that held an entire wall of advanced computers and screens with data and video that played back repeatedly. “My Lord! The gates have been breached! Those on duty have not responded back to any calls!” The blood that courses through the Uchiha’s veins began to boil while her eyes simultaneously turned into those infamous red hues with stylish tomoe.

Her hand swiftly gestured to her trusted captains who moved with purpose towards the gates. Those who were better at strategy placed headsets over their heads and turned to a secure private frequency that connected them directly with their Sennin. Without another word a black doorway unzipped into reality and the Sennin stepped in, closing it swiftly behind her.

The black portal reopened at the top of the newly repaired gated doorway. From it stepped the ANBU Sennin who adorned a shining featureless golden mask to cover her identity. The wind pulled on her cloak, conforming itself to her figure when the breeze came and went. Red hues looked down to see the carnage that lay in front of their gates. Another brief moment went by, taken in the surrounding area. The only damage caused was to those who she called kin. One step, two, she walked off the towering gates to fall to the ground. With grace she landed, dust billowed away from her impact zone.

The Sennin stepped closer to the mangled corpses of her fellow ANBU operatives. A look of visceral disgust painted her face behind that mask. The disgust hadn’t been directed towards the way the corpses had been killed but the very fact they were overthrown. Her teeth threatened to chip and break while her nails dug into her palms enough to pierce the skin and bleed. Their line of work was never a peaceful one but the death of loyal operatives she called family pierced her heart worse than her previous death. A bloody hand reached up to her headset.

“Notify the branches and Raikage that the gates have been breached. Send medical teams over to the gates. Be on the lookout for any suspicious persons and lock down the city gates.” Quickly a voice relayed back “10-4, my Lord.” Her hand fell to her side, at a loss for words. Over time she checked the pulses of her operatives in hopes for even a faint sign but nothing good came from it. Red hues looked toward hidden cameras noticing only a few had been destroyed while others remained hidden and untouched. Another call had been made to playback the videos within the Sileo to gain any leads. Until then, the Sennin awaited the arrival of the medical team whilst her captains gathered more information around the surrounding area.

[Topic Entered]
[Cast Rank D Mask Summon Mastered, Headset Equipped]
[Topic left unless stopped]​

 

[Momo]

The Dark Musician​

The notification sang across the village alerting anyone who was anyone that an intruder had breached the gates. There wasn’t much information put out except the bit about a request for a medical team to convene at the gates. Momo would silence her headset with a sigh. This wasn’t her problem. No, her problem lay in front of her begging to be played. Her surf green slayer was calling to her metaphorically. The issue at hand? Well as it turns out, Momo was currently lacking in inspiration and having something of a writers block but with music. She’d take her guitar, close her eyes, and finally, she’d strum a chord softly. She’d wait for that moment as the tune faded into nothingness in hopes that a melody would find its way to her heart… except it didn’t. With a frown of her brow she’d strum again although this time not so softly. There was a hint of frustration in this strum. Momo would open her eyes and gaze upon the horizon. The acoustics were so much better when you were high up. A top a high building, on the rooftop of a place she’d never been before, Momo would look toward the gates. She wasn’t far and she needed inspiration. What better way than to spark a bit of inspiration than to be around the wounded, dying, and dead. Momo would bite a nail at the thought that people could actually be dead. “What a terrible thing to happen,” she thought, empathizing with the potential friends and family who may have just lost people dear to them. “But what an awesome opportunity to write a new song… I even got a name! Final Days.” Momo would sling her surf green guitar around her and head of toward the gates.

It was worst than Momo could imagine. There were bodies of the wounded spread about the area. Blood was ever preset and the sounds of groans echoed the valley or so it seemed. Momo bit a nail once more as she spotted lifeless bodies up ahead. Immediately she knew that those ones were not among the lucky ones. Momo hesitated but managed to move forward. She had to see them, to see this. She would approach a body whose head was face down but his body was face up. “Who… no what could have done this?” With uneasy Momo attempted to turn the body over but as she did, there was something not quite right.

[MFT] [Topic Entered]​

 

[Kiko]

Like a spider waiting for her fly’s, the faceless demon watched as the first to respond arrived on scene in dramatic fashion, literally tearing through the fabric of space to arrive on the scene of carnage. The puppet’s artificial eyes focused in to every minor detail of the woman, the first bright soul of Kumogakure tha Kiko had seen. Her robes flowed with the intermittent breeze as she surveyed the field of slaughter, a golden mask covered the woman’s face concealing her identity, though the puppet’s mechanical vision could see the hint of red pupil behind the mask.

The golden faced ANBU reached to her headset but Kiko was too far away to actually hear what was being said, then the golden masked ANBU moved to check the vitals of the fallen who were not very obviously deceased. A small grin came over the porcelain faced puppet, concealed behind the ANBU mask of Konoha. The puppet grinned for she new that the golden masked bright soul’s search would be in vain, all the guards were inhumed with vicious efficiency and no remorse.

Then another bright soul arrived on the scene, a large guitar slung over her back, stylised more as a rock star than a shinobi but Kiko had been in this world long enough to know appearance could be deceiving. The new arrival’s uncovered face showed her expression plain as day for the world to see as she attempted to turn one of the bodies over. Had this been who the golden masked ANBU had called? Kiko could only speculate.

One bright soul was rare but two in the same location was almost unheard of… The puppet could feel the cursed chakra gifted her by the Goddess of Deep Waters stirring through her artificial chakra system. She had merely intended to observe Kumo’s response to the attack but it is a foolish spider that ignores two fat flies in her web…

With a shimmer and a momentary point of uncomfortable reality the puppet ceased her chameleonic camouflage, moving slowly into the scene of the carnage and definitely drawing the attention of the two bright souls before her. The puppets white ANBU robes flowed in the breeze, her bone white Konohan ANBU mask not concealing her killer intention in the slightest.

“Commencing test number two…”

The puppet’s words could be heard by the two bright souls, and their meaning would soon become apparent…

Spoiler: Ooc

Re-entering topic with Kiko.

Miro ‘stopped’.

Calling B-Mod in first post with permission.

Thanks for fighting me, I’m so keen!

 

[Kaen]

Kiko​	Momo​	Miro​
HP: 39,000 - 1,560 = 37,440 HP CP: 30,000 - 5,460 = 24,540 CP AP: 10 - 9.75 = 10.25 AP next round Status: Byakugan active Feral Shift style active Beast-Human Clone active Two Headed Wolf active Cursed Seal active Main Branch Style active​	HP: 44,625 - 4,909 = 39,716 HP CP: 23,625 - 3,615 = 20,010 CP CE: 7,087 - 0 + 5,426 = 12,513 CE AP: 8 - 7 = 9 AP next round Status: Defensive Mode active Main Branch style active	HP: 33,000 - 10,015 = 22,985 HP CP: 36,000 - 7,820 = 28,180 CP AP: 10 - 8 = 11 AP next round Status: Sharingan active Paper Clone active Crescent Moon Mirror prepped Soul Regalia active Enchanter Genjutsu style active Heart - Fractured Bleed rank 2

Wormy​	Naibu​
HP: 27,900 - 1,116 = 26,784 HP Status:	HP: 36,000 - 0 = 36,000 HP CP: 33,000 - 2,400 = 30,600 CP AP: 5 - 3 = 6 AP next round Status: Soul Regalia active Enchanter Genjutsu style active

	Miro's Paper Clone #1​	Miro's Paper Clone #2​
	HP: 3,600 - 536 = 3,064 HP CP: 3,600 - 3,600 = 0 CP AP: 2.5 - 0 = 2.5 AP next round Status: Heart - Broken Bleed rank 3	HP: 3,600 - 0 = 3,600 HP CP: 3,600 - 2,613 = 987 CP AP: 2.5 - 0 = 2.5 AP next round Status: Heart - Fractured Bleed rank 2

Round 1

~ 0.00 Sec -- Momo Dark Sage checks
--------- @ Miro - 37 vs 36, Success -- Miro loses 4% max HP and Momo gains that amount as HP & CE
--------- @ Kiko - 37 vs 24, Success -- Kiko loses 4% max HP and Momo gains that amount as HP & CE
--------- @ Wormy - 37 vs 21, Success -- Wormy loses 4% max HP and Momo gains that amount as HP & CE
--------- Momo already at max HP
--------- Miro loses 1,320 HP
--------- Kiko loses 1,560 HP
--------- Wormy loses 1,116 HP
--------- Momo gains a total of 3,996 CE

~ 0.00 Sec -- Miro uses their 'Duelist' ability, focusing in on Kiko, as well as activating their 'Sharingan' using 'Initiative', and equips their weapon 'Paper Skin Glove'

~ 0.00 Sec -- Momo uses 'Emotion Barrier' with 'Initiative', targeting himself and Miro
--------- A barrier with 4,909 HP now protects both Momo and Miro

~ 0.00 Sec -- Kiko strolls into the scene with 'Weapon #5' pre-equipped
--------- Kiko also activates their Byakugan, will be fully 'active' at 1.00 seconds

~ 0.50 Sec -- Kiko enters 'Feral Shift' bloodline style
--------- Weapon #5 is now passively equipped
--------- Wormy (Animal Companion) follows suit and their weapon is passively equipped too
--------- Wormy reflexively uses 'Higuma', targeting Miro
--------- Barrier is auto-targeted and auto-hit
--------- 4,120 damage is dealt to the barrier, 789 HP remains

~ 0.63 Sec -- Momo enters 'Defensive Mode'
--------- Trades some stuff for some stuff ;D

~ 1.00 Sec -- Kiko's Byakugan is now fully active!

~ 1.26 Sec -- Momo enters 'Main Branch Style'
--------- Pushing Through The Pain!

~ 1.89 Sec -- Momo equips their weapon; 'Surf Green Duesenberg Starplayer II electric guitar!'
--------- Turn on, Tune up, Rock out!

~ 2.00 Sec -- Miro uses 'Paper Clone'
--------- Special Action chosen to create 2 clones
--------- Two clones appear with 3,600 HP and CP
--------- Awareness check vs Momo - 25 vs 25, Momo doesn't who the real Miro is
--------- Awareness check vs Kiko - 25 vs 26, Kiko knows who the real Miro is
--------- Awareness check vs Wormy - 28 vs 26, Wormy knows who the real Miro is

~ 2.75 Sec -- Kiko uses 'Beast-Human Clone'
--------- Kiko and Wormy look exactly the same - Nobody knows who the real Kiko is
--------- Wormy reflexively uses 'Dance of the Waxing Moon', targeting Miro
--------- Special action chosen
--------- Barrier is auto-targeted and auto-hit
--------- 1st check deals 690 damage to the barrier, 99 HP remains
--------- 2nd check deals 690 damage to the barrier, the barrier is destroyed leaving 591 damage left to attempt to strike Miro
--------- 2nd check - 33 vs 44, miss
--------- 3rd check - 38 vs 36, Hit
--------- 4th check - 33 vs 42, miss
--------- 5th check - 45 vs 37, Hit
--------- 6th check - 40 vs 35, Hit
--------- 20% chance to cause Bleed rank 1 - Rolled 81, failed
--------- 2,070 damage is dealt to Miro
--------- Two clones of Wormy have appeared and will remain until 4.75 seconds

~ 4.75 Sec -- Wormy Clones have dispersed

~ 5.02 Sec -- Momo uses their 'Summoner' ability to use both 'Shadow Servant' & 'Rock Golem' simultaneously
--------- Special actions used for Shadow Servant
--------- Four shadows appear with 1,056 hp each

~ 5.50 Sec -- Kiko uses 'Two-Headed Wolf'
--------- Kiko and Wormy are now fused and Gigantic
--------- Wormy reflexively uses 'Higuma', targeting Miro
--------- 1st check - 47 vs 41, Critical Hit!!!
--------- 2nd check - 44 vs 30, Hit
--------- 3rd check - 44 vs 44, 50% partial
--------- 4th check - 32 vs 28, Hit
--------- 5th check - 43 vs 30, hit
--------- 6th check - 42 vs 38, hit
--------- 7th check - 40 vs 30, Hit
--------- Only 4 may hit
--------- 20% chance to cause Bleed rank 1 - Rolled 51, failed
--------- Miro suffers -2 Accuracy and -2 Dodge until Round 3 @ 5.50 seconds
--------- 4,635 damage is dealt to Miro

~ 5.50 Sec -- Kiko initiates their 'Cursed Seal'
--------- Kiko's Cursed Seal will be fully active at 7.50 seconds

~ 5.50 Sec -- Kiko uses their 'Willpower' ability to utilize a free 'Cancel'
--------- No effect

~ 6.00 Sec -- Kiko enters 'Main Branch' style
--------- Style over Substance

~ 6.50 Sec -- Miro uses 'Contract Summoning'
--------- Naibu has been summoned!
--------- Naibu instantly uses 'Soul Regalia' to fuse with Miro
--------- Mythic Accessory option

~ 6.50 Sec -- Naibu enters into 'Enchanter - Genjutsu Chakra Style' for Miro

~ 8.00 Sec -- Miro uses 'Crescent Moon Mirror'
--------- Friggin Uchihas...

~ 8.75 Sec -- Kiko performs a hidden action
--------- 1st check - 38 vs 39, 25% partial hit -- Becomes a miss due to Miro's 'Light Armor'
--------- 2nd check - 48 vs 42, Hit
--------- 20% chance to cause a Sprain - Rolled 12 Success -- Miro's Heart is now Sprained with Rank 1 Bleed
--------- 3rd check - 46 vs 30, Hit
--------- 15% chance to cause a Sprain - Rolled 41, failed
--------- 4th check - 36 vs 40, miss
--------- 5th check - 35 vs 31, Hit
--------- 30% chance to cause a Fracture - Rolled 23, Success -- Miro's Heart is now Fractured with Rank 2 Bleed
--------- 6th check - 37 vs 33, Hit
--------- 5% chance to cause a Break - Rolled 65, failed
--------- 10% chance to cause Bleed rank 3 - Rolled 45, failed
--------- 2,200 Chakra damage is dealt to Miro
--------- Kiko 'Cleaves' into Momo!
--------- Momo's Rock Golem reflexively uses a special action to act as a barrier, x2 damage due to being a barrier
--------- 1st check - 29 vs 35, miss Rock Golem auto-hit, takes 1,100 damage
--------- 2nd check - 33 vs 35, miss Rock Golem auto-hit takes 1,100 damage
--------- 3rd check - 33 vs 30, Hit Rock Golem auto-hit takes 1,100 damage, Golem is dispersed leaving 335 Chakra damage for Momo
--------- Momo gains 20% of the Rock Golems max HP as Corrupted Energy - 552 CE
--------- 15% chance to cause a Sprain - Rolled 62, failed
--------- 4th check - 32 vs 21, Hit
--------- 30% chance to cause a Sprain - Rolled 8, Success -- Momo's Heart is now Sprained with Rank 1 Bleed
--------- 5th check - 31 vs 23, Hit
--------- 10% chance to cause a Fracture - Rolled 7, Success -- Momo's Heart is now Fractured with Rank 2 Bleed
--------- 6th check - 37 vs 25, Hit
--------- 10% chance to cause a Break - Rolled 17, failed
--------- 15% chance to cause Bleed rank 3 - Rolled 19, failed
--------- 1,985 Chakra damage is dealt to Momo
--------- Kiko 'Cleaves' into Paper Clone #1!
--------- 1st check - 36 vs 33, Hit
--------- 30% chance to cause a Sprain - Rolled 52, failed
--------- 2nd check - 47 vs 19, Critical Hit!
--------- Paper Clone #1's Bleed Rank is increased due to 'Bloody Mess'
--------- Paper Clone takes their bleed damage - 36 damage
--------- 55% chance to cause a Sprain - Rolled 90, failed
--------- 3rd check - 42 vs 20, Hit
--------- 80% chance to cause a Sprain - Rolled 7, Success -- Paper Clone #1's Heart is now Sprained, already at Rank 1 Bleed
--------- 4th check - 45 vs 26, Hit
--------- 20% chance to cause a Fracture - Rolled 23, failed
--------- 5th check - 30 vs 23, Hit
--------- 40% chance to cause a Fracture - Rolled 18, Success -- Paper Clone #1's Heart is now Fractured with Bleed rank 2
--------- 6th check - 34 vs 24, Hit
--------- 15% chance to cause a Fracture - Rolled 6, Success -- Paper Clone #1's Heart is now Broken with Bleed rank 3
--------- 25% chance to cause Bleed - Rolled 89, failed
--------- 3,850 Chakra damage is dealt to Paper Clone #1, no CP left, 500 damage is dealt to Paper Clone #1
--------- Kiko 'Cleaves' into Paper Clone #2!
--------- 1st check - 44 vs 29, Hit
--------- 25% chance to cause a Sprain - Rolled 91, failed
--------- 2nd check - 28 vs 32, miss
--------- 3rd check - 36 vs 35, 75% partial
--------- (Great Weapon) 50% chance to cause a Sprain - Rolled 100, failed
--------- 4th check - 44 vs 24, Hit
--------- 75% chance to cause a Sprain - Rolled 53, Success -- Paper Clone #2's Heart is now Sprained with Rank 1 Bleed
--------- 5th check - 41 vs 27, Hit
--------- 20% chance to cause a Fracture - Rolled 76, failed
--------- 6th check - 34 vs 27, Hit
--------- 40% chance to cause a Fracture -- Rolled 8, Success -- Paper Clone #2's Heart is now Fractured with Rank 2 Bleed
--------- 40% chance to cause Bleed - Rolled 100, failed
--------- 2,613 Chakra damage dealt to Paper Clone #2
--------- Kiko 'Cleaves' into Shadow Servant #1
--------- 1st check - 34 vs 19, Hit
--------- Shadow Servant #1 takes 1,100 damage and is dispersed
--------- Kiko 'Cleaves' into Shadow Servant #2
--------- 1st check - 29 vs 18, Hit
--------- Shadow Servant #2 takes 1,100 damage and is dispersed
--------- Kiko 'Cleaves' into Shadow Servant #3
--------- 1st check - 38 vs 13, Hit
--------- Shadow Servant #3 takes 1,100 damage and is dispersed
--------- Kiko 'Cleaves' into Shadow Servant #4
--------- 1st check - 28 vs 24, Hit
--------- Shadow Servant #4 takes 1,100 damage and is dispersed
--------- No targets left....

~ 9.25 Sec -- Kiko uses Eight Trigrames: Palm Strike - 2 Palms called shot, targeting Miro
--------- 1st check - 35 vs 41, miss

~ 9.75 Sec -- Kiko uses Eight Trigrames: Palm Strike - 2 Palms called shot, targeting Miro
--------- 1st check - 42 vs 35, Hit
--------- 10 % chance to cause a Break - Rolled 41, failed
--------- 55% chance to cause Bleed - Rolled 21, Success -- Miro is now Bleed rank 3
--------- Blood Rack caused Miro to take their Bleed damage instantly, 990
--------- 150 Chakra damage is dealt to Miro


EDIT:
~ Momo's Implacable ability negated the first called shot, so their Heart is only Sprained and not Fractured.
~ Also forgot to add corrupted energy to Momo's pool from their Shadow Servants poofing, adding 878 CE to Momo's pool

2nd Edit:
~ Forgot Implacable covers the whole action, fixed

Spoiler: B-mod template stuff

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[Momo]

As something faded from its camouflage, the eyes of the two would meet. Threatening words preceded the inevitable assault and difficulties to ensue. Momo’s big red hat flared flames from its mouth before releasing a loud ping around Momo and the Anbu. Momo buckled at the knees before picking herself up. The Big Hat was protecting itself and by extension Momo and the other… still, it exact a heavy toll. Then, something crazy looking went crashing into the invisible force field though it’s target was clearly the Anbu present. No doubt Momo was next. However, beyond all reasoning the rock star Kunochi was… excited. Her heart raced and her fingers twitched. A smile dripped in red lipstick swept across her face. She could die in this very moment and yet, she never felt so alive. Was it because death finally stood before her? Was it finally time? Will Hatsu be waiting on the other side? Questions go without answers as theses rest solely within her subconscious. “Well well,” said the musician in red with the big pointy skull face hat. Her confidence was pure bravado but her style was undeniable. She would sling her surf green Duesenberg Starplayer II electric guitar to her front before shacking what she had side to side. A tune resonated to the swaying as her fingertips lit up the strings in a fiery flare of spunk and electric eccentricity. Oh yeah! It was happening! That sweet sweet sound she long for, that inspirational situation to excite her fingers and mind. She could feel it coming on. The overwhelming experience of creation. The creation of a new hit single! A sound so hot that it could ascend her beyond the heavens and the stars, an outer body experience shared with her listeners. Oh yes this was it. “Woooah yeah! Let’s rock this joint.” Ready to and roll, Momo continued to play her song occapella! Every high and every low was in the heat of the moment. Her tunes rose the earth to life as well as the shadows though quick work was made of them. Regardless, the Dark Musician could not be stopped even when a humanoid puppet ravished her chakra. Her Big Red Hat screamed but Momo just kept to her song! The only true question for her, was what to call this new hit?

[mft]
[actions to come]

 

[Kagami Miro]

Just after the call to the medical team went through an unknown face appeared by her side. A fine brow rose behind her mask as the new face appeared to be a spunky guitar wielding woman. Was she her only back up? Was this musician even a ninja or just a bystander looking to be traumatized? The time for thought had to be put on hold. The shift of dirt and gravel had been picked up by the sensitive ears of the Sennin. With a turn she faced the intruder.

Even with such distance that aura of bloodlust emanated violently around them. The Sennin's teeth clenched tight. The bastard that spewed her operatives insides across the gates had the nerve to show themselves. The silence between the two spoke louder than any words could have. As such, nothing needed to be said. There shall only be a victor and a loser. The veil of failure threatened her stance, however this time would be different. It had to be.

Battles between ninja never took long to become a battlefield of destruction laced with confusion and barrier but also… comically fuzzy worm summons. Just as the intruder's summon appeared so did her trusty watcher, Naibu. Instantly she attached herself to Mirō who granted her a soothing presence and peace of mind. One so great it even numbed the pain of multiple strikes to her heart. Thankfully her supposed partner proved more useful than that bastard Maru had ever been. Has this guitarist seen battle before? Perhaps in the entertainment world a woman had to knuckle up to skeezers and ne’er-do-wells more than they’d like.

However, once the intruder had her fun she fused with the fuzzy beast to become an abomination that lurked within the depths of children's dreams. Why had this intruder come here? What else was hidden up their sleeves? Too many questions to ask and not enough time. The final strike had to be made, only then there was time to talk.

[Sending actions]​

 

[Kiko]

“Did that HAT just spew flames!!! That’s impossible!”

The shocked words said in a tiny voice came unrequested directly into her head, like literally put there by someone else… that someone else being the small worm currently moving through the empty spaces in her puppet body. The worm made its way down the body and on to the hard stone ground amongst the blood pools of the already carnal battlefield, it’s small artificial eyes still locked on the possessed hat.

‘It’s a magical hat… you need to focus…’

Kiko responded telepathically to the small foam worm.

“Ha! Tell me to focus and you didn’t even notice she was eating your soul did you? ‘Just a magic hat’ my ass… we are dealing with a Dark Sage!”

The tiny voice, though barely audible was accompanied with as stern a look as could possibly be given by a four inch, foam worm puppet. Kiko quickly activated her artificial Byakugan in direct response to the worms quiet words, fear giving the action haste. Sure enough a thin trail of raw chakra was slowly trickling towards the girl with the guitar now in hand. She also noted the flow of chakra flowing from the golden masked shinobi to the young dark sage, it would appear not even her allies were safe from a dark sages thirst.

‘Shit! Move quickly, they are stronger than the two in Konoha! Don’t give them their chance!’

The small worm nodded almost imperceptibly to the telepathic response as they continued their slow progress towards the two Kumo-nin, the worm moving beside the White Robed ANBU with significantly more effort due to its diminutive size. Beneath her robes and behind her calm demeanour the puppet’s core shifted like a tesseract. Her chakra system surged with power as dark coils flooded her bright aura, a series of curse seals throughout her body releasing in rapid sequence in anticipation for the battle ahead!

The robed puppet swayed from side to side for a disjointed steps in an almost comical though still somehow menacing manner. A momentary distortion that would be uncomfortable to the eye accompanied a momentary flicker in perception would show the White Robed ANBU now two instead of one. In a flicker of blinding speed the ANBU ricocheted again and again against the invisible wall of force with increasing speed and ferocity, fractures appearing in the ethereal shell surrounding the two ninja with each vicious strike.

In a violent eruption of power the Musician suddenly sprung to life with her hand arcing through the air and down on to her guitar strings! The struck chords echoed through the death filled valley with their rich sound, amplified by the acoustics of the hard stone cliffs surrounding them. The world surged beneath the ANBU-puppets as a large rock form lurched itself out of the very stone beneath them, a swarm of shadow like creatures scattering around its massive bulk as if called from the bowels of the earth behind it.

The puppet-ANBU ceased their onslaught, the two identical bodies simultaneously launched towards each other as if drawn by an imperceptible, rapidly retracting wire suspended between them. Once more space warped for an instant, where the puppets should have met with shattering impact, instead a nova of emanated obscuring the pair from view before revealing the true horror and pinnacle art of her Myakashi bloodline. The Faceless Demon now stood before them, manifest in flesh and bone, it’s large form grotesque and filled with malice as it’s blindfolded face leaned skywards, it’s lipless mouth chattering in imperceptible eldritch gibberish to the sky. Without lowering its blind gaze the Faceless Demon levelled it’s large, shadow wreathed spear, one monstrous talon clasped around the dark steel handle as the other flowed through a rapidly evolving series of esoteric handseals.

The Faceless Demon moved with unexpected speed for its size, the devils spear arcing through the now assembled throng of hero’s presented before it’s monstrous form. The wicked blade carved its deadly dance through each and every being before it with unnatural swiftness, shreds of the shadow creatures mixed with the shattering stone construct summoned by the musician dark sage. The wicked keen edge sliding cleanly almost at an atomic level, tearing the chakra from the golden masked shinobi and her clones, the blood on the edge of the weapon quickly absorbing into the dark steel.

Making some separation and spinning to a halt after the barrage, the Faceless Demon turned once more, spear tip trailing through the hard stone as its head finally tilted down, its blind gaze seeming to focusing on the golden mask and the sharingan behind it. The demons teeth chattered once more in rapid, incoherent eldritch nonsense as it levelled its massive spear menacingly once more.

How would the shinobi of Kumogakure overcome such a creature? Could their teamwork prevail against the primal forces of the Faceless Demon now manifest before them? Only time would tell…

Spoiler: Faceless Demon

Two-Headed Wolf form! About 9 foot tall!!

 

[Kaen]

Kiko​	Momo​	Miro​
HP: 37,440 - 517 = 36,923 HP CP: 24,540 - 7,018 = 17,422 CP AP: 10.25 - 9.75 = 10.5 AP next round Status: Feral Shift style active Cursed Seal active Main Branch Style active	HP: 39,716 + 3,570 - 4,909 = 38,377 HP CP: 20,010 - 3,960 + 1,181 = 17,231 CP CE: 12,513 - 0 = 12,513 CE AP: 9 - 8 = 9 AP next round Status: Defensive Mode active Main Branch style active	HP: 22,985 + 2,663 - 7,834 + 11,464 = 29,278 HP CP: 28,180 - 6,176 = 22,004 CP AP: 11 - 8.75 = 11 AP next round Status: EMS active Paper Clone active Crescent Moon Mirror prepped Soul Regalia active Enchanter Genjutsu style active Heart - Fractured Bleed rank 2

Wormy​	Naibu​
HP: 26,784 - 627 = 26,157 HP Status:	HP: 36,000 - 2,003 = 33,997 HP CP: 30,600 - 3,,770 = 26,830 CP AP: 6 - 3 = 6 AP next round Status: Soul Regalia active Enchanter Genjutsu style active

	Miro's Paper Clone #1​	Miro's Paper Clone #2​
	HP: 3,064 - 540 = 2,524 HP CP: 0 - 0 = 0 CP AP: 2.5 - 1.5 = 2.5 AP next round Status: poofed due to not having CP	HP: 3,600 - 2,938 = 662 HP CP: 987 - 270 = 717 CP AP: 2.5 - 1.5 = 2.5 AP next round Status: Heart - Fractured Bleed rank 3

Round 2

~ 0.00 Sec -- Maintains n stuff
--------- Kiko pays 1,608 CP in maintain costs
--------- Momo has no maintains
--------- Miro pays 1,100 CP in maintain costs and takes 660 Bleed damage
--------- Naibu pays 2,400 CP in maintain costs

~ 0.00 Sec -- Recovery type things
--------- Kiko has no recovery things
--------- Momo recovers 3,570 HP and 1,181 CP
--------- Miro recovers 660 HP
--------- Naibu transfers 20% of the damage Miro took last round, transferring a total of 2,003 damage/HP

~ 0.00 Sec -- Momo Dark Sage checks
--------- @ Miro - 25 vs 33, failed - no effect
--------- @ Kiko - 25 vs 26, failed - no effect

~ 0.00 Sec -- Momo uses 'Emotion Barrier' with 'Initiative', targeting himself and Miro
--------- A barrier with 4,909 HP now protects both Momo and Miro

~ 0.00 Sec -- Miro activates their "Mangekyou Sharingan" with 'Initiative'

~ 0.49 Sec -- Kiko performs a hidden action

~ 1.22 Sec -- Kiko performs a hidden action
--------- Barrier is auto-hit, taking 2,884 damage, 2,025 HP remains
--------- Wormy combos using 'Alpha Status'
--------- 1st check - Barrier auto-hit, taking 1,030 damage, 995 HP remains
--------- 2nd check - Barrier auto-hit, taking 995 HP, leaving 35 damage left over to attempt to target Miro
--------- 2nd check continued - 35 vs 31, Hit
--------- WAIT!
--------- Miro's trap card was activated, using 'Burst of Confetti' reflexively against Wormy's attack
--------- 1st check - 47 vs 30, Hit
--------- 18% chance to cause Bleed - Rolled 31, failed
--------- Kiko and wormy split the damage, taking 352 damage each

~ 1.22 Sec -- Kiko performs a hidden action
--------- 'Quick Switch'
--------- Combos into Higuma, targeting Miro!
--------- 1st check - 39 vs 30, Hit
--------- 2nd check - 36 vs 42, miss
--------- 3rd check - 33 vs 39, miss
--------- 4th check - 39 vs 36, Hit
--------- 5th check - 48 vs 38, Hit
--------- 6th check - 39 vs 37, Hit
--------- 15% chance to cause Bleed - Rolled 54, failed
--------- Wormy wants to play too and also uses Higuma, targeting Miro
--------- 1st check - 35 vs 38, miss
--------- 2nd check - 51 vs 43, Critical Hit !
--------- 3rd check - 39 vs 45, miss
--------- 4th check - 49 vs 32, Hit
--------- 5th check - 45 vs 26, Hit
--------- 6th check - 49 vs 39, Hit
--------- 10% chance to cause Bleed - Rolled 83, failed
--------- Miro reflexively uses 'Adaptive Counter' against Wormy's reflexive attack
--------- 1st check - 49 vs 33, Hit / Success - Wormy's attack was negated/prevented!
--------- Miro takes 2,884 damage

~ 1.22 Sec -- Kiko activates their Byakugan
--------- Will be fully active @ 2.20 seconds

~ 1.82 Sec -- Miro performs a hidden action
--------- Did not specify target, Smart Action dictates Miro will target the last individual to attack them, Wormy
--------- 1st check - 31 vs 22, Hit
--------- Wormy feels a little more vulnerable, and also takes 275 damage

~ 3.33 Sec -- Momo uses Angelic Blessing, targeting Miro
--------- Rolling for crit - Rolled 9, failed
--------- Miro regains 4,070 HP
--------- Bleed rank reduced by 1
--------- 50% chance to remove another rank - Rolled 96, failed
--------- Miro is now at Bleed Rank 1
--------- Miro's Heart is also now fully healed!

~ 3.42 Sec -- Kiko uses 'Puppet Symbiosis'
--------- Human Puppet Shenanigans
--------- Wormy reflexively uses 'Zantetsuken', targeting Miro
--------- 1st check - 36 vs 33, Hit
--------- 20% chance to cause Bleed - Rolled 31, failed
--------- Miro takes 3,630 damage

~ 3.91 Sec -- Kiko uses Eight Trigrames: Palm Strike - 2 Palms called shot, targeting Miro
--------- 1st check - 34 vs 32, Hit
--------- 45% chance to cause Bleed - Rolled 56, failed
--------- 25% chance to cause a Sprain - Rolled 21, Success - Miro's heart is Sprained again
--------- Miro takes 105 CP damage

~ 4.40 Sec -- Kiko uses Eight Trigrames: Palm Strike - 2 Palms called shot, targeting Miro
--------- 1st check - 48 vs 45, Hit
--------- 65% chance to cause Bleed - Rolled 85, failed
--------- 20% chance to cause a Sprain - Rolled 11, Success - Miro's heart is Fractured again, and is now back to Rank 2 bleed
--------- Blood Rack procs, Miro takes their bleed damage, 660 damage
--------- Miro takes 105 CP damage

~ 4.55 Sec -- Miro performs a hidden action
--------- 1st check - 40 vs 40, 50% partial
--------- Kiko is now aware that they are under a genjutsu
--------- Kiko owns the jutsu, they know that Miro used Reaper's Gaze
--------- Kiko is now bound and cannot move or use chakra
--------- Kiko's maintains are dispelled!
--------- Byakugan, Beast-Human Clone, & Two Headed Wolf are no longer active...
--------- Kiko takes 165 damage

~ 5.00 Sec -- Naibu uses 'Mystical Force'
--------- Crit chance - Rolled 15, failed
--------- Miro heals 2,980 HP
--------- 21% chance at reducing Bleeding and Called Shot penalties by 1 Level - Rolled 35, failed

~ 5.50 Sec -- Kiko uses their 'Willpower' ability to cast 'Cancel'
--------- Reaper's Gaze is no longer active

~ 5.83 Sec -- Naibu maintains 'Mystical Force'
--------- Miro heals 894 HP
--------- 14% chance at reducing Bleeding and Called Shot penalties by 1 Level - Rolled 27, failed

~ 6.00 Sec -- Paper Clone #1 and #2 uses 'Sinkhole Fist', targeting Kiko
--------- Wormy reflexively uses 'Heavenly Sword', a barrier with 4,540 HP protects Kiko
--------- Both Paper Clone's actions auto-hit, barrier takes a total of 1,710 damage, 2,830 HP remains
--------- Wormy attacks both clones with the remaining HP
--------- Vs Clone #1 - 27 vs 36, miss
--------- Vs Clone #2 - 27 vs 24, Hit
--------- 15% chance to cause Bleed - Rolled 1, Success - Paper Clone #2 is now at Bleed Rank 3 and takes their bleed damage immediately, 108 damage
--------- Paper Clone #2 takes 2,830 damage

~ 6.66 Sec -- Momo uses 'Regeneration', targeting Miro

~ 6.82 Sec -- Miro uses 'Kamui', targeting Wormy
--------- 35 vs 29, Hit
--------- Wormy was sent to the shadow realm... I mean the Hollow

~ 3.33 Sec -- Momo attempts to enter stealth
--------- Vs Kiko - 16 vs 19, failed
--------- Vs Miro - 16 vs 30, failed
--------- Vs Wormy - 16 vs 15, Success
--------- Wormy is the only one who can't see Momo

~ 10.0 Sec -- Momo's 'Regeneration' takes effect
--------- Miro is healed for 3,520 HP


Note:
- The Dark Sage check at the beginning of the round only makes checks against players. Although, it does say "If a player is affected, it will also apply to all other entities under their control (such as clones, creations and contracts)" Which is why there was no check for 'Wormy' or 'Naibu'.
- Kiko wanted to perform some more actions, but couldn't because the technique required Byakugan to be active
- Miro wanted to perform some more actions, but ran out of AP/time

EDIT:
- Removed this action due to Kiko being unable to use the technique due to it requiring Byakugan (No overall effect on the mod)
~ 5.99 Sec -- Kiko uses Eight Trigrames: Palm Strike - 2 Palms called shot, targeting Miro
--------- 1st check - 35 vs 42, miss

 

[Momo]

“Second verse! Same as the first! But a little bit louder and a little bit worse!” No doubt the others would take notice of the Big Hat’s life draining abilities. The first time they were, perhaps, caught off guard but as evident from its second attempt, the seasoned shinobi were quite aware and quite defensive in their prerogative to horde away their precious life energy. This angered the Big Hat as it grew in size. It’s face more prevalent and a gaping hole would emerge like that of a giant mouth housing a vortex. Momo would grab the tilt of her Big Hat in order to brace it upon her crown. With a grit of her teeth Momo would resume her solo set! “Damn Hat! Ya messin up my groove!” It would seem that the Big Hat wasn’t so concerned with her music as it was feeding itself. The others didn’t seem to concerned with Momo either but that would prove detrimental to one and a pleasant surprise to the other as she shifted her music playing toward the Anbu. She would feel a sense of inspiration and bravado swooping over her. Her wounds would start to heal and injuries causing pain would soothe and fade. Momo would wink at her as she rocked a battle anthem of inspiration. Never mind that the wired toy like sock puppet creature and their advisory had combined into something strange, big, and grotesque. With wide eyes, the music continued to play and the Big Hat continued to do what it does best. Momo would support and inspire her partner through adversity and as such, her partner would surprise Momo too. She was somehow able to defuse the two from their powered up form and vortex one away to… idk where to! This made Momo smile as she could see what the plan was. “I’m not that wise in combat but even I understand what’s up! You managed to separate the two of them. Holy hell! Rock on Anbu Lady! Rock on!”

[mft]
[Actions to be sent]
[ooc: doing a BL swap and using this thread to go Hashigaki support branch]

 

[Kagami Miro]

The monstrosity made her gut wretch with disgust. From the flailing slimy tendons to the way it moved when charging toward the duo, and everything in between made her uneasy. Its lightning fast speed only forced just as quick reactions, and with little time to prepare the line between logical thought and honed instincts began to fade. That famous Uchiha prowess kicked in, those red hues that gazed from behind the mask spun into their next beautiful stage. The pull of chakra weighed heavily on her eyes, or was it… Through the Sennins peripherals she witnessed streams of energy pull toward the gaping maw of the musician's big hat. ‘What the hell… is she helping or what?!’ The Sennin thought. The question answered itself in seconds as the streams of chords and a warm aura sealed her wounds and invigorated her with fighting strength yet again.

Her body flowed with energy and confidence to take on the abomination. Her hands cracked their joints in unison, eager to unleash a devious plan. And with just a glance from those glimmering hues of the Uchiha the mind of the abomination had become hers to toy with. Like an axe swiftly chopping wood in one swoop the two had split. Not ever went clean however. A flurry of attacks slowed her down. She sucked her teeth. ‘I’m getting serious now.’ Quickly, her vision focused behind the worm. The next step needed to turn the tides.From behind a doorway unzipped reality, siphoning the matter around the black doorway akin to the musician's mad hat. With no arms or legs how could the giant worm stop! Like a whirlpool at the bottom of a chasm, the doorway engulfed the worm into the depths of the hollow. Seconds later the doorway zipped back up and faded from reality. She hoped that’d be the last of the accursed beast.

A demonic form split in two with one sealed away, the intruder open for swift justice. The mysterious musician called out to her. The Sennin had hopes for the battle thanks to them. A ninja with sense, unlike the wild dog that ran away with the two other missing foxkin. In the midst of thought her summon echoed to her, ‘Focus. The threat draws close.’

[Actions coming soon, Sorry for the delay!]

 

[Kiko]

The leveled spear sang as it flew through the air with unnatural speed, the blade arcing through the air in a deadly flurry of blows too fast for the Uchiha to react to. Though there was absolutely no way the Uchiha could have seen the attacks coming somehow the Hat musician had once more shielded the pair from the brunt of her attacks. Again and again, the chaos-forged spear of the Faceless Demon caused ripples of energy through the chakra shield until once more the bubble popped as if it never was, the slightest graze of the tip of the spear catching the ANBU with its keen edge as it arced through the air with wicked force.

With the barrier gone the Faceless Demon moved with a flicker of motion, vicious spear once more on a collision course with the Uchiha with the Golden Mask. The Uchiha's Sharingan seemed to flash for a split second just moments before the blade would have bitten flesh and taken its tithe from the shinobi, instead of the expected impact the Golden Masked shinobi turned the weapon aside, skillfully flipping over the blade and seemingly flowing like water between each potentially fatal attack. But the Demon could adapt as fast as the Uchiha could, flairs of light barely escaping the blindfolded face of the Faceless Demon towering above the two Shinobi of Kumo as a cursed Byakugan flared into life. A clawed talon flicked forward with deadly accuracy, the extended tips of the monsters index finger and middle finger extended with the other fingers folded into a fist, in perfect mimicry of the famous Hyuuga style of Konohagakure, though seeming to be given a far more menacing aspect when gracefully executed by a nine-foot creature of blind malevolence presented before them. Blood flowed from the puncture in the Golden Shinobi's chest, the blow infused with a cursed Chakra which now circulated through her blood. It would be a fatal wound in a lesser being but the Faceless Demon knew it would take more than that to put down bright souls such as these two before her, especially considering the speed that the Hat Musician seemed to be expediating the Golden ANBU's own prodigious healing capabilities.

There was a moment of separation as the Faceless Demon spun out of its rapid assault, its head still turned upwards, lipless teeth chattering in incoherent esoteric gibberish, its flesh seeming to visibly harden and split as the skin retracted over dark muscle beneath, the dark energy of the Faceless Demon's cursed hitokogetsu now coursing through its large body lending to its already prodigious power. The blindfolded face of the giant now tilted towards the masked ANBU, glowing eyes concealed behind the filthy cloth used as a blindfold. The malevolent spear leveled once more toward the Faceless Demons' victims in a direct warning of the onslaught to come...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Fade to Genjutsu~~~~~~~~~~~~~~​

The child Kiko knelt on a cold stone floor, the small girl could feel the firm grip of armored hands holding her in place. the small child kept her gaze lowered so as to not look forward and turned her head to the left, the atmosphere seeming to slow the simple action into a motion of supreme effort. Armored soldiers stood behind her two older brothers also kneeling beside her, though their hands had also been bound behind their back as an extra measure deemed unnecessary for the much younger girl, no older than five or six. The Soldiers likewise held them in place with armored hands, and despite their determined expressions Kiko could see tears flowing down the scared older children's faces, their eyes seemingly locked ahead unblinking in their focus despite the gathered tears clouding the vision of the pair.

Fingers spread over her small head and down her face as the Soldier holding her in place used his large hand to turn the small girl's head forcefully in the direction that her brother's focus seemed to be locked on. Somehow she knew that she did not want to look in that direction but she had no choice, a compulsion, as well as the physical force of the large man's hand, and now the small girl faced the direction she had fought so hard to avoid. A flowing being of pure energy now filled her vision with a momentary glare bright enough to conceal everything in her peripherals from her vision. The girl Kiko knew this being despite never having seen it before, she knew what it meant and knew its power... deep in her innocent child's soul, Kiko knew this glowing, silent shinigami of light meant her death.

Her eyes now transfixed on the golden mask seemingly floating in the center of the shinigami's flowing energy, her death began to reach its light towards the kneeling children, its golden coils reaching moment by moment closer and closer.

A small voice came unbidden into the child's head, though quiet it roared like a storm in contrast to the silence of the creeping death, just a single word but enough to pull her mind away from the gaze of the shinigami before her small frame.

"KIKO!!"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Back to Reality~~~~~~~~~~~~~~​

The paper clones of the golden ANBU moved in synchronicity to formulate and execute an attack on the kneeling form of the kneeling White Robed ANBU, the meat of the large demon present only moments before now littered the battlefield around them, its dark blood mingling with the blood of the already fallen Kumo ninja littering the battlefield. The Worm had been ejected from his flesh hoast as the cursed chakra holding the Faceless Demon's flesh together came unraveled with the casting of the Uchiha's game-changing Genjutsu, seeming to undo the strange pairs well-laid plans in an instant with those red eyes of hers. Now, his unliving, small black felt eyes looked towards his Kiko's kneeling form, the attacking clones moved in for the kill their motionless target giving no indication that she was even aware of the danger she was in. The worm's tiny head finally comprehended what had forced the girl to end her mastered Jutsu so suddenly! It had to be Genjutsu!

"KIKO!!"

Like a tiny yellow and orange streak of lightning the small foam puppet worm slammed into the attacking clones, completely disintegrating one and tearing through the other before, knocking it to the ground. The small orange and yellow foam worm turned its unseeing eyes to the still motionless girl. Now, a spark of like, the puppet eyes behind the White Robed ANBU's mask, her hand reaching to the floor to stand herself up, her porcelain hand seeming to be slow in its function but quickly gaining speed. Once more the Puppet Assassin stood before her targets, though too late did she notice that the malevolent red eyes behind the Golden Mask were not focused on her, instead their dreaded gaze now lay squarely on her diminutive companion, his small foam back turned to face the Sharingan wielder as his tiny gaze still lay on the now recovered Kiko. She dived towards him but as she did so the world seemed to contort in on itself, the small foam creature seeming to coil out of reality under the god-like powers of the Golden Masked ANBU.

Kiko landed with a thud on the hard stone ground, quickly and frantically pushing aside paper and flesh debris in what looked like a fevered attempt to find the vanished worm. Her head turned with frantic searching, for a moment forgetting the pair of deadly enemies still standing before her. She felt her body begin to shake in unnatural movements, her panic rising with each passing second! How could this be? There was a connection between the girl and her puppet that had linked their contradictory souls together since before she could remember but now, for the first time in the Assassin puppet's life, she felt alone! He was gone, not simply from here but from everywhere, she could feel his absence and it hurt more than any physical blow could have. The puppet still knelt where she had been searching, her white robes now stained with the red and black viscera she had frantically searched through, her eyes seemed open wide in panic behind the white mask as she lifted her head to look directly into those red eyes of the Golden Uchiha. The puppet's shoulders and chest seemed to heave as if the small framed girl was breathing very deeply in shuddered breaths. A quiet voice, now calm in stark contrast to the frantic searching only moments before, emanated from behind the still kneeling puppet mask, her taloned hands resting limply on her folded knees, palms up as the blood dripped down them.

"Where is he?"

The question sounded so defeated, the chest of the puppet seeming to sink slightly as the puppet's back curved forward, her eyes still locked on those cursed Red Eyes! Now the puppet screamed, a strange second tone and an almost metallic edge to the now slightly distorted voice, desperation soaked the screamed words despite their unnatural sounds.

"WHERE IS HE?!"

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Into the Void~~~~~~~~~~~~~~​

The tiny form worm inched through the endless void, his slow movements accompanied by an occasional turn of his tiny head in the direction he had come. A tiny sound emanated from the worm as it moved onward inch by inch, a small whimper came from the tiny creature, its small foam bottom lip quivering as he tried to be brave... but he was so alone... he had never been this alone. The tiny body stopped moving forward, its head turning to gaze with its sightless, tiny eyes in a slow circle around its current location. Everything looked the same, had he even moved from where he had started? There was no way to know. Despair crept into the tiny creature's soul. He lay his chin gently on the 'ground' beneath him, slowly coiling himself into a small, yellow and orange spiral, his head tightly pressed against his squishy body. No more than a squeak escaped the worm, his small voice quickly being muted by the empty void around him, without anything for the tiny sound waves to bounce off of the words faded to nothing as fast as they were said.

"Where are you Kiko?"

His small lower lip began to quiver once more, and his tiny body rocked as small sobs escaped his tiny mouth. The tiny worm coiled into an even tighter coil, its foam sides compressing in on themselves until his whole body was no more than an inch or two wide, a single tiny cotton wool tear fell from his tiny felt eye and down into the uncaring void.

...Kiko...


...I'm...


...Scared...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Cold Reality~~~~~~~~~~~~~~​

Porcelain knees dropped down to the hard earth beneath them, cracks forming on impact as the struck. Now kneeling before the golden ANBU and the girl with the marvellous hat, Kiko leaned forward with her hands coming to meet her forehead as she moved in to a bow of total submission, her head against the blood soaked ground.

“Please bring him back…”

The puppet woman would look so small in the middle of the carnal field that had become the Dragon Tooth Pass. Completely motionless in supplication before them, the puppet spoke her words in barely more than a whisper.

“I surrender…”


EDIT: With discussion we are finishing the fight there, hope you feel better soon Kaen.

 

[Kagami Miro]

Mirō stood with her hands at the beginning of a ninjutsu formation. Ready to pounce on the next inhuman movement of the figure in front of her. However, a strange turn of events flipped on the duo and from Mirō’s own gaze the intruder's actions felt strangely familiar. The girl wept at the separation of her and that inhuman abomination she cared for so deeply. Mirō froze in nostalgia. Her frame, bowing to those bigger than her, all alone and lost within a massive world with nobody to grab on to for help or support. The Sennin’s stomach flipped, recognizing the intruder's actions mimicked her very own when she was a small child.

The Sennin stood there in shock. Her breath grew faster and faster as the trauma of her adolescence piled on top of her psyche. Her red hues vibrated side to side, unable to handle her overwhelming resemblance to the enemy. ‘Mirō… Mirō…. Mirō!!’ Naibu shouted in her mind to sever the tension between her and another traumatic episode. She let go of a held breath, her hues looked around at the scene before her yet again. ‘They surrendered.’ Naibu whispered into her mind.

Slowly reality came back to her. A hint of sadness flooded through her heart at the pathetic sight of the enemy giving up. Her hands fell at her sides before coming together to a loud clap. “Surrendering. After what you did…” Her teeth threatened to break from grit as she recalled the malicious acts of violence on her subordinates. Her hands and arms began to peel apart into thousands of thin sheets of paper. The paper swirled around the intruder like a hurricane and within seconds the paper bound her entirely from moving. The added effect of sapping the enemies chakra to limit any sudden bursts of movement. As the last piece of paper glued itself across her body a new team of ANBU swooped in to encircle her.

“Take her to the maximum security holding cell.” A resounded chant of confirmation echoed out from the team. They lifted her up and just as she did Mirō called out once again. “Ready an adjacent cell next to her. One that can restrain and withhold a furry beast.” A final act of mercy towards the intruder. It went against everything she stood for but… that uncanny resemblance spooked her too much. She allowed the both of them to remain separate but together.

In a flash the ANBU darted off to the Sileo. That left the Sennin and the musician together at a stand still for a moment. “Thank you for your assistance. The enemy would have caused more trouble if it weren’t for you and your barriers.” The gold mask that adorned her face faded into gold dust that slithered around the Sennin into a seethe at her lower back. A white mask remained on her face. “Our duty is done here. You can return to the city. I have some finishing touches to take into account here.”

[Detained Kiko. Bringing them to the Sileo under arrest.]
[I'll have a thread about that up within the week. Sorry for the delays.]
[Nice team work Momo!]
[Topic left unless stopped.]

 

[Momo]

Momo’s electric solo came to a screeching halt at the sight of a full on submissive bow by their once ferocious aggressor. There wasn’t much that shocked… like the lady and the toddler chew toy fusing together… to become an ultra vile, sinister, giant blind golem! Nope, no shocker here. But this, the sudden bow and plea? It was bizarre. “Wait what?! Your kidding right!? I was just getting to the good part!” Yes she was talking about her new half written song. Slinging her guitar she would hear the utterances from the porcelain faced maiden.

“Please bring him back…”

“Ummm hell no’s! That freaky creepy possessed sock puppet is toast! B-B-Q style! Gone! Zip! Out of here! You need a better, more clinically sane comfort object. Like a nice plush teddy or even a blanky. Yes yes, I believe those are the dungeon’s standard issue. Oh (Slams guitar strings) Zaaaag!”

Suddenly paper started sticking to the woman to eventually cause a cocoon of paper around her. A raise eyebrow was given by our shinobi rock star. This world was just full of strange jutsu and weird encounters. The Big Hat on Momo’s head had secretly returned to normal weird skull face without anyone else even noticing.

“Thank you for your assistance. The enemy would have caused more trouble if it weren’t for you and your barriers.”

A scrunched expression swept Momo’s face and a big anime knot on the side of her forehead appeared in her moment of frustration. “My barriers?! Lady, did you not here my sick ass new single? I was rocking this depressing joint! Pun intended. My battle anthem ignited our souls, it soothe that big freaky blind beast, it was so electric that it sent that Lego worm into another dimension, and finally, it was so great that it brought this pale faced intruder to her knees can you dig it!!!”

Don’t imagine the Anbu stuck around for the entire rant but there Momo stood, at the gates, with all the dead and injured things. She’d look to them and smile, “You guys thought it rocked… of course ya did. Well that’s a free sneak preview of Big Hat Momo’s new single! Catch you at the next show ya.”

[Topic left unless stopped]
[mft]

 

[Kiko]

A smile came over her porcelain face as her surrender was accepted, though her face still directed towards the ground facing the golden masked ANBU, the shinobi with the marvellous hat would clearly see the smile from her angled perspective.

The paper seal enveloped her, she did not resist. The ANBU support team swooped in to take her away, she did not resist. They would take her away and she would tell them what they wanted to know… she would not resist…

But all warfare is deception…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Into the Void~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Despair! Anguish! The pain of loneliness keenly felt… the worm rolled in a small coil as he felt his torment in the void. He was alone and he was scared.

“Please help me Kiko.”

His small voice quickly swallowed by the emptiness surrounding him, though this time he felt a tug from within, like the vibration caused by a deep note in your chest. Was it a response? Was it a sound he could not hear? Was it the enemy?! The worm lifted his small foam head, his sightless artificial eyes looking around him in readiness for whatever would come next.

“Hello?”

The worm called out, some strength returned within his tiny form as a glimmer of hope shone through the emptiness. A series of esoteric symbols and glyphs burst into life around the small worm as if drawn by an invisible finger through the air.

“Ahh, that makes sense…”

A tiny smile came over the small puppets face as he felt his unnatural soul being torn from the foam body housing it, pulling his essence, draining his very being away until there would be nothing left of the worm but an empty, lifeless foam body… just a toy and the void…

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Somewhere in the Village~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The Black Robed ANBU knelt out of sight, blood dripped from his stone-like fingertips as they traced now familiar esoteric symbols and glyphs in the air in front of his large huddled form. With a violent burst of chakra the fabric of the universe tore for a moment, a dark coil of spirit-matter forming rapidly in the centre of the complex pattern woven in the air.

The seals faded from sight quickly as his fingers came to a halt leaving only the dark, coiling soul behind.

The ANBU stood now, flexing his stone shoulders as he did so, the wounds on his stone fingertips quickly closing over as the stone body rapidly healed. The smoke like soul that had been called by the summoning jutsu quickly coiled around the robes ANBU puppet, spiraling with increasing speed before darting its way into the dark hood surrounding the masked face of black robed ANBU.

The small voice of the Worm’s soul whispered quietly as it made its way inside the artificial body concealed beneath the robes.

“Did you know that was going to happen? I was really scared! Answer me Kiko! Did you know that was going to happen?!”

[Ooc: topic left with Miro
Snapshot - master rank used on topic]