Naruto Akatsuki Souzoku

[Kissui Tensai]

It was as though Sano was spilling invisible tears.

"It was I who ended up taking off without saying anything so your not completely at fault. I wonder how things would've changed...for the better no doubt. I didn't get to see Joi grow to the tender age she is now, but I'm glade I can check up on here here and again. Without anymore haste let us get this started."

Rayex sealed his mouth and walked over through the scattered field of katana blades. Emerging from one of the scroll Sano carried, he'd seen this before, a long time ago of course. Not in need of mercury, he lifted his hand from it and decided to take the katana out of the ground with his left hand. Rayex was unusual, he could wield a weapon with either hand. He was ambidextrous, an usual, and keen trait about him that lead to stupify. It helped with picking up Mayuri's style, because he too was left handed.

"Lets see Daifu. The art of Mujushin Kenjutsu or the Zero-gravity sword technique is a intricately swift and deadly manner of blade. Light steps, pushing chakra to fly up the body lowering their central state of gravity allowing for swift, consecutive, and concussive attacks. Pick up your katana and i'll show you the draw dubbed 'Ghost Strike' it's really elusive and swift."

Rayex smiled holding his blade out, noting when his father would pick up on the shifting genjutsu/kenjutsu combination. A simple shift, and the blade emerged around the opposite side of his clad, searching to pierce Sano's right eye. 'That should wake him up!'

[S/\|T0]

Sano watched as Rayex grabbed one of the blades that had dropped into the ground before them and explained the technique he was going to perform. Sano's eyes gazed on the white haired Ray intrigued by his notions.

A mere glimmer appeared before Sano's right eye. Somewhat confused, a thin blade pushed through Sano's coinciding sleeve and blocked a sharp shot to his eye. He began to laugh, in a fun sort of way.

"Hey! That was my right eye you were trying to poke out right there. I need my right eye just to let you know, why not my left eye!?" Sano boldly claimed sarcastically. "That was... pretty cool."

Sano hoped down off his sitting spot, landing his right palm on the ground. A wave of chakra shot across the ground and Sano slowly pulled out a large, lance like weapon made of stone.

"If you wouldn't mind, let me see that again?" Sano asked, and in that brief moment, his sharingan activated. "You have caught my attention!"

[Reckless Chaos]

It was the next day in Suna and Arashi had already gotten the kids gathered to leave. They had already made their way out of Suna and had just cleared the desert. Reaching the forest, Arashi got an idea for some small training. "Stop here." Arashi said as looked at the trees around them. He grinned and he thought of how they would fare during this training. "Chakra control training. It's for all three of you. I want you to climb this tree using only your hands. You migh think it's easy, but it's not. Well for you three. I'll demonstrate." Arashi explained.

He walked up to one of the trees and did a handstand. He channeled chakra into his and began to walk up the tree steadily. He reached the top before pushing off the tree and landing. "Get to it." Arashi commanded. Ceon looked at his dad and grimaced. To be trained by a man you despised, what fun.

[obbsessed fan]

"Yuki! Make sure nobody goes into overkill and exhaust themselves."

Yuki sighed, 'This is embarrassing...' I can't do anything from up here. “Ok Sensei!”

Looks like they were going to find out sooner than later about her fear of heights. Although she didn't mind to much after awhile, it had a great view, and she could easily watch her teammates train. In a little while Kai also reached the top then came down. They were both resting so Yuki looked out into the scenery for a while, idly thinking on how to get down.

“I could've thought this through better, why did I go up if I knew I couldn't come down.” She already knew the answer to her question “It didn't look so hight from the ground.” Yuki sweat dropped at her own obliviousness of her actions.

It was a little bit longer until she saw Azuke stir. She thought he was going to go train some more but he surprised her by walking to her tree. She watched him climb up, abet with a little effort, that will go away after he does it a couple more times. He just wordlessly reached the branch and sat right down next to her.

She blushed at how close they were, and was a bit curious on why he came here. He seemed to just be watching the scenery. She didn't question it that much, he was unpredictable after all. They seemed to have a peaceful aura around them for a brief moment. She was a bit startled when he suddenly stood up. She looked up only to see him holding out his hand with a calm smile on his face.

"C'mon, I'll help you get down."

“S-sure.” Yuki smiled back. She accepted his outstretched hand and stood up.

“Thank you, this was a embarrassing situation for me.” She rubbed the back of her head. “Thank you for coming to get me.”

[Nebula Zero]

"No problem." he said, picking her up rather flawlessly, putting her on his back.

Still getting out of his meditative trance, he was still serene. With her brown hair and face near his, his trance was fading faster than he expected. He needed this state, or else his chakra control would fade. But he found that his composure was already lost, and quickly snapped out of it. But this time, he focused hard, and looked at the ground. With one leap, they entered the air. Then focusing his weight onto his feet, they started to plummet to the ground.

Making contact with the ground, Azuke made another crater next to his previous one, signaling his landing. Azuke spent most of his energy making the landing the most comfortable for Yuki, but at the cost of his own. His legs started to tremble the pain spreading throughout his body. He gently let her off, and tried his best to mask the pain as to not worry her. Kai came up from behind them, waking up from his nap.

"So you two done with your whole lovey-dovey thing?" he said jokingly, only to have a punch sent flying towards his face, Kai sent back all the way to his tree, the tree breaking upon impact and falling over. Azuke's tranquil state was clearly lost, by his look of anger on his face.

"Idiot! Saying things like that!" he said, returning to his normal standing position. He looked at Yuki and blushed for a moment, and just simply coughed and walked towards the village.

"Jeez, what a guy..throwing punches like that. Could've killed me.." Kai said, coming up from behind Yuki with a winded look on his face, following suit of Azuke.

"Yuki! Let's go find sensei and eat!" shouted Azuke from a distance.

[Shattered Redemption]

As they all continued on through the forest, Arashi stopped in his tracks, and instantly Kei rolled his eyes. "Shite....here it comes. I knew it wasn't going to last." He was both correct on the matter and wrong to an extent.

His sensei merely looked at a tree then said, "Stop here." he gave this creepy looking grin that made Kei roll his eyes again, then Arashi piped out with the explanation for his giddy behavior. Kei just stood there, annoyed as ever. "Get to it." Arashi just busted out with commands, and didn't even both explaining how to go about the task, or anything of the sort, just told them to do it.

"Geez, you're an ass." Kei looked at the tree, and shrugged. He had learned to do this with Daaku already, but made his own style to keep himself balanced. He ran at the nearest tree, barely focusing his chakra, but as he reached the free, he front flipped, extending his hands at the base of the tree, also letting the chakra he was circulating flow into the tips of his fingers and palm only. This way his entire hand would not just stick to the tree, and there was more reliability for balance.

He moved up the tree, flexing his fingers, and swinging his body from right to left, keeping a constant balance so that he didn't fall, and circled the tree quickly, moving up it a a fast pace. after a minute or so. Kei reached the top, and took the remaining in his palm, and transfered it to the other palm, slamming his hand into the tree. The wood split apart, and left a large gash from the chakra blade he had made. "Easy." With his task done, he just flipped back off the tree, and floated down..........

[Novaix]

Negavix had asked much of team 29, "I've got an idea. We're going to Sunagakure, the chuunin left on the bridge, this may sound weird, but strip them of what they have and let me see their faces. We're going to take the mission a step further with infiltration, however of course, your all prepared?" They had to beat their enemy quick, and Ky was preparing for a quick finish. He looked at the Chuunin that he was fighting, he seemed undamged, "Hey kid, " Ky heard a voice behind him, "Watch your back!" the Chunnin had used a substitution jutsu and was behind him, the Chuunin on the tree was nothing but a log and Ky was in trouble.

Ky jumped in the air as the ninja slashed with his kunai, Ky turned around and took a defencive stance, "your fast, but, Ky raised his hand, "Im better!" Ky moved towards his with lightning fast speed and launched a fatal attack "Freezing Ice Palm!" A direct hit the ninja fell to the ground, Ky was careful not to hit any vital organs just put him to sleep by temporaily stopping the Chuunin's heart. "One down, its your turn Makoto and vergil!", Ky got on his knees and took the Chuunin's backpack off, he rummaged through it and pulled out a book 'Histroy Of The Sand Village' Ky sliped it into his own bag and awaited Negavix. "That took a large amount of my chakra, i better be careful next time".

[anbu2]

Vergil listened as Negavix suggested moving to Sunagakure and taking a big step in infilitrating the chuunins facilty. Vergil nodded as he looked over to Negavix and then turning back towards Ky who was looking at him.

"Im ready over here are you guys" Vergil said as his clones that were surrounding him disappeared.

The chuunin that was attacked were all disposed of and Vergil needed to be prepared. He seen Ky go through one of the chuunins backpacks so he did the same. This time he found some weapon supplies which Vergil put in his pocket and walked towards Negavix

[Kissui Tensai]

"If you wouldn't mind, let me see that again? You have caught my attention!"

'Heh, thats more like it. I'll dilute his vision with my next move.'

Rayex gripped the katana with grace and stood now to Sano holding a much more rigid manner of weapon. He exhaled, exerting a second chakra in brief to cast his image to appear in two for Sano's eyes. The double image feeding simultaneously, like a shadow, and behind that a third. He turned his body sideways to Sano's eye horizon and took a swift stomp directing his chakra upward into a current.

"Kaze Nagashi!" Rayex announced before he'd strike.

His swift steps approached at a blur surrounded with three separate chakra feeds to hit from three sides. Sano was quick, quicker than him, but right now he must've been wanting to rip out his eyes progressively reading three different movement paths from one person. To the left one would stab, to the right a horizontal slice, from in front an uppercut slash. It being said and done, the physical image of Rayex moved to right with a horizontal slice incoming.

"Do your eyes hurt?!" Rayex said with an impending attack.

((Double-vision effect. With naruto in kyuubi, you see his movements and kyuubi's, this is like that, only a lot more subtle.))

"Henge!" Negavix shouted transforming into the shinobi he'd killed earlier.

It wasn't a comfortable thought having to do this kind of thing. He'd adjusted the hidden mist headband on his forehead now with the symbol of the hidden sand. The little incident with one of them left was quickly extinguished by Ky's keen actions. Rubbing his chin, the old samurai was in need of restraint and negavix fixed some chains from steel he'd stored within his clad of course. Disguised, they'd sneak up on the enemy with the rising of the second stage of their mission. Infiltration.

Current time.

From the bridge, Negavix implemented a clever skill that took them a far distance. With the swing of his clad from the previous day, they'd been walking since morning to Sunagakure. Not many hours before, did the sun hit them. Still within his form, Negavix had been wheeling back the old samurai whom gave his word not to speak as was his honor for being defeated and contained again. That morning they arrived, he'd been taken in and confined. In the time they'd arrived, The Kazekage himself professed his thoughts.

"My people, we've suffered due to this ongoing war. Now is the time we take back the peace and we've decided to engage against the hidden mist and rock in the matter of a couple a days. Hold out a little longer."

Negavix absorbed Gaara-sama's speech and professed a snide expression as his three genin stood beside him.

"Information like this is extremely important, it may annoy you guys, but the priorities of our assignment have changed, if your not comfortable completely with where you are now inform me. As a team, we will have to go the extra mile and collect more information, and I need to find the central filings in the kazekage manor with information on the shukaku. Effectively it takes more experience than you have per say, so I need you to make that decision now."

Negavix truly worried for their safety.

[Chariot of Fire]

OOC: Short, but it works

Asumo simply nodded, holding his right wrist with his left hand, trying to seem as inconspicuous as he could. Infiltration… To be honest, it sounded rather interesting. Asumo enjoyed analyzing, watching, interpreting. Such a mission, however dangerous, would help the Hidden Mist immensely… and it would certainly please his father… Danger? What, they hadn’t experienced danger already.

“I’m in,” he replied shortly, the pain in his right hand adding somewhat to his already terse nature. He had bandaged his hand quickly after the jutsu had been completed, but for some reason, it seemed to take more chakra than usual to hold off that samurai’s blade. He felt tired, and for some damned reason, his hand had started bleeding again, as if weeping tears of blood from random pores. He had bandaged it up quickly, and as he stood amongst the crowd with Negavix, he couldn’t help but feel somewhat ashamed and embarrassed at this strange and annoying injury he had sustained. Weak… So he simply glanced at Negavix, stone faced and ready, as he held his right wrist in a vicegrip, as if somehow it would ease the pain. The others seemed ready and capable. So would he. He’d have to block out the dull pain. Just focus… focus on the mission…

[Novaix]

Negavix transported them to Sunagakure witth one of his jutsu, the kazekage was giving a speech when they arrived "My people, we've suffered due to this ongoing war. Now is the time we take back the peace and we've decided to engage against the hidden mist and rock in the matter of a couple a days. Hold out a little longer." Ky looked at the ground and thought to himself, "They are just like us.......but we are on differnt sides" he put his head up "is this right".

Negavix started to speak of their mission "Information like this is extremely important, it may annoy you guys, but the priorities of our assignment have changed, if your not comfortable completely with where you are now inform me. As a team, we will have to go the extra mile and collect more information, and I need to find the central filings in the kazekage manor with information on the shukaku. Effectively it takes more experience than you have per say, so I need you to make that decision now.

Ky thought a bit, Asumo simply nodded then he held his wrist and Ky looked it Asumo was bleeding. "Asumo!" Ky exclaimed and grabbed his wrist, "please tell us next time your injured!". Ky focused his chakra into his hands and large amount of healing chakra had emerged "Now stand still, Chikatsu Saisei no Jutsu!" Asumo's hand stopped bleeding "that should do it for a while, tell me if it begins again." Ky turned to Negavix "Im with you guys all the way sensai,".

[anbu2]

Vergil listened as Negavix spoke.

"Information like this is extremely important, it may annoy you guys, but the priorities of our assignment have changed, if your not comfortable completely with where you are now inform me. As a team, we will have to go the extra mile and collect more information, and I need to find the central filings in the kazekage manor with information on the shukaku. Effectively it takes more experience than you have per say, so I need you to make that decision now."

Vergil smiled. Finally some real action he can get into. "Im in" Vergil said as Ky healed Asumo's wrist.

"please tell us next time your injured!". Ky demanded of Asumo

They may not have known each other long but the bond of a team has been formed and they were going to protect each other no matter what. All Vergil could do is look towards the sky as a mission to help the village gain information was Team 29's hands.

[MasterofTerraOblivion]

Kaen looked at the Kazekage as he made his speech. The great ninja was just a year younger than him and he had great respect for the ninja. He had lost some of his great abillity over the years, requiring more energy than it used to for him to move the sand. Still he was young, strong and capable and Kaen respected him for that. Kaen himself was a special ops ninja, usually sent for destruction missions or hunting down enemy ninja. He didn't really have a relationship with the kage, but Gaara did know who he was. Kaen was expecting a mission to come to him after this, though one of the top Jounin and Genin teams was ready for a mission as well. It depended on the need of the mission and the needs of this soon to be all out war.

Kaen left the crowd before Gaara was finished with his speech and headed towards his favorite spot. It was a simple dune that led down into a cave that had been carved by a combination of animals and simpled jutsu both Kaen and ninja before him had applied. He walked down into the catacombs he had created from this spot as well as the series of tunnels that had long ago been created as a fail-safe for the Hidden Sand. The tunnels were endless and had many entrances and exits. Kaen knew most, if not all of them

Kaen began to walk down the tunnels, feeling the walls to find his way. He was trying to find his way to one of the tunnels that led to a secret passage into his home. A tunnel he had created himself as a way to escape walking down the street with people bothering him.

[Kissui Tensai]

'He'll push even though he's somewhat worn...admirable, but the effectiveness will be diminished somewhat.'

Negavix silent thought. Already they were working low-key and close-knit, it was all inspiring. Since they weren't the one that had to maintain a henge no jutsu just for this occasion, Negavix needed to find a more fitting attire. In light of this, he'd have to handle it further more after instructing his team to freely move about the village in a more independent fashion.

"Alright. I can see none of you will waver and I'm proud of you for it, heres the situation. We're in whats perceived to be the second most powerful country for the allied nations. Through the village they've previously owned a weapon of war, the Ichibi no Shukaku. Before most of your births, this great deity of the sand was extracted and taken by an organization known as akatsuki. Here is the real shocking news...it's more so a rumor. This rumor is that the akatsuki is currently seeking means to spread the war and tip it in the allied sides favor by lending them a tailed beast. In theory we surmise Sabaku no Gaara, the current kazekage and previous host to tame this beast a second time. Incidentally it's unavoidable to stop this if it should pass without drawing attention to ourselves. As for your role."

Negavix rolled out a scroll with mission priorities.

"Pay attention to the list."

Originally Posted by Hidden Sand Infiltration Specifications

• Ask questions about the war.
• Hint if there were any "Unusual" occurrences in recent news.
• Keep your identity as discrete as possible, more accurately low profile
• If you're asked a question regarding personal information, decline.
• Ask the old and younger residents. (In this case, visit the academy)
• Watch for the movement of Sunagakure military and were they may be headed.

"You guys understand it a little better now?"

Negavix awaited their responses.

[Nebula Zero]

Yuki laughed when Azuke sent Kai flying towards his hard work in anger, and then found herself surprised when she caught a glimpse of him blushing towards her. She shook her head, trying to push thoughts away. It was silly, she said to her own thoughts. Brought back by his voice, she snapped out of it and moved up to catch up with the two.

The team proceeded to the nearest ramen shop, to celebrate their success on training. The meals were satisfying, the long day's work washed away with the drink. Azuke was a little light-headed, due to the previous concentration he was under. Luckily, the steam from his numerous plates of food gave him his center once more.

"We should probably check on Rayex-sensei, and report." said Azuke with a full mouth, chewing.

"Yeah..been wondering where that guy ran off to." replied Kai. Finishing up, they went to the mansion, to find that he was gone. They asked around, trying to find a clue as to where their sensei went to. It also seems Sano-sama was gone as well. Meanwhile, Yuki tried her best to push her thoughts away, but she couldn't help but shake that feeling. As soon as she tried to ask Azuke, a subordinate of Sanos' answered their call. Yuki hung her head in defeat.

"This way.." the man in robes said, leading them down a path. They found themselves at a field, and it appears that Rayex and his father were engaged in a battle.

"Ray-" Yuki yelled out, only to have her stopped by Kai.

"No. They're probably sparring. Let's see where this goes.." he said, looking on. Azuke looked on in fascination.

"Father vs. son.." Azuke said to himself. A test of mettle? His question would only be answered if he continued being the spectator.