The Mist jounin whom had apparantly been battered around by Kegawa's ferocious Tsuuga attacks poofed...and squelched. The dissolving of the clone and its telltale<em>sploosh</em>of water would be evident to all over as a water clone.<br/><br/>Still, Kegawa's attack had forced the original into cover to assess the newcomer's strength. The dark-blue demon masked jounin stepped out from behind a tree and eyed Chiharu carefully as she made a casual gesture to the weary Akigo.<br/><br/>"Did the bestial one say...leaving<em>us</em>alive?"<br/><br/>The white-masked chuunin, on orders from his superior, hesitated also, looking between the two blue-masked jounin as the battlefield suddenly evened out and dialogue between the two teams was opened.<br/><br/>"Why...that's our orders as well. Intercept and incapacitate any reinforcements for the Tengu, or any outsider interlopers. No fatalities. How odd."<br/><br/>The wounded Mist jounin, who had now bandaged and salved his bleeding foot, cursed loudly over at his colleague.<br/><br/>"Kisiji! Shut up, fool! You're compromising the mission!"<br/><br/>The jounin apparantly called Kisiji shook his head. "No, Abara. You knew it was strange us being sent out here when we were needed in the village. I never really suspected that rebellion headquarters needed to fear Konoha. Something's amiss, and we should have properly assessed this team before we attacked. That was<em>your</em>idea, as I recall."<br/><br/>The two mist jounin were facing each other now, leaving only the white-masked chunin confusedly keeping an eye on the Konoha ninja, apparantly the only one still fearing an attack. He spoke up nervously.<br/><br/>"Kisiji-Sensei! The wounded are recovering and have been rescued by the Leaf ninja! Orders please!"<br/><br/>Kisiji looked at his teammate, then over to where Akigo, Kegawa and Chiharu stood.<br/><br/>"You weren't coming to the Water country to help Mizukage Garuda stamp out the rebellion, were you? In fact, I doubt you know very much about the rebellion at all, do you?"<br/><br/>Akigo blinked, panting, putting his hands on Kegawa and Chiharu's shoulders to help him stand, his tiredness evident. If the Mist team wanted to talk, it seemed fine with the Leaf jounin. It seemed as if there was new intel, as well.<br/><br/>"...could use...more information...to be...honest..."<br/><br/>Akigo's hands squeezed Kegawa and Chiharu's shoulders, indicating that they should keep talking, finding out what they could from the confusing Mist ninja.<br/><br/>The Cockerel wheezed.<br/>