Akigo's head whipped around as Kegawa piped up.<br/><br/>Beckoning to Katashi, he knew he needn't say anything as himself and the chunin tailed Kegawa and Hairomaru (no pun intended).<br/><br/><em>Knew that nose would come in handy, kid. Now let's hope it's leading us to something useful and not another trap like Vision seemed to have wondered into...</em><br/><br/>Catching up with Kegawa, Akigo kept his voice down.<br/><br/>"Six? We'll need to be careful..."<br/><br/>The jounin's caution would be rewarded. After another moment of following Kegawa and his ninken, Akigo's eyes widened in shock. Clamping a hand down on Kegawa's shoulder to slow him, he also threw a look towards Katashi behind him, too. Stopping Shout exactly where they were, Akigo pointed across to his right.<br/><br/>In the vague direction that Kegawa had been leading, except a little more to the right, was a small clearing around a pool. No trees around, as the thicker, moss-covered trees in Water country were less populous than the ones in the Fire country. There were, however, small rocky outcrops, which came upto the average person's waist.<br/><br/>It was behind one of these rocks that Akigo spotted a patch of blue hair.<br/><br/>Bringing Shout to a halt, it didn't take him long to also spot the ninja guarding Chiharu. As Akigo pointed silently to Kegawa and Katashi, he also counted numbers.<br/><br/><em>Four. A Mist hunter-nin team.</em><br/><br/>Akigo knew Mist's team structures and didn't need telling that these four would be fairly high-level. It also went without saying that they got the drop on Vision seemingly without issue. Although...<br/><br/>Akigo bought the other two (and Hairomaru) close to him in a huddle, and spoke very quietly, his eyes never leaving the group of Mist ninja.<br/><br/>"That's the team that captured Vision. They're Misties, and apparantly quite high-level, as well. They're not wearing any strange Tengu clothing, though...I'm not sure if that's a good thing or not. Whatever the reason, they've got Kyosuke and Chiharu. If we can get to them we can even out the numbers, as right now it would be three against four."<br/><br/>Akigo nodded his head at the ninken.<br/><br/>"Alright, three and a half against four. But at least two of those guys are jounin. We need to get to the other two. They're still breathing, so I assume this hunter-team are taking captives back to Mist. But also, look..."<br/><br/>Akigo pointed a bandage-covered hand to a distant rock, in front of which sat a female Mist ninja, covered in blood.<br/><br/>"She took a wound in the battle. Those multiple wounds, with the lack of kunai on the ground...I'm betting it was a shadow-sewing technique myself. But that's just me. The other three need to be distracted so that one of us can get to the Visionaries."<br/><br/>Akigo looked between the three, then dug around in his various pouches.<br/><br/>"Here."<br/><br/>Akigo passed out several chalky revivers, tablets that needed to be broken under a ninja's nose to force them back to consciousness.<br/><br/>"Now...they got the drop on Vision, but we've got the drop on them. I've got a plan...but I'm open to any ideas, first."<br/><br/>The hunter-nin team, although not in "tengu" attire as was the rumour, were wearing blue flak jackets, with rounded demon-masks that obscured their faces, as was the custom for the Mist hunter-nin teams. One of them had a white demon mask, and two had dark blue demon masks, one would guess that these two were the jounin. The girl who had taken Kyosuke's Kage Nui technique and was recovering was wearing a white demon mask and is sat down, facing away from both her comrades and where Shout is hidden.<br/><br/>One of the other white demon-masks is watching over the unconscious Kyosuke and Chiharu, while the two blue-demon-masks are deep in conversation a couple of feet away, maybe in a casual argument.<br/><br/>There is a large rock on which Chiharu and Kyosuke are propped up, amongst other smaller rocks scattered around the clearing. The day is overcast-greyish, but then most days are in the Water country.<br/><br/>