Tashi's diversion remained inert, the copy of him leaning back against the wall and sliding down to the ground. Hitomi narrowed her eyes and widened her mouth at the strange decoy...<br/><br/>"Imouto!" The other leaf genin cried, "What's a matter with you!?" He grit his teeth, "You're a shinobi of the leaf!"<br/><br/>He seemed to share Marise's frustration and she began to make her ultimatum as Tashi moved through the smoke cloud. "Don't listen to her, Eri." The female Chuunin said as she tended to her burns, "Let her go and there's no guarantee they won't kill us anyway... That mask, that's Konoha's ANBU!"<br/><br/>Tashi moved through the cloud as it expanded, his mask protecting him from its poisonous fumes... He went out the other side, eyes locking in on the three visible Amegakure ninja. They instantly met his own gaze, and he could see the fear dawning on the eyes of the enemy genin. As Tashi spoke, the male genin from Konoha moved over towards the opposite side, joining Marise some distance away from the expanding smoke cloud.<br/><br/>The Amegakure Ninja as well moved slowly and cautiously away, coming together in a formation around their comrade who held Imouto hostage. The lead Chuunin stepped out of the smoke cloud, standing in front of the female genin and her prisoner. He was clad in a cloak and rather ordinary attire, though he narrowed his eyes upon Marise and Tashi. "I don't know how you got this far behind our front line..." The man said, "But you already killed my... You already killed one of us. What choice do we have if we give up our only bargaining chip!?"<br/><br/>"Kaito. Send the signal!" He said, and the male genin began fumbling through his pack for a bamboo rocket. The Chuunin continued, "Even if you kill us all... our comrades will arrive to avenge us. You could start running now..."<br/><br/>"Taichou..." Eri said, holding Imouto's hair still, "That man's mask and clothes... he's not from Konoha."<br/><br/>"Tch." The Konoha Genin said beside Marise, "What a drag..."<br/><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">Spoiler: Click to Show/Hide</div><div class="spoiler_body">Strictly speaking, intimidate is a full-round action. Though frightful presence/gaze is a free action. I am going to assume an entire round goes by then. Tashi double-moves through the smoke. The Konoha Genin moves over to join Marise. The Amegakure lead Chuunin moves out of the smoke cloud to join his team. The other Ame genin retreats to also join his group.. <br/><br/>All four Ame ninja are influenced by Intimidate, and both the genin are Shaken from his gaze.<br/><br/>The Ame Ninja are friendly for 10 minutes, but will still not obey commands or do anything that could endanger their life. Giving up their hostage basically voids any insurance that would prevent Mari/Tashi from killing them the instant Imouto was freed, so...<br/><br/>It is currently Mari's turn again. Kaito is readying a signal flare but hasn't yet activated it.<br/><br/>Round 2<br/>Mari, Tashi, Shikaku, Eri (Delayed), Chuunin #3 (Delayed), Chuunin #1, Kaito</div></div>