Iku flinched as she took the hit, but her mind was less surprised by the pain than the callousness.  Her fingers where Mister Hostage once was started to drip blood where the chakra sliced through her gloves to her hands.  If this was a real mission and Hiro had not pulled a snatch with his clone, the target would be dead and the mission would be failed.  They would possibly face terrible sanction for incompetence.  That infuriated her, not the pain.<br/><br/>Gathering a little blood to her finger tips from a wound on her leg and rubbing the blood around on her hand, she stepped toward Ume and held out her bloodstained left hand in the direction of her fiery comrade's face.  She struggled to keep her voice polite as she spoke, "is this blood mine or Mister Hostage's?"<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">Iku's not taking any actual combat actions though I'd say taking the time to do what she's doing is probably a full round action all in all.  Also, putting her hand near Ume's face may be considered an attack of opportunity worthy offense or just annoying enough to shift focus</div></div>