"Hee hee..." Maki bit her lip as a masculine hand ran down her body entangled. She leaned back into the chest of her fellow Jounin as he playfully tongued her ear. His fingers slipped into her trousers, teasingly close as they slid amongst the tuft of hair above her womanhood. She cooed, "I wonder... if your<em>other</em>skills have improved, ah?"<br/><br/>"Hmph." Keiji replied, slipping his finger between her folds when suddenly a loud woosh and an almost palpable exertion of chakra exploded from not too far away. His touch receded and the Suna Shinobi was quickly on his feat, leaving Maki still sitting and wrapped up in his cloth. He turned back to her and sternly said, "I'll be right b-"<br/><br/><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 7pt;">"Nawanuke no Jutsu."</span>The kunoichi mumbled as she squirmed, her arms shifting underneath the wrappings. Finally Maki's hands wriggled free from their constraints and she formed a single special hand seal,<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 8pt;">"Nan Kaizou no Jutsu."</span><br/><br/>Further liberated, she squirmed and wriggled, getting up on her feet and casually slipping her hands out of the bindings. Keiji could only offer a sardonic smile.<br/><br/>...<br/><br/>After the blaze had subsided, much of the surrounding buildings were alight around Kotone's body. The girl herself was unconscious but barely breathing. Much of her clothes had been torched, only a few bandages obscuring what wasn't badly burned. The Koto she used as a weapon was mere cinders now, and it was a miracle she even survived the attack. Still, it wasn't likely she was going to hold on any longer. Her body smoked and cackled, a few flames still dancing atop her body.<br/><br/>Tashi's gaze turned red, momentarily, everything fading to the purview of pure blood lust. This was it, the Red Eyes. He had killed someone, his clan's technique both brutal and taxing. But rather than enrage him... he felt... calm, and the red fog faded from his vision. His body was energized and it flowed with renewed vigor, but the Mibu youth had no desire to fight for its' own sake. He had ended this battle with Kotone, decisively, and that was all that was needed.<br/><br/>Suddenly his body seized, his muscles tensing up from the exertion. Despite his newfound ability, all the chakra he had used in that technique left him quite incapacitated. He could hardly stand and every fiber of his body stung in agony. He was in better shape than his opponent, but just barely.<br/><br/>A thick cloud of burning hot ash poured from Lilly's mouth, but the boy was fast! She sprinted off to the side, avoiding the cloud entirely. At so young an age... almost half her own, and able to evade her technique. This kid was something else. He reached into his large belt pouch and pulled out a strand of iron wire, with at least a dozen kunai run through it! He grit his teeth and clenched the wire that he'd wound around his fist. 'What's...<em>going on</em>over there?' He thought to himself, 'Kotone... Please, don't die on me.'<br/><br/>Jun's technique did indeed hit. The beast's hide was of no use in defending against such an attack and it was fried. The puppet, now steaming, went limp and collapsed onto its' side. Still... the ninja tool's owner was nowhere to be found. Instead, the black clad puppeteer was sprinting through the back alleyways, both Jun and Tashi heard some sympathy in that gruff ungirly voice, "Kotone!" as she made her way towards her fallen comrade.<br/><br/>Further away, Kinsuke bitterly grit his teeth, "If she's hurt, I'll make you-" A hand slapped against his own as he started his attack. It was a stranger, an adult in Sunagakure armor and clothes... Tattooes under his eyes and unkempt hair. It must have been this group's jounin. "That's enough, Kinsuke."<br/><br/>Maki appeared no sooner, leaping down besides Lilly. She looked ahead, towards the fires and Kotone's body, and then to her right. Jun was alright... Lilly seemed to be unharmed thanks to Keiji's intervention... The kunoichi leapt up to the nearest roof and quickly spotted her third student. Maki's gaze took her back down at the damage he had done. 'What kind of technique was that?' She thought, 'That's too much power for a... mere genin to wield.'<br/><br/>Kaori came dashing out from the dark alleyways to her comrade, the puppeteer kneeling besides the musician's body. She was blonde with shoulder-length hair and bangs over her forehead protector- and a face designed in paint across her lips and eyes. She grit her teeth and muttered, "Chiyu - Shodan Jutsu!" and placed her palms down onto Kotone where a faint glow of chakra escaped her hands. Maki looked over her shoulder back to Keiji and relayed the news with nothing but a gaze.<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">Tashi gains a +1 enhancement bonus to his Strength, Dexterity and Constitution<br/>scores, and counts as though he was 5 levels higher than normally while sensing chakra...<br/><br/>At least until he hits level 4, then this is overwritten by the normal rules.<br/><br/>He also suffers...<br/>Chakra Depletion!<br/>When a character's chakra reserve is 0, it suffers from chakra depletion until it recovers fully. While in chakra depletion, the character is exhausted until his chakra reserve recovers to the 50% threshold, when it is fatigued until it recovers fully.<br/><br/>In addition, the character only recovers one-quarter of his chakra pool every night during chakra depletion. Complete bed rest doubles that amount. A character suffering from chakra depletion does not regain chakra when taking a short rest. Chakra reserve recovery coming from a source other than normal rest does not alleviate chakra depletion.<br/><br/>Exhausted: Heroes who are exhausted move at half speed and cannot run or charge. Furthermore, they take a -6 penalty to Strength and Dexterity.<br/><br/>Way to pull a Kakashi.<br/><hr/>Kinsuke has Evasion and a decent Reflex Save. He's actually the most talented of the three. ::)<br/><hr/>Jun actually hits. :P She almost did the last time, though- the puppet gets defense penalties from range.</div></div>