Shirō was keenly aware of Tashi's intelligence. He looked directly towards the sound of his voice when he spoke and took out a standard tanigakure smoke grenade from one of his pouches. He armed the small sphere and let it roll behind him as he crouched down. As he dropped down his middle and index fingers descended upon the female Guard's neck and rendered her immobile. The smoke bomb exploded, obscuring them both.<br/><br/>The poison gas cloud slowly crept towards the emerging black cloud of smoke generated by the bomb. Soon it would enevelop it. Tashi could no longer see his target... they were on equal footing now. Even worse, now he had his comrade in there with him!<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">23 on Listen<br/>Move; Drop Smoke Grenade in same square<br/>Attack: Tenketsu Freeze; 19 on prone Guard. Hit! No save!<br/>Both Shiro &amp; Guard have total concealment. Tashi is adjacent to the cloud and Shiro's last known location.<br/>Second Round of Poison Gas! It expands to a 20 feet radius. The edge of the cloud is adjacent to Shiro, the Guard, and Tashi. At the end of Shiro's next turn it will expand again.<br/>Free Action: ??<br/>Instant Action: ??<br/><br/>Init: Tashi 20, Shirō 18, Guard 12<br/>Jun on stand-by, same as before.<br/></div></div><hr/><br/>"Kaname-chan..." Sakumo said, still breathing hard as Marise tended to her wounds, "It looked like he'd been chasing you for a while." The older man began to smile, "You're amazing."<br/><br/>While he may have almost suffered a very abrupt castration, there was no doubt that Sakumo still retained the body of a man... unlike their mysterious opponent. And it was a body not above succumbing to its desires. Still, he was a shinobi- his concern for the kunoichi outstripped any desirous thoughts he may have had, seeing her outfit torn as it was.<br/><br/>After Kaname's wounds had been healed, the White Fang released his jutsu. Instantly he began to show his fatigue as he slumped in relief. Heeding the Hyuuga medical nin's instructions, he undid his bracers then set down his sword and sheath. The armor came next, and then his shirt. His elbows and forearms were covered in bandages already but aside from that, he was bare from the waist up. He had little to be modest about- his body lithe and athletic. The man was more lean and graceful than strong or stout... and yet seeing what he'd just suffered, tough as nails too.<br/><br/>"And you too, Mari-chan." He said, "I'd be done for if it wasn't for you."<br/><br/>The shinobi closed his eyes and smiled, "I picked the right kunoichi for this mission."<br/><br/>He offered Kaname his shirt, it might have been a bit large on her but it would at least permit her to return to the village with some modesty. The ninja narrowed his eyes into the trees in front of them, "If he wanted to continue fighting... he would have ambushed us already. I don't think stealth is much his style anyways."<br/>