<strong>"GWAAHH! WHO TURNED OUT THE LIGHTS!?"</strong>The tailed beast called out. He reached over his head with his one remaining giant claw, at first raking it across his scalp and narrowly missing Tashi and his clones. The second attempt was more accurate, and though he missed the real ninja and Aimi, he pulled free one of his clones. He caught him by the leg in his giant claw and smiled, his wide grin evident even though the smoke covered everything above his nose,<strong>"GOTCHA, BITCH!"</strong><br/><br/>Then he swung his arm down, throwing the hapless clone to the earth with a force that broke boulders and stone. Unable to see the blood splatter for himself, the great tailed beast considered Tashi good as dead. Assuming his opponents were dead seemed to be a recurring problem for the one-tailed beast. He waggled his tail around, finally orienting Marise upright.. though she remained in his clutches. He swung his tail the other way and held it with his remaining claw, fumbling around with one great thumb around his tip. In a way it was almost... phallic. Finally, his giant claw swept over Marise's form and relaxed his grip, smiling. She felt the sand around her both harden and soften all at once... becoming something more like clay. It was no less powerful for immobilizing her, however. Then she taunted him and the great beast laughed,<strong>"YOU'RE AIMI-CHAN'S LITTLE<em> FUCK-</em>BUDDY, AREN'T YOU!? OH.. HEE HEE, DID I JUST KILL THE OTHER ONE?"</strong><br/><br/>Suddenly it was apparent that this whole time... he'd been watching them. Gross. He spoke facing in a random direction, clear that even if he<em>felt</em>Marise, he still couldn't see her at all. She felt... what seemed like arms wrapping around her. Out of the blue-tipped 'scales' that now hosted Mari, a miniature version of the Ichibi came out nearby, featureless and made of sand just like the rest of him. It looked off in the distance as it fumbled, obviously not growing any senses for the benefit of its larger manifestation. But when its random groping found Mari, the miniature tailed beast sprung further out from the sand and placed one claw on her shoulder, pinning her even further into his flesh. The other claw hardened into that familiar clay substance and reached in-between the woman's legs. The sand clone sticking out of his tail opened its mouth, just as the large one did exactly the same,<strong>"YAAH!</strong><br/><br/>At the base of the great sand spirit, a sudden weight descended, throwing up a cloud of sand. A disembodied claw came from the sand and held down Mari's other shoulder, even as her wrists and ankles remained lock. It was looking more and more difficult for Tashi to free her.. ironically now that he had Aimi loose. Perhaps if he had more chakra.. but the Mibu swordsman was nearing his limit.<strong>"I'M DONE WATCHING! NOW I GET TO HAVE MY<em> OWN</em> FUN! OOWEEHEEE!"</strong><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">Chiyo uses a move action to tap her reserves. Uses an action point. Gains 25 chakra. Spends 9 chakra to gain Fast Healing 4 for 4 rounds. Puppets are kept inert but still active.<br/>Shukaku attempts to grapple Tashi twice with his full-round action... his tail is already grappling Mari. Tashi is invisible, 50% miss chance. First attempt misses. Second does not. He pulls out... one of Tashi's clones, thankfully missing the real one! He crushes it instantly.<br/><br/>Shukaku heals 11 damage. Chiyo heals 4.<br/><br/>Round 6!<br/>Mari; -20 HP, -24 Chakra, -10 Reserve, Init 13, Shaken 5 rounds. Grappled!<br/>Tashi; Speed Rank 2, -34 Chakra -5 Reserves, Init 12.9, Shaken 4 rounds. (0 ft. from Aimi)<br/>Chiyo; -77 HP, -71 Chakra, -31 Chakra reserve, Init 12, Shaken 3 rounds. Sans one arm. Fast Healing 4 for another 3 rounds.<br/>Hitomi; -4 Chakra, Init 10, Shaken 2 rounds (0 ft. from Aimi)<br/>Shukaku; -330 HP, Init 6<br/>Aimi Status: Held by Tashi. Wisdom is 0.<br/><br/>All puppets inactive.<br/><br/>Shaken: -2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, skill checks, and ability checks.</div></div>