Xexen leaped away, obeying his master and rushing back inside in a hurry. The girl at the opposite side of the street started to pluck a soft tune. "Handle us? You'll handle us?" Came the harsh voice to Jun's right. The canine beast lowered its heads and crouched low, ready to attack.<br/><br/>"Hmph." Came the musician. The creature dashed forward... fast! Crazy fast! It hurled itself at the Tani kunoichi. She dodged to the side, deftly avoiding the beast's gnashing teeth as it catapulted itself at the shinobi. It landed elegantly and turned around to face Jun. It was a spotted canine, a two-headed hyena by the looks of it. But with an odd metallic cylinder seemingly bolted between grooves running down its back- and around its limbs and necks, there were seams. It was some sort of taxidermy! A double-headed abomination made into a ninja's tool... But who was controlling it?<br/><br/>The boy to her left remained as he was, so too did the musician, content as she was to play her soft tune...<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Maki's palm burst through the outstretched fabric, tearing it into two as she narrowly missed the ducking tailor. Her hand bubbled and steamed, the fire and water elements combined in his fingers to imbue her attacks with searing boiling energy. The modest tailor erupted in a plume of smoke, replaced by a man almost mirroring her official appearance; a Sunagakure vest over a black suit, arms covered in wrappings that hung loosely down as he assumed a fighting stance. He was blue eyed and tanned, with short dark hair under his headband and two red markings on his cheek.<br/><br/>They both grinned...<br/><br/>Lilly and Tashi were awoken to the sound of frantic barking, Xexen pulling away the covers from the kunoichi as she slept and pouncing on top of the Mibu swordsman. Outside the open window, the pace of the musician's music started to quicken and the hyena's two mouths snapped.<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">Attack Roll: 5. Heh. Damage would have been 7 though. Watch out! A full-attack would be both bites...<br/>Initiative: 6!<br/><br/>Ninjutsu Check (DC 14) to identify the technique as Chakra no Ito and to make the next roll an auto-success...<br/>Knowledge Ninja Lore (DC 15) to give Jun IC knowledge of the Puppetry class ability. (Pg. 202)<br/><br/>The musician is roughly 60 feet in front of Jun, the boy 50 feet to her left... the hyena adjacent and the Inn 10 feet behind her.</div></div>