The Travels of the Masked Ninja
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				Title: <strong>The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>13-10-2014, 21:38:17</strong>
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				<strong>October 9th, 17 years after Minato’s death, Site of the Ten-Tail’s Revival</strong><br><br>One moment the battle was finally going their way. Shikaku’s plan worked, severing Madara and Obito from the Ten-Tail’s. The next, the monster transformed again, it’s head <em>flowering</em> as it charged another bomb. Across the battlefield Obito fixed her with a gaze full of such <em>hate</em> that she almost froze in place, then vanished into his Kamui vortex.<br><br>She only had an instant to react, and her timing had to be perfect. She spun as he emerged again behind her and slammed her palm into his chest in the same instant his hand touched her head. She drove as much of Kurama’s chakra as she could muster through the Uchiha’s chakra network and the Kamui meant to trap her exploded out of control, engulfing her in darkness.<br><br><strong>October 9th, 2 years after Minato’s death, Location Unknown</strong><br><br>The first thing Hinata noticed was the warmth of sunlight on her face, then the sound of birds and the feeling of grass under her back. She tentatively opened her eyes to find Tsunade staring down at her.<br><br>“Tsunade-sama?”<br><br>Then she noticed Shizune - about a decade younger than when she’d last seen her.<br><br><strong>December 27, 3 years after Minato’s death, Outside the Hyuga Compound</strong><br><br>Hinata watched her family’s home from her vantage point on a roof just outside the Hyuga clan holdings. She’d changed her outfit in her year with Tsunade. She now wore a hooded cloak in her last jacket’s colors over a skin tight black shirt and shorts, and a fox mask (http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2011/199/a/4/hinata_anbu_mask_by_noonetells-d40ozm0.jpg) over her face - it wouldn’t do if she were recognized as a Hyuga.<br><br>Finally, she spotted her target - the Cloud Jonin sent to capture her younger self. She dipped a pair of senbon in the vial of paralysis poison she’d prepared for the occasion as she watched him bypass the clan defenses. We he reached her bedroom window she threw both needles, her target barely turning towards her before both struck his neck. He collapsed with a thud and Hinata slipped away into the shadows as the clan’s guard finally took note of the intruder.<br><br>She’d done it. The Jonin would be captured alive and interrogated, and the Cloud village wouldn’t have cause to threaten war, or demand her father’s life. She could change history.<br><br><strong>February 10th, 4 years after Minato’s death, Jashin Cult Hideout</strong><br><br>Hinata activated her Byakugan to scan the run down building she’d tracked the Jashin cult to. Thirteen cultists arranged in a circle, one wielding the same sort of oversized scythe Hidan had - the leader? The mutilated remains if their most recent victim on an altar on the far side of the room. She would make sure it was their last.<br><br>She wrapped the grip of two kunai with exploding tags, then crashed through the door and threw one at each side of the congregation. They exploded simultaneously, killing half the cult outright and sending the scene into chaos. Familiar twin lion heads sheathed her arms and she struck a devastating blow to the necks of the two cultists closest to the door as she passed between them. <br><br>Then the survivors reacted. The blade of leader’s scythe whipped out at her on some sort of chain, while the other four charged her with the spikes the cult used for ritual sacrifice. Hinata stopped and spun in place, her chakra forming the distinctive spinning sphere of her clan’s strongest defensive technique. Her jutsu easily repelled the scythe blade and tossed the other cultists hard against the walls of the room.<br><br>She brought her spin to a stop as the leader’s scythe snapped back into place. He threw his spike at her like a javelin and charged, scythe ready to strike. She dodged to one side, then stepped inside his reach and caught the scythe in one hand, and drove her other fist into his chest with enough force to crack ribs. Then she ripped the scythe from his grasp and buried the blade in his chest. Her work there done, she sealed the scythe and the cult’s jutsu research into a storage seal on the inside of her cloak - their immortality jutsu was still incomplete, but might contain something of medical use.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>13-10-2014, 22:20:13</strong>
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				<strong>October 9th, 17 years after the Nine-Tails attacked the Hidden Leaf. Site of the Ten-Tails Revival.</strong><br><br>The Ten-Tailed Beast, the progenitor of the Nine Tailed Beasts that plagued the Ninja world for so long was hard to control even whilst Obito and Madara had it under the combination of their Uchiha clan blood and the cells of Hashirama Senju -the first Hokage- that they held within their bodies. The battle was far from over though and the Infinite Tsukiyomi genjutsu would be cast... Then finally, Obito, the grim man in his early thirties would be back with his beloved Rin and they could live in peace. It may just be a hypnotic dream cast by the Tsukoyomi, but it was better than the dire reality this Ninja world had fallen into. A world... without <em>her</em>. He could feel the eyes of others pierce into him... Such as the Hyuga girl... He needn't stand to such silent accusation, he opened up his Mangekyo Sharingan to use his Kamui jutsu against the accusatory Hyuga..<br><br>He warped behind her, but he underestimated the young woman... Her palm slammed Nine-Tails chakra through his own body's network, his Kamui had done something that never happened before... It overloaded and for a moment blindness hit him. After the bright flash, Obito stood tall though the girl was gone...<br><br><strong>February 10th, 13 years previous to the Kamui backfire.</strong><br><br>A young man in a hooded cloak made a slow clap as Hinata exited from her encounter with the Jashin cult. His head was lowered and when he raised it, his face was hidden behind a mask made of lacquered wood, it was a completely flat surface, with only a single right eye hole. Hinata would recognise this mask as being incredibly similar to the mask Obito had hidden behind, though this man was slimmer, more dextrous and spry seeming with how he held himself. "Very good... Very good... Not any old ninja could hold themselves against that lot..." the man spoke. It was assuredly the same voice of Obito, though less tired sounding, a slightly lighter octave. Seeing as Obito Uchiha was in the same academic year as Kakashi, this was very likely an 18 year old Obito.<br><br>"Hm... What to do..." Obito sighed, "I did plan on coming here to recruit Hidan to my cause... I'm looking for powerful S-class Ninja... But you've gone and got rid of him. This just won't do..." he added, walking closer to her, seemingly looking her over through his eyehole before he began to take a slow plod around her, more clearly measuring her up. He stopped behind her, if he wasn't wearing his mask he'd be close enough that Hinata would feel his breath on her lower neck. His eye seemed to be stripping her down to her very core though... "I do so hate to come out such a long way only to return empty handed... And you have shown yourself to be mightier than the one I came to recruit... What's your story? Who are you with?"
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				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>14-10-2014, 01:39:27</strong>
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				Hinata’s heart skipped a beat at Obito’s sudden appearance. How long had he been watching? She'd meant to draw his attention, but hadn't expected it to be this soon. Still, she maintained her outward calm as he circled her. “‘With?’” she echoed, turning her head slightly in his direction. “I was once of the Leaf … much like yourself, Uchiha-san.” She paused a moment to let the last sink in, then continued, “I walk my own path now. If you want more … an answer for an answer. Why do you seek someone like Hidan?”
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>14-10-2014, 11:07:55</strong>
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				Obito paused, "So... You know who I am... Now that's a bit dangerous..." he replied, though he sounded more amused (Thankfully maybe in a situation as this). "Only those under my direct subordination know that I am the man known as... Madara Uchiha..." Obito spoke, his smirk hidden behind his wooden mask as he used his cover identity, handed to him by that very man himself. "So... Either I have a leak in the plans I am putting into place or someone from the Leaf is taking note in their history class... Because someone with a voice like yours tends not to care about the history of an old man swept under the carpet... And I've taken great pains to make sure the Leaf think I've long since past away..." he rattled off, all like so many practiced and deliberate lines.<br><br>Obito began walking again and circled back round to Hinata's front, "An answer for an answer... Hm... I've already told you what I feel you can know in your current predicament... I seek S-class ninja... I have need for the most powerful ninja to take a very difficult though worthwhile mission... The boy had his talents despite his fervour being a flaw that could have tested his loyalty down the road... I believe we had a similar end-game for our goals though..." he chuckled as if in on some kind of joke. "So... A kunoichi walking her 'own path'... One who knows who I am and claims to come from Senju's place... I would know what led you to leave the Leaf and why, then perhaps we can talk about how my plan can lead you to... <em>Akatsuki</em>... A new dawn..."
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>17-10-2014, 02:43:27</strong>
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				“Perhaps I can simply see through your mask, Uchiha-san,” Hinata replied with a touch of humor herself. She met his eye, the Hyuga clan’s distinctive pale and pupiless eye visible this close. She had his interest, now she just had to try to get past his defenses without provoking a fight. “And you have just told me more than I already knew. Madara, you say? That name is cursed … I would not be so quick to claim it if I were you. Tobi suits you better, I think.”<br><br>She paused a moment to consider her answer, and how much to tell him up front. Her uncle’s death, and the subtle blame cast on her for it. Expectations she could never seem to live up to, no matter how strong she grew. The village reduced to a crater, Danzo’s manipulations. Kabuto, Madara, the Ten Tails. Neji, dead protecting her and Naruto. A hungry black vortex, swallowing her, ripping her from everyone she’d ever loved …<br><br>“War,” she finally answered, shaken by the memories. “War, loss, and rot at the village’s Root. Nothing but painful, empty reminders await there for me, and I can do more for this world on the road, as a healer. How did you lose the eye?” she asked, more interested in digging up Obito's old memories than listening to his plan.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>17-10-2014, 11:29:39</strong>
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				Obito paused for a moment at Hinata's response... "You're too young to claim knowledge on everything that I am... However I am not adverse to keeping to the shadows when I need to..." he answered finally, "Tobi... You make me laugh, kunoichi... And what should I call you should I decide we leave this place for my group?". He looked over Hinata once more as she spoke of her reasoning for leaving the Hidden Leaf Village... If she was talking about war, it had to have been the Third Shinobi World War, the one where Obito himself had lost everything and became the man he was today... Right now he was looking at a woman, likely his age who seemed to outwardly be similar to himself...<br><br>"... A healer, hm? As for my eye... Let me say I know a little myself about the sacrifices one makes in a time of War, things people do to make sure those they care about can go on, when all is lost for oneself..." Obito remembered clearly back to his youth, his near-death after being crushed in a cave-in at his ill-fated mission alongside his old team-mates Kakashi and Rin, in his thought dying breaths passing his one Sharingan to Kakashi to replace his friend's lost eye and passing out, believing he did something good. He could still picture Rin's smile in his mind and a small smile crossed his face under the mask as he thought about her.<br><br>He looked to Hinata again and thought she reminded him of a different time... Times with <em>her</em>, with Rin, so easy to forget. "You have a way with words... And seeming knowledge beyond your apparent years... Let it be known I do not fully trust you as of yet, but I'd be a fool to not have someone like yourself on my side. Under myself you can still travel freely and heal who you feel needs it..." Obito initially cared little for what Hinata would do as long as he could use her abilities, but the talk of being a healer once more reminded him of Rin... This kunoichi before him would be the same age as her also... It shook him a little bit how Hinata affected him as she did...
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>21-10-2014, 03:25:50</strong>
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				“Hinata,” she answered. It was a common enough name, and even if he knew she was a Hyuga she didn’t think he’d connect her to her younger self before she was ready. "Of no clan I care to mention," she added with a bit more bitterness than she'd expected.<br><br>She was sure now that she could get in, and once she did she could begin to work on the hurt that had turned Obito into Madara’s ghost - and perhaps she could do something for Nagato as well. But she had to take care not to seem too eager, yet. “I assure you, I mean you no harm,” she said, with complete honesty. “But if I do join you, what would you expect of me? I have no intention of ever fighting someone else’s war again. Perhaps if our goals align … but never for a cause I do not believe in.”
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				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>21-10-2014, 12:32:14</strong>
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				Obito looked at her, not over her name, which was nothing to really consider... He had not been to the Leaf Village since he fought the Fourth Hokage and brought forth the Nine-Tails from Kushina, it's last Jinchuriki -the host of it's dark spirit- in an attempt to claim it's power. As such, he knew nothing of a younger version of Hinata. He thought as an assumption this girl before him had some kind of visual jutsu to make the claims she was making, though he felt using his Sharingan to confirm his suspicions may just be a waste of time. It mattered not in the long run and was no proof of her allegiances even if she did own one.<br><br>"Your goal under me is simple... You will travel with a partner and your duty to me will be to be capture a <em>single Tailed Beast</em>. That or gain their Jinchuriki so we can extract the Beast from them instead. This Ninja world has been plagued by war for so long... Akatsuki will centralize power into one whole using the Tailed Beasts and through their power combined will I usher in a new age of peace... There will be no war for you to fight. It will all be a thing of the past. You, as a travelling healer tired with war, someone who has lived through the Third Shinobi World War has likely seen what such things can bring forth, the horrors your fellow Ninja are capable of... <em>We both have</em>. If I can gather the Nine Tailed Beasts, every person's dream world who lived through that time will become a reality..." Obito spoke confidentally... "And every Ninja has a dream they want to fulfil..."
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				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>25-10-2014, 03:57:27</strong>
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				Hinata gave a slight nod, and for a moment was sorely tempted to join in Madara’s plan in full. To see Naruto, <em>her</em> Naruto, and the rest of her friends again was almost more than she could bear to resist. But … no matter how painful her losses, she would not dishonor - and <em>erase</em> - her friend’s memories with a pleasant illusion.<br><br><br>“Jinchuriki … human sacrifices,” she echoed, sounding troubled. “If you were just after the power of the nine, recruiting a Jinchuriki would do as well as extracting the beast. I suspect it is a greater power you are after.” She paused a moment to consider her next words, then continued with more confidence. “I will join you, on the condition that I be allowed to keep the Jinchuriki alive through the extraction, if it is within my power to do so. More than anyone else, they are victims of this world.”<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>25-10-2014, 13:36:37</strong>
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				Obito paused, "You are correct... <em>Jinchuriki</em>... Literally 'Human Sacrifice Force' in the current tongue. The humans who sacrifice their all to become pillars of strength, gained from letting one of the legendary nine <em>Biju</em>, the nine Tailed Beasts, into their body..." he spoke in a manner of someone well-read on the matter. "You are also correct that <em>my</em> plan calls for more than just recruiting simple Jinchuriki to Akatsuki... I need the raw power of the Biju themselves... Prove your worth and perhaps I will tell you more of how I intend to use the Biju...". He wandered around Hinata once more, looking her over again...<br><br>"If the only caveat you have to joining is to try and save any Jinchuriki we will need to extract a Biju from... There are still some running loose in the wild after all... Then I accept. <em>My</em> new world is <em>not one where the people have to die needlessly</em>..." he nodded, for a moment his voice changing timbre to something far more... human than his current broken tone had been letting on. To Obito, <em>how</em> he collected the Biju to reform the Ten-Tails, the <em>Jubi</em> of legend was of no real concern... As long as he managed to awaken the beast and he held power over the Rinnegan, nothing else mattered in this reject of a reality, a new world, a better one, awaited all. "Come then Hinata... We have much to speak of and here in the open is not it."
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				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>30-10-2014, 04:29:21</strong>
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				Hinata relaxed slightly at his acceptance, and nodded in agreement. “I would prefer to continue our talk face to face, if you have somewhere private” she suggested. She had questions, and wanted to press him more about Rin - but not out in the open. She followed his lead, positioning herself to his right. “I look forward to meeting the rest of your team, if they are as talented as you suggest. Will we be walking, or do you have other transport?” <br>
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				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>31-10-2014, 02:45:46</strong>
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				Obito nodded at Hinata's words... "I have a place... It is my own respite. There is room there in the underground caverns to speak without any potential jutsu you could do in any attempt at ruining my grand plan. You understand we are in the open, though once there you will understand where you are..." he explained. "Once we have spoken, you can meet some of the people I have bound together so far. I have specific bases dotted across the countries where they may settle and be contacted." His mask hid his grin when Hinata mentioned transport. "I have my own jutsu for such an occasion... You will have to take my hand to come with me..."<br><br>He offered her his hand, notably it had dark painted nails. If she looked closer, she may also have noticed one hand, his right one, was slightly off-colour and paler than the other. "I use a special space-time jutsu to travel around... I can take others with me in my travels, but they have to make physical contact with my body to also be teleported with me. I recommend you also do not let go until we get to our destination... It would be bothersome for me to try and reclaim you if you got lost from me..." he spoke, it seemed from how he said his last statement it would be more a patience matter than anything that'd adversely affect him.
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				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>02-11-2014, 03:30:33</strong>
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				Hinata hid her discomfort at that particular mode of travel. It was fast, and she’d have to get used to it eventually - the sooner the better. “Space-time jutsu … Like Minato-sama?” she asked, seemingly innocently. She wondered how he would react to the comparison. “That must be convenient,” she added. She took Obito's hand and activated her Byakugan to watch the transport unfold - she'd need to know as much as she could about how it worked later in her plan.
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				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>02-11-2014, 16:02:08</strong>
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				Obito paused for a moment at the mention of his former mentor's name, the name of the man who was not only that but the man who was named Fourth Hokage after the Third Shinobi World War ended, a War he fought in with his mentor and his beloved, Rin. Minato was also the man Obito led to his death in an effort to take control of the Nine Tailed Fox, in a night when Minato's wife Kushina, the Jinchuriki for the Nine-Tails at the time would be able to unleash it. Things hadn't gone according to plan that night... Minato and Kushina sacrificed their lives to seal the Nine-Tails into their son born that same night. A son now under protection from the Leaf Village and alerted to the threat of someone wanting the Nine-Tails...<br><br>Obito couldn't deny there was some respect for his former mentor though. "The Fourth Hokage? My own power is down to my dojutsu, the art of my eyes... Though yes, you could say such a thing is convenient..." he answered Hinata finally. When she took his hand, he wrapped his other arm around her and held her close to him as they began to warp in a spiral-shaped blur to the point where Obito's right eye was until both disappeared from reality and to some other place briefly as they passed between space-time. Obito began to question in his mind just how many years he had been involved in this plot to bring about a new world, to be reunited with Rin, when a kunoichi so similar to her was right there by him...
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				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>04-11-2014, 13:22:26</strong>
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				Hinata tensed slightly in Obito’s arm, ready to fight if she had to. He seemed to be convinced, but she couldn’t afford to forget how dangerous he could be. Still, she tightened her grip on his hand as his jutsu swallowed them up. Viewing the space-warping energies of the jutsu from the inside was intense, and left her with a pounding headache. She blinked her byakugan off as soon as they settled in their destination, and took a step away from Obito before looking around.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>16-11-2014, 01:34:05</strong>
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				As the pair arrived at their destination, the darkness of a cave is what at first greeted the pair. It could have been any cave anywhere in the Ninja world, so that is perhaps why Obito did not mind to bring Hinata here, partly. It was certainly away from where he kept the aspects of his plan, such as the Demonic Statue and also his labatory where the few Sharingan he had managed to find were kept. At some point he could perhaps get more if he returned to the Leaf village for another attack, though at the moment he had forces for Akatsuki to build. He hoped this woman before him would be an excellent recruit. "Here we are..." he casually spoke.<br><br>"This is the entrance to where my plan for a new world is beginning from. This is the entrance of the home of Madara Uchiha, ever since he escaped death from battling Hashirama Senju, the first Hokage of the corrupt dream of a true centralised home for Ninja..." Obito growled. He had learned much from Madara, including the hypocrisy of the true origins of the Leaf Village and how Madara and Hashirama set it up, including the sham posing as democracy that made Madara leave to begin with. He looked at her once more through his mask, his Sharingan scanning her. "You wished to talk more in private, let it be known noone outside of my group knows of this place and the ones I do I trust to keep it secret..." he spoke.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>16-11-2014, 02:40:36</strong>
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				Obito’s Sharingan revealed a subtle chakra flow through Hinata’s cloak, channeled through a complex pattern of seals, some recognizable as storage seals. On her forehead was a chakra storage seal similar to Tsunade’s, containing the last of Kurama’s chakra that had been in her system. A last resort - once it was gone she couldn’t replace it.<br><br>She paused a moment to take in the cavern, and Obito’s words, before turning to face him. If only he knew how close the ninja world would come to peace between nations … but it she couldn’t risk telling him, not yet. She pulled back her hood, letting her long purple hair flow down her back, and removed her mask, showing him her face for the first time. “I will keep your secret,” she promised. “I trust you will keep mine?”<br><br>She reached out to lightly touch his Zetsu hand. “Madara’s home … is this where your body was rebuilt?” she asked, as gently as possible. Even without knowledge from the future, she’d seen his scars with her Byakugan. It was a miracle he had even survived.
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				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>16-11-2014, 17:07:17</strong>
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				Obito looked her over, "That chakra you're holding onto... I have encountered..." he paused, his voice then turning to sound more grave, "I have experience with the chakra sealed within the mark on your forehead... The one someone has put great care into storing through your body... I see in you chakra belonging to Kyubi, the Nine Tailed Fox...". His eyes widened as he spoke these words, a small realisation hitting upon him, though the mask over his face would betray no emotion past his bass-filled monotoned voice. "You are not a Jinchuriki though... Its as if you have somehow managed to transfer Kyubi chakra to yourself without the Kyubi along with it..." he spoke after a pause, looking at her outstretched hand.<br><br>"I'll remember who you are, Hinata... Though you have my word I have no reason to share your secret with anyone." Obito mumbled as he looked at her face for the first time. His hand wavered for a moment. She was pretty to him assuredly and her body was rather feminine and curvy. Still, this aspect could put a different spin on how the Plan was going to come to fruition. "The last I heard from my connections is that the Kyubi Jinchuriki is the toddler son of the Fourth Hokage... What do you know of the boy?" he questioned, knowing that whilst the Leaf had the boy under defence, he still was able to have Zetsu keep an eye for another opportune time to attack again.<br><br>He took her hand finally as he looked to her, lightly squeezing it to hurry words back from her. "As for here... Yes, this was the place where Madara Uchiha came after the battle that took place at what ninja now call the Valley of the End. Here Madara rebuilt his body and bid his time as he healed to venture out and bring a new world to ninja everywhere. The current Ninja world is corrupt and a living Hell, though it needn't be as such. I was able to take on the gift of cultivating Hashirama Senju's cells and so, I have been able to come up with and enact a Plan for peace, one that the legendary Sage of Six Paths would be proud of..."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>16-11-2014, 18:20:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hinata nodded in&nbsp; acknowledgement of Obito’s statements about Madara, and his larger plan. She would return to that in a moment. “Only by reputation. I know most of the villagers are fools for the way they treat him,” she replied. Then a simple misdirection, to explain her possession of Kurama’s chakra and the Byakugan - if he hadn’t made the connection yet between her appearance and use of doujutsu and the Hyuga clan, he soon would. “This chakra … it is an experiment, derived from one of Tsunade’s jutsu. A single use weapon resembling a stage one Biju cloak. As to how I received it - how much do you know of Danzo?” she asked.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>16-11-2014, 19:08:44</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Obito nodded at Hinata's statements, "Hopefully it won't matter once I am able to claim the Kyubi from the boy. I have an agent keeping a watch on the village for the right time. Since the attack the Uchiha clan seems to be mistrusted, there will likely come a time when the village is destabilised enough from this mistrust that I can return to claim the Kyubi once more..." he answered her at first. "I know of Danzo enough... He is one who has worked well in his pride and obsession of wanting to rule the Leaf that the destabilisation and paranoia he is sowing makes my job that much easier..." he chuckled, finding entertainment in how his enemies would help do his work for him.<br><br>It was thanks to Danzo's plot to get rid of Yahiko, the original Akatsuki leader that he was able to get rid of the troublesome former-leader by eliminating any Akatsuki who came to rescue the man until he fell. Later he was then able to sway Nagato, a young man integral for his plan as the holder of Madara's Rinnegan eyes to his side and to act as the public Akatsuki Leader, whilst Obito could give him his orders from the shadows. "As for the rest... I have harboured Orochimaru as one of my agents of Akatsuki. He currently works for me and I know very well the kind of dealings that one particular ninja has done with Danzo in the past in the name of the Leaf's Root..." Obito explained, quite casually.<br><br>The mention of such a wanted S-class ninja to the Leaf as Orochimaru would surely shake in the kunoichi any kind of loyalty to the Leaf. Perhaps then Obito would learn more about what this woman was truly about. "Either way Danzo is a fool who'd cut his nose off to spite his face... Though it's not a surprise someone with your ANBU garb may have some link to the old fool... You don't seem like you are of the Root though, you show emotion all too well and it is not some trained reaction to my words, you can think and feel for yourself. Perhaps not a worthy trait for my goal though I rest assured you're not a brainwashed puppet of Danzo, at least..." Obito added after a pause to think what Hinata was getting at.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>17-11-2014, 02:02:16</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Obito’s assessment of Danzo matched what Hinata knew about him. “I was fortunate enough to escape that fate, yes, and enter into Tsunade’s care for a time,” she replied, not quite lying. She released his hand at the mention of Orochimaru. “Tobi … Do not make the mistake of trusting Orochimaru. He seeks only the Sharingan, and his own power. No one is more dangerous to your plans than he is.”<br><br>She turned away, and took a few steps deeper into the cave to settle her nerves, and get a better view of her surroundings. “Much is corrupt in this world, and Orochimaru is one of the foremost examples. What is your plan that you must rely on a man like him to see it through?”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>17-11-2014, 14:18:29</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Obito looked back to Hinata. It seemed mentioning Orochimaru's name did strike a nerve. Still, he found some humour that for the few years that Orochimaru had been involved with Akatsuki, he never realised the goal of the Sharingan he desired was so close to him. He was as much a fool to the bigger picture as his former master Danzo. "Interesting... I could have assumed you were an agent of Danzo, that Orochimaru still maintained contact with the old man and he had learned about what we, the Akatsuki, are up too... Sending you to throw a spanner in my works to regain the Kyubi..." he spoke in a deep tone wandering quite close to Hinata's personal space.<br><br>"However," Obito spoke, "I see your sincerity of your dislike for Orochimaru and that makes me wonder about your allegiance, but certainly not to the old Ninja of Shadow, Danzo...". He walked backwards from Hinata and squatted down, resting his hands on his knees, taking a small sigh. "I harbour the S-class criminal ninja Orochimaru for the simple reason that I need ninja that are S-rank and unaffiliated with the Ninja villages to help me collect the nine Biju." Here, came the test for Hinata, "A few years ago I came to the Village of the Leaf to claim the Kyubi from it's Jinchuriki... I ultimately, sadly... Failed, thus causing the Kyubi to be freed and rampage across the Leaf before it was sealed again into the son of the Fourth Hokage..."<br><br>Obito sighed once more, "To that end, part of why I gather Akatsuki is so that this mistake will not be repeated, that each member is powerful enough to claim their assigned Biju and that they'll have the back-up needed if the situation goes out of hand. Thus tragedy brings forth peace, once more...". His story done, Obito stood up and looked at Hinata through his mask, "That is why I harbour Orochimaru, because I have use of his skills to achieve my goal. Like any other ninja used by their village, he is a tool to be used. However, under my Plan I do not throw people into the endless meat-grinder for politics, greed or any other corrupt reason. My Plan will collect the Biju and with that, I will unite this fragmented world!"
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>21-11-2014, 17:44:12</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hinata turned to face Obito again. “Then if I may make a suggestion - it would be wise to team Orochimaru with someone whose power and loyalty you trust absolutely. Someone who can stop him when he betrays you,” she suggested, looking him right in the eye. <br><br>Unite the world … true, lasting peace. Jiraya’s dream, and Naruto’s. If she could only convince Obito that his methods were misguided there was hope for him, and the future. It was worth the risk. “I will join you then,” she agreed, tentatively raising her hand to touch his mask. “May I?” she asked. “I would like to see the face of the man I’m working for.”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>22-11-2014, 16:45:41</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				"I have Orochimaru teamed up with someone already. You are of the Leaf so doubtless you have heard of Sasori of the Red Sand?" Obito grinned. "They work well together, however I am not so stubborn as to switch things around when memberships change. The pair know their place and listen well to the proxy Leader I have in place. As for Orochimaru betraying us to further his own end to gain the Sharingan, as far as he is concerned the Sharingan exists only in the Leaf and he must wait for the enhanced security of that village to falter before he can regain access. Assigning him the collection of the Nine Tails keeps him onside as he gives us what we need as he gets what he wants..."<br><br>He looked at Hinata as she reached for his mask, "You are now part of Akatsuki. There is not a single member that has seen me unmasked outside of my most trusted second-hand. Who that member is I shall not reveal to you though they are more than adept to make sure my Plan is continued to it's fruition. However I shall give you the proof you so need that I am the holder of the power of Madara Uchiha and therefore have the power to make this new world a true reality..." he trailed to Hinata.<br><br>He lifted the wooden mask off and underneath was a face of two sides thanks to injury. His left side was the face of an eighteen year old man, bright and clear though his eye was closed. It was likely lost before this day occured as he kept it shut as he showed himself to Hinata. The right side of his face was pulled to a scarred distortion and looked significantly paler, like his hand of the same side. It was pulled and scarred in such a way as to look like an old man's face. It was here that his right eye was the Sharingan, the exclusive dojutsu owned only by Uchiha. "The Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan is a dojutsu I unlocked which has kept me alive when the man Madara Uchiha may have otherwise died of old age. Unfortunately, at this time I now have but the one."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>24-11-2014, 00:00:25</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hinata nodded and let the subject drop, only adding a knowing smile at Obito’s repeated claim to Madara’s identity. There would be time enough to press him on both fronts later. She studied his face for a moment then took half a step back, seemingly satisfied. “Thank you,” she said. “With your permission, then, I mean to target the Sanbi,” she proposed. “The Mizukage holds it, and I cannot allow his atrocities to continue if I have the means to end them. He will be well protected, but I believe I have a way in. Have you given thought to my partner yet? Someone with knowledge of the Mist would be of great help - or perhaps you could join me in a new guise?” she suggested.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>24-11-2014, 23:33:24</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Obito nodded and replaced his wooden mask. "I see no reason why I can't assign this Beast to you..." he nodded. "The Mizukage is at this time an asset I am able to call on as I build my resources, though slowly his time does draw nearer and I shall need to collect what is due. Due to this, I have a vast knowledge of his Village Hidden in the Mist...". He rubbed the bottom rim of his mask like he was rubbing his chin at thought as he looked at Hinata. "I'd like to see yourself in action, the Mizukage is no walk in the park and you must also take into consideration the chaos unleashed if you do this incorrectly. The Nine-Tails rampage within the Village Hidden in the Leaves is fell proof of what can happen when unprepared..."<br><br>Obito paused and gave a nod, "Well, Hinata of the Leaf... It looks like you'll get your wish. Perhaps there is some room for 'Tobi' in Akatsuki as a partner for your end. Also it works in my favour as I can keep a personal eye on you. Your trust and worth for Akatsuki is still up for some debate, though breaking into the Mist Village and getting a hold of the Sanbi from the Mizukage himself will be quite the way to show me why I should keep you around..." Obito let out a hearty laugh. If the kunoichi could pull this one off, her place in Akatsuki was guaranteed... If she happened to fail, the Plan of the Moon's Eye would still happen either way.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>25-11-2014, 23:47:24</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hinata nodded and replaced her own mask. She’d never actually seen the Mizukage in action, but she’d seen Gaara, Naruto, and Bee. She knew the kind of power she was up against, and she’d scouted out her opponent and possible allies as best she could. She was prepared, as much as it was possible to be. “If you have influence over him, that makes this simple. An isolated spot, with a body of water - I will handle the rest,” she promised. She’d originally planned to recruit Zabuza and Mei’s aid, but it was a risk she didn’t have to take if Obito could isolate him. “Whenever you are finished with him. Is this to be my test, or will I meet the others first?”
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>28-11-2014, 03:05:42</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Obito nodded, "Correct... Whilst I have seen you in action, I'd like this to really show me if you'll fit in with the others of my group. You will meet the others upon how you fare against the Mizukage. I will of course take you to the village right now, if you so wish..." he replied and once more he stretched out a pale white hand for Hinata to take in hers. "I'm quite eager to see how you will fare... From what I have seen you are most certainly capable... Know I shall be using this situation to my advantage. I have use for a proxy Mizukage under my control as much as the need for the Beast within him. However perhaps now the Mist's leader has met his end as two of us should be able to overpower him rather than merely one..." Obito added as he waited for Hinata to take his hand so he could use Kamui to take them to the Mist.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>29-11-2014, 20:36:33</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hinata quickly completed a mental assessment of her supplies and condition after the brief skirmish with the Jashin cult. Things were moving faster than she expected, but the battle had been over quick and she’d had enough time to rest while talking to Obito. Satisfied, she nodded and accepted Obito’s hand. “I’m ready,” she agreed, adding. “A lake would be ideal, if you can.” That would allow her her full range of jutsu and limit collateral damage. She activated her Byakugan again, more prepared this time for Kamui’s energies.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>11-12-2014, 19:22:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Once more Obito activated his Mangekyo Sharingan of his lone eye and activated the Kamui jutsu, spiralling space and time of himself and Hinata holding onto his hand into the dimensional void of his eye, sending them far, far East across the Ninja world, all the way from the Mountain's Graveyard in the very Northern-most point to their destination of the group of islands called the Land of Water, the cold and mist filled place that hosts the Village hidden by Mist, also known as <em>Kirigakure</em>. Obito had for some time had control over the Mizukage who ran the Mist Village and to that end also knew the Land of Water near there very well.<br><br>It was therefore not hard for Obito to use his Mangekyo Sharingan's spatial awareness to land himself and Hinata nearby a lake. Lakes were something that the Lands of Water had plenty of across it's many isles to place them extremely close to the Mist Village, making their journey to snatch up the Tailed Beast the Mizukage was Jinchuriki to one that should be quite short. "We're here..." Obito spoke once they spiralled forth in space-time to their destination. They were stood near an incredibly large lake and the Mist Village was clearly there before them, the air thick with mist as large cylindrical buildings with tree gardens at their tops poked slightly through the thick clouds covering the village...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>13-12-2014, 01:57:07</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hinata was more prepared for the trip this time, and was better able to process what she saw. She thought she was getting a feel for it. She blinked when they arrived, recovering quickly this time from the trip.<br><br>She quickly surveyed the land around them. The lake was perfect for her purposes, and there was enough cover available if she needed it. It was a bit closer to the village itself than she would have liked for a biju battlefield, but it would do. “Can you lure him here, or do we track him down?” she asked. She had plans for either contingency, but she could control the fight more easily there. "If you can, I will prepare my trap here."
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>23-12-2014, 00:40:25</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				Obito looked at her for a second, the wooden mask he wore hiding his grin at her words... "The Mizukage is under the control of Mangekyo Sharingan... He will do whatever I tell him to do. I have no need to lure him here, I can just suggest it to him and he will come to you." he explained. "I'll give you adequate time to set up your trap... I can use Kamui to reach him straight away, though perhaps as 'Tobi' I can walk through to the puppet-leader of this village and walk with him back here." With a nod, he began to walk away, in the direction of the village. He took a few steps but stopped suddenly. Turning back to Hinata he placed a finger up, as if he remembered something.<br><br>"By the way, whilst I can use my Mangekyo Sharingan to suggest the Mizukage to come to this lake for you to capture him... If something happens and combat occurs, I won't be able to keep my hold on him and also fight at the same time. I also cannot get him to harm himself. My power comes from persuasion, not fully having him around as my slave. The Kage sees me as an advisor, one he is near powerless to resist, but he can still do it. Remember that as you put your plan in motion..." he explained, before waving her off and walking away to the direction of the Mist Village once more. Obito's words seemed to ring somewhat hollow... He perhaps <em>wanted</em> the pair to fight, to see what would occur... His mask made him hard to judge though...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>23-12-2014, 02:38:06</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hinata simply nodded in response, and stepped out onto the surface of the lake to begin her preparations. For what she had planned, she needed to fight and win - not against the Mizukage, but against the Sanbi. She stopped where the water neared its maximum depth, on the side of the lake opposite the village. She thoroughly scanned the area with her Byakugan for any traps or hidden Rain village defenses. Then, satisfied, she gently extended her chakra into the water below her.<br><br>She’d realized a talent for the water element shortly after her first chunin exam, and nurtured it in secret with some guidance from Kurenai. Lacking access to specific jutsu - Kurenai was not well versed in the element and asking anyone else invited her father’s criticism of her priorities - she’d drawn some inspiration from Gaara and combined it with her families techniques. She could only command a small volume under her own power - but it was enough to expand her offensive and defensive options considerably.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>29-12-2014, 09:04:39</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Eventually Hinata would see two figures head out from the mists and towards the lake where she was setting up her preparations. The first one was Obito, wandering steadfast forward in his black cloak with red clouds. As always he had his wooden mask with single eye-hole covering his face, long black hair poking out from the hood of his cloak. The other second figure was much smaller, wearing dark slate blue robes and a wide conical hat of the same colour with white scarfing material hanging from it, flowing round the back was on the figure's head. At the front of the ornate hat was a white patch with a dark slate blue 'Mizu' kanji decorating it, Mizu meaning Water.<br><br>This was the Mizukage, the leader of the Mist Village who Obito had wrapped around his little finger. He was a small figure compared to Obito and had a youthful face. His hair was a dull green and he had bright pink eyes, a stitched scar down his left cheek under his eye showed the combat that he was much used to being the designated leader of the 'Bloody Mist Village', though being the Jinchuriki to the Three Tails had likely helped him ascertain his incredibly high position. As Obito guided Yagura forward to his potential doom, a grin grew under his mask... Obito had a particular history with the Sanbi, the Three tailed turtle, with it being the reason for the death of his beloved Rin...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>30-12-2014, 16:13:25</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hinata steeled herself for the coming fight. The Mizukage looked so young … but she knew what he was capable of. How much of what he’d done, what he would do if not stopped, was because of Obito? It didn’t matter, this was a fight she had to win. “Mizukage,” she said, her words echoing across the lake. “Your reign of terror is at its end.”<br><br>She raised her left hand, palm up, and drops of water filled with her chakra rose from the lake to float around her. She thrust her palm forward and the storm of water drops flew towards the Mizukage, striking even at that distance to close chakra points much like the gentle fist style’s disabling attacks. She broke into a charge at her target. Even if her first attack succeeded, it wouldn’t hold a Jinchuriki for long. She readied a chakra scalpel on her right hand, preparing to sever the Mizukage’s chakra network from the Sanbi’s seal the second she got within range.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>08-01-2015, 18:13:53</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Yagura looked at Hinata with a sort of amused bemusement. "Reign of terror?! And just what would we call a masked person with extremist views waiting to assassinate someone in the thick mists?!" he laughed. He didn't move quickly, instead with a flick of his wrist, casual in it's fling, a long black bo-staff extended out from his blue cloak's right sleeve appearing in his hand. It was a strange looking tool, being uneven ended and having what looked like a large green flower on the one end. With a spin of the staff, a mirror formed of water appeared from the circle he painted in mid-air, reflecting some of the water droplet attacks back towards Hinata, however some missed the mirror and some managed to hit Yagura, knocking his chakra down some.<br><br>This was something Yagura seemed to notice, looking down where he was hit he looked at Hinata with some surprise as she charged through the attack towards him, "Is this how you plan to end my 'reign'? You're closing off my chakra... Interesting!". He waited until she got close and dodged to the left of her impaling chakra scalpel, then with a flick up on his left pointer and middle finger in a beckoning motion towards her, a ball of water from the lake came forth and fired towards her back like a well-aimed cannon shell. "That was close! But can you dodge this, I wonder?" he grinned as he fell back, before landing on his right hand and flipping back to normal stance, already flicking into hand-signals for a new water jutsu...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>17-01-2015, 01:26:30</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				“Akatsuki,” Hinata answered simply. She gathered the missed and reflected drops from her attack towards her palm and spun in place to follow Yagura’s movement. Keeping her focus on the Mizukage, she spun her collected water into a shield, angled the deflect the ball of water safely upwards with a minimum of impact. The attack scattered the water she’d collected, but passed harmlessly overhead.<br><br>Her defense and counterattack were a single smooth motion. She lunged after her opponent, making a horizontal cut with her chakra scalpel aimed at severing the ligaments in his wrists, or at least breaking his concentration on his jutsu. While she struck the spray of water from her shield broke into tiny droplets again and filled the air around Yagura. Hinata clenched her fist, and the water rushed in from all directions in a second attempt to close off Yagura’s chakra.
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>wander</strong> on <strong>26-01-2015, 01:34:51</strong>
			</dt>
			<dd class="postbody">
				"Akatsuki... <em>Dawn?</em>" Yagura replied, "That group from the Hidden Rain? Who are you? Some copycat or someone related to them?" he asked as the water they were throwing around began to fall around them like rain drops into the lake. He raised his staff up to deflect her attack with the chakra scalpel, though it was too late and his hands were caught, making him drop the staff and his hands fell limp. "Damn you!" the youthful Mizukage hissed in defiance, "It's not over yet! Do you not realise you're fighting a Kage level Ninja here?!" he hissed as he leaped out of the way of Hinata's attack, though not quick enough to take a slight hammering from the water balls.<br><br>Flopping his numb hand over his left shoulder that took a particularly hard strike from the water, he landed backwards on the water of the lake, the water sending out a large rippling wave towards Hinata as an attack from the impact of landing. "You're pretty good... Well done. Its been a while since I've had to use this, so congratulate yourself for what you're about to behold!" Yagura yelled out as he let out a deep exhale and chakra, in a physical bubbling form of green-blue teal sort of slime emanated from his pores and covered him in a shroud of pure chakra. It did not seem comfortable for the young Kage as it formed around him and a single tail formed behind him made from the same chakra as his shroud. "I just need a fraction of your power, Sanbi! I bet you want to see if you can take this woman on, right? Well I'm not giving up yet!" he spoke, talking to the Three Tailed Beast inside him...
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			<dt class="postheader">
				Title: <strong>Re: The Travels of the Masked Ninja</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vorian</strong> on <strong>28-01-2015, 01:46:07</strong>
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			<dd class="postbody">
				Hinata picked up the staff while Yagura retreated, quickly sealing it away in her cloak for later study. It appeared to be a water-element focus of some sort, sure to be of use to her. As the wave approached, she thrust her hand forwards and launched a blast of concentrated chakra from it in one of her clan’s signature jutsu, the Air Palm. The attack blasted a hole in the wave, the rest of which passed by her harmlessly. “A Shadow cannot long stand before the Dawn,” Hinata answered, playing to the image of a fanatic.<br><br>She watched calmly while her opponent’s chakra cloak boiled into place. It wasn’t the first time she’d seen a skilled Jinchuriki in action, though it was the first time she’d faced one alone. For a moment she considered using Kurama’s chakra to match him, but decided against it. She wanted to test herself on this level first, and she’d need as much power as she could save for the resealing. She didn’t think her scalpel would penetrate the cloak, at least without Kurama’s chakra, so she dropped the jutsu and called up her familiar Lion Fists instead. Chakra in the shape of flaming lion heads covered her fists, and she channeled chakra into her cloak to reinforce it against attacks. She’d test her opponent’s speed and defenses, and adjust from there. She launched herself forward, aiming a punch at his head and then chest before passing and turning to follow his movement.
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