Dealing with Devils {P, IO}

Xyxer was a fortunate man, as during his time in Tengakure he had formed strong bonds with each of the ANBU and most of the inhabitants; whether they disliked him or not, he was respected. Regardless, he was interrupted during one of his casual "interrogations", which involved a few punches to a thief's face and a twist of the arm before he confessed. He was pretty efficient if he did say so himself. It was thankful that, because of this deep bond he had with his fellow ANBU, they often confided in him. And it was because of that that Xyxer knew what was happening.

"Operative Bat" had been a sparring partner for Xyxer during his time here, and they saw each other in equal esteem. And because of that, Bat had not only told him that he was needed at the Tenkage's chambers, he also told him why. They both looked out for each other, as most ANBU would. Nodding his head and shaking the man's hand, he was thankful for that as it gave him time to prepare. Leaving the bloodied man in the alley, he'd begin to make his way to the chambers with a casual pace. He had been informed of an eye being tracked and demanded, and S-Rank criminals. Not exactly a happy festive day, but hopefully an interesting one. Using Henge No Jutsu on his own body, Xyxer changed his mangekyo sharingan and made it look like a glass eye; plain white, almost as if it was a pearl.

Entering the chambers, Xyxer was now alongside a guy with hair that seemed to almost touch his nose. How freakish. Scanning the room, he noted the S-Ranked criminals and Shinji, what a weird situation this was going to be. Faking unawareness, Xyxer casually walked to the other side of the room and leaned against the wall, looking at both of the missing shinobi. He noticed something.. weird on one of them, but it's perhaps not wise to anger these men. Instead, he took to a clueless approach, looking between the men and Shinji, "What's the haps?" Even though he didn't look like it, Xyxer was on guard. He knew these men would be capable of killing him within a matter of seconds. With a single hand, he'd ruffle his white hair.

Shinji took the two missing ninja's words with naught, but a rather accepting look and a furrowed brow. They were far too pushy for his liking-clearly not cut out for the fine art of politics. Then again neither was Shinji, so who was he to judge these two miscreants? Regardless, he now stood with both hands free as he had placed the drink on top of the fridge when Sayomi started to speak. Shinji's right hand remained where it was before and his left one sat at his side. Not really knowing what to say to these two menacing figures Shinji mentally crossed his fingers in hopes of the anbu returning in time. Luckily they did. Xyxer and the long haired fellow that had been summoned to to the Tenkage's chamber quickly filed in after a short wait.

Assuming nothing interrupted the men's entrance then Shinji would respond to Xyxer's inquiry. Shinji's voice would take on a uncharacteristically stern tone that, to him anyway, seemed to cut the tension like a knife: "Xyxer, these men and I wish to see something-this goes for you as well kid." The kid part being in reference to the long haired boy. "I will have to ask that you both respectively remove anything that is covering your eyes, because it seems we have a thief in our midst. Please, do not cause trouble while doing this as will only lead to an unwanted outcome." With that Shinji continued to stand in place and waited for a response from either the missing ninja or the ones who had been instructed by Shinji to reveal their eyes.

While waiting Shinji would reach out with the mind's eye of the kagura to keep watch on Xyxer's truthfulness. Shinji indeed cared for the man-he was part of his anbu and a friend. As such Shinji wanted to be the one to catch him in a possible lie and apprehend him for it before the missing ninja could, because he had no doubt the missing ninja would not take too kindly to being hoodwinked if that was indeed what was going to happen. Thus, hopefully some damage control could be done before things got out of hand, because from what Shinji knew of Xyxer he would not likely part with such a eye without causing an uproar. Quite honestly Shinji was at a loss for what to do if Xyxer did have the eye these men were looking for-he was a bit conflicted though his face would not show it. Instead of worrying too much he hoped that Xyxer did not have the eye at all and kept watch on Xyxer's truthfulness. However, only time would tell what was to happen. For now all Shinji could to was wait and watch.

The moment Xyxer walked into the room, Sayomi's single white Hyuuga pupil fell on him. This was undoubtedly the man in question, but Shinji would break the ice as the rogue ninja patiently waited to observe the outcome of what would happen next. It was clear to him that this was the man his ex-partner sold the stolen eye to, so the next issue would be the man's reaction. Would he hand it over willingly and accept the replacement eye peacefully, or would he have to pluck it from his lifeless corpse? As enjoyable as the latter seemed, it presented the issue of the Kage's possible interference, and the prospect of destroying yet another village seemed rather exhausting.

Still sitting upon his seat he feels upwards as Timmy by this time has already begun crawling upon the ceiling, Timmy making his way towards the window only to crawl through an opening and go outside, the mental link still maintained as Timmy waits upon the perch out of harms way should things get nasty.
Shouten's somewhat chidlish facade now fades, his eyes still remaining closed behind his glasses as he simple leans slightly forward in his chair, his hands softly placed on his knees, his sensory filling the room.
If Xyxer does remove all instructions covering the eye which should, if his knowledge is correct- still be active, this would cause the man within the activated eye to only see a mass of chakra filling the room, constantly recycled chakra going throughout the room thus fully blinding him in the corresponding eye, alas this same fate would befall his ally should the Dojutsu come into play but if it became a hindrance it could be turned off with but a thought.
Shouten simply waits until he is needed, the grid like display of the room observed carefully with his minds eye.

There was a strong feeling of tension, it was almost drowning the group, or at least that's how he felt it. That weird creature had left the room and the wind was still giving his skin goosebumps. Regardless, Xyxer removed the bandage that had been covering his sharingan eye, his eye hiding the doujutsu closed initially until the bandages were completely off. Once more, the henge jutsu was made but this time no hand seals were used. The "glass eye" was now transformed into the state of a one tomoe sharingan, since he knew by the glares off the criminals that they were focusing on him. They believed the holder to be him, he could tell that or else why would they be focusing on him and not the other guy?? Opening his eye briefly, he'd immediately shut it after a second of it being open, allowing the people that were watching him to see the one tomoe sharingan being revealed. He had been forced to close it prematurely due to how blinding it was. Something was.. flooding the room. He wasn't sure what though. It seemed like chakra which was worrying.

Thankfully because of the chakra that the sharingan was consuming anyway, the henge no jutsu was covered up and if allowed uninterrupted, it would have gone through seamlessly. Feeling awkward, Xyxer simply walked towards the one side of the room which was bringing him great discomfort. Closing the window once he had got there, he'd turn once more to look at the people, no wind now invading the space as he stood behind the small group. Speaking now, he didn't believe these people were fans of speech but it was going to happen anyway, "Is there no one else?" Waiting a second after saying that, he'd speak again, "I know times are getting rough but a sharingan in such a weak state is hardly worth anything, and I'm sure somebody else has a mangekyo sharingan, but certainly not in this village." As he said that, he proceeded to stand at the right side of the desk, simply watching Sayomi. He began speaking once more, alas it was proving that having such high standard criminals was a nerve wrecking event, "I'm sure nobody has to be hurt." This truly was a worrying situation, Xyxer paid as much attention to his surroundings as humanely possible. For all he knew, these criminals could be the type to act irrationally.

The lazy mannered face Shinji often wore was now replaced by a one of seriousness that seemed to be chiseled from cold stone. He waited for Xyxer to speak, but when he did Shinji was a bit taken a back-not visibly of course-he had indeed learned a few things. In fact, all Shinji had to do was break his former concentration on Xyxer's truthfulness at Xyxer's word "village", because at that point he already knew the truth that Xyxer was masking with lies. The truth was rather worrying-not that Shinji's face betrayed any distinguishable emotion to that fact. And it left Shinji with a moral dilemma of epic proportions, but he already knew what he had to do if things went south.

Shinji mentally prepared himself for what may come as the clockwork in his mind started to click on overtime. Though he knew he still had a part to play in this meeting, thus when Xyxer finished his questionable statement about people getting hurt Shinji spoke up in a cool levelheaded, yet deceivingly honest, tone that was directed to no one in particular, but while he spoke he was ready for anything that may come: "It seems it is as he says. There is no eye of that sort around here. So, now what?" The other boy who had been called in would make to leave at this time: he had moved back his hair to reveal intensely blue eyes. Now, if the aforementioned boy was not stopped he would leave the room with the doors closing behind him. Thus, it would only be Xyxer, the two missing ninja and Shinji left in the room that now had all its windows closed.

{Meh.}

Sayomi smiled broadly, his previously cold and empty demeanor cracking with a creepy expression of joy. The moment Xyxer mentioned the word "Mangekyo", the man had revealed himself. It was entirely obvious to Sayomi that whoever went to fetch the two men would likely inform them of the situation at hand, which is why he chose to reveal certain information to only those who needed it throughout the interaction.

The only clue of the "Mangekyo" Sharingan was shown directly to Shinji, through showing only the Kage specifically of his visual prowess. However, when speaking for everyone in the room to hear he had said: "My late friend took one of two valuable Sharingan eyes from me and sold it off on the black market. I've come to take it back."

The man had announced he was looking for a single sharingan eye, and the only one in Tengakure who knew of the exact state of this eye was Shinji himself. If the man truly wasn't guilty of the possession of this eye, then he would enter and ask what type of eye was being looked for. By specifically mentioning the exact matching state of the sharingan Sayomi was asking for without provocation, this became immediately obvious.

Apparently Shinji had either not picked up on the sly wordplay, or he was lying to him. Likely the latter, as he doubted a ninja that was thought to be the strongest in the land would remain ignorant. Sayomi's smile melted and his eyes narrowed upon hearing the Tenkage's words. As it was now clear to Sayomi that Xyxer was in possession of his eye, drawing conclusions was simple.

"It is clear you have casted the henge no jutsu on that eye, and that you intend to trick us and keep what isn't yours."

Sayomi's deactived white eye flickers from Xyxer to Shinji, an ominous feeling of tension filling the room.

"I have come to reclaim stolen property and caught you lying to both me and my partner. I will ask one more time. Return my eye to me, or we will also deem this village... uncooperative."

Shouten sighs, he is getting annoyed that it is taking this long.
Shouten stands, the window his creature left the room from on the opposite side of the room, he now speaks in a somewhat bored tone.
"Sayomi, this is taking to long doing it your way." the mans head turns towards the Kage, and the ANBU, he still acts as if he is looking at them despite having his obstructed eyes closed and only using Sonar, he now speaks again.
"We know you have the eye, here is the only proposition we will give and it would do you good to listen closely.
Tenkage, you will rip his eye out of him here and now and hand it to us, and we will replace it and be on our way without any casualties or harm done to your village. That is the best option, the other well.."
Shouten's lips curl into a sadistic smirk now as his tone drops to be cold, a slight bit of insanity mixed in with his words.
"You could also defend him further, if so I insure I will kill not only you and him, but every last man, woman, and child that lives within these walls with an honest to god smile on my face as I dance in the scattered organs of your people.
As much as I would love to do the latter, it would be to easy, so be a good sport and think this through, one mans life for that of the entirety of your village." a slight insane giggle comes forth from his lips after his words, he is eager to see their reaction to this for either way he will get to have fun, Timmy by this time has begun to burrow through the structure that is that of the Tenkage building, reaching the power lines that no doubt run through the futuristic building, it will take but a mental command for the main wires to be cut and the entire village suffering a black out which will only cripple any defense even more, the sun already starting to set which if they decide to fight, which will make a battle in the darkness, the time when hells creatures truly have fun walking the earth.

Xyxer had been listening to the two men had said to him. It was a rather surreal situation.. it appears that these people had been attempting to find him for quite a while. That was quite upsetting for Xyxer, as he did deeply enjoy crushing the dreams of others. That was quite a weird thought, hold it. Instantly, Xyxer's body was decked out in the armour that his nickname originated from, "The Abysswalker". As that happened however, Xyxer's right foot lifted up with the toes pointed outwards at an arcing angle, using his fourth level of suiton mastery in order to generate a thick blade of water from his leg. It was moving at such an angle towards Sayomi that it would cleave him in two from his right shoulder blade all the way down to his hip. Of couse, the blade of water was roughly 3 meters in length. Xyxer had started his attack just as Shouten had begun a fatal decision: standing up. As such, this move was occurring whilst Shouten was a quarter of the way through standing up.

That was not the last of it however, as while this was happening Xyxer's hands pressed together, water having been generated as well when he had done that and he'd simply exhale. That water would then be used for Xyxer's next jutsu which would fill the room; a thick mist. It would be hard for everybody to see in this due to what it was like, but it reminded him of his home. It was Kirigakure.

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Shinji's mind raced after he found out that Xyxer did indeed have the eye that Sayomi was searching for. Things were coming to a head rather quickly as Sayomi's words signaled. While the Hygua talked Shinji kept an eye on Xyxer. Though at the same time he listened to what was said. He did not want Xyxer to get hurt or ganged up on-he was a friend. Sayomi was quite perceptive as it turned out. Why could there never be any dim witted missing ninja? The situation was clearly getting dire. What right did this man have to say such a things in the center of Tengakure? Shinji would not stand for such indiscretions. It was then that he knew what had to be done. This would not be just for Tengakure's sake, but the shinobi world. These Shinobi had to be dealt with-they could not be allowed to walk free terrorizing where they see fit. If it was fated that he die today, so be it-if not then just as well.

The only real problem was finding an opening in which one could attack. Hopefully Xyxer would follow suit if Shinji were to attack, but who knew with that one. So, Shinji waited and kept an eye on Xyxer. Also, he noted that the odd creature had left the room. The animal seemed to have escaped out the window before it was closed. Shinji figured there was little it could do on the outside of the skyscraper-Tengakure was a state of the art city and it could not be toppled by a small animal, so Shinji put it out of his mind. Shinji, as a rule, liked to have a plan, but not being able to talk freely with Xyxer made it hard and that man was impulse driven as Shinji had learned from first hand experience. As Shouten began to stand up Shinji tensed his legs involuntarily-he believed the man was about to attack. The tensing would be imperceptible as the slightly baggy jeans he wore would obscure it. And finally impulse it was that seemed to be driving Xyxer as Shinji perceived armor spring up around Xyxer-the armor was a surefire sign of battle.

Luckily due to Shinji's long hard training and experience he was able to react almost instantly to what was happening as his thoughts were able to move as fast as his body and vice versa. This allowed for a quick processing of events and in turn reactions-although naturally Shinji would be a wee bit behind Xyxer's activation of his armor, but not by much as Shinji was already ready for battle-the tense atmosphere aided in that along with Shinji's already tensed legs. He chose to zero in on the most vulnerable man in the room: Shouten. There was not much thought about this. It was more instinct. A whim and a movement. With his legs already tensed and his incredible strength aiding him to get to his highest speed he made his move.

With one swift movement Shinji would move at Shouten with his top speed. In fact, Shinji's normal speed would be further augmented as after his first quick step towards Shouten a small cloak of blue chakra would radiate off Shinji's body. This was his Whirlwind Waltz technique that pushed his speed up to the maximum. Also in this first step Shinji's right hand drops the short distance to Makaze and pulls it off his hip. Three quarters of the way to Shouten Shinji the knife would be barred and ready for battle. In a blur of absolute speed he would appear next to Shouten-on Shouten's left to be exact. Shinji's blade would be leading, assuming all went perfectly, it would be on track to hook around to the back of Shouten's neck with all of Shinji's speed and strength behind it.

In a phrase this was a "kill shot" if all went perfectly. The blade, assuming nothing odd happened, was on track to be stabbed right between Shouten's vertebra-the second and third ones to be exact. The blade would, assuming all went as planned, find its home squarely between the aforementioned vertebra and about three and a half inches deep into the body as well-an instant kill at best and at worst fatally damaging Shouten's breathing and cognitive ability. The speed and power at which this attack was executed would make it such that it would take an incredible feat on the part of the missing ninja to evade it. Also, naturally, while this attack was occurring Shinji would still have his mind's eye of the Kagura passively active as it always was, which would allow him to keep stock of the situation even if it should go south.