Every Step Towards the Future

Hunter Mission Info:

Dracoso's Information:

Familiar:

Dracoso had read through the dossier on the target several times at this point and was still weighing his options. Several individuals had complained that they had lost anything from supplies to personal heirlooms and the demand to deal with the thief was rising. It made sense that they spent their time in the financial district, wanting to be close to valuable goods. He just wondered if the individual even cared about how much damage their actions could cause to others. Those working on the case left notes about eyewitnesses mentioning the person seeming to enjoy the thrill of stealing.

Whatever the case was, Dracoso had posted up roughly a block away (40 meters) in the upper floor of a shop building with a window looking down the street towards the bank. Most of the street was already dark by then and Dracoso had settled in towards the middle of the day to review the documents one more time. He had an image of the thief in his mind and the general descriptions on how the individual walked and acted. Now how to approach them...

Dracoso ran several scenarios through his mind and decided he should begin indirectly at first and work forward from there. The building had easy access onto the roof away from the bank if he needed it and a backdoor downstairs in case he needed to silently send out scouts. Until the thief appeared, he slowed his breathing, suppressed his chakra, and rested with the shades lowered, but open, so he could keep an eye on the street while being just out of sight. Sutsui was nestled in under his armor, resting around his shoulders for the time being, just below the middle of his neck. They sent small waves of sensations to one another and communicated silently for the steps they would take.

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Your Opponent:

"Idiots. Idiots. Stupid...er...idiots!" The disgruntled youth would mutter quietly under his breath as he perused the goods of a small knick-knack shop in the financial district of Kirigakue. Times had not been well for Saito, having been rejected and removed from the academy for injuring another student, Saito had decided to take his frustrations out on the humble shopkeepers of the village by rummaging through their shops and taking what he liked. He had been caught a few times but thus far his impressive strength and poor temperament had allowed him to get away with just about anything he wanted. Though still in his teen years, Saito had displayed a disregard for a civilized attitude when it came to his interactions, and thanks to his success in recent days, the boy had only grown more and more emboldened. It had started as small-time pocketing and has now evolved into full-on shakedowns, such as the one he was in the midst of.

"Please...just take what you want and leave." A woman cried softly from behind the robber, sat on the floor, and tended to an unconscious man who had been struck in the face by Saito, knocking him out cleanly. A young boy sat behind the woman, the both of them watching as Saito dug through the shelves and grabbed a couple of items.

Turning, Saito would stride over to the woman and stand over her for a moment, looking at the unconscious man, and back to her. "One peep, and I'll be back to burn this place to the ground. Got it?!" He'd shout. Cowed into silence, the woman would nod her head as she gathered chakra to her hand, attempting a simple mending technique as Saito jammed the stolen goods into the pockets of his robe and pushed his way through the backroom door that he had corraled the keepers into in order to perform the robbery. A few curious patrons watched the man storm from the building, murmuring to themselves until one of them got forcefully pushed aside by the grumbling Goka. "Out of my way, moron!"

Out on the street, everything would appear to be business as usual as Saito exited the shop and turned to head down the road to the north. Saito would fiddle with his newly acquired ill-gotten gain, feeling free as a bird until he heard the voice of a boy behind him. The same boy that had been in the back of the shop. "Stop! Thief! Someone stop him!" Shooting a glare over his shoulder, Saito would break into a run up the road.

"Damn annoying little brat. I'll come back and singe that stupid little tongue out of his mouth for that!" Saito cursed, taking off into a run down the middle of the road. Being one of the busiest thoroughfares in Kirigarkure during the day, this particular road spanned nearly the entire village from north to south and had a healthy gap of forty meters from east to west. During the daytime, the road was set with stands, tents, and carts, but was currently mostly empty. When the kid would shout for help, Saito would be approximately thirty meters south, twenty meters east, and ten meters below Dracoso's current position, and was quickly headed north in the middle of the street.

Dracoso kept a careful eye out on the relatively peaceful street. Sutsui sent continuous waves of calm focus back to Dracoso as she waited for his signal. While many of the stalls nearby were already closed up, few stores were still open at this hour. A touch of anxiety from the thought of this being his first hunt sat in Dracoso's stomach as he kept his eyes focused. Each dot of motion caught his eye for a couple of moments before jumping to the next until a voice rang out down the street, shouting out the mention of a thief. 

Dracoso's eyes jumped to a young figure charging down the road and his mind instantly overlapped the features described in the file with the figure. We begin was his only thought as he sent the image of open eyes to Sutsui. His hands were already moving as her scales began to pick up speed along with them as he released two streams of water which rapidly formed into reflections of himself. The three moved in unison to slip out the balcony door facing south onto the rooftops as Sutsui's awareness spanned out into the surrounding area, picking up on the moving target. 

As they stepped out, one clone adjusted their wireless radio to make sure it was connected back to the original as the second transformed into a perfect reflection of the passed-on Kolen (Mission Link). As Sutsui would link up to Dracoso and begin to feed ongoing pinpoints of the target, Dracoso climbed carefully onto the rooftop, out of sight from the main road, and closed his eyes to listen in through the radios and follow Sutsui's senses.

At the same time Dracoso turned towards the rooftop, the two clones would carefully drop down into the street below and step out into the pathway of the running thief. The Dracoso clone would step a bit further out into the street while Kolen would stop and raise a hand at the young individual before calling out, "Hold it for a moment! You look like you are in a bit of trouble with people chasing you. Any way we can help you figure this out peacefully?" The clone would look the boy over as he spoke and saw that he was rather worn down, as if he had been living a tough life. "Or any way we can just help you in general? You look like life hasn't really been on your side." Each clone would mentally prepare for hostile action with a separate jutsu, Kolen ready to use a Minus Field while the Dracoso clone would prepare a Butterfly Effect.

As Dracoso laid down on the rooftop, he would depend on Sutsui and the clones' wireless radios to communicate any information from the encounter. He would prepare his contingent plans for if anything fell out of place. Summons, clones, or defensive measures were some of his main options, but it all came down to what the opponent chose to do.

When the Kolen clone would call out, the two clones would be ten meters apart in the street with each being roughly 20 meters north of Saito, hands behind their backs to rapidly form handseals at any sign of hostile movement. Dracoso would be roughly 13 meters up (on the roof now), 25 meters east, and roughly 20 meters north.

Combat Information:

Saito was accustomed to having at least someone react to the calls of his actions- a guard, a concerned citizen, or some other such person who either had nothing to do with their time or valued their safety so little as to step between him and his goals. So, when he spotted a pair of bodies making a direct line to cut off his escape, Saito would slow from a run to a walk as he observed the both of them. One of them had a headband with the symbol of Kirigakure etched onto the front, signaling him as a shinobi, while the second one had some sort of wild armor that definitely wasn't a standard issue affair. These two, whoever they were, were likely more serious than the measly resistance he had faced thus far. His brow furrowed as one called out to him, his eyes focusing on the clone of Kolen as he spoke, and his expression warped into anger as the man offered some good-natured platitude though all it seemed to do was rile the thief up that much more. "What? Life hasn't really-" he cut himself off, a seethe forming in his tone. "Who the hell are you?! Offering something like that out of nowhere. My life is fine because I've made it fine! I don't need some stupid ninja's help; the lot of you are just a bunch of prissy jerks anyway! What do I look like, some sort of common dog for you to rescue, brush down, and turn into the perfect model of society? That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard!"

Despite the rather loud bluster, Saito would observe the both of them stash their hands behind their back. If these were ninjas, they were likely told to stop him from stealing anymore, and those hands were likely forming some kind of seals. Saito was not so enraged as to not recognize this, but his steps did not falter as he continued to move down the middle of the road and in the direction of both of them. "Now you two dumbasses get the hell out of my way, or I'll pound your face into mince and deliver you back to that stupid academy!" He shouted, raising a fist before him as though showing off some manner of lethal weapon, though no chakra gathered and nothing seemed to happen. Saito continued to advance, and by the time he was done talking, he would have closed the distance to 15 meters south of the clones and seemed intent on continuing towards them at a walking pace.

As the boy would approach the two aggressively, the Dracoso clone silently reacted by forming the handseals for the Butterfly Effect Jutsu, Ram → Bird → Tiger, with one hand behind his back while whispering into the headset move to plan D. The clone scratched his head with his free hand as if awkward about dealing with a child. While this was occurring, Kolen would speak up with one hand raised to Saito while walking forward and say, "We do not see you as a dog." The Kolen clone would keep a close eye on Saito for any reaction to the genjutsu from his fellow clone. As the result of the genjutsu would be signaled by the real Dracoso, the Dracoso clone would make the distance between Saito and Kolen slowly extend in Saito's mind and feel like ten meters was only five without being aware. Kolen would watch the approaching child and use his free hand to form the handseals for the Minus Field jutsu, Boar > Tiger > Snake, behind his back. He would clap his hands behind his back to finish it. An aura would erupt outwards from him. Upon reaching the child, it would slow his step and weaken his muscles.

If the Butterfly Effect genjutsu did not take, the Kolen clone would instead seallessly form the water release: mizu senbon jutsu. Five water senbon would form and slam into the ground in front of the child, making a clear line of dots. 

In either situation, the Kolen clone would then immediately jump back, monitoring any reaction and moving to his next step of preparation, hands ready to seal. The Dracoso clone would make a short amount of distance from Saito, moving out five meters upon the result of the Genjutsu and going further upon a failed application.

On the rooftops, the original Dracoso would think to himself physical threat, protective maneuvers as he quickly bit his thumb and formed the five necessary seals for the summoning technique, Boar → Dog → Bird → Monkey → Ram. Placing a palm to the roofing beside him, a wolf with light and dark grey patterns along her body would form, crouched beside him. A moment after the wolf formed, Sutsui would send a signal to Dracoso on the result of the genjutsu and Dracoso would quickly whisper either the word "Taken" or "Failed" into the wireless radio. The eyes of the wolf would meet with Dracoso's as he would whisper swiftly, "young boy, thief with physically aggressive tendencies. Keep him busy and wear him down." Sakai would nod before silently melding with the shadows along the rooftops. 

Soft barks and a rapidly positioning tail were the only tell-tale signs of her presence as she flanked the boy on the street from the rooftop. Her body, the only needed means to form her chakra for her next steps.

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The frustration in the youth continued to swell as he marched forward, his brow furrowing and his gaze narrowing on the Kolen clone as the boy advanced only for a flutter of wings to enter his view. "What the hell is this now?" The boy raged, reaching out to snatch one of the butterflies only to find it just beyond his reach, and yet his mind had perceived it in a different location altogether, signaling that his sense of space had been warped by them. "You...cheap mind tricks huh!" He said, surging chakra through his body and revealing to the mind's eye that he had released himself from the genjutsu. "That's it, now you've really pissed me off. I'm going to break your fingers for that!" He roared, the pace of his steps increasing as his feet dug into the ground. Suddenly, the youth was moving at a much faster pace than what he previously had been, yet no chakra flared from him to indicate he had used a method by which to do so. Feet would pound into the ground as the Kolen clone materialized a set of senbon from its body and shot them towards Saito, triggering a recollection. "What? But that's...you're made of water! Which means..." His sights turned, now facing the Dracoso clone and altering his course. "You are the real one, huh! I'm tired of these stupid games."

The alteration of both speed and course would set the youth well away from the senbon strike, the five needles punching into the ground of her previous course as Saito began a mad dash now for the other clone, believing it to be the real one. With the senbon following their original trajectory, they would land along the previous path of travel and away from the current line of travel as Saito rushed down the Dracoso clone, unaware of it still being a fake. Upon diverting his path towards the Dracoso clone, a clenched fist would jut forward, expelling a tremendous just of pressurized wind centered on the mass of the Dracoso clone. Once more, there was no signal of chakra being gathered though there was visual evidence of the air being disrupted as the pressure rocketed towards the clone and beyond, vastly outpacing the speed of the water clone and threatening to dissipate the being if it couldn't manage to overcome the wind. Given that the pressurized wind was only slightly faster than Saito, both of them would be rushing at a devastating speed, and even if the clone somehow managed to avoid being dissipated, it would soon be in the clutches of the raging youth would then attempt to pummel his target directly in the face. Thanks to being able to adjust his course, Saito would meet any attempts to dodge the pressurized wind with an adjustment of his charge.

Given the difference in speed, the Dracoso clone would have moved only three meters by the time Saito and Evening Elephant traveled nine meters, meaning the trio would collide just before the clone hit the five-meter mark of its ten meters of intended distance.

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"Taken" the real Dracoso would relay through the wireless headset at first before giving his directions to Sakai. A split second after finishing, Sutsui would relay an image of cracked glass, letting Dracoso know that the genjutsu had broken. "Failed!" he would say firmly in a whisper as he realized how short-lived the genjutsu had been. He quietly would slide his hand over his sealing bands and use the Basic Sealing Technique to grab a few tools, including a water summoning paper, a flash paper, a smoke bomb, and a military ration pill. He would toss the scroll and flick his hand, making it silently release ten gallons of water which would gather quietly on the rooftop and be held out of sight. As he did so, he would hear the Kolen clone yell at him about the thief throwing shockwaves with his fists and realize he was either using wind ninjutsu or powerful taijutsu.  Either way, Dracoso whispered back firmly to them, "move to Plan I. We need to determine the extent of their abilities." As Sutsui tracked the child, he would grow closer, within thirty meters of where she and Dracoso would lay, and she would flutter her scales over in the handseals Dog-Rat-Ram for the Elemental Detection Jutsu and learn of Saito's basic elements.

The moment the genjutsu took hold, the Dracoso clone had planned to fall back, immediately moving away from the child. As the child swung in front of himself and broke through the jutsu's hold, the clone would recognize this and push off harder, retreating at full speed. He would notice Saito's sudden increase in speed as he called out to Kolen about just being a water clone and turned towards the other clone. The Dracoso clone would quickly form two jutsu behind his back, a Tiger in one hand for the Fear Pull genjutsu and a split second later he would hold his hand just short of the Ram for the body flicker technique to try to match the child's speed. As the child would turn and rapidly bridge the gap, he would yell, "You want real?!" Upon Saito hearing those words, the fear pull genjutsu would reach into the rage-filled mind of Saito and pull out his deepest fear for the clone to learn.

At the same time as the yell, Saito would strike out towards the clone. The slight shift in the air kicking up dust and sand along the ground signaled the clone to finish the Ram handseal for body flicker. He would aim to move 10 meters north at full speed (85). If Saito was still closing in, he would rapidly make the Dragon - Rat seals for the Demonic Illusion: Hell Viewing Technique right as he got within close range (2 meters). The clone would make him see the area around them mostly undisturbed but see Saito's greatest fear come to reality through natural means. whether through the clone drawing it from his clothing if small enough or, if larger, appearing from the sidestreets and approaching him in a rage. if successful, he would be locked in place with Saito.

The Kolen clone would throw his senbon and notice Saito ignoring him. The clone would drop the transformation jutsu and openly form the Dragon - Dog seals for Water Release:Mouth Shot, attempt to fire it towards the trajectory Saito had set towards the Dracoso clone and attempt to impact him. As the shot left his mouth and the sudden blast of wind flew towards where the first water clone had been, the second clone would radio back to Dracoso, "He has some kind of ability with his fists to throw shockwaves!" He would begin to chase after, at a rather slow pace comparatively, but realize the pathing of the other clone and attempt to meet part way. If at any time Saito came within ten meters of him, he would use the Boar - Rat seals to create the mist servant technique. The clones formed from this technique would come from the stands nearby and overlay with the Dracoso clone Saito would be charging at and attempt to interweave to mislead him.

Above the skirmish, Sakai would track the confrontation by moving along the rooftops and staying directly east of Saito. As she moved, she would form seals through the movements of her head and tail for Dog - Bird - Ram - Tiger - Monkey - Snake for Autosuggestion and peel down the side of the building. Her mind would suddenly become sharper and more focused as the hypnotic suggestion took hold. Her breathing would become shallow and silent, her footsteps mimicking those of Saito as she approached to mask their sound. Moving down the side of the building, she would rapidly form the handseals with her tail and head for the Transparent Escape Technique. As the jutsu would spread over her, effectively making her invisible to sight, her heightened state of mind would pick up subtle changes in the air around her and she would seallessly activate her wolves sense, noticing the scent rapidly shuffling ahead of her. She would quickly launch herself north and then turn back towards Saito to avoid the oncoming strike before attempting to leap from ten meters away, aiming for roughly five meters over his head. At the start of her jump, her head and tail would rapidly begin to form the seals for Hakudatsu, Bird - Hare - Horse - Monkey - Ox - Hare completing them just as she reached the point over him. The white mist would spread out over Saito from above rapidly as the two clones were responding to his actions. She would continue in the air over him and take off silently to gain a distance of roughly 20 meters.

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The situation unfolded rapidly as more pieces joined the field, and though Saito was unaware of exactly how much he was outnumbered or the true nature of his foe, the youth was undeterred by the opposition before him. Unbeknownst to the youth, a canine combatant had entered the fray, and though it likely wouldn't have changed his plan even if he did know, the true intentions of Saito would soon be revealed. Just as Sakai lept in order to clear over the head of the youth, Saito would recognize the change in the trajectory of the Kolen clone and offer a dish best served skalding. A simple flick of his finger would fire a two-foot fireball directly along the intercept path of the Kolen clone though instead of being aimed to collide directly, the fireball would instead be aimed at the ground six meters from Saito along the trajectory of the Kolen clone. Although the clone would be traveling at a speed that would nearly have it collide with the fireball anyway, the explosion of flame would burst forth and rapidly sweep out to a twenty-meter diameter centered on that point, swiftly engulfing the Kolen clone in a firestorm if he had no way to avoid the blast, and unfortunately for the canine, their leap would place them directly in the path of the consuming flame as their cleared Saito. Quick as Sakai was, without a means to change her trajectory mid-air, she too would be charred by fire that quickly swept across the ground, immolating small shrubbery and litter in its path as the flames licked across the ground and into the air.

Split seconds after the fireball was launched, the Dracoso clone and Saito would reach that ten-meter mark, and Fear Pull would reach into the mind of the firey youth, dragging forward a thought. A notion. A dread. Something that rests at the very core of the boy...

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The sensation passed in an instant, the clarity offered by the jutsu nestled in the mind of the clone as the clone made to vanish from the air in a blur. "Oh no you don't!" Shouted Saito, his hands coming together to form a single seal as he followed suit; the seal of the Ram. His muscles strained and his blood pumped, a rush of energy flooding through him as a gate was opened and the stores of energy the boy had stirred together into a potent mixture as Saito blazed alongside the clone, following a nearly identical path aimed for ten meters northward behind the clone as that was precisely the distance he had to travel in order to catch his fleeing pray. Choosing a trajectory that kept him clear of his own Evening Elephant, Saito would blaze forward in a shimmer of an image, meeting with the Dracoso clone perfectly in arm's reach by the time both of them exited their Body Flicker and leaving Saito just outside the range of the white mist that had been placed above his previous trajectory. With a clenched fist, the Clone would hardly have exited his Body Flicker when the strike would collide with the lower jaw of what Saito had believed to be the real deal. A bone-shattering strike that might have been utterly disabling if it had been against a real person though as the water of the Dracoso clone splashed against the walkway of the street, Saito would roar in unbridled rage.

"Damn you! Show your face, or I'll burn this whole block to the ground, you hear me?! You got five seconds!"


(Saito's elements of Fire and Wind would be accurately assessed by Sutsui.)

Combat Info:

The rapid actions in battle would lead to the Dracoso clone being slain, locked into his movements just as he ran into the hand of Saito. The Kolen clone would attempt to run, only to succumb to the firestorm that would whirl around him.

Sakai would have launched herself from near the Kolen clone, easily outpacing the flaming sphere as it passed under her and would reach the point over where Saito was just beginning to move. The fog would spread and then dissipate the moment Sakai would see that Saito had escaped its spread. She would land, still hidden from sight and moving naturally to mask her steps and her breaths. Moving rapidly, she formed the seals Dog - Tiger - Dragon - Horse - Hare - Ox with head and tail. She would form the final seal upon reaching 9 meters from Saito and plant her feet firmly just as the child would finish shouting, she would become stationary as she formed Bird - Dog - Tiger - Bird and pointed at Saito, the invisibility around her vanishing as she raised a paw towards him and shouted loudly in the otherwise silent street, "Earn what you demand!" The moment Saito would look, the pair of jutsu would take hold. the first would distort Saito's vision steadily, shortening sight beyond a 5-meter range to seem as if all other points beyond that were equidistant. This would not become obvious until something traveled towards or from Saito that was more than five meters out. The second jutsu allowed Sakai to control the individual's sense of pain, their awareness of what was occurring, yet Sakai suppressed this down to cause no alterations to Saito's senses. The moment she finished speaking, Sakai would rapidly form the Dog - Bird - Hare - Monkey - Horse handseals and once more fade from sight while rapidly moving to circle Saito. Sakai would then follow Saito's movements, keeping 11 meters from him at all times while acting defensively to evade and remain within 15 at the moment. She would use her sense of smell and enhanced mentality to pay attention to any other activities and combatants on the battlefield.

As Sutsui would supply Dracoso with the knowledge of the individual having an affinity for wind and fire, the connection to his clones would be severed. Dracoso would sigh as he thought to himself I want to do this peacefully, but we need to get things back in hand first. 

Dracoso would throw up the same set of seals as earlier, Boar - Dog - Bird - Monkey - Ram. A small cloud of smoke would appear as a large wolf with slowly flowing fur of black fading out to tan would step forward. Dracoso would point out towards the lip of the rooftop and whisper quickly, "the boy down there. Wind and fire base, physical attack pattern.... take him alive if you can." While speaking, Dracoso would rapidly form Tiger - Horse - Ram - Clone seal as a new pair of clones would appear on either side of him. The boy would just be finishing his shouting out his intentions to create indiscriminate damage. He would notice Katok finishing his seals and Dracoso would make a quick click and he would toss a pill to Katok. One clone (S1) would follow Katok towards the front lip of the building while the second (S2) would rapidly form a set of seals, Snake - Rat - Ox, as a bow would form out of his hand. He would take up a position on the building beside that which Katok and S1 still remained. 

While this was all happening, Dracoso would slip away, without any noise to his steps, to the building to the south S2 and lay down on the far side of the rooftop. He would continue to share images and experiences with Sutsui as they monitored the battle.

Katok would listen to Dracoso and his fur would begin to glow orange as his head and tail would rapidly move to form the seals for Rat - Dragon - Ox - Ram - Tiger - Boar as he placed a seal on one shoulder. He would nod to the last piece of the sentence as he would continue into a second set of seals Tiger - Dog - Ox - Dragon - Boar - Rat - Tiger, placing a second seal over the opposite shoulder. As he finished, he would quickly catch the pill out of the air, swallowing it as three identical, orange-tinged copies of Katok would form. One copy (W1) would hang back on the same rooftop with Katok, a few meters behind him, while the other two clones (W2 & W3) would split off to either side. Katok and S1 would peer over the side of the building as Sakai shouted. Katok would remember Sakai's measures to disorient opponents and decide to monopolize on this. He would throw up the seals Tiger - Bird - Ox - Monkey - Rat - Bird - Dog - Tiger - Dragon - Dog and release a spout of fire to both sides of his mouth. He would identify the stalls, Sakai, the wolf and Dracoso clones, the buildings and any other currently existing objects on the street as obstacles as he would loose the two flaming birds towards the child. S1 would put one fist into the other hand as it was flat and open. He would begin to glow a deep blue along his body as he yelled down, "Now we will see what you are made of!"

W2 would drop down 15 meters south of Kaito and W3 would drop down 15 meters north of Saito. Each would aim to keep a 15-meter distance from Saito and evade attacks as they came. If threatened, W2 would be preparing with hairs standing on end while W3 would prepare to throw fire of his own. As their noses picked up on Sakai's familiar scent along the battlefield, they would avoid catching her in their attacks.

S2 on the roof 10 meters to the north would draw back his bow, an arrow of cool water forming as he would take aim on the child, tracking his movements, and loose the arrow. He would make sure to keep an eye on the combatants and the firebirds as they each engaged with the child and avoid aiming when they were too close. He would use the arrows to try to counter any casting his arrows could keep up with. 

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With his opposition defeated, Saito didn't feel at all sated by the dismissal of the clones. Someone around here was fucking with him, and his hands dug into his pockets in order to retrieve a set of items as he heard the issuing of a challenge from behind him. Turning to see the wolf, Saito would slip a pill into his mouth and crunch down on it, absorbing a sudden burst of energy. His brow furrowed, unconvinced that this dog was the culprit behind all of this- he had never heard of a wolf-dog as a Kiri ninja. Not that it wasn't possible, but given the form of the clones he had just dismissed, the chances were slim. Cold eyes bore into the wolf as it vanished, the genjutsu layering over Saito's chakra. It wasn't until he heard the sound of a being yelled down from the roof behind him that he would witness the fire-breathing wolf appear and launch a projectile toward the youth.

The fire within Saito was far from quelled, and the appearance of more bodies on the field only seemed to stir him further. With the appearance of the second wolf- and failing to recognize the flank of the clones- Saito would dash towards the building that was nearest to him to the east, only five meters away. An arm was raised as he neared and Saito would collide with the front door of a clothing shop, smashing it open and vanishing inside the darkened store. The second item he had taken would be crushed within his grip as he crossed the threshold of the door, a smoke bomb billowing out instantly and blocking the line of sight in or out of the front of the show. From within, Saito would mask himself behind a curtain of clothing and took a moment to hide from sight. "Fine. If you don't want to show yourself, I'll just smash everything in sight!" He thought to himself, peering from the vantage point within the apparel shop and watching towards the door for that wolf to appear once more.

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