He stood at the fore front clad in a thick black leather coat with animal furs around the collar and the edges of the Hood. The boots on his feet appeared as if they could crush the earth's core with a single soft step. As if his looks were not terrifying enough, behind him stood a massive army of puppets.. about hundreds of them.. no thousands...
Syn wondered how many nations he would have conquered to have these many puppets because they all appeared to be human puppets made out of dead shinobis. The one who happened to be the puppet master raised his right foot and placed it atop a rock as he peered forward. Syn followed his gaze and noticed the large iron castle that stood firmly few meters away and straining his eyes, he saw that the castle was also ready to the war that was about to come. The soldiers began loading their canons and several archers had already taken positions with flaming arrows ready to soar into the air and turn the earth into a burning hell. The soldiers attacked first as they laughed sveral Canon balls towards the enemy but the hooded man did not move.... not just yet. Few seconds to impact, he slammed both of his palms on the ground as the earth rumbled and the thickest of woods rose from the earth and formed a dome, covering an unimaginable radius to protect he and all of his puppet army. It was intensely dark inside the dome and all that Sun could hear were the sounds of the Canon balls as they pelted against the outer part of the dome.

When it all seemed to have died down, the puppet master released the jutsu and the woods simply returned into the earth revealing the safety of the master and his marionettes. It was surprising to Syn.  A practioner of the Kagutsu art who was also well versed ninjutsu and could utilize the famed wood release if the senju clan.. it all sounded familiar.. Those of the iron castle had been given their one and only chance and what they did with it had doomed them forever because this fight had ended right before it had even started. The puppet master brought his hands to his chest level and weaved some seals. The effect of the jutsu seemed as if he was circulating chairs from his body to that of the puppet of better put he was linking all of their chairs with him thereby forming a perfect cycle. Once he was done, the puppet took to the air as he opened his mouth and countless chairs strings poured out of it and latched unto the puppets. So massive in their numbers, they covered the sky and the day turned all black. Swiftly, they all flung into action... raining on the iron castle in a strafing manner.

The next things that could be seen and heard were splashes of blood and cries of men each giving out horrific shrieks signifying their pain and terror. The fight was over in a matter of minutes and not a single soul was alive besides the puppet master. Syn found himself mouth opened  behind the puppet master for he himself had never seen such brutality, not even in the two lives he had lived. The hooded man as if already aware of Syn's presence turned to face him. He put his hand to the edge of the cloak allowing Syn's heart to skip a beat and with a swift motion, he pulled back the cloak only to reveal an exact replica of Syn.. "This is who you are.." the figure spoke.

The jounin awoke from his dream panting heavily..  he almost had an heart attack but when he realize that it was only a dream, he calmed down. The night had been a long one that had a great effect on him so if he could just get the day off without any missions of that troubles, he would really appreciate it. He got out of the bed and into the bath tub still thinking about the nightmare he just had. He sank to the bottom of the tub while holding his breath. Flashes of -previous experiences he saw as he immediately brought his head above the water, washed himself and walked out of the bathroom. He walked over to the wardrobe and picked out a kimono. He did not mind laying in bed all day but that did not sound too manly. Down the stairs he went to relax in the living room for he knew mind illnesses were often more dangerous than physical ones. Just then he heard a knock at his door. Opening it, a lesser shinobi stood at the door holding a bright green scroll with a worried expression on his face..

Syn knew that this was definitely not going to be good and under his breath he cursed what would ruin his day. Sure the nightmare had caused him a bit of instability but that seemed more natural unlike this mission that required his utmost attention. He received the stretched out scroll from the shinobi and opened it calmly. The scroll read that there had been reports of serious attacks in the rice paddies and the body count is growing. Syn was to investigate this and kill whatever is there if there is any. The writing on the scroll was fresh and the mission write up seemed to have been done in a hurry. Syn nodded at the shinobi signalling that he could take his leave which the shinobi did. Syn walked back in and headed up the stairs. He removed the kimono and switched into fitted long black trousers with a matching coat after which he put on his shoes. He strapped the pouch containing his ninja gear around his waist after buckling his hidden leaf head band belt. Just before he left home he picked up his iPod and put on his headphones, blasting loud music through them as he began sprinting towards the village gates, leaping from roof top to roof top at break neck speed.

He soon got to the village gates and exited swiftly after making eye contact with the guards on duty. Towards the rice paddies he headed and it didn't take him much time to get there. The area looked unusually quiet and something smelled totally fishy. Syn remained calm and explored the area. He stumbled upon a house where the strong smell of blood and rot was coming from. He pushed down the door with his right leg and walked in to see a body torn into shreds beyond recognition. The walls were full of claw marks that seemed very out of the ordinary. Estimating roughly, the claw marks On the walls would be about six to seven feet high and he could not imagine what animal could and would do that. He walked out of the house through the back door following the prints the beast had left behind. The tracks were very easy to follow so he had no trouble locating the end. He arrived at a den and his suspicions of a canine were almost confirmed. Syn walked into the den with caution and the inside seemed pretty dark.. Just then a low growl was heard signifying the awakening of the beast..

Beasts rather as Syn saw six eyes glowing in the darkness. He moved a step backward as the beasts came out of the darkness. The beasts appeared to be werewolf like creatures and they seemed pretty muscular but they weren't really much of what Syn could deal with. Reaching for his ninja pouch, he brought out five of his scrolls and made a single hand seal to unseal his puppets from the scroll.

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