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Bau calmly finished walking along to road to the outpost along the border the mission called for him to be at. He yawned with a big open mouth not bothering to cover it as he hunched his shoulders to look smaller and looked at the place ahead while leaning on his walking stick. Certainly more lively than he had expected. Perhaps the circus had already started? People were filing into the main tent he could see from the road at least so maybe. Either way he doubted he was running late. The client had asked pointedly for at least two mercenaries to watch over them. Mostly out of paranoia but hey he was getting paid a hefty chunk of 'pocket change' as the man had called it. After all as head of the Konoha chapter house he had been forced into that meeting. The man was insuferable but Bau had learned some patience in his time. He wasn't so young a man anymore to try and intimidate someone offering him money for what he was skilled at doing. Still he did wish the man hadn't taken a tone like he had about it. Still Bau didn't assign people to missions so he would meet his would be partner when she arrived for the first time. For now he shifted his coat back onto his shoulders. He was wearing baggy green pants with sandals and socks on underneath. For a top he was wearing an open wrap shirt grey in color and bandages under it. Always with the bandages. Over that was a green cloak that hung to his ankles open with no hood and a white and green striped hat on his head. The coat simply hung on his shoulders as his mercenary symbol. The pattern showing on the back.

His hand reached down to touch the big sword welded shut to its scabbard on his hip. A reminder not to take a life. He would not draw that blade unless it was the only way. As far as he was concerned though it was always possible to find another way. Still he sighed and hoped the chapter house had informed his would be partner of his no kill rule on missions with him. He had made it clear she needed to know of it but he doubted them still. He had just joined after all. Still his green eyes scanned the crowd until he saw the client with his family. He smiled as the man made eye contact with him only to be met with a frown and to be ignored once more. Well at least the client knew Bau was there. Still Bau would simply move just inside the walls while the people finished filtering into the big tent. Avoiding the big crowds but keeping an eye out as he reached into his inner cloak pocket. Quietly he pulled out a wooden pipe and packed it with a green herb. Lighting it with a match he would inhale the sweet smelling herb and blow out a cloud of smoke. He couldn't feel most medicines working on his old spinal injury but this herb he grew personally was a great pain numbing agent. What little he did feel still just faded away when he smoked and that was enjoyable. Still he would lean on his staff lazily and smoke a couple more times until the bowl was empty. He hated having to work but if he was going to claim he was part of the Iron falls he was going to have to work occassionally when they demanded it. Even if he had to work with others.

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Kazui walked along a winding road, through the road had met it's end as she approached an outpost. Tents had been out up, and there was a feeling of excitement and mystery in the air that sent a shudder through her body. As she neared the excitement she felt it again. A troup had come to the outpost. Now doubt there would be all manner of excitement. Likely juggling and plays, everything you expected when a group of traveling performers arrived. The air of excitement caused her head to droop slightly. It made her homesick, and badly. Kazui looked at the tents and excitement as if hardly seeing it, her eyes far away. She has been raised by traveling performers, a large group whose arrival was more exciting to a small town than any two holidays mixed together. She had learned acting and juggling, had learned to read and right, and all while riding in a wagon as it was pulled down the road. When they pulled into a town and began set to up for a show, everything came alive. Kids began singing or trying to watch them setup, eager eyes that soul soon be demanding their parents take them to the show. At the scene before them, the homesickness was hard to bear. She had been separated from her family, and still had no clue where they were. That said her family didn't just mean parents or siblings, but rather the whole group.

But… this was a mission, and this waning just any group of traveling performers. This group was rumored to be criminals. Kidnappers and assassins, traveling under the guise of being traveling performers. Her employer had heard these rumors, and paid her group for protection as they attended the show. Kazui’s share of the pay would likely be little more than pocket change to the man who she was to ensure safety. And yet… to these criminals, he was likely a piggy bank waiting to be smashed. If they were the group rumor claimed they were, they would likely steal everything they could. Perhaps even attempt to kidnap one of the employees family members for ransom. There was any number of ways for greedy hands to take what they wanted. Perhaps the ticket seller would be picking pockets of those he sold tickets too. The excitement of these events meant few had their mind on guarding their money.

Kazui shook her head and approached, before settling near who she assumed would be Her partner on this mission. She made the assumption mostly due to the jacket he wore, which bore the symbol of Iron Falls. Would you happen to be my partner on this mission? Sorry if you didn't recognize me, I had just barely joined when I was given the mission, so I don't have my jacket yet.” Most Iron Falls members wore a black jacket, like he wore, with the symbol on it. While it was given to members, she had joined only a very short while ago, and was sent here just after doing do. She hadn't taken her time to look around the place or pick up the jacket, as she wanted to err on the side of caution as she wasn't sure exactly where the outpost was or how long it would take her. ”My name is Kessho, Kazui”

Kazui wore a white T shirt, and a black knee length skirt over some small shorts, she had already had an embarrassing encounter before involving a nude man, and had since been extra modest in her dressing, though she herself wasn't sure why. She wore black boots as well, and a black belt which contained pouches for lunar and shuriken. Over her outfit she wore a black cloak which went nearly to her ankle. This was more a precaution than anything else, as she didn't want to alarm people too much. You are, Kazui was an Aburame, and worst case, she would likely be doing some fighting. And her kikaichu could be startling indeed. Few people had seen tiny black beetles crawl out of an ordinary girl's skin before after all… so she wore a cloak, which could be shut it she felt the need. Over her cloak, she had a shield on her back, which was 3 feet by 2 and a half feet and had an inward semi-circle notch in one side. She wore a gladius on her hip, which would have been more concealed if her cloak had been closed. It was visibly clasped shut, and simply trying to pull it out would only drag the scabbard with it, ending in her waving a blade around while it was still sheathed. Before she had taken off, they had told her about her partner being adamant about no lethal force being used. Kazui wasn't a killer anyway, and even if she had used her blade, would not have had it in her to give a killing blow.

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Bau shifted uncomfortably as a couple people passed him and looked up at him. Even hunched over he was taller than a lot of them and his shoulders were considerably wider. His shaggy grey/blonde hair hung about his face as he continued to smoke his pipe. His hand enveloping it enough to hide the majority of it aside from the top and the ember there. He had managed to repack it in a couple of seconds with ease but mostly just to not liking large crowds. Luckily most of them had filtered into the tents by then so he wouldn't have to deal with it much longer. Still his green eyes scanned the area for anything out of place. He was from a war torn country and he could taste in the air someone out there had a blood lust for the night. He couldn't spot them yet but it had him on edge. His history saddened him but he had the combat experience to take on most soldiers from the field. These kids playing with jutsu hadn't seen war yet at least. Hadn't felt their heart race as people bled and died around them. Watched people they had shared drinks with hours before fall to the floor and felt that rage surf across their skin and he doubted many of them had charged enemy ranks with a battle cry to shake the heavens with sword drawn and passion rushing in and out of their lungs with each breath. He had been known as the rage blade in his home land for so long this new life seemed like a peace he shouldn't have.

Still, as the last of them filtered away into the tent foot steps could be heard on the gravel approaching from behind him. His head shifted to look over his shoulder at the sound finding it odd that someone might arrive so late to see the show about to start. Either way they would be too late to get in had they been an attendee because as she approached him the tent flaps closed. An old man and a younger woman were in charge of closing them which Bau took note of seeing only them outside the tent. Her eyes were drawn to his jacket and she also was wearing a couple of weapons. A shield and a sword. The lack of a jacket on her put him on edge as she could easily be the one he was here to stop but she spoke up and quickly cleared up that fear. Still she had just joined so he wondered how much she knew of the mission or about working with him. All he knew about her really was her clan and her weapon styles. Seeing the sword and shield which set her apart in this world could be enough to confirm her status for now. Bau let out a big smile as he turned his pipe and dumped the burnt contents before stepping on the embers of it with his sandal. Speaking up to her with a cheerful voice and a heavy accent as he removed his foot revealing a small black streak on the gravel.

"Aye lass. Me name be Bau.Eitilt and I be here ta assist ye at dis here job. The family havin already gone in and the tent closed doe....Perhaps wit you bein an Aburame or at least having similar abilities ye can send out a couple of bugs to watch around da tent yeah? Keep an eye on da comings and goins. Oh and I hope dey dun told ye...I dun like killin no mores. If ye havin ta use that knife there den tryna ta kill anyone kay?"

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Up close he was bigger than he had looked from a distance. Truth be told, she hasn't noticed in till she spoke to him. He has to be over 6 feet tall, which would make him at least 7 inches taller than her, likely more. Kazui wondered for a split second how she had failed to notice it before, only to realize he had probably been hunched over a bit to avoid drawing so much attention. Beck just the breadth of him was rather imposing, but added to his height, he was quite an imposing figure. He towered over her in a way that made her feel distinctly smaller than she was, not that she was particularly tall or short. He has been smoking from a pipe, and as she had drew near, she saw him dump the contents out, and step on them. It was time to work, not smoke. Or at least she imaged his thoughts were probably going along those lines.

The tents had closed their flaps which no doubt meant the show would be beginning soon. She had indeed arrived later than she had intended. She had hoped to get here in time to check around the area. Still… She had been right to take the precaution of not sticking around once she had gotten the mission. Had she not expected some form of delay… she would have missed the entire thing. As it was, she made it on time, though just barely perhaps. She would need eyes in that tents and the others too, but most importantly the one the clients were in. She didn't want anyone to be harmed, but she was to be paid to guarding one specific family, they had to be her priority.

He spoke then, and confirmed who he was. Bau? That was a good name, she liked it. Perhaps it was because it was the first time she had ever heard it, but she almost felt like it suited him, or at least, what first impressions she had gleaned. Kazui wasn't even going to try and pronounce his last name, not imagine how it was spelled. He spoke with a thick accent she didn't recognize, but one that felt vaguely familiar. She likely had come across it as a child. Her troupe had traveled all over after all. Despite the accent she knew what he was saying, which is more than some accents could claim. What struck her surprising was that he already knew about her clan. She hadn't been expecting that. But… She supposed he could have heard about it from the guild. It’s not like Iron Falls hadn't asked such things as she was joining. Thinking thusly, she dismissed his knowledge of her clan as something she should have expected perhaps, if not, nothing truly surprising either after all.

He hadn't commented on her surname either which was nice. Sometimes people were confused by the fact that she was an Any game, but didn't use the clan name. The reason was quite simple. When she was born her father wanted to give her to the kikaichu, which happens to all babies in the Aburame clan. A deal was struck between her parents that she would be of her father's clan, but keep her mother's name. He also spoke of killing, and that she was not to kill. ”I was told that and… don’t worry… I am too merciful I guess to deliver a killing blow… the thought of taking a life disgusts me… Anyway, yes we need eyes in that tent. Can't stay out here and do our jobs unless we know what’s going on inside.”

Kazui stood still for a moment, watching the area to make sure she wasn't likely to scare the living daylights out of someone who might have come out of a tent to find a bathroom. Once she was ready, kikaichu began swarming out from her cloak, low the the ground coming out of the bottom of the cloak and her sleeves. They dispersed relatively quickly, and as subtler as she could muster. ”They will be patrolling in a roughly 20 meter area around me. I should know the locations of everyone in that area…. But just to be carefull I shall send a few bugs to go find our patron and hide in his clothing and his families to help keep tabs on them… I can't hold up that kind of sensory area for long yet sadly, so a backup plan is always helpfull.” Kazui one else down as she said this and sent some different bugs in to seek out her employer. The bugs weren't too visible anymore fortunately. The swarm might look imposing as they had emergencedn but now they were sitting on tree branches and leaves, keeping an eye out and keeping her informed. It wasn't like she had hundreds of bugs condensed around her. Spread out and dispersed, her bugs shouldn't be noticeable.

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Bau quietly listened as the girl explained how she hated killing and that it went so far as to disgust her. At this point Bau felt some discomfort as he stood there before her looking down. She appeared innocent enough still it seemed. It wasn't something he believed entirely though. She had joined up with some mercenaries after all so she wasn't all farting clouds and coughing rainbows. The way she carried herself with her sword and shield seemed to speak some of the practice with its weight since it seemed just like any other gear to her. If anything she was like these other warrior children these nations bred. Ready for battle but hoping to never experience war. It was naivity but a pleasant one. If one was prepared for defending others they would eventually have to make a tough choice on who gets to live. He hated that fact but he was aware of it. Still he leaned his weight on his walking stick as it dug into the dirt beneath their feet a little more under the weight. His green eyes studying her for a moment. He wondered if she would judge him for his history if she knew? He certainly would of at her age. Jeeze these kids sure were younger than him. More energetic too.

Still his gaze was drawn away from studying her face for a moment to her shift in stance. A quick glance around them showed him they were alone but still he wasn't so sure he was eager to witness what was about to happen. He had heard of the Aburame and their ability but never seen it in person. Rumors were a prominent one was in Suna and he terrified the willies of people who claimed they had seen him. Still that was some distance away. For now she would apparently keep to his request. Certainly useful to have someone with sensory grouped with him on a mission like this. He couldn't tell what was going on in the tent so he didn't really bother his head with it to much. Instead he watched as some sort of insect horde seemed to fly out of her cloak and along the ground before fading away. He could still detect a few but considering the countless amounts that had just appeared and their ability to consume chakra he doubted the few he detected would matter in the end in a fight. Still she spoke up and he listened before nodding and speaking in return.

"Aye we should stick around fer a wee bit close enough to act. Yer tent is a little wider than yer sensory range lass but if ye sit on the western side thats likely where our patron is with him family yeah? Stay close te him dat way."

Bau would nod before shifting to move to the western side with her. His stride was slow but long so he kept pace with ease to whatever steps she took. His eyes shifting about casually but with a trained gaze. He had seen war and it left him paranoid. Still they would arrive to the western side if she followed in time for her to locate the client right before a roar sounded and cheering erupted. Bau would stand there letting her observe until suddenly something odd happened within the tent. The sound began to die down rapidly until it was quiet within. Inside the people of both the entertainers and the crowds slumped over. Only things moving within were a couple of flies buzzing around. This drew Bau's attention to her for information for just a moment until he heard a noise up the road. Looking up he saw two hooded people approaching them quickly and likely on the attack. Alarmed likely that two people with weapons hadn't been caught in the trap.

"Ten and Two behind ye lass. Incoming hostiles is me bet. Dun look friendly."

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Kazui had to admit that sadly he was right.The tent was larger than her sensory range. And that would be a big problem. She couldn't have every covered, which meant he had a very good point. She would need to stay near where their employer would be. It was for this logical reason that she followed him to the west side of the tent. She had no qualms about it, but wished she could have put up a bigger sensory range. That said… She was a genin after all. But she should be stronger than this. She must grow stronger than this. And it was this self-disappoint that was frustrating her.  Kazui stopped when he did and took a deep breath, relaxing herself. This was neither the time nor the place for that sort of thought.

Another deep breath, and she took a step forward down a stair, imagining the concrete under her feet and the tunnel around her. Another breath and another step. While she walked down stairs into and through a tunnel, Bay would simply see her standing still. Though he might note her eyes were closed. She wasn't physically going anywhere or course. But this was one of the ways in which she meditated. She was fully aware of every sound, her senses were still active of course. Another step. The steps themselves growing a bit more moist. With each step the steps themselves became less uniform. Another step. Her sense of time warping slightly, slowing as she focused. Before long there were no stairs downward, and the concrete tunnel was gone, seemingly haven slowly transitioned into a cave. She heard a drop with each step practically. This cave was clearly no physical place, but a representation of her very mind. And as she swelled in the cave, Bau would have probably taken note of a change in the way she held herself, and her facial expression. A relaxed, detached calm. Kazui looked upward, toward the roof of the cave, and saw stalactites. Stalactites were formed not by water dropping, leaving minerals on the spot to slowly grow over millennia, but rather where Her thoughts repeated themselves, going down the same familiar path again and again. Why she could practically point out what each stalactite came from. The fastest growing stalactite was the one she was trying to escape from. Anxiety and self doubt, feeling weak and helpless. A feeling she had had since the incident with the bandits who had separated her from her family. And again from when she got separated from her teacher on the way to Kumogakure.

But, her vision of her cave began to fade, as something else drew her out. A growing silence near her. The loud yells of joy and applause at the performance were growing weaker and weaker. And as they did so, Kazui came mentally back to earth. The cheers and clapping were lazy and slow, as if everyone was drifting slowly off into a deep sleep, drowsiness overtaking them. And that wasn't all. She could see the performers. They had been doing some odd dance it took her a moment to recognize. As she recognized it, people began to slump over. A kabuki dance? Even the performers grew drowsy. Kazui opened her eyes. ”A kabuki dance of sorts… everyone fell asleep, eventually the performers themselves, though I suppose they could be faking it.” Kazui didn't dwell on it. Her mind was still oddly detached and calm. A detachment as if she had moved past her emotions, and was oddly separated from them now.  Kazui turned towards where Bay was looking. She sensed a change. People were coming. 2 people. People with weapons. ”ahh..the performers put everyone to sleep, which cues these people into action. And I bet they aren’t thrilled to see us standing outside, armed and awake.” Kazui had expected something to happen. Hostile indeed. They were moving with a purpose too, quickly, and as at drew nearer, she felt them coming through her kikaichu as well. ”Weapons at the ready so you suppose? Or do you hope do reason with them. Like you, I'd rather not have to deal with a fight… but my gut says it can't be easily avoided this time.” Though her words would come across perhaps as anxious, Kazui was still rather calm. Only a shadow of her former anxiety returned to her voice. There wasn't anger or fear, hatred or joy in her voice. Merely a detached calm, and a certain weariness as if she were preparing herself to do something she'd rather not do. Kazui pulled back her cloak for a second, Her sword still clasped into it's home. Hopefully this small gesture would but Bau at ease of he worried that in her current detachment, she was likely to be far less worried about having to take a life. She may be detached at the moment, but not so detached as to do something like that.

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”A kabuki dance of sorts… everyone fell asleep, eventually the performers themselves, though I suppose they could be faking it. ahh..the performers put everyone to sleep, which cues these people into action. And I bet they aren’t thrilled to see us standing outside, armed and awake."

Bau tilted his head as she described what was happening in the tent. A dance that put people to sleep eh? Well that was simply charming. He once again was reminded just how dangerous this part of the world was. After all where he came from people slew each other with weapons and rarely did any abilities manifest themselves. This world was far different for him. Here children tossed fireballs at each other for practice and one could easily fall prey to abilities that put one to sleep or held one down at anothers mercy. In this world his raw strength was hardly enough to get by and yet he managed. His green eyes studied his partner for a moment as she continued to describe it. At least someone around here was knowledgable where he was not. If nothing else he was just brawn and experience where she was intelligence and technique. A good team up he had to admit. She reminded him of the shield maidens back home. Not as physically strong as most men but they made up for it in strategy and quick thinking. Often the shield maidens were respected more simply because they were far smarter than any man that wanted to charge an enemy shield line with a hammer.

Still his attention was more on the approaching couple. She had heeded his warning and spoke up to him now. ”Weapons at the ready so you suppose? Or do you hope do reason with them. Like you, I'd rather not have to deal with a fight… but my gut says it can't be easily avoided this time.” He considered her words before nodding and gripping his own staff stepping forward. His grip tightening on the wood audibly as he took a slow breath and steadied himself. When he spoke his voice was calm but focused. Something about him had shifted but not into a sense that was deadly....simply powerful. "Aye they are movin too fast ta be here ta negotiate. They couldn't be more hostile iffin dey were playin war drums. Conceal yerself behind me and when I create ye an opening in the initial confrontation ye slip by me and take action. Ye need ta take at least one of em down hard ye understand?"

The question of if she understood wasn't really monitored for an answer. Instead he stopped hunching over and rose to his full intimidating height. His shoulders seemed wider than before and in truth he was massive. His power shown now as he encompassed her behind him. The two charging them seemed so miniscule now. Still Bau prepared himself for the impact that was coming. He braced himself and waited. When they finally got closer they suddenly drew weapons and launched in the air looking to do a joint attack from the front. Their speed and precision was impressive and it was clear how they had gotten this far but Bau didn't flinch. Instead the wind seemed to pick up around him and rush into his staff as he spun it suddenly in his hands. Wind surged on either side of him before focusing on the spin. When the joint attack came in contact against the spinning stick the wind burst out of the impact and launched both opponents slightly up in the air with enough force to cancel out their rush. It was up to her now to take the oppertunity to land something vital to victory.

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Kazui took another long breath as he thought it over. She really didn't want a fight, but had known it was inevitable since she got mission. These kinds of people tended to be overconfident and foolhardy. Hopefully it would be over quickly, and in her favor. Kazui don't feel like dying today, or being maimed. But… a fight was unavoidable, and hopefully She’d be intact and on the winning side. That said, she found herself not too worried. It was hard to feel too anxious when just out of meditation. She was still mostly calm. And she would need to be for this. Kazui exhaled, and breathed in again, getting as much oxygen into her as she could for the upcoming flurry of activity.

Bau spoke then as he pulled out his staff. He had a point too… there was a purposeful feeling to the way they came at them. They didn't walk as though they had hoped for peace. They walked as if they were intending to fight and win. They walked as though they wouldn't be concerned if she or Bau happened to end up dead. Which was ironic because neither she nor Bau wanted them dead. Still… A fight was unavoidable. Kazui grabbed her shield and out a hand on her sword. Yet her hand did not move to unclasp it. She might not aim to kill, but they didn't know she wouldn't take that opportunity. It was best they didn't know she wasn't prepared to kill them, or they would press that advantage, knowing they were sure to survive even if they lost. That would but her and Bau at a noticeable disadvantage. Best not to show their “weakness” before the fight even began. Kazui his himself behind Bau as he had instructed as they came. Bay seemed to almost grow as he stood into his full and imposing hight. Had it just been height it wouldn't have been as imposing as it was, but his broad shoulders and frame made him feel that much bigger.

They came, fast and precise, they wasted in time with tactics like approaching from different angles to dissorient or any such thing. They kept at Bau, a swift and precise strike meant to take him down fast and hard, before inevitably moving on to Kazui, who they knew was waiting behind him. But it didn't seem to go as planned. The wind surged, and as Bau soun his staff, the wind seemed to overpower the speed and momentum of their attacks and send them flying back, however briefly.

This was her chance! Kazui launched herself from behind Bau, pulling her sword, and it's sheathe with it, and swinging it with at the side of the Mr-steel-war-fan’s face with all the force she could muster in that one arm. But the shield arm wasn't exactly sitting idle. She was thrusting her shield forward, edge first, towards the man’s groin. If at all possible, she was aiming to break the cartilage in his penis. After all cartilage was much easier to break than bone, and men had been known to break their own sucks during extra vigorous masturbation, or over-vigorous sex… So clearly It didn't take too much force. It wouldn't maim him, or kill him, but should he not protect his groin… it may be a bit crooked from them on. While that may strike someone as the primary attack, and the sword strike a diversion, after all, it was still sheathed, it was not so. Her sword was still a weapon. Having the edge covered didn't change that. It just went from a sharp weapon to a blunt weapon.

That said she would never have attempted an attack like this by herself. Why? Her target had a partner. Of she recovered in time to launch an attack on Kazui, Kazui was going to be hurt. This was because Saudi’s entire weight and momentum was blunted into her arms. She had no way to protect herself. After all, Her blade was too busy to intercept an attack, Her shield was likewise preoccupied and her momentum and weight was carrying her into the attack, so she couldn't dodge. This was a risky attack that left her. Totally exposed to the man's partner. But… Bau was there… and he had impressed ink on her how important taking one down in a single attack was. Kazui had to trust that Bau could keep the second attacker likewise occupied.

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Bau watched calmly as both people attacked and with a swift and experienced movement. As their power connected with his he was driven into a breif flashback of a memory in that moment. A second in a land far away as rose petals fell from the sky in a swirl around him and another man. The petals cutting Bau off from reinforcements. It had been his first introduction to jutsu and the power it held and he couldn't get beyond the wall of petals. He had to face the man alone and just as it had been for these two he had rushed him. He had challenged that power with raw brawn only to be knocked back and attacked mercilessly. It was how his spinal injury had happened and why he no longer felt anything. He missed the feel of the breeze on his skin and to some extents even missed feeling pain. His spine had healed well enough to train up to his earlier strength but now he understood something more. Now he had chakra control and was able to fuse his elements with wind. The boost in power was substantial and one day he would be capable of defending what he needed to. Some day he might have to draw his blade again but for now he could use this power to avoid killing blows.

Still she had executed her counter attack flawlessly and seemed to attack the man with the war fans. Probably a good call since such an exotic weapon may be hard to predict how the attacks were coming. The other was using blunt weapons which seemed like shorter versions of his own stick. He knew how those functioned and could counter accordingly. Still he had to move as soon as his jutsu ended to keep up with his ally. Even as her heavy blows landed and knocked the man out the woman was rapidly recovering to bring her twin sticks up to attack. She was going for an opening on the Aburame girl. However her eyes snapped to Bau just in time for her to switch to a defensive stance with both Rattan sticks to block him. However as the wood clacked with a resounding noise something odd happened. A green wind surged from Bau's staff and slammed up both the girls arms that had blocked him tearing away her sleeves and revealing sudden bruising. In shock she dropped her weapons and prepared an escape jutsu but it was too late. Bau had already Switched his grip to the base of his staff with one hand firmly and slid it over his shoulder to hold it with his other hand almost bending the walking stick. As she put up a hand seal he snapped his stick forward at an alarming fifteen meters per second as it clocked her on the head with a crack. Her eyes rolling back as she lost consiousness. Bau would sigh as he picked up his coat with his staff and slid it back on before turning to walk away. Calling over his shoulder.

"Ye did good work Lass. Take away dere weapons and bind em aye? Imma gonna stop at the outpost at the edge of this place and report da capture of this lot. They will collect em momentarily and when deys do ye can go about yer day." With that he was gone at a visible pace but a considerable one given his size to do as he had said he would. Soon after he left one of the shinobi would come by with a prison wagon for the two and other shinobi would help wake up the audience.

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Her target had, most unfortunately, failed to protect himself in time. Perhaps he had been stunned by Bay’s defensive Jutsu. Perhaps he was stupid, or merely slow. Kazui belt the latter was unlikely, and thusly it was probably the former. Being tossed back into the air by a staff and a furious wind coming from it would likely stun in. And perhaps her attack as soon as Bau blocked it had simply caught him in that brief period of… Well… be I stunned. Regardless he hit the ground unconscious. Kazui almost regretted her twin attack. He was very likely concussed, and… Well… sadly his privates might never be the same. But if ever there was a punishment for such crimes… assuming he ever gets out of prison or the like, he won’t have much of a sex life. Very fortunate for everyone else. As soon as she could, she turned shield raised just in case Bau hadn’t already preoccupied the woman. Fortunately, he seemed to end the fight just after she turned. Kazui turned just in time to see him knock her out.

Kazui smiled as he turned and spoke. He didn't have much to say, but she was glad for his compliment. ”Great job yourself Bau! No problem. I’ll see to it.” Kazui smiled and quickly discarded their weapons, tossing them well out of the way. Unfortunately, she didn't happen to have any rope or bindings on her. Kazui sighed and looked around. It was but a moment before an idea struck her. She grabbed one of the war fans and went to work slicing apart a rope that helped hold the great tent up. It took half a minute, and she had to cut apart a couple ropes. The tent was dropping noticeable because of this, but she had something to bind them up. Kazui sighed again and went to work, binding their legs, tying the knots in front of their legs, and bound their hands behind their back, with the knows poking directly into the back. While this would be very uncomfortable, it would make it far harder to untie themselves. Had she tied their hands in front of them, they could work at the knots Bindi their legs. Had she tied the knots on their legs on the back of their legs, they could reach them. But this way, it would be much harder. As a last ditch precaution, she bound their tied wrists to their knees, so they only had enough slack to avoid permanently damaging their wrists. After that, it was just a simple job of waiting for someone to pick them up.

[EXIT]

Word Count: 442
Total Word Count: 3,248+442=3,690

Mission: 1,000 words

Available Word Count: 3,690-1,000=2,690

D rank: 80 Ryo + 750 words
C rank: 150 Ryo + 1000 words

C Rank Jutsu: 1k words New WC: 1,690
D Rank Jutsu: 750 Words New WC: 1690−750
= 940

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Learning: Shield Wall and Earth Pillar Leap

Sorry, short post because you exited. Sorry for the delay, been buddy babysitting and whatnot. So... Because you exited and no doubt turned it in for yourself, I didn't treat it like it was high priority.