Yui had a lot on her mind as she slammed down another shot if her past really was coming back to haunt her she had to be worried. The country had just gained another Kage and if her past were to endanger the village she may be forced to leave the country, she would not blame the Kage for kicking her out of the country if her being around meant the possibility for bad things to happen. She had to think of what was best for the nation so even if it meant kicking out a beloved figure to the people of Suna like Yui was she could understand the reasoning.

She was not drunk yet but she had quite a few drinks already as Sekkiea looked up worried at her, a man would approach her and grab her shoulder not realizing who he had touched as she would smile.

"Miss you are in my seat, if you do not move I will beat you and your mut and that's the last thing you want isn't it."

Yui began to laugh as he would try to turn her with her body not budging an inch, he had made a bad choice as people looked up and saw who the man was picking a fight with quickly scattering out of the way. Yui would grip the man's hand tightly as she would stand, he tried to pull free but her grip was ridiculous as he realized what sort of mistake he likely just had made.

"Well... it isn't nice to try to hurt a lady and her companion so I am going to teach you a lesson do not worry I won't kill you but you better grit your teeth."

The man would do as she suggested as her fist would suddenly drive into her jaw and he would be sent flying through the wall and into the street by her blow. He would slowly stand up and begin to limp away as the shinobi in the bar would laugh, he was lucky Yui was not serious about hurting him. She would let out a sigh as she had broken the bar wall, she would pull her coin purse out and leave enough to cover the cost of repairs as she would smile and nod walking out the hole she had just created.

"Well, that ruined the mood what do you think we should do Sekkiea, is it time to head home or should be looking for some more information about that group. I am worried about this... I have a feeling this could become very dangerous sooner than later. "


WC:444
TWC:444

With a sigh, Sanosuke had allowed his body to collapse into the hotel room he was now residing at. He had arrived to the hotel as quickly we he could once the ferry had reached the shores of the sand village. It was already well into the evening when had arrived into town and found a hotel. The thing about ferries was he hated being on them for so long. It felt weird to be traveling where you could constantly feel the ground shifting alongside the flow of the ocean. Made him feel slightly disorientated. So after arriving to his bed he wanted to let his muscles relax and get accustomed to solid ground again. It felt good to be in the village despite the sandy being everywhere. 

He had arrived where the temperature dropped to a relatively pleasant temperature enough for the nightlife to be at all time high downtown of the village. If he was lucky, he  may even meet that woman again. Yui Inuzuka. Last time they had met, it was quite the experience if he could say the least. The woman was quite the beast, both as an intellectual and as a lover. He sly smirk appeared as he remembered the marks he left on him from the last time they were alone. If it wasn't for her medical abilities, Sanosuke would have scars to be shown. 

Getting up, Sanosuke went into the clsoet to find himself an attire he could wear that was appropriate to the weather. Wearing a navy blue rhomper that extended its sleeves to his mid forearm and the leggings going to his knee cap, Sanosuke adjusted it to fit comfortably with the white scarf around his neck. Attached to his arm would be his headband of the village hidden in the clouds. He smiled fondly at the chance to walk around with this, onlookers would know where he is from and exactly who he was. Sanosuke wanted a big splash in the world, his name to be declared that the man was ready to challenge the world to be the best. His blood boiled slightly at Ayakashi and his last exchange. She was the stronger of the two and she knew it. Sanosuke had to get stronger.

Shaking his head of these thoughts, Sanosuke let himself get ready to go out in public. Who knows, he may just bump into the Inuzuka woman upon reaching downtown in a pub. Slipping his footwear on, Sanosuke stepped out the window and leaped off the rooftops. Transforming into his black cat henge, Sanosuke would begin bounding off from rooftop to rooftop. Chakra glistened slightly off his fur as he focused upon training his chakra manipulation once more. He would begin training even in public. The shadow clone justu require precise chakra control, so training his chakra flow throughout his body would be a good preliminary warm up to performing the technique. On lookers would see a cat leaping through rooftops with its golden rings on its fury glowing brightly from time to time. From a far, Sanosuke's form would look like a traveling firefly bouncing on the rooftops in a golden light.

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529/2000 WC for Shadow Clone Jutsu Training

Yui began to move away from the bar as she would turn a corner and head down a nearby alley before three men would appear in front of her laughing. So it seemed they were making a move sooner than she expected as the men would pull out kunai and rush Yui before she would suddenly appear behind the three with all three suddenly falling to the ground. Yui would sigh if this was the best they could do she was not worried before suddenly she would see another man dashing at her with a sword. He was quite fast as she dashed up the wall with her flipping over him before planting her feet and dashing back away with his swings aiming at her body.

He would continue to chase her as she would continue to skip back before she would begin to cartwheel back pulling three kunai and throwing them where his feet would land stepping forward causing him to slow a couple of steps. His swings were crisp and sharp and she could smell something, as she looked closely at his body she realized what it was he was packed with gun powder and his attacks were simply meant to keep her close. Yui would quickly dash back before she would begin to twist her body toward the ground as she would begin to burrow into the ground before she hears a thunderous explosion as a massive shockwave would slam into the village.

She could hear the thunderous explosion as she had made it far enough into the ground before she would appear again, the man was dead and all buildings within a block had been leveled. This was not good, it seemed her being in this village could be a very large risk to the village, what would she do one thing was certain she had to tell the Kage. If she was being targetted for assassination it meant someone on the council was certainly pulling the strings, and doing a brazen attack in the village meant they did not care about collateral damage.

She would suddenly notice something out of the corner of her eye as she looked closely and sniffed the air it was exactly who she thought it was. Sanosuke was here in Suna, she was sure he was here to meet up with her and it could not be better timing. She would suddenly jump into the roof and run toward him as she could hear several footsteps below her, it appeared they were not done yet, she would land close to him and yell his name to get his attention if the massive explosion failed to do so.

"SANOSUKE"


WC:448
TWC:892

The sounds of an explosion caught the transformed man's attention as he could feel the vibrations emitting from the rooftop he was on shake the structure of the building rooftop Sanosuke was currently on. It caused the man to stop moving entirely and assess the situation. Looking back, the man's eyes shot open as he was trying to fathom what he was looking at. Earlier while he was focusing on his training, the streets were never in this state of disarray before. But now, the streets were coated with flames. The explosion that went off must have been pretty large in scale for it to cause this much collateral damage. Stopping his training to observe the destruction from his point of view, Sanosuke as still very much in awe.

His first concern was to ensure, despite Sanosuke not knowing what was directly responsible for the cause of the explosion, that the civilians were not harmed. Closing his eyes briefly, Sanosuke had let himself entire a semi form of sage mode where only the tint of his eyes changed colors to signify that his body had taken the first few steps of being one with the energy of nature itself. When he opened them, Sanosuke would inspect the area for survivors of the explosion. All noises surrounding him were drowned out as he focused entirely on searching for survivors. Fortunate for him, there were no causalities but a dozens of people were still stuck in burning buildings. He had to move.

Sanouske leaped down the building with one bound and went towards the debris. Before his feet touched the ground, Sanosuke allowed the chakra he was circulating around him to be released into physical form. A puff of smoke was let out from his form, and when it dispursed there were 5 copies of the kumo shinobi that were surrounding the cat. So this was the shadow clone technique. He had finally had progress with the technique, but he knew it was far from perfect. There was no telling when his clones would dismiss themselves. So they had to work quickly. "Get the civilians out of those buildings. Help out as much as you can before Suna shinobi come to back you up." Sanosuke would order his clones that were in human form unlike the original. With a nod, they all ran off to different buildings directly affected by the explosion.

In the meantime, Sanosuke would address what was currently coming in their direction. He had sensed a number of chakra signatures, and among them there was one he recognized. The woman whom Sanosuke was originally going to meet. Yui Inuzuka herself. She was coming towards his direction, and from what he was sensing she was being pursued. But by what Sanosuke didn't have a clear answer. Yui most likely did, and probably what caused the explosions. Currently there were no civilians in this alleyway that Sanosuke was waiting on them to approach. Currently, Sanosuke was blocking the path to where his clones were handling the situation to save as many civilians as they could. If the pursuers wanted to cause more harm to the innocents, they would have to go through Kumogakure no Sato's Hidden Claw first.