C-rank Mission:

On a side of a hill filled with assorted greenery, lay but a single figure clad in a long sleeved coat, arms crossed over each other as his head gently nestled between them, on his back gazing at the nearly crystal blue sky above. There was a gentle breeze, the altocumulus clouds carried by the wind appeared as if they were a flock of birds dancing within the air, Mokuzai took a deep breath in while reveling in the peaceful solace this day provided.

However in this world of shinobi,thieves, and rogue's constantly raging battle against one another nothing peaceful ever lasted, time and time again the young Senju was either forced to kill or threaten in order to complete his missions, where did the madness end? How much blood would be spilled before it was all over? There was no real answer, perhaps there never was.

Just as he finished that thought he remembered, long ago there was a shinobi born of misfortune, hated and forsaken by his own village yet rose to power with sheer dedication and effort, and then issued a era of peace that lasted for awhile then came to a close upon his death. Was it possible to return to those days? Could one man be the sole reason for such peaceful time's? As he asked himself these questions, the answers seem to drift further away, but one thing was clear that nobody could change the world solely on their own and needed enough allies to make a difference.

The piercing sound of a hawk's cry would bring him back out of his reverie, the soaring bird flying above him would drop but a single scroll directly down upon him, he would swing up his left hand in response to catch it within his grasp. He now switched from his relaxed position to sit half way up, glancing at the seal placed on it's center he easily recognized it as a mission summon from the administration board given at time's of emergency.

He undid the tied not and unrolled the scroll so he could read it's contents, it was a Chunin ranked mission and one he had done before, he was to be sent to a smaller village within the borders of the land of water with a assigned gennin as his partner where they would subdue a group of bandits terrorizing a smaller village for fortune's and supplies. Simple enough, he simply re-rolled the scroll and placed it in his red pouch placed on his right leg as he proceeded to stand up, making sure to stretch to avoid muscle cramp up's while loosening his body for the mission he was now about to partake, hopefully the gennin was not to ill-mannered or this would be a long day.

Now that his body was more relaxed, Mokuzai crouched down before leaping high into the air, on his way back home to prepare for the mission and then onward to meet his partner for the task ahead of them.

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The land of waves seemed like a beautiful place to Kreiger even considering its dark past. The hilltop greenery reminder him of the same forests he trained in back at the leaf. He looked on at lush green grass, wondering how many blood stains have washed off its surface over the years. With a sigh he retrieved a scroll he had stashed away in his coat pocket. He unrolled it quickly revealing the details of his first assignment down here in the mist village. He hoped undertaking this mission and taking advantage of the ninja exchange would net him some valuable knowledge and experience.

The assignment set before him seemed simple enough, he was being sent to assist a small village to deal with a raider problem. The mission details didn't hold much more information than that other than the fact tha bandits were a low level threat and that he was to meet with a higher ranking konoha shinobi for assistance with the mission. Kreiger wasn't used to working with others, having almost no close relationships to speak of due to his forgotten past.

Rerolling the scroll and placing it back into his jacket pocket, Kreiger prepared to take off with haste towards the rendezvous point. His basic equipment already in his possession, he hoped his comrade would be set to go by the time of his arrival. The longer they took to get to the village the longer the bandits had to deal more damage after all. Before he could leave however a tug on edge of his coat jerked him out of focus. "M.. Mister, did you drop this?" The voice of a small child holding a kunai ringing thorugh his ears. Receiving the knife he supposedly dropped Kreiger at first wondered what a small child such as this one was doing out here before remembering that the village wasn't that far off anyways and many of the younger children likely enjoyed playing ninja out here just outside the gates.

Kreiger smiled ruffling the boys hair before taking off towards the meeting place for the mission. "Thanks kid, be careful out here, ya know?" Kreiger stated as he left the boy to his fun. During the time it would take him to reach his destination, Kreiger couldn't help but think about what kind of ninja his partner would be, perhaps it would be someone he could learn something from, someone strong. Although Kreiger quite often acted cocky in nature he was yet still willing to learn all he could from those more experienced than himself.

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Mokuzai leaped up and down as he made his way around the village of Kirigakure, his movements resembling that of a feather dancing within the wind, he knew not of what partner he was given beside's the fact that it was a lower ranked shinobi due to the incoming idea of war against the survivors of Sungakure's forces. He had never been to Sunagakure, but yet again nobody could now as it was destroyed by a group of supposedly rogue powerful ninja who left it in nothing but ruins of it's former glory, none of which mattered to him at the moment but the thought took presence in his mind as he would soon be involved even if he didn't want to be.

Landing gently on top of the roof where he  lived Mokuzai quickly jumped down right in front of his door and proceeded inside, it was rather empty again due to him believing he would leave Kirigakure only to have a change of heart and ended up staying behind, perhaps when he had no missions and this war business was at it's end he would redecorate. But right now the only thing he came back for was his leaf shinobi headband that he had refashioned into a belt buckle at the center of his waist, and placed his nodachi blade on the right side while tighting  the red pocket pouch with a kunai and six senbon inside, once more the feeling of emptiness reminded him that he needed to upgrade his weaponry list but for now he had a mission to attend.

Just as he was leaving his home he heard a light grumbling sound, at first he didn't know where it was coming from before it happened again revealing that it was actually his stomach grumbling from being hungry, Mokuzai couldn't actually remember if he had even eaten in the last day or two which would be a little bit of a problem. With less than eight minute's until he was suppose to meet his young genin partner it would be a tight fit to go to the store and get some goodies, but he was so hungry he hope his partner would see mercy as long as he got him something too.

Five minutes later the young Senju walked out of the store with three cans of cold and fresh peach tea's and ten onigiri rice balls seasoned to perfection in three different ways by four,three,three, he would have gotten one flavor but he didn't know who it was so he made sure to be careful in his selection. Rushing at full speed Mokuzai made his way to the rendezvous location and within two minutes and fifty-five seconds he had arrived with less than ten seconds to spare, rather or not his partner was there and what mood they were in because of him almost being late he would give them a smile while holding a separate bag with one of the peach teas and four of the onigiri rice balls with two being the same flavor but the other two being different one's while speaking, "Hey there, you must be my partner for the raider mission right? My name's Mokuzai Senju! Sorry for my rudeness but we should probably eat while we move, having a empty tank makes for horrible mission results you know?"

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Total WC:1,089

Making his way to the rendezvous point with a few minutes to spare, Kreiger decided to go through the ninja pouch strapped to his waist in case he had dropped anymore weapons. He really did need to be more careful, especially if he was dropping kunai knifes on the ground everywhere. He didn't use kunai or shuriken very often, preferring close combat with his trusty sword instead though ranged attacks werw useful in the right circumstances. Also fastened to his waist next to the pouch was his konoha shinobi headband which he quickly retrieved instead choosing to tie it to his forehead where it belonged.

As he continued to assess his inventory, a male voice broke through his ear drums. His partner for the mission ahead had arrived, nearly late but still on time nonetheless. His partner introduced himself as Mokuzai and apparared to be a senju with a slim build along with long dark brown hair. Kreiger had heared many rumors surrounding the senju clan of the forest, their history dating back to a time before the ninja villages existed as they do now, he wondered if his senju partner would live up to the rest of his clans legacy. As Mokuzai held out a bag containing something inside it meant for Kreiger, he grabbed it from the man with haste to see what was inside.

Inside the bag sat a bottle of tea and a few rice balls. Retrieving the tea from the bag Kreiger then tried handing the rice balls back to Mokuzai. "Good to meet ya Mokuzai, names Kreiger Fox and while I do appreciate the food offering I must turn it down. My body doesnt require food or liquids to sustain itself unlike most normal people, though Im not exactly sure myself as to why. Gotta love amnesia am I right?" Kreiger said in a jokingly sort of tone as he took a large gulp from the tea, which while unnecessary still tasted fantastic on Kreigers lips.

It might surprise Mokuzai how much different than most in this regard Kreiger really was, he had never required food, water, or even sleep for that matter though he was still prone to exhaustion should he overwork himself. This simple fact caused him to often wonder if he was even human at all. Every other person he had encountered required these three things and it often frustrated Kreiger to no end how different from everyone around him he seemed to be. Even so, he knew in his heart the only way to find out what he really was for sure would be to recover the long lost memories that had been stripped away from him. Perhaps overtime if he kept up with his missions and his training, his memories would return on their own.

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Mokuzai quickly stuffed one of his onigiri rice balls into his mouth and quickly washed it down with one of the can's of tea, as he beat on his chest he observed his partner in front of him, although he looked rather young he was fit and tall yet looked as if he was some resurrected creature back from the dead. He would snap back out of his observation's when the shinobi took the drink that was offered but gave back the rice balls as he spoke, "Good to meet ya Mokuzai, names Kreiger Fox and while I do appreciate the food offering I must turn it down. My body doesn't require food or liquids to sustain itself unlike most normal people, though Im not exactly sure myself as to why. Gotta love amnesia am I right?"

Mokuzai unconsciously started to stare at him in awe before grinning widely, "That's a rather great ability to have, it would save alot of financial worries if you don't have to worry about food or liquid and can even go without sleep. If i had that ability i would be able to train even more than i already do, you have it good..Kreiger! So lucky." The young Senju quickly took a bite of another rice ball before continuing, "Well im pretty sure your well informed of our mission details so ill save the speech about being careful and whatnot so let's go, were going to have to take a boat to reach the village and it leave's in a hour so we best hurry. I'll let you lead so i can watch your back and the surrounding area" Mokuzai rolled up the bag before doing a leaping back flip onto a tree branch landing directly on it, "Were be heading north from here."

With his light instructions out the way the two shinobi would begin to move, Mokuzai to keep his friend busy while he kept looking would pick up a chat, asking questions like where Kreiger was from and why he became a shinobi and what of his plan's for the future, it may have not been any of his business but as someone who had a specific goal in mind since he became a gennin those type's of questions interested him. After all those questions were finished Mokuzai would now ask him what type of training he has done with the blade attached to his side and tell him that he himself had no formal training and learned the blade by experience and solo training.

Rather or not the shinobi had realized it the Senju had distracted him long enough for them to reach a port village called Terumi where the boat and it's captain was waiting for them, they would get on and it would take nearly forty minutes before they arrived at the victimized village called "Uzushiogakure"


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The senju stared at him apparently in awe of what Kreiger had just told him, stating he would use such a gift to train for longer periods of time. Not to burst his bubble, Kreiger decided to keep the fact that he still feels normal fatigue from physical stress to himself. Instead he allowed Mokuzai to continue, "Well im pretty sure your well informed of our mission details so ill save the speech about being careful and whatnot so let's go, were going to have to take a boat to reach the village and it leave's in a hour so we best hurry. I'll let you lead so i can watch your back and the surrounding area."

Kreiger nodded and followed the Senjus original lead leaping up into the tree directly on front of him. He turned around and with a smile gave the go ahead. "Alright ill lead, you said you were a senju right? Heard a lot about them pretty legendary history your clan has. Im exctied to see where you stack up so lets get a move on."

Taking off to the north kreiger hopped from branch to branch as fast he could while the senju attempted to keep up conversation with a multitude of personal questions. Kreiger tried to answer the first few the best he could but he soon realized he was running short of answers, having no memory farther back than about two years time. "Hate to stop ya right there, but I dont have a lot of answers to give you about myself. All my memories dating back farther than two years or so are all locked away, like they were sealed or wiped away. My main goal right now is become stronger and regain what I lost.

Mokuzai had managed to distract them long enough for them to reach their vessel of transportation just in time before its departure. Boarding the vessel to meet the captain, Kreiger greeted him and informed him of their situation. The captain responded by ordering his crew to prepare to set sail. Now all the two leaf shinobi needed to do was wait.

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[ooc: sorry for low word count did this on break at work)

Kreigar mentioned that he knew the Senju clan history well and was hoping Mokuzai could live up to it's name, rather or not he could he had no idea, but yet again it didn't matter what people though of him currently as he was always looking to improve his skills within his training. Once he started questioning his partner about his origins Kreigar listened for awhile before finally speaking up,  "Hate to stop ya right there, but I dont have a lot of answers to give you about myself. All my memories dating back farther than two years or so are all locked away, like they were sealed or wiped away. My main goal right now is become stronger and regain what I lost."

Mokuzai could relate and would give Kreigar a small smirk that was full of deep though, it wouldn't be until they found themselves on the ship to Uzushiogakure that he would respond to his partners tale from earlier, "I understand how you feel, i too have a certain period of time where something really important may have happen locked way from  my memories, i also wish to reclaim that missing part of my past in hope's it may help me move forward." After saying that he would become silent rather or not Kreigar had any more to say or not until they reached the village of Uzushiogakure.

They soon reached the port of Uzushiogakure and Mokuzai would leap off the boat and stretch, "It's too bad i don't have enough stamina or chakra to just run across the ocean or else i would have done so. Anyway, were here, let's go meet the village chief to inform him to make sure all the villager's remain in their home's so nobody is taken hostage, shall we?"

With that said the Senju begun to ask questions from the villager's on where the chief's building was located, they were able to quickly found their way and was meant with a regular sized home. Mokuzai knocked on the door three times before announcing himself, "I've come from Kirigakure on a request to deal with your raider problem, please let me in so we can talk."

He waited for a sound but there was eerie silence coming from the home, in his worry he kicked the door handle hard enough to break it and then pushed the door open, as soon as he did so the two ninja would be meant with the intense smell of charred flesh and a obviously assaulted home, the smell so intense that anyway unprepared or with no experience would vomit from it's putrid scent. Mokuzai himself had to cover his nose but walked inside to investigate further, he quickly found a man-sized hole in the back room with a trail of blood, and turned to Kreigar.

"They went this way, i hope your ready for a fight."


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Hearing his partners words but remaining silent for the time being Kreiger looked on at the deep blue waves as he awaited their arrival. He knew that at some point there was most likely going to be a fight in the near future. It would be him and the senju versus the raiders and normally nervousness would be the appropriate emotion to be felt. However, Kreiger was different and he merely felt excitement rather than anxiety, relishing in the thought of battle.

As they reached the port, the senju leapt off first followed quickly by Kreiger. As the senju began to stretch his limbs he spoke to Kreiger, "It's too bad i don't have enough stamina or chakra to just run across the ocean or else i would have done so. Anyway, were here, let's go meet the village chief to inform him to make sure all the villager's remain in their home's so nobody is taken hostage, shall we?" In response to this Kreiger simply nodded.

Following the senju towards the village chiefs buidling after having been informed of its location by some villagers at the port. Announcing their presence at the door they hear nothing, an eerie silence was all that lingered. Mokuzai quickly kicked the door open prompting Kreiger to draw his sword. The smell of rotten flesh so strong Kreiger had to cover his nose, and he could feel his eyes sting as he entered behind the senju.

Finding a whole in the back of the room, Mokuzai entered quickly yelling back to Kreiger, "They went this way, i hope your ready for a fight." It was then that Kreiger cracked a large smile, gripping the handle of his blade with all his might. Speaking through his smile, he followed the senju through the man sized hole where the blood trail led.

"Born ready!"

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"Born ready!" Mokuzai give a slight smile and a simple nod and then proceeded to make diligent and cautious steps as he followed the trail of blood, it had a slight glimmer to it meaning it was spilled onto the ground not to long ago, it couldn't have been the blood of the man they saw as from what Mokuzai could tell he had been completely burn without any stab injuries, judging by the inside of the house their seemed to be a slight struggle before a victim was claimed but for whatever reason he had no idea why.

The Senju would continue to follow the trail, the blood still holding a slight shine meaning that the person was still bleeding, whoever took them were definitely not the smartest bandits or else they would have at least tried to cover their own tracks, just as he finished that thought the blood they had been following came to a abrupt stop to the point of unnatural even if the wound had closed up, could it be that he had been mis-lead.

Mokuzai closed his eye's and listened to the sounds around him, driving deeper and deeper in until from about eleven meters away he could hear the sound of struggled breathing, he turned back to Kreigar making a simple hand gesture that basically meant "follow me this way", The senju begun to run at a pace slow enough to follow but his movements were swift and precise allowing him to make no sounds as he moved about. As they got closer the sounds would become loud enough for even Kreigar to hear as they seem to be singing while drunk which was indicated by their slurred words and lack of security detail, Mokuzai looked as his partner before speaking, "You find the hostage, and cut them loose so they can run, ill distract the bandits. Give me thirty seconds."


After a five second delay Mokuzai would walk out straight towards the singing bandit's singing his own tune to the sound of the music playing, his presence causing the bandits own merry tone to come to a halting stop as they got up with weapon's armed, Mokuzai simply looked around before saying, "What? the fun is over?" With a yell one of the smaller bandits charged at him with a wakizashi in his hand and came wildly swinging, Mokuzai was a great deal faster and easily dodged the bandit's blade until their fourth swing in which he grabbed their armed hand, and then delivered a swift and powerful back fist strike with his left hand to their cheeks and then jumped into the air slightly to deliver a kick that sent them flying to a nearby tree until crashing into it.

The senju looked up at the remaining three, one of them stood up and pushed the other two back, his presence among them made it clear that he was there leader, now all he had to do was stall until Kreigar took care of the loose end.


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Total WC:2,623

The pair followed the blood trail, its slick shiny appearance giving the clue that it had yet to dry and was some what fresh. The stench of the blood began to assualt Kreigers nose the more they followed its trail. The sheer amount was also quite significant which brought up the possibility this person was either not alone or was gravely injured. Either way they needed to hasten their efforts.

He continued following behind the senju who apparently knew what he was doing in this situation. It was good that Mokuzai appeared to have a handle on tracking abilities. Kreiger himself was some what lackiing in that skill set. After a few moments Kreiger began to finally hear what they were trailing, the sound of deep hampered breathing, their bleeding victim no doubt.

Eyes a bunch of drunken bandits lacking subtly of any kind, Mokuzai formulated a plan of action rather quickly. "You find the hostage, and cut them loose so they can run, ill distract the bandits. Give me thirty seconds." In response to this Kreiger simply nodded before grabbing the hilt of his sword in preparation for their assualt.

Once Mokuzai appeared and made himself known to the bandits their jolly tone quickly faded away, their attention now completely focused on Mokuzai. Once their battle began and Mokuzai had dealt with the first two bandits swiftly. The largest of the remaining three, most likely the leader, stepped up to face Mokuzai himself. This was Kreigers chance while they were distracted to sneak around the back of them and search for the hostage whom had to be nearby. He did his best to avoid detection making as little noise as possible while Mokuzai and the remaining raiders hashed it out.

Once he successful moved to behind the enemy raiders, he could hear the struggled breathing of their injured hostage drawing him closer. A few seconds later kreiger found the injured man hog tied behind a large stone, his head gashed open severely with a large trail of blood leaking from it. This man needed medical attention and he needed to get it quickly. The mans eyes were closed so Kreiger was unsure if he spoke to the man if he would receive any response. Regardless, he knelt close to the hostage and whispered very lightly. "Come on man, we are gonna get you back home and fixed up."

He then cut the mans bound ropes with a kunai knife, freeing his hands and legs though in his current state they were nearly usless. He took a moment to peak above the stone, attempting to catch a glimpse of his partners fight. Attempting to remain silent and hidden, Kreiger slowly lifted a thumbs up slightly above the top of the stone. He hoped this gesture would be enough to signal his partner that he found the hostage.

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The Bandit who easily pushed the other two was finely built, his  muscular physique allowed his muscle's to show adamantly through his clothing, vain's visible through his hands and his forehead clearly angry about the Senju beating his man. "So..what's y-!!?"

Before he could finish Mokuzai was punched hard in the gut that caused his body to slightly curl forward as the punch seemed to sink right into him, it was a ordinary gut punch that even he was capable of but the power behind it had more weight to it, Mokuzai quickly spat out some spit. He was about to look the bandit leader in the eye but once again he was hit but this time it was a back hand connecting to his  cheek, it was the same back fist he had gave the bandit just earlier, it seemed that the leader had quite the revenge streak to want to deal the same move to him, the force of the attack was strong enough to move the Senju a few feet to the right but not strong enough to knock him off his feet.

as he stood there Maigo could still hear the heavy breathing of the hostage and then a whisper in the form of Kreiger's voice, "Come on man, we are gonna get you back home and fixed up."Just as he finished the bandit winded up another punch and then swung it forward at full force, this time Mokuzai's left hand quickly caught it and it came to a dead stop and gripped it tightly enough to not let the bandit move away, "It seems time is up for you, If only you dedicated your training to a more purposeful cause." With that said  Mokuzai kicked the bandit leader in the gut at full force that was powerful enough to tear their skin as they flew back one meter as they didn't hold up any defenses.

He quickly dashed and with simple yet repetitive punch's starting hitting the leader in the exact same area as his fist's moved at 16 m/s yet not enough to cause him to fly a meter back, the Senju didn't stop  until he felt the sensation of their rib's starting to fracture, he then stopped and gave one more powerful punch that completely fractured them in the process and sent the leader flying back a meter right where Mokuzai heard Kreiger's voice as there back slammed into the wall.

Mokuzai standing in the same spot he had been quickly unsheathed his nodachi blade and stomped hard on the ground with his left foot before one meter and half worth of ground turned to liquefied earth around him and then he bursted going faster then before for the bandit, right before he made impact he had leaped in the air and thrusted the tip of the blade through the leader's throat at full force which caused the tip of his nodachi blade to go through and crack the rock behind him. Knowing Kreiger was already there he would speak, "It seems you found the hostage, good job i knew you can do it. We need to hurry, ill leave the with a clone that will provide backup for you as i take care of the hostage, good luck."

With that Mokuzai grabbed this blade and quickly took it out of the bandit's throat before they started choking on their own blood as gaping hole was now killing them, the rest of the bandits were shaking in fear, they would be easy enough for Kreiger to handle in that state alone, but he wanted to make sure. The senju quickly flicked the blade off and then sheathed it before making a hand seal that summoned a water clone, he then took the hostage into his hands and nodded to Kreiger before leaping into the air to get him urgent medical attention.

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Total WC:3,293

C-rank mission completion: 1,500/1,500 (1,793 Words Left)

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Watching over the edge of the boulder that he and the hostage were still hideen behind, Kreiger watched onward as the much more musclar man tensed up, prepared to dish out a beating to the senju. As the mans fist plowed hard into the senjus gut, causing a small amount of spit to exit his mouth, Kreiger almost leapt from the rock to assist his comrade. However he was stopped in his tracks as he noticed with the next blow that the senju was barely moved to right, and easily caught the one after proving he was merely playing with the man. It appeared he felt the force of the attacks but the damage was minimal, an impressive feat of durability for sure. The senju promptly lifted his foot, planting s hard counter kick into the bandits gut, tearing the skin and sending him flying backwards. The senju was incredible and Kreiger couldn't help but observe the mans incredible battle instincts.

He continued to watch as Mokuzai charged the stunned muscleman landing a massive barrage of fists powerful enough to crack the mans ribs to the point Kreiger heard it from his position. The man then flew straight into the rock that Kreiger was hiding behind, prompting Kreiger to sheild the hostage as the senju finished him off, impaling the man through the neck with his nodachi blade. A gruesome way to go but in a way was by the bandits own doing, had he not attacked Mokuzai he may not have suffered such a fate. The jutsu the senju had used to liquefy the ground for the killing blow was an interesting one, a technique Kreiger had not yet seen. As the rock cracked from the sword Mokuzai informed Kreiger of the next phase of the mission, "seems you found the hostage, good job i knew you can do it. We need to hurry, ill leave you with a clone that will provide backup for you as i take care of the hostage, good luck."

As Mokuzai pulled the blade from the mans throat the blood poured from the open wound, the life fading away from his body along with it. The other two bandits were horrified and essentially frozen in place as the senju sheathed his blade and formed the hand seals for a water clone. The clone of water appeared next to Kreiger whom drew his giant sword off its sheath on his back. As Mokuzai leapt off to get the hostage medical attention Kreiger pointed his blade at the other two bandits a look of pure seriousness on his face, "Well, the hostage is gone and your leader is dead so now comes the time to make a choice. You can take on step back and ill allow you to leave almost unharmed, or take a step forward and ill cut you in half. The choice is yours." as Kreiger spoke he could see that the bandits were still completely afraid to move at all.

Waiting a few moments for a response Kreiger received none as the bandits stared him and Mokuzais water clone down. Their fear still easily visible but it was not unclear if they intended to fight or flee. In order to speed up the process of finding out the answer Kreiger gripped the handle of his sword hard as he reeled it back. The sword would begin to glow with a dark black aura, a manifestation of Kreigers once untold shinigami power. Kreiger then stepped forward, slamming his foot down hard and twisting his entire body to greatly increase the momentum he had as he swung the blade in a long horizontal arch in front of him. The condensed black energy in the blade would then be released in a shockwave of pure chakra that smashed into the two bandits bodies. The raw chakra wouldn't cause any permanent or fatal damage but was definitely enough to wind them and knock them off their feat. As they were lying on the floor trying to gasp for the air back into their lungs Kreiger took another step forward, "Last. Warning. Leave or you will die."

Kreiger received a much quicker response this time than he had previously as the bandits took off into the darkness. Kreiger turned to the water clone of his senju comrade and smiled before speaking to it. "No real point in killing them if the hostage is freed and they are no longer a threat right? Either way mission completed, nice work."

Responding to Kreigers words the water clone simply nodded before returning to nothing more than a puddle. Kreiger slid the soul reaver back into its sheath on his back before taking off in the same direction the senju had just a few moments prior. He wanted to attempt to catch up to them and check up on the condition of the hostage as he was in pretty rough shape when Kreiger found him. With any luck hopefully the senju had been quick enough to save the mans life, in the end only time will tell.
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