If you aren't remembered, then you never existed (RP)

[Lethal Seraphim]

Um dashed through the side-streets and back alleys of Konoha toward the center of the village. He glanced back behind him every now and then, and could see the group he'd just assisted following him.

"I guess they think I'll lead them somewhere..." He said to himself.

Um shrugged. He supposed he didn't mind them tagging along, but it wasn't necessarily an idea he revelled in either. Um fought alongside two other people: Sierh and Bocuro, and even then Bocuro had been almost completely out of that picture for quite some time. One might say Um was very accustomed to solo combat. He knew his limits and his capabilities and knew that he could rely on his own abilities to take him where he needed to go. There were no other liabilities, no other dependencies this way. Sure, times arose when compliments to his powers were needed, but those times were infrequent and generally unwelcomed.

It wasn't that Um didn't trust other people, he just... didn't trust other people.

"I just hope they don't get themselves killed, or some damned thing..." Um thought to himself.

It was only then that Um realized where he was heading. He didn't fully know why he was going to the center of Konoha, but he just felt compelled to do so. It was as if something was calling to him. Now more than ever, he felt driven. His body tingled with a rush of excitement, for he knew something fantastic was coming up ahead, although he could not say what. As he traveled he took a moment to look inward at himself. He still had more than enough chakra to do whatever even a dire situation may call for.

As soon as Um had began training years ago to expand his chakra into the massive quantity that it was today, he had focused just as hard on dividing it up, or partitioning it. At any given time Um effectively had at least two wells of chakra inside him: the active well he used for routine combat and jutsu, and a reserve that he always saved for certain techniques and sticky situations. Um rarely found himself having to tap into this reserve well, as his active chakra matched that of almost any other Jounin.

"Ahh, the blessings of discipline." Um sighed with relief.

He reached the center of the village, what most would equate to being the town square. It was a rather large, open area lined with merchant huts. One side of the square lead off and culminated into the Hokage's building. Um slowed and casually walked into the square. It was very empty, which struck him as odd. At least, it appeared empty. Um felt rather certain that whatever force that drew him there was watching. The four others caught up and joined him in the center of the city.

"Why are we here?" Aurora asked him. She looked puzzled, as did the others, by the deserted area.

"Because this is where the action is." Um answered in a relaxed tone. He glanced over at Sutoomu, who seemed to know as well that they were not alone.

"You're trying to hide your chakra, but it's so powerful you can't erase it completely. I'm brimming with anticipation. Please come out to greet me." Um called out, his voice echoed off the buildings. There were sounds of combat from far off, but other than that it was relatively quiet where they were.

It was then that in a silent and most eerie fashion, five shinobi materialized from the shadows of the square. If Um hadn't been so anxious and ready for battle, he would have thought it was the damned scariest thing he'd ever seen. He was almost certain that the two Genin with them couldn't sense it, but these five ninja were very powerful. If Um had to guess, he'd say that they were Jounin for sure, and capable ones at that. Indeed, he expected they would be able to fight on par with him individually.

"So it was you who called me here so subtly?" Um inquired, addressing the shinobi at the front of the group.

"You might say that." The ninja answered back. "I was hoping that if I let enough chakra leak out, someone of consequence would eventually come. Tell me, are you of consequence?"

"I take you for a fan of rhetoric, for you know that you do not need me to tell you that." Um smiled darkly.

The leader of the enemy squad smiled. "Impressive for a group of children, but it seems that not all of you have fortitude." He indicated Jardoon and Akira.

"Hmm... About that... A moment, would you please?" Um implored.

"By all means." The leader replied. He turned away, and a faint chuckling could be heard across the square.

Um took this opportunity to address the others with him.

"I'll handle him. The other four you can divide up as you see fit. Now listen, this is a big area and there's no need for any of you to be getting in my way. They are strong, so hold nothing back." Um contemplated saying more, but he was never one for motivating others, and he didn't want to put any undue pressure on the situation. His comrades were clever, they knew what was at stake. He turned back to the five shinobi across the square.

"You will be my opponent." He pointed at the leader.

OOC: I don't know the exact geography/architectural layout of Konoha, so forgive me if such a place that we're in doesn't exist in the show. It will have to do for this scenario. Have fun guys.

Also, Cloud, this post has been edited to accomodate your entrance. Feel free.

[Lord Storm Bryce]

OOC- I think that is relatively accurate to the show Um. Good to go.

IC- As they entered the square Sutoomu was defiantly on the same page as Um.

"Why are we here?" ,asked Aurora.

"Because this is where the action is." Um answered as he glanced over at Sutoomu who gave his usual nod of understanding. "You're trying to hide your chakra, but it's so powerful you can't erase it completely. I'm brimming with anticipation. Please come out to greet me." Um called out, his voice echoed off the buildings. Sutoomu stayed poised, ready for anything. His appearance showed ease and comfort but his muscles were on edge. Soon five ninjas came out of the shadows of the buildings. All were obviously quite powerful and would prove very challenging, possibly even to Um.

"So it was you who called me here so subtly?" Um inquired, addressing the shinobi at the front of the group.

"You might say that. I was hoping that if I let enough chakra leak out, someone of consequence would eventually come. Tell me, are you of consequence?"

"I take you for a fan of rhetoric, for you know that you do not need me to tell you that." The two went back and forth quite lightly. A bit too lightly for Sutoomu's comfort but if Um was relaxed then there was no need to be worried just yet.

"Impressive for a group of children, but it seems that not all of you have fortitude." He indicated Jardoon and Akira. They all knew these two would have a hard time. Hopefully they knew eachother well enough to fight together in this. That is how it seemed it would turn out. Perhaps Aurora would help them but untill Sutoomu was sure that it was a good idea he would most likely end up fighting one-on-one like Um.

"Hmm... About that... A moment, would you please?" Um asked.

"By all means." The leader replied. An evil laugh could be heard from his direction as the young ninjas gathered a bit closer.

"I'll handle him. The other four you can divide up as you see fit. Now listen, this is a big area and there's no need for any of you to be getting in my way. They are strong, so hold nothing back." Sutoomu did a few quick stretches to try and calm his nerves before the fight.

"You will be my opponent." He pointed at the leader. Sutoomu noted the man that would be Um's foe and would be sure to stay away from them. It would get pretty messy. Sutoomu also noted one of the other ninjas who had been eyeing him the whole time. Another presance was felt. Shortly after Sierh dropped down from the roof. Sutoomu nodded to him then refocused his attention.

A thin, tall, and lankey ninja who could not seem to sit still. He had been moving and fidgeting the whole time and now began spinning a kunai around one finger. Sutoomu locked eyes with the man and stepped of to the side a few paces, his foe did the same indicating acceptance of the challenge. It was at this moment that all of the nervousness that he had been feeling suddenly quieted and an emence feeling of calm and readiness took hold. This happened often before the tension was to break. Now all that he was waiting for was for someone else to make the first move. Usually Sutoomu would be fiddling with the hilt of his wakazashi. Instead he just reaches slowly into a bag on his hip and takes out a strip of silk which he casually ties his hair back with. There would be no distractions for this fight. It would take everything he had. It was a good thing he was more than willing to give everything he had for this group of people and this village.

Edit- OOC- Edited for Cloud.

[ACloudintheSky]

Sierh had split with Um for he feared that the explosion that they had both heard was a distraction to get them back into the town. So he decided he would check things out around the village and soon did he know that he was correct in his assumptions. He began seeing the ninjas leap over the walls of Konoha and there were a few ninjas already preparing themselves for the enemy invasion.

“This place seems like its pretty well under control.” And the second he uttered his word s he felt this unbelievable urge to retreat back to the center of the village.

“What is this feeling that is coursing through my veins,” he uttered slurring his speech a little and keeping a certain sadistic smile on his face.

Turning to the village Sierh dashed from roof top to roof top making sure that his feet could push off of each tile with immense force. His speed seemed unreal but his mind was too focused on the excitement that he would encounter at the end of his quick travel. The feeling that was coursing through his veins was a challenge, more so an invitation to be challenged and this excited him. He pushed off another roof top and increased his speed slightly more, when he had reached his destination he had seen that Um had already beat him to the opponents and was already conversing with them. He decided that he would not say anything until he thought that the moment had come for him to interfere.

A few minutes of rambling continue and he can’t take the anticipation any longer. He jumps down from his rooftop and lands a good distance away from the other group members and smirks to Um.

“Still always talking,’’ he smiled as he unsheathed one of his blades following the other with an slightly off rhythmic pull down. “Don’t you see these people want to be entertained.” He smiled with an evil smile as his speech was still slurred a little bit. A sight that Um hadn’t seen of his comrade ever before. Somewhat chilling to the bone a view of just killing intent that wanted nothing more then to die himself by an opponent that he might call worthy. “Shall we get started?”

The air was cold and the streets were still slightly damp with a cool wind blowing softly, sending leaves spiraling up before falling back down. When the last leaf had hit the rocky streets Sierh launched his attack toward the five ninjas keeping his eye on just the one. He had a mask on and his eyes seemed to be blacker then night. His entire torso was covered by a cape that he had been wearing but Sierh didn’t care. He was already on full guard and it had been far to late to turn back now. The assault had started.

[xXViviXx]

The kuniochi had traveled from above, as usual, across the rooftops, watching Um who was zig zagging through the infinite alleyways. As Um guided Aurora and the others towards the centre of Konoha, the atmosphere soon turned silent and heavy. Only the wind tapped upon the surface of this delicate ambience. The sky began to fade. Shades of royal blue painted the heavens as the kuniochi landed gracefully. It was a beautiful night.

The town square was paved with grey panels in an old Victorian fashion with the dim bittersweet lights from every corner. It seemed empty but the silence that was emitted from the darkness made her very soul tremble. But only with anticipation, not fear. Suddenly, she wondered why Um had brought them to this very spot. Perhaps to discuss strategies? But there wasn’t really enough time for that. Then what?

“Why are we here?”

"Because this is where the action is." Um replied with a composed voice.

Aurora grunted and let a curve shape her lips. A smirk. Before she could add a comment of her own, Um called out again. But to the shadows that overlooked the space ahead.

"You're trying to hide your chakra, but it's so powerful you can't erase it completely. I'm brimming with anticipation. Please come out to greet me."

The kuniochi’s head twisted so that she faced the void that lay before them. Five gloomy silhouettes formed. Instantly, she felt the power of each of them come over her like a wave. For once, she felt threatened but also overflowing with adrenaline and exhilaration. But she wouldn’t give her feelings away. Her face lay emotionless. The Leader stepped away from the group. Aurora listened to them speak before watching Um come back to the group.

"I'll handle him. The other four you can divide up as you see fit. Now listen, this is a big area and there's no need for any of you to be getting in my way. They are strong, so hold nothing back."

The kuniochi nodded, acknowledging his orders. They were both leaders but she felt that he was more experienced than her in that department. She glanced to Jardoon and Akira.

“Be vigilant. I won’t be here to save you. Always expect the unexpected and don’t be cocky. Good luck.” She smirked “Now…for some fun”Aurora turned back to her opponent. Her eyes met one of the assassins. Locking in the gaze as if an invitation to battle. She felt herself reach for her katana, fully out of its sheath. The weapon was wrapped with chalky white bandage. Parts soaked with blood. When the blade touched the ground, the bandages unraveled and on end dropped into her other hand. The kuniochi closed the space between them, leaving only a couple of meters apart.

“Evening.” Aurora muttered, her eyes still watching him.

“Ah, do I get to battle such a beautiful flower?”

“You’re only lucky enough to encounter a rose with thorns” Aurora mocked.

“We shall see.”

“Yes. Indeed we shall.”

[FF Ace Cid]

As they came into the center of the town, the ninja leading the group, stopped.

“Why are we here?” Aurora said. Jardoon was curious himself, and he looked at Akira, and she had a similar look of confusion.

"Because this is where the action is." Um replied with a composed voice.
Action? There was action in the distance, but Jardoon did not see any ninja. Were they hiding their presence?

"You're trying to hide your chakra, but it's so powerful you can't erase it completely. I'm brimming with anticipation. Please come out to greet me." the leading ninja said. Suddenly five ninja came out from the shadows. This was bad, from what Jardoon could tell, they were at least jounin. He looked at Akira, who had a look of fright in her eyes. "We will team up in order to eliminate our enemy" he said to her. Akira nodded and took a proper fighting position.

"I'll handle him. The other four you can divide up as you see fit. Now listen, this is a big area and there's no need for any of you to be getting in my way. They are strong, so hold nothing back." Um said to them. This is what Jardoon figured, because these ninja were strong enough to be on par with the jounin around him. This was going to be his toughest fight he had ever been in. He hoped Akira was ready for the fight at hand.

“Be vigilant. I won’t be here to save you. Always expect the unexpected and don’t be cocky. Good luck.” Aurora said to Jardoon and Akira. These were words that did not need to be said, Jardoon knew what would be expected of them.

All of the jounin around them left with their enemies, leaving one assasin standing in front of them with a smirk.

"You two will be easy prey, hardly worth the effort" the assasin said. "We'll see about that" Jardoon said back to the assasin. The assasin was a little taller than Jardoon, and more lean. From how the assasin portrayed himself, Jardoon could see that he was very experienced and strong. Jardoon looked at Akira, who seemed a little intimidated, but was still ready to fight.

"Well? Are you going to attack, or do I have to end this without seeing what you got?" the assasin said.

Here we go this was going to be a hard fight.....

occ: This is just getting it ready. As for calling Um the leading ninja, well, sorry I haven't learned his name in the story yet. Just like he doesn't know Jardoon's yet either.

[Seig]

OOC: My bad for the lateness... hehhe

"What the...-" Bocuro looked towards the village, unsure of what was going on. "No way was that an explosion?!" The thick cloud of dark smoke billowing over the trees confirmed his fear. It had begun, and he knew it. As Bocuro took off running towards the village many thoughts were rushing through his head. Where was Kinjo and what was this feeling he was getting from him? A similar feeling overwhelmed him as Seirh popped into his head; a feeling of darkness... He shook the thoughts out of his head. His anger was beginning to grow. "I can't believe this is happening already!"

The gears of war had begun to turn and he wanted nothing more than to be the bomb in the system. All the village and the ninja had become could end in one day. Whomever was behind this, he would find out. "I have to get there faster...."

Bocuro decided there was only one way to get there when he needed to. He stopped in place and focused his energy. He closed his eyes as he did this remembering to control himself in the moments to come... And then he said it, "Lion's Strength Jutsu!!!" Bocuro let out a scream that caused birds to fly and silence to all else. His clothes began to rip at parts as his muscles grew with pulsing energy. His eyes went completely blue, and hair began to lengthen all over his body. His nails became sharp and sturdy, as did his teeth. The shoulder length hair he had had grown to his mid-back. His tribal tattoo seemed to be glowing a dim red; it flowed with his chakra's energy. He was ready...

He began to move again, but not very far before he stopped. He sniffed the air and moved his head towards the treetops on his left. A smile crossed his face. "You can come out now, no need to hide..." Just then two ninjas jumped to the ground.

"Well, you're the strangest ninja I've ever seen." One said with a large, underestimating grin.
The other chimed in, "I agree! Are you the Hicagae's pet? Haha, this should be easier then I thought! When Gohdo told us to patrol the perimeter I thought we'd get no action!"

Bocuro just looked at them and smiled again. He pointed and said in a calm yet overpowering voice, "If I'm the pet..., " He got into a fighting stance, "Than you must be my kibble." And with those words he rushed them; they had no idea where he went though. Just as the grins left their faces, Bocuro's palms met them from the trees. With the one move they met the floor (intimately ). He brushed off his hands and kicked them into the woods. "Sorry guys, but I have to go; thanks for playing though!"

He continued towards the village and soon got to the gate. No one noticed him as he entered and examined things. As people ran in different directions and fire plumed from buildings Bocuro came to an angering realization: "This isn't an attack... It's a full on Invasion!" He looked around some more then decided what to do. "I have to find Seirh and Um... I hope Aurora is safe..." Bocuro closed his eyes and focused on Seirh's energy. It was in a way dark and cold, but was undoubtedly his. "Right, I can get to him in five minutes. Let's see what I can do on the way to help..."

Bocuro launched in Seirh's direction as quick as he could, dispatching many on his way. A woman was screaming as a man attempted to take more than her belongings, but Bocuro's sidekick ended that. She got up, and knowing who he was by his energy (obviously not appearance), began to bow in thanks. "Please, there's no need. Get yourself to safety. Do you know how bad things are here?"
"N-no" she replied in a scared and stuttery voice. "I heard screams from that building burning over there!" She pointed, shaking, at a two story building down a block. Luckily it was in Bo's direction. He simply nodded to the woman while putting his hand on her shoulder. "Go..." He took off in the building's direction as fast as he could, stopping short infront of the door gazing up. The screams could be heard and their energy was fading. It was too dangerous to go in through the door, so he scaled the wall. Ash and crumbling stone hit his face as he lodged his hands into the surface. He reached the second floor window relatively fast, found the child and old man huddled in a corner, and soon, brought them to safety. "Stick to the alleys on your way to safety. Take refuge in the school, I don't think it has been attacked yet."

OOC: sorry about that! i deleted the ending of my post and will revise, sorry to upset u lethal

[Lord Storm Bryce]

Sierh and his opponent were the first to step into the fray but their movement had signaled the start of the battle.

Sutoomu wasted no time and dashed forward in a slight arc away from the center of the square, his opponent did the same. Sutoomu had started at only half speed and the enemy held a snide grin on his only for a moment. Sutoomu let his legs carry him full force at this opponent whose eyes shot open with surprise. The gap was closed in mere seconds. Sutoomu attempted to give the other ninja a false idea of his style by running with his hands behind him, like other ninjas. A few paces away Sutoomu launched a shuriken at his opponent who easily deflected it, but the hand that he had thrown the shuriken with stayed in front, inches off the ground. Just as they were about to collide Sutoomu planted his hand and launched himself into the air, doing multiple summersaults. With each flip he shot out a spray of shuriken. The enemy ninja was quite fast and dodged the projectiles with relative ease, only getting a few tears in his garb. But as Sutoomu was descending and drew both of his daggers, slashing one downwards at this opponent as he was landing. The ninja was caught slightly off guard after avoiding the last volley of shuriken. He successfully blocked the slash but it left him off balance. Sutoomu followed through on his slash as his feet planted firmly on the ground. He thrust his second dagger at the ninja’s midsection. The ninja grinned; he had been faking his loss of balance. He flipped backwards and landed a powerful kick under Sutoomu’s chin. The ninja landed on his feet and slowly stood with an evil grin. Sutoomu’s head snapped back and he fell backwards, prostrated for a moment. He quickly leapt to his feet and faced his opponent again, a small bit of blood coming from the side of his mouth. Sutoomu glared and the other ninja started speaking.

“So young and so much to learn. I will teach you the hard way.” He started quickly making a few hand signs and with a grin he thrust his hand down, placing only one finger on the ground. Instantly a spike of solid earth shot forth from under Sutoomu. He had handled attacks like this before so he just launched himself forward, a voiding the spike and closing the distance between himself and his opponent. He slashed his daggers in a scissor motion but the ninja just jumped backwards, easily dodging. Sutoomu switched to a defensive stance just in time for his opponent’s assault. The ninja thrust his kunai at Sutoomu’s stomach. Sutoomu quick brought one knee up and his elbow down, catching the ninja’s wrist between them. ‘Kosa Ho- Intercepting Technique.’ Sutoomu smiled as the satisfying sound of breaking bone penetrated the air. Sutoomu had used his knee and elbow to catch the strike with such force that it shattered the ninja’s wrist. The kunai dropped to the ground as the ninja started to yell in pain but Sutoomu did not give him a chance. He dropped his knee and planted a strong kick straight in the ninja’s ribs, knocking the wind out of him. He fell to the ground a few paces away, sliding in the dirt. Sutoomu smiled wider with satisfaction. But it was nowhere near over. The ninja slowly got to his feet, glaring. “Was that supposed to be my lesson?” Sutoomu commented with a light laugh.

Now that he had a chance he would gain the upper hand. Sutoomu did a few hand signs with his daggers still in his hands but nothing seemed to happen. Sutoomu waited for his opponent to rise but as soon as he was on his feet Sutoomu attacked again. ‘He has no weapon to block with, this will be over quickly.’ he thought to himself. Sutoomu slashed with one dagger, down, right, then diagonal, and then he thrust with his other Wakazashi. The other ninja did his best to dodge and the tips of the daggers came only an inch from his flesh but Sutoomu still acted as if he were striking the ninja. His opponent easily sidestepped the vertical slash, stepped back, barely missing the horizontal cut and the same with the diagonal. He caught the thrust between his palms an inch from his stomach and the two locked eyes. Sutoomu still had his dark grin and the other ninja was confused, then he felt something. “What?!” he said in surprise as blood started to trickle from a cut across his stomach, chest and a puncture right where the thrust would have entered. He leapt back and Sutoomu just stood there grinning. “What did you do?!” he demanded. Sutoomu started twisting his Wakazashi a bit and a faint glimmer of chakura would be seen on the edge and extending about six inches off the tip. “I may not have cut you with steel but chakura blades are just as deadly.” The other ninja went into a blind, angry assault, blood now flowing freely from the wounds. He drew two longer kunai and attacked, slashing wildly. His speed had grown quite a bit; Sutoomu was having trouble keeping up. The enemy ninja landed a few hits with the daggers but in no key areas, all were superficial wounds, his aim was way off, his anger was in complete control.

Sutoomu decided it was time to put this man out of his misery and have him stop disgracing himself. Sutoomu found an opening to create some space between them so he leapt up onto a nearby rooftop, dashed over the roof then dropped down to the ground on the other side, crouching. His opponent was only a second behind but that was enough. The ninja screamed loudly as he dropped towards Sutoomu, trusting both kunai down towards his body. Sutoomu rolled out of the way, but left some caltrops behind, as he had before when aiding Aurora. The ninja landed straight on them but instead of the usual howl of pain the ninja vanished in smoke… a decoy. Sutoomu looked around to try and find the real ninja but could see nothing. Suddenly something grabbed his ankles from below. The ninja quickly launched a kick up from below. Sutoomu tried his best to move his forearms down to block. He did block the kick but ended up cutting his legs with his own daggers. The kick was so powerful that it sent him soaring backwards. The ninja slowly rose from the ground, still bleeding and just as angry as before, but smiling from his success. Sutoomu’s cuts on his legs had missed the tendons and arteries, and thankfully the chakura had dissipated, but the cuts were still deep. He winced in pain, trying his best not to let it show. Clearing his mind he takes this break in the fight to strike. Sutoomu notices that his opponent has his back to the building and has even taken a few steps back, getting tired from loss of blood. He quickly sheathes his Wakazashi, does a few hand signs, and grabs as many shuriken and kunai as he can fit in his hands. A technique used on this magnitude would use much of his chakura but hopefully it would finish the fight. He throws all of the projectiles as hard as he can then does a few more hand signs. ‘Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu- Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique with Kage Shuriken no Jutsu- Shadow Shuriken Technique.’ He uses the shuriken shadow clones to hide the real shuriken. At the last moment the clones swing high to keep the ninja from escaping upwards, all of the real shuriken are spread too wide for him to flee to the sides; all he can do is go defensive. He raises his arms to block any that might hit him in the face or neck. The shuriken pepper him all over but this alone will not kill him. While the shuriken are still in flight Sutoomu launches himself also. He holds a kick back until the last second when the ninja lowers his guard. ‘Dainamikku-Entori’ A powerful kick lands forcefully right in the middle of the ninja’s neck. A loud snap is heard and the ninja’s body falls end over end across the ground, bouncing and sliding to a gruesome stop. The wall is littered with steel. Sutoomu will not take any chances. He draws one of his daggers and beheads the ninja, leaving his body where it lies.

Sutoomu’s thoughts now move to his friends. He wonders how they are faring. He would not be of much help but he must at least try. Sutoomu leans on the wall after resheathing his blade and limps around the building to take a look at how the battle is going.

[Lethal Seraphim]

Um, still looking casual, motioned for his opponent to move with him to an open area of the square. After they had done so, the leader of the opposing squad began to speak.

"Well then, I hope that yo- GACK!" He was interrupted abruptly.

Um shot forward in a flash and had grasped the speaking ninja's throat firmly in his left hand. His opponent's eyes widened in surprise as he struggled for air. Um did not hold him for long, only long enough to connect a devastating punch with his right fist. The ninja's nose crumpled and he fell backward as Um released him. The shinobi landed on his feet, holding his hand over his broken nose, blood oozing down his face.

"Don't you dare propose to lecture me. You can't afford to waste the breath. You're not ignorant. Now you know the level on which I compete. Adjust accordingly and we'll try again." Um was visibly agitated at his opponent not taking him seriously.

He took a taijutsu stance, not bothering to draw kunai or shuriken. His opponent drew forth kunai and assaulted him. A barrage of slashes and swipes came at Um, most of which he dodged artfully. He played the defensive for awhile, getting a feel for his opponent's attacks and movements. A series of shallow cuts appeared on his forearms and hands. After a sufficient amount of time, Um countered with his fists and feet. His opponent was not armored, and the blunt blows did damage.

Avoiding and counterattacking was difficult however, and the enemy jabbed one of his kunai into Um's left upper arm as he failed to recover from an attack quick enough. Um did not wince, but his eyes grew wide. His pupils shrank and a sick smile spread on his face. With his free hand he grabbed the other ninja's free hand at the wrist while the other hand was still holding the kunai in his arm.

"YAHHH!!!! Make it hurt, baby!" Um half roared as he glared madly into his opponent's eyes.

While both his opponents hands were restrained Um shot his head forward into the other ninja's chin. The jarring impact caused him to rip the kunai from Um's arm, and threw him off balance. As he staggered back, he eyed Um with surprise and awe. The ninja spat some blood. Um glanced down at his own arm, which was bleeding profusely. Still grinning, he cupped his right hand and swept it across the wound, grabbing some of his own blood. He threw this up into the air in front of him then flashed his lightning-fast hand signs.

"Kage mizu yari no jutsu!" (Thousand water spear technique) Um shouted as he finished the hand signs.

The moisture in his blood formed into several red spears and shot toward his foe. The shinobi suddenly regained a significant amount of composure and simply blocked the technique, as if to slap them away. The opposing ninja began to laugh.

"Very nice, very nice. You're quite mad it seems. Or maybe your lust for battle just takes priority? It seems I need to pull out all the stops, because you won't stop until your body is dust!" The ninja took out a scroll and unfurled it on the ground. He cut himself and spread his blood across the page. "Summoning jutsu."

As he said this, the earth shook. There was a large cloud of smoke that obscured Um's vision entirely. All he could hear through the rumbling was his opponent's mad cackling and then an unearthly shrieking. As the smoke cleared the source of the shriek was horrifyingly visible. The ninja had summoned a giant spider, which he now stood atop of. The beast was so enormous that buildings surrounding the square were crumbling as it moved about. Um didn't kid himself, he was impressed. He had not expected someone would hold one of the rare summoning scrolls.

"Can you compete on this level, my boy?" His opponent yelled down at him.

"Thank you." Um shouted back.

"Thank you?" His foe responded, puzzled.

"Thank you for allowing me to do this. I had wondered if I'd ever get the chance.... the chance to fight without restraint. You've given me the chance to use my full potential, and to honor a great gift that has been bestowed upon me." With that, Um took out a sizeable scroll he had been concealing on his person.

The scroll unrolled and Um sopped up some of his blood, smearing it across the parchment.

"Summoning jutsu. Dragon of the Hidden Mists." Um invoked the technique calmly. His bloody rage had subsided and he seemed almost detached now.

The earth quaked once again and an enormous serpentine dragon of pale blue color uncoiled. Um stood on the dragon's head, which raised up higher than the giant spider. With a sinister hissing voice, the dragon spoke to Um.

"Child of the Village Hidden in the Mist, you have called me to this world. As per our pact which you have sealed in your own blood, I will serve you now. We fight together. Direct my wrath."

OOC: To be continued... Bet you didn't see it coming!

[FF Ace Cid]

ooc: Well, here it is

Jardoon charged the assasin with his metal staff. The assasin threw several suriken at Jardoon. Jardoon spun his staff, knocking down the shuriken. WhenJardoon looked aroundfor the assasin, he could not find him. This was bad, a jounin level opponent, and he could not find him. The shuriken that the assasin threw started to levitate. "Jardoon! He's above you!" Akira yelled. Jardoon loked up as the assasin came down speedily with a kunai in his hand. Akira controlled the shurikens and made them go after the assasin. The assasin threw more shuriken to knock Akira's down. She took control of the assasin's shuriken to. The assasin realized that throwing objects was useless. The shuriken flew towards the assasin, and the assasin dissappeared. This opponent was deadly fast. Where was he? He would either go after Jardoon or Akira. Jardoon figured that it would be Akira, so he started to run to her. The assasin appeared behind Assasin appeared behind Akira. Jardoon threw a kunai straight towards him. The assasin tried to stab Akira with his kunai, but Akira was ready with her own kunai and blocked. The assasin then dissappeared, moving out of the way of Jardoon's kunai he had thrown. The assasin appeared in front of Jardoon and slashed at Jardoon. Jardoon moved out of the way, but the kunai cut into his arm. Akira took control of the kunai Jardoon had thrown and threw it into the assasin's back. "I did it! I got the assasin!" Akira cheered. This was too easy to Jardoon. The assasin then turned into a puddle of water. The substitution technique, they fell for it. "No! I had him!" Akira cried. "Keep calm...where is he?" Jardoon said. There was a laugh, then the assasin's voice was heard, "Not bad for a couple of genin, but I'm jounin. I won't lose to the two of you." Jardoon looked around for the assasin.

The assasin came out of the puddle of water and grabbed the kunai that Akira had stabbed his water clone with. That was a cool trick to Jardoon, too bad it was the enemy's. He then did several hand signs and then water formed to make a blade. The assasin charged Jardoon. Jardoon performed the shadow clone jutsu to make six shadow clones. The assasin made three water clones. Two of the water clones made quick work of the six shadow clones. He was playing with them, Jardoon thought. The other water clone dealt with Akira while the assasin battled Jardoon. The two water clones headed to fight Jardoon with the origonal assasin. This was going to be trouble. Jardoon knew that he had to get rid of the water clones. If only he knew more jutsu. Jardoon was worried about Akira, so he glanced toward where she was, and she was gone! The water clone she was fighting was heading his way now. Suddenly a bubble surrounded him. "Ha! It is too easy to catch a genin off gaurd." the assasin said. This was awful. "You fell for my Water Prison Jutsu! Now, where is that girl?" the assasin said. Good, maybe she had escaped and got help. At least that is what Jardoon hoped. Suddenly shuriken and kunai started flying around and attacking the assasin and his clones. They came from all sides and didn't seem to have an end. "Where is she?" the assasin said in an irritated voice, blocking kunai with his own. Akira appeared behind the assasin and stabbed him in the back. All of the water clones turned into puddles of water, and the water prison jutsu stopped as well. Jardoon fell to his knees and turned to Akira, "That was incredible! Good job Akira!" he said. The assasin dropped to the ground. "I took care of him! He won't lose to us will he Jardoon?" Akira said. The assasin appeared behind Akira. "Akira!!!" Jardoon yelled. The assasin stabbed her in the back.

Akira stumbled and fell to her knees and coughed out blood. "Akira!" Jardoon yelled and ran to her. The assasin dissappeared, as well as the water clone Akira stabbed. "Akira, you should have left." Jardoon said. "I had to help you Jardoon.....you were going to die." Akira said. "So! I don't have a family, or anyone that cares for me, but you do! I didn't need to be saved!" Jardoon said. "You're just as important...that's why I...saved you, you are my...comrade." Akira said. "I'll defeat him Akira, I swear to you that I will defeat him!" Jardoon said and looked at Akira. "Stay alive.....Akira." Jardoon said. "Those are big words for a lowly genin!" the assasin said, and appeared behind Akira. "Jardoon will beat you." Akira said. The assasin laughed and kicked Akira down on to he side. "You're still alive?" the assasin said. "Don't touch her!" Jardoon yelled. "What are you going to do?" the assasin said, with a sinister grin on his face. He then kicked Akira, and she rolled a few times until she stopped facing both Jardoon and the assasin. She started coughing. Chakra started flowing out of Jardoon, how could he do this to Akira who saved his life? She was his comrade! Jardoon began shaking with anger. "You're angry aren't you? You can not defeat me, no matter how hard you try." the assasin said. "I'll kill you!" Jardoon yelled. He grabbed a scroll that was hidden well in his clothes. It was time to use his most prized scroll. He had never tested it, it was too chakra consuming. Now was the time to unveil it. Jardoon bit his finger and put blood on the scroll. The assasin charged Jardoon as the weapon came to him. He blocked the assasin's water blade with a golden-brown, silver ridged scythe. It looked like it could cut threw anything. "That is a nice scythe you have, I'll take it from you once I kill you!" the assasin said and ran towards Jardoon with his deadly speed.

Jardoon caught the assasin's water blade with his scythe. Jardoon swung with his scythe fast at the assasin. The assasin was caught off balance by Jardoon's new speed. The assasin threw three shuriken into Jardoon, but he kept coming. Jardoon was furious! The asssasin was going to die! Jardoon rushed the assasin, matching the speed, and he tried to take the assasin's head off, but he dodged it. The assasin was on the defense now. There wasn't anytime for a counterattack. Jardoon made two shadow clones. The assasin started to make water clones, but Jardoon threw some exploding kunai. The assasin jumped out of the way of the explosion. The three Jardoon's surrounded the assasin and ran in to attack. The first clone stabbed the assasin with a kunai, and the assasin turned into a puddle of water. The second clone caught the assasin's water blade and they locked in battle. The first clone jumped high over them both and landed behind the assasin. He dashed forward and stabbed him in the back. Jardoon rushed forward andcut through his clone and sliced off the assasin's head. The first clone dissappeared. The assasin's decapitated body fell to the ground, it was finally over. Jardoon ran over to Akira. "I did it Akira, I defeated the assasin. It's over." Jardoon said. Akira didn't say anything. "Akira? Don't die on me Akira!" Jardoon said, and put Akira on his back and left. Maybe one of the jounin knew some healing jutsu. Jardoon was in bad shape himself, but Akira was what really mattered.