Kyoshiro transports his hostage

[chiffon]

Mahuro, the woman, groans when she travels through the rough terrain of rocks and dead trees. Kyoshiro is leading the woman with a sword which seems to extract it's own aura of cold death and blood thirst. Spreading terror around and making any living creatuers escape their presens.
"My legs hurt, I can't go on any further." Mahuro complains.
"Just a little longer." Kyoshiro says.
A team of 5 black dressed ninjas appear around them. Looking at their masks which cover their faces, you can tell they are trained as ANBU.
"You stole our treasure. That was gonna be our hostage." ANBU speaks and makes a weak and annoyed laugh. "Thanks for doing the work, now hand her over."
"I don't want to fight you but you leave me no choice. Die!" Kyoshiro makes a move and returns to his pose.
"I felt something but I didn't see him move, even when I didn't lift my eyes of him." ANBU feels something warm across his body and blood streams out by the line. He knows he was cut in half.
3 of them fall down.
"Who is next?" Kyoshiro asks.
"Wha-wha-what? Impossible!"
Quick movement and Kyoshiro locates himself behind the two remaining.
Before they realize what happened they fall down.

Kyoshiro, who was created by Oda, seems to be growing fast in power. He might even have surpassed his creator at this point. Things are not going as planned for the poor Oda. Who is traveling a few miles away and trying to follow and track down the missing ninja Kyoshiro.

[chiffon]

Oda stops his walk. Senses a chakra in the distance.
"Such strong chakra. It couldn't be him... He can't have become this powerful in such a short time. Or could he? I must investigate." Oda begins to rush.

[naito]

A swarm of bugs, discreet by nature, makes a man , bug controller, appear on a dead tree bransch near the battle scene. Making sure he is not in line of sight for the main characters. Allowing him to spy on them without anyones' knowledge.

Naito Aburame has been following the group of ninjas for a while. Suspecting they are part of the secret organization which killed his parents. He had caught track on them back at the villlage of leaf when a snitch had tipped out about a guy who had then given a scroll to this group of people.

"Whats the relationship to this stranger? Who is he? Whats up with this killing aura I sense, it's almost suffocating me." Looking at the beautiful woman by his side, he wanna guess it's a husband and wife but there are no ring on the man's finger. Perhaps it's a ninja who has been assigned to protect that woman. It's a normal event for ninjas to get such jobs.

[chiffon]

"Uwaah!" The woman screams. "So much blood! So much madness! Did you have to kill them?"

"It would be them or us." Kyoshiro replies. "Lets go, we can't afford to slack off." He takes the hand of Mahuro and pulls her. She seems to be in shock. It shouldn't be a suprise, she is not use to the life of a warrior.

Oda appears in the horizone. Looking to the left and then to the right. He hasn't spot his target yet. What a place to be at, he thinks. These trees died a long time ago by a forest fire. It got no life expect for the insects who likes to eat dead material and the birds which likes to eat the insects. He remembers the words, "circle of life", from a book which he read a long time ago.

[naito]

Where are they going? Naito wonders. Why were they targeted by that secret organisation? I need to find out, Naito thinks and begins to follow descreetly. But this direction is where I came from. Don't tell me! They are heading to Leaf!? But why Leaf of all the countries? This will surely bring more battle and conflict. What should I do? I'll continue to watch and make a decision later.

[soichiro]

Meanwhile back at the Grass headquarters:

Chikage hears the news.
"What, Sand ninja cidnapped her and then runs to Leaf to hide? So they are both behind this, Leaf and Sand, this because I wouldn't support them in the war, I suppose. How long can I sit back and let them hurt me like this? I might need to bring forth my sword which I sworn to never to use again." Sochiro fingers on the handle. "I hope it won't come to it."

[chiffon]

Kyoshiro steps carefully into water. A river streams south. Looking back and telling the woman to follow him.
"C'mon, we need to hurry." He says with a gentle smile.
"Ooh, I'm tired. I don't want to walk anymore." Mahuro kneels down and sits down on the rocky beach surface next to the river.

"Kyoshiro, I finally found you." Oda caught up with the runners. "What happened to loyalty to your creator?"

"Oda..." Kyoshiro got mix feelings about Oda. Anger for being an enemy to the life he wants but also love for being a person who he sees as his father.

"Time to go home." Oda says and knows that the word may have 2 meanings. One for the hidden village of sand but the word may also refer to his body as a place for Kyoshiro to return to.

Kyoshiro feels his world shrinking and darkens. Where is his freedom to choose his own destiny? He wants to be free. Putting his hand on the handle of samurai sword and readies it to draw.

Mahuro shrugs her shoulders and rests on the ground by sitting on a flat rock. She knows the skills of Kyoshiro when she witnessed him killing a squad of bandits not long ago. Doesn't feel much hope for the lone man who stands before them.

Oda looks at Kyoshiro's hostile behaviour. Deep inside he feels betrayed. Thinking back, their relationship isn't long. He had just met Kyoshiro, spent some time at dojo and sent him out on a mission. Perhaps his feelings which exist are unfair. He shouldn't be able to grow feelings for a person in such a short time. It has never happend before. Could it be natural feelings because he is his father? Just like a mother has mother insticts to protect her children, Oda looks at Kyoshiro with caring eyes.
In this world of ninja, everyone fights, even the people who love each other. Perhaps a battle will give him oppertunity to communicate and spend time with his son. He draws his kunai.

[naito]

Naito watches the scene from a tree a good distance away. "I see, a Sand ninja appear to kill the missing ninja of sand. It's natural that the own country men is most anxious of killing their own missing ninjas. After all, the missing criminals carries a lot of secrets from their own village." Naito tenses his eyes on the woman.
"Who is she? I have a feeling that her identity will cause problems for not only Sand but for Leaf too."

[soichiro]

In the Grass village a group of ninjas gather.
"My chosen 6 ninjas of the village. All very elite and experienced." The Chikage says and appears in front of the group. "The elders tryed to convince me to stay here, saying I'm too important to be risking my life in a lowly mission. But how can I stay here in my office when Mahuo, who is like a daughter to me, is out there and could be dead for all we know."
"Yes, Chikage. We follow your orders." One of the elite ninja says who looks to be around 30years old, blue hair. Sad eyes but confident mouth which grimaces like a dog warning an intruder to not mess with it.
"Ok, lets move out team!" Chikage announces and the team departs east.

[Shura Higurashi]

I get tired of sitting around my office with no word on the recovery mission.

"Sir word has it that the grass is mobilizing some ninja what should we do? " asks a ninja bursting into my office

"Get me my best Anbu I want the remaining two ninja brothers kept an I on I'm going out " I say grabbing my sword off the wall opening the window and flying out

"YES SIR " the ninja yells so I can hear him

[chiffon]

Kyoshiro pulls his katana and lungs forward. The metal of the weapons clash. Kyoshiro adds pressure to try to push Oda to the ground. Oda's body shake when meeting such a force but he can stand up to it, at least for now. Knowing his shaking body indicates that he will run out of air and might not be able to hold on for long. Kyoshiro looks to be more relaxed and have a lot of physical strenght in his baggage.
Lack of patients Kyoshiro withdraws his sword and begins to strike repeatly with full force.
"I'm not going back! You can't make me!" Oda parries with his kunai which gains a lot of abuse. His arms are being pushed back closer to his body from each strike. The closer his arms are to his body the harder it is to defend. Wondering if this is the end. He feels the wrists touch the breast. Knowing his defense currently is broken. He is pushed back and Kyoshiro's sword starts to reach him. Kyoshiro's technique switching from power to speed and begins to make scratches on Oda's arms and body. Oda backs into a tree and can't back any further, he is trapped.
Kyoshiro notices the advantage position he got and collects the chakra for a power strike. Nothing will be able to block his Sword God Judgement.
Reflexively Oda throws himself to the side like a football (soccer) goalkeeper. Kyoshiro misses his target and cuts down the thick and old tree which splits with ease. A small crack to the ground appear when the sword stops there. A chakra shockwave almost ripping down the nearby trees.
Kyoshiro looks at Oda who gets up. Thinking if he is ready to kill his father. If he even wants to. A moment ago he was filled with anger and frustration, he couldn't controll himself, almost led to killing him. But he should kill him, Kyoshiro thinks and feels torn about the question.
"Good dodge for a weakened man." Kyoshiro says smiling.
"Thank you for the compliment, you are not that bad yourself." Oda replies and takes the chance of casting handseals. "However, this will be the end! Wind shurikens!" Around Oda, the wind element, forms into physical shurikens and throws themselves at Kyoshiro.
Kyoshiro knows this is trouble, the cutting ability of wind is above any blade. He readies into a stance to dodge every single one of them. Suspecting he won't be able to block them at all.

[naito]

Naito sneaks closer to the scene. Hiding behind another tree. Peeks for clearance. Jumps a good distance and dodges behind a stone. What a fearsome battle, Naito thinks. Sneaking silently and sits down next to Mahuro.
"Hi, are you thirsty?" Naito asks the woman and reaches a waterbottle to her.

"Thank you!" She says and grabs it. Pouring down water like she was starving.

"Whats the business here?" Naito waits the woman finishes her drinking. Being messy and having water run from her mouth down to her breast. She performs a futile attempt to clean herself with her palm.
"I'm a run away bride. I didn't want to get married so Kyoshiro helped me."

"I see. But why ask a missing ninja for help? Isn't it dangerous?"

"I feel that I can trust him. He is a bit rough around the edge but I feel he is gentle deep inside."

[Shura Higurashi]

I fly over the battle to survey the scene I see Oda fighting Kyoshiro and another ninja sitting next to the women. I land on a cliff above the fight watching. A sand Anbu appears next to me kneeling "sir what will we do next attack? " he asks watching the fight with me "no he has a couple of hours before the sand gets involved ........ do we have any lunch? " I ask looking at the Anbu "uh... I can get some " he says looking at me "good take this sack of ryo and get some ramen for the team " I say looking down the cliff at the women and ninja "oh and get them some for them to " I say pointing to the women and ninja "yes sir "the Anbu says as he runs off

[chiffon]

Oda knows ninja skills of all catheogories, ninjutsu, taijutsu and genjutsu. But may not master them all. Still it gives him good flexibility in and allows him to use strategy in the course of battle. First he needs to find the weakness of his opponent. The 2nd step is to choose the best technique to hit it.
The lack of chakra doesn't give him much time to study. He is in weakened form after using birth jutsu on himself. Oda may need to take a risk in this battle to have a chance to victor.
"Don't you know how embarrassing it was for me to tell the kazekage that my creation has become a villain?" Oda picks up 5 kunais with wind symbol and 5 with fire symbol. Knowing how wind and fire is able to accumalate their destruction power, Oda throws them at the same time at his adversery. Creating a very hot and large fireball near Kyoshiro.
"I'm very sorry but I can no longer be by your side." Kyoshiro says and uses a technique which can even split air molecules in half, Ghostly Blade. The heat from the fire is still high enough to roast his skin even if it didn't hit him directly.
"Looks like I hit you. I believe you are weakened enough to be sealed inside me without resistance." Oda prepares the seals. Watching the fire burn out and the smoke to fade. Analysing the true damage to the opponent. What bad burn, he should be in a lot of pain. To the respect of the opponent who put up a good fight he will try to seal him quickly and release him from the pain.
Kyoshiro watches Oda casting the seals. He can't let him finish them, he just can't. His willpower speeds up his chakra and makes it run close to mach 1. Making the area become windy.
Oda blinks a few times to not get any dust to his eyes. When he opens the eyelock a 2nd time he can no longer see Kyoshiro. A shadow appears on his head and shoulders. Kyoshiro stands behind Oda and draws his sword. Preparing to behead his former master.

[soichiro]

Soichiro appears with his team to the scene, 100 yards away. All 6 standing on a branch which is thick enough to carry them.
"There they are. Leaf and Sand, kidnapping Mahuro. I will not forgive them." Soichiro says and uses military body signs to command his troops to surround the enemy.
I will make my move now, Soichiro thinks. If you are not ready, you won't survive our Grass Ambush style.