Hakumei moves against another Jinchuriki!

[Moongem]

He crouched atop of a large glacier, his bare feet against the seemingly blue chunk of ice. He stared at the large chunks of ice below him, in an attempt to differentiate them from the sea, which shared the same blue hue. He noticed how the light reflected off the water in an unpredictable pattern, while the glares from the glaciers held a constant, straight shape.

He left the high glacier cliff and soared downwards, his purple hair being thrown up as he fell, exposing his battle damaged Onigakure headband. He rolled his body forward, his body flipping before his feet planted softly on the jagged chunk of ice. He looked up and then around.

Uchiha Mazuku was looking for the Frozen Ice Village, which was located inside a great, large iceberg. Somewhere among this garden of icy structures, he'd find it. He had made it a goal to find it with out using his kekkei genkai, the Uchiha Sharakugan. He smiled, a bit of sweat along his brow, sometimes, it was nice to get away from everyone, have some peace. At least, he believed he was alone, though somewhere in the back of his mind, he had a suspicion that Chiri would send someone after him, really, he supposed, it wouldn't matter to him. Being alone is sometimes was nice, but company is always nice.

One blue sleeve flapped in the cold wind atop the glacier, it was an empty sleeve, one that held no arm. Kurohari Reizo was the young man who filled the costume, now obviously used to his one-arm situation. He spoke in a complaining tone, "Jeez, first I get my damn arm taken off, now we have to travel to some freezing, god-forsaken ice box...." He whined, as his partner walked behind him.

[Rinko]

Her massive blue braid swung around in the wing, and looped around her left shoulder. She hugged herself with her arms, and shuddered. It was so cold! Looking for Mazu was hard.. she sighed, and continued to follow some footsteps that she assumed were his."What the heck is he even doing out this far?!" she whined to herself. She ducked to avoid a large gust of wind, her blue hair being blown backwards. She continued onwards.

Karasu's silky white hair was being tossed by the wind, fully exposing her cold eyes. "Yes," she said quietly, "It is rather cold." her breaths were tiny puffs of condensation. Scars from the lightening girl littered her front, and some could be seen on her chest, where her kimono opened. Her arm was fully recovered, but it was also scarred. Kurai sought shelter from the bitter wind be hiding by Karasu's head. She nuzzled him gently.

[Moongem]

If Mazu hadn't been trying to find the village without his Sharakugan, he'd be able to see Rinko's chakra signature, along with the two others that were approaching. However, he could see none of them. He stood at his full height, a few strands of his purple hair dangling before his eyes. He exhaled deeply and looked around, it was nice to have his chakra back, it made life so much easier. He exhaled deeply before snapping his fingers loudly, his body disappearing in a flash of purple as he does. His body reappeared on the top of another glacier, his feet sinking into the small layer of snow on the large island of ice. He turned his head, seeing the blue haired girl walking forward in the cold gusts of wind, she probably couldn't see him because she had her head down, most likely trying to escape the wind. He took a few steps until he was beside her. He walked along beside her for a moment before speaking, "So... Rin-chan... where are you headed? All the way out here?"

Reizo grunted a bit as another cold gust brushed past the two. He stopped suddenly, tilting his head back and sniffing the cold air, "Kara-Kara..." He began as he brought his head back down again, "I smell him... Uchiha Mazuku..." He said, "Another one too..." He leaned towards her and sniffed as well, "And... it most be the person Kaseo said was related to you.... they smell like you." He said, "Come on, their this way." He said, changing course and walking past her.

[Rinko]

Rinko hadn't noticed Mazu walking beside her. It was only until he spoke that she found out. He startled her, she lept sideways with a "Ehh!" she looked at him, her purple eyes wide. "Oh.. Oh, its you.. Whew.. Uhh.. Chiri-chan sent me to look after you.." She sighed a huge sigh of relief, glad he wasn't an enemy. She would have been done for. She ducked her head again to avoid the wind.

Karasu looked at him with a look of skepticism as he leaned in and sniffed her, but she followed him nonetheless. "So they are here, then. Good.." Another gust of wind hit, and she ducked her head to try and defer it from hitting Kurai. "Let's get this over with so we can go somewhere warm.."

[Moongem]

Mazuku couldn't help but smile when she spoke, "Unnecessary, but appreciated." He laid a hand on her head and looked around, "Well then, you can help me find the next Village. The Village Frozen in Ice." He looked around, though he wasn't able to see anything, after all, they might as well been in a blizzard. He sighed, deciding to turn on his Sharakugan so he didn't have to keep Rinko in the cold so long. The first thing he saw was Rinko's chakra signature. He looked up and saw two more, he blinked seeing another chakra that was like Rinko's. "Hey Rin... were you using shadow clones? There's someone nearby... with your chakra but... darker..." He said slowly, "Much Da-" He blinked and then smiled, "Hey! Reizo's there too!" He said, "Hey, come on! You can meet my adoptive son!" He said quickly.

Reizo sneezed, it wasn't clear if he sneezed because of the cold or because Mazuku was talking about him. "Kara-Kara..." He began, "This time..." He held the stub where his arm had once been, "We'll work together." He said slowly, "Mazuku's... Mazuku's not a demon like his son... he won't kill us if he gets the chance. But we probably can't beat him if we don't work together." He explained to her.

[Rinko]

"M-Mazu-kun, I don't know it that's.." she stopped, and looked at the direction of the two chakras.. One of the WAS really.. dark. Almost not human. Both felt rather eerie.. She looked at him, a little nervous. The wind whipped her braid over her shoulder, and the end of it hit her in the face. she was flustered, and moved it to the side of her.

Karasu looked at Reizo. The wind made her eyes clearly visible through her silky white hair, which matched the snow. There were a light, cool shade. Almost like lavender. (They change with the season, in this case, the weather) Kurai looked at Karasu, and felt uneasy. Her gaze always pierced through him like an ice cold Kunai. "I understand." Karasu said, her gaze settling on his missing arm. "That was our mistake last time, and it nearly cost us our lives. Let's not let that happen again." She turned away. "Looks like my little cousin Rin is out there as well.."

[Moongem]

It was to late. He had grabbed her shoulder and the two of them had vanished. Where they reappeared, the scenery was not very different. Mazuku turned his body and smiled as he looked upon the two, the orange haired boy, his second son, and the white haired girl with him. He lifted an eyebrow curiously as he noticed their matching uniforms, but the curiosity quickly left him. He stepped forward, one hand moving to his waist and grinning at the two of them. "Reizo!" He spoke in a joyful tone, "It's been to long! You've grown!" He said.

Reizo almost flinched when the sudden burst of purple energy erupted not to far away from them. He stared, dumbfounded, as he looked upon there target, greeting him with unwavering trust and joyfulness. Reizo almost laughed. He couldn't believe their luck! He looked at Karasu, "Kara-Kara... meet Uchiha Mazuku."

[Rinko]

"Eh!" Was Rinko's response to the sudden change in location. She looked towards where they used to be, and where they were currently. She looked as Mazuku cherrily introduced his son, and his son introduced... "K-Karasu-ikoki?" She looked at her-- she didn't change much from when she left. Her hair was shorter, and she was older.. Karasu still had that bird with her.. Rinko didn't feel like something was right. Why did their uniforms match?.. What was it that Karasu left to join?.. She tried to remember. She nodded a greeting to both of them.


Karasu looked at Reizo when he looked at her, and understood. This was lucky, indeed. She examined her little, weak, cousin and nodded in return, not even bothering to fake a happy reunion. She examined the demon they were to destroy, and didn't understand how trusting and happy he could be. Yes, Reizo, Kurai, and herself would have to work as a team. Their main priority was this man. She cast a sideways glance at her cousin, who appeared to be worried.. Yes. Yes, she should be.

[Moongem]

Reizo smiled at Mazuku, "Otou-san!" He said in a voice that could easily be called 'fake' if you knew Reizo. "Otou-san!" He repeated taking a few steps towards Mazuku. He looked at him, seemingly beaming at him. "It's been to long! Ho-" He had moved towards Mazuku enough for him to be in his range, and he wasn't going to waste any time. He slashed his slit wrist at Mazuku, slinging a stream of blood at him. He smiled, surprise was on their side.

Mazuku's eyes remained in their happy position as the blood splattered on his face and shirt. He blinked and looked down at his clothes and then back up at Reizo, who was now directly in front of him, his hand covered in hardened blood that formed a spike on his hand. He grinned up at Mazuku as he thrust his arm forward, attempting to plunge the spike into Mazuku's chest.

The snow fell where Mazuku had been standing, he now stood behind Reizo, a curious expression upon his face, "Now Reizo..." He began, "What was that all about?" He began slowly.

Reizo grinned, "Oh, nothing~" He chanted melodically as he stood and slung his arm out at the girl who had been beside Mazuku.

[Rinko]

It all happened so fast-- Reizo cutting himself, stabbing Mazu, then putting his arm around Rinko. She made a sound of pure protest, and pushed against him, trying to get him away. What was going on?! "G-get away, you creep!" Rinko tried reaching out to see if there were any animals, but there were none, beside Karasu's bird, who didn't respond to her plea for help.

Karasu acted just as quickly, when she flung a scarred arm, and out of her sleeve came ten red-eyed ravens. Five lunged at Rinko, being sure to avoid Reizo, and five at Mazuku. They would explode on impact, if any.

[Moongem]

Mazuku's eyes widened as the white-haired girl moved. His body vanished again and he appeared between Reizo and Rinko. He did not appear on his feet. He appeared between them balancing his body with one arm while placing one arm on Rinko's side and pushing away from the incoming birds. Seeming to think that the birds were also coming after Reizo he moved his feet onto Reizo and kicked him away. He flung his body up and landed in front of Rinko, as he landed, he preformed a hand gesture while glaring at Karasu, "Oni Bunshin no Jutsu!" He mumbled. Eleven clones arose from his shadows, ten of them intercepting the birds. Through the exploding birds, Mazuku appeared, dashing at Karasu, his sword now drawn.

Reizo blinked as he was knocked away from what Mazuku could have though would have been an impact zone, was trying to stab him not enough to show him they weren't on the same side? He blinked as he saw Mazuku sprint from the smoke towards his partner. He stood and ran into the smoke, a hostage was a great way to get to Mazuku! He was suddenly intercepted by another Mazuku, "You sent a clone after Kara-Kara? That won't work!"

[Rinko]

Rinko fell back and landed on her butt. She hopped up quickly, and noticed there was a lot of smoke. That Reizo guy was away from her as well. She took a defensive stance, kunai in hand. "Damn it!" She held her ground, not really knowing how she could be of any help to Mazu. there were clones of him running around everywhere!

"Kurai, get out of here for now!" Karasu ordered as she was being charged at. She drew her katana as well, and was prepared to unite the cold steel. at the same time, she summoned five more birds, two stayed on either of her shoulders, one flew towards Rinko, one to the remained clone, and one for whichever one Mazuku was.

[Moongem]

Mazuku was going to push this girl as far as she could go. His body vanished and he appeared above her. His sapphire blue Sharakugan glared at her, a happy smile on his face. He brought the sword down towards her,

Reizo stopped and thought, "No..." He muttered. "The real one..." He ran out of the cloud of smoke and at Karasu and the actual Mazuku. He pulled his one arm back and jumped up, preparing to lunge his blade into him.

Mazuku saw Reizo through his Sharakugan and acted accordingly. Before his sword touched the white haired girl's, he vanished once again, putting Karasu in Reizo's trajectory. His body was now on the ground behind the white haired girl, he leaned back and pulled his knees to his chest, preparing to try to kick her towards him. He shot his legs forward.

[Rinko]

Karasu let out a grunt of frustration as she noted her relocation. She turned, and saw Reizo, her eyes widened. She then frowned, and looked for him. She saw his legs moving for her, and sheplanted her feet firmly, and held her hands out. Out of both of them shot 20 smaller ravens (who don't explode) right at Mazuku.

(Rinko will kinda disappear until I find something to do with her.)

[Moongem]

Mazuku watched the birds and smiled, obviously entertained by the display. His eyes moved from the birds to back behind Reizo, where he appeared after a second. He planted his feet on Reizo back, who was unable to do anything given his momentum and lack of an arm, and kicked him at the bird girl, causing him to travel towards her at a quicker pace. He vaulted backwards off Reizo and landed on the ground, he smiled as he watched the birds come at him. He inhaled and closed his eyes for a moment, when he opened them again the birds had nearly reached him. He threw his arms out and lightning riddled out from him, it sprouted from his arms, as if a part of him and protected him like a shield, "Chidori: Nagashi!" He muttered as the cry of a thousand birds drowned out the twenty birds that were attacking him

[Rinko]

Karasu growled as her birds were being incinerated by the painfully loud lightening. She used this as an opportunity to help her partner. She was there in a flash. She sheathed her katana, and grabbed Reizo's arm with both of hers. "Get up," she said as she pulled him. She let go of him, and glared at Mazuku.

[Moongem]

"I remember now..." Mazuku said as the last of the lighting left his body, "You left Oni to join the Hakumei Seidei..." He said, a smile upon his face. "I gotta say Reizo, You've grown. Not just taller, but stronger." He looked at both of his opposition with happy eyes, "So, I take it the two of you are here to kill me?" He chuckled and tilted his head, "Well, I let you try, but I can't die yet. But don't be afraid, both of you fight me with everything you got. I won't kill you." He said with a hearty smile.

[Rinko]

Karasu stood by Reizo's side, and glared at Mazuku with her cold eyes. she felt insulted as they were being treated like mere children. She wouldn't let her target walk out of here.. not again. "We will kill you, demon!!" She shouted. Her blood was boiling-- she'd let down the Hakumei Seidei down once-- she didn't plan on letting it happen again.

[Moongem]

"It's that attitude that allows me to treat you like children." He said, "I'm not just a 'demon' you know... I'm a jinchuriki, and I'm fourth Onikage. I was born into the Uchiha clan." He almost sounded condescending, but he was actually warning them, "I will say this now. I'm stronger then both of you. You'll need that blood thirsty attitude if you want to kill me, but even with it, you can't kill me now." He looked at them almost serious and crossed his arms, "One the other side of the coin, as Reizo is my adoptive son, I can play with you all day long and give you a tutorial in how to fight me, then someday, you can kill me." He grinned at the two of them.

Reizo swore under his breath as Mazuku boasted.

[Rinko]

Karasu glared at the man before them-- he was mocking them just to "ruffle their feathers" so to speak. She opened her mouth to let lose a string of foul language, but then a voice cut her off. It was Kurai's. He said, "Karasu-chan, stop! He is doing that on purpose! Compose yourself, he's just trying to work into your head!" Karasu clenched her jaw shut, and did her best to compose herself. Visibly, she became less rigid. She leaned towards Reizo and whispered, "He's just messing with us. What should we do about this? He's probably right, but we can't just retreat. Not again.."

[Moongem]

Mazuku crossed his arms, looking at them thoughtfully, "Now it's cold out here... and I'm sure my friend agrees... We have to hurry up and find the Village Hidden under the Ice" He said slowly. "So, hurry up. Keep trying to kill me, but hurry up... Like I said, It's cold." He dropped his arms to his sides, showing that he was prepared for them. His eyes suddenly rested on the white haired girl, "Wait..." He could see chakra lingering on a wound she had on herself, "Girl... that chakra... where did you get that wound?"

[Rinko]

Karasu scoffed. She didn't see point in giving the enemy any information, but she stared and said, "The Dark Prince." She shook out her sleeve, so it covered her arm even more. She wasn't fond of the unsightly scars, but that's what happens when you fight will Hell itself. She glanced sideways at Reizo, not sure if they should follow this man. It might as well be a trap.. they couldn't afford that. "No," she said to him, "I don't feel as though I should trust you."

[Moongem]

Reizo had lifted his arms to cover her mouth, but he been one second to late and dropped his arms, suddenly looking at the Uchiha.

Mazuku's blue eyes had grown sharp, "You... you... went after Onikaru... My Karu..." He turned his body, "You'll get what you want. You'll regret it." He looked at them, now completely serious, "No one... even my adoptive son and his friend... Threaten the promise I made to Haruka... You'll just be face down in the snow after I beat you."

[Rinko]

Karasu said nothing, but got into a defensive stance. Another gush of wind flew by, exposing her eyes, and their obvious intent. "So..." she thought to herself, "This is the father of Onikaru?" She glanced at Reizo, examining him.

[Moongem]

Reizo nodded, seeming to know what she was thinking. He looked forward, "We have to take the fight to him... If we let him use his teleportation technique, then we won't have a chance...." He whispered as he blood defied physics and ran up the back of his wrist and formed another spike on his hand.

Mazuku spoke strongly, his tone lacking it's usual joyful essence. "Girl... tell me your name." He said. His eyes had changed, they were purple. Same as Rinko's. His eyes holding a triangle formed from the tomoe.

Reizo squinted looking at Mazuku's eyes, remembering what his father had said about Mazuku. His eyes shot down, what was it?

[Rinko]

Karasu started at him, her brows slightly furrowed. She wasn't going to tell this man her name. That was the last thing she needed. Her eyes went back to Reizo, and she nodded. How were they both going to pull this off? Its clear Mazuku had a deathwish towards Karasu. She took a step forward, and held one of her arms out.

[Moongem]

Mazuku scoffed, foolish children were on the defensive. He opened his eyes, remembering his father call him green. Naive. He know felt that since of confidence, it was all to obvious these children had never been in war. He took advantage of their naiveness, and disappeared.

Mazuku's body reappeared in front of Reizo, his fighting style was that of a professional, experience flowed off of him as his fist sunk into Reizo's stomach. Reizo grunted, he hadn't had time to react. He frowned and thrust his hand forward, into nothing. He felt Mazuku's foot one his back and fell forward, his chin hitting the ice.

Mazuku's body vaulted sideways, he was upside down and directly above the white haired girl. He quickly shifted his momentum and kicked forward. His body pulled itself right side up and his foot directed at the girl's chest.

[Rinko]

Kurai squawked a warning to Karasu, but it was a little too late. From his view, she took the full brunt of the attack. Karasu coughed a little as his foot sank into her chest, causing her to be winded. She reached out with both hands, hoping to grab his foot, and fling him away. She looked to the side quickly, and shouted hoarsely, "Reizo! get up!"

[Moongem]

Reizo forced himself up, lunging at the caught Mazuku, the blood spike on his pulled back, like a coiled snake ready to strike.

Mazuku examined the situation, all his hits had landed, but the girl had been able to grab his leg, now Reizo was lounging at him. His Sharakugan examined the situation in 360 degree and he thought of his resources. He could still use the 'Flying Demon King' Jutsu but that would just let him avoid the next attack. He thought and ousted the thought, they were all within close proximity, he could use that to his advantage. He had no time to waste, Reizo was moving closer with every wasted second. He brought his hands up, showing the reaction time he had been granted while on the Neo Akatsuki's islands and formed a handsign.

Mazuku threw out his arms, "Don't get to close!" Lightning shoot off his body, as it had when Karasu's birds had attacked him and the area was filled with the cry of screaming birds.

Reizo had been air borne, there was no way he could avoid unless he had a teleportation technique like Mazuku. His body convulsed and stopped immediately as it encountered the field of lightning and then fell back, about a foot landing on the ground with a thud.

[Rinko]

Karasu let out a pained screech that was drowned out by the noise as she tightened her grip on his leg. Her entire body pulled into itself because of the lightening, but she refused to let go. Kurai was above, and he was alarmed by her cry. "Karasu-chan!!" He flew, and landed near Reizo. "Please, you must help her, she can't let go because of the shock!" clearly, Kurai was right about her not being able to let go, but Karasu didn't want to let go. She gripped tighter.