Nakoda's Stroll

[Taro Suudo]

"Taro Suudo." Taro heard a rustle in the bushes. There was a glint of light upon steel, and a tiny hiss. Taro dashed foreward, skidding to a stop in front of Naomi. There was a sharp ping, and a flash of blood. Taro's head jerked backwards and to the right, his arm flying out behind him. There was a nother rustle, and the attacker moved. Taro brought his head around, his glasses cracked and blood dripping from a cut on the sother side of his glasses. He took them off, throwing them ont the ground, and held up the kunai he had snatched. "That's why."

[Sakura]

Nakoda simply had his arm extended and a kunai between his teeth, standing ready. This simple and seemingly minor pose was a death sentence to anyone oposing Nakoda within the range of attack. He stood ready to lauch poisonus beetles from his very skin. His large eyes were alert, and narrowed into slits as he only dared to breath. "Is that all of them?" he asked through the kunai in his mouth.

Arashi had her staff extended in a fluid motion of her hands. She stood beside her sensei silently. She didn't look real- her statue like pose and stony expression gave her a lifeless look. This was how she looked, when she was ready to kill. Being almost of Jonin level, she took these things quite seriously. She let her eyes fluter from place to place, her mind taking in every detail using every sense. She knew she had to be ready...and besides...this might be fun for her, killing invading shinobi.

[Neko]

Danger is coming a old voice said softly. Her skin quickly hardened. She could hear it then, she waited for the inevitable. but something happened. a splash of blood. Seeing Taro take the hit instead of her, made her very angry, even he was the original target anyway. 3 shuriken dropped into her hand from her right sleeve as her left grabbed a kunai putting it into a blocking position.

She put herself in the way of thelast attack stading directly infront of Taro. She yelled, "I'm a defensive specialist. I'll protect him as long as I can. Nakoda please deal with the intruders." She yelled over.

Senses heightened, ready for the next attack. \A bead of sweat rolling down her face. She knew she had a small margin of error to deflect the attack with her sheild. But she could always take the hit and hope the armor protected against most of it.

[Taro Suudo]

"I'm not sure Nakoda..." Taro activated his kekkei genkai, letting the blood in his system flow a little easier. The crosses that he had for pupils disappeared, from his eyes, and reappeared in black on his palms. Whirling around, Taro placed himself back to back against Naomi. "Like I need protecting." he grinned one of his vampiric grins as the scent of battle came on the air. And, now we just need the perpetrator to show himself... There was rustling all around, and suddenly, a group of five water ninja dropped to the ground, surrounding the group. "Hand over the boy and no one gets hurt!"

[Sakura]

Arashi smilled widely, bloodlust at her eyes. "Aww...but thats no fun not is it?" She said through gritted teeth. She charged one of the men, as she leaped she pulled out her staff and it peiced itself together from the sectioned form just seconds before she his the mans jaw- the sicking crack of bone was heard as she leaned in and slit his throat, looking up with a hint of childish joy in her eyes.

Nakoda noded at Naomi as Arashi made her split second attack. He let the skin on his pam rip as blood dripped- as well as thousands of bugs. "This should give some cover for us." He said as the black cloud hovered around Taro. If they went to penetrate the cload to find him- they were within arms reach for his attack.

[Neko]

She focused on the area in side the bug dome. Cooling it down, as the vapor in the air coagulated into ice crystals. "Sorry if its a bit cold for your tastes", she said with a grin, her eyes darting from one side to another. She had everything set up for her defensive and retaliation moves.

[Taro Suudo]

"Maybe I've missed something, but, why are you fighting my battle?" Taro tried to make it sound like a simple question but in actuality, he was quite indignant at the fact that he couldn't have the satisfaction of defeating an entire gang alone. "I think that however many were out there was all that they have, but one can't be certain." Taro pulled six tarot cards from hsi pocket, holding one between each finger. "Let them come."

[Sakura]

Arashi stood beside Naomi. "What will I do?" She asked, used to taking orders from others. She wasn't aware of the little trail of blood on her cheek. Her eyes still had a linger of fun, as if she was awaiting the next round of a game.

Nakoda perched himseld in a tree, determined that these kids could handle themselves. He was able to relax, since his bugs were frozen.