Pride of Lions [Travel]

[athene]

<sub>{40/70}

Karina left the body of the fallen man where it was, and slowly walked away from the scene. A strange feeling came over her; it still amazed her that she killed a man. She wasn't expecting the wind drill to be capable of death if used properly. She was pleased that it saved her, feeling a little more safe. She wouldn't need to be on the boat much longer, as the shore came closer and closer. Although, someone was bond to see that body soon, and probably accuse her since she didn't really belong here.

She spotted the dog that belonged to the female, and returned to him. He was probably wondering where she had gone, or why there were droplets of blood on her face. She didn't even notice the blood, she was just glad to still be alive. She couldn't get the gruesome sight of the gouge in the sailor's head that she produced. It almost sickened her, but perhaps it was something to get used to now she was missing.

" There she is! Kill her! "

A voice shouted nearby, and Karina turned to face a group of sailors, coming towards her, each grasping a sharp dagger. Go figure, they were coming after her for killing a fellow sailor. They didn't even have any proof that she did that. Nonetheless, it was time to fight. Although, this time she had some assistance. The large dog snarled at the oncoming sailors, seeing them armed with dangerous weapons. He bolted towards the riot, jumping down on a couple sailors. He crunched down on a sailor's arm, tearing it right from the limb with a pull of his broad head. However, there was still a few more, and a couple of the sailors focused on the dog.

Now less of a target, Karina didn't have to worry quite as much. Although, she needed to have some good accuracy. She gulped up a mouthful of air, filling her lungs and molding chakra. She released the air quickly through her mouth, sending out a gust of drilling wind at one of the sailors. The drill struck his chest, surging right through his heart. The dagger in hand dropped as the wind shot through his back, which crashed to the ground after reaching about twenty meters. The sailor fell to the ground, and a pool of crimson blood rippled from his body.

The other girl's canine had struck down another couple of sailors in a few moments, using sharp teeth to shred the man into bloody pieces. It was a terrible massacre that Karina wasn't intending to happen, but if it didn't she would be the one on the floor, lifeless.

Now the sailors were trying to attack the dog, since he was the bigger threat. Karina quietly scooped up a dagger that had been dropped by a now dead sailor, and rushed towards one of the surviving brutes. From behind, she plunged the dagger through his dead, watching him seize and crumble to the ground. She left the dagger in his back, as there were others she could pick up if needed.

The mob of sailors was reduced to one, who looked pretty intimidated by the large canine and Karina. His hands trembled, and a look of fear shined in his eyes. Karina glared at him, stepping closer to him slowly. He stepped back, but not fast enough. Karina drew in lots of air, allowed more chakra to mold within her, then she breathe out. This technique was starting to drain her, but there was only one left to kill. The air that she released twisted into a drill, and glided swiftly for his throat. The wind drill puncture both sides of his neck with ease, and blood effortlessly flowed from the openings. He fell to his knees, then collapsed on the ground, which marked the end of a gorey fight.

The boat had finally reached the docks, so she and the dog could reunite with the other girl. Karina was about to head towards the shore, until a sharp object was placed by her throat. She froze in her place, using her peripherals to see an arm was holding a blood-soaked dagger to her neck.

" What have you done to my crew? "

The man growled, speaking loudly into her ear. So, she had forgotten to kill the captain...</sub>

[roko]

+10

NO! DON'T SHOUT KILL HER!D:

[Beautiful Rogue]

Kage Bunshin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Jutsu)
Rank: B
Skill: Ninjutsu
Effect: The Kage Bushin no Jutsu (Shadow Clone Jutsu) is a increased and stronger form of the Regular Bushin jutsu which is a meer Genjutsu. Kage Bushin allows the clones to actually inflict damage upon the opponent, They can even use jutsu for they carry their own chakra circulatory system making it even impossible for the Hyuuga clan members to tell them apart from the original. Each clone that the user makes divides his.her chakra up evenly between them making ten clones means each clone has one tenth the original users chakra supply. The clones are real enough they even bleed when cut but when inflicted with enough damage the clone disappears.
Special: A special Handsign where the user crosses the two first fingers of each hand making a cross.
Drawback: The average user can only make about 5 clones. Excessive use of the Clone jutsu can leave the use extremely low on chakra. When the clones are destroyed the user does not get a return in charka.
Description: The Kage Bushin is an Exact Replica of the user and can not in anyway be proven to be a copy not even by the most elite of jutsu. Unless taken to the test and actually harmed.
Limit: Must be an ANBU. Must be Chuunin in order to get this technique. Kage only is capable of allowing someone to learn.

[--/60]

Naomi had been reading the scroll when the first signs of chaos broke out on the boat, making her look up from the current technique she had been studying, which was the clone technique, Kage Bunshin, a technique that replicated the user exactly. Well, they were just chakra creations, but, other than that, they were clones. IT was an intriguing idea, as she had never had the ability to create a clone before, which, as a warrior such as herself would be quite an advanced thing for her to have. She had not looked through it in depth really, just looking at the basics before her scope of thought was distracted and she knew she had to go save her companion.

Sighing she stood up and concentrated her chakra, the technique was different than anything else she had ever done before, it required its own special hand seal, much like her Yasou technique, however, the technique was so much more powerful, as it gave so much opportunity to the user. In fact, she was fairly certain that if she created a clone of herself, the destruction she could create would be so immense that it was not even funny. Well, not to anyone else, she was certain that to her, it would be a riot, and she would get to watch magnificent art being made between herself and well, herself, which was actually quite incredible, she would not even need a person to battle when she could just fight herself, especially if she had all of her own techniques, which would be quite frightening actually. Would the clones try to take over?

Well, whatever, she needed to make her way to the ship, it looked like the girl was in trouble, and Sigfried had already left her alone, although his coat was a little bloody and he had a few minor wounds. He was fine, and now he was drinking from some of the spilled ale on the ground, which Naomi had forgotten about, although it was a little too late for that now. Moving from he position, she checked the boat which had quite a lot of holes in it, she had no idea from what, but they were there, so either the ship was even shittier than she had thought in the first place, or that something had gone down and now the girl was in trouble, cause she knew that if Sigfried had done anything major, the entire boat would have been sunken. The dog was too powerful for his own good sometimes.

Forming the seal once, she focused her chakra into it, having a slight uneasyness about it, considering she had never actually had any clone jutsu before, so this was rather unusual for her to be able to do. Her chakra expanded and with a poof of smoke, there was a clone before her. Or well, not a clone, more like a failed genetic experiment version of her, the clone was pale and rather useless really, she doubted it could even move on its own without dissapearing. Her chakra levels had dipped a little there, but it was practically nothing, the clone had obviously not gotten enough chakra to sustain its self-sufficient body, and had been formed into this weak looking and rather pathetic image of her. Hell, even its skin was pale, everything about it was dead looking, as though she had just summoned a damned zombie.

Well, a zombie was better than nothing she guessed, it made it kind of tedious, but she guessed it could be used as a distraction, after all, she did not want to just expend the chakra and not use it. Grasping the diseased looking clone by the arm, she hoisted it into the air and threw it at the front of the boat where her companion had been trying to leave, with any luck, the useless clone would serve as a useful distraction, and she would be able to get up there and activate her recently learned ANBU technique, the paralysis technique, her hands would flash through the two seals needed and he would be paralyzed by her, and the girl would escape and they could kill him. Naomi would not, this was not her scene to kill the man, he had not attacked her.

[▐Shibu]

---> +10 <---

[athene]

<sub>{50/70}

A bead of sweat drizzled down Karina's forehead as the tense moment seemed to last forever. She pictured the dagger tearing through her throat, with blood seeping through the open wound. It was more terrifying to imagine herself bleeding than to witness someone else die. Her eyes were peeled on the dagger resting at the skin of her neck, anticipating her final moment. She needed some sort of distraction to give her a moment to escape! Fortunately, it was about to arrive.

There was a loud thud, and a limp body appeared to have landed on the boat. It wasn't one of the sailor's though; the body belonged to a female. In fact, Karina thought that was the other girl's body for a moment. However, it looked a little too scrawny to belong to the female, so perhaps it was a trick of hers. The captain stared at the new body thrown on to the ship, forgetting about Karina for a split second.

Karina quickly raised an arm, striking the captain's arm holding the dagger. It was pushed away from her throat, giving her a moment to break free. She jumped back and spun around, giving the man a quick glare. She wiped the sweat from her forehead by rubbing the back of a blood stained hand against it. That was close, she could've been dead by now! Fortunately, the other girl seemed to be closed, so now she had the edge.

Despite the fact that using the wind drill technique was making her chest ache a bit, she was going to use it again. It was effective, and she needed to kill this guy before he killed her. She took only a moment to breathe in, staying calm so she could control her breathing. Once the routine molding of chakra was completed, she exhaled, forcing out a lungful of air. It shaped into a drill and began to speed towards the captain. He eyed the gust of wind, sidestepping to avoid the deadly attack. The wind drill simply passed by him, fading into the air when it traveled too far.

Karina grimaced, hoping to end things quickly, but that wasn't the case. Now the captain came towards her, holding up the dagger threateningly. The female jumped back again, trying to give herself some space between herself and the captain. She needed a moment to catch her breath, and to try and attack again. She couldn't waste anytime though, as the captain was coming for her quickly.

Once again, Karina took a breath in, keeping focused of the captain as he charged forward. She didn't want to miss again because he was already mobile this time around. She blew out another gust, forcing it out quickly. The wind drifted towards the captain, but it was a little off course. She was aiming for vital organs, but it stream towards his one side. The wind ended up drilling right through the wrist connected to the hand that held the dagger, leaving a painful hole through him as the the wind stabbed out from the other of his wrist. The dagger dropped to the ground, and the captain grasped his wrist, staring in disbelief at the large hole where his wrist used to be in tact.

Karina relaxed as the captain seemed to occupy himself with the pain of the wind drill. Blood stained his hand as he held his wrist, slowly looking up at Karina. Well, he wasn't dead, but at least the girl could probably take it easy until her partner arrived. The boat had docked already, so Karina didn't have to find a place to hide. The smell of blood and dead fish that wafted from her needed to be dealt with soon, so this captain needed to be ended quickly...</sub>

[roko]

+10

[Beautiful Rogue]

[20/70][Kage Bunshin Training]

Naomi grimaced, why had that not worked? Oh well, he was probably more powerful than she had thought, meaning there was a possibility that her companion was in trouble. Then again, seeing her ruthlessly destroy his arm, she doubted she would need to step in. Well, just for safety measures, she would attempt the Kage bunshin technique once more, as it would serve as a blockade if the man tried to get back onto his ship, or at least, the puny bunshins would disguise her if she stood behind them and as soon as he could kick his way through, she would launch him back down to the furious woman below. The Kamyuja had to respect the girl, there was bodies everywhere, sure, some of them were from Sigfried, but the girl had performed well on her own.

Sighing, she brought her hands together in the cross hand seal, and channeled her chakra into it. This time she wanted to create more of the clones, however, as her understanding of it so far, it did not just take a set amount of chakra, it split what chakra she had into the separate clones, now, she did not know this for sure, but she was fairly certain about it, but she would consult the scroll later to make sure that it was right, as she did not want to be acting on a false assumption, as that could make her look stupid in the coming days of travel, especially when she went to create a bunshin with low chakra and killed herself or something. Well, either way, she did not know, and the scroll did. Forcing her chakra through, she split a large amount enough for it to go four ways, as she was going to create four clones in front of her.

There were four individual poofs of smoke on the deck and then four individual....Naked versions of her. Naomi face-faulted behind the mask. Really, why was it so difficult to clone clothes? The clones always ended up rather decent except for the fact that never never seemed to be able to keep the clothes on them. Smacking herself in the forehead, or, on the mask where her forehead as supposed to be, she turned around and faced away, she did not care anymore really, this technique was stupid and she hated it. If the clones were going to always come out naked, then she no longer wanted anything to do with the perverted technique. Hell, she doubted the man would even be able to try and escape now, he was a pirate, a filthy sea dog, and the girl better make sure that he did not see her naked.

Her rage was rising just a little bit, but it was good enough. The clones would do their job, and she could focus on recovering her chakra that she lost from performing the clones. She did not need to watch the fight to discover the outcome of it, as the pirate was going to lose, and Naomi was going to have to ressucitate her friend who would most likely pass out from using that wind technique too much, considering half of the bat was covered with wounds from that technique, really, the girl had overdone it, surely she had something more effective than suffocating herself to kill things. Then again, she was not a Kamyuja, so she would not be able to simply pound the shit out of anyone she wanted. Oh well, she would make this entertaining.

The clones that were on the deck and watching the fight in the nude, all leapt from their positions to the ground behind the dock where the earth could be ripped up. All four of them positioned themselves to tear the earth up and all of them had massive chunks of rocks in their hands. This would be fun, The rocks would be thrown at the ship rocking it violently as the wood was destroyed, and then it would quickly begin to sink. Naomi estimated one minute before it sunk fully, but knowing her friend could manipulate chakra like that, she would have no problem standing on the water, as long, of course, if she avoided the flying rocks. Two of the bunshins slapped five, then burst into smoke, making Naomi want to summon them again just so she could beat the shit out of them herself.

[roko]

+10

Multiple ass kickings. ;o; And its not perverted... D:

[athene]

<sub>{60/70}

The boat shook violently as the rocks crashed into its side, leaving large holes that quickly filled with water. The boat began to tip to its side, causing bloodied bodies on the ground to start sliding off the edge. Both the captain and Karina started to slide as well, so action needed to be taken quickly. The female gulped as the ship sank further, hoping she would have enough time to kill him and get off this wreck.

She glanced behind her see she was sliding towards the edge, so she quickly looked back to the bleeding captain. She opened her mouth to draw in as much air as possible. Hopefully one last time, she focused some chakra, and breathed out forcefully. Yet another wind drill exploded from her mouth, speeding for the captain's chest.

There was no point in trying to evade the drill; he was going to go down with the ship. His crew had been massacred, his ship was in ruins, what else was there to live for? He merely stood there, allowing the sharp wind to pierce right through his heart. The attack shot through his back, carrying a bit of blood with it until it hit the ground, and returned to calm air. The captain grunted, clutching his chest with his destroyed hand, then dropped to the ground, ending up just like the rest of his crew. Karina sighed with relief, until she slid into a pole that surrounded the edge of the boat. The force flipped her over the pole, and the next thing she knew, she was falling towards the water.

Fortunately, it wasn't a long descend to the water, but it was still painful to hit it head first. She plunged into the ocean, and quickly swam to the surface once she could get herself upright. A couple bodies dropped into the ocean beside her as her head broke the surface. She grabbed a floating plank near her, and waited a couple of moments to catch her breath. She watched as the boat slowly disappeared into the ocean, then began to swim towards shore. She was exhausted, but she could relax once she got on land. She kept the plank under her for support, just in case she couldn't keep her head above water. She wasn't the greatest swimmer, so this was a daunting task.

It took her several minutes to reach a part of land where she could climb up it easily, but once she was out of the water, she collasped on the ground. Her lungs were strained from exerting so much, making her chest ache. She turned her head to where she could see the female and her dog, hoping they didn't assume she was dead. However, didn't have the strength to stand up right now. She just needed a couple of minutes to lay down and relax.</sub>

[roko]

+10

She'll get better at swimming.

[Beautiful Rogue]

[30/60]

Well, that was that, the boat was done, Naomi had launched herself off of the side of the boat and landed on the water, waiting to see the outcome. Which of course, was exactly how she had predicted. Surprisingly enough, her clones had done exceedingly well in their performance and she was very impressed, however, she was still pissed at the stupidity of the two who had ceased their own existences, in a moronic and fatalistic movement. Really, how could clones of her be so stupid? She watched as the girl in the water struggled to get to the shore. Was she really a ninja? This pathetic display of feebleness was making her want to slit her throat and take what was on her body right now. Really, Naomi was dissapointed, the girl was here to help her, at this rate, helping seemed futile for her.

Pulling her helmet off, she shook her head and freed her hair, it was time to leave this place before people got suspicious and people were sent here to look. Walking past the sodden girl she gave her a look before continuing on, there was no need for words, her stare had said enough, however, Naomi, as cold as she was, knew that the girl would need a hand, however, she would not lose face so instead, she would use her Kage Bunshin to do the work, although she would firstly have to dispel the other ones, at least so there would be no chakra drain? Or did it even work like that? Oh well, the others all looked at each other, then pinched themselves, bursting into a cloud of smoke, the white fumes drifting on the sea breeze for a moment before becoming dispersed and was nothing more than air.

As she walked away, she moved her hands into the Cross seal that the Kage bunshin was based off, and near the girl, a puff of cloud would erupt and then she would be standing by the girl her face blank and her hand extended. This was the extent of her kindness really, and through a kage bunshin, it seemed cold, but for her it was actually pretty heart felt. The girl had destroyed a ship full of pirates, and killed a powerful man all on her own, sure, her technique was stupid in her opinion, but the girl worked with her strengths, and as a fellow warrior, she could respect it enough to not comment. The bunshin holding its hand out would wink at the girl without the Kamyuja actually knowing, as it was showing a little more compassion than she would.

My name is Naomi Sunrider, you have earned enough of my respect to know this, don't let me down

The bunshin would pull the girl up if she accepted the hand, then the clone would help her up, if not, well, the clone would disperse and Naomi would know that her kindness was not wanted. However, her name had been presented, and she had used a technique that clearly cut into her Chakra to aid the girl, even if it had been a little chaotic. The bunshin would explode regardless after the girl was picked up or if she ignored the hand. Either way, Naomi would expend even more to create another on that would leap atop the buildings and observe the area. There was not much time, the girl would not have a lot of time to recouperate, and they needed to get the hell out of there, Naomi did not want to be found surrounded by the corpses of an entire dock full of sailors, it would not end well at all.

[athene]

<sub>When Karina opened her eyes, she glanced over at the clone that now appeared at her side, holding out a hand to help her up. The female gladly accepted the hand, grabbing it with her own and slowly standing up. She listened as her partner finally revealed her name, and smiled when Karina apparently earned some of her respect. Its too bad she was about to find out that this was only one of the other girl's clones.

After standing back up, Karina squeezed out some water from her jacket, watching as the cold water drizzled to the ground. She didn't like the feeling of wet clothes against her body, but everything couldn't be her way. When the clone disappeared in a puff of smoke, Karina stared blankly at the matter that phased away into the air. She noticed Naomi stood a bit further off, creating another clone to survey the area. Well, there was a lot of dead bodies around, and only two people who were alive to accuse...

Karina was a bit disappointed that Naomi wouldn't come up to her herself to give her a hand. She questioned if she actually did respect her a bit now, or if the clone was giving her false information. The did know how clones worked, or if they thought like their creators, but Karina wasn't about to make a big deal about it. If Naomi respected her, that was fine. If not, it didn't matter.

After wringing some water from her hair, Karina approached what she assumed to be the real Naomi. It was possible that she was just another clone too. Nonetheless, she had to find out from her where they were heading next, as they most likely weren't staying here much longer. She glanced over at the pile of dead bodies Naomi had created, seeing she had her killing spree as well.

" Thanks. Where are we off to next? "

Karina questioned when she reached Naomi, taking a stand beside her. She hoped that she wouldn't have to travel by suspicous boat like she had earlier. Never again would she do that; being surrounded by a crew full of vile pirates wasn't an ideal boat ride for her.</sub>

[Beautiful Rogue]

[--/60]

There would be no words uttered by the Kamuja as she was denied the right to hear the girls name. Such disrespect, and to her of all people. If the girl did not want to reveal information after Naomi clearly put herself out of character to welcome the girl, and was not given the respect back, in her books, that was a slap in the face, meaning from now on, the two would simply travel together, and Naomi would not reveal any more of it, her one attempt to befriend someone shot down in flames, making her quite agrivated, and it took all of her will power to not simply just strike the girl down and leave her there, no one would miss her, a rude and selfish b***h. Taking in a deep breath to calm herself so she could avoid activating her chaos, she walked forward, however, her legs were feeling quite numb. Her chakra was pretty low apparently, not great, especially considering she wanted to get away from here fast.

Her clone from the roof leapt down and gave her the helmet, allowing her to put it on so she could disguise the pain on her face as she moved. Her teeth forced together. She was straining a bit, but her physical prowess and training did not show the wear as she walked, and she really hoped she could last the travel to Leaf. Hell, she knew she was going to recover chakra on her way there, but it would be slow simply because she was moving, and chakra was best regained while resting. However, Naomi hardly knew the meaning of the word, her philosophy for when she was tired was for her to keep moving, and not stop as her muscles would seize. As a Kamyuja, her muscles were used to being pushed far further than any human limits, however, chakra drain was something that not even she could build up an endurance against.

The bunshins obviously took more chakra from her than she though, and after taking out the scroll and looking over it, she realized why. It split her chakra every time one was made, meaning that the more she made, the less chakra each one would have, and the more chakra she would lose. If she create one, then her chakra would be split evenly, fifty percent, however, if she was to create four, then her chakra would be split five ways, wihch, after the fifty, was ten percent each, then finally, the one she had summoned to look out on the roof, that had meerly five percent chakra along with her. Tch, that was not enough, she would indeed need to rest to keep herself from passing out or being too weak to battle. She supposed the inn would have to do. Stopping, she turned to face the building and sighed, there was people still in there, she could sense it.

Most likely they were women and children, possibly some old men that had been too weak to fight her, either way, she doubted that she was going to have a warm welcome. Sighing, she walked to their instead, really, anyone who was searching be damned, she wanted to recover fast so she could get to leaf in one piece, some how, she did not believe that it was going to be too pleasant. Facing the front of the door, she gritted her teeth, this was more painful than her body, she did not want to face the stares, and yet, she did not have enough chakra to sustain a henge that would keep her disguised, so likelihod being, they would all recognize her as the murderer. Oh well, she had been called worse before, she was hardened to the insults. The other girl could do as she wished, Naomi was not going to tell her anything. Realizing that her clone was still about, she figured that it could use that minimal amount of chakra to go in disguised with her and could keep a lookout for her.

Forming the handseals, it did just that, its skin taking on the effective cloak that the Tokagekuran scales were good for. There, she would be safe during the night as long as the clone stayed awake in her room of the inn. Walking in, clone next to her, she looked about, everyone in there, all six of them flinched in terror and hid, making her feel kind of bad, as there was one woman, four children, and a man sitting at the bar with a rather forlorn look on his face. Most likely the proprietor of this here inn. Now that ninety percent of his customers had just been killed, she could see why he was so solemn looking, he would be the one to attack if anyone did. The rooms were all on the first floor, and Naomi just walked around the counter next to the beautiful young woman, then took a set of keys off the wall, room keys, then walked to the numbered door. 666 how appropriate.

[roko]

+20

Hec.

[athene]

<sub>Karina was bewildered when Naomi simply turned around, ignoring her question. Well, wasn't that just a bit rude! The female had no idea that not presenting her name to the other girl seemed to ruin that respect she had just earned. Well, Karina couldn't afford to be telling her name to anyone these days, as it could easily cost her her life. She even regretted telling her name to Daiki, as he could always turn on her if he discovered she was a missing ninja. Sure, both of them just murdered a mass of people, but that wasn't good for Karina to be adding to her missing status.

Karina would've spoken up, but Naomi was already heading towards the inn. Well, all she could assume was that they were going to rest for the night; perhaps she could ask what was up with Naomi. She approached the inn, wondering if this was even the greatest idea. Why would they be waiting in the area where there were many dead bodies, especially since they were the murderers? Karina was tired, but she didn't feel comfortable about staying here either. Oh well, a good rest would refresh her for whatever needed to be faced tomorrow.

The female quietly entered the inn, not knowing what to expect. There appeared to be a few people in here, huddling and hiding for their lives. They stared at her; not a word was said. The eyes that locked on her left a pang of guilt within her. They seemed horrified, probably thinking they were next. Karina had no quarrels with them, but it still made her feel bad that they stared at her as if she was a monster. At least she would get a free room by the looks of it. However, it hardly felt right.

Conveniently, the keys were hanging off a wall, so Karina could easily grab a set and enter a room. Now she couldn't stand to look at the faces, so she took some keys and disappeared from the room. She walked down the hallway where all the rooms were lined, glancing down at the number printed on her key. It was 670, which appeared to be at the end of the hall. She carefully placed the key into the lock, and turned it. She entered the room, and instantly laid down on the bed. She pulled off all her clothes, then huddled under the blankets of the bed.

Karina stared at the ceiling, reflecting on the day's outcome. It almost sickened her to think of the person she's become. She never imagined herself being a murderer; if her family was alive, they wouldn't be proud. There was no turning back now, she had already broken the law by leaving her country without permission. She wasn't too keen about living the rest of her life as an outlaw, but it seemed to be her destiny now. She would die from her mistakes at some point, but for now, she would just enjoy life the best she could. After all, who would miss her when she died?</sub>

[Beautiful Rogue]

Naomi woke with a start, the curtains were thrown shut, although there was no light to be seen anyway. It was a strange feeling burning in her gut, primal instinct that something was about to happen, and she needed to leave quickly. Throwing on her clothes, she grabbed everything of her possessions, opened the door of her room and walked out. She felt refreshed, better than she had done in a while, probably since she had left Koetsuji. Not able to remember which door the girl was in, she knocked on all of them, waited for a moment, then walked out of the front of the inn, breaking the door as both a sign, and to awake the girl at the desk who screamed.

[Exit]

[athene]

<sub>The banging on the door startled Karina, waking her up for a delightful sleep. She sat up quickly, glancing around in alarm. She covered her naked body with the blanket, just in case if someone could see her. Well, no one was in the room, but perhaps that knocking on the door was Naomi. Whatever it was, it was probably urgent. She just hoped it wasn't someone coming to take her away against her will.

Karina slipped her clothes back on, which had dried since the previous night. She approached the door with caution, opening it slowly. No one was standing there at the door, so she poked her head out. She barely caught Naomi leaving the inn, apparently in a hurry. Well, she didn't even bother to open the door; she broke it instead. She blinked a couple times, flinching at the screams of a woman, then stepped out of the room. She locked the door behind her, then hurried down the hall. She placed the keys back on the hook where she found them, quickly glancing over at the terrified woman. Gulping, Karina headed out the opening where the door once was. Why was Naomi in such a hurry?

{Exit}</sub>

[Beautiful Rogue]

[enter]

The makeshift battle bandages were very poor indeed. It seemed clothes made terrible wound covers, but she would have to live with it. Or die with it if she was not careful. However, if she made it to a hospital in time, she was fairly certain she would be fine. Now, to find a place which could heal her. The only place on her map that she actually knew to get to was leaf village, and as a hidden village, she was likely able to get healing there. As of now, leaf was south of her position, and it would not take too long to get there on Sigfrieds back, and with little stress on her own body, she would last longer. How much longer she did not know. Her body felt ice cold and her blood was thinning as it escaped the wound, however, it was not bleeding fast enough for her to die too soon.

I'm going to live through this

Pointing the massive dog, she clutched the body of the ninja that had been found in claw, then held tightly to the fur as Sigfried began to run. At this pace, she would clear through rice and then make it to leaf within a day, enough time for her to live, and plus, the chakra coating around the body in front of her would still be up, perhaps she could make a pittance for the fool.

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Karina had fled the battle in almost a cowardly fashion, fleeing without telling Naomi where she was going. She didn't want to be a hinderance, however, so she thought escaping was for the best. Besides, the left side of her body felt sore from falling from the sky and landing on Naomi's massive dog. It wasn't an injury that needed urgent attention from a hospital, but the pain was enough to set her back in a fight.

She stopped, glancing around at the unfamiliar scene around her. There were countless trees and no path, so she had no sense of direction. She didn't head the way she came to this place, so everything seemed so different and disorienting. Maybe she shouldn't wander too far and get seperated from Naomi? Karina wasn't in the best shape to fight, and if someone else was out to hunt her, she would be in trouble.

Hearing swift footsteps, Karina turned to see a large dog dash by, with a female on top of it. Obviously that was Naomi and her canine companion, so the battle must have been won. Karina felt relieved, but they seemed to be heading towards the south in a hasty manner. She wasted no time and began to pursue them, trying her best to ignore the throbs coming from her injured side of her body. She could still run fine, but the pain was irritating. She had no idea where they heading, but it was best to just be quiet and follow.</sub>

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