Clash: Attack on the Open Seas!

[Hitoyama Makido]

*Note this thread takes place on the ocean located between Kamanari no Kuni and Tsuchi no Kuni.*

"All aboard" a stout man wearing a pointed white hat and checkered slacks. Suspenders held up his pants, but they looked like they were more for show than anything. A snow white parrot was perched upon his left shoulder quickly mimicking the mans words. An entourage walked forward circled around a man encased with a large straw hat, and earthen colored robes. Every inch of his body was concealed by a piece of clothing as to keep his appearance a mystery. Sometimes being the Tsuchikage was a pain; and sometimes it was hot as a motherfucker.

"Aaya! How long do I have to keep this outfit on for?" Makido complained being ushered on to the ship.

"Just as long as we can secure your safety Yondaime Tsuchikage-sama" his bodyguards replied earnest in their duties. To them protecting the Tsuchikage was the highest honor and as such this was no laughing matter; well to Makido it was. Moments later they boarded the large vessel. A whole floor they had reserved and guarded for the man. A week's worth of isolation and boredom was more than the man could take. He needed to get out, he needed some excitement.

He was alone in his room, his guards had been assigned to watch over the floor making sure nobody entered. Sitting down, Makido wondered what he could do to make it to a higher floor. One of his options was to defeat the guards and walk openly however he chose...but that wouldn't work too well, they probably wouldn't even fight back and that wouldn't be any fun at all.

Suddenly it dawned on him. He would ask for a food that was not currently in front of him and then he would switch places with the server. It was ingenious! "Oy, curry flavored noodles does the ship have any" Makido beckoned from his room. Moments later as expected his door opened and a young boy carrying a large plate entered the room. "Um, is this yours sir?" he timidly asked clearly afraid of the man.

Makido walked closer to the boy whispering to his ear. His plan was a go. Without his guards looking he activated two simultanious Henge no Jutsu, and the boy would look like Makido and Makido would look like the boy.

Exiting the room, Makido in the guise of the kid trotted a cocky step as he exited the floor into the sunlight and on to the luxury cruise liner. Women lined the area sunbathing and relaxing on the deck...But for now, he needed a drink. He strutted up to the bar and hoped on to his seat.

"Oy, barkeep Sake and keep em commin!" he demanded.

[Toku]

Why, where else would one of the most fashionable girls of Kumo be spending her lunch at this seemingly peaceful day then on one of the most hottest cruise liners of the hour. The S.S. REIKI, one of the best way to cruise in style. A little vacation never hurt anyone right? She muttered to herself quietly as she flashed a devious smile to the passing couples atop the deck. Bending over the railing on the left side of the liner, she simply took in the feel of the ocean breeze, unwinding from a long week of confusion. It seemed like it was impossible to take a break these days, but at least she was able to catch a trip aboard the liner heading to Iwa.

No, she wasn't going to be taking the whole trip, she was just going to go a good distance and get off when the liner stopped at a nearby port, enough time to get some Toku-time in. Pulling her stark white bucket hat upwards a bit to loosen her raven bangs, she turned to look at the crowd that was spreading quite nicely over the span of the deck, enough that she could make out a good pathway to the bar. No, she wasn't going to drink, why would you think that? She was just going to check out that boy near the end of the seats, that wasn't anything bad, or, naughty.

She cleared her throat and took out a small compact from her handbag, looking into the mirror to fix up her bangs. First impression was always the most important she always told herself; always look good to be treated good. Or something like that. Feet treading between a mass of bodies moving on set courses, she maneuvered through a complicated maze before her hand finally gripped the edge of the polished bar. A smooth glide over to the boy and Toku took a seat onto the plush stool next to him. She pretended to be thinking about what to order, and smiled when she began to plot.

"Excuse me, do you know a drink that a young hot girl like myself can get? Something sweet maybe. But not too sweet, wouldn't want to get tired before the big day."

[Hitoyama Makido]

Being a grown man...he ignored the obvious approach of the young girl who'ed shimmied her way to the seat beside the Tsuchikage. At this point he was in the guise of a young teenage waiter who may or may not off been a ninja so to bust out some moves and assault the bartender was not going to be a shining idea...but why would he assault the bartender you ask.
"You got any ID kid." The man asked as Makido abruptly asked for Sake.

"Fuck my ID!" he instinctively and rudely replied. Standing up on his seat he'd forgotten that he'd been a child and sake seemed really good at this time. But he couldn't change back, that would break his plan so all he could do...was act accordingly to that of someone his supposed age and rebel!

"You want some ID old man!" he spoke his face turning red and his arm beginning to jitter. Grabbing an empty glass beside him he tossed it at the man missing and having it impact the wall behind him. "Uh-oh" he spoke ducking and jumping off the seat as a fist passed over the bar trying to hit the appearing rebellious teenager.

Running off Makido had to hide or be caught. Which at this point wasn't an option, and beside hiding from everybody might be a fun little adventure for him to bide his time on this trip anyway. He ran into a room and entered a hallway on the second floor. Opening the door and walking into the empty room he chilled out.

"The Tsuchikage is on the third floor" a cloaked figure spoke facing a crowd of other men sharing the same garb as the man who'd made the announcement.

"We know he has a handful of his guards, some of the strongest in Iwagakure no Sato." Another revealed to the crowd a hint of concern in his voice. Looking up he faced a man who appeared to have a position of power.

The pair's eyes met and a sinister grin could be seen behind the black cowl of the man's face. "Our might is much more than that of any ninja out of Tsuchi no Kuni; we all know the plan." He hissed calming the nerves of his generals.

"Shihou!" They all spoke in unison, their spirits raised by their leader. The Tsuch no Kuni needed to learn a lesson in humility. Today they would learn it. At that point on the upper deck, many cannons blazed into the air. The group effectively known as Shihou had placed their people in positions all across the ship. "Everybody on the ground!" A man spoke unsheathing a katana and cutting horizontally across the chest of another man in Iai style technique.

At the same time, one of the Tsuchikage's guards pulled out three small orbs from a pouch located on the mans chest. Dropping them to the ground, a sickly purple mist flooded into the area choking and knocking the unaware guards unconcious.

"Excellent." Passed out of the man's lips into deaf ears. His mission was a success, infiltrating the Tsuchikage's guard and then getting him while he was open, kicking the door in he glared at the Tsuchikage. "Do not resist Yondaime or you will be exterminated."

...Sometimes plans don't work out like they should.

[Toku]

"Eh?"

Was all Toku would say as she watched her approach be turned down, maybe subtly but still apparent. If it weren't for the next course of events, she probably would have jumped on the boy's bones and thrashed him to all get go. Her brows furrowed slightly as she began to get ticked she didn't even get one look from the guy, her finger pointing at him as if she had just caught him in an act. She would open her mouth and take a large amount of air in, preparing for her usual outburst of nagging on why he would pass off someone like her.

"EXCU--"

She didn't get much of anything out before there was a spark for argument between the boy and who she assumed was the bartender. For now, she would just sit back and watch the fireworks in action, for these only came every few decades, at least to the raven herself. Broken glass made Toku jumped a split second before pulling her in more and more for more action, hoping that she would see a fight soon. To her dismay, the boy took off running and away from the scene, a groan of boredom escaping her pouting lips.

"Poo, and it was getting good. Nothing ever happens. I wish something exciting would happen."

Wish granted. Sighing, Toku took her handbag and walked away from the bartender, pulling out her cellphone and beginning to dial something on it. Her feet moved on their own accord, carrying her over to the entrance back into the main building aboard the liner, the door creaking open slightly to allow her passage. Only a foot entered in before she heard the sharp shout of a man dangerous over the booming bustle of the crowd. Her hands fumbled and slipped as her phone slid forward across the hallway.

"My-my pho--!"

She gasped twice before the door was slammed shut behind her, knocking into her behind and sending her tumbling along the hallway as well. Taking a moment to catch her breath, she heard the scared cry of many outside on the deck, as well as order being barked around for reasons she couldn't comprehend. Toku rubbed the back of her head before wobbling to her feet, her legs shaky from the impact earlier. The first thing Toku did was to grab her phone, the second being to try and get to the door again. When she tried to turn the knob hard, she found out that it was locked shut, leaving her to wonder who puts a lock from the outside or a door?

Murmurs whispered around the corner of the hallway, a hint of curiosity crawling up Toku's neck. She took slow steps toward the corner of the hallway, making sure that her presence wasn't noticeable to whatever the heck was going on. A shaky hand grasped the edge of the wall, a serious ocean eye peering over the corner at the situation happening. She saw men, shady men who seemed to be looking for something as they walked up a flight of stairs. It was terrifying, yet exciting at the same time to be caught up in something like this so quickly on a simple liner. Then again, unannounced to Toku, this wasn't just any old liner.

From watching many movies in the past, she assumed the situation at the moment was people overtaking the liner. Only question was, why? Something like this was too difficult for her to think about alone; leave it to the people to give her something as dangerous as this to figure out. Toku surveyed the hallway, a simple l-shaped room with stairs at one end and a few rooms lined along it. One seemed to be opened slightly, as if it was used recently. her back pressed against the wall as she slid down it slowly, her hands running through her hair. Holding her bucket hat in one hand, she stared at her cell and tried to keep a firm grasp on the situation.

"Some vacation this turned out to be."

[Hitoyama Makido]

Terrified the impostor Yondaime Tsuchikage sat in terror at the fact that his life had been threatened. But this boy, wasn't the Tsuchikage, hell he wasn't even a ninja. He was a waiter and he'd just been given the opportunity of a lifetime. The door splintered as the man entered a frighteningly dark aura suspended around his body.

"I surrender" the boy spoke with a heavy gulp.

Back in the room, Makido hid under the guise of a young waiter putting together a battle plan for the days events. It wasn't often that he had to act solo in something like this. In fact it had been a very long time since an assassination attempt had been placed on him. But, he was going to have fun with this one. The fact that he was actually Hitoyama Makido was going to be his trump card, hopefully the captors wouldn't realize the superb henge no jutsu he'd guised.

With his thoughts collected he exited the room, and suppressed his chakra. He was sneaking around the inner liner of the magnificent ocean liner. To secure a vessel this big he assumed that there needed to be roughly 10 to 20 skilled assassins to take Makido down. Possibly even Jonin or higher ranked ninja. He had to be careful, not only for his own life but for the lives of the patrons on board.


"My first victim" a man thought to himself watching as a young teenage girl stepped into the area he'd been guarding. As a Tsuchi no Kuni native, he'd learn a unique camouflage ninjutsu blending him into his surroundings. She was like a butterfly caught in a spiders web. He licked his lips as he reached into his pocket and pulled a kunai from his breast pocket.

However, walking down that same area was Makido and with his superior abilities sensed a disturbance in the air around the teenage girl. Strangely...it was the same one who'd attempted to pick him up earlier. It was an alright event he assumed, by keeping her along side him he could guarantee her safety.

"Oi!" Makido yelled as he activated Shunshin no Jutsu and parried away the now visible dagger. "Your not safe here" He spoke, thrusting the back of his hand into the face of the man, shortly after following up with a spinning back fist.. He thought about a german suplex, his body grimaced at the thought of doing one...but it would completely ruin his cover. At this point, he was stuck using Shotsubame techniques.

However this guy was no ordinary ninja and was at least Chunin ranked, not using all of his strength Makido waited for the second round of combat. "Fuckin kids, I'll kill both of you!" the man said licking his lips.

"Oi, can you fight?" Makido spoke turning to the girl.

[Toku]

Toku kept her visible head low in the now rumbling corridors of the liner, the battle of will raging outside shattering any moments of silence into nothingness. She would keep her chin up however, trying to keep some sliver of calm and control while stuck in the hallways. Her hand moving the bucket hat side to side, she tried to look for anybody who had the same idea she did earlier in hiding out in the hallways. Her search was short-lived as she found not a soul wandering the area, as if this hallway was only meant for her to stay in. It must have been only a few minutes before Toku lifted her bucket hat back onto her head, her eyes looking side to side as if there were people watching her every move. The tip of her hat was lowered down so that it almost hid her blue orbs from view, giving her an almost devious appearance.

"What do those men want? Why attack some liner like this one, that is like so not cool." She kept her back against the walls, sliding up as she waddled to a standing position, stumbling a bit after the shock of earlier rushed back into her. Keeping her gaze alert, she again peered around the corner, her hand gripping the edge to hide her discomfort. She squinted as if the darkness was crawling slowly inward, trapping the light within itself before crushing it in it's grasp. The dimly lit hallway echoed a muffled cough as Toku looked back to her own area. Quickly, she picked up her cell and started to rapidly search through icons above icons in the humming screen. "C'mon, where are you guys when I need y'all?"

A tingly chill crawled up Toku's spine, her entire body shivering at the sudden drop in temperature. Though, it didn't feel like it got colder, just, creepier. It felt like eyes were piercing the darkness and targeting her like wild game. Maybe her imagination, Toku wasn't going to stick around to find out. That's when the next set of motions were brought into play. A rush of air signaled a now visible dagger heading her way, her head turned sharply to watch the silver metal shine brightly in her eyes. As her cell dropped along with her body in reaction, another dagger swiftly appeared to block the incoming danger. A hand quickly appeared after, before the young boy from earlier came into view. His words confused her, and the commotion form all the events were rapidly escalating the confusion.

"Wh-what?" Her eyes widened with shock, as the boy went into a series of moves that kept the man at bay for a short while, leaving Toku to wonder, just who is this kid? She stepped back slowly, her foot crunching buttons on her cell with a multitude of beeps ringing along with the clang of metal. Instantly she reached for the cell and held it in her fingers, subsequently moving to hide behind the boy after the scary man shouted out vulgar threats. "Say what!? I'll pass on dying thanks!" She shook her fist against the man as she trembled, never really facing immediate danger like this before in her life, or rather not as close. "I guess I can? Honey, I am not a part of this, whatever thing mkay?" She looked back up at the man before reaching into her bag, her eyes fixated on her new target. Her shaking seemed to vanish as it was replaced with a new feeling, adrenaline. "Whatever, I guess you like asked for it by trying to cut me."

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