Oto Border

[Kekeya Sasaki]

Kekeya stood and offered a hand to help Nori up. She accepted, and he pulled her gently upward. Kekeya was already flustered from seeing her so close. When they were face-to-face, with such a small gap, one would think Kekeya would've passed out from so much blood in his face. He stood there, speechless for a moment. Suddenly, he noticed he was still holding Nori's hand. Even though he made no effort to pull it away, he still apologized.

[Nori Niigata]

Nori blushed and looked down at their hands. She looked back up at Kekeya.

"Its okay," she whispered quietly. She heard footsteps that sounded like they may belong to Sachi and Miyo coming close to their room so she pulled her hand away from his slowly but smiled up at him. Her cheeks getting even more red.

She cleared her throat, "I guess we should go see whats going on. I'm sure its about time to move on to the next part of the plan." She said quietly.

[Kurakuren Shima]

Kurakuren had been waiting outside Nori's and Kekeya's room. "Well, lovey dovey couple it's time for the next part of the mission," Kurakuren said in a very serious way, it seemed unlike him, he was acting responsible, his carefree attitude was nowhere to be seen, this was something only Kekeya had seen until now. "So you guys ready?" Kurakuren added as he led the way back to the main chamber.

[Kekeya Sasaki]

Kekeya nodded at Nori. He turned to Kurakuren and just sighed at his comment while blushing, knowing it was hardly time to be humorous with him. He followed next to Nori as they were led to the entrance.

[Nicholas]

Nicholas opened his eyes turned his head to face the group that had entered before speaking to Kekeya.
"I'm guessing you're ready, then? You, Kurakuren and Akemi are the only ones who have any real need to be here for this, but if any of the other Sasaki or Sachi want to listen in so that they're clear on what the plan is, they're free to join. You've probably already made arrangements, but considering the preparations we've made you may want to consider changing them in light of a few more options."

[Kekeya Sasaki]

Kekeya nodded in agreement. "I knew you would have a plan, so I kept ours flexible." Kekeya sat in front of the model. The others took their places, Koga taking the closest next to Kekeya and Nicholas. They seemed to be the only two of the Sasaki taking this seriously. They were all incredibly acustomed to stealth operations, but Kekeya knew the importance of knowing what to do. Kekeya looked back at Mokoto, asking her to make use of her loud voice. She was about to curse him out, but Koga looked back as well. Mokoto shut her mouth and turned to the crowd. "Hey dipshits! Pay fucking attention!" This caught everyone's attention.

[Nicholas]

Nicholas glanced at Mokoto for a moment before speaking.
"Not so much of a plan as several options that could make your plan much more flexible and offer a few alternatives to make things easier."
Leaning forward, Nicholas pulled out a kunai and began pointing out the shallow cuts he had made in the model of Oto.
"For instance, the few hundred paper bomb clusters we've hidden throughout Oto in over 50 locations. While we've avoided the civilian areas, we can still make a hell of a distraction if we need to, as well as cripple them strategically for months. Not only that, but we've also managed to rig the main prison's security so that we can break out every prisoner at once whenever we want to - not an action that I'd recommend, though, as I personally believe that we should send in a separate team as soon as possible to free that group after we complete our objective. Also, as I've mentioned before, we've managed to construct and hide a tunnel system under Oto that'll let us enter the village at nearly any point of our choosing undetected, and last but not least, we've located your friend. Like you guessed she's not in the main prison area, but rather a separate complex that's a bit more heavily guarded, but not enough to keep any of us out."
Nicholas said pointing his kunai to the "X" mark on the model before leaning back and waiting for Kekeya's response.

[Kekeya Sasaki]

Kekeya studied the model closely. There were several marks where key-points and guard posts were. Kekeya pointed to a heavy industrial site near the border of a security post. "There. If I know the village's lay-out from past experiences, then this is a major machinery site. I'll take it that you've taken the liberty to make this spot one of your explosive targets? If so, I believe Kiyo would be most suited to infiltrate here. He is the best suited for such an industrial setting. An explosion would look like a malfuction there. If I'm correct, they would need to shut down the security systems to run a correct system check or investigation. Of course, they couldn't shut down the whole thing, so it would only partially be shut down, leaving only basic systems online. That would be a perfect chance for Kiyo to slip in, and, if possible, one more person, am I correct?" Kekeya didn't wait. He continued. "I think he and one more person, suitable for the assignment, would make a great distraction by causing some incognito havoc of their own, don't you agree?" Now he waited for a response.

[Nicholas]

Nicholas shook his head.
"Bad idea. Those kinds of systems are redundant to the extreme, and they won't just malfunction on their own. All they'll do is loosen security around that one area and lock down everything else. No, our best bet is to get in, grab your friend and then get back out as quickly and quietly as possible. Plus it'll be that much harder to free the other prisoners in any later attempts if they know what we're capable of within the first few minutes. While I did mention the explosives as an option, I meant it as a last resort in case things got messy."

[Kurakuren Shima]

Kurakuren barged in the conversation Nicholas and Kekeya were having. "Nicholas, I know you're thinking about how to get our friend back, but this is not a recover mission, this is an infiltration to enemy territory," Kurakuren said. "That's the sole reason we searched for the other Sasaki. We didn't just search for them to get our friend, that would be stupid... If this was only a recover mission it would of been wiser for Kekeya and me to come only." Kurakuren added, it was true his reason for joining the mission was too recover Tsukishiro but the actual mission was to infiltrate Oto and lower their defenses.

[Nicholas]

Nicholas's eyes became steel at Kurakuren's interjection.
"So let me get this straight - you deliberately lied to the Hokage about what the mission entailed, put yourself out in the open and appropriated resources from a village that you don't even belong to under false pretenses? You're lucky you aren't unconscious right now - truth be told, I technically have the authority to call this mission off right now and drag you back myself. I'm going to overlook what you just said and proceed with what you had told the Hokage what your objective was - if you don't like it, then we can go back right now - I do not like being lied to, even under normal circumstances."

[Kurakuren Shima]

"No to be exact we are getting her back, but this is also good time to lower Oto's defense line. Besides you havent been following orders correctly," Kurakuren said, he himself with nerves of steel. "Now, your job was only to keep guard of me, not to start ordering me around and get into OUR mission, or did you not say you weren't part of this mission? If I recall well you said you were just here to watch me. So technically you have not been doing what you were asked to do so," Kurakuren said to Nicholas. "Now, do your job and just watch over me! don't get into what your not asked to do."

[Akemi Yamagata]

Akemi had been relaxing against the wall, but now she was standing straight, ready to get in front of Kurakuren should the need present itself. Her usual calm and serene personality was somewhat replaced by the firm and serious expression on her face and the tightness of her body language.

"Thats enough. I am a part of this mission, and partially in charge of the recon squad. That was as far as our part of the mission went Kurakuren. Our mission was to gather information on the Sound for an infiltrate and recover only. Not for any other purpose. I understand your desire to go in and lower their defenses, and I'm sure that Nicholas does too. However, to go in right now to do it would be ill advised since we don't have the correct intel. Nicholas has not been overstepping his mission objectives, because I have already asked him his thoughts reguarding what he would do. It would be foolish to not use any strategic mind to our advantage for ideas when going into enemy territory for any objective."

Akemi then turned toward Kekeya and the other Sasaki that were present, "Of course, thats just my opinion, if you'd like to share yours please feel free." She said. Her body still on guard.

[Kurakuren Shima]

"Alright, Akemi I understand that," Kurakuren said, he was still very serious something that he wouldn't normally be. "Then... because we are now entering Oto's heart there are things we must have to do, and for that I will assign some jobs, if it is okay with Kekeya..." He looked at Kekeya to wait for his approval.

[Kekeya Sasaki]

Kekeya stood and glared at Kurakuren. "We discussed this, Kurakuren. I know you want to go in and take them apart for all they've done. I have some scores to settle, myself. We aren't the only ones with a grudge here, but I already told you this isn't for us. It's for Tsukishiro. I thought you, of all people would know this." Kekeya turned his head to Nicholas. "But it isn't just him, you need to be more exact. If we are going in, we can't travel together. I'm sure the tunnel system is extended, but even if it went one hundred meters below the village, it would be too easy to detect us, even if the tunnels forked and seperated. We can't all go underneath. Some of us will have to find a way in around the village." Kekeya turned his head back to Kurakuren. "But you too. I know full well what you have in mind for this penetration. I was the one who applied for this mission. Technically, I call the shots. If I let you assign us yourself, you would have us as a distraction or similar purposes." Kekeya spoke of his clan as a whole. They were his family, not just his team. He used the word, "us", with pride. "We are ALL vital to this mission. If one of us gets caught, then it all goes downhill. No matter how capable we are, Oto is far too dangerous. We need to be careful. We can NOT be discovered by nearly ANY means necessary." Kekeya turned, once again, to Nicholas. "You have so much hope for your tunnels, why don't you explain. Yes, they will be useful, but we need to know how we're going to use them." Kekeya turned his head to Akemi. He was barking out verbal punishment and criticism left and right, but he had to thank Akemi for her controling the uproar. "You shouldn't outburst like that, but thank you. I'm glad you calmed them down."