Oto Border

[Kurakuren Shima]

"That is understandable but a distraction was not what I had in mind," Kurakuren said, looking at Kekeya he himself with a straight face. "You see I was going to say that we should have a guards in different locations that would communicate to us, if reinforcements were to come." "I'm not that stupid you know," Kurakuren said, he was actually smart, though he didn't show that part of himself that much.

[Nicholas]

"I agree, it'd be stupid to move in as a large group. I was thinking we'd send in 2 man teams one at a time through the tunnels to different exit points in the village over the course of a couple of hours, then move in on your friend all at once as quickly as possible, quietly eliminating any guards who got in the way. Worst case scenario, if a team gets caught they'll just need to make some noise and I'll use the explosives to draw whatever attention away from them that I can. Best case is that we all make it to the prison where your friend is at the same time, grab her and get the hell out. Not a flawless plan, but the best we could do with limited time and resources - I used up every paper bomb I brought." Nicholas said, addressing Kekeya.

[Kurakuren Shima]

"Though that is a good Idea, if we had many teams going at once, one of us is bound to be caught so it's better to have, about 2 or 3 teams going, with about 3 or 4 member and then have some out here as guards. Wouldn't that be better?" Kurakuren suggested. "Also, do you guys still have that kunai I gave you?" Kurakuren asked, all of them.

[Kekeya Sasaki]

Kekeya pulled out the kunai from his sleeve. "I still have it, but there are a few problems with that strategy. One, if we leave guards out, we would have no way of contacting them once the mission is done. You forget, we don't have radios, here. It would be too easy for Oto ninjas to pick up on the frequency. Second, if there were guards, it would have a higher chance of exposing the tunnels, hidden or not. Guards just wouldn't be practical. The third problem, is that we shouldn't travel in groups any larger than two. It would be easier to travel that way without detection. Three or four would be too easy to notice. If we split up into pairs, there would be seven groups, there being fourteen of us. There is me and my clan, Nicholas, you, Nori, Sachi, and Akemi. We should be split up into the seven teams, according to how our abilities mesh. The only exception is you, Kurakuren, will have to be paired up with Nicholas." Kekeya turned to Nicholas, then everyone else. "It is already appearant how some of you have to pair up. Mokoto and Illidan, put aside your petty differences. You know full well you two function best as a team. Kurakuren, try not to antagonize Nicholas. He is only doing his job by following you around, as annoying as he may get. No offense." Kekeya turned to everyone else. "Any voulenteers as to who goes with who?"

[Nicholas]

"No offense taken. As long as he sticks to what we've discussed here and doesn't do anything flashy or attention grabbing there shouldn't be any problems."

[Sachi Akita]

Sachi quickly linked arms with Miyoko and rushed toward Kekeya, nearly knocking down whoever was standing in their way.

"I want to be paired with Miyo!" She said quickly and excitedly.

[Kekeya Sasaki]

Kekeya sighed and said under his breath, barely above a whisper, "God save us..." Kekeya turned to them and closed his eyes. "Alright, but be careful. If you blow this for us, it won't be pretty." Miyo stood in a silly, mock salute, but made an L with the fingers on her forehead as she did so. Kekeya shook his head. "Alright, anyone else?" Chihiro stood next to Mosenn. "I should go with Mosenn.", she said. Kekeya looked to everyone else. "Alright, that makes four groups. We need three more. Anyone else?" Kiyo stood and grabbed Akemi's shoulder. "I think I would be better to go with her, you know?" Kekeya looked at Kiyo. "Alright, but no flirting, Kiyo." Kiyo looked down. "Damn..." Kekeya looked up. "You should go wi-" Kai looked up from his statue-like position to finish Kekeya's sentence. "I'll go with Koga." Kekeya stared at Kai with a strange look. That was exactly who he was going to assign. Kekeya continued to stare as he said, "I swear, no matter how many times I see that, I will never get used to it." Kekeya looked down, then back. "Alright, that's six. I guess that leaves me wi-..." His voice froze as he noticed Nori was who his partner was. His cheeks turned rosy as he stared, then looked away.

[Sachi Akita]

Sachi also did the mock salute when Kekeya warned her and Miyo after he said they could be partners. When she overheard Kiyo requesting Akemi as a partner, she grinned mischieviously and winked at Miyo, then disappeared only to reappear behind Kiyo. She elbowed him in the side gently and leaned in.

"Hey Yo-Yo, I really wouldn't flirt with Akemi you know... do you see that scary looking guy over there?" She pointed her thumb in Nicholas's direction, "You wouldn't want to make him angry by hitting on his girlfriend would you? Besides, Did ya know that Akemi is a trained assassin? She probably knows about 20 different ways to kill you without even laying a finger on you." Sachi took a step back and grinned as she watched Kiyo look nervously at Akemi.

[Kiyoshi Sasaki]

Kiyo leaned in to listen. When he heard this, a sweat drop went down his head as he turned slowly to look at Akemi. He took a single side step away.

[Akemi Yamagata]

Akemi overheard what Sachi told Kiyo and shook her head slightly. She smiled slightly at Kiyo and felt sorry for him because he looked really scared now.

"Don't pay any attention to Sachi, there's only really 10 ways to do that..." she waited a few seconds then added with an even brighter smile, "and anyway that part of my life is behind me. So I wouldn't hurt you at all. We're on the same team anyway." She assured him.

"Awe Akemi!" Sachi pouted, "You never let me have any fun!" She let out a sigh, but then her eyes landed on Kekeya and Nori and it dawned on her that those two would be partners for the mission. Instantly the mischevious glint was back in her eyes and she once more disappeared and reappeared behind them.. her hands behind her back and trying to look innocent.

Akemi watched and shook her head and sighed "That girl," was all she said.

[Nicholas]

"Don't even think about it, fuzzball." Nicholas said, still sitting on the floor.
"Anyways, should we get going? If we're going to do this quietly and before morning we should start moving teams into place soon, as well as agree on the time to make the move once we're all in place."

[Kiyoshi Sasaki]

Kiyo continued to stare with his wide eyes. He let out a nervous chuckle... a very nervous chuckle. "That's... great... awsome." Kiyo took another side step away.

[Nori Niigata]

Nori also noticed that she'd be Kekeya's partner for this part of the mission, and she was relieved, slightly shy regarding that fact, but relieved none the less. She felt safer around Kekeya than she would around anyone else,and she would take that comfort anywhere especially in the Sound Village. The place of so many of her nightmares.

She spotted Sachi looking at her and Kekeya and was prepared for whatever Sachi was about to do. But after Nicholas told her to stop, she saw Sachi look over at him, pout again and say something about being a 'party pooper' and Sachi walked back over to where Miyo was standing.

Nori nodded her thanks to Nicholas, then cleared her throat, "I'm ready to go if everyone else is..." she said, surprised that her voice sounded more brave than the way she felt.

[Kekeya Sasaki]

Kekeya looked over to Nori again. "Y-yeah... I think we're all ready." Kekeya looked to everyone. Once everything was go, they all went outside, but they were stopped when Kai spoke again. "We have a guest." As everyone tried to figure this out, a man appeared behind then, above the cave. All the Sasaki looked enraged when they saw him. They all spoke with comments. "Traitor..." "Coward..." "Bastard..." The man laughed and dropped to the ground. "How could a brother ignore such a big cluster of his clan's presence?" Kekeya spoke. "Jin Sasaki... I heard about your defeat to that child... I even met him." The man named Jin replied. "That was a fluke! The kid was crafty, but I'm stronger now. Strong enough to put some weaklings down, like you. You should have sided with Lord Orochimaru." All the Sasaki drew their weapon. Jin let out an evil sounding laugh. "Do you think you're a match for me? Even as a group with all these outsiders?"

[Kurakuren Shima]

"Jin Sasaki, huh?" Kurakuren looked directly at him now. "Jin, I'm sorry to bring this to you but you wouldn't even last that long against Kekeya by himself," Kurakuren said, he knew this would get him mad, plus he wanted to know if Kekeya had become stronger over the course of this month.