Oto Border

[Nicholas]

Corner of his mouth twitching once in annoyance, Nicholas suddenly disappeared into thin air without any sound or warning while simultaneously reappearing behind Jin, Zanryu already drawn and the tip of the sword lightly touching the back of Jin's neck just at the base of the skull. Completely calm, Nicholas spoke.
"While I don't explicitly know who you are, I've heard enough to make an educated guess. The only reason you aren't dead right now is because I don't like killing when I can avoid it, but we're on a schedule at the moment, and quite frankly I'm not in the mood for anymore interruptions seeing as I've already been here almost a month and my patience is starting to wear thin. So, you can either leave and we'll settle this later, or talk this out and settle it quickly and without any bloodshed. Of course, if neither of those options appeals to you I can incapacitate you rather quickly with a small movement of my right hand. Your move."
Nicholas glanced down at the group below over the rim of his cloak before returning his attention to the man before him.
"And Shima, don't go trying to pick fights - like I told Jin here, I'm not in the mood, and the faster we get this done the better."

[Jin Sasaki]

Jin had a wicked smile on his face. He chuckled evily, then turned his head. But not in a fashion of looking back, he completely turned it 180 degrees to face Nicholas. He stepped back... or forward... whichever it was, and pierced his neck with Nicholas's sword. "Very bad idea, boy..." Jin chuckled again. The Sasaki continued to stare angrily at Jin. In a flash, Mokoto grabbed Jin's head and threw him into a tree. "FUCKING TRAITOR!" She screamed at him as she threw him. Jin was now splattered all over the tree, but there was no blood. He remolded and had an angry look on his face. He was now growling. Then he roared and did the same thing to Mokoto that he had done to her, but it seemed about twice as hard and twice as fast. Everyone but Koga and Kai seemed surprised. When Mokoto recovered, Jin let out a roar. "RAAAAAHH! STUPID GIRL!"

[Kaiomaru Sasaki]

Kai stood watching, still with his blank smile, as he drew his sword. But when it emerged from the hilt, it turned out to be a vine. He wrapped it around Jin's neck from a few meters away, then slammed him into the ground after a quick fling. That was when Kiyo joined in and kicked Jin in his stomach while he was still upside down. Mokoto recovered, and grabbed Jin by the foot, and slammed him, face first, into the ground. That was when Kekeya drew his sword and cut off Jin's leg. All the Sasaki watched as Jin lay there in pieces, but when he didn't bleed, they knew something was wrong. Jin looked up in an even angrier expression. That was when his severed leg reattached to his body. Everyone watched in shock, except for the usual two. Kiyo spoke. "He has gotten stronger..." Kekeya added. "He definitely learned some new tricks." Jin stood and faced the crowd with absolute murder in his eyes. He let out a long scream and began forming chakra around him. Kiyo spoke again. "Crap! He's going to draconify!" Koga stepped forward. "I'll handle this. You guys go." When the smoke cleared, Jin was now draconified. Kai let out a "hmph...", seeming to know that this was going to happen. Jin was smiling wickedly, once again. "Now you will di- huh?" He noticed Koga stepping forward. Jin chuckled at his attempt to buy time, but Kai knew. Koga could beat him without breaking a sweat. Jin was so tall, compared to Koga, even. An absolute monster, but when he looked down and saw absolutely no fear in Koga, he grew angry. Koga took another step forward, and Jin raised his fists to his waist while growling. He then screamed loudly, as he let out a blast of power to try and discourage them. Koga continued to watch, absolutely bored. Then, without a gesture, he did the same, only now, Koga's was so extremely stronger. His chakra was so exorbitant, it completely blew Jin's away, and Koga hadn't tried a tenth as hard as Jin had. Jin stared down at Koga with his jaw dropped, but Koga took this time to knock Jin's feet out from under him. Before Jin noticed he was falling, Koga, as quick as sound itself, turned and backhanded Jin right in the face, sending him back, absolutely stunned. All the Sasaki stared in shock, themselves, except Kai, of course. Koga spoke again. "Go on. There's no time to waste. I'll stay and fight."

[Kurakuren Shima]

Kurakuren looked kind of stunned at how skillful and stronger Koga was compared to the rest of the Sasaki, the with a smile in his face he told something at Nicholas, "Hey Nicholas, what was that about finishing him quickly by just moving your right hand," Kurakuren knew this would annoy Nicholas but it was just to perfect to let it go away. "Well, guys lets continue on, we still have something to do," Kurakuren announced as he and the rest of the team left, leaving Koga and Jin fighting.

[Nicholas]

"Don't screw with me Shima, I'm not in the mood. The one and only reason you aren't still in Konoha right now is because I know what it's like to lose someone you care about, and I'd whatever it took to get them back. The only difference between us is that I wouldn't go out of my way to insult someone who agreed to help, and unless you want me to drag you kicking and screaming back to Konoha, I'd suggest you keep quiet and stick to the plan." Nicholas said, sheathing his katana as he turned around and began walking towards the entrance to the tunnels.
"Get moving. If Kekeya's 'friend' knows we're here, the rest of Oto probably does as well. If security's tighter than usual we'll know for sure, and I'll provide a distraction if need be. Either way, we're running out of time."

[Kurakuren Shima]

"Nicholas, now one thing you are only here because of your orders, If I recall you didn't like the idea of the mission," Kurakuren said. "Number two, don't blame it all in me, you have some fault in this too. I only started with the insults because you're annoying, your way to cocky, and you always want things done your way," Kurakuren said. "SHUT THE F*** UP BOTH OF YOU AND JUST WORK TOGETHER!" Kekeya shouted at Kurakuren and Nicholas, who stayed quiet now.

[Nicholas]

Nicholas glanced at Kekeya but didn't slow his pace.
"If you have personal issues with me, leave them be until we get back to Konoha. As for being overconfident, I just don't make statements that I can't back up, and I don't care if it's done my way or not so long as it's logical, efficient and gets the job done. Again, we don't have time for this - we can either put it all aside for the time being or we can bicker and waste valuable time. Your choice. I'm going to keep moving."

[Kurakuren Shima]

"You know Nicholas for once I agree with you, we'll settle this later," Kurakuren said as he sped up catching up to the rest of the team.

[Kekeya Sasaki]

Kekeya sighed out loud. He charged forward, knowing things were sure to be complicated. He followed close behind Nicholas. He really wished those two would stop fighting, but at least they agreed to act professionally. Kekeya had been waiting to hear what Nicholas had in mind for these tunnels. Where they would enter and exit, and how the infiltration would go. Unfortunately, there was now an odd number of people, but Kai could well hold his own. He was a strong Sasaki, and was sure to be fine. Kekeya wasn't worried about Koga's safety, either. He knew, Jin stood no match for him. Koga had trained Kekeya for those three weeks, and Kekeya had barely grasped how his power couldn't be measured. It was incredible he could exist in such a mild manner. What worried Kekeya, was what if Koga lost control? It would be trouble. Koga was more than a match for anyone Kekeya had ever heard of, and maybe a match for the Akatsuki. But if he draconified... Kekeya pushed that out of his head and continued forward.

[Nicholas]

Coming to a decrepit looking tree stump, Nicholas stopped, his hands blurring underneath the cloak for a moment before locking into a single handsign, the ground in front of him flowing aside for a moment to form a meter wide hole.
"It's a bit of a drop to the bottom, about 3 meters. Considering the new developments, I don't see much point in dragging this out since Oto probably knows we're here anyways, so I don't see much point in going one team at a time anymore. Agreed?"

[Kekeya Sasaki]

Kekeya looked around at all who were there. He was silent a moment, but then agreed. "Yeah. Agreed." Kekeya looked down into the tunnel. "You should probably lead the way. You made these things, anyway."

[Nicholas]

"It's somewhat funny, actually," Nicholas said, quickly changing the handsign once and producing a clone to lead each group. "I actually got the idea from that little maze in Takigakure. Anyway, just follow the clone to your exit, and it'll disappear once you reach the end of the tunnel. Shima and I will move on our own and meet up with you at the cell block where your friend is." Nicholas moved aside, each clone dropping into the hole one at a time, Nicholas himself waiting for Kurakuren to go first.

[Kurakuren Shima]

Kurakuren entered the hole and waited for Nicholas to get over here, "So what's next?" He asked quietly.

[Nicholas]

Dropping down, Nicholas silently landed in a crouching position before standing up and moving into the darkness with his shinigan active, briefly raising his hand and motioning for Kurakuren to follow.
"We'll be exiting in the residential district, about half a kilometer from the prison with the objective. We should arrive at about the same time as Kekeya's and Akemi's teams, and possibly Sachi's. Assuming we arrive first, it'll be up to us to clear out the guards quickly and quietly. We move too slow and one of them might escape, and if we aren't quiet about it one of the other guard stations might catch on."

[Kekeya Sasaki]

Kekeya lit his hand with a small flame to keep visability. "Nori, you're with me. Nicholas, you go ahead about 5 meters to keep a safe distance at which we can follow. The three of us too close together would make too big of a chakra cluster and draw attention." Kekeya looked up the hole and accounted each of the Sasaki as they fell in. Everyone was present. "Alright. Move out."