Masaaki crept quickly gathered up his bow and collected his arrow and his cloak. His bluff had bought him the advantage again. He moved silently along the cliff before peering down to assess the situation. It seemed the girl had managed to create a golem of some sort. It was a bit misshapen, but still a dangerous threat. He really had no efficient way to damage it, so his only option would be to avoid it and go directly for her or the merchant. It would throw another kink into the plan, but she must have used up much of her chakra making this thing, and she would be worn out from running back and forth so much. It was time for him to go on the offensive again. 

Masaaki closed his eyes and concentrated gathering up his chakra and using it to condense some of the extra water in the air, causing the rain to pour down even harder. He concentrated harder forcing some of his senses through some of the raindrops he created. It was a work in progress and it was incredibly disorienting, there was the golem, the girl? where was the merchant? He focused harder, taking a deep breath and steadying his mind. There! In the bushes. He thought. Or maybe he was in the cart? He really needed to work on this jutsu more. He opened his eyes rubbing his head slowly trying to regain his senses as quickly as possible. [i] Take out the ninja first then he could worry about the merchant. [/i] he thought quickly formulating a plan in his head.

"Alright girl!" he shouted using the rain to cover the direction his voice was coming from, "Enough games. Throw down your weapons and hand over the cart and I'll leave the two of you unharmed. You're in no position to fight me right now" He doubted she would surrender but he had made himself sound condescending on purpose. He was hoping to provoke her into making a mistake.