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[center][h2][color=black]Ayame Choko, “the Sewstress”[/color][/h2]

[url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ISfifczkgM]Departure to the Frontlines[/url][/center]
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The ronin didn't flinch as his blade clashed with that of the red haired boy in front of him. He handled his blade skillfully, although not to the point where people would be amazed at his skill. He was simply good, good enough to overpower Daiki and take on Haruka at the same time as long as he could form the battlefield to his own advantage. [b][color=1b1464]“A sharingan? Perhaps I should stay and.. take that. I could sell that to any clan. Care to hand that eye over for me, boy?”[/color][/b] Well, there Daiki went, spilling his trump card by speaking to himself. Ayame was following from a distance, hiding in the shadows as she always did. But she couldn't help but feel.. slightly estranged as she learned of the Sharingan in the young boy's possession. He'd kept that hidden well enough. The mission had to continue, however, and right now the Sharingan was merely a tool rather than a surprise. 

[b][color=black]“Baka..”[/color][/b] Ayame said as she looked at Daiki going toe to toe with the man. [b][color=black]“Daiki, don't fight him. You can kill him, but we need him alive. He's our present to the Land of Iron. Besides.. just let him run. He can't escape us.”[/color][/b] Ayame's plan had not foreseen that the ronin would push through the two boys. Maybe the ronin was stronger than initial intelligence reports had stated. Well, judging from his stature, he had more smarts than strength. They'd just have to readjust anyway. Not a single plan in the history of warfare had survived contact. This plan was one of the many testimonies to that. 

With a quick movement, [i]swoosh[/i], the ronin's blade was swung towards Daiki's head although it was merely a feign movement, and the blade would never actually connect, although it would seem like it would. Before the blade even got close the ronin jumped backwards and continued running away, although his movements were starting to slow down and he'd sway from side to side a tiny bit as the poison was starting to work - slower than usual. Ayame was rather confused by that, too. [color=black]“Doushita.. the poison should've kicked in by now..”[/color] she said to herself quietely while hopping from branch to branch, keeping an eye on the group. The ronin moved swiftly, on the same pace as a shinobi. You could tell this man wasn't a samurai, or a shinobi, but mixed the best of both anyway. 

After a little bit more of chasing around, above and to the sides of the ronin if Daiki and Haruka followed the plan adequately, the man would slowly come to a halt as he swayed side to side. [b][color=1b1464]“Brgh.. I should've expected this after being hit by that bitch.. guess I have no choice.”[/color][/b] he said to himself before reaching into his pockets. Quickly he turned around and revealed a pill that was unknown to the shinobi team. With a big movement he put it in his mouth and swallowed it before taking out his sword again. [b][color=1b1464]“If you want me alive so badly, I guess I'll kill myself. See ya' later bitches!”[/color][/b] Before the combat could commence again the man collapsed and seemed to be dead. Ayame quickly jumped down from the branch she was perched on and kneeled next to him. She quickly felt for a pulse but it wasn't there. 

[color=black]“Ksu.. I never expected him to do this. Why would he even bother.. and no medical team at hand so deep in foreign territory either.”[/color] Slowly she got up and turned around again, looking around the environment to take a look at where they were. They were barely five minutes from Kannabi bridge, which was five minutes longer than her poison should've taken to work. Something odd was going on here. Did this man expect to fight her? [i]Slow poison.. strange pill.. he didn't gain anything by killing himself..[/i]

Suddenly Ayame's eyes widened and she looked back at the, presumed to be, corpse. [color=black]“Get back everyone!”[/color] Well, she was right in her thinking. The man's eyes blinked for a second and slowly he got up again, moaning slightly as the ''death'' had left him quite estranged to the sensation of death and revival. Ayame jumped back and reached back for her dai-senbon, which had been strapped to her back all this time. With a rapid movement she pulled the large bone needle from her back and stood at the ready, waiting to see what'd happen. The man simply stretched himself and seemed fine all of a sudden. [b][color=1b1464]“Hrhhhh.. so that's what death feels like. Pretty strange, I can tell you. You're probably wondering what happened but unlike that fool,”[/color][/b] his words went paired to a gesture towards Daiki, pointing at him with the tip of his sword. [b][color=1b1464]“I don't spill beans about my trump cards. Or.. well, maybe this once I'll tell you. It's just too smart!”[/color][/b] 

[b][color=1b1464]“See, I know that Konohagakure has an assassination specialist, that's you, Ayame-chan!”[/color][/b] His words went paired with a bit of laughter as the man apparently found himself pretty funny. He continued again, sheathing his sword again and holding it to his left, right hand on the grip as he stood ready to perform an iaido if he had to. [b][color=1b1464]“And I know poison usually works in the blood. It's quickest, obviously! So I took a pill with me that drains my body of [i]all[/i] blood, and then it bursts and releases new blood into me! It was a hassle to buy, since a ninja had to make it, and also I had to find a suitable.. [i]donor.[/i] So now your poison doesn't work!”[/color][/b] Ayame couldn't help but feel annoyed at the man. Why go through all that trouble. What if the pill didn't work? Such a liability. But she had to admit, the plan [i]did[/i] work so the man made a good call. 

[b][color=black]“Idiot.. Haruka, Daiki, GO!”[/color][/b]