The ninja looked back at James and said "Your partner wasn't knocked out...his been entranced by me to keep his mouth shut about what he knows about me...this will ever time he sees me or tries to think or speak of me..." He moved forward and said "I told you what you need to do. Get Megumi back to her true home...and to figure that out you must start in the Village Hidden in the Snow. Your answers will start there..." He looked back at bane and said "I am sorry I had to do this to him...but to keep all three of you safe, no one can know I'm here helping...if you decide to go, just leave a white cloth tied to the tree...I'll see it" Then he vanished, a leaf falling to the ground. Megumi looked at the leaf and muttered "A leaf clone...pretty impressive..."