[center][h1][color=Gold]Akio Tendou[/color][/h1][/center]

Akio sighed as she begin to read through the reports that Aoi sent her way, but before she could begin to read them, Rin decided to express her opinions about their employers. Akio eye showed that she didn't approve of Rin's comments in the slightest, but didn't say anything . . . yet. She would let Shouken remind the girl that she was in mixed company first. While she waited to see the young boy's reaction to the Reikan's careless remarks, she began to read the reports. 

The abductions had little evidence as to who could've perpetrated them, as their seemed to be little signs of struggle at any of the crime scenes. Most were thought to have been taken in the dead if night, and all those taken were civilians. There were also reports of caravans that have gone missing in the dessert only to be found in the middle of the dessert, the only thing missing being the people who made it up.

[color=Gold]"This doesn't make any sense,"[/color] Akio said in exasperation after she'd had enough of reading, tossing the reports she'd gone through to the other two, just in case they saw something she'd missed. [color=Gold]"Why, and how, is this guy kidnapping so many people? It's too conspicuous to be a human trafficking outfit, but I can't think of what else it could be? The only thing these reports tell us is that the fucker's good, I'd hazard that he's got a High Jonin's level of infiltration skill, and it'd be best to assume his other skills are on par as well."[/color]

Akio stopped looking through the kidnapping cases, as she wasn't getting anything from them, moving on to the deaths they belived to be related. She soon wished she hadn't though, as the detailed descriptions of the murders were enough to make her want to throw up right then and there. She swallowed it down, however, and continued to read, her scowl deepening with every page she scanned through until she recognized something strange. While all the murders were gruesome, depicting everything to disembowelment to living disections, the most gruesome of these acts were dine with the finesse of someone who'd done it a million times before. You could tell by the lengths they had gone to in their grisly wirks of art this person was no newcomer. But then other murders were remarkable more tame, common, and amateurish, as their were many signs of struggles, and evidence of third party interference. Akio's mimd raced as she looked at the clues, formulating the plan in her head as she once again began to chew on strands of her hair.

[color=Gold]"On second thought. . .I'm beginning to think that we're dealing with some sort of . . . initiation,"[/color] Akio said aloud after a short while, leaning back in her chair with a worried expression her face. If what she was saying was correct, than they could be in over their heads on this one. [color=Gold]"Think about it, a bunch of strange abductions that just happens to coincide with a string of murders that only have their gruesome executions in common, that just doesn't happen on a regular basis. Add on to the fact that their is a strange mix of professional and amateur levels of skill and depravity in these killings and we may have some form of cult forming or setting up shop in Suna. I'm thinking Jashinist, this seems to have their nane written all ov-"[/color]

Akio froze in mid sentence, her golden eyes scanning through a murder report with ever increasing levels in fear and panic. Tossing the report yo the side, she began to take a closer look at all of the skillful murders mire carefully, seeinhnwith new eyes a pattern in the wounds and desecration. She'd begin to rapidly shift ghem around, her breath becoming short and more ragged with every movement until it stopped all together. She stared down at the pictures presented in front of her, all of the wounds depicted showing a symbol that they would all recognize to some degree: The wings of the Daten-shi killer.

The thoughts of Jashinists and culta flew from her mind in a rush as she could only stare at the gorey collage in horrid realization, her hands gripoung the table so hard that knuckles were turning bone-white. 

[color=Gold]"N- . . . no way . . . [i]He[/i] can't be here . . . this can't be happening, this can't be happening . . ."[/color] Tears would begin to fall from Akio's eyes as her body began to shake uncontrollably, so much so that she had to take a seat. And all the while she could only repeat 'this can't be happening' over and over in alow hushed whisper, her eyes glazed over as she was thrust back into the body of herself as a young vhild, watching her family torn to shreds by nightmares beyond imagining. And standing in top of the heap of bodies, an ancient blade in hand and the smile of a madman on his face, was the worst nightmare of them all, his golden eyes shining with an unfamiliar light.

[color=Gold][i]Why, Koka-nii . . . why did you do it . . . and why did you leave me behind?[/i][/color]

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