[centre][color=deb887][h2][u]Koma Hitsugi[/u][/h2][/color][/centre]

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This... was not quite the situation that Koma had expected from Bumu's initial introduction, nor from her own silence as she waited for the queen to continue to talk. It could be completely expected from Kaba's outburst though, and now it was either going to need an attempt at damage control or a display of force to stop what could be considered their imminent demise.

It was admittedly difficult to drop down into a bowing position whilst in the water, but Koma managed it more or less. It may have been too late, but how were they to know if they didn't try at least? [color=deb887]"Y-Your Highness! Please overlook our insult just this once, we've never encountered royalty before and didn't know how to properly act, nor did we know we would be sent here through the trial we chose to face. I-I b-beg that you give us a second chance, if we again fail to treat you with the respect you are deserving then... I... offer myself to you as collateral. We don't wish to worsen relations between your land and ours."[/color]

Whether things remained as they were or calmed down laid on whether the queen of the deep would accept a deal such as this, Koma loathed to admit it to herself, but she was already prepared for this to fail as well. Still in her bowed position, all but curled up like a ball really, Koma's hand was wrapped around the bowgrip in her pouch. If there was a benevolent being up above that was watching them, she could only try to pray to it that things would not worsen from here.

And if it did, she already had a plan in mind, at the very least....

Unfortunately Koma's words didn't seem to reach the aquatic royal, despite how ready she was for engaging in hostilities, she loathed to do it in what was considered a holy place of sorts.

The kunoichi quickly started to swim upwards as far as she could, grabbing and tugging on Kaba's sleeve and tugging so she could direct him to swim upwards alongside her. During her ascent to the "roof" of this undersea domain, Koma held one hand out to her side after forming seals and seemingly dragging another reality into view, converting the visual landscape of the interior into a murky and clouded expanse of water as she and Kaba would disappear into one such cloud of murky water to hide within, provided they hadn't been followed. She had no idea if the abyssal queen was clued in on how genjutsus worked, but this was better than nothing for the time being as she pushed Kaba in the direction of the pillar that housed the scroll. [color=deb887]"Keep swimming that way and go for the scroll, I'll give you some cover from here."[/color]

The genjutsu, demonic false illusions, had been crafted with the intention of reaching the scroll without being spotted too soon with most of the clouded water brewing a small ways higher than the scroll, but covering a large enough area to grant them the chance to get into such a hiding spot.

Koma's bow was at the ready to fire as she'd come back out of the cloud and begin to obscure herself some by channelling chakra through her camo-cloak, giving herself a translucent appearance and making herself harder to actually see.