[center][h1][b][color=green]Bakuto Uchiha[/color][/b][/h1] [hider=Appearance Image][img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/82/2e/01/822e011209c27d9b1c785caec2d32d97.png[/img][/hider][/center] [hr] [indent] Escalation was one word that someone could describe the situation. First an enemy kunoichi cut down his kunai, he originally was thinking at that time she might have foreseen his future attack and his ploy of failing to throw it correctly. Then his thoughts and everything shifted after the unthinkable happened. Hideo cutting down his team's leader and teacher. Their sensei...was cut down before the genin's eyes. Even though it was just a clone the image was trapped within Bakuto's mind. Then Hideo faded into the ground and left them with the enemy. Lots of questions would be building up. What just happened? Being the primary question. Did Hideo just betray them? Bakuto was wide-eyed and slack-jawed and stun for good moment, until he heard one of his comrades Yue let some sound. She broke him out of his trance he looked over he could see she was trying to say something but froze up. He had to think, they were still facing off against three powerful enemies. Chuunin level enemies and they were fresh genin. In an intant Bakuto drew another rigged kunai instead of throwing it he stabbed it into the ground and for the first time he spoke with determination, [color=green]"We will not retreat from this point!"[/color] He was a big shaky but he knew they couldn't retreat. He couldn't trust they would be true to their words and let them just go. Leaving them to the whims of their enemies was a sure way to get some of them captured or killed. After his exclamation he starts undoing the bandage on his right hand. He was still quiet but he started to speak again a bit more shaky like then his original exclamation. Not use to this kind of thing he says, [color=green]"Umm....alright...we are still on a mission...we must go forward. We must get through these...um tunnels...the...the others and help them...then get to our target..."[/color] Once he finished up he gets into a position as his right arm moves forward. The arm creeks and the gears made noise as the arm moved forward revealing the puppet like hand. As he opens the palm toward the enemies. A hole in the puppet hand faces the enemies. "Even if we...um have the numbers...they are chuunin. Our best chance...get by them quickly...we can worry about...Hideo sensei later...now get ready to run...be prepared to fight...like your life and all of the others depends on it!" The chakra in the puppet arm built up quickly Bakuto's hand turns ever so slightly as the mechanism in the arms started to move. Suddenly with an pop out fires from the hand a steady and quick stream of smoke blasting out from the hole in the hand. His intentions were to give cover so they could run through. If he had to, he could place more kunai in strategic spots so if they could get to a place where they could get out of these caves he could activate them and drop the cave on the enemies. Not to mention the water these tunnels were holding up. His primary plan was to just create a controlled smokescreen and run they best they could. They had no chance in a straight fight with these chuunin but if he could rob them of some sort of advantage he could would willing take it. He aimed high and assumed if the smoke rises. The smaller genin could get through quickly and still be able to remotely see the taller chuunin. His backup plan was to try and hold these chuunin off until the rest of the genin get out. Then unleash his paper bombs traps once they were in the clear. One thing was clear to Bakuto they had to get through this cavern and complete this mission and get back to the others.[/indent]