[H1][Center][b][color=0072bc]SHINYA ABURAME[/color][/b][/CENTER][/H1]

Shinya watched as Lin continued to rant, not giving Shinya a chance to properly finish his sentence. Finally, however, something Shinya said finally stopped Lin, before he laughed, [colour=ee6262]“You - incapacitate… me? Bug Boy!”[/colour] He then gave Shinya a pat on the back.

Shinya did not understand what was so comedic about his statement. It was not meant as a joke. Shinya WAS ready to have his insects devour Lin's chakra. Perhaps the other boy did not think he could do it? How foolish, not taking a threat seriously because of overconfidence is illogical.

[colour=ee6262]“Hey, you’re pretty funny. You know what, follow me! I buried something cool in the woods!”[/colour]

Lin then took off to the rooftop, motioning for Shinya to join him.

...For what purpose? Shinya almost asked. After all, they were academy students not on their off day. Their assigned role was to learn how to be a shinobi and after school, they should rest or do further self-study to prepare for the next training. Seeing something 'Cool' would be beyond the purview of their tasks. In short, like many things, Lin did, it was not logical, however...Shinya was aware that as humans, emotions were part of the natural order of things. Yes, perhaps attempting to be completely logical as a human, was, in fact, illogical.

Besides, maybe...just maybe doing things like these was what Shinya had been missing out on. Granted, he had no idea what people typically considered to be 'cool' let alone someone like Lin. For Shinya, rare or exotic insects would be cool, but he doubted that was what Lin meant.

Well...regardless...Shinya jumped and joined Lin on the roof.

He nodded, [color=0072bc]"Very well, show me this 'cool thing'. But since I'm taking time out of my day to follow along, this has better be the 'greatest cool'."[/color]

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[H1][Center][b][color=fff79a]HIKARI HYUGA[/color][/b][/CENTER][/H1]

Hikari saw her shot penetrating the knee of one of the Suna shinobis. Without missing a beat, she shot some more arrows at the rest of the intruders, repeating the feat.

As she saw the Suna shinobis simply standing stoically with arrows sticking out of their knees, however, she frowned.

[color=fff79a][i]'No cry of pain...no one is giving out any orders...not even any attempts to look for an enemy? What are they playing at?'[/i][/color]  Hikari thought.

It was then she noticed a certain someone heading towards her direction. Satoshi Shimura, a well-regarded Jonin who was a veteran of the 3rd Shinobi World War, famous for his space-time ninjutsu. Hikari was currently invisible through her Hiding with the Camouflage Jutsu, but she was not surprised that the seasoned shinobi detected her.

"They're not after the students or the civilian population of Konoha; they want our prisoner," Satoshi said as he landed beside her.

Hikari dropped her invisibility and gave Satoshi a nod of acknowledgement.

Prisoner...Hikari was not supposed to know about that as a mere Tokubetsu Jonin not in Intelligence or Torture and Interrogation. But...she had a feeling that the man would only be annoyed were Hikari to play coy, so instead she opted for a more neutral, [color=fff79a]"I'm not technically supposed to know about the prisoner, Satoshi-san."[/color]

She continued, [color=fff79a]"In any case...I've incapacitated the intruders. Though their lack of reaction to my arrows worries me that they are still planning something. If you would, please head over there and apprehend them,"[/color] Hikari pointed to where the intruders were located.

[color=fff79a]"I will keep an eye out from here in case they have backups. Would that be agreeable?"[/color] she added, deferring to the more experienced Jonin.