The hooded nin advanced on her. Several of them attacked her at once. She deflected all of their attacks and managed to send a chakra enhanced punch into three stomachs and kick the other three into each other. Several more advanced on her, and she deflected them again, and again, and again. Panting, she braced for the next round of attacks. When it did not come she looked around. "Maybe they got tired." Ino thought with a smirk. Straitening up, she looked around. "Is that it?" she asked, "I was hoping for more of a challenge." A tall woman with hair poking out of her hood smirked back at her. "As you wish," the woman replied. She then promptly bit her thumb and slammed it onto the ground.

A cloud of smoke appeared and began to part giving way to a monstrous sight. Ino gasped, standing in front of her was some giant winged beast. Its head curved into an elongated beak and was attached to a long scaly neck. Two massive wings made from a thin membrane protruded from its arched back, and were each topped with sharp claws. Beneath its belly there were two feet bearing ferocious looking talons. Its entire body was covered with a layer of slime that dripped to the ground forming puddles of thick, yellow mud. However the one feature Ino noticed that could help her in battle was the thick cuff around its neck. Attached to the cuff were three metal chains enforced with chakra. Each chain was held by a strong looking man. It was obvious that they had a hard time controlling this creature. If she could get to the men holding the chain, maybe there was a way for her to avoid fighting this thing.

"Vogel," said the woman, "kill." The creature, whose name apparently was Vogel, gave a disgusting shriek and launched its head at Ino. Ino propelled herself into the air and over Vogel's head. She landed on the side of the cliff face and sent a kunai towards the back of the monster's head. It landed right on target and the creature raised its head in shock. It began to shake violently as Ino began to speed around it. Throwing its head in several places where Ino had previously landed. Every time she landed, she would send a shuriken into another part of its body. However this time, when she landed behind Vogel and out of the chain holder's sight, she sent three explosion tag kunai into the base of the cliff. All three of them landed under a separate chain holder and began to fizz. These particular tags would take a little longer to ignite. This way she could continue distracting Vogel and the other hooded nin, without suspicion. When she attempted to leap into the air again, she found herself stuck to the ground. Looking down she realized that she had landed in one of the puddles of mud that Vogel had created with his slime. "Shit!" she cried when this horrible realization struck her. Ino barley had time to think of a way out of the sticky situation before a giant talon came crashing down onto her back, nearly knocking her unconscious. More slime oozed onto her, further binding her to the filthy creature. A sharp beak hovered inches from her neck and Ino squeezed her eyes shut, desperately trying to find a way out of this.

"Poor girl." It was the hooded woman. Ino looked up into her gleaming eyes. "You thought you had a chance." Ino fought to say something, but Vogel's slime had dripped down to cover her mouth. Ino wanted to throw up, but found herself unable to do so. A sharp needle pierced her skin and drew blood into a hollow syringe. Ino stared at the woman in disbelief, what the hell was that for? The woman held up the syringe and examined its contents. The dark red blood seemed almost black in the moonlight. The next thing the woman did took Ino by surprise. She jammed the needle into her own wrist and injected Ino's blood into her own body. Dropping the needle, she began to perform several hand signs. Ino began to thrash under the heavy talons of Vogel. Whatever was going on here, it needed to end. The woman sighed. "Are you familiar with the Kapuzen-Katze clan?" she asked. Ino shook her head. She sighed again, "Our clan is an ancient one, but have never been reconized b any of the hidden villages." The woman began to quicken the movement of her hands. "You see, we are a clan of numerous forbidden techniques and many are intimidated by their power." The hand signs stopped. Slowly lifting her hood, Ino watched in horror at the face reviled underneath. It was her own.

Clear blue eyes smiled back at her. The woman's cloak fell to the ground, revealing Ino's signature purple outfit and body. The false Ino grinned back at her and began to giggle. " The Kapuzen-Katzen clan has developed the perfect imitation technique," motioning to her body. "I must now stay in this form forever, and every last detail is an exact replica. Because we used your blood, I even can mimic your voice, laugh, habits, techniques…etcetera. This technique is so advanced, that I even have slivers of your most important memories!" Ino's eyes widened in dismay. "I can now seamlessly fit into your life and begin our invasion of Konoha, from the inside." Ino shook in disgust, but it was useless. Her arms were still glued to the talons and the harder she struggled, the more slime leaked onto her. "Umeko, you did a wonderful job at fooling the three idiots." Umeko stepped forward followed by a false Shikamaru and Choji. "Really it is so easy to deceive these ninja. Now only three more villages to go." False Ino gave another cackle of triumph. "Vogel you may have your dinner now." Vogel snapped at her shoulder creating a long gash, and began make a strange gurgling noise that Ino could only decipher as amusement. Vogel brought its head to its full height and prepared to bring it crashing down onto Ino.

A loud explosion caught Vogel's attention before it could make anymore movements. Ino stretched her neck to a point where she could see her explosion tags beginning to light. The second one ignited and Vogel began to go wild. This could be her chance, Ino thrust her chin down into a rock and began to pull herself forward, the slime was still stuck to Vogel's talon and it made it hard for Ino to get any distance. "WHAT THE…" the Ino impersonator was cut off midsentence when one of the heavy chains that had previously been holing Vogel swung over her head and she had to dodge it. The third tag exploded, sending the man holding it several feet into the air.

Vogel didn't miss its chance, using its massive wings; it began to lift itself into the sky. The hooded nin on the ground scrambled to grab hold of the creature's chains, but Vogel was already too high and beginning to pick up speed. False Ino shouted at them to leave it alone and stick with the mission. So Vogel the vulgar soared into the night carrying a panicked Ino with it.