Chapter 2

Kinzo felt tears rushing down his face as he got up. Neither the Yokubo or Katakiuchi members moved a muscle when he ran up the stairs. They looked at each other as if to say, "Aren't you going to get him?"
Finally a member of Yokubo broke the silence. "Well? What are you waiting for?"
"You to go stop him." One of the Katakiuchi said. "You don't need permission."
"Just because Yokubo owes Katakiuchi a favor doesn't mean we are your slaves." One of the Yokubo members retorted.
"Well, yes it does, and Lord Greed intends to exploit that favor as much as possible." The Katakiuchi member said, pointing up the stairs and pushing Yokubo members. "After all, he is Greed."

Kinzo ran like the wind. Literally. Kaze Henkaku no Jutsu. (Wind Transformation Jutsu) It was a risky jutsu, as you could be carried away by the wind. Kinzo was inside, so the danger was lessened. He drifted into the room he stayed overnight, noticing the blood on the floor. Kinzo shifted back into human form, following the trail of blood out the window. As he was about to jump out the open window, a pillar of earth rose from the ground outside the window, blocking him in. He turned around, drawing a kunai from his pouch.

"Oh, come on. What are you gonna do? Stab us all? There's five of us, one of you." A Yokubo member said, drawing a rough, jagged sword. The weapon looked to have more use for ripping someone to shreds, rather than cutting. Kinzo drew multiple shuriken, and threw them. He quickly dashed towards the ninja, using his Wind Nature Affinity to his advantage. Channeling his chakra, Kinzo empowered his kunai with wind, creating a wind blade that stretched a little over two feet. (About 61 cm) His opponents were focused on blocking the shuriken, and wouldn't have time to block him.

This was not the case. Kinzo underestimated the shinobi. Only one of the shinobi stopped to block the shuriken, the rest dodging, and preparing to counterattack. With extreme precision, the ninja in the center caught the incoming shuriken in mid flight by sticking his finger through the center hole of the shuriken. He then launched them back at Kinzo. They never reached their target, however. A wall of ice shot up in the little space that was between Kinzo and the Yokubo ninja. Icicles shot from the wall, breaking the earth wall that trapped Kinzo inside. A hand of ice emerged from the wall on his side, pushing him through the window.

Kinzo landed harshly on the ground, outside of the inn. He then looked to the right, seeing the Kage of the Snow Village, forming hand seals furiously fast. Finally, he finished the hand seals and channeled his chakra into walls of ice that rose from the ground, surrounding the inn. As the top of the walls reached the top of the building, a ceiling formed, trapping the Yokubo inside.

The Kage sighed, and turned towards the acting on-duty captain of the Yukigakure Military Police.
"Surround the building. Prepare to enter, and when you do, don't be afraid to use lethal force." The Kage instructed. "Also, prepare a manhunt. We believe the Umbra of Katakiuchi escaped. Prepare enough force to fight a Yugure. One may show. We can use this opportunity to bait one in and destroy him."

The sky behind him went dark as multiple fast moving objects flew towards this area in the village. As they got closer, Kinzo realized they were Kunai. Hundreds of them. Maybe even thousands. Forms jumped up from the rooftops, and Kinzo noticed they were ninja. They started running, and as they got closer, he saw they were all from the same organization.

Katakiuchi was on the hunt.