Kurai Kichigai

Name:Kurai Kichigai (Kurai = dark/gloomy Kichigai = insane)
Rank:Jonin
Age:30
Gender:Male
Village:Iwagakure
Physical Description:6 feet, 7 inches tall, thin, but muscular,
long auburn and black hair tied up in a ponytail that reaches his
shoulder blades,Iwakagure bandanna, green eyes, dark circles under his
eyes, black, zip-up, long-sleeved shirt with the left sleeve torn off,
dark brown pants that cover 3/4 of his legs, black boots that cover 1/4
of his legs, two spikes on the toe of each boot that resemble drills,
metal gloves on each hand with the Iwakagure symobl on the back of his
hand and one-and-a-half inch long drills on each knuckle

Surasshu Ookami no raida

Name: Surasshu Ookami no raida (Surasshu = Slash)
Rank:Anbu co-leader (Special jonin)
Age:28
Gender:male
village: Village hidden in the leaves
Clan: Ookami no raida
Physical Descriptions: 5 feet, 11 in. He has black hair that is spiked
up. Hes rather short for his clan. He wears a ruffled jacket that he
always has open, with a black shirt that has his clans insignea on
it.(Slash marks /) His eyes are crimson red and look like wolf eyes
(Usually people in this clan have, yellow, blue, or green wolf eyes). He
rarely wheres shoes but when he does, they are open toed. He has claws,
but not to large, very sharp though.


Chapter 4: A Growing Party

After a few minutes of traveling, the shinobi finally came to the
location the mole was directing them to. They were standing on a large
trail that was surrounded by trees on either side of it. It looked like
an ordinary trail, other than the fact that a battle had recently taken
place. Several kunai and shuriken were scattered around the area. There
was even a sword or two jammed into the ground. The ground was torn up
in some places. There were even large boulders jutting out of the path.
Small puddles of water dotted the area. What first caught the ninjas'
attention though were the three bodies in the center of the area, two
human and one dog.

Ryuu looked around the area with a surprised, and slightly frightened
look in his eyes. "What happened here?" His comrades seemed to have the
same idea he did. Akina stared at the bodies on the path, fearing they
were dead, but too nervous to do anything about it. Yoshi glanced around
the area, wondering more about who caused this mayhem rather. Kusaaijin
just stood, trembling slightly. The mole ignored Ryuu's question and
went straight to the taller of the two men on the ground.

"Master," the mole gentled shoved the shinobi on the ground, "I've brought some assistance."

The man lay without movement. After several seconds of silence, the mans
eyes shot open, making the teenagers jump. Kusaaijin thought that his
eyes had a yellowish tinge, but they quickly faded to a green colour.
The man stared at them for several seconds, which made Ryuu wonder if he
was simply staring at them, or trying to decide if and how he should
kill them.

"...Good." The man sat up, with some difficulty, after a few seconds of silence, "Thank you, Ichimogura."

The Earth ninja poked the second man for a few seconds before he too sat
up with a look of pain on his face. The dog next to him rolled over on
its stomach and panted heavily.

"So you guys are the back up Kurai's mole managed to find, eh?" The Leaf
ninja commented with a sarcastic tone, "You're just a bunch of kids."

"We're not kids! We're shinobi!"

Everyone looked at the source of the outburst, and most of them looked in surprise when they saw that it was Kusaaijin.

The two elder shinobi stared at the small Grass genin and then started to laugh.

"You've got guts, kid," the larger man stated with a grin on his face,
"allow me to introduce ourselves. My name is Kurai Kichigai, Jonin of
Iwagakure. The mutt you see to my right is Surasshu. His dog's name
is Kurainami."

The 'mutt' in question glared at Earth shinobi and, to the surprise of the teens, growled.

Kurai continued, unphased, "We are on a mission to kill or, if possible,
kill the rouge ninja known as Kuroshi Karasu and his associates. What
about you?"

"My name is Ryuu Namikaze. My team mates Yoshi, Akina, and I are from
Sunakagure and Kusaaijin is from Kusakagure," Ryuu gestured towards each
ninja as he mentioned them, with Kusaiijin bowing slightly and stepping
back when she was called, "The four of us are on a mission to do
reconnaissance on the ninja known as Narako Tizashi."

Surasshu's eyes widened at this and he look at Kurai. He nodded, bit his
thumb, and did a quick series of hand signs. After six hand seals, he
placed his hands on the ground.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

A puff of smoke appeared and when it dissipated, three moles stood in
its place. The two of them didn't look much different from Ichimogura,
but the third was a bit smaller than the rest and wore a short, light
pink kimono and horn-rimmed glasses. She also carried a scroll on her
back.

"Ichimogura, I'm going to need you for a few more minutes."

"Yes, sir"

"What have you called us for this time?" The second mole asked.

Kurai leaned closer to the summoned mammals. "You guys need to draw an
Earth Displacement Seal for us. We need a pseudo hospital right now."

The four moles nodded and each pulled a small ink brush from their
clothing and drew a large rectangle surrounding the two injured shinobi
and Kurainami. They then drew an X connecting the corners of the
rectangle with each other. They then stood next to a corner and placed
down a small lamp that they retrieved from their clothing.

"Step inside the seal," Kurai beckoned towards the four young shinobi.
They hesitated, but stepped inside the rectangle anyway. After a nod
from Kurai, the moles placed their hands on their corners and the ground
started to sink. After they had gone a sufficient way down, the hole
above them started to close. The quartet started to panic, but relaxed
when the lamps the moles pulled out were bright enough to light the
area. After a few metres, the granite elevator came to a stop. Kurai
struggled to stand as he lifted the moles to write another seal
identical to the one they stood on. As the wall in front of the ninja
moved forward, Surasshu and his canine companion stood with Kurai and
walked forward as the wall moved.

Surasshu spoke with a hint of pain in his voice, "Sorry for the
unexplained move. We just wanted to make sure that no one was listening
to us."

"You see, it seems that we all share a common goal here," Kurai said.

Akina took in this new as some surprise, "You mean he's travelling with Kuroshi?"

"No. But he is being targeted by him."

This time, it was Yoshi's turn to ask a question, "Why?"

"Because he's a strong, rogue ninja that Kuroshi finds powerful,"
Surasshu responded, "He'll either make him join his group or kill him."

The teens took this into thought when the wall in front of them stopped
moving. Before they could ask what was happening, the wall continued to
move, but also grow. When it had stopped, the shinobi found them selves
in a large room. The moles quickly hung the lamps from the ceiling using
long poles.

"Ichimogura, Nimogura, Sanmogura," Kurai addressed his familiars one by one, "you guys can go home now."

The moles disappeared in a puff of smoke, leaving the female mole left standing on her own.

"Kangomogura, I need you to bring in some healing clay."

"Yes sir."

The small mole drew some seals on the ground to make three indents in
the ground, two big enough for Kurai and Surrashu, the other big enough
for Kurainami. She then took the scroll off her back and, to the
surprise of the younger shinobi, a large mortar appeared with a tube
running from the base of it to the scroll. Kurai and Surasshu stripped
down to their undergarments, Akina looking away and Kusaiijin turning a
bright shade of red, while Kangomogura poured a strange-smelling mud
into the tubs. Once they were full, Kurai sent Kangomogura away and
eased himself into the tub until the clay was up to his neck. The Leaf
Jonin followed suite, with his dog easing into the third tub.

"What is that stuff?" Ryuu held his nose slightly while speaking, "It stinks!"

"It's a special mud found in the Earth Village," Kurai had a look of
bliss on his face while he spoke, "it's infused with trace amounts of
chakra, making it an excellent healing material."

Surrashu continued to sink slightly, "We took some heavy damage in the
battle we just had, but we should be near-fully healed before tomorrow
morning"

Yoshi looked at his team mates in confusion, and then to the two mud-covered ninjas, "What are we supposed to do 'til then?"

Kurai looked up at the Sand teen and grinned, "Keep watch. We'll help you guys with your mission tomorrow."

The Sand ninjas and Kusaaijin all looked at each other and sighed, but walked anyway towards the cavern's entrance.