. . . Meanwhile on the other side of the island.

Hell's fury burned in the eye's of Benimaru "Did you believe we were unaware of your presence, how foolish do you think we are now look at trapped like rats. I personally would like to inform you that YOU will die here."

Benimaru laughed spitefully, he had caught a team of ninja in one of the many traps that were planted around the camp. Kyo looked from arm to arm at the stone that now lended aid in his capture, what remained of team consisted of Mai, Yagi and himself. All of whom were caught in the same predicament. As Kyo could recall it: They had spent the entire morning monitoring the movements of the known terrorist group codenamed "The Horde". During the course of the day everything was normal no sign of anyone being aware of there movements.

"Benimaru had us pegged from the beginning, I don't see how though? We were out of range of eye ability, I'm sure of it. They must have had the Iwa ninja within there group set these traps. I didn't think there word had spread as far as the mainland, I need to get this information back to the Heikokage." Kyo's forehead began to sweat as he tried thinking of an escape route.

Benimaru was brought a weapon by one of the others that was with him, he unsheathe it the glint of the night's moon shown brightly off the edge of the blade and he said "Beautiful isn't it being killed under the night sky under the moon no less." Benimaru gestured toward the moon as he lifted his blade skyward.

Huffing and puffing tired from struggling to release themselves from the creeping rock technique. Kyo looks toward his students and says "stop struggling it'll only make into the stone cover you more, relax."

Mai stares at Kyo with dread in her eyes and says " should I just sit here and let myself die without trying, no there's no way, not like this, not like this!" Terrified she begins to cry as the stone moves around her neck her body completely in cased.

"Kyo sensei, I have idea" whispers Yagi.

The stone had completely consumed his lower half but his hands remained free.

"Don't do anything foolish Yagi! Kyo whispered in reply.

Yagi without hearing out his teacher, quickly makes hands seals, "EARTH STYLE, EARTH GRAVE JUTSU!." Benimaru stands still watching the boy an odd glare in his eyes as they reflected the moonlight. Those eyes, Yagi's technique reflected off of them with great clarity, as the earth beneath Benimaru began to to open in a funnel, and quickly close just as it had started.

Yagi was startled as he looked eyes wide with disbelief and said "Kyo sensei, what . . . what just happened to my technique. ."

The ground beneath Yagi began to open up in a funnel as it slowly drug him in the pit widened til it stopped just before it reached Mai. She could see as the boy was twirled around, and around by the hole. Then it stopped Yagi had sat shoulder deep in a cavity of dirt.

Yagi looked around as though he had seen a ghost saying "This is my move that I made how is this, happening!?"

Kyo sat speechless as his vision was split between looking at his student and Benimaru.

Kyo began to say "Don't do this. . ."

Benimaru smiled menacingly as the small group he was with began to giggle in expectation one of them even says " I love it when he does this shit man, the look in there eyes is almost too much." Another replies laughing "No, It's priceless, is what it is."

Benimaru having watched the technique the entire time "SAKASHIMA!" Within the sand small humps could be seen forming, until a single spike thrust forward, then another and another and many more as they shot in and out of the depths of the pit blood drenched. A stomach curling scream was heard, Yagi's body was minced and grinded into smaller section after section. His head remained intact as it skipped from spike to pike, where it sat for a moment of silence as all in the current area saw. Mai, cold from the sight, stared, her mouth gaping in awe as she watched someone she cared for die so violently. A short distance away, out of hearing range a girl could be seen crying and throwing up from what had just unfolded as she wiped her mouth. Eyes filled with pain and sadness a flame roared in her chest so hot she to grasp at her chest.

"I'll kill all of you!" She vowed as she cut across her chest.

Gripping the kunai so hard her hands began to bleed she leapt into the treetops. Kyo unable to walk rubbed his forehead into the ground this scratched the metal of his headband and the symbol of his village.

Benimaru and his flunkies began to laugh loudly at the sight of the head that sat atop the spike, and he says "That boy should have stayed at the academy, if he's a product of the future it's looking pretty bleak for Banju."

The jutsu begins to crumble, the earth returns to its original state as the pieces of Yagi's body reappear on the surface.

Lifting his head in response to Benimaru's words "That boy was top of his class in all areas, he ten times the man you are, but, that's irrelevant to what's about to happen to you now."

Holding his stomach in pain, Benimaru wipes his eyes "And, what exactly is going to happen am I gonna be surprised, by another lamb to the slaughter!"

Kyo smirks the horde stop laughing, they become weary, all goes silent. Movement is heard in the trees the men look around, reluctantly Benimaru takes his eyes off his prisoners. Studying the area, animals can be heard, nothing troubling. Benimaru looks back toward his captives, unsurprised they've fled, along with the head of the Yagi. Kyo runs as fast he can away from the horde members, he carries Mai's motionless body on his shoulder and Yagi's head under his other arm. The horde can be heard chasing behind him.

He closes in on Yuri bursting through the woods " Sensei!" Yuri and Kyo stop on the same branch he cants his side with the head away from her handing Mai to her.

"We don't have much time until they catch up, now listen as quickly as you can I want you to take Mai back to the village and wait for me no questions asked, understand!?" Breathing heavily as he constantly looks behind himself and at Yuri.

"But, what about Yagi and what they did to him" She begins to sob as she clenched the kunai in her hand.

Kyo looks Yuri in the eyes and yells with a look that struck a new fear in her heart "GO, GOD DAMMIT!"

In the next moment Yuri had split off from Kyo who was now taking fire as chunks of earth, kunai, shurikens were wizzing toward him at break neck speeds. Yuri bounded from branch to branch and tree to tree as fast she could, her legs were beginning to get tired but she thought if she stopped she may end up like Yagi. That image kept her leaps strong, fast, and far, until she safely reached the village where Kyo was nowhere to be seen. Even hours later after after a search party was sent to retrieve him. Yuri felt helpless, all she could do was sit in the hospital and mourn her master and her friend.

(In this particular area I tried to get across the eye ability of the Mirigan (made up by me). I guess it is a little confusing, so if your interesting in an explanation I will deliver, )