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"Do you swine have any idea what happens to those who do not carry out their assigned actions?" the voice of the madman was strangely soft and calm. What was stranger, it was perhaps even more frightening than his angry voice, a demeanor where rage snapped out like lightning and the man became more of a wasp than a ninja. He had been strangely composed the last several moons, and that is what scared his henchmen silly. Recently, his plans became more and more clever, and even more daring. As they watched him at a nervous distance, holding their weapons just in case, they could sense the insanity surrounding him. The wind skirted towards them, whipping their hair and ruffling the edges of their clothing.
There was a long silence in which no one spoke or made a sound, except for one unlucky ninja who happened to be too tense, let a small fart loose. Everyone's face reddened, but before they could worry about the cheese-cutting culprit, Tobe turned to face them. He seemed to ignore the noise; in fact his dark eyes seemed to look afar and beyond them.
"Is someone going to answer me, or shall I sound it out for you." He said darkly, a lock of black hair falling over his nose.
"Would you?" someone squeaked nervously near the back. Tobe's eyes focused and sharpened.
"Let me ask you another question, hopefully one of you will know." He growled softly "Which of you here have been carrying around stink bombs in their back pockets?" More silence, luckily there wasn't another outburst of flatulence. The ninja's looked at each other cautiously. The stinkbomb incident in the final battle with Garu was something not to be mentioned. No one knew of the horrible stench that caused them to retreat just as Tobe was about to deliver the finishing blow to Garu's throat. Tobe had been furious, convinced that it was one of his confounded ninja's fault by having some sort of stink weapon that accidentally went off.
"No answer again, typical." Tobe continued without falter, then he fell silent. Somewhere an owl hooted higher up in the canopy. The leaves that concealed the group of men seemed menacing instead of comforting, rattling whenever an evening breeze came. There was no moon, but the stars provided enough light to show each man's frozen face.
"S-sir?"
"Yes?"
"What are we doing now sir?"
"Waiting."
"But for what?"
Tobe turned slightly, then paced forward, his boots making a muted thud against the wood of the tree. He stood so he was nose to nose to his henchmen, all of them where holding their breath and biting their tongues, waiting for him to lash out at them with his double katana
"For a little... assistance." He breathed.
"Pucca is no doubt on her way in finding Garu." he whirled around again, his voice suddenly sharp and decisive. "From what I know of her, she will find him in less than a week. Her power is NOT to be underestimated, I've made that mistake too many times before. Understand?" he looked sharply to his henchmen, and they nodded hastily in response.
"When she finds him," he continued "She will bring him home again and he shall recover from the wounds I've given him. They will spread word throughout the village of my act, and when I show my face again there, I will be worse than a cursed man." Tobe fell silent. "Their love to hate of me will become stronger and stronger, soon I'd have to go into hiding."
"And us too?" A ninja inquired cautiously.
"Yes." whispered Tobe. "Garu must be finished off, or he will learn from his mistakes and defeat me if he finds me again. We must strike again while he is still weak and helpless, and make sure that his damned girl isn't in the way."
"So... what are we waiting for again?"
Tobe sighed "You fools are not even listening to me. We cannot all stall Pucca, she is much too strong for us. Correct?"
"Yes..." murmured the ninja's in agreement, a few shuddering from the memory of Pucca's painful lessons.
"We need someone as strong as she is to distract her, while Garu will be free for the taking..." explained Tobe, but he was interrupted again.
"But who sir?"
Tobe smiled under his mask.
"Thad be me, sweet cheeks." a voice came from behind them all. Most of the ninjas jumped, some squealed and a couple fell over. Behind them, a shapely figure of a woman appeared between the branches. Leaves fluttered around her feet as she stepped forward into the starlight. She wore a form fitting dress, sparkling hot pink that seemed to show off more skin than what could be considered decent. Pink gloves where over her sharp fingered hands, and high heeled combat boots, also pink, made a sharp noise as she walked towards the group of men, obviously not afraid.
"Beg ya pardon of my tardy." she said carelessly, tossing her hair about her shoulders "Took nearly forever ta slip away from the village without no one noticing. Everyone is so uptight, they're askin everyone questions as if they've done a crime, with Garu's house blown up an all."
She strode carelessly down the stem of the tree, where Tobe's henchmen moved aside for her. Her hair was of a electric blue shade, eyes and mouth and cheeks sharply defined with colorful makeup. She stopped in front of Tobe, fluttering her dark lashes at him before folding her arms across her chest and hunching her shoulders.
"An now they think I've kidnapped Pucca, since I hate her an all, Jeezus." she flashed Tobe a penetrating look. "You'z gonna have ta pay good to build up my reputation again. Ya hear?"
"Oh yes, I'll make sure that happens, Ring Ring." Tobe said quietly, a his malicious crocodile smile still hidden by the cloth that covered his facade. "You just make sure you hold up your end of the bargain, or that will not happen." Ring Ring batted her eyes again, innocently, bringing her hand up and tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. She huffed.
"Under one condition your royal highny..." she said craftily gazing at Tobe through lowered lashes. "I want ya to call me Princess from now on."
"Princess?" Tobe echoed in disbelief, he arched an eyebrow. A few of the ninjas snickered to each other. Ring smirked, feeling the weak spot. If she was going to be dragged under Tobe's command, he was definitely going to suffer for it...
"Yeah, but I want you, and ONLY you to call me that." she said with a nod "And if you don't, our deal is off." this time a few of the ninja's broke out laughing, in strain to control themselves. Tobe looked about ready to kill, glowering at Ring Ring who gazed at him with a cool smile. Finally, he let out a growl...
"Very well... Princess. I expect the job to be done by tomorrow evening." Ring Ring smiled sweetly up at him, running a hand through her blue hair, it seemed to shimmer upon its own accord.
"You just cool ya jets." she said simply. Then she stood on her tiptoes and planted a quick kiss upon his cheek. Tobe didn't move, his face remained expressionless as he didn't twitch or speak, but Ring Ring seemed satisfied with herself. She stepped back and regarded him for one last time.
"I'll let ya know when I'm finished with her." she said as she turned on her heel and walked away, her figure fading into the dimness of the canopy.
"I guarantee ya, Pucca won't have a single unbroken bone in her body by the time I'm done." A wind picked up and then she was gone, leaves enveloping her. All the ninja's watched the spot where she disappeared, simontaniously looked back to Tobe, (who still stood motionless) then broke out into a thunderous laughter.