Scroll 13, Charges Wild
A few minutes prior before Yukari had given her offer to Kakashi and Shozaku; Auron had been lying down in his bed; awake but recovering. He had a faster recovery ability than the average ninja. Danzo would boast better than many, but he had spent almost all of his chakra just fending off the fatality of his injuries earlier that day. He had also gotten used to the coming and going of medical nin; whether they were checking up on him or just passing by. So he didn't think it odd when one came up to him and put her hands on his chest; doing what he assumed was some sort of medical procedure.
Interesting tattoo she's got. Sort of like a dia-
That was the last thing he remembered thinking, for he blacked out. He woke up a few minutes later standing outside the Sand-village walls, fully recovered but still naked. The only injury he felt was a burn in a very private place, which he was about to inspect when an inexplicable instinct came over him. He was always very protective of Konoha and all its ninja, in whatever strange ways Danzo instructed him to be, but now he felt that some were in danger. He heard a faint mumbling in his head, and almost as though it guided him, he looked up to see a quartet of figures, along with a small and scaly one, higher up on the wall.
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Jin-Quar and the rest would get the feeling that they were being watched, possibly from very close by. The presence made no effort to hide itself from being sensed, though it remained out of sight.
Clubs, having sent Diamond on ahead to take care of a certain annoying Konoha ninja; pulled Hearts-chan up behind him. Jin-Quar and Clubs had once again failed to summon the Spades Imp – who was in the service of Shozaku – and were now waiting for either the snake-controlling madman or James – either contact would have been fine with Jin-Quar and Rice. Clubs, however, was already plotting on how to slide under Shozaku's defenses, take his girl, and leave a calling card.
"Come on, Hearts-chan, we be going to strike hard at that murderous gambling bastard." Clubs smiled down at the younger, red-headed heiress of the late Hearts.
The previous Ace of Hearts woman had died fighting the hell spawns of the Gambler's numerous clan of which Shozaku had left behind The girl; barely 15 was as infatuated as they came. Having been born from Shozaku's previous lover, Hearts was young and still tender; yet used. Clubs had taken the girl and killed the woman; yet still wanted revenge against Shozaku. He was going to get it one way or another.
"So where be our contact, Jin-Quar-sama?" Clubs sneered at the scaly ninja as they sat in a dip on the canyon top.
A spectral hand rose up out of the moonlight beside Rice. Spectral, in that it was as though the moonlight itself had taken shape and a will of its own. The hand was attached to an arm though, and the hand itself did not latch onto Rice or even do anything forceful. Its only actions against the small dragon was contact, just enough to feel it. In the brief moment of contact, and for however long Rice let it remain, she would get a sensation that she was being physically analyzed; not in any harmful way, just as though a curious presence from the owner of the hand was probing for some strange sort of information.
"Jin-Quar…-sssssama." Rice sibilantly hissed. "Ssssomething isss here."
"About time, damn it, it's nearly morning." Jin-Quar hissed himself and moved over to watch the spectral hand interact with Rice. The poor dragon was shaking with fright and the fake Ryuukage did nothing to assuage the small dragon.
I'll hate you until the ends of time, Jin-Quar… Rice wailed mentally. Jino would never allow such breach of physical contact. Jin-Quar had better watch out for Jino if the woman ever found him.
The spectral hand gave Rice a polite pat. It then did the hand-sign for 'thank you', before sinking back into the ground. A moment later, Auron rose out of the ground next to Rice. Among his previous batch of randomly set and always changing skin colors, there was now a patch of dragon scales that would occasionally surface here and there on his skin, fading away moments later.
"You are enemies of Konoha and Suna both. You will leave here with your lives or your possessions, not both." He said with a serious look on his face. He was either going to provoke the enemy into attack, or the conversation could turn up good for him.
"Whoa there, changeling, what's the rush?" Jin-Quar huffed to himself as he saw Clubs and Hearts stare at the village. "I'm here not to attack any Suna or Konoha ninjas, I promise. I just want the few who know how the Woman I hate managed to escape from the Void." The scaled shinobi grinned a fanged grin that turned into a frown as Hearts grabbed the white dragon and took off into the village.
"There be a good girl…" Clubs chuckled to himself as he turned to Auron. "I thought ye was with Diamonds-chan…ah Diamonds-chan! There you be!" The mohawked ninja grinned at the naked Auron as his purple eye looked past him. If Auron was knowledgeable; he would know that either Otou or Okamizu would be missing an eye – and the Hokage would be extremely angry with the breach in Konoha secrecy.
Auron nodded, looking down at his hands and then at the air around him and nodding a few times as though there was a conversation going on that only he could hear.
"I see. The situation has already gotten direr than I had previously expected. People don't grin like that when they're telling the truth." As he spoke, he began poking various major pressure points along his body, the usually-swirling colors seeming to condense.
"I will return those possessions to their proper villages and owners shortly."
"Such a shame you didn't throw your lots in with us, boy." Jin-Quar snarled as the red-headed Diamond behind Auron sidled up next to him and placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Let's go, big guy, I thought I would do you a favor and heal you, but I'll not let you interfere with Club-sama's plans!" Quick as a wink, the woman opened up Auron's pleasure sensories and pressed her kimonoed body against his front; grinding his rod between her legs.
A few feet away, Clubs laughed as his Diamonds-chan intercepted Auron. "Ye be a good girl now, and don't let him enter you, eh, Diamonds?"
"Ah, how did you know my shoulder was the last place needed for the jutsu?"
He watched for a moment as she began to grind against him. He had fought, if only briefly, against a person that used his own sense of pleasure against him. He would not allow himself to be distracted, at least not completely. There was a bit of a ripping sound, as though paper being torn multiple times by an angry person, followed by a brief flash of light.
A moment later, Diamonds would be grinding against a rather draconic version of Auron. It was his frame, same build, but whereas Auron many different colored patches of skin this one had just various patches of dragon-scale covering his body, and his right arm ended in a clawed hand. As he smiled, his teeth were long, sharp, and thin like a dragon's.
"Careful, you don't really wanna ride that dragon now little lady."
As that one spoke, another Auron appeared, but this one stood in front of Jin-Quar. It was a ghostly white one, as though his skin consisted of moonlight. Behind him, one with dark skin as though made of shadows rose out of the ground. The light one stood still, simply staring into his eyes while the dark ones hands took on sharp features, and made as though to cut Jin-Quar's pack away. For the moment, Clubs was either ignored.
Jin-Quar hissed and jumped back; putting space between him and Auron.
"Damn this to hell, Clubs, I'm retreating. This spot is no longer safe to meet." Jin-Quar lifted his arms and let fly a thousand bats; aiming to obscure vision long enough to make his escape. With Hearts and Rice gone, Jin-Quar had nothing to worry about at the moment. He did, however, notice that the Dragon stone was extracted from his pack and cursed. He'd get that back later. Rice had given a vow to him and unless another person was fast enough to gain a full-moon vow from the white dragon, the stone was – for now – useless.
"Beh, you craven bastard." Clubs spit at the ground as he nodded to Diamonds. "Meet us back at the underground spot, babe. I hope you'll take care of this whelp for me."
Clubs lifted the card that had remained in his hand and threw it at Auron. The card grew large enough to cover Clubs from Auron's view. Clubs vanished.
"…" Diamonds smirked and looked up at the draconic form of Auron. "You think a spiked lizard prick is enough to deter me? Think again." The red-headed woman used her hand to tear her kimono-ed bottom away from her legs and spread them wide to thrust herself upon the foot-long shaft of the draconic Auron. Her passage was tight enough to bring pleasure to the beast.
"Haha!" The dragon grabbed her hips and just pounded at it, going along with it for a moment.
A few seconds later, the woman's hands would be grabbed by the moonlight and shadow versions of Auron, before the draconic grabbed her upper legs. Another unseen one put a blindfold around her eyes. The draconic one kept going at it though, pounding away into Diamond. It seemed they intended to taker her prisoner, but the draconic one still wanted to finish.
Diamonds allowed herself to enjoy this; buying Clubs enough time to escape. He would most likely summon her later when he pleased. But for now, the Queen of Diamonds was caught and used.
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The two little girls nodded, but they went to a single bed and shared that. Gilligan was feeling a little lonely but Wydra was just un-nerved by the day's events. Everything began to seem so far outside her, she just wasn't used to it. Moments later, there was a rather heavy knock around the lower half of the door, as though somebody used their knee to unlock it.
"Piss it, this better be worth it." Usagi stood up from her sitting chair and moved to the door. "Who is it? It's past midnight, so piss off…"
"I don't usually knock. I will not knock twice." Barokendo said in a low voice. He didn't want Gilligan to hear him; it had taken him long enough the first time to get her off of him.
"Fine, give me a moment…" Usagi slipped through a small enough opening and shut the door behind her. "What is it? Don't you sleep like a normal person?"
"No. I don't sleep. Hold still a moment; this may hurt." He said, looking down at her shoulder. One of his spikes extended, spearing and grazing along the top her of shoulder. It made a small gash, but on the end of it there was a small eye. "James planted this on you I'm assuming. That's all I really needed to do. I'll be outside the door if you require something of me." With that he just turned, stood right in front of the door like a silent sentinel. Unless she said or did something, his back was to Usagi.
Blinking before the slight pain registered on her mind, Usagi exhaled in annoyance. "Damned if I don't sic Yusuki to kick that guy's ass…whatever Barokendo." With that she went back into her room and slept on the couch.
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The draconic Auron kept going for a couple of minutes, eventually ramming home and throwing his head back with a roar as he spent himself within her. He smiled, keeping it in until he grew soft, and then pulling out as he had a good grip on her ankles. There were a couple more ripping noises, and then Diamonds could feel more hands on her, ones that tightened the blindfold. She was laid on the ground, pinned there as her clothing was pulled down. She could feel a paintbrush against her skin, as somebody was drawing symbols.
"Bah, do I really have to stop while you finish this? I was having fun!" The draconic one asked in a voice that was raggedy and raspy; as though it belonged to a life-long smoker.
"You're new to us, so I'll lay it down. This is so she can't get away by any means but her legs, which we can cover. We got some strange sort of stone and a prisoner to boot, we bagged it good today and we need to bank on it. This is so we can ask her what we need to at our leisure…and your pleasure doesn't come before the orders of D-" at about that point, another a pair of hands was put over her ears to muffle the conversation.
Diamonds sighed, consigning herself to this fate and knew she could use her medical-based jutsu at her whim…or not. It was complete up to her. Frankly she opted to stay with the draconic man and the others and see what her senses could dreg up.
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the building, Kakashi had calmed Yukari down enough with another 'kissing-session' and smiled to himself as he watched her sleep. Grunting as he pulled up his mask, the jounin slid out of bed and noted the hour. It was two hours till false dawn, then another for sunrise. Putting on his pants, Kakashi maneuvered over to window that Kage-Yukari had pulled Shozaku through. Making his way up to the roof, the silver-haired jounin chuckled to himself as he offered a black-covered edition of 'Icha-Icha Paradise' to Shozaku.
"Study up, Shozaku-san, she'll want more later." Surprising himself talking with such direct words, the Hatake ninja sat down and pulled out his favorite orange edition and flipped it open.
"I've done that more times than you've had days of life, I've got plenty of energy left in me." He joked. He was idly shuffling a deck of cards with one hand and reading the offered book with the other.
Within the rooms below them, Yukari slept deeply; having been sated thrice that night. She had no idea that more trouble would be in store for the Konoha Ninjas come morning.
"Bah, I think I forgot something in my pack. I'll be back in a minute Kakashi…" Shozaku said, sliding down the roof and slipping into the room quickly. He had only forgotten a shirt, and it was a lame excuse. He moved up and gave Yukari a hug and a kiss on the cheek, just sort of standing over her a moment in adoration.
Shifting slightly as both men entered back into their room, Yukari slept on as Kakashi quietly tapped on the gambler's shoulder and signaled something about hot-springs on the floors below.
"There's a hot springs down below, care to unwind?" Kakashi was feeling ever so great since his time with Yukari. He wanted to soak up more heat and loose himself in thought for the remainder of the night.
"I would but I actually do have some paperwork and a few other things I need to take care of. I've got a little information on the sand village and the Kazekage, so I'm gonna go over that along with a few other things. I'll catch up to you in a little bit though. It shouldn't take long; I just don't want to forget…" He didn't bother putting his shirt on, but did pull out his folder, looking at it with a sigh.
"Suit yourself." Kakashi grinned from beneath his mask and grabbed his pack before leaving the room to go to the hot-springs.
Shozaku settled onto his knees and pulled out the paperwork. He'd look up every minute or so, idly gazing at Yukari.
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A few minutes later, the brush had been dragged all about her body and various symbols were now painted onto her. It was a hastily done procedure, and seals were never Auron's best work to begin with but it would suffice for a day, or a few hours at least. Her hands were tied behind her back, with somebody still holding those, as her legs were bound together at the feet and knees.
She was pulled off the ground and put into a sitting position, resting back on her legs as somebody held her hands. The blindfold was removed and what sat before her was a person that seemed completely out of place. It was actually a small child, and the only signal that he belonged with the men around them that contained Diamonds was a Konoha symbol branded into his cheek. This one was sitting, directly behind him was the draconic version. He was naked and hard again, and was staring at Diamonds with a smile on his face as though just waiting for the word 'go.'
"We've a few questions for you, please answer them so we do not have to circumvent your will and take time and energy from us both to get answers out of you. First, who are you and who do you work for?" The small child spoke.
"You can go to hell, maggot." Diamonds snarled and spat in his face. "Clubs-sama is my leader. I am Queen of Diamonds." Making no move to escape, Diamonds turned her head away from his interrogator and ignored him further. After all, in her mind, who she was and who Clubs-sama was were the only two answers she'd give.
"For others, the dragon would suffice to bring you around to answer through humiliation. But his wants would not be so for you. I hope to do this peaceably, will you comply?"
It was Auron's habit to always ask at least twice. He scooted up closer to her, placing his hands on her cheeks and turning her head so that she looked into his eyes. She would be met with the same probing sensation that rice had been hit with. That a curious presence was crawling along her skin, but with her it began to get deeper, and she would hear a slight buzzing noise in the back of her mind as though somebody was whispering incoherently. Before her eyes, if they were open, the child's skin and appearance would begin to change. His hands slowly took on her features, they were slowly growing until they reached her size and his skin matched hers. Meanwhile, the women could feel her hands shrinking and her skin slowly changing to that of a small child's.
"Are you sure you will not comply? It does not have to be this way."
"You shinobi are maggots. Harboring a murderer in your midst." Diamonds spat out with contempt. "Just hand him over and we'll leave."
Sitting on the cold, night sand, Diamonds pale green eyes shifted into Auron's gaze as he forced her to look at him. "Plain and simple: even a child can understand. Give us the murdering baldy and we'll leave."
"You say that as though you haven't murdered anything yourself. I…can see it now, though you may not have killed directly, I don't have access to most of your memories yet, you have led to death." The child smiled, his teeth changing until the smile was a mirror image of Diamonds'. He paused for a moment though, as the information she was divulging was given in a round-about way. The strange transformation that was coming over the bound woman came to a halt as well.
"I assume you are talking about the one known as Shozaku. I would gladly hand him over if it would keep Konoha lives safe, but he is an ally. So I cannot. Who was the other person you were working with, the scaled one?"
"EEEIII! What the hell are you doing to me!" Diamonds shrieked in surprise. "Brat maggot. Let me go!" She stared in horror at her reflection, mildly curious on how the kid managed to suck her looks up. "The scaled one is a guide showing Clubs-sama the way around this sandy hellhole." A Partial truth here; as Jin-Quar had shown them around the Wind Country.
"Ah. And well, at the moment it is not important that you know the full effects of this jutsu...And what is your involvement with the Konoha ninja? I know you are also after Shozaku, but there seems to be another. Who?" He asked simply. Behind him, the draconic Auron rocked back and forth on its heels, just waiting until they were done with her.
"Who? We're after you, that's who!" Diamonds laughed sharply as her wrist and knee bonds were severed with her razor sharp chakra. Leaning forward, she lunged at the shoulder she had placed her hand on earlier.
Her limbs had no chakra circulating as she aimed her head at the kid's shoulder. All she needed to do was make contact and it would be enough to trigger the medical disable bomb she had placed minutes before.
"That old hag will die too, and she won't know a thing!" Diamonds spoke about Jino; whom was currently forging an alliance with the Hokage. Danzo had yet to become privy to the information of the Dragon Ninjas in town.
He just rolled backward on the balls of his feet, and the draconic one stepped forward and grabbed both sides of her head. He just smiled. "How about now? Can I have my fun?"
"It seems that they have revealed their intentions, though we are not sure if this one is privy to the plans. You will be synced with us soon enough that these things will not need to be spoken out loud." The child sighed, getting up and shrugging. "There is no time for fun, we must come together and bring the prisoner to the Konoha authorities here in Suna."
"Oh…come ooooonnnn…" The draconic said, almost roaring his challenge, his lewdly displayed erection aimed at Diamonds' face. The child walked around, out of her sight.
"There is but a minute or two until the remerging, there is not time for you to force yourself on some women who has shown herself an enemy."
Diamonds smiled wickedly at Dracon Auron and then lifted her chin and splayed her fingers out.
"Sayonara, maggots!" With a sharp snap, Diamonds' body fell limp as her life force was paused.
A moment later, the normal Auron sighed and picked up the comatose women. Either way, the Konoha would figure out what to do with her now. He wasn't the type that extracted secrets from dead bodies, so just made his way towards the building for now.
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Within the dark-lighting paths of Sunagakure, Hearts had overwhelmed an unfortunate genin that was out past curfew. Killing the genin girl; Hearts had switched cloths and now was wearing tan, black and rust-colored gear – tan shirt, black pants and rust-colored boots, arm-braces and scarf. She left her brightly-colored kimono in ashes as she had burned both the dead body and blood. Rice had watched all this in monotony and directed Hearts towards the Konoha building.
"Clubs-sama said to find the girl and transport her to the cave, ok dragon?" Being young and still maturing, her body followed the dragon to the target.
"Excuse me little girl, are you lost?" A seemingly anonymous ninja spoke towards Hearts, looking down at her. He wore a pair of sunglasses, and didn't have a headband to say which village he was from.
"Nope, not at all, mister. Just looking for a friend…" Hearts had whipped Rice into her almost empty kunai pack and held the untarnished kunai deep within her tan sleeve.
Depending on whether or not this ninja would sound the alarm; Hearts could throw the kunai and kill the ninja. It mattered most to her to get to her target with little or no trouble. From there Hearts would allow the dragon to transport the target to Clubs-sama which would signal him to summon her and Diamonds back to the base. So until the ninja did anything to warrant his death, Hearts stood there.
"Just avoiding curfew and getting home." She added as an afterthought.
"I'll help you find him." The ninja said, turning to walk alongside her. He reached out a hand and gave her a comforting pat on the back/ruffled her hair. "After all, home is where the hearts lie."
"Fine then, take me to the Konoha hotel, I wanna be there now!" Patience not being her strong suit, Hearts grinned up at the man and mentally wished she still had her kimono on so she could flash some chest to distract him. "After that you can leave me the hell alone."
"Haha; if that's where your friend lives. But you don't look like a Konoha resident in the slightest." The man chuckled, leading her in that direction. "You have a very nice smile." The tone with which he said that made it hard to guess whether he was an elder man complimenting her, or a younger one hitting on her.
"You know, you're rather nosey for an old man, bastard. Can't Suna and Konoha have friends with each other?" Hearts just now wondered were Rice had gone off too. The small white Dragon had its order to capture either Shozaku or the girl and meet them back in the cave that Clubs had set up base. "It's not often that a kunoichi gets to talk to an outer villager friend, right?"
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Rice had watched silently as Kakashi left the room; and exhaled a breath that would all but mix with the nearly invisible mist that came every sandy morning – the condensation of fast-chilled sun-hot desert sand. The dragon directed into the room and aimed at Yukari's sleeping form.
Jin-Quar had made her listen to Clubs and Hearts for orders. Clubs had wanted Rice to either kill the Gambler or capture a weak point – the black-haired girl Clubs had vividly described. Rice was then to leave a calling card – a King of Clubs – behind and kidnap the girl, fleeing the scene. The card would explode if touched.
Rice made no sound as it exhaled its mist – the consequences of being caught were terrible. Jin-Quar would hurt Rice if the dragon screwed up. Now, all that was left to do was wait for Hearts' signal.
Shozaku blinked, noticing the dragon enter into the room. He calmly rolled a pair of dice across the floor, under the beds, that were weighted enough to shove the door closed.
Rice would feel something poking the side of her head, followed by. " 'ey there sexeh serpent thang, wha'choo doin with my bos' property? yous wouldn't be thinkin ah takin 'er woodja?" Spades said, poking Rice in the side of the head with a mini-sai as he spoke.
Turning its head, Rice looked at Spades with pure shock. "You are the one massster wantsss!" The dragon snarled and exhaled a plume of smoke. "Masssster will be pleasssseed and ignore me for a while!"
Rice turned her attention fully on Spades and lunged at him.
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"How can Hearts have a heart so misguided. Your mouth…so good but so unrefined. Well, here's the building. If you can manage to fool over a man that's spent his whole life in trick after trick, good for you, but…Heart to heart, you should find a better master." The man said, fading from view as he rounded a corner. She was in front of the Konoha building as it was.
Hearts frowned in confusion as the old man called her by name. He wasn't the gambler, so…just who was he? Shaking her head to clear it, she gazed upward at the small plume of fire and loaded her legs with chakra to jump up. She jumped and made her way over the small outcropping to the open window that gave way to the room Kakashi and Shozaku were using.
"Heys you, bastard gambler, come get me!" Hearts leaned in the window and threw a heart-shaped rock at Shozaku. "I bet you can't catch me, you maggot-ridden ass-munch."
Glancing briefly at Spades, Hearts froze in shock. "Piss you, you faggot dice-lover! He's ours!" The red-headed girl grabbed Spades in her hand and turned heel, fleeing across the roof tops.
Shozaku ducked his head to dodge the rock and leaned out the window, "What do you want to bet? It'd better be good for me to stop what I'm doing and chase a cheap imitation across a town I don't know too well." He wasn't worried about Spades getting captured; there was a relatively easy way out of that.
Spades threw a sai with a string attached to the top of Hearts' pants, then yanked. He was mostly trying to mess her up, cause a little bit of mischief, or embarrass her. "So's you the one gun try 'n replace Ace O' Hearts? Yo sho is bit of a youngin for that."
"Oh yea, well, a kunoichi's best asset is her brain, your boss just lost his prize." Hearts giggled to herself as she tripped and fell on her face. "Damn it!" She let go of Spades and withdrew an Ace of Hearts Card; slapping it on him. "Go say hi to that damn Gambler! Tell 'em Clubs' got the girls!"
With that, the Ace of Hearts Card began glowing, proceeding the sign of a timed paper bomb. Hearts rolled off the ledge as the card's whine increased in pitch.
Spades just giggled a little and then Hearts would find one of his Sai just stuck in her side. Not deeply so, not even painfully, but it stuck to her. She would feel a strange cooling sensation in various streaks all over her body, as if a message was being written on her skin. On the parts that were revealed she might even see some lettering appear. Spades seemed to be growing just a little before the explosion as he spoke.
"I thank yeh most kihndly little Hahts. 'twas it not fer yer efforts, he may never have brought out the Ace and the Jack. When you meet him, the real king…submit. Submit, for there is nothing else. Submit, or there is only death…" With that, Spades seemingly did nothing to stop himself from getting blown right the hell up. There were no pieces though, so it would be hard to confirm whether or not he'd escaped.
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Behind Shozaku, and the moment he turned his face away from the sleeping Yukari, Rice's exhaled mist whirled and engulfed the sleeping kunoichi. The distraction offered by Hearts gave Rice's jutsu time enough to spirit the heiress away into the Eye of the Dragon. When Hearts had thrown the rock, Rice had flown away; the mist teleporting into the dragon's eye.
"…" Rice then felt the pressing urge to flight straight to Jin-Quar and Clubs. As Hearts offered more of a distraction, the dragon was gone.
Shozaku's eyes turned a little dark and he took a deep breath. He then leaned back out of the window, chakra gathering within his stomach and traveling upwards along his throat; more specifically; his vocal chords. He was not only angry and pissed off, but quite murderous; the way his body and mind were at the moment. After quickly building a good amount of chakra, he released a loud shout across the entire of the Suna desert outside the village. Hopefully, it reached the one whose name he shouted.
"CLUUUUUUUUUUBS, TIME TO COME OOOOOOOUT NOOOOWWWWWW." As his voice died down, however far away he was; Clubs vision would momentarily fade as he saw something else, another place, entirely. What he'd see would be himself at a gambling table, with what looked like a normal game of poker. Although the only person sitting across from him was a ninja that looked a little like himself. The only difference was, this one had sickeningly long arms, at the end of which he held two large Clubs. Tattooed all over his body was the Clubs symbol, and even his head was overly blocky as though it could be used as a battering ram. The figure was only staring at him, his eyes speaking murder, as he mouthed the words 'thank you', before the vision released and Clubs' vision would return to normal.
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Yukari felt the floating sensation right before she woke up; and she knew she was in trouble. Opening her red eyes she viewed the world through tainted green crystal. In an instant, she was on her feet; cringing at the soreness of her stomach, legs, hips and mouth. Making a grab for a missing kunai pack; she noted the raucous laughter that came from without her crystal prison.
"Damn, you're a feisty one, aren't you?" A sibilant voice hissed at her. "By the way, babe, you've got one tasty hot body for a ninja."
"Bugger off, idiot." Yukari hastened to retort. "Let me out of here and I'll let you live."
"And she has a sense of humor, eh Clubs?" The same hissing voice traveled up her spine.
Yukari turned around finally and saw her assailants: six male shinobi; one female kunoichi and one reptile unrecognized. The two that stood out were the front most two. The ninja on her left, his arm hanging off the girl wearing a Suna chuunin uniform, was facially the same as her Gambler – Shozaku – only several shades paler. A black, foot tall shock of hair stood on an otherwise bald head. His eyes, holding a far deeper lecherous glare stared at her with hatred mixed in. His body stance showed him to be an active ninja; muscles coiled under the thinnest layer of fat. The clothes he wore reminded Yukari oddly again, of Shozaku: an off-white, elbow-length shirt with blue armor, the neck unbuttoned and a flap folded back. The belt around his waist held a three orb-ed symbol with a tail, and black-blue ninja-stretch pants that was common for most world-wide ninja. Close toed boots covered his feet and layer of rubber sat on the lower legs that weren't covered by the pants.
"Jin-Quar-san, she be awake, I'll be taking her now." The man grinned predatorily at her. Yukari just stood there, as she realized wore nothing but a white shirt. The girl, red of hair and same height as herself, Yukari noted, was standing here grinning at her.
"Who the hell are you?" Yukari screamed and pounded a fist against the sickly green crystal wall. "Are you idiots, let me go!"
"Aye, I'd do that Ona-san, but then, you'd be raped thrice over." The being next to the mohawked man – a man whose eyes that stared out from above eye tattoos depicting the card suit Clubs – drew her attention. Yukari gasped as she noted the vast differences of the speaker. Being two heads taller than 'Clubs', the brown-skinned ninja drew himself up to his full height as the scaled man closed the distance between them. Suddenly, Yukari felt glad there was a crystal barrier that separated her and them.
"I'm Jin-Quar, the Ryuukage from a far distant village. My companion is Clubs, and the girl; Hearts. The four ninja behind us: two of mine and two of Clubs' ninjas; are all quite powerful." The scale-faced man leaned over and leered at her. "This of course, is Rice, the one who brought you here."
The white reptile now revealed itself as a small dragon! Pumping its leathery bat wings, it lifted itself onto the brown and green-scaled arm of Jin-Quar.
"For what reason!" Yukari stuttered out.
"For revenge, what else!" The scales of his face moved as Jin-Quar leaned back out to give a hearty laugh.
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Below, Shozaku saw Auron walking up to the Konoha building with a ninja on his shoulder that he recognized. Shozaku didn't leap out, so much as roll out of the building, all the while doing a few hand-signs as he spoke:
"Blood of mine, juice for thine, stretch thy will across space and time, there will be no sacrifice, there is but one token so they will not smoke her, with touch of evil comes laugh of the Joker."
Yukari might have felt a little bit of heat, mostly coming from her crotch where Shozaku had last been with her. If she had chanced a look down, a jester's hat symbol would appear on her stomach. Outside of that, nothing changed externally.
Shozaku landed in front of Auron, looking at Diamonds, and spoke.
"Let us go inside while I wait for some old associates to arrive, you can fill me in on how that came into your possession and given that I know her usual guard, she must not have been the easiest to capture. You may be able to help out. This way please."
He said as he walked inside the Konoha building, where Auron was now heading, as he originally had planned, with a raised eyebrow and both a worried and bemused look on his face.
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Barokendo looked up from his post outside Usagi's door, gave a wry smile and said.
"Finally…maybe I can get him to fight me one on one this time…"