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Akki slowed to a fast walk in the streets of kirigakure. He looked for someone, anyone whom he could get the word out to. Akki looked around, his umbraragan still active as he used it to try and find someone. Akki, i am growing impatient and bored. Im starting to believe it would have been more fun to stay... Akki thinned his eyes in a glare and kept walking. He wouldnt have been able to survive. Not yet.

(OOC ok so i post after jigen)

Just as the insects were about to land on Akki he grinned. He had his jutsu prepped and all it needed was the command. He saw the insecst coming, more than it may have seemed. He thought Phasing jutsu And his body shivered just before a single bug landed on him. When the insects went to bite they fell through him like he was a ghost. Akki moved his hands togther, and two large walls of darkness collided, doing him no damage but crushing the insects. "I wont be taken out that easily..." It wouldnt take long for the bugs to come back and his phasing was running out. Quickly using his special ability black discs formed in a seemingly random pattern. Akki made a handsign with his already connected hands, saying "Demon Hand Jutsu." Two large demonic looking hands with forearms appeared at his sides, floating in the air. Akki then body flickered, bouncing of the discs he created at a very high speed. The hands stayed in front of him, forming a basic barrier to protect him from running into any insects. He body flickered a great distance in the opposite direction that the bringer of this plague and his bugs were going. As Akki partially left the scene he noticed how the mist mixed with the blizzard made very cold temperatures. He watched as the insect's tiny bodies slowed and dropped since insects of any sort hibernate to survive during cold seasonss, and since these bugs were forced to stay awake their bodies obviously froze through and through. Akki himself was starting to feel the effects of the snow as well. He stood atop a safe building, and started forming hand signs. In the process he noticed a figure that had been hiding, obviously not infected for it had a bubble over his mouth. With his trained assassin skills Akki hid his chakra from any peeping eyes. AKKi decided it was best not to stick around.

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"That's Jigen's Dust Release, those bugs must carrie the infection," the clone rose slowly to see the bugs phasing through another individual as it was to bite, but instead it bit nothing. "That confirms it." He removed a scroll from his pocket along with a pencil and jotted down what he saw. "Parasitic bugs..." Just as he spoke, an individual strolled up the street, enshrouded with darkness, the Shadow clone, no longer hidden, so its outstanding appearance gave immediate interest to him. The being, just looking at it, seemed to be infected towards the clone of Kazumi's insight, and indeed it actually was. Considering there was no risk in engaging with said beast, the clone of Kazumi knew what itself was, and knew that it could collect more valuable information by engaging it. This caused the clone of the man to form several hand seals in quick succession, inhaling deeply into its mouth, lungs and blasting out a cloud of ash over the Zombie 5 meters in radius around him. The clone took a few steps back, while simultaneously removing a Kunai wrapped with an explosive tag. He gained roughly 3 meters and threw the kunai into the ash, and said ash ignited into a massive explosion as the explosive tag ignited, creating a spectacle of an explosion. The Zombie was able to escape within 1 meter of the ashes range, it should have been burned significantly. Apparently it had grew several more limbs to cover over its body, acting as a shield from most of the blast. It appeared the Zombies could manipulate their external form to some extremes such as additional limbs. There appeared to be no signs of fatigue after doing such also too. The Zombie formed two spikes on its head an rammed into the Shadow Clone dispersing it.

Kazumi simply stood atop his Hawk as it continued to circle in the clouds, and suddenly he felt the change of chakra so he closed his eyes so that all could be revealed. "So that's what these Zombies can do, this method does really work, i'll need a bit more information before we can leave though, maybe even defeat one of them, but I'll have to use a Shadow Clone for safety." The man formed a tiger seal, stimulating another clone of himself, "I'll keep doing this until I have a complete scope of the Zombies abilities. Transformation Technique," he said clasping his hands together in more hand seals, the clone afterward becoming a bird just like before, and lowering toward the zombie that defeated the previous shadow clone. "I won't be able to keep doing this for long.." The clone removed a simple Kunai from its pouch and proceeded after the Zombie, which formed spikes from its palms, rather oddly angled, and began to jab at the clone with them, however the clone kept its distance and weaved every jab. When the jabs stopped, the clone hopped back a few feet, tossing the kunai at the eye of the zombie, which manifested bone angled at the Kunai to counter it. Meanwhile Kazumi formed another Shadow Clone, "I'll need help for this, Transformation Technique! Find the closest seven swordsmen you can." The man said as the Clone transformed into a messenger hawk.

"This is getting tedious...I WILL need back up at this rate.." It was getting quite ridiculous, more Zombies were emerging from the shadows of the streets of Kirigakure, it was really a full on invasion. "Maybe I can thin out their numbers," Kazumi was looking directly downward as the masses had descended upon his one and only clone. They surrounded him. "I wonder what my counterpart has planned, better do something fast before they start crawling on each other to reach him," he said with sarcasm. "I did notice one thing though, these Zombies don't seem to be able to produce bugs like the other that was here, he must be on a whole nother level from these." Just then, Kazumi formed a hand sign aboard the Griffin, and the clone literally exploded, catching the mass of Zombies off guard and destroying a significant portion. "I've exhausted a lot of chakra for this mission, I hope my time is worth it, and I have new information this time..at least. By the time my partner arrives I'll be done here." Kazumi simply looked downward as the Zombies had thinned out significantly in number, however he had thoughts of permanently exterminating them and said infection from the Land of Water, as he gathered boil release in his stomach. "huh..this will be my last jutsu most likely.."

A message was sent to Exodus from an ally of his, a man he had met some time prior to the formation of the swordsmen. Now there were rumors of a coming battle, one that would see the walking dead play a major part. As of now, all of this was just a rumor to the man, and so Exodus took it upon himself to check things out a little. Now arriving while riding atop of a black wolf, a summoning on course. Exodus came to a stop in the far distance, his eyes scoping out the area. The man could only see so far away, and that's the reason why he had what appeared to be binoculars. This way, Exodus was now able to see what was going on in the distance. There was a large gathering of zombies in Kirigakure. Just what had happened during the time Exodus was away? The Shinobi probably wasn't welcomed in Kirigakure, but there wasn't much anyone could do about his presence. "Kuroji, Kuroji san, this place has gone to the dogs. Luckily the wolves are on an higher plane of existence. Now, shall we proceed to see what the situation is?". The wolf that Exodus rode atop of growled a little, in order to show he was in agreement with the Kaguya. Exodus of course had his blade strapped across his back. The time for investigating the source of the problem had arrived.

The wolf took off carefully in order to get closer to the creatures, the wolf went into stalking mode. Not wanting to alert the deformed and crazy beings to their presence. Exodus and Kuroji approach very cautiously while the Kaguya scanned the area via the scope. "Those things are no longer human, Exodus. They look it, but there is something awfully foul about them. Its bothering me". Exodus took note of Kuroji's concerns and decided it was time to play tag with the zombies. Forming an hand seal, Exodus created a bunshin and not an actually shadow clone. Unlike the actual shadow clone that requires quite a bit of chakra. Exodus could create hundreds of these bunshins and not feel the fatigue. And it was off, like a day at the tracks and the horses had been released from the gates. Exdous took the time to commentate on the so called horses, who in this case so happened to be the zombies. The bunshin belonging to Exodus would play the part of the finishing line. And their off, KFC alongside vegetarian on the outside, creeping up from behind is "Yo momma" aiming to grab hold of the Bunshin. Macdonalds big mack is now head to head with KFC. Ironic how all these meals are trying to find themselves a meal. Exodus in the mean time was watching from a distance as the chase was on. There was a look of amusement painted on the mask being worn.

The transformed clone of Kazumi's disappeared sending the main body every bit of information it had in store. "Ah..that old Noob it is then." He already figured which direction the man was coming from, from the information he'd retrieved, and he commanded the Hawk to lower towards the streets where there were still Zombies scattered about, but not as densely as before. "I'm gonna need protection if I go down there, I can't use any more Shadow Clones, so I'll use this," he formed a hand sign, "Water Release: Ball of Oxygen." The man seemed to regurgitate water from his mouth, and it quickly formed around his mouth into a small sphere. The man's speech would be more bubbly than normal, so to say, but words could still be distinguished. He flickered from the hawk after creating a hand sign, landing where the clone exploded, which was clear of any Zombies at that moment. He reached back to grip Soriken and pull it forward. "Ace, go back into the sky, and alert me if you see anything too massive for me to deal with," the Hawk nodded and took off. Looking into the distance Kazumi could see Exodus, another SSM like himself playing tag with the Zombies as they fumbled around. It was clearly a clone though since the real Exodus rode on a Wolf and that's where his attention was directed,"Oi, Exodus..I didn't expect to need back up but I'm glad you're here. I'll fill you in on what they can do. Earlier there was this one, I think it was a higher leveled Zombie, it could shoot infected bugs from its body to infect others. The rest have some ability to morph their body similar to Kaguya's, they can manipulate their bones, and form new limbs and such."

Exodus was some what happy now that he had someone to talk to. Kazumi arriving on the scene in order to share information with the man, was also a plus for him. The bunshin didn't survive long, which was to be expected, since it had no real substance after all. It was more like a diversion tactic than anything. Hopping from atop of the wolf that he rode on. Exodus landed and cocked his head to the left. A grin was then painted on the black mask being worn by him. "Its been a while, Kazumi san. I didn't think the situation was as bad as it is right now. To think these things are even capable of such things, is a cause for concern. That and I don't like the idea of them being Kaguya like at all. I also don't like bugs very much, but that is neither here nor there. I have an idea, one that might aid in creating an antidote. But first, I will get us some kind of a specimen". The blade that was strapped across the back of Exodus, was soon unsheathed. And much like a moth to a flame, a pair of zombies came charging in. Why do they appear to be so hungry at the moment? Their ghoulish ways, were most disgusting, but their life would be ended in mere moments. Exodus decided to put Kazumi's theory or rather his theory to the test. Shinja-ken extended to close the gap between itself and the zombies. And by doing so, beheaded both creatures, while retracting with the head of a zombie attached to the blade. "This may come in handy later on". It was clear now to Exodus. Without a head, one cannot operate.

Exodus removed a sack from his person and placed the head of the now dead for the second time zombie inside. The Kaguya looked on in disappointing at what he was seeing at the moment. "I didn't think the situation was this bad around here. Our one time beloved Kirigakure is now in a state of emergency. To think fiends such as those would be allowed to roam free. Not good, not good at all. Based on what I'm seeing, they appear to be mindless beasts. But I can't say that's the case for sure. In any case, I'd much prefer to clear this area, since I believe we have more than enough information now". A chuckle came from Exodus as he eyed Kazumi and tucked away the sack with the head of the zombie inside. The Shinobi exercised great caution, he couldn't afford to get infected by one of these beings. Rumors of the way the zombies operate was now spreading across the lands. How longer will it be before the swordsmen will have to fend off these creatures? A sigh escaped from Exodus as the Kaguya lifted his weapon and thought about killing a few more zombies. Judging by the happenings so far, Exodus may need to rethink things a little.

A Zombie emerged from the right flank of Kazumi, he'd simply swung Soriken around to bisect its head from the whole of the body, squirting a minor bit of blood, which didn't make contact with Kazumi, however the blade of Soriken had absorbed the raw chakra from the blood, and sent it spiraling into Kazumi. "That felt better. I agree Exodus-Senpai, lets clear the lot of them here." Kazumi reached and swung Soriken around again, chopping into the neck of another Zombie, this time from his left flank. The blood absorbed into the blade as it cut into the head of the Zombie, and transferred the chakra from it toward Kazumi once again. "Vapor Flow," the man mentioned as Boil Release was released from his mouth, and immediately began to take a solid form into twenty-five Kunai, which hovered around Kazumi the epicenter. "This is something new I've learned Exo-senpai, watch." The Kunai shaped boil release chakra began to fly out in all directions, honing in on each group of Zombies that were in the immediate location. The corrosive vapors were seeping out from the unique weapons but none would go as far as to where Exodus was, which meant he was safe. The Zombies on the other hand faced the wrath of the Boil Release, when the Kunai made contact it burned away the skin of said creatures before exploding in a vapor explosion covering and melting all the Zombies into nothingness forever, and ever amen, however slowly. "I think that does it, lets head to Ame to collect our cash." He slowly pulls out a scroll and begins writing using a pencil from his pocket, "I've wrote down all the information here.... Oi! Ace, we're done here."

The fact that Kazumi agreed with Exodus, meant that the Shinobi would have to follow through. Exodus also had another idea too, he had already collected some samples. But what use could the virus be to him as a whole? The Shinobi will have the experiment with the strain, and thus make his blade even more potent in terms of poisoning others. Apart from that, Exodus began clearing out the area by doing something similar to a swordsman of old. The Nuibari blade was known for sewing together the opponents. Exodus own blade possessed the same ability, though far better and more potent. Saying that though, there wasn't any point in prolonging this bout. Ookami no Kuroji, the dark wolf sprung into action as Exodus flashed through a set of hand seals. Many would ask how was this possible with his sword in hand. But the chain attached to the hilt of his blade had extended, and thus wrapped around the arm of the man. This meant his sword now resembled a viper wrapped around the hand of a snake charmer. "Suiton, Water encampment wall". A wall of water was expelled from the gullet of Exodus. Immediately forming a shield around him, that not only provided cover for him. It also helped in pushing away the Zombies. Not even Kazumi's attack got close to the man, which was good news of course. As the water subsided, Kuroji released a barrage of needles, which proceeded to pierce the zombies multiple times. Following up said action, Shinja extended once again, and pierced what could only be the hearts of the enemy. As they fell, Exodus sighed, appreciated the fact he was unscathed in any way. Now that Kazumi and Exodus were finished. Exodus waited for Kazumi's griffin to swoop down and collect both men. Kuroji on the other hand vanished from sight again.

[Exit]

Ace hand landed between the two, as the Wolf puffed into smoke. "Nice job there Senpai," Kazumi then scaled the large beast, Exodus having done the same, sitting quite apart to avoid a homo situation. Once they both were aboard the Hawk launched into the skies, heading directly toward Amegakure to relieve themselves of this information they had gathered, and attain the cash they were promised.

[Exit.]