Driven by Hunger[Invasion]

The undeniably sandy village Sunagakure was also undeniably hot as always. The citizens had adapted to the climate with different ways of dressing and things of that nature, but to those foreign to this land it was a new battle. Soon to be a battle within a battle. The sun refused to hold back even by the slightest degree as it persistently blazed on the skin of Junpei Hozuki. He was of course foreign to this climate, but he had made do by constantly keeping himself hydrated by sipping out of his water bottle like a mad man. The plastic black straw once again grazed his lips as he sipped the now warmed water. "Shit . . . " The liquid tasted a bit funny probably due to the water being aged a bit, but he graciously swallowed in hopes of hydration.

His mouth and nose were covered by a black cloth, just like many Suna natives wore and his hair and other features were covered by a tan colored cloak. Others also wore clothing like this, shielding themselves from the sand in the wind and also to insulate whatever cool air they could capture. Surprisingly it was cooler inside the garment than outside, exposed to the heated conditions. His eyes lit up as he trudged through the streets and noticed a small oasis stationed in a small outlet. Others were there like back at the port and many were drinking indicating the liquid was clean.

Junpei withdrew his water bottle and dipped his container in the pool of cool water filling the bottle once more with chilled water. Taking a sip after screwing the lid on, he exhaled into the atmosphere in relief. "Alright, now I feel like I can function . . ." He smuggled the bottle into the shroud of his cloak where he harbored his two prized blades, Sakana and Kiga.

It was now the time to do what he came to do. And what was that? It was to simply cause chaos and disarray. But why? Why would someone pointlessly cause turmoil to innocent people and harm their lives, well because money was involved and as long as funds and a bit of fun came with it, Junpei would do it. His head turned and his hand moved to shield his eyes from the sunlight as he peered up at the Kage Mansion. The three jounin were up there just like his contact told him or at least one was currently visible at the moment.

The chatter and minor bumps and shoves were all ignored as Junpei moved through the crowd to the target building. There the Kazekage would be or at least that's where he usually was. Junpei wasn't interested in this person at the moment though. Well he was, but he wasn't interested in seeking them out, after what he would do they would surely come to him. Arriving a few meters away from the Kage Mansion, Junpei took a seat on a bench near the building. There he surveyed the surveillance patterns of the guards and sized them up a bit. Without a doubt he was going to have to deal with Anbu ninja on the ground level and Jounin on the roof level. There were five Anbu ninja and three Jounin ninja, manageable, but there were also the other ninja in the village to take in account of. It seemed a distraction was in order, something that would alert high ranking ninja and draw them away from the building of interest.

Junpei stood from his seat and checked the sun seeing how much sunlight he had left and it was more than enough. Stretching a bit he moved out of range from ninja eyes, then into an alley way. Checking the area he was alone and he waited a moment to see that he wasn't followed. Forming three handseals, he produced a copy of himself, but a unique copy. Sending the spawn out into the city with a small gift, junpei waited about ten minutes before leaving the alley way himself.

The copy would make his way to the edge of the Sunagakure Gates, but on the village side. Like the original, his features were well hidden, but he also blended in with normal citizens who also dressed the same. The real Junpei moved to the Oasis and stuck a finger in the water as if playing in the liquid a bit. In reality he was refreshing his water supply, for the clone he had created was made of his own liquid, meaning he had lost a bit of hydration.

The clone would now be standing a fair distance away form the village exit, but not in plain site like a sore thumb. Scanning the area, he then saw it, it was in the sky. That thing being a hawk, following it ever so eagerly he found its destination, that of course being the mailing hub of Sunagakure or in other words how the village communicated with other villages, also how citizens mailed their letters and goods.

Junpei would stay in range of the clone careful that it wouldn't disperse do to the limited range. The clone would make his way to the messaging department, but would find it surprising crowded, but joyfully air conditioned. Ah yes the pleasures of technology, it was like magic in a sense. But now was the hard part. Junpei wasn't directed to harm innocents, but he also wasn't directed not to. He didn't find satisfaction in killing random people, well he did, but he typically liked to see their death and butcher them to death, not blow them to pieces. Yes, that's correct blow them to pieces, for the present Junpei had given the clone before they parted ways was a bundle of fourteen explosive tags. Junpei always had to keep one with him, so only fourteen were distributed. But then again innocents being harmed in the process would create more of an epidemic . . . with that thought, the clone began counting.

"25 . . . 26." Twenty six was the number of people not including the workers that were present in this building. It truly was a shame, but what had to be done, had to be done. Detonation occurred on sheer impulse and the blast was seen from the real Junpei's current position. Many gasped and heads snapped to see what the commotion was only to see smoke billowing from the messaging office. Who knows what important info could have been in there, records, shipping list for goods, information on ninjas, blah blah blah, and blah blah blah. it was all gone, whatever was in there that is, including the people, and messenger birds.

Eventually screams and cries filled the streets one by one and eventually the village was in chaos. Junpei's heart began racing in excitement. As he moved along with the panicking civilians, he made sure he was headed in the direction of the Kage Mansion. Others were also flooding in that general direction in search of their homes or maybe loved ones. Looking up he noticed the smoke had begun to block the suns rays and he grinned underneath his covering. What he also noticed while he was looking up, were the undeniable flicker of Sunagakure ninja. Each of them rushing to get to the scene, unaware another was about to spawn as Junpei had arrived to his destination, but saw the doors to the Kage Mansion were being directly guarded by the five Anbu members, but also by a group of about ten more Anbu ninja.

Of course it wouldn't be that easy, it never was, but at the same time it was too easy. A crowd of folks had began to rush the doors of the mansion in sheer panic. What did they hope would come out of the act? Hell if Junpei knew, but he did know he was trained to take advantage of moments like this.

In the bulk of the crowd he hid his shifting hands as he once again made performed a signature and unique jutsu. This would give away what village he was from, but that didn't disturb him for his ties with Yukigakure had been cut. Just like the effects the Hidden Mist jutsu had, this jutsu soon made the area almost a whiteout. But instead of hazy mist, it was thick ivory snow. It was about the same temperature as rain, but it fell lightly. And as it fell, time seemed to stop. Junpei followed the act of the civilians and acted baffled, as if he had never seen the flakes in his life. His head was directed at the sky as were the villagers and even some of the Anbu ninja.

Then suddenly the light snow got heavier, then heavier, and before they knew it, the village Sunagakure was experiencing their first ever blizzard. The snow fall was manageable because it only felt like a light drizzle, but now this scale of snowfall felt like a rainstorm. Each flake thick in mass, stuck to the sandy streets and began to pile up and people panicked and more and more piled up at the doors of the Kage Mansion. They wanted and explanation, where was there Kage at in their time of need and confusion? Junpei struggled to move out the crowd and miraculously squeezed into an alleyway.

The village was rapidly starting to look more and more like Yukigakure and that please Junpei. The snow kept him hydrated and would also help mask his presence. Slipping out of his sand colored cloak, he tossed the covering into the snow and it was quickly buried in white. He was only about a meter away from the crowd, but he could barely make out bodies, he only heard their undecipherable yells. It made him grin once more as he appeared in his normal wear and had his Yukigakure Anbu gear on under. Kicking his foot in the snow digging a small pit, he tossed the both of his blades Sakana and Kiga in the pit and allowed the still falling snow to hide them. Making a mental note of where he was, he then disappeared from existence becoming a puddle of water. Falling into the snow, he moved at nearly untraceable speeds being able to travel in the form of moisture. And obviously the whole village had become sheeted with moisture making the village his playground.

Moving to the back of the Kage Mansion he noticed no guard in the back, but assumed the three Jounin were probably still on top. Solidifying he applied chakra to his feet and ran up the side of the solid wall until he almost reached the top. Turning into water once more, he slid into the snow and still in the cover of the blizzard, he scanned the Mansions peak. The three Jounin were indeed up there, but there was also one man stationed in the center wearing an Anbu mask. Junpei then lessened the snowfall from the outside of the Village and moved that portion to this building top alone. Vision was cut drastically and the four ninja on the roof took note of it. They must have been familiar with the Hidden Mist Technique, for they easily and almost instantly moved into a defensive formation. Forming a triangle around the Anbu member, the Jounin each withdrew a Kunai and the Anbu member made the tiger seal. "Shit he's sensing." Junpei immediately spawned out of the snow facing the back of the Anbu ninja. This also put him face to face with one of the Jounin. "Here!" He shouted as Junpei spawned, but in mid swing with his blade Holmgang. That Jounin had jumped back and also pushed the Anbu member back avoiding the horizontal swing that bisected the two of his allies. "Dammit . . ." The Demon muttered as he phased back into being one with the snow. The snow was now smeared red streaks from the two dead ninjas. Since the snow had only stuck to the roof Junpei was only limited to moving on the roof while in his water form, but his enemies didn't know that.

"Gotta get the sensor first." He moved unnoticeable in the snow before emerging in front of the masked ninja and piercing him straight through the torso. A kunai was in his left hand since his right hand was wielding Holmgang. With a flick of his left arm he sent the metal blade towards his mark whose vision was obscured from the thick blizzard like snow. Crimson liquid flowed from his neck as he gurgled gripping the kunai in his neck. "Pulling it out will only kill you faster." Junpei spoke through his facial covering as he walked over to the dying ninja with Holmgang over his shoulder. The man pulled the knife out of his neck then in a raspy voice blood spew out his mouth. Junpei chuckled before moving Holmgang off of his shoulder down onto the neck of the shinobi beheading him.

What now? Junpei had no idea, all that was left was to wait for a response. He once again spread the range of his jutsu to cover the village then leap to a building top across the road from the Kage Mansion. In the cover of the blizzard he simply waited for the village to respond. He could only make out a massive blob of bodies waiting in front of the Kage Mansion. The same ninja's were on guard and unaware of the events that unfolded on the roof. Sadly, the village was probably still responding to the explosion that happened previously.

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Word Count:2267/8000

OCC: First things first. The villagers wouldn't flood the Kage Mansion. For one this is a major village so that means there would be a plan for a attack on the village. The villagers would head to the designated areas. As far as the Anbu being distracted by anything after a explosion happened within the village wouldn't happen. They are disciplined like the queensguard so...yeah...Another thing that i find a bit off is that the anbu you killed so easily was a sensor. So you would assume that he/she is is a Sensory Master or at least Adept, so undetectable is a stretch you killing them isn't the problem it just that you made it happen so easily. Same with the three jounin that would have to be a long blade to kill two of the three with one swing. Not only that but sharp as all hell, also it could be assumed that it gave time to let the 2nd jounin react and escape with a wound of some kind instead of being decapitated.

OOC: So be it.

It was another peaceful day in Sunagakure. The city streets were bustling with the usual amount of pedestrians. The shinobi of the village were at multiple vantage points keeping watch over the village. Tear himself was dressed in his casual wear and was standing in the lookout post that the Kage's Mansion provided. This lookout was unseen by those who did not know of its existence. Tear looked out at the village before suddenly hearing a massive explosion followed by a cloud of smoke. Based on were it was the explosion came from the mail station. The first thing that came to the mind of the battle seasoned sihnobi was a terrorist attack. Luckily a plan was set in play for this very moment. Although frantic each citizen and frequent traveler flooded into the emergency bunkers.

The anbu however headed straight to the Kage Mansion as well as a group of jounin. The Anbu Black ops however went straight to the bunker to get to their Kazekage. At the same time the intelligence division began scanning over the village using their sensory skills. They did this in order to find any "foreign" chakra signatures that did not belong in the area. At the same time as all this was going on it began to snow, which then turned into a blizzard. "Looks like we have a uninvited quest everyone." Tear said looking at the ongoing blizzard. The anbu and jounin in front of the mansion then noticed a man not to far away from them. Everyone should have been in the bunkers, but this man was on the street. This alone was suspicious. So two of the anbu and 1 of the jounin quickly approached the man. "What are you doing? Every citizen was instructed to go to the bunkers in case of a situation like this.?" Considering the Kage's word was law here and everyone knew that this man should have been in a bunker.

"No, i'll escort you to the bunker." replied one of the jounin while grabbing the man by the arm. The Anbu never really noticing the foreign substance entering the building. That was until a jounin level shinobi appeared before the Anbu that stood guard in front of the Kage Mansion. "The person responsible is in the area. There is a possibility they got in the building." The Anbu looked each other as 6 of the remaining 9 went inside of the building leaving the other 2 to disperse and search around the building. Tear sighed as on of the Anbu Black ops around him handed him his Katana. Tear wanted to investigate, but he did not feel like leaving himself so he decided to make a clone. Quickly forming a hand sign a clone appeared next to him. The clone and 2 of the anbu black ops vanished from the room. As they moved through the mansion their senses were peaked and they remained alert and ready for anything.

Jutsu used:

Tear's Chakra | 275/300
Clones Chakra | 250/250

OOc: For one thing it's not magical, its a assumption. If your in the area then it is possible you got in the building. In my post i say nothing about you being around me. I state they are ready for anything so that in your next post they wouldnt be ambushed to badly if you decided to run into them. I'm not meta gaming and i'm not gonna let you do whatever you want. This is a major village in which protecting the Kage takes priority, so they would act accordingly...

A sudden noise was heard by the clone and the two anbu that escorted him before long they looked up the long hallway that hey traversed and saw a giant wave of water. The two anbu that escorted the clone of their kage formed hand signs and slammed their hands into the ground causing the ground in front of them to rise and rip through the kage's mansion which caused earth to form a giant structure of chakra infused stopping might. This alerted the other jounin and anbu who were outside and who had just entered the building as well as Tear himself that the intruder was most likely in the building. The earth caused the water to slam into the giant gate looking wall that had ripped through that part of the building, unable to go beyond that point. The jounin and anbu of Sunagakure that heard the noise or who were able to hear it converged on the kage's mansion. Tear stood in the room with his katana drawn and the 3 anbu with him stayed at the ready.

Tear's Chakra | 275/300
Clones Chakra | 250/250
Anbu #1 Chakra | 225/250
Anbu #2 Chakra | 225/250

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After the wall was created the anbu and the clone quickly moved back towards Tear and told them off what was going on. The anbu and Tear quickly exited the building through the window that was in the room. They went to the roof of a nearby building. The anbu and jounin who converged on the building stopped right before reaching the building as they saw their kage standing atop of a roof. They themselves moved to him. The anbu who had entered the building came flooding out along with the water, but quickly found themselves standing atop of the water and moving towards the kage in a poof of smoke. Tear who was now surrounded by 5 Anbu black ops and 8 Anbu members along with several jounin stood atop various building close together. The jounin who had grabbed the man earlier were still holding him by the arm and were heading towards a bunker until someone from the intelligence division had appeared before them and informed them that this man was the intruder and had done acts of terrorism towards the kage. The jounin then slit the mans neck only to find out it was a clone. As tear and his subordinates stood on top of the buildings they saw a single man appear on top of the kage's mansion. They figured he was the culprit due to his clothing without a word they all sent various types of jutsu at the man. Survival was unlikely.

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This thread is on hold for evaluation. No one is allowed to post until the review is done.

Addressed to Poncho's character, Junpei. I had Neru help me with the reviewing process.

Junpei's First Post:

Ok. There are a few things that bug me from reading that post. One has to remember this is the Kage that is being targeted/sought out, not some random shinobi. Junpei caused an explosion to draw attention and forces away and make it somewhat easier for him to do what he had to do. However. Let's put an example. The U.S. president always has a fair number of secret service agents around him, with others spread in other areas around the compound. If someone was to attack the white house, and they started by setting off a bomb in the outskirts, the smallest part of the secret service would go. Police, military, etc, would be sent first (Jounins, Chunins, etc). Most if not all of the secret service would be rushed to literally surround the president. Even if the attack was not meant for him or others got hurt, he is priority. In essence, the explosion Junpei cause should not be enough to leave the Kage with less protection. In fact, I assume in my village, some jounin might have left, and the genin would have been instructed to search for survivors and carry the wounded to the hospital. However, from the shadows, as they most often work, the complete whole of the anbu would have instantly surrounded the building the kage is in. Just because. No matter what. Heck, some of the strongest jounin would have too. Even in the anime, where tons of shinobi where invading, where there were tons of explosions and tons of summoning creatures causing chaos, a lot of the jounin wanted to stay by the kage, and the kage himself had a lot of anbu by him. On top of that, sensing is something some ninjas do. A lot of the Anbu that should have been present would have been efficient with it. Its difficult to believe, specially after the commotion from the explosion that would have made it clear for the anbu that surrounding the kage in case protection was needed, that they would not have sensed and looked to notice the chakra moving through the snow. What really took me by surprise was the ease with which Junpei took down not one but a group of Jounin. If im not mistaken, they should all have been around his own rank, but he cut throw them like butter in a matter of seconds. Heck, last thread i made where Neru, in the past, fought someone of about her rank and power, though she indeed defeated him and toyed with him, it took a bit more. I mean...i'd think some effort would have been needed because it looks like he just took care of genins instead. And, lets just add that on top of all the previous, the fact that snow was falling...in the desert..would have also been more than enough indication of foreign presence and enough to completely fill the kage area with anbu...

Junpei's Second Post: OOC...

Junpei's Third Post: Once again, lets just place all of the Anbu and most of the Jounin by the Kage area since that's how it would/should be. An explosion, snowy mist, people likeloy dead and somehow a few jounin killed by someone who is not supposed to be much stronger than them...yea, the whole totality of the anbu force and the jounin would not be distracted by one individual [the clone] asking to speak to the Kage. Junpei would have been found long before he had time to sneak in or make the clone, and even if he hadn't, given the sheer number of anbu and jounin, once he made it inside, he would have been met by at least 10 or more anbu or jounin of equal or higher skill than him.... there are dedicated sensors after all, specially in the anbu [again reflection what would happen in a village 'my village & likely others']

Junpei's Fourth Post: OOC...But, Ralph has all the reason to have people inside...i don't understand what Jun means. It just makes sense the Anbu are not retards. Obviously, the explosion, and the snow and all the other crap would have been done for a reason. And all of a sudden an individual, [the clone] acting so passive. They have all the reason to be weary and send people to look out for their kage...their duty... In essence I see Junpei getting frustrated that things are not easier/simple but he fails to remember he is not infiltrating a loli house... this is one of the major villages. Heck, it baffles me how Ralph has even allowed him to get as far as he has. Junpei would have been dealt with long before he would have ever got a glimpse of the Kage, given his level. If some random lolninja could just blitz in when he wanted and lolstomp on numerous ninjas his own level and get to see the kage so easily well... I don't need to finish it, do i?

Junpei's Fifth Post: He says his water jutsu took away most ninjas in the area, and if his attack on the kazekage had been successful, thus killing him, he would exit using his hydrification tech and find no one really outside....what. No. I'd think from nearly a 100 anbu/jounin, some may be able to use an earth tech or...jump to avoid the water as likely not all anbu were so easily brushed away. Would the building really be left all alone, the Kage building, during a violent event such as this, so easily, for the enemy to escape, from where the kage was, so easily... [you see my point].

Junpei's Sixth Post: Junpei would eventually, at the end of the post become hard to see, [not invisible to a sensor], but at the beginning, given all the things he had to do, one would think he was rather visible standing atop the mansion. Anyways, with the water dome and its dimensions created, while it would certainly incapacitate some, it would mean quite a lot of ninja would be caught inside. That being said, much like in canon, since the user cannot monitor so many from escaping the water dome at once, it'd be simple for a few anbus of obviously equal rank to engage him while others carried the kage to safety without problem.

Junpei's Seventh Post: Not much more to say that hasn't already been reiterated. Though in liquid form and performing seals, he is still very much noticeable by a sensor.

Responses to this were made using my view as a member and as a Kage seeing what would happen in the village and what has happened in the show. As specified, I have focused only on Jun's posts while you will have focused on Ralph's.

Addressed to Sloth:

You don't get such a lengthy review because most of your actions were based around Jun's. What I do wanna say is you should not have entertained this for as long as you did. Next time this kinda of problem arises, PM a staff member not part of the thread. It shall rescue you from future trouble like this one.

Thus with the review concluded, I say this thread is a void. You can try to argue this with me, either on here or PM. I shall listen.