Bullies Meet Brains [Kinzoku or Invite]

There more more screams behind Kinzoku, as more of the thugs had obviously fell victim to another one of Emiko's mind games. The chorus of screams added on to the screaming of the big man, who's arm was bent in the wrong direction and hanging, dangling from his arm like a limp noodle. This was just an edition to his injuries. The burns from the super heated punches began to turn purple and puss over. One of his eyes began to blacken, and more teeth had been knocked from his mouth.

He didn't let any of this stop him though. His left arm still fresh, he swung it towards, kinzoku's head, who easily saw it coming through the big man's rage, and avoided it. "This is getting boring," Kinzoku said. "Why don't you call it quits. Take whatever's left of your dignity and go home, yeah? Come back and try again when your injuries heal."

"DON'T TALK DOWN AT ME!!"

He kept swinging. Kinzoku kept dodging. He knew there wasn't much else the big man could do, but his pride was getting in the way of his brains. Kinzoku ducked under a punch and returned fire with an uppercut, knocking the big man upright and causing him to stumble backwards. While stumbling, Kinzoku kicked the big man in his left knee, the sandal making contact with the joint with a pop and a crunch, which made him start screaming again. The big man was then swept off of his feet, causing him to crash on one side of his head which gave a great tremble of the ground.

The big man kept trying to get back up, but found himself unable to rise with one of his arms and legs injured. "You... ASSHOLE," he yelled as he repeatedly tried to push himself back to his feet; his pains and injuries making this impossible. "You're DEAD! DEAD! you HEAR ME!?" The big man was having trouble catching his breath. Kinzoku simply stared calmly at him wallowing in the dirt, it mixing in with his wounds and no doubt giving him more pains. Kinzoku had no desire to kick him while he was down, though it would have been very easy to do so.

Kinzoku looked at some of his goons that were left over, ones that weren't caught in one of Emiko's Genjutsu and just standing there, scared for their lives. "Why don't you guys help him home, nurse his wounds, instead of just standing there like a bunch of lost dogs, huh? Like I said last time... feel free to attack me any time. Just make sure your ready so you don't end up like him, alright?"

The thugs continued to looks scared. Perhaps they knew that the next time they saw Kinzoku, he'd be even stronger, so they had a lot of catching up to do if they truly planned on beating him, which was highly unlikely. Some of them cautiously began helping the big man up and away from the scene....

WC Ninjutsu Training C - B: 506 + 2,806 = 3,312 / 3,000
312 Remains
3rd Element Doton training D rank: 312 / 4,000

The big guy had been given a very serious beating at the hands of Kinzoku: he looked like he had some kind of burns, a black eye, very obvious badly broken arm, and he was injured so badly that he couldn't even get up anymore on his own after Kinzoku finished putting him down for the final time. Her golden gaze then snapped over to the remaining thugs as Kinzoku instructed them to go on and help their boss instead of just standing there. Emiko took several steps back, making a sweeping motion with her hand: she had no intentions of stopping them but she also wasn't going to allow them to get close enough to touch her or attempt to make a grab at her.

Emiko folded her arms across her chest as she watched the thugs begin to help the big guy and get him out of the area. She watched them for several seconds before turning her golden gaze onto Kinzoku. ”That was... interesting. You knocked that big guy around like he was weightless.” She glanced off in the direction the thugs had gone, frowning slightly.

”Do you think they'll come back for another round?” He seemed to have more experience with the thugs then she did, so she was deferring to him for that reason. She had no issues handling one or two at a time, maybe even three or four though she thought that that was pushing it, but if they found her alone in those numbers they had shown up in? She was done for, and she was smart enough to realize this. It was something that she had every intention of avoiding.

”Something tells me some of them probably live in my neighborhood...”, she added as an after thought, sighing. Emiko had gotten the cheapest of the cheap apartment; it was the only thing she could afford. So, of course, this meant that this apartment of hers wasn't in the best of locations. She was definitely going to have to train more to be able to defend herself better: though, she already was beginning to feel stronger. Those Genjutsu she had used had been rather powerful...

Word Count Inton C – B: 369 + 717 = 1,086 / 1,500

The thugs were helping the big man away from the scene. They were arguing among themselves, because of the loss, and because some of them were grabbing the big man in the wrong places, causing him to scream and yell. It would be just a matter of time before they licked their wounds and came sniffing around for another try at sinking their teeth in. The ones that remained in their mouths, anyway.

Emiko said that the fight was interesting, and that Kinzoku had knocked the big man around as if he were weightless, to which Kinzoku responded with just a shrug of his shoulders. he wasn't one to brag. He wasn't one that really responded to compliments either. Kinzoku knew he still had quite a way to go before he was really where he wanted to be, and figured this incident made a fair amount of training. All of this fighting around the village would probably attract the attention of Temaki again though, he knew this.

When Emiko asked if they'd come back, Kinzoku nodded his head. "Unfortunately," he responded. "They're kinda stupid that way... but they make good training dummies. Just try not to let too many of them catch you alone..." But then she said something about them living where she did, which was probably likely with the fact that she said she was living in a shabby 1 bedroom. Kinzoku knew they weren't above attacking someone where they lived and lie their head at night.

"I think there's a vacancy in the building I live in, or the one across from it," he said. "These morons don't often come around where I live. I don't think they even know, honestly. After this, they're gonna be looking for any opportunity to catch you by yourself, so you might want to think about moving." He didn't want to constantly have to keep watch on her, as it would interfere with his training and march toward re-gaining his gourd, but he couldn't exactly just leave her to her own devices.

WC Doton Training: 345 + 312 = 666 / 4,000

"Unfortunately. They're kinda stupid that way... but they make good training dummies. Just try not to let too many of them catch you alone..."

Well, great. She would have more attacks to look forward to. Unless of course she ended up killing them, but that sounded a bit too messy. It was one thing to beat someone's ass or scare them into pissing themselves and running away, it was entirely something else to end up killing someone. Something told her deep down that the village's kage wouldn't appreciate finding out that some of her shinobi were murdering people – even if they were the scum of the earth. So, she would just have to be prepared to handle them if they came for round two. ”Hm.. I'll have to get a few tricks up my sleeve then. Can't keep using the same things over and over again or they'll come to expect it.” Yeah, that seemed like the smartest method: even if it would mean more work for her in the long time. Still, the stronger she got the better off she would be.

"I think there's a vacancy in the building I live in, or the one across from it. These morons don't often come around where I live. I don't think they even know, honestly. After this, they're gonna be looking for any opportunity to catch you by yourself, so you might want to think about moving."

It wasn't a bad idea, that was for sure. She had been needing to get out of her crummy neighborhood for a while now, and if she started doing more missions it would be nothing at all to afford a better apartment. Plus, she couldn't rely on Kinzoku all of the time to have her back: he had his own missions and goals to accomplish, just as she did. So, her best bet was to definitely play it smart and play it wise: moving somewhere else was definitely the better choice. ”I think that's what I'll do... last thing I want is to end up against all of them by myself: and I have a feeling that if they come again it'll be in a group like today. Genjutsu and Ninjutsu can only go so far... At least right now.” There was always the option to run away of course, and if it came down to being hurt or worse she certainly would do exactly that, but she knew she would never live it down. They'd only see it as her showing weakness, and that wouldn't make them leave her alone.

”Definitely going to have to see if I can come up with more training scrolls; learn some new things... expand on what I can do...” It also was time for her to start caring about her rank: she had been slacking recently, and she needed to get some things situated and then start growing as strong as possible. ”Wonder if the the Rakuenkage would allow me to do some traveling...”, she wondered out loud.

Word Count Inton C – B: 510 + 1,086 = 1,596 / 1,500
Remaining: 96