Ken walked slowly out of the house. Outside he saw a man standing in fromt of four others. The man in front was obviously Sato. Ken then realized he was right about the ninja thing, but it was Sato himself who was the ninja. Ken stared at the men on the left side. One met Ken's gaze, and started to run.

Sato"It seems we have a traitor in our midst."

Sato then pulled out a kunai and hit the man in the chest.

Sato"Now we are fine. So it seems that you have been protecting the man inside. I want him dead. As you just saw I have no problems with killing."

Ken turned to Yami. He whispered low so that Sato couldn't hear.

"That dead man over there I killed him not Sato. I don't know if you noticed but I knocked his kunai away, and I hit a less vital spot so the man would die more slowly. Now let's let the game begin."

Ken released his sword into the whip state. He then did four hand seals. He then threw a kunai at one of the men on the right. The man bent back to avoid the kunai. Right as he did Ken's sword came up through the ground and ran the man through. Ken then pulled his sword back and ran towards the man he stabbed. When he got close he looked the man in the eye and slit his throat with a kunai.

"That's four for me Yami! Can you keep up?!?"

Yami looked at Ken. It couldn't exactly be called looking, but his face was facing Ken.

"Four? Well let's see, I thought I told you killing was no game. You only kill when you have to. Not for fun."

At that Yami slipped out two kunai and through them at the hearts of the last two henchman. They fell down, dead.

"Oh, and that's four for me as well. Sato, you're next." And then in a whisper so only Ken could hear, "Ken, you need to get away about 7 and a half feet. I'm gunna put up my darkness dome. After I paralyze Sato, I'll let you finish him."

Yami then did 5 hand signs and opened his mouth. Darkness bellowed out and formed a dome around Sato and Yami, encasing them with complete darkness. Hopefully Ken had gotten out. Yami then swung his arms and created a darkness wave, which he sent after Sato. It latched onto Sato's body, paralyzing him.

Sato: "Hey! What is this!"

Yami then dropped the darkness dome.

Ken obeyed Yami's order only because he would get to kill Sato. He jumped back and the dome went up. Then he heard Sato scream.

Sato"What is this!."

Ken saw his opportunity and used his whip state sword. He used it like a sword. Ken swung the sword into the darkness. It made contact with something. He heard a scream and pulled hard. He felt his sword slide clean through the flesh. Ken was excited because he saw the blood gilstening on his sword. Ken pulled a cloth from his pocket. He then wiped down his sword.

An arrow arced through the sky and he knew this wasn't over. He rushed in the direction the arrow came from. There he found two men. One had his bow trained on Yami the other had his sword drawn. Ken formed his sword back into a sword state. Then he forced his sword into the man's stomach. It came out on the other side. Ken then moved his sword to the right cutting the man deeply. He would die soon. Ken then looked at the archer. The archer turned his bow on Ken. Then Ken sliced the bow in half. Ken decided to have fun, and slowly dismembered the man. He started with a finger then slowly moved to the larger parts. By the end none of his limbs were within 3 feet of eachother. Ken looked at Nino and Nino's eyes went cold and he fainted.

"That's seven Yami. This mission is getting fun!"

Ken admitted to himself that working with Yami is fun. He always says killing isn't a game but he is keeping track of his too. Ken let a cold emotionless laugh.

Yami could sense 4 or 5 more people entering the vicinity. The duo had to act quick otherwise Nino would end up dead. Yami then sensed a body behind Ken.

"Ken! Behind you! Duck!"

Yami sent 3 kunai, one going left at an angle, one going right at an angle, and one going forward. Hopefully Ken had ducked, otherwise he'd be dead.

OOC: Sorry for short post and delay, I've been really busy and I probably won't be able to post until the weekends so...yeah, I will try to post during the week, but there's no promises.

Ken ducked and watched as three kunai buried themselves in the man that was right behind him. Ken then jumped out the window and hit the man he noticed trying to get in. He then brought the sword down on the man's neck. He then pulled a kunai out of his bag.

"Sasori Higyo."

He launched a kunai at a man a distance away. The man died as a kunai buried itself deep in his chest.

"That's nine. This is getting fun!"

OOC: Sorry for the short crappy post but my head is killing me. If you don't think that is a valid enough excuse ask rsm or rikatu.

Yami then sensed a group of men running into the battle from the sand dunes. Yami sent a large darkness wave at them to constrict them. Once they were being constricted, Yami ran to them and cut them all in half. The fourth and last man's face fell on the ground, a look of complete dispair in his eyes. Yami absolutely hated having to kill every man he sensed, but it was the only way to have the mission finish perfectly.

"That's nine Ken, and there are no more in the area but one, who seems to be right next to....NINO!"

OOC: Sorry for the late post I'm really sick.

Ken heard Yami yell Nino. He looked over and saw a man closing in on him. His arm raised ready to strike. Ken pulled out his sword and cut the man's arm off. He then took a kunai out of his pouch and finished the man.

"Nino are you okay?"

Nino"I didn't know you cared."

Ken"I don't, but if you die this mission is a failure. Are you okay?"

Nino"He didn't get me so yes I'm fine."

Ken started to take Nino into the house. When he got in there he saw a man sharpening a kunai.

Man"You aren't a vary good ninja if you missed me walking in here."

Ken"Sasori Higyo."

The man had no time to react in these close quarters. The kunai sunk deep into his chest. Right as it sunk in though he disappeared in a puff of smoke.

Ken"Oh great shadow clones. Do they raise the kill count?"

"Unfortunately no...but anyways, who is this Sasori Higyo you talk about? You said his name earlier and I like knowing information because of my...disadvantage."

Yami, for the first time in the entire mission, actually wanted to know something Ken knew. He didn't feel like exposing his blindness only because this Sasori Higyo would probably use it to his advantage.

OOC: Once again sorry for short post, my brain isn't working real well because of the math a I did today so yeah

OOC: I'm scared today I learned amoxicilin comes in horse pill size. Not fun to take when you have wicked bad strep throat.

Ken"Sasori Higyo isn't a person, it's one of my jutsus. It lets me throw one of my kunai farther and more accurately than I can without it."

Just then Ken noticed a group of men obviously clone, because they all looked alike, running at the houe. He pulled out four kunai. He threw them quickly and three of them hit home the man in back jumped over the last kunai.

"We need to decide... Is killing a shadow clone the same as killing a regular person?"

"No! Shadow clones aren't people, meaning they don't count as people!" Yami sensed one of the clones and ran at it. He slid his sword into it and it disappeared.

OOC: I'm so sorry, I can't think at all, and sorry for major delay.