“SHOGUN ISAMU HONMA?!?!?!” Okuri shouted angrily. “FOR YEARS NOW, I HAVE PLOTTED TO KILL THAT BASTARD! I HAVE WRITTEN COUNTLESS PROMISES OF DEATH TO HIM!!! IF I DID NOT WISH TO TAKE HIS HEAD AND HIS HEAD ALONE, I WOULD CUT A BLOODY PATH TO HIS HOUSE AND BLOW IT DOWN!!! YET, WHEN HE DECIDED WHERE TO PUT HIS NEW HOME, HE PUT IT IN THE MIDDLE OF MY OWN DAMNED TERRITORY! IT’S LIKE I DON’T EVEN EXIST!!! IT IS AS IF HE WASN’T AWARE OF THE FACT I NEED TO REPLACE HIM AND I INTEND TO DO SO!!!” The enraged man bent over to pick up something that lay on the ground.

Shikamaru felt in his back pocket for an exploding kunai. He was quite surprised when he didn’t find it. Now, what had we done with it? Oh yes, now he remembered…he had gathered all the explosives into a neat little ball, which he had rigged to explode on contact after being thrown. He had left it……..right where Okuri was standing now. Oh shit…….

Okuri held the small round object, no bigger than a tennis ball, in his hand. “GO BACK TO THE SHOGUN, MASANORI TADAKA!!!!! GO BACK TO HIM!!! MAKE THOSE NINJA CARRY YOU TO HIM IF YOU MUST!!!!! WHEN YOU GET THERE, TELL HIM THAT IT IS NOT SAFE FOR HIM TO SLEEP WHILE I ROAM THIS TUNDRA!!!” While Kiba and Akamaru held their ground, the other ninja began to run. “AND TAKE YOUR SHIT WITH YOU!!!!!” he shouted, throwing the explosive ball high up in the air.

It seemed too late. The ball was headed straight for them. As soon as it hit one of them-or a tree-or the ground-it would go off with 900 pounds of explosive force and a massive fire ball would ignite. But as the explosive orb loomed every nearer, Kiba pulled a kunai out of his sleeve and hurled it at the ball. It was a direct hit: the ball exploded ten feet above the ground. Everyone was knocked to the ground, except for Okuri, who seemed impervious to any sort of damage.

[Insert Picture Link]

The big man turned his back to the group. “Better yet, why don’t you crawl back?” He walked away chuckling in his usual derisive manner. When he suddenly heard movement, he whirled around again…..just in time to stop Kiba from stabbing him with another kunai.

[Insert Picture Link]