Snippet #952310

It was stange seeing Kiyoko again in this setting, and one look at her arm set Sho's head swimming. The sight of blood was always something that got to him, moreso when Kiyoko drew it...such times were often self-inflicted wounds used for her more advanced techniques. Still sickening, in his opinion. He barely had time to mutter a greeting when the enemy shinobi somehow went on the offensive once more. He raised a hastily drawn kunai and made a quick turn seeking to parry Mitsuru's clawed hands, but a wave of venom came splashing down first. Before Sho could curse in panic though, Kiyoko erected a shield of some sort To protect them. He sighed in relief and began a simple jutsu. It was only a few handsigns in that he realized his newfound ally was speaking.

"You were just lucky that you are my friend and that I was here." she said with a meloncholy tone. Sho couldn't help but smile at her.

"Yeah, yeah. Thanks Yoko-chan...I take it you're going to help then?" his jutsu completed, beyond the shield six water clones materialized and charged to surround Mitsuru. Three drew shuriken and pelted the armored shinobi while the foremost trio bullrushed him with drawn kunai. Taro lay completely still several feet away, the poisonous spray having knocked the Ame-nin out cold. Mifune was nowhere to be seen. "Well Kiyoko, you might wanna reconsider that...this guy is nowhere near genin level, far beyond in fact. He summoned a beast king...hell, even i'm thinking of running. But something tells me he isn't going to let up that easily. Well, let's rock!"

Sho burst forth from the shield in an arcing jump over Mifune, coming down in a slide on the venom-slicked ground. He set his own kunai in a defensive backhand position and sprinted at the enemy. Jumping a couple feet into the air Sho lashed out with a vicious kick to the temple, aiming to follow the assault up with a slash at Mitsuru's groin.