The Kage Summit

Magnificent. Though the feline duo had taken a tad longer than Kazama would have liked, they'd executed the explosion with the utmost flare and precision. The ground began to shake, each blast increasing in intensity and moving closer and closer to the room where the Kage held their party. Surely they'd all paused. Perked their heads up like frightened dogs before a big storm. Yelled and attempted to save each other. But amidst the black cloud of smoke that swarmed the collapsing building, one thing was made crystal clear. They hadn't saved anyone. As far as all of Amegakure could tell, they'd house five Kage and their escorts, who in exchange for hospitality, had been so quick to save themselves as the building went down.

And things were only just getting started. His two darling strays had taken up the appearance of Kirigakure shinobi, and he could see the forehead protectors they wore as the two darted out of the building too safety. "How fitting..." he chuckled, secretly hoping the citizens of Amegakure took notice. Yet another power hungry Mizukage, hm? Only this one had the gall to bomb the summit. What a headline. he thought, a fox-like smirk breaking into a devious grin. It was probably for the best that no one could see his facial expression right now.

Powerful gusts of wind tore him from his early celebration, and back to the situation at hand. A tornado like wind circled the building as it collapsed, forcing large chunks of rock inward and away from the mixture of civilians and escaping shinobi below. He'd watched as the Hokage and the Mizukage escaped the building first. And the Tsuchikage had followed shortly after alongside the Raikage. Three Kage had already gone on the move. He'd lost the Lady Raikage amongst the chaos, but that left only one: Demiyah Akiyama, the Lady Kazekage.

"Found you," the words came out in a sing-song hum, dripping with malice and something akin to excitement. With a Shunshin no Jutsu he was at her side in seconds. A few roof tiles slid off from beneath his feet, and his red eyes eagerly stared down at the redhead. Despite her wounds she had quite a bit of energy left, pushing herself off her side and right back up onto her feet. He grinned, choking back a laugh as she swung at him, screaming his name.

She actually thought she stood a chance.

"Akumugan."

Black. To a man such as himself, the color was comforting. It embodied him. But he couldn't say the same for the Akiyama bitch who stood before him. Just as her fist was within inches of his jaw, his eyes began to glow an even brighter red as he activated his Akumugan. Trapping the woman in front of him in darkness. He watched as her arm that had been on a crash course with his face just mere seconds ago fell to her side. A red glare slowly softened as her eyes glazed over and she seemed to go into a daze. The genjutsu had begun to take it's effect. Surrounding her in complete darkness, his glowing red eyes staring her down whichever way she looked. He could taste her fear now, and he'd only just gotten started. Kazama almost pitied her for fearing the dark.

With Demiyah securely locked within the Eien no Yami (Eternal Darkness) of his Akumugan, Kazama began searching, all too eagerly, for the fears she hid behind that strong and firm face. The cracks in the armor a Kage could never show. And yet, he had free reign to access all of them. Oh? A shinobi with a fear of killing? You make this almost too easy for me, Akiyama scum he thought, and though he'd only intended to end with activating the first stage of his doujutsu, the lack of threats allowed him to press on. His selfish need for revenge overriding any common sense that told him sticking around for too long was a bad idea.

Activating the second stage of his Akumugan, the Eien no Akumu (Eternal Nightmare), he knew just what fear to use. The timing was far too perfect, what with the fresh blood of Amergakure shinobi in the air. At least a handful of which who had probably met their end at the hands of her jutsu. At least, that's what his doujutsu would lead her to believe. Creating ghosts of the Amegakure-nin to assault her in the darkness. Screaming, pleading with her to stop her jutsu, begging her to save them.

Though he'd only had the Akumugan active for roughly six minutes now, it felt like hours for the victim. And he could already feel his eyes growing sore, a warning that more side effects would follow with continued use. "Unfortunately our fun ends here, Lady Kazekage." he said, closing his eyes briefly and cancelling the doujutsu. He made no move just yet, watching the redhead for a few moments. "Do sleep well now, and-" he started despite the fact that she couldn't hear him, but was quickly cut off by a kunai aimed right at his feet, and the sudden arrival of the Lady Raikage. Just as quickly as she'd appeared she drew her blades, swinging out in a crescent at Kazama. He narrowly managed to dodge, her blades grazing her robes and cutting small strips of cloth off in the process.

Jumping back onto a nearby building where his two strays had been instructed to meet him, he watched as the Raikage tended to Demiyah. "Let's go," he said to the two missing-nin behind him. The three activating their body flame technique, causing their bodies to slowly burn away from the bottom up until they were gone.

Until we meet again...

tags: Demiyah Akiyama