"C'mon, kid," Akira laughed. "Time to earn your keep!"

Nori was already moving, zigzagging in an attempt to avoid the lightning. "It'd be a lot easier to do anything if you weren't flinging electrified water all over the place!"

The leaf ninja landed on a platform and leaped again, and Nori jumped after him, trying to get there before his teammates did.

He put on a burst of speed, slapping a silver-jeweled hook out of his way as Sachi shot it. Genjutsu spilled across his senses, but he kept running, whipping through a kai at the same time.

The leaf ninja was a fast son of a bitch. If Yanagi could get over there, he could tap out a code. If he couldn't...

Konoha was down one more ninja. Possibly two, if they were very unlucky.

Sachi was moving, swinging her grapple around again, preparing to throw.

"This one's mine," Nori snarled, and transported directly in front of the leaf ninja. He dropped, barely avoiding a blade in the eye, and swept his legs under the other man's. Sachi's hooks flew past, where the ninja's head would have been if he hadn't stopped to dodge Nori.

"Damn it, Nori!" Sachi shouted. The line the grapple was attached to went bright white, nearly blinding him. He closed his eyes, already rolling, and reached for the ninja's calf. If he could tap a message while the man couldn't see --

No calf. The ninja had already moved. Which meant Yanagi might very well end up with his throat cut in another breath. He summoned chakra and shaped seals.