Yanagi -- Nori -- Yanagi grunted and stepped back, twisting before the leaf ninja hit him again. Quick fingers wrapped around the man's elbow, dancing out a code. One pattern, that meant more than one word could. Undercover and ANBU and friend, all wrapped into a sequence of three taps and carefully shaped chakra --

But the ninja was already swinging, and Yanagi barely had time to duck under the attack. He stayed close, hidden from his teammate's view for a few precious moments as he didn't press and willed the other ninja to hear him.

Undercover and ANBU and friend, and any kind of fight here would bring them back into view and he'd have to make it a good show. He didn't want to kill this man, but he would if forced.

Or he'd step aside and let his teammates kill the ninja -- and he'd rather avoid that, too.