Searching

It had taken Yoshimo several days to make it to Kumogakure. The journey was long and tedious, but he needed to complete it as quickly as possible, as he was due back to the lab in three days to meet up with Kaji. Yoshimo predicted that he would probably come in to some problems on his journey and he came with his basic preparations. His nin-pouches which were in side of his cloak contained light bombs, smoke bombs, several vials of his poison and a book of explosive notes that he could use in conjuction with his Kage Nui. Unraikyo, where the 8 tails formerly resided was where he was due. There were several scrolls there and also, something that Yoshimo need to pick up as soon as possible. The dark cave contained several phosphate toxins that he needed to save for his lab experiments. In preparation for the area, Yoshimo assumed that the scroll would be unreadable due to the dark, musty and damp place that it was held in. He was lucky that this was a stealth mission, he didn’t want a visit from the Raikage, and he really didn’t want to have to fight somebody.

Yoshimo landed at the steps of Unraikyo, and began to hustle is way up them, looking quickly behind him every several steps to see if he had any distant on-lookers. He knew the shinobi of the Cloud resided in the mountains, and they probably were able to spot anything from mountain to mountain. Since the 8 tails disappearance twenty-five years ago, Unraikyo had been locked up with wooden boards in the front and poor craftsmanship. Yoshimo just smiled as he met the broken entrance. He wasn’t dumb and it was funny that they should do such a thing. A trick of the eye, this was. It was designed for you to think that you could easily make your way through this, and Yoshimo knew that the instant he saw it. It was probably booby-trapped and if he had broken it down he would probably have set it off, and created a big commotion. Yoshimo extended his shadow around the broken parts of the blocked entrance, mixing them with the other shadows that seeped inside to Unraikyo. Yoshimo quickly focused his chakra, and began to slowly sink down into his shadow, moving in perfect stealth into Unraikyo. Once in, Yoshimo released the jutsu, appearing right behind the gate. The light that slowly seeped in revealed several tags, all which were an orange-brown color, and a seal which said “Alert” in the middle. Yoshimo turned around to the damp cave, looking at the pool of water which was in front of him. He presumed that some animals were still in there, and that traps could be set up underwater, due to the loss of feeling one got in water, there were probably several on the ground. Yoshimo looked up, assessing his situation and thinking of what he could do. Yoshimo took three kunai out from his pouch and quickly tossed them to the top of the cave wall, where they stuck with a *thunk*. Yoshimo pulled the wire that was attached to the cords, testing its strength. Yoshimo stepped back a few paces and then with a great burst of speed, Yoshimo swung his was across the lake, letting the tip of his nin-boot gracefully create ripples in the water. Yoshimo got to the end of the swing and released, landing firmly on the other side of the cave, where an even darker opening was. Yoshimo reached in his pocket and took out a compeletely red and black seal. He wrapped it around a kunai, and placed his free hand in the tiger handsign, which caused the paper to spark as if it were to explode. It was a paper flare, which cloud last for several hours. Yoshimo walked in the dark cave, and as easy as it seemed, the scroll was right there, damp and dark just like he had predicted. Yoshimo picked it up and then carefully placed it in his shadow, which would suspened the scroll in a "shadow realm". Yoshimo packed up, and released the flare. Yoshimo walked back to the kunai, swinging his way across the vast lake onto the other side. Yoshimo cut the wire, letting it land with out ripples on the lake floor. Outside, a black shadowy figure could be seen racing its way away from Unraikyo.