Board Thread:Kōgakure Missions/@comment-26068742-20170425201101/@comment-26510601-20170426011034

Once they finally reached Kannabi Bridge, Satoshi's dad and his friends strangely weren't around. Versace didn't seem too concerned about it, but still continued onward taking a look around. He continued this up until Versace could hear the sounds of voices further down where a stream passed by and opened up into a small field. He commited to finding the source, walking further up the stream until the sight was revealed to him. At this point he would've taken Satoshi by the hand and led them to some preferrable cover that both could hide at. If any such things were around, then Versace would've taken full advantage scoping out the situation.

When Satoshi tried to scream and yell, it was more than obvious that it was coming. He was just a young kid who would freak out over the small stuff like this. Not to say Versace wasn't inexperienced himself, it's just the people at stake he had no connections to or anything sentimental like that. He tried to pull Satoshi back in with a hand over the younger's mouth, Versace didn't want things to get out of hand too fast. With his moderate strength and reaction speed, it shouldn't have been too hard to pull back the academy student.

If Versace could get his grip on Satoshi, he'd begin to speak before letting go and allowing Satoshi to speak.

"Hey, let's not freak out; just let me handle this. I promise I'll get your father out of there, hold tight here and don't come out until I say it's okay."

Leaving Satoshi with those words of confidence, Versace picked himself up from the ground before thinking of what he could do. He couldn't just rush in there, Ryan would be hurt or worse yet killed by the bandit already holding him at the end of a blade. It had to be quick though, or they would get away. It was a desperate situation and Versace couldn't allow himself to rethink on the strategy he had thought of thus far.

Ram → Snake → Tiger

An illusion of Versace split from his body, a simple clone. It couldn't interact with this world, but it was only meant to decieve an enemy. Versace's hands were still together and he was already bringing up different hand forms as he prepared the last part of his plan.

Dog → Boar → Ram

A small, discrete poof of smoke went around him before quickly dissipating. It was unlikely for any dim-witted bandit to take notice. Versace had transformed into a simple salmon that flopped into the stream before speeding ahead towards where the bandits were. Afterward his clone illusion began to run to the right before coming out on the opposite side. His bright hair and general look was enough that it should've grabbed the attention of the bandits as the illusion ran straight past. Alerted and distracted by the sight, none of them and even more specifically the one with a sword to Ryan's throat, wouldn't have seen Versace leap out from the stream outside of his transformation before he threw a single kunai straight at the bandit's head. Given the distraction at this point and consequently looking in the opposite direction, the hostage bandit would've been brought down as the kunai embedded itself into the shoulder of his sword arm preventing him from hacking away at Ryan or the other hostages.

But by the time the bandit would've turned to to notice the kunai in his shoulder he would've been met with Versace who used his special shinobi speed to follow behind the throw of his kunai when he stepped out from the stream. The only reason that this wouldn't have worked would be if the bandit in question had some sort of supernatural ability to sense or predict Versace's moves as everyone had eyes on the illusion running ahead of them. Should Versace be unhindered at this point he would've made a small jump smashing down his fist like a hammer with his katana in hand to use the pommel of it to knock the bandit out. Quickly landing right after, Versace's legs were bent while his momentum was veering to the left so that he could move out of the way in case anyone reacted to his attack and sought revenge for their beat comrade.

At this point Versace could use his knowledge to shortly assess the situation as much as he could while continuing the fight. That way he could keep tabs on all bandits and make sure that no others came close to the hostages.