Custody is not for me. [Solo]

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Tsumi Kessho, age 16, sat glumly in a wooden carriage, which was on it’s way back to Konoha, where Tsumi was presumably being taken for questioning. Thankfully, he was in a different carriage than the Nara who had imprisoned him. Still, there were a lot of strange things going down lately- His partner stopped doing anything, the Kumo ninjas appeared to have dropped off the map, and the next thing he knew, the Nara had developed an almost god-like knowledge of all of his plans, and shut them down, imprisoning him in the process. Sheesh. It was almost like the brains of the ninja involved had just suddenly shut down, becoming completely inactive.

Tsumi reflected on the events of the day, whilst finalizing his escape plans, letting his alternate personality, Z, take over, in the process. For, you see, he had no intention of ‘coming quietly.’ While he was being led to the carriage, he had purposely tripped over a passing farmer cart (which he had, in fact, hired during his mission to do just that), and fell into the bale of hay. Whilst concealed in the hay, he took a large handful of nails from his pocket, and quickly dropped them into a small hole in the bottom of the wagon. The nails then fell into the ground, as Tsumi activated his Gyorai Shin no Jutsu, whilst at the same time reaching one of his hands out, now empty, and waving to the Konoha ninja, indicating he was still there and, indeed, unarmed. However, his other hand remained concealed, performing the few necessary hand-signs for his jutsu, before he emerged, the underground nails silently following him.

Now, here he sat, the underground nails STILL following him, as he prepared for the opportune moment. He had a natural lay of the land, and thus, knew that there was a body of water coming up. It was only a medium-sized stream, but he could use it to his advantage- It could help him survive. He could prospectively drink from it, as well as using it to navigate back to Kirigakure.

The terrain became rather rocky, indicating that it was time for his plan to be put into motion. As the carriage began bumping and bouncing, Tsumi began to rock around and bounce in exaggerated movements, weakening the wood beneath him. One of his two ninja escorts (different ones than the ninja who accompanied him out of town), a chuunin, smiled at him. However, it wasn’t a friendly smile, but more of a “Let’s-see-what-color-your-insides-are” smile. “Thinking to break through the floor of the carriage, little Kiri ninja? I doubt you’ll get through anytime soon, without one of us gutting you like a fish. Not with your hands tied like that.” The man said.

Right as he finished his sentence, the boards creaked under their weight as they made a sharp turn, revealing the body of water that Tsumi had planned for. The boards’ weakness was become quite audible, and the Chuunin adopted a defensive look instead, realizing that what Tsumi was (allegedly) planning was indeed very possible. They hit one very large bump in the road, causing the entire carriage to go a few inches into the air. It was at this time that Tsumi found his ‘Opportune Moment’, his hand twitching ever-so-slightly, causing a storm of nails to come up through the weakened floorboards, piercing right through the heads of the escort ninja, and slicing their bodies, as well as their brains, to bits, along with the rope that bound Tsumi. There was not time for the escort ninja to react- death was immediate.

With these obstacles out of the way, and the bindings out of the way, Tsumi began the next step of his plan: Escaping. He opened the door on one side, jumping out of the carriage, and rolling to a halt. From here, he quickly performed the necessary hand-signs, before activating his Dochuu Senkou no jutsu, sinking below the earth, and travelling toward the stream, having lost the carriages that were following him, though he could hear calls of “WHERE’D HE GO?!” behind him. He could only assume that a team would be dispatched in every direction to look for him, so he stayed below the earth until nightfall, coming to a stop a few yards underneath the river, so as to preserve chakra, eventually falling asleep in his hiding spot.

Eventually, after the sun had risen, he came back up, making a fire, and got some water, being careful to boil it first, to avoid any unnecessary complications. After drinking about twice the amount of what he needed, began hunting, making sure to travel light, but still take enough food for at least two meals. He went back to sleep at around 3 PM, making sure to only travel at night, to avoid detection by possible ninja parties.

Several Days later, he arrived by boat at the gates of Kirigakure, completely exhausted for the first time in his life. For him, it was straight back to his tree, and straight to bed, followed by the biggest three-course meal he had ever laid eyes on. He could report to Kage-sama tomorrow.

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