[TraceHyde]

Sigh... I wake up, check the IC, and Houshi has found some way to make my life a living hell. If Houshi hits near-death from this fight, Amon isn't healing him, I swear - this HAS to be the point where a real ninja team would consider dumping his ass, if we were just a little more brutal. The plan was to trick and distract them - to pick them off one by one if indeed we agreed to take them captive, while also completing our mission here in an incredly timely manner - assuming they didn't find Kaede. If we fight them, we won't be able to adequetely search for Kaede in any capacity, and he could still be in these woods. Maybe I can still talk our way out of this one...