Chapter 2
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A/N: There might be some action in this chapter I'm not entirely sure just enjoy,review,tell your friend,and make sure they review to...you know what?..I'm sounding desperate I don't like being desperate,just do what you want.
Genocideshinobi
Chapter 2
Staring in the possible infinite abyss we call the sky. Bathing in its natural light,seeing it from in-between the trees..it looked like a picture. The trees where the frames design and the skies light was the main attraction was his shift it was the third shift that night,he really wished he could share this with someone but his 'only' someone was asleep. And he would not dare deny sakumo of his well earned sleep,he just had to enjoy it all by himself. Sometimes he wished nothing existed so he wouldn't have anyone to mourn over he really wished he had been born earlier too,that way he could have been born before the beginning of the fourth war,so he could have been strong enough to protect his parents. But he quickly over look that thought,if he got what he wished,he would just have been born into the work of mining coal. Sure he would gain muscles but what good would that do against any bijuu? Then again he would just die earlier and with his family too. But to him it might have been better,better than his suffering and mourning,better than living in fear of a mission that would take his anchors life. He had been constantly protecting sakumo even subconsciously and unconsciously but he tried to tune it down a bit since it got on sakumo's nerves. Even now he was at least a few good meters away from sakumo's tent.
Sighing in contentment as another star caught his eye he just thought the worst thing ever especially when your from konoha. 'What's the worst that could happen'. Unfortunately before he could sigh in content again a shadow passed over him. Jumping up to his feet he used he amateur sensor skills to sense for ninja presence. Finding nothing he sat down on a stomp and looked up. Another shadow passed, looking confused he stare at the sky with the mirth in his eyes dying slowly as he saw another shadow pass...and another then another...then a swarm passed. Completely obscuring the light he was relishing himself in moments ago.
Doing the smartest thing he went to sakumo. Sakumo looking up at Hikari and sighed. With his slurry eyes Sakumo gave out an almost inconceivable 'what?'. Calming his inner turmoil Hikari answered "shadow,tree,shadow,tree,tree...swarm".
Instantly waking up,jumping to his feet running past Hikari, and putting his fingers in a seal. Hikari woke everyone up,the handseal he was holding sent currents pinching people up from their slumber then he said in a hush voice "tactic#011"
After hearing that everyone carried what would possibly be important and apparently tactic#011 didn't say tents where important because the squad quickly high tailed out of the area.
They all used a camouflage jutsu and were as quiet as a cemetery
Sakumo and his team took to hiding in the forage immediately they saw one strange looking shinobi. He seem to be scouting. And that meant,that their camp was not too far from where they stood and they needed to know if they could decimate their camp without alerting them to their presence and the only way was to do that was to find out if there were more scouts running around.
"Yuuka,use your byakugan,search for scouts,ami will camouflage your chakra,do it now" Sakumo said with a little haste in his voice. "There's only one more,a little east from us"Yuuka said softly. Humming in thought he said "How far is their camp?" Yuuka took another look and said "The one to the east is closer to their camp,there are a few shinobi in there". Humming once more,he sighed "Hikari,you will deal with this one and meet up with us at the camp,we will deal with the other" waiting for what would sound like an outraged reply.
Waiting...waiting waiting. The silence was unnerving.
"I understand"he finally said with a little disbelieved look on his face. Even though sakumo could not see him he knew what he looked like.
"Good, now,move out!" Everyone disappeared in a shunshin leaving Hikari to deal with his foe. He decided to end him fast and simple,sending chakra to his feet he ran up the rock his team mates were leaning on. Once he reached his preferable height he dropped his camouflage jutsu and weaved through hand seals slowly taking his time. Once he was done he whispered.
Katon: Gokakyu no jutsu
Spitting out a large fire ball simultaneously jumping down the cliff,practically following his fire ball
Feeling the sudden heat and source of light he looked up to see a fire ball about to descend on him. And to his credit he didn't stand and wait for his demise. Flipping through his own set of hand seals he spat out.
Suiton: Mizu rappa!
The steam was short lived.
A breeze came clearing it away from the view.
Standing in front of him was a konoha shinobi with a chuunin vest,and he looked particularly annoyed. Taking the opportunity he slid his chokuto out of its sheath and dashed forward with incredible speed. And he smirked the konoha chuunin looked surprised but it won't last,he was about to die.
He brought down his sword and to the chuunin's credit he brought out a kunai to block.
...
There was no sound from what he expected was metal hitting metal,only a shimmer and the chuunin faded out. Then he realised what was happening. "Bunshin no jutsu!" But it was too late lighting surged through his body,he turn and looked at the still annoyed face of the chuunin,he saw his lips move in what he suspected was "too late" he couldn't hear it to confirm though,he was being swallowed up by the darkness of death.
"Too late" Hikari said with a bit of content.
Taking his hand off the mans chest he thought of what he had done to get an easy kill. First he spat out the scorching fire ball and fell along with it,while in mid air he created a basic academy jutsu; Bunshin no jutsu,he set the bunshin in place and with what little affinity for doton he had,he snuck into the ground with earth release :head hunter technique. And got behind his foe while he was distracted by a bunshin and used lightning release : lighting palm. Effectively executing him before he could think of reacting.
He smiled.
Maybe when he meets up with the team earlier than expected,Sakumo won't underestimate him again. He smiled at he logic and with that he started to sprint towards his team
Sakumo and the rest of the team had overwhelmed the one shinobi they found scouting. It had taken seconds. He was happy he wouldn't have to bring Hikari in for what he suspected was going to be a real fight. Don't get him mistaken he trusted Hikari and his abilities but he just didn't want him around when they raided the camp and he had taken the opportunity that the unknown shinobi patrolling was there and gave the job to deal with him to Hikari. Knowing his best friend he would prolong the fight wanting to test his skill and abilities even wanting to show off. His spars with academy students always ended twelve minutes later. He always took too long in fights and spars. So naturally he took it to his advantage.
"Taichou!" He turned to see ami looking at him. "We are closing in on enemy borders...your orders?"
"Halt!,Yuuka?"
"I can see nineteen enemy shinobi,only three look to be jounin level,the rest are ranking from low chuunin to med chuunin level,what should we do?"
"We are outnumbered eight or seven to nineteen counting out Hikari,wisest thing to do now would be..." He hummed in contemplation,what could he possibly do they were very out numbered and they had four chuunin on the team and that's counting Hikari. Sighing he decided "I will take two jonin level shinobi while,Cho,Ami,and Yuuka will take whatever then can the rest of you find you find an opponent and do not hesitate to end them and do it quickly...Cho,you know what to do your our opening attack"
Nodding to his captain he began his jutsu and called out. "Baika no jutsu!". He inflated himself,using his clans signature jutsu,he became larger,taller,wider,and heavier. But there was no time to marvel at his success with the technique,the enemy were aware of their presence now. He curled himself up into a ball and started rolling,fast.
Soon enough nineteen was reduce to ten. Taking advantage of the enemies confusion,Sakumo signalled his team and they descended on their prey. Just as planned,Sakumo took on the two jonin level shinobi,and to his credit he sliced one's head off with a wind blade,leaving the other to stupor at his comrades easy defeat,and told Sakumo how he is going to be different and how he was always the stronger of the two. Sakumo,getting weary of the man's talk,shot forward wind chakra enhanced kunai in hand and engage into combat with the man he was bent on ending quickly.
Ami and Yuuka took on the last jonin and Cho along with their three remaining chuunin fought the remaining enemy chuunin
Sakumo's wind kunai blade clashed with the jonin's quickly degrading chokuto. He pushed back on the man and made good distance. He looked at the man that was examining the damage on his chokuto.
"How did you damage my chokuto so badly,your not using ninjutsu?!" Said the jounin,he was very confused.
Sakumo sighed and weaved some hand seals and said "Your a new jonin huh? Too bad I have to end your life. You had so much more to learn". He finally ended on horse hand seal and whispered "Katon : Goenkyu no jutsu!" He then spat out a large blazing fire ball and weaved through some more hand seals then he said. "Fuuton : Kamaitachi no jutsu!" And a weasel flew through heading straight for th fireball and impacted it. Effectively increasing it in size. The now huge and deadly fire ball,racing to its target and then some more unfortunate chuunin.
"Doton : Doryuheki no jutsu!" A voice called out as a stone wall rose to through the earth hastily,sparking Sakumo's attention and effectively stopping his jutsu.
Sakumo frowned what he saw what was behind the smoke. A large wide,thick and tall wall with spikes on its front.
Sakumo's eyes widened a fraction,he recognised the jutsu. He couldn't think much on it anymore because the wall started moving,with speeds you would never expect earth to move. Sakumo needed to think fast,he didn't have any lighting jutsu to destroy it and fire was out of the question so he had to settle with fuuton. "Fuuton : shinkyu renppa!" He spat out a barrage of sharp wind blades,that cut through the earth wall that was racing to stab him. The blades created a hole in the wall that was big enough for him to somersault through. With his fingers still in a seal,he landed and released another barrage at his opponent. His opponent saved him self by burrowing into the ground. Sakumo knowing what would happen next jumped back and palmed his kunai blowing wind chakra into it gently then sped toward the point on the ground that shook lightly. He saw what he wanted at that moment: his opponent jumped out of the ground with his chokuto set to decapitate. Then he increased his speed-if that was possible at the moment- and blew fire chakra into his already wind enhanced kunai,making it explode with flame and he stabbed-practically cutting through the man like a hot knife through butter-his opponent through his chest,puncturing his left lung and basically melted it. Sakumo wanting to seal the deal,dragged his hand across,doing the same thing to the right lung and then sliced downward and removed his flaming kunai.
The man fell back and layed there,his blood was literally boiling and he couldn't breathe,he wouldn't dare try breathing the pain was excruciating. He looked up and smiled at his murderer but he couldn't access anything anymore...a kunai was burning through his skull. He looked up to see the man with his hand outstrected from shooting a kunai into his head...and he finally...didn't feel the pain anymore
Sakumo took one last look at his foe and turn around to see Ami and Cho rounding up the last of their foes and Yuuka looked like she had been injured. He walked up to Yuuka to see what was wrong. "Sorry captain,I'm having a minor fracture in my leg,but its nothing a some sticks and rope can't fix". Nodding in understanding Sakumo left to get her some sticks and hopefully find some vine or makeshift rope. He came across Ami...in Cho's arms,Hikari won't be happy to see this scene. Hikari and Ami's relationship had been stressed since they were placed on the same team and even outside missions they still behave differently around each other than they had before. Sakumo found asking about it to be a real drag,and if he did ask it would be just for asking sake,he wouldn't really listen to whatever Hikari said - if he even said anything at all - he just zoned out and he sometimes slept off. He didn't want to ask,but he had to,as the team leader of team paper he had to account for everything that happens - well anything important - so he took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "What's going on here,Cho?"He asked in and authoritative voice. Cho looked up with those akimichi eyes that where almost always tightly closed and let out a low sigh. "Ami decided to use her yamanaka mind jutsu thingy to search for some information on where the rest of the rebel bases are...she's been in there a while...should I wake her?"Cho sounded entirely concerned for his - in his opinion,hot,curve centric,seductive blond teammate - teammate. Sakumo opened his mouth to answer but closed it for the sake of blocking a kunai aimed for his head. Looking up he found something that chilled his bones...Kuro. He was looking at Kuro,the only man that was brave enough to try to assassin the Hokage and come out alive it was a feat that would instantly kick you up to S-rank in bingo books.
The rebels had sent Kuro to assassinate Naruto,since he was obviously too powerfully for politics to control,so they had to eliminate their problems. Though it didn't go well for Kuro,the fight with Naruto was what gave him his name 'Kuro'. He had the ability to absorb some amounts of bijuu chakra but at certain dire costs. Kurama's chakra burned him from the inside and most of his organs melted and then his skin was turn black really black. The only reason he was still relatively alive,was because Kurama's chakra had healed him once more. His chakra reserves where also terrifically large,and the council hadn't even expected he would come back from konoha alive,they basically sent him on a suicidal mission. But when he came back they realised their mistake and he had killed half of the council and had taken seat as the new rebel leader,the old one was only alive because he had a good amount of power and was quite useful.
"You managed to block my kunai...I'm impressed" Kuro said in an unexpectedly calm soft voice.
"Hn,it wasn't that hard" sakumo said in a nonchalant voice that partly covered how terrified he was feeling for his disabled team and himself,he was just glad Hikari wasn't here.
"Take a look at your kunai,then you will see why I'm truly impressed"
Hesitantly - not wanting to take his eyes of Kuro - he looked at the kunai he used to block the attack. His eyes widened,almost wanting to pop out and get out of what seemed like impending doom,he saw that a very large part of his kunai had been chipped off,he could almost see through his kunai. He looked up sharply and took in Kuro's figure again he had been covered in a black hooded cloak with long sleeves and had regular shinobi sandals on and his eyes where shadowed by the hood so he couldn't see his face very well and his lips were quirked to the side showing that he was either smirking or smiling.
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"He bellowed in laughter. "You should see the look on your face,I bet you almost peeped your pants,but don't worry boy,your fear and terror won't last long because I will be saving you from it...by killing you and your team,they took out my scouts didn't they,ah well things happen"He said as his voice reduced in volume and slid silently into a malicious mans voice. "But before that,I want to see if your worth my time,experience and power" he raised his hand and flicked it forward with his index finger sticking out and a wave of ninja came into view and got set to kill. "Have fun! After all,I always do"
Sakumo stared at the pseudo-army of what he counted to be around thirty-two people skilled in only god knows what and they were all intent on killing him and his team. He got only a second to say one word before they lunged at him ready to take him down in a fight that would bring little honour to him if he died. "Shit!"
And they lunged forward,his hands flipping through seals like his life depended on it - I this case,it actually did - but he didn't get to finish as a long spear,a long lighting spear to be specific,pierce through the lot of shinobi that stood in the middle of their march pass.
Sakumo jumped back and jumped again to the side. He peeped a look at who made the lightning spear,and as he recognised the figure he just realised how great the silence was. Hikari stood quietly with his hand outstretched and lighting crackling in content around his palm and how the spear seemed to stretch forward from his finger tips and stabbed his enemies - enemies who's comrades forgot the were suffering large stab wound from a lightning spear - Sakumo also realised how grateful he was that his friend was here and also how he was scared no one would survive this fight to even go back to konoha and report.
Hikari had his head down and his brown hair covering his eyes give his face a dark look that sent dread into the stomachs of those who looked at him. He opened his lips and spoke out slowly.
"Chidori spear : raika" and as the last syllable left his lips,his middle finger twitched and the spear branched out giving a poor visage of a leaf barren tree. And as it branched out it end more hopeless lives. He raised his hand and gave a swiping motion and his captives followed suit,as the spear seemingly lifted them up and threw them away like the rag dolls they were. But before they landed he pushed forward,sprinting with speeds Sakumo never knew he had,he palmed a kunai and sliced two throats,punctured an abdomen,and decapitated a head with lighting kunai,stabbed a heart and amputated two arms and by the time he was going for another's head,Kuro snapped his men out of their stupor.
"STOP HIM YOU FOOLS! HE HAS KILLED HALF OF US ALREADY! ,STOP HIM I SAY!,STOP HIM!"
Hikari had made it back on time,in fact he saw everything that happen,he just didn't move to help in any way,he knew that to his team he was the dead weight they had to carry and it was all because of Sakumo's overprotective antics,he had been given all genin level jobs such as wood picking,setting up the tents,starting a fire and other humiliating things. He was given worst treatment,his team had no respect for him,because of Sakumo's pammering he was seen as a baby that needed to be wrapped,he loathed it with his being,and if he charged in straight he would give up his chance to show them up,so he waited. And his chance came when Kuro arrived. As he saw Kuro,he began to rethink his life and this plan,he nodded to him self 'this is a good plan..yes,yes it is'. But his mindset change when he saw the amount of shinobi the poured out from behind Kuro,at that moment Hikari knew he would definitely get his chance to prove to them how useful he was and probable show Ami how he wasn't a loser and how it would be a good thing if they got back together. He glanced at the Yamanaka that had entered his mind and let out a sigh. She was slumped against Cho,Cho,Cho,CHO! It was always about Cho,he was basically part of the reason their relationship was the way it was. His face was in a large muscle aching frown,he hated that man,but he couldn't kill him for being the number one person to pick on him of being to weak to do anything than carry sticks. He shifted his head to the side and saw the small army or roughly fifty shinobi and he smiled he would take out his anger on them but he had to reduce their numbers drastically and he had the right jutsu for the job. This time he grinned wickedly.
Once the rebel shinobi heard their leaders voice,they snapped out of their stupidity...and plunged into more stupidity,they attacked him back but he needed to end their lives quick and without showing to much of his strength and he still had Kuro to deal with.
His lightning kunai passed through a mans abdomen and pierced the other woman crouching behind him in her unfortunately open mouth. As her comrades came to her aid they heard sizzling and the the genjutsu faded to reveal a kunai with two paper bombs attached. The explosion killed them all,but Hikari didn't pay that any heed and pushed forward slicing dodging,blocking and on some lucky strikes from his foes,he winced,flinched and hissed
And,it seemed that,as their numbers reduced,the more they're likely to dodge. In the end it all came down to five of them standing,and those five were more than just scraped. One had an arm missing the rest had deep bobbling slashes across their bodies,indicating that they've been touched by Hikari's flaming kunai.
Hikari set his feet,getting ready to dash forward. He looked across each of them and decided which needed to die first. As he was about to rule his judgement - decapitate someone - Kuro stepped in front of him. "Enough!" He looked at Hikari,obviously he was the source of his anger and radiate what we know as killing intent. "I. Will. End. YOU!" Dashing forward and leaving an after image behind him,he thrust his fist and knocked the air out of Hikari.
Coughing out saliva as he was punch,all he could think about was how much pain he was going through at the moment,the punch was strong and hot,really hot. He looked down at Kuro's fist and saw the source of heat. Kuro's fist was covered in a red chakra cloak. He was certain it was the Kyuubi's chakra.
Suddenly he felt himself being lifted up...by the fist that was still in his torso,his eyes widen even more and he felt himself being flung up into the air and being punched again on his left cheek. And he fell down. He took his time standing up and he looked around frantically,until his eyes found their resting place on Kuro's red-chakra covered body. He then realise that he spent half a second thinking when he was rested on Kuro's fist not three seconds had passed and for him to be this distant away from Kuro and the way he heard a static sound in his ear from the pain of being clipped on his cheek and for all this to happen in a span of not more that a few,very few seconds,he concluded. His enemy was fast.
His eyes shifted every millisecond,as Kuro marched forward,he tried to devise a plan of attack or better yet escape. "Such a pathetic,worthless piece of scum. You dared take all my men out and you come cowering after,because you couldn't take a punch" Kuro said,spitting out in disgust. "I think its best to put you out of you misery" cocking his fist back and getting ready yo deliver a bone crushing punch,he felt weird all of a sudden. Ignoring the feeling he punched forward,shattering the tree Hikari was resting on and he might as well had shattered Hikari,but he doubted,he didn't feel blood ooze nor the scream that follows after a death striking punch,just the tree barks falling to the bare ground. "Ugh!...what's happening to my..power?!" Kuro was finally starting to feel the power drain and at the time when it was already dangerous to him.
"Tsk,tsk,tsk...your so unfortunate,you thought I would fight the my hands and jutsu?,nope I don't have chakra to go around too much" Hikari said as he now rose up through the ground,obviously using Doton. Once his whole body was out he performed hand seals,slowly and carefully,so he wouldn't make mistakes and it didn't seem like Kuro was going any where any time soon
"Fuuinjutsu : KetsugÅ-tai" Hikari spoke in a smug voice as red and blue chakra jumped out of the trees stomp and attached themselves to Kuro and pulled him back "Hn,I've seen people break out of that technique,but not when it has suck bijuu chakra,your not going anywhere every again..unless you leave in a body bag,that's going to be taking you to konoha's autopsy". Hikari smiled smugly and walked forward with a kunai in hand. "To think the great Kuro,the one to face the Rokudaime hokage and live,is beaten in two moves,isn't that pitiful?". He held his kunai in reverse grip and said "Too bad you don't get to make up for it". And in one row he removed Kuro's head off of his body.