"Gaaaaaah!"

The Konohagakure shinobi fell before Kushimaru Kuriarare, impaled in the heart by the long sword, Nuibari. The masked Swordsman of the Mist laughed:

"Ha, ha! I love how they always do before they die. Gaaaaah."

A huge man with orange hair wielding the great sword, Samehada, approached him and said:

"Enough with the disrespect, Kushimaru. Did you take the scroll?"

"Damn you, Fuguki. Take your damned scroll. Am I not allowed to have my fun?"

His comrade's defiance enraged Fuguki Suikazan, who said, his voice sounding even gruffer than normal:

"We are in the middle of war. This scroll contains the identity of every shinobi with a Kekkei Genkai within our village. Imagine the damage it would do to Kirigakure if this would fall into the Leaf's hands."

"Well… now it's in our hands."

"Yes. Now, we have to recover the armaments scroll."

Fuguki and Kushimaru walked towards five other shinobi, each of them sitting near a group of dead people. One of the shinobi, a short man wielding the Kabutowari said:

"Did you recover the damned scroll?"

"Yes, we did."

Kushimaru scoffed:

"You mean to tell I recovered it."

"Enough, Kushimaru."

Fuguki Suikazan approached the river flowing through the forest and after touching its water, he said:

"Summoning Jutsu!"

A large shark appeared and the wielder of Samehada put the scroll in its mouth.

"Take it to the Mist Central Headquarters."

The shark then started to swim so fast that it was out if sight in a few seconds. Jinin Akebino said to Fuguki:

"Now then… on to the next scroll. Did we know where it is?"

"Apparently, it is in the possession of a Konoha genin team."

Kushimaru laughed:

"Genin? They gave the fucking scroll to genin?"

Raiga Kurosuki, the wielder of Kiba, the sharpest sword in existence, said:

"It makes sense. If a group of jonin or ANBU would move through the forest, we would intercept them because we would expect them to have the scroll. We wouldn't expect weak genin to carry such an important item. Tell me, Fuguki-san, how do you know it's with a genin team?"

"I found this letter in one of the pouch of one of the Leaf Jonin I killed. It's a list of routes. Several genin teams were dispatched with scrolls. They are to be taken to several checkpoints around the region. Our scroll is in a team led by Choza Akimichi. Its members are: Genma Shiranui, Ebisu and Might Guy."

"Now they don't sound too tough, do they?"

"I don't care if they are tough or not. Our purpose is to recover the scroll at all costs. Intel should be protected and the fools who lost the scrolls to Konoha shinobi will be severely punished when we return home. According to the letter, the team who has our scroll will arrive at this position in about an hour. We should get ready for an ambush."

The wielder of Shibuki, a masked man wearing a dark brown shirt and bandages around his head said:

"I will bury explosive tags on the road. Before they enter the range, I will blow them. It will create enough smoke to disorient them, maybe make them faint. While they are down, Kushimaru and Juzo will kill them."

Juzo Biwa said:

"It works for me. You be careful not to blow them up because we will lose the scroll."

Kushimaru replied:

"Why the hell? Let Kasho blow the fucking scroll. That way, the intel is lost to Konoha."

Fuguki sighed:

"And that way, the intel is lost to us too. Prepare the ambush."

The wielder of the twin sword, Hiramekarei, a young man with a pointy brown hair said to Fuguki:

"Fuguki-san, I will transform into a rock. They will not expect an attack from behind."

"Good idea, Raishin."

After a while, the team of genin approached. One of the children wore black glasses and suspenders, another had a senbon in his mouth and the third wore a green jumpsuit and had a bowl haircut. Before they could walk near the Swordsmen's exploding tags, another man appeared before them and said:

"Don't walk over here! It's an ambush!"

"Dad! What the hell are you talking about?"

The man resembled one of the children, but he was much taller and had a bushy moustache. The Swordsmen of the Mist revealed themselves, appearing before the four Konoha shinobi.

"It seems our ruse has been discovered. There is no point in using stealth anymore."

Kasho weaved a sign, defusing the exploding tags buried below ground. The child with a senbon in his mouth said:

"It's no good… We are surrounded. There is no way we can escape!"

The one with the glasses said:

"No way… There are the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist! We can't fight them!"

The man with the moustache said:

"It's good I made it just in time. I will fight them."

"Father! You are just a genin. You can't fight them!"

Juzo said:

"It's an honor for our group's name to be known even to whelps like you."

Kushimaru said:

"But that doesn't change the outcome of this battle. Tell us, you with the weird hair, how the hell will you fight us?"

The man smiled and said to his son:

"They underestimate me. They don't know my power. Do not forget that I have the Eight Gates Released Formation."

"But… that will kill you…"

"I know. But I will die protecting you. Go on, children! Take another route. I will hold them back."

The man's skin became red as a green aura enveloped him. The children then ran in the opposite direction. Fuguki Suikazan said:

"You will go nowhere! Ninja Art: Needle Senbon!"

Thousand orange needles made of Fuguki's hair flew towards the children but the man intercepted them, using a flurry of kicks and punches to disintegrate them. He then said:

"I will not let you kill them! They are the buds that slowly and steadily will become new leaves. Their lives are precious to me and I will die protecting them. This, I swear to you, as my name is Might Duy, you will die here!"

"Ha, ha! Do you think you can kill us just by parrying that attack?"

Juzo Biwa then said to his colleague:

"Do not underestimate him, Kushimaru. His chakra is immense. He's serious."

"So… am I!"

Kushimaru ran towards Duy with his sword in his hand, sending it at the man. He then manipulated the wire attached to the sword so that it could tie around Duy. After capturing Duy, Kushimaru took out a kunai and said:

"I will cut your fucking head off!"

"You will not!"

Duy's aura changed from green to red. Fuguki cried at Kushimaru:

"Retreat, you idiot! That's the Eight Gates Released Formation!"

"Like I give a shit!"

Suddenly, the wires holding Duy disintegrated and he threw a punch at Kushimaru, saying:

"Sekizo! Evening Elephant! First Step!"

A cannon of highly pressurized air taking the shape of an elephant foot hit the approaching Kushimaru straight in the chest, sending him towards a group of trees. As he hit them, the force of the impact destroyed five of them. Kushimaru was down, his mask broken in half and his chest cavity almost blown up. Duy then jumped towards the wounded Swordsman saying:

"Second Step!"

Fuguki murmured:

"Damn it!"

The giant man lounged at Duy and hit him with his Samehada, saving his teammate. The wielder of the shark sword said:

"Damn it… these are not chakra attacks. I can't absorb them!"

"Third Step!"

The third punch surprised both Kushimaru and Fuguki but the giant managed to parry the punch with the Samehada, who was blown away from his hands straight into the river. Fuguki himself was sent into a rock but before hitting it, he said:

"Needle… Senbon!"

Several needles hit Duy. As he was wounded by then, he interrupted his series of punch trying to remove them from his body. Fuguki shouted, having blood in his mouth:

"Now! Kill him!"

Juzo Biwa engaged Duy first, trying to cut the Konoha shinobi's legs with his Kubikiribocho but Duy punched the sword, breaking it in half. Juzo said:

"It's no use! He will slaughter us in close combat! Attack him with ninjutsu!"

Raiga Kurosuki pointed his Kiba at Duy, saying:

"Lightning Style: Thunder Gate!"

The incredibly fast lightning bolts hit Duy, weakening him enough for Kasho to attack him with a water jutsu:

"Water Style: Water Bullet Jutsu!"

Duy then punched the approaching water bullet, sending it back towards Kasho. The Swordsman tried to protect himself with his Shibuki but the impact was so massive that it broke the sword in half alongside its master. Juzo said:

"Fuck! He killed Kasho!"

Raishin then attacked Duy with his Hiramekarei which took the form of a giant hammer. Duy parried it and tried to punch it away, only for Raishin to increase its sword's size. Duy then was on his knees, trying to avoid being crushed by Hiramekarei. The Konoha ninja then said:

"Third Step!"

The punch blew Hiramekarei away from Raishin's hands and would have killed its wielder if not for Jinin's intervention, who parried the air cannon with his sword's hammer part. The impact was so massive that the hammer struck Jinin in his chest, killing him instantaneously. Raishin then said:

"Water Style: Twin Streams!"

Raishin tried to cut Duy with his water streams shooting from his mouth but the Konoha shinobi was so fast that he dodged them immediately.

"Fourth Step!"

An explosion was heard on the other side of the river. Raiga asked:

"Where did he go?"

Raishin replied:

"Fucker… He finished off Kushimaru. Let's retreat!"

Raishin, Juzo and Raiga ran towards Fuguki, who was injured earlier. Juzo said:

"Fuguki! Summon sharks so we can get the fuck out of here!"

"Yes…"

The injured man was helped by his colleagues to reach the river. Fuguki then weaved a sign that returned Samehada to him from the water. Before he could weave the signs for summoning sharks, a voice was heard from above them:

"You will go nowhere! Fifth Step!"

Raiga then pushed his colleagues in the river and before Duy could connect with the ground he jumped in the water too. Duy's punch created an immense crater that drained the river and the four remaining Swordsmen fell in it. Fuguki said:

"Damn it… Do you still have chakra?"

"Yes…"

"Yes, but little…"

"I have, yes…"

"Well, he will kill us all, that's for certain. Listen. When he comes to finish us off, you will jump outside the crater and I will use Earth Style to bury both me and him in this hole. Take Samehada and recover the other swords too. Return to Kiri and… Fuck, he comes!"

"FOR THE LEAF VILLAGE AND FOR THE YOUNG BUDS WHO NOW ARE IN THE SPRING OF THEIR YOUTHS, YOU WILL DIE HERE! NIGHT GUY!"

The impact of the giant red dragon with the ground was so great that it shook the entire forest, completely blowing it up.

The sky was bloody red as the sun was setting. The destroyed forest was still in smoke. The crater was now full of rocks, rocks that were immobile for hours. Until now. One of them moved, revealing a bloody hand. Fuguki gasped for air as he freed himself from underneath the rubble. His hair was bloody, as his face and his shirt was torn off, revealing a bloody chest. After a while, another man emerged from the rubble. It was Raiga. His face was almost unrecognizable due to the blood and his clothes were completely destroyed with his naked skin revealing thousand cuts on it. He said:

"Fuck… what the fuck…"

"Guh! Help me!"

"It's Juzo!"

Raiga and Fuguki then helped their teammate out of the rubble. The man was completely covered in blood and was shaking.

"Raishin?"

Juzo looked at Fuguki with his left eye, as his right eye was closed and covered with blood and revealed his right hand that had Raishin's head, completely destroyed. Fuguki was shocked, as was Juzo. The three Swordsmen then walked a few meters, falling on their knees due to their wounds. Juzo noticed something on the ground and walked on his fours towards it. He then shouted:

"YOU TRIED TO KILL US, YOU FUCKING MANIAC! YOU FAILED!"

On the ground, a human-like figure made of ash was illuminated by the day's last rays of sun.