Chapter 3:
From the Eyes of a Prodigy
"Shut up! They're just ahead!" Emi hissed at Takumi and Tekashi, who were strategizing, albeit quietly. "Jeez, we're whispering, and at least we're strategizing with one another! I'm going to rush in and take out the biggest guy. I'm the most advanced in Taijutsu and Ninjutsu. Emi, take care of the chick. I think she's a Genjutsu user. And Tekashi, can you take the other two smaller ones? One of us will be finished soon, and if not, I'm sure Akiko will drop in." Takumi said, before getting ready to launch off the tree. "Let's go." Takumi said, leaping down behind a tree. The other two followed, with Emi in a tree and Tekashi in the bushes. Takumi began channeling chakra into his eyes, to be ready for anything coming at him from afar.
Takumi sprinted towards the biggest guy. He leaped up and kicked him in the face, launching himself backwards from the force. There was a sickening crack as the man's jaw was dislocated. He growled and popped it into place while Emi and Tekashi went after their targets. He charged at Takumi surprisingly fast, forming hand seals. "Earth Style: Genjitsu-Tekina Okami!" He yelled, as two wolves formed themselves from the soil. The wolves launched themselves at Takumi.
Takumi ducked as one sailed over him and knocked a tree over. Shit! He must have some sort of dense concentrated stone inside of them, as if it were a core. His thoughts were cut off as the other wolf swiped a paw at him. It caught Takumi in the side as he was hurled into the air. The wolves followed him as he fell, while the man began performing a long combination of hand seals. Takumi used his momentum to kick through the first wolf's head, as it reformed around his leg. "PLAY TIME'S OVER!"He yelled. "Water Style: Saikuron'u~Otadoragon!" Suddenly, a dragon of water blasted out of the ground, swallowing the wolves, Takumi, and a good portion of the ground and trees. The water was whirling around like a hurricane underwater inside of the dragon.
"Lightning Style: Denji Shirudo!" He yelled underwater. He forced the electrical shield off his body in a quick blast. The magnetic force repelled the iron cores out of the wolves, destroying the bodies. It took up a good amount of his remaining chakra. Unfortunately, the man was still alive and unharmed. He fell out of the dragon as it dissipated. He was thoroughly frustrated at his inability to kill him already. Then again, he reasoned, he was a mere genin taking on a C-Rank missing Nin who was probably around Jonin level. The man growled as Takumi destroyed the wolves. Luckily for him, his Jutsu was taking shape, quite literally. A golem about the size of the man formed out of the ground. It charged at Takumi. Shit. He thought as it slammed an arm into him, sending him flying.
He was sick of this guy's Earth Jutsus. It was time to get serious. "Rai Bunshin no Jutsu!" he said angrily. There were seven copies or him self around him. "Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu!" He yelled, as seven water clones appeared around him. The water clones ducked and weaved around the golem, charging for the man. He foolishly destroyed them with Taijutsu, unaware that he dug his own grave. Pun intended! Takumi thought. He spawned another lightning clone. Then, he led the clones to the man, jumping over the golem. The clones and Takumi proceeded to duck and weave around the man while punching and kicking. Just then, the clones knew it was time. They all exploded in electrical crackles as they shocked the wet man. Literally.
The man fell to his knees as every nerve in his body was electrocuted. He jerked for a moment, before the golem attempted to attack him. Just then, Akiko jumped from the trees onto the golem. "Fire Style: Seikatsu-Nan!" She whispered as a flame literally wormed its way around and through the golem. Then, the golem started to fall apart as parts of its body were literally baked. It crumbled to the floor, a flaming pile of rubble. She then put out the flames with a basic water technique. "You exhausted yourself out there. That was reckless." Akiko said, putting Takumi's arm over her shoulder and walking him over to a tree nearby. "Sorry, Akiko-Sensei. I didn't have much other choice."
"Don't be! Do you know how proud of you I am? That was amazing!" She said, smiling. "How long were you there for?" He asked, for some reason not angry. "Eh, about since it started. I saw most of it, but I had to check in on the other two. Anyways, that was smart, how you had him destroy the Water clones, then send Lightning clones after him. He should have used ninjutsu against them. I know I'll use that next time I need to." Akiko said, standing up after setting him down. "I'll be back in a sec; I need to check on Tekashi and Emi." And with that, she was gone.
"Welp, that went better than I expected it to." Takumi said to himself. He sighed and laid his head back on the tree trunk. And to think I didn't use any of my equipment. Well, better to have it and not need it than need it and not have it, He thought as he drifted into a deep, dreamless sleep.
Tekashi was having a bit of trouble with the two who seemed to work so perfectly in sync. They'd go at him from either side and he'd be forced on the defensive. It was tougher than he'd anticipated, that was for sure. "Glass Release: Ekitai Faiadoragon!" He said, allowing sand to rise from the ground and melt into a liquid glass dragon. It snaked around, dropping bits of magma hot glass that solidified instantly. The bright orange dragon rained liquid fire on one of the twins, burning him severely and freezing his right arm and shoulder in place while burning them into charred bones. He shrieked in pain, as his brother glared at him furiously. Just as he was about to perform a lightning Jutsu, the glass dragon shimmered and swallowed him whole. The now armless brother could do nothing but attempt to fend Tekashi off with Taijutsu.
"It's over." Tekashi said, forming a glass sword in his hand. "Anata no tsumi nimokakawarazu, heiwadeyasumu koto ga arimasu." He said, stabbing the man in his heart. He had fought for at least an hour now; he was exhausted. Fighting two chunin level missing-nin with limited fire Jutsu and mostly glass was pretty hard when you were a fresh genin. The man coughed blood into his mask, and died. Tekashi let the glass sword melt inside him, and shattered the glass arm. He walked away to where he could feel Takumi resting.
Emi was locked in a Taijutsu match with the chunin level missing nin. She was frustrated at the woman's ability to somehow ignore her mediocre Ninjutsu, not to mention her superior Genjutsu. After delivering a sharp kick to the woman's neck, she got a look at her arms. There were chakra absorbing seals on her arms! It now clicked to why she couldn't reach a stale mate. Just then, when she retaliated and tried to punch Emi, she grabbed the offending fist, twisted it upwards, and tore the seal off. She then kicked the woman's shoulder, breaking it as well as dislocating it. She shrieked and went to kick Emi. It hit her in the stomach, sending her skidding a few feet. Just then, when the woman was about to stab Emi with her good arm, a glass broadsword stabbed through the woman, piercing her heart.
The sword melted, filling the air with the smell of burning flesh. "Sorry I couldn't help sooner; I was busy." Tekashi said, helping the winded Emi up. She smiled appreciatively at him as he helped her limp over to where Takumi was. "I was about to meet with Takumi, but I heard that bitch scream, and figured you could use some help." Tekashi said. Emi just sighed, trying to regain her breath. "This was pretty tough. I'll admit I sure am happy we got to do an A Rank mission as our first, let alone one facing Jonin and chunin missing nin." Emi managed to squeak out. "I'll have Sensei check you for injuries. It looks like you have a broken rib, though." Tekashi said, rubbing her near the bottom of her sternum. She grunted in pain and resisted doubling over. "Oops, sorry. Yeah, you have a broken rib and a few bruises. You should be okay for now, though." Tekashi said as he carried her over to where they could see Akiko healing an unconscious Takumi.
"Ah, there you are. You're both hurt. I'll take care of you in a second. Takumi has a broken rib and a fractured sternum, as well as a fractured left shoulder blade and severe chakra exhaustion." Akiko said, grimacing as she listed his injuries. "Holy shitmuffins! That makes us look like we're complaining about splinters!" Tekashi said, his jaw looking like it was about to hit the floor. "I know. He'll be out of the hospital in a week maybe." Akiko said. "That's about as much as I can do. Emi, come here." She said, healing Emi's broken rib. Soon enough, Emi could move again, albeit with a slightly uneven pace due to the strain on her muscles and all the bruises.
She then healed Tekashi, who has various scrapes and slices on his body as well as a sprained ankle he never noticed. They were all healed to a minor extent, but stronger nonetheless. "Let's go. I need to get Takumi to the hospital." Akiko said, carrying him on her shoulder. The two genin nodded, sprinting away. Akiko instead just shunshinned to the middle of the road. She proceeded to sprint the rest of the way to Kumogakure.
"Damn… I feel like a banana that got to meet an angry Raikage…" Takumi said, the white ceiling providing little comfort to his stinging eyes. He groaned and rubbed them, to no avail. Just then, a nurse came in and dropped her clipboard. She ran out the doorway to somewhere else. "No wait- Shit. Oh yay, the stinging eyes stopped." He said sarcastically. But his eyes did stop stinging. Just then, Akiko, Tekashi without a shirt and bandages all around his torso and arms, and an Emi on crutches walked in with a few nurses.
"See? He has it, though I don't know how!" One nurse said, staring directly at him. Akiko looked stunned, while Emi and Tekashi looked confused. "Why are his eyes different?" Tekashi asked a nurse. Emi nodded as well, looking just as confused. "He has an extremely rare Kekkei Genkai; he has the Rinnegan."
A/N: Dun dunn dunnnnn! Cannot wait to see how this blows over. And to all you haters, fuck off. Sorry if the fights with Tekashi and Emi seemed rushed, but they were kinda already going on during Takumi's badass time. :1 Oh, and sorry it was a day late. I had to get my dog back from the Drop Bears. (Australians will get that joke the most)
