Chapter 4: The Second Demon of the Hidden Mist
The new assailant quickly drew up his sword and brought it down for a slash at the Konoha Jounin. Kharla dodged with a jump to the side. She then went on the offensive.
Kharla rushed her large assailant, jumped, and released a strong frontal kick to his chest, sending him backwards. She then took this opportunity to launch a punch to his face which, regrettably, he caught.
"Hahahaha!" Kozan maniacally cackled. "If that's the best you've got, then you don't stand a chance!" With that, the mist-nin lifted Kharla up by her arm and kicked her hard, sending her crashed backwards to the ground.
Mitsuki gasped, "How can you be so cruel!?"
"Heh," Kozan retorted, "You see, I was the youngest of 3 siblings. I had two brothers: Zabuza and Rhatz. They both had their own ideals and goals and such. My oldest brother, Rhatz, chose ideals such as loyalty, respect… and that was his folly.
"Wha…what happened to him?" asked an uneasy Mitsuki.
"What happened to him, you ask?" replied a smug Kozan as an incredulous look creped across his face, "He was killed in the Chuunin Exams because of his weakness!"
The Konoha nins gasped
"Yes, he was killed. Now, about Zabuza…he chose strong ideals such as ruthlessness and true strength! Someone like him will never be forgotten!" he started into a rant, "Likewise, if I fight like him, I will NEVER BE FORGOTTEN! MY EXISTENCE WILL NEVER DIE, EVEN AFTER MY MATERIAL BODY IS LONG GONE!"
I've heard enough!" Kharla interrupted, reaching toward her wrapped arm. She ripped an end of it, and the covering fell to the ground. Its absence revealed a glowing blood-red marking on her arm. "Your existence…" she started, "Will be forgotten here, where you will fall!"
"JUST TRY IT!" screamed Kozan, still stuck on his rant. He lunged at her as she did the same in kind.
Kozan swung his sword at her, and she disappeared in a puff of smoke, revealing her as a clone.
"You were careless…" Kharla stated as she appeared in front of the mist Jounin, performing a backwards handstand to launch Kozan straight up into the air from her foot connecting with his chin.
She held her right hand up in a hand seal, Body Flicker Jutsu." She then disappeared in a puff of smoke and reappeared behind the airborne Kozan.
Kozan smirked as he repositioned his hands on the hilt of his sword as he swung it clockwise, intended on stopping Kharla dead in her tracks.
"I've only got one chance at this or we're all dead." the leaf-nin thought to herself. With that, she concentrated chakra into her left palm to get a firm grip and in one fluid motion, she whipped herself around to Kozan's front and delivered the final blow straight to his chest…creating a gaping hole in his chest.
Kozan plummeted to the ground with a crash, shrieking in pain. Kharla's two conscious students had only one thing they could possibly say about their sensei's kekkei genkai.
"Damn…"
"That is why," Kharla stated, "My kekkei genkai, my bloodline limit, is known as the Drake Talon."
