Five for Fighting
Chapter 4
The two ninjas continued to pace around each other, trying to gain some sort of advantage in the fight. Rock Lee knew that the Raikage was only playing with him for, he had not used any serious techniques that might cause the other much damage. The sun began to lower in the sky and there was a slight breeze coming from the east. Out of the corner of his eye, Lee could see rain clouds forming in the distance. Better try to end this fight quickly!
But that was were he made his first mistake. This was no ordinary ninja that the Konoha jounin was fighting but a Kage! Sure, Rock Lee was faster and much stronger than he had been years ago but that did not change the fact that his opponent was the strongest ninja in this village. Lee closed his eyes for a half second and reopened them with a solid kick in the face that sent him flying back a few feet. Before Lee hit the ground, his hand went down and he was able to push himself up and land on his feet. But behind him, was the Kage, seal already formed and a menacing glare in his eyes.
"Raiton-Electric cussion wave." And a steady beam of electricity issued from the Raikage's hands and seared Lee's body. He screamed in pain, but that would just be the beginning of his torture. The Raikage's made another seal, as quick as lightning himself and preparred to deal another devastating blow.
"Futon-Air Slicer!" The air around Lee began to rustle and soon turned into a visible force of energy. It rammed into the noble beast and began cutting his skin in little sections. This lasted for almost half a minute before the Raikage ended the technique.
"Hmmph, not even worth my time. Still, haven't had a battle in a while and its pretty exciting! You cant even stand up to me, how do you expect to fight with Saz? Hahahahah, im gonna end your life now and you are going to die with no honor." said Cloud's highest ranking ninja. He performed a complicated set of hand seals and aimed the technique on the ground were Lee was struggling to get up. Blood was coming from any part of his body.
"Futon-Wind Eraser!" The wind began to pick up again and focused around the Raikage's body. The ninja began to glow white as the entire area began to get caught up in the horrible storm that was coming from the Raikage himself. He shot the compressed air at his enemy. There was a loud booming noise and debris flying everywhere! The area that the battle was taking place in turned all white and blinded anyone who happened to catch sight of the spectacle. There was complete silence on the roof of the Raikage's tower and then the roof imploded.
Shikamaru couldn't help but seeing what happened on top of the palace but, there was nothing he could do about it from where he was. The strategist was too far from the palace to even consider giving in aid in that direction for he was at station number two of the ANBU checkpoint. After leaving his three friends, Shikamaru decided that he would try to stop any of the ANBU from leaving the check out points. It would give him more time to give backup if he heard any of his friends' distress call and it would also eliminate an enemy communication point, possibly causing confusion in their ranks. He stalked outside of the checkpoint in the shadows and waited. Just as he thought, there were two ANBU officers on the inside.
"Damn, ANBU squad leaders. This will be more difficult than I thought. Still, better get started if I hope to catch up to Raidou and Rock Lee." said Shikamaru as he began to set up his attack plans. Ten minutes later, he was ready.
The two Cloud ANBU captains paced inside of their checkpoint and issued orders from the microphones that stretched from the desk and gave orders to the various squads that were out on patrol in the village. Being squad leaders meant that they had extra skill in some areas that other ANBU didn't. Which is what probably saved their lives as they were able to jump quickly out of the checkpoint when they heard the kunai with the exploding tag stick into the wall that was directly behind them. They flipped out and unto the ground only to be caught instantly in the Shadow Bind.
Without hesitation or even speaking a word, Shikamaru moved there bodies further into the tree'd area that he designated for his traps. The ANBU finally got a look at their attacker as the three made it into the place Shikamaru had set up.
"Konoha? So the reports are true." said one of the captains.
Shikamrau did not respond, only continued to move his enemies to the trap hole that he had made minutes before. The two captains fell into the hole and the jutusu was ended. The two captains tried to jump out of the hole but just as they reasched the top, it closed.
"Easier than I thought." said Shikamaru as he took out a huge scrool from one of the pockets in his Jounin jacket and began forming seals with his hands. The result was the the cover on the hole being sealed by one of the forbidden seal techniques that the Second Hokage had made. Tsunande allowed him to learn a few because he was the top strategist in all of Konoha. These guys were getting out of this trap anytime soon if ever.
"Okay, checkpoint neutralized.-Hinata, come in, this is Shikamaru. Whats your position?" asked the nin but there was no reply. "-Genma, this is Shikamaru, whats your status?" There was static in the earpiece and then the beginnings of a reply.
"-Can't really talk right now…Katon- Fire Dragon missles!…stay with the plan and make your way to the palace!" shouted the team commander. The radio went silent and Genma was left in one of the most pivitol battles in his career as a ninja. He stumbled onto a squad of ANBU that numbered three instead of two and he was fighting for his life.
"Give it up Konoha, there is no way you can win! Came the voice of one of the ANBU ninja's.
Genma jumped unto a roof where he could level the battle a little bit. His three enemies also gained more hieght by jumping on to the outdoor stair wells of some of the village buildings. Genma was breathing hard but he had no intention at all of giving up.
"There's no where for you to go now, surrender!" shouted one of the ANBU.
Genma shook his head and began forming seals. "Got to hold out until reinforcements arrive." he thought to himself. Though he had not told the other's in his group, there was a possibility that another team would be sent to assist them. It wasn't a fact being that Konoha and the Fire Country's army were busy on the Earth country border. Better to keep that a secret until the help actually came.
Hinata stood in her new Gentle style stance and preparred to attack. The advanced Byakugan gave her the appearance of a death angel who's wrath had just been invoked.
"Raiton-Static Shield!" yelled both Cloud ANBU together as they performed a jutsu that would protect both of them at the same time or so they thought.
Hinata dissapeared from sight, barely a speck of white in the ANBU trained eyes and landed directly infront of her opponents. The static shield was still active so what was this young female ninja trying to pull?
"Jyuuken-Wind god fist!" came the voice of the Hyuuga as she puched hard into the static shield with a very powerful Jyuuken attack. There was blue chakra immenating from the area of the shield that was just attacked but, the shield would not give. Hinata pushed more chakra into her fist and the shield began to give a little. Hinata withdrew her punch and began to spin. She had hoped to save this move because it was chakra draining as hell but she had to get past the shield and right now, this was her only option.
"Kaiton-Heavenly Annihilation!" Now, the normal heavenly spin incased the Hyuuga in a shield of chakra that protected the user from just about any attack. The power of the technique was based on how fast the user could turn his or her body. Hinata's advanced version was a little different. After her first initial spin, the chakra shield was generated and Hinata was free inside of it to perform another attack. The annihilation part of the technique was named because the chakra shield was at least twice as big as the normal Kaiton and Hinata could walk with it! As she moved forward, the two shields collided with one another and the static shield by the two ANBU dissipated, leaving them vunerable.
As soon as Hinata saw this, she released her jutsu and went back into her new gentle style stance. One of the ANBU was thrown into the air by the force of the chakra collision and that was the end of him. Hinata executed her techique just as he was falling. He landed on her upthrusted Jyukken palm and Hinata shot him back into the air with the force of the blow. When he fell down again, he was met by a barrage of kicks and then the finishing blow. "Jyukken Death Strike!" yelled the ninja as a hand full of Jyukken chakra lanced toward the ANBU's sternum. Hinata altered the attack at the last minute so as not to kill the person but that person would not be conscience again for a long time.
The other ANBU looked at the situation and took out a kunai and preparred to defend himself but, the attack did not come. Hinata was spent on stamina and chakra and her deep breathing told on her more than anything else. The ANBU observed for a moment and then decided to attack. The young Hyuuga could do nothing but stand there as it began to rain.