The Iwa-nin stood for a minute conversing before advancing toward me.
"Grah… How could I have fallen into such an elementary trap?" I questioned myself.
"Who are you?" one of the Shinobi asked. His brute build and stature made him appear to be the superior within the group, possibly the captain.
I rose, picking myself up from the ground now that effects of the explosion wore off.
"I am just passing through to retrieve a message. No need to-" I was interrupted by the angered tone of the same Shinobi.
"Do not take us for idiots. I can see by your get up and Sunagakure-affiliated forehead protector that you are a Shinobi of high caliber," he assumed. "Considering your affiliation, and that you are standing before us, it seems that the Kazekage succeeded in gathering intel on our unit's mission."
He grinned at me, "This is as far as you go, sweetheart."
'Tch… What a pain…" I thought to myself.
The other male Iwa-nin reached back and unsheathed two katana from his dual sword holster on his back. The only other Shinobi were the brute one and a female standing idol, barely even flinching.
I armed myself with a kunai, and stood ready. The katana-wielder rushed toward me, slicing downward to my head. Putting the kunai up, I managed to block the attack. The clash of our weapons create a satisfying spark and clang noise.
He glared at me as we pushed at one another. I quickly released my hold and jumped back. The brute Shinobi and the female Iwa-nin stood by watching.
"They think I am that weak, to lose to one mere Shinobi?" I thought angrily to myself, "How mocking."
The swordsman came at me once more. The sequence of clashing and slicing left sparkles flying through the air. The sound of metal colliding echoed around the clearing as we fought.
He delievered a fast swipe toward my torso, I positioned my kunai, ready to block. When his katana hit the kunai, the kunai shattered. My eyes widened at the sudden loss of durability. I leapt upwards, dodging the slice and landing a good distance from the swordsman.
"A simple kunai isn't durable enough to block his katana easily…"
I flipped up and threw several shuriken in his direction. He rushed forward, and deflected each projectile with his dual katana. I pulled another kunai from my holder and ran toward him. He sliced horizontally at me with both katana. I ducked into a backbend and slide underneath his legs, slicing of his thighs as I spun up behind him.
He tried to react, but was not fast enough. I grabbed him and put my kunai to his neck. I smirked at the sudden turn of events. The two other Iwa-nin stepped forward. I looked at them.
"Do not come any closer…" I warned them. Several orbs of scorching chakra formed around the captive Shinobi and I.
"Scorch Release: Extremely Steaming Murder…" The expression on the swordsman's face was struck by fear, his muscles tensing.
The orbs glided directly at him. I flipped backward, releasing him as the scorching chakra moved through his torso, almost like a ghost passing through a wall. Steam rose from his body and his skin turned a drained grey color. He dropped his swords and fell to the ground, lying as a mummified corpse.
"Kari… Keep yourself on guard," the remaining man told his female comrade.
He stepped forward. "You are the famed kunoichi, Pakura of the Scorch Release…" he stated.
"You know of me?" I asked him.
"I never expected to have to face a Shinobi such as yourself," he told me.
He slammed his palms on the ground, "Earth Release: Earth Column Bombardment!"
Cylindrical earth pillars began springing up from the ground, flowing in my direction. I went to step back, but suddenly felt the ground shaking beneath me. A portion of the ground below me broke and sprung up, launching me into the air. I retained my balance mid-flight. The man threw several shuriken at me as I went through the air. I equipped a kunai and quickly deflected the oncoming weapons.
I landed gracefully on the ground and rushed at him with my kunai. As I ran, several scorching orbs formed around me. I manipulated them around me as I engaged in the fight. He pulled out a kunai and began deflecting my slashes, also evading the bombardment from my Scorch Release.
He launched himself back, yards away from me. "Earth Release: Earthen Wall!" the Iwa-nin shouted as he performed the necessary hand seal.
A large earth wall sprung up before him, blocking my view on his position.
Suddenly, the wall launched toward me like a wave, ripping apart the ground in front of it with tremendous force. I jumped up right before it was about to hit me, using the top of it as a spring board.
"Scorch Release: Scorching Sun Downfall!" Eight larger orbs formed around me. I directed my arms toward the Iwa-nin and manipulated the orbs at him. They sailed downward, moving toward him at an extremely fast rate. His eyes widened as he saw the technique grow closer, and looked around frantically, unable to block the oncoming attack.
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