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Naruto: Mark of the Arashi Kanji Clan
Chapter Four: Let the Games Begin!
The evening was dampened with heavy rain, the worst it's been in years. However, the residence in the Hidden Rock Village didn't have a peaceful night, With the Arashi Kanji Clan killing or gravely injuring them; the best of the Rock Village protect their village. But with the Kage's building now destroyed, the Bloodstone is now up for keeps. However, with help on the horizon, could the Arashi Kanji Clan survive with the Bloodstone?
"Haruka, Kazuki," Yoshihiro called while pulling himself from the rock of rocks. He found his teammates buried within the rocks, but didn't spot the three ninja they has previously battling him.
"Looks like you barely survived," he stated while pulling Haruka and Kazuki up to a vertical base.
As that happen, Yoshihiro quickly spotted something minor. Usually, Kazuki wears a handkerchief that hands from his black pants since it matched his black and red shinboi outfit. And he noticed that Haruka's dark blue shirt was missing her insignia on his right sleeve.
"So, you thought you could play games with," Yoshihiro questioned before performing hand signs.
"Release," he shouted as the appearance of Haruka and Kazuki quickly reappeared as Haru and Takahiro. He quickly took a step back.
"See, you little genjustu didn't work," he stated. "You didn't fool me for a second. Sure, it caught me off guard that Rock Village ninja would even perform genjustu. And besides, your genjustu was actually powerful. However, that would have fooled a normal person and I don't fit that criteria. See, a normal person wouldn't have noticed the key details that you somehow missed. "
"How did you managed to defuse own genjustu," Takahiro stated while starching his short brown spiky hair.
"I already said how. Now, it's time to end this illusion even more. Release!"
The background soon reveals the village exactly the way it was before the Kage building was brought down.
"See, this whole thing was a genjustu. Once I realized that one of the main pillars was easily scarred, I knew it was a genjustu. Those pillars are resistant and a certain justu like Akuba Tsuki Ryu would be unable to produce such harm to it. It would have fooled regular people but today's not your lucky day eh?
"My god, such intelligence from a young man," Haru stated. "Haru, where's Chokichi," Takahiro asked.
"Funny that you asked," Yoshihiro replied. "Somehow, you didn't notice that that man was gone. See, when you two began your genjustu, Haruka trapped him into her genjustu; Ninja Art: Walls of Persia. And he will remain there forever until he dies. Meanwhile, Kazuki and Haruka fled to find my other teammates."
"He's in a genjustu?" Haru asked with fear creeping in his voice.
"I just explained that. You two seen to have a short attention span. Now, Swift Shadou Chainsaw!"
As the two awaited a type of ninjutsu to form out of Yoshihiro's hands, their brains soon experience pain. The pain felt like hammers pounding away at their brain cells. Such pain forced them to kneel in pain. Yoshihiro simply moves his hands rapidly, engaging more pain in the brain.
"Shadou Toge!"
The pressure increases with an added feeling like drills going into their brain. The two men scream in agony, desperately trying to fight off. Eventually, both men faint to the floor and lay motionless. Both men are unconscious but neither man is dead. Yoshihiro stares at the two fallen men before taking a pendant from his neck and kisses it.
"Sakura," he stated, "forgive me. I didn't kill them. I tried my best not to because I know you would be disappointed at me. To be exact, I haven't killed anyone and I plan not to. I hope you now that I'm one step closer to finding your murder. I will avenge you sister. I will avenge mother and father also. I-"
"Yoshihiro," Akio interrupted as he along with the rest of the Arashi Kanji Clan ran toward him.
"It seems that you took care of these two," Yuudai stated.
"Yeah," Yoshihiro responded in a serious tone. "Now guys, this is it. Inside there is what we came here for. The Kage is strong but we need to be stronger. Are all of ready?"
"Let's party," Akio and Kazuki shouted in unison.
"This should be fun," Haruka stated grinning
"Let's go," Yuudai calmly grinned as he takes out his wooden sword.
Faster than a blink of an eye, the four spirited up the stairs and into the fortress. They run down a long hallway. Their shadows follow on the gray walls as they run. Yoshihiro abruptly halts his comrades.
"Move," he shouted as a pillar of rock blasted through the wall toward them. Yoshihiro tackles Haruka to safety. Meanwhile, Akio accidently trips over his left foot and the rock connect to his jaw.
"Akio," Kazuki worried as he checks over his dazed brother.
"Oh my jaw; it hurts" Akio comically muttered.
"The Kage senses us," Yoshihiro observed. "That pillar of rock is the basic Rock ninja justu. He's lurking somewhere."
"So what now," Haruka pondered.
"We wait until Akio recovers."
"Damnit Akio!"
Haruka angrily kicks Akio in the ribs. Akio cries comically.
"You always mess up the plan." She stated as she continued to kick him.
"Oh Haruka," Akio comically retorted.
"That's enough," Yuudai interrupted.
"Yes Haruka calm down," Yoshihiro snapped.
Haruka stopped as Akio moaned in pain. Kazuki soon helped his brother reach a vertical base. The younger Leiko boy held his ribs and his jaw as well.
"That was harsh Haruka," mocked
"I'll kick your ass," she fired back.
"Will both of you shut up," Yuudai snapped. "I'm tired of constantly being peace maker with you two. You two act like children. Can-"
"Calm," Yoshihiro interrupted. "Now as Yuudai was implying, both of you need to set your issues aside for the moment."
Haruka gave Akio a dirty look while Akio stuck his tongue out at her. Yoshihiro quickly sensed something inside him.
"Duck," he shouted as they all proceeded to do. This time, more pillars of rock blasted through the other wall. Yoshihiro quickly ran back outside and the others followed him.
"Yoshihiro, why are we running back," Haruka stated while running.
"He's summoned multiple rocks to destroy his fortress. He planned on killing us right there.
Soon after twenty minutes of running, the five stopped by a forest. Beside it was a battlefield. They were at least five minutes away from the village.
"The Kage has the Bloodstone," Yoshihiro stated. "They source of power were a masterpiece. One would have needed something to boost the person. But, he's following us here so we can take it."
"There he is," Yuudai pointed as a man landed across from them. His clothes were soaked due to the rain. His gray hair matched his eyes. He was wearing a black karate gi and barefoot.
"If the Bloodstone is what you desire, I'm afraid that I can't relinquish it," the man shouted as he held a red ruby in his right hand.
"So, you're the legendary Masato Soto, the master of the Isamu," Yoshihiro asked.
"You have a wise eye. You must be Yoshihiro Shadou, the last of the Shadou clan?"
"Indeed. You give a sensation of power and knowledge, but you're no match for me. Hand over the Bloodstone!"
"You must fight me!"
"Very well then. Yuudai, follow me. The rest of you, stand back until I gave a signal."
Yuudai holds his wooden stone above his head as Yoshihiro grabs some kunai from his pouch. Soon, Yoshihiro charged toward Masato with malicious intent. The older man quickly set a wall of rock to separate him from Yoshihiro.
"That should keep hold him up momentarily," Masato muttered before planning his hand signs. His hand signs are slow but precise. As he prepares to execute it, he is soon feels something uncomfortable.
"Paper bomb," he stated before ripping it off and dug a hole underground. The bomb went off, destroying the wall of rock. The Arashi Kanji Clan spots the hole that was created and wonders where the Kage could be.
"So, he's below us," Yoshihiro observed before walking over to see the underground tunnel. "Yuudai, search after him!"
Yuudai soon performed crisp hand signs before stating, "Ninja Art: Undertaken!"
Yuudai successfully goes under the ground without having to dig a hole. The underground was dark but enough light to see. Yuudai walks down multiple tunnels, searching for the Kage.
"That old coop is clever," Kazuki pondered.
As Kazuki was talking, Yoshihiro noticed something that bothered him.
"Damn, Yuudai is trapped," he muttered.
"What do you mean," Haruka questioned.
"Masato summoned a clone. Probably when he was trailing us. That clone is the one who dug the hole. The real one is hidden somewhere."
"Isamu Coffin," Masato voice stated from somewhere. The ground soon gained an extra layer, thus trapping any chance of Yuudai coming out of it. The four remaining members quickly search for the Kage in the forest. Kazuki and Akio jumped on tree branches looking for him while Haruka and Yoshihiro walked in looking through bushes.
"He's not here," Kazuki called out.
"Keep looking," instructed Haruka.
Yoshihiro stood there next to Haruka, deep in a thought. His concentration ignored everything surrounding him. He was thinking of Soto's next move along with the previous moves he made. Then, he stopped.
"He's over there guys," Yoshihiro pointed toward a creek. The four soon ran past the bushes and found him by the nearby creek (still in the forest). He was performing hand signs with such a quick velocity.
"Rock Style: Jackhammer," he called as he summoned two large pillars shaped like hammers and aimed them directly toward the Arashi Kanji Clan. Although the evaded, the aftershock froze the four and their bodies soon felt numbness. Yoshihiro's ears were temporarily deaf and could not hear anything. As Akio and Kazuki comically continued to butt heads constantly, they both felt a hard pressure directly to their gut. As they look down, Masato's arms were covered of hard rock and they feel like a rock. As the moaned in pain, he turned his sights toward Haruka, who was using her charka to heal minor wounds. Yoshihiro quickly noticed that and he quickly stepped in place of her.
"If you're going to hurt her, you must first deal with me," he stated as he gave Masato the "death stare."
"Such loyalty," Masato replied. "It seems that all five of you have that. You five are probably the most unique invaders I've encountered. You would all be an asset to the side of good instead of walking on the path of self-destruction."
"Don't tell us what we are capable of!"
Yoshihiro quickly goes in combat with the older man. He quickly throws punches and kicks at a high rate. The older man blocks with his forearms but soon it takes his toll. As he stumbles closer to the creek, Masato fires back by engulfing his arms into solid rock and lands a brutal punch to Yoshihiro's chest. The younger man stumbles back to a tree near Haruka. The Kage simply awaits Yoshihiro's next move. Yoshihiro stalls with his movements when he's actually planning his next twenty moves. However, his though process was interrupted by a pillar of rock comes up geyser like and lands him in the jaw and propels him in the air. He lands on the forest grass with a thud.
"Ninja Art: Isamu Geyser," Masato stated after the move was done. Yoshihiro's body soon transforms into a tree branch.
"Damn, he used Substitution Justu at the last spilt second," Masato thought.
While Yoshihiro was gone, Haruka soon threw some kunai at Masato, who easily negates them. But, Haruka's hands reveal that her charka controlling the kunai with spindle like strings. Each of the kunai is attached with paper bombs.
"Are you ready for this," Haruka grinned. "Hitsuzen Conviction!"
She gave the strings a pull behind Masato and they were bound toward him. As she let's go off the strings, she drags a motionless Kazuki and Akio into the bushes. The Kage seemed trapped and when the bombs went off, Haruka thought that she killed him. However, all see saw was a statue of a rock. Haruka was astonished as no one has ever evaded that particular justu. And to make matters worse, Masato evaded with a substitution justu and is out of plain sight. Haruka glares up into the trees, searching for him. At that time, Akio and Kazuki finally reach a vertical base but still feeling a little woozy.
"Where's the old man," asked Akio as he grabs some kunai from his pouch.
"He's somewhere, I know it," Haruka responded. "Kazuki, see if you can find him."
"Sure thing," stated Kazuki as he grinned. "Water Style: Aero Downpour!"
Quickly, Kazuki molds water and then releases it. From there he summons a powerful wind to add force onto the water and those combined elements crush hoards of trees.
"This old man is persistent," said Kazuki as he starched his hair.
"Well, at least he can't hide be the trees; you destroyed almost all of them," added Akio.
The three just stand clueless, wondering where is their enemy. Haruka looked at the ground and at that spilt second, Masato burst through from the ground. He emerged so fast that the Arashi Kanji Clan didn't notice that he was shielding himself using Yuudai's body.
"Diffusion," shouted Akio as he charged full speed ahead. As he realized that he was striking his own comrade, it was too late and he had depleted half of Yuudai's charka.
"Psycho Charger," added Haruka as she charged at Masato. At this time, the Kage was standing on the creek's water. Haruka's fist soon grew a shinning hue to them. She throws a left punch, but Masato easily tosses her aside.
"Take this," said Akio as he flew toward Masato with a Flying Kick. Masato anticipated his movement and landed an Uppercut that made Akio drop inside the water. Soon after, Kazuki followed by using the water to create a whirlpool. The whirlpool was inches to Masato and Kazuki assumed that he had trapped him.
"Rock Barrier," the older man shouted as he summoned a boulder to stall the whirlpool momentarily. Masato dashes through the water toward Kazuki and easily landed a punch to the chest of Kazuki. However to the surprise of Masato, Kazuki begins to laugh evilly.
"Diffusion," Kazuki grinned as he began to extract some of Masato's charka. The Kage quickly threw the older Leiko brother away to grow some separation. Kazuki quickly stood alongside Haruka at from the shore way of the creek/forest. Masato kneeled on the creek, rapidly panting.
"He's finally feeling damaged," scouted Haruka. "Judging from his current position, his ribs are the main source of his pain. We must swift our attacks towards that region."
"Let's not talk about it and let's go," Kazuki demanded as he began sprinting. Haruka soon followed him and persuaded the Kage. Masato stood there as the two Arashi Kanji Clan members took their shots at him. He found himself barely dodging kicks and punches from the duo.
"Judgment Dagger," shouted Haruka as she tossed many kunai at Masato. They all land in the rib section which forces Masato to stumble.
"Here's part two; Kusanagi Blaze!"
The kunai soon turn into explosives and Masato was too late to successfully take them out. He plunged in the deep water, dazed and stunned. His torture was only beginning as he felt a pressure sweep him from under his feet.
"I finally got you," Akio comically grinned as he brought Masato deeper within the creek. Masato easily evaded the hold and sent Akio across with a forceful Palm Strike. The Kage swam until he was back above water. He stood on the water as he was greeted with Kazuki and Haruka. Akio quickly joined with them.
"I couldn't hold him," said Akio.
"That's ok, we got him now," said Yuudai much to the surprise of his teammates.
"I thought-"
"I healed myself," Yuudai interrupted Haruka. "Although Akio took some charka from my system, I was able to heal that."
Blood began to trickle from the mouth of Masato. He slowly grabbed the Bloodstone from his pouch.
"Summoning Justu," he shouted as he implanted the water to summon a creature. That creature was a huge samurai made entirely of rock. The four Arashi Kanji Clan members were amazed.
"Great Boulder of Shinda, strike these evil doers to death!"
"Your wish is granted," the huge boulder stated. Shinda used his huge arms to smash the water, shaking everything surrounding it. The water took the form of a hurricane that swept the Arashi Kanji Clan.
"Great Boulder of Shinda, show them no mercy!"
Masato motioned his creation to charge at the Arashi Kanji Clan. Each step was like throwing a ton into the water. Yuudai desperately tried to yield Shinda with multiple stone propels but it was no use. Faster than a hiccup, Shinda scooped up Haruka into its hands. It crushed all the oxygen out of Haruka's body for the moment and she fainted in its hands.
"Haruka," Kazuki pleaded as he dodges a rock from Shinda. Kazuki soon quickly formed hand signs.
"Summoning Justu!"
To counteract Shinda, Kazuki summoned a great white shark! He quickly jumped on its back before making the nightfall rain increase greatly.
"Summoning Justu!"
Kazuki this time forms a water beast, Mizu Oni, that takes the form of the first tailed beast. These two large creatures pounce at Shinda and Masato. The two creatures clash, causing all the tress to crumble. Kazuki quickly went unnoticed on the shark and tried to attack Masato. Masato dodges a punch but gets hammered by the shark's tail. Yuudai and Akio stand back while watching this battle as they grab the lifeless body of Haruka.
"Akio, create some clones!"
"Leiko Style: Charka Solider," Akio stated as he formed a clone. That clone runs into the water and fights Masato along with Kazuki. The shark plunges underwater as Masato combats the two.
Meanwhile, Shinda and Mizu Oni continue their clash with neither monster gaining an advance.
"Maybe we should help him" Akio suggested to Yuudai.
"Don't worry, we got Masato were we want him," Yuudai responded. "You'll see what I mean shortly."
"I hope so."
Kazuki continues his intense battle with Masato.
"Charka Soldier," Kazuki called as he creates a clone out of Masato's previously stolen charka a while ago. The odds are now three against one. Both men were drained mentally and physically. Their creatures felt the same thing.
"Time to get rid of these clones," Masato stated.
"How are you going to do that," Kazuki arrogantly stated.
Instead of answering, Masato formed a prison made of rock and trapped the clones inside.
"That's how, Isamu Prison," he responded as the prison plunged like a ton of bricks. Kazuki stood momentarily clueless until Masato quickly grabbed him by the throat. Grasping for breath, Kazuki tried to squeeze himself out of the submission but is lunged high in the sky.
"This ends now, Rock Style; Damnation!"
Up from the sky, multiple pillars on rock attack Kazuki's gut and chest region, thus knocking him out along with Mizu Oni.
"That's it, this old man's dead," Akio yelled as he ran on the lake to attack Masato. Yuudai could only watch while healing Haruka. Masato's Shinda vanished as Masato ended that justu. He waited for Akio to attack recklessly, which he did. The younger Leiko brother tried to land a Flying Kick but instead met Masato's fist right by his chin. However, Masato continued to attack by landing rapid uppercuts after uppercut.
"Shoryu Uppercut," he stated after the move was over. Akio lay unconscious by his brother.
"You're friends are all defeated," Masato stated at Yuudai. "Tell me, how are you able to use those stones as you do? That is only Rock Village justu."
"It doesn't matter old man," snapped Yuudai.
"Come fight me if you want this Bloodstone."
"I don't have to."
Yuudai grinned, confusing Masato who was at his last source of charka.
"You're strength is superb but it seems you forgot something," Yuudai stated.
"And what is that," the Kage questioned.
Almost instantly, Masato felt a powerful migraine from his head. Soon, loud sounds entered his ears, making his eardrums bleed. Lastly, his brain began to experience pain.
"You forgot me," a familiar voice echoed.
Coming out from a crumbled down tree, Yoshihiro resurfaces next to Yuudai. His hands are clasp together and his focus is strictly on the genjustu he casted.
"For a man with such wisdom I'm shocked that you forgot about me. But that was a plan that even you couldn't see. Once I vanished, my teammates pounced on you like rapid wolves. Your focus would be strictly on them, completing ignoring the fact that I was going to attack your blind spot. You had to use all your charka just to defeat them and once that happened, you became vulnerable. When your fight lasted longer than you expected, you summoned Shinda in order to end the fight knowing that you couldn't survive five more minutes of intense combat. This leads us to this moment. Once I used my Blood Pulse Destruction genjustu, you were done. You're probably can't see me as your vision has been tampered mixed in with hallucination. You were a strong enemy, but now it's over."
Masato was unable to move as his internal pains took its toll. He couldn't see that Yoshihiro was charging in for the kill since he was hallucinating that he only saw Yuudai in front of him. Then, he felt a pressure from his chest.
"Shadou Cutter," Yoshihiro called as the charka on his fist made a twirling motion which drilled into Masato chest. The older man fell like a ton of bricks, defeated and on the verge of death.
"Did you kill him," Akio slowly stated as he regained coconscious along with his brother. Haruka also reached a vertical base slowly as Yuudai helped her.
"Do I even kill," Yoshihiro stated as he grabbed the Bloodstone from Masato's grasp. "Yuudai, heal him to the extent that he wouldn't die."
Yuudai did as such and ten minutes later, it was done.
"Our work here is done. Next, we find who killed our loved ones."
"Yeah but we need to heal first," Kazuki suggested.
"Yeah, you're right," Yoshihiro answered.
All five members of the Arashi Kanji Clan gingerly begin walking out of the destroyed forest.
"Where do you guys think you're doing," an unfamiliar voice called from the bushes. The Arashi Kanji Clan jumped back ten feet to gain distance.
"Leaf shinboi eh," Yuudai called as he saw Naruto, Sai, Sakura, Lee, Kiba and Shikamaru.
"Looks like we're fighting full duty tonight," Akio stated.
"This is great," Yoshihiro stated. "A chance to defeat Leaf Ninja. Let's the games begins!"
Notes:
This is probably my longest chapter ever in terms of writing stories. It might seem out of place but hopefully the battle scene was great to all of your readers. Remember to rant and rave, positive or negative. This chapter begins the profiles of the Arashi Kanji Clan and the first being Kazuki!
Kazuki Leiko
Height: 5'9
Weight: 135
Fighting Style: Leiko Martial Arts
Blood Type: A
Features: Short black hair. He wears a black and red shinboi shirt with black pants. He wears a red handkerchief in his left pocket.
Natural Element: Water
Most Important Things: His brothers, the Arashi Kanji Clan, mastering his clan's powers
Next will be his younger brother Akio. I hope you enjoy this chapter. Later!