Takeshi Hyuga – The Next Kazekage!

Chapter 3

Part 2

The tiger bowed its head at the three of us.

"Thank you for your help." He said. At least, it sounded like a "he".

Naomi was looking at him with those eyes she gets whenever she sees a stray kitten. Then she did what she did whenever she saw a stray kitten. She turned and looked at me with her puppy face, silently asking "Can we keep him?" I gave her a glare, silently reminding her that this was not a stray cat, this was a very large ninja tiger.

All of a sudden Kaname blurted out "Can I pet you?" in an overly excited fashion.

I looked over to the tiger as he nodded yes and then I was the one bowing my head. Only not in respect and thanks, in annoyance. Naomi and Kaname were already "petting" the tiger. It looked like he was enjoying it as well.

"My name is Akyama." He said.

"At least he isn't purring." I thought, lifting my head up while pulling out a cigarette and lighting it.

"I'm Takeshi." I said.

"They call me Kaname!" Kaname stated, still petting Akyama.

"I'm Naomi" said Naomi, who was also still petting the large tiger.

Now, let me give you an idea of how large this white-lightning-generating-tiger is. He was sitting and from his front paws to the tips of his ears he was still taller than Naomi and Kaname… and me. [[A/N: Takeshi is 6 foot 2 inches tall]]

"I owe my life to you. Any tiger with the slightest bit of pride would swear a life debt unto you."

"Umm. I don't really think that's necessary…" I said, wondering what we had gotten ourselves in to

"I insist. Whatever you need of me I will help to the best of my ability. It is the least I can do for you saving me."

"Well… I guess the best thing to ask is what are you doing all the way out here battling with Kumogakure Nin?" I asked him.

"I guess, after today, you could call me a Rogue Ninja. From the village of Kumogakure."

I half thought we were the only ones paying attention to the conversation.

"We're from Sunagakure. Since you're a rogue nin, would you happen to know anything about Kumo planning for war?"

"That is what I was made for."

"Made? What do you mean?" I asked, more confused than ever.

"How should I explain this…" he sighed and then continued "The Fifth Raikage has been breeding tigers like me and teaching them Ninjutsu. They've been trying for thirty years to no avail, but with the litter of tigers I am from they've finally succeeded. As far as I know I am the only one who left the village."

I think Naomi and Kaname finally realized the situation because they stopped and it looked like they were both deep in thought.

"How many were in your litter?" Naomi asked after a few moments of silence.

"Twenty one, including me." Akyama said

"So let me get this straight," Kaname said, "there's twenty more tigers, just like you, trained in Ninjutsu?"

"Not exactly. Of the twenty one of us, only five showed the possibility of learning the forbidden techniques of the village." Akyama sighed.

"So you know the forbidden Jutsu of Kumo?" I asked him, slightly excited.

"No," he said, as I almost fell over from being let down, "at least, not all of it. Unfortunately, I'm the second least-powerful of the five tigers. The others are now being used to guard The Fifth Raikage personally."

Kaname sat down on the mountain ground. The rest of us stood there in silence for about a minute.

"I must have put you in great danger by having you help me." Akyama said.

"Don't worry about it, with what you've told us our miss-" I said before I was interrupted by Kaname

"Our mission is not complete yet. There's much left unanswered, and only some of it can be answered."

"I will help as much as I can." Akyama assured her.

"There's something I want to know!" Naomi yelled out and then raised her hand.

"Yes?" Akyama asked.

"If you're such an important piece in Kumo's plot, why did they only send five ninja after you when you ran away?" she asked.

"I'm sure there will be more Ninja coming soon." Akyama said

"No." I said

"They're already here." Kaname finished for me. She pulled out her blades as she sighed. I did the same.

Naomi was in the classic Aburame battle stance, arms reached slightly out, releasing hard to see insects all over the battle field.

At least 20 Shinobi had made their presence known and were all around us.

This was not going to be easy.

20 plus Shinobi. 4 of us.

And here I was, the odd one out. Naomi had her bugs and her jutsu's. Kaname had her swords and her jutsu's, which she was A LOT more skilled with. And me? I had my swords, and what little Earth and Air jutsu's I had. Which… Wasn't a lot. I relied more on puppets.

"Shit." That's about all I could say before the Shinobis swarmed us.

At least 7 of the 20 were only mercenaries, which was to be expected of Kumo. But, 13 other Ninja, all at least Chunin rank, was still a challenge for a standard platoon. I guess we weren't exactly a standard platoon, though. We were in the top 20 of Suna's Finest Shinobi. Plus, we had quite a few tricks up our sleeves.

Speaking of tricks, I figured now was the perfect time for my new Jutsu. It would be a risk. It took about 60% of my Chakra, but I didn't have puppets, risks needed to be taken. I took the stance, kneeling down, arms crossed with blades in hand. I started channeling chakra throughout my whole body which both acted as a shield and increased my speed and power 10 fold.

"Fujima Ryu no Jutsu." I stated.

[[A/N: This is a Jutsu named after a Dance used in Kabuki Theatre, no idea how well it relates or if it even works in Japanese with "no jutsu" added on to it, but I tried.]]

With the 10 fold speed increase now affecting me, I combined it with my Byakugan in order to perceive my surroundings better. With these two factors now working, time, how I perceived it, was slightly slowed.

[[A/N: Sorry for a buncha these popping up. I just wanted to state that I know and understand that doing this is slightly controversial, but I like the idea of Byakugan being able to perceive time in a different way. This doesn't mean time is actually slowed, Takeshi just perceives it like that and then his body, given a speed increase, can act on it LIKE time is slowed.]]

I moved quickly behind a slowed target and struck a fatal blow. This Jutsu lasted about 20 seconds for time how I perceived it. Only about 2 seconds how everyone around me was seeing things. There were Shinobi around both Naomi and Kaname. I knew Kaname can handle herself in a close range fight, but Naomi was more of a medium range fighter. Luckily we were all on a rather flat piece of mountainous land, very close together. Perfect for this Jutsu. I ran to Naomi and was able to get a strike in on one of Kaname's opponents before I got to her. I took out the Two ninja that were near her, giving her enough room to maneuver and fight easily. Then my Jutsu ended.

4 Ninja's. I had 40% of my chakra left. 16 more to go.

Just then Kaname ended another Shinobis life by head-decapitation.

Make it 15.

She definitely had a flair for doing that.

[[CLIFFHANGER ENDING! OF DOOM! MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Hope you all liked my Jutsu. Out of all the Jutsu's I've developed it is my personal favorite. :3]]