Rikku and Suzume stood about twenty yards away from their Akatsuki opponent, Akumyo. Rikku looked to Suzume.
"Shall we get started?" She asked with a grin.
"Why the hell not?" Suzume replied.
The two charged in and Akumyo stood in his battle stance. The two Leaf Kunoichi took turns throwing an attack at Akumyo. Suzume kicked at Akumyo's head but he ducked. Rikku came in with a sweep of the legs but he slightly leapt into the air and spun around. In the process he kicked both ninjas away from him.
"Well, that was annoying." Suzume said.
"Let' get him." Rikku said charging.
She drew a kunai and engaged Akumyo once again. He did a series of handseals and it ended with the Bird seal.
"Suiton: Suigadan no jutsu." (Water Element: Water Fang Projectile)
Water shot from the ground in the form of a spinning drill and struck Rikku square in the chest. The force sent her flying back into a tree. The water didn't even stop after the initial impact. It kept her pinned to the tree. Akumyo grinned.
"There's no water nearby." Suzume said. "How can you use Suiton here?"
"It has rained within these past few days and I'm using the water in the ground to do so." Akumyo said.
The water died down and revealed a human sized log in Rikku's place.
"Kawarimi no jutsu?" (Replacement Technique)
Akumyo turned around to see Rikku almost on top of him. He reacted fast and grabbed her by her neck. Suzume found this to be an opportune time to attack. She charged at him with a kunai drawn. He turned around, punched her across the face and grabbed her by her neck as well.
"I'm going to squeeze the life right out of you two." He said.
For holding two teenage girls by their necks and up in the air, he was decently strong. He continued to squeeze harder. Suzume wiped the blood off from her lip and did a series of handseals. Boar, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Ram.
"Kuchiyose no jutsu." (Summoning Technique)
Suzume placed her hand on Akumyo's arm and in a cloud of smoke, a hawk appeared. The hawk seemed surprised by where he was summoned.
"A person's arm, eh? This is a new one."
"Don't worry about where you are just blow him away, Takasuke." Suzume said.
"Sure thing. Futon: Renkudan no jutu." (Wind Element: Drilling Air Bullet technique)
The hawk cocked its head back and filled its small lungs with air and then blew out an incredible amount of powerful wind. The attack was powerful enough to knock Akumyo back.
"Get the hell off of me." He said.
He threw Suzume a few feet away and shook his arm wildly to get Takasuke off of him. He still had a hold of Rikku and wasn't about to let her go just to flick a measly little bird. He did the only thing he could think of. He head butted it. Takasuke lost his grip and fell off. Akumyo kicked Takasuke while he was falling. The summoned hawk landed close to Suzume. She quickly got to Takasuke's side.
"Are you all right?"
"Been better."
Akumyo started laughing at them.
"Do you think that a little bird is gonna hurt me?"
At that point, Suzume's eyes widened. It wasn't what Akumyo had said. It was Rikku. She was changing. Akumyo's laughter suddenly stopped and then replaced with cries of pain. It was so quick he didn't even have time to turn around to see why he was in pain. Finally, he turned his head to see that a strange marking had covered Rikku's body.
"What evil, powerful chakra." He said.
Rikku had a hold of Akumyo's hand and had it twisted in a very peculiar position. She twisted it again, only this time she broke it. Akumyo yelled in pain. She then flung him through the air and slammed him on the ground causing it to rupture. She then kicked him across the area, sending him skipping across the ground. He began to crawl away to give himself some distance between him and Rikku. She slowly walked to him with a grin on her face. It was as if she was enjoying hurting him. Suzume was glad that Rikku had turned the tide but she was slightly scared of Rikku now. Akumyo stood up getting ready to do more handseals. With a swing of her fist, combined with chakra, a powerful gust of wind knocked
Akumyo backwards. He lied on his back breathing heavily. Rikku came over and jumped on his chest. Blood shot into the air from Akumyo's mouth. Then the Kunoichi began to kick him repeatedly. She wanted to toy with him and make him suffer. She then lifted her foot in the air, just above his neck. She was going to deliver the final blow right now. She stopped when the cursed seal markings lit up and began to retract. The markings slid back into its cursed seal form and then the seal disappeared. Rikku's eyes widened as Akumyo grinned. He grabbed her foot and pulled her to the ground. He pulled off his Akatsuki robe and covered her with it as he began to beat her senseless. Suzume came out of no where and tackled Akumyo. Once he was on the ground, Suzume grabbed Rikku and leapt back, next to Takasuke. She threw two kunai with explosive tags attached to them. Once they hit the ground a few feet in front of Akumyo they exploded. Akumyo shielded himself from the initial blast.
"You know, if you would've actually hit me with those, you might've been able to do some real damange."
Suzume grinned.
"Do it." She said.
"Futon: Daitoppa no jutsu." (Wind Element: Great Breakthrough Technique)
Takashi filled his lungs full of air as he cocked his head back and then released it into the flame. The attack shot through the other side, looking like a stream of fire. This time it was a more devastating attack. Akumyo howled as he was burned to a crisp. After the flame died down, his burnt corpse fell over and broke apart as it hit the ground.
"So why not use a Katon jutu?" Rikku asked.
"I don't have fire chakra. So, an explosive note attached to a kunai is the next best thing."
"Ah, makes sense." Rikku said rubbed her cursed seal spot.
"Can you check the back of my neck, please?"
"Sure. What am I looking for?"
"Any sort of weird bruising in the shape of any type of seal." Rikku said.
"I don't see anything, your neck and shoulders are clear." Suzume said pulling on Rikku's collar.
It must be gone. But how can that be?