So, here is the update. I want to Apoglize for my mistake. I really thought it is the Raikage for the Rock village but i guess i was wrong. I really am sorry for that mistake. Anyways, here is the new chapter.
Also, I would like to say that i have to go to Malaysia next week for the holidays so i am not sue if i can update for the next 2 weeks but i will try. Sorry for the inconvenience.
I hope you enjoy this one and please review.
CHAPTER 11: THE FIRE LANCE
The wind is blowing against the six ninjas and they are all looking at each in silence that the only they can hear is the wind blowing against them. The villagers have left the area from fear of losing their lives. Even though they are not part of the fight, they can still be harmed by being dragged in accidentally or when their attacks miss, they are the one that receive it.
However, out of all the six ninjas, they others can feel the two ninjas killer intent. They are coming from the two team leaders, the team leader of the Konoha team and the Rock leader of the Rock team. The other Rock ninja, although is powerful compared to the underlings of the pink haired Jounin is still weak compared to his partner next to him.
"Sensei, what is the plan?" Naruto asks from behind.
"For now, it is best that we fight them separately." Maki stated.
"Seperate them?" Sasuke asks, unsure of Maki's plan.
Maki nodded, "We have no idea of their team work. From what I have experience in the short fight with that guy, they have good team work. The guy with short hair seems to be a ninjutsu specialist while the guy I fought prefers close combat fights but is also capable of fighting from afar with ninjutsu."
Sasuke glares at the two Rock ninja. The one who is still on his knees has his hands ready to do seals. The one who is standing with a kunai is in an attacking stance, ready to charge at them but unsure to do so or not. 'Damn it, I need to unlock the Sharingan to fight them.' Sasuke thought.
The Rock Jounin, known as Dawari, takes a step forward, "Now then, let's get this started."
Maki faces his students, "I will be taking that guy one on one. You guys take the ninjutsu specialist. I will try and get to you guys as fast as I can. Now remember what I told you in the test, no matter how strong a ninja is, team work can always beat the strongest ninja."
All three Genins nodded nervously, looking at the kneeling Rock Chuunin. He is well prepared for a fight, ready to cast a jutsu whenever he is ready. Naruto clenches his fists and looks at Sasuke and then to Ino.
"Alright guys, we can do this. We are Konoha ninjas!" Naruto said, trying to gain some confidence.
Maki smiles, "Just remember guys. This is the real thing. You are fighting for your lives and so is that guy, so give him everything you've got."
Maki then gets on his knees, next to Naruto's left ear, "Naruto," He whispers, "Use all the wind techniques I have taught you."
Naruto nodded, "I will sensei. Although I don't know why I have to use wind techniques. Fire is cooler than wind."
Maki smirks, "I will explain to you when you are old enough to maybe understand. And Naruto," Maki hesitated, "Stay alive and remember everything I've taught you."
Sasuke and Ino watch as Maki is saying something to Naruto but he is too soft for them to hear anything. They know that Maki seems to favour Naruto more he is probably giving advice for the fight.
Maki then gets up and faces the Rock Jounin again, gripping his kunai with his right hand and moving to a defensive stance. The three Genin all jump on the rooftop to their right, running away from the scene.
The Rock Chuunin looks at the kids running away and then at his partner next to him. Dawari looks at his partner and he can see his face is asking him what to do. He looks at the pink haired shinobi in front of him and he can tell that Maki wants a one on one fight with him. 'This should be interesting.' He thought, smiling.
"Go after the kids, Nobu. I will take care of him." Dawari instructed his partner.
Nobu nodded and jumps on the roof, following the three Genins. They are already getting farther and he is going to have to use more chakra on his feet to catch up with them. He knew that he is not going to underestimate them since they are under The Replicator.
Back at the empty road, the two Jounins of different village continue to look at each other in silence, hatred in their eyes. Maki ties his long pink hair into a ponytail. He only does this when he is serious so that his hair does not disturb him. It seems now is that time.
The Rock Jounin, Dawari chuckles, "You are clearly underestimating my partner. If you think that three Genins can beat him, you are clearly mistaken."
"Perhaps you are the one that is underestimating my team. They can beat a Rock Chuunin easily."
Now Dawari is laughing loudly, "You are a fool! By the time five minutes have passed, they will be dead."
Maki grits his teeth, "Then I will kill you before the five minutes are up."
Dawari shakes his head, still laughing, "You didn't think that I would be dumb enough to face you, Maki, The Replicator, alone if I don't think I can beat, did you? I am the top five of the Jounin of the village of the Rock!"
Maki did not show fear, "Top five or no top five, I will beat you."
"Confident, are you?"
"From the fight we had earlier," Maki said, "I can see that you possess the lightning and earth elements."
Dawari smirks, "Good observation. I never even showed you any earth techniques and you already know."
Maki did not respond. He is just a fire element and is thankful that he does not contain water element. Maki is the first one to attack. With his custom kunai still in hand, he throws his kunai at Dawari. Since his kunai is lighter and thinner than usual, Dawari can barely see the oncoming kunai but thanks to experience, he estimated where it would hit and tosses his kunai at chest level. His estimations were correct as the sounds of two kunai's meeting were heard.
The two kunai's landed on the ground. Maki looks at his fallen kunai and put that thought in mind. He takes out another of his unique kunai, leaving him only with five more left in his back pouch.
"Are you underestimating me? You think just because your kunai is near invisible I would get hit just like that? I know of your abilities, Maki on how you need blood to create a shadow clone." Dawari said in a displeased tone.
Maki spins his custom kunai and then grips it, "Why are you after the mist messenger?"
"Changing the subject? Well, I guess telling you would do no harm since I have very little information and you will die today. Frankly, the only order's I received from Tsuchikage-sama just ordered my team to take out a mist ninja that is said to arrive here. That is all I know but it seems..." Dawari then takes out a scroll from his pocket, "That the mist ninja is carrying is something important."
Maki looks at the scroll in Dawari's hand. He narrows his eyes and can tell that is the scroll he needs to get for the mission. 'So I have not failed the mission. Good, a better reason to kill the man.' Maki thought.
"Ah, from the expression on your face, I can tell you are looking for this." Dawari said smugly, "As much as I would like to destroy it, I think Tsuchikage-sama will be interested in its contents."
"You will not live to deliver it to your leader." Maki said and finally makes his move.
He sprints forward with his kunai in front of him to prepare for any attack. He remembered he told Naruto to never charge forward but here he is, doing the same thing. He quickly forms seals while running towards Dawari.
"Katon! Karyu Endan!"
Maki's mouth shoots fire out of his mouth. The fire aimed at Dawari is in the shape of a bullet is accompanied by a large amount of fire. Dawari knows this technique. The fireball shaped like a bullet is to hurt him a lot and the fire behind it is to burn him. He also quickly forms seals.
"Doton! Douryuheki no jutsu!"
Dawari spits out a small amount of dirt to the ground. The dirt suddenly grows at an extreme rate, growing into a large wall. Dawari is standing behind the wall and enforcing the wall with chakra to withstand Maki's jutsu.
The impact was quite devastating. If Dawari had not enforced it with chakra, it would have been destroyed. Maki curses softly and continues his run. Since his technique failed, he forms another seal.
"Kage Bunshin no jutsu!"
About four clones are created and two of them run up the wall while the other two run around the wall to find Dawari running up his wall he created. While Dawari is running, he takes a quick look behind him to find that Maki is chasing him with two clones. He looks back in front of him to find two more clones coming from above.
He quickly jumps off the wall, spinning in the air so that he can land on the ground on his feet. Still falling, he made his first mistake. He cannot do anything to avoid an attack in the air. One of the clones jump off the wall and kicks Dawari hard on the chest and Dawari is seen soaring through the air and crashes on a building, hard. The impact leaves a large crack behind him.
Maki, with his four clones now running towards Dawari is not going to give him the chance to recover. The real Maki, still holding his custom kunai throws it at Dawari who is still in the crack wall. Dawari sees the kunai and jumps off the wall on time, feeling the kunai pass right above his hair. The kunai slightly pierces the wall and the kunai is now stuck inside the wall.
'I still have four of my kunai's left.' Maki thought.
Dawari is on the ground now and watches Maki's four clones approaching him. He quickly forms seals.
"Raiton! Fingers of destruction!"
He opens the palm of his right hand and from his five finger tips, lightning gushes out of it. It strikes all of Maki's clones, dispelling it but the last lightning found no target and slowly fades. 'Where is the real one?' Dawari asks himself.
"Katon! Goakakyuu no jutsu!"
The voice is coming from above him and he looks up. He could not see Maki but he can definitely see a large fireball coming towards him. The fireball is quite large and if he jumps to avoid it, he will not make it. He will definitely suffer some burns and that is not good. He quickly forms seals of his own.
Maki can see his fireball destroying and burning the ground where Dawari was. As he is landing back to the ground, he forms a simple seal just to be careful. He lands on the ground and looks around for Dawari. From the burns of his fireball earlier, he can see a small hole on the ground. 'A hole? It looks like someone was digging a hole and... Oh shit!' Maki thought.
He is too late as he feels someone gripping his right leg. He looks down and he can see a hand from underground with a voice.
"Doton! Shinjuu Zanshu no jutsu!"
Maki struggles to free himself but Dawari pulls him in to the ground and the only thing that can be heard is Maki screaming. Dawari soon jumps out from underground, facing Maki's head. His entire body is in the ground and he takes out a kunai, ready for the kill. He is also panting a little. 'Damn it, I am getting tired. I better be careful on how I spend my chakra.' He thought, walking closer to the helpless Maki.
When he finally reached Maki, to his horror, Maki disappears in a puff of smoke. Maki's eyes popped large in shock.
"A shadow clone?" He said in shock.
He doesn't how he did it. He thinks it is instinct but he quickly ducks. A fist came from behind him. Dawari turns back and finds Maki with his fist just above him and Dawari quickly counter-attacked. He aims his fist at Maki's jaw and it connects. The upper-cut is powerful that Maki is in the air and lands hard on his back, blood coming out of his mouth.
Dawari smirks, "You think your clones can always help you, Konoha weakling?"
Maki wipes the red liquid off his mouth, "That is just pure luck."
Maki stands up and moves into a defensive stance, feeling the pain in his jaw. Maki takes out another of his custom kunai to prepare for a close combat fight and Dawari does the same. 'I only have three left. I have to be careful.' Maki thought.
Dawari and Maki charges at each other at the same time, yelling a battle scream. Their kunai's connect with each other, echoing throughout the village. They continue this routine for some time, meeting with each other head on, the kunai hitting with each other and then repeating the process.
Maki is getting tired of this and quickly forms seals.
"Katon! Hell's explosion!"
A large ball of fire comes out of Maki's mouth and is slowly coming towards Dawari. Dawari has heard of this technique and quickly jumps back but is too late. When large ball of fire is within range, it explodes and small fireballs are all being thrown at Dawari. This technique is normally used to attack a large amount of targets and requires large amount of chakra. Dawari is now avoiding the best he can until he feels one of the fireballs crashing on his right shoulder and right in the centre of his chest.
Dawari falls, landing on his back as he yells in pain from the burns. His shoulder is bleeding badly but thankfully, his Jounin vest received most of the burns on his chest so the pain is not much on his chest. He grips his right shoulder, wincing in pain. He looks around and could not find Maki anywhere.
Then, a large shadow is formed below him, becoming larger every second. He knows what this mean and looks up and finds Maki in the air, ready to deliver a kick. Dawari jumps back, still gripping his right shoulder. Suddenly, he trips when someone kicks his ankles.
He falls on his back to find another Maki behind him. 'A shadow clone? So he tripped me?' He thought.
Suddenly, he feels hands grabbing both his hands and feet. There are four Maki's now, each grabbing his hands and legs and they all toss him into the air. Dawari quickly does a technique on time, feeling something hot from below.
"Katon! Ryuuka no jutsu!"
The fire shaped in a dragon is aimed at Dawari. Dawari is consumed by the flame, burning. Maki knows that if a person receive this technique should be dead by now if it directly. When the technique is finished, he can see mud dropping from where Dawari was.
"A Kawarimi of a mud?" He mutters.
He looks behind him and sees Dawari standing there. He is breathing hard. He is getting tired and the burns on his shoulder must be painful if he is not treated by a medic ninja. Maki himself is starting to pant. He has been using high level fire techniques and shadow clones are something that takes up a lot of chakra.
He can see that Dawari is smiling and looks down. An exploding tag is right in front of him and he quickly jumps back. He jumped at the nick of time as the exploding tag explodes, destroying all of his clones and also a few buildings around the area are badly damaged. 'Damn it, Hokage-sama is not going to like this.' Maki thought.
He is still in the air and the only thing he can see in front of him is the thick black smoke. Suddenly, Dawari emerges from the smoke with a kunai drawn, ready to fight. Maki quickly draws his kunai and blocks the attack. The two meet, kunai to kunai.
The two lands on the ground and they two of them charge once more. Maki is sick of just blocking and rolls to the side. This caught Dawari by surprise and nearly trips as he runs pass Maki. With Dawari's back facing Maki, Maki runs and kicks him hard on his back.
Dawari yells in pain and crashes on to a wall. The wall is the same wall where he was kicked in earlier where he left a large crack on the wall. He can see one of Maki's kunai in the wall. He threw it earlier and Dawari was lucky to escape it.
With Dawari still on the wall, Maki quickly forms a simple seal.
"Kai!"
The custom kunai that is stuck in the wall, above Dawari creates a shadow clone of Maki. Dawari looks up only to feel a kunai plunge deep into his right shoulder. He yells in pain as the pain from the burns earlier and now, a kunai is giving him pain he has never felt before. He quickly punches the shadow clone, dispelling it.
'Damn it, I am going to lose if this continues. It seems I have no choice but to use my combo to beat him.' He thought as Maki is now charging towards him again. He makes his decision and quickly forms seals.
"Doton! Pit of spikes!"
The ground in front of Maki suddenly opens a pit with sharp spikes like the one he saw used on Naruto earlier. He stops on time but Dawari is continuing his combo.
"Doton! Spike release! Raiton! Charges of death technique!"
The spikes all come flying at him and Maki quickly creates three more clones to try and take in the damage while he is also avoiding and blocking the incoming spikes. To his shock, he realizes that the spikes are charged with a high amount of voltage. The spikes are all buzzing with electricity, destroying the clones easily.
Maki cursed loudly and jumps up high, avoiding all of the spikes that passed by. Dawari is smiling, expecting this from him. He quickly forms seals for the final technique.
"Forbidden technique! Ground of the underworld!"
Since Maki is now falling back to the ground, he cannot escape whatever Dawari is doing. Below Maki, the ground is opening and nothing can be seen inside it. It is pitch black and he can see dark shadows inside. He can tell that whatever those shadows are, they are evil and he does not want to find out.
Dawari collapses on his knees for using such a high level technique, his chakra extremely low. He is laughing while gasping for air, "You... Will die now! No one... has... ever... escaped my... combo... Those that are captured... in the pit... will suffer... for eternity!"
Maki, having no intentions to die just yet forms a seal.
"Kage Bunshin no jutsu!"
He creates one shadow clone next to him and the clone acts fast, grabbing Maki and tossing him on a roof. The clone takes the fall, falling into the dark pit. The ground then closes the pit and Dawari looks on in disbelief. He is too tired to continue his fight and looks at Maki on the roof who is also panting.
'That is a close call. Whatever technique that was, it could have killed me.' Maki thought, looking at the ground where the black pit was formed earlier. He was lucky that practising so much with his shadow clones has given him lots of ideas on how to use them.
Maki is tired but he still has about half of his chakra. He looks at where Dawari is and he sees his good fortune. He knew that doing that earlier will be useful. He quickly forms a seal.
"Kai!"
A shadow clone is created right behind Dawari. Dawari is too tired to react and can feel the shadow clone of Maki behind him grab his arms tightly, not going to let go anytime soon. The clone makes Dawari faces Maki. Dawari looks at Maki with a confused expression.
"How? When did you have your damn kunai behind me?" He asks.
Maki smirks, "At the start of the fight."
"What? When?" He is even more confused now.
"You remember when you said I was underestimating you by throwing my kunai straight at you and you intercepted it by throwing your kunai. The shadow clone comes from that kunai you intercepted, right behind you." He explains.
Dawari is shocked, "You planned this from the beginning."
Maki shrugs, "Something like that. I knew that kunai will come in handy but I never thought it will be the death of you."
Before Dawari can ask what he means, Maki is forming seals. The seals are so many that it took Maki about four seconds to complete the seals. Maki then concentrates a large amount of chakra to his right arm and to Dawari's amazement; Maki's right hand is consumed by a red flame. Maki is not being affected by the flame. The flame is not burning him and now Dawari realized what it was.
"So, you are going to use the A-rank jutsu I have heard you created? The one that you have only used three times in your life and none has lived." Dawari asks, looking at Maki's right arm.
"That's right. And you won't live also. You should be honoured that you forced me to use this technique. This is my own jutsu, Fire Lance." Maki said and charges at Dawari.
Dawari struggles to free himself from the clone's grip but the clone is not letting go. Since it is just a clone, he is going to die with him. Dawari then looks in front of him, red flame coming right at him. He can see death approaching him and when Maki finally reaches him, he looks in the eye of The Replicator.
Maki smashes his hand right into Dawari's chest, piercing through it. However, Fire lance does not kill like Raikiri. His hand went into the chest but unlike Raikiri, it does not go through the body. Maki's right hand is still in Dawari's chest and here, is where he kills the enemy. With his right hand still engulfed in flame, the fire travels inside Dawari's body, burning the internal organs and chakra system.
Dawari screams in pain. He can feel the inside of his body burning and feels like this is hell. The pain is intense and Maki does not pull out yet. Finally, the flames reach the heart and it burns the heart until it stops beating. Dawari's heart beat stops and his body went limp. Even if the fire does not burn the heart, it has destroyed too many important organs and so, the enemy will die sooner or later.
Maki takes out his hand, no longer in flames. The clone holding onto Dawari dispels and the body falls to the ground, dead. The hole in Dawari's chest is quite big and Maki can still see small amount of fire still burning inside of him. This is why he does not always use this technique. It tortures the human body to death and even he respects his enemies and will only use it as a last resort. He can't imagine feeling your insides burning to your death.
Maki collapses on his knees, breathing heavily. This is why his technique, Fire Lance, is fourth in rank in the A-rank jutsu list. It can actually be third but due to the large amount of chakra usage, it is fourth. He can't believe that Rasengan is second in the list and it is not yet even mixed with any nature element. His Fire Lance and Raikiri is already mixed with their natural element and is not even able to compare with Rasengan yet.
Maki then starts to find the item he needs on Dawari's dead body. He found the scroll and shoves it into his back pouch. Now he has finally got what he came for and damn, this mission has become more of a B-rank to him, fighting a ninja from another village.
Maki counts his custom kunai's and he still has about three. He also only has about a quarter of chakra left and since he has a lot, that means he has used up a lot of chakra. Fire Lance uses about a quarter of it so he should be careful. He gets up to his feet and starts his search for his students, praying that they are still okay.
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On the outskirts of the village, in the forest, a battle is raging on. The Rock Chuunin summoned a large wall from the ground with spikes, causing Naruto to stop his attack.
Naruto curses loudly as he is forced to jump back. He almost reached his enemy when he used that jutsu to force him to jump back. He is now next to Ino and Sasuke is a few metres away from them, to their right. The wall with spikes then crumbles as the Rock Chuunin releases the jutsu.
"Are you okay, Naruto?" Ino asks, kneeling next to him.
Naruto nodded, "Yeah. We were so damn close!"
Ino looks at the Rock Chuunin, panting, "Yeah but we should keep it up. It looks like as if he has been using too much chakra and is starting to get tired."
"If we can keep it up. I am also getting tired from using all those wind techniques." Naruto replies.
"Why do you keep using wind techniques?" Ino asked, curious despite the situation they are in.
Naruto shrugged, "I am not so sure myself. Maki-sensei just said that wind techniques would be perfect for me."
They hear the earth rumbling and look at Sasuke as he jumps back to a tree. The ground beneath him suddenly collapses and the ground, in the shape of a spear lunges at him. Sasuke is able to avoid it by jumping down. The spear destroys the tree he was on earlier. Sasuke runs back to his team mates, panting.
"Damn it, we have to end it soon. That guy's jutsu's are really starting to get dangerous." Sasuke said, looking at the tree that was destroyed.
"We have tried everything," Naruto said angrily, "We need a plan to get him off guard."
As the three Konoha ninjas discuss with each other, the Rock Chuunin, Nobu, is also trying to figure out how he is going to win this fight. 'This is embarrassing. How can three Konoha Genins keep up with me for so long? I can tell they are strong but they are still Genins!' Nobu mentally scolded himself.
He knew he should have improved in his Taijutsu but he thought that he can always rely on his team in doing that. Now he is alone and is a long range ninjutsu specialist. Sure, he has some knowledge in Taijutsu but the kids seem to be better than him, especially the blonde haired kid.
He is also running low on chakra and has tried multiple combo's to beat them but they either escaped, or their team helped or it doesn't work unless he has a team to distract them long enough. He is an earth element and he can't do any jutsu's other than earth. He starts to form seals again.
"Doton! Rock fall technique!"
A large piece of earth is gathered and then is moulded into a large rock. The rock then floats a little into the air and then starts to fall at the three Konoha Genins. At that same time, Naruto has finished with his plan.
"Alright, that damn rock is coming at us. Everything got the plan?" Naruto asks for confirmation.
Sasuke and Ino nodded and jumps away as the rock crashes where they were earlier. Naruto jumps to a tree and gathers chakra to his feet so that he is on the tree. He watch Sasuke hide behind a tree while Ino starts jumping from tree branch to tree branch. 'Good, everything according to plan.' Naruto thought.
Since that Naruto is the only visible on sight, the Rock Chuunin puts his attention on him. They are still quite far from each other and Nobu can see that the other two are nowhere on sight and quickly forms seals.
"Doton! Earth devouring technique!"
The tree starts to shake madly and Naruto looks at the base of the tree, finding the cause. The base of the tree is sinking into the ground, as if it was quicksand. Naruto quickly jumps off the tree and quickly forms seals.
"Fuuton! Scars of the wind!"
The area starts to get windy and Naruto aims it at Nobu. The wind starts to get stronger on Nobu and then, Nobu feels cuts on his arms. His eyes widen in surprise and realize what is happening. 'Shit, the wind is now like a bunch of kunai's!' Nobu thought, jumping behind a tree.
He can hear the tree being torn and when the technique ended, he comes out of his hiding place. He could not find Naruto anywhere. He looks at the tree and realizes there are about ten to fifteen large cuts on the bark of the tree. He can tell that technique was quite dangerous.
"Fuuton! Bleeding force!"
He hears the voice behind him and can recognize that jutsu. It is a high ranking wind technique and only those with the wind affinity can use that. Naruto spits out a large ball that is white in colour and it lands right below Nobu. Nobu's reactions are too slow so he uses his hand to try and defend himself and the ball explodes.
Luckily for him, Naruto only used a small amount of chakra. He remembered that he read from the scroll that Maki gave him that this technique is quite devastating. The area starts to get very windy and the wind is so strong that it is also cutting everything in its path.
When the technique finally ended, he sees the Rock Chuunin still alive but his Chuunin vest and shirt beneath the vest is torn to shreds, revealing his bare chest. He is panting lightly and he can see that his right hand suffered the most. It is filled with cuts and bruises and that is the result for trying to block that technique with your hands.
"Why didn't you kill me?" Nobu asked Naruto, gripping his right hand, "That technique is supposed to kill if hit directly."
"That is true," Naruto responds, "But I also have to be careful to not hit my team mates."
Upon hearing the word team mates, his eyes widened in horror. He completely forgot about them and is right on time when he saw a lot of shuriken and kunai's all coming at him from different directions. He quickly forms seals.
"Doton! Douryuheki no jutsu!"
He spits the earth below him and it is growing into a wall. The wall will help block the shurikens in front of him but not the one's behind him and his sides. He quickly runs up the wall but is a little too slow as he feels two shurikens plunging deep into his right thigh. The pain caused him to lose his chakra control and he falls back to the ground.
"Katon! Housenka no jusu!"
From above, he can see several fireballs coming right at him. With his right leg injured, he can't move properly. He jumps forward and then rolls to his left. He avoided most of them and the one coming right above him can easily be avoided when he felt something in his mind.
He didn't know what it was, but it somehow stopped him from functioning for about two seconds. It is as if something forced his brain to not give any commands to his body and when it finally stopped, he was too late as the fireball crashes onto his back, burning it severely.
He yells in pain but the attack is not going to stop. He feels thin ninja threads tying both of his feet. Despite the pain on his back, he quickly grabs a kunai to try and cut off the ninja threads but he was once again, too late.
He feels several kunai's plunged deep into his back. No, he is wrong. He can feel A LOT of them on his back. He can also feel red liquid pouring down his back like a river. He coughs out some blood, feeling his life slipping away. Three figures then landed right in front of him and he looks up at them.
"How... can three... mere Genins... beat me?" He asks softly as he is getting weaker by the second.
"That is easy. We are Konoha ninjas and Konoha ninjas are the best among the other five." Naruto answers proudly.
Nobu felt like punching the blonde kid but he is too weak. To his horror, he can feel someone landing right behind him. He looks at the Genins in front of him and he can see that they are shocked at the new arrival. Then, his mood brightened.
"Dawari, you came just on time." He said, coughing blood once more.
"Your Dawari is dead." The new comer answered coldly.
The answer was a shock to him. He knew that Dawari is one of the best Jounins in the Rock village. How can a simple mission end up with his death? He looks behind him and just looking at his pink hair, he can tell that Dawari really is dead.
"Sensei, you're hurt." Ino said worriedly.
"I'm okay. I am just a little tired but I will be okay. I admit though, that Dawari could have killed me but I am lucky to be alive." Maki replies. He looks at the Rock Chuunin below him and then at his students, "It seems you guys don't really need me after all."
Naruto gives a thumbs up, "Hell yeah!"
Maki sighs happily, "Finish him up and we can get back to Konoha."
"But sensei," Ino protested, "What about our mission?"
Maki smirks, "I've got that covered." He takes out the scroll from his back pouch and shows it to his students. They all nodded happily and Sasuke completed the deed, slicing the man's neck.
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Four ninjas are walking down a path, all tired and also injured. Their injuries are light but still, the pain can be annoying. Maki's jaw still hurts like hell and he wonders if its broken. He hoped not.
As for the students, they are just suffering from minor cuts and bruises. Maki has to admit that he is proud that they are able to beat a Rock Chuunin and like he said earlier, it is all thanks to team work.
'Perhaps they are ready to join the exam that is occurring in a few weeks from now. Yeah, that should be a good idea.' Maki thought.
As for Naruto, he is happy to get back to Konoha to see his childhood crush. He can't wait to ask her for a date and hoped that he won't end up being a coward. No, he has already told himself that he will ask her to a date but is still debating whether he should confess his feelings for her. Maybe, maybe not.
Hei, hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Before you guys start saying that Fire Lance was too powerful, note that i already gave a lot of drawbacks and that it uses a lot of chakra. A quarter of Maki's chakra is like creating ten shadow clones so that is a lot. Also, he needs four seconds to do seals.
So yeah, please review.