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The trio of ninja stood with their backs together, straining their eyes to see through the fog. In surrounding trees, the cloud ninja pulled out as many shuriken as they could fit between their fingers. They released this shower of shuriken upon the genin, trapping them like rats. However, Arisu had heard the chink of metal and the woosh of the shuriken. She grabbed the boys and yelled "jump!" The three of them jumped high into the air, completely avoiding the barrage. They landed a few feet away from their original position, hoping to throw off their pursuers.
"We're sitting ducks here!" Takeshi hissed. "What are we supposed to do?"
"We just have to wait!" Arisu replied, whispering. "We have to wait for the right moment to strike."
"These kids are lucky. Time to hit them a bit harder." The male ninja said. "Water Style: Fog Wave!"
The fog moved back, codensing into a large rolling wave. The wave barreled towards the trio, the front sloping in, and the crest breaking. It had to be at least 15 feet high. Takeshi pushed the other two behind him. As the wave crashed over them, Takeshi spun around and the fog stopped for a moment, halted by Takeshi's rotation, and then collapsed, making the fog spread out over the clearing again.
Takeshi stood still, panting. 'That was a powerful attack. I don't have enough juice to do that again.'
'He's a jerk, but I have to hand it to him. He is pretty talented.' Arisu thought.
"These kids have tricks up their sleeves," The male ninja said. "Maybe you should try something."
"I think I'll do just that," the kunoichi giggled. "Water Style: Water Blades!"
The fog condensed into giant blades of water, all aimed at the genin. They were positioned at angles that kept the genin from dodging. The blades began to spin and hurtled toward the trio. The three backed together, looking around frantically.
"I don't see any way out of this!" Takeshi whimpered.
Arisu wasn't speaking. Her vision was suddenly strange. Everything appeared in slow motion. She could clearly see the paths of the blades and had enough time to react. She pushed Hikaru out of the way of a blade, pulled Takeshi toward her, jumped over a third blade, and pulled the other two to the ground as a particularly large blade passed horizontally. Hikaru looked at her with bewilderment, wondering from where she pulled this hidden talent. He looked at her eyes and realized what happened. Arisu's sharingan had activated. When she saw the understanding dawn on Hikaru's face, she figured it out as well. They stood up. A startled look appeared on Hikaru's face. Arisu was about to ask what was going on, but Hikaru pushed her; a blade that no one had noticed sliced into the ground where Arisu was standing a second before.
"Thanks Hikaru," Arisu mumbled, blushing.
Hikaru blushed too. "Y-you're welcome." A cry of triumph echoed above them, snapping them back to reality.
"Look! She's got her sharingan!" The kunoichi cried. "Time to take them out!" Both ninja jumped down from their perches and got into fighting stances.
"I'll take her," Arisu said, pulling out her fans.
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Meanwhile, Michiko and Miko were sniffing the trio out.
"It looks like whoever took them did us a favor," Ronin said. "We may just get to do a day's walking searching for them!"
Michiko turned and glared at him. "You sound like you don't care at all."
"I'm just trying to remain optimistic."
Michiko sighed and returned to her sniffing.
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"Water clone jutsu!" The cloud kunoichi yelled. Three clones condensed around Arisu. The original and the clones converged on Arisu, who jumped into the air, throwing one of her fans downward. One of the clones burst and Arisu landed on another's head. She swiped downward with her other fan and the clone dissolved, drenching Arisu as she landed. The original threw multiple kunai at Arisu. Arisu made a quick handsign and switched places with the last clone. Arisu picked up her other fan as the kunai popped the clone and shielded herself. The kunai bounced off harmlessly.
"Is that all you've got?" Arisu asked scathingly.
On the other side of the clearing, Hikaru and Takeshi were double-teaming the male ninja. The ninja jumped back, far away from the cousins. He then jumped into the air, relaesing a barrage of kunai. The two caught each and every one of them and flung them back at the ninja. Being unable to dodge while in midair, the ninja raised his arms in defense. All of the kunai hit him and he fell to the ground in a heap.
A third ninja suddenly appeared in the trees, brandishing some kind of weapon. "Don't tell me a couple of kids got the better of you!" He yelled.
"You bet we did!" Takeshi proclaimed triumphantly. The third ninja, who seemed to be wearing medical scrubs threw his weapon at Hikaru. Hikaru barely had time to move out of the way. The weapon embedded itself barely a quarter of an inch in front of him.
"Is that a scalpel?" Hikaru asked, a note of panic in his voice.
"You bet it is!" The surgeon said mockingly.
The kunoichi smirked. "You'd better put them under anesthesia."
The surgeon grinned. "Right you are." He made a handsign. The genin began to see feathers. Their eyelids drooped and they started to drift into sleep... but then that drowsy feeling disappeared. They looked at the surgeon, only to find him lying on the ground. He had been knocked off of his treetop perch by... a giant fan?
Sure enough, Daisuke, Michiko, Ruriko, Ronin, and Lee had apppeared in the clearing. Ruriko had frozen the kunoichi to the spot. Daisuke dashed over to the surgeon, grabbed his fan, and smacked the surgeon over the head with it, rendering him unconscious. Ruriko released the kunoichi and Daisuke whacked her over the head as well.
Hikaru, Takeshi and Arisu stood up. Michiko dashed over to them. "I'm so glad you're all right!" she cried. However, she ran right past Arisu and Hikaru and leapt into Takeshi's arms. All of the genin exchanged quizzical looks.
Arisu mouthed "what the hell?" to Hikaru, who shrugged.
Takeshi looked confused as well. "I'm fine..." he said, prying Michiko off of him.
Daisuke started to laugh. "Michiko and Takeshi, sittin' in a tree..."
"Talk about weird," Ruriko muttered, walking out of the clearing.
"Kids these days..." Ronin sighed, following Ruriko.
Daisuke was still laughing as he left.
Arisu and Hikaru left the clearing next, knowing that if they made eye contact they'd burst out laughing.
Even Miko thought it was hilarious. She barked at Michiko and ran around in circles.
"Don't worry, I think your love is very youthful!" Lee said, giving a thumbs up before dashing after the others.
"What love?! Michiko, why did you do that?!" Takeshi yelled, running after Lee.
Glowering, Michiko followed.
Aaah, young love. Well, I hope you liked it. Please review.