Alright finally some 'proper' fight scenes. Not sure on how good I'm going to be but I'll try my best Maybe I should read over some other fan fics so I can get some more experience.

Wanted to go longer with this chapter but it was beginning to get to long. Unlucky really but hey, what can you do.

"Wake up!" shouted Kaida. I was a little past six in the morning and the sun had just risen. Usually Kaida would sleep in until seven but she was up all of last night keeping watch. It wasn't all bad though, she had gotten three and a half hours of sleep before she took over the watch and for the last two hours Sokudoko had been keeping her company. They didn't talk much but just knowing there was someone else awake with her helped her keep her eyes open.

Slowly the caves occupants eased themselves awake. Once remembering where he was Yuji quickly made prepared himself. Misato likewise made her preparations, quickly brushing her hair and pulling out two granola bars, one for herself and one for Ayumu who was still half asleep. Kenji on the other hand was already awake; he woke up a few minutes before the sun rose. It seemed to be routine for him as he began to stretch and work out a little as soon as he woke up.

Soon everyone was prepared, the fire was out, Kaida had sealed the beds back within the scrolls she summoned them out of and everyone had a light breakfast. "Okay let's set out now!" Kaida ordered, "we'll head east in an attempt to avoid Katto and his group but if by chance we do come across them I want you all too run while I deal with them. Understood?"

"Yes sensei" Misato and Yuji confirmed in unison.

Kenji on the other hand wasn't convinced. "Are you sure you don't need any help sensei? I mean there are three of them."

"I'll be fine Kenji-san, don't worry" she assured him. "Sokudoko-san, Pansako-san, Inazumako-san. You three are to ensure that these three as well as Ayumu-san get back to the village safe and sound, you understand?"

"It is understood Kaida-sama" Inazumako alleged. "They will make it back even if we don't."

"Alright then, Sokudoko would you mind letting Ayumu ride on your back for the trip?" asked Kaida. "It would make our moving faster." Sokudoko nodded her agreement and moved over to Ayumu and kneeled before him, allowing him access to hop onto her back. Once sitting atop the big cats back Ayumu shivered.

"You cold?" asked Kenji, Ayumu nodded his answer. "Here take this then" Kenji insisted, handing him his jacket.

Ayumu's eyes widened "But… What about you?" Ayumu asked, bewildered.

"Hey I'm always out this early in the morning. Sun, rain or snow, I'm used to it so the cold doesn't bother me" Kenji declared.

Ayumu smiled and took the jacket gratefully. "Thanks" he spoke softly, pulling the jacket over his arms. Kenji just returned the smile and made his way towards the caves exit.

Kenji giddily exited the Genjutsu barrier that was concealing them, a skip in his step, and began to shout over his shoulder to his companions who were beginning to follow him out. "Man I feel great today! I wouldn't care if that Katto guy showed up; I'd take him out in ten seconds flat!" As soon as he finished speaking however, a kunai shot out from the shrubs surrounding the trees by the cave entrance, aimed directly at his head.

Catching sight of the blade out of the corner of his eye, Kenji managed to clumsily duck under it, falling to the ground in the process. "Care to test out your theory there boy?" snarled a familiar gruff voice asked him. Bolting in shock, squad 1, as well as the three summoned cats, turned in the voices direction. Emerging from their concealment, three figures stood before them.

Katto, Kotone and Akumu had tracked them down and were now staring manically towards them, Katto at the front in the centre, Kotone a little behind him to the right and Akumu left. "Using Genjutsu to mask the entrance of the cave, I admit it's clever really" Katto complimented. "Unfortunately for you though, Kotone here happens to be a Genjutsu specialist, so your little trick was nothing more then a big 'we're here' sign to her. We've actually been watching you for a couple of hours now but we figured that we'd catch a bit of shut eye before confronting you, we've been up for the last forty nine hours you know" he said chuckling.

"Over confidence will be the death of you Katto!" glared Kaida, taking up a defensive posture. Turning her head slightly to look over to the group she continued to speak. "Alright guys, get out of here. Leave this to me!" Kaida smirked as she stared down the three enemy shinobi. She was beginning to get excited for this fight, almost looking forward to it. Kenji rose to his feet and despite his usual attitude, did not argue with his sensei. "Inazumako-san, can you sense if there is anyone else hiding in the surrounding area?" Kaida asked the big cat.

Sniffing at the air, Inazumako answered. "No Kaida-sama, there doesn't appear to be anyone in the area other then those present."

"Good" responded Kaida, eyeing the enemy shinobi again. "Now get out of here and fast, I'll ensure that these guys don't chase after you!"

"You really think you can?" Kotone sneered, moving a hand to the hilt of her guitar.

"Yeah I really do" Kaida threatened, glaring daggers at the three shinobi. A still moment passed with no one so much as lifting a finger. A small bird landed on a tree branch as time passed only to be spooked off by a snake which had attempted to eat it for lunch. When the fluttering of wings could be heard was when Kaida spoke up. "What are you guys still doing here? Get out of here, Misato you're in charge!"

"Right!" answered the group in unison, darting left, out into the tree lines.

Kotone attempted to give chase however. "Oh no you don't!" she screamed, pulling her guitar out and preparing to strum a power chord. A whirling noise to her left caught her attention however and before she could even make contact with the strings, Kaida's kunai had cut through them and almost sliced her hand off.

Turning her attention back towards Kaida, Kotone heard her speak. "Just thought I would cut you off there" she jeered, enraging Kotone who grit her teeth in frustration. "I read your file in the BINGO book, it said that you use sound Genjutsu cast through your guitar but without its strings that'll be a bit hard though wouldn't it. Actually I've read all your files in the BINGO book. So I know exactly what you're going to throw at me and how, so you can't kill me, you can't even touch me!" she taunted.

Katto seamed to ignore this though. "Kotone you fool, you let them get away!" he scolded. Kotone was surprised to hear this and turned over to where she had last seen the Kusa shinobi. Truth be told, they were now gone. "You're pathetic!" Katto continued. Kotone looked over to him in apology, seeking sympathy. Receiving none, she then turned her attention over to Akumu, who also gave nil.

Smirking, Kaida spoke. "Well now that the Genin are out of the way, how about we light things up!" she urged, withdrawing another Kunai from her pouch.

Katto stared back at her with a blatant look of bewilderment on his face. "You wanna fight? Like right now?" he asked bluntly.

Annoyed, Kaida grunted in response. "Ah, yes. That was the whole point of me staying behind to fight you, you know?"

"Oh was it now?" Katto lightly chuckled, taking his own Kunai from a pouch located on the lower of his left leg. "Well let's get to it then. Your Genin should have arrived by now."

Misato lead the group through the tree tops. They had gotten away and were now on their way home. The rest was in Kaida's hands now; their lives were literally in her hands as they were no match for a Jounin on their own or even with the summoned cats help. They'd die if they were forced to go up against Katto, so she had to ensure that the group moved as fast as possible. Kaida had trusted her with this responsibility and she was not going to let her down. The sounds of battle were now right behind them and at one stage during their departure; Inazumako had informed them that he had smelt blood, the wind blowing at their backs.

Stealing a glance to the right back towards Kenji, she noted that he had an intense look in his eyes. Obviously he was not okay with leaving Kaida behind to deal with things on her own. 'He of little faith' Misato mused while turning over to the left to look at Yuji. Yuji had a pained look on his face but it appeared that he had accepted Kaida's declaration of being able to take on all three at once. 'I mean why shouldn't he? The three summoned cats have been with her for years and they appear to be fine with it' she rationalised.

Looking over at the cats again, she confirmed it one last time. They were perfectly calm; none of them looked worried at all. Ayumu on the other hand looked like he was going to throw up. 'Poor kid' she inwardly sympathized. A lot of things were happening to him right now, being kidnapped and all. Feeling motion sickness from jumping through trees top while ridding a panther is really adding insult to injury. Turning back to look where she was going, Misato was interrupted from her thoughts by Yuji.

"Hey Misato-san" he called her; his voice seemed a little shaky but in control of himself.

"What is it Yuji?" Misato asked, a little agitated but calm none the less.

"Well I was just wondering…" he began. "Well… It's just…" trailing off, Misato responded by shooting him a look that screamed hurry up or I'll kill you! "Well I mean… Don't you think we got away a little too easily?" he asked.

'Got away to easy?' Misato screwed her face up at this accusation. "Well of course we did, that's because of Kaida. She ensured that we would, hell she is continuing to do so at this very moment!" she spat, disgusted by the words Yuji had spoken.

A little shocked, Yuji tried to clarify what he meant. "No, no that's not what I meant!" he insisted, gaining Misato's interest once again. "It's just… Well judging by what they said, they've been watching us for hours now. So why didn't we encounter any traps?"

Yes, why indeed. Misato turned to the front once again, he had a valid point. 'Why didn't we encounter any traps?' she asked herself. 'Were they over confident in their abilities to ensure we did remain?'

"Maybe they were lying about watching us!" piped up Inazumako, as he landed on a branch, jumping off immediately after. His suggestion seemed plausible. It would give them an air of confidence at the beginning of the altercation and Katto seemed as if he was the kind of guy to act that way.

Kenji voiced his answer before Misato had a chance to speak however. "Maybe the fact that there is no trap is the trap Misato-Chan!" he voiced.

"What?" cried Misato, taken aback by the boys' suggestion?

"Well, I'm not sure exactly" Kenji admitted. "I mean what if they didn't set a trap on purpose, to make us more cautious about our movement, slowing us down. Or maybe…" he trailed off, seemingly unable to voice his next thought. "Or maybe we just haven't arrived at the trap yet. Maybe they set it up further down, to make us let our guard down."

Misato's eyes widened in shock. "Every body stop!" she called, landing on a tree branch in front of her. The others had all skidded to a halt on branches surrounding hers. Ignoring the looks of confusion she was receiving from everyone, she urged Kenji to continue. "Kenji… What did you just say?"

A bit stunned, Kenji answered as best he could. "Well I'm just saying, what if the trap is up ahead and not around here…" Kenji fiddled with his fingers nervously as he spoke.

'Yes it does make sense' Misato mulled over. It would explain as to why there were no traps as we exited but for that to be possible we would need to assume that the enemy really was watching us for a few hours. It was almost impossible though, considering Kaida and Sokudoko had been watching all night although Kotone's Genjutsu ability is something to take into consideration. Misato was once again taken out of her thoughts by the sound of Yuji's voice. "Wow that's smart kohai, what you read that in a book?" he jeered.

"Yep, sure did Senpai" Kenji answered, oblivious to any insult or sarcasm that may have been included within the comment. "Basic Shinobi Tactics by some guy from the leaf village named Katashi Habake or something."

"Ah kohai, so innocent" sighed Yuji causing Kenji to look to him in confusion.

"What Kenji-san say's has some merit" announced Inazumako. "It is possible that the enemy has set a trap further up. It doesn't take long to do so and they have had hours in which they could have set them if they were telling the truth that is. And how long have we been moving like ten minutes? It is possible that there is a trap of some sort up ahead."

Misato nodded. "Yes it is very possible which s why we're going to take a different path" she announced. "Well head east for about a mile before continuing on our way to Kusa. We do not want to run into any obstacles on our way."

Pansako rolled his eyes and dipped his head. "Sorry to say this but it's a bit to late" he announced. "Take a look behind us."

Everyone jolted in shock as they came across the image of a boy clad in black, Neko ears atop his hoodie and black bangs down his face. "It… It's that Akumu guy…" Kenji managed to stammer in his shock. It was true; Akumu was standing in front of them now, cat ears and all. He remained silent as he stared then down. Kenji, having recovered from the shock, demanded answers. "How'd you get here? What happened to Kaida?" Akumu remained silent. "Hey did you hear me? I asked you what happened to Kaida?" Akumu just shrugged his shoulders in response.

"It appears as though he got away from Kaida and followed us" deduced Misato, eyeing the rouge shinobi in front of her. She couldn't help but feel as though his eyes were on her though, out of the entire group she felt as though he was only seeing her.

"No" cut in Inazumako. "If he did we would have smelt him following us. Kaida is up wind of us, this guy must have been down wind of us from the beginning. We only smelt him out a moment ago when he moved from in front of us to behind us."

"Pretty convenient that we stopped just right where he was don't you think?" spat Misato, a little unnerved by the ninja's sudden appearance.

"It was just coincidence that we stopped where we did" Inazumako ensured her. "It's lucky we stopped when we did or we may have walked right into a trap if we didn't."

"Enough of this!" shouted Kenji! "If Kaida-sensei stopped anyone from chasing us, then who is this guy?"

"It's Akumu you dolt!" Yuji reprimanded his junior, annoyed at how slow he was. "Maybe they used a clone and transformation combo to deceive Kaida-sensei as well as us while this guy waited here for us! If they had knowledge of Kaida's background, which is highly probable, as they were able to recognise her the first time we met, this isn't too farfetched a ploy."

Misato, having had enough of talking, jumped over her squads heads and landed on a branch in between them. "Alright Yuji, Kenji, Summoned cats of Kaida!" she shouted, Pansako rolling his eyes yet again (He was deemed a hero where he came from and he was to just sit back and take it when this girl referred to him in such a manner?) He grit his teeth in frustration. 'Stupid girl!' the thought ran across his mind as Misato continued. "You guys get out of here and leave this to me!"

Kenji began to protest. "M-Misato-Chan. What are you talking about? Leave this to you? What are you trying to be like Kaida-sensei or something? Because if you are I can tell you now that you're not!" he shouted, agitating the girl. He did not back down however when Misato shot a glare back towards him, instead he stood his ground and bared his fists.

'Stupid kid!' Misato inwardly criticized. "Hey I'm not doing this because I want to you little brat!" she barked while turning her attention back to Akumu, who had yet to make a move of any kind. "I'm doing this because he's here!" she explained. Noticing she was getting confused looks from both Yuji and Kenji she sighed, feeling as though she had to continue to elaborate. "Hahn, if he's here. Where do you think the other two are?" Yuji and Kenji both jolted in shock.

Sokudoko piped up. "It's is probable that the only one confronting Kaida right now is Katto. While the other two were sent off into the forest to apprehend us but that just leaves one question. Where is the other one..?" the feline trailed off, leaving Yuji and Kenji to look between each other nervously.

Inazumako answered. "She's probably further down the track. A real annoyance if you ask me but it is what it is" he sighed.

"Right so Kenji, Yuji! You two go with the cats to Kusa and leave this to me." Misato smirked as she spoke. She could tell that Akumu was strong, possibly stronger then her, but that wouldn't deter her. When she fights, she fights for the honour of the Katsuragi clan. She would not tarnish their good reputation on some no name rouge ninja.

Kenji was not sure about this though. "We could help you Misato-Chan!" he insisted.

"Help them!" she replied.

Kenji still wasn't sure. "Come on Kohai… Let's go" intervened Yuji. Kenji attempted to argue but Yuji silenced him by raising his hand to stop. "Every second we waste here, is putting Ayumu-san in needless danger. Who's to say that that Kotone girl isn't watching us right now at this very moment? The mission is to ensure the safe return of Ayumu Wantanabe to his parents in Kusagakure; it's better for the mission if we go with Inazumako-Senpai and the others and act as their body guards while leaving Misato-san here… To deal with this guy."

Kenji was torn. It was true it was best for the mission if this was the course of action they took but… "But the three summoned cats would be able to handle themselves if they ran into the enemy! They're Kaida-sensei's personal summons! They've been with her through things a lot more dangerous then this!"

Yuji closed his eyes and sighed. "Yes it is true Kohai… But…"

"But what?" Kenji demanded, furious and waving his fists through the air.

"But it would be dangerous if that was the course of action we would take" Pansako cut in. "It was leave the kid further exposed and more likely to be injured or worse, killed in our cross fire. Inazumako, Sokudoko and I are only meant to act as the last line of defence. Without you guys protecting us, we are a lot more vulnerable."

Kenji's anger subsided, abet begrudgingly. Lowering his fists he gave in but turned to Misato. "Misato-Chan…" he began, quietly. "You better come back from this because if you don't. You'll have me to answer to."

Misato chuckled. "Hehe, like I'm actually going to lose to this guy. I mean look at him, he's a freak! It'd be a disgrace for me to lose to him."

Yuji couldn't help but smile at her words while Kenji broke out in to a full out laugh. "Ha-ha! Yeah he is a freak, I mean look at him! He has cat ears on his hood! Ha!"

Pansako, Inazumako and Sokudoko both glared and shouted at this remark. "Hey!" they cried in unison, Pansako continuing. "You got something against cats?" he accused. "Wanna say anything else kid?"

Kenji stepped back at their threats and began to stammer. "Uh…U… You… Ah hahaha gotta go!" he cried, jumping off into the trees in an attempt to escape.

"Oh no you don't!" Pansako called after him. "You've insulted the feline name; you're going to pay for that you bratty kid!" At these words, Pansako leapt off in chase of the Genin along with Inazumako and Sokudoko. Ayumu's screams could be heard as they moved; he wasn't ready for the sudden movement.

"Wh-hey!" Yuji cried, also caught off guard with the groups' sudden departure. Turning to Misato before he gave chase though, he too gave her some words of warning before she left. "Kohai's right. You better come back or else… It'll look bad on our records if you do." With those final words he took off after the others.

"You're in charge in my absence Yuji!" Misato called out to him but received no answer. 'He better have heard me' she thought, her attention now fully focused on Akumu. After a moment of glaring Misato spoke. "You know I lied about something back there… I really did want to do this" she notified the boy. Akumu still remained silent and still did not move. "So why didn't you attack us while we were arguing? Did you set a trap further up ahead? And why did you reveal yourself to us like you did? If you really do have previous knowledge on Kaida's summoned cats, exposing yourself like that would have either been one of worlds most stupid mistakes or intentional." Akumu still remained silent and it was beginning to really piss Misato off. Gritting her teeth in frustration Misato shouted at the rouge, "Hey if I wanted to have a staring contest I'd buy a gold fish!"

Akumu bowed his head, his first sign of life in the last few minutes, hell Misato didn't even see him blink. "To answer your questions, no. There is no trap ahead although my companion is waiting to ambush them. I'm unsure if you would consider that a trap. And why did I reveal myself to you? You were right it was intentional; I wanted you to know I was here. Finally, why didn't I attack you while you were arguing? Well if I attacked you your friends would most certainly join in the fray. Something I would not want because… I want you all to myself!" As soon as he finished speaking he jumped off of the branch he was standing on and directly at Misato with a kunai drawn and ready to strike.

Misato leapt off her own branch, determined to meet him head on. However, when she moved her kunai to deflect his, her blade went straight through it and part of his hand. "A clone? But how?" she exclaimed. Akumu's figure materialised above her half a second later, before he connected with a powerful back fist to the top of her head, sending her crashing down to the ground, a small dust cloud being created in the process.

Misato slowly, and shakily, forced herself back onto her feet, coughing up some blood in the process. "How'd he do that?" she asked herself. Panting she once again took up her kunai, fell into a defensive stance and faced Akumu who had dropped down to her level and was once again silently staring at her with an expressionless gaze. Misato grunted, pulled out a shuriken and threw it at the boy. The shuriken however pashed straight through him again and the clone fizzled out of existence, as if it was never there.

"It's my clan's Kekkei Genkai" spoke a voice behind her. Misato's eyes widened in shock. She tried to turn her head, swinging with her kunai simultaneously in attempt to stab or slash whoever was behind her, although Akumu had other ideas. He grabbed her Kunai, snatching it out of her hand, kicked her in the back of the knees and brought her to her knees while holding a kunai to her throat and taking a firm grasp of her hair. Akumu held her in place as she tried to struggle out of his grasp and continued to speak. "You asked how I did that? Well… By timing my clan's special Ninjutsu just right, along side a regular clone jutsu, I can move in extremely close to my opponent while not being noticed" he explained.

Baring her teeth, Misato glared upwards towards her captor. "Yeah and why are you telling me this?" she growled, giving up on her attempts to escape.

"Why not?" Akumu bluntly answered. "I mean you're going to be dead in a moment anyway, why shouldn't I gloat my techniques to you? It's not like it'll do you any good if I don't. You're not getting away from here today, so there's no damage in my telling you." Akumu's expression was solemn throughout the entire time he spoke.

Smirking, Misato answered him. "I'm about to die here am I?" she enquired. "We'll see about that!"

Kaida tilted her head to the left in confusion. "What? What do you mean my Genin should have arrived by now? She asked.

Chuckling, Katto answered her. "It means exactly what it means Kaida-Chan, my little dearest flower, you."

"Grrr what are you talking about you self obsessed bastard!" screeched Kaida. She really had had enough of this guys antics, much more and she'd dare use 'that' jutsu on him. No. The Genin weren't far enough away for her to use that. Not yet at least, and this guy definitely wasn't worth the consequences. Hearing only the sounds of Katto chuckling, Kaida screeched at the man again. "I said out with it!"

Katto raised his hands in mock surrender. "Okay, okay chill out will ya. It's not like I'm trying to keep it a secret or anything. In fact even if I didn't tell you, you'd probably find out anyway" Upon his words he raised his kunai, Kaida tensing in reaction, and stabbed his companion Akumu in the head. "See now Kaida-Chan?" he taunted.

Shocked at the mans actions, Kaida gasped. 'W-what?' She thought as his body crumbled on its way to the ground. It never reached the ground though; it disappeared in a cloud of smoke before it ever landed, shocking Kaida even more. All that remained of him were his clothes which now lay in a heap where he had stood. "No it couldn't be!" Throwing her kunai at Kotone, it lodged itself into her left eye socket. Screaming, Kotone quickly disappeared in a cloud of smoke like Akumu, the kunai as well as Kotone's clothes and guitar dropping to the ground in the shadow clones absence.

"I seem to recall you using shadow clones to evade us the last time we encountered one another" the remaining opponent, Katto jeered. Staring manically at her, Katto continued. "Well I thought it would be best to repay the favour. It was a great plan really, Kotone thought it up. She was more familiar with your background then I was hehe." Katto broke out into a small chuckle all the while still keeping his frenzied gaze upon her. His eyes slowly began to turn red as he continued, his left hand moving to hold his face. "We knew that you'd try and get your Genin away from us by trying to fight us all at once and in fact, we were counting on it. With you held up here you see, they're defenceless and they have a Katsuragi in the group. A good pay day if we ransom the girl off to her grandfather, one almost as good as the bounty on your head. Almost."

'How'd he know that Misato was a Katsuragi?' Kaida asked herself as Katto continued. "We know of your works with cats, particularly your ability to use these cats to track scents, so we made some clones. Dressed them up in the clothes Akumu and Kotone were wearing last night, and got 'em ready for this little confrontation here although, Kotone is going to be pissed that you broke her favourite guitar."

Grinding her teeth, Kaida ducked under an incoming, invisible, kunai slash and punched forward, striking whatever had slashed in the chest and sending it crashing into the ground three metres in front of her. "Come on!" she barked, back tracking about 15 metres. "You really think you can fool me with Genjutsu of that level? Come on Katto, I thought you knew all about me? Or is that just wishful thinking?" An eerie chuckle rang through the air at her words and the environment around her warped, revealing a winded Katto stumbling to his feet in an opposite location to where he was standing a moment ago.

Smiling, albeit winded, Katto spoke. "Hehe it's true, your Genjutsu skill are good. Probably better then my own although that wasn't what I was testing just now" Katto explained, standing up straight. "I was testing your strength and, judging by how weak that punch of yours is, you've just confirmed my suspicions."

Grunting while taking a defensive stance, Kaida eyed Katto cautiously. "And what suspicion was that?" she asked.

"Well I was just testing out your Taijutsu skill is all" he informed her. "Rumour has it that you're pretty weak in that area. That you let your old team mates get up in close and do all the fighting while you stood back and attacked them at long or mid range. So judging by your pathetic punch, I can tell that those rumours are true." Katto began to laugh again. "And all the better for me because I revel in the art of Taijutsu!" revealing his Nekode Katto charged. Kaida smirked however.

Kaida moved her fingers in a come get me motion to the charging Katto, who infuriated by this. "Ah!" he screeched while quickly closing the distance between them. A stabbing noise was heard amidst his screaming though and he stopped in his tracks, also seising to scream. Looking over his shoulder to his back he seen a kunai, dug three inches into his shoulder blade. "But… How..?" he asked no one in particular.

"Sorry about that. It seems as though I missed your heart!" Kaida exclaimed, drawing Katto from his thoughts and causing him to look at her. "What? You thought that throwing that kunai earlier was just to take out that Kotone clone? No, I purposely threw that kunai earlier so that I could do that" she taunted.

Katto sneered. "So you threw your kunai earlier and waited until I got into a position where you could inject it with your chakra and stab me with it without my notice. Clever girl Kaida-Chan." Katto proceeded to pull the kunai out of his back when he finished speaking, minding not to scratch himself with his own Nekode. "But I promise you, I won't be so careless as to let you do something like that again" he exploded.

"Hehe, it's too late for that" Kaida giggled. Katto was stunned by her statement but Kaida quickly answered him. "You really shouldn't take your eyes off a ninja. Especially one as good as me." The ground began to shake as she spoke causing Katto to loose his footing.

"Shit!" was the only thing he could say, as the ground around him began to tremor and swallow him up.

To be continued

Well that's that chapter over with. Stronger fight scenes next chapter as well as the introduction of some of my original jutsu (jutsu I came up with). I've already shown a few of them up til this point but I don't think I've named them at all. Either way, I have them named and next chapter will tell you (some of) the names.

Don't really want to eat up to much time with this arc although in the long run it is a fairly import arc for the development of Kenji's psyche. Maybe 2,3 more chapter with these guys and then they be dead lol

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