Chapter 11: Slicing Lightning, Burning Water
After having been sent flying by getting hit by a boulder, Kurai landed on his back just behind Senko and quickly got up.
"Tsk tsk, I knew you and the leaf guy with the dog would continue to interfere if we let you live, but noooooo, Kawa insisted on sparing you 2, and guess what? You guys are still getting in our way, even killing Zangei." Senko was visibly annoyed at Kawa. Senko simply teleported behind Kurai. "I guess I'll play with you a bit with this kunai." Senko then began run in circles around Kurai at sonic speed causing dust to kick up and cover the area. Senko only slowed down to slash Kurai with his kunai in various places.
"Damn it!" Kurai then blindly swung one of his pickaxes trying to stop Senko's attacks. Senko easily dodged, and reappeared a little ways in front of Kurai.
"Is that all you could do? Well, since this time I'm going to kill you, why don't you tell me your name before I kill you."
"Hmph. Kurai Kichigai."
"I see. Well then Kurai, shall we continue?" Senko sprinted towards Kurai so fast he was directly in front of Kurai instantaneously and he tried to slash Kurai across the face, but Kurai, with great reflexes, grabbed Senko's wrist, and spun 180 degrees, and threw Senko so hard, it caused Senko to start tumbling down the other side of the hill Kurai had created.
Kurai performed some hand signs and then slammed his palm on the ground. "Earth Style: Mountain Crush!" Huge cracks began to appear in earth hill, which then preceded to collapse in a huge landslide on both sides.
*Meanwhile*
Kawa was dodging most of Yoshi's and Akina's attacks, and seemed to be making no effort to attack. After Yoshi's and Akina's attacks stopped, Kawa then spoke. "Come on kids. Why don't you 2 just join us or get out of the our way so I don't have to kill you."
"Don't be so arrogant!" Yoshi angrily responded.
Kawa sighed. "I guess I'll just knock out and tie you 2 up then."
"Umm, Yoshi?"
"What is it Akina- WAIT WHAT THE HELL?" Yoshi had just noticed the gargantuan landslide headed towards their way. He and Akina jumped a little ways back, and Yoshi formed a hand sign. "Wind Style: Repulsion Gusts!" Yoshi stuck out his hands out, and a barrier of wind formed, blocking all the debris from the land slide.
Meanwhile, Kawa was apparently sitting above the area inside a bubble. "Great. Now the area is filled with places to hide. This will only make things harder for me..." Kawa sighed once more. "I really don't want to have to kill them, but if shit like this continues to happen, I may have to." Kawa sighed yet again. Kawa formed a hand sign, and his bubble popped. Kawa landed on the ground. The area was indeed filled with various debris such as large boulders. The area was now full of hiding spots much to Kawa's dismay.
"Phew, that was a close one." Yoshi said. He and Akina were indeed hiding behind a boulder.
"Don't you think this Kawa guy seems different from Senko and what we heard about Kuroshi and Zangei?"
"Yeah. It appears he may be the nice guy of the quartet, but it could just be an act..."
"It can't be an act. Otherwise, Kurai and Surasshu would've been dead. And remember, Kawa and Senko were arguing about whether to kill us or not."
"Yeah, but still..."
"Water Style: Aqua Vortex!" A large vortex of water surrounded Kawa, and began to expand, ripping up an debris it makes contact with. In no time, in enveloped where Akina and Yoshi and flung them in the air. After that, the water collapsed, and reverted to a small, very shallow lake of water. When Yoshi and Akina landed on the ground, they were bruised and dirty, but otherwise okay.
When Yoshi got up he brushed himself off a bit. "Ouch ouch, that was a lot of water, but there's no water in the area, so how did he-" Yoshi's eyes then looked over to where Kawa was standing and he say 3 scrolls unrolled on the ground in front of Kawa's feet with the kanji symbol for water in the center. The kanji symbols soon faded away.
Kawa instantly formed some hand signs and put his right hand to his mouth in a ring, and lept up into the air. "Bubble Style: Bubble Bombs!" Kawa shot countless large bubbles from his mouth, gliding down towards Yoshi's and Akina's general area at great speed. The bubbles exploded upon contact with anything much to Akina's and Yoshi's horror. They tried to dodge them all, but it was in vain, and Yoshi got hit in the chest by about 10 of the bubbles, which all exploded, resulting in a semi-large explosion. Another bubble glanced off Akina's head, and it exploded, along with a few bubbles hitting her in the lower legs.
After the explosions, there was large hole in Yoshi's shirt where he was hit, and his chest was bloody. Akina's upper head had some blood on it, and blood ran down her left cheek. Her blood also ran down her legs. Yoshi performed a pair of hand signs, and put right his hand to his mouth. "Wind Style: Fog Blockade!" Yoshi blew out fog from mouth, which covered a large area, including Kawa.
Kawa once more formed some lightning-fast hand signs and brought his right hand to his mouth again. "Bubble Style: Bubble Bath!" Kawa blasted out a large wave of containing a mix of bubbles and boiling hot water, which completely evaporated the fog.
"Oh no!" Akina cried. She quickly did a single hand seal, and chakra began to build up in her hands. "Ninja Art: Chakra Seal Shot!" She fired from both hands small balls of chakra at the wave of water and bubbles, but when they made contact, it seemed to do nothing. The wave of water then crashed over Yoshi and Akina, resulting in large amounts of steam billowing out. When it cleared, Yoshi and Akina had only received minor burns on their bodies.
Kawa seemed slightly surprised. "Hmm, I expected it to at least deal out over 1st degree burns. I guess the girl's jutsu somehow weakened my attack."
Yoshi did a few hand signs, resulting in some electricity building up in his left hand. "Lightning Style: Racing Lightning!" Yoshi stuck his hand in the water in front of him, causing a current of lightning running through the water at astounding speed towards Kawa.
"Crap. The water is conducting the electricity!" Kawa formed a single hand sign just as the lightning was about to make contact. An explosion occurred.
"Quick Akina! While's he distracted, run and hide, and prepare your spirit bow."
"Right!" Akina then quickly found a hiding spot.
When the dist cleared, Kawa was surrounded by a bubble. "It'll take more than that to beat me." The bubble dissipated, and Kawa performed numerous hand signs extremely fast. "Water Style: Triple Water Dragon Jutsu!" 3 water dragons formed in front of Kawa and prepared to attack Yoshi. "Hmm? The girl is gone. Oh well." The dragons then attacked Yoshi.
"Wind Style: Repulsion Gusts!" Yoshi stuck his hands out, and a barrier of wind was formed again. However, the water dragons were relentless, and continued to charge at the barrier. "Shit!" The dragons broke through the barrier, but one of them dissipated. One of the other 2 hit Yoshi hard in the gut, and the other slammed into his face. Yoshi thought he blacked out for a moment. When he landed on the ground, he nearly fell down onto the ground. He felt ready to faint any moment. "Hyah!" Yoshi exerted some energy trying to prevent being defeated.
"Tough kid. At this rate, I may be forced to kill you." Kawa sighed.
Meanwhile, Akina was forming a white chakra bow in her hands. 'Almost done...' she thought. 'Please hang on a little bit longer Yoshi.'
*Kurai and Senko's battle*
Meanwhile, Kurai was getting beaten up by Senko's relentless attacks, for Kurai's landslide failed to defeat Senko. In fact, it did nothing. Senko's stopped attacking for a moment. "Hmm, I find it almost unfair the way it's going, so how about I slow down a bit ehh?" Senko once more charged at Kurai, except this time, Senko was actually visible. Kurai was now able to block his attacks. Senko however seeing this new development, sped up a bit, going slightly slower than sound.
"Ugh." Kurai managed to parry one of Senko's attacks, but he was then given a hard punch to the face. Senko then kneed Kurai in the gut so hard that Kurai coughed out blood. Senko then pulled spun around and slammed Kurai in the face once more with his right foot, sending Kurai flying. When Kurai got up, his head was bruised and bleeding.
"This is boring. I'm just gonna kill you now." Senko disappeared and was standing in front of Kurai in an instant, and prepared to slice Kurai's throat with his kunai.
'NOW'S THE OPENING!' Kurai told himself. He grabbed Senko's kunai with his left hand and wrenched it towards himself. Senko's right hand was pulled below Kurai's left arm, and Kurai locked Senko's hand under his arm. Kurai then grabbed his pickaxe attacked to his back, and swung it down. Senko realizing what was happening, tried to free his hand from under Kurai's arm. When he finally achieved this, Senko barely avoided a fatal blow, but he still received a huge gash down his chest. He screamed in pain. Kurai didn't delay in his actions, and he side kicked Senko in the chest, causing Senko to be sent flying backwards and scream in pain again. As Senko struggled to stand up, he clutched his chest and he groaned and moaned in pain. His face grimaced in agony.
"You... bastard..." Senko forced out. Kurai however sprinted towards Senko, this time grabbing his second pickaxe with his other hand, and swung at Senko. Senko failed to dodge it completely and he received another slash on his left arm. "Ahh, ahh, augh! AUGH!" Senko was now clutching both his left arm and his chest with his right hand. Senko was panting heavily.
"Well I guess you have 2 Achilles' heels. 1 is the fact that you can't move at sonic speed and deal out finishing blows to me at the same time, along with the obvious fact that you have to stop to attack when you teleport. The second, apparently, is the fact that you have very low pain tolerance."
"Damn you! Damn you! Damn you! DON'T UNDERESTIMATE ME!" Senko suddenly appeared behind Kurai, and grabbed Kurai by the neck, and threw him hard.
'Shit!' Kurai thought. 'Did Senko use sheer will to overcome the pain?'
Senko, still panting heavily, then pulled out a scroll from his pocket, and smeared his blood on it. Senko then threw it in the air and formed a hand sign. "Weapons Summoning!" 10 puffs of smoke emitted form the scroll and 10 short, double edged swords appeared. "Time to show you one of my secret techniques! 10 Swords Dance!"