Here I am back, dudes and dudeens… xD. I know, I was away for quite a bit of time now and I don't want to make any promises, but I'll give my best to not let you wait for another year or so ^^', I'm sorry. Work and university can be quite stressful sometimes.
I hope you enjoy! 3
Although Tayuya was concerned about the situation, she kept up her appearance as a tough Kunoichi. She pushes Idemaru to gather some space. Just another moment later, her arms got wrapped from behind. Tomore and Omoha held her in a headlock. She was unable to move freely. Idemaru started to laugh: "Haha! How dare you, huh? Three men surrounding you and you try to push me away? You though we'll simply let you go then? Pathetic!", the man with the vest and the black shirt walks the few steps back and lifted her face with his finger. He looks into her eyes deeply: "Don't act brave, I know you're scared as hell!", he said with a dark voice, nearly emotionless. Tayuya bit her teeth.
That's not good at all! She thought. Tomore freed his grip on her, while Omoha swung her around and threw her onto the floor. Ouch! "You guys are total cowards, fighting me as three!"
"Girl, you ain't a treat! I can take you by myself and you won't be able to add a scratch to my face!", Idemaru took off his hat to reveal his face. The man had a bald patch and his face looked like he's definitely aged over thirty years, maybe in the early forties. He had a gray approach of a mustache and a small and sharp goatbeard. His face was covered by scars, but two of them were especially striking. One x-shaped Scar on his right cheekbone and another big and deep one that crosses his left eye. His left eyeball was black with a yellow pupil. At the sight of his face there was fear building up inside Tayuya.
This guy looks frightening! And all of the sudden, she loses her tough-girl-image. Although she's intimidated she gets up on her feet and pulled out one of the Kunai that Yato had left her. She dashes forward to try to stab the gray-haired man. With a quick motion he grabs her wrist to counter her assault and sent his right fist into her stomach. Oof! Tayuya had to cough out some blood. His blow was so strong, that she collapses again. Once more her face got lifted by Idemarus finger.
"Girl, stop to fight! You can't fight me! Accept your faith! You have to options now, little girl.", he points out, "Option one, you can try to defend yourself and act oh so tough and I'll beat the shit out of you. Option number two, you take off your ripped potato-sack and show me what you got. Afterwards you'll be hold as our slave to give us what we want, whenever we want!" Tayuya raises from the floor again in a bowed stance. She's visibly trying to bite away the pain.
"I'd rather die out here in the forests, than-", before she could finish her sentence, her face was hit by a hard kick, sending her several meters backwards. Why do all these people want something from me? What's the problem with letting me alone? She was thinking, while the man was coming closer step by step, ready to finish what he'd threatened before. The last strike caused a laceration on her forehead. The blood was dripping all over the right part of her face. She was unable to move, due to the fact, that her recovery was still in progress. She raised her head to look into the sky. She than was trying to get up again, but before she could stand on her feet again, the man landed another punch to her tummy. She practically was squeezed between the tree in her back, in which she impacted a few moments before, and Idemarus fist.
"That wasn't even a challenge!", the gray-haired man claimed. "That wasn't even a fight! That was basically me sending a punching bag on a flight, ha!"
"I've already got rid of a clingy guy and I'll get rid of another three too!", she taunted with a heavy breath. Nothing else but loud laughter echoed through the forests. The man took back his fist, just to stroke her with his other hand. Tayuyas face has a cold expression now. She almost seemed ready to die.
"Just see the positive thing about it, little brat! You can't do the same mistake again." He put on a dirty, teethy grin and Tayuya could smell his foul-smelling breath.
Suddenly a Kunai, which blade was covered in a sharp cloak of chakra, was thrown from out of the blue, cutting right through the man wrist. Tayuya could take her breath again and reacted on instance. She quickly swung her knee and hit the mans 'weak-spot'. "Oooouuuu!", he screamed painfully. He staggers back a few steps.
"Ide, are you ok?!", Tomore asked. Before Tayuya could kick him once more Yato appeared in front of her.
"Stay back, take a rest. You shouldn't continue to weaken your yet fragile body", he ordered in a cold voice.
"It's you again!", she answered annoyed, but also happy, that someone was there to help her.
"You thought I won't be able to teach you something? Just watch!"
"You're a cowardly, little bastard!", Idemaru swore.
"Said the man, with his entourage, encountering a single girl!", he countered in a cool manner.
"You'll see, you little-"
"Oh my gosh! Ide, what's with your hand?", Omoha bristled at Idemarus handless right arm. Tomore just watched in disgust, close to vomiting.
"It's nothing!", Idemaru quickly launched forward onto Yato. Yato focused much of his chakra into his right foot to gain a safe stance. Then he defends the blow by catching the mans fist with his right palm. Yato then sent a kick to Ides chin, lifting him into the air. Yato took out three Shuriken, which he flushes with chakra to strengthen the spikes, and aimed them onto the chest of his opponent, followed by an attack attempt. He rams his right elbow into Idemarus stomach. The Keeper of the Black Star finally crashes into the floor. Omoha and Tomore watched in shock. Both did the Tiger sign and in a puff of smoke their special weapons appeared. Omohas weapon was a dark gray, bowed blade, which he held with both hands. Tomores weapon is a flaming sword.
"Rrrrrrrrroar!", they both scream, as they attempt to attack Yato. They got stuck in movement, when they realized, that Yatos eyes turned into red. It's like they got stuck in another world. The sky was red, the clouds were black. A swarm of raven flew through the scene and a shadow of Yato becomes visible. His hole features were covered in black, only his eyes were clearly visible to them. Black pupils with four triangle-like signs around it and a red iris. Slowly parts of their body start to vanish. A part of Omoha right chest disappears, while Tomore is missing the left side of his face. It was a burning pain and it felt like the parts of their body started to melt. Omoha fell to his knees and crys loudly.
"Omoha, buckle up! It's only Genjutsu!", Tomore tried to sooth his partner, but he was also visibly in pain.
"The effect might be a Genjutsu, but the pain is real.", Yato explains in his cold voice.
What the heck is happening? They suddenly stopped every movement and one second later, one of them breaks down without any contact. What kind of Genjutsu is that? I need at least some hand-signs for a simple Illusion, but he didn't even lift a finger. The girl ponders in astonishment. She still fights with her sufferings, that she gathered from Idemaru. She clinches her stomach and slowly sinks to the floor.
"Hey, hey, hey! You're ok?", Yato asked concerned. Tayuya hadn't had enough power to give an answer, as her vision started to become blurry. She lost a critical amount of blood. Aight, this'll get tricky now. If I create one of my chakra clones to take care of her, then I might have less chakra to fight those guys. If I'd flee, they'd chase us and that's quite stressful. I'll take the risk I guess, those two can't move anyways for a few seconds. Yatos eyes turned back into their usual blue color. He turns around, lifts the young woman from the floor and jumps onto the tree above.
"Ey! You won't get away!", Tomore shouts, feeling the torture slipping away. The former Konohagakure member lays the redhead flat on the floor. Then a figure that looks like him seemingly glitches out of him, creating a clone, made of pure chakra. The clone sat down on the knees, were it rested Tayuyas head to aid on the laceration. The real Yato jumps back into the fight. "Come here, little boy!", Omoha was barely able to move and was standing up very slowly. But before he could get a safe stance he got knocked-back. Yato gave him a kick with his knee onto his chest. This little brat is so damn fast. I can't follow his movements with bare eyes. The young savior turns his gaze to the last standing enemy. There were no emotions readable in his face. The Keeper of the White Star lifts his flame-sword. Yato dashes forward and Tomore swings his sword, dividing the young Ganans body underneath the chest region by two. The lower part of the body just falls onto the ground, while the upper torso lands some meters behind him. The cape-wearer was quite surprised. That was easier than I thought. Now I'm gonna get this little redhead! Jumps up on the tree were Tayuya now sat and Yato's clone healed her chest region.
"Pay attention, Yato!", Tayuya gasped in pain, not knowing, that the real Yato wasn't healing her.
"You can't hide, bitch!" The Star Keeper lifts his left knee, to take a step closer to her, but his throat met a cold, iron Kunai and he instantly stopped any movement.
"One more step and you're dead!", said a Yato, who was standing behind him, holding the Kunai to his throat. The villain didn't know what he should do now. "Tayuya, are you ok?", the young boy inquires of her, his tone still serious. She nodded. On the inside the Kunoichi was twisted. On one side, she wants to cry, to relief the suffering from the few minutes where she seemed alone and almost dead. She somehow was touched by the fact, that someone cares about her so much. On the other side, she had to keep her tough attitude to never show weakness and she just wanted to do her own thing. Why does someone care so much about her. Yato is about to finish the scene, as he lands a strong, sneaky kick to Tomores right ankle from behind, causing him to completely lose stance and falling like a sack full of stones. Before he was about to hit the strong bough on where they stood on his neck met another blow from Yato knee. The break of his neck was clearly audible. Tayuya had to cringe. "Give me a second.", he said and jumps off the tree, while Tomores body laid stock-still on the floor in front of her. The young Ganan had an unwell feeling about Idemaru. So he walks over to him to reach out for his carotid artery to feel his pulse. As soon as he touches it, Idemaru grabs his hand and catapulted him over his head. Yato was nimble enough, that he could safely land on his feet. I knew it! He's a hunk!
"How dare you! You're randomly appearing in the forest, and you cut off my right hand! Now I'll show you my true display of power!", he slowly raises from the floor. Yato didn't gave him the chance to get up and straddled him, striking some Kunais in his torso, while he's unable to defend in the air. Afterwards he's going through some hand-signs: Snake – sheep – monkey – boar – horse – tiger: Katon: Goukakyuu no Justsu! He took a deep breath, and his chest pumps up, followed by a strong blow and a massive fireball comes out of his mouth. The Jutsu was overdone, because he didn't just burn Idemaru, he also burned the few hectares of forest.
Meanwhile Tayuya starts to feel her limbs again. The clone of Yato disappears in a puff of chakra. The healing wasn't done yet. When she started to get up on her feet again, she felt the piercing pain in her chest. Some of her ribs are still damaged.
"Don't move!", a familiar voice ordered, "You're not fully recovered!"
"Why did you help me? I didn't need your help!", the injured girl grouched. The boy who saved her jumps in front of her.
"You're not able to get up, you didn't even land a single punch! You got basted around without even trying to defend. And now you're telling me, that you didn't need my help?", he asked in disbelief.
"Wait, you've seen the hole fight?", she asked slightly embarrassed. The Ganan simply answered with a nod. "And you thought it wasn't necessary to join the fight earlier?", her face turns red. Yato had to laugh on that obvious contradiction.
"I'll take care of your ribs, don't move."
"Don't you dare touching me again! I can stand up on my own!", she insists. She bit her teeth and bear down the pain. With a suffering face she got to stand on her feet again. Then she took out a Kunai and was ready to launch forwards.
"You serious?", Yato asked shocked, but in a cold voice. She stretches out her arm to stab her savior. Yato launched his bare right palm to the Kunais direction. As they met, the steel literally got pulverized and the defender ducks down to have a stronger swing to reach for Tayuyas throat with his left arm. He lifts her from the floor, holding his right hand open. He created an orange sphere in it that was surrounded by also orange lightnings. He strikes out and was about to pierce through her tummy. He stopped the Jutsu as it was about to hit her and just gently touches her stomach with his flat hand instead. Yato let her down.
What the actual... What just happened? He destroyed the Kunai with bare hand and this jutsu. Everything was so fast, that I couldn't even see it. She thought shocked. "Wha-?"
"Obviously you don't want me as a help or a companion, so I'll just leave then!"
"Wait!", the member of the Oto-nins interrupts. "What the hell was that? How did you do that strange thunder-thing in your hand? How is it possible to move that fast?", she wants to know.
"There's no reason for me to tell you.", he explains.
"Wait! Wait! Wait! Could you teach it me? I mean hypothetically, of cause..."
"Again, there is no reason for me to tell you!"
"Maybeeee... well... I mean...", she starts to stutter on which Yato raises an eyebrow. "How about... you teach me something aaaaaand if you think I could possibly defend myself against strong enemies, I'll leave?"
"What do you think?", he asks seriously, "I save your life once, to just earn not even a 'Thank you', to save you again and must defend myself from you, right after I want to heal your broken bones? In conclusion I save your life twice, you try to kill me and now you want me to teach you?"
"Uhmmm... maybe?", she shrugs. The young Ganan smirks stunned. Although he was mad at her, he still enjoyed the time he had with her the last days. He wanted to keep her with him, but he also was angry.
"I don't know.", he answers playfully.
"What, you don't know?"
"I'm about to search for a legendary Taijutsu school, which is hidden in the forest. It'll take some time to find the spot it's hidden in. That's the time I give you, to convince me.", the boy suggests.
"A hidden Taijutsu school? That sounds like a fairy tale!"
"It's a told legend, but I found some hints and asked some elderly people in Shizugakure, which leads me to the assumption, that it's real.", his voice now relaxes a bit and sounds more like his normal, not-cold voice.
"Fine!", she said with an artificially annoyed tone.
"You know that you want something from me and not the other way?"
"Whatever you think, jerk", she playfully taunts and starts to walk.
Uff, seems like this could get a hard, but funny time. She makes me go totally nuts! He screams inside of his mind.