Chapter 3 Standown
Kakashi looked up and gaze passed the kids and seemed to see through the wall even. It was obvious to the kids that he was no longer sitting there in the room with him. His mind had finally reached back to those days and felt them as if it had happened minutes before. There was a deep silence in the room that hung in the air. The former Anbu shook his head gently as if to clear his mind. He was after all trying to tell a story and regression wasn't going to do any good.
"Well," Behind his mask Kakashi smiled a grim smile. "I had little resources but luckily enough some of my dead cohorts had some small land mines. I knew I only had gained at least a fifteen minutes ahead of the squad that chased me and if I calculated things correctly I could at least get one or two of them before I had to physically fight, and if things got bad I would have to summon my nin dogs. I didn't think I would have much trouble with the two I had crept up on but I was pretty sure that I needed to get them out of the way first thing. The third nin was going to be my challenge. I gathered a few things from the dead around me and buried the few mines. I had timed things pretty closely they came as soon as I hid behind a muddy outcrop near the camp. The large loud nin and his skinny friend came first and the last nin was nowhere to be seen just as I suspected. Luckily the large one ran straight into the last mine I had left. The explosion startled the other one enough that instead of running forward he jumped up onto the outcrop I was hiding behind. He was turned perfectly facing where his companion had just blown up. He had no idea I was there, so I too the opportunity and cut the tendons in the back of his knees with my kunai. He fell forward screaming from the pain. These two seemed to be merely sacrifices they were at less of a level then the three of you and it clearly showed me the mistake I had made by seeking them out the night before. As I had sliced the mans legs I was able to get a clear view of the field before me and I could see the other nin standing on the edge of the forest with his arms folded which infuriated me. It was as if he were watching kids play." Kakashi's eyes hardened and grew fierce. He nodded his head and smirked once more. "The thing was he was right where I planned on him being when this went down. I knew he had seen me and I had taken the other two out completely without a problem so I calmly walked out into the open area. Here we stood facing each other down, only a few yards apart. He made the first move as he began to form a seal I hadn't seen before. But dont be fooled I didn't get the name copy ninja because of the sharigan that you've seen me use. I was born with an advanced bloodline and was able, even before the sharigan to copy a ninja's movements and seals. So that's how this battle began. This was a jutsu I had never seen before but when the seal began with tiger and ended with hen I knew it would be a strange and unique jutsu. That's when we both yelled 'Static Wind!' and pushed our hands forward completing the seal. I heard a strange noise like a hum roaring at me. And I could see that completing the same jutsu had begun to create a tornado of electricity. It was small but it hadn't begun to much more then spin in place. Using this as an advantage I threw several Kunai's through it. They flew through the tornado dragging some of the electric current with them. Just as a good measure I wanted to make sure that my opponent was looking away from my kunai's I ran full force in a wide arc around the tornado. Unfortunately my kunai's I had thrown were drawn back into the tornado probably because they had become static. But the force of my throw and probably the weight of the few kunais put the tornado off balance and it mirrored my movements. I ran at the wide arc from the right and the tornado filled with electricity screamed in an arc toward him from the left. The ninja was completely stunned, and I laughed because at that moment I realized he had just used his strongest jutsu. He hadn't even waited to see how I fought he thought his jutsu would be strong enough to get me out of his way. I wild joy and laughter came from me and I ran at him throwing a few exploding kunais wounding him greatly. He stumbled and fell backwards into a puddle, wet and scarred he tried to scoot away, but I believe it was mostly at the horrific scene of his jutsu coming back at him and crazed ninja baring down on him that made him fall. He couldn't even get up to run or fight. He sat there with his eyes and mouth wide open completely stunned and silent. The tornado reached him before I did. It was at this point letting of high arching bolts of electricity. Its spin was charging it and it electrocuted him as he sat there. The tornado killed him, and must have found a ground because it died itself and left me standing alone and wet in the blood soaked field, the smell of the burnt man before me. I dropped my kunai's and laughed. I can't tell you why I laughed it wasn't that I thought any of it was funny, looking back I am sure a lot of it was fatigue. I can't tell you how tired I was but when the laughter left me in silence I knew I couldn't stay there. I turned around and looked at the battlefield ahead of me and realized that the village probably needed me. Obito too, was no where to be found, so he either ran on ahead and to the village or he was still off in the direction he had left. I choose to go to the village. It wasn't far and I could find out if my friend was there and also see what the village might need from me. I was sure they would want a report. So I ran back to the village.
When I got to the gate I could see that there had been no bloodshed and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. The first group of nins I found were Iruka and his two team mates. And I asked them if they had seen anything out of the ordinary. Iruka told me of the sacrifice that was made by the Hyuuga family and there was no other news. The Thunder nins left without so much as a wink carrying off what they had come for. That's when another Anbu showed at my side, it was Gai sensei. Have any of you met him?" The three shook their heads. Kakashi snickered at this and said "Well dont ever challenge him. He takes it very seriously. And the challenge never seems to end." He laughed and sat forward. "Dont get me wrong guy is a good guy, and a good ninja. But he has a very different type of personality. It was good to see another Anbu and we stepped aside and discussed the recent events. You see a regular Konoha ninja is not on the front lines. In many ways it is hidden from us the events that are taking place while we eat sleep and move about the village. There is a whole world out there that with training hopefully you will get to be a part of. Leaf Anbu are Konoha's elite and in many ways the most honorable ninjas we have."
Naruto burst in saying as usual that he wanted to be elite. That he would be an Anbu and then he stopped and said. "Hey, Hey can Anbu become Hokage?"
Kakashi was glad to take a break from his story and replied. "Yes the 4th was Anbu before he because Hokage. From what I understand his role was to protect the 3rd which is one of the highest ranks as Anbu and most dangerous." Naruto folded his arms and sat back with a determined face. Kakashi loved to see the wheels turn in Naruto's mind. Naruto was so full of life and although he was loud and often made mistakes he also had a way of coming through and he was determined enough that he never gave up.
"Anyway Gai let me know that they had been able to hold off a rush of invaders before they reached the gates." Kakashi began again. "They had killed several and had several killed on our side. I let him know of the slaughter I had witnessed and asked if Gai had seen Obito. Gai let me know that no one had come back from our group but me. Something about that panicked me. I truly hadn't realized that everyone in the group I left with for training had obviously been killed. At this point I knew I needed to find my friend. I asked Gai to let his superior know what I had seen and that I was going with a few other nin to see if we could find him. I grabbed Iruka's group and we headed out for the area that I though Obito would be in."
Kakashi looked up and gaze passed the kids and seemed to see through the wall even. It was obvious to the kids that he was no longer sitting there in the room with him. His mind had finally reached back to those days and felt them as if it had happened minutes before. There was a deep silence in the room that hung in the air. The former Anbu shook his head gently as if to clear his mind. He was after all trying to tell a story and regression wasn't going to do any good.
"Well," Behind his mask Kakashi smiled a grim smile. "I had little resources but luckily enough some of my dead cohorts had some small land mines. I knew I only had gained at least a fifteen minutes ahead of the squad that chased me and if I calculated things correctly I could at least get one or two of them before I had to physically fight, and if things got bad I would have to summon my nin dogs. I didn't think I would have much trouble with the two I had crept up on but I was pretty sure that I needed to get them out of the way first thing. The third nin was going to be my challenge. I gathered a few things from the dead around me and buried the few mines. I had timed things pretty closely they came as soon as I hid behind a muddy outcrop near the camp. The large loud nin and his skinny friend came first and the last nin was nowhere to be seen just as I suspected. Luckily the large one ran straight into the last mine I had left. The explosion startled the other one enough that instead of running forward he jumped up onto the outcrop I was hiding behind. He was turned perfectly facing where his companion had just blown up. He had no idea I was there, so I too the opportunity and cut the tendons in the back of his knees with my kunai. He fell forward screaming from the pain. These two seemed to be merely sacrifices they were at less of a level then the three of you and it clearly showed me the mistake I had made by seeking them out the night before. As I had sliced the mans legs I was able to get a clear view of the field before me and I could see the other nin standing on the edge of the forest with his arms folded which infuriated me. It was as if he were watching kids play." Kakashi's eyes hardened and grew fierce. He nodded his head and smirked once more. "The thing was he was right where I planned on him being when this went down. I knew he had seen me and I had taken the other two out completely without a problem so I calmly walked out into the open area. Here we stood facing each other down, only a few yards apart. He made the first move as he began to form a seal I hadn't seen before. But dont be fooled I didn't get the name copy ninja because of the sharigan that you've seen me use. I was born with an advanced bloodline and was able, even before the sharigan to copy a ninja's movements and seals. So that's how this battle began. This was a jutsu I had never seen before but when the seal began with tiger and ended with hen I knew it would be a strange and unique jutsu. That's when we both yelled 'Static Wind!' and pushed our hands forward completing the seal. I heard a strange noise like a hum roaring at me. And I could see that completing the same jutsu had begun to create a tornado of electricity. It was small but it hadn't begun to much more then spin in place. Using this as an advantage I threw several Kunai's through it. They flew through the tornado dragging some of the electric current with them. Just as a good measure I wanted to make sure that my opponent was looking away from my kunai's I ran full force in a wide arc around the tornado. Unfortunately my kunai's I had thrown were drawn back into the tornado probably because they had become static. But the force of my throw and probably the weight of the few kunais put the tornado off balance and it mirrored my movements. I ran at the wide arc from the right and the tornado filled with electricity screamed in an arc toward him from the left. The ninja was completely stunned, and I laughed because at that moment I realized he had just used his strongest jutsu. He hadn't even waited to see how I fought he thought his jutsu would be strong enough to get me out of his way. I wild joy and laughter came from me and I ran at him throwing a few exploding kunais wounding him greatly. He stumbled and fell backwards into a puddle, wet and scarred he tried to scoot away, but I believe it was mostly at the horrific scene of his jutsu coming back at him and crazed ninja baring down on him that made him fall. He couldn't even get up to run or fight. He sat there with his eyes and mouth wide open completely stunned and silent. The tornado reached him before I did. It was at this point letting of high arching bolts of electricity. Its spin was charging it and it electrocuted him as he sat there. The tornado killed him, and must have found a ground because it died itself and left me standing alone and wet in the blood soaked field, the smell of the burnt man before me. I dropped my kunai's and laughed. I can't tell you why I laughed it wasn't that I thought any of it was funny, looking back I am sure a lot of it was fatigue. I can't tell you how tired I was but when the laughter left me in silence I knew I couldn't stay there. I turned around and looked at the battlefield ahead of me and realized that the village probably needed me. Obito too, was no where to be found, so he either ran on ahead and to the village or he was still off in the direction he had left. I choose to go to the village. It wasn't far and I could find out if my friend was there and also see what the village might need from me. I was sure they would want a report. So I ran back to the village.
When I got to the gate I could see that there had been no bloodshed and nothing seemed out of the ordinary. The first group of nins I found were Iruka and his two team mates. And I asked them if they had seen anything out of the ordinary. Iruka told me of the sacrifice that was made by the Hyuuga family and there was no other news. The Thunder nins left without so much as a wink carrying off what they had come for. That's when another Anbu showed at my side, it was Gai sensei. Have any of you met him?" The three shook their heads. Kakashi snickered at this and said "Well dont ever challenge him. He takes it very seriously. And the challenge never seems to end." He laughed and sat forward. "Dont get me wrong guy is a good guy, and a good ninja. But he has a very different type of personality. It was good to see another Anbu and we stepped aside and discussed the recent events. You see a regular Konoha ninja is not on the front lines. In many ways it is hidden from us the events that are taking place while we eat sleep and move about the village. There is a whole world out there that with training hopefully you will get to be a part of. Leaf Anbu are Konoha's elite and in many ways the most honorable ninjas we have."
Naruto burst in saying as usual that he wanted to be elite. That he would be an Anbu and then he stopped and said. "Hey, Hey can Anbu become Hokage?"
Kakashi was glad to take a break from his story and replied. "Yes the 4th was Anbu before he because Hokage. From what I understand his role was to protect the 3rd which is one of the highest ranks as Anbu and most dangerous." Naruto folded his arms and sat back with a determined face. Kakashi loved to see the wheels turn in Naruto's mind. Naruto was so full of life and although he was loud and often made mistakes he also had a way of coming through and he was determined enough that he never gave up.
"Anyway Gai let me know that they had been able to hold off a rush of invaders before they reached the gates." Kakashi began again. "They had killed several and had several killed on our side. I let him know of the slaughter I had witnessed and asked if Gai had seen Obito. Gai let me know that no one had come back from our group but me. Something about that panicked me. I truly hadn't realized that everyone in the group I left with for training had obviously been killed. At this point I knew I needed to find my friend. I asked Gai to let his superior know what I had seen and that I was going with a few other nin to see if we could find him. I grabbed Iruka's group and we headed out for the area that I though Obito would be in."
