Episode 3: Rinji's Jutsu
"When he said our reward," Kidpachi said, "I didn't think he'd take all of it for himself."
"Yeah. Next mission, I'm going to steal our share from him. While he's sleeping." Tatsuzo said.
The next mission, they had to cut down some woods for this guy. The estimated time it would take was three days. Kidpachi was able to slash through the trees with one slash each, which greatly decreased the time. Tatsuzo and Rinji used their kunai to de-branch the trees. So it only took two hours.
After that, the three Genin were beat. They were lying on their backs, looking up at the sky. Kidpachi had his sword across his chest.
"I'll go get our share of the reward..." Tatsuzo groaned and he stood up, and he walked over to their sleeping sensei.
He knelt beside him, and reached into his pocket. He grabbed a handful of Ryu, and then he walked back over to his Squadmates.
"Here's your shares." He he handed both of them their money.
"Thanks." Rinji nodded.
"Yeah, thanks." Kidpachi put his money in his pocket.
There was a few minutes of silence.
"Hey, Rinji. Can I ask you something?" Asked Tatsuzo, as he was lying back down.
"Yeah. Anything."
"What's your jutsu? You said that you really didn't like it. But what is it?"
He was silent for a moment. "Well... it's not a normal jutsu. It's a Kekkei Genkai, but you don't need to make hand signs to activate it."
"Wait, what the hell's a Kekkei Genkai?" Kidpachi asked.
"It's a blood line trait. Special traits that you can only get if you're born with them. You can't train to get them, no matter how hard you try. Your either born with them, or not." Tatsuzo told him. "Anyway, continue."
"I really don't like fighting because of this jutsu... the more blood I lose, the stronger I become."
"How is that bad?" Asked Kidpachi. "That seems like a very useful technique."
"There's still more. The stronger I become, the crazier I become. The more I love to battle, so the more I bleed, causing me to get crazier."
"Still. I see no problem with that jutsu." Kidpachi said.
"Have you ever lost your sanity, just to get it stuffed back in a day later? It's not a good feeling."
"Sanity? Worthless things like that, I never had that for as long as I can remember!"
"Yeah, I always forget that you're one crazy bastard." Tatsuzo said. He flipped to his feet. "We better get to our sensei and then get another mission. The Chunin Exams are pretty soon, so we need to get a ton of missions done really quickly."
Their next mission was from the same guy. He had them build a building, but he was helping them. Their sensei, of course, found a nice spot- and fell asleep.
"Is your sensei always this lazy?" The man asked, as they were all carrying logs to their destination.
"Yeah." Kidpachi said. He set the log down in the pile. Rinji and Tatsuzo were a little ways away behind time.
"We need these logs cut, and the power cutter's over there."
"No need." Kidpachi drew his sword, and then darted along the side of the log, his sword running down the middle of it. And then as Kidpachi reached the end of the log, the log split.
"Will you be able to keep that up for all of these?" Asked the man.
"Even if I could, I'm not going to. But I will be faster than the power cutter. But everyone else can help you with that." Kidpachi cut another log.
After about an hour, they cut all of the logs in half.
"Alright. This should do." He said.
After about two hours, they built a house. They were not supposed to put the electricity and water in. That was the next person's job. Their job was over.
"I'll pay you all a little extra, just because of your speed." He handed them each some extra money.
Their next mission was to deliver mail to people, because the mail man was sick.
It took almost all day, then they all went back to their village.
Kidpachi lied down on the roof of a building, and he fell asleep.
Tatsuzo and Rinji went back to their respective houses.
"Kenpachi's new squad is going well." Said the Kinkage to Unohana. "They have already done four missions."
"Will they get twelve missions done by the time of the Chunin Exams?" Asked Unohana.
"If they do, it'll be very close."
"Give them a tougher mission. They'll be able to handle it."
"Alright... Tomorrow."
The next day, Squad Eleven was standing before the Kinkage.
"I'm going to give you guys a more difficult mission."
"FIIIIIINNNNNAAAALLLY!" Cried Kidpachi. "I thought this would never happen!"
"This mission is going to count as two, to getting into the Chunin Exams."
"What are we doing?" Rinji asked.
"You're going to protect a man that's going on a journey. He's going through the Land of Wind, and his village isn't on the best terms with the Village Hidden in the Sand. So you're going to protect him from anyone that tries to attack him. Highwaymen, ninja, anything. Got that?"
Kidpachi grinned. "Let's go it!"
A man walked in. He had brown hair, and he had a blue eye, and the other eye was closed. He smiled at them. "Heeeeey."
Kidpachi looked at him.
The group was looking at a map.
"It'll take us a day and a half to get across this place." Rinji told them.
"Yep. You're pretty good with maps." Said the guy. "My name's Danjuro. What's your names?"
"Rinji."
"Tatsuzo."
"Kenpachi."
Kidpachi said nothing.
"And you?"
"I have no name."
They were walking forwards, getting out of the maze.
"This maze, how do you remember how to get through it?"
"Unaided almost no one can get through this maze." Said Tatsuzo. "The Kinkage, he's the one. He knows exactly where everyone is that's in this maze. And he uses Metal Style Jutsus to manipulate this whole maze."
"Wow. So if he died then you'd be lost." Said the man.
Tatsuzo was about to say something, but then Rinji shook his head.
"That's really none of your business." Rinji told him.
"Right, right. Sorry for prying."
Kiganjo sighed loudly. "This is so annoying! Let's just keep watching."
They finally started to take a break, outside of the Land of Wind.
"If we go into the Land of Wind now, and we get attacked then we'll get killed." Rinji told told them. "We better take a break here."
"I guess that'd be a good idea," Said Danjuro.
Kiganjo fell down onto his back, and he feel asleep.
Rinji lied down on his back, looking up at the sky. "We should take turns."
Kidpachi sat down, and he leaned up on his sword. "I'll do it."
"Thanks." Tatsuzo rolled his shoulders, and then he lied down on his back.
Danjuro lied down on the ground, and he feel asleep.
Kidpachi looked forwards, blankly. "This is gonna be such a pain in the ass." He mumbled to himself.
The next day, Rinji and Tatsuzo woke up.
"You stayed up all night?" Asked Rinji.
"Yeah." Kidpachi responded.
"Why didn't you wake any of us up?" Tatsuzo asked.
"Didn't feel like it." Kidpachi then stood up. "Let's get moving. I'll wake up Kiganjo. You two wake up our client."
Kidpachi walked over to Kiganjo. "WAKE UP!" He roared.
He also woke up Danjuro, in the process.
"Damn... why do you have to yell?" Asked Danjuro.
"If you don't want to die," Kidpachi growled. "Then shut the hell up."
Danjuro stood up, and then he looked at the sky. "What time is it? The sun hasn't even risen yet!"
"I said shut the hell up." Growled Kidpachi, going for his sword.
"Alright, I'm done. Let's go."
Kiganjo stood up, and then stretched. "Let's get this over with."
They started walking forwards, and they walked into the desert, there was a dull wind that went by them.
They had been walking for almost four hours, and then the wind started to kick up.
The wind whipped through the air, flying around them. The sand flew around with it.
"Something's not right." Rinji mumbled.
"Yeah." Tatsuzo replied. "Stay on your guard."
The wind started to kick up.
Kidpachi went for his sword.
The wind started to go faster, and faster, and faster, until it knocked Tatsuzo, Rinji, and Danjuro to the ground.
Kidpachi gripped his sword.
Kiganjo drew his sword. He slashed, and then the wind instantly went down. And there it was.
A man was standing there. He had long black hair, and he wore a black cloak, and he had a white mask on, with red marks on it.
"Kenpachi Kiganjo." Growled the man. "It's been a long time."
"Who is this guy?" Asked Tatsuzo, getting back to his feet.
"Do you know him, Sensei?" Asked Rinji, who was also getting back to his feet.
"Yeah." Growled Kiganjo. "His name is Yoshida. Yoshida Shibue. I fought before, but he managed to escape before I killed him."
"Are we going to sit here and talk the whole time? Or are we going to fight?" Asked Yoshida Shibue.
Another ninja suddenly appeared, and it stabbed Rinji in the chest, and then attacked at Tatsuzo, who blocked his attack, and then the ninja ran back over to Yoshida.
"You still have Kinzo with you? I thought I killed him." Kiganjo told him.
"So you thought." Yoshida told him. "Your Genin is going to die. Don't you care?"
Rinji took a step backwards. He looked down at his chest. Oh no... He thought. No... no... no... He grabbed the kunai, and his eyes glazed over.
"He's not going to die." Said Kiganjo. "In fact, you're the ones who are going to die."
Rinji yanked the kunai from his stomach, and then he darted towards Yoshida and Kinzo.
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