Episode 22: Traitor
Tadashi was now wearing a black jacket. His hair was now combed, and he was wearing leather gloves. Tadashi was also with the squads he had stay there.
The man that helped the terrorists ran up to him.
"Tadashi-sensei! All the guards at the front gate- they're all dead! Note a single enemy body was found!"
"Hm. So there was a traitor among us."
"What?" Asked the man.
"The closed gate cannot be opened unless someone from the inside opened it. If they tried to jump the wall, it would repel them, because there's a barrier that sends anything with chakra in it flying backwards- unless you're from the Steel."
"So who could it be?" Asked the man.
The Jonin from the other squad stepped forwards. "There's no way to tell. It could be anyone from the patrol, from the squad that was there it self, the Jonin making sure everyone is doing their work, or the Chunin that are keeping everyone up to date."
"You're right." Said Tadashi. "We need to get to the bottom of this. Send word to the patrol, tell them to go after them."
"Right." He teleported away.
The terrorists looked at each other. "We need to split up." Said the ninja cat. "Three, you and Outsider will be together. Killer, you'll go with me. Grime, and Ice will go together."
"Right." Said the spiky haired guy.
Grime and Ice- the big guy and the guy with the spiky hair ran off in the direction of Ikkaku and Yumichika's direction.
Three and Outsider- Three was the guy withe bow and Outsider was the woman- ran off in Tatsuzo's direction.
Killer- the guy in the armor- ran off in the direction of the Chunin, along with the cat.
Rinji and his squad were standing outside of the hospital.
"This is sooooo boring!" Cried Yozo. "Nothing inspiring happens here!"
"Yozo, shut up. People are sick here." Rinji growled.
Yozo groaned, and threw his head back.
"Sensei... this is boring..." Yozo said.
"Yozo, stop complaining." Hiro told him. "It doesn't change anything- just write in your manga."
Yozo pulled out a notebook. "But what do I write?"
"I don't frigging know. Use this area to get inspired. Maybe make the main character get injured and he needs to go to the hospital or something."
"Good idea!" Yozo pulled out his pen, and he quickly started writing.
"It sucks that we have to miss out on the Chunin Exams because of this..." Said Kiku.
"Yeah..." Hiro agreed.
"You kids are going to be the death of me..." Rinji mumbled.
Ikkaku and Yumichika were walking around.
"Ikkaku." Yumichika said. "I sense a chakra."
"Hm? Where's it coming from?"
Yumichika pointed behind them. "There are two of them."
Grime and Ice were walking along. "Where shall we go?" Asked Ice.
"This-" He pointed to the right, but he stopped dead in his tracks. Both of them sensed a two different people standing behind them.
They turned, to see Ikkaku and Yumichika standing on a wall.
"Whoah! What luck!" Ikkaku called. The two leapt down from the wall. "Can you believe it? First we all get split up into four groups, and then these two fall right into our hands..."
Ice and Grime both took a step backwards.
"I'll take the bald guy." Said Ice. "I'm going to fight him here. You take the woman elsewhere- I don't want them to be able to help each other out."
"I'm not bald, you idiot!" Growled Ikkaku. "I keep my head shaven!"
"And I may be beautiful, but I'm not a female." Said Yumichika, who wasn't as offended as Ikkaku.
"Why can't I just stay here and fight?" Asked Grime.
"Because I already called it!" Growled Ice, turning around.
"What are these two arguing about?" Asked Ikkaku.
"It might be that they're both scared out of their minds to fight us."
"Then lets just let them take their time and argue about it."
"If we do that, other ninja will come and steal our glory."
"Yeah." Ikkaku stood up.
"Screw you, Ice. But next time I'm staying here." He ran up to Yumichika, and kicked him in the crotch. Yumichika grunted, and fell forwards. "Hey, what do ya know? He is a man!"
Grime then took off, and Yumichika took off after him, cursing up a storm.
"So tell me. Why didn't you run, like your friend? He obviously ran because he sensed that his powers were far supreior to his own. You know, if you ask me... I think your friend made a pretty wise decision."
"If your power is really greater than mine, it'd be useless to run. You'd catch me for sure. But, if on the other hand my power is greater, then I'll just defeat you and be on my way." He went for his squad. "At least that's the way I see it."
Ikkaku had a smug smile on his face. "That so? I guess you're not stupid after all."
The two sized each other up for about thirty seconds, before Ikkaku charged him. Ikkaku then quickly drew his sword- in mid run- and slashed down at him.
Ice jumped out of the way, and drew his own sword and the wraps unraveled from it.
He dodged it. Ikkaku thought.
Ice ran towards him, and growled while he slashed at him.
He moves well. Ikkaku thought, the grin still on his face.
Ice slashed down at him, but Ikkaku blocked it with his scabbard.
His sheath? Ice thought.
Ikkaku slashed at him with his actual sword, but Ice jumped up into the air- landed on the wall behind Ikkaku then jumped down- slashing at Ikkaku as he fell.
Ikkaku effortlessly jumped out of the way, and then Ice slashed at him- this sideways. Ikkaku blocked it. He laughed a second. He pushed him off, and jabbed at him with his scabbard, then stabbed at him, jabbed, and then stabbed. Each time Ice blocked it with his sword, aside from the last stab- which he jumped off to the side to dodge.
Ikkaku slashed at him, so Ice flipped himself around to dodge it, and he was now completely inverted.
Ikkaku spun around, and slashed at the same time Ice slashed at him.
Blood was spilled with that one.
"At least..." Ikkaku said. "Tell me your name." There was blood at Ikkaku's feet.
"Ice. I am not going to tell you my real name, of course." He stepped forwards, stepping beside the blood that was by his feet.
"I'm a Steel Genin from Squad Eleven- Ikkaku Madarame!" He had blood on his face, right over his eye- of course it bled right into it.
Ice also had blood on his forehead, that bled right down into his eye.
"Just a Genin, huh?"
"Yeah." He readied his sword.
Grime was sprinting across the village, turning whenever there was a wall blocking his path, but it led to a different area. Crap. If only that damned Kinkage didn't make this stupid maze everywhere. Then I'd know where the hell I was going! He thought. He turned to see Yumichika still following him. "That bastard sure is persistent. Doesn't he ever get tired?"
"What beastly running." Yumichika said. "Up in front of up!"
Grime turned to see that there was a dead end in front of him. Grime growled a little bit, but didn't slow down. His hand glowed with chakra, and he made a hand sign. "Turn into sand! Seppai!" He slapped the wall, and then it turned into the sand as he jumped through.
Yumichika slowed to a stop. "What an unsual skill. But it's a skill that can back fire." He jumped through the hole as well.
Grime was still running, and he turned another wall into sand with his Seppai.
Yumichika smiled, "Look out ahead."
Grime stopped, as he came across a rather large pit in the ground.
"Holey smokes! That pit's huge!"
"Welcome." Said Yumichika, who was suddenly behind him. "This is where he'd deal with terrorists like yourself. We'd bind their arms and legs behind their backs, and then drop them down there. No one has ever made it out of there alive."
"So what you're saying is that ninjas are extremely twisted?"
"Not as twisted as your face."
"I pity you..."
"Pretty? I'm flattered that a brute as awkward as you can still some how recognize my dazzling handsomeness."
"I said pity, not pretty!"
"I realize that! I was simply making a witty, humorous, joke! Besides. That practice was cut short long ago. Now we kill them and have our medical core examine their bodies and learn whatever we can from them." Yumichika went for his sword. "That's enough chasing around, for now. It's time. I'll let you use. Will you die by my sword? Or will you fall into that hole and die?"
Grime clenched his teeth.
"So which would it be? Ooh. You're angry, I know. Turn and let me see your face. No matter how it looks- I love to see the agony on someone's face when choosing the way they die."
"You are a cruel bastard." Grime smiled. "No matter how you try to disguise it."
Notes: I know, Ikkaku skipped his lucky dance- or whatever the heck he called it. But I thought that I was kind of stupid and it didn't really go with his character all that well. It would have made sense if he really like dancing or something- but no. I guess Tite Kubo just didn't know what he was going to do with Ikkaku and he wanted him to do something strange and then Kubo forgot about it. But I don't exepct a Manga-ka to remember everything he does with characters.
And I'm going to publish a fic about Coyote Starrk. You should totally check that out.
