Yes, I'm aware it took me like forever to update and sorry about it. I have a lot of things on my head (still) and most likely that won't change for a while. I'm not gonna bore you with what it is that makes my free time limited. I'm just happy I've managed to sit down to it and finish this chapter.

Thanks for the reviews for last time. It means a lot. To those who can't believe it, I can only say that Kigahen really is Urusai's brother. And with that, I believe that the only thing left to do is to get on with it:

Chapter #30: Leaves on Water

Chapter Cover: Jun dressed in black in propping his back against a motorbike and behind him stands Urusai, dressed like a gang member

"And I'm your older brother…" announced the blonde mist-nin. "Kodawari Kigahen…"

"Say what?" Urusai freaked, hearing those words.

"You don't believe me?" asked the blonde. "Look closely then: the same eyes, the same hair… heck, you don't even remember the scar you left me?" with those words he pointed at his plaster.

"But… but if you're my brother, then why are you participating in this exam as a mist-nin? Why not as a Konoha shinobi?"

"Seems like you really were too little to remember what happened…" Kigahen said to no-one in particular. "Well, that's not important… the thing is those forehead protectors that we're wearing aren't really ours…"

"We… borrowed them from the Mist team that was supposed to participate in this year's exam" continued Kenbu. "Of course, they were too attached to them so we really had to use… strong arguments…" and with that a psychotic smile appeared on his face.

"Bastards…" was all Ayame could say.

"In the shinobi world dying is an everyday feature" replied Fuka coldly. "Even if they were to give us their headbands we'd still have to kill them, so they wouldn't warn the examiners that one of the Mist teams were… let's say spies…"

"Then why are you telling us?" asked Jun. "What makes you so sure we won't tell anybody?"

"First you'd have to stay alive…" reminded Kenbu. "And that will be hard for you judging at your current level…"

"Don't look down on us!" yelled Urusai as he charged at his brother once more.

"Useless…" announced Kigahen right before his fist crushed the blonde leaf-nin's cheek and send him rolling on the ground for few meters. As he came to a stop, Kigahen smashed his foot into his stomach, thus causing him to cough out blood.

"Urusai!" yelled Jun, forming a new set of seals. "Katon: Housenka!" and with those words tens of small fireballs went right at the mist-nin.

Kigahen just smiled under his nose and jumped back. As the fireballs were coming closer he began side stepping and dodging all of them. To Jun's surprise not even one of the bullets was able to hit his opponent.

"You guys really are weak…" announced the blonde mist-nin as he disappeared and reappear right before Jun's eyes and gave him a hit in the chin with an opened palm.

"Such strength…" thought Jun with his teeth clenched. "We're not even able to lay a finger on him! That's not a gennin level… that's not even a chuunin level! We stand no chances against a guy like that!"

"Kigahen, you see that those brats are weak…" announced Kenbu. "Is there really a point in continuing this?"

"Shut up Kenbu!" ordered the blonde mist-nin. "That's what we came here for… we shouldn't leave it just because that idiot seems like a weakling…" and with that he turned to his brother. "Come on! Is this really the best you can do? Fry me! Burn me to a crisp!"

"Your wish is my command!" yelled Urusai as he performed a new chain of hand seals. "Katon: Kasai Kyousha no Jutsu!" and a fire spike blasted out of his mouth.

"Not like that, you moron…" Kigahen's sight became evil as he jumped out of the spike's way and in a fracture of a second found himself next to Urusai. Before the leaf-nin could react he felt a powerful kick on his face and once more was send flying.

"If only I could help…" thought Ayame, looking at the blade next to her neck. "But even without this katana so near my throat and my both arms operational… could we really defeat that monster?"

"Urusai had his chance and since you guys are playing a tag team or something, I guess you'll give it a shot now" said Kigahen, turning around to face Jun.

"What should we do?" Jun asked himself. "This guy surpasses all of us put together! I have to get to Urusai and then attack together… if we throw one attack at a time the chances of victory are zero…" and with that he threw a kunai right at the blonde mist-nin.

"That's it?" Kigahen's eyebrow went up. "Can't you be more creative then than?" and saying so he picked out his own kunai and deflected the incoming one so that it'd burry in the ground right next to him. It was only then that he spotted an explosive tag wrapped around it. "What…?"

A powerful explosion lifted tons of dust into the air.

Ayame looked at the other, two mist-nins. They stood still, calm as ever.

"Aren't they worried about their teammate?" she thought to herself. "Why aren't they helping him?"

"Are you okay?" asked Jun standing next to Urusai who was just getting back to his feet.

"I'll live…" replied the blonde. "Where's that creep?"

"No idea…" responded his teammate. "I lost him when the explosive tag went off…"

"I'm right behind you…" they both heard a voice and as they turned around, they saw Kigahen landing powerful blows on their stomachs.

The attacks were so strong the feet of both, leaf-nins left the ground. Kigahen jumped after them and once he located himself above his opponents he brought his legs down on them, thus sending them crushing into the ground.

"This is boring…" announced Kenbu. "Kill them already! You can easily tell that brat has no idea about anything!"

"One more word out of you, Kenbu, and you're dead" replied Kigahen, not even turning around to his teammate. Ayame noticed the white-haired boy's body shiver.

"WHAT is he?" she questioned herself as she stared at the blonde mist-nin.

Meanwhile Urusai and Jun were slowly getting back on their feet, both breathing heavily. They looked at their opponent who didn't even seem to break a sweat.

"Let's go, Urusai!" yelled Jun as he began to perform a new set of seals.

"Gotcha!" replied the blonde as he also made a set of hand seals. "Kage Bushin no Jutsu!" and before anyone knew it, Kigahen was surrounded by Urusai's… tens of them.

"Dodge this!" yelled Jun, jumping into the air and releasing the jutsu at a place were the mist-nin stood, surrounded by Urusai's clones: "Katon: Ryuu Kisoku no Jutsu!"

As Ayame observed the whole technique from a distance she saw a powerful fire outburst hit the space surrounded with Urusai's clones. As the flames disappeared, Kigahen was nowhere in sight.

A second later few of Urusai clones disappeared in the cloud of white smoke.

"What the…?" the original Urusai looked around as more of his clones were disappearing, but didn't spot anything.

"He's moving too fast for Urusai to react in time for his attacks!" Jun instantly understood what was going on. "Dammit, this guy…" and with that thought he began performing a new chain of hand seals.

But before he could finish he received another punch in the stomach. A moment later his whole body was avalanched by hundreds of hits, too fast for him to block or dodge all.

Finally he was send flying back and once more hit a tree. His whole body was in pain and as he raised his head, his vision became blur. All he saw was Kigahen standing right in front of him as he slowly fell into unconsciousness.

"Jun!" Urusai called from the bottom of his lungs, but before he could get to his friend Kigahen ram him into a tree. As his head slowly began to fall down his brother forced it against the tree with his own hand.

"What the hell in wrong with you?" yelled the mist-nin. "Use your bloodline limit! Use it, dammit!"

"My… bloodline limit?" Urusai eyes widen.

---chapter ends---

Yup, that's it for now. Sorry for no author's notes, but I'm in a bit of a hurry. I promise to do it properly next time.

Cya.