Chapter 15
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Naruto tossed the vial of potion to Genma, who fumbled it slightly before securing it and placing it in his pack. Shortly afterwards, the worn-out Naruto stood up and wiped off some dry blood on his scratched chin before grinning.
"Mission accomplished Genma! We've secured the potion," shouted the in high spirits Naruto.
"I can see that, Naruto. Nice work, but may I ask who the man over there by Neji is?" inquired Genma while switching his senbon from the left side of his mouth to the right.
"I think his name is Gannou. We fought him and some others down in the caverns underground. I'm not exactly sure why they decided to fight us," said Naruto.
"That potion is sacred to Tonbogakure. My apprentices and I were its sole protectors. Now, you've come, killed my apprentices, and stolen the potion," alleged Gannou before standing up.
"Concerning the ones you taught, they attacked first and out of self defense, we had to fight back. You should've stopped them," calmly added Neji, eyes closed.
"You speak the truth," began Gannou, "but that does not mean I will ever forgive you for slaying them."
"I never asked for forgiveness in the first place," spat Neji, who was obviously annoyed.
"If I may cut in, I'd like to return to the subject of the potion. Nothing is for sure about what's going to be done with it, so, we shall bring the decision to the Hokage," cut in Genma.
Sakura watched the conversation for a few minutes before walking over to Naruto, concerned about him and his status, health wise. She walked right over to him and attempted to get his attention.
"Hey, Naruto, are you okay? I just wanted to check on you since you're my teammate and all," said Sakura while smiling.
Naruto turned away from the others and smiled back at Sakura, "Hehe, yeah, I'll be fine, just a few scratches here and there. Thanks for asking."
"You're welcome, Naruto," responded Sakura, her ongoing smile continuing.
"You know, I was wondering, I-if you, erm, wanted to ge-," started Naruto while scratching his head, before taking a punch across the face.
Standing over Naruto stood Ravir cracking his knuckles. Right after Ravir's punch, Hasin and K bolted through the ground, injury free.
"Surprised to see us?" asked Hasin while looking between Naruto and Neji, "All three of us escaped that cavern through a secret tunnel. We'd originally stolen some of the vials contents, and, you guessed it, we used shared the small amount we had and here we are, ready for some revenge."
The first to strike back was Naruto, who attempted tripping the standing Ravir. Ravir saw this and caught Naruto's leg. He then threw Naruto against a boulder. Neji cracked his eyes open and saw the blurred figures of those around him. He knew he was in no condition to fight, yet, he still staggered up on his feet. His stance was shaky yet he still thought he had a little bit left in him. Genma attempted to sprint over to Neji and try to give him some potion, but K managed to snatch it from Genma and trip him.
"Hey Gannou, get the hell over here! The action's getting good," shouted K before pointing his fingertips at the dead grass covered ground, getting no response from Gannou.
Blades of grass filled the air and sharpened themselves. K then pointed his fingers at Genma and the blades of grass flew straight at him. Right before they made contact, Genma took out his senbon and it extended. He then sliced the blades of grass swiftly and pointed his senbon blade at K.
"Nice try kid, but I've got a lot more experience under my belt. I, like a hunter nin, can use a senbon as a deadly weapon. You see, my father and mother were hunter nin and they taught me all I knew," said a smirking Genma before swiftly moving in different motions toward K.
A dizzy, and scared, K started to lift more and more dead grass into the air before a wall of pointed blades of grass had been formed. Slowly gaining back his confidence, K sent the entire flock of grass at Genma.
"So that's how you want to play, eh?" said Genma, "Senbon Dance: 100 Cut Barrage!" finished Genma before closing his eyes and slicing the blades of grass down to size in mere seconds.
"D-damn it, I can't get my grass to harm you. What a fucking useless bloodline limit!" K shouted before trying to run away in fear.
Genma sighed at the cowardice of his opponent before throwing his senbon directly at K's neck, but, some unknown force knocked the senbon far away. Standing in front of K were Hasin, holding Neji by the neck after beating him down again just moments ago and on the ground in front of him was Sakura, blood leaking out of her chest. Opposite of Hasin stood Ravir with Naruto. Naruto cursed at Ravir loudly while spitting blood out of his mouth. Ravir grimaced and took Naruto by the head and threw it, and the rest of his body, into the ground.
"Shut it kid. Your voice hurts my ears!" a pissed off Ravir yelled in Naruto's ear while digging Naruto's face into the ground.
A surprised Genma stood in shock as three shinobi were killing his team. With his senbon gone, he had run out of ideas until one popped into his head.
'Should I use the one technique I was never supposed to learn in the first place?' mentally wondered Genma while staring down his opponents.
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End of Chapter 15
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