Chapter 8: Toyotomi vs. Yuki!
Ayaka, Kazuki, and Takeo quickly dashed out of the northern gate of the Leaf Village in order to reach Mangetsu Village as fast as possible. They were jumping through the trees as fast as possible.
"We have to hurry. I can see clouds in the distance roughly around Mangetsu Village. Also, they're snow clouds." Kazuki said looking through the small patches of sky through the trees.
"How can you tell?" Takeo asked confused looking over at Kazuki.
"I don't know exactly how to explain it but I think it has to do with me being from the Village Hidden in the Snow." Kazuki replied trying to think about it.
"Either way, snow is an odd thing for Mangetsu Village to have considering its location. Something must be off." Ayaka said assessing the situation.
"Which is more of a reason to hurry – you can just tell that something big is about to happen." Kazuki said looking ahead while something was secretly tailing them from the shadows.
"Man, why do I get this assignment? I just wanted to rest for a few days in the village since I've had to deal with so many things as of late but it looks like I won't be able to relax for a while now." The Figure said sighing while following in the shadows.
In the east part of town there were no sounds, not the slightest signs of life at all… that is until some figure wearing a conical straw hat, which covered their head completely, and a tattered slate gray poncho with sangria colored pants. The person had been going through the vacant homes and gathering what they could with a large sepia colored bag.
"What a haul, what a haul. This is the best place I've been to for… I don't know how long! It's a shopping spree here!" The Male voice stated happily with a skip in each step he took. "Now I wonder why no one is here… and why in the world is it snowing?" He asked looking up at the sky to see snowflakes coming down on him. "…brings back some old memories… stupid snow! Why did it just have to snow!?" He shouted obviously annoyed when suddenly from a distance a voice was heard.
"I will let you begin, my dear big brother." Toyotomi said coldly catching the man's ear.
"That voice sounds familiar somehow…? Oh well, back to happily picking up what these villagers left behind." The Man said happily walking into the next house.
Yuki stood across from Toyotomi staring him down filled with rage but trying to compose himself so he wouldn't lose it.
"Right, let's end this quickly. I bet those guys are going to jump in with or without Toyotomi's permission – I can see it in their eyes." Yuki thought glancing quickly at Kurayami and Raito. "Forbidden Jutsu – Ice Enclave!" He thought putting his hands together and making the seals: Ram, Bird, Horse, Dragon, Snake, Monkey, Boar, Tiger, and Monkey with his hands clapping together making the snow falling to the ground quickly swirl around Toyotomi until enough were gathered together to form a kind of tomb.
Once the snow surrounded Toyotomi he made a smirk just before it closed in around him and formed into a solid ball of snow.
"Farewell, little brother." Yuki said quickly making the hand seal: Tiger triggering diamond sharp icicles stabbing through the ball of snow. "Wait, something's wrong. There's no blood coming from inside." He thought noticing was wrong.
"That's because you missed me… big brother." Toyotomi said standing behind Yuki.
"How did he…?" Yuki thought caught off guard when Toyotomi threw a punch hardly visible to the eye. "So fast…!" He thought just blocking it in time.
"Oh? You've improved on your Taijutsu as well? Good, this fight won't be so boring after all." Toyotomi said with a bit of joy in his voice.
"I see. You're still as insane as I remember." Yuki said quickly lifting his left knee up at Toyotomi's abdomen roughly at the same speed as Toyotomi's punch but Toyotomi blocked with his right knee. "Tch, looks like we're even in speed." He thought annoyed.
"Is that the best you can do? Then let's see who's stronger, big brother." Toyotomi said shoving Yuki back with his feet sliding on the ground stopping himself ten feet away from Yuki.
Yuki was pushed back about ten feet in the opposite direction and looked up to see Toyotomi was charging at him at full speed. Instead of thinking it through he also charged at Toyotomi as fast as he could and the two connected with each other in the center of their previous positions. Yuki's right first was plunged deep into Toyotomi's left cheek while Toyotomi's right knee was dug deep into Yuki's abdomen. Toyotomi's head turned towards his right along with Yuki's fist as he spit out some blood while Yuki was moving up half a foot in the air also spitting out some blood before they jumped back five feet from one another slightly stumbling and wiping off the blood from their mouths.
"Not bad. Another tie, huh? Then it all comes down to our Ninjutsu." Toyotomi said getting his hands ready.
"Really now, what about Genjutsu? Oh, wait. You were never good at it were you?" Yuki asked with a slight chuckle.
"Be quiet big brother! Genjutsu is nothing compared to Ninjutsu! It is worthless and when I am in power – I will rid this damned world of it!" Toyotomi stated obviously affected by what Yuki had said.
"I don't think so. Genjutsu demonstrates just how smart you are – which obviously means you are too stupid to perform Genjutsu." Yuki said with a slight smirk with his hands together doing the hand seals: Horse, Boar, and Rat in less than a second.
"Lord Seiwa, Leader doesn't do good against Genjutsu, shouldn't we help him?" Raito asked worried about Toyotomi.
"No, he'll be fine. I've been working with him on his Genjutsu for a while now." Kurayami replied calmly.
"Just what did you do just now…?" Toyotomi asked confused noticing no Ninjutsu had been used.
"It's exactly what you're thinking now." Yuki said vanishing into the snow.
"Genjutsu…!?" Toyotomi said shocked quickly putting his hands together making the seals: Horse and Tiger to dispel the Genjutsu but nothing happened. "It didn't work!?"
"That is correct, little brother. My Genjutsu is much too powerful for you to escape from. Don't you wish that you never ordered your men to interfere in the fight?" Yuki's voice asked echoing around the area.
"Damn, they're my only way out of this Genjutsu." Toyotomi thought annoyed when an idea suddenly it him. "No, there is another way!" He thought taking out a kunai and thrusting it down on his right leg when it suddenly stopped.
"I don't think so. You aren't getting out of this hell that easily!" Yuki shouted when faceless heads replaced his hands instantly making him drop his kunai.
"Why… why did you kill me…?" A male voice asked from his right hand. "Weren't we friends? We promised to protect one another didn't we…?"
"No, no, no! You were weak, a failure to the new order in the Rain Village! There was no room for weaklings of the old regime!" Toyotomi shouted wanting to cover his ears but he was unable to since his hands had turned into the heads.
"Toyotomi… weren't we supposed to be wed?" A female voice asked when Toyotomi snapped out of the Genjutsu with help from Raito and Kurayami by inserting a little of their chakra inside of Toyotomi.
"Shinji… Emiko…" Toyotomi said obviously troubled and in a state of shock just standing there staring at his hands.
"Damn, they got involved just as I suspected. This seems to be worst case scenario now but I think I can handle them." Yuki thought trying to assess his situation.
"Yuki!!" Toyotomi shouted in an extreme rage glaring intensely at Yuki. "You… you just had to use them didn't you? I was holding back before but no more! Raito, Kurayami, there are no more restrictions. You may attack him at will – I will crush him no matter the costs!"
"Aw, did I hurt my little brother's feelings? Good because I still haven't forgotten what you did to Manami! I will never forgive you for what you've done! I will punish you for what you've done for all those needless lives you took! This is the final thing I must do before I can rest in peace and until then I cannot die because those souls' revenge rests on my shoulders!!" Yuki shouted enraged when suddenly Kurayami and Raito appeared behind him with a combined kick sending Yuki flying forward. "Damn, too fast!" He thought regaining his balance just in time to be hit with Toyotomi's kick to the gut.
Yuki was unable to move in time and was sent rolling on the ground into the wall of a building nearby. Toyotomi, Kurayami, and Raito walked over to one another in the middle of the street looking at Yuki with grins on their faces.
"What's wrong big brother? I thought you were going to defeat me." Toyotomi said in a semi-crazed tone.
"Damn, can't take on three on one like this. I'll have to use 'that' soon." Yuki thought getting up wiping some blood from his mouth. "Heh, that was nothing little brother. I wasn't expecting those two to interfere with our fight but I'm ready this time." He said getting in a defensive position when Kurayami appeared to his right and Raito to his left while Toyotomi came at him down the center.
Yuki quickly waited for the two of them to start moving and slightly moved back just avoiding their kicks and shoved them forward into Toyotomi nearly clothesline him with their legs. Yuki put his hands together and made the hand seals: Serpent, Bird, and Tiger creating two Ice Clones. The three Yuki's quickly charged at Toyotomi, Kurayami, and Raito.
"Ninjutsu it is." Toyotomi said with a crazed smirk. "Ice – Ice Wave!" He shouted putting his hands together forming the hand seals: Tiger, Serpent, Rat, Dragon, Bird, and Ox in nearly an instant.
A large wave of snow caught the three Ice Clones just before they arrived in front of Toyotomi, Kurayami, and Raito. The wave ended slamming into a wall of another building destroying it instantly from the sheer force.
"There's no way he would survive that. Such a shame too, I was ready to use my sword too." Kurayami said sighing disappointed that he wouldn't be able to use his sword.
"What in the world is with all this racket? I'm trying to stea- shop for these important items I… need… you know what, I can see I'm not wanted here." The man wearing the conical straw hat and slate gray poncho standing exactly opposite of the building destroyed by the snow.
"You, who are you?" Raito asked pointing at the man.
"Ah, me? I'm no one. Just a villager that forgot to get something out of their house, nothing more – I'll be going now." The man said in a fidgety tone starting to walk away.
"Wait, that voice… I know I've heard it somewhere before." Toyotomi said slowly turning his attention towards the man that was now starting to sweat.
"Really? I get that a lot – I just have that kind of voice. I'll leave you three to your business then." He said starting to walk away when Kurayami appeared in front of him. "Wow, this is a fast one." He thought looking down at Kurayami's feet.
"What's wrong – too afraid to look us in the eyes?" Kurayami asked noticing the man was hiding something.
"Kurayami, take that hat off of him!" Toyotomi stated pointing at the man.
"Damn, this is bad." The man thought when Kurayami quickly reached for the man's conical straw hat but before he realized it the man was standing behind him.
"What's the matter – too slow? Looks like I'll just have to leave you three alone to your business then." The man said starting to walk away when something was climbing out of the large pile of snow and rubble.
"Little brother, this isn't over yet!!" Yuki shouted pointing at Toyotomi.
"I knew that was too easy for big brother. Kurayami, you take care of that man while I take care of Yuki." Toyotomi said coldly turning towards Yuki with a tremendous killing intent.
"Yuki…!?" The man thought slowly turning around surprised when suddenly Kurayami knocked his conical straw hat off revealing his face.
The man had Maya blue hair cut short and styled with spikes with a headband from the Village Hidden in the Snow. Also in that very instant, he was unable to close his eyes before anyone spotted them – they were similar to Yuki and Toyotomi's but the spike like designs on the outsides of the question mark like symbol was reversed and in the inside instead connecting to his pupil.
"You're… part of the Shirakawa clan, aren't you…?" Toyotomi asked surprised noticing the man.
"It can't be…! Masakatsu, get out of here now! Toyotomi will kill you!" Yuki shouted getting up from the pile of snow.
"So, Masakatsu was still alive after all." Toyotomi said looking at Masakatsu licking his lips with delight.
"Tch, what kind of family reunion is this?" Masakatsu asked quickly turning around kicking Kurayami in the head sending him skidding across the ground. "Yuki, shouldn't you be worrying about yourself?" He asked pointing at the snow starting to surround him.
"Had you forgotten you taught me this jutsu, big brother? Forbidden Jutsu – Ice Enclave!" Toyotomi shouted making the hand seals: Ram, Bird, Horse, Dragon, Snake, Monkey, Boar, Tiger, and Monkey clapping his hands together making the snow cover Yuki in a ball.
"I'm out of here; this is none of my business." Masakatsu said starting to walk away when Raito got in his way.
"Do you really think we're going to let you off so easily?" Raito asked tightening his gloves.
"That was a good kick but not good enough!" Kurayami shouted smashing his claymore down where Masakatsu was standing but he had jumped back a split second before.
"Now, farewell big brother." Toyotomi said starting to make the hand seal for Tiger when the snowball suddenly exploded sending icicles flying everywhere landing a cut across Toyotomi's cheek. "What is this…!?"
"That would be my newly perfected Ice Clone Explosion. Did you actually believe I would just stand out in the open like an idiot?" Yuki asked standing behind Toyotomi.
"What…?" Toyotomi asked starting to turn when Yuki hit him in the face with his left hand sending him to the ground.
"Leader!" Raito shouted not focusing on Masakatsu when he got a knee to the bottom of his chin sending him into the air a few feet.
"Idiot, never take your eyes off the enemy in battle!" Kurayami shouted charging at Masakatsu with his claymore tearing through the ground on his right side.
"You think I forgot about you?" Masakatsu asked after having had done the hand seals: Rat, Hare, and Dog for his planned attack.
"Lying won't save you here!" Kurayami shouted pulling his claymore up from the ground and started thrusting it down on top of Masakatsu.
"Ice Style – Wolf Fang Avalanche Jutsu!" Masakatsu stated jumping out of the way when some wolf-like creatures came out of the ground completely made of snow while charging at Masakatsu.
"Don't think these beasts could easily defeat me!" Kurayami shouted slicing two of the three of them up before going for the third.
"Don't underestimate this jutsu!" Masakatsu shouted making the hand seal Tiger making the remaining pieces of the other two wolves explode as well as the fully intact one directly in front of Kurayami. "Yuki, why did we keep coming up with exploding versions of these jutsu's?"
"Because they work – now focus on your opponent, he isn't finished yet." Yuki said watching Toyotomi.
"Yeah, yeah but we have much to speak about once we're done here." Masakatsu said turning towards the smoke that was starting to clear.
Kurayami was standing there with his hood blown back revealing his face finally. He had medium length black hair with a ruffled hair style and emerald colored eyes – he looked to be in his mid 20's and only had a bit of smoke coming off his clothes.
"Not bad, I just blocked the attacks just in time with my sword." Kurayami said with his claymore smoking in front of him.
"His Taijutsu isn't bad either. Too bad you didn't join us – oh well, I'll just show you what a true master of Taijutsu can do." Raito said rubbing his jaw while getting up.
"Isn't this fun Yuki? It's just like the good ol' days… except we're missing a few people." Masakatsu said getting hyped up.
"The good old days, huh…?" Yuki thought losing his attention on Toyotomi for a second when he suddenly got up and stood in front of him.
"Forbidden Jutsu – Well Drowning!" Toyotomi shouted instantly doing the hand seals: Horse, Boar, Ram, Monkey, Reverse Serpent, Dog, and quickly grabbed Yuki's throat.
"He used that jutsu!?" Yuki thought looking down at Toyotomi when suddenly water started to fill his throat making him unable to breath.
"Die… die… Die!!" Toyotomi shouted crazily as he started laughing.
"Toyotomi's lost it! Raito, you deal with him and I'll get Toyotomi – we have to pull out!" Kurayami ordered rushing over to where Toyotomi had Yuki by the throat.
"Right." Raito responded looking at Masakatsu. "I'll get the real fight started then. Earth Style – Rock Fist Jutsu." He said putting his hands together and made the hand seals: Ox, Ram, Dragon, and Tiger when his fists exploded with a tremendous about of chakra.
"Yeah, that may look cool but let's see how strong it is." Masakatsu said looking at Raito's fist when he swung a punch at him but missed hitting the ground with enough force to create a small crater about five yards wide and three yards deep.
"How's that?" Raito asked with a smirk on his face.
"Yes… that was a decent hit." Masakatsu said sweating while looking at the crater. "Decent!? That guy is a monster! One hit from that attack and I'll be flatter than paper!" He thought watching for Raito's next attack.
Kurayami rushed over
to Toyotomi's side since he had snapped and started trying to kill
Yuki even though their main objective was to either subdue him or get
him to join.
"Toyotomi, if you continue this, we'll fail our
objective! Didn't we come here to get Yuki to join us?" Kurayami
asked trying to reason with him when Toyotomi glanced over at him
with his eyes filled with rage.
"You die too…!!" Toyotomi shouted grabbing Kurayami's throat as well with his left hand filling it with water. "Die… die… die…!!" He shouted in rage when Yuki fell lifeless. "Hahahaha, it's over!"
"What?" Raito and Masakatsu asked turning to see Yuki lifeless and Kurayami getting drowned as well.
"He's really lost it - looks like we'll have to finish this another time!" Raito shouted rushing over to try and free Kurayami when Toyotomi threw Yuki's body at him tripping him before he got near him.
"That guy has really gone crazy… good thing I didn't have to fight that monster." Masakatsu thought wiping the sweat off his face when he noticed Yuki and ran over to him. "Yuki, hey, wake up." He said slapping his face when he noticed something odd. "Cold? Why would Yuki's face be cold unless…!" He thought getting back.
"Damn, my head is taking a beating today. Leader! You have to cool down; we've just failed our objective because of that temper of yours!" Raito stated walking towards Toyotomi when he noticed Masakatsu moving back quickly. "Isn't that his buddy? Why is he backing away?" He thought when Yuki's body exploded sending icicles everywhere cutting Raito's leg, arms, and right cheek while missing everyone else except for Toyotomi's left arm.
"Hm!?" Toyotomi uttered letting go of Kurayami and turning his attention where Yuki's body exploded. "What is the meaning of this…?" He asked while Kurayami was throwing up the water while coughing heavily.
"Lord Seiwa, are you okay?" Raito asked rushing to Kurayami's side.
"Ugh, kuh…kuh…kuh! We have to get Toyotomi out of his psychosis or we're all in trouble." Kurayami said still spitting up water.
"This looks like the perfect time to get away…" Masakatsu said quietly as he started sneaking away.
"Little brother, allow me to finish this once and for all! I was searching for the scroll so I could perform this next jutsu for a very long time and I've finally found it – this is the end for you, little brother." Yuki said standing on the pile of snow that had crashed into the building.
"Do you really think you can stop me!?" Toyotomi shouted in a rage.
Yuki pulled out a dagger sized icicle from the pile of snow and created a small cut on his arm and dripped it into a small puddle on the snow.
"Summoning Jutsu!" Yuki shouted making the hand seals: Boar, Dog, Monkey, Bird, Sheep, Serpent, Ox, and Dragon before he put his hand down on the puddle of blood.
"A Summoning Jutsu!?" Kurayami asked surprised when the pile of snow started to come together into a large clump of snow standing about twenty feet tall.
"Water Style – Water Dragon Bullet!" Toyotomi shouted nearly instantly making the hand seals: Ox, Tiger, Ox, and Tiger.
Some snow nearby melted into a puddle of water and a large body of water came out in the shape of a large dragon and shot directly at Yuki and the large mass of snow. Yuki put his hood on and bowed his head slightly when the water struck the two of them but seemed to do no damage except for scraping the snow off the summoned creature. It was a large Ice Golem standing roughly twenty feet tall. It had sharp claws on its hands and feet – it was also slender for a golem but it was very rigid and appeared to be made up of numerous large ice crystals.
"An Ice Golem…?" Toyotomi asked in shock looking at the golem.
"No way! You found the clan's missing treasure?" Masakatsu asked in awe of what he was looking at.
"What in the world is that thing?" Raito asked looking up at the Ice Golem.
"Yuki, why is it that you have summoned me?" The Ice Golem asked looking down towards Yuki.
"Yukio, my clan has been betrayed by one of its own and I ask for your assistance in dealing with this one that betrayed the clan." Yuki responded glaring at Toyotomi as he stood there in shock.
"Is that so? I have an obligation to assist you as my kind has been working with your clan. I will grant you my power." Yukio responded looking over at the four ninjas staring at him. "Which one is the betrayer?"
"My little brother, Toyotomi Shimousa – the one standing there staring at you." Yuki said pointing at Toyotomi.
"Very well." Yukio responded taking a step towards Toyotomi when Kurayami and Raito stepped in front of it.
"We will not allow you to get to our Leader!" Raito shouted pointing at the large golem.
"Who are these two?" Yukio asked turning towards Yuki.
"They are working with the traitor." Yuki replied coldly looking at them while Masakatsu walked over to Yuki with his hands behind his head.
"And this one?" Yukio asked pointing at Masakatsu.
"He is assisting me in this matter. Just those three are working with the traitor." Yuki replied when Raito punched the leg of the golem sending a large burst of wind around the area.
"Ha! Take that Ice Golem!" Raito boasted when he noticed his punch had little to no effect.
"Raito, get back from that thing! It's obviously a Shimousa clan summons and won't go down that easily!" Kurayami shouted when the golem started to swing its hand down towards Raito. "Look out!" He shouted blocking the hand with his claymore.
"On three." Raito said looking at Kurayami and he nodded. "One…two…three!" He shouted and Raito did two consecutive punches while Kurayami thrust his sword up as hard as he could repelling the golem's hand a few feet up.
"Now!" Kurayami shouted and the two jumped back from underneath the hand as it came crushing down into the ground.
"We're going to talk once this is completely over. I would like to right now but that thing is really intimidating." Masakatsu said with a smile on his face watching the show while standing next to Yuki.
"I planned on that." Yuki said watching the fight while noticing the sun was starting to set. "Nearly dusk, huh?" He thought looking towards the west.
"Kurayami, Raito, leave this thing to me." Toyotomi said with his head slightly tilted down sounding far more composed than before. "I have just the jutsu for this guy." He said with a smirk.
"Traitor: Toyotomi Shimousa. I shall be the one to end your life for betraying your own clan." Yukio said swinging its hand down towards him.
"Fire Style – Fire Breath Jutsu!" Toyotomi shouted quickly making the seals: Tiger, Dragon, Ox, Rabbit, and Tiger with his hand next to his mouth.
A large flame spit out of Toyotomi's mouth just above his hand and collided with the ice golem's hand melting it. After a few seconds Toyotomi stopped to breath.
"Toyotomi knows fire jutsu? Is that even possible from our clans?" Masakatsu asked surprised looking at Toyotomi.
"It must've been a latent ability that he's only found out about while we were separated." Yuki figured thinking about it when he realized a big problem. "This isn't good; my cloak was only made to be resistant to Ice, Water, and Wind jutsu. If I get hit with a Fire jutsu this cloak will be burnt up." He mumbled to himself.
"So, he had a special cloak created to fight Toyotomi?" Masakatsu thought glancing at Yuki's cloak.
"An affinity to Fire – rare among the Shimousa and Shirakawa clans. Yuki, I will require your assistance for this one." Yukio said regenerating its hand with what was left of the pile of snow.
"Looks like it's up to the two of you, Yuki." Masakatsu said patting Yuki on the back standing there.
"What are you talking about? You are involved as well. We will end this battle once and for all." Yuki said stepping forward when Yuki suddenly sensed some people near their area.
"Who is it?" Masakatsu asked looking the direction of the incoming people.
"Yuki Takashi, we have returned!" Kazuki shouted standing on a building nearby with Ayaka to his left and Takeo to his right pointing straight ahead at Toyotomi.
"Idiot, that's not Yuki! Who is that…?" Ayaka asked confused looking at Toyotomi.
"It doesn't matter. From this standpoint it looks like more enemies and look, that idiot is with them." Takeo said pointing at Raito.
"Hey! Who are you calling an idiot!? I only ran into you kids for less than a minute and you think you can call me an idiot!?" Raito shouted taking offense to what they were saying.
"Yuki, you know those kids?" Masakatsu asked leaning back towards Yuki looking at the three Genin.
"We're pulling back." Toyotomi said turning away from the golem.
"But Leader…!" Raito started to plead.
"We're going now! This is not over big brother, just a little clam before the storm." Toyotomi said when Raito punched the ground creating a large dust cloud as it stopped snowing.
"Did he just…" Kazuki asked surprised by what he believed he heard.
"…say 'big brother'…?" Takeo asked finishing Kazuki's question.
"Yeah… I'm sure I just heard that." Ayaka said while the three of them stood there in shock.
"Yuki, shall we pursue?" Yukio asked waiting for orders.
"No, we will see him again. You may return now." Yuki replied starting to shake a bit.
"Very well." Yukio said and vanished in a poof of smoke.
"Now, about what I was saying earlier…" Masakatsu said punching Yuki in the face. "That is for stuffing me into that smelly drum! You could've just said you were going to do something like that in the first place you idiot!" He shouted as Yuki fell down unconscious.
"Sensei!" Kazuki shouted rushing over to where Yuki was and got in between Masakatsu and Yuki.
"Sensei? He's your teacher?" Masakatsu asked dumbfounded.
"Yes! I will not allow you to lay a finger on my sensei!" Kazuki shouted when Ayaka and Takeo joined him.
"We can't let you go and beat up the man training us." Takeo said looking at Masakatsu.
"Wait, you have… nearly the same eyes as Yuki." Ayaka said noticing Masakatsu's eyes.
"Of course I do, I'm the idiot's cousin. I do not plan on killing or attacking him but I guess I over did it a bit with the punch… forgot he had been fighting a lot longer than myself. He probably didn't even feel the punch… oh well – I'll just do it again when he wakes up. You kids got names?" Masakatsu asked looking at the three Genin while someone watches in the shadows.
"Why couldn't I just be assigned to the Chunin Exams again? Lady Hokage just had to assign me to look after those Genin didn't she? No, they aren't the ones I'm looking after – it's that Takeo Furukawa." The Figure revealed to be Shikamaru said standing behind a wall nearby watching the Genin
Author Notes:
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Steve Masters