Chapter 3
A/N: Since this is my first fanfic I've never written action scenes before. Let me know what you think. Instructive criticism is always welcome if you feel it needs work.
Disclaimer: Naruto is not mine
"50 shadow clones in under 30 minutes," Ayato stated his challenge. "One hit destroys a clone. It shouldn't be too hard if you guys are any good. Oh, and since it's your first time I won't have multiple attacking you at once, unless you seem to be ready for it."
"Hai!" The three students said in unison.
Ayato put his hands together. Shadow clone jutsu. With a poof fifty Ayatos appeared. Jayne, Shisui, and Itachi all got in a battle ready stance.
"The timer starts now!" Ayato yelled.
Itachi summoned his large shuriken and launched it at a nearby shadow clone. He excelled at Shurikenjutsu. He could definitely take out quite a few with this skill. He watched as the large shuriken ripped through two clones and smashed into a tree.
A clone came up behind him slashing a kunai at his chest. He was able to block it just in time with a kunai of his own. With his free hand he pulled a smaller shuriken out of the bag at his hip and threw it at the clone's neck before it had time to react.
There were 4 clones in his way of getting back to his large shuriken. He jumped up in the air to gain a more aerial advantage. Two kunais came at him from different directions he was able to block one but the other grazed his arm. Because of the kunai distraction he landed on the ground without being able to perform his fireball jutsu. This time he jumped towards the nearby tree and pushed off of it to get higher. He got his hand sign ready so the moment he got the right angle he could unleash his fireballs. Fireball jutsu! He blew the large flame out of his mouth and it engulfed three of the clones in flames. Itachi landed next to his large shuriken. He immediately threw it at the remaining clone.
On the other side Shisui was working quickly to defeat his opponents. He is already a master of the body flicker technique and was able to move without leaving a trace. As a clone approached him he quickly flicked behind him, slashing him with his tanto. Immediately after striking one down he moved to the next taking clones down one after the other before they had time to react.
Shisui was suddenly surrounded by clones with multiple coming at him at once. He flicked around avoiding attacks. He furrowed his eyebrows. These clones have stepped it up a bit. He flicked behind a clone that quickly turned around to block his attack. Shisui jumped back quickly signing with his hands. Fireball jutsu! The clones in the area all poofed away into burning tree planks. That's about the seventeenth one he had taken out by himself. I wonder how Jayne and Itachi are doing.
Jayne stood with her back to the lake. It was the perfect set up, she had plenty of water to use and destroy any clone that came her way. Water Bullet Jutsu. Following her hand signs the water lifted into the air and shot at the clones like a torpedo destroying each one they made contact with. One of the clones blew a strong gust of wind breaking the water. He ran forward at her throwing a punch. She dodged his fist and they engaged in some hand to hand combat. She hated to admit that she wasn't a physically strong person, but her speed made up for it. The clone suddenly poofed away turning into a piece of wood with a shuriken sticking out of it. She looked up and saw Itachi not to far away. He gave her a quick nod and got back to fighting his own opponents.
Jayne got repositioned and made more hand signs, "Now it's my turn to help. Ice Release: Raining Senbon!" Water from the lake floated up and formed several hundred senbon. She fired them towards the clones in all directions. She focused on Itachi and Shisui to make sure not to let any senbon hit them. A senbon shouldn't hurt them too bad but it is enough to destroy a clone.
Looking around there were about 4 clones left for them to fight off. Two of them teamed up against Itachi. Shisui and Jayne both fought their own. These clones would probably be more difficult than the rest.
Itachi watched the two clones as they both gathered chakra in their hands and slashed wind at him. He dodged quickly as they kept throwing more wind. It was so fast he didn't have time to make any counter attacks.
"Itachi, incoming!" he heard Jayne's voice yell. He looked over to see she threw two kunai towards the clones. With the wind they'd never make it.
Quickly he made hand signs and blew out some fire to envelope the kunais and increase their power. The Kunais plunged into the clones destroying both at the same time.
Jayne smiled, great teamwork. He knew exactly what I was trying to do. Her moment of happiness didn't last long as she suddenly felt the wind get knocked out of her and a pain in her side. When she got distracted helping Itachi she forgot about her own clone she had to deal with. The clone had kicked her combining it with the force of the wind to make it an even stronger impact
Shisui was nearby when he heard Jayne let out a yelp and hit the ground. He quickly finished off his clone and flicked to where she was, standing in between her and the clone. He clashed his Tanto against the clone's kunai. The clones suddenly pulled out his free hand. What's he doing? It started to form a one handed sign. No way, he is signing with one hand! The cloned suddenly let out a giant burst of wind from his mouth blowing both Shisui and Jayne away. Shisui quickly grabbed onto her to help her land on her feet since she was still a little out of breath from the strong kick she got earlier.
"Jayne, blast some water at him!" Shisui instructed, "Itachi get the fireball jutsu ready."
Jayne nodded and put her hands together. The water turned into one large torpedo. Shisui gathered his lighting chakra in his hands. When she sent the water towards the clone he stuck his hands into the stream adding an electrical current to it. Seeing this, Itachi blew his Fire to circle around the water-lightning torpedo. The attack was huge and destroyed everything within the 15 foot radius of the impact.
"That was impressive," the real Ayato emerged from the tree he was watching from. He looked down at the kids who were breathing heavily and pretty beat up. "I guess you pass."
The kids were too exhausted to be excited.
"Hey, I'm starved," Shisui complained.
"Ayato-sensei, you should treat us to dinner as our reward for passing!" Jayne smiled.
"I don't need to get you anything. Passing is your reward!" Ayato snapped.
"We should go to that new ramen shop that just opened up," Itachi added.
"What? Did you not hear what I just said?"
"Good idea Itachi! I heard it's not that expensive so Ayato-sensei will be able to easily pay for us," Shisui said with confidence.
"Hold on!" Ayato raised his voice so he could be heard.
Jayne ignored his attempt to break into conversation, "And since he just came back from such a long mission I'm sure he just got a pretty big pay check."
"I didn't go through all that just to pay for the meals of three little kids!" Ayato huffed. Then he gave a defeated sigh, "Fine, just for tonight to celebrate our new team."
The three genin cheered at the free meal. They all headed out towards the ramen shop to have their first meal as a team. They had fun and laughed about little things. Ayato watched the smile on his kid's faces as they stuffed themselves with ramen.
"Wow, I'm beat," Shisui threw his hands behind his head.
"You kids should all get home. I don't want your parents getting mad at me on the first day," Ayato said handing over the money for the bill.
"Alright, Shisui, let's head back to the compound together," Itachi got out of his seat.
"Sounds good, but what about Jayne? Should she be going home alone?" Shisui stretched his arms.
"I can walk her home," Ayato said and with that they went their separate ways.
"So how long have you been back, Ayato-sensei?" Jayne asked.
"Hm, about a month now," Ayato said.
"What?! How come I haven't seen you until now?" She had an angry look on her face.
"What? I thought I'd surprise you," Ayato said casually.
Jayne pouted. She had been worried about him since he was gone for so long. He was the person she felt the closest to.
Her eyes suddenly brightened, "Oh, I was going to ask you if you have an oven!"
"An oven? Yeah, why?" he raised an eyebrow.
"Well, you see, I want to do some baking but that old lady won't let me use the kitchen. I've been asking her for years but she thinks I will burn the place down," She crossed her arms over her chest.
"So instead you want to burn my apartment down?" Ayato teased.
"I won't burn anything down! But I need you to help me bake some cookies!" Jayne said, he little face turning red with a mixture of anger and embarrassment.
"What on Earth makes you think I know how to bake cookies?" Ayato asked.
"All you have to do is follow the instructions. I just need someone to show me how to use the oven and stuff," Jayne said.
"And stuff? You mean like everything else? How to stir, mix, measure?" Ayato laughed.
Jayne was quiet.
Ayato sighed, "I know someone who can probably teach you how to bake. I will talk to her and let you know sometime after training."
A big smile grew on her face, "Thank you!" She gave him a quick hug and ran inside the orphanage.
Ayato sighed. The kid hasn't changed a bit.
