CHAPTER 4 – The Battle
Kakashi and Kaori stood on guard, each drawing out their weapons. Kakashi lifted his forehead protector, revealing the Sharingan in his left eye. "Over there!" He threw his kunai towards a tree a feet away from them once he spotted the enemy. Kaori and the priestess' gaze followed the kunai towards the tree. The instance the kunai made contact with the tree, a several ninja stars flew towards the priestess. Kaori quickly grabbed the priestess by the waist and pulled her away from the danger. Kakashi looked at where he had thrown his kunai. "There shouldn't be a mistake… I'm sure there was chakra there.' How did it end up as a trap…?"
Kaori dodged and slid meters away as ten more kunais flew at them, holding the priestess closely by her side. "Hatake-san, please think before striking again. The priestess' life will be at risk if you make any hasty moves."
Kakashi was annoyed. Of course he didn't mean to put the priestess in danger in any way, but just now, that was an impossible mistake for him to make. Not only did he sense the enemy in the wrong place, he also fell into the enemy's trap and endangered the priestess' life.
The area began fogging up with thick mist, the visibility rapidly decreased as the mist swallowed up the whole lake. Kaori tightened her clench on the sword, slowly stepping back towards the priestess. Kakashi soon lost sight of the two as the mist thickened by each second. "Hidden mist technique…" He focused hard in the mist as a figure appeared in the distance. Kakashi pulled out a kunai. "Enemy clones?" The figure dashed towards Kakashi. "Wait… it's a real person!" He swung up his kunai just in time to block a dagger coming up to his eye.
"Can't use your eye, now can you?" His attacker laughed and backed off into the mist again. Blood dripped from Kakashi's arm. "Why don't we have more fun, Sharingan no Kakashi?"
"Where are you?"
"Over here." Figures began surrounding Kakashi.
Kakashi held his kunai tighter. "This is the same as before, I can see forms of chakra around me, but…"
"If you're not going to strike, I am!"
"What?" Kakashi saw the figures moving with his Sharingan. Suddenly, from one of the figures behind Kakashi, a dagger slashed down. It cut Kakashi from his left shoulder down to his left hip. Kakashi quickly turned around and cut the enemy with his kunai, only finding it to disappear once his kunai came in contact.
He held his cut shoulder, as blood began soaking his hands. "Who are you? What business do you have with the priestess?' Kakashi's eyes scanned the area from one place to another.
The placed filled with evil laughter. "Me? You don't need to know! Besides, you wouldn't even survive to find out." With that, five blue leopards suddenly jumped in from the top with fangs out. Kakashi only had a split second to jump to the side. As he looked back at the five leopards, he noticed that the colour of their bodies were much lighter than the water's colour.
"Futon, Nijuu Saiuron Burasuto!" From the top of the branch behind Kakashi came two huge whirlwinds which tore across the lake straight at Kakashi.
"Shit!" Kakashi swore as he propelled himself to a nearby branch just outside the destructive path of the 2 whirlwinds. "At this rate…"
"Mmmhmmm… Nii-san, am I overdoing it? I thought I could get more out of the legendary white fang's son."
"Don't let your guard down, it is your worse enemy during battle."
"Oh well…"
Forming fast seals with his hands, he puffed out smoke from his mouth. "Dokugiri!" The whole lake was once again engulfed by a dense blanket of fog. This time it was purple.
Kakashi began analyzing the situation he was in. "That fog seems dangerous, I shouldn't get too close to it." He looked over to his wounded shoulder. "This is bad, I need to finish this quickly." Kakashi began forming seals with his hands. "Suiton, Bakusui Shoha!"
Immediately the large volume of water absorbed and cleared away the mist, leaving a direct path in front of Kakashi, revealing a man in his path. "Oh my, you found me. Looks like hide and seek is over."
Kakashi panted. He looked at the ninja in front of him, his eyes moved towards the forehead protector he was wearing. "If I remember correctly, that forehead protector is from the Mist. Why are you attacking your own country's priestess?"
"I have no intentions to tell you." Kakashi glared at him. "Oh right, my bad. Where were all my manners?" The ninja smirked. "Now that you've come so far and survived that combo, I guess telling you wouldn't be so bad after all. I am Suzuki Ukito. My brother is Mashiro."
"I thought you said there was no need for me to know your names." Kakashi hissed at Ukito.
Ukito's eyes widened with excitement. "You should at least remember the name of the person who would mark you down as history!"
Kakashi blocked the dagger striking up towards his face. Another came up after another, Kakashi pulled out his second kunai and blocked each and everyone of them. "What? Already finished?" Ukito laughed as he pulled his left dagger up again, along with his leg kicking Kakashi. He was sent crashing a few metres away from him. Ukito walked up towards Kakashi, who was lying facedown on the ground now. "Nii-san should be down by now."
Kakashi looked up at him. "Done with what?"
"The priestess." Kakashi quickly swung his leg towards Ukito, attempting to knock him down. But he dodged it swiftly and did a few back-flips. "That was dirty, considering that it came from you. But you still can't get me with that." He laughed again.
"Ukito, you done already?" A figure was walking towards the two. As he came closer, his bodily figures came into great detail. He was strongly built, all muscles were huge on his body.
Kakashi noticed that he was carrying someone over his shoulder. To his realization, it was the priestess! He looked over to where he came from, Kaori was lying on the floor, panting hard. "Rena-sama…"
"Damn it, "Damn it, I need Asuma to back me up." Kakashi grunted as he tried to get up.
Ukito looked back at Kakashi. "Still haven't given up, have you? Nii-san-"
"I am going to make this quick." Ukito's brother, Mashiro swung the priestess down from his shoulder. He grabbed her up by the neck and started tightening his clutch. The priestess' small hands held his big fists attempting to make his loosen his grip on her. "It futile Miko-sama, please don't struggle. It'll only make it harder for us."
Kakashi finally stood up, and charged towards the two. Ukito opened his arms wide as if he was welcoming him to attack. The battle continues!
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The priestess is on the verge of death! What can Kakashi and Kaori do to stop them?? Will Asuma and other Konoha shinobis arrive on time to help them??? Tune in for the next chapter.
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Jutsus in this chapter:
Futon, Nijuu Saiuron Burasuto:
Wind release, Double Cyclone Blast
Suiton, Bakusui Shoha:
Water release, Exploding Water Shockwave
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A/N: -Drum roll- :D Okay, the action is HERE!!! This is my second attempt to write some action, hope I didn't fail too much. And I would like to thank my friend, who helped me write out most of this chapter, while I did the final editing, he deserves TEN CUPS OF ICE CREAM for this 8D!! LOL… okay thanks again for reading my fanfic and please gimme reviews so I can further improve my work!!