It was a dark night in Konohagakure, the village hidden among the tree leaves. All the villagers have returned to their houses emptying the stoned roads of the village. The cold breeze was hovering across the few trees scattered here and there on the back yards of some buildings. However, uncommonly a guy was standing upright atop a wooden wall over certain street of the village. It was the street leading straight to the Hokage's office building. The Hokage was the toughest Shinobi not only on the village but also in the whole Fire country. His influence on the Village's surroundings has brought many people to fabric myths about the legendary power of the Hokage...
"... I see... I think tonight is the best time of moving out."
The mysterious guy whispered lowly, only his eyes were noticeable in that utter darkness. Those eyes were shining like two balls of flames but he also appeared to have a remarkable height though his body size was above average. He suddenly kicked off the edge of the wooden wall with the heels of his shows and jumped off landing on the stoned road below without making any sound. He was swift like a cat. He soon started to march forward slowly staring up with his bright eyes at monuments of the previous Hokages faces carved into the rocky mountain just above the Hokage's building.
There were eight legendary faces and he started to roll his eyes from left to right upon them while murmuring their names like if he was reading a holy script.
"Hashirama sama... Tobirama sama... Sarutobi sama... Minato sama... Tsunade sama... Kakashi sama... Naruto sama... Konohamaru sama... Wait! Why only the third Hokage was addressed by his last name!?"
A loud rustling voices suddenly stopped his train of thoughts and before he tries to realise what's going on a several masked persons surrounded him forming a loose circle on the road around him from every direction. Kyuseishu shifted his gaze between them instantly figuring that they're a bunch of the masked ninjas of Konoha called ANBU forces which he calls bugs. He snickered lightly showing no sing of astonishment but a voice came from one of those masked men made him turn his attention to the speaker which glared at him through the tiny slits on his crow-like mask.
"... What are you doing here around this late hour of night?"
Kyuseishu stayed silent despite realising the offensive tone on the ANBU member's voice.
Until he heard another ANBU member speak with a sound above a whisper.
"... This road leads to the village's gate... We've got a report that you keep planning for weird experiences even after you have been put under a special surveillance."
Kyuseishu maintained his indifferent expression although he started to feel the serious menace on his life if he had to confront this number of ANBU members all together.
"Aren't you going to speak up?"
A third dog-masked ANBU member said, scanning Kyuseishu with obscured look from behind the mask.
Kyuseishu thought that this one's voice was like a bark and he might pounce on him and bite him just like a dog anytime. The second ANBU member touched his large weapon pouch attached to his waist with his fingertips which were hidden under the thick cloth of black glove reaching up his wrist. He was the shortest one among the rest members of the squad although he has almost Kyuseishu's same height.
"We are sorry but we got a straight order to eliminate you if you resist to come with us peacefully... Raise your hands up above your head where we can clearly see them!"
His threat made Kyuseishu feel slightly disgusted from the way he spoke to him as if he's going to obey. He took a step forward and shrugged his shoulders.
"Try... To make it happen..."
The crow-masked ANBU member exchanged a quick eye contact with the ANBU member that gave the order to Kyuseishu than he looked back at Kyuseishu.
"You are a Chunnin right? There's no point from trying to resist us. A final advice, surrender or we'll have to kill you."
Kyuseishu took another step forward, unfazed by their threatening words. He never looked at any of them on the face due to him knowing that he can't read their masked faces."
I said try to make it happen, I hate repeating myself."
He replied, it's never his choice to surrender. The crow-masked ANBU member stepped back slowly sighing before lifting his right arm up vertically beside his head. He was the biggest among them and his action made it clear that he was the leader of the ten-men squad that surrounded Kyuseishu.
"TAKE HIM DOWN!"
The ANBU Leader shouted and an alarming signal ran throughout Kyuseishu's body hearing the sounds of the weapons clinking and unsheathed swords. He watched through the corner of his vision the second ANBU member run towards him, pointing the blade of his standards ANBU sword at him but he didn't move a inch.
"Heh..."
The ANBU member roared, swinging his blade with remarkable speed at Kyuseishu's neck from front. Kyuseishu measured the distance left between them at that instant around ten feets. ... A Wheezy sound of a collision cut through the silence of the night. Kyuseishu's right hand was holding the handle of the ANBU member's sword tightly, the sharp edge of blade has been stopped mere inches before reaching Kyuseishu's throat.
"... Too slow..."
Kyuseishu murmured and the ANBU member's eyes went wide as he gritted his teeth struggling to pull his sword back from Kyuseishu's grip but his attempt was useless. He stamped the floor with his foot and threw a straight punch towards Kyuseishu's left side. Kyuseishu's left arm was free, he knew he got advantage over his opponent because he found the key to control his reactions by getting a hold on the sword, the male's main weapon. His left arm moved downwards beside his waist with high velocity blocking the punch directed at him as he pulled back his right arm violently snatching the sword off the attacker's hand before throwing it away. He never used a sword before so he decided not to risk himself by trying to use it right now because that might cost him his life in case he misuses the sword.
Another ANBU member suddenly jumped off the ground and tossed two Kunais at Kyuseishu's back, a coward move but working one. However, it would work if Kyuseishu's sensibility wasn't high. He blinked sensing the Kunais flying towards his back but his left arm kept resisting the punch. he smirked realising that his both legs were still yet free so he swiftly lifted his right foot off the floor and thrusted the heel of his sandal onto the ANBU member clashing with him, pushing him backwards into the air. The two Kunais nearly collided with his back but he slid with one foot to the right side avoiding the two Kunais, one of them eventually passed mere inches beside his left waist. Now as he turned to scan the rest of the squad, he heard the one that he kicked two seconds ago slam against a wooden wall several meters away with a loud growl.
"Arrrgh!"
The dog-masked ANBU member dashed towards Kyuseishu furiously from behind shooting with his fist in the air preparing to deliver a surprising assault. Kyuseishu whom was already bored from the fight sighed faintly as he landed his right foot down and quickly lifted his forefingers in front of his lips forming a seal. Two other ANBU members dashing towards him, each with a standard ANBU sword. But they were already trapped in his eyevision.
"It's been a while for a Taijutsu practice but..."
He whispered as his right arm was already stretched far behind him, eventually catching one of the two offensive ANBU member's fist.
It was the dog-masked member whom twitched as his fist got caught by Kyuseishu's hand without even the latter's turning around to notice his attack.
"H-how!? Is he got eyes behind his head?"
% He grumbled, the rustle of a fifth and sixth ANBU members jumping down towards Kyuseishu from above while charging with their long swords at him simultaneously made the dog-masked member believe that Kyuseishu is a goner and the shout coming from them confirmed his assumption.
"You're done!"
Kyuseishu chuckled silently at their presumes. He knew he's still doing good against their simultaneous attacks and with one of them already down, his chances of surviving increased. Without turning around, he let go of the dog-masked member's fist and slipped his own left hand into the male's armpit, using an added strength emitted from his feet to lift the ANBU member off the ground and flip him over his head, digging his fingers into the ANBU member's jacket to assure the best results.
"WHA-"
He used his other arm just to support the weight of the ANBU member carrying him on his shoulder just below the two swords of the other offensive ANBU members that dashed downwards at him. he ducked intercepting their swords with the human shield he made out from the dog-masked ANBU member, shortly hearing the flesh getting slashed right above his ears.
"Arrrrrrrghhh!"
The two blades of his comrades sliced throughout the dog-masked ANBU member before he could even realise what's happening as he kept hanging upside-down on Kyuseishu's hands. Blood trickling down all over his body but he got no time to feel pain because he was already dead. The leader of the squad was analysing every instant of the clash without an eye twitch. "Is that really a chunnin?" He murmured with certainly nervous voice. One of the ANBU members that sliced his comrade with his blade pulled away his sword and made a back flip landing few meters away from Kyuseishu. His facial expression filled with shock and panic.
"What the!?"
The other ANBU member, whom his blade sank deeply into the dog-masked member chopping off hid left leg completely, gasped surprisingly watching the blood coating his sword. Kyuseishu took advantage of their shock and vanished suddenly from their sight and reappeared behind both of them. He quickly forwarded his both hands and held their heads, each head with a hand before crashing them against each others mercilessly and blasting the bones of their heads into shreds.
"Think again...!"
The leader of the squad sighed nervously watching two other members of his men collapse. He glared towards Kyuseishu with ablaze, dark eyes and started to walk in his direction slowly.
"I see... You're not bad as a Chunnin... But don't feel proud."
He whispered regarding Kyuseishu carefully but Kyuseishu shrugged ignoring his words while wiping his face from the blood calmly, watching another ANBU member whispering something in the ear of the squad leader whom narrowed his eyes and drew out a Kunai cutting open his left wrist. Few blood drops dripped on the ground beneath his feet making Kyuseishu confused of what he was up to.
"You saw this blood?"
The leader said, fixing his sharpened eyes on Kyuseishu.
"The same red blood will flow now from you like a river."
Kyuseishu stared at him closely for a moment feeling that he face began to sweat.
"Hmph..."
A couple of seconds passed heavily before the leader finally decided to give the order to annihilate Kyuseishu. He held his injured hand up above his head and shouted aggressively.
"Take him out with one blow!"
The rest five ANBU members except the leader suddenly dashed towards Kyuseishu, charging with their Katanas at him simultaneously. He maintained his unblinking expression and quickly pulled out a smoke bomb from his inventory pouch.
"... I have no more time to waist here with those bugs..."
He whispered to himself and tossed the smoke bomb against the ground which bounced off two times before exploding, releasing a thick cloud of purple smoke around Kyuseishu. He jumped away and started to run onwards, taking advantage of the smoke that blurred the ANBU members vision temporarily. He sighed confidently when he glanced behind him realising that no one was trailing him but he could hear their whispers clearly from within the smoke.
"Damn it..."
"He is escaping..."
"I can't see anything..."
Kyuseishu kept running forward towards the gate feeling a strange chills across his skin. The sight of blood was still on his brain which reminded him that he's still not fully recovered from his Hemophobia. How much they know about me? He questioned himself watching that he got so close from the boards of the gate but a mysterious person was waiting for him there with his huge body to prevent him from foreign out. Kyuseishu pulled out three Shurikens without even thinking about who might that be. He tossed them onwards towards the mysterious in the same trajectory of his running line without stopping but the clink sound of metals made him realise that his Shurikens have been deflected away.
"Do you think that you can escape so easily?"
A voice called from the darkness with a chuckle but Kyuseishu never stopped running figuring that it might be the leader of the ANBU squad who was possibly more skilled than the rest members. Kyuseishu just formed two fists and slowed down his running pace a bit preparing to clash with the foe.
"It's easy since you are the one trying to stop me, Heh..."
He whispered maintaining his confident expression even though his voice seemed far indifferent. The leader of the ANBU squad lifted his huge sword up resting the edge of it's handle on his right shoulder while staring forward towards Kyuseishu coldly.
"Such a big words from a kid like you... C'mon show me...!"
Kyuseishu's running trajectory didn't change, he thought about ending his enemy with one blow but the darkness wasn't any help. However, when he approached the ANBU's leader by merely ten feets, he clearly realised his figure and where he was standing exactly. Unware of any traps, he shooted a peek punch towards the other male's chest as he halted three feets in front of him and made sure that his lower half was out of the sword's range because he was ready to follow the punch with a high kick.
"!"
He twitched slightly as the male managed to push Kyuseishu's arm away with relative ease using his left palm before the punch reaches his chest. His right hand simultaneously grabbed the handle of his sword and swiftly swung it downwards targeting Kyuseishu's left shoulder but Kyuseishu's right leg was faster as he lifted it up high, Kicking the handle of the sword off the male's hand just in time and tossing it away vertically into the air.
"!?"
The ANBU'S leader widened his eyes watching Kyuseishu's high velocity but before coming with any other reaction, Kyuseishu gripped his left arm while he focused his spiritual energy on one point of his left clenched fist as he leaned his upper half forward close from the male by mere inches. The ANBU'S leader gritted his teeth nervously but a cocky smirk made it's way up into his lips as he caught Kyuseishu's right foot in the air with his right hand.
"Heh... You wanted me to ignore your already lifted foot? Nice try kid!"
Kyuseishu replied with a fainted chuckle throwing his free left fist towards the male's face swiftly.
"You still didn't get it!"
The ANBU'S leader's eyes twitched realising too late that his both hands were occupied. He flailed his left arm nervously trying to free it from Kyuseishu's firm grip to block the punch but his loud gasp was faster this time as Kyuseishu's enhanced fist thrusted into his face harshly piercing the bones of his head.
"WAAAAH!"
Thirty Three hours later...
An endless desert, the sun in the middle of the clear sky, shining upon the sand beads making it look glamorous... An infinite sea of sand... The dark haired Shinobi named Kyuseishu was running rapidly across the sandy hills that scattered here and there over the distance. He was wearing the standard attire of Konoha's chunnin members consisted of greyish, sleeved jacket with a high collar, a black pants and matched Shinobi sandals. Exhaustion was clear on his features...
His brows suddenly twitched up as the sandy ground beneath him began to shake like if it was an earthquake striking all in a sudden but Kyuseishu felt with his high sensibility that something was travelling under the sand surface just below him. He quickly halted to a stop and jumped backwards few times watching The ground crack up in the right in the spot he stopped on before jumping and a black thing like a humanly head began to emerged from under the surface of sand, blasting away a light cloud of dust and sand.
Kyuseishu exhaled through his nose while staring down towards the stranger as he landed with his feet ontop of a low hill about 15 meters away from his previous spot. He maintained his calm expression although the offensive appearance of the stranger which surprised him.
"Who are you!?"
Those words escaped from his lips as he watched the stranger guy glance towards him with expressionless look. He noticed that the strangers body was fully covered with black dress carrying a retractable shield over the chest. A black mask also was his entire face except his eyes which were bright and fiercely scanning Kyuseishu. He chuckled slyly as his complete body was now exposed on the sand's surface.
"... I am a Hunter-Nin sent to kill you before you approach your destiny. There's no more of telling you further information about me."
He said with cold tone and planes his both feet into the sand firmly as he formed the Ram handseal.
Kyuseishu realised that he doesn't have time to examine the guy closely or analyse what ability he might posses because he prepared directly to attack by performing that handseal. The fact that he seemed confident enough to reveal what he was here for without a hint of hesitation made Kyuseishu feel threatened.
"Damn, I'm still exhausted from my confrontation with ANBU Konoha..."
Kyuseishu whispered faintly to himself as he parted his legs slightly and kept scanning the Hunter-Nin with fiery look. The wanders started to multiply in his about who might sent this hunter to assassinate or what was his real purpose but he thought the best way to know is to ask the guy himself.
"... Who sent you after me and under whom you work?"
He questioned after a bit of hesitation but the masked hunter suddenly stretched his both arms behind his back and chuckled sarcastically.
"I told you it's pointless to keep asking me questions... Because the only answer I am going to give you is your death."
He murmured with emotionless voice and quickly extended his arms forehead drawing out five Kunais from the sleeves of his cloak. He held each Kunai from it's ring with one finger and crossed his arms back in front of his chest before launching them onwards, eventually tossing the ten Kunais all together towards Kyuseishu. They flew forward in the same trajectory towards him the one next to the other like projectiles making their evasion hard. Figuring out that, Kyuseishu quickly pulled out two Kunais from his weapon pouch and lifted his both arms horizontally in front of his chest, holdings each Kunai from it's handle with one hand firmly. He realised that if a single Kunai from the upcoming ones stabs him, the injury even if it was small would make him suffer afterwards so he decided that he had no choice but blocking all the Kunais even though he was well aware that his mysterious foe might only used them as a distraction. But Kyuseishu wasn't bent to underestimate any of the attacks. [13] The ten Kunais launched on his direction were already away about fifty inches from reaching him as he finished thinking. He flicked his forearms with swift motion deflecting two of the incoming Kunais away with his both Kunais. A third Kunai he couldn't notice slashed the back of his bony left hand producing a minor cut as he was about flick his arms again. Another Kunai flew past his left ear with two inches while a fifth Kunai sliced the air just above his hair ball as he tilted his head down a little in time. His right moved unintentionally catching another Kunai from it's ring with his small finger before it could pierce his chest. The rest four Kunais weren't hard for him to block, he deflected all of them away with one Kunai and simultaneously used the momentum of his left foot which was firmly pressed onto the sand to push himself off towards his foe and starts to dash towards him as he began to throw the three Kunais left with him towards the other guy successively.
The Hunter-Nin ran off towards Kyuseishu just about the same time blowing up a small cloud of dust and sand around him. He skilfully dodged the three Kunais in motion by leaning his head to the left side and right right successively letting the Kunais pass next to the sides of his head.
"Hm. Not bad!"
He whispered with mocking manner as he held out his both arms forward. Two retractable, metallic blades sprung forth from under his sleeves over his wrists as he kept dashing forward towards Kyuseishu, smirking. Kyuseishu realised he doesn't have time to draw out more Kunais so he clenched his fingers tightly around the Kunai that remained in his hand as he continued to run forward towards the other male onto the sand, observing him carefully.
"You better be straightforward and tell me who sent you to ambush me...!"
He said with emotionless tone and ran few more paces before finally halting to a stop while thrusting his Kunai forward against the other male's blades. But the male crossed his bith blades forming the form X in front of his chest and blocking Kyuseishu's Kunai, slowing down his momentum. He pressed his teeth together and chuckled lightly while clenching his blades against Kyuseishu's Kunai hard and staring into his eyes.
"Heh, I guess you are not that clumsy to keep asking me that..."
The Hunter-Nin said and Kyuseishu smirked back furiously realising that he already has advantage on his opponent because his left arm was still free.
"... As I presumed... It must be the Kazekage... Is the one behind ambushing me in the middle way to Sunagakure... Heh, You guys know about me more than what I expected."
The male sighed with relaxed manner as he puffed out his breathe through the mask. He continued to clench his blades against Kyuseishu's Kunai finally managing to immobilize it's motions. His furious eye contact with Kyuseishu remained still.
"Heh, you are far intelligent than what you seem, kid. The Rukodaime Kazekage sent me tp wipe out another trash, which appeared to be you in the end. I have to admit you are a little good because I couldn't get you with surprise on the first time."
He mocked, his face seemingly showing no emotion behind the cloth of his dark mask. But Kyuseishu could tell that he was grinning sharply.
". . . . . ."
He clenched his left fist hard thinking about ending this fight with a Taijutsu combo. He realised that His opponent wasn't as skilled as he predicted, at least in close range combat. But he felt that his right hand holding the Kunai was enduring all the pressure of the male's blades applied on him. He needed to loosen the pressure a bit before the bones of his hand shatter which won't help him to gain more information about this mysterious hunter.
"Ugh... Is that so... Now I understand..."
He said while grunting, finally getting the perfect timing to shift the calibre of power to his advantage. He launched his left fist with blindingly speed forward at the other's face. Surprised with the sudden assault, the hunter quickly lifted his right arm upwards vertically in front of his face, receiving the punch with his elbow. He found himself forced to free Kyuseishu's Kunai from the grip of his two blades but for his surprise he winced.
"!"
The blade attached to his left arm was sliced in the middle into two halves by Kyuseishu's single Kunai. Kyuseishu followed by thrusting his Kunai forward towards the hunter's chest as he gripped the cloth of his right sleeve firmly, binding his arm that the male used to block his former punch.
"Even with this armor of yours, a can still pierce through your heart!"
He shouted loudly but the hunter replied with a grin as he sluggishly tried to pull his right arm away. Kyuseishu's sharp Kunai was mere inches before slashing into his chest.
"You're not bad in close range combat, you know?"
His index and middle fingers were lifted up in front of his chest as he uttered forming a half handseal, the pointed tip of Kyuseishu Kunai was about to dive right through the male's fingers but a thick amount of sand intercepted the moving Kunai along with Kyuseishu's hand holding it. The dashing shield made of sand now covered the hunter's image totally while Kyuseishu flipped backwards shockingly before landing few meters only to stare forward with disbelief.
"A Ninjutsu...!"