Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Naruto Shippuden, only my OC's.
Month and a half Later
Naruto and Sasuke heavily glared at each other. Their was slightly perspiration on the foreheads of both boys showcasing that they've been at this for a while now. Naruto twirled the six kunai in his hands as Sasuke immediately clutched the six shuriken he held.
The air surrounding the two was thick with a dangerous intent. Tension flew from one boy's gaze to the other. They held a stand off, seeming to size the other up.
The wind suddenly blew through the stiff air in a cool breeze that caused the two genin muscles to tense.
As soon as the winds calmed, they wasted no other moment. Naruto swiftly launched the kunai at Sasuke. Seeing the kunai, he flipped through the air, hurdling the shuriken at each kunai, throwing each one off it's course. As soon as his feet touched the ground, he had to block a punch aimed for his head from Naruto.
He then had to block a elbow to the side of the head, parrying the blow. Naruto did a swift leg sweep towards Sasuke who grabbed on to his shoulder blade spinning behind him, throwing a punch at the unguarded back of Naruto's head.
Before he could land it, Naruto ducked turning around. Sasuke then threw another punch aimed for his throat. The punch however was sidestepped but Sasuke followed up with a kick to the chest that staggered the blond backwards a step.
Naruto created two clones as the three charged the Uchiha. Sasuke dodged the grapple from the first clone as he tripped it up causing it to disperse. The second clone, quickly drew a kunai as it slashed at the quick genin.
Sasuke sidestepped each slash from the clone before punching it in the head. This left him open for the real Naruto who rammed his knee into his face.
Caught off guard, blood spewed from Sasuke's busted lip which only served to anger him. Before Naruto could follow up with a punch, Sasuke using a burst of speed stepped into the punch, sidestepping just at the last moment "too slow!" he shouted.
He grabbed Naruto's arm swinging him around building up velocity before tossing him in the air.
"It's over" Sasuke thought whipping through his hand signs for a jutsu. The airborne Naruto couldn't block this! "Fire Style Fireball Jutsu!" he shouted.
A large Fireball immediately flew at a great speed towards Naruto who put up his own handsign. "Shadow Closed Jutsu!" a clone immediately appeared pulling Naruto out of the way of the fire as the Jutsu hit the clone.
Not wasting any time, Naruto created three more clones quickly grabbing them launching them at the Uchiha. Sasuke's eyes widened, quickly jumping back as the first clone compacted with the spot he just evacuated from.
"He's launching his own clones as if their missiles!" he thought as he back flipped away from the other clone. Before Naruto reached the ground, he launched the last clone.
Sasuke only smirked, instead of moving, he pulled out a kunai. As the clone grew closer, he slashed right across it's head as it popped into non-existence.
Seeing the cloud of smoke blocking Sasuke's view, Naruto immediately whipped through hand signs. "Wind Style Great Breakthrough!" he shouted.
A large invisible compression of air easily blew away the smoke colliding with the Uchiha sending the boy careening backwards. He kept soaring backward till his back hit a large tree
"Argh!" Sasuke grunted out in pain, before he could get up Naruto was charging him. "Damn it!" Sasuke rushed through hand signs, he wasn't done working on this Jutsu but it'd have to work. "Lightning Style Paralysis Ball!" Lightning quickly started circulating on Sasuke's right hand, "I got to make this quick, its hard to contain" he thrust the ball at the oncoming Naruto.
Naruto eyes widened, he was too close to dodge completely. "ugh!" Naruto grunted jumping to the side, narrowly missing the ball, lightning currents from the Jutsu still made contact with him.
"The attack missed for the most part but the shockwaves will slow me down" Naruto contemplated as he continued his dash towards the Uchiha, albeit slowed.
By the time Naruto reached Sasuke, the dark haired boy had got up clutching a kunai before rushing ahead.
Naruto seeing the kunai, immediately brandished his own as the two weapons met powerfully. *Clang* Sparks shot from both weapons as the two boys growled at each other.
Suddenly, Naruto smirked. Seeing the look, Sasuke grew confused and slightly agitated. "What's so fu-" Sasuke started before gasping in shock as Naruto's Kunai cleanly sliced through his.
"He must've used wind chakra!" Sasuke thought immediately jumping back from the boy. Naruto started to rapidly go through hand signs.
"Wind Style Air bullets" Naruto shot six powerful condensed wind bullets at the retreating Uchiha. Sasuke quickly weaved through the first couple of air bullets, but ultimately was at point blank range making it impossible to dodge them all.
"He won't dodge this!" Naruto thought, Sasuke manage to dodge another air bullet but was left defenseless of the one coming after it.
The bullet immediately hit the Uchiha in the stomach lifting him off of his feet. "Arghh!" Sasuke shouted out in pain, spit flying from his mouth. The last air bullet then connected to his chest, careening him backwards at a fast velocity.
Naruto rushed the down Uchiha as his body finally stopped rolling. "It's Over" Naruto spoke calmly as he looked down at the boy.
Sasuke body suddenly *poofed*, in his place was a log. Naruto senses immediately went up in alarm as he swiftly turned around having to block a punch aimed for his face.
Sasuke not letting up, through a punch with his right fist. Seeing the blond block it too enraged Sasuke. "Its not over!" he shouted, he immediately jumped with a spinning kick straight to the side of Naruto's head.
Naruto grunted as his head was swimming in pain, he quickly grabbed Sasuke's foot tossing the boy backwards.
Before he could hit the ground, Sasuke flipped in mid air to land on his feet.
They were now yards away from each other, both with scowls. "One of the air bullets no doubt hit him, he must've dodged that very last bullet." Naruto thought grunting in slight discomfort, he could still feel the after effects of that lightning attack Sasuke used.
"I have to finish this!" Naruto immediately gave a rush towards Sasuke who ran at him as well. "This loser will not beat me!"
Before either boy could throw another punch, Kakashi suddenly grabbed both their arms and shook his head. "This was meant to be a spar, why's it so cutthroat with you two?" the Jonin asked exasperated looking at the two disgruntled preteens.
"Sakura spars over!" Kakashi shouted to the girl dispelling his clone who was fighting her. "Y-Yes Sensei!" Sakura gasped out breathing hard from her mouth wiping sweat from her brow.
Kakashi couldn't help but be proud of the girl's progress. She was improving splendidly, her taijutsu which use to be basically nonexistent had finally reached an acceptable level.
She had even grew an interest in the genjutsu arts, working on her first Jutsu which happened to be a c-rank illusion.
Kakashi then glanced back at the two boys who were still glaring at each other. He couldn't help but to feel…mixed about them.
Although their shinobi skills were progressing nicely, their relationship was still strained. It actually seemed to evolve into a rivalry of some sorts. Competing in training, missions, and even trivial things like who could finish their food first.
He honestly didn't know what to think of it all truly, at least it didn't seem to be as hostile as those first couple of weeks.
"Go clean yourselves up, you have the rest of the day off" Kakashi said.
Naruto heeded his words without uttering a word as he headed for his temporary room in the house.
As he reached the room, he let loose a sigh. To say things so far were annoying would be an understatement.
Kakashi often forced him and Sasuke into situations together in and outside of training knowing the two would bicker. Even Naruto could admit that sometimes the Jonin was right to do so but it didn't make it any less troublesome.
One memory in particular was the grocery store incident.
Flashback
It's now been three weeks staying at the Uchiha's District. Naruto frowned, things were quite stiff between him and Sasuke.
Ever since that encounter at the door, the Uchiha had been glaring at him every now and then. With him refusing to be a pushover, he had to glare back which only made things worse.
As soon as they got situated in the house three weeks ago, Kakashi had begun teaching them chakra control. It took Naruto and Sasuke the entire first week to get down the basics of tree climbing as Sakura seemed to get it on the very first day. Perhaps because of her smaller chakra reserves but nonetheless it was impressive.
After the week was out, Kakashi took no break and swiftly started them on water walking. Water walking took them even longer than tree walking, taking them all the way into the third week.
As soon as they started to make progress, Kakashi made them have spars while maintaining their control. Which was agitating to say the least. Maintaining and altering your chakra output and sparring at the same time was very distracting. It was hard to not focus on one or the other.
..Today so happened to had been a spar between himself and Sasuke. A spar that immediately turned rather vicious and needed intervention from Kakashi.
Naruto didn't know what it was but it was just something about that kid that got under his skin. He was the only one that got him to act irrational and he hated that.
To get his mind off of the sour topic, Naruto glanced around the room he was currently inhabiting.
The bed was a king size with black Satin covers. The walls were a pale white and bare of any objects such as pictures or paintings. There was a thick oak dresser situated near the bed with a black lamp sitting on top of it.
"Uchiha Itachi.." Naruto pondered to himself. It was kind of strange for him to be sleeping in a man's room that murdered his entire clan besides his little brother.
"Naruto, Kakashi-sensei wants to see you" Sakura spoke, sticking her head through the cracked door. Naruto slightly nodded, sitting up from the bed.
Naruto followed Sakura towards the living room, seeing Kakashi sitting on the sofa with Sasuke standing in front of him.
Perhaps he wanted to give them a proper lashing for that spar, if so, Naruto couldn't say he blamed the man.
Kakashi noticing the blond walk in the room, gave him a eye-smile. "Naruto, just who I was waiting on" Kakashi said confusing the boy.
"Well now to get down to business..I have a little errand only you and Sasuke can do for me." Kakashi spoke in his aloof tone. "It's something that requires both of your expertise and I need not for you to fail" Kakashi continued.
Naruto and Sasuke both leaned into the Jonin in anticipation of their orders. "This must be serious" Sakura thought narrowing her eyes. She couldn't help but feel slightly peeved for not being able to join them. She understood she had a lot to catch up on but still, she wasn't totally useless!
"I need you two to go grocery shopping" Kakashi eye-smiled. Naruto and Sasuke immediately deadpanned, eye-twitching in disbelief and anger. Sakura sweat-dropped.
"W-What?" Sasuke asked in shock. Did he really just ordered them to go grocery shopping? And Together?
Naruto dug a finger in his ear, maybe they were clogged. His ears had to be messing with him. "Did I hear right? Did you just tell us to go grocery shopping?" Naruto asked refusing to believe that was the case.
Kakashi only nodded as Sasuke scoffed. "It don't take the both of us to do something as trivial as grocery shopping, I rather not spend more time with anyone if I don't have to. You already force us enough as is" he spoke hotly as Naruto nodded.
"As much shock as it is, I agree with Sasuke, I wouldn't even be staying here if you didn't order us too. Not to mention you chose the worse two to go grocery shopping together" Naruto folded his arms, he and Sasuke strongly disliked each other, being forced in a public setting together outside anything to do with the team would only spell disaster.
"Naruto's right Kakashi-sensei, I can go, or if you want, one of them can go with me" Sakura spoke up, trying to alleviate the already frustrating situation.
"No Sakura that won't be needed" Kakashi gave a glance at the girl before leveling a glare at the two younger males of the team. The two boys immediately stiffened, caught off guard by the normally laid-back Jonin.
"Let's get one thing straight. I'm not trying to make you all the best of friends, that's not my goal ultimately, even if that would be nice. My goal is to make sure that you live and make it pass genin. Naruto, Sasuke, it's no doubt you two are very capable for fresh out the academy genin, but even with your skills you won't go far. You guys work good together but your hearts are never truly in it. You're too self absorbed with yourselves and think that you only can get things done alone. You don't see it yet, but you're stunting your growth not only as ninja but as men." Kakashi scolded the two, before letting loose a sigh.
"Frankly as is, you won't make chuunin ever. If you can't work together on something as 'trivial' as grocery shopping, then when things get harder than the occasional spar against me, you two will be little more than sitting ducks. It's not fair for those you'll have to protect in the future, it's not fair for your teammate Sakura, and it's not fair to yourselves"
30 Minutes Later
After the tongue-lashing from Kakashi, Naruto and Sasuke begrudgingly left for the grocery store without another act of defiance.
Naruto seemed to have a permanent frown on his face as he pushed the shopping cart alongside the equally brooding Sasuke.
"I promised myself to be a ninja for Yuki, I won't do it half-assed, I'd be damn if I stay a genin forever!" Naruto internally scowled at even the thought. He couldn't help but replay Kakashi's words in his head, each time his mood souring. He wouldn't dare tarnish Yuki's name that way.
The two filled the shopping cart with plenty of food. From beef, chicken, and noodles to different type of fresh vegetables, fruit, and dairy products. They even grabbed their favorites, along with Kakashi's and Sakura's.
They shopped in peace, neither breaking the somber mood Kakashi seemed to put them in. Although, Sasuke did seem to have another thing on his mind as well.
"These people have had their eyes on us since we came in here" He thought. Sasuke was used to a lot of attention, being the last Uchiha and all, but these looks were different.
When people looked at him, they gave him looks of awe and pity. It could get truly disgusting to him how they treated him. Showering him with praise and sometimes even gifts like he was some type of tragic noble or ticking time bomb. He hated those looks, it only ever reminded him that he was a black sheep. The last Uchiha whose older brother mercilessly butchered their clan.
Looking back at the civilians in the store, he didn't see those looks. The looks they gave them were ones of fear and hatred. If not those looks, then they were completely ignored like they weren't even their.
Call him what you want, but Sasuke wasn't said to be a genius for no reason. He knew these looks were primarily aimed at Naruto. Now that he truly thought about it, every time he go out with the blonde, he get those looks.
Naruto was headstrong and could be conceited at times, but he didn't do anything that warranted these types of looks. It had to be a reason, something that Sasuke didn't know.
Before he could continue on that train of thought, he had to help Naruto remove the groceries to the bagging area.
Flashback end
Ever since that day, Naruto and Sasuke seemed to tolerate each other to a certain extent, instead of shooting death glares, they tended to treat their relationship as more of a rivalry of some sort.
Naruto turned the shower head on, balancing out the hot and cold temperatures to make for a warm shower.
He undressed from his black collar shirt, followed behind by his camouflaged pants and ninja sandals, slowly stepping into the water so that his body could grow accustomed.
He let loose a sigh of relief as the waters washed off all the dirt and grime his body accumulated from today's morning.
It took him only about ten minutes to finish up. As he was putting on his clothes, their was an abrupt knock on his door.
Going to open it, he saw none other than Sakura who gave the boy a small smile. "Hey Naruto, our graduation class was meeting up today at this lake for a group picnic, I was wondering if maybe you'd like to come.
Before Naruto gave a "no" like he started to, he really evaluated his options. It was true, he had nothing in common with his old classmates, but they were now considered his allies and it was better to know them now instead of a future mission and having to compromise. Not proving Kakashi right was also a plus.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura walked through one of the many paths of Konoha's forest. Sakura had a bright smile on her face as she clutched the basket of homemade foods in her hands as she walked between her two male teammates.
When Naruto and Sasuke first saw each other, to say the least, they were surprised the other decided to go. It was truly out of both of their character.
Naruto moved a branch out of his way, as the clearing the picnic was held at, came into view.
He had to admit, the place was beautiful. There was a nice little lake with sparkling blue water situated near the end of the clearing, the area was shaded with a few trees and had low cut green grass with a small flower patch of lilies.
The clearing was filled with laughter and loud talking from all the other rookie genin teams that were already their.
"Hey there go team 7" Kiba yelled out from the water with Choji. Both boys were in their trunks, walking out of the water to greet the team.
Ino, who was sitting in a foldable chair currently tanning and chastising Shikamaru immediately perked up. That meant Sasuke was there!
She immediately whipped her head in the vicinity Kiba pointed in. "SASUKE-KUN" Ino yelled joyously jumping from her seat to greet the boy. Sasuke had to try hard for his eye not to twitch in annoyance. Since Sakura toned down her fangirl ways, he hadn't had to deal with much flirting.
Ino was wearing a two piece yellow swimsuit that really accentuated her curves. Her long blonde hair was situated in a pony tail that stopped at her mid-back and showed off her earrings. She struck a seductive pose, "How do I look Sasuke-kun?" she winked at the dark haired boy who only looked at her with a blank stare.
"Hn, I see you're still the same pig" Sakura smirked at Ino who immediately shot a glare at the girl. "Oh please, you're just jealous that the only part of your body that's developing is your forehead!"
Before the girls could continue their banter, Shikamaru groaned from his laidback position of looking at the clouds. "Come on Ino, stop being so troublesome to team 7, they just got here". "*munch* Yeah Ino, Shikamaru's right" Choji agreed with his best friend, eating from his bag of chips he left sitting by the shadow user.
"Shut it, you two!" Ino shouted back at the lazy Nara and greedy Akimichi. They really got in her way sometimes! Naruto watched the interactions and couldn't help but to think maybe it was a bad idea to come.
"A-Ano, Hi Naruto-kun" a soft voice whispered out. Naruto looked up and immediately into the unsuspecting widening eyes of Hinata Hyuuga.
"Hey" Naruto nodded back a greeting, a cherry colored blush tinted Hinata's cheeks as she twiddled her fingers together in shyness. "C-Come on Hinata,Y-You can do this!" she thought with determination.
"H-How have y-you been?" She asked him, only a few stammers getting through. He was her idol, her crush, she couldn't help but feel the nervous jitters that flittered throughout her tummy.
Naruto raised a brow at the strange girl, she was always red faced and stuttering every time he saw her. "I've been alright I guess. You?" he asked to be polite.
Before she could answer, Kiba put a wet hand on the girls shoulder causing her to shriek. "We've done a lot of training lately, hope you guys haven't been slacking or we'd blow you out the water" Kiba smirked, Naruto had to withheld a snort at the cocky Inuzuka.
"As if dog breath" Sakura teased the prideful genin of team 8. "The only training you probably did was learn how to use an indoor bathroom". Ino burst into laughter as Kiba looked indignant.
I'll have you know me and Akamaru have been potty trained for a while now!" He shouted in outrage pointing at the pink haired girl, Akamaru yipped in agreement with his master.
Shikamaru slapped his head, "Kiba, What do you mean for a while now? Akamaru's still a puppy, you shouldn't of had to potty train with him"
Kiba's face immediately erupted into a blush of embarrassment. As he opened his mouth to speak, Shino's chilly voice cut him off.
".Kiba you should leave the conversation alone. Why, you may ask? Because you'll further embarrass yourself with your outbursts." He stated flicking his glasses up to further shield them from the shiny ray's of sunlight.
A few moments later, the group went back to doing what they were doing before team 7 came. Naruto decided to sit under the shade of a tree away from everybody but not out of sight. Looking at Sasuke, he saw he decided to do the same with a opposite tree although he was soon hounded by Ino.
The boy had a large tick on his head in aggravation that Naruto couldn't help but to smirk at. Something about seeing Sasuke annoyed just amused him.
Sasuke ignored every word coming out of Ino's mouth as he tried his best to tone her out. He wasn't interested but she never caught the hint. Feeling the eyes on him, Sasuke whipped his head towards Naruto giving the blonde a particularly nasty glare.
Naruto closed his eyes as he stared ahead, smirk deepening on his face. He wasn't much of a extrovert, but seeing Sasuke like this wasn't too much bad either.
With Tsezuma Azume and Miaku
"We're totally broke" Tsezuma groaned out. After the town they left two nights ago, they had officially exhausted the rest of their money.
Miaku folded his arms, "True, but there's not much we can do about it right now." he said as Tsezuma's shoulders further slumped as they trek through the foliage of the canopy.
"Maybe we can find some business in this next town" Azume spoke up from beside the two, twirling a kunai around his finger to pass the time. "Maybe a couple of odd jobs" he suggested.
Tsezuma only huffed, "I rather not do chores" he sighed with Miaku nodding in agreement. "We're not regular civilians now, there has to be something else we can do". Tsezuma said, putting his hand to his chin in thought.
Over the month and a half, the trio had spent most of their time training and learning. They had read every book that they owned that was shinobi related or chakra related, amassing quite a well understanding of it all. They even read the entire bingo book.
After reading the books, they applied what they learned and focused on training which comprised of kunai and shuriken target practice, chakra control, and taijutsu.
They even had their solo training where Tsezuma and Miaku tended to focuse more on their kekkai genkais while Azume focused on chakra related exercises and strength/speed training.
Everything was going pretty smooth so far for them, the hardest part was the first week of training where they had to get used to using chakra, but ever since then they were smooth sailing.
"Well I don't know what to tell you guys then. We've only been training for a month and a half now, I don't know who'd hire us for any type of mercenary work with our current skillset." Azume frowned, pointing out. It didn't matter how good they were doing, at the end of the day they weren't really ready for something serious.
"I know that, I'm not a idiot. I'm just saying eventually we'd have to start somewhere. There's only so much we can do without experience." Tsezuma said, resting his hands on the back of his head.
Miaku had a contemplative look on his face, "Hey Azume, you still have that Bingo book right?" he asked as the boy nodded.
Another pensive look stretched across his face before he decided to speak.
"..Well how about going after some of the missing ninja in there? The bounties will cover our financial problems and we'd get experience, killing two birds with one stone." Miaku finished. It was a win/win.
Tsezuma raised his brow, "I know I suggested doing ninja related things for money, but going after hard criminals off bat just sounds like a death wish and I don't plan on dying anytime soon" he joked at the end.
He was serious though, it was too early for them to blatantly rush to death. When he was speaking about doing ninja related jobs, he was thinking more on the lines of espionage or low risk bodyguard missions.
"Yeah, I'm not trying to die either. We should let our skills grow first before we go after anybody." Azume spoke resolutely.
Miaku shook his head at their misunderstanding, "No, we won't go after the S-ranks or A-rank criminals, I'm speaking specifically on the D-Ranks and maybe a few C's. We may not be the toughest right now, but we shouldn't get defeated so easily. Let alone by one genin level ninja" he started.
Tsezuma had a thoughtful look on his face. "You make a valid point, but I don't know. Those guys we'd go after were still trained in a ninja village. Everything we know was taught by ourselves." Tsezuma said. They would be at a disadvantage even if they were fighting together.
Azume shook his head, "We're just not ready yet". He firmly believed that they should take things slow, atleast for the time being until they could grow their skills more.
Miaku's suggestion was quickly becoming thwarted as they conversed about it. A frown etched across his face showing his growing frustration. They weren't even seeing his point!
"Well we need money now, and no matter how far our skills go we'd always be at a disadvantage because of our lack of experience. The thing about going after missing nin in the bingo book is that we'd always have intel on the enemy, they won't know about us" Miaku started, taking a pause to smirk.
"Besides, wasn't our entire point in being a ninja was so that we could protect people. We'd be going after the ninja just like the ones that attacked our home. We can help change the fate of children like us" He finished.
"Ha well look who decided to give a speech today" Tsezuma smiled. "But yeah though, you're right. I guess I'm down for it" he spoke giving a fist bump to Miaku.
The two then looked towards Azume who still held a frown on his face. "What do you say?" Miaku asked, waiting for a response.
"When they get like this it's no changing their minds" Azume mentally groaned out. They could be very stubborn when they wanted to be. Besides, someone had to look out for them.
Azume smacked his teeth in resignation. "Fine. But you two better hope I at least don't die a virgin fighting anybody or I'll haunt you in the after life" he playfully glared at them, causing the two to burst into laughter. Azume soon joined the two.
They kept on their scroll as their laughter died down. They kept a nice pace as Miaku suddenly snapped his eyes and squinted to a distance in front of them. His black patterned eyes glowed with chakra as his sight gained great clarity.
"There's a group of people running our way. It seems to be about seven of them." He spoke as Tsezuma grew confused.
"What? I didn't even sense them?" Tsezuma spoke astonished. How was this possible, no one should've been able to completely mask their chakra! Well unless..
Azume immediately brandished a kunai and tensed. If their were seven enemies than it was no use running from them.
"Wait a minute" Tsezuma face grew confused.
The group of people suddenly came into view for Tsezuma and Azume as Miaku shut off the chakra to his eyes.
Tsezuma folded his arms, "Who are you guys?" He asked looking over the group of men. They were civilians.
The reason he didn't notice them was because there chakra reserves weren't large. They barely had more than the wild animals that occupied the forest.
Azume glared at the men as they smirked between each other. They all had rough brazen looking appearances and seemed to vary in size. If he was being honest though, none of them looked to be special. Nonetheless his guard wouldn't be let down.
"You don't need to know who we are kiddies. One of our scouts saw you in the area so I decided to come by with a few of my men to greet you." The man with the backwards yellow bandanna on his head said as a few of the other men around him laughed as if what he said held humor. He was the apparent ring-leader.
Miaku stepped forward, "Well get lost then" he glared. The looks on the men face grew cruel as they stalked forward.
"Yeah we will..once you give us everything that you own" he spoke smirking as his men brandished their small pocket knives and swords.
Tsezuma stares at the guys in a unbelieving fashion. "You guys are bandits? Tsk how cliché, ambush who you think would be "weak" people and threaten them to give away all their belongings. You guys have no flare or originality at all". He shook his head in disappointment.
The bandits all looked at Tsezuma with blank stares. "Whatever brat, just cough everything up..or I can't guarantee you'd make it to your destination safely" the leader glared irritatedly. How dare he mock him and his crew, like they were the ones in a helpless position!
Before Tsezuma could say anything more, Miaku spoke up. "You know, guys like you are some of the worst types. Preying on the innocent, for that you won't be forgave."
The bandana wearing bandit scoffed, "lets teach these kids a lesson!" he shouted to his gang as they all gave a shout and rushed forward.
The first two bandits ran on different sides heading for Tsezuma. "This is for disrespecting the boss!" one of them yelled as they attempted to slash their swords at Tsezuma's midsection, intending to slice him in half.
Bone quickly pierced through Tsezuma's body from his hip as a large thick white bone on each side blocked both of the weapons.
The two bandits eyes widened at the odd ability. "W-What the-?" one of them uttered in disbelief. Tsezuma smirked, "you guys picked the wrong ones to pick on today".
Azume shook his head looking at the display Tsezuma was putting on. "Showoff". The forest was quickly filled with sounds of screaming bandits.