With the Root ANBU
"SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
The Root ANBU leapt backward, dodging the water shurikens hurled toward them.
"TAP, TAP, TAP, TAP."
Yukina walked slowly toward the ANBU, gripping her katana tightly, a crazed smirk twisting her lips
As they walked side by side, Kotaro scolded Yukina.
"Hey, little girl, are you out of your mind? These guys are bad news! Do you really think the four of us can handle them? They're skilled shinobi, and they outnumber us."
Yukina burst into maniacal laughter that sent chills down the spines of Kotaro and the others. When she finally calmed, she began to explain.
"Kotaro-san, you saw how those ten blew away the mist. Now our forces are at a disadvantage. We need to take out those clowns to regain our momentum in this war. Even if we can't eliminate them, we should keep them busy so they can't interfere with our strategy any further."
Kotaro, Ichiro, and Hiro widened their eyes in sudden realization, then took their battle stances beside Yukina.
Yukina then gave a crazed smirk and continued, 'Also, they are Konoha ANBU. It will be fun to fight them. I wonder if they are stronger than the Suna ANBU I fought.
Kotaro burst into laughter at those words and drew his katana, while Ichiro and Hiro exchanged smirks and braced themselves for battle.
However, at that moment, Yukito, Zangetsu, Kengetsu, and the other shinobi they had assembled shunshined in front of them.
Yukito turned toward Yukina and the others, his eyes blazing with anger, and yelled at them.
"Are the four of you insane? Do you have a death wish?"
He sighed wearily and instructed them, 'You four will act as support; we'll handle those Root ANBU.'"
Though disappointment tugged at her, Yukina held her tongue and didn't talk back to Yukito.
Yukito glanced at Zangetsu and the others, and they all nodded in unison.
Yukito swiftly executed a rapid series of hand seals. Yukina's eyes widened as she witnessed the sheer speed of the hand seals.
"Ice Style: Multiple Flying Ice Spikes Jutsu."
"SWISH. SWISH, SWISH, SWISH, SWISH."
Around Yukito, dozens of ice spikes materialized out of thin air. In the next instant, he swept his hand forward, sending them hurtling toward the Root ANBU with ruthless precision and ferocity.
As the ice spikes tore through the air, some of the Root ANBU leapt backward to evade them, while others calmly began forming hand seals.
As the final hand seal snapped into place, three Root ANBU drove their hands into the ground.
"Earth Style: Mud Wall Jutsu."
"THUD, THUD, THUD, THUD."
Multiple sturdy earthen walls surged up from the ground, forming a solid barrier that blocked the ice spikes with ease.
Zangetsu and Kengetsu raised their hands into gun signs, cold smiles spreading across their faces as their eyes fixed on the nearest Root ANBU.
"Water Style: Water Gun Jutsu."
Zangetsu and Kengetsu unleashed high-pressure jets of water from their index fingers, the attacks punching cleanly through the two Root ANBU's hearts.
"THUD, THUD."
In an instant, overwhelming heat washed over Zangetsu and Kengetsu as roaring flames, molded into the head of an eastern dragon, hurtled toward them with terrifying speed and ferocity.
At that moment, a half-moon arc of silver sword qi tore through the air and split the raging fire jutsu in two.
"BOOM."
After a half-moon arc of silver sword qi split the fire jutsu in two, the flames erupted violently in the air.
Zangetsu and Kengetsu exchanged confident smirks, and without a hint of fear, they charged headlong at the Root ANBU.
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With Yukina
After Yukina sheathed her katana, her eyes narrowed as she sensed danger through her hidden senses.
She quickly rolled to the side with lightning speed, narrowly dodging a barrage of small fireballs hurtling toward her.
Kotaro, Ichiro, and Hiro leapt to the side, narrowly dodging the small fireballs as well.
In front of them stood four Konoha chunin of about their age.
One of the Konoha chunin glanced at their team captain. His Sharingan eyes blazed as he studied Yukina carefully. "Shisui, they dodged our ambush—they have sharp instincts.'"
Shisui nodded to his teammate. The more he observed Yukina with his Sharingan, the more serious his expression became.
'This little girl is no ordinary Kunoichi. I need to be careful— the way she dodged our ambush was truly incredible. Any other chunin would have been hit.'
He then gazed at Kotaro, Ichiro, and Hiro. 'Those three are formidable chunin as well; we need to stay on our guard against them.'
Yukina eyes were lingering on Shisui and she blushes the more she kept looking at him.
'Oh my… he's adorable. Such a cute face. When he grows up, he'll be dangerously handsome. What a shame—if I kill him now, I'll lose such a fascinating toy. Should I kidnap him instead and teach him how to please me properly?'
As Yukina argued with herself in her mind, her cheeks grew redder and redder. Shisui noticed her blushing and looked on, utterly confused.
'What's wrong with this little girl? Why is she blushing?'
'He's so cute—totally my type. Why is life so unfair? He should have been born in Kirigakure. Damn you, God. Maybe if I kill him, he'll reincarnate in Kirigakure… just like what happened to me.'
When Yukina thought of this, a sinister smirk curled on her lips. Shisui's heart skipped a beat at the sight, and in that exact moment, a powerful surge of killing intent burst from her, aimed straight at him.
Shisui's vision blurred, and in that instant Shisui saw Yukina driving her katana into his throat.
A second later, he was snapped back to reality, and Shisui was drenched in cold sweat.
'Was that a genjutsu? No… if it were, my sharingan would have seen through it. That was her pure killing intent—it forced me to see my own death.'
'I've never felt killing intent this pure or this overwhelming—it forced me to see my own death. This little girl is no ordinary kunoichi. She's terrifyingly dangerous. I must end her here and now.'
Shisui drew the tanto from his back, settling into a serious stance. His Sharingan locked onto Yukina, the Tomoes of his sharingan were spinning rapidly.
Yukina felt her chakra being invaded, but she scoffed and swiftly disrupted her chakra flow, shattering the genjutsu in less than a second.
Shisui's eyes widened for a brief moment as he witnessed how effortlessly Yukina broke his genjutsu.
'She is very skilled this is going to be tough.'
Yukina smirked and she executed the ram hand seal.
"Nullifying Genjutsu Seal activate."
Shisui's Sharingan caught sight of a seal tag planted on Yukina's stomach; it glowed bright blue for a moment before fading.
She unsheathed her black katana and said to Kotaro and the others.
"This cute guy is off-limits. He is mine, get in my way, and you'll regret it—do whatever you want with the rest."
A cold sweat broke out on Shisui, and a shiver ran down his spine as he muttered, 'I have a bad feeling about this Konoichi.'
However, Ichiro scoffed, and Kotaro burst out laughing. He and the others then shunshined toward the remaining Konoha chunins and engaged them in battle.
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