Chapter 325: 313. A Troublesome Situation
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Whoosh…
The Sky ship arrives in the airspace of Land of the Sky.
"So, this is the Land of the Sky."
The trio of Ayaka, Hanabi, and Yakumo peeks through the window.
"It's time for us to bail out of this ship. If we go any deeper, then we will be stuck in enemy's turf."
Ayaka reminds them.
"Alright!"
The girls tie the winged mechanical flying device around their bodies. They sneak towards the aircraft catapult to get an initial thrust for their flight.
"Will this thing even fly?" Yakumo asks in hesitation.
"Not unless we try it!" Ayaka rolls her eyes.
The girls position themselves on the take-off system.
"Ready, set, go!"
Swish…
Ayaka throws a shuriken towards the launch mechanism to activate it.
Whiz… whiz… whiz…
With an initial burst of thrust, the girls take off from the ship.
Fwoosh…
The girls undo their transformation jutsu and soar into the sky.
Clang… clang… clang…
They remove and drop the armor worn by the Sky shinobis.
"That was very suffocating. Even moving and breathing was hard with that armor."
Hanabi takes a deep breath and gazes at the vast expanse of land beneath her.
On the dock of the ship,
Hmm…
The captain raises his head and turns towards the direction of the take-off system.
"I never issued any order for any take-off. So, what's going on?"
He takes out a telescope from his pocket and focuses it on the girls.
"Huh?! Intruders!"
The captain's expression turns ugly.
He immediately presses the emergency button installed on the dock.
"A group of intruders just escaped from the ship. Stop them as soon as possible!"
The captain yells his lungs out at his subordinates.
"Damn! A bunch of useless idiots."
He clenches his fists in anger and slams them on the safety grill.
"I already failed to complete the objective at the Benisu Island. If even these intruders also escape from my grasp, then the commander will probably skin me alive and feed that monster!"
Brr…
A shiver runs down his spine.
"Dammit! Hurry up, you idiots!"
Whoosh… whoosh…
Multiple sky ninjas take off from the ship and follow Team three's trail.
Whoosh…
The girls continue to lower their altitude to search for a safe spot for landing.
Hmm…
Hanabi feels a gaze focused on her back.
Swish… swish…
She makes some hand seals.
"Byakugan!"
Hanabi activates her Byakugan and inspects her surroundings.
"It's bad! The enemy is on our trail!"
She warns the others.
"What?! They caught on to us!" The girls panic at the revelation.
Ayaka lifts her head and stares at the giant sky ship in the air.
"We are already a considerable distance from the ship. I think it's about time we blow it up to buy us some time and safely escape from their pursuit."
Swish… swish…
She makes some hand signs and yells.
"Explode!"
Swoosh…
A gust of breeze passes by, making their hair flutter in the process.
"Ah!"
Ayaka's expression freezes. She blankly stares at the sky ship.
"Explode!"
She makes more hand signs, but nothing happens.
"It's not working! Why those paper bombs are not exploding? Did Kushina Nee-san give me duds? NO!"
Swish… swish… swish…
The sky shinobis aim their kunai launchers towards the trio and launch a barrage of kunais at the girls.
Haah…
"Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm"
Hanabi thrusts her palm in mid-air and releases a wave of vacuum shell at the incoming kunais.
Clang…
The vacuum palm deflects the kunais, but the recoil of the jutsu breaks the wing of her flying device. Unable to maintain her altitude, she falls free from the sky.
"HANABI!"
Whoosh…
Ayaka and Yakumo dive and grabs Hanabi's arms.
Swish… swish…
Another barrage of kunais attacks them. The kunais land on the flying devices and damage their wings.
Whoosh…
Having lost their ability to fly, the girls descend towards the ground.
AAHH…
The girls scream in fear and quickly remove the flying devices to lower the weight. While mid-air, they grab each other's arms and dives into the forest right below them.
Whoosh… whoosh… whoosh…
The girls fall freely through the forest. They quickly accelerate towards the solid ground.
Gulp…
Hanabi gulps a mouthful of saliva.
AAH…
"Ayaka-chan! Yakumo-chan! It was a fun time with you two, but it's about time we say farewell!"
Hanabi and Yakumo close their eyes in fear as death appears in their vision. They tightly hug Ayaka's body.
HAAH…
Ayaka takes a deep breath and infuses a large amount of wind chakra into her mouth.
"Wind Style: Great Wind Twister"
She exhales a giant vortex of wind from her mouth. The vortex of wind slams into the ground and creates a windstorm in the area. This creates an upward current of air which greatly reduces the speed of their descent.
Bang… Bang… Bang…
The girls fall to the ground.
"AH!"
Hanabi and Yakumo slowly open their eyes and looks around.
"We are alive! We are alive!"
They cheer with happiness and embrace each other.
"You two shut up and get off me!"
An angry voice falls in Hanabi's and Yakumo's ears.
"Ayaka, where are you?!"
They look around in puzzlement.
"I am right below you! NOW GET OFF ME!"
Ayaka yells at them in anger.
Oops…
Both of them hurriedly get off.
"Ayaka-chan! Are you alright?!"
They hurriedly support Ayaka and lays her against a tree.
"Huff… Huff… Do I look alright to you?"
Ayaka points towards her tattered clothes. She breathes heavily and rests against the tree.
"Somehow, we survived the fall. If not for my wind jutsu, I am afraid all of us would be a meat paste by now!"
Swish…
Ayaka takes out a water bottle from her storage and chugs it down. She passes it to Hanabi and Yakumo.
Gulp… Gulp…
The girls chug down the water.
Ah…
"This water is so amazing!"
They stare at the water bottle with surprise as the water hastens their recovery.
"What's so amazing about it? I drink it almost every day."
Ayaka rolls her eyes.
"Nii-san told me that this water is from some Shikkotetstu Forest… Ah, mo! I can't remember the name."
She shakes her head.
"Anyway! We should be moving now! The enemies are already on our trail!"
Ayaka raises her head and notices a group of Sky shinobis flying through the sky.
"Quick!"
Whoosh…
Ayaka grabs Hanabi's and Yakumo's arms and dives into a nearby shrub.
A few seconds later,
Swoosh… swoosh…
A few skies shinobis land near the crater created by Ayaka's jutsu.
Hmm…
One of them bends down and inspects the crater.
"They haven't gone too far. We must capture them at all cost."
He turns towards the rest of the shy shinobis and waves his hand to disperse them.
Haaah…
Other sky shinobis disperse in the surrounding area. The first sky shinobis slowly stand up from the crater and stare at the nearby bush.
Ah!
'I think I felt Nii-sama's presence through our connection just now! But for now, I must get away from this place.'
Ayaka warily stares into her surroundings.
'It must be my imagination!'
His lips curve into a smile as he flickers in the other direction.
Phew…
Ayaka and other heaves a sigh in relief.
"That was close! We should keep moving."
Swoosh… swoosh…
The trio of girls continues to walk deeper into the forest.
Swoosh…
On a nearby tree branch,
Haaah…
Izuna dispels his transformation and stares at their back.
"That was a close call! This girl almost caught me. Thankfully, I could avert her attention through my Mangekyo Sharingan ability.
Well! I feel like scum by doing this to her. But I have no choice. I have to let her overcome the hardships of a shinobi on her own. I won't be able to shelter her for my entire life, even though I want to. Damn! How can I be so cruel to my cute angel?"
Izuna clutches his fist as a stream of tears rolls down his eyes.
Chapter 326: 314. Escape from Pursuit
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Swoosh… swoosh…
The sky shinobis quickly surround Ayaka and the group.
Tch…
"We are surrounded!"
Hanabi activates her Byakugan and inspects the surroundings.
"Guess, we have to fight our way out!"
Ayaka takes out a kunai from her holster and confronts the enemy. Hanabi takes a Taijutsu stance and guards Yakumo.
Swoosh…
Yakumo pulls out a drawing board from her storage.
Swish… swish…
She quickly scribbles on it.
"Hanabi! Protect Yakumo while she completes her genjutsu. Meanwhile, I will create an opening and keep the enemies at bay."
"Yes!" Yakumo and Hanabi nod at her.
Shiing…
Ayaka activates her Sharingan and takes out multiple kunais and shurikens from her holster.
Swish…
She clutches the shurikens in her hands and analyzes the location of enemies.
Haah…
Swish… swish… swish…
She aims and throws the shurikens towards the hidden Sky shinobis.
Clang… clang… clang…
The Sky shinobis deflect the shurikens with their kunais.
"I was waiting for this!"
Swoosh…
Ayaka throws her kunai towards the falling shurikens.
Clang…
The kunai collides with the shuriken and changes its trajectory.
clang… clang…
It continues to deflect multiple shurikens and alter their trajectory.
Stab…
The kunai loses its momentum falls on the ground right in front of Ayaka. It stabs upright into the ground.
Swoosh…
Ayaka places her foot on top of the kunai and stares at the Sky shinobis.
Tch…
"This girl! There are only three of them and we are seven people with reinforcement on the way. What's there to be afraid of?!"
One of the sky shinobis glares at Ayaka.
"Oh?!"
Ayaka raises her head and stares at the shinobi. She notices the chunnin outfit of the shinobis.
'The enemies sent a team of chunnins to deal with us. They underestimate us, but it works in our favor. I don't think we will be able to deal with seven jounin at the same time.'
Swish…
Ayaka stomps on the kunai and tilts it towards the chunnin who just opened his mouth.
Shiing… Shiing… Shiing…
Multiple sharp metal wires appear around the chunnin. They entangle his arms, legs, and neck.
Swish…
Ayaka stomps on the kunai again.
Slash… slash…
Blood splashes everywhere as the sharp metal wires cleanly slice his arms, legs, and neck from his body.
AAHH…
The chunnin releases a shrill scream as his body is mutilated into pieces.
Hmph…
Ayaka snorts and stares at the rest of the chunnins.
'These chunnins are just the cannon fodders. The real trouble is those shrewd jounins hiding in the distance. They are monitoring us from a distance and are trying to test our abilities using these chunnins.
I don't know what their objective is, but it seems like they want us to capture alive.'
Earlier, Hanabi noticed the group of chunnins and jounin hot on their heels.
'If I was on my own, then I could have escaped thanks to the various protective means given to me by Nii-san. But Hanabi and Yakumo will fall into the enemy's hands. I absolutely won't allow them to harm my friends.'
Hanabi quickly scribbles on the drawing board.
Rumble… rumble…
Dark clouds slowly loom over the sky.
Crackle… crackle…
Lightning starts to crackle through the clouds.
"Something is not right!"
The hidden jounins sense a life-threatening danger. They notice the dark clouds in the sky and Yakumo continuously scribbling something.
"It's that girl! Quick kill her."
The leader of the jounin team signals his subordinates.
Swish… swish…
The jounins launch a barrage of kunais at Hanabi and Yakumo.
Haah…
Shiing…
The tomoes in Ayaka's eyes spin rapidly. She kicks the kunai on the ground and jumps in mid-air.
Swoosh…
Ayaka spins her body in mid-air and dodges the kunais.
HAAH…
Hanabi walks in front of Yakumo and extends her right arm in front of her chest.
"Eight Trigrams Palms Revolving Heaven"
She emits a large amount of chakra from her tenketsu points and spins rapidly.
Clang… clang… clang…
Hanabi continues to deflect all the kunai aimed towards her.
Swoosh…
While in mid-air, Ayaka performs a back-flip and stomps her leg on the floating kunai in front of her.
Swish…
This creates a large amount of tension in the metal wires attached to the kunai.
Slash… slash… slash…
The tight metal wires pierce through the skins of the chunnins and brutally dissect them into pieces.
Swoosh…
Hanabi finishes her rotation as she deflects the last kunai.
"I am done!"
Swish…
Yakumo makes a last stroke with her brush and points the painting towards the sky.
Bzzt…
The black clouds discharge multiple bolts of thick yellow lightning.
AAHH…
The sky jounins screams in agony as the lightning incinerates their body to ashes.
Huff… Huff…
Yakumo and Hanabi breathe heavily and fall to the ground.
"I exhausted all of my chakra in that previous jutsu. I can't move anymore." Yakumo rests against Hanabi's back.
"Me too! I have yet to master the secret technique, so it took me a lot more chakra to complete the technique."
Poof…
Ayaka makes a shadow clone. She picks up Hanabi, and the clone picks up Yakumo.
"We can't delay anymore. We have to retreat to a safe place far away from the pursuit of these sky shinobis."
"We are already in the Land of Sky. Where is Sensei?! He told us he will meet with us once we reach the Land of Sky." Hanabi complains.
"Umm…"
Yakumo also nods her head in agreement.
"He always likes to arrive late. I am sure we will see him soon!" Ayaka flickers deeper into the territory of the Land of Sky.
On a nearby tree,
Whoosh…
Izuna stands on a branch and stares at the back of the trio.
"That was the last group of sky shinobi left which left that ship. I have already dealt with other scout teams. Also, my seal has completed the process of purification of the core. Now, the only person left on that ship is its captain and some of his loyal guards.
I have to keep him alive for a little longer, since I am still curious about the orb and the compass in his hand. That orb was reeking with sinister chakra, but I could also hear the screams of countless beings begging for salvation. There is something fishy about this entire situation!
For now, I am interested to see where these girls will end up!"
Fwoosh…
Izuna's body disappears into countless light particles.
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Huff… Huff…
Ayaka continues to carry Hanabi and Yakumo on her back.
Burble… burble…
Sounds of a waterfall fall in her ears.
"There is a waterfall nearby. Let's go over there!" She suggests to Yakumo and Hanabi.
"Yes, we are already out of the water and I am feeling quite thirsty." Hanabi nods her head.
Ayaka places them down and the girls walk towards the waterfall.
A huge double fall appears in their vision. The waterfall is surrounded by various plants, trees, and planktons floating in the water.
Gulp… gulp…
The girls gulp down the water from the waterfall and Ayaka fills up her water bottle.
Hah…
"That quenched my thirst!" Hanabi wipes her lips.
She takes a pail of water in her hands and washes her dirt-smeared face.
"Looks like the enemy has lost our track. Let's search for a nearby human settlement!" Ayaka suggests.
"Yes! I don't want to sleep in this wilderness." Yakumo nods in agreement.
"Then let's get going before the night falls!"
The girls gather their bearings and slowly crawl through the sky forest.
After every few meters, Ayaka will activate her Sharingan and look for traces of any human activity.
"There is a cavern up ahead!" Hanabi activates her Byakugan and remarks.
She points towards a small hill in the distance.
"I have recovered enough chakra to use my Byakugan. You can relax now!" Hanabi assures Ayaka.
"Alright! Then we will follow your lead."
The girls walk towards the path pointed by Hanabi.
After fifteen minutes of walking, the girls arrive in front of a giant cavern. A bed of rocks blocks the entrance of the cavern.
Hmm…
Hanabi and Ayaka scrutinize the passage.
"Looks like someone blocked this cavern using an earth-style jutsu!" Ayaka concludes.
"Let's break it open!"
Haah…
Ayaka claps her hand and gathers some lighting chakra in her palm.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Bullet"
She fires a yellow ball of lightning towards the rock bed.
BOOM…
The jutsu blows away the rocks and opens the entrance to the cavern.
The girls enter the cavern.
Hmm…
They notice a trail of footsteps in the cavern. A thin layer of dust covers the trails.
"These footsteps don't seem too recent, but they aren't that old either. Looks like we are near a human settlement!"
Ayaka concludes.
"Let's keep going!"
The girls continue to walk through the cavern.
After another fifteen minutes, a huge opening appears in front of them.
"We are out!"
The girls quickly dash out of the cavern. They arrive at the other end of the hill on top of a small plateau. A small village at a distance appears in their vision.
"Let's take shelter in that village for the time being!"
Swish… swish…
The girls make some hand signs and use transformation jutsu to alter their appearance.
"Shinobi Battle Skill #5: Infiltration"
Izuna's lesson freshens up in their mind.
"Always use transformation jutsu while you are in enemy's territory."
Rustle… rustle…
The shrub behind the girls shakes wildly.
Hanabi and Yakumo insert their hand in their pocket to retrieve their kunais.
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