Kapitel 440: Ch440. Brief interruption
When Onoki broke out of Temari's tornado and revealed his unscathed form, it looked a bit like a magic trick.
After all, both Temari and Pakura fully knew there was no way for him to tank it with his own body without being turned into a meaty paste. Even if he used the variety of Earth Jutsu that hardened its user's skin, there still would have been deep gashes all over him.
Only when Pakura noticed the very small pebbles occasionally sprawled all around him did she understand how he did it.
'So he simply created a very dense Earth Dome, let it tank the attack while he was charging his own counter-attack. But then, why didn't he aim his counter-attack at Temari and shot it into the air?' Pakura inwardly mused, 'Wait.' She tilted her head as an idea struck her. 'He realized the weak point of the tornado? Tsk. He must be quite experienced with fighting against Wind users.'
When Pakura was finally done with her theory, she noticed Onoki charging his Dust release again, aiming at Temari. Pakura could feel the amount of chakra and...
Ten white rays split from Onoki's hands, razing their way through the air straight at Temari who was prepared to deflect them with her battle fan...
'Haa~, youth.' Pakura could only sigh.
Onoki's Dust Release rays met Temari's fan, but unlike the last time, they were not immediately deflected upwards. The Dust Release impacted the extremely durable high-quality chakra metal of the fan, the special chakra paper made by Konan and enhanced by Rei's fuinjutsu to match the durability of the chakra metal and be able to amplify the user's wind chakra, and on top of all that, was Temari's own special chakra coating technique where she mixed her Wind and Earth Natures in a similar yet different way than what her Sand Jutsus used and made her battle fan the best at deflecting and pushing attacks away from itself thanks to the 'magnetic' properties it gained. The usually fragile weapon such as a battle fan, could thanks to that be used as a Jutsu repulsive shield without the worry of it being damaged.
It was one of the creative ways of how to use her bloodline Rei taught her. After all, her bloodline was not Sand manipulation but Magnet Release.
But it seemed that Temari's chakra-enhanced battle fan had just met its match as Onoki's concentrated Dust Release was trying to drill through Temari's chakra coating on the fan, refusing to be deflected and disintegrating the coating bit by bit.
Temari's eyes slightly widened as she felt herself being pushed back despite already putting her full strength into her battle fan. She pushed more of her chakra into the coating, desperately trying to resist Onoki's technique while trying to push her fan upwards to make deflection easier but the pressure and momentum of Onoki's Dust Release were not letting her, instead, transforming the exchange into a straightforward clash between Temari's and Onoki's chakras.
When Temari was about to lose, her coating almost penetrated, and Onoki's technique was about to impact her now-unprotected battle fan...
Emerald-colored chakra suddenly bubbled from Temari's wrist, the same spot where Pakura marked her when she took her as her kunoichi. The emerald-colored chakra quickly spread all over the fan, easily pushing the Dust Release back, eroding it as if it was an effortless task.
Temari was about to sigh in relief that her precious battle fan was saved from destruction but her eyes widened once again when she noticed another white ray heading toward her.
Onoki definitely did not just wait until Temari's struggle with his attack ended. He was preparing for his next attack.
The white ray was too fast and already too close... Panic filled Temari as she knew she didn't have time to defend. Not only was this ray much more powerful than the previous ones but there was no time to concentrate the chakra-coating of her weapon enough to at least buy her time.
It was too late...
That's when Pakura suddenly appeared in between Temari and the white ray, her palm outstretched towards it. Not even a split of a second passed and the ray impacted Pakura's palm, the white chakra of the Dust Release smashing into emerald flame-like chakra in which Pakura's palm was engulfed.
And just like that, without any fanfare, when the full Dust Release ray gathered on Pakura's palm, she abruptly closed her hand into a fist, and the Dust Release was effortlessly squashed like a bug by the emerald chakra.
Onoki could only gape at... he had no idea what that even was! His bloodline is the most destructive out there and the woman in front of him just... caught it? His mind couldn't even start comprehending what he had just witnessed.
Onoki's astonished eyes met Pakura's gaze full of calm apathy, and for the first time in decades, he froze, his body locking up in irrational fear.
The last time he felt like this...!
His mind flashed back to his meeting with Uchiha Madara in his youth, to the time he locked eyes with the man's Sharingan and felt the sheer disinterested malice in those eyes...
While Onoki was having the shock of his life, Pakura slowly half-turned towards Temari, causing the girl's breath to hitch when she saw how Pakura's usually brown eyes were now shining in a striking emerald color surrounding cat-like slitted pupils.
The sheer intensity and feeling of danger those eyes held was something that mesmerized Temari.
Only Pakura's voice pulled Temari back to reality, "I called you here to fight a Kage. Stop underestimating him. He is far too experienced and his Jutsus are far too destructive for you to take it easy. You already experienced prosperity and became a monster. Now it's your time to experience proper adversity and finally grow up. I hope you won't disappoint me... again."
With that, Pakura disappeared into thin air, neither Onoki nor Temari capable of following her with their eyes as she reappeared on her chair, leisurely sitting and supporting her cheek with her palm while waiting for them to continue their fight.
Temari shook at Pakura's words, a feeling of shame dwelling in her. She was too cocky and self-assured. She thought fighting a Kage would be easy for her.
Her rise so far was in no way easy. The training Pakura and occasionally Rei gave her was in no way easy. But it made her stand above her peers, above other ninjas from her village. It made her better but she had never thought herself to be arrogant.
But... apparently, she grew complacent when she had no right to be.
When Temari finally realized where she went wrong, she raised her eyes back towards Onoki, but now they gleamed with an iron-clad resolve. The resolve to win.
Onoki's eyes followed Pakura with deep unease. He felt fear. It had been so long since he felt like this...
But he was a Kage. He was not one of those weak-willed wet behind their ears guys that couldn't face their fears. He understood long ago that facing their fears was something every person eventually had to do if they wanted to improve.
Even if Madara stood in front of him right now, he would fight. No matter how the man still scared him, even long after his death... Onoki would fight.
For he was a ninja, a Kage. The protector of his village and his people. Therefore he would fight even if it would cost him his life.
Despite his resolve, facing monsters like Madara was never easy. Hence, his uneasiness.
'Another one appeared in the world.' Onoki thought as he watched Pakura with apprehension, his stomach sinking. 'Why can't one pop up in my village?' He inwardly grumbled.
As an answer to his gaze, Pakura just kindly smiled and waved her free hand at them, "Don't mind me. My apprentice needs all the training she can get. Feel free to continue."
Kapitel 441: Ch441. Temari vs Onoki 2
'This bitch.' Onoki inwardly seethed at the carefree and casual way Pakura ordered him.
Alas, he could do nothing about it and it wasn't as if his opponent decided to not fight him if he declared his disinterest in fighting. Even if he didn't want to obey Pakura, he would be forced to act in accordance with her order simply because he couldn't do anything else in his situation.
Somehow... that made him even more incensed.
His eyes trailed over to Temari, and when he saw the determination in the girl's eyes, he snorted in contempt.
"Girl, the last time I underestimated a youngster was with the Namikaze brat and I regret it to this day. Don't think I will go easy on you just because you are at the age where you barely don't need to use diapers anymore." Onoki gruffly spoke and prepared for a fight.
But unlike what he just said, he didn't intend to fight Temari with the aim to kill her. Not even with the aim to defeat her.
No... Onoki simply wanted to wait for an opportunity to flee.
And for that, he had to go hard enough on the girl to push her back while not defeating or killing her. All in order to prolong their fight so the chances for such an opportunity to come would be increased.
"I... might have underestimated you, old midget." Temari's face scrunched as if she ate something disgusting. "But that won't happen again." She said in a barely audible voice.
Both Onoki and Temari were about to leap at each other when Pakura's voice suddenly interrupted them.
"Oh. You both can fly so either fight in the arena or go into the air." She turned towards Temari, her eyes holding a stern but warm look, "Konoha is now our ally, Temari, I don't want to see you destroying more of it than necessary." After saying that, Pakura's eyes shifted towards Onoki, her gaze turning cold. "As for you... better do what I say or it won't be my apprentice you will be facing but me."
Naturally, Pakura could completely see through Onoki's plan. She wasn't born strong. She was in his position quite a few times herself so she could imagine what he was feeling and what he hoped to accomplish.
Hearing her, Onoki grimaced but he could only give a curt nod in a defeated acceptance. At least Pakura didn't seem to try preventing his attempt at running away. If anything, she seemed amused and curious. He tried to console himself with that.
Both Onoki and Temari jumped down into the arena, neither really opting to fight in the air.
For Temari, it was because in the air, her Sand Manipulation would have been severely limited and she now knew she would have to use everything in her arsenal to fight Onoki.
For Onoki, it was because most of his defensive techniques relied on Earth Nature Manipulation, and it was infinitely easier to cast them near the ground. While he could make earth for his techniques mid-air, it was very draining, and right now, he needed to preserve his chakra as much as he could.
The two fighters soundlessly dropped onto the ground of the arena and looked at each other. The stare-off didn't last more than two seconds before the fight started.
No insults, grandstanding or boasting. They were past that stage of the fight and both now knew the other wouldn't be shaken by a simple insult.
Neither Onoki nor Temari wished to engage in close-range combat as it was not their main strength.
They abruptly stopped rushing at each other when they were just fifty feet apart, Temari sliding on the ground due to her momentum, using it to brandish her battle fan, while Onoki stopped seamlessly in his spot, allowed to do this due to his body floating slightly above the ground.
Running was for plebs anyway...
As Onoki stopped, his hands came together, charging another Dust Release ray... after all, why do something new when the old thing worked so far? He totally expected to overpower Temari with his next attack.
And if not, then he could simply deploy one of the many backup strategies that were brewing in his mind.
Unlike the previous times, when Temari was about to finish brandishing her battle fan and her Wind Jutsu was about to be shot towards Onoki, a spark suddenly came out of her mouth as she ground her teeth together. That was the only cue Onoki got before...
Temari suddenly spat a stream of fire in front of her, directly into the trajectory of her Wing Jutsu, causing a fiery inferno to roll in waves at the startled Onoki.
Knowing he had to react fast, Onoki stopped charging his attack and shot it in front of him, easily penetrating the fiery inferno and creating a massive hole in the middle of it.
Onoki's aim was impeccable and he shot it straight at his opponent. But when he saw his Dust Release ray pierce straight through Temari's fan and body... he instantly knew he was fooled even before Temari's form dissolved into sand.
He had other problems than pondering where his opponent was, though. Unlike his expectations, the inferno wasn't disrupted completely and still advanced toward him, sealing up with more raging flames as it got closer to his position.
Onoki was however too experienced and as the flaming inferno engulfed him, roasting him alive, his charred form suddenly crumbled, revealing it was just an Earth Clone.
It took ten whole seconds for the inferno to cease existing, devouring all the chakra funneling it and leaving behind only a massive black mark spanning through at least half of the arena.
Neither Onoki nor Temari could be seen inside the arena.
While the arena seemed completely peaceful, down below it, a vicious fight continued. Temari tried to ground as many rocks together as she could in order to make more sand for herself while Onoki was focusing on furiously solidifying the sand into rocks with his chakra. Both did this all the while trying to locate the position of the other.
Having their attention divided like this wasn't pleasant but they both knew stopping would mean giving the other the advantage and both were too stubborn to allow that.
Two minutes passed, rocks being ground to sand and then sand being solidified into rocks in an endless circle... by now the entirety of the ground under the arena went through this process and it became visible even on the surface in several places.
It looked like a disturbance on the water surface. Several places on the surface were turned to sand that was moving in waves like water, but it didn't last long and the sand was hardened, turning back to rock only for this exact phenomenon to repeat in different places in the arena. Again and again, and so it went.
No ninja had the guts to step into the arena during that time as they all knew the sign of danger.
If that wasn't enough, the sight of occasional kunai falling into the arena and impacting the ground... before it was either covered by sand that rose from the unsuspecting ground and crushed the kunai or two chakra-hardened rock plates appeared from the ground and squashed the kunai in between themselves before pulling in deep underground depending on who controlled the place where kunai landed at that moment.
Both Onoki and Temari were using their senses, rather than their sight, to fight so whoever got into the arena would be shit out of luck as they would assume them to be their opponent and go for attack no questions asked.
As this kind of fight continued, it was surprisingly Onoki who got lucky and got the first hint of Temari's location.
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