Yakumo's purple nether flames engulf the entire inn. Soon, the entire inn turns to ashes along with the Sound shinobis trapped inside.
"That is impressive! I never knew you Genjutsu could manipulate reality to such an extent. Looks like you have improved a lot since your previous record." Izumi praises Yakumo.
Yakumo smiles at Izumi's praise but doesn't reveal anything further.
"A shinobi ought to keep some trump cards."
Tch…
Izumi clicks her tongue and turns towards a house a few meters from the inn.
"These Sound shinobis are after us. They didn't even hesitate to hold these innocent villagers a hostage. If we leave now, then these villagers will certainly meet their end."
'How did they manage to track me? I was sure I didn't leave any clue behind.'
"What's with these ants? They are everywhere." Yakumo slaps a nearby ant to death.
"Ants?" Izumi narrows her eyes and picks up a nearby ant. Her eyes turn to Sharingan.
"Genjutsu: Sharingan"
Hmm…
Izumi notices the peculiarity of the ants and puts them in a genjutsu to access its network.
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Back in the house near the inn,
A queen ant flies near buck-teeth's ear. The buck-teeth shinobi stare in the direction of Team Three.
"Guren, I lost connection with my ants at that place. They must be there!"
He points in the direction of Team Three.
Swoosh…
The woman jumps out of the house and makes hand signs while in mid-air.
"Crystal Release: Jade Crystal Needle Barrage"
Her right-hand turns into a crystal shard. She waves the crystal shard towards the position of Team Three.
Fwoosh… Fwoosh…
Multiple pink crystal shards bombard Team Three.
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"They found us!"
Izumi's expression turns somber.
"Quick… retreat!"
Izumi throws multiple shurikens towards the incoming crystal needle.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique"
The shurikens multiply further and counteract the crystal needle barrage.
Shiing…
Izumi's eyes turn to Sharingan as she observes Guren.
"Crystal Release… Kekkei Genkai User! Girls retreat quickly. I will hold her back."
Izumi makes a single-hand sign.
"Fire Release: Great Dragon Fire Technique,"
Izumi spews out a giant fire dragon. The fire dragon engulfs the remaining barrage of crystal and rapidly approaches Guren.
Swoosh…
Guren clutches her right wrist and aims her palm towards the approaching fire dragon.
Snap… snap…
The giant fire dragon slowly crystallizes, turning into a giant crystal dragon. Guren waves her hand and directs the crystal dragon around her.
"Crystal Release: Tearing Crystal Falling Dragon"
Clattering noises ring across the dragon. It roars and charges toward Izumi.
Huh…
Izumi is surprised to see her jutsu turned against her. She quickly regains her composure and wields the katana from her back.
"Kenjutsu: Sakura Blossom sword art,"
Illusionary Sakura petals surround Izumi. They form a whirlwind and gather around Izumi's katana. She wields the katana horizontally in a waki-gamae stance. Izumi takes a deep breath and murmurs.
"First Sword: Hundredfold Slash"
Swish… swish…
Multiple sword shadows appear around Izumi in the shape of a hemisphere.
Clang… clang…
Clanging noises rings in the bystander's ears as Izumi sheathes her katana.
Crack… crack… clatter…
With a loud clattering noise, the crystal dragon shatters into countless dust fragments.
"Amazing!"
Hanabi and Yakumo are shocked to see the sword art of Izumi.
"I never knew Izumi Sensei was so amazing."
"Izumi Sensei trained with Izuna Nii-san for a while." Ayaka proudly raises her head.
"No wonder! It makes sense now." The girls nod in understanding.
"These ants are so gross!" Yakumo steps on a swarm of red ants.
Hmm…
Ayaka grabs Hanabi and Yakumo and jumps away.
BANG…
A jet of water bombards their previous location, raising dust and debris.
Haha…
"We meet again!" Kajika jumps out of the crater. He crosses his arms around his chest and smirks.
"You were lucky enough to escape last time. But this time I won't give you any opportunity."
Swoosh… swoosh…
Iwana and Yamame also join him.
"I will handle him. Yakumo, take care of those two. Hanabi, locate the insect user and, if possible, deal with him." Ayaka's expression turns serious.
"Alright!" Hanabi activates her Byakugan and investigates.
Ayaka takes out a kunai from her holster and glares at Kajika.
Swoosh…
In the next second, she disappears from her place and reappears behind Kajika, striking preemptively.
Swish…
She aims her kunai for Kajika's throat.
Clang…
Kajika barely blocks her attack with his kunai, while swinging his right leg to kick her.
Whoosh…
Ayaka prepared for the counter, twist her body in mid-air, and uses the momentum to counter-strike. She launches a roundhouse towards Kajika's head while coating her leg with the chakra.
BANG…
Kajika blocks the strike with his left hand, but the impact sends him flying.
Bang… bang… bang…
He flies across multiple houses and slams into a wall before stopping. Ayaka withdraws her leg and stares at the dust and debris.
The dust settles down to reveal a bleeding Kajika stuck on the wall. He slides down the wall and falls to the ground.
Cough… cough…
Kajika coughs out another mouthful of blood and slowly stands up. Blood drips down from his forehead and left ear. Kajika's left hand hangs limply from his shoulder.
"Cough… cough…"
He coughs again and stares at Ayaka's calm face.
"So, you were holding back previously?"
Snap… snap…
Kajika's left hand makes a snapping sound as the muscles and bones in his arm wriggle slightly. He grabs his left arm with his right hand and rotates it with a jerk.
Snap…
He realigns the elbow joint and clutches his fist.
"Since you aren't holding back, then it will be rude of me to not reciprocate."
Aargh…
Kajika screams as he activates the curse seal mark around his neck. Multiple blue-black curse lines spread across his body as he enters the first phase of curse form. The curse seals rapidly heal his injuries, restoring his body and chakra to their former condition.
Hmm…
Ayaka frowns as she stares at the curse seals.
'It's a usage of Senjutsu chakra to rapidly enhance and rejuvenate the body. So, even a non-sage can use Senjutsu chakra for a brief period. However, these cursed seals will slowly consume the will of its users; turning them into a mindless puppet into the end.'
Unbeknownst to Ayaka's thoughts, Kajika, fueled by the enhancement brought by the Curse marks, kicks the ground and dashes toward Ayaka.
"Water Release: Whirlwind Feet,"
Water jet gushes forth from his legs and increases his speed by another fold.
Swish… swish…
Ayaka throws multiple shurikens at the rapidly enclosing Kajika.
"Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu"
The shurikens multiply and block Kajika's path.
BAM… BAM…
Kajika kicks the ground and launches himself in the mid-air.
Shoom…
Multiple chakra threads weave from Ayaka's finger and coil around the shurikens. She controls the direction of the shurikens and redirects them towards Kajika.
Haaah…
While in the air, Kajika kicks the air. He releases a water jet from the sole of his feet and changes his direction.
Swish… swish…
Ayaka controls the shurikens with one hand while with the other hand she makes some one-hand seals.
"Blaze Release: Smoldering purgatory Flames,"
Ayaka mixes darkness chakra with fire chakra and spews out black flames from her mouth. The flames form a spiral and chase Kajika.
'I must avoid those flames at all cost.'
Kajika feels a looming threat of death from the black flames. He takes a sealing talisman from his holster and throws it towards the flames.
Swoosh…
The sealing talisman floats mid-air and sucks the black flames towards itself. After sealing the flames, the talisman turns black and crumbles into ashes. This allows Kajika to close the distance between himself and Ayaka.
"I got you!" Kajika's hands turn into claws as he slashes them at Ayaka.
"DIE!"
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On the other side,
Yakumo calmly stares at the Sound duo. Dark purple chakra flows through her fingers. Yakumo unfurls a chakra paper scroll. She swiftly swipes her fingers across the chakra paper, creating a creature similar to an Abyss crawler.
The summoned creature has a wolf-like appearance, with its tail split in two. One of the tails burns with purple flames, while the other tail is covered in a layer of metallic spikes.
Awhoo…
The wolf howls and jumps at the Sound duo. The expression of Sound Duo hardens. Having learned from their previous mistake, they instantly activate their curse mark and enter into phase one; avoiding the frenzied claw attack of the wolf.
Awhoo…
The wolf howls again and spats out dark purple flames.
Swoosh… swoosh…
The Sound duo rapidly flickers through the house and avoids the flames. Iwane distracts the wolf away while Yamame uses 'Hiding with Camouflage Jutsu' to disappear from Yakumo's sight.
Awhoo…
The wolf turns around and quickly approaches Yakumo to protect her.
'Hmm… so she is a summoning type shinobi who is reliant on her summons in the battle.'
Iwane and Yamame cautiously stare at Yakumo and the crawler wolf while looking for an opening.
Hmph…
Guren deflects some hidden shurikens hidden behind the sword attack.
Swish… swish…
She makes some quick one-hand signs.
"Crystal Release: Crystal Imprisonment wave"
Guren waves her hand and encases all the shurikens and kunais flying towards her in numerous crystal shells.
Swoosh…
Izumi summons a giant Fuma shuriken and infuses it with wind chakra and hurls it towards Izumi.
"Uchiha Shuriken Jutsu: Oboroguruma,"
Izumi uses the signature Shurikenjutsu skill of the Uchiha clan.
Clang…
Guren slices the Fuma shuriken in half with a crystal blade.
"It's time to end this! I can't waste any more of my time."
Guren makes some hand signs and inhales deeply.
Swoosh…
Shiing…
Izumi activates her Sharingan.
"Crystal Release: White Dragon Breath,"
"Second Activation: Seal,"
Izumi slams her palm on the ground.
Fwoosh… Fwoosh… Fwoosh…
The Fuma shuriken and the small shurikens lined around Guren activate a sealing formation. A gigantic fuinjutsu formation appears beneath Guren. The sealing formation activates and traps Guren in it, sealing her chakra.
Argh…
Blood leaks from Guren's mouth as she suffers the backlash of her semi-complete hand signs.
She wipes the blood from the corner of her mouth and glances at Izumi.
"Was this your plan all along?"
Izumi slowly walks toward Guren with a kunai in her hand.
'Since she can use Crystal release, she must have a higher position in the Sound Village. If I capture her, then maybe we can unveil Kabuto's plan.'
Guren clenches her fist and attempts to release her chakra.
Bleurgh…
She spits out another mouthful of blood from the backlash. Izumi approach Guren as five wisps of chakra flames appear on top of her fingertips.
"Five-element seal"
Bang…
She slams her fingers on Guren's abdomen.
Bleurgh…
Guren spits out some saliva and falls to her knees.
"I have sealed your tenketsu points. Now you can't create any problems. From our initial encounter, I had no intention of dragging out a battle against you." Izumi withdraws her fingers as a seal appears on Guren's navel.
Guren raises her head and stares into Izumi's eyes. She grits her teeth.
"Don't even think about it!"
Hmm…
Izumi senses a massive amount of chakra brewing within Guren's body.
'Is she using her curse seal to override the seal? I have yet to see her use her curse seal.'
Izumi jumps back and takes a combat stance.
Haah…
Guren clenches her fists as a burst of chakra erupts from her body.
"Pressure point of Harm and Death,"
Shoom…
Guren's eyes turn white as a burst of chakra from her body. The chakra turns visible to the naked eye. Ripples of chakra spread through the air as a chakra vortex wraps around Guren.
"What's this?"
Izumi's eyes widen as he analyzes Guren's technique.
'I can't see any Nature energy around her. So, she has yet to use her curse seal. But this chakra…'
Izumi focuses her Sharingan on Guren's chakra system. Pink chakra flows through Guren's chakra system.
'She broke through the five-element seal by overloading it with chakra. But where did this excess chakra come from… what type of technique is this?'
Hmm…
Izumi notices a trace of green energy coiled around the tenketsu point near Guren's heart.
"This energy… she is converting her life force into chakra. At this rate, she is shortening her lifespan."
Roar…
Guren roars and destroys the seal on the ground to regain her mobility.
Huff… Huff…
She pants slightly and turns to Izumi.
"Initially, I planned to make your death painless. But now…"
Swish… swish…
Guren makes rapid hand signs.
"Crystal release: White Dragon Breath,"
She spits out a long breath of crystallized air. The ground near the breath crystallizes as it approaches Izumi at an incredible pace.
Whoosh…
Izumi jumps in the air to avoid the crystals.
Swoosh… swoosh…
A barrage of white crystals rains down on her.
Whoosh… whoosh…
Izumi quickly dodges through the rain of crystals and maneuvers towards the nearby forest to avoid the destruction of the village.
'Such a massive amount of chakra can't be retained for much longer. She will eventually exhaust her chakra and fall into a weakened state. Such a powerful jutsu can't exist without any side effects.'
Fwoosh… Fwoosh…
Two floating orbs of pink crystals chase after Izumi as she swiftly flashes through the forest. The crystal orbs rain down a barrage of crystals to hinder Izumi's path.
Shiing…
Izumi activates her chakra vision and notices a stream of thin chakra attached to the floating crystal orbs.
'She can control them remotely with her chakra to track my position.'
Swish…
Izumi throws a wind-coated kunai towards the crystal orbs.
Clang… clang…
The crystal orbs block the kunai with a crystal needle.
'These crystal orbs are semi-autonomous. They can attack, defend as well as track.'
Izumi looks around and confirms her distance from the village.
'This must be far enough!'
She stops in her tracks and turns around. Purple lightning flickers through her eyes.
'Being a half Uchiha, fire release was never my forte.'
Izumi channels lightning chakra through her palms and slams them on the ground.
'Lightning Release: Lightning Flash Quake,'
Bzzt… crackle…
Lightning crackles through her palms and travels in a zig-zag path along the ground.
BOOM…
Multiple pillars of purple lightning shoot out of the ground while pinning a crystalline creature hiding within the ground.
"So, you were using this creature to track my path?"
A crystal lizard jumps out of the ground. The dorsal surface of the lizard is entirely covered in glittering pale blue crystals jutting out haphazardly from its body. The lizard has red crystalline beady eyes and its tail is covered in a dense crystal shape forming a mace-like protrusion.
Clank… clank… clank…
Izumi's jutsu only paralyzes the lizard for a moment.
Tch…
Izumi clicks her tongue as the crystal channels the electricity to the ground, using its tail as a conduit.
Whoosh…
Guren manages to catch up with Izumi. She has a slightly pale face. Guren calms down her breath and stretches her hands.
Blue crystalline curved blades jut from her forearms.
Whoosh… whoosh…
She closes the gap with Izumi and engages in close combat.
Clang… clang…
Izumi deflects the blade with her kunais. After just one attack, the kunais snap in half. The kunais crystalize and shatters in countless dust particles upon falling to the ground.
Hmm…
Izumi notices the microscopic crystalline particles lingering around the blade.
'Her crystal release chakra is capable of altering the molecular composition of any object. Her Kekkei Genkai is closer to Kekkei tota in terms of power. I must avoid those blades at all costs.'
Swoosh…
Izumi draws her chakra blade and infuses it with lightning chakra. She parries Guren's blade and retreats.
Hmm…
Izumi notices traces of crystallization on her chakra blade.
'Earlier, her jutsu instantly crystallized my fire dragon. But now, it only barely crystallized my lightning blade. Is she weakened after the use of forbidden jutsu or is it because my mastery of lightning chakra is much stronger than my fire chakra?'
Izumi analyzes Guren's weakness as she deflects a barrage of crystal needles from the crystal lizard summons.
Swoosh…
She performs a backflip and avoids another rain of crystals from the floating crystal orbs.
'At this rate, I will get overwhelmed by her rapid attacks.'
Swoosh…
Izumi retreats further and draws her blade in front of her chest.
'Lightning Release: Lightning flicker flash'
Swoosh…
Multiple balls of lightning disperse from Izumi's position. The lightning balls turn into shadows of Izumi and flicker across the battlefield.
"Lighting Release: Jolting Discharge,"
Izumi's shadows draw the chakra blade and release a stream of a thunderbolt from its tip. The thunderbolt streams crisscross with each other and bombard the area around Guren.
Swoosh…
Guren raises her left hand and forms a crystal dome to protect herself from the lightning discharge. The crystal lizard channels the electricity to the ground like a lightning rod.
Huh…
Guren narrows her eyes and makes some one-hand sign.
"Crystal Release: Shuriken wild dance"
The air around Guren condenses in multiple spinning crystal shurikens. They revolve around her at a high speed.
Haaah…
With a gesture of her hand, the crystal shuriken slices through the entire area, including the multiple lightning shadows.
"Where is she?" Guren looks around to locate Izumi's real body.
Crack… crack…
The ground cracks open and a shadow jumps out of it.
Whoosh…
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