| [May. 8th, 2014|03:43 am] |
Kakashi hit the ground with his ears ringing, and felt his ANBU mask fall away in pieces.
A throttled noise snapped his attention back. He struggled up to see Iebara dragging Genma out of the ground by the throat.
“Fight someone your level,” Iebara advised Genma, and tightened his grip. Genma made a strangled gasp, back arching, feet hanging off the ground—but his hands were free. They blurred through seals, and flames burst up between the lieutenant and Iebara, setting the Kiri ninja’s face bandages alight.
Iebara snarled and changed his handhold, moving into a form Kakashi recognized as the precursor to snapping Genma’s neck.
The Sharingan slowed things down just enough for Kakashi to act. He yanked up chakra, forced it through rapid seals, and let it go. Above Genma, rain slammed itself together into a solid shape and roared down, twisting into a water-dragon around both struggling men. The fire hissed out, which was unfortunate, but his second choice—hitting them both with a another landslide—would’ve done more bone-breaking damage than Genma wanted to deal with. The dragon flexed, knife-like teeth snapping at Iebara’s face. Iebara swore, deflecting. A translucent tail wrapped around Genma and yanked him away, tossing him high into the air.
Objective achieved, the dragon used the remainder of its chakra to smash down hard on Iebara, bringing several tons of water-weight down on the Kiri nin’s shoulders. For a moment, Iebara staggered.
There was a flash of dark energy and the construct tore itself apart, splashing down into harmless puddles. Iebara lifted his head and glared at Kakashi through dripping dark hair..
Blood-manipulating Mist shinobi—of course he knew water jutsu.
Fifty feet away, Genma landed, tumbled, flipped upright and bolted towards Ryouma.
Kakashi pushed himself to his feet, and shook his head. Iebara’s seals were bright and clear in his mind’s eye, wrapped around new, corrupted ways Kakashi could twist his chakra. With his tanto gone, it was an option to play with. He flexed his fingers. “Let’s try that again.”
Iebara cracked his neck. “This time, I’ll take your blood.”
Anything that took him away from the other two.
“Come and get it,” Kakashi said. |
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