Game of Shadows by Adrian King1

Chapter 141

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Cover Art: Kissuli.

Chapter 141

"Why don't you," Suigetsu groaned, his greatsword slashing through the air with a lot of force. Ultimately though, its blade moved harmlessly, far away from any target. "Just," the boy continued, with another slash that was not even the smallest bit closer to anyone. "Stay," he hissed, dashing forward and thrusting his blade forward. Once more, the sword met nothing at all. "Still?!" he finished, halfway between a scream and a wail.

"If you insist," Eiji said, a slight smile on his face. He did as his new teammate asked and stood in one place, waiting for the next attack. His right hand rested inside the pocket of his coat while his left prosthetic one scratched at his bare chest. "I'm waiting, man," he added, his grin widening as he saw Suigetsu struggle for a moment before turning to water to get away from the thread prison Eiji had trapped him in.

Almost reluctantly, the squad leader stopped the incoming blade with his armored puppet arm.

"Now what, Sharkboy?" he asked, giving the new member a lazy smile. "Gonna whine at me till I give up?" Eiji continued, speaking as his hand twisted and turned, blocking all the blows that were directed at him. "You need more than a sword and a water body, you know?"

"I really don't," the boy said, turning to water once more to make his sword pass through Nuibari.

"You really do," Eiji shot back, stopping the blade with his wires. "That's not as original an idea as you think it is," he added with a slight grin. If Obito hadn't done anything with that trick, Suigetsu sure as fuck wouldn't either. "Now, when we arrive at Konoha, I'll throw a bunch of Water Release jutsu your way, and if you don't have a bunch of them in working condition by the time we have to leave again... You don't wanna know."

"Piece of cake," Suigetsu muttered through gritted teeth. "Now, fight me seriously damn it."

"I didn't know you were suicidal, Sharkboy," Eiji commented, making the already angry expression on the swordsman grown even worse. The snorts and chuckles from the rest of the squad around them certainly didn't help.

"Fits even more with our damned group, huh?" Tayuya commented from off to the side. "Come on, Sharkboy, I have good money bet on you at least making Fearless Leader use something other than his sword and his threads."

"Easiest money ever," Fu announced, making Eiji shake his head. Although, to be perfectly fair... She wasn't wrong. There was no way Suigetsu would get anywhere close to making him use anything other than what he was already using.

Well, at least he was doing his best, Eiji supposed. Unfortunately for him, not only was his style of fighting a cheap version of something he'd already faced without trouble, but he also had less going for him all around. With some work though, Eiji swore that he'd make Suigetsu better than Obito, if only out of spite.

Plans of pettiness aside though, Sharkboy was doing decently well, Eiji supposed. Especially then, as the boy became water once more, faking reappearing in front of him before continuing through. He only reformed behind Eiji, twisting his body to slash at the leader's back.

"Close," Eiji said, his threads once more catching the blade. "But no dice. Let's end this here, yeah?"

"Uh... Yeah... I... Yeah, that sounds, erm, fine," the boy stammered. Eiji smirked as Suigetsu's eyes pulled towards the middle, looking at Nuibari poking at his forehead, a single drop of blood running down the bridge of his nose. "Sounds great, Eiji," he mumbled as the leader pulled away the needle-like sword.