Tales of a Ninja Magician: Of What Defines Us

Rabbits Don't Have Middle Fingers

The heavy tolls of Mana's respiration silenced all the other measly sounds on the battlefield around her. Her heavy breaths came like bells and her chest was a very energetic ringer. She was decently battle worn, sustained notable damage in this scuffle and was surrounded by enemies whereas her allies were still recovering. Things could've been better than they were at that moment.

That being said, they could've also been worse. Mana had the intelligence on her enemies, she noticed a couple of weaknesses in them. Some of them were sustained and originated from this battle and some of them were innate and born from the nature of their abilities.

Deargli was very similar to Mana in some cases: she used ninjutsu and supportive healing techniques. That made her overly reliant on hand seals and the protection of her teammates at close range. Mana knew her own hand seal speed completely left Deargli's in the dust, with moderate chakra enhancements her kicking speed would knock the medical kunoichi down before she concluded her dangerous techniques.

Laoch was dangerous, beyond just dangerous. His armor was thick enough to brush off Mana's strikes. She knew a bit more than a handful of ninjutsu techniques, most of them created by Mana long ago when she was still studying ninjutsu and chakra control from textbooks. They were all just inconveniences, smoke and mirror, all look and no punch. None of them would leave a dent on him at all. That being said, his numbed arm was certainly something to exploit with high chance of success.

Clarmac was a match for Mana. If both of them were at their full potential with their bodies and minds completely rejuvenated they'd put up a good fight. That being said, his Inuzuka nin-taijutsu relied on his team's distrations to hit his opponent. If Mana managed to beat Noji way back when she was still not enhanced by the tremendous boost of chakra and skill during the quest for the Box of Ultimate Bliss, she'd take Clarmac as well. Even more, currently Clarmac was beaten and bruised to a very alluring degree and if fight broke out he'd likely be Mana's prime target.

Laoch charged again. He aimed to just bash and throw Mana around until she either passed out or gave up. Given the short time to get her mind together, provided to her during the time Team Sagitarii ganged up and regrouped, the magician was ready for him. She leaped up placing her feet firmly against the armored genin's broad shoulders before relaxing and plunging down while grabbing his weakened arm by its upper armor piece and pulling it.

Yelling in pain the armored genin shook it rapidly but Mana wrapped her legs around it and kept on yanking it and pulling it off its socket. Very uncomfortable sounds kept coming from inside, like the tender meat of a turtle being grinded inside its still intact and very thick shell.

A fresh breeze went past Mana's ears fondling her hair as a feeling of weightlessness instilled fear in her heart. Laoch lifted her body up for an attack by one of his teammates. That was her signal to get off. Using the large genin's weakened and numb arm as a very flimsy pole the magician extended her feet and kicked at the back side of Clarmac's head as he attempted to leap in and strike her down and off of his teammate's arm.

The Inuzuka boy's jacket and shirt torn off as his body hit the ground. Normally one's body would've augmented itself and withstood such damage. This slip that left a bloody puddle on the dirt informed the magician that her hunter had taken significant damage, so much so that his augmentations weren't completely reliable and were beginning to slip and skip some blows.

Deargli didn't attack, just as it could've been predicted. She instead dashed wildly to Clarmac's side. Medical ninja always looked for opportunities to do what medical ninja did best. Gathering the final ounces of breath in her lungs before she'd need a breather Mana kicked off the ground shortly after landing aiming to plant her foot into that grotesque headdress of the Team Sagitarii kunoichi.