Tales of a Ninja Magician: Of What Defines Us

Six Arms Are Better Than Four

"This is absurd, Sir, grant us passage"! Daidao exclaimed in annoyance, "Team Hawthorn has nothing to do with your hunt for Yamanaka Kiyomi".

Spyder-Wolf laughed out sincerely, even occupying two of his arms to wrap them around his aching belly to alleviate the pressure from inside.

"How dumb do you think I am"? The six-armed genin wondered, "You're just gonna pull a Substitution switch once I let one of you through. No, I'll body all of you right here, or as many as I can before one of you weaklings lands a good hit in that keeps me down".

What Spyder-Wolf referenced was indeed possible, with two willing cooperators, Substitution switch trick would have allowed one ninja to switch positions with another, as long as both of them were in on it and neither one of them resisted the switch, complicating the Substitution.

"Are you OK, Mana"? Meiko looked at Mana's broken arm that had a gruesome looking bump sticking out, yet not yet through the skin, somehow managing to contain the fracture.

"I'll manage, I doubt I'll be of much help though", she lamented. "That six-armed fighting style is really tough to keep up with. With so much of my evasive moves being pure muscle memory, having none of his moves recorded and a right profile drawn – I'd stand no chance against him anyways".

Meiko nodded before raising her hand up, like she was answering in class and stepping up in front of the duo of teams. She raised her fist up confidently with a grin at Wolf's general direction. "Fine then, I'll take you on", she declared confidently.

"Didn't you want a piece of him, Nana-chan"? Daidao wondered curiously looking at his teammate.

"Are you crazy? Without my arms? Such a battle would be ridiculous, the only condition I agree to fight with is that it's a six on six armed bout"! The airheaded blonde firmly stated.

"This is my responsibility too", Kiyomi sighed before stepping up besides Meiko.

"No, you're still tired and hurt after fighting Othello, sit this one out and let me handle it", Meiko objected.

"You're also not at your strongest, those wounds from the underground battle are still holding you back, your arsenal is almost emptied and your chakra can't be too high up", Kiyomi snapped back at her teammate.

"Just play Rock-Paper-Scissors or something", Spyder scratched his head, slightly tipping the fur that he wore on top of his massive well-trained body.

"Stay out of this"! Kiyomi and Meiko both yelled at the Team Nimbus member.

"Fine, fine... Just trying to help, I've got no problem taking all of you on, honestly", Spyder-Wolf shook his palms defensively in front of his chest, trying to pacify the heating up situation.

"I must say that the redhead is right", Sugemi concluded as he stepped forward, cracking his knuckles. "You're a different style of combatant, you can't take much of a beating and you've already taken more of it than anyone would bet on you taking. Sit this one out", the Nara advised.

"Awww yeah, let's do this"! Meiko's fist shot up in the sky as the blacksmith cheered on the Nara, feeling excited to measure her strength against Mana's previous taijutsu using teammate. Showing this guy up meant a great deal to Meiko and validating her own inner worth on the team.

"So are you guys finished fighting"? Spyder shrugged in confusion.

"Yeah, me and Meiko will be your opponents", Sugemi nodded before taking an offensive and quite open taijutsu stance. The time she spent studying defence against taijutsu suggested to Mana that Sugemi was using a very aggressive and offensive style, focusing on overwhelming the opponent with strikes and giving them no chance to attack instead of returning his hands for blocking after his attack concluded.