Naruto uchiha

chapter 12

Chapter 12: The Instigator

Karasu quickly glanced towards Tora, Usagi, Neko and Washi and nodded his head. Their team had worked on several strategies and ways of fighting a group of enemies together on several occasions in case the need ever arose.

Neko, Usagi and Washi quickly jumped ahead of their own team and went through a few hand seals at an alarming speed. Karasu dissolved into several crows and disappeared from the views of enemy shinobi, while Tora seemingly vanished too. Tora, Usagi and Washi were by far the most advanced in the use of Shunshin no Jutsu in the Anbu.

"Suiton: Suiryuudan no Jutsu (Water Release: Water Dragon)" Naruto said promptly. In less than a second, a forty feet long water dragon with menacing yellow eyes materialized above team Ro Han and spiraled up swiftly, towards the incoming members of the Exploding Corps. Meanwhile, Usagi, who was among the best users of raiton ninjutsu in the village, supplied the large water dragon with raiton natured chakra which made the dragon look further ominous.

"Doton: Ishi no Yari (Earth Release: Earth Spears)" Neko said quickly, as extremely sharp spears about twelve feet tall rose from ground all around team Ro Han.

All the shinobi of the Explosion Corps were wide eyed and horrified upon seeing the large electrified water dragon charging towards them. In the blink of an eye, the water dragon tore through the shinobi, who were too slow to make a move, along with destroying few of the surrounding trees instantly. Gari, the leader of the Explosion corps unit along with twelve other members had quite luckily escaped using the Shunshin no Jutsu at the very last second. As the water dragon impacted its targets with a tremendous force, eight of the Iwa shinobi were pushed high into the air like a rag doll- the result of which made their already unconscious bodies to freefall towards the ground after a few seconds. By now, Neko, Usagi and Washi had left their spots and regrouped with the rest of their team.

The Iwagakure shinobi who had escaped the suiton ninjutsu assault now stood on the tree branches with extreme caution. They still could not comprehend that such a young shinobi could utilize that high level of suiton technique so effortlessly.

As their gazes moved towards the ground in search of the Konoha Anbu team, fear and horror were the emotions that were clearly visible in their pale eyes. What was once a plain ground, was now littered with the bodies of their comrades, with earth spears sticking out of their bodies. The water from the prior attack flowed red due to the copious amount of blood flowing through the dead bodies of the Iwa shinobi. That fear and horror however turned to hatred and rage as they witnessed how brutally their comrades had been killed.

'To be able to use the water particles in the atmosphere. I haven't heard of anyone do that except of the Nidaime Hokage. Who the hell is that kid?' Gari thought irritatingly as he grinded his teeth.

"Dammit. Fucking eight of us are already dead due to those three Anbu." yelled one of the Iwa shinobi furiously as he smashed his fist against the bark of the tree he was standing on. The others too agreed to the statement. It was hard for everyone to believe, eight of their own team were taken out so quickly.

"This is no time to be whining. We have our orders from Tsuchikage. Focus on the enemy Suzaku!" Gari stated firmly.

"H... Hai Taichou!" replied Suzaku, the newest recruit of their group with uncertainty.

Signaling to his team through hand signs, the remaining alive members of the Explosion Corps quickly jumped onto the ground that hadn't been turned into spears by Neko. The very next second however, he had to swiftly jump back as he barely dodged the chokutō held by the Washi masked Anbu. However, he clicked his tongue in pain as a sudden pain jolted through his right arm and upon noticing he realized, it was cut slightly. Disregarding the pain and looking straight ahead, he analyzed how the other four Konoha Anbu were strategically standing to their ten o'clock and two o'clock position.