Chapter 13

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Hisayo added a low snarling growl as she attacked, if only to unsettle the boy more, and make him hesitate. She ran right passed the clones, knowing they were fakes. Her hind feet left the ground as she went airborne and tackled the boy on his back.

Daro gasped. "Gah!" The weight of the wolf held him down. His clones evaporated. He should have known it wouldn't work. "Could you please move? You're kinda heavy."

"Only if you concede defeat," the wolf spoke, "if not..." Her muzzle opened and she gripped around Daro's neck and slowly added pressure with her sharp canines. She added another low growl to scare and further her intentions.

Daro swallowed nervously. "I think you're taking this game a bit too serious, Hisayo-san," he breathed. But he wasn't going to give in so easily. He managed to form a small hand sign. "Earth Style: Stalagmite," he muttered. A large pillar of earth shot up from the ground and knocked Hisayo sideways.

She quickly released her grip over Daro to prevent from ripping out his throat. She rolled away and skid across the ground. Standing up and shaking herself, the wolf backed away and disappeared into the sandstorm for cover as she prepared for another assault

Taryn studied the ground carefully as the sandstorm died away. He was good at hiding himself, but her Byakugan could not be fooled. She grinned. Just a little pressure should do the trick. She aimed her dagger to the ground and dropped it.

'Gyah!' Akira's wide eyes were crossed as a dagger had buried deep in the ground, practically on top of him. A nervous bead of sweat rolled down the side of his face as he came to scary terms of just how close the point of the dagger was to his head. He knew she purposely missed by just enough, but still...'Sheesh! Gotta keep moving!' He drew his hands together and moved underground while forming several earth clones and spreading them out. At least one of them might fool her. The chakra coursing through them was nearly identical to him, but it wasn't full proof. He was dealing with a Byakugan user who had already disrupted his chakra enough to see through most of his tricks.

Daro let out a small sigh in relief that the storm was beginning to subside. Already he could see further ahead of him. He spotted the white coat of the wolf faster than before this time and took action faster this time. His eyes widened in surprise and a bit of panic as he realized that Hisayo wasn't going to even attempt to dodge his attack. The wolf was smashed by the rising earth. As she hit the ground, her body crumbled and turned to dust.
"Earth clone?!" He had never seen or heard the woman even hint at being handy with earth jutsu before.

Below him, the earth cracked and Hisayo, in human form, shot up, grabbing him around the neck with an electrical hand as three electric spheres circled around him at the waist and around his wrist to discourage any hand movement least he taste a bit of their electricity.

"But, how?"

"It's in my blood," Hisayo calmly stated, "though that's not to say it's a nature I find easy to rely on."

"I get it." Daro flinched as the lightning crackled, "you're a better lightning user, right?"

Hisayo nodded. "Care to try and get out of my grasp this time. Just be aware, that though my charges are currently not lethal, they are still strong enough to cause temporary paralysis. So if I happen to slip up..." She knew Daro didn't need to hear the rest. It was quite clear.

Daro sighed and closed his eyes. He knew when he was defeated. "I give," he said.

Immediately the lightning dispersed and Hisayo drew her hand away and pocketed her spheres. "Don't sound discouraged," she said, "you fought well. Against a true enemy, without restrictions, you will be a strong opponent."

A slow smile spread over Daro's face. He knew that a compliment from someone like Hisayo was no little feat. "Thank you," he said.

Taryn smirked when her Byakugan became aware of the clones Akira had created. He was good, but not good enough. Though he had managed to keep the chakra level evenly divided, the disruption she had caused in his body earlier gave him away. For someone who could not see the tenketsu, it was hard to copy a flawed chakra stream.
All she had to do was flush him out.
She sighed and concentrated. For this move she needed precision. She took out a few kunai daggers and laced them with chakra. After pinpointing the location of Akira as well as his clones. She released the daggers all at once, destroying the clones but making sure the dagger would not harm Akira himself.
One by one, Akira's earth clones evaporated.

Akira gasped when he was almost hit by another of Taryn's daggers. When he saw his clones being destroyed, he knew he had not been able to fool her. She knew exactly where he was and by hiding in the ground, he would not defeat her. The realization that she was only playing with him at the moment did not sit right by him.
'I wanted to spar with her so badly and now all I'm doing is hiding.' With a determined look on his face he resurfaced and faced her head on.
Taryn smirked. "Decided to join the party again?"

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