Kaito Chapter 79

Kaito Chapter 79

Itachi, who had been standing beside Kaito, swiftly pulled out a kunai to defend himself and his team against their attacker. But as he struggled to stay conscious, several anbu suddenly appeared, landing on the surrounding trees and looking down at Team 11.

One of them landed in front of Kaito and Itachi, his mask had that looked like a panda, he chuckled. "Well, would you look at that? They've figured out how they were poisoned."

He stepped forward, grabbing Kaito by the hair and pulling him up to meet his taunting gaze. Kaito tried to fight against the Anbu's grip, but his vision began to blur and fade as the poison took hold.

And as darkness closed in around him, all he could hear was the Anbu's cruel laughter and mocking words: "Not so tough now, huh?

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In a small clearing, the limp bodies of Itachi and Hotaru lay on the forest floor, their faces pale and their breathing shallow. The poison that had been administered to them had taken full effect, rendering them motionless. The leader of Root ABBU squad stood holding an unconscious Kaito by his hair. he laughed as his squad landed around him.

One of the ROOT ANBU nudged Itachi's still form with his foot, remarking to his comrades, "Well, that was too easy."

A female ROOT ANBU wearing a long black coat, added, her with a voice filled with disdain, "How disappointing. To think that Danzo-sama sent out seven of us just to take down these brats."

Meanwhile, another ROOT ANBU wearing a hood crouched down next to Hotaru's body. placed his hands on hotaru and he checked for a pulse and confirmed that they were still alive. He then turned to their captain and asked, "What should we do with them? This one has an unsealed Byakugan – its rare."

The captain of root ANBU holding Kaito by his hair laughed as he pulled out a kunai. "Finish them off," he ordered his squad. "Take their dojutsu and burn their bodies. That kid's Sharingan would make a perfect replacement for the one Danzo-sama lost." With those words, he slashed his kunai across Kaito's throat.

But as the blade passed through Kaito's neck, the Genin suddenly transformed into a white smoke and disappeared. The captain of root ANBU staggered back in shock, looking around frantically for any sign of his target.

Just then, two figures of Itachi and Hotaru lying motionless on the forest floor also transformed into white smoke revealing all three of them had been shadow clones all along.

"W-what? When did they..." the captain of root ANBU stammered, bewildered and caught off guard.

"See? I told you those idiots wouldn't figure out that those were just shadow clones," a voice called out from a nearby tree. All eyes turned to see Kaito lounging comfortably on a branch, with Itachi and Hotaru sitting beside him. both of them wore an ear clip similar to the one one Kaito's ear.

Kaito casually reached into a bag of popcorn that sat between them, munching on it nonchalantly as they watched the root ANBU team in amusement.

flashback

Kaito let out a heavy sigh as he reached into his pouch and pulled out a small, unassuming object. With a flick of his wrist, he tossed it to Hotaru and Itachi, who caught it with curious expressions. Kaito's eyes were serious as he explained, "Alright, here's the plan."

"We're going to use our shadow clones as bait and see if the anbu are really after us." He gestured to the item in their hands before continuing, " these ear clips I'm giving you are similar to mine. they have my stealth seal integrated into them and they can also detect any insects like the ones used by the Aburame clan and kill them with a plus of electricity."

As he spoke, Kaito created a shadow clone and activated his own ear clip. "Just wear it and direct your chakra at it to activate the seal array," he instructed.

Both Hotaru and Itachi nodded in understanding and quickly created their own shadow clones before donning the ear clips and activating them.

flashback end

With the root Anbu's attention firmly on them, Kaito stood up on top of the branch they were sitting on. Hotaru joined him, while Itachi was crouched on branch, his eyes narrowed at the root anbu. "Well, I guess that answers whether they were sent after us, huh?" Kaito asked, looking down at the group of root anbu below.

"It seems that Konoha has some rogue anbu," Itachi stated gravely.

"Hai, and they seem to be still under Danzo's orders " Hotaru added, activating her byakugan and narrowing her eyes as she focused on their enemies.

Kaito scrunched up the now-empty popcorn bag in his hand and said, "Infiltrating a chunin exam held by Konoha, attempting to assassinate the son of the Fourth Hokage, attempting to stealing the dojutsu from the heiress of the Hyuga clan and the heir of the Uchiha clan...quite the impressive list of offenses."

"Come on guys, we should take care of these cannon fodder and head to the tower before night falls," Kaito suggested nonchalantly, stretching his arms above his head.

But it seemed that all of Kaito's taunting had only served to anger the root anbu even more. In a sudden burst of movement, several of them threw kunai towards the three friends with deadly accuracy.

Kaito, Itachi, and Hotaru reacted quickly, using body flicker to dodge the projectiles and split up as the root anbu split to pursued them.

As Kaito landed on the ground, he slid gracefully and unsealed his tanto. and channeled his lightning chakra into the tanto as a burst of red lightning chakra coated it, he blocked the slash by the captain of the root anbu, who had now closed in on him along with two others.

"The three of you should have fled while you had the chance. Now you and your teammate will die here because of your arrogance." the root anbu captain sneered.

"I could say the same for you," Kaito retorted as he deflected the root anbu captain's sword strike with his tanto. Kaito Used the force of their clash to pushed himself back and leapt away, while taunting his opponents. "I hope you three don't disappoint."

But just as he finished speaking, another root anbu suddenly appeared from the left, hooded and wielding a sword aimed directly at Kaito. But the attack just phased through kaito, Kaito had left behind nothing but a mere afterimage as he reappeared behind the anbu. With a powerful kick, he sent his attacker flying towards the other two approaching root anbu.

With swift one handed hand signs Kaito shout out "Water Style: Water Dragon Jutsu!" water from the surrounding air began to gather and took the form colossal water dragon that charged towards the three root anbu with force.

In tandem with his water dragon jutsu, Kaito also made another one handed hand sign with the hand holding his tanto and roared out "Red Lightning: Electromagnetic Murder!" As the water dragon rushing towards its targets crackled with red lightning, intensifying its power and making it almost impossible to evade.

As the water dragon raced towards its targets, the root anbu captain reacted quickly by performing a series of hand signs and shouting "Earth Style Earth Wall!" With their hands slammed onto the ground and a sturdy wall of earth rose up to meet the oncoming attack.

For a brief moment, nothing happened as the water dragon collided with the earth wall. But then, cracks began to appear, and the wall started to crumble under the intense force of the jutsu. "what but how" The root anbu with the hood muttered in disbelief as they jumped away from the water dragon the earth wall buying them enought time for them.

But they didn't have much time to ponder as Kaito was already upon them. He appeared mid-air in front of the three of them and delivered a powerful kick that sent their captain crashing into the forest ground. At the same time, he swung his tanto towards the anbu with the sword who managed to block the attack but was forced to jump back and land on a nearby branch for stability.

Meanwhile, another anbu rushed at Kaito from behind with a kunai in hand. But before they could strike, Kaito swiftly grabbed their wrist and used their momentum to twist his body and throw them at their comrade with the sword.

The anbu with the sword leapt over their falling comrade and retaliated by slashing at Kaito. The two engaged in a flurry of blows, their weapons clashing against each other in a fierce battle. Just as it seemed like they were evenly matched, the leader anbu came charging at Kaito from behind, sword aimed at his back.

But Kaito was one step ahead. As the leader Anbu's sword passed through his afterimage, he appeared behind them and delivered a powerful kick that sent them flying towards their two subordinates.

As the root anbu captain struggled to stand up, Kaito landed gracefully on the ground and taunted them with a smirk. "Is that all? I'm really disappointed," he said with a sigh before muttering to himself, "I might as well end this."

In a fit of rage, the hooded Root Anbu charged towards Kaito, shouting "You bastard! You will pay for underestimating us!" The Anbu charged towards Kaito, sword at the ready. But just as he swung his blade towards Kaito, chakra chains burst forth from Kaito's body and wrapped around the Anbu, immobilizing him.

With a glint of excitement in his eyes, Kaito said, "I've always wanted to use this jutsu but never had the chance." He raised his palm towards the bound Root Anbu and chakra began to gather and form a Rasengan. As it took shape, Kaito made a gun gesture with his finger as the rasengan began to compress to the size of a marble and called out, "Rasendan!" The compressed rasengan bullet shot towards the bound Anbu with blinding speed, impacting with their head and completely blowing it off. The other Anbu watched in horror as their comrade fell lifelessly to the ground.

The root ANBU with the kunai, witnessing his comrade's death, quickly formed hand signs. "You bastard!" he shouted before unleashing a powerful jutsu: "Wind Release: Vacuum Serial Waves." A invisible blades made of wind flew towards Kaito.

However, Kaito was prepared. He made a one handed hand signs and calmly stated, "Water Style: Water Wall." In an instant, a wall of water rose up in front of him, shielding him from the incoming attack. The two jutsu clashed as water splashed around.

the two remaining root anbu ran towards Kaito as he wasted no time and used body flicker to quickly move avoid the on coming attack. The captain, determined to take down Kaito, clashed swords with him while the other ANBU supported him by throwing kunai at kaito hoping to create a opening.

Kaito blocked one of the slashes and created a shadow clone without the use of any hand signs. The clone immediately rushed towards the ANBU with the kunai.

Meanwhile, the root ANBU captain saw an opportunity and attempted to strike at Kaito's neck. However, it was only an afterimage as Kaito had already used body flicker to appear above him. With a swift slash, Kaito aimed for the ANBU's neck.

The ANBU managed to slightly shift his body, narrowly avoiding a fatal blow. But in doing so, his arm holding the sword was slashed off. He let out a pained cry as he jumped back to create some distance between himself and Kaito.

As soon as the shadow clone was created, it wasted no time and also used body flicker to reach the remaining ANBU who was throwing kunai at them. With a burst of speed, it rammed its tanto coated in red lightning straight through the ANBU's chest before they could react. "And two down, one more to go." the shadow clone said as the root anbu slumped down.

As the lead anbu the sight of his fallen comrades and his own severed arm. Blood dripped from his wound, mixing with the dirt and leaves on the forest floor. But he didn't have time to dwell on their deaths as a loud explosion shook the ground beneath them. Kaito and the root anbu captain both turned towards the commotion, their attention drawn away from their intense fight. they saw a blazing inferno where Itachi had gone off.

Meanwhile, A large gust of air tore through the trees, leaving them uprooted in its wake. Hotaru's battle must have reached a critical point.

Kaito couldn't help but smile as he used his kagura mind's eye to confirm that his friends had finished their fight. "Well, it seems my companions are done with their battle," he remarked to himself. "I should probably finish things here as well." he said looking back at the Captain of the root anbu squad.

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