Kaito Chapter 80

Kaito Chapter 80

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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With itachi 

As soon as the Root Anbu launched their attack, Itachi's used the body flicker jutsu to dodge and separated from his team and sprinted towards a nearby river, two Root Anbu chased after him as he led them towards the river. One of them was a female anbu wearing a hooded cloak and the other was a male anbu wearing a cloak, both of them wielded wakizashi.

Reaching the river, Itachi landed on the surface of the water as he slid back, his eyes fixed on the two Root Anbu landing before him. Itachi had his right hand on the handle of his tanto as the female anbu spoke, her voice laced with malice. "We will not show mercy, even to a kid,".

But Itachi was unfazed. "And I won't show any mercy to a traitor," he retorted, unsheathing his tanto sword as he rushed towards the two anbu. he met the female anbu in the middle, as the clashed blades .

 Itachi skillfully dodged and parried an attacks from the female Anbu as he flipped over the male anbu and kick hime back as itachi focused on the female anbu. just then, the male Anbu came up behind him and swung his sword down with great force. Itachi reacted quickly, ducking out of the way and jumping back to create some distance between them.

The female Anbu took advantage of this opportunity and threw shuriken with ninja wire attached towards Itachi. He countered with his own kunai, expertly deflecting them away.

Meanwhile, the male Anbu engaged in close combat with Itachi, their blades clashing in a deadly dance. In a split second, Itachi jumped back, activating his Sharingan as he easily dodged and deflected more of the incoming projectiles from the female Anbu. With the power of the Sharingan, Itachi could now see that each shuriken had been attached with ninja wire.

As he continued to block and parry the male Anbu's attacks and deflected the shuriken from the female Anbu with kunai's, Itachi couldn't help but be impressed by their teamwork and skill. "So this is how Anbu fight," he thought to himself.

Despite their combined efforts, Itachi remained calm and calculated. In a calculated move, he jumped between the oncoming shuriken and threw his tanto, pinning all of them together on to a rock. Landing atop the tanto's handle with perfect balance, Itachi stood confidently and proclaimed, "It's over. I've already seen through your attacks."

The two Root Anbu landed in front of Itachi. The female Anbu taunted him, "You're pretty good kid, but this is as far as you'll go." she said as she cut one of the ninja wires with a swift movement of her blade.

Itachi saw as they were ensnared by their own attack. As the ninja wires began to tighten and break, it swiftly caught the female Anbu's hand with one wire and the male Anbu's neck with another. The female Anbu cried out in shock, "What? How?" while the male Anbu screamed in pain as the wire tightened around his throat.

Itachi stood confidently atop his tanto sword, looking down at his defeated opponents. "As I said, it's over," he declared. "I saw through your attacks from the moment you initiated them. Using my kunai, I altered its trajectory just enough to catch you off guard."

Itachi caught hold of one of the ninja wire. "And this is where it ends for you," he said calmly before making a series of hand signs and shouting, "Fire Style: Dragon Flame Jutsu!" A powerful stream of fire burst forth from his mouth and traveled along the ninja wire towards the two Anbu, completely engulfing them in flames and ending their lives.

But then, Itachi heard an explosion coming from where his teammate Hotaru was. Without hesitation, he took off towards the source to assist his comrades in battle

With Hotaru

As soon as Hotaru broke away from her team, she was hotly pursued by two Root ANBU. One wore a long, dark coat, and through her Byakugan, Hotaru could see that he belonged to the Aburame clan. The other ANBU donned the standard attire of the anbu but carried two curved blades in reverse grip. Hotaru led them to an open clearing.

The ANBU with the dual blades closed in on her, his movements fluid and precise. He slashed at Hotaru, who quickly blocked with a kunai. But the attacks kept coming, and Hotaru had to jump back and keep blocking as the ANBU relentlessly rushed at her.

With her byakugan active she could see the swarm of kikaichu approaching from behind, and Hotaru flipped over the ANBU's with the blades and used him as a springboard. And she landed between the two Root members, she took a fighting stance.

The ANBU with the curved blades taunted her. "As expected of the Hyuga clan's heiress. But I am afraid is as far as you go." The aburame root ANBU released a cloud of buzzing kikaichu bugs from beneath his sleeves.

"I need to finish off the one with the blade first before turning my attention to the Aburame clan member." Hotaru thought she strategized. having made her mind hotaru focused her eyes, and dropped the kunai and rushed towards the ANBU with the curved blades

As they met in the middle, Hotaru deftly dodged each slash from the ANBU's blades, she used her clans gentle fist technique to redirect their attacks. She also had to constantly dodge swarms of kikaichu bugs that the Aburame root anbu sent her way.

just then, the ANBU wielding the two blades made a slight mistake in his attack and overextended himself. Seizing the opportunity, Hotaru struck his wrist with a powerful palm strike, causing him to lose one of his blades which flew off to the side. and he quickly tried to jump back and gain some distance.

But Hotaru took a confident stance as she declared, "You're within my divination." Before the ANBU could even react, she launched her attack, calling out "Two Palms" as she landed two precise strikes on his chakra points. She followed it up with "Four Palms" in quick succession, blocking off more of his chakra points.

As her speed increased, Hotaru shouted "Eight Palms" and landed eight more strikes. Then "16 Palms" followed by another 16 strikes at blinding speed. With each strike, she blocked more and more of his chakra points until she reached "32 Palms," landing a total of 32 strikes. And just when the ANBU thought it couldn't get any worse, Hotaru revealed the name of her technique: "Eight Trigram 64 Palms."

At an incredible speed, Hotaru landed 64 consecutive strikes, leaving the ANBU completely defenseless and unable to move. and ending the move with one final palm strike, she sent him flying backwards lifeless.

But in the midst of her technique, Hotaru suddenly found herself surrounded by a swarm of kikaichu, by the aburame root anbu. As she completed her move, the swarm closed in on her. Quickly Hotaru expelled chakra from all over her body and spun in place, shouting "rotation!" A dome of chakra erupted around her, spun violently as it tore apart the kikaichu and sending them flying back.

Hotaru only maintained the jutsu for a brief moment before she released it, wasting no time as she rushed towards and jumped at the Aburame Root ANBU who stood atop a nearby tree branch The ANBU threw several kunai with explosive tags attached at her, while also releasing more kikaichu.

Hotaru focused her chakra into her palm and thrust it forward, shouting "Hakke Kūshō (Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm)!" A highly compressed stream of air shot towards the incoming kunai, redirecting them back with twice the speed towards the aburame anbu.

Before he could react, both the vacuum palm and the exploding kunai had reached him. The resulting explosion only amplified the power of Hotaru's attack as it tore through the forest floor and uprooted trees in its path.

Hotaru landed gracefully on the ground, her breath coming out in ragged gasps as she deactivated her byakugan. She leaned over, placing her hands on her knees as she caught her breath. She had just used three high-level techniques back to back, leaving her drained but victorious.

Itachi appeared beside her, his own breath slightly labored. "Are you okay?" he asked, concern etched on his face.

Hotaru nodded, managing a small smile. "Hai, I just need to catch my breath."

After a few moments of rest, Hotaru turned to Itachi and said, "Let's go, Itachi-kun." They leapt into the air, making their way towards Kaito's location.

As they arrived, they saw Kaito standing, as the lead ANBU member tried to escape while clutching his bleeding stump. Without hesitation, Itachi threw a kunai at the ANBU, but Kaito intercepted it by throwing one of his own. The two weapons clashed mid-air before falling to the ground.

Hotaru and Itachi landed next to Kaito, who simply said, "Told you these ROOT ANBU were cannon fodder."

Confusion crossed Itachi's face as he asked, "Why did you let him go?" He looked at Kaito for an explanation.

Hotaru also voiced her concerns. "Hai, Kaito-kun," she said quietly. "Is it ok to let him leave like this?"

Kaito's lips curled into a sly smile as he turned to face them. "Who said I let him go?" He then changed the subject, looking up at the darkening sky. "Damn, it's getting late. I really want to end this second test before the day is over. ya know" With that, he started walking in the direction of the tower.

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