Fight

Kuro was standing in front of an angry Yawara.

The fat man used an earth jutsu and created a wall between Anko and Kuro.

Jizoku took advantage of this to attack Anko and the two engaged in a battle.

Kuro ignored the receding battle sounds and looked at the enemy Shinobi.

Yawara gritted his teeth and smiled, "You just got lucky in that surprise attack, I know you're a recent graduate. I'll finish this quickly to help my brother." After saying that, he began to form hand seals.

Kuro had already activated Total Concentration Breathing while the fat man spoke.

Yawara finished with a serpent seal, jumped down, and struck the ground with his palms.

"Earth Release: Flying Thrown Stones!"

The rocks rose from the ground and shot towards Kuro!

The branches that got in the way were crushed and the attack quickly reached Kuro.

'Water Breathing. First Form.' Kuro disappeared before the attack could touch him.

Due to the angle, Yawara couldn't see that he failed, causing him to show a victory smile.

However, suddenly, he felt immense danger from behind.

He sent chakra up to his palms that were still connected to the ground.

'Water Surface Slash.' *Swoosh!* *Splash!*

Kuro sliced ​​horizontally with a trail of water in his path, but a wall of earth rose between him and Yawara, however, it was useless.

The sword cut cleanly through the wall and Yawara who was on the other side.

*Poof!* A rock cut in half appeared at Yawara's place.

Immediately after, Kuro disappeared from the place just before 4 stone spears pierced the place where he had just been.

He stood on top of a branch and blew.

'Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.'

The little fireballs all flew towards the tree where Yawara was hiding.

*Boom!* *Boom!* Small explosions were heard as the attack made contact with the tree and a smoke screen began to cover the site.

After a few seconds, Yawara came out of the smoke screen, leaping into the air.

Kuro took out a Kunai from his inventory and quickly threw it at him.

However, Yawara showed a disdainful expression and cocked his head to the side, causing the Kunai to fly past.

"Hmph! Such pathetic attacks–" * Swoosh! * "Argh!" Yawara screamed in agony as he clutched his stump and watched as his arm fell in front of him.

What happened was that Kuro teleported to the mark that was on the Kunai and immediately afterwards, vertically cut off Yawara's arm and part of his right shoulder.

When Yawara began to lose power from his leap, Kuro twisted his body and executed an ax kick right on the top of the fat man's head.

Yawara fell like a cannonball, piercing every branch of a tree and crashing to the ground.

Kuro launched the Kunai and pierced the falling arm, pinning it into a tree trunk.

He teleported there and stored the arm and the Kunai in Inventory.

'Maybe it'll be useful in the future…' Kuro thought before moving to where the fat man fell.

When he arrived, he swung his sword to clear the small cloud of dust.

Yawara's face was pale, with blood pouring from his nose and mouth. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the young man.

"Who... Cough... Who are you?" Yawara asked after coughing.

The information he had on Kuro said that he was a recent graduate, yes, a genius, but one who had just left the Academy.

However, the young man demonstrated a speed and skill with the sword that does not match what he knew. This led to Yawara being suspicious of the information and therefore of Kuro's identity.

"Who sent you?" Kuro ignored the fat man and asked.

Yawara showed a crazy expression. "Haha! Go to hell–" *Crack!*

Kuro snapped his neck before he could continue and looked back.

Soon, Anko could be seen leaping the dirt wall created by Yawara, once on the other side, she began searching for her student.

When she saw him, she let out a sigh of relief and quickly walked over.

She was carrying an unconscious Jizoku on her shoulder.

"Kuro! Are you okay!?" Anko arrived in front of Kuro and asked worried.

He nodded. "I'm fine. What about you?" He asked before looking at Jizoku.

Anko sighed and smiled "I'm fine and managed to capture this bastard too." She said and dropped the man.

"What about the other one? He escaped?" She asked as she looked around.

Kuro shook his head and stepped aside, letting her get a glimpse of Yawara.

Anko looked at the fat man in surprise and then at Kuro

He pointed up with his index finger "I kicked him down and he broke his neck."

She followed his finger, and saw the destroyed branches.

Anko nodded and looked at him. "Still, you will have to tell me what happened later. Now, we are going to tie the one I captured and you are going to seal the other's body inside a scroll. The bandits were already eliminated during my battle, so there is no need to worry about them. We will head full speed back to Konoha and report on this. Got it?"

Kuro nodded and went to save Yawara's body while Anko tied up Jizoku.

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Moments later, everything was ready.

"Can you continue or do you need to rest?" Anko looked at Kuro and asked.

Kuro shook his head, "I'm fine. Let's go."

Anko nodded and they both left.

Along the way, they kept their guard up in case of other attackers.

Also, Anko shared her assumption that the brothers were Rogue Ninja of Iwagakure.

This due to many reasons; first that Iwagakure was quite close to where the attack occurred.

Second, the brothers only used the earth element, as well as techniques commonly used by Iwa's Shinobi.

And the lack of a headband made Anko think they are deserters.

Furthermore, the bandits' great ability to hide their tracks and evade pursuits would also be plausible if the brothers were involved.

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The battle happened at dawn and since they didn't need to stop anywhere this time, the sky was just beginning to light up when they reached a checkpoint.

There were 2 Shinobi from Konoha in this position. Anko quickly come forward and spoke to them.

The Shinobi nodded their heads after hearing Anko and one of them headed towards Konoha at full speed.

"He will give the Hokage a quick report before we get there." Anko spoke after Kuro arrived at her side.

Kuro nodded and looked at the other Shinobi who was bringing them water.

"It's too bad my backpack got lost." Anko spoke as she accepted the water and nodded in thanks.

"Thanks." Kuro nodded in agreement and thanked the Shinobi.

After drinking the water, they both left.

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The gates of Konoha have been already in sight and as they approached, 2 ANBU appeared.

"Hokage-sama wants you to go directly to him. We will take the prisoner and the body with us."

Anko nodded and handed the unconscious Jizoku to them, "I gave him a poison so he wouldn't wake up on the way, but Ibuki won't have a problem with that."

The ANBU nodded as he carried the body and disappeared.

Kuro handed the scroll to the other before he too disappeared.

"Okay, let's go. We can rest once we give the report."

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In the Hokage's office.

The elders, as well as Shikaku Nara and Hiruzen were present during the report.

Anko had already detailed the mission until she entered the bandits' hideout and how she began to eliminate them when she discovered that there were no hostages.

After being asked a few more questions, it was Kuro's turn.

Soon, he had also told about trail tracking and Anko entering the hideout.

The questions this time were minimal and after answering them, Kuro started to tell the rest.

About how he sensed the bandits and alerted Anko.

However, he was not going to tell everything at face value.

Kuro said that he hid before the Shinobi arrived and when they got distracted, he attacked the closest one by surprise.

He also mentioned how the Shinobi seemed to know them and continued to count until Anko's appearance.

Again, they asked him questions to which he answered truthfully, as long as it did not involve any secrets.

Kuro also noted that only the Hokage remained calm when he spoke about his Sensory skill.

Anko recounted her point of view afterwards, up until the moment she captured Jizoku when she managed to get one of her snakes to bite him.

After the questions and answers, it was Kuro's turn to tell how the fat man died.

This time, even the Hokage was a bit surprised about me using the Chakra Flow.

Kuro lied saying that he cut the Shinobi's arm thanks to a clone that was hidden and how he died when he fell from that height.

He also had an excuse in case they ask him about the arm, simply saying that he didn't pay attention to it after cutting it off.

After all, the forest is full of animals, anyone could take it or eat it right there.

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A/N: I hope you liked the chapter. Let me know any suggestions you have about the fights.