9 Chapter 9 - Did you forget who I am?

Sukuna looked at the incoming Ninja's with a serious expression as he grabbed into the small bag in his waist and threw several Shurikens into the air.

His right hand moved, accurately stabbing through the small holes of the Shurikens as he activated Wind Force on them, making them spin rapidly.

''Surround him!'' The leader said as he stared at Sukuna, making the group split up in three and trying to surround him.

Sukuna nearly thanked the man and jumped towards the group of the right.

''Defense Jutsu's!'' The man yelled as he saw Sukuna charging without hesitation.

The 7 Chuunins instantly responded and multiple Jutsu's were activated.

''Earth Jutsu: Great Earth Wall!'' ''Water Jutsu: Water Cube!'' ''Earth Jutsu: Monster Gate''

Multiple layers of defense appeared which cause Sukuna to give a maddened smile as he swung his sword, the Shurikens left his sword and raced towards the defense.

The leader and other Chuunins looked in horror as the Shurikens acted like a saw and shredded straight through the defense after only losing 7 out of 10 Shurikens.

The remaining 3 Shurikens raced towards the Chuunins who hastily tried to dodge, but....

''Aargghh!'' ''W...what the h-'' ''Leader!''

Their screams reverberated through the area as their bodies were cut into pieces, the Leader of the group and other Chuunins were already charging over with red eyes yet were already too late to save any of them.

Sukuna didn't hesitate as he saw them charging over, he kicked the ground with all his power and charged at the side furthest from the injured Jonin.

He took a step on the soft soil and left behind a blur. The land he stepped on was shattered into powder.

Sukuna's body instantly appeared next to the Chuunin's right side. He twisted his waist and punched with all his strength.

*Crack* *Crack* *Crack*

Many ear deafening bone-cracking sounds rang into the ears in their ears as Sukuna backed off once more, avoiding the Jutsu's that were launched at him.

The injured Jonin suddenly appeared behind him and used all his strength to punch out his fist at Sukuna's back.

While the man punched out, the Chuunin's threw many shurikens and kunais at him. Sukuna gritted his teeth and flexed his left arm before punching at the man's incoming fist.

The clash caused the ground beneath them to crack, Sukuna was launched a few steps back with his left arm covered in blood while the man's fist seemed to have some broken bones aswell.

The man looked in shock through his mask as Sukuna kicked the ground and jumped into the air, avoiding the incoming barrage of weapons.

Sukuna's eyes opened wide until his left eye had a few drops of blood leaking from it.

The Chuunins all felt their visions go black as they panicked, feeling the threat of death loom over them.

The injured Jonin's arms were both messed up by now and he wasn't even able to use proper Jutsu's with one of his mists mangled. He quickly used all his strength to get in front of Sukuna and punching out with his mangled fist once more, ignoring the pain.

Sukuna couldn't dodge, neither did he want to as a maddened smile appeared on his face as his left eye lost its light.

The man felt his back shiver as Sukuna's sword suddenly shone with a spinning whirlwind around as he threw his sword towards the Chuunins, using it as a spear.

The punch of the man landed at Sukuna's ribs, his body launched backwards as he crashed into the dirt.

As he climbed to his feet with shaky legs, blood dripped out of his mouth.

''You little shit!'' The Jonin roared as he saw what the desperate attack of Sukuna had done to his team.

Their corpses dismembered into pieces, blood splashed around like buckets full of pain, the looks of horror on their faces as their masks were shredded apart.

The leader looked at Sukuna and fell his back tingle, Sukuna's smile never receded despite his poor condition.

Monster.

That is the only suitable name he could give Sukuna. The Jonin gritted his teeth and turned around before running.

Sukuna was shocked before noticing that the man ran towards his teammates. He gritted his teeth used all his remaining strength to dash towards his sword.

He pulled his sword out of a tree where it had ended its path of destruction and used his remaining strength to use Wind Force once more.

The man trembled and fell the threat of death loom over him and quickly increased his speed. However, Sukuna threw the sword once more, making it spin so fast that it turned into a blur.

''NOO!"

The man roared and raised his mangled arms, yet to difference in outcome.

The sword spun straight through him, making the area beneath his shoulders and above his legs disappear into nothingness.

The leader's eyes lost its light as it saw Sukuna stumbling over while holding his left arm.

'Monster'

Sukuna picked up his sword and collapsed against a tree while breathing heavily. He wasted no time and used his Mystical Palm Jutsu on his arm and ribs to the point that they stopped hurting. Sadly he wasn't proficient enough to bring them to peak condition yet

'It seems that my left eye is fucked' Sukuna smiled bitterly as he pushed himself up from the tree.

''I should just get rid of this I guess'' Sukuna said as he looked at his shirt that was ripped into pieces by the man's punch, revealing his upper body.

He had never skipped training, so his muscles were extremely defined, he just liked to wear wider clothing since it was more comfortable compared to having fabric stuck to your sweaty skin all day.

As he had his daily flexing done, he stumbled over towards Kurenai's battlefield. He didn't know how she was faring, but he didn't intend to leave without her.

Sukuna's pace was far slower then when he ran, now taking a full hour to reach Kurenai's battlefield.

The earth had several craters, fallen trees and multiple bodies laying around. Kurenai was breathing heavily as she stood in front of three remaining people as her red eyes showed visible exhaustion, nearly closing on themselves.

He remembered 2 of them being a Jonin and 1 of them being a Chuunin, the rest were all dead!

Sukuna took a deep breath and just walked closer, his entrance shocked Kurenai. But compared to her shock, the ones covered in masks were the most shocked!

''Impossible! Number 4 lost to a kid??''

''Useless muscle-head!''

''Sukuna, go!'' Kurenai yelled while Sukuna's remaining eye sprung open as the three remaining Ninja's looked at him.

''Look away!'' One of the Jonin's yelled, but it was already too late. Sukuna collapsed to his knees while glancing at Kurenai who understood what he had done.

She didn't hesitate and attacked the three blinded people with several Jutsu's before killing them within a few seconds, showing the great usefulness of the Bringer-Of-Darkness.

''Sukuna!'' Kurenai quickly jumped over with worry in her eyes. However, before she was close she heard Sukuna's yell, ''Behind you!''

She trembled and hastily raised a kunai as she turned around, blocking the impact of a huge a fist as she was swung away.

Sukuna gritted his teeth and jumped behind Kurenai, catching her in his arms as he braced himself before crashing into several trees.

''S..sorry *Cough*, I was careless...'' Kurenai said in a bitter smile as she coughed up a mouthful of blood.

''It seems that they have reinforcements'' Sukuna said with a weary smile yet not a tint of fear could be seen.

''Who thought I would die on a vacation'' Kurenai said with a tired and reluctant smile.

''Did you forget who I am'' Sukuna said while he closed his eyes and leaned back against the tree they ended up against with a smile.

Kurenai looked at him in confusion before two shadows arrived next to them, both had extremely scary looks on their faces as they looked into the distance.

''I leave the rest to you two, Sumure, Satori''

''Don't worry kid, take a rest'' Satori said as Sumure had already disappeared and was creating a carnage in the enemies' reinforcements.

Kurenai breathed a sigh of relief before her eyes closed.

So this is why he wanted to fight...