Chapter 22: Yamato vs Miroku

Rising in the beautiful night sky, the moon illuminated the battlefield.

The threads attached to the trees glowed brightly, causing an expression of displeasure to form on Yamato's face.

"You're not going."

Miroku licked her lips as he looked at Yamato. For a few seconds, a smile formed on her face.

After hearing the explosion, Yamato guessed that something had happened to his students, but when he wanted to go get them, a thin thread touched his throat, causing a small drop of blood to fall to the ground.

"You..."

Yamato's eyes narrowed as they looked at Miroku.

He already had his suspicions about what was going on in that village, he was precisely thinking of returning to Konoha along with his students so he could report back to the Hokage, but in the end nothing of the sort could happen.

"Kids are too curious, you leave them alone for a second and when you realize it they are already spying on someone's house" Miroku licked her index finger while holding the threads with her other hand.

(I'll get this over with) Yamato thought as he looked up at the moon with a neutral expression on his face.

*crackle*

Miroku's smile was wiped off her mouth as the trees in the place began to move, as if they had a life of their own.

Slowly, the branches began to join together, closing off any avenues of escape.

"Ara~ this I didn't expect. What an interesting jutsu" Miroku looked at Yamato's hands, which were forming a seal.

"I don't have time to chat, let's get this over with already."

Clasping his hands together once more, the wood began to cover Yamato's body, a second later the sound of the thread being cut was heard.

Miroku looked at everything with a confused expression on his face, but instantly a smile formed on his mouth.

"Ho~ I'll have to make my threads stronger, otherwise I won't be able to handle so much pressure" With a seductive smile on her mouth, Miroku spoke.

In all her years of life, Miroku had only seen a few ninja break her threads, in the end they all ended up dying.

"Kimagurena kumo: Ito o kiru [Whimsical Spider: Cutting Thread]." Miroku said as she clasped her hands together,

Instantly, some sort of liquid came out of Miroku's fingers, that liquid dried up and turned into a thin thread that could barely be seen thanks to the moonlight.

"Are you ready, darling?"

Miroku's smile widened and for a second her red eyes sparkled.

(Huh?)

Yamato could tell what Miroku was planning when his vision began to darken.

"Genjutsu..." Yamato sighed, after all he already had experience with the type of ninja that use Genjutsu.

However, after listening to Yamato, Miroku couldn't help but let out a small mocking laugh.

"Right now you're thinking that you'll be able to get out of my Genjutsu easily, aren't you?" said Miroku with a seductive tone of voice.

But Yamato wasn't thinking about dispersing the Genjutsu, he wanted to use this to his advantage.

(This should do the trick) Yamato said as he closed his eyes at the same time as he clasped his hands together to do another jutsu.

"Hm? Another jutsu?" Miroku wondered as she looked at Yamato with a smile.

"Mokuton: Fukushuu Senbon [Mokuton: Vengeful Needles]." Yamato said.

At the same time, a wooden pillar came out of the ground and immediately started shooting hundreds of splinters.

Miroku's eyes widened, impressed by how fast Yamato could attack.

"That's not enough."

Miroku raised her hand and using the trees on the spot, wove a strange shield with the threads.

However, that wasn't enough to protect himself completely, as one of the splinters managed to make a small cut on one of his arms.

(Blood?) Miroku thought as she looked at her right arm.

He immediately wiped the blood with one of his fingers, after that she put his finger in his mouth, tasting her own blood, Miroku smiled again.

"You managed to hurt me, congratulations."

Miroku clapped her hands, this made Yamato uncomfortable, but he was still willing to end the fight as soon as possible.

(Ha~ I must finish this quickly) Yamato sighed tiredly, having his eyes incapacitated was annoying.

"Well, now that you had your chance to attack, it's my turn" Miroku said as he raised her hand.

At that moment, Yamato lifted a wooden wall unconsciously, but Miroku's attack was so strong, the recoil caused him to crash into the trees.

"Hm... I thought it would last longer."

After hitting Yamato using the strings like a whip, Miroku looked down at the man lying on the ground.

"Did I kill him?" Miroku wondered, but the moment he approached Yamato, a small cloud of smoke appeared, only to seconds later leave a small log of wood behind.

(A jutsu substitution?!)

Miroku turned around, but it had been too late, Yamato had managed to trap her in a strange wooden box.

(I made it) Yamato thought as he looked at the box, but even if the wood was very sturdy....

*Boom!

An explosion was heard and the box broke into a thousand pieces, this caused a small cloud of dust to rise.

(It can't be...)

When the dust cloud disappeared, Yamato saw Miroku, but there was a small change that made him open his eyes, surprised.

Protruding from Miroku's back were eight spider legs, which dug into the ground.

"I thought I was defeated" Miroku said with a flirtatious smile on her mouth.

Yamato narrowed his eyes for a moment, even if he was unaware of his opponent's abilities, he was willing to finish the fight as soon as possible, because at that moment his students are also fighting.

(He is able to control puppets) Yamato said as he saw the spider legs coming out of Miroku's back, which was clearly made of wood.

"Seriously, I'm afraid of small places" Miroku said.

"I don't understand why you're doing all this, but I guess it doesn't matter now, I have to help my students."

"Your students? Hahaha, I think they're already dead"

"I'm not sure about that" Yamato said.

"Really? Then survive and go find their corpses" Miroku said, at the same time the spider legs moved and dug into the ground hard.

Because of this Yamato stepped back, he couldn't fight melee because of the strange weapons Miroku brought on her back, but she was sure that the speed of that woman had slowed down.

*Seeing sound*

Yamato was wrong, Miroku appeared in front of him instantly and one of the sharp spider legs was pointed right at his throat.

"Mokuton: Ni Eda [Mokuton: Two branches]" Yamato said.

From the ground two branches came out, both of which tried to hit Miroku, but only managed to tear a bit of his clothes.

"Not yet..." Yamato said, but stopped when he saw something strange.

"What's wrong?" Miroku asked, she was confused as Yamato stopped his attacks.

"Your clothes..." Yamato said as he averted his gaze to miss Miroku's breasts, after all when the branches tore Miroku's clothes, her breasts could be seen clearly.

After listening to Yamato, Miroku looked down, her face blushed as she saw that she had her boobs out in the open, but she wasn't embarrassed, because a mischievous smile formed on her mouth.

"How kind" Miroku said as she fixed her clothes using the threads, and when she was done, he went on the attack once more.

Yamato was still still staring at the clouds, so this was an advantage for Miroku.

Boom!

The loud bang sent Yamato through the trees to a stop.

A second later he got up from the ground, there was a small drop of blood coming out of his nose, he quickly wiped it off and returned to the battlefield without saying a word.

(Did he do it on purpose?) Yamato asked himself, for some reason he was a little disappointed.

"You came back, huh. Do you want me to show you some more?" With a flushed face and a smile on her mouth, Miroku placed one of her fingers near her cleavage, making one of her boobs can be seen, but it was only for a second, as Yamato interrupted by doing a jutsu, the jutsu that would end the fight.

"Shinchuurou no jutsu [Four-pillar prison]."

Multiple roots came out of the ground, which formed a large wooden box, trapping Miroku inside.

"You think this will get anything done?" Miroku said as she placed her hands on the pillars, but Yamato sighed and a snapping sound was heard.

A second later, a branch came out from between the pillars, hitting Miroku in the head and knocking her unconscious.

(I'm done...) Yamato sighed wearily as he summoned a wooden clone.

The clone moved and took Miroku in its arms, using a jutsu on her which placed shackles on her ankles and wrists.

"We have to hurry" Yamato said as he looked at the clone, the clone only nodded slightly before running in a specific direction.

-Near the village inn-.

A few minutes had passed, at that moment Yamato was in search of his students, and the first place he was heading to was the inn.

(I hope nothing bad happened) Yamato thought as he jumped from tree to tree.

Next to him was the wooden clone, which was carrying an unconscious Miroku.

(They were big...) Yamato thought as he remembered his fight against Miroku, but he immediately shook his head and continued on his way.

It wasn't that long before they arrived, but what he saw shocked him.

In front of him was Hinata, blood was pouring from her hands and arms, she was standing in front of the blindfolded man.

"Hinata..." Yamato said, something that made the white-eyed girl look in his direction.

"Yamato...-sensei..." Hinata said as she fell to the ground, but Yamato avoided that, carrying the girl in her arms.

For a few seconds Yamato's gaze stayed on the blindfolded man as he thought about how he was defeated.

(He's strong...) Yamato said as he closed his eyes.

At the same time, the clone used a jutsu to immobilize Kouta, seconds later he held him by the shirt as if he was a sack of potatoes.

"Let's continue..." Yamato said, not knowing that what he would encounter next would give him a lot of trouble.

-In front of Miroku's house, minutes before-

Toru was looking at the ground as he let the blood run out of his mouth.

(Blood... how long has it been since I saw my own blood?) Toru thought as he remembered that time when he was doing experiments that hurt him over and over again, that was the reason why he always brings bandages on his arms and legs.

(The guy with the spear...) Remembering the man who at that moment was about to kill Ino, Toru sighed.

When Yasu kicked him in the stomach, Toru could see the image of someone in his mind, although it was only for a second, Toru could clearly see the man in that image.

He had brown hair, strange gray eyes, he also had rectangular glasses covering his eyes, but what caught Toru's attention the most was seeing the lab coat the man had.

(How strange...) For some reason, Toru felt that he knew the man.

"Help me! Help me!"

Ino's shouts brought Toru back to reality.

"That's right, he tried to kill me...that's what he tried to do" Toru said as he pulled a scroll out of his pocket.

"Release" Toru clasped his hands together and a small cloud of smoke enveloped the scroll, a second later, two black colored daggers appeared in front of him.

Toru took the daggers in his hands and stood up from the ground.

"He tried to kill me..." Toru said, for a second his eyes glowed.

Toru held the daggers in his hands as he started walking in the direction of the spear man.

And as Toru approached, Yasu raised the spear in the air, he was ready to kill Ino, but at that moment.

*Clang*

The sparks generated by the clash of two metals illuminated the place for a few seconds.

When Ino looked up, Toru was in front of her, he had stopped the spear using the daggers.

(Toru...)