BATTLE ON ICE

"I guess you already know that only one person can use the technique. That means if the last user dies, the technique just gets passed on to another person. A technique that is passed down to the descendants of the Takamichi clan, I clan that specializes in summoning technique"

"That's not my question," Hibiki said. He is beginning to lose his temper.

"I've seen someone else use the same technique. It was about eleven or twelve years ago," Mia said as she knocked herself gently. So cute. "Yes, it was twelve years ago. He had green eyes and black hair; in fact, I'll say you look just like him.

"What are you trying to say?" Kakashi yelled. "If you have something to say, say it quickly."

It was clear that Mia was trying to make Hibiki angry.

"Twelve years ago, I killed a man who was using the same technique," Mia said, smiling widely. Even though she was pretty, that smile made her look creepy.

"Hibiki, don't listen to her. She's lying; she is trying to piss you off," Kakashi said, trying to calm Hibiki. "She looks like she's about fifteen years old, how can she kill a man at the age of three!?. Think about it!"

"No, Kakashi. It is true; my father is dead," Hibiki said. "My father died twelve years ago. When his body was found, they said his blood was frozen."

"Meaning?" Kakashi asked. Hibiki signed.

"He was frozen to death." Hibiki angrily pointed at Mia. "You killed him, and you'll pay for what you did!!!."

Hibiki started running quickly toward Mia. Kato jumped in front of him. 

"Get out of my way!!" Hibiki said. "Beast summoning..." 

Kakashi jumped in and kicked Kato out of the way. "Go, Hibiki. I got your back," Kakashi said with a smile.

"Brother, I won't disappoint you," Hibiki said. "Acient Beast summoning: water dragon" 

This time, he was targeting Mia. She opened her palm and it frozen immediately; then she tapped it gently, and it scattered. 

"You'll have to do better than that," Mia said. 

Hibiki tried to punch her, but she kept dodging his attacks. She grabbed his hand and threw him into the sky.

"Woah, she is really strong, but I can't keep holding back," Hibiki said. From mid-air, he could see Kakashi.

Kato shot a string of blood; Kakashi dodged it, but it caught his leg. Kato pulled the string and started spinning Kakashi around. Kakashi held the string and used it to pull himself right to Kato and kick him in the face. Kato fell under water, and the blood string got mixed up with the water. 

Kato jumped out of the water, rushed Kakashi, and punched him in the face, causing Kakashi to nosebleed as he moved backwards. Kato used the blood from Kakashi's nose and pulled him closer to himself, and Kakashi jumped into the water. Kakashi was starting to understand the Kato technique, but he needed to observe more before he could fully understand it. Then he could know how to defeat him. 

He now knows that Kato can control blood—not just his but anybody's blood—and he noticed that when Kato got wet, he didn't use his technique. That means the water is his weakness; it was a good thing that they were on the ocean.

"Lightning blast" Kakashi yelled, forming a lightning-charged chakra on his hand and striking it on the ocean. The blast caused a large wave of water to envelop both of them.

"Beast summoning: Piranha rush," Hibiki said as tons of Piranha jumped out of the water, attacking Mia. She began freezing the fish and hitting some back into the ocean, but there was no end to them. With her distracted, Hibiki ran to where Kakashi drowned and pulled him out of the water.

"Are you okay, bro?" Hibiki asked.

"I'm good. Bro, I've figured out his technique." Kakashi said, pointing at Kato, who just came out of the water and was coughing. "His technique allows him to control blood—not only his but blood from others as well. But if the blood gets mixed up with water, it will dissolve, and he won't be able to control it."

"Then I guess this will hold him nicely," Hibiki said. "Acient Beast summoning: water dragon." The water dragon came out of the water and swallowed Kato, pulling him under water.

"Now let's take care of her," Kakashi said.

"Let's go!" they yelled, running to Mia.

Kakashi and Hibiki rushed Mia as they exchanged punches, but she held her ground. Mia was able to dodge their punches, but she was able to beat both of them. They both back away.

"This isn't getting us anywhere," Kakashi complained. "Brother, we can defect her like this."

"I have a plan," Hibiki assured. "Are you ready, brother!?"

"Hell yeah!" 

Hibiki attacked Mia; she punched him, and he fell into the ocean. Kakashi attacked with his fist, but she caught his hand and twisted it behind his back. Kakashi screamed in pain as she kicked his leg, and he fell down on his knees. Mia froze him in an ice prison. Mia looked around but didn't find Hibiki.

"Maybe he lost consciousness and drowned," Mia guessed. "Kato, let's go..."

"Water dragon!" Hibiki yelled.

A water dragon came out from underneath her with its mouth wide open, and she jumped up and froze the dragon and the water around them. Hibiki jumped out of the water to avoid being frozen underwater.

"Lightning blast!" Kakashi yelled as he attacked her with his lightening charged fist from her right. She slipped herself into the dragon mouth to evade Kakashi's attack.

"Acient beast summoning: giant elephant" A giant elephant fell out of the sky and landed right on the frozen dragon, crushing it. The impact caused a slight fog.

"Did we get her, brother?" Kakashi asked.

"I don't know," Hibiki answered. "Let's wait and see."

They watched silently as the fog slowly cleared out. The sound of gentle clapping broke the silence.

"Nicely done," Mia said, and Kato was behind her. He must have escaped from the dragon and saved Mia before the elephant was able to land. "How are you able to predict my move?"

"That didn't do anything," Kakashi said, surprisingly. "I've used my lightening blast twice. If I use it again, I won't have enough karma to keep going."

(Note: Acient beast summoning technique and beast summoning technique are different. The Acient beast summoning technique is a special technique that can be used by the direct descendant of Takamichi while the beast summoning technique is common among supernaturals. And, Hibiki don't always have to shout out the technique's full name for it to work, he just shout it out because it was cool.

The Acient beast summoning technique will be further explained in the upcoming chapters)