Chapter 11: Water

At the stream, Hayato sat across from Kuruk, with him staring at the man with slight apprehension.

He had just demonstrated that he thoroughly outclassed Hayato in every single regard when it came to direct combat, as he was able to easily take him down in seconds.

'He wasn't even in the Avatar State. His bending had no sound and he was able to somehow evade my senses even in their heightened state. Yangchen focused more on the spiritual side of bending as well as increasing my skill in using Airbending. Maybe I should have done more practical combat training.' Hayato thought to himself.

"Look, kid. I can tell that you're trying to analyze why you lost so quickly. You did pretty well for an eleven-year-old. No, scratch that, you did exceptionally well for an eleven-year-old. But I've got decades of combat experience on you. And that will be what I plan on doing for you, increasing your foundations so that you can do much more in combat. I can tell that with Yangchen, she focused more on increasing the strength behind each Bending attack you did.

And while that is good in terms of a conceptual thing, you must be prepared for situations where you need regular hand-to-hand combat skills rather than trying to overpower your opponent in every situation. So brat, once you make it to your destination, we will begin with your first lesson." Kuruk stated.

Hayato was slightly irritated at Kuruk downplaying his achievements so casually, though Hayato quickly realized that it was most likely his arrogance making him feel that way.

"I'm glad to see you could reign in your emotions quickly. I would have hated to have to beat it out of you." A female voice spoke, with Hayato not immediately attacking due to what had just occurred with Kuruk.

He turned his head to find a dark skinned woman in a tank top staring at him with a smirk, one that seemed to be filled with arrogance.

"And you didn't attack me either. I guess you're a quick learner. Nice to meet you, Avatar Hayato. I'm Avatar Korra." Korra said as she smiled and reached her hand out to shake the boy's hand.

Hayato honestly had already gotten tired of the two water spirits, making him just nod and continue on his journey with shaking her hand back.

Kuruk simply smiled at that while Korra's eyebrow twitched repeatedly, with her anger then turning into loud yells that echoed in the forest.

So, the spirits and the boy continued their travel towards the Land of Waves, with them being unaware of the chaos that was going on in the wider world around them.

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"So, you are the famed 'White Fang'? You don't seem to amount to much." A man with striped paint on his face spoke, with him retrieving the object off of his back, with it being an eight armed puppet.

Sakumo said nothing as he drew his blade, with it beginning to crackle with such a dense amount of lightning that it glowed an ethereal white color.

Sakun stood as the head of the Puppet Brigade, the most fearsome branch division of Sunagakure's forces. 

They had been constantly attacking the Konoha strongholds that were station in the Land of Rivers, causing Konoha to discreetly send Sakumo to the border in a hope to wipe them out, once and for all.

"The Puppet Brigade ends today." Sakumo said before blasting towards the group.

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"That Monkey really looks down on me far too much if he thinks that you three brats could stall me long enough for him to make it to the battlefield." A small man said as he floated in the dark sky, the sheer density of his Chakra weighing down greatly on the three Shinobi that stood upon the large animals.

The man was very short in stature and if the average person were to look at him, they may believe that he was simply a small obstacles for any Shinobi to overcome in a battle.

But, for anyone with knowledge of the Shinobi World, they would understand that the figure before them was viewed as a destroyer. 

The sole man capable of wiping a Shinobi from existence, and the most lethal Ninja to currently walk the Shinobi World.

That was who the man known as the Tsuchikage was.

Onoki The Destroyer.

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"So, have you discovered the path to Uzushiogakure from the Hokage's Office?" A bandaged man asked the Shinobi kneeling down before him.

"Not yet, Lord Danzo. I have not been sent on any missions to their land yet, so I do not know the correct path." The Shinobi responded.

"Hiruzen needs to give up that pathway. Unless we divest some of the attention away from Konoha and towards a new enemy, we may be looking at the end of our Village as we know it." Danzo spoke, his voice grave in nature as he emphasized the danger that they could be in.

Only Danzo knew of the plan that he was creating that would be used to protect Konoha. If successful, this plan would ensure Konoha's survival. But if it failed...

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