Battle of Kiri (Part-2)

Sakumo explained the plan of action to Yasaki.

"The Plan is very simple, You and I would encounter and neutralize the Anbu black ops guarding the forest, While our Clones stealthily set up the traps to neutralize the border patrols made of Kiri regular military. Clear?"

Yasaki listened carefully and suggested if the confrontation could be avoided.

Sakumo shook his head, "The pattern in which the enemy spread is across the area, it is almost impossible to avoid contact or if by some miracle we manage to escape. we would leave our back wide open, should the enemy realize our presence"

"..."

"It would be a disaster should the enemy counter-attack when we attempt to climb the dangerous Kazama mountains. We would be cornered completely"

"Understood"

"It is highly possible that the enemy commander would notice their border units dropping out of contact and would send reinforcements to investigate, however that small window was an opportunity we would use to scale the mountain and storm the front. Once we are on the Konoha campus it would be alright"

Yasaki nodded, and Sakumo explained everything in more details

"Clear about the strike?" asked Sakumo seriously

"We'll neutralize our targets and mark the bodies with these sealing tags" repeated Yasaki seriously

"That's correct. These seals should allow me to sense the bodies and with my fuinjutsu, I will make them disappear forever without any trace for the enemy to investigate" promised Sakumo

"You'll turn the bodies to ashes?" asked Yasaki hesitantly, he would never hesitate to eliminate the enemies but to mutilate bodies? Even enemies should have some respect for each other.

Granted, in the shinobi world no such tradition existed, unlike the Samurai who showed honor to their enemies even in death.

Sakumo smirked, "For us, the only code is winning, and we don't have honor. Get used to it. We kill brutally and even Kill Children"

"..."

"I... Understand"

"You kill your enemies without remorse, Why, Just because I am using dirty tactics, you are hesitating?"

"..."

"Hatake Yasaki, You are not an Honourable Samurai, You are a Dirty Shinobi."

Yasaki looked up, "I understand sensei"

Sakumo nodded his head.

"I already poisoned their leader, It will take effect soon enough, Once we strike, It will help keep the enemy focused and make them divert critical resources to investigate further. We will use that time to scale the mountain, find out the target's exact location, and strike"

Yasaki nodded

...

"Execute" ordered Sakumo, as he threw a kunai.

The first female Anbu on sentry duty barely saw the kunai pass by her and gasped when a second later a pair of stone-cold eyes appeared before her.

"..."

Yasaki looked coldly when he saw Sakumo slice through the female Anbu's neck and sever her head in one stroke. He didn't stop there as in mid-air he grabbed the flying head and stuck something inside of it, before throwing it right in the midst of the enemy Anbu camp.

"..."

Taking a deep breath, he heard the enemy camp come to life as purple-colored smoke exploded from the severed head of the female Anbu. The two entrance guards gasped but a second later fell to the ground courtesy of two senbon needles hitting their necks from the trees where Sakumo Clone was hiding.

They were dead before they even hit the ground as the poison in the needles ended their life.

Meanwhile, several Anbu rushed outside of their tents only to get caught in the poison-laced smoke that was spreading everywhere

Sakumo, on the other hand, charged through the poison undeterred as they had already administered the antidote in their systems.

One of the tallest Anbu was in the process of performing a wind style attack to disperse the poison.

!!!!

He watched the incoming Yasaki walking towards him.

"Who are you"

"..."

He kept on walking

"Wing Rele--

Yasaki's eyes widened, as the Anbu's head was separated from his body.

Yasaki didn't even use his hand for this attack, he just calmly kept on walking towards them

That wasn't a fair fight in the first place. Yasaki didn't need the skill to do that. Any Chunnn could kill this guy. He was weakened from the poisoned either way.

Today, Yasaki felt he lost his honor as a swordsman, Granted Shinobis has no Honor in the first place.

Many Shinobis came at him from all over. He just stood there.

They fell before they could even reach him. The poison killed them.

"Tch"

He grimaced when the corpse of the fallen enemy exploded into a rain of shrapnel that instantly showered every nearby Anbu making them cry out in agony, and poisoning them.

"That's enough", He muttered before summoning his black sword under Sheath.

*Shing

He rotated while unsheathing the sword, from its sheath.

A Huge Kinetic wave originates from him, Pushing outward and becoming larger all-around in a Huge circle.

Bisecting their Abdomen or their head in one go. These Anbus were already weakened to the point of dying either way. There was no chance in hell they could have survived this Kinetic wave.

As Yasaki put the sword in the sheath before it disappeared with the white smoke.

"..."

Sakumo looked at Yasaki

"They don't need to suffer to die", Yasaki pointed at the dead bodies

"..."

"I will put the seals on them"

"..."

...

"Gaaaaaah!"

The Konohagakure shinobi fell before Kishimaru Kuriarare, impaled in the heart by the long sword, Nuibari. The masked Swordsman of the Mist laughed:

"Ha, ha! I love how they always do before they die. Gaaaaah."

A huge man with orange hair wielding the great sword, Samehada, approached him and said:

"Enough with the disrespect, Kishimaru. Did you take the scroll?"

"Damn you, Suikazan. Take your damned scroll. Am I not allowed to have my fun?"

His comrade's defiance enraged Suikazan, who said, his voice sounding even gruffer than normal:

"We are in the middle of the war. This scroll contains the identity of every shinobi with a Kekkei Genkai within our village. Imagine the damage it would do to Kirigakure if this would fall into the Leaf's hands."

"Well… now it's in our hands."

"Yes. Now, we have to recover the armaments scroll."

Suikazan and Kishimaru walked towards five other shinobi, each of them sitting near a group of dead people. One of the shinobi, a short man wielding the Kabutowari said:

"Did you recover the damned scroll?"

"Yes, we did."

Kishimaru scoffed, "You mean to tell I recovered it."

"Enough, Kishimaru."

Suikazan approached the river flowing through the forest and after touching its water, he said:

"Summoning Jutsu!"

A large shark appeared and the wielder of Samehada put the scroll in its mouth.

"Take it to the Mist Central Headquarters."

The shark then started to swim so fast that it was out of sight in a few seconds. Jinin Akebino said to Suikazan:

"Now then… on to the next scroll. Did we know where it is?"

"Apparently, it is in the possession of a Konoha genin team."

Kishimaru laughed:

"Genin? They gave the fucking scroll to genin?"

Raiga Kurosuki, the wielder of Kiba, the second sharpest sword in existence, said, "It makes sense. If a group of jonin or ANBU would move through the forest, we would intercept them because we would expect them to have the scroll. We wouldn't expect a weak genin to carry such an important item. Tell me, Suikazan-san, how do you know it's with a genin team?"

[The Sharpest sword in existence is wielded by Yasaki Hatake]

"I found this letter in one of the pouches of one of the Leaf Jonin I killed. It's a list of routes. Several genin teams were dispatched with scrolls. They are to be taken to several checkpoints around the region. Our scroll is in a team led by Choza Akimichi. Its members are Genma Shiranui, Ebisu, and Might Guy."

"Now they don't sound too tough, do they?"

"I don't care if they are tough or not. Our purpose is to recover the scroll at all costs. Intel should be protected and the fools who lost the scrolls to Konoha shinobi will be severely punished when we return home. According to the letter, the team who has our scroll will arrive at this position in about an hour. We should get ready for an ambush."

The wielder of Shibuki, a masked man wearing a dark brown shirt and bandages around his head said:

"I will bury explosive tags on the road. Before they enter the range, I will blow them. It will create enough smoke to disorient them, maybe make them faint. While they are down, Kishimaru and Juzo will kill them."

Juzo said, "It works for me. You be careful not to blow them up because we will lose the scroll."

Kishimaru replied, "Why the hell? Let Kasho blow the fucking scroll. That way, the intel is lost to Konoha"

Suikazan sighed, "And that way, the intel is lost to us too. Prepare the ambush."

The wielder of the twin sword, Hiramekarei, a young man with a pointy brown hair said to Suikazan

"Suikazan-san, I will transform into a rock. They will not expect an attack from behind."

"Good idea, Raishin."

After a while, the team of genin approached. One of the children wore black glasses and suspenders, another had a senbon in his mouth and the third wore a green jumpsuit and had a bowl haircut. Before they could walk near the Swordsmen's exploding tags, another man appeared before them and said:

"Don't walk over here! It's an ambush!"

"Dad! What the hell are you talking about?"

The man resembled one of the children, but he was much taller and had a bushy mustache. The Swordsmen of the Mist revealed themselves, appearing before the four Konoha shinobi.

"It seems our ruse has been discovered. There is no point in using stealth anymore."

Kasho weaved a sign, defusing the exploding tags buried below ground. The child with a senbon in his mouth said:

"It's no good… We are surrounded. There is no way we can escape!"

The one with the glasses said, "No way… There are the Seven Swordsmen of the Mist! We can't fight them!"

The man with the mustache said, "It's good I made it just in time. I will fight them"

"Father! You are just a genin. You can't fight them!"

Juzo said, "It's an honor for our group's name to be known even to whelps like you."

Kishimaru said, "But that doesn't change the outcome of this battle. Tell us, you with the weird hair, how the hell will you fight us?"

The man smiled and said to his son, "They underestimate me. They don't know my power. Do not forget that I have the Eight Gates Released Formation."

"But… that will kill you…"

"You know what a true victory and power is? It's not beating someone strong. It's being able to protect something important to you! I will die protecting you. Go on, children! Take another route. I will hold them back."

The man's skin became red as a green aura enveloped him. The children then ran in the opposite direction.

"Remember, Protect what's important to you at any cost"

Gai looked back at his father before running off with tears in his eyes.

Suikazan said, "You will go nowhere! Ninja Art: Needle Senbon!"

...

Dai stood there with wounds all over him, as four of the seven Swordsman of Mist were dead. While the rest of the three were in very bad condition as well.

"It's enough time for Gai to reach the safety zone. Forgive me my son", Dai muttered as he began to fall back

Only to be caught by Sakumo

"Who are you", One of the three Barely surviving member of Kiri Seven Swordsman asked, as they all took stances.

"Sakumo... My... son... Protect... Gai"

*He died

Sakumo looked coldly at them, "Take care of them", He said and picked Dai before jumping off

"Wait", One of them made a hand sign

"I would reconsider doing it", Yasaki said as he stood in front of them.

"Whoever he is, Let's get rid of him and get out of here, We took way too much damage to continue fighting"

"You hear that Brat, You are going down", Juzo charged at him at fast speed and hacked at him with his sword.

"..."

Yasaki keeps on standing there without his sword or any other weapon of any short.

Juzo hacked down.

"..."

Suddenly, a miracle happened, The Sword-wielding hand of Juzo, the Seven Swordsman was cut off. As it flew off along with Blood.

!!!!

'What happened'

Everyone was shocked by what happened as Juzo fell on his knees, with Blood coming out of his sliced neck.

He calmly walks right past Juzo.

One of the three surviving swordsmen of mist was dead. Without even knowing the reason.

The remaining two Swordsmen were shocked as they prepare for formation. And at least hope to get out of here alive.

!!!!

He was walking calmly and suddenly he was standing back to back with the Tallest and Biggest of the Swordsman. As the Big man's head roll and fall from his body. His body fell on his knees before falling and Dying.

Yasaki calmly yet coldly looked at the Last remaining member of Kiri Seven Swordsman.

Kishimaru Kuriarare, the Last surviving member of Kiri Seven Swordsman took a few steps back, "That Ghost like footwork... Yasaki of thunder Sword?"

!!!!

He gets hold of his neck, as blood kept on dropping from it. He was sliced in the neck by Yasaki who was mysteriously standing behind Kishimaru at this point

He fell and die.

Yasaki defeated three Mist Swordsmen without breaking a sweat. Well, To be fair, they were Weakened by Might Dai first.

Yasaki threw the Bloody blade of grass to the side, before Jumping to follow Sakumo.

...

Once he reached the Konoha campus, He found the worst news possible, Rin has been kidnapped for 6 Months Already. And Kakashi, Minato, and some Jonins were searching for her.

"Sir", One of the Chunnin came and Kneel before Minato

"What is it?"

"Sir, Hatake Kakashi found Rin Nohara. He sent us his co-ordinates", The Chunnin gave the Coordinates to Minato before Yasaki snatched it. His eyes narrowed and he looked at Sakumo

"Go, Protect your Brother, and your childhood friend, I will look after Gai, He needs it"

Yasaki nodded and disappeared leaving the Coordinates behind.

Minato was about to disappear in the flash as well.

But at that time, another chunnin came, "Sir, Kiri ambush from the east side. Mizukage is with them"

"Prepare for the Counterattack. Get me Scouts", Minato said, as he prayed that Yasaki could protect Rin and Kakashi because he can't leave just yet.

"Yes sir"