A dangerous hunt.
Part IV
A collab between Lillydove and Gerontis.
Summary :
After some days of travel, Team 3 is wandering around. Both are sent on a mission to bring down or capture a missing nin that had murdered his parents, after which he tried to spark a conflict between the Cloud and the Fire Union .
Her sensei was for the most part sucessful in keeping the attack from hitting her but some managed to hit her and she had to grit her teeth at the impact. "Any ideas, Satoshi-Sensei?" Hanako asked. At the moment she was out of her own ideas, her chakra was low and she was starting to feel low on energy as well. She did not enough chakra to change the labyrinth again, the mud wolves reformed and lunged as the remains of her rock clone lay scattered on the ground.
The missing nin was sliding backwards as he flipped his kunai to hold it in a reversed grip. Glancing at his student, Satoshi wasn't sure if they would be able to capture the man if they would try to keep going as they were going on now. The mud wolves were held back as their opponent's taijutsu was able to keep up with the mud creatures. Using the moment to catch some breath, Satoshi gained an idea. ''I'll force an opening. Then knock or pin him down.'' Satoshi calmly instructed her as he waited for a moment. The missing nin kicked a mud wolf away and ducked to avoid getting worked against the ground by another. As the man straightened his back and punched a third wolf at his muzzle, Satoshi moved in.
With another attempt of his IaidÅ technique, he tried to aim a slash at the midsection of the opponent. Slashing the blade towards the side of his foe, their eyes locked as steel penetrated cloth, skin and flesh. Slowly blood started to flow out of the wound, that was on Satoshi's side as his attack had been blocked and the man had used his free hand to stab him with a kunai. Twisting his weapon, Satoshi groaned and cringed due the pain. Dropping his sword, he quickly grabbed the man by his wrists and tried to hold him in place. ''Hanako.''
Hanako nodded and prepared to launch one more attack on him, hoping it would work. The mud wolves reformed and lunged, making contact as Hanako saw the missing nin land a hit on her sensei. She almost dropped her technique to go help him when she heard him say her name and had to finish what she started, she became submerged underground and positioned herself under him as she tried to capture once more as she surfaced and the missing nin went down trying to get away.
Shouting at first curses, it was clear that man couldn't move as he was stuck in the ground. Glaring at the two, he kept throwing death threats at their adress. Glancing at his wounds, Satoshi frowned. Returning his attention back at the missing nin, he sighed. With a quick movement, Satoshi's right foot hit the side of the man's head. The effect was visible as the missing nin became somewhat dazed, but then was knocked out by another kick. ''Almost even.'' Satoshi muttered as he looked at Hanako. ''Good work.'' Right after his words, Satoshi then poofed away.
''Sorry if you were a bit worried.'' Dropping from wall, Satoshi had his hands stuffed in his pockets. He looked with a calm expression at the knocked and captured missing nin before back at Hanako. ''Was already doubting if I had to come out, but seeing you were doing a good job, I thought that sacrificing a shadow clone would be a better plan.'' Smiling, Satoshi glanced one more time at the missing nin.
She let her posture go a little slack at what he said, now that the missing nin was knocked out and no longer a problem for them at the time she glanced at her Sensei in time to see it poof away. A shadow clone? "I guess if it works then it does not matter how it is done," Hanako said. Nonetheless, she was glad it was over and done with.
''Hmmm.'' Satoshi pondered on it, but decided to not get philosphic. They had captured the missing nin as he wanted after noticing how oddly the man had behaved when they were tracking him down. Perhaps the intelligence division at Kumogakure could research why he had behaved so out of line. ''How are you?'' He asked. He had depleted almost half of his chakra reserves. Normally he didn't like to rely on shadow clones, but when the dust and snow had made a sort of make-shift screen, he saw the chance to create a trap with it. Walking towards the katana that the clone had dropped, Satoshi picked his weapon up and smoothly sheated back in its scabbard.
Should she have noticed the two chakra signatures? Maybe she would have been able to tell and form a better plan, but it was no bother now. "I just have a bit of chakra left, the Labyrinth took most of it," Hanako said. She performed the needed handsignals and watched as the huge walls of earth sunk back into the earth. "What about you?" she asked him. She dispersed the mud wolves and glanced to the missing nin.
''Nothing to complain about.'' He said, a bit cheerful. The mission was a success, he had been able to see how his student worked with a combat situation and was overal content. Even if he was still a bit worried and pondering on why the missing had not done what would be reasonable in his situation, Satoshi didn't see a reason to complain about any small details. ''Let's head back home.'' He said, pulling out some wire. It would be a good idea if they would make sure that the missing nin wouldn't be able to run away or cause any sort of trouble.[/hider]
