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"There seems to only be four Jonin..." Minato whispered as the two of them hid behind the cover of trees, scanning the settlement in front of them.
Byakuya stayed silent and looked at Minato, ready to hear the verdict. 'Although four might be too much for myself.' He noted, but shrugged it off since Minato's here, who's name had already spread to all corners of the war.
After a few long seconds, Minato nods. "The mission's changed to infiltration and elimination." He declared. "Take out the masses under silence and meet up for the Jonin." With these commands, Minato and Byakuya vanished, appearing behind the two Iwa nin who stood guard at the front.
*Shin...*
Byakuya slit the nin's throat, covering his mouth with his free hand and silently letting the body fall to the floor. Turning to Minato, they nod at each other and vanish.
Appearing close to a tent, Byakuya crouches behind a wooden box and looks at the torch stand close by, the flame making light before turning his attention to an Iwa nin standing outside, smoking as he chatted away with another.
'Their defenses are lax...' Byakuya narrowed his eyes. Shaking his head he appears behind the smoking man silently and pushes him into the other, the torch close to them blown out.
"What the hell man?" The other Iwa nin caught him with a frown.
*Shik.*
Byakuya pierces both their necks with his katana and instantly pulls it out, ignoring the sound of gurgling and dipped into the tent where another nin laid asleep. 'Rest in peace.' He thought and covered the man's mouth before stabbing him through his head.
Staring at the man who convulsed for a few seconds, he released his grip around the man's mouth and vanished once more.
And so Byakuya went from tent to tent, killing all who breathed. Children and all having their last tonight.
Slowly laying the last man down on the ground, Byakuya sheathed his Zanpakuto and turned to his left just as Minato appeared.
"You done?" Minato whispered to which Byakuya nodded. "Let's head towards the main tent." Minato commanded, glancing towards the center of the settlement where a large tent stood where the in-command usually stays.
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"Any movements from Konoha?" a Gruff man spoke up, glancing at the other three around the table, clearly the one in command.
One man shook his head. "Not yet." He answered, a smirk forming. "Bet they're fucking lost right now." He added, chuckling a bit.
"Just keep an eye out for their counter attack." The Jonin in command concluded, shaking his head at the other Jonin's words. "That aside." He continued. "Any news on Han's side? When will he arriv-"
*Bang!*
The Jonin inside the tent turn their heads to the side to see a blonde man crashing through, his kunai at ready, flying at one of the Jonin and crashing against him, piercing the Jonin's head with his Kunai.
"..." The room turns silent, the sight in front of them sending chills through the whole tent. "The..." One Jonin's deep voice struggles to form. "Yellow Flash?!"
The Jonins finally react and each of them takes out their weapons, two of them sporting katanas while one wielded a kunai.
The Jonin commander turns his sights to the hole Minato had created as a boy slowly walked in wielding a beautifully crafted katana. 'a Child..?' He thought, but with a quick scan with his Chakra, he felt the boy's Chakra reserves.
Turning to the other two Jonins who were close to Minato, he clicked his tongue and raised his hands.
Rabbit → Boar → Rat → Horse → Tiger → Snake
"Doton: Doryūkatsu!" He slammed his palms against the ground, causing it to shake a bit before the floor started splitting, creating a gap between the two Jonin with Minato and him with the boy.
'Let's quickly end this and assist the others...' The man gripped his kunai tightly, staring into the boy's eyes. 'Hurry up Han.'
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Byakuya stared at the Jonin in front of him. Glancing at Minato, who met his eyes, they both nod and Byakuya turned back to the man in front of him. 'Alright...' His grip tightened around his Zanpakuto.
Jumping forward, he raised his blade and sliced it down while the man stared at him, his hand forming the Snake seal before he stretched out his arm, his skin slowly turning darker before he blocked Byakuya's blade with his palm.
*Clang!*
The blade shivers at the contact. Landing on the floor, Byakuya lowered his stance and sliced at the man's legs, using his child stature to his advantage, but the man simply lifted his foot and stepped on the blade, trapping it between his foot and the ground.
"Die!" The man spat, plunging his kunai at Byakuya's head.
Glancing up, Byakuya unsummoned his Zanpakuto and jumped back, dodging the kunai and ran through his own seals. 'Time to try them out in combat.' He thought.
Tiger → Rabbit → Dog → Ram → Dragon
His Zanpakuto appears in his right hand and he rears it, Chakra gathering on the blade. 'Fūton: Kazekiri no Jutsu.' He thought and swiped his katana in front of him, sending a single blade of wind at the Jonin.
The man raised his arms, blocking his face as the wind blade came to him.
*Fwooo! Shik!*
The wind blade contacted against his darkened arms, leaving shallow cuts before dissipating.
Opening his arms, he spots Byakuya in front of him in the midst of a stabbing motion. Thinking quickly, he reverse gripped his kunai and raised his arm just in time as the steel crashed against each other.
"Tsk." The man clicked his tongue, his feet skidding back a few feet. With some distance, he forms seals.
Snake → Ram → Dog → Rat → Snake → Tiger
Seeing the signs, Byakuya's guard raised, ready to block an attack, but the man slams his fist into the ground beneath him before pulling it out, rocks covering it fully.
"Come here!" The man bellowed, forming a Ram seal.
Glancing down, Byakuya felt Chakra flow into the floor before the ground beneath him shifted before it pulled towards the Iwa Jonin, pulling him with it towards the Jonin.
Locking eyes with the man, he raised his left hand. "Push back, repel the vile knave. Hadou #1 Sho." He muttered as he came closer to the Jonin, who raised his rock fist and struck forward, meeting Byakuya's blue palm.
*Fwoo... Boom!*
Both of them stumbled back as rocks scattered though the air. Thinking quick, Byakuya stabbed his Katana forward and the man swung his kunai in retaliation but before it could clash, Byakuya's words rung through.
"Scatter."
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